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Also prescriptions and the appropriate remedies for the self treatment and cure of those special diseases, and whether acquired in youth, manhood , or old age. By Dr. Watson, F. it. A.S., London, Member of the Medical Society of 'Rouen, the National Academy of Sciences, Paris, and Fellow of the Imperial Institute of France, &c. &c. (vide Diplomas and Medical Directory). By the same Author, SECRET DISEASES and their REMEDIES, containing clear instructions, and certain safe and effec tual remedies, recently discovered for the self cure of nervous debility, organic or local weakness, muscular relaxation, langour, listlessness, depression, &c., by which all sufferers may speedily, effectually, and privately cure themselves at a trifling cost. Also showing how all impediments to marriage may be effectually removed, with numerous illustrative cases of parties who have been restored to health by following the simple means laid down. 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Have they ever sufficiently considered how much these constant revelations of unhappy marriages may be connected with a peculiar INFLUENCE, frequently originating in corrupt associations at college, or at school, and the pernicious effects of which, too often unsuspected by medical men, poison the very well-springs of life, and produce many of the disappointments witnessed in the connubial state. It is a matter that deeply concerns the well-being of thou sands who have no idea of the danger that threatens them. Every person of intelligence should ask himself whether there be not something in his past life which admits of the possi bility that he himself may be concerned, either at present or prospectively, in the subject. Science and experience, founded on professional study, have happily discovered effectual means of relief ; but it is important that care be taken in selecting the quarter from whence assistance is sought. 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Wood, and Co., King Wallow. street, City. and In. high Holborn t and all Rymer& THE 100• POUNDER ARMSTRONG GUN.—Tbe 100- pounder Armstrong gun last tried at Shoeburyness after 74 rounds is hors de combat. At the end of the 16th round gas began to escape from the vent piece, and towards the end of the trial the escape of gas was so large that the gunners experienced great difficulty in working the gun. There are three longitudinal cracks in the powder cham ber, so large that the flame, during the last shots, poured through them for a few seconds at each discharge. The tin disk in front of the vent piece was found to' be worth less. The vent piece alone in this gun weighs 130 lbs and requires two men to lift it. It is stated that the authorities at Woolwich Arsenal estimate the cost of the Armstrong 100-pounders at £1,500 each. The bursting of one of them must, therefore, be a very costly experiment ; but we suppose - the cost is nobody's biisiness, and w• must pay without grumbling.—Mechanics' Magazine, A letter from Naples, dated Feb. 18, says—The Mohawk was sent up by the Admiral to Gaeta yesterday, on a voyage, as it were, of inspection, to ascertain the state of the fortress. Admiral S►r Thomas Cochrane was on board. She returned late the same night, the weather being very stormy. From those who Acre on board I hear that in the part where the explosion of last Tuesday took place the ruin of the city is complete, but the tire of the enemy seems to have produced comparatively little, damage. The cathedral, which was reported as destroyed, remains couparatieely intact. The stench in the city is represented to me as being something insufierable, arising froni the foul habits of the Neapolitan soldiers lathy than from any other cause, being in a greater degree somewhat of the same kind of thing that we are doomed to suffer in the streets of Naples. Some of the party, how ever, observed in various places fragments of those who had perished from the explosion. A breach in the wall seaward has been made by the accident, through which an assault could have been made, and command obtained of all the works, but it must have been made in boats, and great risk would have attended it. I inquired into the probable causes of the explosion, and the opinion was that it was not occasioned by the shells of the enemy, though whether it took place through accident or treachery it was impossible to say, because, as always happens in such eases; no one remained to tell the tale. Four or five of the generals of Francis 11. have been per mitted to return to Naples, and were to be seen in the Toledo on Saturday, while the soldiers, as far as I can gather, are to be sent to the islands. I take for granted that they will be sent not as relegati, but under military discipline, and that many of those whose term of service is up will have their release. Under any circumstances so large a body of men must be the source of great embarrassment ; yet it may admit of a doubt whether the liberal conduct of the Government may not be the means of increasing that reactionary feeling which cer tainly exists in the country to a considerable extent. _ _ _ Admiral Persano left Naples on Saturday, as I understand, for Messina, to make a formal announce ment of the fall of Gaeta, and to summon the cita del to surrender. Of course there will be no diffi culty on the subject, as the Governor has always intimated it to be his intention to give in on re ceiving the orders of his Sovereign. We are ex pecting her Britannic Majesty's ship the Exmouth, 91 guns, from Malta, when in all probability the James att or the Cressy will leave. It is to be hoped that the fleet will continue here some time longer, for I do not think its mission is yet completed, and I have reason to know that the Government, which has derived so much moral support from its presence, would view its depar ture with great regret. We are not yet out of the influence of intrigues, though Gaeta has fallen. A battalion of National Guards from Massa- Carrara landed here on Saturday last, and took up their quarters in the Riviera di Chiaja, They are fine-looking men, and remarkable for their mili tary bearing. Intelligence has arrived from all parts of Southern Italy describing the exultation of the in habitants on the occasion of the fall of Gaeta. Te Deums, processions, illuminations, and charitable offerings seem to have been the order of the day in every direction. On Saturday morning Liberio Romano had an audience of Prince Carignano, and recommended sending 600 regular troops into every province to put down brigandage and support the authori ties in carrying into execution the measures ordered by the Government. The fall of Gaeta now liberates 40,000 men, who may be made use of in tranquillisingithe country and putting down those reactionary movements which up to the pre sent time have caused so much annoyance: I am in despair, and you will be, too, at the length of my letter, but this very morning have appeared the decrees to which I alluded a week ago. I condense them as follows : " The Concordats of 1818 and 1834, and all other conventions before and after those dates, between the defunct Government of the Two Sicilies and' he Court of Rome, have ceased to be of any force, the rights belonging to the political sovereignty of the State remaining firm and without prejudice. The legislative acts constituting the previous public ecclesiastical rights of these Neapolitan provinces, are revived, unless abolished by express orders in dependent of the Concordat, and unless incompatible with the actual legislation and administration of the same provinces. Differences of worship, even in the Neapolitan provinces, shall be no obstacle to the perfect equality of citizens in the exercise of civil and political rights. Ecclesiastics, like other citizens, are to be subjected to the laws of the State ; every exemption or privilege to the contrary ceas ing. Every punishment established by` the laws must be applied by the civil tribunals, reserving, however, to the ecclesiastical authorities their func tions for the application of spiritual punishments after the forms prescribed by the ecclesiastical laws. All causes regarding the right of nomina tion to ecclesiastical benefices or their property are placed under the civil jurisdiction. In causes purely ecclesiastical the Royal Esecutoria will not be granted to citations on appeals to the Roman Curia, except on condition that these causes shall be determined in these provinces by ecclesiastics belonging to the same, 'who may be delegated by the apostolical authorities, &c." By another decree the Council of State is em powered to decide as to the respective functions of the civil and ecclesiastical powers ; differences on which subject have often led to great scandals. It is also empowered to pronounce in cases of the sequestration of temporalities. Here in Naples the Supreme Council will act for the Council of State. Another decree abolishes the Diocesan Cora missions. To these were coitfided the administra tion of vacant churches and benefices, as also the revenues of the bishops, abbacies, and other vacant benefices, known under the name of " Monte Fru. thentario." For these commissions will now be substituted a royal Econo»zo for the Neapolitan provinces, who will depend on the Councillor of Ecclesiastical Affairs. The Commissioners now ceasing to act will, in their individual responsibility, give up all papers, titles, and everything else be longing to their respective administrations to the Royal Procurators, &c. By another decree is asserted the "Royal right of possession" and of the administration of vacant benefices without any distinction. The produce of such vacant benefices, after certain deductions which are specified, shall be applied to ameliorate the condition of needy parish priests and curates, to the purposes of worship and restoration of poor churches, and other uses of charity, arc; Perhaps the most important decree of all is that which affects the monastic institutions, and it is briefly this : "All monastic orders of both sexes in the Nea politan provinces, except such as are hereafter named, shall cease to be recognised. Likewise the chapters of collegiate churches, with the exception of those having the cure of souls, and existing in cities whose population exceeds 20,000. Simple benefices, ecclesiastical chaplaincies, and abbacies where no cure of souls is attached to them, shall cease also to be recognised by the laws. "The property now possessed by the corporations alluded to shall be administered by the Ecclesias tical Treasury of the State, under a special direction to be established in the Neapolitan provinces. The commission shall immediately take possession of and form an inventory of the property and revenues of every establishment, calling in the assistance of the chiefs and administrators of the respective houses and corporations. In case of refusal to attend they will lose all right to a pension, or any of the advantages hereafter specified. The members of the religious houses coming under the action of this law may continue their religious life in some one of the edifices of the convents to which they are united, or in other cloisters assigned by the Go vernment; their intentions, however, being made known to the Councillor of Ecclesiastical Affairs within the term of three months. " The members of the religious houses contem• plated in this decree belongingto the orders possessed of funds, shall receive from the Ecclesiastical Treasury an annual pension corresponding to the annual net revenue possessed by their respective houses, in no cases exceeding 120 ducats for every member ; 60 ducats for every lay member. No one of the family who bas not completed his or her novitiate shall be entitled to a pension. Servants of both sexes, who have served 10 years, even though they have not taken vows, shall have an annual pension of 60 ducats, if 40 years of age ; of 30 ducats if they have served only three years. Those who from choice prefer to live out of the cloister, or cannot be received, shall have the same pension increased by a sixth. The pension may be raised to 180 ducats when the funds permit, and the recipient is 70 years of age ; or to 150 ducats when the recipient is 60. The superiors of the suppressed houses, within eight days from the promulgatipn of the decree containing the names of the in stitutions excepted, shall send in all details I respecting the members of their houses to the kcal arc deprived of a legal existence can no longer receive any novitiates. With regard to the canons belonging to the suppressed chapters, they shall receive a pension corresponding to the revenue of the college. Those invested with simple benefices, abbacies, and ecclesiastical chaplaincies shall have the usufruct of the funds belonging to them during life, provided they arc subjects of the Italian monarchy, and do not hold larger benefices. The churches of the suppressed conventual buildings, which are no longer supplied by the monks, shall he regarded as Royal churches. After all the obli gations specified in this decree have been fulfilled, the Ecclesiastical Treasury shall he. thus disposed o f A❑ annual sum of 10,00() ducats shall he devoted to popular and technical instruction. 2. Assiataner, shall be given to those parish priests whom the communes cannot assist, and whose salaries are very small. 3. To the assistance of the most needy members of the clergy, to the encou ragement of ecclesiastical labours and studies, and other acts of beneficence, public instruction always included. Some of the convents at the disposal of the Government shall be devoted to the use' of schools, and in Naples especially to the diffusion of infant asylums and popular Sunday and evening schools. The better to provide for certain objects specified in this decree, the follow ing corporations must contribute a quota of their funds annually :—Abbacies, canonical and simple benefices, out of a net revenue of 425 ducats up to 2,125 ducats, shall contribute annually at the rate of 5 per cent. ; at the rate of 12 per cent. w hen the revenues are 4,250 ducats; and 20 per cent. when the revenues are still greater. Parochial benefices shall contribute in the same proportion. starting, however, from a net revenue exceeding 450 ducats. Seminaries and ecclesiastical convents shall contri bute 5 per cent. on revenues of 4,250 ducats to 6,375 ducats annually ; 10 per cent. on revenues amount ing to 10,625.„ducats, and 15 per cent. on larger _revenues. Archbishops and bishops shall contri bute a third of the revenue of each mensa,' and the half of every ium exceeding a net revenue of 12,750 ducats in archbishoprics and of 8,500 ducats in bishoprics. Religious houses of both sexes excepted from the suppression are also called on to contri bute their quota. The books and scientific works of the suppressed institutions shall be made over to the public libraries which are—indicated by the Government." THE ARMY ESTIMATES. We gave a general description last week of the scale and charges at which the army is to be main tained, according to the estimates of the present year, but the subject has since been incidentally illustrated by a debate in the House of Lords, and we shall be doing the public a service by placing before them a comprehensive view of the military establishments of the country. The truth is, that much greater' changes have been made than appear on the surface of the account, and, though the esti mates seems to leave affairs almost undisturbed, there are, in reality, considerable reductions both in force and expenditure, while the constitution of the army at home is materially modified. We have already explained the origin of these apparent contradictions, but we now present the facts in greater detail. Last year the regular forces of her Majesty amounted in the aggregate to 228,854 men, and as they will only amount this year to 212,773 men, it is plain that upwards of 16,000 men are deducted from the strength of the army. The army, how ever, has two great branches—one for ordinary, and one for Indian service, and it is in the latter branch exclusively that the reductions have been made. Owing to the pacification of the country and the termination of the Chinese war, the Indian Government run afford to dispense with a portion of its garrisons, to the relief of its Exchequer, and several regiments are now, or soon will be, on their voyage to this country from the East. Inasmuch, however, as the other branch of the army will not receive any accession to its numbers, but will re main, with a merely nominal variation, at the strength of last - year, it is plain that there must be an actual reduction of strength in some way or other. Of late, the custom has been to em- ploy the militia as a species of regulator by which the army could be kept at its proper standard, and when troops were shifted from Irdia to England a proportionate force of the embodied militia was dismissed to make room for the new- comers. It happens on the present occasion that the proceedings on each side would have been exactly matched. It had been deter mined at home to disembody the whole of the militia, and the vacancies thus created in our ordi- nary establistunents would have just sufficed for the reception Af the force returned from India. The embodied militia numbered 15,911 men on the Ist of last June, smd,;as that force was no longer to be retained on an ..active footing, the 16,000 men sent home from Ilia vvauld have stepped into its place without any derangement of our accounts. - We should have had exactly the same number of troops' in 1861 as in 1860, though they would have been' all regulars, instead of regulars and militia com bined, and as the charge of a militia regiment em bodied is equivalent to that of a regiment of the line, the expenditure upon the home branch of our land forces would have remained as before. This substitution, however, is no longer to be practised, We disembody the militia, but we do not take up the disengaged regulars, and accord ingly we reduce our establishment and lighten our charges by about 16,000 men. This reduction does not appear in the " numbers of land forces to be voted," because that vote, though so apparently comprehensive, never includes the embodied militia. These figures therefore are nearly identical with those of last year, and we appear accordingly to be left in statu quo ; but the fact is that, as the vote for the embodied militia drops out altogether, we are really diminishing our establishments by the amount of that force, and effecting a propor tionate economy. Last year, in short, we were maintaining for all services but that of India an army of 145,269 regulars and some 16,000 embodied militia. This year we maintain 146,044 regular troops, but no embodied militia. The charge for the latter force therefore—L32o,ooo—is saved as truly as if the retrenchment had been effected in the vote for the regular establishments. The manner in which the reduction is accom plished is this:—By the last estimates no fewer than 60 battalions of the line, serving principally in India, were maintained at a strength of 1,200 rank and file each. Two battalions of the Rifle Brigade stood at 1,300, and one regiment—the 65th, on duty in New Zealand—was 1,400 strong. This regiment will be left untouched, but it is now proposed to *educe the other 62 battalions to 950 rank and file each, which will give an aggregate reduction of 15,700 men, or exactly the curtail ment required in our establishments to fit the purposes described as above. On the other hand, the 2d battalion of the 14th Regiment, also serving in New Zealand, is raised from 950 men to 1,400, but that is the only augmentation effected in the line. The Cavalry regiments are reduced also, but more sparingly, and with less result, as the numbers to be dealt with are so much smaller ; but the Artillery and Engineers aro somewhat increased, as are also the auxiliary departments of the army, such as the Army Hospital Corps, Com missariat Staff Corps, &c. We can now review the results of these disposi tions both as to economy and efficiency. In con sequence of the saving effected upon the Militia, as well as in other departments, a net decrease is established on the whole estimates of £185,000, and this decrease might more fairly be put at three times the amount, for, as we stated last week, there is a reckoning of £500,000 with the Indian Government, which diminishes the apparent saving to that extent. Except for that " matter of ac count " there would not be the increase on votes 9 and 11 which so pulls down the decrease on the others, and the actual saving therefore on the Army Estimates is not far short of that on the Navy Estimates. Nor does it appear that any sacrifice has been made in the way of effici ency. The total strength of regular troops, for all services but Indian, remains as con siderable as before, with a certain addition, indeed, to the Artillery. It is true that we lose some 16,000 Militia, and that the loss falls directly on the garrisons of these islands, but the men remain in the country still, and according to theory,:are as available against emergencies as ever. \%e learn, too, from the Lords debate that the establishment of regular troops is regarded as suffi cient; and it seems indeed as if our autho rities would have satisfied all their hearts' desires if they could but have got that Tipperary Regiment of Artillery. It appears that there is really a little pressure for gunners, owing to the extension of our coast defences and the large number of guns now in position. India, too, can give us no help at this point ; for, though the Government of Calcutta is ready to dispense with cavalry and infantry,it has claimed an increase of artillery, so that the Com mander-in-Chief and his colleagues in office would be decidedly glad to get just a few hundred more gunners. However, if that is all the d oir eficit p , o e u v b e t n . in.official eyes, we are not s o very ENGLAND'S FUTURE FLEET. England's future future flea must be of iron, and con sist of the following classes:—First, iron steam ships of the line. These, if built to eerry 100 gun,, must he each of 10.000 ton, burden, have engine:. of 2,.100 horse-power, carry fuel fot •i,tloo miles, and will cost us, fully Equipp«l And armed, £750,000. The second class will be iron: steam frigates. These, if built to carry 50 guns, must hal each of 7,000 tons burden, which is a little larger than the Warrior, of 6,000 tons burden, have nd he ce Sl a u rr c : . h ye t speeda2teovs guns, vessel would h,lwsse sail ieulknots,llmdsu knots, 8 be cheaper f h u ea e h eebae f tp o hoe r fer sssp,a,:ionorlego tons sei than speed miles, burden, and will cost when completed and armed, £500,000. Warrior. The third class will be iron steam he others, and coal for the same distance, but will and cost £300,000. These three classes our author designs to act together at sea, in all weathers, and in any portion of her Majesty's dominions. These three classes constitute a separate division. They are all to be impregnable, and an overmatch, beyond all comparison, for any wooden ship of the same number of guns now in existence. The three remaining classes of vessels in the future iron fleet must have a high speed equal to that of the first three classes, but only partial pro tection. Tne fourth class, therefore, will consist of iron steam-clippers, of 2,500 tons burden, carrying 10 guns, having four guns and her boilers, ma chinery and magazines perfectly protected; her speed will be 15 knots, her cost £160,000. The fifth class should be like the existing steam sloops of the navy, except that they should be of iron, and faster. They should be 2,000 tons burden, carry 10 guns, and cost £120,000. The sixth class, built for speed alone, should also earry 10 guns, but should perform 16 to 17 knots. The cost of each would be £lOO,OOO. In addition to these classes, Mr. Scott Russell proposes iron gunboat flotillas. These also are ranked in different classes; first, gunboats of 120 tons burden, of 30 horse-power, carrying 25 men, with a speed of about 8 knots, and drawing between 4 and 6 feet of water. Fifty of these should be built every year until we have enough. Second, paddlewheel despatch-boats, supplementary to the gunboat flotilla, each of 100 horse-power, 300 tons burden, carrying two guns, and having a speed of 10 knots. Third, screw vessels of about 400 tons, also carrying 2 guns, drawing 8 feet of water, and able to steam 10 knots. Fourth, gun vessels like the Recruit and the Weser, only larger and faster, and like them armed with 4 large guns, also to be capable of being navig ated, like class second, either end foremost, and to be partially protected. The total cost of a channel fleet of iron steam ships, consisting of 10 ships of the line, 10 frigates, and 10 of the corvette class, would be £15,500,000. An auxiliary fleet, consisting of 10 steam-clippers, 10 steam-sloops, and 10 despatch boats would cost us £3,700,000. With such a fleet we would reqUire only one-fourth of our present number Of seamen. 23,500 men would do the work of the 85,500 now employed in our fleet and coastguard service, and would certainly be an overmatch for all the navies in the world put together. With such a fleet our ships would be easily manned. 25,000 sailors in it will be as effective as 100,000 in the old. Its construction would raise the character and position of all classes of men connected with it, and especially favour the increase of knowledge and skill among our naval officers and naval architects. An iron fleet will undoabtedly be much cheaper to maintain than a wooden one. The annual maintenance of the proposed fleet would be only £200,000, for an iron ship, if well cared for, never decays. The current annual cost of our fleet afloat is now about £5,000,000 ; while another £5,000,000 are expended annually in our dockyard establishments. If, therefore, a new iron fleet should cost us £20,000,000, it would be much cheaper than the vaunted wooden walls which we are always reconstructing, overhauling, cutting down, lengthening, converting, and yet, like Dutch clocks, are always out of repair. Such is the scheme of national defence proposed by one of the most celebrated of living architects. Its completeness, the name of its author, and the admirable clearness and force with which it is stated, must tell upon the naval policy of all great nations. —Mechanics' Magazine. TIIE INCOME TAX. We have to thank M. Hubbard for the first blow at the income tax. He has carried by a majority of four his motion for a committee of inquiry into the assessment of the income tax, and whether a mode of levying the tax so as to render it more equitable can be adopted. The main pro posal of Mr. Hubbard is to reduce by one-third the tax levied under Schedule D on professional and precarious incomes dependent on personal labour. He also argues for an abatement of one-twelfth upon the tax as it bears on land, and one-sixth upon houses. These proposals, coming from a gentleman who has a thorough understanding of money matters, seem to have scattered to the winds all Mr. Gladstone's objections to the income tax. We see the Minister of Finance, like the traveller in the fable, wrapping his cloak of income tax the more tightly round him the more Boreas storms against it. Never to concur in any prevailing sentiment or opinion is the peculiarity of Mr. Gladstone. When the income tax was supported by large majorities he abhorred it, there was every vice in it, and the moment the necessity for recourse to so detestable an instrument ceased, he was for putting it away in thatapart of the armoury where thumb screws, liktka, and such odious implements are laid up. But when he found opinion rising against this hateful impost, his hostility began to give place to softer sentiments. The Devil is not so black as he is painted. Schedule D is not so iniquitous as it has been thought. Indeed, Mr. Gladstone now discovers so beautiful a harmony in the schedules of the income tax that it is impossible to take an excess from one without laying it on another. To abate injustice in Dis to impose it on A. It is the story of the scanty blanket. Pull it over one part and another is left to complain. There was a time, and not very distant, when the demoralising effects of the income tax were regarded with abhorrence by Mr. Gladstone, but now he laughs at Mr. Hubbard s representation of this evil, and asks whether 33 per cent, separates probity from dishonesty. Yet we cannot but think that if the temptation to wrong could be reduced by a third the world would sud denly find itself marvellously improved, though not quite perfect. It is something, says the Latin poet, to advance to a certain point, though it may be impossible to get farther ; but no, argues Mr. Gladstone, remain where you are at the worst if you cannot go the whole way to perfection. The income tax is unequal, but where is equality to be found ? The earth has its mountains and valleys, the sea its surges, the smoothest mill pond its ripples. Per fection in anything is unattainable, but is that any reason for remaining content with a grossly vicious system ? Are we to submit to consummate wrong because we cannot hope to obtain consummate jus tice? Why justice itself can only be an approxi mation to the excellence whose name he bears. See the varying measures of punishment dealt out to the same offences, or the heavier sentence often awarded to the lesser guilt ; but the impossibility of perfection has never been an argument against amending the gross defects of the law. There have been men like Lord Eldon who have opposed all reform, but not on the ground that as it was not possible to put all quite right it was advisable to leave all to the utmost degree wrong, but on the plea of the unimproveable excellence of the in question. Swift's coachman objected to clean after his carriage, saying it would be as dirt y again it had been out for a few minutes. His master cut off the man's next meal, and upon his remonstrance answered, "What's the use of feedin hours when again a few after you will be as hungry wards ?" Mend the income tax as you may, and w hen all is done fo r the best new com p laints of new inequalities will arise ; but still the mending will be good, and the small faults in the new sys tem preferable to the large of the old. The task is one of difficulty, but for what in the world have we Ministers, especially such a clever Chancellor of the Exchequer as Mr. Gladstone, except to grapple with and conquer difficulties ? So fond, inueed, is he reputed to be of such work that he has been charged with making giants in order to slay them, and punching a great hole in the revenue for th e satisfaction of stopping it in a masterly manner. But he must not be bidden to suck tasks. If the country had ;fondly taken the income tax to its bosom, Mr. Gladstone would have been the man political authorities. Those communities which i.er to have dashed it 'a, have - reformed it in such fas, lies would not have known "Li_dstono cannot go V uneasy in it, it is not his go; he therefore distrusts it, other way. How often have .. from a current. to go. round and rount, id - tug i. an eddy, where he has to circle all to himself. He seems to have settled it in his mind that the mass . of people always think wrong, and to quarrel with his own opinions when he finds the world backing them, dishonouting them, as it were, with accept ance. Hence we expect. to find in the Chancellor of the Exchequer before long a vehement advocate of the income tax, not only as a thing of necessity, but also as one ot'much grace and virtue, tcre.s atypic, rolundus And this he will do conscientioullv. For it is the peculiarity of Mr. Gladstone's Trilt:4- t hat he is never at a loss for reasons fur any conclu sion at which it is his will to arrive. lie is a consummate advocate at the bar of his own con science. As in nicellanic!s action and reaction are. uquil and contrary, so in his mind argumcio ::re equal :And c...mtrar v y, and As much is to be said for as Any given 4nestion. lie firol. , ; both bad and •,;ood in everything by vs in ktppositioti to the stream_ And now t h at. t h e has shown 4t disposition lo revolt.: the of the ineonie tax we nqit expect of Mt% ono a most fervent attach ment to the abomination, and not the less bat all the more for his former antipathy, such re pugnances when once overcome giving place to the strongest Examiner. THE, LATE DISTRESS IN THE METROPOLIS. At the close of the business of the Mansion-house , Police court on Saturday, the Lord Mayor made the following statement relative to the amount of money sent to him for charitable purposes during the late inclement weather, and the manner in which it had been disposed of. His LORDSHIP said that as all the accounts had now been made up in reference to the late tem porary distress in the metropolis,lhe should be glad to make publicly a short statement relating to the ';sbursements. A large amount of money was,,,,..s.aled to him by charitable persons during the severity of the frost, at a time when all labour upon end along the shores of the river was entirely suspended. The barges were frozen in, there was no communication between the ships and the several wharves, and the result was that thousands of labourers were thresh' out of work,, not only by reason' of the river-traffic being sus pended, but that this, at the same time, caused a vast diminution in the demand for labour on shore, and the consequence was that there arose a terrible' cry of distress. The response of the public to that cry was most gratifying, and it showed the pro-, digious amount of latent benevolence that existed not only in this country but also in foreign coun tries. When the statements relative to the distress that existed in the metropolis were made public, he had the gratification of receiving letters from the editors of two French newspapers published in Paris; in which the writers expressed their intention of making an appeal to the French public to relieve the terrible distress that was stated to exist among the labouring population of this metropolis, and one of the letters enclosed a bank note for a thousand francs, as a portion of the contribution. At this period the frost had commenced breaking up, and he had thought fit to announce publicly from the bench that he did not any longer require the contributions of the public, and that he should cease to administer any further relief, as the river was cleared, the frost had apparently departed, and the state of things in the metropolis had returned to something like their normal condition. The amount of money that was received had enabled him to afford assistance to 3,241 persons, each of whom repre sented a family ; and besides that he had given XlO7 to various soup kitchens, and other charities of a like kind, for the distribution of coals, bread, and meat to the poor. He should state also, that after having made the public announcement he had referred to, the Court still continued for some time to administer relief in very urgent cases that were brought to its notice. When all this had been done, however; there still, through the munificence of the public, remained a sum of between £6OO and £7OO, and it was thought better to keep this in hand for a short time, in order to see whether the frost had departed, or whether there was any pro bability of its return. Within the last few days it was thought that the time had come when this money might be distributed, and to consider which was the best mode to apply it, so as to carry out the benevolent intentions of the donors. The money could not be returned to the parties who sent it, because they did not know who it came from—it was nearly all sent anonymously—by persons who appeared desirous of emulating the good they were doing, and upon careful consideration he felt that the best mode of making use of this money was to distribute it. among some of the deserving charities of the metropolis, and he had now to an nounce that this had bent done to the extent of 1:345. His lordship then read the following stale• ment as to the manner in which the money had been disbursed :—"ln the month of January there was given to 3,248 distressed families and persons, in small sums varping from 2s. 6d. to 405., X 1,158 ; to various soap, meat, and other charities, £l22 — total £1,280. The greater part of the balance that then remained was divided among the following charities :—City Kitchen, £l5; Houseless Poor, £3O; Field-lane Refuge, .£3O; City Dispensary, £l5 ; Metropolitan Dispensary, £l5 ; Finsbury Dispensary, £l5 ; Farringdon Dispensary, £l5 ; London Philanthropic Society, £25; Truss Society, £2O; London Hospital, £5O; Poplar Hospital, £5O ; Free Hospital, Gray's Inn lane, £3O ; Free Hospital, Devonshire-square, £3O ; Consumption Hospital, Brompton, £3O ; Con sumption Hospital Victoria-park, £3O; Ophthalmic Hospital, City, £2O ; Ophthalmic Hospital, Gray's Inn-road, £2O ; Seamen's Hospital, £3O ; Sea Bathing Infirmary, £3O ; Home in the East, £3O ; Societe de Bienfaisance, £2O; Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, £2O; Easton-road Industrial School, £2O; Euston-road Reformatory, £2O ; Spitalfields Weavers' Asylum, £2O; Bishopsgate Soup Kitchen, £lO ; Ann's-place, and Bow-road Soup Kitchen, £5; total to different charities, £G45." His lordship proceeded to state that these amounts represented a total sum of £1,945 that had been applied to charitable objects through the munificence of the public, and it would leave a small sum in the poor-box that would be quite sufficient for its ordinary requirements. This was the mode in which the money had been disbursed, and he was anxious that the public should know how he had exercised the trust that nad been re posed in him. If he said that he (the Lord Mayor) had done it, ho was wrong. He never could have accomplished the task if he had not been aided by the assistance and sound judgment of Mr. Good man, the chief clerk, and also that of Mr. Picker ing, the accountant; and when he stated that the accounts extended,over 180 pages, and filled two books, the public would at once see the amount of labour that had been cast upon the last-mentioned gentleman. He also felt it to be his duty at the same time to say that he was very much indebted to the Commissioner of Police, and to his officers for the assistance they had rendered and the careful inquiries they had made with a view to prevent unworthy objects from sharing in the fund intended for really distressed persons. As he had stated on a former occasion the applications for assistance were properly classified, and the great number of letters that were brought back and reported to have come from unworthy persons, showe made great importance of the inquiries that w ere by the police. All he could say for himself was, that he had endeavoured to do all he could to distribute the funds among deserving persons, and he hoped the public wou ld be satisfied that their money had been * faithfully and pro perly applied, and he trusted that would be very ce might raise. I long before a similar occ . u rr; some that the func t had, he believed, been devolved said tion of ren poor on the poor law, and that liev all i th g at the w as ne cessary could have been done through -the i ns trumentality of the different boards of guardianal and a gentleman of great exper i enc e in connexion with the administration of the poor law had expressed an opinion that the money m i g ht have been disbursed by the guardians in a better manner. The money that was sent by the public to this court could not, however, have been so applied. He had no right to send it to any other channel for distribution, and he would state at the same time that, although no doubt it was very probable they had given relief to some parties who ought, possibly, to have gone to the union, yet he was certain, at the same ti me, t h at they' would rather have starved than have done so, and he hoped that the poor-box o f th e Mansion Howse would always be in such a condition as to enable them to relieve a poor man without forcing him to submit to the degradation of being compelled to go into the union workhouse. His lordship then said that the receipt of the letters from Paris that he had referred to gave him very great satisfaction, and he )144 110 doubt that, but for the intimation he had given that no more funds would be required, a very large sum would have been received from the appeal that was intended to have been made to the bene volence of the inhabitants of the city of Paris, and he had thought it right, under the circumstances, to give half of the sum that had been transmitted to him from the gentlemen referred to, to a foreign charitable institution—the Societe de Bienfaisance, thinking that the benevolent donors would probably not have been satisfied if he had devoted the whole sum to that object: noble ;TS erate. , xcept s not elling ly, at 5s 9d 3s Od sales to 71c1 to Bcl to 60 from Nook. A), at Lady ware, of yde- Irish . ong, El- orth eon 11, to .sq., Cox - eet, bay at Ind,