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ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC -A. and BADEN TO-NIGHT at 8 o'clock.—Egyptian flail. • `: jRIZE CATTLE SHOW of the SMITHFIELD tY cLu . ';.—Th, Annual Exhibition af Prize Wattle, Seeds, Roots, Imp l ements, &c., commences on Tuesday Morning and closes on Friday Evening-9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Decembe”. BAZAAR, Kin r-stre2t and Baker-street. open from daylight till nine in the eyaning. Admittance One Shilling. r i • t ; a s.: .. , • f f r GRAND DAL MASQUE. -CASINO DE VEIN SE, High Holborn.— MIMS!) AY, 4th December, 135 i. Gentlemen's Tickets, 5 , . • ladies do., 3s. Doors open at half past nine. Supper at one ; tickets 3s. Gd. A RGYLL ROOMS.-LAPRENT'S CASINO, Great Windmill-street, St. James's —The above elegan ooms.are now open every evening 'O , the winter season, with aurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. P nalconrt. The Proprietor begs *, inform the public that th s ftshion.ble pace of resort ha been entirely redecorated during the recess. ' itoors open a , ball-past eight, commence at tine. Admis .443l the ehiliin 11 - IPt. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.--Open (for Gentlemen nly) from 10 till 10, containing upw , rds of one thousand models mut preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in health and disease, the race of men, Ste. Lectures delivered at 12, 2 ,4, and half-past 7. by Dr. G. SEXTON. F. it.G.S. ; and a new mu , highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery nr. KAEIN, at a quarter plst 8 p.m. precisely. Admission, One Shilling. COMMERCIAL BANK of LONDON, Lothhnrv, and 1, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. The Directors HEREDY GIVE NOTICE. That a GENERAL MEE PING of the Shareholders will be held at the Ranking Howe of the Com- Pally in Lothbury, on TVESDAT, the 16th December next, at one o'clock preel4,ly, to elect a Director in the room of Edward Oxen ford, Esq., resigned, 'and that Herbert Taylor, Esq. (of the firm of David Taylor and Sons, Mark-lane) who is a duly qualified pro prietor, has announced his intention of offering himself as a candi date for the vacant seat. By order of the Board. A. R. curBILL, Manager. 22d November, 1856. n -ETRO PO LITAN COUNTIES and Itre ' OENER kL LIFE AsSITRANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent et, Waterlco-place, London. Ca ital, 101,000/. TRUSTEES. qnencPr Tr. Walpole,M.P Richard qpooner, Esq., lkf P. Henry Peter . Fuller, Esq E. Vansittart Neale, Esq Life Assurance business transacted In all its branches. N.B. The bonus declared th, last divl4lon of profits averaged ' 3 Per cent on premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAUROITX, Itianazer. - (TN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LONDON. F P ,^ ll eic , . effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE IN ~., "' T R - FIFTHS, or 80 per cent., of the Net Profits of the Society, ce°r ding to the conditions contained in the S , ciety's Prospectus. Tice Prendums required by this Society for Insuring. Youngr Lives in tnanv ozhar olgt-estaLoi-aced offices, and Insurers re "illy protected from all risk by an ample. ..ern r.tut. 4.. ,ddition to the aecuwa'ated funds derived from the investments of remtums. Policy stampc paid by the Office. P rospectuses may he obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, Leaden, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDEItDALE, Actuary. ESTABLISHED 1837. RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM , PANT., -7 : - .crnpowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap 9, and BRITANNIA ~lUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, Empowered by Tier Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. MAIOE-GENERAL ALEXANDER, Blackheath-park, Chairman. iCurnber of Policies is , ued, upwards of 11,000. Annual Income from Premiums (exclusive of Interest on Invest ',lents) upwards of 84,0001. Rates of Premium reduced to the lowest possible sc,le compatible with security, and computed in such var i e ty o f wa , s a s to suit the I rctlmstances and convenience of every class of Policy-holders. E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, ;secretary. INVESTMENTS in BRITISH MINES.—FuII lit particulars of the most important Dividend and Progressive , eaes will be found in the Fourth Edition of It RITISH MINE,' /CSIDERED AS ..LN INVESTMENT, recently published by J k. ,IIT RCHISONT, Esq.. F.G.' , ., F.S.S., price 3s. 6d. ; by post 4s liiiJ,4 l4l nlrlillSON also publishes a QUARTERLY REVIEW of i t t ,",' 15 41 MINTING, givine the position and prospects of the Mines ,I.', end or each quarter, the dividends paid, &c. Of t l ! i le , r te'rle . v for the quieter qrter ending 30th Sept. last contains a Map passett district, . . ,ne hook will be found extremely valuable."— Observer. : A valuable little book."—Globe . i A. valuable guide to investors "—Herapath. A Useful little volume."—Morning Herald. ~ (ls fgreat value t o capitalists."—Sunderland Times. e pa rtiesb requiring information on mining investments will find no , L 'S? and safer instructo , than Mr V urchison."—Leeds Times. „„, o ne of the m os t va l ua bl e m i n i ng p u bli ca ti ons w hi c h has COlllO 'e subject our n o ti ce, and contains more information than any other on ', subject of w hi c h it t rea t s " D er b y Telesrraoh. Li ' , T ° those who wish to in ve st ca pital in British Mines, this work °, the first importance."— welshm tn. 4:: This work enables the capitalist to invest on sound principles; it ,11 truth, an excellent mide "—Plymouth Journal. D aces, of the abo ve pahit ca ti ons can b e o btained at Mr. M urc hi son ' s 4,, cils 117, Pishopsgate-street Within, London; and reliable infor n" and advice will be given at any time to those who may re ''''re it. ---....._ CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West ktrompton.—Pecretary's °Mee, 167. icadilly.—Ths Intitu r°l, has been eqablished exclthively for th P e c treatment of i the poor ifticted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, at on Tuesdays. at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted the lirompton Estiolishment, for one month. and for a longer t p eriod if recommended by the • edical officers. The number of per ons tinder treatment as in or ou t-d oor patients have averaged for he hat three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation Of this Hospital in 1551, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every form of ibis dreadful malady, have received the benefits of thti charity. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa lion connected with the Institution may he obtained on application T•tt the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continuo th is reat work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be f:til to William Loxham Farrar, E-q., the Treasurer. 66, Lit,coin's „,l-11elds ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; and at the Secretary's velee 167, Piccadilly. By order. W. J. COCKERILL, Secretary. O YAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. :NT Patron—The QUEEN.— Founded 1828. (:) , 11 ; e r i irci er for admission is here required. The sick poor are admitted I) u ,. i r ,,"'n application alone. 'r past month the followinz number received the benefits "ppii ' Lta n rity ' either as oat or in-door patients, on their personal Catio Week ending 7th October 2, , AA Ditto 14th October ••.. • • • 2,162 Ditto 21st Oct. , ber 2,075 Ditto 28th October ...• .• • 29th,30th, and 31st October _1,014 Total in October .• •••• • • 9 , 6 " _ tnei l t, of ', c h 3 ,303 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat 114,naving been admitted previously. 11\ 't rsI I : expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten -"'f• The Commit'ee" therefore, earnestly entreat the a id of '‘‘Etri e s , rn anagernent of the Hospital is in the hands of 3 0 Governors , feneelected from the genet - 0 list of subscribers, at the Annual 0 , , 1 a11 \ feeling in J anua ry. A B oar d i s h e ld eve ry Thursday, at Whe n ' e a (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, dliti al lY subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at The es desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. 1 ). e 1103 Altal is rot endowed,- but is vvholly dependent on volun -401,4 ,o\r.ltributlons and lelacies which are received by the Treasurer, Ana c o la sterman, Em., M P., Nicholls-tare ; also by Messrs. Coutts I f T ksc, t : 4 4 bramond and Co.; Berries ard Co.; Ransom and Co.; "oN Greta,nd C 0.,: Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. 1) to Yd and Co.; "arclay and Co.; Denison and Co. ; Williams, ' l ers. c : t H ' and Co.; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Err- Cl ot e el ; Niasterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. ``'ng for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. •••,_ By order. J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman. Pi;e4fild Auilding Ground and Ilonses—Liverpool and Eve , ten. Davidl 13 ) 3 E SOLD BY AUCTION, pursuant to an y rder ot the'lligh court of Chancery, made in a cause of th l fgan, plaintiff, and John Stewart and others, defendants, ~( t ll4, ~'probation of the Honourable the v `ae rorin Kindersley, by Mr Samuel Turner Vice-Chancellor Winstanley, at 't".% lr 'ndon R oom . , South John-street, In Liverpool, on WED ,lrt(!r A the 17th day of December, 1856, at two o'clock in the an extensive and valuable p ace of Freehold Building I, 4 "er ' arj oi aing Vauxhall-road, in Kirklale, near Liverpool ; an erb pi eces of Budding Lend (copyhold of the manor of West :Pre, I n' and near Sackville-street, Everton. near Liv , rpool ; and nwelline-house, in Blackfleld-terrace, K Irkdale, and 'Acsk;n' - ' w elling-houses (copyhold of the manor of West Derby), in r‘ s 1 , al c , e- Street, Everton. In 12 Lots Fart•cular. and cmditions rid e a Y he obtained gratis from Messrs. Lowndes, Bateson, and '4ll, s ..solicitors, Brunswick-street, Liverpool ; %Ir. T. K. Has . - tit,„;4leitor Liv , rnool • Messrs. Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, soli -14t1,•'4'1, Bedford-row ' London • and of the Auctioneer. And the 4 laY be seen Redford-row., application to the tenants. ,aek so this 26th day or November, 1856. sharpe, Field, and 'ateg o n, of 41, Bedford-row, London, agents for Me , srs. Lowndes, and Lowndes, of Liverpool, plaintiff'S solicitors. iILAIR , s GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. Thi s ?rice Is. I%el. and 2s. Pd. per box. ;.ntriii,: o Paration is one of the benefits which the science of molern ;ear If 4; has conferred upon mankind ; fur during the first twenty i n 'clered 0 Present century to speak or a cure for the Gout was con e Mily rolnance ; but now the efficacy and safety of this medicine demonstrated by unsoll , ited testimonials from persons in "'tst b...,"k of life that public opinion proclaims this as one of the Ptir.,, Por tant discoveries of the present age. u "k4.'riier proof of the great efficacy of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHETT , Sir , pILLC forwar fed by fir. Reinhardt, Chemist, Hall : ,%qlll, — ;'nelosed is a testimonial from a customer of mine, who s , otit about here ;he speaks in the highest terms of Blair i s 44 Y6 od n y a Rheumatic Pills, and would be glad to give information to "To Mr. Reinhardt, 22 Market-place, Hull. "Decort.ber 4th, 1855. have been affl'etecl with rheumatism for 1 years, Which time have tried almost everythinz, both internally ti,,.,xternally, but could not obtain any permanent relief. A short 4:,,a_go I purchased a 2s. Dd. box of Blair's Pills of 3, n. and before Taoen taken the whole of them I was more free from pain than I had for the last dczen years. You will plea: e let me have another th, a and obli s I mean to keep them by me in case i should again require "rh, ge, "Dear Sir, yours ohediennr, o 8 °f medicine. gold by prout an d Harsant, 229 " JEREMIAH GAMESS." , Strand, Lond on , an d all Yen- AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE te., OF MEDICINE. Office Seal of ffreat Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacie I lt it arrnacien de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna r ESEMAR No 1 2 and 3, prepared in th e formvoid et a lozenge, • Rei d of taste or smell, and Can be carried in the waistcoa t pocket. Vltin: l4 tin cases, divided into separate doses, as admimsto red by I M. Lallemand, Roux, "Mord, & c.,&c. itIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE -PERMATORRMEA, and all tee di stressing foUg 4gen ces arising from early abuse, indisc riminate excesses, or too ,tr,Jesidence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual 4 0* f t ti and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are Ish, tt 4 the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood; and )114 ever ina Qt Ybe the cause for DIEQUALIFICATIONS for MAR they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery eft, tr etti a n J TRIESEMAR Ne. IL, . in the short space of three days, completely and entirely rtoi - r.s all traces of Gonorrhcea, both in its mild and aggravated t rhe,' `it le i ets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention of cp it , aus of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which eri a Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the t he health of a vast portion.nt theisopulation. TRIESEMAR 1r.14: grea t Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary Symp tlet;eol4t also constitutes a certain cure for Scarry, Scrotula, and all s, Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all cerrin p n ; I mpurities from the vital stream, ss altogether to eradic.otn tof disease, and expel it with the insensible PersPirat l tiiver.r w „ e medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a do ' d ig' remedy for that class of disorders which unfortunately „ ....fah b., of t , Physician treats with Mercury, to the inevitable destruc ' va o ,,r Patient's constitution, •and which all the sarsaparilla in c4Plen. caber restore. N es, wbe e r ., or four cases in one for 335„ which saves I Is., and in 51. Rif to e n bLt n her o e f isp4ersbay a g n f Gordon, 140, 6 E ea ad d w en h h o a le ll s - al .tr e ee an t d ; s %/srl,a2tr9teeStt.rtUld; Hannay and Co:, 63, Oaford-street ; Sanger, 150, 103 7 ,- 4 k p; -4 -\T FRAILTY ; a Popular Medical #t 4 C t t L 4Z 1 s ' , Post fres, beautitully illustrated with 100 engravings, 4t, eves eo Pious instructions for the perfect re!torati cti o f t h ose atm': 4 1sO s,len,ted by impediments from entering into the married anonislDt, i z tii gt e be dreadful results„ from r m l etahrely chemicalabuse on te o s r t r s h a ee n % P h t ,__ t rO li se o , of the sper ' n e t t ! t t s z a a ri b l y n'' the author's newly-constructed - *IT Nail! W ith pOwerf,l l:nses ' ,—Piper and Co., 23, Yaternobler "rQ All agouti for the sale of "Dieseraar.". FO LOVERS of FlSH.—Fifth Season.— Ge , nine YARMOUTH BLOATERS. These highly stecmal delicacies forwarded to all r afts, on receipt of the amount, is under, in penny postage stamps, or Post-office order;-- 100 prime 100 especially selected Sc. ad. i Package included. 59 ditto Send full and plain directions, county, and nearest station. Ad •ess, THOMAS LETTES, Jun., Fish Curer, Great Yarmouth. OYSTERS, BARRELLED.—The I3IJRNHAM RIVER NATIVE OYSTERS are the best in the world—six years old—four hours from the beds To be had only at J. SWEET [NG'S FISH and OYATF. It ESTABLISHNIENT, 159, Cheapside. .7. S always has the largest supply of the best Fish in season, at the lowest market price. In ordering Fish it will be desirable to state ,or how many persons it is required, and whether for v!sitors or domestic use. A post-office order or reference mil have prompt attention. Superior Oyster Rooms. SALT and. Co.'s EAST INDIA PALE and kj BURTON ALES. BanyEay—BUitTON-ON-TRENT. STORES : LONDON LON . . •......, .. LIVERPOOL .. • • . ...... • 52, henry-street. MA NC Fl ESTER .... .. SHEFFIELD .. 12, George-street. BIRMINGHAM . . 2ii, 2 , Mill-street. BRIS 20L.. DUBLIN . • • 4, Crown-alley. EDINBURGH ........ GLASGOW St Vincent-place. These Ales. in Casks of Eightoen Gallons and upwards, and in Bottle, obtained from all respectable Bottlers. R. HOW ARD, surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet street, ICIAL TEETH ,flacd without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so erfectly resemble the natsral teeth as not to be distinguished from be original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or ecay, and will be found very 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 oaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth ndered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At urns from ten till five. .) 10 0 MILNER'S HOLDFAST and FIRE " RESISTING SAFES (non-conducting and vapourising), with all the lmoroveinen's, under their Quadruple Patents of 1840-51.54 and 1.55, including their Gunpowder Proof Solid Lock ,nd Door (without which no Sife is secure). THE STRONGEST, BEST, AND CHEAPEST SAFEGUARD EXTANT. sIILNERS' PIi(ENIX (2 1 2 a) SAFE WORIO, MVP:I{I'OGL, the most complete and oxtensive in the world. Show-rooms, 6 and 8, Lord-street, Liverpool LONDON DEPOT, 47A, MOOItIiATE. -TREET, City. Circulars tree by post. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE I A SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, rd all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, lid by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to rfectly digest the food. The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe •tard to health. by the proprietors, Loa and Terrine, 19, Fenchurch-street, ondon, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay nd Sons, Messrs Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and crier 'lasts, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. 5.1;.--To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERItIMB" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle Sporting Intelligence. lIUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Additional fixtures received sines our last publication. STAG ROUNDS. Baronßothschild's Thnrs. Aston Abbotts Fox HousDB. • Bedale Fri. Pepper-ball Bellew's, Mr. F. Tues. Yarde-down Wed. Cballacombe Cazzieombe-post Sat. Hawk -bridge Cleveland Thur. Iloseberry Colyer's, Mr Tues. Tiniberden Thur. The Portobello Sat. Merpham. • Dacre's, Lord Wed. Kennel • 10 45 10 30 10 30 10 30 10 30 10 30 10 30 10 :30 10 30 10 30 10 .?9 10 45 Fri. Silsoo Durham County Wed, Woodham Fri. Pasture-house, Little Stainton Eggesford Thur. iTig,hridge F. B. 11.,Mr. Williams's Tues. llerthyr•iu-Constantine 10 45 10 30 10 30 10 30 10 0 10 0 10 30 10 30 Fri. ChiTerton Goggerdan Wed. Mynackty Sat. Noyacid Hambleton, Mr. Eell's Toes. Kelvington-hall Sat. Kilburn.. A junction has been effected between the Cunard Company and the European and Australian Royal Mail Company calculated at once to bring the new Australian mail system into complete efficiency. The Cunard Com pany are to perform the Mediterranean portion of the service with the Etna, Jura, and other vessels, while the Australian and Eurlpean Company will be able to throw their whole strength on the portion between Suez and Melbourne. The Mediterra,ean service is to commence from Southampton in February. The united company, it is added, have engaged to provide a steamer tr, carry mails between Malta and Marseilles in connection with the hunk line. ANTIQUITIES FROM KERTCII.—Among recent acces sions of an interesting character to the British Museum, not yet generally known to the public, the valuable col lection of anci en t ornaments and relics obtained frorrethe catacomt-s Kertch by Dr. Duncan M`Pherson, late Inspector-General of HoTitals, Turkish Contingent, form a new feature in the series of antiquities. They are the result of the excavations carried out at his expense during the recent occupation of Kertch by the allied armies, and the unfortunate destruction of the precious collections heretofore procured in the mu seuiu at that place has given an increased interest and value to the relics disinterred by Dr. M`Pherson, and which he has liberally presented to the national lepository. They comprise, with vases of bronze, terra cotta, and glass, ivory carvings, ornaments of gold and other metals, including examples of a high class of ancient Greek art, certain objects also of a later age, but of even greater interest to the English antiquary. These consist cf personal ornaments of bronze, identical in form with those found in the Anglo-Saxon cemeteries in our own country, explored by the Hon. B. Nevi ll e and other archmolegiht,. The presence of these remains of 60 distinctly Sa b x e o e u x explain e d a la c in h ed aracter in the catacombs of Kertch can only they are vestiges of some of th e by the ang s junpepobsoidtiyon guards of the Byzantine Emperors. The Anglo-Saxon origin of many of those warriors is clearly stated by Ordericus and other historians. Dr. M‘Pberson will deliver a memoir on these curious discoveries at the monthly meeting of the Archwological Institute on Friday next. H e has in preparation a detailed publication of the re sal"; his late interesting researches in the Cimmerian Bosphorus.--Literary aazate. 0• 20,109.) PUBLICATIONS. CHRISTMAS PRFSSENT. Now ready, in 1 vol , with numerous Illustrations by the author, price 10s. Gd., bound, PEN AND PENCIL PICTURES, By THOMAS HOOD. Hurst and BlLckett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colbarn, 13, Great suarlborough-street. INTERESTING PRESENT. CHEAP EDITION of LILLIE SLEAF ; the Concluding Pas ages in the Life of Mrs. Margaret 3faitland, of , unnyshie, written by herself. Now ready, in I vol ,6s , bound. Iturst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW VOLUME OF MISS STRICKLAND'S ROYAL BIOGRAPHIES. Just published, price I Os. 6d., th e Sixxx VOLUME of LIVES of the QUEENS o f SCOTLAND, an d R YAL PRINCESSES connected with the Regal Succession. By AGNES STRICKLAND. Continuing the Life of Queen Mary. The richness and abundance of the materiat, especially the results of the recent disc, verses, have rendered it n cessary to ex , •eed the limits at first proposed for this biography, which will be concluded in the next volume. Vols. I. to V. may be had, pries las. Gd. each. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. This day is published, THE RAMBLER, for DECEMBER. Price is. 6d., post free. CONTENTS I. A Glimpse of the Working of the Penal Laws under James I. 2. Catholicity - and Despotism. 3. Instruction v. Education. 4. The Morals and Politics of Materialism. 5. Ben ohniiion, Recusant and Renegade. G. Turner s Pictures at Marlborough House, 7. Conscience and Faith.—The National Review. i. Short Notices. London: Burns and Lambert, :7, Portman-street, Nrtnum•iquare The Second Edition, just published, nric e fry", ss. 6a., RIOT T-731 OF TUE URETHRA. tar PATHOLOGY AND RATIONAL TREA't 3IENT of STRICTURE of the URETHR ‘, in all its Varieties and Compli cations, with Observations on the Use and Abuse of Instruments iu the 1 reatmcnt of Diseases of the Urethra. The whole Illustrated by numerous Cases selected from the Records of upwards of Twenty Years' extensive and successful Practice. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R C.S.E. " We know of no man to whose care we would sooner intrust the treatment of a severe stricture."— viedical Circular. London: 11. Bailliere, '219, Regent-street. pURSUANT to au Order of. the High Court o Chancery, made in the matter of JOHN WOULFE, late of Chelte 'ham, in the county of Gloucester, a Lieutenant •General in the service of the East India ompany, decessed, all persons claim ing any debt or liability affecting the personal estate of the said John Woulfe, who died in or about the month 0, April, 1855, are, by their Solicitors, on or before the ninth day of April, 1857, to come is and prove their claims at the Chambers of the Vice-Cha.icellor Sir Richard Toi in Kindersley, Number Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middle sex, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. Thursday, the 16th day of April, 1856, at one o'clock at noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicat.ng upon the Claims. Dated this 25th day of November, 1856. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. IMPORTANT TO EVERY MAN WHO KEEPS A MORSE, COW, SHEEP, OR PIG. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE. THE 'IIEAPEST AND BEST EVER YET INTRODUCED ! Sold lu Cases containing 148 Packages—each Package One Feed, at the cost of Tin ee Half-pence each, equal to 565. per case. Carriage palo to any ralway station. None are genuine without my signature JOEPII TIIORLEY, the Inventor, 115, High-street, Hull. Post-otSce Orders must be made payab!e as above. LoN ooN MONDA Y EVENING DECEMBER 1, 1856. THE WALLACE MONUMENT. (Front the Caledonian Mercury.) Friday night, a public meeting in favour of the pro posed monument on the Abbey Craig, Stirling, to Wal lace, was held in the Queen Street Hall. The Lord Pro vost, on the motion of Bailie Grieve, took the chair ; and among those on the platform were Professor Blackie, Bathes Blackadder and Grieve, Councillors Mackinlay, Corti°, Potts, Cassels, Dick, Murray, LL.D , and Crichton, George Harvey, Esq , R.S.A., Noel Paton, R.S.A., A. B. Shand, Esq., W. Downing Bruce, Esq., John Foreman, Esq., W.S., John Dick, jun., Esq., Win. Begbie, Esq., Robert Bald, Esq., C.E., F.R.S., J. W. Mitchell, Esq., Leith, Lieut.-Colonel Somerville, Capt.. R. C. D. Bruce, Sheriff Tait, Rev. Mr. Grahame, New haven, Rev. A. M. Halkett, Provost Gray ; of Lanark, W. Fairley, Esq. of Moss. From Glasgow—Councillors Gemmel and Binnie, J. T. Rochhead, Esq., Wm. Forbes, Esq. From Stirling—Provost Savers, P. Drummond, Esq., Rev. Dr. Rogers, J. Gair, Esq., Procurator-Fiscal, of Clackmannanshire, Major-Gen. Yule. The hall was filled with a numerous and respectable audience. The CHAIRMAN said he the pleasure of being there tht there fore, prepared to enter at 3et ing. He was glad, however isi astic manner in which the their entrance, that it was altogt say anything in commendation hick they had met to promote. ob ject was to adopt measure is i❑ the West in their proposal man who stood out prominently Autry. Ages had come and gone since tut) . !.lays in which he wield ed his prowess iu order to secure the independence Ps' native land. And heliTed stillynlhe memory -TT. knew = Asti - they` would - _ _ sympathise in the efforts being made in favour of that great and pa triotic movement. He was sorry to have to announce to them that the Rev. Dr. Guthrie, whom they expected to have had the pleasure of seeing there that evening, was prevented from being present by indisposition. The Rev, Dr., however, said in a note that he hoped the meeting would be a very successful one, and that the monument to Wallace must be followed up by the erection of monu ments to two other great Scotchmen, John Knox and Thomas Chalmers. (Cheers.) The Rev. Dr. concluded by expressing his regret at not being able to be present. The movement, as they were aware, began in the mouth of August last, at a meeting held in Stirling, the report of the proceedings of which was doubtless familiar to all of them. Since that time the committee had prosecuted with considerable success the object that was entrusted to their care. He was glad to be able to inform them that subscrip tions had already been collected to the amount of 2,250/. ' A committee had also been formed in London, which was prosecuting the same object, but they had not yet received any return of the subscriptions there, and the amount he mentioned was altogether exclusive of what was to be received from the metropolis. He was also requested to state that a committee had been formed in Dublin, and that there was a gentleman then present, as a representa tive of the Glasgow Committee, whom he would introduce to them by and bye, and who would give them an account of the proceedings there. The movement ho would have them remember was no party one. It was one in which all classes, the holders of all shades of opinion on civil and political subjects, could unite; and he did trust that they would show their earnestness to the cause by giving it their hearty and warm co-operation. Since he entered the room a note had been handed to him addressed by a lady to the Rev. Dr. Guthrie, and enclosing Si. in aid of the Wal lace Monument Fund. He congratulated them on the largo numbers who had attended the meeting, and on the spirit which he knew animated those who had come. Within the last few weeks they had had the privilege and honour of welcoming home the heroes who had lately fought the bat tle of national independence in the East. He was glad to think that they were then ready to blend their respect for the heroes of the distant past with the recently expressed gratitude to those who had done so much to support the honour of their country. His lordship concluded by again apologising for any deficiency in his remarks, and called upon Mr. A. S. Logan to address the meeting. A. S. LOGAN, Esq., said this meeting would be known as the meeting of apologies. He felt that he himself was but a poor apology for the rev, doctor who, by indisposi tion, had unfortunately been prevented from appearing on the platform. He had, however, in addition to being an apology himself, to make an apology, for, owing to circum stances to which it was unnecessary fur him to do more than allude, he had reason to believe, until about a couple of hours before the meeting, that the part which he would have to take would be very formal indeed. He had, however, been called upon not only to propose a resolution, but to occupy the dangerous position of coming forward in the van of the meeting. He could not say that he was unaccustomed to public speaking, as most of them knew public speaking was his profession ; but he had always shrunk instictively from addressing public assemblies like the present. He felt, however, that on this occasion it would not do for him to allow feel ings which, however commendable as feelings of modesty, were more or less selfish, to prevent him from coming forward. He would throw himself upon the sympathies of the meeting, because, if it were true that To Wallace name what Scottish blood But boils in a spring-tide flood ? Surely a man who had been brought up to speak his mo ther-tongue should be able to say something to Scotchmen on the subject of Wallace. There was one circumstance of fitness to which the Lord Provost had alluded, in his taking part in such a meeting. It was true that he had first drawn breath upon the field on which Robert Bruce fought and conquered at Bannockburn ; and what to the less sentimental was perhaps a more substantial consideration, he was the owner of a considerable portion of the field on which Sir William Wallace fought and conquered at Stirling. Now, he would say that, although some progress had been made in achieving the object they had in view, he must say —and he said it with regret --that that progress way far from satisfactory to bins. He did not think that as yet Scotland had been aroused on this sill-eject. (Hear.) They had had eminent Scotchmen cPsming forward—some by speeches, some by puree, a':.Ct some by both—but little or nothing had been doe, ' to rouse the general people of Scotland. —(applause)- and although he was by no means a demagogue, nor one inclined to flatter the people, when telling them the truth would do more good, there was a peculiar fitness that, in a movement like this, those who were connected with it should throw themselves on the common heart of the people of Scotland. There was this peculiar fitness in it :—When Wallace was not a name, a mere shadow of renown, but a living, toiling, hoping, working man for Scottish rights and Scottish liberties; when the high nobility frowned upon him, and the middle-class gentry, to which ho belonged, looked on him with suspicion and distrust, what made Wallace the Protector of Scotland ? What made him what he truly was, notwithstanding what he after wards owed to Bruce, for he made Bruce what he was ? What made Wallace the Saviour of his country was the hearty co-operation and support of the peasant people, people whether residing of his native inscattered land. villageswas o fit r i t n o that dense and crowded towns, that peasant people of Scotland, at all times the true representatives of nationality, and among whom lingering nationality longest remained, who were the last to be rubbed smooth into a common mass with a greater nation and a higher civilisation -it was to that people that they should appeal in such a movement as they all had at heart. He could only notice ono object on which had been put forward in the public papers—he did not think it was a solid one—but it was a prominently stated objection to the monument, and he thought, too, it came very much from those who did not feel its force in a literal sense, but whose temperament rendering thorn keenly sensitive to ridicule, were averse to the under. taking lest the thing should be a failure, and the pro. rooters only get themselves laughed at. The objec tion was— Wallace was much too great a man to re quire a monument, and the nineteenth century was much too late to speak of giving him one. Now, he agreed that Wallace was too great a man to need a monument. For five centuries and a half (it was just 550 years since the dishonoured remains, but most honourable fragments, of him whose head was struck off on Smithfield were put upon Lond on -b r id ge ) , b ut during those five an d and a half centuries the imperishable renown gained by the unequalled deeds of Wallace had been his great and imperishable monument, and they would continue to be so as long as Scotland was surrounded by the sea, and con tinued worthy of her name, and that would be (for he was a hopeful patriot, notwithstanding all he saw) as long as Scotland remained an independent people, but it was thought a man was too groat to require a monument, therefore we should give none. Now, if they were to act in this way, all the most illustrious men would be without monuments, and those who were merely distinguished, without being illustrious —such as he took Dugald Stewart and David Hume to be, might have them. Such men it was said should have monuments, be cause their fame would be helped by them, and with out a monument they might come to be forgotten. Now what did that amount to ? it amounted to this, that the great men of every age and country, Washington, and Milton, and Shakespere— Wellington, whose statues were seen at every corner, like a policeman upon picquet, that all these should have remained without a monument, and that that beautiful gothic structure which beautified and honoured our city, should have still lain in the quarry, because Scott, in addition to being the greatest poet of the 19th century, was the author of Wa verley and those unequalled romances which would carry his name clown to the latest posterity. There VilEi lutely nothing in this objection. But the tree point of view in which to look at it was not—does Wallace need a mo nument?—but, was it right and duty that the Scottish people should give a monument? From time to time the idea had been mooted and dropped—it had now been mooted once more, he hoped not this time to be dropped. Sensitively alive to the honour and fame of his coun try, he must say that, now that the idea bad been made public, the honour of Scotland required that it should not be abandoned. (H ear, h ear. ) Hi s su b scr i p ti on would - be fartheoming to the extent of his ability ; but, if it wore not enough, ho would rather give ton times as much than that the taunt bellowed forth by the Times, and gehood by the penny trumpets, should be justified— that " Pride made Scotland patriotic, and poverty made Scotland feckless." Sheriff Logan then made the follow. ing motion :—" That this meeting warmly entertains the proposal to erect a national monument to Sir 'William Wallace on the Abbey Craig, near Stirling, and earnestly recommends the citizens of Edinburgh to co-operate heartily in this national undertaking." Before sitting Mown, and at the chance of repeating himself, he would implore them to take up as a national act, and one to be carried through and mash) permanent by the people of Scotland ; and by the word people he did not, as was often done, use it in a restrictive sense—he did not moan the higher, the middle, or the lower class ; it should be taken up by all classes of the people. In other words, what they presumed to call a national monument must be taken up by all classes without distinction. Let the very poor come forward with their pence, those a little less poor with their shillings, and let them have pounds and guineasfrom those gentlemen who delighted to appear on platforms. We live in an age of projections, and he would appear be fore them, ere he sat down, in the character of a projector. Of „assume, be mods. ; stire.,hst taoy Would catch their hire before he gave directions for dressing it. (Laughter.) The Lord Advocate the other day had suggested a very striking, but rather bare idea. It was, that on the Abbey Craig should be placed a huge cairn, very like to a continuation of the Craig itself. He (Sheriff Logan) had this further idea, that ho would take his right hon. friend's word as a pedestal, and on the top of it he would place a lion of pro digious dimensions, whose grim countenance would face England, where, in the year 12)7, in September month, Wallace stood, or sat, or crouched in the same place, over looking the river Forth, which, ere the noon of that day came, ran red with English blood ; and truly if blood was ever grateful to the god of battles, it was when shed in the defence of a country to which the world owed much of the civilisation and improvement to which it had attained. Bailie BLACKADDER said ho had been asked to second the motion for something like the same reason for which his friend Sheriff Logan had been asked to propose it. He considered it a great honour, whatever others may think, to have been born on the classic field of Bannockburn ; and he considered it a great honour that this monument was to be erected in his native county. That country was worthy of all the honour that could be conferred upon it. There was not a more beautiful place in the world. From the Castle of Stirling they had a prospect, the like of which was not to be seen anywhere. The monument was proposed to be erected on a situation where it would be seen on all sides—by travellers coming to Stirling from the north, and also by those coming from England. He thought that those English tourists would now view that monument without any jealous feelings, but rather the reverse. They would respect us rather than the reverse, for now doing an action which ought to have been performed five or six hundred years ago. (Applause.) But it was never too late to mend—" Better late dae weel, than ne'er dae weel." He thought the present generation had great credit in resolv ing to erect a monument to that great patriot who had fought and died for the freedom of his country, and for the liberty and freedom which we enjoyed in our own day, because the freedom which was so purchased in one age did not then die, but descended from generation to generation, and it was well seen now that those principles, in defence of which Wallace spent his life, and for the upholding of which he was murdered—for it was a regular murder—it was soon that the love of those principles had descended to our own day, and ho was sure there was not an individual present but would, if they had means and opportunity, be ready to follow the example of that great man, and do for his country— he would not say that they would like to lay down their lives—but he was sure they would go a very great length in supporting the liberties of his country. Ho need not go over the grounds on which Sheriff Logan had already spoken so well ; but, as that gentleman had said at the end of his speech, the real object for which they were called together was that money was wanted ; and there was no need for going about the bush in the matter. (Laughter and applause.) It was all very well to sit and listen to the addresses of Sheriff Logan and other eloquent gentlemen who were about to address them—it was all very well to sit and listen to them—(cheers)—but it would would be a poor compliment to the practical force and effect of such speeches, were wejust to hear them, and then go away and button up our pockets, and there was no thing more about it. They had applauded that speech, Nud the practical application was just this —that they must show their estimation of the object, and the plead ing for that object, by liberal subscriptions. He need not say more to induce them to give either their pounds and shillings, or whatever else they could afford. Every one present could give something, and there was not a doubt but a monument would be raised, and one, toe, worthy of Scotland, and, above all, worthy of Stirlingshire. Professor BLACKIE, on rising, was received with loud and repeated cheers. He said—Nothing is more delectable to a public speaker than to be greeted with ap plause before he opens his mouth. Because it makes him sure of so much applause at least, and it is not always very sure that when he ends there will be any applause at all. If I were merely wishing to shy off on this question, as my task is altogether a mere piece of formalism and not requir ing a long speech, I might say nothing at all. I have to propose that " the following noblemen and gentlemen be appointed a committee, with power to add to their num ber, for procuring the aubseriptions of the citizens, &c." I put it to you as plain practical Scotchmen whether the motion requires a single word of speaking from me ? But as I feel, like my friend Sheriff Logan, as a man and as a Scotchman on the subject, I feel bound to say what comes uppermost, and the extempore is sometimes the best, as we have seen to-night. We have been laughing and amused, as my leerued friend Mr. Blackadder said, and we all seem to be in very good humour, and that you know is extremely proper and very conducive to health, both of mind and body. But I beg leave to say that I look on this whole matter as a very serious matter indeed. There may bo some to whom it is a matter of mere sentimentality. There may be parsons who study blue books and figures and political economy, and who aro always talking about " production," who think the highest happiness of man is iu raising masses of beef steaks and mutton chops, and nothing more, for that is what they call " production," and if that is achieved these very dry and meagre and sanctified politico-economical gentlemen are perfectly well satisfied. Ido not belong to that school; but, however, I do not think this is a matter of sentiment at all. I think it is a most serious question. It belongs at least to a grand question. It is a fraction of the grand question of Scot tish nationality. Are we or are we not a nation ? Is Scotland a district an independent, integrant, and compo nent part of the brotherhood or sisterhood composing the British empire, or is it only as Lancashire, or Yorkshire, or Middlesex, or Surrey—nothing at all. (Cheers.) Now, that is a point that is very serious. I say there is a tendency on weak pretences, and in one quarter that I respect very highly, for in no quarter is there greater talent exhibited, or generally more patriotic words spoken with reference to Scottish affairs than in the Times newspaper—iu the Times newspaper there are often most patriotic and useful words spoken with regard to Scottish affairs, when the local representa tives of opinion iu Scotland seem to be timid, and afraid to speak out boldly—but I must say I hove seen articles in that very influential paper, which is a good friend of mine, and which I respect vary much, which seemed to sneer at what is called Scottish nationality—which seemed to tell we are not a nation—and, in fact, in plain words, that Scotland is nothing more than a Lancashire in the history of the country. Now, against that I most distinctly pro test, and I believe every heart in this meeting beats in stinctively with mine in making that protest. The question of a Wallace Monument is in itself of comparatively small importance. 'Whether a certain amount of stone and lime be glued together in honour of that great name, is, after all, but a matter of small importance ; but if it he viewed as an index of moral feeling in this country, if it be an index of the amount of self-recognition and self-esteem in Scotland, it becomes a very important question in deed, and I for ono would be extremely sorry, I would weep bitter tears, if this monument should not be success ful in Scotland, now that the notion has begun. It is a matter of no consequence whether Wallace gets a monu ment or not, abstractedly speaking; but if you once begin thinking about it, and if you make an appeal to the peo ple, and you find they do not care a single straw for their old traditions and patriotic memories, then this is a very serious relater indeed. And I say that the days of Scot land are numbered so soon as the names of Wallace and Bruce and John Knox shall be mentioned, without excit ing memories and aspirations that are not known in Lan• shire, nay, nor in the whole world. (Cheers.) So much for the exemption, " out of the fulness of the heart the mouth speaketh." Humbug requires some time to be got up, but we have had no time to get up anything of the sort, so we say what we think and what we feel. With regard to the question of nationality there can be no doubt, as a matter of political history, th a t God has created social men in various types. They grow out of various roots, out of different nation; and different divisions of nations ; they Grow in different elements and form themselves into distinct entities, as much as the oak tree, the fir tree, and the beech tree are separated, and dis tinct one from the other. It is the will of God that the beech trees should not be transmogrified into fir trees to the honour and glory of the fir trees. It is the will of God that there should be various kinds of dogs, deer hounds, mastiffs, Skye terriers. But it is not the will of God that any one of these tribes, in its separate type, should be absorbed and swallowed up in the general idea of " dog;" or by any other separate kind of dog, even supposing it could be proved before a society of zoologists that one spe cies of dog was better than every other. Therefore, ac cording to the system of nature, it is in the same way the will of God that Irishmen ought to be Irishmen, that Eng• lishmen ought to be Englishmen, end that Scotchmen ought to be Scotchmen. And if that be the will of God, it is our duty to take care to watch jealously any of that secret influence and those insidious workings that may tend to make us forget ourselves, to allow our selves gradually to be drawn away by some larger creature, and to forget our great duty of developing ourselves accord ing to the original idea. (Cheers.) It is the proper business and functions of snch despotisms as that of Russia and else where to develope whole peoples in one type. It draws up the Pole in the idea of. Russia; it swallows up Hungary under the idea of Austria. It destroys the original type, be cause the original type is the idea of liberty. (Cheers.) Now we Flo not fear a violent and forcible despotism in this country, but we have reason to fear a despotism—the quiet, insidious, slow, corrupting despotism of custom and fashion. We have reason to fear that we may all become Anglified— that we may forget we are in Scotland ; and I am happyto say that even in the south they begin to speak with wise warning on this subject. I read a very str .g paper to day or yesterday in a London paper on t very sub ject--a warning to Scotchmen not t .- ^t that `they- were Seotchmen ftsning into coq.:, .7 - with Episcopacy, and then marching over in a while to Rome. In other matters in law, for instance I find it the same. We must take care that England does not force us to take their laws, that we do not give way before blind admiration of mere multitude, though our laws be superior to theirs. It is their duty to come down to us and borrow from us what is better in our laws then in their own. Most unquestionably that is their duty, There is a great danger that people, for the sake of fashion, and the glitter of rank and show, and many other causes, may go away to England and become Englishmen, to forget that they are Scotchmen at all. Young men go and study at Oxford and learn very little Greek, and a great deal cf Episcopacy, and a small portion of Popery, and a great deal of anti• Scottish notions. I❑ fact they are completely smoothed over. Now that is a serious business. You will find that the Wallace monument goes into a very deep question with regard to the general tendency of Scotchmen to forget themselves and to become apes of, what I call in many respects, an inferior people. (Cheers.) At all events, I will never allow that the English Church, with its semi-Popish flirtations and mummeries, I would never allow that that Church, manufactured by a king and a pack of sycophantic men, is equal to the Scotch Church, worked out of the very blood and muscle of the people. And I deny that even Oxford and Cambridge, with all their means 'and appliances, can produce such an amount of strong, real, and independent intellectual vigour as the Scottish universities, provided only the Scottish universi ties be true to themselves and Scotland be true to her uni versities. (Cheers.) You are very dull indeed if you do not see that the monument to Wallace has to do with a great branch of an important question. It is right wo should be an independent nation; that is a fact. Another fact is that you are constantly exposed to a great number of insidious influences of a low kind that tend to make you forget you are an independent nation. I say, therefore it is our bounden duty at the present moment to take every possible measure to restore and to re-animate half your lost, your slumbering feeling of nationality. University reform, that is my hobby you know, is one point. But, in the meantime, and in reference to the present meeting, there is no public meeting of such importance in keeping alive the national feeling than the erection of monuments to your great and distinguished Scotchmen—to Wallace in the first place—(cheers)--to John Knox in the second place, to Dr. Chalmers in the third place—(cheers)—and to Dr. Guthrie when he dies. (Cheers.) The following are the names of the gentlemen who form the committee proposed by Professor Blackie:—Tho Right Hon. the Lord Provost, Convener, the Right Hon. Lord Dunfermline, the Right Hon. the Lord-Advocate, Lord Murray, Lord Ardmillan, Lord Neaves, Sir William Gib son-Craig, Bart., of Riccarton, Sir John 2rl`Neill, G.C. 8., Sir William Johnston, of Kirkhill, Charles Cowan, Esq., M.P.. John Ingli s. Esq., Dean of Faculty, C. Bairn°, Esq., Sheriff of Stirlingshire, John Tait Esq., Sheriff of Ditack rnanuan and Kinross, Alex. S. Logan, Esq., Sheriff of For farshire, Win. E. Ay toon, Esq., n.d. L., Professor of Rho- toric, University, J. Y. Simpson, M.D., Professor of Mid- wifery, University, Professor Blackie, Professor Trail, Pro fessor Gootisir, Professor Balfour, Professor M'Dougall, George Harvey, Esq., R.S.A., James Drummond, Esq., R.S.A.. P. S. Fraser, Esq., J. M. Mitchell, Esq., Leith, Bailie Brown Douglas, Bailie Kay, Baillie Clark, Bailie Blackadder, Bailie Grieve, Dean of Guiki Wemyss, cillor Dick, Councillor Cassols, Councillor Forrester, Coun cillor M`Kinlay, Councillor Gorrie, Councillor Richardson, Councillor Dickson, Rev. James Grant, D.D., D.C.L., Edinburgh, Rev. Thomas Guthrie, D.D., Edinburgh, Robert Chambers, Esq., Charles INPLaren, Esq., William H. Lizars, Esq., John Rogers, Esq., S.S.C., James Ballan tine, Esq., William Tullis, Esq., James Clay, Esq., Adam Morrison, Esq.. S.S.C., John Dunlop, Esq., 15, Dean-ter race, J. A. Campbell, Esq., W.S., A. Burns Shand, Esq., advocate, James C• Tait, Esq , W.S., James Forman, Esq., advocate, Major-General Yule, Lieutenant-Colonel Somerville, Thomas Murray, LL.D. Sheriff TAIT seconded the motion. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, on the motion of Mr. M`Dlillan, the meeting broke up. COURT OF ALDERMEN. (A. summary of the folio aiig appeared in our impres• lion of Saturday.) On Saturday a special Court was held for the pur?ose, as stated in the paper of business, of receiving a corn munication from the Lord Mayor relative to the office of Recorder. There was an unusually large attendance of members. The minutes of the last Court having been read and approved, The LORD MAros rose and said he had called his brethren together in consequence of a letter which had been addressed to him by the Recorder. His Lordship then handed the letter to the Town Clerk, who read it as follows : " 3, Carlton.gardens, Nov. 28. "My Lord,—ller Maj.-sty having been graciously pleased to confer upon me the office of Solicitor-General to the Crown, it becomes my duty to resign that of Re corder of the City of London into the hands of those by whose favour I was elected to that honourable and im portant post. " In thus ro'inquishing the office which I have been proud to hold iu connection with the Corporation of Lon don for the last six years, I pray to be allowed to convey to your Lordship and to the hon. magistrates who are your colleagues in the Court of Aldermen the renewed expression of my indelible gratitude for the honour they originally confetred upon me by my unsolicited election to the highest station in their gift. My endeavour has since been to justify their choice, and to maintain on all occasions the dignity and efficiency of the chief officer and legal adviser of your ancient corporation, as well as to assert and defend the essential rights and privileges of the citizens of London, and I trust that I shall sur render the office to my successor, when appointed, un impaired in honour and undiminished in authority. " I now take my leave with the regret that naturally mingles in the severance of public ties, cemented by per sonal regard and respect, and in doing so I beg to tender to your Lordship, to the ma[;istrates, and to the whole body over which your Lordship so wor hily presides, my warmest and sincerest thanks for the uniform and great kindness, courtesy, consideration, and support which I have received from every member of the corpo ration and from ali my brother officers during the whole period of my service. "There is nothing in the new position to which I have been called inconsistent with a deep interest in the pros perity of the corporation, and, hoping long to retain the many valuable friendships I have gained during my connection with your city, " I have the honour to remain, my Lord, •' Your faithful and obedient servant, " A. STUART WORTLET. "To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, &c." Sir P. LAURIE —My Lord Mayor, I move that that letter be entered upo❑ the minutes of the Court. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY—Do you not move that the re signation of the learned Recorder he accepted ? , Mr. Alderman CHALLIS—At the next Court I shall move a resolution expresilve of our admiration of the manner in which the learned Recorder has performed the duties of his office. The LORD MAYOR—The resignation may not be ac cepted, but the letter may be received. The TOWN CLERK—The resignation cannot bo re ceived to day. Mr. Alderman WlRE—Certain formal acts are required to be done by the learned Recorder, and he will perform them until his successor is appointed, and therefore the motion is a proper one, that the letter be entered on the minutes of the Court. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY—I never heard of such a thing in try life, and I am not prepared to sit down without hearing some explanation of the course of proceeding. The learned Town Clerk says that the resignation cannot he received. I really do not know why. It is formally tendered. The Court is specially called together to re ceive the resignation of the late Recorder. The LORD MAYOR—No ; the Court is called together "to receive a communication relative to the office of Recorder." (Hear.) Mr, Alderman smigy.—lf there be any pia of did. not expect to have had at evening, 'feta waenot, th length on the object of the mi r, to perceive, from the enthi committee were greeted en tl ;ether ittipecessary for him to iof th, .. portant object wh The' ere aware that the a in . ier to aid their friend: to er: t a monument to the y in the annals of their connt [PRICE 4D. STAMPED hcZ. order to prevent the resignation being received I should wish it wade known to the Court at large. The Lorl MAYOR.—We had. better have from the Town Clerk his viers upon the subject. The TOWN CLeRIc L. the Reoorder'S resignation were now to be accepted the office would be void, and no per son would be capable of signing 'the subpoenas now ne cessary for the Mayor's Court, and it is therefore, requi site still to keep in existence the .office of _Reorder, as the officer of the Court for public purposes, Mr.. Alderman SLDNET.—Then I ask what took place upon the death of the late Recorder These was then an interregnum of about two, months before his successor was appointed. I a'sk the-Town Clerk to favour us with what took place ther; • • The Tows CERK.--At that time the business in the Mayor's Court was not so great that the-appointment could not be postpan'ed. At present. it 'is so great that it cannot be postponed without doing an act of injustice to the suitors. Mr. Alderman -SIDNEY.---Then I think we should at once accept the resignation, and proceed to the appoint ment of the learned Recorder's successor forthwith. The Town Clerk rei-ly have given a satisfactory reason, but to my mind itlis a most inconclusi ve one, t h at. the business of the Mayor's Court six years ago was so un important that for two months at least the office was in abeyance, - and that it is now so important that fora few days we cannot accept the resignation. Thb most im• portant • functionsr of the Rec-rder, it is well known, were at the Central Criminal Coast, and during the whole of this week the Recorder, on account of ti , e more important office for which he has been selected by favour of her Majesty, has not given his attendance at that Court. The public are largely interested in this question, and surely we must satisfy the public that, as a public body, we canna do as other public bodies do— namely, that when a judicial officer tenders his resigna tion there is a difficulty about accepting it. I believe there is but one course _open ,to ns- s suaraely,.theA, we should recieve the resignation, and then it will be open to a committee to enter upon the consideration of the duties and emoluments of the office, with injunctions to bring up a report, notice being given with respect to the app ontment of a successor. We should not be doing our duty if we did nut receive the resignation at once. Mr. Alderman ROSE.—If the learned Recorder re tains his office till the next Court he Las the power of appointing a deputy, and if his resignation were accepted at the present time that power would not be vested in him, Mr. Alderman SIDNEY.—We never heard of that be. fore. Sir P. LAURIE—The public have not suffered by rea , son of the Recorder's not having been at the Central Criminal Court this week, because others were present to officiate for him. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY—As he has resigned, can he appoint a deputy ? The LORD MAYOR—We have not reached that part of the business yet. The TOWN CLERK—It has been moved and seconded that the letter be entered upon the minutes of the Court. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY -I move as an addition and by way of amendment, that the resignation of the learned gentleman be accepted. Mr. Alderman CARTER—I am at a total loss to under- stand the pertinacity with which my friend (Alderman Sidney) adheres to his priaposition. lam quite satisfied with the letter we have received from the learned Re- corder, because I trust he is in a better position than he stood in here. I learn with extreme regret that he has determined to leave us, and I ardently trust that his suc- cessor will do us equal honour with hiin-elf, but I cannot understand why eny friend wants the Court so hurriedly to accept the resignation. Surely, when we appoint a gentleman to that high, honourable, and distinguished position, it i• needful and necemary for our own protec- tion, as well as. fur the benefit of tie community at large, that we should look around us and endeavour to seleci the man best qualified for the duties of an office which has been so gracefully filled for so many years by the learned Recorder. I therefore hope and trust that no undue haste will be eshibite f in the appointment, but that an opportunity veil be afforded the Court of select ing such a man for the office as will do honour to the corporation and the citizmi at large. Sir W. MAGNAT —I beg to second the amendment. As the Recorder has the power of appointing adeputy I think he should he requested to do so at once. The office now beinc , in abeyance I thick will tend very much to interfere with the regular business of the Court, and therefore the vacancy should be filled up as quickly as possible. Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE—WhiIe you hold the Re corcl.,T in his present position he can appoint a successor, but if you deprive him of the office he cannot d. so. _ _ Mr. Alderman CDBITT—i think the letter of the learned Recorder expresses the neces,ity which he is under of tendering his resignation, and it goes on to say that he shall be happy to surrender his office into the hands of his successor. I think if the letter is fairly read it is not a letter now giving his resignation, but tender ing his resignation, to he consummated heraNr. Mr. A tderman Roez—lf the resignation were a , cepted the functions of any deputy whom the learned Recorder might appoint would cease with the accept ance of the resignation. Mr. Alderman SIDNZT—I do not want a deputy; I want a Recorder. The Town Clerk put the amendment, which was ne gatived by a large majority, there being but two hands held up in favour of it. The original motion was then put and carried. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY—At the next Court I shall move that we proceel to the election of a Recorder. Mr. Alderman CHALLIS —And at the proper time I shall bring forward a mutton expressive of the regret we feel at parting with the Recorder. The Court then adjourned. laval and Military intelligence. MALTA, NOT. 24. Admiral Lord Lyons, in the Royal Albert, 121, with the Majestic, 80, and Cressy, 80, screw steam ships of the line, Diamond, 27, sailing frigate Siromboli, steam sloop Wrangler, Coquette, Boxer, and Weser, steam gun boats, continued, on the 13th November, at anchor at Buyl'ere in the Thsphorus, expecting to be reinforced by the Gladiator steam frigate, which left Malta on the 15th. Her Majesty's steam frigates Vulture, Curac and Magicienne, Sphynx steam sloop, Lynx steam sloop, and Medina surveying steamer, were cruising in the Black Sea. The Grinder gunboat, to be shortly re• lieved by the Boxer, was stationed at the mouth of the Danube. Tee Gorgon steam frigate Wag at Smyrna, and the Miranda steam corvette on the coast of Albania. The Vigilant steam gnu boat had been suddenly ordered away to the Piraeus of Athens. The assistant-surgeon of the Spbynx was missing, and is suppose , ' to have met with a watery grave. The Paymaster f the same ship, Mr. Wright, is tinier arrest oo a charge of drunkenness. The squadron under Rear-Admiral Sir R. S. Dundas, which had been reinforced on the 13th by the Dautless steam screw frigate from Eogland and GibraltAr, con tinned in port, excepting her Majesty's screw steam cor vette Malacca which had been despatched to Naple-, and the Wanderer screw steam sloop for Sicily and Naples on the 19th. Her Majesty's steam frigate Gladiator left for Constan tinople on the 15th to reinforce the , quadron under Ad miral Lord Lyons, and conveyed the medals brought from England by the Dauntless for the Ottoman army. The Dauntless will, it is expected, relieve the Miranda on the Albanian caast and lonian islands' station. Her Majesty's steam c .rvette Ariel arrived from Gib raltar and Algiers on the 15th. Her Majesty's screw ateain transport Supply arrived from Constantinople on the 20th. The Jura screw steam transport arrived on the 12th from Liverpool, Cork, and Gibraltar, bringing Colonel and Mrs. Denny, and Assistant-Surgeon Leach, 71st, Major and Mrs. Trevor and three children, and Ass:stant• Surgeon Stockwell of the 14th Regiment; the Rev. T. D'Arcy Preston, 7 non-commissioned officerA, anti 7 pri vates, 209 serkants, c , rporals, and privates' wives, and 341 children for Malta; Captain Gore, 3d Buffs, 92 more women, and 124 children, for Corfu, for which port she left on the 13th, conveying in addition to these last. mentioned passengers Major Dillon, Lieut, Brook, 46th; Lieu'. Bedingfield, 49th, and other two soldiers' wives. The Fancy schooner yacht, which left Malta on the 24th of October, for Algiers and Eogland, returned from Algiers on the 15th of November; her owner, the Mar quis of Drogheda, having al' ered all his plans in conse quence of the melancholy death from a fad t.ff ti e rigging of the Hon. Mr. Fortescue, a relative of the Marquis, who, with the Marchioness, was on deck at the time and witnessed the sad accident. The untortunate gentleman was interred at Algiers. On Saturday the 26th company of Royal Engineers, under the command of Capt. G. E. L. Walker, with Lieut. R. M. F. Sandford and Lieut. E. Mitchell, R.E., left Chatham for Gravesend, where they embarked en board the Apolline, for Bermuda. On arriving at that station they will be employed upon the Governme n t engineering work now in progress. Capt. W. M ouse, 26th Cameronians, also embarked on board the came vessel, having been ordered to join the bead quarters of his corps at Bermuda, for the purpose of superintending their instruction in the use of the Enfield rifle. Her Majesty's frii.,ate Raleigh, 50, Capt. th e H on . Henry Keppel, sailed from Plymouth on Wednesday afternoon for the Cape of Good Hope and th e Emit In dies. Outside the Breakwater she carried away her rnaintvgallant-3ard, and in little more than an hour was out of sight. Wind northerly. Letters have been received at Plymouth from the Amethyst, 26, Capt. Sidney Grenfell, datad Halifax, Oct. 6. She had a boisterous passage of 46 days from Falmouth. Capt. John C. Iday hoisted his pennant on Thursday afternoon on hoard the Indus, 7S, at Plymouth. She was nearly manned by Friday evening, chiefly from the crew of the Harn , ihal, recent y paid off at Portsmouth. The Indus was masted un Saturday, and warped to the basin dock to ba rigged and to receive stores. the steam Wore-ship Rhadamanthus, Master Com mander Wm. L. Browne, from Woolwich, arrived on Saturday at Plymouth, with machinery for the Keyham yard. _ - The gun-boats Fenella, Garnet, Handy, and Hunter, were taken into the fitting basin at Woolwich on Satur day. The 6 gun screw steam gun vessel Roebuck, in temporary command of Master Commander Allen, left Woolwich on Saturday for Portsmouth, to be placed in the ant class steam reierve there, ._ ..._ .. . S 1 PILE RATE OP NEW PAP ER DISCOUNT. • I . . , • , ~ ' V' e it. t.. .. ' --, ..,Ae - ,.. i r i t, ,„ . , , 01 . „A i: 4 ~ • s 1( - v 'iiia3 11... $ The Bulk 'statement ;of j Friday : I I to increase the impression that a retl rates of discount which prevailed befogs of November might have been adopted o. day. The only argum en t s on tilmiepopypeonisi',. have been that, althou g h a great ro resulted from the Australian arrivals and other cir .cumStances, it will be better to wait to ascertain its permanence, that an impatience of high rates of discount is a characteristic of all commercial and speculative people which should be resisted, and that, as the advance to 7 per cent, took place only a little more than a fortnight back, delay would be justifiable even on the simple ground of the desir ableness of avoiding frequent alterations. The sole consideration.; to guide the Bank, however, should be the actual state of the supply and demand, and 'the maintenance of a uniform mode of carrying into operation any changes that may be deemed neces sary. Taking these tests the reasons for a reduction were complete. With regard to the question of supply and demand it is known that for several days preceding the last Court the applications at teat Bank were c..mparaiively unimportant, and that if, instead of having a fixed rate, it had been their custom, like other bankers, to adapt themselves to the market from day to day lower terms would have been adopted as a matter of course.- - It is true ,this state is not likely to last, but the main reason simply consists in the fact that t he revenue payments from now toJanuary will throw saninch of the circu lation into the hauls of the Batik that the supply outside must, under any ciscurnstances. be inade quate to the public wants, and the Bank can there fore maintain any rate they please. This, however,- is far far from being one of the contingencies content,- plated in making them the depositories of the public money, and it has consequently sometimes been tbi.ir practice towards the termination of each quarter specially to mitigate any . existing pressure by accepting lower terms for advances during those periods. As respects the second point,' the main tenance of a uniform mode of carrying into opera tion any changes that may be deemed necessary, their .present course is not iu haimouy with pre cedent. On the 22d - olMay last, when a reduction to G-per cent, was resolved upon, both the amount of bullion and the reserve of notes were less than on the present occasion, yet at that time speculation on the Paris Bourse was rampant, a similar dispo sition prevailed on this side the result o f t h e harvest was uncert a i n , the India and China drain, instead of being partially satisfied, was just about to assume its worst proportions, and the Austrian preparations to collect gold and silver for a resump tion of specie payments were in active progreSs. If under such circumstances a decline to 6 per cent. was resorted to without apprehension, it is difficult to see why the public should be charged with an impatience of restraint for desiring a similar step now, after they have been subjected to a pressure greater than any experienced since the crisis of 1847. It is always unpleasant in financial matters to have to remonstrate against what appears a policy of caution, but the present question derives its im portance from the fact of there being room to ap prehend that the restriction which is approved for its prudence may in reality prove a stimulus to imprudence. Exactly in proportion to the pressure put upon the COMM unity is the subsequent rebound s and if when there is reason to anticipate an ap prOchiug turn of the tide the rate of interest is kept at such a point as to check or limit the usual orders for foreign produce, and to cause money to be drawn house from every available source, that turn becomes sudden, instead of gradual, an inflation of prices follows, and the orders which were kept back when they would have been of a moderate descrip tion, are sent out in reckless quantities. In the heigut of such a renewal of ardour there would, of course, be a universal admission on the pars of the speculators of the wisdom of the course by which it - had been brought about, but those who wish to see commerce pursue its legitimate channels and our money market proof against the tactics of the Credit Mobilier and their Russian friends will watch its possibility with regret. No one cue pre tend to say positively that the heaviest difficulties of the late crisis have been surmounted, but there is enough to warrant a strong impression that such is the case, and provided we still kept our rate of discount' as high as the highest rate known any where on the Continent, there could be no danger in giving the country the benefit of it. In ease of necessity the step could be at any time revoked. The contrary argument, on the ground of the evil of frequent changes, is unsound. The desirable point is to keep the rate of discount as near its average as possible, and if this could be better effected by a change every week such changes would be advantageous. No ordinary banker, if left to his own course, would bind himself to spe cific rates beyond a day, and the contrary practice of the Bank has long been considered objectionable. Even as a matter of precedent, moreover, sudden changes in times like these would be consistent. In the railway crisis, after the rate was fixed at 7 per cent., it was reduced within ten days to 6 per cent. Assuming there were any force in the doctrine that a reduction once made could not be rescinded at any moment without hesitation, there would be no reason in the prevailing uncertainty to complain of the policy now being pursued ; but it is this very facility that seems to rend& r it unnecessary. At the same time, it is to be admit ted that the probable course of events during the coming month is sufficiently obscure to allow of many differences of opinion. The Bank Court be ing composed of merchants whose personal wishes must be for a moderate rate of interest, there can at least be no question of the sincerity of their con victions in taking an opposite course. The sole de sire on each side is to discover in which direction the prudent path lies, and those who c on t en d t h at a reduction to 6 or 61 per cent. should have been made on Thursday last believe that course to be the one which is alone consistent with true caution.— Times City Article. THE COMMAND OF THE BRITISH FORCES IN PERSIA.-OFFICIAL BLUNDERS. We feel assured that the announcement that Sir James Outrata as been appointed by the Indian, authorities at home to command the British forces despatched to the Persian Gulf, will be received with unmixed satisfaction front one end of India to the other. Sir James left Southampton on the 20th inst., in improved health. It is to be hoped that the outward voyage wilt administer further to his recovery, and that he will join the army with sufficient bodily vigour to give full effect to the suggestions of a mind always active and energetic, an d fertile of resource. Our military readers will not require to be told that to give effect to this aPPointmeut it %Ai necessary t o con f er On Major-General Outram the brevet rank of Lieut.- rve i u General. The brevet has a pp eare d in the Gazette, bct we observe that by aclerica.l error, which t rak e haves confined nnfion d e o d b to t the Ea'e Id , w u willbespeerliiely rectified, Indies. Now, Persia is not geographically a part of the East Ind es, and it has been ruled tat it is not officially so. It, therefore, the ore-ent Horse Guards' notffica?ion were to remain in I.rce, Outran w ,, uld be liable to he superFeried en stir exnAiti •ri tonch:ng pPr siski, gr.und ; or, practicaliA (assuming tin; exP euiiion to itave bef , re his arrival) would never he competent to take command of the fo,•ce. Some regret has been expressed that Sir H. RI slin son has not also been despal &led to Persia, to conduct the negotiations which are likely to arise out of this armed demonstration ; and a,suredly it is tine that the anoma mug position which Mr. Murray occupies should now altogether cease. But we are tot sure that Sir H. R 3 W" linsoe's extensive local knowledge and experience are not as useful in this country as they would be on the spot. For although the East India Company know nothing about the war with Persia, beyond what they learn from publi c newspapers, it may be fairly as sumed that her t ajestv's Nlinisters. in whose bandai the direcion of the war, k now w h ere th e b es t information A is to be found, and the best advice to be obtained. blunder blunder in D .wning-street may be as fatal a . ' .. at Shire or Teheran. Moreover, there is s t n il t l a a a u li g n i i i i n d g an e t f time fel'. Ra wlineon's employment in thedise to find our complications with which we are not unlikely We shall as. selves embarrassed at the end of the w rrs . t-rate diploma. depths st the sureuly then require the services tist, thoroughly acquainted withoftbae Persian Court, and capable of fathoming ce aild America all Persian guile. With Russia,. cba t r h a e cte d r e ' in Iran, we shall seeking to strengthen their in have enough to do to, recover theigroundlFennee nt and neglect. lost by years of mismanagement d e that Col. John Jacob, C B. We may mention, it is very generally ramonrer in in connection with this subject, that _S an cinde, will be appointed command appointment regard. e of opinion can exist ; but wile. ing which no differen t c o e n s :C I O second i n n g o c a m s the rank and position of other ther, with reference d we are not yet able to declare. officers, it can be na d a In d of the Cr.'s Overland Mail. —Smith, Elder, an LEOPOLD REDPATIL—The interest which first excited suspi c i on against Redpath is somtwhat remarkable. M r . Denison, the chairman, was standing outside the statinn convers i n g with Lord ---. Redpath approached and lifted his hat to Mr. D., when Lord took him cor diallyyou? After Redp a th h ad g.)ne, Mr. `° Why, my d ear fel hboyarthaerehand, and exclaimed, DloewnPison asked his lordship what he knew of their clerk Why," responded the latter, " he is the jolliest fellow in life—gives the most sumptuous dinners and capital bads that I know of.'' That fatal and friendly recogni tion by on© so superior to him led to an investigation of his accounts, and to his pr-sent lodgment in the House of Detention.—Sunday paper. With reference to the statement made in the Court of Bankruptcy on Thursday last, that the appeal from the Vice-Chincellor's decision in the matter of the Royal British Pack would be withdrawn, in consequence of arrangements then pending, with a view of affording more efficient protection to the shareholders, it is now stated that the appeal must proceed, the arrangements contemplated having been found impracticable.