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Orea. .'he ab'v elegan ':ooms are now open every eyeninc ..01 the winter Bel SOll, With I aurent's celebrated Orchestra. rrir: - ...1px1 - Cornet-a-piston,. Poulcourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that this tashionsble place of resort ha been entirely redecorated during the recess. Doors open at half-oast eight, commence at nine. Admis ,lan !Me Shillinr. TIIE LVCOME TAX, EAR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square. —Onen (for Gentlemen nly) from 10 till 10, containing upw rds of one thousand models and preparations, illnst:ating every part of the human frame in health and diseaie, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, F.Ii.G.S. ; and a new and 2,4, and halfLpast 7. by Dr. G. SEXTON, highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery be Dr. Cum, at a quarter past 8 p.m. precisely. Admission, Ont Shilling. TOWER.-SALE OF STORES. B Y order of the Secretary of State for War.— - . LECTURE BY E - TON MECHANICS' INSTITUT ARL STANHOPE AT T 7 3- E TviL. m il es, o b serving that such high mountains and vast plains E. were generally found together,' and there were geological reasons which accounted f or t h is fact. For a long time the Andes had been supposed to be the highest mountains in the world, but the loftiest spot which had hitherto been discovered was the highest peak of the Himalayan moun tains in Asia—and it was possible that still higher spots might yet be found—while the lowest point in the earth was the Dead Sea, in which we are told in the Old Testa ment are engulphed the guilty cities of the Plain. His lordship then narrated many anecdotes of the manners and customs of the people livin g in South America, quoting from Mr. Darwin's interesting volumes. He observed that although some of the inhabitants of Buenos Ayres were very rich, having thousands of cattle, some of them were so ignorant that they thought England, London, and North America were alone place, while others said that England and North America were close together, and that England was a large town in the centre of London. Others were astonished at the act of washing the face, and some of the people eyed Mr. Darwin with great suspicion, believing that an Englishman was only another name for a Turk. After many other observations, his lord ship went on to observe that a great moral inference might be drawn from a comparison of our own with other countries, and lie then proceeded to refer to the climate of Italy, which had been described by poets as being so charm ing and attractive, and cited from the works of Mr. Laing and other travellers a few of the evils arising from the heat and malaria in that country. He then referred to the new discoveries which had taken place in Africa, and alluded to the travels and researches of two missionaries, named Kraff and Rodman. The latter had reached a point in Eastern Africa which no European had ever reached before, and had seen something glitter above the horizon which ap peared like a mountain of snow. If thee considered the im mense height of a mountain under the equator with snow on its summit, it might be found to be superior in height to the Andes or Himalaya mountains, and here perhaps may be discovered the long-sought-for sources of the Nile. It was carious to observe what account the people gave of this mountain. They had no idea of snow, but they repre sented the mountain as guarded by evil spirits from the ap. preach of men, and they stated thatseveral persons who had ascended the mountain had been attacked by those malig nant spirits, and had returned with the loss of their fingers and toes; in other words, theyhad come back frost-bitten. They had suffered most severely from the cold, and had ascribed its effects to malignant fetiches. (Applause.) The gentlemen to whom he (Lord Stanhope) had referred were men of high respectability, but they were not acquainted is ith the classics. They had, however, furnished a state ment which was of the deepest interest to the classical reader. They had heard, while in Africa, of a race of pigmies, and they had witnessed enormous flights of cranes. This circumstance had brought to his (Lord Stanhope's) mind a passage in Homer, which had been considered as a fiction, that there was a place in Africa where the men were fighting against the cranes. (Applause.) After many other observations the noble lord said that he trusted however much his hearers might profit by such a study as that to which he had alluded, they would never cease to look with reverence to the Creator of all, whose attributes were manifested in his numerous works. He trusted they would look up to him with feelings of de votion ; more especially living as they did within sight of that beautiful cathedral which hid been erected by the wisdom and piety of men in by-gore ages. It was scarcely necessary that he should counsel them to regard such a structure in a reverent spirit. He vas sure that when they heard the times in which that magnificent building was erected termed a dark age, they mould pause before they admitted the correctness of such an epithet ; for whatever might have been the peculiar religicus opinions of the men by whom it was built, they could not be regarded with other feelings than those of reverence and respect. Hi s lordship then referred to the great Lord Clarendon, the historian, who, it was stated in hismemoirs, when living in this neighbourhood, never lost at opportunity of daily visiting the cathedral, and who, as old ago approached, stated that the more he frequented the daily service in that edifice the nearer he hoped he was thawing to the gates of heaven. He trusted that with suet feelings they would contemplate that great work, and liat they would feel inspired with a proper reverence for all the works of a benevolent and gracious Creator. In conclusion ho would say : To be Sold, by public au 'Hon, in the Tower, on WEDNESDAY, the 3d December, 1856, at Eleren o'clock in the forenoon precisely, the Collowing STORES : Tents Hair Beds Bedding Great Coats, Cloaks, &c. Boots Packsaddles prepositions now made, subject to such amendments as may he deemed most conducive to the intereas of the bondholders. fiaval and 'Military IntelLlgence ST. JOHN DEL REY MINING COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Twenty-ninth half yearly DIVIDEND, being one pound per s` are (less Income tax) on the shares of this Company will be parable at this office rn Thurs day, the 15th day of January next, and every succeeding day, Satur days excepted) between the hour of ten and four. Forms for claim ing the Dividend may be obtained at the Company's office, on and after the Ist January, and must be left, with the Coupons, three clear days, fur examination, previous to payment. JOHN HOr KIN, Mana g i ng Di rec t or. 8, Tokenhouse-yard, 21st November, 1856. Toe's, various Old Iron and Steel Fire Engines Iron Work of various descriptions Accoutrements Mr. TASKER approved of the terms now proposed, and of the matter being now left to Messrs. Baring. The terms, or bases of the agreement, were then agreed to, and a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Parish, to Gire, and to the Earl of Carel:lion, for their exer tions in bringing the matter to the present satisfactory position. His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in• Chief will hold a Levee at one o'clock on Saturday next. The Dublin papers announce the death of Lieutenant- General Alexander Thompson, Colonel-in-Chief of the 74th Highlanders, now in India. The name of the gal lant veteran has been long associated with his efforts tm improve and cultivate the wildest parts of the far-west of Ireland, Connemara. He died on the 23d inst., at his seat, Salruc-house, situate on the Little Killeries. An application has been made by Col. IL Sandharn. the director of the Royal Engineers' establishment at Brompton, to the authorities, to allow the t roo p s un d er his command to h e employed' in the destruction and re moval of old Rochester -bridge. The application was made in consequence of the very favourable opportunity which presents itself for exercisin g the officers and men in the demolition of ponderous wor k s, and of the success which attended the destruction of the immense doeks at Sebastopol by the troops belonging to the Royal Engi neers. The authorities have accorded permission for the men of the Sappers and Miners to be employed in the undertaking, and a party of the Royal Eeglueers, under the command of Captain A. Schaw ' R.Z, have b een engaged for a few days past at old Rochester-bridge making the necessary preparations for its removal. As soon•as the troops have removed tie upper portions of the bridge the piers and fnusdatimes will be destroyed by means of submarine explosions, in which undertaking the most skilful of the divers belonging to the carps will be employed. The depot of the sth Fusiliers, under the command of Captain W. Lyons, is to proceed on Months , next from Chatham to Pembroke, for the purpose of being attached to the depot battalion now folming at that station. The depot of the 40th Regiment, under the command of Captain M. E. Smith, will also proceed from Chatham to Templemore as soon as the necessary preparations for that purpose have been completed. The bead•quarree.. of the sth Fusiliers *mat the Mauritius, and of the '4ooeb in Australia. . Yesterday the troops belonging to the various cavalry and infantry regiments now stationed at St. Marv'e Bar• racks, Chatham, to the number of upwards of 1.500 non commissioned officers and men, were a•setabled at the Casemate Barracks for the purpose of witnessing the selection of those men for whoie discharge from the ser• vice an order had been received from the Horse Guards. On the troops being paraded Adjutant J. Pipe announced the names of 386 men who had been ordered to receive their discharge, and at - the same time made each man acquainted with the amount of pension, varying from 6d. to 2s. per day, each was to receive. The Government have taken land at Freshwater East for the purpose of bevino the troops properly trained to the use of their arms at lone ranges. This land which is most advaotag,eously situated for rifle practice, is at some little distance from Pembroke Dockyard, and has been fitted with large iron targets, at which practice will shortly commence. Lieut. Bishop, 18th Foot, is the instructor in musketry. The front of tie roof over No. 1 slip has been tali,- n down to allow the enlargement neces• sary to meet the iticrea ed length of ths new class men, of-war. The greatest activity prevails in the dockyard, extra time having been worked by all classes ofmechanics. A very interesting souvenir of a memorable event in naval history-was presented yesterday to the gunroom officers of H.M.S. Shannon, at Portsmouth. Tnis con• sisted of a box handsomely mounted in silver, and gill inside, richly chased and embossed with the shamrock, rose, and thistle, bearing the following inscription : "Box made from part of a beam of the United States' frigate Chesapeake, captured in single ccmbat by . 11.1 IL frigate Shannon, in Boston Bay, United States, Ist of June, 1813. Presented to the gunroom mess of the Shannon as a perpetual memorial of thataction by Rear- Admiral Provo Wallis, senior surviving- Lieutenant." The following letter from the gallant donor accom panied the gift : "Funtington-house, near Chiceeter, Nov. 24. " Gentlemen,— Will you permit me by the hands of the Messrs. Emanuel, her Majesty's jewellers at Ports mouth, to present to your mess a snuff box made from part of a beam of the late United States' frigate Chesai peaks, to be consid ere d ( i f you w ill do me this honour) as belonging to the present or any future ship bearing the name of "Shannon ?"--I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your most obedient servant, " P 20,0 WM. P. ALLIN, "Rear-Admi r al, and senior sur e Lieute W nant of the Shannon, in her action with the Chesapeake. "To the Officers of H.M.S. Shannon, Gunroom mess, Portsmouth." It is almost needless to say the officers of the Shan non feel highly complimented by Admiral Waffle's present. And Miscellaneous articles. May be viewed at the Tower, from 10 to 4 o'clock, on the 3 days previous to the sale, and catalogues had at the War Department, Pall. mall, the Tower, and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on payment of 6d. each, which will be allowed to purchasers. No person will be admitted to view the lots, or into the sale roam, without a catalogue. IMPORTANT TO EVERY MAN WHO KEEPS A 11ORSE, COW, SHEEP, OR PIG. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE. THE HEAPEST AND BEST EVES YET INTRODUCED ! Sold 11, ( - lases containlnz t4B Packages—each Packlge One Ferd, at the cost of hree Half-nence each, equal to 565. per case. Carriage pain to any ralvray station. None are genuine without my signature — JOSEPH TH , RLEY, the Inventor, 115, High-street, Hull. Post-oMce Orders must be made pay - able as above. . • TflE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. I CONTRACT FOR STOCKS AND CAPS FOR THE ROYAL. MARINES. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset-place, 2 1, th November, 1856. (SHE Commissioners for Executing the Office of 1 Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice, that on MONDAY, he 15th December next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with , uch persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford all such quantities of STOCKS and CAPS, with BALLS, as shall from time to time be demanded, for the use of the Royal Ntari,v.es, for 12 months certain, and farther until the expiration of 3 inontme warning, SALT and Co.'s EAST INDIA PALE and BURTON ALES. BitEWFRY —BUR FON-ON-THEN T. , TOREB : LONDON.. ...... • Frunvrford-wharf. LIVERPOOr• . 52, Henry-street. IWANCIIES rErt • • 37, Brow n - s tr ee t. SW - SFr LD ....... • • '2. George-street. BIRMINGHAM .•26 Buil-street. Bars .. DUBLIN 4, Crown-alley. EDINBURGH ........ Portl-opetoun Warehouse. GLASGOW St. Vincent-place. These Ales, in Casks of Elzhteen (allons and upwards, and in Bottle, obtained from all respectable Bottlers. The ,conditions of the revised contract may be seen at the said and patterns at the Niarine office, 15, Duke-street, West minster, between the 'Lairs of 11 and 2. No tender will be received of ter one: o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made ~n the pt in ed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said 'Mc.. [.very t tender must be addressee to the Secretary of the Admiralty, ad bear i it the left-hand corner the words "Tender for Stocks and Caps, with. Balls," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place. PUBLICATIONS. Freehold Building Ground and Houses—Liverpool and Eve ton. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, pmg ursuant to an Order of the High our of Chancery, de in a cause of navid Logan, plaintiff, and John Stewart and others, defendants, With the a 'probation of the Honourable the Vice• Chancellor , ir Richard Torin Kindersley, by Sir Samuel Turner Winstanlev. at the Clarendon Booms, South John-street, in Liverpool, on WED NESDAY, the 17th day of December, 1856, at two o'clock in the afternoon, an e`tensiw e pecc of Cr eiv.l.l ISIAH Illig Land, adjoining 'Vauxhall-MIA. in Kirk .ale, nelr Liverpool ; an several pi , ces of nodding Lund (eopyhoid of the manor of West Derby), in end near Sackville-street, i - v.rton near Liv rool . and it Freehold Dwellinv-hou-e, in Blackfield terrace, Kirkdale, and several Dwelling-houses (conyhold of the manor of West Derby). in S ackville-street, Everton In 12 Lots Pa-t cola-- and conditioni of sale may he obtained gratis fr,in Nfessrs Lowndes, Bateson, and Lowndes, solicitors, Brunsvrick-s'reet, Livernoo ; I t . T. K. Has sail, solicitor, Liv' r ; gessrs. 4 harpe. Field, and Jackson, soli citors, 41, Bedford-r.w, London; and of the Aectioneer. And tke premises may be seen on application to the tenants. Dated this 26th day of November, 1856. ` 4 harpr., Field, and Jackson, of 41, Bedford-row, Loudon, agents for Ife , srs. Lowndes, Bateson, and Lowndes, of Liverpool, plaintiff's selici,ors. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "ANNE DYSART." To-morrow, in 3 vols., 0 S A G R E y. By the klthor of " Anne Dysart," "Herbert Lake," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colbarn, 13, Great Alarlborough-street. avr.ir voLuxn or Auss BIOGRAPHIES. Just published, price I Os. Gd., the SIXTR VoLums of LIVES of the QUEENS of SCOTLAND, and ROYAL PRINCESSES connected with the Regal Succession. By AGNES STRICKLAND. Continuing the Life of Queen Mary. The richness and abundance of the material, especially tke results of t' .e recent disc, series, have rendered it n, cessary to ex , eed the limits at first proposed for this biography, which will be concluded in the next volume. Yoh. I. to V. may be had, price 10s. Gd. each. William Blackwood and Sans, Edinburgh and London. ►'3 ROYAL D _______________ RES ERVATION of LIFE f rom SHIP WRECK. —The Committee of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE -BOAT INSTITUTI 'N would earnestly call the attention of the public to the , reat and extraordin4ryexerti no which the Society has recently made, and is now making to provide eftic:ent Life- Boats for Rye, Dungeness, Hornsea, Arip'edore. Wicklow, Ark low, Wes port, Dundrum Bay, Drogheda. Kilmore, Rosilana, T etighal, awl Ballyeotton. To supply these L fe-boats, t•- tether with transporting carria !es and boat-houses for • so me of them, will involve an ..xpenditure of nearly 3.0001. During the present year the Committee have also granted upwards of 4 001, for meritorious exertions in saving life from wrecks. The "ommittee therefore earnestly APPEAL to the public for pecuniary assistance, to . ',table the m, with unabat4 vigour, to con tinue their hitherti successful exertions in the cause of humanity. THO MIS BA RI , G, Chairman. TH• 51.Ai, CHAPMAN, Deputy-Ch a i rman. 0011trib i The Committee gratefully acknowl e d ge t h e following additional ations : Admiral Sir J. Rowley, Bart— W. Rine. I'sq• —•• ... Ch arles KiPmrn, Esq a... 5 MThe Rev. E. J. A •• arch a .... iss Edwards .... • • .... ....• —..•• • • .. 2 1 0 2 Messrs J. Robinson and Sons •••• • • • lO 15 1 0 0 Donations and Subscriptions will be thankfully received by Messrs. Willis, Percival. and Co., 76, Lomb , rd-str. et, by ail the London bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, at the 'Pace of the In stitution, 14, John-street, Adelpht. ---......__ SIR AECISIBALD ALISON'S H /STORY OF EUROPE, trom the Cornmencement of the French Revolution in 1789, to the Battle of Waterloo. CIBRAIIT EDITION, in .4 vols decoy Bvo., with Portraits.. £lO 10 0 ro%rn Bvo., 20 volurms ...... .• ..... „..• • • • • 60 9 PEOPLE'S EDITION, 12 vols., closely printed in double columns, 42 Es., • and Index Volume, 3s. "There is no book extant that treats so well of the period to the Plustration of which Mr Alison's labours have been devoted. It ex bib is great knowl dge, patient research, iadefatigablc industry, aid vast power. Few men living could have done greater justice to the subject."—The Times. " The perusal of Alison's works, indeed, is an education of itself; and it is one so intimately connected with present times, with the ideas and events now influencing the world, that without it all others would be imperfect."—Blackwood's Magazine. " Ills work forms a magnificent portal to the Present : it contains a key to the strange ciaractkrs which the passions of men are now writing upon the earth."—Dublin University Magazine. William Black wood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. , , : C-- A.NCER HOSPITAL, L on d on and West Hort Brora p t on. — Secretary's Office, 167, Pi ccadilly —This Tnstitu has keen established exclusively for the treatment of the poor afflicted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, Piccadilly. on Tuesdays, at 2 &clack. In-door patient, are admitted at the firompton Establishment, for one month, and for a longer period if recommended by the edical officers. The number of per- Sons under treatment as in or out-door patients hare averaged for the list three years about 400 eases each , car. Since the foun cation of this Rossital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under ever; form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this Chad y. A Weekly lioard manage its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Insihation may be obtained on application to the Secretary. Contrinut , ons to enabl. the Committee to continue this , reat work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be paid to William I.oxhem Farrar, E-q., the rreasurer.coin's- Inn-fields ; Messrs. Corns and Co , Strand ; and at the Secretary's Offices, 167, Piccadilly. NEW BIOGR.i.PHICAL WORK BY M. GUIZOT. Just ready, in Bvo., 145., VrEMOIRS OF SIR ROBERT PEEL. M. °vizor, author of `• Ilistory of Oliver Cromwell," &c, Loudon : Bich, rd Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. /rice Half-a-crown. CONTENTS ?OR DECEMBER. No. CCXL. Professor Dununkoprs Adventure at the Bal Mabille. By Dudley Costello. Capeflgue on Great Fintncial Operations. "topics. Thanatos Athanatos. Corn( ling t rippa the Magician. The Kansas Question, The Spendthrift. Chars. XLV. to L. By W. Harrison Ainsworth, Esq. Cardinal Wiseman. By Monkshood. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. By orgies. W. J. COCKERILL, Secretary. " All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul. That changed through all, and yet in all the same Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame Warms in the sun, refreshes in tie breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart mourns, As full, as perfect, i n vile m an that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns : To Him no high, no low, no great, no small : Ho fills, He bounds, connects, and equals all." The noble earl resumed his seat amidst Lhe applause of his hearers. The Mayor of WILTON (Mr. James Nightingale) pro. posed a vote of thanks to the noble lord fir his very jute. resting lecture. The Rev. R. S. C. CEIERMSIDS seconded the motion, and in doing so paid a graceful compliment to the noble earl as the historian of the Georges, and wbo (he observed) was better known by the name of Lord Mahon. This resolution was adopted with acclamation, and his lordship having returned thanks the company separated. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron— Ile Ql' E EN.— Fouuded 1828. No order for admission is he re required. lie sick poor are admitted on their own application alone bo ring the past m on th the following number received the benefits Of this Cha on : 37rit, either as out or i n -d oor patients, on their personal aPPllcati Week ending 7th October 2 , ,58 Ditto 14th October • •• •• 2,162 Ditto 21st Oct ber 2,075 Ditto 28th October • • 2,241 29th, 30tb, and 3lst October Her Majesty's sailing corvette Vestal, Captain T. S. Thompson, 'arrived at Spithead yesterday from the North American and West India station. She sailed from Antigua on Cie morning of the 14Lh ult., arrived at Bermuda on the 25th ; shawl on the 28th with invalids ; experienced a succession of southerly gal.. 11-...0 the 7th to the 13th ; passed the bark Corinthia on. the 12th, under close-reefed topsails. There had been upwards of 900 cases of yellow fever, and about 70 deaths. The troops Were in camp at St. George's. Vestal's bowsprit, foremast, and mainmast are sprung and fished. She brought borne Captain Farmar of the Royal Marinv, invalided from her Majesty's ship Nile, and the Hon. Thomas Price, Tr:asurer of Antigua,. The Vestal ha./ ben iu commi-sion between four and five years. On first making her out this morning, soon after daylight, she appeared to be in a very dangerous locality, having let go her anchor near a dangerous shoal, known as the "Horse Bank," to the eastward of the narrow channel from the Nab light-vessl to Spithead. Her position being disc.ivered, signals were ma d e f or S prightly, tendr, Master Co , iimancler George Allen, and Echo, steam-Lug, Mr. Harding, to proceed to her assistance, as it would have been limning a great risk in Vestal' , .; attempting to get under weigh witn the wind at W. by N. The above steamers took her in tow, and attended on her until she was safely moored at Spithead, The Sprightly brought suwrnumeraries ashore, and shortly aster orders came down for Vestal to proceed to Chat ham, at which port she will dismantle and pay off. The procredin g s at Haslar lake, connected with the slip way for hauling up the screw gun-boots have not yet realised the expectation formed. Every assistance has been renderer by tint factory and smithy departineu.. of the dockyard, but it appears that the engine was to work the cradle is not above one-third the power it should be (at present only eight-horse power). A gun-boat had g-t about half-A ay up when the wheel broke, and so the matter must rest until a new wheel is made, which tna, , possiblN take about a week. The Lord of the 1-le,, Capin Maxton, left Ports mouth on Tuesday fur Hong Kong. F RASER'S MAGAZ 1856, price 2s. An Essay on Popularity. Ey a Manchester Man. Professorial Electioas. The Friends. An Episode of: Italian Life. Sketches on the North Coast. Sy a Naturalist. No. VI. and Last —The Fauna of the Frost. Pauli's History of I , itgland. The N laid Mail Train 41 . 1, India. 1 he MunimentChaiiiber at Lonely Place. ENE for DECEMBER, Gcl., contains Some Talk about Scotch Pecu liarities. Song of the Buchaniers. What every Christian must know. Gleanings from LThland. By T. Westwood. Tlie Denison Cas.. A Letter to the Editor from the Rev. F. D. Maurice. °f Whi ch 3,303 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat- Total in October ..... ... 9,6R0 ntent) having been admitted previously. slN. l e l eraevgf.exprehnsaecsoantremittnteeve,itatbiely incurred in affording such ex . ten o - r , retort' earnestly entreat the aid the public. The rn —anttgement of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, 4 eneral Meeting Learly elected trona the general list of subscribers, at the annual t in the A Board is held every Thursday, a When (Rey J. B. Owen . 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Decayed teeth ption of ARTl r:autred sound and niefill ill naacacaQ42.-4.4, i l . t . orhut . 41 hen irQ U I 1" " 274 (From the Salisbury Tourri cso On Thursday evening Earl Stanhope gave a lecture on " Geography" to the members of the . Wilton Mechanics' Institute, at the National School-roo zu, which was densely crowded on the oc cas i on w ith th e in ost respe c t a bl e f am ili es of the town and neighbourhood. The Right .Ron. S. and Mrs. Herbert, who had been er,l ter t a i n i ng a party of visi tors, includin g th e L or d Bi s h ,ap of Oxford, Sir C. Wood, Bart., M.P., J. Holford, .sq., and other distinguished guests, were prevented from attending, in consequence of intelligence having been received duri.og the day of the death of Prince Woronzow, Mr. Herb ert's uncle. The lec- ture was listened to with deep attention, and the noble lecturer was frequentl3 applauded during its delivery. The Rev. R. S. CHERMSIDR, in opening the proceedings of the evening, said that it was his painful duty to apo logise for the absence of the patron of the society, who, in conselueuce of the melancholy intelligence having been received that day of the unexpected death of Prince Woron zow , only brother of the late Lady Pembroke, was not able to attend in person to present his noble guest. He had, however, commissioned him (Mr. Cherruside) to express his regret at being unable to attend on that occasion ; and with these observations he would now introduce to the society Earl Stanhope. (Applause.) Earl STANIIan said that when he undertook, at the re quest of those who took the principal part in their affairs, to deliver a lecture, he was left free as to the choice of a subject, and he had selected " Geography," because he thought he could throw out some hints as to a more practical course which should be adopted in studying this science. He need not urge upon his hearers the great importance of this study, forasone can doubt its utility in many points, not only as to its own facts, but as collateral to many other branches of et ady. The two main pillars of history were chronology era geography. Thus, if an alleged historical fact were doubted, there was no better test than that of geography ; and by this means it must. be possible to dim ' cern the trv,e from the false, and thus to ascertain what facts were entitled to our belief. To us, however, as na tives of Dog land, there were some special reasons to com mend this study, especially in connection with the events of the last few years. Who amongst us would wish to re main igloorant of those who brave feats of arms which had been successively performed by our fellow -countrymen in the East, or of the names of those places where the gentler womawy virtues had succoured the sick and wounded sol dier ? (Hear.) Such noble deeds of courageous daring and of Christian charity could not be devoid of interest. Again, the study of geography had special claims upon our attention when we considered there was no portion of the world in which our colonial possessions were not more or less extended. Who, for instance, would wish to be like the old lady who was mentioned in Sir Thomas Munro's journal, who asked him when ho was going out as Gover nor of Madras, to step over and deliver a letter to her son at Calcatta—(laughter)—places which were further dis tant than London and the Orkney Isles. After many other observations on this subject, his lordship next proceeded to observe that many facts in connection with our knowledge of geography corroborated the statements made in ancient times. Thus, for instance, 1,800 years after Ovid had written his Metamorphoses the origin of the source of the Nile still remained for dis covery. He then quoted from Addison's version of the story of Phaeton the description of the flight of the rivers, which concludes as follows The frighted Nile ran off, and underground Concealed his head, nor can it yet be found." The position of the head or fountain of the Nile was still the greatest deficiency in the geographical knowledge of the day. The noble lecturer next proceeded to point out the most efficient mode of studying geography. He did not, he observed, pretend to have made any new discovery n this head; but as the more common mode was a great tax on the memory, he was of opinion, from experience, that a much shorter method could be adopted. The gene. ral plan was to commit some book to memory which con tained the names of the rivers, seaports, inland cities, and towns of various countries. He did not think this method the best, because it required much study, and was a great tax upon the memory. His advice was, not to study geo graphy as a separate science, but whenever they read his tory, to look out the places which were referred to on a map. There was hardly any trouble in this method, while at the same time it tended to fix the names of places firmly on the memory. It was impossible for any one to take up a newspaper to road without feeling the importance of a knowledge of geography ; and, by the means which he had pointed out, the memory would become much more reten tive than if a whole array of names were shovelled in all of a lump This method of studying geography, however, involved one thing —you should never read history without having a snap before you, and there were plenty of maps which could be procured at the present day at a very low price. He also advised his he,rers to couple with this mode of study theperusal of interesting books of travel, some of which were equal to the most delightful novels. His own experience had suggested to him this course, and he could only say if it should benefit only one person who was thei present he should feel highly gratified. With respect to books on the subject of geography, he .might observe that none ranked higher than those which were written by English I ladies. Mrs. Somerville had never been surpassed by her works on this science in connection with geology ; and Lady Falmouth had written a most excellent elementary work on this subject. His lordship next proceeded to observe that not only was the study of geography most useful, but a knowledge of this science could be employed as a testing point in history and criticism. Take, for in stance, one of the great events of the world— the battle of Marathon. We had at the present time the authority of only one side, the testimony of the Greek historians, the Persian records being silent. The Greek historians stated that 10,000 Athenians defeated as many as 500,000 Persians. Here then would be seen the advantages of geography. One of our own countrymen, Col. Leake, had measured the plain, and had proved by the number of feet and yards that it wasimpossible that 500,000 persons could ever have stood on this ground. This proved what had often been suspected, that the account of the Greek historians was an exaggera tion. Here then was an instance of geography as applied to history; he would now refer to the case of a book which was well known, and which was, in fact, one of the most delightful works of fiction that was ever published, the novel of " Gil Blas," which was written by a Frenchman, named Le Sage. The story was represented as taking place on Spanish ground, and so jealous were the Spaniards of the fame of this celebrated work, that it had been asserted Le Sage was not the author, but that he found a manuscript in the Spanish language, which he translated into French. In this work, while there was found an ac curate knowledge of Spanish life and scenes, there were many mistakes in a geographical point of view, which it was impossible for any one who had travelled through the country to have made. The noble lord then cited several cases in illustration of this point, observing particularly that in " Gil Bias" it was stated that Grenada could b reached from Madrid in four days, whereas it would take more than twice four days to perform the journey. He next pointed out the great interest which could not fail to be excited by a comparison of countries at the present time with the descriptions which were given of them in ancient, or even in mediaeval times, and referred toVirgil's descrip tion of the climate of Italy, which was not at all borne out by the climate iu that.country at the present day, which had evidently undergone considerable variation through the space of 2,0J0 years. He then observed that the study of geography was connected with sublime speculations, seeing that wo had been enabled to determine the precise figure of the earth, which was net completely spherical, but pro jected at the equator, and was flattened at the poles. This had been determined by several modes, but more especially by the pendulum, the mere act of its swinging determining the precise figure of the earth. Did not this seem really marvellous? He would endeavour to explain this in a few words. What was it that made the pendulum to swing to and fro ?It was the action of two forces—the one being a propelling power, and the other force was that of attraction. The propelling Power was the same here as at the equator, but the power of attraction varied, and the vibrations of the pendulum were consequently longer or shorter as the pendulum receded from or was nearer to the equator. By the light of science, too, man had been enabled to calculate the weight and measure of this great globe; and surely such results could not be devoid of interest to the inquiring mind. In proportion, too, as our knowledge increases, do the most interesting discoveries come crowding upon us. How interesting it was to read of the extinct races of birds in New Zealand, some of which were much larger than the ostrich, being no less than 11 or 12 feet high. The size of these birds was not, however, a matter of uncer tainty, for that able man, Professor Owen, was at this moment, at the British Museum, constructing and repro ducing the skeleton of one of these gigantic birds. His lordship then referred to the condor of South America, and related an anecdote from a work written b y Sir Francis B. Head, describing a fi g h t between one of those immense birds and a Cornish miner, in which the latter came off characteristics of S ou th A mer i ca, referring with much victorious. He then a ll u d e d at great length to the national plea sure to the Journal and Researches of Mr. Chas. Darwin, a work which, h e s t a t e d, was f ull of interest, containing great mass of important ma tt er respecting Buenos Ayres, and which he rec ommen d e d t o th e perusal of his hearers in dwelling on this part of his subject, the noble lord par ticularly alluded to the discovery of that gigantic and wonderful plant, the Victoria Regia, and observed that Sir Joseph Paxton had stated that the manner in which this plant grew had first suggested to hire the idea of the supports of the Crystal Palace. (Applause.) He then pointed out the contrast in South America between the lofty 1 0 41C 10 4 41 44 t 4 O Mains which oxtviulvd lauudroa b of In payment of the interest in arrear to the date when the final settlement takes place, and for its enti re amount, new B on d s w ill b e issued of 201. and 501. each, or of large amounts, as may be convenient to the bond• holders, such bonds being entitled to interest from and after the year 1861, as follows : From 1861 to 1865 inclusive 1 per cent. per annum. From 1866 to 1870 „ From 1871 and after 2 12 A sinking fund being setapart from 1861 from the new bonds until their entire redemption of per cent. per annum (one half), or say the 200th part of the whole amount, or if more agreeable to the creditors, the Govern ment propose that 3-4hha of the whole amount of the arrears of interest (or 75 per cent.) only be recognised, issuing in payment of this sum, bonds to bear interest as follows : From 1361 to 1865 inclusive, 1 per cent, per annum. From 1866 to 1870 „ 2 ~ lf From IS7I and after 3 97 79 There still being set aside from 1861 as a sinking fund for such new bonds until their entireredemption, per cent. per annum (one-half), or say the 200th part of the whole amount. In any event the Government of Buenos Ayres will remain at liberty to apply to the redemption of the new bonds, by means of public or private purchase, any sums which it might find convenient at any period after their issue, and even before said bonds commence gain ing any interest whatever. In payment of the deficiency arising (36.0000, be tween the sum assigned for the payment of interest on the original debt in 1857 and 1858, and what is esta blished in the contract, there will also be issued, at a fitting opportunity, new bonds under the same condi tions proposed for the payment of the interest due to date, cause it to b e Any arrangement which may be settled upon the pre ceding bases will no t t a k e effect until a't er h av i ng been eanpdprtohveedGobvyertntitue willeLietgoifslßatuiveenoCshAaymrbesers towards which presented to them as soon as concluded. The CHAIRMAN said whatever merit was due for the obtainment of these terms, ought to be given to Mr. Parish and Mr. Gire, their commissioner. A BONDHOLDER asked if the offer had been made by the Minister, or only by Messrs. Baring ? Mr. POWLES replied that it was from the Government, who left it to Messrs. Baring to see it :carried out. If the bondholders approved of it, it would have to be sent back to Buenos Ayres to be ratified by the Government there. Messrs. Baring would have no power to alter the terms without the approval of the Government. Mr. ROBERTSON gave the greatest credit to the com mittee for their exertions, but th oug h t if amend ment to the terms should be thou g ht o f , the whole ques tion had better be referred back to M essrs. Baring for their exertions being, used in behalf of th e bondholders. any The CHAIRMAN said it was of no importance if the bondholders wished the matter now left in their hands to obtain any improvement that might be deemed advisable by the committee. Mr. CATEL thought one advantage they would obtain would be, to get, very probably, three per cent. on the arrears of interest. A BONDHOLDER thought Messrs. Baring would be able better to obtain any amelioration than the committee perhaps three per cent on the whole. In answer to a BONDHOLDER. The CHAIRMAN said the first proposition was most approved of by the committee, because it did not involve any sacrifice of principle. After some discussion it was proposed to leave the new proposals altogether in the hands of Messrs. Barirg, in order that they might conclude the negotiation for the ndjuistinent of tiic kaid debt on tJau basts orciaii444 re the .• a PLAN OF LIEUT. PIM", R.N., FOR A RENEWED SEARCH FOR FHE SIIRVIYORB OF THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION. A meeting of the Royal Geographical Society was held last night at No. 15, Whitehall.place, at which a con siderable number of ladies and gentlemen attended. Sir R. Murchison presided, and the company included Major-General Sir George Pollock, Lieut. Montagu O'Reilly, Dr. Barth, the explorer of Africa, Dr. Rae, Captain Maguire, the Bishop of Rupert's-land, Dr. King, Dr. Fogel, Mr. Anderson, Dr. Armstrong, Lieut, Cheyne, Mr. Hayes, Major-General For, Mr. Cyrus Field, etc., etc. After some preliminary business was dispossd of, Lieutenant Tim, R.N., read the following paper : I believe the sympathy of every member of this society is with me on the subject which I am now about to in troduce, viz., the fate of Sir John Franklin and his brave companions, I therefore hope I shall find it an easy task to induce you to take a warm interest in a further effort to elucidate the mystery of their disappear anoe: A decisive clue has been obtained, and I think I can show that it is not at all improbable some of the . unfortunates so long cut off from their home and friends may still be alive and anxiously awaiting that succour which will restore them once more in safety to their country. The fate of Franklin remained as much in the dark as ever, when, by the merest accident, a clue was obtained, which once more .encouraged the hopes that some at least of the party might be saved. The relics now lodged in Greenwich Hospital afford the clue I allude to. They were purchased from the E , quirnaux by Dr. Rae during his survey of part of Boothia ; that this discovery was unexpected is proved by his own words—" I do not mention the lost navigators, as there is not the slightest hope of finding any of them in the quarter to which I am going." The clue having at length been found, it was naturally supposed the mys tery ;would now be solved; this important duty was in trusted to the Hudson's Bay Company, but their at tempt to follow it up proved, from various causes, a failure. By the time the scene of operation was reached, it was necessary to return. There was no interpreter, and in short all that was effected was the discovery of additional relics of such a description as to lead any one, 'rased in arctic affairs, to infer that the ships could not be far distant. Not the smallest vestige of human re mains was found, and there is not a particle of evidence to prove the death of even one man belonging to Frank lin's ships since they sailed from Beechy Island. The case now stands thus : undoubted relics of the Franklin expedition have been found, and from them an inference is drawn which points to a certain locality as the posi tion of the missing ships; that locality, I think every one agrees, is King William Land. Thus research is li mited to a comparatively small extent of country, and as the settlements of the Esquiriaax must have been reached by Franklin's men as evidenced by their possession of the relics, it is more than probable some of the party may yet be living domesticated among these tribes. With such a certain indication to guide us, is it not more than strange that our efforts in the search have slackened, in fact, I grieve to say, ceased altogether ? This natu ra ll y b r i ngs me .to the plan of searc I are anxious to propose to this society. The scheme is a comprehensive one, and cannot, I think, fail of success. (Hear.) A small screw vessel, with a complement of twenty men, to penetrate as far down Peel Sound as possible, take up winter quarters, and, assisted by teams of dogs purchased at Disco or Uppernaick, extend the search down both shores of the Sound. Another vessel, similarly equipped, to push through Behring Straits, and winter at King William Land, whilst an overland party descend the Great Fish River, with ord ers t o ma k e f or a certain ren d ezvous, previously arranged. Thus a corn r2rehensive scheme of search would be organised, which could hardly fail of success ; for it will at once be seen that the very winds and currents which prove an ob stacle to the advance of one party will have precisely the opposite effect upon the other, and thus insure that at least one vessel will reach her destination. You will see that I lay great stress upon the smallness of the ships and the use of dogs for travelling purposes. My experi ence proves the superiority of small ye 'eels, with limited crews, over large ships and corresponding companies. Who will doubt, that had Sir John Franklin commanded 20 men instead of 138, he would have escaped from his icy prison like Sir John Ross ? The smaller number would enjoy abundance, while the larger were perishing of hunger. As regards the use of dogs , their supe r i or i ty for sledging purposes , over men has been abundantly proved. If only one man is taken ill on a journey, the increased ratio of labour on his comrades is such as seri ously to impede progress, it becoming necessary to place him on the sledge. If two men are overtaken by illness the object of the journey must be given up mad a speedy return to bead quarters becomes imperative, whereas with dogs, the failure of 1,2, or 3 does not in any way entail additional labour on the others, as the sick ones follow the sledge until recovered, and if very ill and useless can be dispensed with altogether ; moreover, frost is the most dreaded enemy of the men, whilst dogs are exposed ta the severest inclemency of the winter with impunity. In addition, I may remark, that the average daily jour ney with men is about ten miles, with dogs more than double. I will now say a few words on the relative ad vantages of the eastern and western routes as, in the event of the whole scheme not being adopted it may be desirable to have some idea which of the two is the safest best known, and above all most certain road by which we can arrive at that most interesting locality, King William Land. I must request your attention to the map. King William Land is situated at the mouth of Great Fish River, and I would particularly draw your attention to its proximity to the magnetic pole as most interesting and attractive to all arctic navigators : also, to the fact that a number ofeE , quirnaux inhabit its vi cinity, who, beyond a doubt, are the depositories of that secret, to obtain possession of which s ) many gallant efforts have been made, and so many hundreds of then sands of pounds have been expended. Having thus pointed out the field of search, I will first describe the eastern route to it, viz, that by way of Lanca-ter Sound. The passage through Baffin's Bay is well known to be most uncertain, and it is equally well known that the season whuld be too far advanced by the arrival of the vessel at Peel Sound to leave time for the officer, and crew to do anything beyond putting their vessel into winter quarters Moreover, from a short distance within the entrance of Peel Sound, the land is a terra incognita, some geographers even asserting that it is a cul de sac ; but be that as it may, all is uacertaiu after passing Lan caster Sound, and indeed it would be most disappointing to the officer in charge of that branch of the service to find himself compelled to winter at a great distance from the scene of operations. His parties would be worn out and his resources almost exhausted before even arriving at the point where exploration would commence, Next, as regards the Western nute, viz., through Bhering Straits, weare assured by every navigator that, sooner or later, each year, the northern sh.tres of the American continent can be coasted by ships. I understand that by the untiring efforts of our late President, Sir R. Mur chison, and others, the Government has been induced to take into consideration the despatch of another expedi tion. I sincerely hope that it may be determined upon ; but I am assured that even if this prove to be the case the ship or ships will Ise sent only by the Eastern reuse, namely, Barrow Straits. Having myself entered the Polar Sea by both routes, I cannot be supposed to be prejudiced in favour of either ; but as each expedition by the latter route, Baffin's Bay, bas invariably met with serious obstacles to an advance to the westward, we cannot hope that this one will be more fortunate than its predecessors; then, indeed, most bitter would be the disappointment at the failure of this final Government effort from causes so clearly foreseen. This society, the leading one beyond doubt in a great maritime nation like,England, has, from first to last, taken the deepest interest in the fate of the Erebus and Terror, and it would indeed be ajust recompense if the glory of solving the vexed question fell to its lot. With this end in view, I now urge upon its members, impressed as they must be with the dire necessity of the case, to equip a small every vessel despatch toe push will be used, and she would leave sh through Bhering Straits. I n t h e i r h an d s Eng land in proper time, viz., before the end of January. One word in conclusion. I need scarcely add that as soon as a further effort is determined upon, plenty of volunteers will be found anxious to devote themselves to so noble a service. To those who cry out about the risk of life, I would simply state that Captain Collinson's able and in teresting journals fully prove the northern coast of America eta Bhering Straits, to be far more healthy than many stations ; say coast of Africa, China, West Indie,, where our sailors are always serviag. Time presses now t but should I have a future opportunity n e ll p y r i a n c t t o ic d a e li t y ail t s e , which I feel confid en t th e w illi ng gu id ance of the nat i ves h s i s h a s l o c h t h y a of entering iile.atra f t e may be secured. (Appl ause. ) a ppy seb to em d e o so, and The paper was received with applause, and an interest ing discussion ensued, and the Bishop of Rupert's-land expressed a hope that, if the government would sanction another expedition, they would endeavour to do same peed to the Eqquirnaux in a religious point of view. ratLEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. Mr. CYRUS FIELD, at the suggestion of the Chairman, begged to present to the meeting the profile of the At lantic between Newfoundland and Valentia Bay, Ireland. (A. laugb.) He pointed out on a map the plateau at the bottom of the ocean OA which it is proposed to lay the cable containing the electric wires. On the 4th July, 1776, the Americans had declared themselves Indepen dent of Great Britain, and on the 4th July, 1857, he hoped they would be united with her. (Laughter.) TIO UlePtin adiQUllle4 to Monday, the 8U December. SIR C. J. NAPIER'S STATUF. During the present week the various passengers whom business or pleasure has conducted through Tra falgar-square may have robsbly noticed a veiled statue erected on a pedestal of severe simplicity. From local tradition it is gathered that three or four days ago both pedestal and wattle were placed on their present site, under the superintendence of Mr. Cundy, a mason well. skilled in such operations. However the feat was ac complisbed, it took place at night.tirne, and the neigh bourhood of Charing craze, when it woke in the morn ing, wondered to find the new colossal inhabitant stationed iu its great square. Although the torn, of the statue was concealed by a thick canvass veil, its subject was plainly indicated by the inscription on the peclesta!—" Charles James Napier, General, born MDCOLXXXII ; died MDCCCLIII. ,greeted by public subscription from all classes, civil and military, the most numerous being private soldiers." Such was the device beneath the mysterious figure. The enigma is now ne longer enigmatical. Without any inaegurating 'pomp, and ansii weather that was marvellously bad even fer a London November, the ceremony of unveiling took place shortly aft, r 11 a.m. yesterday in the presence of a small but select body of spectators, who braved the combination of s!eet and slush to witness the addition of one more work of art to the metropolis. The more hardy lounged about the flagstones, the more cautious attended in carriages. A great deal of curiosity was visible among the little throng as the workmen ascending the ladders commenced the process of unveiling, and a hearty cheer burst forth when the statue stood unveiled in all its dignity, brought out in full relief against Cie dull, foggy sky. When fine weather shall have increased the number of spectators, it will be found that the new statue is not secondary in interest to any erected in the public tho rsughfares of Loudon. The illustrious General is repre sented with a scroll in his left hand, symbolical of the a k t t e i ci government awarded to Scinde, and a evrJrd in his ri g ht , not branished in defisnce, but pressed against hi s b r sum as if in acknowledgment of its good servic e . Tt tude is natural but commanding, the strongly marked features are reproduced with powerful effect, and the heavy mantle which is thrown over the back of the figure answers the sculptural purpose of the toga without de stroying the national character of the General, who is dressed in his proper uniform. The height of the figure, which is of bronze, not blackened Over, but showing all the colour of the metal, exceeds 12 feet, and the granite pedestal, which is of the simplest kind, surmounted only by a pinth and moulding, stands 17 feet from the ground. It may be remarked that the feet of the figure are planted immediately on the granite, without the intervention of a metallic base. The highly interesting work of art now exhibited to the great public of Lennon owes its origin to a subscrip tion set on foot about two years ago by a committee of which the Bari of El!enborough was chairman, and Colonel Kennedy and Sir Colin Campbell joint secretaries. Among the chief donors were the present Duke of Beau- fort and the late Lori Hardin g°, who contributed each 100/. ; but the subscriptions descended to the humble amounts of 21, and 11., and the words written on the pedestal are strictly true. Mr. G. G. Aearns, the sculptor of the work, is the young and rising artist who distinguished himself by the of su ccessful bust tee 'late Doke of Wellington, of which marble copies were taken by the Queen, the present Duke of Buccleuch, and Lord Eils..,mere ; and by the statue of the same great General now erected in the llAarliet-place of Norwich. (Prom, the Times.) , No taxes are popular things. . It •is not to be expected that . they should be. Mader the disguiseof a high price paid for Your tea, ttoffee, or sugar . at the grocer's, they are un p e l e:a e n h t: u n e o r n ,s gh eru . • ei ßn iy. t - indirect taxation is still a veil, however thid a i one, upon the Ch au collor of th ..-,. , 1 When he puts his hand into your pocket and takes out the actual contents of your purse, he, is the robber undisguised. This is a rude, coarse, tins . gentlemanly, impertinent proceeding, at which w e fire up, Whatever the financial reason of the com. . munity may admit in favour of direct taxation, imagination will always be against it. But this is not the only objectioa to the income tax. It is an inquisitorial tax, nor is it inquisito rial only as subjecting you to the sharp eyes and ears of a collector - it makes you a n inquisitor upon. yourself, which nobody likes to be. Even if you are only your own inquisitor, which is the very mildest form of inquisition, that is a burden and a nuisance to most people. There may be a select few to whom it is not—some choice, happy spirits, who let themselves off q u it e easily, and find it has a most natural and healthy effect. They are not troubled with any qualms or scruples and under take' the responsibility o f judgies. their own cas e with a fearless readiness. B u t the maj ority of men, who have we trust some sort of conscience, find this tribunal of self-inquisition not at all a com fortable one. If they decide against themselves they seem to be unfair to themselves, and if they decide in their own favour they seen to be unfair to the State. They are in a fix, then, and what shall theydo ? There are so many pros and cons in the estimation of a larg e class of yearly i ncomes, so many allowances which a man thinks he may make, and fairly make, though at the same time he does not make them with that per fect accuracy of self-approval which he would like to feel. So he must draw a line some where between his own claims and those of the Exchequer, and, wherever he draws it, he either thinks he has done himself a little injustice or done the State one. Either alternative is un pleasant, especially tin former, and we doubt aelt : Intkby an honest man has had an tineess,snightsareer - a sacrifice of himself in a decision which the Income tax has imposed upon him. Whil e h e i s tossing about in bed th e text, "130 not righteous over much," has come to his recollection with uncom plimeetary vividness, and time alone has re. stored the equilibrium of his mind, and imparted the satisfaction of a good conscience. But the income tax is not only a direct tax, and an inquisitori a l t ax , b u t an un j ust t ax. We say unjust, not as if injustice proved against a tax im mediately decided the argument against it, for few taxes perhaps can be proved to be perfectly just or to operate equally upon all classes. All that pub lic justice intrinsically requires is, that the taxes together, taken in a lump and regarded as a sys tem, should be fair. But, as this is an intricate question, and as it never can, perhaps, be shown what the result of a whole system of taxation as regards its justice or injustice is, we cannot be sur prised if people set to work very summarily to ex amine the justice of particular taxes, especially if they are important ones, if they squeeze a good deal out of the taxpayer, and if they happen to be as objectionable in other respects as the income tax is. In the case of the income tax, then, it does so happen that the mind is immediately ar rested by a very obvious, mailed, and palpable inequality att ac hi ng to th e very nature of the tax, and that is, that it extracts from the yearly in come, without any regard to the source from which that income is drawn, whether a permanent capi tal in laud or the funds, or the uncertain and fluctuating profits of a trade or profession. There is at first sight a plain unfairness in taxing an income which may possibly stop next year, and which, at any rate, has an insurance to pay out of it, exactly to the same amount that you do the interest of a regular capital. You are taxing equally what is in fact very unequal property, whereas it is of the very essence of the justice of a property tax that property should be taxed under the act according to its value and amount. We are aware there are certain financial metaphysi cians who profess to undercut this plain and ob vious view of the case as being shallow and super ficial. We will not deny the ingenuity of these arguers, or deprive them of the merit of a certain needlepoint acuteness and subtlety. They choose to look at income entirely apart from the possessor of the income ; then, when they have got this ab straction before them, they say that what the State has to do with is the income of the nation for the year, apart from all connection with the several owners and their peculiar circumstances. One man's income may have a permanent basis, another a temporary, still the income of both is alike in come. and that is all that the state is concerned with. If a man says that his income may stop next year, they tell him he is to blame, not the inequality of the max, but the inequality of his own fortune. He is not so rich a man as his next-door ( neighbour the capitalist, tout that is not the fault of the tax, but the fault of Providence ; ho must take his income as a present thing, with the liabilities of taxation to which it is subject, and must not complain because the basis of it is different from and not so good as the basis of his neighbour's ia cow e—that is to say, because Providence arranges a variety in men's lots, and has not made him so . 1 rich as his neighbour. All this may be ingenious, but no argument of this sort can ever do away with the obvious prima facie injustice of taxing a casual . income and a permanent income equally. We cannot express any surprise, then, that peo ple should be considerably on the qui vise now on the Income-tax question, and the continuance o f the present rate of this tax. With respect to the tax itself, the country has tacitly accepted it till 1860, but it was understood that the present rate of it was only to continue till April next,—i. c., till a year after the termination of the war. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, however, it appears now, gives his own date to this event, and he fixes it at the ratification of the treaty, instead of at the Treaty of Psris i. self—a postponement which just laps over the financial year, and gives him another year's squeeze of the nation. The history of the Income-tax is a history of Ministerial dodges and pious frauds, cunning devices of Chancellors of the the Exchequer to get the nation to pu t its neck into the halter, the understandingb:i pats the ngthat i t i s na tion's neck, taken out again at such a tim e. H people, reasonable people, you will no t and say 8 0 -7 hje " et G t o o o a d little fir a very 81" Only for thre e y ears, " said'Sirll.Pf time. " e r el ; and when those were ended it was (only to be for three years more, and when those were over it was only to be for one year more, and thee it was only aga-n to be for three years more. This brings us to 1852, and then the Income tax promises faithfully, on its word of honour, that it will positively only last seven years longer, when the falling in of the Long Annuities will cer tainly suppress it. And now the present war rate of the tax is to be maintained a year longer than it was supposed, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer is provided, as he always is, with a pro fessional dodge for that purpose. But he is en countered by an Association. Yes, an Association is formed having for its object the non-continuance of the present rate of the Income-tax beyond April next ; it has held a crowded meeting at the London Tavern, and it exhibits considerable signs of activity awl life, though it would not be complimentary to add permanence, because, we presume, if the In come-tax is reduced to its old rate next April the Association will disperse. We can only hope, then, that this will be its fate, and that it will attain this successful breviiy of existence. Associations have doubtless b een f ormed for grander, sublimer, and more lasting o bj ects, b at seldom for a more pram" cal one. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. for the w ee k ending N o v. 22, LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERX RATLWAY. —Traffie re turn Corresponding week last year .................... 16,145 12 7 -- 1856 ...... 217,014 8 9 Increase in 1856 ....................... £B6B 16 2 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY...-. Traffic return for the week ending Nov. 22, 18.56. Corresponding wee k last year 11,300 5 1 1 Total of the half-year to this date, 1866 36 !,547 6 6 Total of the half-year to this date, 185 5 346,103 18 9 GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. —Traffic return for the week ending Nov. 16, 185 6 £23,860 11 3 Corresponding week last y ear 25,774 4 4 L ONDON AND ItIORTII-WESTERN RAILWAY.--T -.raffi a return for the we ek ending Nov. 23, 1856 257,032 0 0 Corresponding week last year 56,331 0 0 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return f . r th e week ending Nov. 23, 1856 ... ...............£5,468 0 0 Corresponding week last year ..................... 4,541 0 0 Increase in 1856 .................... . X927 0 0 LANCASTIIRN AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY, —Traffic re turn for the week ending Nov. 23, 1856 ....221,343 9 8 Corresponding week last year . ............... 19,916 511 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—TraffIo re turn for the week ending Nov. 22, 1856 26,727 10 corresponding week last ye ar 6,148 1 3 Increase in 1856... £6o9 8 10 CORE AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for week euilinc,r Nov. 22, 1856 Corresponding week lad year 261 0 0 GRF.AT LUXEMBOURG RAILWAY.—Traffio return for tho 'vea cu'liu y NO.. 23, 1856 1:804 4 8 LONDON fur GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.-Traffic re ic'r the wok can Nov. a 1656......A383 15 a BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE for DECEMBER, 1856. No. CCCCXCIV. Price 2s. 6€l. CONTENT!. A Recent Confession of an Opium-Eater. Our Indian Empire. The Athelhiga; or, The Three (Mts.—Fart VII. a Respectabilty.—A Dialogue. - • • , Dred. The Englisl Ecclesiastical Court!. The Food cf London. The Political Lull, and what will Break it. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. 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