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e_-) c.it • - P . . . • .7. , r• s t e t } 2 , 4 4 , ?P " r 64 4 ? • 1;t , • i gen IMAtiti, ; • 7 ! l ;:ttiri,` ,• * I Likt: • 4- .1' , • ...V • , ' • ,‘ • " 4 44 , 1. 0 tir 4 •94.4 ‘ . •,' . ,1 7 - , ort - a ~ IrLlt9e/ ~,------ -) e r e sf.> e s 2 2 ( R. ALBERT SMIIITS - MONT BLANC, BADEN, up the RHINE and PARIS, is NOW OPEN EVERY EVENING (except Satuday) at 8 o'clock.— S+alle, 3a, area, qs. gallery, Is. Stalls car be secured at the box office, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, every die between eleven and four, with out any extra charge. The af.ring Representations take place every Tuesday land aturday, at Ttee o'clock. ACCIDENT TO TEE ROYAL MAIL STEAM SHIP AMERICA. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY .—EXETER HALL—Conductor, Mr. caTi.— TH IS EVENING (Friday, 19th December), Handel's MESSItII. Vocalist.;—hr=. Clara Hep worth, Mits Dohy:; Mr. Sims Ilfevea and Herr Formes with Or- Itestra of 700 Performers. Ticket!, 35., 59.. and Ps. 6d. or Subscriu lions, One, Two, or Three Gulneis, at the Society's Office, No. 6, is Exeter Hall. This performance will be reputed on FRIDAY, 19th December. Tickets may now be had. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1856. N O . 20,119.) [PRICE 4D. STAMPED E. THE BALLOT, MR. BEHKELEY, AND " TIMES." DEATH OF GENERAL TEE HON. H. E. BUTLER. LEGAL EXAMINATION. A ItO YLL ROOMS..--LA URENT'S CASING, -C - 111 great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above clegan 'Rooms are now open every tre.ning for the winter season, with Laurent's celebrated l'lrcliestia. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. T i ouleourt. The Proprietor togs to inform the ptiblic that this fashionable place of resort haebeen entirely redecorated during the recess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis tio3 One DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen °MY) from 10 till 10, containing upwards of one thousand models :and preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in 'health aud disease. the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, 2 , 4, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and 4 4 1 11y -interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery by Dr. KAHN. at a quarter p Ist 8 p.m. precisely. Admission. one Shilling. Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan (gratis). IFIANIC" OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Incorporated by Royal Charter.—The Court of Directors hereby give notice, that a HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND at the rate °Nix per cent. per annum on the capital of the Bank, will be pay able to the proprietors of shares registered in this eountry, on ar.d after the sth day ofJanuary next, at the office oftho Corporation, No. 1, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street, between the hours of Ten Sud Four. No transfer can be made between the 15th instant and the sth proximo, as the books mud be closed during that period. By order of the Court. A. No. 7, St. H e l en ' s-p l ace, Lo don DITNL6P, Secretary. , 2d December, 1856. ETR OPO LITAN COUNTIES and • GENER.A.L LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent street, Waterloo-place, London. Capital, 100,0001. • TRUSTEES. b ilt •Ttn.Spenceril. Walpole,M.P. I Richard Spooner, Es(I..M.P. "nrY Peter Fuller, Esq. , E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. N.B. The bonus declared ?t the last division of proflt4 averaged per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERFIISQN CA.M.ROITX, Manager. •_ LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LODON. • b policies e ff ec t e d w i th this Society now will PARTICIPATE TN 'utilt-IrIFTHS, or 80 pen cent., of the Net Profits of the Society, according to the conditions contained In the Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives 'ate re lower than in many other 014-established offices, and Insurers f ilBY protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in .udition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. Policy stamps paid by the Office: _ Pr oaPectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-stre e t, .uridon, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. ESTABLISHED 1837. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSIJRA.NCE COM . PAN; Empowered by Special Act of Parli T ament, 4 Viet., cap 9, and BRITANNIA S , IITTUA.L LIFE ASSOCIATION, Empowered by Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. ...MAJOR-GENERAL ALEXANDER, Blackheath-p ar k, Ch a i rman . ARoaber of Policies issued, upwards of 11,000. Annual Income from Premiums (exclusive of Interest on Invest- Tits) upwards of &QOM _nates of Premium reduced to the lowest possible scile compatible iritth security, and computed In-such variety of wars as to suit the rel unstances and convenience of every classpf Policy-holders. E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. • ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. tNG INEER S' and AGE UNITED ASSURANCE SOCI F.TIE S. Capital, 100.0001 Read Office, 345, Strand (opposite Waterloo-bridge). pour- fif ths issued Free of Stamp Duty 'to the Assured. , onr.fifths of the Profits divided amongst the Assured. h vol leyholders having paid two Annual Premiums participate pro ronately in all divisions of the Profits. Entrance Fee for Admittance. litdieal Referees paid by the Society. Zasignments at Policies registered Free of Charge. ''per cent, on the total premiums received. W. F. DOBSON. Chairman. GERARD TTAY ROBERTSON, Secretary. CONTRACT FOR WHEAT. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset House, 6th December, 1856. 41F4 Commissioners . for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain Irehtnd do hereby give notice, that on THURSDAY, be 18th 4 , — "llet, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with each persons Xll7 be willing to Contract fo r su p p l y i ng end, delivering into her strs 'Victualling stores at Deptford, When to be delivered. A.T... • •• • • Quarters. Half in a f or t n i g ht , and the remainder 1111 " t • • 2,000 in a fortnight afterwards, or earlier if preferred by the party tendering. lc,!!hdars may be made for the whole or any portion of the pi.‘... t _ c at. and their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, t,,_lcrt the terriers are opened, of contracting either for the whole , or sUch part thereof only as they nay deem fit, or for a greater quan '4l, or of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of ntecflorr. to A. proportional part of the price per bushel of Wheat. will be paid r any weight exceeding 60 lbs. per bushel. I...Sanapies (not less than 2 quarts), m us t b e produced by the parties ' 4 dering. . T he samples produced by persons wh o s e t en d ers are not accepted equested to be taken away by them immediately after the con '‘et has been decided. tender will be received unless made on the printed form pro- N°l for the purpose, and • which may be obtained on application at at t. 3 .4id or to Commander Devis, ctuialactiug the racket Service Tj'aPool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. ti o, les conditions of the revised contract, to which particular atten tistolcalled, may be seen at the said office, and at Liverpool and I CO ten and 3 , .ler will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, }IN b ",w111 not be required that the party tendering or an agent on ets # alf should attend at the office on the day of contract, rt , ; the 10 the offer received from each person will be communicated and his proposed sureties in writing. ai l d`Cry tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admir c alty, l iear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for Whea , ' and .04 also be delivered at ...Somerset House. OYSTERS, BARRELLED.—The BURNHAM N I _RIVER NATIVE OYSTERS are the best in the world—six IN S , old—four hours from the beds To be had only at J. SWEET e m II E 3 II and OYSTER ESTABLISLIME NIT, 159, Cheapside. 7`WaYs has the largest supply of the best Fish in season, at the • .` market price. In-ordering Fish it will be desirable to state q o 041... Many persons it is reuired, and whether for visitors or UltiZin use, A post-office orde q r or reference will have prompt ...,C u n• Superior Oyster Rooms. ITROPOLITAN SALOON OMNIBUS COMPANY. "Limited." Shares 11. each. Deposit Offices-158, Leadenhall-street, City. Z o Z h ,._ ol : i irectors of this Company have much pleasure in in "g . the Shareholders and the Public, that " Patent "° ll Omnibuses" are being built, and will be placed on L Z, lines of road first where Shareholders require Omnibus oM randation. ttai s4°B l ) ectuses and Forms of Application for Shares, and a Ih t ,. l.e flitation of the calumnies published against this Com -1414', ,eau be obtaiued at the Offices, and Shareholders are to A'eq to make any inquiry they desire. Office hours, Ten 'ye. W. R. POPE, Secretary, kn. HOWARD, surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet 1h has introduced an entirely descrition f OTAL TEETH fixed without springs, wires, new or ligat p ures. o They so rfecuy resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from Te original by the closest observer. they will never change colour or eay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. :Ills method does not require the ex t ract i on of roots, or any pain f u l leration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is 17 44 r, anteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth Ogdered sound and useful in M astication.---. 52, Fleet-street. At "ftle from ten till five. I CEINT AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICLNE. -tent °Mee Seal of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacie „, il larMacien de Paris. Imperial College of M e di c i ne, Vienna. ttettIESEMAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge, 'old Pa Of taste es, mell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. Val 4 in tin cadivided into separate doses, as admirus' tored by TPettit, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &c., &c. RIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE. s te CR . LAXATION, SPERMATORRIICEA, and all tae distressint totil'q n ences arising from early abuse , indiscriminate excesses, or to ,11 4 re sidence hi hot climates. It ha s restored bodil y and'sexint Ito* ftla and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who ak, e Functions of Manhood at ' , the enjoyment of health an Ittis i t ler May be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAI, E. they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discover,., tfte es .„ .. TRIESEDIA.R No. t rite a llY, in the short space of three daylsicompletely and entirq 3 , %r ib :at% all traces of Gonorrhoea, both in its co miid and aggravaed trri e .Gleeta " disorders whet) , Strictures, Irritation of tho Blacide^ Non-retentiorof tet l e tv ' Phis of the Loins and Kidneys, and those . and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for , t o ile 't the h ealth of a vast portion or the populatio n. th e TRIESEMAR ter h „ . great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary 8 _3 1 11) . ; tgi t ` lia It „„ constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, a l i o all 1 ;1 0 11 ar 7P Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all c . 1 1 , p nnPurities from the vital stream, as altogether to erackatc th k of disease, and expel it with the insensible perspirtion he En the medium ' of tho pores of tho skin and urine, an ( is a 'he remedy for that class of disorders which unfortull , tely tlo p Physician treats with Mercury, to the inevitable cla.ruc tile ~(,)` t itc Patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaParla in priftici cannot restore. 4 1;4 e4 ' 1 I S., or four cases in one for 335„ which saves 11 s., anon tet,ll w he reby there is a saving of If. 12s. To be had w holes,e and London, of Derby and Gordon, 140, Leadenhall - Teet; Oaroru..229sitreet.Strand; jjannay and Co., 63, 01 4°rd-street ; SanV, 15e, or l i 1 : 11 „ MA -N, FR 4.ILTY ; a Popular Aflical • price is., post free, beautifully illustrated with lilo engtvings, C, ▪ `pt ,, int : 'Mao ,h."`t iliv es - c ' op ' f - f c us luC pellect restoration. kin,se t_tte e Prevented by impediments from eutering into the arried ‘q(ll,7l°,.showing the dreadful results from early abuse, gollTheea, u. . e lltaitZ 4lB , and the benefits arising from the chemical Ats and ~.4 4t r0xe , ,`,;( " 1 of the spermatoza, by the author's newly-corueted k i , -- Xt .. ._Wlth powerful lenses.—Piper and Co., 23, PattioAter -" " v it all agouti Or the sale of•Trieaemar.'! TMPoRTANT NOTICE.—TO be disposed of .IL. on very advantageous terms, in every town, a MANUFAC TURE (procede •de abrication) very easy and of recognised utdity, giving profits of 40 to 50 per cent. For samples and information apply, rost paid, to 11. LAHAUI: and CO., 50, Rue B lay-canderan, Bordeaux. France. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. The GE vERAL MEETING of the MEMBERS will be held en SAIITIWAY, the 13th of December, atiF.leven o'clock. By order of the Council. JAMES lIUDSON, Secretary. London, 3d December, 1856, LAMPS. -THE PEOPLE'S LIGHT I NIRBS'S OXY9ATE and COT PAGE LAMPS are ttnequalled for cleanliness, economy, easy management, and purity of light. The Oxydate Lamps give the light of Six Candles for the cost of One ! She Cottage Lamp burns eight hours for a penny I Oxydate Lamps from Ga. 6d. Cottaga Lamps, Is. • " Mr. Nibbs has prbducld a valuable popular invention."—The Critic. . " Its great merit is its extreme cheapness."—Prat. Mechaalc's Journal. A 2s. 6d. Brass Cottage Lamp and 12 wicks free for 42 stamps. An Illustrated Price List of 50 designs for one stamp to pay postage. * o* To be seen at the Royal Polytechnic, London, and Crystal Palace, Syclenham. The Trade and Shippers supplied. J. S. :s.rIBBS, Manufacturer, Bakewell; Derbyshire. 6MOKY CHIMNEYS.-NIB BS'S SMOKE PREVENTERS. the best and.cheapest invention for the cure of Smoky+ Chimneys,' have succeeded where all other tried• remedies have failed. Send a postage stamp for the Inventor's "Remarks on Smoky Chimneys and Ventilation," with illustrations of his Smoke Presenters. Freehold Building Ground and Houses—Liverpool -and Everton. rpo BE SOLD BY AUCTION , pursuant to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause of David Logan, plaintiff, and. John Stewart and others, defendants, wills the approbation of the Honourable the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, by Mr Samuel Turner Winstanley, at he Clarendon Rooms, South John-street, in Liverpool, ote WED NESDAY, the 17th day of December, 1856, at two o'clock in the afternoon, an eNtellaive and valuable„Veca of Freehold Building Land, adjoining Vauxhall -road, in Kirkilale, near Liverpool ; an several pieces of Building Land (copyhold of the manor of West Derby), In and near Saekville-street, Everton, near Liverpool ; and a Freehold Dwelling-house, in Black:kid-terrace, Kirkdale, and several Dsvelling"-houses (copyhold of the manor of West Derby), in Sackville-street, Everton. In 12 Lots Particulars and conditions of sala may he obtained gratis from Messrs. Lowndes, Bateson, and Lowrdes, solicitors, Brunswick-street, Liverpool ; Mr. T. K. Has sail, solicitor, Liverpool ; Messrs. Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, soli citors, 41, Bedford-row: London; and of the Auctioneer. And the premises may he seen on application to the tenants. Dated this 26th day of November, 1856. Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, of 41, Bedford-row, London, agents for Messrs. Lowndes, Bateson, and Lowndes, of Liverpool, plaintiff's solicitors. IMPORTANT TO EVERY MAN WHO KEEPS A MORSE, CON, SHEEP, OR PIG. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE. THE CHEAPEST AND BEST EVER YET INTRODUCED ! * Sold in Cases containing 448 Packages—each Package One Feed, at the cost of Three Half-pence each, equal to 563. per case. • Carriage pale to any ralway station. None are genuine without my signature— JOSEPH THORLEY, the Inventor, 115, High street, Hull Post-office Orders must be made payable as above. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., - itS A G R E YBy the Anthor of " AnneDysart," &c. " epe of the most charming books of the season, and worthy of the author's former w..rks. The characters are capitally drawn and con si.tently maintained, the scenes well conceived, and with all the volum:s possess a considerab'e quantity or--a rarity nowadays— common sense in the treatment of several social subjects and popu lar people."— John Bull. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. The SECOND PART is now ready, price 10s. 6cl , of BURKE'S HISTORY of the LANDED GENTRY of ENGLAND, "SCOTLAND, and IRELAND. To be completed in a single volume, uniform with "The Peerage," divided into 4 Parts, price Ills. 6d. each. Hurst and blackest, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. This day, Two vols., (cap. Bvo., 95., I HE MYRTLE and the HEATHER. A Tale, By A. M. GOODRICH. By the same Author, Two Vols., 95., GWEN ; or, The Cousins. London: John W. Parker and Son,'West Strand. This day, foolscap octavo, 4s. 61., DE CRESSY. A Tale. By the Author of "Dorothy." Also, Second Eirtion, foolscap octavo, 4s 6d., DOROTHY. London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. Next week, two volumes, post Bvo., T HE WEDDING GUESTS ; or, the Happiness of Life. By MARY C. R TIME, Author of " The Brides maid," " Count Stephen," and other Poems. London : John W. Parker and • Son, West Strand. POST OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY, 1657. Now Publishing, price 365.. nr with map on rollers, 21. 2s.—Kelly and CO., 18 to 21, Old Boswell-court, St. Clement's Strand, and all Booksellers. The Third Edition. Just rublighed, price 55., by post, free, 56. 6d ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRWEA, 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 ferns the German of Dr. PICKEORD. "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practl :al contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he Informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi sal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall toted any sther equally flagrant evil which it may b e in his power to cor rect.` Medical " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends, are mercilessly exposed; and if this book mold find its way into the hands or those who seft - wr from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would he saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of ass importance, though it is that which the Quacks most prize— much nioney......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhosa, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, cal Circular. likely to do much good."73ledi. London: H. , tal , ere, 219, Regent-street THE TRENOri GOVERNMENT AND THE PREFECTS. The following highly important circular has been addressed by M. Billault, the Minister of the Interior, to the prefects, which will shortly be made public : Paris, Nov. 20. Monsieur le P re f e t,—Decrees sulocadiog - municipal eoencils, and appliCations for their dissolution, are becoming every day more numerous. This exaggerated tenden c y i s not i n conform i ty e ith er w i t h th e s pirit of the la w o f M ay Governm en t . T he intention of the l aw was t o arm 5, 1855, or with the intentions of the the superior authority against proceedings which might be preju .icial to order, or which might trans gress tie l egal powers of the communal assem blies. It wa s w i t h a view to extraordinary cases of th i s kind that A r t. 1 3 was framed, Cowles under which Municipal may not only be su-pended or dissolved, but a y be repl ace d b y commissions whose powers may la.t till the next quinquennial election. But the greater Part i d . f e td, t o h un e cp ho d inn e g c t rheetehos the communal co oe mit imo suspension nunoaf l tihne ‘ t v ec h r i oe c su h tns Ic brought i rs r o e tu c oc e o. i h i v ) t e r o f o are o r . • ward by the mayors. ' The administration thinks fit to interfere in these differences,loeai too often improperly brings its authority to bear upon the con chan grow out of them'. I cannot too strongly re commend yo u, s i r, to l eave the utmost It'lt d to the g relating to the Municipal C ouncils i n everythina it e discus sion within th e li m it s o f th e law ofpurely communal 'n t,,:re,ts. If th ese assem bl ies give abad or unintelligent - solution to the aff a i rs b roug ht before them, the rn ula tient will know to w h om the responsibility is to l be P im• r uted• A bad local decision is less 'mischievous than a system which lends' to impose universally the action of central authority in matters not involving any general interest to require its interference. Administrators allow themselves too easily to be led away by the desire of cruhing all inconvenient resistance instead of using their personal influence, and encouraging that public opinion, which, in the long run, is never blind to its own true interests. I h ave often regretted to observe this tendency to se e i n au th or ity nothing but its rigorous exigencies, and to forget that the best way to serve the Emperor's govern ment is to make it loved. I a m most anxious, M. le Prefet, that all the local administrations should return to the path which h a s been invariably traced for them by my instructions and those of my predecessors. Th e mana ge ment of public affairs is always beset with difficulties. Your mission as an administrator consists principally in smoothing difficulties, without friction, and . with a courteous moderation. .1 recommend you then, • • any Municipal Council, expressly, not to suspend and not to a ddress to rue any req uisit ion for the dis solution of any Municipal Council, unless you f ee l tho roughly convinced that reasons of public order imp era - tively call for one or the other of those measures, and unless you are at the same time able to assure me that you have Personally done all in your power to avoid the necessity o f resort i ng to such a harsh course. I further remind you that in either case, the reports Which you will address to me must be accompanied with documents, showing the grounds for your reports, and particularly by y the reports of the sub-prefects of all ar rondissements, other than the principal arrondissement of your de partment.--R eceive, Monsieur le Prefet, &c., BILLAULT. No Moan GEETN A GREEN M A RRIAGES.- - At the end of the present month Gretna-grecu marriages and border marriages will be prevented. By an act of last session, it is provided that after the 31st of December no irregular marriage contracts in Scotland by declaration, acknowledgment, or ceremony, shall be valid unless one of the parties had at the date thereof his or her usual place of residence there, or had lived in Scotland for 21 days next preceding such marriage. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—THE WEEKLY NEWS, PRICE 2D. —ON THE CAUSE AND CURABILITY OF CONEUMPTION.— Every family in the kingdom is equally concerned with t he cen9umpti . ve invalid in the perusal of the interesting Lect9l% . , ii :..d by Br. DCfliJ CriAlin, of 3 5 ) Bruton-street, B ' kel q -s q u are, on the success of Anaspasia, or Traction, in the cure of this distressing malady ; continued in the Weekly News this week, Dec. 13, 1856.— Weekly News office, 6, Hind-court and Wine Office.court. TO THE EDITOR OF .THE SUN. klllt,—May I request the favour of your insertion of tha accompanying letter which I have addressed to the 'limes ?--Obediently yours, F. HENRY F. BERKELEY. Vieoria-square, Dec. 11, 1856. TO THE EDITOR . OF THE TIMES. Victoria-square, Dec. 10 b 1856. Sir,—Aithough I cannot admit the force of your reason ing, nor the fairness of your dealing with -the question of the ballot, yet I admit your courtesy, and the spirit of fair play which you have always manifested in affording inser. tion to those letters which I have had the honour to ad. dress to you on the subject. •I venture therefore to request the insertion of a few remarks oa your leading article of the Times of this day. When I read your gloviiug eulogium on publicity and its essentiality to freedom, I expected to see the writer's name signed to the article, but in that I was disappointed. • I will not iterate the reply which I gave a fow 61.ys since to yqur assertion that the nature of the English people is adverse to - Secret voting. • I proved to you that.in England secret voting is the role, open voting the exception. L can not deal with the bald and bald assertion, " Let the Ballot Society talk • as they please; the people will have 'none of it." The Times, with its vast influence, may, and too often does, rely On it; piestige, and asserts this or that, knowing that its sic vole passes current with the generality of readers, where argument Would be expected from an individual who has not the advantage of thundering forth opinions in the first person'plural from's() distinguished an editarial ballot box as that of the Times. r I give'tho Times all this advan tage with the unthinking portion of its numerous readers, and shall 'Content bayselr with endeavouring to prove to those who take the trouble to think that the article to which I have referred is a string of weak fallacies. What but a fallacy is your 'first assertion—" The ballot is one bf those panaceas which has survived the evils it was meant to cure ?" . Has the ballot, then, survived corruption, intimidation, and the general malversation of the elective franchise ? Are the sales of boroughs at an end, and have the landowners ceased to compel,the votes of their i.enants under, pain of ejection ? Are trAdesmen less under the political dominion of the Court and aristocracy than they have been proved to be ? To this there can be but one answer. Everybe.ly has admitted the last general election to have, if possible, exceeded in atrocity those that pre ceded it. Ido not know whether you keep a file of your paper; if you do, you will find in your leaders of 1852 and 13,i4 proof sufficient that the evils which we say the ballot can remedy flourish as the green bay tree. That is soy reply. You say that constituencies from mare habit require a pledge to support the ballot as a proof of liberal politics. Does not this show that they still regard that support as the test of liberal opinions ? Again, " Let the Ballot Society talk as they please, the country wilt have none of it ; the feelings as well as the reason of the nation are all on the side of public voting." If this be so, how was it that in the Greenwich meeting—a meeting publicly con vened, composed of all classes, and numbering between 1,000 and 1,100 persons, to which every man had a right to go, and when there express his mind, and where the ballot was opposed, its opponents were beaten by a ma jority of between 800 and 900? As to its being impossible, as you say, "to get up any enthusiasm for the ballot," our experience shows that the ballot is the one question which is the most popular question in every constituency. I next find the following assertion. - You say that you " take the liberty of ranking the ballot with those contriv ances on which despotism mainly relies." You appear to me to take a great liberty with your readers in supposing them so devoid of sense as to swallow such a dose of " flap doodle;" why it is the very essence of the stuff on "which they feed fools." The balloteid est protection to the elector in giving his honest and unbiassed vote, his own opinion, at the polling-booths, is thus twisted by you into the sup pression of the effects of public opinion, and into the destruction of free dismission. Exactly the 'reverse. 'Of what use is discussion or the effect of public opinion on the minds of men incapacitated to carry out the fruits of argu ment at the hour of election? You may give your opinions, you may lay clown the virtues of certain measures on the platform, but all your eloquence, all your truthfulness, is thrown away, since the elector cannot apply your facts and arguments to his own conscience, but is compelled to take his version of them from others. Ai, present open discussion is rendered nugatory, and the effects of public opinion lost upon a frightfully large proportion of the electoral body, entirely through want of protection in giving their votes, and by their being subjected to the ordeal of open voting. Give these electors secrecy, you destroy that entirely English invention, the election screw, and you give a fair chance to the effects of argument. At present all those who dare argue a political question dare vote for whom they please. How would the ballot then repress discussion? On the contrary, protection at the polling booths would encourage men to endeavour, by reason, to make that impression on the electors of this country, which if wade under the system ofeopeu voting is made in vain. What effect could the ablest article that ever appeared in the ri1468 make upon the votes of the 500 tenants of my Lord So-and-So? It would be waste paper ; the steward might put it into the hands of each of the tenant electors, order them to vote in its teeth, and be certain of obedience. What effect might not such an article produce on the minds and votes of such a tenantry simply by affording to the elector that same principle of protection upon which the very existence of the Times itself depends ? In short, if you have not the mechanical agency to pro tect the elector, as things are in England, all your boasted moral and intellectual agency becomes as great a farce as that of telling the tenants of my Lord So-and-So, the tradesmen of Sir Th omas T ' othertbing, or the operatives in her AiNesty's dockyards, that they are free and independent electors. Your appeals hitherto to America for the failure of the ballot have been very unfortunate; as little reliance is to be placed on your anti-ballot correspondents as on the celebrated letters on "Railways and Revolvers in Georgia." At first, ready to seize upon anything and hurl it at the ballot box without reflecting upon the chance of its breaking your own windows, you told us that it was a failure because it was evidently obnoxious to the pro slavery party, and they had tampered with it and attacked it by brute force. Now you talk of despots being in favour of the ballot ; will yen enlighten us as to whether it was the despots in America who attempted to tphuatt institution?the ballot Thater wasin: theinquiry is a littlesp o despots whoawkward, d defended that have dropped that phase Of the sub j ect. America, how ever, must be cptoted, so you refer to the last presidential election. Because it was easy, from the results of state elections, tojudee which way the contest for the president ship would go, you conclude that the ballot cannot, and does not, conceal the votes of individual electors. Well, then, if the btllot be not capable of secrecy, away goes your argument vhich I have just answered; but the bal lot is capable of secrecy where secrecy is necessary. Inti midation does exist in America, and is a growing evil; and although a vast proportion of the population have no need to, and do not, conceal th e i r vo t es , so th a t a calculation can be easily made of the result of an election, yet the power exists in New England States to maintain inviol able secrecy, aid no free institution is more cherished and less likely to be parted with throughout all the states peopled by our Anglo-Saxon cousins than the vote by ballot. In making ill a present of Belgium and Holland you mako us a valued° gift. I gave you in a former letter the evidence of a cistinguished Belgian. Allow me now to give you that o' a resident in Holland The law of secret voting ha 3 secured to every elector, however depen dent he may be,the means of rendering himself entirely free froth the hfluence of any one in the exercise of his right of voting." Signor Valerio, one of the most distin guished members of the Sardinian Chamber of Deputies, says :—" The lays established (i. c., the ballot) have been found to preserve the independence of the electoral body, and it never ente's into the head of any one here to require open voting. It is certain that if that system of open voting was estabished the independent members would be excluded fron our Parliament, and all the elections would as certainty result in favour of the candidates put forward by the Government, the bishops, and the clergy." To borrow yourown words, " We are fortunate enough to be thoroughly acquainted with au Anglo-Saxon com munity possessed o' the inviolable safeguard and protection of the ballot." The first election of the Legislature of Vic toria has just takeoplace under the ballot. A correspondent of the Manchester.Zxanzinersays The ballot effectually prevented bribery, c orrup ti on, intimidation, treating, and all unnecessary exc tement and excess, and it saves a candi date from those ruhous expenses to which he is subjected under the old systen." The .31e/bourne Herald says—" The Government has received its death-blow, not by the iron hand of a fierce denocracy, but by the secret vote of that privileged class which was created for the avowed purpose of serving as a barrier against popular extravagance." The Melbourne A-gus says —" We point with a f ee li ng of pride and gratificstion to the quietand orderly circum stances under which, thanks to the ballot and good sense of the community, the elections have been conducted. While the admirable working of the ballot is an occasion of pride and satisfacdon to ourselves, its successful opera tion in these colonies will be watched with interest by all the friends of progrcus iu Great Britain ; and it i., not nn reasonable to supposs that the adoption of the principle of cecret'voting (so perseveringly and strenuously contended for by politicians of 'Ate most advanced views in the British House of Commas) will be very materially accelerates by the arguments which will be deduCed in its favour from the unequivocal success of the experiment in Victoria." In conclusion, I am not in despair that one fine morning I shall read in your leading article "that . the Ballot Society is a great fact," and that you will give your powerful aid to the great cause of " free and protected voting."—l am, sir, yours obediently, F. HENRY F. BERKELEY. - - TILL SLAVE MADE IN NEW 'YORK. (Front the Journal of Commerce.), We learn upon inquiry of the United States' Deputy Marshals that the fitting out of slavers from this port continuer , . In fact, this business was never prosecuted with greater energy than at ,present. The occasion a l interposition of the legal authorities exercises no appa rent influence for its. suppression. It is seldomtlat one or • enore vessels cannot be designated at the wharves, respecting which there is evidence that she either is or has been concerned in the traffie ; anti' within tha last nine months there alleged slave eases, of the charagter referred to have been before our courte, resulting, in one instance, in confiscation. That such is the fact 'is not surprising, when it is considered that a vessel must be procured in the United 'States in order to secure the' protection of the United 'States'-flag, which prohibits the right of search, and that New - York, as affording the best 'facilities for fitting out slave ships with ihe least liability, of detection, 'necessarily becomeathe centre of operations. Add to, this the strong appeal ,which this traffic presents to man's cupidity and the ease with which the law is evaded. That a large illegitimate trade with the coast of Africa is carried on from this port is very evident, for thUnuniber of.vessels annually fitted out here is aitegether dispro portioned to the amount of- imports aid exports, aed quite 'sufficient to do the whole butiaese44 . the country A] that Aloft:Oen. The manner of eonducting this trade has undergone some change within a few months, which it is well to observe. Parties in Cuba, desirous of fitting out a slaver have uo difficulty in proceringagents in this city, through certain commercial housee, to negotiate for the charger of such a craft as may be deemed suitable for an African voyage. They come here with the requisite amount of funds, and readily effect a charter, with a proviso that the, vessel may be purchased, it de-ired, when she arrives at her destination. Through the potent influence of said funds, it becomes the interest of all con cerned—even to the sailaiaker, caulker, shipwright, and joiner —to say no more about the matter than is neces sary, and as regards the cargo, Judge Bette has rued that its character, as ordinarily made up, can afford no evidence justifying the vessel's detention. The vessel thereforedeparts with the United States' flag at her peak, and a proper person on board provided with blank paper the powers of attorney, &a, so that if an arrangement can be effected for procuring a carp of negroes the vessel is sold at a large profit, and her late owners in New York are no longer responsible for her proceedings. Her flag will protect her from interference by foreign cruisers, and our own are not so numerous but that they can commonly be avoided. The vessel is then run to Cuba, the cargo discharged, and the vessel burnt. Humanity has been outraged, but a princely fortune has been acquired. The question is renewed with still more earnestness, " Can the fitting out of slavers here be prevented ?" There are officers in the employ of the Government noted for their sagacity and long experience in connec• tion with this subject, who answer that it can, by so amendine the law relating to the shipment of crews that vessels engaged in the African trade' shall take none but Americans. Though such a law might seem unjustly oppressive upon that branch of commerce the exigency of the crier, may afford a suflicieet justi fication ; and in fitting out in the manner proposed the ' 25 or 30 small vessels legitimately employed in this trade no insuperable difficulty can be. presented. It is argued that African slave 'traders invariably take fo reign crews, mostly Portuguese —men who are not likely to be troubled with conscientious scruples and whose manner of life ren d ers them difficult to find, whether wanted as criminals to disclose their participation in any of these transactions. Americans, and thole of other nationalities, could not easily be induced to engage in slave trading, except under false representations, and their deceivers would be liable to suffer for their teme rity before a tribunal of justice. Crews for s avers are not procured in the ordinary way, but picked up as opportunity may offer. There is a man in the Fourth Ward who is reported to be an extensive shipper of crews for the American coast ' • and another, a shoe maker by trade, who does much of the same kind o business. It is represented that no difficulty could arise in determining either the nationality of a man or the destination of a vessel ; that the plan now proposed is eminently practicable ; and that its adop• tion would necessarily be followed by a suppression of the evils so rapidly increasing and so loudly demanding a remedy. THE DOUBLE MURDER IV THE WEST !?IDING. Although the police have been incessantly engagei since Friday last in endeavouring to trace the person or persons by whom the foul murder of Mr. and Mrs. White, of Bolton-on-Dearne, was committed on the night of the 4th inst., up to yesterday (Thursday) no clue to the solution of the mystery in which the affair is in volved had been obtained. As the investigation pro ceeds, however, it becomes more doubtful whether the deed was committed from motives of plunder. It has not yet been ascertained that anything was taken from the house. The desk on the open shop counter had evidently not been searched, the lid being found propped up, and a calomel powder upon it ; while the contents, consisting of a cashbook, small tin box, canvas purse, and other articles, were all laid neatly and straight. The shop till was empty, but it is, known that the de ceased had not kept any cash in it since it was robned, about two winters ago, and the young man who o')- tained change for a sovereign from Mr. White at eight o'clock on the night of the murder saw him take the silver from a purse in his trcusers' pocket, and saw him put the sovereign into that purse. In the bed• room over the shop was a chest of drawers, the bottom one of which was open, and a few articles of wearing apparel were placed on the top ; but on the day of the murder Mrs. White had had a woman to wash, and had therefore probably removed the things from the drawer herself, for it is hardly likely that a thief in search of money would have tried that drawer in pre ference to the others, none of which bad bean disturbed. In the same room there is a cupboard, the door 'of which was found ajar, and in it an empty portene nnaie, but nothing was disarranged, and the purse was closed and clasped as it might have been left by the deceased himself. In the other two bedrooms nothing what everloerpart t was one o af the larg shope was f o u n d di sp l ace d cr d i sordered. There were no footm ar k s on the stairs or in the bedrooms, al though w thereof quantity oouo te r s o .m f White t i d e about the mu r d ere d couple, and traces of gore on the had in his trousers' pocket a purse containing 1/. 165., which the murderer did not take. The inference from these facts is, either that the object of the assassin was not plunder, or that he was prevented from accomplish ing his purpose. The barking of the deceased's little dog which some of the ne i g hb ours h eard at about the tim e the murders are believed to have been committed, might have compelled the assassin to beat a hasty retreat be fore he could rdle the house, although a man who had murdered two people for the sake of booty wou'd scarcely be deterred by any trifling impediment from completing his object. On the other hnd, the very extensive inju ries inflicted on the heads of both the deceased seem to indicate that the person who caused those frightful wounds intended to do something more than merely stun the old people while he robbed them. If his intention was to murder them outright, he could not have adopted a more certain method of despatching them. Both Mr. and Mrs. White were so generally respected in the village and neighbourhood that nobody in the place would be suspected of entertaining any malignant feelings towards them, much less such a diabolical spirit of revenge as to prompt their deliberate and cold-blooded murder. It is much to be regretted that, owing to the ignorance of the persons who took possession of the deceased's house on the discovery of the murder, the officers of justice have been baffled and impeded in their investigations into this shocking tragedy. People were allowed to go in and out of the house indiscriminately, trampling the blood into the village in all directions. The bodies were removed from the places where they were found, and the blood washed out before either the coroner's jury or the police had had an opportunity of in specting the place. At the inquest these proceedings were severely censured by the coroner, who said all con stables ought to understand that it was their duty in cases of this description to prevent the least disturbance of the bodies of persons supposed to be murdered, ex cept when they were found out of doors, when they must be taken to the nearest place where they could re main until after the inquest. In the present instance he bad been quite shocked to hear that the house had been made a sort of peepshow of. Mr. T. Badger, county coroner, has communicated with Sir George Grey, the Secretary of State, and received from him authority to offer, on behalf of her Majesty's Government, a reward of 1001. (in addition to any local reward) for such infor mation as shall lead to the conviction of the murderers. A MIME TO GENIUS.—One of the Most popular political writers twenty years ago, hating fallen upon evil days, has been presented by a literary nobleman gem is to be and, in with a magnificent Chatelaine, valued at 4001, and manufactured converted tot the ey bast Huntand advantageß os k fo e lr t h e l.The acceptor, order to achieve this object, the management has been mue'and the article is ex hibi te d b y High-street, Whitech ape i . given b y r Syi , c k B el , 2 this l‘ the week by thou lwaepl.rikEnoTwunsseAxuhDib'istioEnXHhiaßsubieoerrn.—rDouvcrdinedg sands of visitors, partly in consequence of th e A nnua l C,ttle Show, and the great popularity it has achi e ved by the life-like appearance of the figures represented. We understand many interesting subjects are in pro gress for the visitors during the approaching Christmas holidarif This gallan veteran, co l one l o f the 55th Foot, died in Paris on Sunday. He was uncle of the Earl of Carrick, but is better known as the father of three heroes who fell in their country's service within a space of six months. The Hon, Henry Butler entered the army as ensign in the 27th, in 1800 ; be became a lieutenant in the same year; captain, May, 1804; major, May, 1811; lie.utenant-colonel, July, 1816 ; colonel and major-gese ref, • Jaeuery, 1837; lieut. Dent-general, June, 1854. He was colonel of the 55th in 1855, being transferred to it frqm the 94th. He served With the Portuguese army in 1810:and 1811, was wounded at'Briseco, and received the Peninsular ,with two clasps for Egypt : and Busaco. .On, the 6th January, 1812, he married Jane, daughter of Clot worthy Gowan, Esq., by, whom, who. died in 1836, he had issue four sons, one only pf.w . hom (Pierce, in holy orders) survives 'him. His eldest son, Henry Thomas, captain 55th Foot, barn in 1813, w, deputy assistant adjutant -general in the CFirneau expedition, and was killed at 'bitumen, IsToveinber 5, 1854, aged 41. His second son, Charles George, captain' in the, 86th Poet, was born in 1823, and.died in, I n di a , Decern btr, 1854, aged 31. His fourth son, James Armar, captain m the Ceylon Rifles, was born iii 1827, was the' hero of Silistria, but did not live to receive the honours. which 'awaited his. colleague,. Lient: (now Major) Na. myth in England, for the gallant and successful defence' of that fortress. He died from fatigue:and sickness in Jai v, 1854, aged 27. .., - Gen. Butler married again in 1840, and leaves one son, aged 14,:and a daughter - to mourn his loss. - • REPRESENYATION OF GREENSYR:III _ . ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE ELECTORS. , Last sivening, an ealjournel meeting of ' , the Liberat elector:4 of this borough was held at the Mitre Tavern, Greenwich, for the purpose of adopting measures to se. cure the return of a Liberal candidate: At the time ap pointed (seven o'clock) only four electors were present, but ultimately these were increased to 24, the number who constituted the meeting. The chair was occupied by A. R. Bristow, Esq., who commenced the proceed ings by reading a letter which he had forwarded in reply to the communication of Admiral Sir J. W. D. Dundas, decliring to become a candidate. In reply to questions, the chairman then observed that no candidate was at present in the field, which might be attributed to the tact, that some time must necessarily elapse before an election could take place. He should be happy to hear any opinion or suggestion, but his oe-n idea was, that it would be better to adjourn the meeting until after Christmas, as the paucity of attendance proved that at present there was not much excitement on the subject. Mr. LEWIS DAVIS, of Woolwich, said the electors of that town were perfectly quiet, and did not know where to look for a candidate. (Laughter.) Dr. MOORE, sof Blackheath, observed he was certainly surprised the electors had not looked 'out a candidate. There were plenty of gentlemen who would come for ward, if solicited. He knew that Colonel Sleigh, an officer of reputation, and every way fitted to represent the borough, would, if invited, declare himself a candi date. (Cries of "He won't do.") Mr. LAING, in reference to the ballot-meeting held on the previous Monday evening, said he thought that the gentlemen who attended from London hit the Greenwich constituency rather too hard. They were bad enough, but not quite so ,bad as they were painted at that meeting. It was ultimately resolved to adjourn the meeting until the first Tuesday evening in the ensuing year; and, after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOTV. The attendance yesterday at the cattle-show is sail to have been greater than on any previous single day since the establishment of the club. The adjouined meeting of members of the club took place at two o'clock, the Duke of Richmond presiding. The recommendations mooted at the annual meeting on Tuesday for the improvement of the club, by increasing the prizes, &c., were unanimously adopted, and the amount to be hereafter awarded will bo increased from 8501., the present limit, to 1,2001. Important additions have been made to the money prizes in the Devon, Here ford, and short-horn classes; and distinct prizes will in future be offered for Sussex cattle, Norfolk and Suffolk polled animals, long-horned Loicesters,• Scotch horned cattle, Scotch polled cattle, and Irish breeds. In the sheep classes the prizes aro very much increased for cross or mixed breeds. Long-wools not Leicesters, and short wools not South Downs, will hereafter receive an amount of encouragement hitherto only bestowed on thoroughbred animals. The pigs obtain their share of advantage, another class having been added to those already existing. Thsre will in future be four classCs, irrespective of breeds ; the first of pigs not exceeding four mouths old; the second above four and not exceeding eight; the third above eight and not exceeding 12; the fourth above 12 and under 18 months old. The sale of stock sincethe first day has progressed slowly, possibly in some measure owing to the extremely unfavour able weather for the butchers; but it is believed that the prospect of the great agricultural show in Paris, in April next, may have induced many of the feeders to hold out for prices which, under other circumstances, would not have been dreamt of. In point of fact, the sales of prize animals since the cpeniug day have been scarcely worth mentioning. 'the close of the exhibition to-day will pro liably present a different state of things. Among the business transacted at the adjourned meet ing to-day was the leasing of the show for a renewed term of five years to Mr. Boulnois, the proprietor of the Bazaar, at an increased rental of 200 L per annum. MORE FORGERIES. We regret to be called upon to record another addition to the list of share frauds. Forgeries have been disco vered amongst the certificates of scrip sent in for registra tion to the offices of the Oriental Gas Company. Up to the present time it appears that only five spurious dom. ment3, purporting to represent fifty shares each, have been detected. It is usually found, however, that parties who embark in a'career of crime of this description carry on their nefarious practices to no petty extent; and the share holders will naturally be very anxious to, learn the farther results that may attend the investigation which is now being made. Fortunately, the shares of this company are only of it. each, fully paid up. The interests of holders whose property is represented merely by scrip are pecu liarly subject to danger from forgery. It is true that in the case of the Great Northern Railway Company all the safeguards by which inscribed stock is hedged in have proved utterly futile ; but most persons impute this result to the glaring inefficiency of the system of audit. When we find thateven the fact of a company being made to pay dividends upon a larger amount of capital than has been issued is insufficient to awakenthe vigilance of its officials, there is indeed ground for argument against the entire ex isting system—as worthless, and calculated only to encou rage a delusive feeling of confidence. It is to be hoped that this important matter will be kept in constant agita tion until the means of securing a larger measure of secu rity shall have been attained, and that fresh frauds will not be required to stimulate the attention of the numerous parties interested.—Daily News. FRIGHTFUL OCCURREIVOg AT THE ENTRANCE OF TEE LONDON DOCKS. Yesterday (Thursday) morning, shortly after eight o'clock, a frightful accident occurred at the entrance of the London Docks to a man named Edward Walker, aged 40 3 cars, under the following disastrous circumstances : It appears that the unfortunate man was a labourer, and it is usual for a great number of men to be waiting outside the gates every morning for employment in the warehouses and other parts of the vast establishment. About the time above-named there was a crowd of labourers as sembled in expectation of work just as a heavily-laden waggon passed into the Docks, when Walker made an at tempt to enter before the vehicle, and in his haste to do so he was crushed most fearfully between a lamp-post and the hind off-wheel of the waggon, and before the horses could possibly be stopped be received frightful injuries. His screams for help wore distressing to hear, and when released he fell to the ground in a mutilated and insensible condition. He was carried immediately into the surgery of Dr. English, of Upper East Smithfield, where the poor fellow was examined, and found to have been completely scalped—the whole of the flesh and integuments of the right side of the head were likewise torn away, and the skull bone was fractured. The right shoulder bone was dislocated, and there were also other external injuries. After Dr. English had rendered temporary assistance, the injured man was placed on a stretcher and removed by four police-constables of the H division, to the accident ward of the London Hospital, where Mr. Robt. Debenham, the house-surgeon, and the whole medical staff, rendered prompt aid ; but the injuries sustained by Walker were so serious that very faint hopes were given of his surviv ing the accident many hours. Last evening he was in a low and dangerous condition. ATROCIOUS CRUELTY. - At the Petty Sessions held on the 9th inst., at Wednesbury, Messrs. Bagnell and Walker being on the bench, George Paddock, a youth of 17, lately in the employ of the South Staffordshire Railway Company, was charged at the instance of Mr. Wrnyss, Superintendent of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with the folloe.inz case of atrocious cruelty to a dog. From the evidence it appeared that on the 27th ult. a Skye terrier was in the goods shed of the Great Bridge station of the above railway, when the defendant, with the assistance of another young man, named Kenyon, also in the employ of the same railway, but not yet in custody, having procured a quantity of turpentine, they completely im mersed the dog with it, and having surrounded the animal with straw, they set fire to it. The dog was literally roasted to death, giving utterance to the most excruciating cries, the limbs dropping from the body. The two offenders were immediately dismissed from the service of the company, when they absconded, but Pad dock was eubsequently apprehended. In defence he stated that he merely intended to scorch the dog, but the magistrates considered the charge completely made out by the evidence for the prosecution, and most pro- perly !inflicted the utmost penalty—viz., three months' imprisonment with hard labour, accompanying their sentence with tee tno-t ineiguaet expression of their disgust at the revolting act of barbarity. Mr. Wemys applied for a warrant against the accomplice, which was immediately granted, and ho will doubtless be also soon brought to justice° HILARY TERM, 1857. The Council of Legal Education have approved the fol lowing rules for the public examination of the students. The attention of the students is requested to the follow ing rules of the Inns of Court "As an inducement to students to propose themselves for examination, studentships shall be founded of 50 guineas per annum each, to continue for a period of three years, and one such studentship shall be conferred on the most distinguished student at each public examination ; and further, the examiners shall select and certify the names three other 'students who shall have passed the next be examinations ; and the Inns of Court to which suet s‘dents belong, may, if desired, dispense with any terms, not exceeding two, that may remain to be kept by such students previously to their being called to the bar. Provided that the examiners shall not be obliged to confer or grant any studentship or certificate unless they shall he of opinion that the examination of the students they select has been such as entitles them thereto. " At every call to the bar those students who have passed a public examination, and either obtained a studentship or a certificate of honour, shall take rank in seniority over all other students who shall be called on the same day. "No student shall be eligible to be called to the bar whe shall not either have attended during one whole year the lectures of two of the readers, or have satisfactorily passed a public examination." RULES FOR THE PUBLIC EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR HONOURS, OR CERTIFICATES ENTITLING STU. DENTS TO BE CALLED TO THE BAR. Ate examination will be held in next Hilary Term, to which a student.of any of the Inns of Court who is desir ous of becoming a candidate for a studentship or honours, or of obtaining a certificate of fitness for being called to the bat, will be admissible; Each student proposing to submit himself for examina tion will be required to enter his name at The Treasurer's office of the Inn of Court to which he belongs, on or before ThpradY, the . lst dkty,qf Japuary next, and he willfurther bOtequired state writing whether his objta inraer. ing himself for examination is to compete for a student ship or other honourable distinction?; or whether he is merely desirous of obtaining a certificate preliminary to a call to the bar. The examination will commence on Thursday, the Bth day of January next, and will be continued on the Friday and Satu:day following. It will take p 1 ice i a the Benchers' Reading-room of Lin coln's-inn ; and the doers will be closed 10 minutes after the time appointed for the commencement of the examina tion. The examination by printed questions will be conducted in the following order : Thursday morning, the Bth January, at half-past 9, on Constitutional Law and Legal History; in the afternoon, at half-past 1, on Equity. Friday morning, the 9th January, at half-past 9, on Common Law; in the afternoon, at half-past 1, on the Law of Real Property, &e. Saturday morning, the 10th January, at half-past 9, on Jurisprudence and the Civil Law ; in the afternoon, at half-past 1, a paper will be given to the students, includ ing questions bearing upon all the foregoing subjects of examination. The oral examination will b e con d uc t e d i n th e same order, during the same hours, and on the same subjects, as those already marked out for the examination by printed questions, except that on Saturday afternoon there will be no oral exanNation. The oral examination of each student will be conducted apart from the other studouts, and the character of that examination will vary according as the student is a candi date for honours or a studentship, or desires simply to obtain a certificate. The oral examination and printed questions will be founded on the books below mentioned ; regard being had, however, to the particular object with a view to which the student presents himself for examination. In determieing the question whether a student has passed the examination in such a manner as to entitle him to be called to the bar, the examiners will principally have regard to the general knowledge of law and jurisprudence which he has displayed. A student may present himself at any number of exami nations until he shall have obtained a certificate. Any student who shall obtain a certificate may present himself a second time for examination as a candidate for the studentship, but only at one of the three examinations immediately succeeding that at which he shall have ob tained such certificate ; provided that if any student so presenting himself shall not succeed in obtaining the stu dentship, his name shall not appear in the list. Students who have kept more than 11 terms shall not be admitted to an examination for the studentship. The Reader on Constitutional Law and Legal History proposes to examine on the following subjects : He will expect th candidates for honours in the ensuing examination to be thoroughly acquainted with the chapters in " Hallam's Constitutional History," which treats of the reigns of Elizabeth, of Charles 1., of Charles 11., of James IL, and of Will am 111. He will expect them to be acquainted with the history of the law of treason, and the law relating to the press, to the present time, and with the most important state trials and impeachments during the reigns mentioned above; and also with the State trials and impeachments during the reign of James I. lie will expect them to possess a general knowledge of the leading events in English history from the Conquest to the year 1782. Tue candidates for a pass will be required to answer general questions in English history, to be well acquainted with the history of the reigns of Elizabeth, of Charles 1., and Charles If. They will be required, also, to show a competent know ledge of the State Trials during the reign of Charles 11. and William 111. The Reader in Equity proposes to examine in the fol lowing books and subjects :- 1. "Smith's Manual of Equity Jurisprudence ; Mitford on the Pleadings iu the Court of Chancery." Introduc tion : chap. 1, see. 1 and 2 ; chap. 2, sec. 1 ; chap. 2, see. 2, part 1 (the first three pages) ; chap. 2, sec. 2, part 2 (the first two pages) ; chap. 2, sec. 2, part 3 ; chap. 3. The Act for the improvement of the Jurisdiction of Equity, the 15th and 16th of Victoria, chap. 86. 2. The cases and notes contained in the first volume of " White and Tudor's Leading Cases." "Spence's Equi table Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery." Part 11., book 1, chap. 1,2, and 3. Candidates for certificates of fitness to be called to the bar will be expected to be well acquainted with the books mentioned in the first of the above classes. Candidates for the studentship or honours will be ex amined in the books mentioned in the two classes. The Reader on the Law of Real Property proposes to examine in the following books and subjects :- 1. "Joshua Williams on Real Property;" the same author "On Personal Property ;" and " Hayes on the Common Law, Uses, and Trusts." 2. The Statute of Wills ; the Ist of Victoria, chap. 26, and the 15th and 16th of Victoria, chap. 24. 3. The Statutes Bth and 9th of Victoria, chap. 106. 4. The Mortmain Act, the 9th of George 11., chap 36 ; " Corbyn v. French," 4 Ves., 418 ; and the notes to that case in " Tudor's Leading Cases on Conveyancing," 408. 1% On Uses and Trusts ; " Chudleigh's case," 1 Co. 120 a; " Tyrreli's case," Dyer, 155 a ; and th e notes to those cases in " Tudor's Leading Cases on Conveyancing," 200, 251. Candidates for honours will be examined in all the fore going subjects, and candidates for a certificate in those under heads 1,2, and 3. The Reader on Jurisprudence and the Civil Law pro poses to examine candidates for honours in the following subjects :- 1. The Elements of the Roman Law of Contract, Quasi. Contract, and Delict ; to be collected from the third book of the " InstitutionesJuris RomaniPrivati" of Warnkonig. 2. The Modification of Rights and Duties, by Conditions and by Limitations of Time ; " Lindley's Introduction to the Study of Jurisprudence," page 78 to 98. 3. The Rules of Public and Private International Law which are derived from the Right of Independence attach ing to Sovereign States ; to be collected from " Wheaton's Elements of International Law," Part 11., chapter 2, or from the corresponding chapters in "Story's Conflict of Laws." Candidates for a certificate will be examined in 2. " Wheaton's Elements of International Law." Part 11., chapter 2. 1. " Sanders's Institutes of Justinian." Book 111., with the notes, and the first eleven titles of Book IV. The Reader on Common Law proposes to examine in the following subjects : Candidates for a certificate will be examined — As to the practice and course of procedure at a criminal trial, the jurisdiction of the Court of Quarter Sessions, and the law of homicide and simple larceny. In regard to these subjects should be consulted the statute sth and 6th of Victoria, chap. 38, sec. 1; and "Archbold, Criminal Pleadings" (by Welsby), under the titles "Indictment," " Larceny," and " Homicide." Candidates for a certificate will also be expected to answer— Elementary questions on the law of simple contracts and of torts remediable in tresspass and in case, and should be familiar with the provisions of the Statute Frauds, sec. secs. 3. 4 and 17, and the 19th and 20 th of Victoria, chap. 9 1 7 , Candidates for the studentship or honours will e exam ined in the above subjects, and likewise in the undermen. tioned cases :- 1. " Roscorla v. Thomas," 3 Q. 8., 234 ; " Emmons v. Elderton," 13 C. 8., 495 ; S. C., 4 Ho., L. Cas,, 624 ; " Langridge v. Levy," 4 M. an d W., 330 ; S. C., 2 Id. , 519; Brown v. Hallett," 5 C. 8., 599. 2. The law of bailments, as expounded in " Coggs v. Bernard," 1 Smith, L. C. 147, and the note thereto. 3. The law of evidence, so far as regards rules of ordi nary application at a civil or criminal trial (which may b e sufficiently collected from " Taylor on Evid.," 2 ed., part 2, chaps. 1-5, 7, 14, and 15). By order of the Council, RICHARD BETHELL, Chairman, Council•chamber, Lincoln's inn, Dec. 5. SUICIDE AT fiEtt.—An inquest was held at West Hartlepool, on Monday, on the body of Robert Burgess, aged 37, chief mate of . the large screw steamer Sardinian, Hubbard, master, of London. The steamer arrived at West Hartlepool from Hambu rg , w h ich port she left Cu Tuesday, since which day the deceased had kept below in his bed. He was a ffli cted with disease, and had abacdonen himself to dri n ki ng, at Hamburg, and also on the passage home. About 2 o'clock on Thursday morning the captain went below to examine his chart, when the deceased came to him from his bed, and said, with a smile on his face, that he thought he was mad. The captain advised him to return to bed, which he did, and at 6 o'clock the steward looked in to see how he was, when a horrid si g ht met his view. Seated in one corner of hi s cabin was the deceased, his back resting against th e l ocker, his right arm recl i ning upon it, with a razor t ig htl y grasped in his hand, i a bucket between his legs, an d two frightful gas h es n his throat. The first bad come upon the bone, b u t th e secon d h a d s evered n the wiudpip., and .:rit the throat fr ,, na ear to ear. 0 piece of paper f oun d i n hi s cap were written the "NVhrietreatdodmreyssdeisarnowtife.'' known The wife the f captain . res.d es . insanity." in The Lon juryd o wordy, "rite returned a verdict of "Temporary but LIVERPOOL, DEC. 11. The Royal Mail steamship America, Lang, cone, mender, which left Liverpool for Boston on Satur day with the usual mails, a large cargo, and 5g passengers, has put hue. - this morning, having received considerable damage in the heavy gale of Tuesday. Her starboard bulwark, from the fore castle to the paddlebox, has been carried away by a heavy sea, which appears to have broken over the forward saloon, reducing it to a mass of chips, and them to have swept the deck, tearing away the davits and two boats on the port side. The deck of the forward saloon was lifted up in several . places, and the water poured into the berths below, and into the engine -room and hold, in large quanti ties. The force with which the sea struck the ship may be imagined when it is stated that one of the forward pumps was wrenched partly from its posi tion, the strong bolts having started, while massive iron stanchions and steadying bars, severat inches in diameter, were snapped asunder. The boat swain's house was also stove in. One of the second cabin passengers states that about 10 minutes to 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning, when off Cape Clear, the ship, which was there going slowly ahead, was struck by a very heavy sea. He was at the time lying in a forward cabin berth, when he heard the water gushing through . the saloon deck and down the companion, and rushing forward. He thought at the time the vessel was sinking and gave himself up for lost. He left cabin and waded up to his middle in water towards the stairs. At the moment the vessel pitched, and imme diately he felt the water up to his armpits. The bulk of the passengers were sitting in the saloon at the time of the accident, and they must have been inevitably swept overboard had not the main mast staved up the wreck of the saloon (a house built on deck) and acted in some measure as a breakwater. They had reason, he said, to thank God that the ship was so strong, and that she was manned by such able officers. Captain Lang especially displayed the greatest intrepidity and coolness, and his orders were executed by his officers and man with promptitude and—without the least confusion. The vessel was immediately put about, and she arrived in the Mersey this morning without further accident. It is the im pression of some of the hands on board that if another such sea had struck her she must have gone down. The engine room was filled with water, but the uninjured pumps being got well to work it was kept under, although considerable difficulty was experienced in keeping the bilge from being choked by the splinters which were washed below. One of the passengers was in a closet forward at the time the sea struck the ship, and some of the displaced timber falling against the door almost blocked him in. He, however, succeeded with some difficulty in forcing his way out. Mr. Ferguson, chief engineer, and his staff dis played the most praiseworthy coolness in the hour of danger, remaining below when the water was pouring in with a force that might have terrified a less brave man. Their experience, however, enabled them to perceive that the water was all from above, and, that the ship was all right and taut. The shock stopped the engines for a moment, but they resumed working immediately. The officers and men with ()Teat difficulty closed up the rents in the saloon deck and elsewhere with spars and canvass, an operation attended with the greatest danger, as it continued to blow a hurri cane. The chief officer, Mr. Grace, while assisting in this perilous work, was nearly washed overboard. At the time the sea struck her some of the passen gers were playing at cards in the fore cabin ; and it is said that they immediately fell on their knees, imploring the Almighty to save them. When ex tricated they were covered with bruises. It is as serted that she America took 100 tons of water on hoard in the sea which struck her. O.i the vessel arriving in the river the passen gers presented an address , o Capt. Lang, bearing testimony to his presence of mind and seamanlike qualities during the trying moment. It is scarcely necessary to state that the America is a first-class steamer, with 1,800 tons register,-and 800-horse power. This is the first instance of any of the Cunard steamers being compelled to return to port through stress of weather. Tho wails and passengers, with their luggage, were land, d in the course of the day, and to-mor row (Friday) they will be despatched for their destination in the Royal Mail steamship Canada. The Europa sails o❑ Saturday with passengers and mails for New York. The following is the report of Lloyd's sur veyors : December 11. " We, the undersigned, being requested to survey and report the damage done to the steamship America, Lang, master, from being struck by heavy seas in a gale of wind when at sea on her late intended voyage hence to Halifax, &c., she having returned to repair damages, for the particulars of which see the master's protest, on, examination thi s d a y f oun d the hea'irails, boards, and part of the knees broken, the tore deck-house or saloon stove in, and all the internal arrangements broken or in jured, the deck side-houses, paddlebox, and part of the fl )atB broken, 13 top stanchions, are( 60 feet of the main and topgallant rail and bulwarks broken, and part of the starboard covering-board Fplit or injured, and top -iides partially strained ; part of the topgallant main rail and captain's cabin on starboard side aft injured ; four iron boat-davits and part of the topgallant and :train rail and bulwarks on the port side broken ; the after deck-house, or main saloon, partially injured, and windows broken ; the brass and iron stanchions and rails broken or bent and part lost ; 46 feet of the port main rail and bulwarks broken, the platform bridge broken, the fore-yard and fore-trysail mast broken, t , r, o boats and two swinging booms and gear reported to be lost ; the forward lower cabin seriously injured, the framing, panelling, staircase, and internal arrangements being broken or started, and the upholstery much damqfr, and other cabin stores injured ; the fore rigging par tially chafed and injured, and it was feared that part of the cargo forward might be damaged. We therefore recommended that the deck-houses, cabin furniture, and stores should be cleared away for the purpose of repairs and for further examination, and to give time to ascer tain if the vessel had received any injury on the bottom, although we believe she has not. " XV. ALEXANDER, } Surveyors for the Liverpool "W. C. MITCHELL, Underwriters' Association." ANOTHER DARING BURGLARY, WITH PERSONAL VIO LENCE.—On Tuesday morning another atrocious outrage was added to the long list which have rendered this die peril trict of the West Riding notorious during the past few other months. On the above morning the house of Mr. gy m , Bradley, a wealthy brewer, who resides at the Manor, a tinhiileevaezdaandhathlfeflriofemofShitegffield, ownerw a h s a e s n b t e er en ed pi b a y ced in by their violence. The circumstances are as follow ; in the The house is situated at some distance from any o in th ° e r r in h g er i :r i d rg a . habitation, and on one side is a large garden, overlookin g which is Bradley's bedroom. Three female servants live ,8 immediately got in the premises, but the men servants do not sleep B ho r u a s d e le . y ß , e w tw ho ee cr n a 2 s an n d u 3 rs o io 'c g lo h c e k r on io T va u l e i s d da m y , that room,She immediately were in the beforend be i‘ d i , r. an ß d ra r d a l n ey to go h t er up h , u b sb u a t communicated o u f ni f ea eo t t e s d tep h s er in s : p h i e cio h n o s use. and to him his clothes the door of the bedroom h ou ou t s o e f . and five men entered the room. 'they was broken open and were armed with life preservers all wore masks, One of the men threw himself and bludgeons. upon D Ts. Bradley, and a de-potato struggle ensued, in Whi • ch Mr. Bradley received a blow on the head with a • life preserver, which broke one of his fingers ; he was also stru c k w ith great vio fence on the head and shoulders. Mrs. Bradley, after several ineffectual attetllpts, in which she ran great per sonal risk, sei ze d her husband's arm, and . assisted him to extricate himself f men then presentedroua the his assailants. . One of Mr. Bradley, and a pistol at M : threatened to blow his brains out it he stirred to give an alarm. Two of the men remained on guard outbide the door, whilst the other 4, having found Mr. Bradley's keys, proceeded to ransack the house. They entered the bed room in which the servants were bleeping, nd o r d ered them to lie still in bed, or they wou ld mu t , d l er them. Mr. Bradley threw up the window of his room, with the intention of calling for assistance, but he was deterred by the threats of the men who were on guard in th e garden below, armed with life-preservers or bludgeons. After having thoroughly ransacked the hothe, the robbers decamped, taking plate and money the amount of 2601. Immediately atter their departure an alarm was given, and a surgeon was called in to at tend Mr. Bradley, whom he found suffering from great loss of blood. He is considered to be in a dangtrsns state. An examination of the premises showed that the thieves had broken a pane of glass in the window of the breakfast-room, slipped the hasp of the window, and broken open the shutters inside. THE POOR LAW BOARD AND THE HOLBORN UNION WORKHOUSE.—An intention on the part of the Poor Law Board has long been evinced for bringing about the removal of all pauper children into establishments separate and (distinct from workhouses, and thiwiths view view they have addressed a communication to the Bea? d of Guardians of th e Holborn Unio n , in which they call their attention to the extreme disadvantageous c.rclu stance s under which the boys and girls are retained— iint; Want the workhouse, and a t th e s ame time to the of a male vagrant ward, which leads to paupers of this placed in the recovery ward, in violation of class being the prori• si ons of article 9 9 of the general consolidated orders, and expressing a hope that the guardians • will lose no time in adopting such measures as may be calculated to put tie workhouse on a better footing i n mg these respects. The guardians are desirous of retainingchildren I the , the workhouse, but they are unable comply with l the suggestions of the Poor L aw Board, the erec tion of additional buildinee to the wor khouse, and the plans for these, M r . L . H. Isaacs has been directed architect, directed to • PI epare, but the lessees of the premises ad joining the workhouse and the trustees of Morton's Charity, who are the freeholders,object to the et* ere ion of the proposed additional buildings, on the ground that they will obstruct the light and air to the inhabitants of the neighboulisg houses. MBE w.#4,ai4Odjii 1 O LOVERS of FlSH.—Fifth Season. — *mine YARMOUTH B LOA TE These highly delicacies forwarded to all parts, on receipt of the amount, '" 4 er, in penny postage stamps, or Post-office order :- 100 prime 100 especially selected B5. 4d. tPackage included. 50 ditto 45 . 4 4 hill and plain directions, county, and nearest station. Ad , , <HOMAS LETTES, Jun., Fish Curer, Great Yarmouth. tNGLISB.MEN ! Will you have Fair 14 1 ,_ Play," and give your aid to th rt e put an 7 4 „:1Pulous monopoly; determined, if possible, down e,.. a Z.' to crush a company that , will give the Public Wh a t require, viz. :—" Better Omnibus accommodation and Volesome Competition?" ~each Omnibus rider would take, say only two or three they would have the management of the Omnibuses bkeiLt ttichPower which eir own contsays, When rol, and not be we th have all e subjects the ()rani of that " hi ro , t 1 ,n our own hands, we will carry out what we have pro trit •"—Maenamara and Co., at the Mansion - house. Which, belated, means, We will reduce the number of Omni- ! and increase the fares." 1 2A i ~‘_he Parisian Omnibus Oompanies pay their Shareholders 0 1 11: i rr cent, and 20,000/. a-y ea r to the Government for the 0• expend they enjoy, it will answer the purpo se of the L. a . .. expend any amount of money and use every means mat` u* competition and create a similar monop ol y in this ILL YOU PERMIT IT ? • Who would be free, himself must strike the blow."