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:, A - ~-~ - i G, /7 !r` ~ /, ~~~~~ - u---~~ .i ~;; PAPER <- •:. .`,' -7 ~... -,.; •- f .Ci\i,..ii, „ t \,,„ rzoA, • ri7/ 'I .-. G - X 11 S SOCIETYfor the RELIEF e ,f DISTRESS.--This *--, Society derives its origin from the following cause:— That, notwithstanding the operation of the poor law and the numerous existing charitable associations, hu man beings, althou g h w i t hi n a stone's t'drow of the plenty, luxury, and refinement of this Wet, Ithy metropolis, die miserably of hunger and the want 'of the common neces saries of life. To prevent as far as possible the - recurrence of an evil so disgraceful to our salso systrm, it is proposed in the first instance to establish o - op;rative system of visiting the poor, by aiding and increasing the power of existing local institutions which have thi, object ila view. To bring to the notice ifs pauthorities such cases as legitimat e ly b e l ong to them alone,aut to aid it the police and the Mendicity Society, to deb - Jet irnto - tture, and to bring to the care of hospitals, refuges, penitentiaries, and existing charitable associatio,ns those cases for which their several institutions 'Awe established. Special wild w ant cases of distress indicated by the clergy—ro:lllis + .ers tg of all den o mination:s, medic a l profession, or agents •of 'any existing Society. will be relieved as far as possible 'op the judicious application of funds entrusted se district committees and local responsible persons appointed by the in for the purpose. cm).No cases will b e re li eve d b y money or othcrwin nt the ral of fi ce. r The promoters of this movement now come fo .ward, not i i'a any sp i rit of opposition to existing societies. but, on the contrary, with the strong desire to co-operate v ,;th and assist them in the arduous task in which they, lc i' .h such praise worthy zeal and perseverance, have been so many years laboriously engaged. They now claim to be met in the spi rit in which they advance, with the sole purpose of Pair ;atty.:course, the great Christian obj ec+„ nerin.., by friendly whicliall charitable asr.ociations have in view. The following noblemen and gc dtlem en having combined to form a penses of ntana Guarantee Committe e , ' by whom the entire ea sement are to be , call upon th e public to entrust defrayed, the S oc i e t y now u' 'it with th e requ i s i te funds, which shall b e applied, witho t the s ma ll est deduction, to the relief o f genuine distress liis G UARANTEE, COMM ITTEE. Grae Duke oftr M. T. Bass. Esq.,.Devonport Bromley,Esq. Marlbo roug h W M.P. The Ri g h t li on. the E:1 of C. E . Boothby, sti. Chesterfield The Right lion. the A. H. Davenport, E sq. Lichfield Earl of J.H.R eynell de Castro,Esq. The Ri g ht H on. the, Earl of Richard Gibb s. Esq, SeftonH. A. H an k ey, Esq. The Right Hon. tlhe R. Stuart Lan e , E sq. Darnley Earl of D. Meinertzhage n , E sq. Admiral Mey ne l l The Right Hen, the Lord W. Wells, Ebel. Ashbu r t on J. N. Murray, Esq. The I: tight Hon. the Lord I Charles White Lead, Esq. Rriglan ' Martin Ridley Smith, Esq. Th•a, lion. A. H. Vernon The Rev. W. Davenport Bromley 1 (With power to add to their numb The E oer.) WORKI NO COMMITTF,. arl of Lichfield Rev. E W. loLd Ch a rl es B r uce Martiva Ri', Rogers Robert B arne tt , E sq. Iley Smith, E sq . 32, 3 v. T. B eanies 'Hon. A. H. Vernon Colonel Haygarth NV. Davenport Bromley,Esq. Hon' Arthur Egerton T. H. Reynell Decastro,Esq. W. F2,wing, E.g. William Gilbe,t, Esq. R e r. p. G. M'Gill Wm. Bevan, Esq. ringh Astley, Esq. Colonel De Bathe C. Sart or i s , E sq. Rev W. M ayd / Capt. Cunlifie Owen, R.N. :St. Leger Glyn, Esq. ;' Major-General R. B Wood Henry Alers Hankey, Esq.. ' The Earl of Bessborough It. Stuart Lane, Esq. Hon. E. Ch an d os Leigh Dr. H orace Dobell J. N. M urray, Esq, 1 Alfred Buckley, Esq. 'Alrnon West, Es (Wit h Powier to add of heir number.) q. Every exertion b AS been made to hurry forward the for mation of the Soy AS which commence-I its operations on the on of Jenr,ary, 1861, in those districts where, in the opinion of th'., Central Committee, the requisite prepara • bona had been made. The ma, en will bo proportionately increased and perfected as the operations of the Society extend. W. DAVENPORT BROMLEY, F. HAYGARTH. Lieut.-Col., Hon. Secs, WILLM. GILBERT, Office, 28, King-street, St. James's, List of Subscriptions and Donations. (a signifies annual subscription.) Amount already advertised ... ..... £2,919 3 6 Craven, t!',arl of ...£2O 0 0 illankey,J.A., Esq £3O 0 0 Jersey, Countess Howard, Mrs lO 0 Dowager of ...... 20 0 0 Hyde -park • 0 0 Leic'elte,Countessoflo 00H.W. B. l. 0 0 Itto unt-Charles, Earl Hogan, Mrs. John 60 0 of ..............B ......... 0 4 0 ...Sandwich, Earl of.. 500 J. IL G , .. 2O 0 Bruce, Lady Ernest 5 0 0 Illingsworth, R., S Cremotne, Lord and Esq. ....... 2O 0 Lady ............ 10 00J. H. .... „ . 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W. 1 0 0 Law, W. q. .•.. 2 2 0 Nicolsen, 'iSir F. and Leslie, Walter, E . sq. 50 0 Lady. Bart . ... 315 0 Lady .. . Cotterell, Sir H., Bt. 50 0 A. per Dr. Pro- Lemon , Sir Charles 2 0 0 pert (produce sale Perrry, Sir Erskine-12 00 of jewels) 18 0 0 Zorrles, Lieut.-Gen. I Lock, John, Esq. Sir G. 25 0 0 1 4 , E E 2 00 Gibbons Sir John.. 1 1 1. Lee, Edward S.,E sq 1 0 0 Campben 1 Hon Mis G 2 I) 0 Mildmay, St. John, Lascelles, Hon. E... 20 0 0 Esq Anstruther, Capt... 1 0 0 Mu 4 r, Thomas, Esq 3 3 0 Anonymous %2 0 0 Millish, Lieut.-Col. 22 0 Anonymous in post- Mackintosh, A. 8., age stamps ...... 010 0 Ecq. .. Alston, Fratvois, Esq.lo 0 0 Mut cay, Miss lO 0 Allenby, E., Esq. .. 2 0 0 M. H. G. 5 0 0 A. F. D. .. . Austen, liev J 33 0 Mason, Capt. H. 8., Atkinson, J. 11. Esq 10 0 0 R.N. 5 0 0 Aslabu rnham, Maj or- Moore, Col. General . ........ 5 0 0 M. A•••, Hon. Miss ..... 5 0 0 APtchell,F. H.. Esq 10 10 0 A.de A. ........ 1 0 0 Mun•.o, Capt. Camp- Andrews,lLlV.,Esq. bell per R.Balaett,Esq. 5 6 0 M. W. C. Alexande•., Jas.,Esq. 5 0 0 Monery, E. J. Esq, 0 10 0 Barnett,lioare &C 0.50 0 0 Maua Macgregor, Bentinck, G. W. P., and Co. 2O 0 0 Esq., M.P... ...10 0 0 Nicholson,Captain 2 2 0 Bennett, T , Esq. . a 1 1 0 Notmans, C.L., Esq. 5 5 0 keucherett, 11., Esq. 5 0 0 Nemo ........... . 1 0 0 Boyle, William, Esq. 1 0 0 Noah, Major .. .. • . 5 0 0 Brabazon Major ... 1 1 0 Noble, John, Esq 20 0 0 Berge, Rev. Thomas 3 3 0 ogavy, Tllosi., Esq. 5 0 0 Buckley, Alffed ...a 11 0 General .10 0 0 Bidwell, J., Esq., 2el Page, Oliver,l.:.b omas, Esq. • 10 0 don. Bacon, J., Esq 2 0 0 Per.tnen, J. A. Esq. 0 10 0 Baring, Lt.-Col. F 5 0 0 Barker, T. A. ELq 5 0 0 P canon, O. 11., Esq. 0 5 0 P. F. ............ 5 0 0 r Purdey, • Mr. ...... 2 20 Blathwavte, Rev. R 0 10 rd 13• Barnes, Mrs. Keith 5 0 0 2d don. 2 0 0 0 Bring, F. W. E Barnes, M Brooking, 5.,, Esq. sq. 10 0 0 P. P. B. .......... 2 0 0 6 0 0 Poul Brownlow, Bennett, Rev. A. 0 E sq . ter, 2 2 0 Bennett, A. S., Esq. 3 0 J. P 2 2 0 Benson, R o bt. E sq., P otter, Rev. 2d donation ...... 1 0 0 0 Rolfe, M a j or Bradby, Mrs 2OOR. B. W. ......... 20 0 Barnes.. ... Bremner,G. W., Esq. 1 0:0 R obineen,Fred.,E • A q. 1 0 0 B. Q. Coutts and Co., 2d Ridley, Gee., Esq. a 1 1 0 don. .. • . 3l 10 0 Robinson , Miss M.A. 30 0 Churchill, Jno, Esq 1 0 0 Robert s , • Major,.... 2 0 0 Cooker, Capt. Chester, C. Esq., Cabbell, W. L. Esq. 2 0 0 I sibthorp, Campbell, T., Esq. 5 0 0 1 H. A. Waldo, Esq. .... 5 0 0 Cox, Algeron, Esq., 5 0 0 Sartoris, A. , Esq. .. 10 0 0 ChildandCo.Messrs.s'z 10 0 s s 10 0 0 C ................ -, 2 0 0 I Sykes l'atton, Esq 20 0 0 Cowley, J,. Escv,,... 22 0 Salkefd, Colonel. 5O 0 Calder, H. Esq. a.. 5 0 0 Smith, Gerard, isq 5 0 0 Conant, Mr. 1 0 C. C ......... 1 0 0 Smith, M. T., E sq . 5 0 0 0 Sotheby, C. W. H., C. A. L. St. Leonard's 1 0 0 Esq . 10 0 0 Cani P / ./ell, A. H. Esq. 5 5 0 Seymour, G. E. Esq.a 5 0 0 Cue...ming, Miss.... 5 0 0 S. S 5 0 0 C• R. B. ......... 5 00 S. M. G. Clarleton, Mrs, L • ouisa2 0 0 Stainton, J. J., Em , 5 5 0 Collings, M. Esq. 20 0 0 T. M. H 2 0 0 I)awson, John, Esq. 5 0 0 Trotter, 11/14 .... a 1 1 0 Dobre, John, Esq... 5 0 0 Tom axons, 1V • Esq 2 0 0 •/ • Dee-des, Mr. and T, L., in postage Mrs. H ........ 2 0 0 D' Oyley, Mrs Henry 5 0 0 T stampsC ll 1 1 0 D.:Amu, 11. II , T B. 4 0 0 .„ Esc i' • • ~• s: .once . . 2 0 0 Watson, Major G. E. 2 0 0 mut:el:noun pr. Wills, Michael, Esq.lo 10 0 Esq ......... .... 55 0 Wheeler, Miss D. S. P............ 1 0 0 W. R English, O. Esq. . 2 2 0 - • • :fhitehead, J. Esq, 2 0 0 Evans, Mr 5...,.,.. 10 0 E. W. ............ 6 '‘'i 'Wheatley's, Misses, 0 0 00 w 2 . d z d . on. 3 00 Erskine, H. D., Esq :. 1 , E. L. T. c , •••• 5 0 0 Wood, * Generl ... .10 0 0 j'Etherington.,J,,Esq. 2 2 Williams, Richard, Fletcher, Esq... 50 0 Esq. ............ 10 00 Foster, W. i'., B 8( 1. 2 2 0 Williams, J. Sharpe, For .man Mrs. E. R. 1 0 0 Esq. ........... 5 0 0 I - -- 1 1 0 0 West, .g, ...fiend, A gernon, Far b . qu.arson, Col 2 0 0 Esq. ...... .. .. a 2 0 0 3 0 0 White, Rev, W, A. 1 0 0 Friend, A 0 Webber, C. S. Esq 1 0 0 F orbes, F Esq.... 5 5 ~ P. .VitzHugh, Mrs. A Wig ney , Mrs. .. 20 0 5 0 0 ,_. ..... _ Ferrer, James, Esq.lo 0 0 W. B. u ......... z 0 0 T. Z 2O 0 0 Grisewood, H., Esq.lo 0 0 X Goad, Fred. Esq., a 1 0 0 Gihnour,W.'L., Esq. 5 0 0 G. G. F .......... 10 0 0 Gray mi ss ... . Greville, lienty,Esq. 1 0 0 (4 . C. S ........ _.. Gordon, J. H., Esq 1 1 0 C,rant,Alex.W.,Esq 5 5 0 `-"ff, Robert, Esq 10 0 0 Green John, Esq 1 1 0 Gooch', Capt. G. T. • 3 0 0 G G ' C . G. liiiiii.,;, .... ii . “' - I. tlaY, Egg 2 2 0 liawkins,M.R.,Esq 2 0 0 n. (ill p . stamps) 0 5 0 ii . 13. ~.. lIo go , , „, . •,.: I.lo4Bo'n,:tsq. 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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a GENERAL MEETING of Proprietors of the Law Life Assurance Society will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street, London, on SATURDAY, the 2d day of February nett, at twelve o'clock at noon precisely, pursuant to the provisions of the Society's Deed of Settlement, for the porpose of receiving theAuditurs' Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society up to the 31st day of December, 18,10; to elect a Trustee in the room of John Henry Cancellor, Esq., deceased; and a Director in the room of Richard Richards, Esq., deceased; and for general pur poses. The Director to be chosen in the room of Richard Richards, Esq., deceased, will remain in office until the 24th day of J uue next. By order of the Directors. WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. NOTICE.—BUCKLEYS' SERENADERS.— LAS!' WEEK but THREE of the Season, owing to several Provincial Engagements entered into previous to their appearance in London. 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STAMPED, SD. one. The aggregate yearly earnings of all the lines in the kingdom are about £25,000,000. Nearly half gees for working expenses, leaving, say £12,000,000 profit. This would provide a good 6 per cent. on the ordinary share eapital ; but there are other claims to be satisfied first, The interest payable on the great railway debt amounts to nearly £3,500,000, and other creditoza, under the name of " preferen tial" shareholder 3, exact almost as much more. In the end a bare £6,000,000, instead of £12,000,000, remains for the regular dividend, which, from a po-qible 6 per cent., thus dwindles down ton. There is the history of railway property in Eng le nd, and it can be read at a glance. As for the past, that cannot be recalled, nor is there any longer a fpossibffity that railway shares should be made what they might have been. The utmost that can now be done is to eec're - rs the costly follies which have pro duced such mischief, and to strive for moderate im provements by good management and judicious economy. Thcre is no reason why railway property generally should not pay 5 or even 6 per rent., nor why shares should not mount to par. Much pro gress, in fact, has been lately made. The Share List now ,shows nine considerable lines at a premium, and others at only a trifling discount, but though this is a material advance upon former reports, it is not a state of things in which proprietors can con tentedly acquiesce. The case admits of something better still. Accounts might be made more per- spicuous and credit placed on a sounder basis. There is nothing which the public desires more than certainty, and even the worst may , be faced . when it is quite certain that the worst is known. ; Then, again, it may surely be practicable to strike off something from that ugly item of " compensa tions." Accidents at £20,000 apiece must needs pull down a dividend, besides the disrepute which they bring upon a line. The sooner this feature of "working expenses" is obliterated the better it , a ;11 be for all pasties. Let us, hope, however, that, whether these reforms are successful or otherwise, we may at least avoid fresh shipwrecks in our new adventures. Let the fresh £50,000,000, if the money is really to be found, pay better interest tban the old £300,000,000 already embarked. We know exactly the rocks on which we struck, and it will be hard if we cannot avoid them. It is our belief that railways, fairly and honestly constructed, form about the safest of all investments for money. We doubt if there are any two towns in the kingdom between which a line might not be made to pay if its cost were strictly limited to necessary works. Strike out of the account law expenses, " preliminary" charges, Parliamentary contests, extravagant designs, and the thousand forms of professional rivalry—confine the proceedings to the actual business of the con tractors, and we believe a certain interest of money would be forthceming in any imaginable case. Improve upon these conditions—that is to say, make the line where it is clearly wanted for the traffic of the district, with a good selection of stations and termini, and remuneration is as safe es possible. It has been now thoroughly esta blished that railway communication is sure t 3 pay if the capital invested is kept within reasonable limits. That is the o-re condition to be satisfied, and. es it is perfectly compatible with fast-rate work and liberal accommodation, we do trust i may be observed in futr-e.— Times. The Prussian lournalg prlvlish a letter, addressed on March 3d, 1849, by Ernest Maiirlc , . Arndt to the late King Frederic William IV., to induce him to accept the crown of the empire of Germany, and the King's answer, dated the 18th of the same month. The following is the part of this answer in which the reasons for refusing are given : You beg Me to tttcept a crown which is offered me. Let us first consider Ithn it is th - tt offers, next what is offered. The great asscinh' . v'theh is Called the German National Assembly, end of . - Ozhigih a great part is composed of the best men of Germany, has no crown either to give or to offer. It has a constituti o n t o el a b or ate in concert with all the states of Germany recognised by Europe. Where is these men's warrant for placing a king or an emperor above the lawful authorities t) which the* have taken oath ? Where is the council of princes Which, Retarding to a custom which dates from a thousand years ago, clette its kin and pro • pc-es him for the confirmation of the people ? Your assembly has been always epposeu to this council, to the representation of the German sove reigns at the new centre of the nation. It is an enormous fault, and its consequences pre now per ceived; everyone at Frankfort feels that in spite of such labours, merits, and pure intentions, people are labouring at a sort of impossibility. Do you think that violent scenes, speeches, and parl'amen tary resolutions will render possible what is impos sible? But supposing, my dear Arndt, that the fault had not been committed or could be repaired, that the council of Princes and the people could proceed to an election, and then offer me the ancient, veritable, legitimate German crown, a thousand years old, it would then be necessary to act, to accept or refuse; but I should answer as a man should answer to whom has been offered the highest honour in this world. But, alas ! it is not so. Silence alone becomes me in presence of the message with which I am threatened from Frankfort. I cannot answer, and I shall not answer, in order not to offend men whom I regard, as I do you, my old friend, with ride and gratitude. For what will they offer me? This birth of the revolution of 1848, is it a crown ? It bears no sign of the Holy Cross ; there is not stamped upon its front the seal of "the grace of God ; " it is not a crown. It is the iron collar which would reduce to the rank of a slave of the revolution the son of 24 princes, electors, and kings, the chief of 16 millions of men, and the bravest and most devoted army in the world. As the price of this toy I should have to break my word, given on Feb. 26, to the Prussian Diet, to attempt in concert with all the other German princes an understanding with the German National Assembly respectinc , the constitution of Germany. But I will not violate that promise or any other. It seems to me, my dear Arndt, that you share with many others a grave error, viz., that the re volution to, be combated is only demagogy and communism. The revolution is the abolition of the divine order, the contempt and overthrow of right and justice; it will live and breathe its deadly breath es long as the order of things is overthrown. As long, then, as the Ger man authorities have no place in the centre of Frankfort, and do not sit at the head of the council summoned to decide on the future of Germany; as long e Sthat centre remains below the surface of the revolutionary torrent, and lets itself be carried away by it, so long it will have nothing to offer that pure hands can touch. As a German and a prince, whose " yes" is valid, and whose " no" is worthy of consideration, I consent to nothing that can humble my beautiful country and give it up to the derision of its neighbours, and to the condem nation of history; I accept nothing which is below my natural duties, or which places fetters on their accomplishment. Lixi et lzberavi aninzam nzeanz. THE RECENT OUTBREAK BY THE CONVICTS AT CIiATIIAIIf. The investigation ordered by the Home Secre tary into the recent disturbances and mutinous conduct on the part of the convicts at St. Mi, i 's convict establishment, Chatham, was commenced on Monday by Captain Gambier, the Vrector- General of Convict Prisons, who arrived at Chatham on that day, the investigation being held in the Governor's office at the prison. Since Sun day the utmost tranquillity has prevailed through out the entire establishment, and no return of the outrageous behaviour on the part of the convicts which was witnessed last week has been attempted, order and quietness taking the place of the former This letter, my old friend, is for you alone. You mill understand the necessity of the secrecy which I urgently enjoin on you. But let my words sink deeply into both your mind and your heart ; be convinced that I cannot act otherwise without for swearing myself, and then reflect, talk with your friends, with sensible and worthy persons, raise your voice in Parliament, and demand what is wanting at present and what is absolutely necessary —legitimate and reasonable order. turbulence and riot. There is now no doubt that had it not been for the firmness and energy shown by Captain Powell, the Governor, Sunday last would have exhibited another fierce outbreak by the convicts. Captain Powell, howeyer, having leala that something of the kind was intended, irected the whole of the warder's to remain on duty in the establishment on that day, and at the time the men were allowed to exercise themselves on the parade-ground an extra number of warders were stationed among the convicts, the remainder being judiciously kept out of sight, but in readiness to net immediately their services were required. This manoeuvre had the desired effect, and, after the convicts had taken their hour's exercise, they were quietly marched into the chapel, where the service was decorously performed, the Governor adopting the same precaution during the exercise time in the afternoon. From the result of the investiga tion instituted by Captain Gambier it has been ascertained beyond doubt that the recent outbreaks were led by a few most ruffianly characters, on account of the failure of the plot which had been concocted to enable a number of them to effect their escape. The convict Peters, who was at the head of the affair, was intrusted w ith the skele ton key for releasing the others from their cells. As previously stated, this skeleton key was manu factured by one of the convicts employed in the dockyard, where of course they have access to any tools they may require in the work on which they are engaged. Since the occurrence strict orders have been issued to all the warders to use the ut most vigilance over the convicts working in the dockyard, in order to:prevent any of the tools being used for an improper purpose. In addition to the four convicts removed to Millbank on Saturday last, Captain Gambier has directed three others of the most notorious character, who took a leading part in the late riotous proceedings, to be removed from Chatham. Their names are Durant, Bayle, and White. Durant has accordingly been removed to Pentonville, and the two others to Millbank, where they will be flogged, and be reduced to the lowest class, and their period of probation commenced again. It was expected that Captain Gambier would have ordered a severe example to be made of several of the ringleaders, by directing them to be flogged in the presence of the convicts at Chatham, but for certain reasons this course has not been adopted. The leaders, however, will not be allowed to escape condign punishment, 12 more having been selected to be sent to Millbank, where, on their arrival they will doubtless be flogged and also reduced to the lowest class. The number ordered to be reduced to this class, and all mitigation of their punishment forfeited, is believed to be nearly 30. It should be stated that a great number of the convicts refrained from taking any part fn the recent outbreak, and among these is Pullinger, wi;,? has not long been an inmate of the prison, where he was sent from London, having completed his 7robation. A murderous assault was yesterday com mitted by a number of convicts on a convict named Harold,while at work at St. Mary's Island, adjoining Chatham Dockyard. Harold was believed to have given some information respecting the recent disturbances, whereby several of his fellow convicts were implicated. This deeply incensed them, and yesterday a party of convicts, headed by two men named Young and Johnson, seized a heavy stone each, and rushing past the warders and guard, reached the place where Harold was at work, and commenced a murderous attack on I"nibi Harold was soon overpowered, and there is up"huad would have been seriously injured, if notkilled, not several of the warders hastened to . hi s h e assistanceo and rescued him, seizing the lead ers in tutrage employed on the convicts tdefending conspicuous op c p n ortunity for his A stonecutter named Crowthe r, island, Harol d , w w h a o s made threatened himself by rst the expected, be remo ve d isnhtoeurlfderbeneenne.urndaerreodldo:fiithoFt is first to another establis hment, as his life is not safe at Chatham. The same day a savage assault was made in the prison by a convict, a mulatto, on a warder, named D e nbow. The convict had just left the bath room , and was being cond uc t e d across t o a nother part of the establishment, when he suddenly turned on the warder, knocking him down, an d otherwise atta c ki ng hi m i n the and kicking most savage manner. The crie s o f D en b ow b rou ght some one to his assistance, when it was found that he was so seriously injured as to necessitate his removal to the prison infirmary. The convict has bee n placed in the punishment cell, to await an investigation into his eonduct. DOCICACCOMMODATION AT HULL.—The construc tion is proposed at Hull of an extensive dock and basin for the accommodation of steamers and shipping on the fore shore to tho westward of the Humber-dock basin. Lines of railway are to be laid down to connect the new dock with the local railways, and street and approach improvements are also contemplated. Altogether the expenditure will be uPWarde of £500,000. _RAILWAY CAPITAL: Fifty millions of money or so are bespoken this year for new railway lines, branches, extensions, and other supplements to the existing system; so that the aggregate of railway capital, already about as large as that of Consols, will be increased by an addition nearly twice as great as was made to the National Debt in the last war. To be sure, the cases are not exactly parallel. We may hope that the forthcoming investments will, at any rate, be more productive than war loans and military estimates ; but if the new shareholders are ever to get their due, theremust be a radical reform in the conduct of railway enterprises from first to last. We have thrown away,—as far,that is, aspecuniary profits are concerned,—one of the finest opportuni ties ever placed within a people's reach. Now that railways have been 20 years in operation, and we can take a survey of their returns, we discover that the most sanguine visions of the original projectors have been exceeded by the realities of the experi ment. Nobody ever ventured to predict or antici pate such an incredible growth _of traffic as has actually occurred. No prospectus ever made an approximation to the revenues actually realized. Unhappily, the other side of the account proved equally expansive. The traffic surpassed all cal culation, but so did the charges, and the end has been that the income derived by the shareholders is deplorably small. It was reckoned that railways, with a given amount of traffic, would pay 10 per cent. The assumed traffic has been quadrupled, and the interest paid on capital is about 31. They certainly manage these things better in France—better everywhere, in fact, than in practi cal, business-like England. We publshed the other day a few statistics of the leading French lines, showing that three of them actually paid between 10 and 20 per cent. each; two others 71 ; and one, the lowest on the list, between 5 and 6. As a natural consequence, the shares were at a high premium, some having doubled in value, and the lowest quotation being at par. If we compare these figures with those of our best English lines, the contrast will be startling. Five per cent. with us is a high dividend; 41 quite a respectable re turn, while the average percentage is about 3Z- or as nearly as possible that of Con s ol s f or th e last eight years. Every country is ahead of us in these statistics. The average receipts of original shareholders in France, not merely on the lilies we have quoted, but throughout the empire, were by the last returns over 61. In Belgium they were nearly 51; in the States of the Germanic Confe deration much about the same. Austria and Prussia showed still better management, for the former country produced 61 and the latter almost 71. A good deal of this difference is attributable, of course, to the different habits of the several coun tries. We quite understand that Englishmen would not be content either with the speed or the accommodation provided by Continental managers, and when we read that the working expenses on a German line average about £B9B a mile ; while those of an English line with coke 40 per cent. cheaper exceed £1,500, we know to some extent how the contrast has arisen. The real truth of the case, however, lies deeper still. What renders English lines comparatively unre munerative is the unnatural magnitude of their capital accounts. The receipts would suffice to pro vide a magnificent rate of interest on all the capital legitimately expended ; that is to say, on all the money fairly consumed in the construction and establishment of the line. Unhappily, this is little more than half the total. Interest has to be found out of the traffic returns on a sum of about £300,000,000, whereas less than £160,000,000 of that amount represents original capital, or money originally raised upon ordinary shares for the accomplishment of the undertaking. In point of fact, that £160,000,000 expresses the amount of money which railways were expected to cost when nothing beyond the natural charges were taken into the account. That is the extent of capital for which interest would be demanded if nothing had been squandered in litigation, com petition, and strife. It is easy to finish the de duction. If things had been wisely ranaged, the capital accounts of railway companies would the dividends been about half what they are, an ie dividends just about double. Fifty per cent. of the aggregate investment is unproductive, thand hole. the remainder has to yield interest o ch resembles Railway finance very finance, and Mr. Gladstone perial s work is just like that of a railway manager. He wants to economise, and sets to work with his budget, but the old scores created by old extravagance are so heavy, the dead weight so enormous, and the margin for parings comparatively so riarrOW t h at the task is a desperate No. X. THE CASE BOOK': 100 Cases of SPERMATORRIVEA, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, &e. &c. &c. To be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and the Authors. Advice to the Working Classes fee Half-a-Guine,a; (SPECIAL NOTICE.) Dr. Culvorivell is the only legally qualified medical practi tioner living of that name, and can be consulted (only as above). DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD: MEDICAL ESSAY ON NERVOUS AND GENERA TIVE DISEASES. 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GOVERNMENT TROOP STEAMER FOR IN..DCTS; Yesterday a satisfactory trial trip took place on the Thames of a very peculiarly constructed steamer, intended for the conveyance of troops upon the Lower Indus. A numerous company of persons interested in marine engineering were pre sent on board, among whom may be mentioned Mr. Dinnen, the Admiralty Inspector of Machinery; Mr. Luke, Admiralty Surveyor of Shipping ; Capt. Robertson, of the Board of Trade Mr. flake, of the firm of Messrs. James Watts and Co.; Mr. Henry S. Pitcher, of Northfleet Dockyard }} and many others. This vessel is nee yf 0, 80tie z of various dililv,h6ioW3, tetornmended by a commission appointed by Government in 1857 to investigate the subject of river navi gat i on) and to report on the best he class of commission vessels Consisted for , serVite oh the r i ve r s o f :I n dia.T , sted of the late C o lo ne l Craw ford. of the Indian E ng i 4eets ; Ca the Indian Navy and Mr. T. b. W ptail Ba'claisis Of inter, Coriult ing Marine Ergireer. The rivers of India are usually broad, although their best channels are at various places comparatively. narrow. In general these rivers are tortuous, shallow, very rapid in flood seasons, and abound in shifting sandbanks. The form of boat recommended by the above com mission as best adapted to meet these circumstances is popularly known as the "spoon-ended" form, and resetnblee in principle many of the native craft. Several steam vessels have been sent out during the last few years more or less approximating to this model, and have been found the most useful on the Indian rivers. The commission recommended the still further carrying out of the "spoon-ended" principle by dispensing entirely with any approach to an angular form at either end of the vessel, in order to counteract, as far as possible, the difficulties to steering caused by the cross currents of the rivers, and also to reduce the labour of hauling the vessel off a sand bank, should she at any time run aground. For ordinary purposes tug-vessels, with barges attached thereto, were recommended, but for the all-important service of the speedy conveyance of troops, the necessity for which was so apparent during the late Indian rebellion, vessels of the class about to be described were advised. Mr. T, B. Winter, the engineer member of the commission, was subss • quently instructed by Government to prepare the plans and specifications of the various vessels above referred to, and was then intrusted with the charge of superintending their construction in this country. The vessels are sent out td India in pieces and cooa• pleted there; but one tug, and now this larger steamer, have been finished for previous trial in this country. Afterwards these vessels will have to be taken to pieces and packed for shipment. The con tract for the present troop steamer was given to Messrs. J. Watt and Co., of London and Birming ham, who have built her ergines and sublet the building of the hull to Messrs. M. Pearse and Co., of Stockton-on-Tees, where the vessel was " tot tered" together, and afterwards was brought up in pieces to the Victoria Docks, and there rivetted and finished. The dimensions of the steamer are : Length over all, 377 feet ; beam, 46 feet ; breadth over paddle-boxes, 74 feet; depth, 5 feet; ditto, at paddle shafts, 12 feet; ditto, to top of arched girders, 18 feet ; working draught of water, 2 feet; displace. ment at 2 feet draught, 739 tons; tonnage (old measurement), 3,911 tons. Accommodation is pro vided onboard for about 800 troops and their officers. The engines are 220 nominal horse power, having horizontal cylinders of .55 inches diameter and 6 feet stroke. The diameter of the paddle-wheels is 26 feet and the breadth of the floats, or paddle-boards, 12 feet. There is a separate pair of small oscillating engines, intended to assist in maintaining a vacuum for the main engines when the navigation becomes intricate. These engines are likewise to work crabs for hauling the vessel off sand-banks. The hull of the troop steamer is constructed entirely of puddled steel made by the Weardale Company, near Dur ham, and the average tensile strength of which is 42 tons per sectional square inch, or double that of boat-plate iron. The vessel is strengthened longi tudinally by four arched girders ; two at the sides, rising to a height of 12 feet, to carry the paddle wheels, &c., and extending 130 feet in length on deck. The other two, or main girders, run fore and aft, about 10 feet from the sides of the vessel these are 18 feet high in the centre and extend nearly the whole length of the ship. In walking fore and aft on the maindeck you pass underneath the paddleshafts. Ath wartsbips, the vessel is strengthened through the engine and boiler space by 12 overhead beams or girders, extending the whole breadth of the vessel and car s 3 ing the stays by which the sponsons are suspended. Beyond the space occupied by the engines and boilers she is framed. again athwartehips by trusses under the maindeck, repeated every three feet, and which resemble in principle the iramework of an iron roof. Although the vessel is built throughout of exces sively light scantling, she is rendered strong by means of the class of framewosk adopted. She is steered at each end by means of " blades," which, instead of being worked from side to side in the ordinary manner of rudders, are caused to rise or lower into the water at the proper angle. When out of ,action these blades are completely within boxes or wells, formed for their reception. Both sets are actuated simultaneously by steering wheels, placed towards the head of the vessel, and provision is made to work one set only should an accident occur to the other. The principle of this ingenious arrangement is patented by the in ventor, Mr. A. Chaplin, of Glasgow. There are two tiers of cabins placed one above the other; and these, as on board American river steamers, are houses rising above the vessel's maindeck. They are entirely surrounded with Venetian panels for the ad mission or exclusion of air. The tops of the upper tier of cabins form the chief promenade deck. The saloon and state rooms for the officers are at the fore end of the vessel. No attempt at ornamental work has been made ; everything being plain but substan tial. The berths for the troops are composed of frames of galvanised iron covered with perforated sheet zinc, for the free circulation of air. The lower tier of berths is constructed at a convenient height to form seats, and the upper tier is placed sufficiently above the lower to allow the occupants to sit comfortably upright. In each main troop room there is an officer's cabin partitioned off, and the accommodation for the troops is divided in five compartments, so as to permit of separation in case of sickness. Fresh air, drawn from the paddle boxes, in order that it may absorb moisture, is sup plied to the cabins (by fans worked with the steam power) in sufficient quantity to change the whole amount in each troop room every half-hour. These fans are Schele's patent, and being independent of the engines, can be worked while the ship is lying to for the night, as all navigation on the Indus ceases at dark. The engineers' cabins are placed on the extensive sponsons, where are also bath rooms and other accommodations, poultry houses, sheep pens, &c. As a precaution against shoaling, the draught of water is taken by water gauges, placed inside the ship, and enalogous in principle to the water gauges of ordinary steam boilers. The whole vessel is covered with an awning of the strongest sailcloth, the area of which may be estimated by the fact of its weighing three tons. The extensive framework for supporting this awning has received especial attention, and while every care has been taken to reduce as eight by making all the stanchions and stays tubular, they are, nevertheless,very sub stantial. The handrails all round the main and promenade decks are also tubular, and advan tage has bean taken of this form to make it serve as a speaking tube from the pilot to the engine room. The engineering diffi culty in the construction of this vessel was to adopt such a class of framework that, whil e s till possess ing great strength, th e quantity o r we i g ht o f metal used in building her should be so small as to ensure the excessively limited draught of two feet. In principle, the general arrangement, and also many of the plans for stiffening and strengthening, this vessel, resemble the American river steamers, very many of which nearly approach it in the dimensions of length and beam, and ono of which is believed to be about 30 feet longer and 4 feet wider. Some vessels on the Ithone are 100 feet longer than this troop steamer, but not so wide. of the larger American The d raug h a t e e d f a h t e e : e , h h o e w a e t: is b ael t d h om so little as four feet, or double that of Mr. Winter's design. The cabins of the American boats frequently rise from 40 to 50 feet above the maindeck, whereas those of the Indus troop-steamer do not exceed 15 feet ; so that, although the hold on the water due to the two feet draught is less than that of the American boats which have so long and successfully navigated: the Hudson and the Mississippi, the troop steamer has proportionately less top hamper. The vessel was tried up and down on the measured mile in Long-reach, the average s p ee d a tt a i ne d being 12 statute miles per hour ; th e preva l en t opinion of the many competent authorities acquainted with the requirement s of the Indian service being, that this first Government troop steamer for the navigation of the Indus would effectively fulfil her intended object. THE NAVY Official instructions were yesterday received at Woolwich from the Lords of the Admiralty by Com modore Superintendent the Hon. J. R. Drummond, stating that the Board has been pleased to adopt as the authenticated night signals of her Majesty's ships of war for future use Ward's patent signal telegraph lanterns, and that an order had been issued for a full supply, in sets, for the newly ap pointed Rear-Admiral Smart's division of the Chan nel fleet, to be executed forthwith. Considerable pains have been taken by various members of the Board, and also by Commodore Drummond, during last year in investigating and improving the new signals and bringing them to their present state of perfection; and all who have witnessed the series of experiments which has been carried out and the progressive alterations introduced from time to time are unanimous in their decision that no other change can add to their utility and value. One hundred first and second class lads were yes terday despatched from the Fisgard, at IVoolwich, to Portsmouth, to be distributed in the fleet, and an equal number were transferred to the same phlee on Monday. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. A. H. Gilmore, to the Cossack ; Lieut. J. D. Barker, to the Princess Royal; Lieut. J. V. I). Butler, to the Flying Fish; and Lieut. C. N. Hoare, to the Seylla. THE The badges for the best shots in the musketry practice during the past season, in connexion with the camp at Colchester, have just been received by th, ), , ;_andante of the six depots constituting the ~ . 11 battalion. The returns for the 10th battalion have not yet been received. The badges, which will not be ti (.) r antil the issue of new clothing in April, are of two kinds -first class, cross muskets worked in gold ; second class, cross muskets worked in worsted: The first class carries 2d., and the second ld. per day extra pay. The 66th depot furnished the greater number of marksmen, and the 11th com pany, 56th Regiment, proved the best shooting company of the 9th battalion. Her Majesty's iron screw steam troopship Megera, Commander Samuel H. Henderson, sailed yesterday morning at 8 o'clock from the Arsenal pier, Woolwich, according to previous arrange ments already detailed in The Sun, having embarked on the preceding day Nos. 1 and 2 battery of the Ist Brigade of Royal Artillery, under orders to relieve the sth Brigade at Gibraltar. The battery consists of Captain and Brevet-Major Walcott; Second Capts. Nisbett and Sclireiber—the latter from the depot; Lieuts. Clarke, Gyll, Bramly, Gatty, P. Smith, and French; Surgeon Coombe, Quartermaster Cass, and 2-10 non-commissioned officers and men, with a proportion of women and children according to War-office regulations. They were accompanied to the pier by the regimental band, the music continuing to play until the last man had embarked. It was noticed by those who were present to witness the embarkation that the general appearance of the men betokened excellent health and spirits, and that seldom has a better and more equably assorted body of troops assembled, the average height being 5 feet 9 inches. Yesterday the chartered East India troopship Accrington, 1,932 tons, Captain Christie, which arrived in the Thames the previous day with troops on board from Calcutta, disembarked her military invalids at Custom-house-quay, Gravesend, under the direction of the staff officers from Chatham garrison. The Accrington sailed from Calcutta on the 10th of October last, and dropped anchor at Gravesend after a passage of 104 days, without calling at any port. The woanded and disabled troops brought home belong to the Royal Artillery, Ist battalion sth Fusiliers, Ist battalion 6th, Ist battalion 19th, 37th, 38th, 54th, 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers), and 88th (Connaught Rangers) Regi ments ; together with a number of men of the Indian army belonging to the sth and 6th Bengal European Regiments, who have been sent home to be dis charged, the whole under the command of Lieut. E. Deshon, 68th Light Infantry, and in medical charge of Dr. Alexander Solomon, a coloured native surgeon. Three deaths occurred on board during the passage. On the disembarcation of the invalids at Gravesend the Royal Artillery were forwarded to Woolwich, and the remainder conveyed to the general hospital, Fort Pitt, Chatham, where on their arrival they were inspected by the medical staff of that establishment. Fourteen non-com missioned officers and men, who have become insane from exposure and other causes while terving in India, were admitted into the lunatic portion of the hospital, and five men into the medical wards. The remainder were removed to the invalid establish ment, St. Mary's Barracks, to await an inspection by the Chelsea Board prior to their discharge from the service. Captain J, Sprot, 83d Regiment, has joined at Chatham, and taken the command of the depot of that corps. A gunner named Clare, belonging to the 4th Bri gade of Royal Artillery, on duty at the principal entrance of the barrack-field, Woolwich, as sentry, was yesterday morning arrested by the police, having been recognised by a pensioner of the navy as the man who robbed him on the previous night at 11 o'clock of 31b of cigars, with which he made his escape to barracks, scattering the plunder along the pathway in his hurried escape from pursuit. He was given over to the civil authorities for trial. STATE 01? TRADE. LEICESTER, Jan. 23.—There is not so much doing in the hosiery trade as is usual at this time of the year, but more is expected to be done shortly. In the adjacent country districts business is also very flat; and many of the town and country operatives are in distress. The woolmarket is hardly so firm, but previous prices are maintained. There is very little change in the price of yarn. NOTTINGHAM, Jan. 23.—1 f anything, there has been a shade more doing in the lace trade this week ; business, however, generally The r e seaking , ~erwem ains in a very inanimate state. . aro re s of a buyers in the town, but their operations are very limited character. This is the bolti tone, but when business has a decidedly i mp roved manifest. a tho year at present very little improvem an d e There is a little Plain nets are still heavy . 01211— rip • g verage de one. The tion of goods the doing in fancies,but in this ra ains extremely dull. demand is by no means an de mand for silk g oot g re y scarce, and the opera oyloyment is ex . d e g a a g g r e e a t privations. In hosiery business is a trifle better. there e e r s e a ifno u t n Zu de u rcg: N.Eir y IN PARLIAMENT. " ter day the examiners deolared the standing orders of both Houses of Parliament complied with in the followin6. cases : Metropolitan Railway—For improvements in what is called the Great Underground Railway, in their communi cation with the Great Northern and Metropolitan Meat Market at Smithfield ; to authorise the purchese of addi tional lands and arrangements with the Corporation of London and certain railways ; extending time for comple tion of line by one year, and for power to raise a further capital of £3oo,ooo,land to borrow £lOO,OOO. Cockarmouth, Keswick, and Penrith Railway—For a railway between these points, at a cost of £200,000, and power to borrow £66,000. Oswcstry and Newtown Railway—For divers branch railways at a cost of £140,000. Downpatrick and Newry Railway—For a railway between these points, at a cost of £200,000, and power to bort ow £lOO,OOO, with power to other railways to subscribe. Mid-Devon and Cornwall Railway—For lines from the North Devon at Coleford to Launceston and Tavistoek, at a cost of £420,000, power to borrow £120,000, and for oilier railways to subscribe. Kingston-on-Hull Railway Docks—For new docks in connection with the railways at Hull. Kil rush and Kilket Railway and Poulnasherry Reclama tion Act. Ross and Monmouth Railway—For a line between these points. The standing orders were declared not complied with in the case of the Cowes and Nowportitailvray Extensions (in respect of errors in levels), and in the case of the Coln° Valley and Halstead Railway, for extension to Cambridge, Clare, and Colchester, at an estimated cost of £220,000, in some technical particulars. CIEOLOGY.-KING'S COLLEGE, Loidon.— Professor TENNANT, P.G.S., will commence a COURSE of LECTURES on GEOLOGY on 'FRIDAY MORNING, January 25, at 9 o'clock. They will be continued on each succeeding Wednesday and Friday at the same Fee, £2 12s. 6d. P. W. JELF, AD,, Principal. AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY.-LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and consumption. It frequently elves persons whom the faculty pronounce in curable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes 'after taking it. Prepare' only and sold by W. Lambert, Chemist, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, and by all Druggists in bottles, 134 d., 2s. 3d., and 4s. 6d. each. 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