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TRESHAM D; GREGG Preaches TO-MORROW (D.V.) at WOBURN CHAPEL, Tavistock-place.—Divine services at 11 a.m and 7 p.m. METROPOLITAN 130.41 W _OF WORKS. CHANGE OF TVEATRER. BANK OF FBA.NCE.. THE MOST ATTRACTIVE GIFT BOOK OF The usual meeting - of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday in the Council Chamber, Guildhall ; Mr. J, Thwattcs in the cha;r, The firancial statemlikLwas presented, which gave the following .cash halOyes in the hards of the treasurer t—Current accounts, £112,704 3s. 9d.; deposit accounts, £74,000; total, £186,704 3s. 9d. Government securities in the NeW Three per Cent. Annuities, £17,156 6s. ; cheques ordered but not presented—issued, £594 185. : 43 - d. 7 ; not issued, £86,146 53. 2d. ; total' £ . 86,741 is. 3a. • Last right skating on the Serpentine was again carried on with great spirit. There was a display of fireworks and various novel amusements. The ice was stated to be nearly 13 inches thick. There is to be a fair on the Serpentine on Monday night, unless the thaw which commenced yesterday should happily put a stop to the late severity of the season. All the parks were crowded yesterday, but no ac cident of consequence is reported. The following is the account for the month end ing Thursday, Jan. 10 : THE SEASON. Price, in Cloth 2ls. in Morocco -- in Morocco, bound by llayday. £2 2s. E LIZA COOK'S POEMS, INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London, W.C., January 10, Notice is Hereby Given. that the HALF-YEARLY DIVI DEND on the Capital Stock of the Society, at the rate of Six per Cent. per annum, to the 31vt December last, is now due, and in course of PAYMENT at the Society's Office, te tween the hours of 11 and 3. EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman. No. 142, Strand, London, W.C. ASSETS. .. 76,023,251 76 16 273,6 4 17,423 - ,219 17 Cash and ingots _ 1 . Cash at the I;ranch-banks Selected and edited by the Author. Illustrated w . th exquisite wood engravings by the brothers rialziel, from designs by John Gilbert, Harrison Weir, John atson, Duncan, Wolfe, and other celebrated artists. An excellent Likeness of the Author, from a Photograph by John Watkins, engraved by Frank Hon, forms the frontis piece. " It is a real treat to see a volume so rich in beauty as this —a volume in which the sister arts of poetry and painting are so fitly represented ; and, therefore, it cannot be too strongly or too cordially recommended to all who love both, and who delight to witness them in such happy combination." — Observer. " It is not necessary to say more to guarantee the complete ness of the work, and we show oar appreciation of its merits by transferring three of the illustrations to our columns."— Illustrated London News. i i '. , ----:___,, ! A LBERT and MEDICAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 7, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, S.W. SOUTHWARK AND WESTMINSTER COMMUNICATION Establ:slied 1838. The Business of the Medical, Invalid, and General Life Assurance Society havincr, been amalgamated with the Albert Life Assurance Company. the united business will hence forth be carried on under the above title. Notice is Hereby Given, that the HALF-YEARLY DIVI DEND to the 31st ult., after the rate of 7 per cent. per annum. will be in course of PAYMENT to the Shareholders on and after the 10th January inst. HENRY WILLIAM SMITH, Actuary. • Jan. 7, 1801. Messrs. Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, Farringdon street. MEMORIAL TO THE LATE GEKTERA Slit WILLIAM NAPIER, K.C.B. At a Meeting held at the Royal United Service Institu tion on the Bth May, 1860, His Royal highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., G.C.8., in the chair, It was prorpsed `by his Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G., and seconded by the Earl of Ellenborough, G.C.8., That the late General Sir William Napier, as a soldier and a military historian, merited the admiration and grati tude of his country. Proposed by General Sir John Burgoyne, Bart., G.C.8., and seconded by General Sir Thomas Brotherton, K.C.8., That he immortalised the glorious deed, s of our Army in "'Spain, Portugal, and France, by his history of the war in tthose countries—a history that no true soldier can read without instruction and advantage, and without being in spired by th e h ero i c sen ti men t s an d spirit-stirring language the author. Proposed by General Sir Robert Gardiner. G.C.8., and seconded by Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith Bart., G.C.8., That a subscription be immediately opened for the erec tion of a statue to the memory of the chivalrous soldier and zulaarr4ssed military historian. A. LAWRIE, Hon. Sec. COMMITTEE. his Royal Hirhncss the DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, G.C. 'His Grace the Duke of Somerset. Iris Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle. His Grace the Duke of Leinster. His Grace the Duke of Wellington, K.G. The Earl De Grey and Ripon The -- tlarl of Ellenborough, G.C.B. Tte Viscount Palmerston, K.G., G.C.B. Acid-Marshal Viscount Combermere, G.C.B. Field-Marshal Lord Seaton, G.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. the Earl of Lucan, K.C.B. General Lord Clyde, G.C.B. The Right Hon. Lord John Russell. The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. _. The Right rf on.--Sir Charles Wooa, spirt. General Sir John Burgoyne, Bart., G.C.B. General Sir Hew Ross, G.C,B. General. Sir George Brown, G.C.B. `General Sir Robert Gardiner, G.C.B. General Sir James Ferguson, G.C.B. General Sir Thomas Brotherton, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Harry Smith, Bart., G.C.B. Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Aitchison, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Sir William Rowan, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Shaw Kennedy, C.B. Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir Charles Gore, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Sir George Wetherell, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Frederick Love, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Knollys. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Charles Yorke, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Cator, C.B. • Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. R. Clayton, Bart. Major-Gen. Sir Richard Airey, K.C.B. Major-Gen. the Hon. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.E. Major•• Gen. Sir Harry Jones, K.C.B. Major-Gen. Wylde, C.B. The Chaplain-Gen. of the Forces. • Lieut.-Gen. Beatson, K.S.F. • Major-Gen. Watkins. Major-Gen. Willoughby, C.B. • Colonel Sir John M. Wilson, C. 8., K.H. Colonel the Hon. James Lindsay, M.P. Colonel Sir Duncan MacDougall, K.C.F. Colonel Pitt Kennedy. Colonel Harding, C.B. Colonel Harvey. Captain Claxton, R.N. ' Lieut.-Colonel George Hall. Major Gavin, M.P. George Jones, Esq., Royal Academy. Andrew Lawrie, Esq. Captain Burgess. (With power to add to their number.) SUBSCRIPTIONS. his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge £25 0 0 Colonel Pitt Kennedy .. .. 20 0 0 General Sir John Atkinson, K.C.B. .. 10 0 0 General Sir Robert Gardiner, G.C.B. .. 25 0 0 Colonel Si r J o h n M. Wil s on, C. 8., K.H. .. 50 0 General Sir John Burgoyne, Bart., G.C..8. 5 0 0 Lieut.-General Sir Harry Smith, Bart., G.C.B. 5 0 0 Lieut.-General Sir Charles Yorke, K.C.B. .. 5 0 0 Captain Claxton, R.N. .. . • .. .. 20 0 0 The Wido w o f M a j o r W. H. Jackson .. .. 1 1 0 Sir Duncan MacDougall .. .. 20 0 0 Captain Frederick Rober son .. • . 1 1 0 .Major-General Wylde, C.B. • . • • .. 55 0 The Earl of Ellenborough .. • . .. 20 0 0 his Grace the Duke of Somerset .. 25 0 0 Mr Grace the Duke of Leinster . • 10 0 0 Field-Marshal Lord Seaton, G.C.B. 20 0 0 Maj.-Gen. the Hon. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett,K .C.B. 50 0 0 Gen, the Right Hon. Sir G.Brown, G.C.8.,K.H. 10 0 0 Colonel P. Macdougall .. .. 25 0 0 General Sir Thomas Brotherton, K.C.B. .. 20 0 0 Henry Bruce, Esq., M.P. .. .. 25 0 0 • Colonel Rathbone •• •• •• 10 10 0 Lieutenant-General Sir W. Rowan, K.C.8... 10 10 0 Lieutenant-General J. S. Kennedy, C.B. .. 10 0 0 General Sir James Ferguson, G.C.B. .. 10 0 0 Andrew Lawrie, Esq. .. .. 10 10 0 lieutenant-General Sir W. B. Clayton, Bart. 15 0 0 Lieutenant-General Cator, C.B. .. 5 0 0 F. V. Ind, Esq., late 76th regiment 1 1 0 Captain John Norton, late 34th Regiment .. 1 0 0 Mrs. Butt ,_. 1 1 1 1 O. Perston, Esq., M.D., h.-p. 13th Lt. Dragoons ,Major-General Freer .. Colonel J. W. Fitzmayor, C. 8., and Sundry Officers, R.A. Lord de Grey and Ripon .. Officers and Sergeants of 63d Regiment Lieutenant. General H. Brooke, 88th Foot .. Mai. A. Wombwell, Depot Battalion, Winchester Colonel Horton • • •• e• ',Colonel C are y, 18th R o y a l • Irish Colonel Bainbridge Officers Ist Battalion 22d Regiment .. Major-General Cameron, C.B. . • • 'General Sir H. Douglas, Bart., G.C.H. •Major-General Dupuis R.A.• _. • • ,Lieut.-G enera l Si r J. F. Love. K.C.8., K.H. Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and. Pri vates 2d Battalion 6th Foot .. .. 416 0 'Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson, 22d Regiment 1 0 0 Dr. Hoskins, F.R. 8., Deputy-Inspector-General 1 0 0 'Rev. D. Dobrie .• .. 1 0 0 Lieutenant-Colonel Hall, Durham Artillery, subscription of Officers and Non-Commis . sioned Officers .. .. 12 8 6 'Colonel Shadwell, 98th Foot .. 2 2 0 S. Stern, Esq. .. 10 0 O. Drummond, Esq., late Rifle Brigade .. 10 0 ;From Assistant Adjutant-General's Office, Manchester • • • • • • • • • • 0 4 0 'Subscription of Officers, Non-commissioned Offi cers, and Men Ist Battalion 9th Foot.. .. 7 1 5 linbert Hutchinga, Esq. . • • • • • 22 0 Subscription of Officers and Men, Ist Battalion 10th Foot .. 412 4 Major De s h on , 2d Dep o t Battalion, Chatham .. 6 0 0 'Messrs. T. and W. Boone 5 0 0 .John Aldridge, Es 5 0 0 Major D. G. Freer, late 43d Regiment .. 2 2 0 Sir Charles R. M'Grigor, Bart. .. .. 10 10 0 The Right Hon. Sid ne y' Herbert .. .. 10 0 0 - Lieut.-Colonel Brown, 4th Light Dragoons .. 1 0 0 'Lieut.-General Beatson, K.5.F... .. 5 0 0 'Major Gavin, M.P. 5 0 0 Lieut.-Colonel Hort, the Officers. Non-con2mis cloned Officers, and Privates of 36th Regiment 24 7 2 Colonel Jeffreys C. 8., the Officers, Non-cora inissioned 011icers, and Privates, sth Depot Battalion, Parkhurst - .. 3 6 4 T. Fortescue, Esq... . 0 10 0 Lieut.-Col on el George Hall, Durham Artillery 5 0 0 Lient.-General Sir George Wetherell, K.C.B. 5 0 0 Right Hen. Sir Charles Wood, Bart... .. 50 0 Right Hon. Lord John Russell .. . 5 0 0 Lieut.-Gen the Hon. Sir Charles Gore, K .C.8 .. 10 0 0 Captain Wilson, 55th Regiment.. K.C.8.1 0 0 Major-Gen era l Si r H. D . J ones , K .. 5 0 0 General Sir H. Rose, Royal Artillery, G.C.B. 6 0 0 Sundry Officers, Royal Engineers .. •. 49 6 Dr. Andrew F erguson ; Inspector 'General f Hospitals .. 2 2 0 Colonel Willoughby •• •. •• •• .. 2 2 0 • Lieutenant-Colonel Daly : ; • •• • • 1 1 0 Major-General Watkins 5 0 0 General Sir John Bell, G.C.B. .. • • • • •• .. 5 0 0 Ray. Edward Coleridge .. • • • • 50 0 - Captain Burgess . . 0 10 0 Isis Grace the Duke of Newcastle • • 10 0 0 Lieutenant-General Macintosh; K.H. s ., 10 0 0 Colonel Brock • 1 0 0 Lieuten an t-G e neral Sir W. G. Moo re , K.C.8.• 20 0 0 Anonymous „ . • • • .. .. 25 0 0 John Carrick , M ore Esq •• .. •. 50 0 Moore, IS Lieutenant-General Knollys .. 3 3 0 General Sir W. Gomm, G.C.8... .. 1,0 0 0 General Sir E. Blakeney, G.C.8., G.C.H. •• 5 0 0 Lieutenant -General Sir H. D. Jones, K.C.8... 5 0 0 Rev. R. P. Graves .. • • .. 20 0 Countess o f Mount Edgcu • Lbe . • .. 10 0 Viscount Chabot .. 5 0 0 J. S. Soden, of Bath, late 79th 5 0 0 Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates of • 16th Depot Battalion .. 3 3 3 His Grace the Duke of Richmend. .. 20 0 0 Lieutenant-General Si r W . Codrington., K.C.B. 10 0 0 Subscription of Non - Commissioned Officers and Privates of Army Hospital Corps .. 1 9 6 G ene ral Lord Clyde, G.C.B. 20 0 0 • • • • • e Major O'Leary, late 55 th Regime • Regi me nt 20 0 Rev. Peter Carey , •• • • 10 0 Non-Commissioned Officers and Re; 39 th Regiment • • • • • • • • 12 16 6 .. Colonel Kelly, and o ffi cer s 34th Re giment 3 5 0 Colonel E. R. Hill.. • • • • ••• 5 0 0 Colonel Harvey • .. • • • • • • • • 5 0 0 John Rolt, Esq. .. • • • ' • • 22 0 Officers, N. C. Officers, and Privates 43a Regt 21 2 3 ,Subscription from 13th Light Infantry.. .. 512 1 Subscription from 64th Regiment .. 4 4 0 George Jones, Esq., R.A... N. C. Officers and Men, 2d Battalion lithFoOl 116 0 8 .8. Stoney, 53d Regiment.. • • • • .• 10 0 Captain O'Neil, 20th Regiment .. • • • • 10 0 Officers, N.C. Officers, and Privates, 7 2 8 33d Regt. 12 0 6 Officers, N.C. O ffi cers, and Privates, 52d Regt• ~.1 4 6 Sergeants, 2d Battalion 22d Regiment .. • • A n Officers, N.C. Officers. and Privates, Ist Bat -2 4 0 talion' let Royal Regiment 10 10 0 Officers 71st Regiment .. Officers, N.C. Officers, and Privates 31st Regt. 9 9 6 Subscription from 82d Regiment .. 1 7 Officers, N.C. Officers, and Privates 91st Regt. 16 13 0 Subscriptions are received by— Messrs. Con and Co., Craig's.court, Charing-cross. Moms. Drummond, Charing-cross. Sir Charles R. McGrigor, Bart., and W. McGrigor, Esq., 17, Charles-street, St. James's-square. The Secretary of the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall. tThe City Bank, Threadneedle-street, London, and 4 Andrew Lawrie, Esq., 10, Charles-street, St. James's • square, Hon. Secretary and; Treasurer, to whom: com munications are invited. A. LAWRIE, Um 600retary.5, loncloOthil NQYP*, 113614 .. 2 10 0 25 0 0 8 5 6 5 0 0 6 0 0 .. .. 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 46 18 0 6 0 0 10 0 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF "JOHN HALIFAX." Now ready, in 1 vol., 10s. 6d., elegantly bound, ,C 4 TUDIES FROM LIFE. By the Author of "JOHN HALfrAx, GENTLEMAN." " A most charming; volume, one which all women and most men would be proud to possess."—Chronicle. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now Ready, in 2 vols., 218., bound, BRITISH ARTISTS, from HOGARTH to TURNER ; being a Series of Biographical Sketches. By WALTER THORNBURY. Tliornbury - writes icith Inowledge and enthusiasm. The interest of his sketches is unquestionable."—Examiner. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. • THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CCXXIX. Will be published on FRIDAY NEXT. CONTENTS. I. Church Expansion and Liturgical Revision. IL Japan and the Japanese. 111. The Victoria Bridge. IV. Political Ballads of England and Scotland. V. Ocean Telegraphy. VI. 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Booth, 307, Regent-street, W. Now ready, I vol. post Bvo., cloth, price 10s. 6d., WAYS and WORDS of MEN of LETTERS. By the Rev. JAMES Pycnorr, B.A.' Author of "Twenty Years in the Church," "Elkerton Rectory," 4tc. L. Booth, 307, Regent-street, W. Just published, price One Shilling, REASONS FOR AN ALTERATION IN THE LEGAL TENDER, AND A REFORM IN THE CURRENCY. By ROBERT SLATER. London : Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange. TRIAL OF THE FIX AT THE ROYAL MINT. This Day is published, price Sixpence, ALETTER 'I 0 THE RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, CIIANCELLOR of' the EXCHEQUER, on the Trial of the Pix at Her Majesty's Mint. By J. H. WATHERSTON, Goldsmith. Effingham Wilson, 11, Royal Exchange. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE Sully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex • perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all Is lost, All 'denominations of Constitutions are carefull -, examined it. J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Ke'itt and Co., late Piper and Co., Paternoster-row. The rourth Edition. Just Published. Bvo, in cloth, price ss. by post free, 58. eci. _ ON TRUE a FALSE SPERMATORRH(EA ; with the Wino the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Ifypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. fickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This Is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other oqually flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred s great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemole it are accurately de stribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Cireular. - -•- " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; bat the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street D ISEASES OF THE SKIN. By ROBERT J. JORDAN, M.D., Licentiate of the Roval College of Physicians, Edinburgh, Member or the Royal College of SyNeons, England. kc., du' Author of" Skin Diseiies and their Remedies," Sc. Containing the modern treatment for the cure of cutaneous eruptions, scorbutic affections, superfcial and deep-seated ulcers. torpidity of the circulatory system, redness, roughness of the skin, &a 'This book is, PA he has aimed to make it. ' thoroughly use ful and practical.' "—Medical Times and Gazette, August 14th, 1860. Published by John Churehhill. To he had from the Author only, 29, George-street, Hanover-square, London. At home from 10 to 2 ; and by appointment. FREE ISSUE, NOTICE.—The following invaluable works have just been published, and are now being, issued gratis to all who enclose two stamps for postage, to No. 27, Alfred-place, Bedford square, Londcn :- 1)R. WATSON'S NEW MEDICAL ESSAY on SPERM.ATORRCEA and URINARY DEPOSITS, NERVOUS and PHYSICAL DEBILITY, with their EASY DETECTION and SELF CURE. Lately discovered and now made public by the Author, with Cases and Diagrams, showing-the connection between the brain and the sexual organs, Also prescriptions and the appropriate remedies for the self treatment and cure of those special diseases, and whether acquired in youth, manhood, or old age. By Dr. Watson, F.11.A.5., London, Member of the Medical Society of Rouen, the National Academy of Sciences, Paris, and Fellow of the Imperial Institute of France, &c. &c. (vide Diplomas and Medical Directory). 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Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool, of ten ye u a r r e s' N d o y . sp 4 e 6 p , s 7 l o a : and . all ja t m h e e s h ß orr ob o e r r s t o s f , nervous irritability. Cure e timber merch ant , ittin blood , liver 3r, derangement,Surrey , of 3 partial years'O diseased deafness. im lungs, spitting testimonials from 56,000 patients who can be re ferred to. The Food is sold in canisters, 11b. `4l. 9d. , 2 1 b, 48. 6d., 121 b. 225., 241 b. 408. ; taper-refined quality, 51b. 2s„ 101 b. 335. The Mason, and co., 1827 . 101 b., 121 b., and 241 b. canisters carriage free on receipt of hurch-street Post-office order by Bally Du Barry and Co., Piccadilly, Regent Lstorneedto,nL;oAndbobnis! 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WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. D R. MARK AND HIS LITTLE MEN London, for One Week Only, At the, Great St. James's Hall, Regent-street gwd Piccadilly. THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, Jan. 12. Doors open at half -past 7. And the SECOND CONCERT on Monday Afternoon, at half-past 2. Tickets, 55., 35., 25., and is., which may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, W. BUCKLEYS' ARRANGEMENTS for the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. Open every Night at 8, and Two Day Performances on Wednesday and Saturday Afternoons at 3. ST. JAMES'S HALL, Piccadilly. Stalls, 38. ; Area, 2s. • Gallery, is. Seats can be secured at all the Libraries, and at the Ticket-office, 28, Piccadilly. M R. W. S. WOODIN'S NEW ENTERTAIN MENT, the CABINET of CURIOSITIES, POLY GRAPHIC HALL, King Wil lam-street, Charing-cross, TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at Eight. Private boxes, £1 ls. ; Stalls and box stalls, Bs. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, ls. -A plan of the stalls may be seen, and seats secured (without extra charge), at the Box office, from 10 till 4. Morning Performance, Saturday, Jan. 12. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION (Limited).— Now Open with Great Novelties. Mornings. 12 to 5. Evenings, 7 to 10.—Admission, is. Schools, and Children under Ten Years of Age, Half-price. EVANS'S Magnificent MUSIC and SUPPER ROOMS, Covent-C arden. MACKNEY has returned to this Establishment. Suppers as usual after the Theatres. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. -ARGYLL ROOMS.—GRAND MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT with the Celebrated BAND, Forty in number (established eleven years), chosen from the Philharmonic Concerts, Royal Italian Operas, and the Household Troops. Conducted by Mons. Lamotte. Cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt.—Dancing at Nine o'clock.-Is. admission. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Holborn.—The most elegant entertainment in the world. The dancing area is most extensive. The reading and smoking rooms on either side of the s pacious galleries are replete with every comfort, and the refreshment rooms at tached to the hal room are unrivalled even by Oriental beauty. The wipes and refreshments are of the highest qua lity, and the band, conducted by Mr. Packer, stands alone for its excellence. Admission, is. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.—Statistics show that 50.000 persons annually fall 'victims to Pul monary Disorders, including Consumption, Diseases of the Chest, and the Respiratory Organs. Prevention is at all times better than cure; be. therefore. prepared, during the wet and wintry season, with a supply of Keating's Cough Lozenges, which possess the virtue of averting as well as of curing a Cough or Cold ; they are good alike for the young or for the aged.—Prenared and sold in Boxes, ls. lid., and Tins, 2s. 9d., 4s. ed., ant' 10s. 6d, each, by Thomas Keating. Chemist, kc., 79, St. Paul's Chvrchyard, London. Retail by al Drug gists, &c. TO THE RIFLE BRIGADE.—A GOOD SIGHT WILL PROVE ADVANTAGEOUS IN SELF-DEFENCE. To render your sight and hearing per fect take GRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF, invented by him to give strength and vigour to the vision. c. Sold in tinfoil pack ages, 6d. per oz. ; canisters, Sd.. Is. 3d, or in jars 2 oz.. 4 oz., 8 oz., lbs. upwards at Fs. per lb. for e-coort. under the authority of the Lords of the Treasury. and Medical authority. Or should you be a smoker, leave it off, it renders your hand un steady. It you must smoke. smoke G R NI STONE'S ARO MATIC HERB TOBACCO. This will strengthen your nerves ; by swallowing your spittle it increases the appetite. The smoke equri Oriental pastules. Sold 'n square, green packets with red label, at 3d. per or.. 3s. Cd. per lb. GRIM STONE'S HAIR REGENZnATo t is the only article that will produce whiskers, moustaches, eyebrows. or cause anew growth of human hal: upon those n •rtz nature intends this ornament of the human figure. It is sold in triangular bottles, and inclosed in the 77th edition of the pamphlet full of testimonials from ladies and gentlemen. Real addresses, 45., 75., and lls., this size contains four of the 45. size, Alt letters to William Gr;mstone. herbalist, London Depot, 52, High-street, Bloomsbury= and by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street, and ail other respectable dealers RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS is allowed by upwards of 200 Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, mid the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference cA the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. ands2s. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to De made payable:to John White,Tost office; Piccadilly. -1-4LASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling ot the Legs, Sprains, &e. They are porous, I i Ott in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 3s. 6d.. 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manriacturor, 228, Piccadilly. PRESENTS.— ORNAMENTAL and MEN- A- TIFIC.—ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of anew and elegant assortment of VASE S Xigures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Inkstands, beatitiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c., in Italian,Alabas ter, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CONCHOLOGY and GEOLOGY, at 2. 5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT. at 149, Strand, W.C. DR. BUCHAN'S PATENT SUGAR-COATED VEGETABLE PILLS, VEGETABLE SKIN OINT MENT, and CONCENTRATED.VEGETABLE ESSENCE, for purifying the Blood, Regulating the Bowels, and removing Vitiated Rumours, Bilious and Liver Complaints. Rheuma tism, Gout, Scorbutic Affections, Costiveness, Skin Erup tions. deep-seated Ulcers, and ell diseases of the Nervous System, from whatever cause, &c., affording at once a new lease of life to the sickly and aged of both sexes, whilst in addition imparting a beautiful and clear complexion, so anxi ously sought for by ail. T.'roved by the sworn testimonies made before the Lord Mayor of London, and sitting Magis trates. Sold by Buchan and Co., patentees, 22, Newman-street, Oxford-street, London, W., and all chemists in town and country. Prices :—Pills, per box, ls. lid.. 2s. 9d., and Us. ; Ointment, per pot, is. lid., anfl. 2s. 9d.; Essence, per bottle, Hs.. or family bottle containing four times that quantity, 335. Agents :—Barclay, 75, Farringdon-stree. ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford-street Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Butler, 4, Cheap side ; Hooper, 43, Kira William-street, London-bridge ; IL Frowden, 78, Gracechurch-street ; Prout, 229, Strand, &c. &c. Just published, gratis, or post free for one stamp, to be had of all Agents, and at 29 Newman-street. Extracts from Dr. Buchan's Work, entitled, BUCHAN'S DOMESTIC MEDI CINES, being a Book of Reference, containing instructions for the cure of every ailment incidental to man, woman, or child. 2. GREAT MARTHELBOROUGH PANTHEON. -STREET, W., NEAR DR. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apo hecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as above, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Less of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements of both Sexes,-emanating from early and excessive :indul gences - - Has Just published, price Is.; by post, 13 stamps, 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and original Work, entitled OURSELVES. Synopsis The P hysiology and Anatomy of our Generation --The Origin of'Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exposition ot. and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennorrhagia ,Gonorrhcca), Spermatorrhcea, Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &mg FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women—Functional Ir regularities in Health and Sickness—Choice in Marriage— Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Removal of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of :Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum. Also, No. 1. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2.' LOVE AND MARRIAGE : Their Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments ; Love sad other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy OT Ipring secured.; No. 3. THE CASE BOOK': 100 Cases of SPERMATORRIMA, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, -Confessions and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, &c. Ac. To be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and the Authors. Advice to the Workin ,, Classes fee Half-a-Guinea: (SPECIAL NOTICE.) Dr. Culverwell is the only legally qualified medical practi tioner living of that name, and Call be consulted (only as Above) A report was received from the &met Improve ment Committee, recommending. cheques to the amount of £1,347 19s. Bd. be drawn for compensa tion to several owners for their property required for the new street from High-t eet, Southwark, to the Blackfriars-road. The r ommendation was agreed to. THE PROGRESS OF THE MAIN_DRAINAGE WGRKS. Mr. BazaTgette, the chief engineer, presented a report as to the main drainage works, which stated that the bulk of the works had of -necessity been stopped for a considerable portion of the past month on account of the frost which bed set in. The northern high level sewer, which had been relet to Messrs. Brassey, also awaited a change of weather. The arrangements'foiaVacing Mr. Furness in pos session of the /and Along the whole line of the northern oulfalrsewer;are nearly completed, and this work will be commenced at the end of the present month. The aanelagh storm overflow sewer across Hyde-park progresses satisfactorily, works to the amount of 55,700 having been com pleted, in addition to the underpinning of the old sewer to the value of £2,688. On the south side of the river, the southern high level sewer is now in progress at five different places—three on the main line, and two on the Dulwich or Effra branch. Some remarkable strata of concreted shells and fossil bones were found during the progress of these works. The southern outfall sewer, which was commenced in April last, continues to be carried on in a business-like and satisfactory manner. The tunnel under Woolwich is about one mile in length, and varies from 45 to 75 feet in depth. Four shafts have been sunk, and 2,253 feet of tunnel completed, th: - eadings being lighted witi gas, and the miner- orking day and night. The tunnel will probably • plated next autumn. At the east end of Wool , 'I 'they were working in sand, and at the west en '` chalk. The shaft in Suu-alley is 59 feet deep, and is sunk into the chalk, and but little water is met with here. That in Howard's-yard, Powis-street, is 60 feet deep, and the lower half of the sewer is constructed in the chalk, the upper half in sand. The rest of the work is, with trifling exceptions, being constructed in open cutting; and about 6,257 feet had been com pleted, making 8,510 feet in tunnel, and open cat ting. The value of the work done is about £BO,OOO. The contractor has provided 12 steam engines, a steam-hoist, a tramway across the marshes, from the outfall to Woolwich Arsenal, and a locomotive for the conveyance of materials, also three observa tories for setting out the tunnel. The average depth is about 25 feet, and the cutting generally is through sand and peat, but the sewer is mostly built upon concrete, resting on the gravel, and mucn water has been encountered. The marsh ditches are being carried over the sewer in channels of brick work in cement. The land purchased by the board at the °Mist for tl-e engine -house, engines, & c., is about 34 acres. The works for the low 11 sewer, under the Surrey Consumers' Gas Company's pro perty, now progresses satisfactorily, the water having been subdued and the excavations nearly complted. Tne old east outlet was of varying form and size, and in a very dilapidated condition. It is now being reconstructed, and tile sewage con veyed through iron pipes to low water, and this will form a storm overflow irt connection with the low level sewers. A steam engine and pumps have been erected here for the relief of the :low level dis- tries, pending the completion of the main drainage works. It is at present pumping at a disadvantage into the temporary outlet, and it having been found that the present engine is capable of working more pumps, the board have recently ordered another large pump, which would g:ve greater relief when the permanent outlet is'completed. The report was received. THE NORTHERN MAIN OUTFALL SEWER. The following- communications were received in reference - to the outfall for the northern outfall sewer : " Admiralty, Jan. 9. " Sir—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th of Decemberjast,submitting plans of the proposed outfalls into the River Thames at Barking-reach, of the northern portion of the sewage of the metropolis, and re questing their lordships' assen,; to the same. In reply lam directed to acquaint you that my lordships will assent to the proposed new outfall, on condition that the discharge of sewage shall not take place until one hour after the time of high water. On duplicates of the drawings herewith re turned being forwarded, assent will be given in the usual way.—l am sir, your obedient servant. " W. G. ROMAINE." The following was received on the same subject from the Thames Conservancy Board : "Thames Conservancy-offices, Tower-hill, Dec. 21. 1860. " Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that your letter of the 13th instant, with the plans accompanying the same, of the works of the shore of the river for the northern main outfall sewer, have been laid before the Conservators of the River Thames, and I am directed by them to signify their approval of the plans for such works, and to state teat the works according to the said plans will not interfere with the navigation of the River Thames.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, "E. BURSTEL, SeCy. "J. Pollard, Esq., Metropolitan. Board of Works, Greek-street, Soho." These communications were received and ordered to be entered on the minutes. Some other business having been disposed of, the board adjourned. LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, Fleet-street, London, al January, 1861. TEE WESTERN BANK CASE. Lord Kinloch, Judge Ordinary, has pronounced an interlocutor, sustaining the general relevancy of the action against the late directors of this bank instituted by the liquidators, Referring to the alter native charge of knowing the state of affairs, or failing to inquire, his lordship says :—" The direc tors had it specially commiated to them to take care that the business of the bank was conducted safely; in other words, that as far as possible transactions should only be engaged in with persons of un doubted credit. . . It was plainly part of their duty to adopt all means of information, reasonable and practicable. How much should be held stiffi cient for their satisfaction—whether, for instance, they were entitled to rest satisfied with the ma nager's statement—is a point not now to be decidod. It is enough to hold that they were bound by the nature of their office to make themselves aware, by all reasonable and practicable means, of the condition and circumstances of those with whom they dealt. If this be so, it seems to the Lord Ordinary to follow, that responsi bility rests on them equally, whether they knew the facts, or failed to know them by neglect of a duty of inquiry within their power to perform. The case to be made out against the directors will undoubtedly be a different and more difficult one under the minor alternative than where actual knowledge is proved. It will be necessary to establish against each person charged, not only that the means of information were within his power, but these were such as his position made it incum bent on him to have recourse to. But the question at present is not as to the measure of proof affecting all or any of the offenders, but as to the extent of relevancy. And it humbly appears to the Lord Ordinary that a relevant case is presented by either branch of the alternative." Adverting to the con clusions founded on non-communication of the fact that one-fourth of the capital was lost, Lord Kin loch says,—" It seems to the Lord Ordinary very plain, that if at the period of any annual balance it was by any means made manifest to the directors that ore-fourth of the capital had bean lost, it was their imperative duty to report the fact to the shareholders. If, knowing this fact, they repre sented to the shareholders that the capital was intact and the company flourishing, they were guilty of a fraudulent mis-statement. Simply to conceal the fact was a violation of duty. Or, apply ing the former aaernative, which the Lord Ordi nary conceives to hold good on this branch of the case also, if, having the fact readily within the means of information which they were bound to use, they failed to communicate it, there was still a neglect of duty, which, involving perhaps less of moral blame, equally exposed them to legal respon sibility. . . . it is difficult to resist the conclu sion, that a relevant case is here stated, whether as laid on actual fraud, or on wrongful violation of duty. The undue concealment is charged equally on all the successive directors. Each, as he came into office, is alleged to have known, or have been in a position to know, the fact, and culpably to have mis-stated or withheld it. The evidence may dis close great differences among them ; but the case, if relevant against one, is 'stated equally against all," The weather at Worcester, which has been most intense, appeared yesterday to be changing, a partial thaw having set in. The Severn is still frozen up above Worcester and all navigation stopped, and a most remarkable spectacle has been presented nightly during the week on the Worcester race course. As stated in The Sun of Tuesday, this large meadow, which lies on the banks of the Severn, was flooded with water at the end of last week, which froze to a considerable thickness, and the water receding from beneath it left the ice upon the grass, a safe arena for the skaters and sliders. These have mustered in great numbers, and thou sands of persons of both sexes have been disporting themselves upon its surface by torchlight, Tar barrels have been burnt on the ice, and every variety of game indulged in. At the t:me wri'' lag (yesterday) the ice is covered with some thou sands of people. Here, as elsewhere, a great many persons have been thrown out of employ by the severity of the weather, builders, carpenters, gar deners, waternien, and other trades having Mellc occupations suspended, and much distress is the result. To alleviate this funds are being raised, and coal and soup provided for the poor. On Thursday night a gentle thaw set in at Liver pool, which continued throughout the night and during the whole of yesterday. All yesterday the streets were in a filthy and uncomfortable condition from the melting of the snow. In the morning large placards were posted all over the town for, men to clear away the ice and snow, for which service 2s. per day were offered under authority of the corporation. The ice on the canals has beenls' inches thick for several days, past. At Leeds and the neighbourhood yesterday (Friday) a welcome charge took place in the, weather. The frost, which for about three weeks had been very severe, gave way to a gentle thaw, which commenced early in the morning, and con tinued throughout the day. The wind was from the south-west up to three o'clock in the afternoon, but about that time it veered almost northerly, the temperature grew colder, and no certain prediction could be vanturr.d upon as to whether frost would not again prevail in the evening. A southerly - wind yesterday brought fresh weather at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and there was every appearance that it the thaw continued the ice in the Tyne would speedily break up. The river engineer was clearing away the ice from the front of f quay and the vessels that have been icebound so long were likely to get awry to-day. Scarcely any change has taken place in the state of the weather in the eastern counties since the notice in The Sun of Thursday, with the excep tion of dense fogs in the evening succeeding to very heavy atmosphere during the day. The ther mometer has in no instance since Taursday that we have beard of risen above freezing-point, nor has it at the period of greatest severity indicated more than 20 degrees of frost. All the rivers are completely blocked, and trade at the ports of Mal den, Colchester, Ipswich, Woodbridge, and other places, is almost suspended, the owners of vessels preferring to lie at anchor rather than run any risks even where a passage has been forced through the ice. The consequence hes been a vety con siderable advance in the price of sea-borne coals, thereby adding another evil to the e'ready multi plied sufferings of the poor. It is now found that large bodies of agricultural labourers must seek relief in Union houses, tenant farmers most reluctantly parting with them in consequence of their inability to follow any out-door occupation. New discove ries of cases of most intense suffering ere being made daily, and already the Union houses are rapidly filling. CRUELTY A 7 SEA. On Thursday evening Mr. Bower Marsh, deputy coroner for Rochester, concluded a lengthenea inquiry at that city into the circumstances attend ing the death of William Jordan, one of the crew of the Warloeb, which lately arrived at Chatham from Demerara, whose death was alleged to have been opcasioned by the gross cruelty and inhuman treatment which he received on board that vessel at the hands of Peter Emslie, the captain. Prior to the examination of the witnesses the deputy-coroner and jury proceeded on board the Warlock to view the body. The deceased, a fine muscular young man of colour, apparently about 20 years of age, was lying on the floor of the forecastle with only a few rags under him and a piece of blanket round his legs, every other part of the body being bare. The forecastle was dripping with wet, and, not withstanding the intense severity of the weather, no fire was permitted in it. The body of the deceased was lying in filth and wet, and the stench arising was so great as to overpower several of the jurors. The deceased had died in exactly the same place where his body lay, and the spectacle the body presented was most distressing. Deceased, it appeared, was visited on Saturday afternoon last by Mr. Lee, a Scripture reader employed by one of the religious societies at Rochester, who found him lying on the floor of the forecastle with only a piece of blanket tied round his legs, and another piece round his loins. He was then insensible and dying, and, notwithstanding the inclement weather, nova vestige of clothing was upon him, and his body and arms were quite bare. . The Scripture reader described it as the most painful sight he had ever witnessed, An effort was made for him to be admitted into the naval hospital at Melville, but as he wns not in her Niejesty's service, he could not be taken into that establishment. On the captain of the vessel being remon strated with he treated the matter with the greatest unconcern. The principal witness exa mined by the jury was the chief mate of the ship, a man named Daniel James D. Macfarlane, who, in reply to the deputy-coroner, stated that the de ceased had been on board the Warlock since Octo ber last, when he joined her at Demerara for a voyage to England. He continued very well until the arrival of the ship in the Downs, when he turned up ill; but was ordered on deck until he could scarcely stand. The vessel arrived at Chat ham on_Friday, on which day the mate went into the forecastle and found deceased very ill and deli rious. He then called the captain to see him, bat he declared the deceased was not ill, only " sham ming;" and, to try him, put a quantity of salt in his mouth. At that time deceased was dying. On the previous day the captain, although the deceased was so ill, ordered him on deck during the run from the Downs to Chatham, to scrape gratings, but at that time deceased could scarcely stand. On the occasion of the captain putting salt in deceased's mouth the chief mato told him he was doing wrong and not treating him properly, but the captain said he was no more ill than he was. No fire was allowed in the forecastle, and the wet came in on the men as they slept in their hammocks. The forecastle was, according to the evidence of the chief and second mates, not fit for any human being to be in, and " not fit for a pig to be placed in." The captain only saw deceased once, and then he lashed him in his hammock. There were plenty of clothes on board, but deceased had scarcely any to cover him, and, although the captain had a medi cine-chest on board, he never administered any to deceased. During the voyage he frequently gave deceased a " touch up" withthe rope. On the arrival of the ship at the Nore the captain went ashore in the afternoon, and remained till next day, durin , T which time all the crew were without food. No spirits were allowed on board, but the captain had some. After the vessel had anchored the captain or dered that no food should be given to the deceased, as he ought to have gone ashore with the rest of the crew. The mate, however, gave him a pint of coffee and a glass of rum in it, which he swallowed. There was room for the deceased to sleep in the cabin, but the captain kept him in the hammock. The deceased, who had fallen out of his hammock, expired on Monday morning. Mr.l3eavan, surgeon, who had made a post mortem examination of the deceased, said he found the body he alth y an d there were no signs of disease. The stomach contained a small quantity of digested food. The feet and legs were much swollen from the effects of cold. He had no doubt that death was caused by exposure to the cold and neglect. The jury, after hearing the whole of the evidence adduced, returned a verdict of man slaughter against Peter Emslie, the captain, and the deputy-coroner at once made out his warrant for his apprehension, which was effected that night and the captain was . removed to Maidstone Gaol yesterday to await hi s trial at the next assizes. Bills due to be paid to-day .. • • Bills becoming duo in Paris; of which 93,213,289 f. 17c. are from the branch banks 291,326,755 58 Bills in the branch-banks .. 317,270,222 Advances on coin and ingots .. 20,420,780 Do. in the branch• banks .. .. 1,562,100 Do. on French securities 24,878,400 Do. in the branch-banks 14,746,300 Do. on railway shares and bonds .. 46,360,400 Do. in the branch-banks 29,997,300 Do. on Cr6dit Foncier Bonds 652,300 Do. in the branch-banks • • - 343,300 Do. to State.by treaty, 1848 .. .. 35,000,000 Rentes of the reserve-fund • , 12,980,750 14 Rentes, disposable funds` ' 53,708,840 38 Rentes immobilised (law of June, 18n).. 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank .. .. 4,000,000 Real property of branch-bank s 6,110,389 E sun xp a e r n i s e e s s of administration 89,049 65 .., 5,478,148 52 •• ~ es LIABILITIES. 1,315,047 3 916 95 Capital •.. 91,_250,000 New. Capital •. •. • • • • • • 91M0,000 Reaerve-flthd 12,980,750 14 NeW Resew° • • • • . • .. 9,125,000 itpserit4inmabilt6D' _.. 4,000,000 77, addr Profits to be . Jed to Capital (Art. 8 oft law June 9, 1857) Notes to bearer in circulation in Paris and the branch-banks Do. to order (Post-bills) .. Bills payable at sight .. Acc. cur. of Treasury Creditor .. Various accounts current .. Do. branch-banks . DiNlidends to be paid A !Tears of values deposited Discount, interest, and expenses .. Re-discounts of the last half-year Sundries .. •. 1,514,755 55 .. 778,905,425 • 6,160,077 7 o . 8,893,832 .. 82,183,061 75 .. 175,359,908 88 .. 32,240,567 .. 7,61,010 75 .. 6,209,896 94 .. 2,251,596 50 • 1,820,678 65 3,241,356 82 1,315,047,916 95 It • appears from these returns that the metallic reserve has diminished to the great extent of 91 millions, of which 56L are in Paris and 341- in the branch banks. On the other band, the discount accommodation has increased 461 millions in the Paris establishment and 22 millions in the provinces. Advances on gold and ingots show an augmentation of 15 millions. Advances on French rents and rail way secur:ties have scarcely varied. On the side of the liabilities, the notes in circulation have in creased 271 millions. The account-current of the Treasury hi 9 declined 52 millions. Other accounts current have increased 17 millions in Paris and I, of a million in the departments. The whole amount of the metallic reserve is at present 3491 millions to 785 millions of notes in circulation. THE eIEGE OF GAETA. A letter from Mola di Gaeta, dated Jan. 4, says : An order of the day of General Cialdini has sud denly stopped all direct communication between this Nillage and Naples. Though this measure me y seem a rather despotic one to Englishmen, yet it WS rendered necessary by the fact that agents of Francis 11. came now and then to gather informa tion vs to what the Piedmontese were doing, and when they had got it they contrived to get to Gaeta by means of some French or Spanish steamer. This fact having been vr_certained by the Piedmon tem Commonder-in-Chief, he wisely thought fit to throw up a sort of Chinese wall between the centre of his military operations and the other parts of the kingdom. So strictly is this order carried out, that three days ago Mr: Arthur Russell, on his arrival here from Rome, was arrested, together with his travelling companions, Mr. Cartwright, and the Prussian Consul-General at Rome. Mr. Russell, however, being the bearer of a letter of introduction to General Cialdini, matters were soon set right as far as he was concerned. Sir James Hudson, who had given the letter, having, how ever, omitted to mention the names of the other two gr ;entlemen, they were not allowed to inspect our works, and went to Naples greatly disappointed. You will infer from the strict orders thus issued by CiaMini that we are drawing nearer to the completion of the siege operations. And such is indeed the case. I cannot, of course, mention the names of the places where our numerous batteries are ; but I may tell you without indiscretion that they are very near to the walls of the doomed city. The Sardinian frigate Charles Albert, and the steamer Count Cavour, have just brought here the siege materiel which was wanting, so that both Cavalli's guns and howitzers of the largest size 'are now to be mounted on the different batteries, which are nearly finished. It is generally reported to-day that the French fleet has at last received orders to leave us alone. I give this news as, I heard it, without however vouching for its correctness. Louis Napoleon has so often deceived our expectations that it is a very difficult task indeed to know what his intentions really are. That in spite of the shower of shells the Piedmontese have already thrown into Gaeta, Francis 11. still intends to hold out, may be inferred from numerous facts which have come to my knowledge. Some letters were seized by the Sardinian police in which a high personage of the court of Francis 11. told his correspondents to be ready for a general rising. This worthy gentleman openly said that ell depended upon resisting till next February, when Austria will declare war against Piedmont, and restore the dispossessed Italian princes to their dominions. Another fact which leads me to believe that resistance a l'outrance has been decided upon at Gaeta is, that Senor Bermudez de Castro, the Spanish Minister at the court of Francis 11., has sent orders to Naples to pay the rent of the apart ments he occupies in the Palazzo Craven for six months to come. The young Queen, who, by-the-bye, during the last bombardment has shown great courage, has not as yet left Gaeta, but on the contrary has sent orders to her milliner at Naples to send her a new set of riding dresses, a costume of which she is very fond. This morning I had an opportunity of talking with a Neapolitan officer, and he told me that the young wife of Francis 11. is always to be seen in the place of greatest danger. During .the bombardment of the 24th and 25th of December, two officers of her household were killed in the very room in which she was sitting, by the explosion of a shell. Al though the danger was imminent, the Bavarian Amazon did not stir from her chair, and gave orders for the removal of the dead bodies in the coolest possible manner. The Spanish Minister had also a narrow escape, for as he was lying in bed he received the rather unpleasant visit of a round shot, which smashed the washing-stand opposite. We read in the Journal des Debats of yesterday : —The report of the recall of the squadron of M. Barbier de Tinan has been confirmed. The Pied.. montese have redoubled their vigilance and acti vity. Reinforcements have been sent to the Abruzzi, where Civitella still continues, and where it seems certain that Count Trapani, a prince of the royal family o f Nr ap.es, has The arrest of Crispi at Palermo just entered , is spoken of in consequence of the popular movements which induced the Turin cabinet to constitute a new administration in that city. It is given out that the Sardinian Government are about to form ten new regiments. In replying to the congratulatory address presented to him by the magistrates of the Milanese Junta, the King spoke with somewhat more decision that when he replied on New year's-day to the corporation of Turin. " Having now become a great nation," he said, "we may be resolute in will without endangering our destiny." A letter in the Presse cites, but with all reserve, the following despatch from Leghorn, in the Allgernetne Zeitung J an ; s.—Two Russian ships of the line and one frigate have arrived in this port, and several others are expected. Their destination is Gaeta." Hey AtlssiWs iron paddlewheel steamvessel Tri dent, commissinned at Woolwich on Wednesday by' finder G. W. Beville Nicolas, has 'whole of her crew from the flag; ship-k-dgard. A few petty officers are still required. Commander Nicolas and Mr. Willis Price, the latter officer having been;transferred from the screw steamship Aboukir, 90, one of the Channel squa-- dren, have joined at Woolwich, and are quartered at the Ship Hotel, where first-class men are daily applying, but without success. The Trident is com missioned for the South American station. The Triton, Lieut. Commander Robert H. Bur ton, from the West Coast of Africa, arrived at Wo&wich yesterday to be dismantled and paid off. She sailed from Woolly ich in November, IBV,, and captured six valuable prizes during the time she served on the coast. She detained the bark, Orion, under American colours, and delivered her up to the United States' ship Marian: The .Orion was condemned at the Admiralty Court of New York by Judge Wylde l and repurchased by her former owners. She was subsequently recaptured by the Pluto, with a full cargo of slaves on board.. The Triton also boarded and gave information to the American Commodore of the slaveshipEmily, which ship was also condemned and sold at New! York. The Admiralty orders at present in force for cruisers on the West Coast of Africa forbid the boarding t fif any vessels under the American flag. Messii. Napier have been informed that every accommodation will be afforded them in Victoria Harbour, Greenock, for putting the machinery on board the steam ramp„ Black Prince, which they 1113 ' 4 i been. constructing fo . T past. The paddlewheel ste Ray mond, second master, commanding, having coaled and received supernumeraries, left Plymouth yes terday for Queenstown. - The paddle-wheel stain sloop Geyser, 6, Com mander Jackson, having had defects made good at D evonport, went yesterday afternoon tiOm Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound. • - The screw steam frigate Narcissus, 51, at Devon. port, has received her spare spars. So dense was the fog yesterday at Plymouth that several boats in Hatnoaze lost their way, and the gunboat Redwing, tender to • the Cambridge, was obliged to return to the Sound, outside which she was going for shell practice. The undermentioned gentlemen have been nomi nated to naval cadetships :—George L. Atkinson, Edward R. Brietzcka, Arthur Blennerhasset, W. E. Black, William Farr, Robert W. Heathcote, Edward Padwick locker, N. G. A. Pollard, the Hon. H. N. Shore, and Edmund B. Wallace. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Ebenezer Clements, promoted to the rank of chief engineer, and appointed to the Cumberland for charge of the Horatio ; Mark Lambert, first-class assist: engineer, to the Banshee; and Robert H. Dobney, acting second-class assist.- engineer, to the Cornwallis, for service in the Sandfly. THE ARMY. His Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief held a levee yesterday afternoon at the Horse Guards. There was a numerous attendance of officers. A board of officers, of which Col. J. C. Kennedy, C. 8., commandant of the Military Train, is presi- dent, has been assembled at Whitehall for the pur pose of inquiring into the l organisation and working of the newly-raised Army Hospital Corps, in order that some alterations and improvements may b© effected in that branch of the service, the condition and working of which appear to be by no means satisfactory to the military authorities. Already a great deal of important evidence has been taken by the commissioners, which will materially guide them in framing their report to the Duke of Cambridge. From what has been elicited from the various wit nesses who have been examined it has been ascer- tained that the Army Hospital Corps numbers about 1,000 non-commissioned officers and men scattered throughout the globe, from 150 to 200 being attached to the headquarters, Chatham. The corps is re cruited entirely from volunteers from other regi ments, a recent circular having been issued, calling on commanding officers of regiments to recommend efficient men for that corps. It has, however, been fcund that at the present moment the Army Hos pital Corps contains some of the very worst cha racters to be found in her Majesty's service, a class of menthat commanding officers are only too happy to get rid of from their corps, instead of recom mending their most steady men. It has also been found that the corps at headquarters is not suffi ciently officered, and, consequently, there is a laxity of discipline at Fort Pitt Hospital, the men serving at which establishment are nominally under the command of Dr. Hume, the principal medical officer, but the arduous and multifarious duties performed by that officer prevent his taking the requisite supervision over them. The office of captain of the orderlies has been created, but has not as yet been filled up, although it is strongly recommended that such an officer should be immediately appointed. Various other changes will, it is anticipated, be strongly recommended to be carried into effect, in order to effect improvement in the corps. During the last few days a series of experi ments have been made in the presence of the select committee of Woolwich Arsenal with the 100- pounder Armstrong gun at Shoeburyness. The experiments were exceedingly satisfactory, and fully established the fact of the new 100-pounder ordnance being equal to the smaller sizes. A ship's side, partially covered with massive iron plates, some of which had been stripped off for the purpose of testing the fuzes at the commencement of the experiments, was set up at 1,000 yards' distance, to form the butt. The shells, filled with powder, were at patches of white paper stuck upon the surface. The spots were 12 inches in diameter, and in every case the shell went through the mark, while the instantaneous ignition of the powder made a hole in the timber in the form of a huge doorway. The target was placed on that part of the ship's side which had been stripped of the iron p lates, some of which were still retained. One of these was struck by accident and cut completely through. The firing was repeated at various intervals with the most successful result until at length the ship's side became so riddled tha t the shells were fired through the chasms without even touching the ragged and splintered borders, and exploded on coming in contact w ith the g round a considerable distance beyond. The experiments terminated by a f e w of Martin's shells filled with m olten firing iron from one of the old service guns, which in the course of a few minutes set the remains of the wooden framework in a blaze. At the conclusion the experimental gun was found to be as perfect as when the trials commenced. By the late improvements in the breech there was no escape of gas from the explosion, to test the fact of which the committee several times filled the cavity with snow, and, after the gun was fired, the snow had not the slightest discolouration. It was accordingly acknowledged unanimously that by the new arrangement it is barely possible for the plug to be blown out in the event of any carelessness on the part of the gunner in screwing it home. Col. St. George, R.A., C. 8., president of the select committee ; Capt. Sir W. Wiseman, R.N., Nice-president ; and the members who were present, as wall as Sir W. Armstrong, expressed their admiration of the result. The gun was made in the factory at Woolwich Arsenal, un der the superintendence of Mr. Anderson, and is considered, according to the statement of the com mittee, tq, be the finest specimen of a wrought iron gun which has yet been submitted. bears were entertained by Sir W. Armstrong, and were coin cided in by the committee generally, that the severe frost might affect some of-the parts, but no symp toms of any casualty were manifested to mar the success of the experiments, which extended over two entire days. As these guns are now in course of rapid manufacture, the country may feel assured that the naval armament will be supplied forth with to meet the demands of any emergency, how ever sudden. , : { (1 1