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' •,' ~---- dt , - st. - 141 : ,,, ,,t441a lliftig.-7,1, 4 , - I , s-- - z .. T itv , , , :, , p\;,.. , ....7 - ;; - A.:-_= : ,,,,, '..",:•-" •-•4 i • -......:„...- —...._„,*,,,- Li , - .r. , .. ;14 : - . : ,., ~,, . . i J ~j/'CZ-f/~~; ,//2 r'-'' - 7_,_-_-. GAME LIST. —LONDON, MIDDLESEX, and WESTMINSTER. SECOND PUBLICATION for 1856. ,k7aval and Military Intelligence. A sp,u, it (No. 20,114.) LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 6, 1856. [ PRICE 4D. STAMPED sr. LIST of P ERSONS who have taken out GENERAL GAME CERTIFICATES at 4/. Os. Dd, each, including the Addi tional Duty of 10 per cent, under the Act of 3 Viet., cap. 17 (Schedule D.) Ashby, Thomas, jun., Staines Austin, Henry De 8., Ealing Bailey, Henry, 71, Gracechureh-street Banks, Charles E., Esq., 6, West Strand Bannerman, James, 25, Connaught-square Baring, Edward C., 8, Bishopsgate-street Barnard, Thomas, Russell-street Baxendale, Joseph Hornby, Castle Inn, Wood-street Begbie, Matthew Baillie, Esq., 4, Chancery-lane Bell, John, Esq., James-street Benham, John Henry, Tollington-park, Islington Bennett, William Henry, Esq., 14, Red Lion-square 1 3entinek, G. A. F., Esq., Lincoln's-inn Bidwell, Alfred Clarke, 180, Piccadilly Birt, Jacob, 30, Sussex-gardens Blackett, James D., 1, Shorter's-court Boulten, C. T , 5, York-place Bench, John, 8, Bread-street Bower, Henry, 3, Gloster-terrace, Bethnal-green Brassey, Thomas, sell., Chelsea Brassey, Thomas, jun., Chelsea Brett, W. G., Esq., Lincoln's-inn Bristowe, H. F., Esq., Old-square, Lincoln's-inn Brodie, Alfred, Esq., 5, Cavendish square Bruce, Charles D., 10, King's Arms yard Bryan, Edward Jones, Esq., 13, South-s -uare, Gray's-inn Burgoyne, James, 6, Lowther-cottages, Islington Burnell, W., Acton Butler, Henry, 110, Gracechurch-street Butler, Major, Army and Navy Club Calder, W. H., Assistant-Surgeon, 40th Regt., Shorncliffe Carbonell, William Charles, 132, Regent-street Chandler, Thomas, Pier-head, London Docks Chapman, David 8., 65, Lombard -street Cherryman, Joseph, 56, Moorgate-street Clifton, Thomas Henry, c 1, Albany Coles, Henry Thomas, Esq., 77, Chancery-lane Cooper, Herbert Samuel, Park Hall, Finchley Corbett, Charles Joseph, 17, Gracechurch-street CO; Charles, Chelsea Crealock, Capt. Henry Hope, Army and Navy Club Currie, Capt. Leonard D. H., 7, Clarendon-place, Hyde Park -square Dance, Charles, King-street _Davy, Edmund, 14, Ironmonger-lane VAumale the Duke, Twickenham Deedes, John, Esq., Middle Temple De Lisle Alfred Thornton, Austinfriars Dixon lain Cowherd, 13, Nichol-s quar e D owhir , gan Capt. Ed., Aberdeen Lodge, Upper Hamilton teryace • Drake, Capt. William, 325, Oxford-street • Ellis, George, Bury-street; Edmonton Elwes, George Carey, Chelsea Ernest, Henry, 99, Cheapside Farquhar, E. Townsend, 6, Gloucester-square /'awcett, Richard, 2, gaville-place, Mile-end Pernu, Th omas, Highgate Pletcher, J. Dunnington, 57, Gloucester-terrace Fraser, Thomas Hiram, 1, Fleet-street French, George, Acton Gifford, Hon. and Rev. Geo. Robert, Littleton Goldsmith, J. W., 29, Clifton. street, Finsbury Goldsmith, Lieut., 93d Highlanders, 127, Strand Good, Henry William, Fulham Greenfell, Henry RAbbersdale, 45, St. James's-place gragory, Jonas, 12, Clement's-inn Banbury, C. A,, Brick-lane, Spitalfields Ilankey, Frederick A, 7, Fenchurch-street Ilankey, Thomson, 7, Mincing -lane H arrison, Francis, Esq., 2, Verulana-buildings, Gray's-but • Hearn, Michael Elijah, 18A, Basinghall-street Helps, T. Williams, 9, Dean's yard flicks, Hastings, Kensington g, Hugh, Es q ., Q. C., Middl e T emp l e Holland, Joh n G urne y, H amps t ea d -heath g4ollaucl, Henry L., 45, Bread•str ee t ullancl, Wilmot, 45, Bread-street e, Dr. John William, 9, Bedford square • Jaco b, Willi am, 119 , Cheapsid e James,Je 71n, Ed • 3, Inner Temple-lane e P son, Sir Richard M., Bart,, 8, A rgy ll- s t ree t , Regent .7eet • "•.; John, William, 99, Cheapside "' R~ndersley Benjamin Torrin, Esq., 35, Harley-street, • " `Areedish-square 7 li rkrnan, Joseph, Esq ,3, Soho-square ; „. 4.41 ) 3 13, Walter, Esq., Clapham -park :I.,• l 4eefe, Ro ger B ec k w i th, 65, Cornhill I . , . i nghana, Louis, James-st ree t • '.„,"'loYd, Edward, 9, Austinfriars 1-ocke, Joseph, 13, Duke-street, Piccadilly Liddle, Charles, 24, Abingdon-street ~1,a144-More, Captain C. T. C., 37th R eg i men t , G u iL s fi e l d, j-• 4 acArthur, Sir W m ., 4, Y or k- street, St. James k `lntosh, David, 24, Tavistock-square ~k k isell, Edward, Kensi ng t on A ansfield, Alfred John, 17, Frederick-st., Gray's-inn-road Mantle, Wm. Grimwood, 2, Leicester-square Mare, Samuel, 56, Lombard -street 'M M athews, Geo. K., 58, Charing-cross atthew, W., Esq., Lincoln's-inn _Ray, Tho mas , 11 , W arwick -crescent Melville, Philip, 4, Clarendon-place Meredith, Thomas, Bedfor d - lodge, Hampstead Mills, Mark, 23, Billiter-street. Milne, Alexander, 41, West Smithfield Mostyn, William, 3, Cork-street More, James, 20, Gloster-place, Marylebone Munster, Henry, Esq., 4, Paper-buildings, Inner Temple Napier, Col. G. T. Connelly, Junior United Service Club Nelson, George, Esq., New-inn • ITeWinan, Matthew, Harlington Ord eY, John Stewart, 38, Mincing-lane pate ridge, John Fran c i s , 2, T hrogmorton-street frson, William 8., 4, New Bridge-street pacoeke, Geo. Warren M., 31, Norfolk-street, Park-lane p ac c'ek, Robert William, 8, Stanhope -street blehthali, Willi am , 71, Charlwood-street, Pimlico V re a ed, .Winth orp M ac k wor th, 189 , Fl eet - street bacett, George Edward, 16, St. James street well,i,-° G. H., Esq., 90th Light Infantry, 80, Eaton-square ell, Charles, Esq., 15, Montague-place, Russell-square 11 11sca 'ae, James Allen, York Hotel, Bridge-street losaM i nson, Thos. A., 39, Oxford-terrace c tl: Hornsey Lincoln's-inn Janes L. 169, Piccadilly 11„ ~i t !rts, Richard, 30, King William-street 11%.„, i11 50n, Anthony, 64, Mark-lane William, Kensington 1t 0 ,„7 111 _,e William Govett, Esq., 10, Lincoln's-inn-fields II William, 2, Tyndall-place, Upper street, Islington 4 1 1 3 ° 11 , G. L., Esq., 21, Old-square, Lincoln's-inn 67° 1 , C. H., Esq., Lincola's-inn ;` . : 01 :1, W. P., Esq., 15, Albemarle -street 11,01 t, Thomas, Scott's-place, Lower-place, Islington 0,4, Lieutenant J. Binney, 2, Alderman's-walkfi 'e lWilliam, jun., 2, Ald erman ' s-walk ' and, Robert, 55, R egent street N A d, John, Esq., Tavist oc k H otel Neherd, Joseph, 46, Fenchurch-street Eip: oo 3', George Decks, St. Ja mes ' s-square oner' J., Esq., 2, Old - square, Lincoln's-inn 1f Towet, William, 194, Regent-street Thomas, 16, Lime-street iti;mu, Joseph, Craven-hill I} 4B, Commander Louis C. IL, Army and Navy Club b_otter, Frederick, Esq., 7, Soho-square . ht, t, A, W., Esq., 25, Devonshire-place, Portland • W -grave the Hon Granville, 26, Portland-place ) We . 41 ward, 38, Mincing-lane • '"el', Benjamin, Church-side, Kennington Ivilia:eY, John, Enfield „_liri ) i t 4 'ore, Major, 19, Ludyer-street .1714 1 .'1 0 bn, 22, York-terrace Wiii„"ohn, Tavistock Hotel Wi t a_ e r,, William, Esq., Middle Temple Vii,,,•'lQ.Te, John, Parthenon Club, Regent-street llt" , lienryJ, 29, Gmceehnrch-street W Ilse, W. H un ., Esq., k Bedford Hotel ria,ekney. of eIPERSONS being ASSESSED SERVANTS for h o "'I NE CERTIFICATES are t a k en ou t a t 1/. 7s. 6d. * 4 e A e hidi ng the Additional Duty of 10 per cent. under Qi tt of 3 Viet., cap. 17. (Schedules A and B.) 11711% James—by J. D. Fletcher, for Foxmer Court, near orcester icrvelatid, Charles—by James Bannerman, North Hall, --4'3'l)shire - A d a '• -' P ERSONS LICENSED TO DEAL IN GAME. 4: 11 s, Charles, 8 , P ortsdown-tern A t i. - L e w ' s William, Harrow-on-the-11111 ta,,-.-. . Charles James Highgate-centre - - r l e r &Weenie, and Baker, Samuel Camfield, `48•1f•Moon-pass.we lieeelier, Wm., 1 , Upp er Ki ng - s t ree t , Bloomsbury-square ili r lie u ell, Thomas, Chelsea bci, George, 11 Alfred-terrace, Paddi ng t on olton, Thomas, Newgate-market e wron, Willi am, 14, Churton-street, Pimlico Britton, Ja mes, Shattock, Chelsea B, s ritton, George, Boundary -road ,s•own, Ann Eliza, 62, "'le/Trate-market .hkilirrough, Join, Kensington .'4„Yatt, David, 112, High-street, Marylebone "av nclish, Henry, 1, Wells-terrace, Mile-ond o ' ll a, ;pen John, Hungerford-market c,sb John, ' 2, Brecknock-place (-) o °ll rt Y n ' ey, Thomas, Bathurst -street vrioirtney, John, 6, Craven-place ten, William, Little . _ Sussex-place d'nton Mrs. Sophia, 21, Westbourne-plaee b 'lt blish, Ben . ben, High-street, Highgate • '"kst, James,s9, Newgate-market till, S New-street, Dorset-square En; ' • 8., 9 , t_T, John, Pinner p:.rlhgton, Matthew, 88, High-street, Marylebone O ile r, George, 92, High-street, Camden-town 17, John, 23, Duke-street, St. James's Gt t ,"'! 4 , Robert, 3, Upper ligniT' oo , Daniel, 83, Connaught-terraceDuncan-pace, City-road i.c., John, Kensington Illtirie, George, Hungerford-market 46, William, 51, Charles-street, St. Margaret 4 '` . ( l °l c, Mrs. Aun, 11, New Church-street St. Margaret 11°4-;,tes, Augustus Jas., 13, Princes-street, 41,1,ge5. Charles, 79, Edgware-road. 1,4,: Chares, Kensington LtZ e ll. John, 119, Fore-street Li on , Robert, 27, Tottenham court-road )4,1,1)ecr, John, 108, Albany-street I to ',Lk ewsun, Charles, Kensington lutt,Y,Charles 88, Goswell-road, Clerkenwell . N4.'",,,,.."Z• Fr ederic ' k, 1, Clarence-road, Regent's-park' v-„tidge Henry, 8, Queen's-terrace, St. John's-wood l'eXe,,,lo'hn, 13, Ox ford-market l'ini . :' i'l , onias 57 and 58, Newgate-market , r rie4 ' - ', ° sellh ' 5, Wellington-terrace rro ei .''' -ul eury, 11, Great Marylebone-street 1i1i,"4, James, 26, Wcstbourne-grove ito,nrdson Frederick 51, High-street, Portland-torn Ito'd3r, Richard Albio'n-place eßllieeBl',riPrederick' , 18, Upper King-street, Bloomsbury-Sq. CaO' -eer ge, 40, Haymarket . ski -ger, Hour 8 London-street 't It il. Is Y '., ' e 4 3 , 1 Isaac 6, Celbridge.plac Tl , vi°r. Thomas 33, Queen's-road 0 4v w„ ..4, John, 2' Tyler's-court, Regent-street Vizi";eti, William 3, Norris-street, Haymarket lihlvarAt'ilinies, Newgate-market ito, elll7, Kensington mtitihei Mu), Church-street. Roxtou Wilce, James, 11, Vigo-street, Regent-street Woodward, Thomas, 2, Spring-street Made up to November 20, 1856. By order of the Board, T. KEOGH, Secretary. Inland Revenue office, Somerset-house. PENALTIES. The Commissioners of Inland Revenue Heieby Give Notice, That every person taking, killing, or pursuing game, without first obtain ing a certificate, incurs a penalty of 201., and is also liable to be sur charged in d'iuble the amount of the certificate duty. Any person in pursuit of game refusing, on being duly required, to produce his certificate, or to permit the same to be read, or a copy thereof to he taken, or refusing to declare his true name and place of residence, also incurs a penalty of 201. Gamekeepers are desired to take notice that a certificate at the rate of 1/. is. 6d, will not authorise any person to kill game beyond the limits of the manor for which he is deputed ; and, in order that a certificate at such a rate of duty may protect a gamekeeper, it is requisite, not only that he should be deputed by some lord or lady of a manor or reputed manor, but also that such deputation should be registered with the Clerk of the Peace, or the gamekeeper will be liable to be surcharged in double the duty of V. Os. 10d , and also to be prosecuted by any common informer for the penalty of 201. N.B.—lt is the intention of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue to publish in a separate list the names and residences of all persons surcharged in double duty for sporting without certificates. EAST INDIA HOITSE, 3D DECEMBER, 185 G. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY de hereby give Notice, that the Rate of Exchange at which they will receive Cash for Bills on Bengal and Madras will, from the present date, and anti! further notice, be 2s. Od. the Company's Rupee, aid for Dills en Bombay 2s. Old. the Com. patty's Rupee. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretatt. EAST and WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. The Court of Directors of the East and West India Dock Com pany Hereby give Notice, That the Transfer Books of the said Com pany will be shut on SATURDAY, the 13th day of December, 1856, and open again OR MONDAY, the sth January, 1857. By order 6f the Court. GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock House,lliter-square, .sth December, ISSG. GREAT WESTERN RAlLWAY.—F ur th er Reduction of Fares between READING and LONDON.— The fares by the trains leaving Reading at 8.18 a.m, 11.5 a.m., and 7.45 p.m., and Paddington at 11 a.m., 4.45 p.m„ and 6.15 pan., and on Sundays from Beading at 8.30 a.m. and 7 p.m., and from Paddington at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. are now— . For the Single Journey, first class, 2s. , second class, ls. 3d. For the Double Journey, available on the same or following day, first class, 35., second class, 2s. These tickets will be available between Reading and London only, and by the trains above named. Paddington, November 25, 1856. THE LONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK issues CIRCULAR NOTES of 101. each, payable at every important place In Europe. These Notes are issued without charge, and they are cashed abroad free of commission. The Bank also issues, free of charge, LETTERS of CREDIT on all the principal cities sad towns fn Europe. City Office, Lothbury. Westmiaster Branch, 1, St. James's-square. Bloomsbury Branch, 214, High Holborn. Southwark Branch, 3, Wellington-street, Borough. Eastern Branch, 87, High-street, Whitechapel. Marylebone Branch, 4, Stratford-place, OLtbrd-street. Temple-bar Branch, 217, Strand. The rate of Interest allowed on deposits of 5001. and upwards, at the Buuk or any of its Branches, Is now 5 per cent. J. W. GILBART, General Manager. BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON. Established A.D., 1844. Parties desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to examine the Plan of this Institution, by which a high rate of interest may be obtained with perfect security. The interest Is payable in January and July, at the Head Office in London, or at the various branches in the country. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Prospectuses and Forms for Opening Accounts sent free. PUBLICATIONS. NEW SYSTEM OF LIFE ASSURANCE. rrIIE DIRECTORS of the NATIONAL 11_ ASSURANCE and INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION invite attention to the New System of Life Assurance exclusively adopted by this Association, viz., that of allowing Interest on all Premiums paid, instead of the remote and uncertain system of Bonuses usually adopted. BY this plan the Policyholder will secure to himself a constantly increasing annual income during life, as well as the payment of the sum assured to his representatives at his death. Tables of Rates specially adapted to this system of Assurance may be obtained at the Office of the Company, 3, Pall-mall East, or for warded freo on application. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. METROPOLITI GENERA]: LIFE ASS' street, Waterloo-place, London. .N COUNTIES and UR ANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent- Capital, 1 00,0001. 3TEES. Rtaln. Spencer H. Walpole,M.P. 11tichard Spooner, Esq., M P. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. N.B. The bonus declared at the last division of profits averaged 33 per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LONDON. Policies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE IN FOUR-FIFTHS, or SO per cent., of the Net Profits of the Society, accorSing to the conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives are lower than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee find, in addition to 'the accumulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. Policy stamps paid by the Office. Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, London, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. ESTABLISHED 1837. B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9, and BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, Empowered by Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. _ _ MAJOR-GENERAL ALEXANDER; Blackheath-park, Chairman. Number of Policies issued, upwards of 11,000. Annual Income from Premiums (exclusive of Interest on Invest ments) upwards of 84,0001. Rates of Premium reduced to the lowest possible scale compatible with security, and computed in such variety of ways as to suit the circumstances and convenience of every class of Policy-holders. E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. - JETROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. No. 3, Princes-street, Bank. DI ORS. Thos. A. Busliby, Esq., Liverpool. illiam J. Lescher, Esq. Peter Cator, Esq. awes Lloyd, Esq., Biriathigham. James Dawson, Esq. it J. Paxton, M.P., Chatsworth. Richard Fry, Esq. George Pearce, Esq. Robert Grant, Esq. Henry Stu it, Esq. Wm. Grant, Esq., Portsmouth. J. Ingram Tnvers, Esq. Sir Benjamin Hawes, K.C.B. Joseph Underwood, Esq. Frazer B. Renshaw, Esq. George Vaughan, Esq. John Laurence, Esq. The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums fall due on the sth of January next, that the same must be PAID within Thirty days from that date. The Premiums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October, either of which several days constitutes the commencement of the year to Members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So , iety as Members on the sth of January next, should appear or lodge their proposals at the office on or before that day. This Society, for Mutual and General Assurance, appropriates the whole of its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives for the whole term of life as Members of the Society. For the year ending the sth of April, 1856, an abatement of 51 per cent. has been declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five Years' standing and upwards. The accumulated capital of the Society exceeds 700,0001. • The annual premiums on existing policies are aim ards of 100,0007. HENRY MARSHAL, Actuary. Princes-street, Bank, December 4, 1856. BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. Price Is. I%d. and 2s. 9d. per box. This preparation is one of the benefits which the science of moder n chemistry has conferred upon mankind ; for during the first twenty years of the present century to speak of a cure for the Gout was con sidered a romance ; but now the efficacy and safety of this medicine 's so fully demonstrated by unsolicited testimonials from persons in every rank of life that public opinion proclaims this as one of the most important discoveries of the present age. Further proof of the great efficacy of BLA:Ik'S GOUT and RHEU MATIC PILLS, forwarded by Mr. Reinhardt, Chemist, Hull:— Sir, —Enclosed is a testimonial from a customer of mine, who is well known about here ; he speaks in the highest terms of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, and would be glad to give information to anybody. To Mr. Reinhardt, 22 Market-place, Hull. "December4th, 1855. "Dear Sir,—l have been afflicted with rheumatism for 12 years, during which time I have tried almost everything, both internally and externally, but could not obtain any permanent relief. A short time ago I purchased a 2s. 9d. box of lllair's Pills of you, and before I had taken the whole of them I was more free from pain than I had been for the last dozen years. You will please let me have another box, as I mean to keep them by me in case I should again require them, and oblige, Dear Sir, yours obediently, “ JEREMIAH GAMESS.” Sold by Prout and :Harsant, 229, Strand, London, and all Ven dors of Medicine. 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The number of per sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every farm of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this Chanty. A Weekly Board manage Its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application to the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue this great work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be paid to William Loxham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's inn-fields ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; and at the Secretary's Offices, 167, Piccadilly, BY on: er. W. J. COCKERILL, Secretary. ED OPAL , FREE HOSPITAL, G ray ' s -i nn - roa d. atron—The Q U EEN. —Founded 1828. No order for admission is here required. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone. During the past month the following number received the benefits of this Charity, either its out or in -door patients, on their personal application : Week ending 7th October . 2,188 Ditto 14th Octob er . 2,162 Ditto 21st October 2,075 Ditto 28th October 2, 9 41 29th,30th, and 31st October Total in October 9,680 of which 3,303 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat ment) having been admitted previously. Heavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual General Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at all times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, John lklasterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane;also G by Mleysn ndsrsa.Cocuot.ts; and Co.; Drummond and Co.; !lorries and Co.; Ransom an d Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, anti Co.; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and CO., Her tiers-street ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clotting for the destitute patients will be thankfUlly received. 337 order, ;7, B. QWB/ 14.A.,C1a1;ugul, THE BALLOT IN HOLLAND AND We have been requested by the Vice-Chairman of the. Vote by Ballot Society —E. C. Whitehurst, Esq.—to give publicity to the following communi cations, received by them in answer to the queries contained in them. We may add that the two gentlemen whose names appear below are influen tial Members of the Chambers of the Legislatures of their respective Companies : ROTTERDAM, Nov., 1856. SIR,—I have great pleasure in replying to your letter of 18th October, containing the questions that the ballot society wished you to propose to me, viz.:- Ist. If the ballot was adopted in Holland with the ob ject of securing secresy and independence of voting, to tenants, shopkeepers, debtors, and to any class that might be placed in a dependent position. 2d. If the plan adopted has been found effectual to secure to the elector the liberty and independence required. And, lastly, Any further information that I might be able to give you. As regards the desires and motives whieh guided our Legislature in the establishment of our electoral law, and their real existence, I have not the least doubt. In order to convince myself I have reviewed everything that took place regarding the electoral law, as well among the Government as in committees and public discussions of the " States General." To strengthen my opinion I propose quoting several facts, extracted from official documents, which prove, in the most evident manner, that the wish of our whole Le gislature was to render voting as free as possible, and to afford the elector the means of sheltering himself from all extraneous influence, and to keep himself independent. The " Royal Commission," established 17th March, 1848, "to consider and poi n t out any improvements pos sible in our political institutions," reports as follows : " We are convinced that, in order to preserve the Nether. lands with, its constitutional monarchy, our institutions require from our citizens, before and above all things, a co operation widely differing, and infinitely more comprehen sive than it has yet received. No Constitution can create the necessary political s pi r it an d w ill, but it can crush them, or, on the other hand, excite and n our i s h them. The fundamental law created the popular str eng th , now it must apply itself to the task o f causing it t o c i rculate through every vein of the St a t e ." And, again---" Th e i people were not awa re till n o w that th e y m i g h t partici pate in the government. Y e t w ithout thi s k nowledge the State does not rest upon the national stre ng th , and with outn o Gaonational Government canstrengthh e preserved.str ongly developed Th from thi s d ay This knowledge i s g i ven to the people by a true and simple representation in the affairs of the Communes, the Provinces, and the State." Mr. Thorbecke, Minister of the Interior, on the " Elec toral Laws" in the Second Chamber, said—" The end of the law is, to render as far as is in its power every vote in dependent, and only governed by the feelings o f th e elec tor with regard to public affairs.' , A Member of the Legislative Government, Mr. Costerns, proposed as an amendment, " to declare null and void the votes of electors who had signed their voting paper s ," an d although th e G overnmen t was o f opinion tat it was un just to punish the elector by depriving him of his vote, because he had had the openness, by signing the voting paper, to declare for whom he had voted, yet the amend ment was carried by 36 to 30. As it is important to show that this triumph was not only due to the principle which influenced the whole law, that is to say, that it was above all things necessary to maintain the independence of the elector by protecting him from every possible influence, I will quote the principal arguments add uce d duringte debate. Mr. Costerus says :—" The late Government de clared, and many, members have repeated, that the prin ciple of the law is secret voting, that secret voting is the safeguard of direct election ;" and, after having set forth at great length abuses which may occur, and which ar e known to every one, fi n i s hed by saying—" But is it not possible, that we may have seasons of political schisms and parties, in which a self-constituted public opinion may proclaim as saviours of the country certain individuals, and that all who do not join in this popular chorus may be branded as infamous—seasons in which the pressure of terror may destroy all energy—where then remains the real free will of the people ?" Another member, Mr. Van Ysett, says :—" In times of popular excitement, the signing of the voting papers might produce abuses, because an influential person might, by compelling the voter to sign in his presence, di rect the vote, the voter not daring to alter the signature for fear of detection at the opening of the ballot box (l'Urne Electorale). An amendment of Mr. Lotsy, to the effect that " any elector who might be prevented personally inserting his vote in the box should be allowed to vote by sending his voting paper, and a statement that it enclosed his vote, signed by a notary before two witnesses, was rejected by 53 to 7, for the following reasons -Ist. That the possession of wealth allowing persons to absent themselves from the ballot box, an inequality would arise betwecn citizens called on to fulfil a civic duty. 2d. That the fact of the possession of wealth freeing its owner from the trouble of going to vote would produce a class of pretenders who, while keeping their money in their pockets, would avoid voting to give themselves the appear. ance of wealth, and deprive the box of their vote- to appear remarkable. 3d. That by enclosing the voting paper in the signed statement, the opportunity of introducing several papers would be given, and the scrutineers deprived of the power of knowing that each elector only inserts one paper in the box. 4th. That this amendment would only benefit those who were able and willing to pay the expense of the witnessed envelope, and would afford no remedy to those who, though prevented attending personally by equally powerful rea sons, were unable or unwilling to incur the expense. sth. The minister said—" That no man, however rich, should be ashamed of appearing at the place where his duty as a citizen requires him to deposit his vote. All this proves that every class of our Legislature has been influenced by the desire and wish of giving to every elector the greatest possible independence in voting, and to shelter him as far as the law allows from all extraneous influence. As regards the question, if such regulations have been found to guarantee the required " liberty and indepen dence," let us consult the experience of six years. To com mence. The law has secured to every elector, however de pendent he may be in the relations of life, the means of rendering himself entirely free from the influence of any one in the exercise of his right of voting ; and this is proved by the fact of the law allowing him the means of procuring a fresh voting paper any time that any influence whatever may have compelled him to fill one up against his free will, so that an elector is enabled to satisfy the wishes of the influencing agent by showing him a paper filled up in the name he requires, while it is in his power to depo sit in the box another signed after his own wish, without the possibility of the exchange being known by the agent. This precaution of the law is also a powerful remedy against corruption, because, presuming that either party is desirous of bribing, there can be no security that the elector who has sold his vote to one person will not sell it again, perhaps, to several others, and finish by voting his own way, as being compelled personally to attend to de posit his vote he can always find means of exchanging the papers. Thus, by rendering the success of bribery doubt ful, the corruptor is reduced to the influence of colloquial persuasion only, which, as it may be exercised for good as well as evil, is a lawful weapon. But although the law has duly provided means for the elector to free himself from extraneous influence, ii is no less true that influences are still applied, and sometimes with effect; but this is not the fault of the Legislature, but of the citizen who yields himself up to them. It is a human failing which the development of national feeling, and the knowledge of his rights as a citizen, ought to remedy. The education of the citizen is a distinct question—it is enough that the law points out the way of doing right, and as far as pos sible prevents the possibility of doing wrong. Besides, the good sense of the people remedies these abuses, if cir cumstances should produce them. We have a recent in stance of this in the Low Countries. When in 1853, after the dissolution of the Second Chamber, the clergy had succeeded in producing a panics among the voting classes on the question " Of the Erection of Catholic Bishoprics," a sufficient number of "anti-bishops" were returned to give the new Ministry a majority in the Chambers ; but at the re-election of the half of the " Second Chamber," in July last, the good sense of the nation being convinced that behind the cry of " Episcophobia" Borne political end was concealed, and that the " Reactionary Party" had only made use of " religion" as a shield for their political views, all the rejected Liberals were again elected; and, on the other hand, five of the " Reactionists" were thrown out. Another significant fact is, that Mr. Thorbecke, our Premier in 1853, whom the " Reactionary Party" were enabled to defeat, was re-elected in two districts, one of which Maestricht, (for which he had sat before), was Catho lic, and the other, " Derenter," Protestant. We find, I think, a farther proof that the elections are influenced by the state of the education of the electors, in the fact that, in the districts where they return usually Liberal members, the national feeling is generally much further advanced in " Liberalism" in its widest accepta tion, political, religious, or commercial, than in those where they return " Rea.ctionists," or at least " S ta . tionists," who do not agree with the motto of ou r Libe rals, " Progress by means of free Development. ,, i f o ins ournals, wh o gene. analogou s t o th e Another drawback, which must also be attribut e d t o the passions of man, and not to the spirit of the elect ora l l aw, is occasioned by the " periodical press." The infl uence of the press has frequently, and with great justice, b een de nounced as injurious to the system of " free voting," be cause the elector is not always enabled to estimat e at their rallygr e great admit value in the t h p e l i o r t s and columnsft arguments gotsarni only notpai opinions politics of their own party. This is peculiarly the casein our country, because in none of our large towns are there more than one or two journals, and these seldom publiah an honest and enlightened controversy, but generally blindly and ob stinately maintain their individual theories, instead of ho nestly endeavouring to assist the public mind to establish the principle of common sense by just and logical conclu sions. With you, from the advanced state of your press, the same inconvenience eannot exist. The schemes of party and the abuse of the press have in duced the honest opponents of our electoral sy s t em to be lieve that by the flaw system of election nothing is gained except, perhaps, that the natiun is put to greater expense, and that instead of being chosen by a party who a ssume to be most interested in the well-being of society, and known as " the aristocratic party," we are now brought forward and elected by parties excited against each other by peculiar and selfish motives, to either of whi c h chance, either by lucky circumstances, or the result of fortunate combinations, may give the vi c t ory. But to this I have only to reply, that though the p rac ti ca l result may be the same, yet the original difference is palpable- -in the first case, if evil arises, it is p ro d uced systematically by one party always interested i n t h e business; while in the other case, it originates in instrn ments, divided by interests which compel thor n t o act, and only possessing accidental, and not permanent,inter es t s to influence the body of electors, Thiits remains differen ficeixsetd, striking,he p m er o m re anent, and exposed t o th e sel as in on e supposi tionfishness of a party; while in the other it fluctuates amidst a thousand various interests, and only requires to be ex plilizatcl anti recognised to In appreciated by food maw, It is, moreover, an advantage that, accidental though it may be, it yet only requires the education of the citizens to become firm and lasting, by elevating the elector above the plots and passions of men to the position which the law has given him. But if the Press sometimes abuses its power, it is only fair to say that it almost invariably points out secret de signs pfenees), which from that moment are counteracted by public opinion, and very often prevented by the officers of justice, who dare not put themselves above the public voice, whatever may be their personal opinions. In summing up, then, the abuses which experience shows us to exist in our elections, we find it existing with out and in s pit e of the law, which affords the means of free dom, and leaves to the education and good sense of the citizen the charge of raising him to the elevation of his civic duty, and to preserve him from any influence hostile to his conscience. By the opportunity afforded of changing the voting paper at pleasure, by the clause in the law which enacts that every elector must himself place his paper in the box, as well as by the means which the scrutineers publicly use to satisfy themselves that no one can insert more than one paper at a time, or vote more than once (the name of each voter being reg istered as soon as h e has voted), the law has endeavoured to satisfy all the requirements necessary to assure independence to electors, and to insure a secrecy in voting which can only be violated at the will of him who places the voting paper in the box. With these remarks I hope I have replied to your ques tions, at least I have done so to the best of my ability • if there are other points u n d er di scussion, if you will refer them to me I shall be equally happy to reply. If it is more convenient to you to write in English, pray do so, as I understand it perfectly ' • only I must b og t o b e a ll owe d to reply in French, as that language is more familiar to ate. J. M. JANCLIIS. EXTRACTS FROM THE ELECTORAL LAW OF HOLLAND. The members of the Second Chamber of the States-Ge neral are elected freely and directly by the nation. The members of the First Chamber are elected by the Provin cial States, elected directly by the nation, The Town Councils are elected by the nation directly. Article 37. At least eight days before the election each elector receives at his house a sealed letter, informing him of the time, place, and object of election, and a voting pa per, with the town stamp and seal, on which he is to write the name or names of the persons for whom he votes. II this paper be lost he can demand another. 38. The elector must, in his own person, deposit this paper in the ballot-box. 43. The scrutineers consist of the president and two members of the Town Council. 45. The table is placed in such a manner that the electors can overlook the scrutineers. 4.6. The ballot-box placed on the table is fastened by two different locks, of which the key of one is kept by the pre sident, the other by the eldest scrutineer. 47. No person is admitted to the ballot-box who is not, according to the register of electors, entitled to be present. 51. When the poll closes, the president publicly shuts and seals the ballot-box with the town seal and the seals of the scrutineer, so that the papers cannot get out of the box. 55. The opening of the voting papers takes place in the chief town of the electoral district. 56. The opening of the voting papers is in public. The electors present may object to votes. 59. The voting papers art, counted before opening, to see that their number agrees with the list of persons voting. They are mixed together before they are opened. 60. The president reads aloud each paper and passes it to the senior scrutineer, who in turn passes it to the other. 61. Those voting papers are null and void which are not authenticated in manner prescribed by Article 37, those signed by the elector, and those which do not plainly indi cate the person voted for, or which are blanks. TURIN, Nov. 9, 1856. Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge your letter containing the questions proposed to me by you on behalf of the Society for Establishing the Vote by Ballot. I have forwarded by post an official copy of the " Electoral Law" of the Chamber of Representatives of the kingdom of Sardinia, and now hasten to reply to your questions. Ist. The law established among us to insure the cer tainty of secrecy to our voters will be found in paragraphs 82, 86, 83 of our Electoral Law, of which I send a copy. 2d. It is an established fact that the law was not only intended to secure freedom of voting to shopkeepers, tenants, and tradespeople of every sort that might be under the influence of pressure, but also to remedy the effects of the Government interest on the very numerous body in their employ (which is one of the greatest blemishes in our constitution). 3d. In general, and with very few exceptions, the laws established have been found to preserve the independence of the electoral body, and it never enters the head of any one here to require "open voting." It is certain that if that system of public voting was established, the indepen dent members would be excluded from our Parliament, and all the elections would as certainly result in favour of the ministerialist, the bishops, and the clergy. I have said that secrecy is preserved, except in a few cases, and I will explain myself. Many of our electoral colleges are sufficiently numerous. In others where the number is limited, it sometimes happens that influen tial persons are chosen as scrutineers whence it hap pens that electors depending on these persons cannot vote freely as the scrutineer might recognise their writing. But in England, where the number of electors is so large, I do not think this objection would hold good ; at any rata this might be avoided by the use of printed voting papers, such as those used by the French since the introduction of the " Universal Suffrage." You must be aware that this country is quite a novice as regards the "Representative System"—which was adopted after the national movement in 1818, when the constitution was established (promulgate), which was taken in a great measure from Belgium, and our legislators have also imitated the electoral law in use in that country, where it has given satisfaction. With us this law has acted sufficiently well, and with the exception of the admission of deputies employed by Government (see paragraph 100) I believe, and it is the general opinion, that it will be best to leave it unchanged. We have also the " Secret Voting" established by the fundamental law in the two chambers, but this I consider as injurious, as I believe it to be useful and even necessary at the elections. I believe I have thus replied to your requests, but I shall be at all times happy to afford farther information if required, and shall feel honoured by being in the smallest manner connected with a society entertaining such noble designs. LORENZO VALERIA, Deputato. EXTRACTS FROM THE ELECTORAL LAW OF THE KINGDOM OF SARDINIA. Art. 66. The electors cannot appear by proxy. In those colleges not exceeding 400, the electors to meet in one place; above 400, the college to be divided in sections, every section to be at least 200, and to consent directly in the election of the deputy to be chosen by the college. 82. Each elector having answered to his name, shall receive from the president an open voting paper, on which he shall write, or cause to be written by a person chosen by himself, his vote ; he shall then hand the paper folded to the President, who shall put it ingthe urn. The table at which the elector fills up his paper shall be separated from that of the officers ; that at which the president, scrutineers, and the secretary sit shall be so placed that the electors can have free access to it during tho scrutiny. 83. As each voter deposits his paper iu the urn, the vote shall be certified by one of the scrutineers and the secretary signing their names opposite that of the voter in a list containing the names and qualifications of the whole college or section. 84: At. one hour after noon the names of those who omitted to apply for their voting papers shall be again called over. This being done the president shall declare the voting complete. 85. The urn being then opened and the papers counted, a scrutineer takes the 'papers one at a time, opens them, and hands them (one by one) to the president, who reads them aloud, and passes them to another scrutineer. The result of each scrutiny is immediately made public. 86. Shortly after the scrutiny the voting papers are burned in the presence of the college, except disputed ones, which shall be annexed to the proem verbal, and settled by at least three members of the bureau. 84. Where the college is divided into sections, the scru tiny shall take place in each section, the result to be de clared by a proces verbal, signed by the members. The president of each section is to convey the result at. once to the bureau of the chief section, which shall, in the pre sence of the presidents of sections, proceed to the general examination of the votes of the whole college. 88. The voting papers in which voters have made public the names shall be void. 100. Public functionaries or Government employes shall not be admitted to the Chambers in numbers exceeding one-fourth of the whole number of deputies ; if such pro portion be exceeded the Chamber shall decide by lot what elections shall be declared void. When the number of employes shall ba completed, now elections of such em ployes shall be declared void. SEIZURE OF A DUTCH GOVERNMENT PILOT BOAT FOR SMIIGGLINC7. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 5. A little excitement has been caused here to-day by the capture or seizure of a Dutch pilot-vessel on the charge of being most extensively engaged in smuggling tobacco into this country. Dutch and Belgium pilot-boats are in the habit of coming down Channel to fall in with the va rious merchant-ships homeward bound from the Dutch colonial possessions. These pilot-boatsare the property of Government, and not of individual pilots as in this country. This morning, at about 8 o'clock, a licensed waterman of this port, named Richard Jurd, was seen with a large package in his possession in a back street named East= street. His antecedents, if nothing else, justified suspi cions on the part of the Custom-house officers, and Jurd was seized, when the package was found to contain 3 cwt. of tobacco. Becoming alarmed at being placed in this position, he said that he bad received the tobacco from a Dutch pilot boat lying at Spithead. The Cus tom-house cutter was at once manned with upwards of 20 officers, and she proceeded out 4 to Spithead, when Jurd, who was with the officerp, pointed out a fine pilot boat of 120 tons burden, the No. 3, pilot boat, of Flush ing, M'Schott master. Thu Custom-house officers at once boarded and seized her and took the master and crew, six in all, into custody. The pilot vessel was un suspiciously lying at ancb.or off Ryde Sands, but the Customs officers soon spread her canvass and brought her into harbour this , afternoon. We understand that about 4 cwt. tobacco was found on board the vessel, and that it is of a similar description to that taken from Jurd. The captain denies, however, that Jurd had re ceived any tobacco fre,m his ship, that he had been on board, or even ilongside. L. A. Vandenburgh, Esq., the Dutch vice-consul at this port, has been on board the pilot versael, and had an interview with the captain. 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Bvo., with Portrait, price 36s , cloth, THE LIFE and CORRESPONDENCE o f MAJOR-GENERAL SIR JOHN MALCOLM, G C. 8., late Envoy to Persia and Governor of Bombay ; from tn . üblished Letters and Journals By JOHN WILLIAM KAYE, Author of the " Life of Lord Metcalfe," " The II Mon. of the War in Afghanistan," &c. London : Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill. The Second Edition, just published, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., 4,Z TRICTURE OF THE URETHRA. v. 7 THE PATHOLOGY AND RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the URETHR A, in all its Varieties and Compli cations, with Observations on the Use and Abuse of Instruments in the Treatment 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."—Medical Circular. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. 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These highly esteemed delicacies forwarded to all parts, on receipt of the amount as under, in penny postage stamps, or Post-office order :- 100 prime I,PO especially selected Bs. 4d. Package included. 50 ditto Send full and plain directions, county, and nearest station. Ad. dress, THOMAS LETTES, Jan., Fish Curer, Great Yarmouth. IMPORTANT TO EVERY MAN WHO KEEPS A MORSE, COW, SHEEP, OR PIG. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE. THE CHEAPEST AND BEST EVER TET INTRODUCED ! Sold it, Cases containing 448 Packages—each Package One Feed at the cost of Three Half-pence each, equal to 565. per case. Carriage paid to any railway station. None are genuine without my signature— JOSEPH TEIORLEY, the Inventor, 115, High-street, Hull. Post-office Orders must be made payable as above. DOUBLE MURDER IN YORKSItIRE, ROTHERHAM, FRIDAY NIGHT. Another of those terrible crimes which, unhappily, have become so common since the adoption of the ticket of-leave system wee this morning discovered to have been committed at th e v ill age o f B o lt on - u pon-Dearne, about eight miles north of Rotherham. The victims are Luke White, aged 61, and Elizabeth, his wife, aged 60. The aged couple resided alone, White acting as post master, of the place, and carrying on the business of a druggist and grocer. Th e h ouse i s i n t h e v ill age stree t, and consists of a shop with a parlour behind, and also a kitchen on the ground floor. The connection between the shop and the house is by an inner door in the right hand corner of the shop into a passage ; that passage runs along the back of the shop, an d then e along the side of the parlour to the kitchen. Along one side at the end of the shop is the counter, with an opening in it at the angle opposite the door into the pas sage; the kitchen is the room in which White and his wife ordinarily lived. White has for some years been a local preaoher among the Wesleyans, and of late has been in the habit of sitting up reading until 11 or 12 o'clock at night. H e usual l y closed the shutters and his shop at dusk, leaving the door unfastened till about ten. During the evening a lamp burnt upon the counter, and when any cust3mer came in he would go from the kitchen into the shop carrying a candle. He was last seen alive a little b e f ore 10 o'clock on Thursday night by a girl named Swallow, who cared to purchase some candles. On Friday morn ing the shop was not opened as usual, and a woman Downing, who wanted to purchase some articles, tried the door and found it unfastened. On walkilig into the shop she was horrified to find White lying dead in a pool of blood at the opening of the counter, which communicates with the intNr door. A candle stick stood upon the counter, with the candle burnt down to the socket. The old man's spectacles lay among the blood on the floor ; the oil-lamp on the counter had burnt out. Mrs. Downing raised an alarm, and Mr. J. Davy and oth ers came i n . It was found that White had been struck about the head and face by some heavy instru ment, which bad inflicted some severe cuts. He appeared to have been struck down just as he reached the counter and set down the candle. Passing into the house, the body of Mrs. White w a s f oun d i n th e passage just outside the kitchen door. She lay with her head towards the shop, and a candle and candlestick lay separated, as if they had fallen from her hands. Her death had also been caused by frightful wounds on the head and face, which had bled profusely. On examining the shop a cupboard was found to have been broken open, but whether anything had been taken from it was not apparent. White was in the habit of keeping his money in a canvas bag 'in his shop desk, which was found unlocked and the bag empty. There were no marks of violence about it. On examining the pockets of the old mad a sovereign in a leathern purse was found in his right hand trousers pocket, and 16s. 2d. in the left hand pocket. There were no appearances in the upper rooms of the house of the drawers, &c., having been ransacked, but all were found unlocked. White's brother is not aware whether there was any considerable sum of money in the house. The constable, whose name happens to be the same as that of the deceased, though no relation, states that he called upon the old man during Thursday evening and found him sitting on the sofa with a rug about his shoul ders reading the Bible ; he complained of the cold. When the murders were discovered the Bible was found open on the table and the rug thrown back on the sofa, as if the old man had arisen from the position in which the constable saw him to go into the shop. The surmise is that, on hearing some person enter the shop, the old man went there and was struck down by the assassin as soon as he had placed the candle on the counter. His wife, alarmed by the noise, was no doubt going with another candle to the shop, when the murderer met her in the passage, and killed her with the same weapon which had destroyed her husband. No instrument likely to have been used by the murderer has been found about the premises. So far as is yet known no strange person had been seen about the place. The county coroner, Mr. Badger, will commence an inquest to-morrow. Within three or four miles of the scene of this tragedy a cattle dealer, named Whitaker, was a few,weeks ago waylaid, murdered, and robbed of about 2001., and as yet no clue has been obtained to the perpetrator of the outrage. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, DEC. 5. The improved demand for gray cloths noticed in the earlier part of the week in consequence of better advices from India and China, continues, and shirtings are 1 higher, and iu some cases, sellers are asking 3d. per piece advance. Other departments of the market have been somewhat strengthened, and heavy domestics for home use are in rather more request, and more inquiry has been experienced for long cloths. Narrow T cloths are also more sought after. Medium qualities of 32-inch T cloths are also in better request. The demand for printing , cloth is moderate. The better demand for yarns from 16's to 30's suitable for China and India ; mule yarns have caused more uniformity in prices. Medium counts of cops for home consumption are also in more demand and firmer in price. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. Miles opened, 1856. NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts. 18b6. 1855. BRITISH. Aberdeen .... •..... •• •••••••• • •••• Belfast and Ballymena • • •• •• •• •• •• •• Belfast and County D0wn...... •• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton,Blackburn,and West York .... Bristol and Exeter • • .... ••.... •• • • .. Caledonian—. •• •• •• •• • •• •• •• .• •••• Chester and Holyhead.• • .. • • .... • • • • Cork, Blackrock, and Passage •• Cork and Bandon .. • • Dublin and Belfast J unction •• .. • • •• Dublin and Drogheda.... • • .•• • • • • Dublin and Kingstown. •• • • • • • • • • • • •• Dundee and Arbroath • • • • • • • • • • .. • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enniskillen•• .. • • • • • • East Anglian...• • • • • • • • . • • •• •• •• •• .. East Lancashire........... Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. Eastern Union•• •........... Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee •• •• Exeter and Crediton— •• •• •• •• •• Furness Railway Glasgow, and South-Western........ Great Northern..... ...... ........ ~ Great Southern and Western (Ireland Great Western •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Irish South Eastern .. •• •• •• •• •• •• Lancaster and Carlisle , • •• •• •• •• •• •• Lancashire and Yorkshire Leeds Northern ..•• .. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... London and North Western .•• • • • . London and Blackw all .. ........ London, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South We5tern......... Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. Manchester, Shoffield, and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction...... Maryport and Carlisle Midland ..... .. Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... Newcastle and • • North British • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • North Staffordshire • • ...• • • • • • • • • North-Western •• •• •••••••• •• •• •• •• Scottish Central • • • • •• • 1,011 2,014 1,798 5,43 R 12,341 5,396 5,318 11,306 4,840 145 223 1,008 1,414 1,445 938 1,542 1,338 517 1,076 992 6,175 22,408 5,196 5,914 699 6,646 24,756 6,603 24,974 5,412 21,534 58,218 1,235 11,684 12,440 687 10,160 713 1,034 29.009 4,966 6,580 865 478 1,053 904 5,503 20,719 4,936 5,351 676 6,037 26,406 7,281 23,189 5 637 20,173 58,074 1,163 11,684 12,399 704 10,038 812 28,130 4 845 6,470 884 Scottish Midland •• •• •••• •• 87% 32 29% 57% 289 17134 27% 12 682 Shrewsbury and Birmingham ...... Shrewsbury and Chester .........• .. Shropshire Union .................. south Devon .•• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• South Eastern•• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• South Wales .. •• .. • .., South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. Taff Vale •••• •• •• •••••• •• .• •• •• •• •• Ulster. •••••••••••••••••••••• Waterford and Limerick •• West Cornwall •••• •• .• •• • • ••••• •• Whitehaven Junction ..• •• •• .• •• •• •• York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds.. FOREIGN: Dutch Rhenish •• •••• .. .. •• •••• •• •• Lyons and Mediterranean .......... Montereau and Troyes ....... • Namur and Liege .. •• .............. Northern of France •• •• •• •• •• •• •• • Orleans and Central .. Paris and Lyons .• •• •• • •••..... Paris and Ronel. •• .. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Paris and Strasburgh .... 1,540 2,861 842 2,138 15,661 6,457 4,125 1,407 956 655 369 1,870 Rouen and Havre ............ ... .. Western of France .... ..... ........ 1,223 2,523 771 1,973 15,3C9 5,521 3,470 1,404 1,241 514 326 1,642 37,963 41,981 "aan TdlsEm i eE diarrhoea,gl e l d t com plaint most inveterate liver p u Barry's delicious Revalenta which —The had medicines resisted" fAorrabicaearsi'oeyd, which removes indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver com plaints, cough, as thma, consumption, and d e bili ty. Our old friend th e great Indian traveller, Major Edie, writ es as follows : London, 20th March, 1852. —Dear Sir, —Hiving suffered fearfully for two years from an enlargement of the liver and an inveterate diarrhcea, brought on iu India and China, and having tried the advice of the most eminent professional men in China, India, and at home, without any other result than gradual decay, I was on the brink of the grave—unable to lift my arms from perfect exhaustion, when Capt. Wraughton, of the Hon. E. I. C. Service, recommended me to try Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food, and to discard the drugs I was then taking. The result of satinc this delicious Fool is the perfect restoration of my health within a month ; and I take a peculiar pleasure in rec ommending all sufferers to follow my example. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. I am, &c., W. EWE, Major, H.M.S. Unattached. Supported by testimoni a l s from the celebrated ' Professors of Chemistry Dr. A ndrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Campbell; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram; Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess of Castle stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. Suitably packed for all climates, with full instructions, In canisters, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 45.64.; 51bs., 11s. ; 121b 5., 225.; super-refined, 11b., 6s. ; 2115., lla ; Bibs., 225. ; 101bs., 335. The 101bs. and 121bs. carriage free, on receipt of post-office order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 60, G racec h ur ch-street ; 33d and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bishops gate-street; 55, Charing - cross ; 54, Upper /3ekorliiroot; 94 And ADO, Oxford-street! The non-commissioned officers belonging to tbelfg--;. f t 6 ''' . ~:‘N,..,,,,s Hussars who have been transferred to the Cape me4str--"4,N,-, Rifles have received an order to embark at Deptferet ...,,isk.6 ... Itir , the 12th inst., on board the Trafalgar, for the Cak 4 - ' 1 ,0; 1 " s 'Pl e 4 4 C 4 t Good Hope. The non-commissioned officers selected -0 pp:Z.l attached to the 12th depot at Chatham. • ttieee . e-*" 4 4e Yesterday the Commissioners from Chelsea frospital,'' ti, -2' who have been engaged at Chatham in medically inspect- a S lag those sick and wounded troops who were considered unfit fer further service, concluded their inspection of 1 upwards of 200 men, the whole of whom were ordered to receive their discharge. The Commissioners were Dr. D. Maclachlan, Deputy-Inspecter-General of Hospitals, and Mr. A. Moorhead, secretary of Chelsea Hospital, assisted by Dr. J. R. Taylor, C.B. The' officers belonging to the Chatham division of Royal Marines gave a soiree last evening in their niess- rn m, which was elegantly fitted up for the occasion. Th - invitit'oer, which were very numerous, included the principal officers of the navy, the Provisional Battalion, and the Royal and East India Company's Engineers, and the heads of the public departments. The paddlewheel steamsloop Salamander, 6, Comman der G. T. Mecham, sailed from Plymouth on Thursday fcr Woolwice. The screw -teamship Cornwallis, 60, was commissioned in Devonport on Wednesday by Captain Powell. The troopship Belleisle, 6, is ordered to be brought forward at Devonport for commission. It having been arranged that the dockyard and marine departments of Woolwich should undergo the Admiralty annual inspection yesterday, Sir C. Wood, First Lord of the pAdmiralty, accompanied by Rear-Admiral Peter Richards, Captain Sir B. Walker, K.C. 8., Surveyor of the Navy, and Colonel Green, Superintendent of the Civil Engineer Department, arrived at the dockyard at 12 o'clock, and were received in their official capacity by Commodore J. Shepherd, superintendent of the yard ; Mr. M'Donald, master attendant ; Mr. Vintner, store keeper; Mr. A therton, superintending engineer; and Mr. Rice and Mr. Large, master aed assistant shipwrights of the yard. A detachment of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, stationed for the duties of the dockyard. under the coin in, nd of Captain T. Page Casey, R.M., turned cut and pe Bents(' :arms ton th- ir Lordships' arrival. They proceeded to a careful inspection of the factory departments, through the building slips and basins, and ov , r the dockg ; examined the internal arrangements rapidly progressing in the new seamen's hospital the Ca ledonia ; and stibsequ, ntly inspected the remaining de partments and passed through the abeam sawmills, which are receiving new boilers ; and having examined the im- ' proved ine'bod recently introduced for the more speedy p syrnent of the labourers, their lordships were conducted by Mr. Edwin Bernays, clerk of the works, to the site in preparation for erecting the new church in the dock . ard. They thence repaired to the Royal Marine Bar racks, v‘ le, re they were received by Major-General Sir W. F. Williams, Commandant of the Garrison ; Col. J. • T. Brown, Commandant of the Royal Marines ; Col. J. Hawkins. Lieut.-Col. Nolloth, Lieut.-Col. Fleming, Lieut. Gil. Walsh, and the several officers of the division. Im mediately on their alighting the band of the corps struck up the national anthem, the troops presented arms, and then formed into a brigade of columns in line and quar ter distance, mustering upwards of 1,700 men. The ranks were then opened, when their lordships com menced the inspection of the lines, examining the indivi dual bearing and accoutrements of the men, and inspect. ing their kit. They then proceeded to the ship-gun drill battery, under the superintendence of Capt. M'Carthy, , where a series of intresting manoeuvres with 32-pounder and heavy pivot-gin s were ordered. Their lordships then proceeded to the inspection of the barrack appoint ments, books, and official departments, and returned, as they arrived, in two private carriages to London. The ordnance steamer Balaklava, W. Pellat, master, has arrived at Woolwich, laden with Russianshot, own mts,ariat stores, bags of shot and shell, machinery, tar paulins, &c., landed at Plymouth from the transports Gondola and Triumph. Official information has been received at Woolwich to the effect that the duties of the transport department are to be referred bac;, to the charge of Mr. Grant, Con troller of the Victualling Department, as that establish ment originally stood prior to the war. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : Mate—A. M. Norman, to the Trident. Clerk—W. H. Whiohelo, to the Pembroke ; D. Mar tin, to the Cornwallis.. Assistant Clerk—Robt. W. Parish, to the 11fander. Assistant• Paymaster —C. W. M‘Dermott, to the Mseander. THE CATASTROPHE ON BOARD THE ROYAL WEST INDIA MAIL STEAMER PARANA. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY NUM. The inquiry into the circumstances attending this de plorable accident, which resulted in the almost instan taneous death of four unfortunate men employed in the stokehole and serious i❑jury to several others, was re sumed to-day before Mr. Edward Colwell, coroner for the borough of Southampton, and the jury assembled on the 27th ult. Captain Robertson, R.N., Surveyor-General of the Marine Department of the Board of Trade, again at tended to watch the case on behalf of the Government. Captain Mangles, chairman of the Royal Mail Steam packet Company ; Captain Vincent, the superintendent ; Mr. Miller, chief engineer ; Captain Bevis, commanding the Parana, and other officials were present. William Smale was the first witness called. He said he was a fireman on board the Parana, and was in the stoke hole at the time of the explosion of the starboard forward bAler. The fires had been drawn from the other three boilers, and were very low under this one, which was being fired with cinders drawn from the other fires by a stoker named Feltharn. At the moment of the accident witness was engaged preparing to take off the mudhole door from the port forward boiler, in consequence of a leakage that had been discovered. The explosion at first sounded like a light clap of thunder, and then a louder crushing noise followed. Witness was not injured by the accident. As soon as witness heard the first sound of something wrong he ran into the after stokehole, a die• tance of about 12 yards. The steam overtook him, but did not scald him. The fires of all the boilers had been kept up pretty smartly during the afternoon. Witness could form no opinion as to the cause of the accident. The Coroner asked if the stoker, Feltham, was able to be examined. Capt. Vincent said he was not. They had sent for him, but he was unable to get his clothes on yet. Another stoker, named Paddington, in whose deposi tion there was no important fact, having been examined, Mr. Edward Tate, second engineer of the Parana, was recalled and examined by Captain Robertson—l was in the engine-room about two minutes before the explosion occurred. I left for the purpose of giving one of the engineers some instructions as to what he had to do to one of the cranks. I had been left in charge by the first engineer. About four minutes before I left the engine room I shut down the stop valve of the port after boiler. I did so because the water and steam in that boiler had been blown off. Previously to that the steam could have passed from the starboard forward boiler into the port after boiler. My only reason for shutting the valve of the port after boiler four minutes before the accident was that that boiler was the last blown off, and that it was not ready to have the commue nication valve shut previously. There was no special in structions to keep strong fires up during the afternoon. The Foreman—Do you think the boiler exploded at a pressure of 121 b.? Witness—l should scarcely think it did. I should hay* thought it quite safe at 171 b. pressur, . Westt superin tendent Foreman—Do you think it exploded at 211b .1 he ult. I 26th Wit nes s—No, I should think it would b e safe at f rom i withia Im am ail the boilers of le 201 b. to 251 b. I believe it would stand that pressure. well Mr. G. Mills was next called. He said aetkheet Parana, Company.eegin and previouslye I er of the am Royal to acquainted consi dered them to be in a good and safe state. I have since made a personal examination of them, f • from which I be lieve I have been able to form an opinio n cause of the occurrence. I b e li eve the e as to the accident arose, in the first instance, from the breaking stays inside the boiler. These of the number, and being all broken ays were sixteen in the steam must have been thrown entirely upon the shell. I cannot account for the breaking of the stays. The ordinary pressure which the Parana' s b o il ers would be about 141 b. The would have to bear beat 8 self acting at 161 b., and I should safety-valve would have considered the boilers from safe with a pr essure of 2olb to 301 b. Captain Robinson—Havieg heard all the evidence taken before the coroner, can you in any way account for the accident ? Mr. Mills —As the accident has occurred I think the causes assigned by Mr. Summers perhaps account for it. Had it may _. not occurred, I could not have believed. it possible. After the examination of several ether witnesses, The jury retired to consider their verdict, and, after, being closeted for a long period, the foreman announced the following as the unanimous finding of himself and brother jurors " That in the opinion of this jury the deceased per sons, Daniel Knowlton, Alfred Rogers, John Pothecary, and James Hobbs, came to their deaths by scalding, consequent upon the aceidental bursting of the star board forward boiler of the Royal West India Mail steamer Parana during the trial of an experiment as to the superfluous heat in the ' up-take of that boiler ; and, although the jury are not prepared to apply censure to any parties under the circumstances of the safety-valve having been open one-eighth of an inch, and being, as far as the evidence shows, free to open at 161 b. pressure to the square inch, as also that the steam gauge so shortly previously to the explosion had indicated a pressure of only 121 b., yet they cannot suppress their conviction that by a great amount of caution the accident 'Was of a preventible character, and therefore they consider it is to be regretted that it was not by some unusual foresig ht 13 lu avoided. The jury desire to add that, in th e i r o i ' the evidence clearly proves that a singl e safet y- va c l " !fk applied to one boiler is not sufficient protection to life and property (even though such boiler may or may no t be in connection with other boilers) w h en the engine is not consuming the steam ; and that it is a grave ques tion with the jury whether or not saf t e y:valves are at Present constructed on sound and effective principlee e which question induces the jur toy wa doubt whether the valve of this particular boiler geeted by some of the witnesses theis' hung up' as as believ ing that it was insufficient in dimensionsdefective and in principle. Lastl y, the jury desir e t o ex press their conviction of great confidence in the directors and. officers West of the R oyal India Mail Steanipachet Company, and of their general arrangements for securirtz perfection of machine a n d guard in g •t - vy by having all the details of their boilers and cativo.' in excellent order before • going to sea, as s.e, . tfirii .1 i proved iu the course of the prenat inquiry. ' ' 26% [l7 ,98W 941( 6% 20 183% 283 203% 388 25% 90 286% 637 5N 1833] 267 173% 9yi 28 498% 1264