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MEREWEIIIER. HYDE CLARKS . Secretary. 15, Angel-court, T hrogmorton-street, Nov. 13th, 1856. METR 0P 0 LITAN COTINTIth3 'and GENF:II.AL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent. street, Waterlm•place, London. Ca - iital, 100,0001. TRUSTE - VS. Rt.Un.Spacbill. B r alpole,M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., MP. Henry Petar Fuller, Esq. yangtttaris Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted all its bra iches. N.B. The beans declared at the last dlyiiion ot profits averaged 33 per cent, on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CASIROUX. Manager. PRINCE'S CLUB.--RACQUET and TENNIS COURTS, Trans place, Belgrave-square.—The Racquet Courts of this Club are now OPEN, comprising„ three _close and two oper, Courts. are requested to Gentlemen desirous of becoming members forward their names to the secretary tho club. By order. R. CLEMENTS, Secretary. IMPORTANT TO EVERY MAN WHO KEEPS A HORSE, COW, SHEEP, OR PIG. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE. Tax CHEAPEST A ND B EST EVER YET INTRODUCED Sold it, at the any rallway station. None are genuine without my signatare JOSEPH THORLEY, the Inventor, 115, High street, Hull. PpSt•otnee Orders must be made payable as above. C ()CMS's oCELEBRATED READING Boa SAUCE, whi c h i s so highly esteemed with Fish, Game. Steaks, lis, Grills, Gravies, Hot and Cold Meats, and unrivalled for gene ral use, is sold by nig most respectable deaterk it fish and sauces. • X. and C. Cocks, Beading, sole Manufacturers. FRIEND of the CLERGY CORPORATION, for allowing Pe ns i ons, not exceeding 411. per annum, to the _widows and Orphan unm arr i e d D aug k ters of Clergymen of the Established Church, and for affording temporary assistance to neces sitous Clergymen and their families, throughout England, Wales, and aud. _ The next ELECTION of PE N S IONE R S w i ll take place at the London Tavern, Blshopsgate-street, on TUESDAY, November 25th, 1 856, at 12 o'clock precisely; The Rev. JOSEPH BROWN, M.A., in the chair, The b alance of the Proceedings of the Corporation during the past Year, the -sheet, list of subscribers and pensioners, &c., may be had at the Offices, 4. St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square, where donations and subscriptions will be thankfully received, The Rev. JOSEPH BROWN, 51. A , 1 Hon. The Rev. JOHN EDMUND COX, M.A., P.S.A., j Secs. HENRY BRAMALL, Secretary. PIMLICO IMPRO VEMENTS. —Extension of Time for Compulsory Purchase. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is in tended to be made to Parliament, in the next session, for an Act to extend the time granted by " The Pimlico Improve ment Act, 1853" (public), for the compulsory purchase of lands, tenements, and hereditaments, authorised by the said Act, and also by the Act of the 15th and 16th Victoria, cap. 71; (publte),to be purchased or taken by the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, for the purposes of the said Acts, or either of them. D ated this seventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. By order of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works aid Public Buildings. JOHN GARDINER, Solicitor, Board of Works, &c., Whitehall-place, Westminster. PUBLIC OFFICES EXT ENSION,- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That ap plication is intended to be made to Parliament, in the next session, for an act to empower the Commissioners of her Ma jesty's Works and Public Buildings to pull down and remove certain houses and tenements, situate in Upper Crown-street, Crown -court, Lower Crown-street, Charles-street, Duke street, Upper Charles-street, Kiug-street, Whitehall, and Parl iament -street, in the parish of Saint Margaret, Westmins ter, in th e county of Middlesex ; and to appropriat e the sites of the said houses and tenements and a small portion of Saint James's-park, and all the ground described in the plan hereinafter referrod to, whether now used as streets, ways, yards, pleasure grounds, vacant ground, or otherwise, as a site or-sites•for the erection thereon of offices for the public service. Also to empower the said Commissioners to stop up any streets, ways, paths, or passages which now lead into, or pass upon, through, or over the site hereinbefore de scribed, or any part thereof; and in sue% act powers will be contained for the compulsory purchase of all such lands, tene ments, or hereditaments as may be necessary for carrying the purposes afores'aid into effect, and to vary or extinguish all rights and privileges in any manner connected with the lands, tenements, or hereditaments proposed to be taken for the Purposes aforesaid, And N otice is hereby further Given, that a duplicate plan and section, describing the situation of the houses and tette- Inents proposed to be pulled down and removed, with a book of reference thereto, containing the names of the owners, or d owners, lsespes' or reputed l essees, and occupiers of and tensuents, and al so a coPy of this noti ce, al P ub lbibed in the L on d on Gazette, will, on or before th e oth day of November instant, be deposited for public inspec tion with th e Clerk of the Peace for the county of Middlesex, sto his office, at th e Sessions House, Clerkenwell, in the said sitnty of Middl esex ; and with the Clerk of the Peace for the ...Y and liberty of Westminster, at his office, at the Sessions '°Wie. Clerkenwell aforesaid ; and that on or before the said 30th day of November instant, a copy of the said plan and .book of reference, and shie a copy of this notice as published In tbe L o , c / Gra ~,,' z . Clerk of the said parish of Saint M ette, will be deposited with the Parish his place'of ab o d e, argaret, Westminster, at h Dated t his sevcaith day of November, one thousand eight 11 1 - order undred „ a flitY .six. ofthe Co mm i ss i oners of her Majesty ' s Works and Public Buildings. JOHN GARDINER, Solicitor, Board f Yo r ks , dze., Whitehall-place, Westminster. ...............______ L . PROSPECTUS of the NEXT TION for ADMISSION to the ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY at Woolwich. N.B. No more direct appointments will be made to Provi sional Commissions in the Royal Artillery. An Examination for the admission of Cadets to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich month of Ju ne, 185 7. will be held in Lo n d on i n the Provided a sufficient number are found competent must admissions will be made to that In candidates be between the ages of 17 and 20 years. Those, however ho have not exceeded 20 years of age on the lst Jan. next' 'T will not be considered disqualified. The successful candidates will remain under instruction until they are sufficiently advanced in scientific knowledge to pass a satisfactory examination, and they will then receive commissions in the Royal Artil will be required to lery or Royal Engineers. They pay a SUM of 22/. 10s. on admission, to cover the expens e of urm, b ooks, dte. , and a contribution of 621. 10 s . f or each half- nifo year of th e time during which they remain at th e Academy 'The l ' alf •Yearly contributions, however, for sons and orphans of naval and military officers, will be regulated at the following rates, as heretofore : F or Sons of admirals and generals having regiments £4o Sons of genera l s w ith ou t reg i men t s Sous of captains and commanders of the navy r and of eolonel and regimental fi e ld officer of he m Sons of a ll o ffi cers of the Navy and Army under ayth- 30 e above r an k s 2O Sons of officers of the Army and Navy who have died in th e serv i ce, and whose families are proved , Th to be loft i n p eccu i ary distress lO T he sons of general officers paid only on their commissions as fi eld officers, will p a y th e same contribution as the sons e I field officers. Me sons of officers on full and half-pay will pay alike ; but ne eo ns of o ffi cers who have voluntarily retired on half-pay, or l'rereceived the diff erence, w il l only be admitted on the terms eect ea ch ribed for the r. sons of private gen tl emen, viz., 621. 10 s. half-yea T he sons of officers in the civil departments of the Army are a dmissible to the Academy upon the same terms as those Prescribed for the sons of Naval and military officers. tit i Th e admission s w ill b e d etermined by the result of a compe ve ex amination, the subjects of which will be as follows : Nre and Mixed Mathematics, i.e., Statics, Dynamics, Englishand nydrostaties ............................................. 3,500 Language, Literature, Composition, History, , and Geography .............................................. .. 1,250 4Janguage, Literature, Geography, and History of Ancient Rome, and of Ancient Greece ditto 1,750 ditto of France 1,000 The exami nat i Dittoon in French and German will be b o th wr itt en and viva v oce). Experimental Sciences, i.e., Chemistry, Heat, Electri- Naturcity, including Magnetism ..... 1 000 al Sciences, Mineralogy, and . 6 . 0 . 1 .. Ky... Moral and Political Sciences ... °— 750 Drawing, i.e., Elementary GeOineti . :i ...... . ii . r . :;wi ..: n . g., .' " 1,000 eluding the use of Drawing Instruments, anerd either Machinery, Architectural, in- Engineering, scape Drawing ....................................... 1,000 No candidate will be allowed to be examined ii; . in-O than S oo subjects, of which one must be Mathematics, and r n e o one W ho does not obtain at least one-fifth of the allotted number cr marks in this subject will be eligible for an appointment. WillP!eecProm the other subjects of examination each candidate may t those in which he desires to be examined ; but no oue Ix allowed to count the marks gained in any subject, ale those marks shall at least amount to one -sixth of the to number of marks allotted to that subjeet. jieNo can didate will b e a d m it te d into the Royal Military le est ft l et nY unless he obtain an aggregate of 3,000 marks at ~,,4'?3' candidate who shall not select French and drawing ~7',18 the subjects for his examination, will be required to " h "i B r7 the examiners that he has such knowledge, at least of ~,.`,l _ eleta?nts of these two subjects, as shall afford reasonable I.Tetation that he will perfect himself in both during his eidetic') at the Academy. ea Tli , e following papers will be required to be transmitted b elk gentleman to the War Department, before the Ist Juno, 1/411,_,.thllis application to be noted as a candidate, unless he :.‘, notify that he has been a candidate at a previous ' exami ,,4o,, , . c oat in which case the statement of subjects only need ac fault the application :- 1. 1 , 0 „ . n extract from the register of his bapt* or in de '''' Of that a certificate verified by affida v it - , Ism ' 2. A .' •a certificate of good moral character, signe , l by a eler irk II of the parish to which he bel_ongs, and by the tutor or " 4 1 of the school or college at 'winch he has received his trietionseatieen for at least two years,. or such other proof of good BtaZi. haracter as will be satisfactory to the Secretary of 241,4,,A. statement of the subjects of examination in which (in ` 4 ° ll to m athematics' he may desire to be examined. pia4l,el_c"llflida'4B will be required to present the at the be . ot examination hereafter to be determined, in order to t,7, 4 '7 4. P r e f t r ed by ascertained weiett!rom any military surgeons, that it may L e I%,terferee bodily defects or ailments calculated to Notic e w i n , t ile Performance of military duties. of t he "e liciven a month previously, in the public papers Place and days appointed for holding the examination: Wet. Der. , H. R. DRE wity. — '"" 34B4 ts rell-Uail, Nov. 14, 1356. FINNIS, Mayor.—The First Court of Mayor and Aldermen held is the Inner Chamber of the Guildhall, on Tuesday, die lath day of Novern.)er, ifir.4, and in the 20th year or th• rei-n of Vi ,. .tola of the united Kingdom of (Mat Britain and Ireland, Queen, &c.: Resolved unanimously,—That the cordial thanks of this Court be presented to the Right Hon. David Salomons, late Lord Mayor of this City, for the courtesy and ability with which he has presided over the deliberations of this Court—for the efficient manner in which he his discharged the arduous duties of Chief Magistrate in the admin istration ofjustice for the splendid i t hosptality which he has displayed, and the ready liberality with which e has not only ass steel the charities of this metropolis, but aided In alleviating the dist , esses of the neighbouring allies of this country, and for the dignity with which ke has sustained the importance of hii office, and urheld the rights and privileges of this City, thereby securing to himself the esteem and regard of all classes of his fellow-citizens. MEXICAN and SOUTH AMERICAN CONIPANY. The Shateholders are 'reminded that the Mst day far making the payment orOne Pound per shar e on the shares of this Company lathe 28th of this +loath. 20,099.) PUBLICATIONS. SECOND EDITION, Revised, fII 2 vols., 215., bound, REVELATIONS of PRISON LIFE with an Inquiry into Prison Discipline and eccondary Pun ishments. By GEORGE LAVAL CHESTERTON, Twenty-five Years Governor of the House of Correction at Cold Bath-fields. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just ready, in 2 vols., QYDNEY FIELDING ; The Domestic History L.. 7 of a Gentleman who served under the Reigns of George the Fourth and William the Fourth. By EDWIN KEENE. London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. LIVING CELEBRITIES : a S er i es of PHOTOGRAPH IC rORTR AITS, by MALL and POLYBLASK. The November number contains, SA %MEL WARREN, Esq., Q.C., M.P., with 'Memoir. Maull and Polyblank, 55, Gracechurch-street ; and all book and printsellers. The Second Edition, just published, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., TRI CTURE OF T HE URETHRA. 1, 7 THE PATHOLOGY AND RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the URETIIIt ', in all its Varieties and Compli cations, with Observations on the Use and Abuse of Instruments in the 1 reatment of Diseases of the Urethra. The whole Illustrated by numerous Cates selected from the Records of upwards of Twenty Years' extensive and successful Practice. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R C.S. E. " We know of no man to whose care we would sooner intrust the treatment of a severe stricture."--Medical circular. London: 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. RGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENT'S CASINO, Great Windmill-street, St. James'sr-The above elegak 'ooms are now open every evening for the winter season, with Laurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. 'onleourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that this ashionsble pace of resort hai been entirely redec 'rated during the ecess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis ibn One Shilling. lIR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry street, Leicester-9quare.—Open (for Gentlemen and)n from 10 till 10, containing upwards of one thousand m o d e l s rpatn illustrating every part of the human frame In , ealth and disease, th e race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, P.R.G.S. ; and a new and tighly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery y Dr. KAHN, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One r o LOVERS of FISH.--Fifth Season.-- Genuine YARROITICI4 BLOATER These highly. esteemed delicacies forwarded to all parts. on receipt of the amount under, in penny postage stamps, or Post-omen order :- 100 prime 100 especially selected Bs. 4d. Package Included. 50 ditto 4s. 6d. Send full and plain directions, county, and nearest station. Ad dress, THOMAS LETTES, Jun., Fish Curer, Great Yarmouth. CAN/ A'CER HOSPITAL, London and West Brompton.—Secretary's Office, 167, Piccadilly.—This .ton has been e;tablished excludvely for the treatment of the lnstitu- poor aillicted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, Piccadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patient, are admitted at th,: 1 3rompton Estaffishment, for one month, and for a longer period if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the I,st three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this Chari y. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application t. - ) the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continuo this areat work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be paid to William Loxham Farrar, E. 1., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's inn.fielde ; Nfessrs. Coutts and Co., Strand; and at the Secretary's Offices, 167, Piccadilly. By order. W. J. COCKERTLL, Secretary. I R OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.—Founded 1828. No order for admission is here required. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone. During the past month the following number received the benefits f this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal pplication Week ending 7th October 2,188 Ditto 14th October • • 2,162 Ditto 21st Oct , ber .. 2,075 Ditto 28th 0ct0ber........ 2,241 29th,30tb, and 31st October ...... 1,014 tal c intober ...... 9,68 of which 3,303 were To new ases Oc , the remainder (stillo under treat ment) having been admitted previously. Heavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, Yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual General Meeting in Ja nuary. A Board is held every Thursday, at 1 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at all times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary John Masterman, E sq., contributi ons and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, M. P., Ni c h o l as-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Dr ummond and Co.; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co.; l'rescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith. Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon', and Co. ; Orerend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber nersrstreet ; Masterman and Co.;and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patlinta.will be thaftilly received. By order. J. B. OWEDT./4.A., Chairman. lIARDIAN FIRE Air D LIFE A. 7 - ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London. DIRECTORS. FRANCIS HART DYKE, Esq., Chairman. HENRY HULSE BERENS, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. John Dixon, Esq. -Stewart Madoribanks, Esq. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart; John Martin, Esq., M.P. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, 11 Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. James Morris, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. John Loch, Esq. Henry Vlgne, Esq. AUDITORS. A. W. Roberts, Esq. I henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Lewis Lloyd, Jun., Esq. John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. LIFE DEPARTMENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par. :ament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of he Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1850, when ill participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year t Christmas, 1859, will be allowed to share in the Profits. At the five divisions of Profits made by this Company, the total reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 9'13,000. At Christmas, 1854, the Assurances in force amounted to upwards of 4,240,0001. ; the Income from the Life Branch in 1854 was more 'ban 200,000/. ; and the Life Assurance Fund (independent of the , :uarantee Capital) exceeded 1,700,0001. FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East and West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the United statn of America, have been materially reduced. INVALID LIVES.--Persons who are not in such sound health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, ay have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. ta L e : A sei N do S i g n ; ta a ne n hisT t e Te d ass o e n oar L v i fpaelouPoliciest POLICIES.—Written ro e ic x . tent of their values. pr o. firisfEcialdrrytegiDoEuirscctphal.EieL'ordiAiircniEirsEitsirhilih,ave been effected a sufficient time to have cv Stamps. made for 1 , 01; ten Notices of, received id description of Gas are admitted by this Company .) 12e MILNER'S HOLDFAST and FIRE RESISTING SAFES (non-conducting and vapourising), FlRE with all the imorovernen.s, under their Quadruple Patents of 180.51.54 and 1855, Including their Gunpowder Proof Solid Lock and Door (without which no Safe is secure). 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Further proof of the great efficacy of BLAIR'S QUIT and RHEU MATIC PILLS, forwarded by Mr. Reinhardt, Chemist, Ball : r, —Enclosed is a testimonial from hue hig h est of mine, who is Si known about here ; he speaks in the highest terms of Blair's (:out and Rhelmatic Pills, and would be glad to give information to anybody. "To Mr. Reinhardt, 22 Market-place, Hull. " ecember 4tb, 1855. 'Dear Sir,—l have been afflicted with rheumatism for 12 years, during which time 1 have tried almo s t everything, both internally and externally, but could not obtain any permanent relief. A short time o I purchased a 2 s. Pd. box of Blai r ' s Piils of you, and before g l hadataken the whole of them I was more free from pain than I had been for the last dozen years. l' by m oue n casewitllplts t id againeslheetumehrtve another box, as I mea n to keep require them, and oblige, _ _. "Dear Sir, yours obedi en tl y, " JERE MIAH GAMEss." 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As time advancss, and as fresh opportunities pre sent themselves for inquiry, it becomes more and more astonishing how a man who had gone through such an extraordinary career during the years pre vious to his appointment as a clerk in the Great I Northern Railway could have had so much trust reposed in him, and been advanced to a position for which the strictest integrity and the most irre proachable life should have been indispensable con uitions. In the various positions be has occupied during the last years there seems to have been no inquiries into his conduct by those who have relied upon him, and the consequence has been that he has forced himself on from bad to worse until he has crowned all by a series of gigantic frauds which find few parallels in the comwercia 1 history of the country. When the Peninsular and Ori en t a l C ompany was n M de r. sr N o V n i , ic t o h x e present c h a i rman , M.P. for South ampton,arynsdtalrp. promoters, Company. In thi s serv i ce A Palace started, it being then rather a privat e concern th an a public company, Redpath was enga g ed as a c l er k ohfy theit Crystal particular is remembered of him, nor i s it ute that he known exactly under what circumstances he l e ft the Messrs. Willcox and Anderson's employment. Before he ceased that connexion he obtained an in troduction to Mr, T. F x,- the extensive and well sktureoewtnNlVipit} was a highly respectable and honourable young man, and that he was about to marry the daughter of o i l n s er to e rand whom e sitta wasteag i e .e u p , e r r s q Bishopsgate e' one of the directors of the company in which he was a clerk. There is every reason to believe that this was a false representation, inasmuch as it may be supposed that if he had formed such an alliance lie would never have been reduced to the state of poverty which marked the next few years of his eventful and chequered life. Upon his introduc tion to Mr. Fox, Redpath informed him that in anticipation of his marriage he had taken a house in Dartmouth-terrace, a row of somewhat quiet but still fashionable houses, on the main road leading from Deptford on to Blackheath-hill. After NOM little hesitation Mr. Fox supplied him with furni ture to the amount of between 5001. and GOO/. Redpath was soon afterwards married, it is thought to a ;person in humble circumstances, and he then left his employment and started in business as a ship insurance broker, and transacted business generally as a steam navy agent for the sale of shares, &c. This business he carried on at 44, Lime-street, City. Meanwhile he lived in good style at his suburban residence at Blackheath, and seems there to have first entered upon that appa rently religious and charitable course with which, up to the time of his capture, he was so intimately identified. The time which he could spare from his commercial pursuits he devoted to the advocacy of the claims of charitable institutions, to the dis tribution of religious tracts and t o other objects of a kindred character, which soon ra.ioed him in the estimation of his neighbours, by whom he was re garded as a most exemplary person. This delusion tie successfully maintained by contributions of a [ - PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• T,llO ELACTION OF MR. BUCHANAN. (Prom the Times.) There is one assurance in the long and able letter of our Pennsylvanian correspondent of Saturday last which we should receive.with the most extreme satisfaction were it not overthrown by the commen tary which he appends to it. Mr. Buchanan, as President, he 'tells us, will not only be superior to Mr. Pierce, .bist must not be. measured by the standard of ,the Ostend manifesto. We desire most earnestly . to believe this. It is our wish that America - should have for her chief magistrate a man in every way calculated to secure the respect and promote the best interests of the community over which he presides, and nothing could more disentitle bins to that re s p ec t, or more ent i re l y compromise those interests, than an adherence to those doctrines of the supremacy of might over right, and of the justification of violence by an arbitrarily assumed political necessity, of which Mr. Buchanan has unhappily made himself the ex positor. But when we seek for proofs in support of these flattering assertions they are entirely , wanting, We are told that Mr. Buchanan settled all questions between the English and American Governments during his residence as ambassador here, and that he cannot choose his Ministry ex clusively from the South. The first assertion is rather rasiily hazarded, when we remember that not only did Mr. Buchanan not settle the Central American and enlistment questions, but that he kept them alive, and omitted in one instance to transmit to his Government the offer of mediation distinctly made to him by Lord Clarendon. As for his Administration, we agree that it is not likely that it will all be formed from the South, but that is of little moment to us if it be formed, as it is sure to be, of men who, whether Southern or .Northern, are pledged to the extension of slavery and &vet d to the policy of annexation. Those slaves, says an American political satirist, that the South make the most out of are all north of Mason and Dixon's line. Mr. Buchanan's principal adviser will pro hably be Judge Douglas, senator for the Northern State of Illinois, the repealer of the Missouri Com promise, and the ablest and most unscrupulous advocate of slavery extension. The South has never been without obsequious admirers in the North, ready, after having made a reputation by denouncing slavery, to employ the reputation so made in its support, and to employ against the interests of those who raised them to power the very power which they owe to them. Such men are known to America, from the flexibility of their political countenance, by the homely but expressive name of " Doughfaces ;" and it matters little, so far as the interests of freedom within and tranquil lity without the State are concerned, whether the now President's Cabinet be filled by Southern men such as Jefferson Davis and Senator Toombs or by Northern Doughfaces, only too happy to be employed as their obsequious and unscrupulous agents. . We do not derive much comfort, therefore, from the assurance of our correspondent that Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet will not be exclusively South ern, still less from the fear which he expresses that slavery will be extended, that Fillibusterism will be feebly resisted, and that there will be a want of respect for foreign rights and political ethics. This is just what Mr. Buchanan's previous career would lead us to apprehend, and these are strange rea sons why we should form of his Administration better hopes than of that of Mr. Pierce. Nor are we much reassured by being told that Cuba will probably be annexed, but must be purchased, like Louisiana, for we fear this same " must" expresses a moral, and not a physical necessity—a species of sanction which has no binding force at all to men wanting in respect for foreign rights and careless of political ethics. Passing over, then, the remarks of our cor respondent, whose premises seem not a little at war with his conclusions, let us try to make out for ourselves, not from the invectives of party or the declamation of disappointed ambition, but from a fair consideration of the case as it stands, what are the prospects of this country and the United States from the election of Mr. Buchanan. In the first place, there can be no doubt that it will bo regarded, and justly regarded, by the South as a great and signal victory, its importance being mea-ured by the terror felt by the victorious party . , *item the defeat ins Maine, by the enormous exer tions by which alone it has been obtained, by the fact that it was gained over the North for the first time active and united, and by the great probability that this triumph, signal as it is, unless improved to their a d va nt age , m a y be thei very last which the South is destined to obtain. The victory has been one rather of superior organisation and dexterity than of greater force ; it has required all the influence of Govern- ' ment to secure it, and has been mainly promoted by threats of disunion, which cannot be used with ' similar effect on every succeeding occasion. All ' these things tend to enforce upon the Southern mind the necessity of using the next four years so as to make the very utmost of their success, and place a party inferior in numbers and intelligence on a footing of superiority, which nothing but a revolution and civil war can destroy. They have the President and the majority in both Houses ; their political existence is at stake, the quarrel with the North is henceforth irreconcilable, the struggle has begun in earnest, and on either ban ner " Vce victis" will soon be inscribed in very legible characters. We are therefore justified iu expecting that, so far as the internal policy of the Union is concerned, the course adopted by Mr. Pierce will be persevered in and carried out with even still greater violence. Now or never is the time to increase the number of Slave States, to ad asit Kansas, to subdivide Texas, and to seek wherever it may be found fresh territory in which to plani; the institution, the extension or repression of which ie henceforth the only issue of American politics. Whatever be Mr. Buchanan's personal predilection for reasonable and moderate counsels, we believe that he will have great difficulty in standing against the violence of the men by whom he is surrounded, and who are committed to an ex tent which admits of no increase to the propaga tion of slavery and the counteraction, by whatever means, of the free spirit of the North. As regards foreigx policy the prospect might at first sight appear to be equally gloomy. The election of Mr. Buchanm n over Mr. Fillmore, agreeing, as they essentially do, in home politics. is 0, a declaration on the part of t:s'e Americau nation in favour of the foreign policy of the former over that of the latter—that is, a declaration in favour of aggression and annexation. Moreover, the spirit of annexation is essentially Southern, ;:avints, re ference to the necessity of obtaining nee'' Slave States, to counterbalance the accession of Free States from the North. Still, we are disp ose d to be much more sanguine as to the foreign than as to the domestic policy of the new President, and we are convinced that his election by no means im plies hostility to England on the part of the De mocrats. An aggressive foreign policy, carried out in the spirit of the Ostend manifesto, means a foreign war, and a foreign war is iu the present state of the Union a contingency which North and South would be equally anxious to avoid. The South would view with dread a chance of a rising among their slaves, in the suppression of which they would have little to hope from the sympathy of the North, and, having little accumulated capi tal, would suffer severely from any restriction of their power of exportation. The North would view with increasing disfavour the prosecution of foreign conquests, which they would justly regard as really made over themselves, and would natu rally refuse to aid in operations entailing upon them great immediate loss, and ultimately destined to counterbalance or undermine their influence in the councils of the Confederation. The breach be tween North and South is henceforth declared and open ; and though by the forms of the constitution one party may govern, it cannot hope to carry on a war, which is a matter not of abstract rule, but of practical, and very apt to redress by the sum mary process of revolution inequalities which the indolence of peace has left untouched. We also hope that Mr. Buchanan may rise more nearly than he has hitherto done to the level of his posi tion, and, discarding after he has obtained power the questionable arts by which it was secured, rise above the dictation and exigencies of his party, and think more of the great trust placed in his hands th an of the :instruments and the assurances by which that trust has been ob tained. For ourselves, we can -truly sa y that we shall resp e ct th e choice of the American na ti on in a matter so peculiarly of domestic cognisance, and never allow any objections we may ',have entertained to Mr. Buchanan's principles or professions to pre vent us from dealing with respe ct and candour with the acts of the chief magistrates of a great, a friendly, and a kindred people. liberal character to the institutions in which he evinced an interest. He gave at the same time considerable orders to tradesmen, which were un hesitatingly performed, so high did Mr. Redpath's character stand, and so conspicuous were his vir tues. This portion of his career was a short one, for in less than three months he was made a bank rupt, and it was then found that he had incurred debts to the extent of 5,0001. --amongst his creditors being pianoforte makers, musical instrument makers, dealers in articles of bijouterie and vertu. Mr. Fox applied unsuccessfully for his money, it hav ing been understood that it was to be a cash transac tion, and upon calling personally upon Mr. Red path ho found that some of the tradesmen were taking away the goods they had supplied. He then made Mr. Redpath a bankrupt on the 20th April, 1840, and the case was disposed of by the late Mr. Commissioner Merl vals, the papers relating to the fiat having passed from the hands of the late Mr. Gibson and the late Mr. Green, who were succes sively the official assignees, into the hands of Mr. Pennell, of No. 3, Guildhall-chambers, who now re tains them. Redpath's effects were sold by auction, at his residence in Dartmouth-terrace, and the re sult was, that, after payment of the customary ex penses, the estate realised two dividends, one of ls. 6d. and the other of is. In the course of the same year Redpath obtained his certificate, under circum stances which showed that even at that time he was au adept at clearing himself from difficulties. He obtained his certificate by getting the signatures of two-thirds of the creditors to his petition, not, how ever favouring Mr. Fox with an interview on the subject, although that gentleman was the principal cred it or, and it was the p rocee d s o f th e sa l e o f th e good of which he had been defrauded which mainly provided the dividend for the other creditors. Be. fore the Court of Bankruptcy Redpath was extremely insolent, and was severely reprimanded by the com missioner, and on the strength of Mr. Fox's oppo sition he was sent back. From this time and during the period of railway speculation which resulted in the " mania" of 1845, although a man without character or means, Leo pold Redpath managed, like many other shrewd men of his class, to pick up a precarious living amidst the bewildering excitement which then pre vailed. While the Great Northern Company were strug gling with a rival company in Parliament for their bill Redpath was of great assistance to them in pro moting their cause, and when they started as an organised company he was engaged as a clerk. For some time he occupied lodgings in Cumberland market—an obscure locality, lying between the upper part of Regent's•park and the road to Cam den-town. His finances indeed were at this time of such a limited character that in order to meet their expenses his wife was obliged to accept a situation as companion to an invalid lady resid ing in Cumberland-place, Regent's-park. In course of time his circumstances began to improve, and he then removed to lodgings at 43, Upper Albany street, after which he took the house No. 2 , Park Village West, where his taste for elegance and his extravagant habits first began to develope them selves. He lived in a style which was very far beyond the means of a man who bad a salary of 5001. or 6001. a year, his own receipts from the being at that time less than 1001 . a year. company Inj June, 1852, and while residing at Park Village, Redpath's house was broken into, and a number of valuable articles were stolen. Of these a vase, worth about 30 guineas, was traced, and. two men—one a man named Jacobs, a dealer in such articles, and the , other named Lawr ence , a beer-shop keeper, of liberties-street, Tottenham court-road—were prosecuted by Redpath, •at the instance of Inspector Shaw and Sergeant W . Smith. They were convicted at the Old Bailey, and sen tenced to ten years' transportation. This day (Tuesday) fresh frauds to an enormous extent were discovered. Since the examination of the books commenced last Monday week every day has revealed forgeries of the most startling character, wkich makes it almost a matter of cer tainty that Redpath's frauds will far outstrip the amount originally stated. It is a fact beyond dis pute that the company have been for a long time past paying dividends upon 200,0001. of capital the existence of which they have been unable to trace. Many of the fraudulent entries which have been discovered, unless some very clear explanation is given, show a complicity in the transactions on the part of Kent. One singular fact in connection with this young man man be mentioned. Upon his marriage, which took place not long since, he his life the w h o l e o f hi s h o us e hold furniture, is life policy, an d a ll th e o th er property he possessed, g of his being found his w if e , so that in the event ~ , it is a found guilty, in connection with Re d p atn question whether the company Will upon what he may De found to p ossess. fraudulently. [ It has beenascertained that Redpath he have a claim. charitable in stitutions trafficked within the w e h votes o s fivsaosmet some oo o f t It appears that, in addition its committee of ma Christ's Hospital, he was being a governor of almoner, and one of extent nagena of Redpath's transactions As a proof of the e g , it may be stated that he on the Stock Exchange, the leading brokers engaged. had constantly three o for him. Herald says :—" Mrs. Redpath, the The Essex Hera who is now in wife of Leopold Redpath, . custody, forgery, an d converting to his own charged with Great Northern Railway, was the use shares in the late Major Sherman, in the service daughter of the c any and sh the East India omp , e was described of at the period of her marriage as a young lady of considerable personal attractions. Major Sherman resided for teeny years, and up t o the period of his death, five or sr.x years since, at Maryland Point, Stratford. Mr. Redpath was known in the neigh bourhood of Stratford from his frequent visits to Major Sherman's residence, both previous and 1 subsequent to his marriage." CONVICTION OF STOWELL, THE INFORMEB. — Y eaterda y at the Surrey Sessions, Thos. Stowell, described as an attorney's clerk, was indicted for obtaining by false pre tences 5/. from Harriett Perry, with fraudulent intent. The circumstances of the case have already appeared in this journal. The jury re t urn ed a verdict of g uilt y , and there being former convictions against the prisoner fox misdemeanour he was sentenced to 12 months hard labour in the Wandsworth House of Correction. A. slight modification of the law relati n g to the oen• sorship of the press has just been made in Russia, al towing more latitude than has hitherto been conceded to historical discussions and criticisms of the policy of foreign GovernmentF. t,t)Na)N WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1856. it k; Ail D. THE MURDER OF THE RAILWAY CASHIER. DUBLIN, Nov. 18. ' This horrible tragedy still remains shrouded in mys tery, the few additional particulars that have been ob ' rained serving to throw but very little light upon it. Some traces of the murderer's mode of escape have been discovered, but none at all of his entrance, and it is im possible to conjecture whether he obtained admission as a friend or acquaintance, or under the pretence of having business to transact ; or, finally, whether he contrived to steal into the room during a moment when Mr. Little's back was tome I. The crime appears to have appalled the entire community, and it is discussed by every one with feelings of the most painful interest: The following are some of the particulars which appear in this morning's papers : From an early hour yesterday morning Inspector Ryan, Sergeants Craven and Murphy, of the detective police were actively engaged in making inquiries about the railway premises, and in closely questioning several persons in the employment of the company. Discoveries have been made which throw some light on theattetnitts made by the assassin to effect his escape after the perpetrations of the murdei., though no certainty exists as to the manner in which his exit was finally accomplished. The polio i'have discovered marks of bloody Pagers on the posts of the door leading to the hall, at the foot of the Kincinal staircase, and the mark of a boot, thickly stttdded with nails, in the dust collected on a window stool facing the platform, and about three feet from the ground. There were Also marks indicating that the skirts of the mur derer's coat had brushed over the dust as he leaped from the window stool. The signs of blood were also found on the gate leadinmireatAbe platform where the up,t,ezins arrive 4 The portion of the timber thus marked were carefully removed for the purpose of having them mi cutely examined. During the course of the day a servant man in the employment of C ipt. Hartley, of Clonsilla, gave the following information, which some persons be lieve to be of importance :—" The informant came to town on Friday last, and while-passing through Stoney batten he went into a public-house for some refreshment. He saw two men and a woman sitttng in the taproom drinking. One of the men was low-sized, and wore a cap without a peak ; the other was a strong burly-looking person. The low-sized man asked the woman for some money, which she refused, when he swore a terrible oath and said, 'You had bettergive it to me—you know what I can tell.' The woman got frightened, and pulled out of the bosom of her gown a pocket-book, which burst open on the table. The informant said that there could not be less than 3001. in notes in the picket-book. The t'iree patties subsequently agreed with a carman to drive them!twenty miles, but to where the informant could not say." On rec. i ring this information the police im mediately commenced inquiries, the result of which is not yet known. The directors of the railway are using every exertion to facilitate the ends of justice, and we learn that they have given directions for a portion of the canal to be drained for the purpose of trying to discover the weapons used by the murderer. They have also offered a reward of 2001. for the apprehension and conviction of the guilty party or parties. The Govern. ment will also offer a large reward for the same purpose. Up to an advanced hour yesterday evening no person had been arrested, but it is said that facts are in the pos session of the police, which as yet it would be injudicious .0 reveal. It is generally believed that a considerable :gum of money has been taken off by the murderer. There can be no doubt that 301. is silver has been made away with. Some say that as much as 3501. has gone, but we believe the exact amount has not as yet been ascertained. THE TIPPERARY BANK. In. the Court of Chancery yesterday the important case of O'Fl a h erty v. McD owell, off i cial manager o f t h e Tipperary Bank, was op ene d, th e o bj ec t o f th e mo ti on being to take the proceedings from under the Winding up Act, and place them' under the bankruptcylaws. Mr. Whiteside stated the case of the petitioners, and occu pied the day with his address. The petition set out the facts in relation to the establishment of the bank, and its failures, &c., which were shortly as follow :—ln the year 1838, a company, consisting of more than six per sons formed a copartnership in the county of Tipperary, under the provisions of the 6th of Geo. IV., c. 42. By an indenture of agreement, which was executed about this time, it was agreed that certain establishments shou t id b e o p ene d in Tipperary, Carlo, Carrick-on-Suir, and ether places, to carry on the business of bankers, and to keep the money of any party or body politic whatsoever.. He (4r. Whiteside) did not complain that this latter clause was not carried out, for he admitted tbatlthis bank had carried it out to the very letter, by the money of the public and never giving it back to them. The'capitnl, it was agreed, was not to exceed 500,0001., in 101. shares of 501. each. The petition went on to state the mode in which the business of the con:ipany was to be managed-hi a board , efleitatiottorrbrapposaed. thatl , various persons became shareholders in the cpngern, and the bank having commenced doing busineee as bank ers, such as discounting bills, receiving deposits, went on for a period of ten years or upwards, and until Feb , 1856, when it suddenly stopped, and, as he (Mr. Whiteside) contended, within the meaning of the old Bankers' Act, the 33d Geo. 11., the statute upon which the principal, in fact the only question in the case was raised. At the time of this stoppage the bank was indebted to the petitioners and about 500 other persons, whose debts amounted to about 450,0001., to pay whit's there were assets to the amount of about 50,0001., if even so much would be realised. On the 2d February, in the present year, a Mr. Rafferty presented a petition under the Joint-stock Winding -up Acte, stating the fact as to the stoppage of payment, and praying for an order to dissolve the concern ; and on the 4th March, 1856, the Master of the Rolls made an order under those acts of Parliament to wind up the co-partnership, under which order Mr. McDowell was appointed official manager on the .17th of the same month. The learned gentleman then went at great length into a detail of the litigation which has taken place since Mr. M‘Do well's appointment, and the defences made by the respondents, Messrs. Hone and Stirling, to escape their liability, and contended at great length, and upon a very full reference to the several banking statutes, from 331 Geo. 11. down to the wind ing-up acts, that his lordship was bound to hold that the old statute was applicable to the present case, and that the decision of Sir Michael O'Loghlen, in the matter of the Agricultural Bank case (Fausett v. Hodges), was good law, and should be upheld. At the conclusion of Mr. Whiteside's argument, the court rose. Yesterday, in Master Murphy's office, Mr. bhar]es Henry Edmonds, of London, attended for the purpose of being examines relative to a bill for 2,3001., at 21 days' date, dated the 28th January, 1856, drawn in his favour on Glyn, Mills, and Co., and signed by J. W. Kelly, for the Tipperary Bank, The bill had passed into the hands of Peas, Liddell, and Co,, bankers, of Hull, and was dishonoured soon after the failure of the Tipperary Bank. Peas, Liddell, and Co. sued Mr. Edmonds, who gave them judgment, and was obliged to pay. He is now the holdt;r of the bill. In the course of the examination the disclosure of the private affairs of Mr. Edmonds rendered it necessary for the Master to direct that the proceedings should be private. COURT OF ALDERMEN. A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday. The LORD MAYOR, on taking his seat, briefly expressed his desire so to conduct himself in hig new office as to giiie satisfaction to tba,t Court and the citizens of London. YOT,B OF THANKS TO THE LATE LORD MAYOR. Sir P. LAnars then moved, and Alderman FARE BROTHER seconded, the following resolutioni:— " That the cordial thanks of the Court be presented to the Right Hon. David Salomons, late Lord. Mayor of this City, for the courtesy and ability with which he has presided ovcr the deliberations of this court ; for the efficient manner in which he has discharged the onerous duties of chief magistrate in the administration of jus tice ; for the splendid hospitality which he has displayed, and the ready liberality with which he has not only assisted the charities of this metropolis, but aided in alleviating the distresses of the friendly ally of this Coun try ; and for the dignity with which he has sustained the importance of his office, and upheld t'se rights and pri vileges of this City, th ere b y securing to himself the good will and regard of all classes of his fellow citizens." Alderman WIRE supported the resolution, and eulo• gised the public conduct of the late Lord Mayor, as an illustrious example to prove that there could be nothing prejudicial to the Christianity of the country in admit ting our Jewish fellow subjects to all civil offices. ~,,.The motion was put and carried amid applause, and a copy of the vote of thanks was ordered to be emblazoned, framed, and glazed, and presented to the late Lord Mayor. • LAW OFFICERS OF THE CITY. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY=-My Lord Mayor, seeing that the learned Recorder as not present,--an-neatsual thing, this being the first court in your rrayoraity, I wish to ask whether you have received any intimation from that learned officer as to any appointment which I have seen adverted to in the public papers. It is reported that the learned Recorder has been appointed to a high office., I think it is an important matter. Sir P. LAURIE—I rise to order. Ido not think it is a proper question to put at all. The Recorder, I am sure, would let us know immediately if he had accepted office under the government. . Mr. Alderman. SIDNEY—I do not know that there is any point of order involved in the question. The LORD MAYOR -_I have received no such commu nication. Bat I am perfectly well aware that a near relative of the learned Recorder is exceedingly ill, to which case doubtless his absence is to be attributed. Mr. Alderman CARTER -4 frilly concur in the question and in the observations Of my friend Mr. Alderman Sidney, but I must now be permitted to ask why our Common Ser g eant is absent. It is usual wh en th e L ord Mayor takes his" seat for the first time to find our table graced by the presence of our principal officers. The LORD MAYOR said that the Common Sergeant had received his sanction to be absent. That learned officer's name was included in the commission for hold ing the assizes—a high compliment which had been paid to the corporation. (Hear.) DEBTORS' PRISON, WHITECROSS STREET. On the Motion of Alderman CUBITT, the plan for the improvement of the Debtors' Prison was approved and referred back to the committee, with power to carry it into effect, at an expense not exceeding 5,0004 you will observe , one of Broadwood's very handsome pianoforte; said to lave cost 160 'guineas. But that which demands th e greatestsadmiration in the music de partment is a. splendid and , costly, fine-toned, po v erful, self acti n g organ. A roun d t h e s id es o f th is part ' of t he chapel you observe seats, evidently for the second-class worshippers. .Proceeding towards' the upper end of the chapel you have to ascend a platform, raised about twe feet from the floor, and commencing • about hallway along the chapel; This you find covered with a variety of splendid furniture, as if it were a nobleman's drawing room instead of a place of worship, consisting of a num ber of lounges and chairs covered with rich crimson vel vet or fine plush, sinking under you like a bed of down. Here you find, in the very holy of holies, a billirl-table, large and splendid, of considerable value, said to -have been made (at least the frame) of the wood of the. Royal George. Having admired the vases and varied beauties of the place, you aro asked if you would like to hear a piece l iefb t os o l r:eoe h ff, ,t e ti a r, of music played on the self-acting organ, to which you tn ent as the the best yeiony p st gladly assent ; and being directed by your guide to take your place at the opposite side of the room to the instru such in x ac p t he e de circumstances.ai n t i expectation. n t . in a reclining position on one end of the lounges, full of he r t;h it to advantage, you sink eP enteredrfainiceaiet h r s e e l A i 1 4 i g i l ,: , n p o e n u t e n c , d i : n e i e r there were certain new revelations about some mysterious marriages that took place. In all these cases there were no previous courtships nor intentions to marry known ; but Mr. Prince said it was the will of God to choose each lady for each gentleman, and oblige them to marry at once —the result of which was that Mr. Williams was mar ried to Miss Perry, Mr. Thomas to Miss Nottidge, Mr. Price to Miss H. Nottidge, Mr. Cobb to Miss E:Nottidge, and Mr. Stark e y t o Mi ss E . P erry. At least three of them are said to have had 10,0001. each, and we have good reason to believe the others were not penniless. Having secured these ladies, and some other persons of property, they then thought they csuld do without the world, and that the world must do without them ; and so, shutting the bowels of their compassion against us wicked onbe lievers in their creed, they declared that the day of grace was ended ; and having persuaded many that had be lieved their testimony to enter into community and take up their abode with them, they asserted that the door of mercy was shut. From that time there was no public preaching. The reading of the Word of God and prayer were diseeuntenanced, the inmates being informed that their work now was to praise God, instead of to pray. The Hotting apart of one day as a day of rest or sacred Sabbath was disregarded, each day being considered to be equally holy ; and then they worked on ail days alike. The outer court worshippers used to go in various ve hicles from the surrounding villages to spend their Sab baths at the. Agapemone, where they passed the tune by working in the gardens and iu various household duties, or in a variety of sports, such as hockey, billiards, Ise. Here, having gathered their tribes, they enjoy all the luxuries of life--driving about—that is, the upper class, for it was only those who could add to the funds that could be permitted to enjoy first class entertainments, the others, becoming the hewers of wood and the drawers of water, menservants and maidservants. These were per mitted, no doubt, to behold with their eyes whet they might notenjoyin theirlives ; but, as it isa,great. honour to wait upon the great and the noble, they were permitted to dwell within this ark, preserved from the contamination of the wicked world without, and to serve their masters and mistresses as required. Although they are fed and neatly clothed, however, and on the whole, we suppose, are pretty generally well-treated, yet they cannot look to the hand of their - mistresses or toasters for wages—for silver and gold they get none, and, indeed, what can they want with it ?—for the end of the world is near The time of the inmates seems to have been generally employed in reading, working, riding, and walking, and occasionally their evenings in entertainments, such as concerts, &c.—Somerset Gazette. THE ROYAL BRITISH - BANK. AP PLICATION TO THE VICE CH [The follo w i ng appeare d i n our late editio A n N of e y E ee L te L r o da ß y . .] Yesterday afternoon Mr. Wyld, and several other gen tlemen, formi ng a d eputation from the depositors in the Royal British Bank, waited upon Vice-Chancellor Kin dersley, at his Court in Lincoln's-inn, for the purpose o presenting to him the following memorial : " London, 18th November, 1856. " To his Honour the Vice-Chancellor Kindersley. " Sir,--`ye the u n d ers i gned, !tieing the Committee of Depositors in the Royal British Bank, appointed at a gene ral public meeting, vent ure respectfully to bring to your Honour's attention the destitute condition of a large number of the depositors to whom an imme diate distribution of the available assets of the bank. is of the most serious importance. The interests of so many thousands of suffering creditors are involved that we have no hesitation in requesting your honour to postpone the consideration of the general or routine business of your court in order that you may bo enabled to pronounce immediate judgment upon the questions before you, the effect of which will be the speedy distribution of t ke available assets. " W e do not pretend to express any opinion upon those questions, • but the committee are naturally anxious that the interests of those whom they represent, and so many of whom are really in a state of deetitution, should for a time take precedence of ordinary y sesiu business. The fearful coneequences of delay and the mag nitude of the calamity which has befallen so many of the industrious ir r egu c l l it e r a l trespassingplead our excuse for thus some whattion.upon your Honour's atten- Me have the honour to remain, sir, " JOHN ROBERTS. " Je., J AMES et A.3q3 WYLD, Chairman.ir " W. RICH ARDSON. " BENJAMIN VORSTER. " GEO. J AS . K AIN. " H. S. G ILLTNG. •` PETER BROW N . Mr. Wyld pointed 'out in a short, ALFRED but F v o e L K E S. ” Ty e ffective, addices the state of misery, destitution, and sufferings which the depositor's were experienoing from the con tinued postponement of his Honour'e judgment, and urged that he would receive which th e y d es i re d to present a nd act upo n t h e memorial. The Vice-Chancellor said he could not receive the memer:al, which must come through the ordinary ellen ne!e cf the curt. In this case he could not proneunce rash end bushy judgment, but he would bring the pro cecdinge to a close with as little delay as possible. Mr. Wyld again urged upon the Vice-Clattecellor to receive the memorial, which, however, he declined to do, and the deputation then retired, The fact of a nonprofessional advocacy of such a case in a chancery court created much excitement upon he l e gal gentl emen who were in attendance, a feeling Which also seemed to be shared in by the bench. A. Berlin journal states that the youngest daughter of the celebrated coupeser Meyerbeer has just been be trothed to the Baron de Korff, a lieutenant in th e re . gialent of the Dragoons of the Guard. THE CITY POLICE. A long letter from 112r:D \Y. Harvey, Chief CGmalis• siontr cf the City Police, was read, in which he set forth that in several respects the police establishments were not in a satisfactory condition, and made the following specific suggestions : - Ist. That the majority of our station-houses are most inappropriate fur the purposes of police, and their con fined and pestilential condition affects most severely the health and comfort of the occupiers. 2d. The chief office is in every respect excepts its lo cality totally inadequate to the requirements of the ser vice. 3d. The Commissioner is not, and never has been, provided with a suitable residence for himself and family, conformable with the resolution of the Court of Common Council, while the allowance of 200/. paid as a substitute has been and is withheld. 4. The effect of the unbealthy condition of the chief office and the station-houses is established by a return based upon the surgeon's report, which 1 have recently made to the Police CJinmittee, of the physically disabled condition of a large number of our most experienced and valuable officers and constables. This report gives the names and condition of six inspectors, six sergeants, and 48 constables. Mr. Harvey stated, moreover, in hie letter, that 20 other officers and men are on an average upon the sick list, and he referred also to the daily increasing vacancies which arise partly from the sev.re nature and char aster of our service, the heavy rent a lodging and the great demand for men to supply the couaty p slice force which is now in progress of formation. — , Tbe-eirairraair tif thii - psi-otintreittee,...Aiderruan' bitt, and several other ,mernbers,•expretised.i heir opinion that there was some exaggeration in the statements of 'the letter, which was referred to the Gaol Committee. It was stated in the Guildhall in the course of the morning thlt in the event of the appointment of the pre sent Recorder to the office of SAicitor-Gentral, Mr. Russell Gurney will be cho'sen Recorder, and Mr. Bod kin in all probability will succeed Mr. Gurney as Com mon Serjeant. CITY .COURT OF BBWIER3. Yesterday a Court was held. The members were oc• pied during the day in hearing appeals of several pers ons against the assessment of thir respective premises to the consolidated rate. SANITARY STATE OF THE SEWER, Dr. Letheby presented a list of the'places that re quired the orders of the court for their sanitary improve ment in various particulars. The mortality tables for the last fortnight indicated a very favourable state of the public health, especially in the absence of epidemic disease and in the small propor tion of deaths from diseases of an endemic character. The total number of deaths for the fortnight is 98. Of these 39 occurred among children under five years of age, and 41 among old people of 70 years and upwards. The mortality has, therefore, been some what high among the aged ; in fact, so many as 17 old persons have died during the f , rtnight whose average ages were 77,. This has been occasio ne d by th e d epress i ve i n fl uence 91 the cold weather. Among the other causes of death are the following :-5 from fever, 6 from measles and croup, 10 from hydrocephalus and convulsions, 13 from bron chitis and pneumonia of children, and 18 from consump tive disease ; besides which there were only three cases of death from scarlet fever, and one from diarrhoea. There were no deaths from small-pm THE 'MEAT CENTRAL GAS. Dr. LETIIEBY submitted his quarterly report on the illuminating power and chemical quality of the gas sup plied to the city by the Great Central Gas Consumers Company, from which it appears that the photometrical value of the gas has been equal to that of 12.5 sperm candles, or 14.3 wax, each burning at the rate of 120 grains per hour. This is from 19 to 20 per cent. over the act of Parliament standard. The chemical quality of the gas has also been of a satisfactory description. THE AGAPEJMNE. Should any of our readers desire to visit this abode of love—situate at the Four Forks, Spaxton—having, in their way from Bridgwater, journeyed about five miles, they will come upon the site of a group of buildings ; and, towering above one, looking somewhat like a chapel, they wig perceive a flag-stall. Having turned an angle in the road, you will soon find yourself in front of a low range of cottages, lying to the right of this chapel, before which are placed some iron rails. Ascending a few steps to the raised ground in front of them, you will per ceive two circular flower-beds, neatly bordered, and sup plied with a variety of flowers. Looking at these cot tages, you will probably find that the lower room of one is occupied by a number of laundresses, busily eng age d in preparing the fine linen clean and white for the saints within. One of the maids will probably ask your business, when, having inquired if you may be permitted to view n the premises, and giving your name, you will be polit e ly requested to remain while she goes to inquire. :au tr n p te o r n . her return, you may be informed that a gentleman will presently wait upon you to guide your steps aright. iHngavuinpgatnd down hanked h in er f f r o o r nt he o r f ktiiinedune,tstan,gyoosu wait, o ,w and then casting a glance towards the door at which you exp ec t the gentleman, or perhaps watching the industrious wo men, and feeling a little ourious to know the purport of a conversation that is passing between one of the prin cipals and a fair young girl that you observe ie one of the lower rooms of these cottages, who seems very much like a pretty bird fluttering around the net of the fowler. Your ears having been saluted with seine witty remark from one or more of the neighbours, who, seeing a party waiting for entrance, seem disposed to let you know that their opinion is not very high as to the morality of the inmates, a little door opens to the left of the cot tages, leading into the grounds, and the figure of a gentleman presents itself before you. Hi s appear atahrnoecleginardteel,wnyhjineicUlh'sfollow your guide, who, treading e y e o e t ti t ,s of to thr ia s n h g ab a by et gzit o 9e r l— ata ll figure, mystery, and a certain indescribable reserved' courtesy. Having entered saving feasted a path to the right, leads you to a conservatory, where your senses are delighted with the fragrance and the various h ues o f miaateyiyhave a. view of the your numberour eyes of w i t rare ht eandse, you beautiful nr e next l flowers,od completed, a laot hothouse, where many costly and rare foreign plants may be seen, - Yoe pass on, leaving a beautiful town to the left, which has been mown very nicely by a patent ma c hi ne, an d s a t s o c n e e nd ra a li f s e a w des ste f p ro s u t i o w a h t i e u rr h terrace, lately hills behind, and the pleasant vale between. From thence you descend in the middle of the terrace by some steps leading you by another path towards the Stables, a n i ce range of buildings, where you will be shown some beau tiful horses. Your senses are gratified with the varied objects of a magnificently furnished saloon, instead of, h as you had expected from outside appearances,a neatly pewed chap e l. Looking around you, you o b serve a splendid h ar p, covere d o ver to keep it fro m dust • and if you examine it you will find it a beautifully-finised in strument, inlaid with gold and pearl. Not far from this TilE MURDER AT ERITH. Yesterday evening C. J. Carttar, Esq., eoroner for West Kent, held an adjourned inquiry into the circum• stances attending the death of a young man named Geo. Carter, who resided at York-road, Battersea, and was found on the Bth instant lying on the grounds of Capt. Wheatley, at Eritb, covered with wounds, and presented appearances which clearly proved that a shocking mur der had been committed. At 5 o'clock the jury assembled at the Crown Hotel, Erith, when the following witnesses were examined : Mr. E. Carter deposed—He is an auctioneer, and re sides.at Battersea-rise. On Wednesday last he saw the body of the deceased, and identified it as that of his cousin George Carter, the son of a market gardener, now de ceased, but who formerly resided at Battersea. Witness last saw the deceased on the 4th inst., at Union-road, 13 tttersea, but on that .occasion no conversation took place. The deceased resided with his sister, at the resi dence of their late father,„ in York-road, Battersea. The decea;id oriflid 'fir proceed torch4l ,, ''ftlia - , - and pis -Os*: 11 be executed a power of attorney, appointing witness to attend to his property, and also with the object of ob taining 1001. in ready cash, to enable him to proceed on his voyage. Witness afterwards saw the deceased with a bundle, which he stated contained his outfit: By the Coroner—l always considered the deceased to be in a sane state of mind. I am not aware of the object of deceased going abroad. He said that he could do no good in England, and should try what he could do at the diggings. Mr. P. Oates, a surgeon residing at Erith, deposed that he made a post mortem examination of the body of deceased, in conjunction with Mr. Spurling, a surgeon of Bexley-heath. the appearances presented were as fol lows:—On the left side of the chest from the breast-bone to the fold of the armpit were 16 punctured wounds— some being superficial and others perforated. Eight of these wounds had entered the heart, and either was i sufficient to have caused death. On examining the heart one of the wounds was found to be much larger than the rest, and appeared to have been made by two thrusts with the same instrument. The external wounds and the wounds in the heart corresponded exactly with the shape, size, and form of the carpenter's gouge produced, whi c h was found in the hand of deceased after death. The contents of the stomach presented appear ances of spirituous liquors having N;en taken immedi ately before death. Two severe fractures were found on the skull ; one was three inches long, and extended from the centre of the top of the head to the left teilnle the other was on the right side of the head. By the Coroner—lt is absolutely impossible that the deceased could have inflicted these wounds himself. The gouge found in the hand of the deceased had the point outwards, and had the deceased inflicted the wounds the point of the tool would have been turned towards his body. Independantly of this, it would have been im possible for the 'deceased to have indicted several punc tures in his heart, as one such wound would have ren dered him totally prostrate. The immediate cause of death was the wounds in the heart. Mr. Lawrence, surgeon, of Wandsworth, deposed he had examined the body, and fully concurred in the opinion of the last witness. Mr. Harwood, of Battersea, deposed that he was left as a joint executor to the estate of the father of the de ceased. The evidence of this witness proved that the deceased had received a sum of 1001. a few days previous to his death, and also the important fact that the de ceased invariably used his left band for all purposes. At this stage of the proceedings the room was cleared and on re-admission the Coroner stated that the jury considered that the best course to adopt would be to ad journ the inquiry for the attendance of the sister of the deceased, and other witnesses not in attendance. At the close of the proceedings we were informed from undoubted authority that police-constable Crouch, an active and intelligent officer of the R division, had ob• tamed important information which, if divulged at pre sent,- might defeat' the ends of justice, but which will probably lead to the apprehension of the murderer. FIRES IN THE METROPOLIS. Yesterday morning between 2 and 3 o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. W. Lart= ham, a builder, carrying on business at No. 3, Acton place, York.street, 'Walworth-road. The disaster arose in a brick and timber building used as the workshop, in which property of eo.nsiderahlo value was deposited. The discovery seems to have been made by a police officer of the P division, wholc'st no time in sending off for proper assistance as well as ,arousing the neighbours. In the course of a few minutes the engines of the London Bri gade belonging to the 'Waterloo and Son thwark-bridge roads attended, as well', as that of the West of England Insurance office. The fi remon then found that the whole of the workshops were i flames. They forthwith went to work in an admirable in anner, but they were unable, al though assisted with a p lentiful supply of water to get the firo extinguished no til the workshops %Vera nearly destroyed and the contei its consumed. Fortunately the sufferer was insured in th a Alliance Fire-office. Another fire took piac e in the Stable-yard, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Blac k friars, in the premises belong ing to Messrs. Rains Bret hers, foreign warebousemee, which dida considerable am count of damage. The sufferer was insured in the Royal L ,iverpool Insurance-office. The most extensive fire t hat took place during the night was at the well-knows i range of premises belonging to Messrs. Thomas and Co., termed the Lavender Dock, situated at Rotherhithe. Th a discovery was made by one of the policemen of the M d ivision, who, in passing the wharf, perceived a great glee eof light shining over the surrounding building. Having • given the necessary intel ligence to the occupiers, the o. (beer sent off for the en gine:e and in a very brief ix Tied those of the London Brigade, including the two p ewerful steam floats, at tended, when the firemen set t h eir machines to work in good earnest, bnt it was some I hours before they could get the mastery, and not befo re) the joiners' shop, the saw-pits, nearly 109 feet long And SO wide, were de stroyed. At one time it was apprehended that the splendid' ship Candabar, belongi 'mg to Messrs. Sheldon and Co., would have been cons' erne& As it was, the larboard side of the vessel was a ttensively damaged by fire, and the premises of Mr. E Jolliffe, reanure-rner chaet, had the side windows burr it out, and the contents are damaged by water. A fire also took place at le, Trawley-mewge Ramp stead-road, belonging to Mr. if award, a corn-chandler, but the damage done was trifli 3 g, and will fall On the West of England office,