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l hork t ifitlif„ 64 IliffitiO Rant atAgth klt4 • WO* f1401.4%* 105k4i 4 0t gitt!*oll. ri 4"hioolotA ot 4 fonttkt4fMfsteolithvi • og. ; galltaw, Jsalt, rulaawy, ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. Pen*al Cornet a Piston, M. Boulcourt.—Doors open at S. Admission One Shilling. Laurent's new Varsovia,na every night. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC.—On Saturday Even ing, the 23d, at 8.15, Mr. F. LENOX Iloara will repeat his Berio-Comic Musical Lecture on the USE and ABUSE of ART, demonstrating the Errors In Popular Taste concerning Italian and English Singing ; with Vocal and Dramatic Illustrations. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, Fifty instantaneous Metamorphoses of Voice, Character, alael Costume, concluding with an impersonation of Mile. Rachel, as Camille is " Les Iforae.A." Every evening, at 8. Private boxes and stills may be secured in advance, without extra charge. Poly graphic-hall, King Willlam•street, Charing-cross. M ADAME JENNY GOLDSCLIMrDT-LIND. EXETER HALL. THE NIGHTINGALE FUND. It is respectfully announced that Mr. and Madame GOLD SCHMIDT will give an EVENING CONCERT of SACRED and M ISCELLANFOUS MUSIC, with Full Band and Chorus, at Exeter on TUESDAY EVI , .NING, Mach 11th, 1556, the proceeds of Which will be presented to the Nightingale Fund. On lisle occasion the seats throughout the Stall will be numbered ;ad Reserved, price One Guinea each. APplicathui fur Tickets received by Air. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old liond-street. The places will be appropriated according to priority of apples -11011 : and tickets will be ready ter delivery on and after Monday, March 3. Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL COVENT-GARDEN: ENGLISH OPERA. Great hit and immense success of the new tenor Mr. Henry Haigh. The Bohemian Girl will he repented This Evening. THIS_ EVENING, Friday, February 22, will be performed the .40TIEMIAN GIRL. Arline, the celebrated American Prima Donna , tneV Iseott; Thaddeus, the new tenor, Mr. Henry Haigh; Devils 400f, Mr. Farquharson; the Count Arnheim, Mr. Durand. To-ruorrow will be produced, THE MOUNTAIN SYLPH. Donald, kr. Henry Haigh ; the Sylph, Lucy Escott. Esch of these operas will be produced on the grandest scale, the hole of the unlimited resources of this, the first theatre in the btetropolis, will he called Into requisition for the occasion. The mice VI scene will be characteristic of all that has been produced on the hoards of Covent , garden. Conductor, Mr. L, , der. Full band and %horns. The opera to be followed each evening with the new Farce (con , tensed) of WHAT DO YOU *TINT ? (in consequence of nuinernus Quiries). The Wiz ad. by Professor .Andeeion ; the other Wizard by Mr. Leigh Murray, who will have the honour of introducing his celebrated fee-similes of Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Charles Kean. The Performance to conclude each evening with the Ballet of _, RCOSSAIS FRETII.LAN f, supported by Mr. Flexmore, Mr. W. Zanies, Mr. Charles Brown, and Miss Emma Horne. Mdlle. Auriol make her fifth appearance these eight years at this theatre in the role Of Josephine. Private boxes, V. 35., 27. 2s , IL Is., and 125. ; grand balcony, 45.; ti pper boxes, 2s. GI. ; pit and amphitheatre stalls, 2s. ; gallery, Is. Private boxes and seats in the balcony. stalls, and upper boxes , may ce secured on application at the Box Office of the theatre, which is tPen, Eider the direction of Mr. O'Reilly, daily from fea to Five. Ikon open every evening at Half-past Six. Commence at Seven. 'Wood price at Nine o'lock. 0 11 Monday, after the Opera, Gilderoy. Jock Muir, Professor Anderson. Professor Anderson's Great Carnival Benefit, Monday and Tues. wiY. March 3 and 4. IiANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDSN. Established A.D., 1844. Parties (I , .strous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to karnine the Plan of the Bank of Deposit. Prospectuses and Forms . Opening Accounts rent free on application. PE MR MORIIIiON, Managing Director. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LONDON. P olicies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE IN 1, . ° UR-FIFTHS, or 80 per cent. of the Net Profits of the Society, accordin g to the conditions contained in the S,ciety's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives are lower than in many other 014-established offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in dithn to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. Policy stamps paid by the Office. P rospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, .syndon, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. LONDON and NORTH WESTE RN, MID „HI LAND, and MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, and LINCOLN comrANtEA. 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Gentleman, deceased, the Testator in the proceedings named eoo died on or about the 6th day of June, 1855), are, by their ncito ra, on or before the 29th day of February, 1856, to come in an d Preys their debts at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Sir ~°l la Stuart, No. 12, Old square, Lincoln s-inn, Middlesex, or, in "fault thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit "the said Order. Thursday, the 6th day of March, 1856, at ono of the clock in the afternoon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adiu tfeatimg upon the claims. • Dated this 12th day of February, 1856. ALFRED 'TALL, Chief Clerk. REINItY ISATT, Dyers' Hall, London, and Wandsworth, Sarrey, 4- laiiatiff's Solicitor. NEW LABEL.—In consequence of the great variety of counterfeit labels of A. ROWLAND Sc SONS' It AC A c OIL, now in circulation, and which se nearly resemble the original its frequently ti deceive the unwary—they have em- PloYed those eminent artists Messrs Perkins, Bacon, & Co., who, kL e reat cost, and by a peculiar process of their own, have succeeded pr oducing from steel " A NEW LABEL," which cannot be forged. c°mPosed of a section of an engiae-turned circle, repeated one :flared and thirty times—and forms an original lace-work groand, Poll which is engraved in white lettere, rOD "RO ANDi' MACASSAR OIL, - WIZ GHOWTII, RESTORATION. AND FOF. BEAUTIFYING THE - - HUMAN HAIR." U nder Which Is the Signature of the rrnprletore in - Red Ink Ei" A.ROWLAND & SONS." 0, 1 by them 20, lbaton•garden Loudon, and by Chemists and at runters. STAR. PACKETS from the TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND, 9, 2. sal arz RIINKWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL. on the arrive, of the Trains from Fenehurch-street, 10 3%, weather permit- T he Packets will call at the Bosherville, Greenhithe, Purhleet pa Nortk Woolwich Piers. or ram, Oriffesend anti London •• •• •• •• 101. .. IL 11 Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Si. .. Oa. 11.1 Erith and London.• ••••..• • • • • • • •• . Bd. .. Os. 10d Erith and Blackwell or W001wich...... 6d. .. Oa. Bd. vv ten Graves.nd and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. October 23, 1855. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED CAPSULES. approved of by the French College of Physiciahs, t ek ` e ssfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and (u_Ovaledged by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. 472 Lancet" of Nov. 6, PM.) A copy will he forwarded on appli o `• 1 --Price per 100, 48. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 91 To be had of the investor, a uTRIEL JOZICAU, French chemist, 49, Haymarket , London, and he Principal chemists. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. TRIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an Injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancer, and Ilth of June following was made perpetual, against Joseph a :Tklin and others, to restrain them, audor a penalty of one thou- Z s "' 'winds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by t' e l'r Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the de Pharmacia de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, TRIESEMAR, No. 1, II i remedy for *Relaxation. Spermatorrhcea, and all the distressing L i t i vllleuees arising from early abuse, &c., and its effects are eft youth, manhood, ag aid old e ; and t • those persons who Prevent e d entering the married state from the results of early "Ivor, it l e invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely 7 4 ientes all traces of those Disorders a hich Capaivi and Cubehs o re se long been thought an antidote for. to the ruin of the healti 'Mit portion of the population. 0, TRIESEMAR, No. 3, treat Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which ,o rtunatoly the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in :1'1101e d estruc ti on o f th e pa ti en t' s constitution, and which all the . ",.,aParillit In the world cannot remove. Co IUIESEXIAIt, Nes. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell. dof all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet ta.4l , 6 uout their use being suspected T R I ESEMAR, Nos. 1,2, and 3 ,a e slid in tin Cases, price I la., or 4 ,," eases in one for 335., which saves I ls. ; and in Si. ease. 4, whereby i.are is a sav i ng of I/. 12o.; divided ince s ioarate doses, as adminis er:4 by Valpersa, Lstilemand, Roux, &e., &c. 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Published, priest Is., illustrated with wee; free by post for 14 N E stamps, RVOUS DEBILITY; f Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper stna',7r.P, Nall, with Practical Observations on a safer and more mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generativc; dr.frin. obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and ee 'Z n guisidng, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of e - ,,,"3' variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, --ea s'es, accident, or climate. followed by practical remarks, founded twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, *Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhooa, &c. To which are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre aalitionary hints on the evils emanating from em pi r i ca l prcctice. ar l On the dan gerous reme di es a d voca t e d b y various writers on 'm )1 e to disorders. By SAEL LA I ST. lI RDFORD MU -SQU MERT A LE, LONDON, h)ctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society Licentiate of Apothecaries. Hall, Loudon. itc.. &e. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con se ;acme resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses. Whieli have produced mere misery in Youth, degradation in Man hoad, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any her class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is , rtieularly recommended to Persons entertaining secret doubts of tit physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health. happiness, and Privileges to which every human being is It is absolutely necessary that all men should know, that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without I ncurring grievous penalties, end when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-incinlgence, how these penalties may he mitigated, hew the sting of their bitterness may be removed, antand how the evil and its consequences mayb e „ owed. and above all, there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional ... a ra n gement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. The Author has for a series of years been engaged In an extensive °M atte° in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have Un tortnnately been too generally confided tc the care of ignorant !ratlines, who inflict groat injury on those wl,o are induced to place faith In their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may t o h a d price Is, 6 f Messrs. Sher wuood and C o ., 23 , Paterncs ter•row; Hannay, 63, Oxf ord -street ; lifrn.e,l9, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or free by post for 1-2"Lvps to any address from the Author's residencl. 37. B e d.. 4 , At home for Consultation daily torn eleven till two, and tom six 411 osfly good better re• yell scarce a to ; tc 7i i per 5A pd is of grain 'rage 3s 7 ,1 rentge, le .ze, is iLI up. 12ths. 12ths. 12ths. 12ths. 12ths. In dearer. per. 70i 041 to co. Oat- , to 38s Oil. rae, except 2s dearer. maltin; ) 378, 22st, ; peal, 403 al Post off - ce du ' Mar. 14 Feb. 27 Feb. 21 l'Tncortat Mar. 6 Nan 16 Feb 26 t.. 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Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough -street. NOTICE. SIR BERNARD BITRKE'S PEERAGE and BARONETAGE for 106, New Edition, corrected through out to the period of publication, will be ready with the Magazines, Feb. 29. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlbors,ugh-street, and to be had of all booksellers. This day Is published, THE POETICAL WORKS of THOMAS AIRD. A New and Complete Edition, handsomely printed in small octavo. po 440, price 6s. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. SIR ARCHIBALD ALP , ON, BART'. On Monday next, in 3 vols., CLIRA : or, Slave Life in Europe. With a Preface by Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON, Burt. "It is intended to exhibit a picture of all the stagel of society, from the cellars through the saloon to the garret, in order to prove that the conventional bonds of civilised life are even more galling than the rude letters of the African ; and that many a white slave would have something to envy in tke lot of Uncle To n."—Sir Archi bald Alison London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington street. MR. WILKIE COLLINS'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the libraries, A F TER D A R K. By WiLkii COLLINS, author of "Basil," " Hide and Seek," In 2 volo. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, ConlinlL Just published, AMB E R H By A. J. BARIZOTCLIFFE. In 2 vols. I L L. " There is great power in • Amberhill,' and its faults are forgotten in the sustained excitement of the narrative. There are in the book some of the shrewdest sketches of-character we have ever met with. If we suppose the story to be the work of an artist, the leading character to be !marine I, and her whale career from first to last to be shaped by design, we must regard it as a wonderful work of creative g,enias."—Press. " There is talent and vigour about this work ; wo welcome it, in spite of the morbid and painful interest of the story. The story is told with great energy and some eloquence."—Athenreum. " ' ' appears to be intended as a lesson against weak ness of character, over-lust of wealth, and disregard of religion. In point of manner, the book belongs to the school of 'Jane Eyre. The writer has one great quality for fiction, that of commanding the attention of the reader."—Speetator. " This is a striking and remarkable story, with great originality of plot and vivid delineation of character, drawn by a vigorous hand. The style is earnest and often eloquent, the characters are distinctly drawn, and th. interest unflagging."—Sun. London : Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill. HENRY MAYHEW'S NEW PERIODICAL ON LONDON AND LONDONERS. On Saturday, March 1, 1656, will be published, Part 1., price ono shilling, and No. 1., price threepence, of the GREAT WORLD of LONDON : Its Hard Lite, its Easy Life ; its Drawing Room and Garret Life ; its Industrious, Idle, Business, and Pleasure Life ; its Highways, and Bycways, and Slyways ; its "Pluralities of Worlds," c. g., of Fashion and Vuigo-Oentillty, of science, Art, Letters, Vanity, and Vice ; its Lions and Puppies, Sharks and Gulls, Big-Wigs and Small Fry, Philo sophers and Fast men ; its Lawyers, Doctors, Parsons, " Magsmer," Soldiers, Servants, Merchants, hopmen, " Duffers," Authors, Artists, Showmen, Nsb!es, Swell- Mobsmen, and " Shallow Coves ;" its Palaces and Penitentiaries, Clubs, Merchant Ilal:s, and Soup Kit chens ; its May-Fair and Rag-Fair ; its rarks, Railways, Docks, Markets, Belgravia, and" Padding Kens;" its Exchanges and Banks ; its Bid-Discounters, Pawnbrokers, and " Dolly•Stiops ;" its Hun dre is of Miles of Streets and Sewers ; its Crowds of Car:lazes and Carts, " Busses, ' " Cabs," and Coster-Trucks; its Law Courts and Judge and Jury Clubs; its Houses of Parliament and " Cogers' Halls;" its Operas, Eagle Taverns, Cyder Cellars, and " Coal-holes ;" its Almacks and Argyll Rooms, Spectacles, and Penny Gaffs ;" its Churches, Chapels, May-Meetings, and Free-thinking Societies ; —in due, its Every-day and Out-of-the-way Scenes, Places, and Charac ters. By HENRY MAYHEW, Author of "Londou Labour and the _ London Poor." David Bogue, Fleet-street. The Third Edition.—Just published, price 51., by post, free, Cs. 6d . ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORREMA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from the German of Dr. PICIEFORD. ",Dr. Pickiord is known to English readers by his trequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs as, that ho has addressed himself to the nos-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if ho shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which It may be in his p3wer to cot rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers,' and ' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who saffar from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would De saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhama, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London: 11. Banton, 219. Regent-street. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Colossus, 81, (screw), Captain the Hon. H. Reppel, C. 8., senior officer of the gun-boat flotilla, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning and anchored at the Motherbank. The Blenheim, GO, Captain W. H. Hall, C. 8., was removed out of the steam basin yesterday at Portsmouth, and got up steam to try her engines preparatory to re joining the fleet at Spithead. The Coarger and Skylark steam gun-boats were re moved from docks yesterday, and the Cockchafer and Cheerful took their place. The Fury, 6, paddle-sloop, was taken into the fitting basin at Portsmouth yesterday, to fit for sea. The Resistance troop-ship, Master Commander Hall, went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon to refit. The Wanderer, 8, screw gun-boat, Commander Luce, is being fitted for sea with the utmost despatch at Chat ham. She is of 670 tons, and is to be armed with two Lanca-ter guns, GS-pounders, of 95 cwt. each, which will be worked on pivots the foreside of the funnel, one on each side, also one pivot 32-pounder of 56 cwt., to he carried forward ; the other two are to be light 32- pounders. The Alohawk, a sister vessel, has also ar rived from the contractor, and the Sparrowhawk is shortly expected ; also the Assurance and Cormorant. The whole of these vessels are to be ready so as to take part in any operations which may ensue in the Baltic or elsewhere this spring. Eight mortar-vessels are also ordered to be fitted out at Chatham for the like service. The finding of the Conrt•martial which sat on board her Majesty's ship Victory on Tuesday, for the trial of Commander Crang and Mr. Green, the master of her Ma jesty's eteatn•sloop Perseverance, for getting that vessel aground on Portland Bill on the 7th inst., was " that the charge had been proved, and that both officers be severely reprimanded, and admonished to be more care ful in future. The steam transport Alps, No. 82, Captain R o b er t Inglis, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the East. She left Constantinople on the 4th inst., with Li eutenant Nutting, of the 19 th Regiment ; Capt. Harness, Turkish Contingent ; Major Lewes (Deputy Assistant-Quarter master•General) of the 3d ; Civil-Surgeon Glover ; Capt. Swinton, 3d Dragoon Guards ; Civil-Surgeon Bowden ; Staff-Surgeon Barrow (in charge of invalids) ; one pri soner of the 93d Highlanders ; one woman, one serjeant of Turkish Contingent, and two civilians. On the 16th the Alps passed the steam-ship Europa with the floating battery Glatton in tow, for Lisbon and England. The Calcutta, 84, Captain James J. Stopford, from Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday, and is appointed to go into Hatuoaze immediately, to be fitted for the flag of Admiral Sir M. Seymour, Commander- in-Chief iu the East Indies. The paddle-wheel steam-sloop Gorgon, 6, Commander R. B. Crawford, from Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday. The screw steam-ship Orion, 91, Capt. N. Erskine, went from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound on Wed nesday. The screw steam-frigate Euryalus, 51, Capt. G. Ram say, was warped from the basin-dock to her sailing moorings in Hamoaze, on Wednesday. During the visit which the Lords of the Admiralty paid on Saturday last to Woolwich Dockyard, fur the special instruction of the gun-boats, it was suggested by Mr. Green, the master of the despatch vessel Coquette, that a handing and return scuttle should be cut on the lower deck of that glass of war-vessels, so as to form a direct communication from the handing-room to the upper deck, which plan would considerably facilitate the supply of powder, it being at present conveyed the entire leugth of the store-room and lower deck. The proposi tion having been found useful, was immediately approved by their lordships, and it has been ordered to be carried into effect. Every exertion is being made by the officers and men of the Coquette to get ready for sea. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander W. E. A. Gordon, to the Hermes ; Commander De C. A. Agnew, to the Frolic ; Commander Thomas Cochran, to the Conflict ; Noel Osborn, acting mate, to the Victor ; St. W. D. Lake, acting mate, to the Coquette ; Herbert D. Walker, master's assistant, to the Arrogant ; Arthur Adams, surgeon, to the Sparrowhawk ; L. B. Chitty, clerk, to the Belleisle. Commandersand W. J. B. M ars h, N. S. Nolloth, Chamberlain C n'or yto have been promoted to Henry C. the rank of Captain. Lieutenants J. P. Palmar, C. J. P. Glinn, J. S. Rundle, and J. E. F. Risk have been promoted to the rank of Commander. JUSTICE IN Row.—ln the Wensleydale debate upon the life peerage Lord Campbell in self•exculpation declared that he had privately lout "distinctly stated to his noble and learned friend (the Lord Chancellor) that he should be obliged to make a row about it when Parliament met." Who, out of the major circle of the peerage, could ever believe that a live, hereditary peer could, just like a policeman, talk of a " row r What then will ba the amazement of merely common people to learn that even the awful Lord Chief Justice of England has, iu the security of private life, been beard to " dem his buttons," an 1 to " dakh his Rig."--Punck. ~~ / -...... 1 L ,//, /--------' / • / Z , / (e , - Z ' / . 7 • • :.4- ,..-t• --',;; Y. ' . ';'' '' ';'. .- c // , 7 /,‘l/I_/1/ Z' ' T , 1 4l t , . , .. . . . • • . - r • " . 'l' i ' • t 4 f # . . • - . . • • a . 4111111kL , 0 .. . . .... . rt , .--• _ ,;-.• ft.... - - .. , t 4 „f, .. : . ft - . • ....1 ., . • Ni- ~ „.,. , ,,-;-, .., ) --,... t A ' • - . --- , ~ r " .0. - ~ . . , • (4 ---... '' ,;4 ' - =';'; ' ; ," . . c , ; ..*.•; - z. il s ik ~ - ...I; - ..,.,... .~.,... As e- ~,. ..;:f--- , 10. :.,,,,-,; 1 --„,,„-sx,-.-, ~ .. _.... .—, ~-, . • . •4# .., i .. , ), -, ~--, --,- ...',.,.•.. . . t, 1 ' 4 •*" - 7 1 - 1 44 " . 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The architect had submitted a plan for making the proposed altera tions, the expense whereof he had estimated at about 7,500/., exclusive of the expense of adapting the crypt under Guildhall to the purposes of a kitchen. The com mittee recommended that the alterations referred to be carried out, and that in the meantime no expense should be incurred in making alterations in the existing courts of law. After a long discussion the report was adopted. BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE REPAIRS. A. voluminous report made by the Bridge-house letates Committee, detailing the enormous sums of money ex. pended in repairing Blackfriars-bridge from time to time, was ordered :to be printed. It ends in the following recommendation :—" We therefore recommend that the present unsightly centrings under the sth and 6th arches of Blackfriars-bridge, and the Dolphin piles and booms connected therewith, should be removed, and that in lieu thereof iron ribs bhould be placed under those arches, as shown by the model accompanying this report, at the es ti ma t e d expease of 17,0001. The motion of Deputy CdTDER "to agree with the committee in their report" was seconded by Deputy BARNARD. Deputy AITCHESON moved the previous question. Mr. ANDERTON said it was the intention of the Go- vernment to place the bridge property in the hands of the Board of Works, so that it was useless for that court to interfere in the matter. Mr. TAYLOR —There is no mistake about that. (Hear.) Upon the question being put there appeared— For the amendment 5O For the motion 9-41 Adjourned. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S-THiRSDA.Y. 7, The betting on the Liverpool Steeplechase comprieid numerous investments, but most of them were only in small sums, Sir Peter Laurie still held ground in front, clusely followed by Emigrant, who was a point in ad vance of Harry Lorrequer. Seaman and Jean du Quesne, at 16 to 1 and 15 to 1 each, were, however, backed for most money, and bad an advancing tendency at the close. Victor Emmanuel, apparently hopeless, fell back to 50 to 1, taken and offered. For the Two Thousand Yellow Jack and Fly-by-Night were again " head and head." Even money was betted between them. _ _ _ 7to 1 was taken to 3001. about Wentworth for the Derby. A hedging bet of 1800 to 200 was laid against Ellington, but the odds currently offered did not exceed Bto 1. 500 to 50 was taken about Fly-by-Night, and 1000 to 10 about Newington. CLOSING PRICES. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Bto 1 aget Sir Peter Laurie (taken) 9 to 1 agat Emigrant (taken) 10 to 1 aget Marry Lorrequer (taken) 15 to 1 aget The Seaman (taken) 15 to 1 agat Jean du Quesne (taken) 16 to 1 agst Jumpaway (taken) 22 to 1 agst Freetrader (taken) 25 to 1 agst Potter (taken) 40 to 1 agst Little Charley (taken) 50 to 1 agst Minerva (taken) 50 to 1 agst Victor Emmanuel (taken and off.) THE TWO THOUSAND. 10 to 3 &get Yellow Jack 10 to 3 agat Fly-by-Night (taken) 50 even between the two. CHESTER CUT. 20 to 1 apt Yorkshire Grey (taken) 25 to 1 agst Fatalist (taken) 50 to 1 apt Lady Tatton (taken), 50 to 1 agst Kalipyge (taken) DERBY, 7to 1 agst Wentworth (taken) Bto 1 agst Ellington 10 toll 1 agst Fly-by-Night (taken) 100 to 1 agst Newington (taken) DOUBLE EVENT. 250 to 10 agst Fly-by-Night winning th• Two Thousand and the Darby (taken) BRISTOL STEEPLECHASES. —Tx UNSD/T. The Bristol Grand Open Steeplechase. About four mile.. Cup Bearer, Louis Napoleon Three ran. The Filton Steeplechase. About four miles Minor Goodlad Four rau. SHERIFFS' COURT—Feb. 21. ... 1 BEALE V. WHIFFEN...-OR/21. con This was a writ of inquiry to assess the damages in an action brought in the Court of Common Pleas, to recover compensation from the defendant for the seduction by him of the plaintiff's wife. The damages were laid in the declaration at 10,000/. The defendant had suffered judgment to go by default, thereby acknowledging the fact of his having had criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife. Mr. Forsyth appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Kerslake and Mr. Morgan Lloyd for the defendant. The learned counsel for the plaintiff, in opening the case, said that the peculiar form in which it came be fore the Court—that of a ;writ of inquiry—relieved him from the duty of adducing evidence of the faot of the wife of the plaintiff having committed adnl tery with the defendant, such being admitted by the defendant not pleading to the action, and therefore de tails of a painful nature to the parties concerned, and scarcely fit to be made public, would not have to be gone into. The only object the plaintiff had was to ob tain such fair and reasonable damages as a jury should think hiss entitled to; and he (the learned counsel) should only adduce such evidence as would show the terms on which the plaintiff and his wife lived formerly, and go lightly over the case, avoiding anything which might be offensive to decency. The plaintiff, Mr. John Samuel Beale, was a surgeon practising in London in the neigh bourhood of Paddington ' and the defendant was in 5011341 capacity in the service of the London and North-Western Railway Company. In the course of his professional practice the plaintiff became acquainted with the defend ant, that acquaintance subsequently became an intimate one, and eventually the defendant took advantage of it, and seduced his wife. The plaintiff was not aware until November last of the dishonour which had been cast upon him by his supposed friend ; he discovered it in that month, but previously he had not had the slightest reason to suspect his wife's fidelity. They had been married about ;three years ' • he was a man of an affectieu ate disposition, And they had lived well together. There were degrees o' (damage sustained in such cases accord ing to the peculiar circumstances by which they were surrounded, but in this no circumstance of any kind dis paraging to the plaintiff could be adduced against hint, and the jury no doub t would give him ample damages for the injury which had been done to him by the defendant. The defendant's counsel said his client had not re sisted the action, anal he was instructed to offer at once to consent to a verditet being given for the plaintiff for 100/. The defendant was but a clerk at a salary of something like 130/. a-year, so, •f course, it would b. utterly impossible for him to pay any large amount of damages. He admitted the adultery, and had nothing to say in mitigation of ;his conduct, but his position was such that rendered it impossible for him to pry bu t a moderate sum as damages, and a verdict for anything beyond that would brittle him to ruin. He the offered 1001. as the utmost he could pay. This was consented to owe the other side, and, sc cord. ingly, a verdict was taken for 1001. The learned Under-Shoriff observed to the jury that d ve er r n dic in te ye b n y ti c o o n n s 7 nt T in he a ;et s for crim. con. were " . ed to be nothing of the gni t when he first presided there. ATTEMPTAD SUICIAII BY A LIKERPOOr MERCIEANT. o w n a , s Thur thrown into the greatest consternation ExchangeL Ba--ay.—The neighbourhood of the this forenoon, by the announcement that one of the merchants of this port had made an attempt upon Lie life in the Exchange News•ro Upon inquiry • ,it was found that the report was too well founded, and that the person who committed the rash act was Mr. William Tatham, of the firm of Messrs. Hill, Tatham, and Co., brokers, Lanoasta,r buildings. It appears that the unfortunate gentlemsu• went into the water-closet, under the bar of the news.' room about half-past ten o'clock this morning, and shortly afterwards one of the porters going for coals saw blood issuing under the door of the closet. Ili tried the door, but found it fast. Ile thereup on refe the alarm, and Mr. Warburton, the master of the room, at once broke open the door, when to his horror he dis covered the unfortunate man sitting on the seat with kis throat cut. He was-not dead, and midi"' gen tlemen were at once called in. Ile was kept in a vault under the news-room all day, being too weak to be removed. Upon examination it was found that the wounds were inflicted by a razor, one being found on the floor and another in a case on the seat of the closet. lt present hour (four p.m.) he lies in a very precarious state, a n d no hopes aro entertained of his recovery. The melancholy event is said to have been caused by heavy losses, the firm with which he was connected suf fering severely by the failure of an extensive soap-boil ing house here, which suspended payment yesterday, and also by a Bristol house in the African trade, which ( also stopped payme nt yesterday . H e i s a young man, most respectably connected, and has only been married a few months. Unbounded sympathy was expresso(' for the unfortunate young man on 'Change, ends very perceptible gloom overhung the countenances of every one. ....... NORTHERN AND EASTERN RAILWAY.-At the hall' yearly meeting of this company, held y e sterdays t the Bi s h o p s gate-station, Mr. Paterson in the chair,husual dividends, at the rate of 5 per cent and 6 per cent. pet annum on the guaranteed shares, were declared for tli• half-year ending the 31at of December last. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1856. Spirit of the Public Journals. (Front the Times of this day.) A few years ago a popular preacher was inveighing against Sabbath desecration in every possible shape. Not a stitch of work roust be done on that day ; not foot moved, except to church ; not a-tongue wagged, except his own. A ride or drive iu the Park, which, by the by, is not quite so general a crime as the Sabbatarians seem to imagine, was utterly for bidden. It made sot only the coachman and the footman, but even the poor beasts, break the Sabbath. While the preachbr was haranguing inside the chapel there stood outside between 20 and 30 carriages waiting for his deeply-impressed hearers. The footmen were assembled at the door of the ad joining public-house, and the whole neighbourhood was in an uproar; 50 horses and the same number of men were breaking the Sabbath in the most flagrant style. Had anybody ven tured to suggest to the preacher to keep his own congrega. tiou in order before he put down all the world, he would pro bably have replied that he knew his own business, and wanted nobody's advice. Obvious and indefensible as this inconsis tency may seem, it is a universal one. Everybody is for lay ing down just those rules and admitting just those modifica tions that suit his own convenience. The principal base of this course is that it ends in a purely negative system. What this world, and, iu particular, this metropolis wants, is some body to tell it what to do, for every stupid fellow can tell it what it ought not to do. There are many thousand artisans living within a mile of St. Paul's, and a good distance from anything to call a garden or a green field. Of these at least nineteen out of twenty go to no place of worship on Sunday, don't emerge from their musty dens till the middle of the day. Fur our part, we have frequently urged on the Legis lature the duty of providing places of innocent recreation for these people,—parks, walks, and pleasure-grounds,--but that is just what Parliament will not do. It will do no good, because doing good is a difficult, anxious, responsible affair, attended with cost, and followed by occ isional failures. It will only forbid what it conceives to be harm, for that is easy and cheap. It acts like the parent who never gave five minutes' serious thought as to what to do with his child, who never had word to say to it of an improving tendency, and very seldom of a cheering one, and who confines the exercise of his paternal dominions to scolding, beating, snubbing, thwarting, silencing, and all the other forms of interdiction. No doubt a parent who never does good will have occasion enough to forbid what is wrong. If a roan does not sow good seed in his fields, be will have weeds enough to root up. And we venture to submit that tire reason why the British Legis lature is so overtasked with the enormous arrears of crime to be punished and depravity to be reformed is that it will not do anything to instruct and elevate those whom it ultimately has to reform or chastise. As to the particular question and the particular decision of last night in the Commons, we have nothing to say against them. The British Museum as it is, and the National Gallery as it is, don't seem quite the place for Sunday edification or rooteation. Of the former we spoke yesterday, and contented ourselves with advising our country friends not to expect rest in its half-mile of galleries. As to the National Gallery, it iras obviously never designed for a Sunday exhibition. Gods and goddesses, mythological stories, and nude figures of all sorts are not quite proper sulojects of contemplation on a holy day. Moreover, the gallery is so small and stuffy that two or three hundred people make it intolerable. But we must be permitted to deprecate and denounce the hypocrisy with which member after member last night spoke as if a man was made good, and the day made holy, by shutting up these two places, and as if it wasenough to telllpeople some things which they ought not to do. Moreover, we deprecate this continual comparison of our own metropolitan population with that of the continental capital. What in the world do our legislators see of the London artisan on the Sunday, cr know of his man ners and notions, and his haunts and resorts on that day ? We can tell them that he does not spend the day in the boson of his family. He does not take his wife on his arm and lead his children in procession to take a walk in the fields or on the river -side, for there aro uo fields and no river side, thanks to the obstinate indifference of Parliament to these public benefits. The London artisan does not spend the Sunday in psalm-singing, or in prayer, or in reading the Bible. Gentlemen who go abroad in the autumn, and inves tigate the suburbs of Paris, and Munich, and Vienna„will, of course, see a great deal of bad taste, and even some bad mo rality ; but if they would take a tour this year through Beth nal-green, Spitaltields, Bermondsey, Lambeth, or even the neighbourhood of the Royal establishments at Chelsea, Greenwich, Deptford, and Woolwich, so as they use their eyes and ear's properly, they would observe a good deal that is not in keeping with a sacred day, or even any day. Not all the prohibitive laws in the world will make a people good; they only stop certain outward forms and particular develop ments of evil. They leave the man himself unchanged. But, whatever the business of the legislator, and whether or not it be his duty to prohibit, and nothing more, we have certainly a much larger, more comprehensive, and more generous office to perform. . . We should be sorry to see any new Book of Sports ; but we wish the 376 members who last night put their negative on Sir J. Walmsley's motion would just inform the house how they spend their Sunday in the country. Webelievo it to be a very uniform process. Between services, or after the after noon service, they go round their domains with their visitors ; they measure the shoots on their young plantations; they in dicate improvements made or intended; they visit the farm, look at the cattle and pigs ; thence to the stables, where they discuss the respective merits of the sleek occupants, point out the various now dodges for supplying the animals with corn, hay, and water ; then to the kennel, and set the dogs of all sorts and sizes in full cry ; stop hero and there to enjoy the prospect, or mark a good situation for a house ; measure the girth and guess the ages of the trees ; then a turn into the shrubberies, and a discussion of Deodara and Norfolk Island pines ; then just a look into the conserva tory at the ericas, calceolarias, and other long-named plants; perhaps a visit to the poultry-yard, or even a descent into the wine-cel , ar may conclude the day. Should the visitor fall into the hands of the children there is Master Charley's flotilla of boats to be reviewed, the rabbit-hutch to be in spected, the experimental garden to be admired. Should the weather permit a row on the lake, or even au immersion, is not thought inconsistent with the sanctity of the day. Should the visitor request to see the schools, doubtless his wish will be complied with; and if he should absent himself from the company to spend the afternoon in private devotions, Le will enjoy perfect toleration, But the visible observance of Sunday is generally such as we have described. The even ing is solemnised with quiet talk about affairs in general, and pieces of music which, occurring in oratorios, are ; of course, sacred, If hon. members would confess the honest truth, this is a fair account of their Sabbatical observances, over and above the services of the Church. What we want them to do is to enable the artisan to enjoy the like serenity, the same holy calm, the same contemplation of natural and agree able objects, the same easy transition from one living picture to another—if it were possible, the same air and scenery, the same lawns, gardens, woods, meadows, and running streams ; or, if not, at least a green field and a mouthful of fresh air. If they will do this, it will be a more Christian work, and will do more good than all the prohitory laws that were ever made. It will draw the working man from the ginabop, in stead of driving him to it, which is the natural result of our present Sunday legislation. '.and exhibitions— of all of which it may be said with truth that they, like the British Museum and tho National Gallery, tend " to promote the moral and intellectual improvement of the working classes." It is for this reason, and from a strong conviction that this beginning of change would lead ulti mately to altering utterly and throughout the character of the Lord's Day in this country, that we say emphatically No to the plausible proposition of Sir Joshua Walmsley, (From the Times of this day.) As a mere political tour etc force the Commission to in quire into the value of the Crime a n C omm i ss i on i s we ll enough. The Government, iu fact, proceed upon the system which has received the sauctien of the most approved heroes of the gaming table. They are for playing double or quits until the run of tie game declares itself in their favour, as no doubt it must at last. The history of the case is briefly this. According to public rumour the affairs of the British army in the Crimea were grossly mismanaged. Plebeian critics ventured to assort that British soldiers had died by thou ands in consequence of the grievous Wanagament and in competence of certain officers. Uncl hese circumstances, after a ministry had been driven from power and an army swept from the face of the earth, it was determined lier Eng lish statesmen that commissioners accredited from the Go vernment, and whose office it should be to represent the Go vernment, should be sent out to the Crimea to inquire into the reality of affairs. Why should we shrink from stating the very truth of the question ? It was in consequence of the reports which were printed from time to time in the columns of this journal that these Commissioners were despatched to the scene of action, and they were sent under the idea that they would• be able to contradict our reports and cover us with shame and confusion. So great, however, was the force of truth that the reports of our correspondent were confirmed at all points. It was not exactly proved that he had stated the truth, because!it was proved that he had stated less than the truth. The " Sebastopol Committee," however, and the " Crimean Commissioners" were less merciful, and rightly so, inasmuch as they were public men solemnly chosen for the performance and discharge of a public trust. They, in their reports, referred to culprits by name. They said, the Earls of Lucien and Cardigan made such mistakes, Sir Richard Airey and Colonel Gordon were guilty of such and such de relictions of duty. Well, then, with the reports of the Sebastopol Cometiittee and of the Crimean Commissioners before them, the members of the present Government sit down to council. It is no light thing that 10,000 men should havo been lost; it is no light thing that any body of statesmen should be called upon to de fend the system under which such a sacrifice took place. The members of the Administration were however equal to the occasion. The acts of four officers in high command were dis tinctly impugned in the report of their own commissioners. These very officers had been selected for promotion and dis tinction. A member of the House of Commons had given notice of a motion expressing the regret felt by that assembly that officers condemned by the commissioners of the Govern ment should be selected by the Government for honour aid advancement in their profession. The motion was no doubt a pun lir ono, ee for it was difficult for the Government eithe r to repudiate their own acts or the acts of their own agents. It was they who had promoted the men whom their own agents had condemned. Under these circumstances they have resolved upon an appeal from their own sentence. In the hope of upsetting the accusations of the unofficial accusers they sent out agents to the Crimea, but the officials have not only endorsed the accusations of the non- officials, but have brought them home with every particularity of time and place. The new idea, then, is to appoint fresh Commissioners to inquire into the - verdict of the commission. It was not enough that Government agents should have been employed in the first instance, but, when their report was such as was inconvenient to their principals, it was necessary to repudiate them. This has been done. Who is now to be put upon trial? Not Lord Raglan, or his memory; not Sir Richard Airey or Colonel Gordon ; not the Earl of Lucan or Cardigan ; but Sir John APNeill and Colonel Tulloch. The Government is to try its own judges. One of the most whimsical features in the strange proceeding is that whereas when the inquiry was in progress before the Sebastopol Committee, it was stated that the chief difficulty lay in the fact that the judges—that is, the members of the committee—were entirely ignorant of the local facts, Lord Palmerston now reckons ignorance of the same kind as among the fiat qualifications of a Crimean Judge. He said last night, " As the duty of the Board will be to inquire into transactions which occurred in the Crimea, it is fitting that no officer who has served iu that country shall be a member of the Board." So, then, the first qualification is ignorance ; ri,sum teneatis In ether words, every offieer who has ever served in the Crimea is so fully aware of the real state of the case that it is highly politic to strike off his name from the list ofjudges. In the next place the proceedings are to be conducted with closed doors, and the instructions under which the Commissioners are to act will not be laid before the house. All is juggle and secrecy, In order to defeat the report of their own Commissioners the Government is com pelled to appoint a Commission of Generals whose qualifica tion is ignorance, which is to act under secret orders, to sit with closed doors, and which will, uo doubt, make a report about the month of October next, when the pheasant shoot ing begins aid the Parliamentary session is at an end. (Front the Morning Herald of this day.) Last night the Earl of Derby drew the attention of their lordships to the anomalous condition of our war departments, and drew from Lords Panmnre and Hardinge replies which will hardly satisfy Parliament or the public that the present state of things is likely to impart efficiency to our military services, or that the present system should be any longer tolerated. The recent changes which have been made in the civil department of the army were forced upon the Govern ment by the fitter confusion—the dead lock, in short, to which matters have been reduced. The consolidation of the Ordnance, the stores, the contract and clothing departments, under the control of a responsible War Minister, was the re sult of a pressure which could no longer be resisted ; and, although a step in the right direction, was not sufficient, as events have proved, to a perfect organieetion or anything like it. There are still those departmental collisions between the Horse Guards and the War Office--that absence of unity of action so essential to the working of any, but especially of a military system, My Lord Panmure may tell us that be cause ho communicates occasionally " with his noble friend the Commander-in-Chief," whenever, in the judgment either, an occasion arises, that everything goes on pleasantly and smoothly ; but the public think differently, and every now and then the public are strengthened in their distrust by the appearance of some crushing revelation like that contained in the late report of the Crimean Commissioners. Lord Pan inure may also assert that any attempt to define, by a line of demarcation, the civil and military duties in the management of the army is impossible ; but Lord Penmen is too clear-headed an administrator really to believe any such thing. The duties ef the two departments are separate and distinct, although unquestionably in their action they mutually affect each other, Whether the com plete consolidation of both under a responsible Minister, on the French plan, would be desirable, presents a fair question for discussion ; but a clear definition of the functions of the Horse Guards land the War Office is, with Lord ?anmure's leave, neither difficult nor unadvisable. Lord Derby stated, with brevity and force, that two things are essential to the due administration of the public service where two departments are connected, however slightly, without which it is vain to hope for effective action. " The first is," observed his lordship, " that the duties of those two departments must be so distinctly defined, their responsibi bilities so ascertained, and the limits of their authority aud jurisdiction so clearly set forth, as that there should be no possibility of conflict of authority between the two depart ments on matters relating to them both. And the next thing necessary was, that in carrying on the business of the departments there should be on the part of their respective heads a mutual desire to facilitate the public duties, by each carefully avoiding encroachment upon the authority of the other, while prepared to afford each other cordial assistance in performing their public duties." No ono acquainted with the character and functions of both de partments of the army can maintain seriously that the demarcation here demanded is impossible, or that, having been laid down, it could not be adhered to. The contrary is the fact, for in 1812 some such definition was directed by an effected, and,although incomplete, hasd order in Lord Panmure's own ad mission, the recognised guide to both offi ces i n the disch arge of their duties. That definition is not as rigid as it might be, °rformedin council; t o the presentit was day. on but that is a reason we submit for making it so. Lord Pan mure's logic is somewhat novel; he admits the rule which defines the duties of the two departments to have been ne cessary , . •he admits that it is acted up on , although imper fectly, with good effect, but he denie s th a t it can b e ma d e dis tinct and . intelligible, and of wider application. Common sense would seem to point out that if a particular machinery is found valuable, it is because it contains a good principle, aud that the further the principle is applied the better will be the working of the machinery. But Lord Panmure thinks otherwise; so does Lord Hardinge ; and, of course, they point triumphantly to the evidence it the report of the Cri mean Commission in support of their somewhat inconclusive reasoning. If the controversy of 1812 settled the question between the ohiefs of two departments, it might, for all practical purposes, as well never have been raised. If the " private communica tions" between the heads of the departments it this our day are sufficient for the efficient administration of the army, that no cenfusiou exists between these departments, and that the system is mechanically perfect, then Lord Derby's motion of last night was highly irrelevant, and the conversation to which it gave rise a mere waste of time ; but Lord Panmure him. self will hardly go the length of asserting that he is not em barrassed by the Horse Guards, and the Horse Guards know they are liable to be let and hindered by the War Office. The broad fact is, that the British army has been miserably ad ministered in both deportme.uts—the obvious truth is, that the departments conflict incessantly—the unfortunate result is, that our military operations have been a failure. The army, be it remarked, is neither the property of the Horse Guards nor of the War Office, but of the nation ; and if such a hint as Lord Derby gave last night is not attended to the public dissatisf4ctien will find voice elsewhere, and will make itself heard too. ADVANCE SQUADRON FOR THE BALTIC. An advance squadron will proceed to the Baltic forthwith, comprising her Majesty's ships Imperieuse, 51 (screw), Captain R. B. Watson, C.B. ; the Euryalus, 51 (screw), Captain George Ramsay, C.B. ; the Pylades, 21 (screw), Captain D'Eyncourt : the Dragon, 6, paddle frigate, Captian H. Stewart, C.B. ; and the Falcon screw-sloop, 17, Commander Pullen. All the above are with the fleet at Spithead, except the Euryalus, which is ordered theta from Devopport. They are all p r ep a r e d f or se a, and will be under the orders of Captain Watson, who is the senior captain of them. They will probably leave for the Downs, and start thence for Kiel, if the Belts be open. They will await for further orders from the Admiralty at Kiel. The blockade will depend upon the progress and tone of the forthcoming negotiations. The Arrogant, 47 (screw), Captain LyAer, will probably joie this advance squa dron. She will go to Spithead on Monday next. - _ DEATH OF SIR BENJAM OUTRAII, 11.110.—We re gret to announce the death of Sir F. F. Oatram, K.C.8., which mournful event took place at Brighton on the 16th inst. He was formerly senior physician of the Marylebone Dispensary, and surgeon to the Nymphe, hei, in conjunction with the St, Fiorenzo, she captured the French bizates Resistance and C matance, at Brent ; also of the Bozdicia in 1798.1799, a one in the action in the S:raiti of Gibraltar in 1801 ; and an inspector of hospitals and fleets. THE STATE OF TURKEY. (From the Times Correspondent.) CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 11. The Ambassadors are still waiting for the official ac ceptance of their propositions with respect to the Fourth Point. In the meantime they have received copies of the firman which contains all the concessions urged by them in favour of the Mahornedans, subjects of the Porte, and which the Turkish Ministers hope to have sanctioned by the Sultan. Before, however, this can be done, these concessions must be submitted to and approved by the great Council in one public sitting at the least. It would be a great mistake to apply to our own ideas of despotic power to Turkey or to any other Mahornedan country, and to believe that, in theory, at any rate, the Sultan's power is so unlimited that every one of his wishes is a command, and every one of his words a law. In all Mahornedan countries the form of government may he called theocratic—that is, based on religion. This is especially the case in Turkey, where the Sultan is the head of the whole Mahomedan reli gion. This mixture of spiritual and temporal power, while giving, on the one hand, to the Sovereigns that unity of action which made them once so formidable to their neighbours, limits, on the other, their power in the interior to the observance of the traditional rules and usages laid down from the earliest times ; and, strange to say, these rules and usages relate more to temporal than epritual affairs. As regards religious belief, Mahe medans are as free, if not freer, than the followers of any religion ; every man is left to search after truth, and toleration of dogmas is carried so far that the late Shaikh-ul-Islam, by whose co-operations Ma(motel car ried out his reforms, was well-known to disbelieve in the Koran, and yet he remained up to his death in his place without ever being molested. In the same way, there is nothing in the Mahornedan religion which can be called priesthood. Every man may read prayers publicly and preach. The Ulernas are only doctors of the Mahomedan law, inherited by the Tusks from the early Arab Csliphe which it is their duty to explain, and over the observances of which they have to watch. This law is cemposed of the decisions of the most prominent Mahomedan doctors of all ages on every matter connected with the external religious observances, with civil and criminal jurisprudence, and the public law of the state, but it has nothing whatever to do with dogmas. It is thus rather what, in other countries, is called the fundamental law of the state than a religious code. One must well understand this position to be able to judge of the nature of the influence which the Ulemas exercise. They have a kind of control over the power of the Sovereign. This control has been recog nised at all times, and, whenever the Sultans have taken important decisions, the Sheikh-ul-Islain, as the elected head of the expounders of the Mahomedan law, on which the organisation of the state is founded, has been always asked to investigate and decide whether the measure proposed is not unlawful. The decision con sists in one single word affixed to the prsject, which is "Tais"—that is, "allowed." But in more important decisions the Fetva, or decision of the Sheikh-ul-Islam, is not thought sufficient ; the project must be submitted in a public sitting to a general council, at which every one may attend and make his observations. This is carried so fir that even questions the decision of which belongs in other countries exclus sively to the Government—for instance, the right of peace and war—are submitted to the scrutiny of such public assemblies. An example of this occurred at the beginning of this very war, When the Government had decided that the war with Russia was inevitable, three such public councils were held, with the in terval of a week between each of there. In a ques tion of such importance as the enunciation of the principle of perfect equality between all subjects, one or more of these assemblies cannot be lawfully dispensed with, but unfortunately such seems to be the intention of the Cabinet. They try to get the firman signed by the Sultan without any such pre liminary public council, for all the councils held hitherto have been secret and only attended by members named s b t y a n t t h i nopl e. fermentation TGovernment.heelnitns ttnryonisg ptconsequencelheedgm pledged h o to f h to the n t te hci i s ea , fli s.represen tatives consider ablesoenn tatives of the allied Powers to have the measure carried, and they fear not to be able to do so, and to lose their places should they bring on a public discussion on such a point. This is the cause of the delay in this matter. It is impossible to say what will be the result—whether the Sultan will consent to sign the finnan without its being submitted to a public sitting of the Council, or whether the Ministry, unable to realise its promises, will have to resign ; or, lastly, whether it will decide to proceed law fully in this question. An opinion about this is even more difficult, as there is a division in the Cabinet itself —Aali Pasha, and several others being averse to violate what they consider to be the law, while Fuad Pasha and Mahmond Rushdi Pasha seem not to be troubled by these scruples. But the Grand Vizier embarks to-mor row on board the Ajaccio for Marseilles, and so the question new is which side his Kaimakau, Mehmed Kibrisli Pasha, will take o❑ this subject. Thus the matter rests. The conferences about the fourth point are terminated, but the question is still pending. In the meantime, as it seems desirable to come likewise to a preliminary arrangement in respect to the future position of the _Principalities before the final conferences should begin in Paris, the conferences on this latter point commenced on Friday last, the Bth inst., and have been since that day held every afternoon at the French palace. Unlike the conferences about the fourth point, this time the. Turkish ministers come forward themselves with a proposal for the regulation of the Principalities. The leading idea in these proposals is to adopt the old firmans and stipulations between the Porte and Moldavia and Wallachia as the bases of their political position. As regards the election of the princes it is proposed to let the native assemblies elect three caudidateq, out of whom the POrte is to name a prince for life. In order to understand what these bases pro posed for the future regulation of the Principalities, I must say something about the stipulations. In point of time the submission of the two Principali ties to Turkey goes back for many years, that of Wal lachia having taken place in 1392, under Sultan Bajazet Ilderim, white that of Moldavia took place in 1513 under Soling. In the first case the submission was compulsory; in the second it was voluntary. The Hatti-Schei iff given by Sultan Bajazet I. to the Wallachians is as follows : "Art. I. Actuated by our great clemency, we con sent that the principality newly acquired by our invin cible power shall govern itselfaccording to its own laws, and that the Prince of Wallachia shall have the right to make peace or war, and of life and death over his subjects. "Art. 2. No Christians, who having embraced the Mahomedan roligion, may pass from countries sub jected to our power into Wallachia, and nay become again Christians, shall be reclaimed, or in any way molested. "Art. 3. All Wallachians who may emigrate into any other part of our dominion shall be exempt from the Kharadj and all other taxes. "Art. 4. The Christian princes will be elected by the metropolitan and the boyards. "Art. 5. For this our clemency, and because we have placed this rayah prince among the number of our other subjects, he will have to pay to our treasury every year the sum of 3,000 gold piasters of the country, or 500 silver piasters of our money. " Given at Nicopolis in the month of Hwb ul Urrl of the year 795, or 1392-8." This firman, as well as a subsequent convention of the year 1460, forms the basis of the connection between Wallachia and the Turkish empire. This convention confirms and explains all the rights given to Wallachia in the former, and the onlyalteration is that the tribute is fixed at 10,000 piasters yearly. Both these documents are existing in Waliachia, and were printed. The original convention given to the Molelavians has been burnt, but it is probable that ano ther copy exists in the archives at Constantinople. It iv, however, known that this convention is very similar to that with Wallachia, or, if anything, it is rather more favourable. The fact is mentioned, that Moldavia sub mitted to the Ottoman empire from her free will and without any coercion, and that, in consideration of this, all churches and religious rites shall be inviolable, and that the laws shall be maintained in their full force. The tribute of 4,000 gold pieces, 40 horses and 2.1 falcons was only mentioned under the name of presents. The election of the princes by their countrymen was not only recognised, but all other prerogatives which Wallachia enjoyed were inserted. _ _ It was in 1583 that Soliman converted the donation into a regular tribute. The great principles recognised by these conventions are that of autocracy in the internal administration of the two Principalities, and the right of supremacy of the Porte. This is not at all impaired by the right con ceded to the Princes of Moldavia and Wallachia t) de clare peace or war, for all the governors of the frontier provinces had it mentioned iu their firmans until the new reformers divided the civil and military power. The proposal of !the Turkish Ministers to place the Principalities in tho position stipulated in their original convention with the Turkish empire met in a great mea sure the views of the ambassadors, so that every hope may be entertained of this question being settled to the satisfaction of fall parties. If I say all parties, 'include the people of the Principalities themselves. All the more disinterested part of it, that is all those who are not compromised with Russia or Austria, will form an inti mate connexion with Turkey, provided their indepen dence in internal affairs be guaranteed. A rather more doubtful question is, whether the pro posal of the Turkish Ministry about the election of the Princes of Moldavia and Wallachia will be viewed with so much favour by all parties. It is in direct contradic tion to the terms of the conventions, which are never theless assumed as the bases for the regulation of the Principalities. According to these the right of nominat ing Rile princes belongs to the Metropolitan and the Boyards, and this system was adhered to as long as these conventions were respected. All the princes in both countries were elected in this way up to the begin ning of the last century. The change which occ urre d then was the work of Russia, and it was by the aboli tion of the elective system and the nomination of the Fanariote Princes that Russia first established her in fluence in the Principalities. The Fanariote Princes, bought their places from the ruling power at Constan tinople, and the Janissaries looted at their office only as a means of enriching themselves, and thus making up for the heavy bribes which they had had to pay for their places. When the power of the Janissariea was broken by Mahmoud, he re-established the election of the princes, retaining only the right of confirming them. The nomination of the princes by the Porte out of three candidates would only bring back the same results which the nomination of the Yinariote Princes by the Janissa ries lied- -namely, the place would be sold to the highest bidder, and some Turkish officials would make a haad some thing of it. To-day is the fourth and last conference on this sub ject. - Galata is still in a state of excitement and confusion itbout the continued fall of the rate of exchange. All thints have sunk in price, and all those who have heavy stocks expect heavy losses. However disagreeable these consequences may be for the moment to all those who lose by them, it must have a good effect on the market in the end, by bringing down prices and wresting the exchange from the hands of the few for the benefit of all. (Prom the Morning Post.) We cannot rank ourselves with the one party, who main tain that all the breakers of the law fill the courts of the police-offices on Monday mornings are the victims of Puri tanical Sabbath observances ; or with the other party, who would have us believe that, if recreation upon the Sunday be placed within the view and the reach of the people, the churches will be loft desolate, and the schools of religion un attended. We do not agree quite with the other party. Both would do mischief if they were allowed to have their own way; and both misapprehend, as it seems to us, the true uses of the Sunday and the intention of its institution. But we con fess we are far more widely at issue with those who seek, by restriction carried to extrentity, to produce in this country an observance of the Sunday in spirit and character such as that which distinguished the Sabbath of the Jews, than with the party who originated the motion brought before the house last night by Sir Joshua Walmsley. Nothing can bo more unwise—we had almost said nothing can be more insane—than to imagine that real devotional feeling, or true reverence for the Sunday of the Chi istian Church, can be created by taking violently from the people all means of re creation, by closing the gates of parks of locking the doors of railway stations. In fact, the carriage of such modes of in fluence to their legitimate and perfect conclusions would in volve the confinement of everybody to their homes, if not to their beds, for the day. Entertaining these opinions with regard to the views and policy of the League, who have their head-quarters in Exeter- Hall, it may be expected, perhaps, that we should lend our aid to the promotion of the objects aimed at by Sir Joshua Walmsley, and those allied with him. Os mature considera tion, however, we find ourselves compelled—differing, never theless, in general views, with a great portion of those who composed the enormous majority of last night—to range our selves among the opponents of the proposition submitted to the House for throwing open the doors of the British Museum had er ahis,etos imposed e a da t r i , o l,l , ooyn i n ,tv hi o ei p e fih posing eileeciwo ma tnhodfe unaccustomedn e v f s or e ie. d es y er c i jntoityorenods by the people upon S un d ay. We opposed those bills because theyignored the habits of the people, and disregarded cus toms long established and sanctioned by time. For the very seine reason we are equally opposed to the proposition of Sir Joshua Walmsley. What he asks for is not simply ab stinence from . restriction, or even th e mere remova l o f an oh s!aclo found in a particular direction to the legitimate enjoy ment of established and existing habits. Did his proposition involve only that much we might be (mind on his side; but even at sresent it goes further, and unquestionably in the development which would ultimately be inevitable, would lead us, without power of resistanc e, b eyond the boundary w hich we deem it right in principle to maintain as a limit to man's use of the Lord's-Day. At present there is a line of Snisind may,ay seek recrea tion in the parks of the metropolis, or the gre en fi e ld s afar Sundays, without in fringement d emar cation fixed by a combination of law an d custom, which marks in a manner sufficiently intelligible th e ex t en t o f amusement and character of recreation permissibl e upon t h e Sunday.gern; n lt is r re e l c i o g g io n l i i s s e o d b t s h e a rv t an a e ll es p o e n e7 from it, which railways place within our roach. We rejoice that it is so. We believe that, taking people for ev en h a l f a day iu a week out of the bustle, the noise, and the excite ment inseparable fiu • m the aggregations of multitudes within the walls of a trading city exercises a beneficial influence on the'r minds, and we have had brought under our notice many, very many, turned to religious considerations by such circumstances. Nor would we on any account have the Legislature interfe re by forcible means to restrict th 3 liberty which, in that re spect, our urban population now enjoy; but there is estab lished and has for a long time existed in this country a broad lino of separation between this use of Sunday and that which would be involved in the opening of public places of amusement. Sir Joshua Walmsley now asks Parliament to move this line further in advance, and to bring within its de marcation certain institutions established for the amusement, recreation, and instruction of the nation. Sir Joshua Walms ley assured the house that then he should stop, his line should slide no farther; and he proposed rigidly to keep on the other side of it all institutions marked by the characteristics of s trading or commercial enterprise. Such may be, and we will do Sir Joshua Walmsley the justice to believe that such is his intention ; but, however earnest may bo his intention to take and hold that position, we are p - sitive that he would be driven beyond it before two sessions of Parliament passed over his head, and we cannot doubt that, had it given way last night, the Legislature would, ere long, have been forced again to advance the boundary line in order to bring within it the Crystal Palace, the Royal Academy, the Panopticon, the Polytechnic, the Panormtis, and dozens of other institutions PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FEn. 21. BRITISH MUSEUM, die. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That, in the opinion of this house, it would promote the moral and intellectual improvement of the working classes of this metropolis if the collections of natural history and art, in the Brit'sh Museum and the National Gallery, were open to the public inspection after morning service on Sundays." Amend ment proposed, to leave out from the ward " House" to the end of the question, in order to add the words " more frequent opportunities should be afforded for week-day in spection of the National Gallery, Government Museums, and Works of Art ; also, that the British Museum should bo open five days in the week." Instead thereof :—Ques tion proposed, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question." Amendment, by leave, with drawn. Main question put ; -The house divided; Ayes, 484 Noes, 376. AYES-48. Biggs, W. Gibson, M. O'Brieß, P. Blake, M. J. Ooderich, Viscount O'Brien, J. Bland, L. H. Gordon, A. O'Connell, J. Brady, J. Greene, John Otway, A. Brockman, E. D. Grenfell, Charles Ricardo, S. Bruce, H. A. Greville, Colonel F. Roebuck, J. A. Crook, .J. Henchy, D. Scholefield, W. De Vere, S. E. Heywood, J. Seymour. W. D. Devereux, J. Higgins, G. 0. Stanley, Lord Dillium L. L. Kennedy, T. Steel, John Dunne, M. Layard, A. H. S Sullivan, Michael Ebrington, Viscount MacEvoy, E. Swift, It. Esmonde, J. M`Cann, J. Tancred, H, Evans, Sir Do Lacy Maguire, J. F. Wilkinson, W. Fortescue, C. S. Moffat, G. TELLERS. Fox, W. J. Moore, G. Walmsley, Slr J. Gardner, R. Murrough, J. P. Shelley, Sir J. NOES-376. Acland, Sir T. Fitzroy, Henry Morgan. 0. Adair, H. Royer, J. Morris, 1). Adderley, C. B. Foley, J. H. Mostyn, E. Anderson, Sir J. Follett, B. S. Mowbray, J. It. Aunesley, Earl of Forester, Col. Mulgrave, Earl of Antrobus, E. Forster, Charles Mullins, J. U. Arbuthnott, Gen. li. Franklyn,4L Mundy, W. Archdall, M. Frustum Colonel Muntz, G. . Atherton, W. Gallwey, Sir W. Naas, Lord Beggs, W. Gal way Viscount Napier, J. Bagshaw, J. George, Napier, Sir C. Bailey, Sir J. Gilpin, Col. H. Neeld, John Bailey, C. Gladstone, W. Newark, Viscount Bantle, H. Gladstone, Capt. J. Newdegate, C. Baines, Rt. lion. M. Glyn, G. Newport, Viscount Ball, E. - 'Goddard. A. North, Col. J. Bankes, Rt. Hon. a. Gooeh, Sir E. North, F. Baring, Sir F. Goodman, Sir G. .Northcote, Sir S. Baring, T. Gore, W. Oakes, J. Barnes, T. Gower, F. Olive . ra, B. Barrow, W. Graham, Lord M. Ossulston, Lord Bass, B. Greaves, E. Owen, Sir J. Bateson, Capt. T. Greenall, Gilbert Packo, C. Baxter, W. Greene, Thomas Pakington, Sir J. Beckett, W. Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir G. Palmer, Robert Bell, J. Grey, R. Palmer, Rounded Bennet, Capt. P. Grogan. Edward Palmerston, Viscount Bentinck, G. Grosvenor, Ld. It. Patten, Col. Ideresford, lit. Hu. W. Guernsey, Lord Peel, Gen. Berkeley, Hon. U. G u i nness , K. S. Pellatt, A. Itignold, Sir S. Gurney, ;AIL Pennant, Col. E. Black, Ad am Gwyn, Howol Percy, J. Blackburn, P. liaddo, Lord Perry, Sir E. Blakemore, T. Hadfield. George Fhilipps, J. Illandford, Marquis of Hale, Robert Phillimore, J. O. Boldero, Lt.-Col. H. G. Hall, Sir Benjamin 'igott, F. Bond, J. H a ll , G enera l John Pinney, W. Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Hamilton, Lord Claud portal, M. nouverie, lion. E. P. Bramley-moore, J. Hamilton, G. A. Pritchard, J. Hamilton, It. Pugh, D. Bransston, T. W. Ilankey, T. Reed, J. Brand, H. B. W. Hanmer, Sir John itepton ,G. Brocklehurst, J. Harcourt, Col. Ricardo, 0. Brotherton, J. Hardy, G. Rice, E. Brown, 11. Hastie, Alex. Ridley, George Bruce, C. L. C. Basile, Amite!. Roberta, T. Buck, L. W. Headlam, T. Robertson, P. Buck, G.: lleathcote, G. Bolt, P. Buckley, Gen. Heathcoate, Sir W. Rushout, Capt. 0. Bunbury, Capt. W. Heneage, Geo. 11. Russell, Lord J. Burroughes, U. N. Henley, J. Russell, F. W. Butler, C. S. llerbert, S. Rust, JAM'S Butt, G. hi. Herbert, Sir T. Sanders, G. Byng, G. H.C. Hervey, Lord A. Scobell. Capt. Cabbell, B. B. Iliblyard, B. C. Scott, F. Cairns, H. Hindley, C. Seymer, H. Campbell, Sir A. I. H o if or d. it. Seymour, 11. Cardwell. E. Holland, E. Sheridan. It. Comae, Sir J. R. Horefall, T. Shirley, E. Cavendish, C. C. 3 Horsman, E. Sibthorp, Major Cavendish, G. C. Hothani, Lerd Smith, M. Cayley, E. S. Howard, C. ; Smith, R. Challis, T. ' Hughes, W. Smith, W. Chambers, M. Ingham, R. Smith, Abel Chambers, T. Jackson, W. Smyth, J. G. Chandos, Marquis of Jerinyn, Rt. Ho. Earl Smollett. A. Child, Smith Johnstone,',J. Somerset, Colonel Cholmondeley, Lord Johnstone, Sir J. Somerville, Sir W. Christy, Samuel Jolliffe, Sir W. Spooner, B. Clay, Sir W., Bt. Jaffe, H. Stafford, A. Clinton, Lord C. Jones, Admiral Stanhope, J. Clinton, Lord R. Jones, D. Stephenson, R. Clive, lion. It. W. Keating, H. Stirling, W. Cobbold, J.C. Kelly, Sir F.' Stracey, H. Cocks, T. S. Kendall, N. Strickland, Sir G. Cole, 11. A. Ker, D. Stewart, Sir M. Coles, 11. Kerrison, Sir E. Stuart, Captain Collier, R. P... Kershaw, J. Stunt, H. Colvile, C. It. King, L. Talbot, C. Crossley, F. King, J. Taylor, Colonel Cubitt, W. Kingscote, Capt. R. Thesiger, Sir. F. Dashwood,'Slr G. Kinnaird, A. Thompson, G. Davies, D. Kirk, W. Thornhill, W. Davies, J. Knatchbull, W. Tite, W. Davison, It. Knox, Col. B. W. Tollemache, J. Deasy4R. Labouchere,ltt.llon.H Tomlinc, G. Deedes, William Lacon, Sir E. Train, G. Denison, E. Langston, J. H. Tyler, Sir G. Dent, J. Langton, W. it. P. G. Tynte, Col. C. Hering, Sir E. Langton, 11. G. Vance, John Disraeli, B. Laslett, W. Vane, Lord EL Dod, J. Lee, W. Vansitt art, G. Drumlanrig, Via. Legh, G. C. Verner, Sir W. • Drumniond, li. Lennox, Lord A. F. Vernon, Capt. L. Duckworth, Sir J. T.B. Leslie, C. P. Vivian, H. li. v Duff, G. Lewis, Sir G.C. Vyse, Col. It. Duff, J. Lindsafeol. J. Waddington. D. Duke, Sir J. Lockhart, A. H. Walcott, Admiral. Duncan, Viscount Lockhart, W. Walpole. S. Duncan, George Long, W. Walsh, Sir J. Duncom be, Hon. A. Lovaine, Lord i Walter, J. Duncombo, 0. Luce, T. Warner, E. Dundm, F. Lusbington, C. M. Warren, S. Dungarvan, Viscount Lytten, Sir E. Watkins, Cel. Dunlop, A. Macartney, G. Watson, W. Dunne, Colonel Mackie, J. Wells, W. Du Pre, C. MacGregor, James Whatrnan, J. East, Sir J. hPGregor, John Whiteaide, J. Egerton, W. hicTaggart, Sir J. Whitmore. H. Egerton, Edw.C. Maddock, Sir 11. Wickham, H. Ellice, B. Matins, Richard Wigram, Loftus T. Elliott, J. E. Mangles, E. Williams, hi. Emlyn, Viscount Manners, Lord J. Wilson, J. Estcourt, T. March, Earl of Wise, A. Eusten, Earl of Martin, J. Wood, Sir C. Evelyn, W. J. Martin, P. Woodd, B. Ewart, W. Massey, W. Wortley, J. S. Ewart, J. Mastern2s.n, J. Wrightson, R. Farnham, E. Meux, Sir H. Wyndham, Gen. Ferrer, J. Miles, W. Wyndham, li. Fellowes, E. Milligan, R. Wynne, W. Fenwick, 11. Mills, T. Yorke, E. Ferguson, Sir It. Milton, Viscount Ferguson, J. Michell, William TELLERS. Ferguson, Sir:J. Monck,lVis. Filmer, Sir E. Montgomery, Sir G.: Itayter, W. Fitzgerald, W. E. S. Moody, C. Berkeley, G. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. The Court assembled for the despatch of public _busi ness. The list was a very large one. THE FREEDOM TO SIR EDMUND LYONS. Mr. Deputy DAKix gave notice of motion, that the freedom of this ancient City be presented to Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons in a gold box of the value of one hundred guineas, in testimony of his distinguished services. THE SITE OF THE SLEET PRISON. A report was brought up from the improvement committee, recommending that no steps should be taken for the appropriation of the site of the late Fleet Prison until it was determined whether anything is to be dono respecting the removal of Newgate market, and the arrangements of the markets of the City general ly, and whether any alterations were likely to be made with respect to the Central Criminal Courts and the gaol of Na wgnte. In the discussion 'which followed, Mr. T. H. HALL, the chairman of the committee, said that personally he had inclined to the opinion that a plan of a new street, which bad been examined at the sug gestion of Mr. Ross, would be likel y to be eligible, but the architect of whose skill and experience so high an es timate was made, was of opinion that the plan, if carried into execution, would not give satisfaction. He moved. that the report be agreed to. Deputy HOLT thought the site referred to would be a capital place for the erection of baths and wash houses. Mr. Ross expressed his surprise at the opinion pro- The necessity for a mu,' nounce d by the architec t palpable, a t 'd would be still . s t ree t became daily more greater if the contemplated removal of Newgate-market should take place. For the space of 14 years the ground had been unoccupied, during which time the serious sum of ;4,0001. had been wasted. He should move so an amendment that the report should lie upon the table, and that the question be referred to the City lands am auttee. Mr. HAWKIN% seconded the amendment. After some discussion, in the course of which it `was mentioned that the question of the new street 'was marked for early consideration by the Board of Works!, the amendment was lost, and the report agreed to. THE OFFICE OF COMMON SERJE,LNT. The voluminous report upon the office of Comm , )n Serjeant was read, and the election ws.s appointed to take place at the next court. CONSTRUCTION OF NNW CITY LAW COURTS. A report was read from the City Lands Committe, to whom it had been referred to ascertain whether th's re cent alteration in the law authorising the appointme ut of two Courts of Nisi Prius to sit at the same tin us within the City rendered it necessary to provide an y new courts; :nd also to consider whether any, a n what, alterations should be made in the present court a _ z- .ems : - Vic S RAPER --,-- ...7.- ' .. •t;,, ~, c. 'I , .._u,- e 4- . : F. . '3l ).-,-V-c.. t. ..... , /z, cA , a ti, 31 7