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THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK , Incor porated by Charter, on the Scotch System, ALLOW on de- INTE REST on the fl uc tuating balances of drawing accounts, and Posits of any amount for fixed periods, calculated from day to day at rates varying:from ONE to FOUR per Cent. per annum. Grant cash credits and advances on convertible securities, and issue circular and promissory notes, and bills of exchange in TRIPLICATE, negotiable by the Bank's correspondents at every place of any importance at home and abroad, without charge to the bearers. Copies of the detailed terms of business, and any further information, will be supplied at the Bank, Tokenhouse-yard ; and at any of the branches-429, road, Islington ; Strand ; 77, Bridge-road, Lam beth ; 97, Goswell and 1, Shaftesbury-terrace, Vittorfa-street, Pimlico. By order of the Court of Directors. HUGH IN NES CAMERON, G en eral Manager. TO the PROPRIETORS of EAST INDIA s rocs. • LADIES AND GENTLEmsx,—llad it pleased Parliament to preserve the present constitution of the Court of Directors of the East Ino con ia Company, I should, whilst honou red with your support, have tinued to be a member of that body so long as Providence vouch safed to me health and unimpaired faculties. But the Act or last se ssion has prescribed that the number of Directors shall be immediately reduced to fifteen, exclusive of three, to be named by the Crown, ae,d that the first three vacancies in the 11 teen shall be also filled up by her Majesty. Although from the kind feeling manifested towards me by my colleagues, I could with reasonable confidence have offered myself for election as one of the fifteen, yet I must confess that at my advanced age it would to not your be satisfactory to my feelings to occupy a pos tion so important interests, which might otherwise be more permanently filled, and not less beneficially. The Act has imposed upon the nirectors and ex-Directors the selection nom among themselves of the reduced number. This is a task which I would be desi ous of avoiding ; but as a public man, long connected with India and deep l y interested in its good government, I cannot reconcile it to my sense of propriety to shrink from the per formance of this important duty, however painful and invidious. I shall therefore remain until the close of the official year, to asslstrray colleagues in their endeavour to make the best selection of members for the new Court Permit me to express my deep sense of gratitude for the confidence With which you have so long honoured me. It ha ng been hout my endeavour faithfully to execute my tru st. I resign wit Ir h et, having always felt a deep interest in the duty tud it involves, and all, to my latest hour, cherish an earnest solicie tor the pro sperity of our magnificent empire in the East, and the happiness and Welfare of its vast population. I have the honour to be. Ladies and Gentlemen, Your faithful humble servant, JOHN LOCH. East India House, February 9, 1854. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, London. SHIRE OF PROFIT .INCREASE D FROM ONE-HALF TO FOUR-FIFTHS. Policies effected with this Society after Midsummer, 1850, and re maining in force at each Septennial period of division, will PARTI:',I PAT 07, IN FOUR-FIFTHS of the Net Profits of the Society accru ng after Midsummer. 1850, in proportion to their contributions to those profits, and according to the conditions contained in the Society% Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives are lower than in many other o ld-establi-hed nffices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, tn ad dition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. Policy Stamps paid by the Office. Prospectuses ay be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, London, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. THE EXECUTOR & TRUSTEE COMPANY. Capital 1,000,000/., in 50,000 Shares of 20/. each. Deposit, as restricted by Act o Parliament, 2s. per share. (Provisionally Registered.) HONORARY COUNCIL. The Right Honourable Sir Johu Patteson (late one of the Judges of the ‘‘ourt of Queen's Bench). Sir Edward J. Gambier (late Chief Justice of Madras). Sir Henry Roper (late Chief Justice of Bombay). Sir Charles Marshal Cate Chief Justice of Ceylon). EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. President—The (tight Hon. the Earl of ZETLAND. Vice-President—THOMAS E ERA° HEADL A.M, Esq., Q. C., M.P., 30, Lincoln'sliml-fields. James Harebell, Esq. Captain MacDougall. Montagu. Chambers, Esq., Q.C., Henry Morris, Esq. M P, John Carnac Morris, Esq. Msdor C. M. Chase. George Norton, Esq. Charles Clark. Esq. Charles Gipps Prowett, Esq. J. C. Cobbold, Esq., M.P. Sir Sibbald David Scott, Bart. John Constable, Esq. Philip Twells. Esq. George H. Dedell, Esq. Captain Henry Ward. Oliver Hargreave, Esq. Josiah Wilkinson, Esq. James Peard Ley, Esq. The object of the Company is to secure the careful and exact per formance of Executorships and Trusteeships. The Capital subscribed by Shareholders will be invested in Consols, so tat they will receive dividends on their paid up calls in addition to their shares of profit , , and these taken together are, a ccording to careful calculation, antici pated to realise at least 101. per cent. The Bill for incerporatibg the Company (with limited liability for the Shareholders), and all other necessary documents, have been deposited in the Private Bill Office. Applications for Shares will still be received at the Office of the Company. CHARLES TWIG(. Secretary. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUT UAL 'LIFE 'ASSURANCE ASSOCIA.TI , N (enrolled under the Friendly Societies Act) and BENEVOLENT FUND. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. IW. G. Prescott, Esq. ThomsonHankey,jim.,Esq.,M.P. Baron L. N. de Rothschild, M.P. TREASURER OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND. John Abel Smith, Esq., This association, although originally formed more especially for clerks, yet embraces life assurance on the mutual princ pie in all its branches, and offers to all classes of society most important advan tages at equitable rates of premium. One of the peculiar advantages enjoyed almost exclusively by this association is that of securing absolutely to the widow, widower, or children, the amount assured, free from probate or legacy duty, ur any other charges whatever. Nine-tenths of the profits are divided every five years to assurers of three years' standing, and upwards of 15,0001. has already been appropriated in reversionary bonuses. Policies indisputable. Loans on policies to their flail value. Prospectuses and full particulars may be had on application at the office of the Association. By order of the Board, P. H. BYRNE, Secretary. 42, lloorgate-street, London, Jan. 28, 1854. INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY, No. 72, Lombard-street, London. TRUSTEES. Richard Manna. Esq., Q.C. MP. ; ohn Campbell Renton, Esq. James Faller Mados, zsq I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS William Adams, Esq. ----- Robert H. Forman, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. John Hamilton, Esq. H. A. Bevan, Esq. J. Mathews. Kaq. John Danger deld, Esq. Chas. 0. Parnell, Esq. W. Williams. Esq. AUDITORS. Henry Adron, Esq. Ralph W. Bishop, Eaq. Charles M`Culloch, Esq. Henry Burnett, Esq. SOLlciTOßS.—Messrs. Atkins and Andrew. SanasTaaT.—David Alison, Esq. Paddington Local Board, 24, Connaught-terrace, Edgware-road. The Rev. James Shergold Boone, J • s Harrington I.owther, Esq. A.M. charles Pemberton, Esq. Captain Creed. George Y. Rob on , Eaq. W Roger Gadsden, Esq. W. H. rrinder. Esq. SEcs.ETAßT.—Charles Hoghton, Eaq. The Policies of this Company being indisputable (in terms of the Deed of Constitution duly registered) are TRANSFERABLE the Deed their validity not being dependent, as in the case of or dinary and the import of past, and perhaps forgotten cir cumstances, office documents, Used as FAMILY PROVI SIONS, they relieve the assured from all doubt and anxiety as to the future . This is a purely MUTUAL SICIETY, there being no proprietary body to whom any part of the profits belong, the whole being divi sible amongst the insured themselves. The following shows the large and steady prozressive amount of business the Company is Dow doing, and has done during the last five years. Sum‘ Assured. New Premiums. 1849.• .C 108,647 .• £4,3.4 1850 . 110.215 •• • .. 3,974 1851. ••• ••• • .. 127.488 .• • 4,438 1852 115,185 .• • . .... 4,296 1853.... •• .. 123,093 .• • . .... 4,532 ALEX. ROBER r SON, Manager. BRITANNIA CO LIFE . ASSURANCE MPANY 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Established August 1, 1837. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9. * 5 Policies issued free of stamp duty. Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park, Ca.ussun. The marked testimony in favour of life assurance evinced by the Legislature in the exemption from income tax of the premiums paid for the benefit of a surviving family, is deserving the most serious attention of all classes; not only on account of the actual saving. but also on account of the h gh estimation in which it provesthat the system of life assurance generally is held by the Government of the country. Increasing Rates of Premium for 'ecuring Loans or Debts. Ralf Premiums, only, required during first seven years. Sum assured payable at yor at death. Provision, during minority, for Orphans. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. Profits divided annually. - Premiums computed for every three months' difference of age. Half-credit nolicies granted on terms unusually favourable; the unpaid half premiums being liquidated out of the profits. At thelast Annual General Meeting a reduction of 30 per cent. was made in the current year's premium on all partici,mting policies. (raoPmETART.) 1 (MUTuAL.) ----- Half Whole \ Half Quar - . premiere Premium kge. 1 Annual Yearly terly iFirst for fie- (premium Pre- Pre- Seven mender mium. mium. Years. of Life. , , 1 ...--- ---.- - ..-- ----I E s d.l Z s. d. Years. Months, £ s. d. £ s. d. E s. d. 0 2 7 3 1 4 20 12 3 30 1 1 9 2 3 6 30 312761 4 4 0 12 4 40 1 9 2\ 218 4 6 ,' 2 7 10 1 4 6 0 12 5 60 2 2 6 4 5 0 9 12 8 2 -- 1 --` 4 Ilt 0 12 6 60 3 6 8 613 4 7 -- T" - ----- -.„.. E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. AND REW FRANCIS, Secretary. GR AVESEND STAR PACKETS. No other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purfleet Piers. The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. ----------------------------------SIINDAYS. •VE H DAYS. -----.--,--- 1 , --- . -----------e g ... S Terrace t 0 4l Time. 1 0 ~... g b 1t A Pier. a F. ?. 4 4 a.. 0 _ _ — .i 7 g , „ % ii% --- —_ 5 Satardaysonly -- ______.--------- Direct Trains from the Boats marked t Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station eve ry quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICK wHARF, BLACKWALL, on t lowing Trains from the Fenehurch-stro W MIK DAYS, 4 2 1 5 Fen church street t 1 41 1 M 0 9 1 4 10% 124 2 , 4 3% Fen church Street. 94 11 24 34 INDIA'S. all parts of London the arrival of the fol eet Station. I. \ i e. i re fi, ti . W 2.' ° 8 0 x -- - - Passages marked * are run direct. Fore Cabin, Saloon. To or from Gravesend and L0nd0n.......... 10d. .. la. 2d. „ Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich O s. 18d. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. 8 , BOAT TICKETS. —Twelve Months, 51. 03. ?, Six Months, 3/. Os.; Three Months, 2/. Os.; to be had of the Collectors on board the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. s NIIIIT - 15bai erage ersge s 7d, own. i `` and In r qr. corn lion. No. 19,151.] ANNOTATED EDITION OF THE ENGLISH POETS. By ROBERT BELL. In, Monthly Volumes, 2s. 6d. each. This day, foolscap Bvo , 2s. 6d. cloth, the POEMS OF THE EARL OF SURREY, of MINOR CONTE 14PORANEOUS PO ?.TS and of SACK VILLE, Lord Buckhurst; with C ritical Notes and Biographical Memoirs. The First Volume of the New and Annotated Edition of the ENGLISH POKTS, by ROBERT BELL, was published on the Ist January, containing the POETICAL WORKS of JOHN DRYDEN, vol. 1., 25. 6d. clots. On the 2d Starch will be published DRYDEN'S POETICAL WORKS, Vol. li. London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. Just published, price 45., free by post, 5s , PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCHES into the Causes of Nervous Debility and Genito-Urinary Maladies, Spermatorrhcea rationally considered, with unanswerabP Remarks on the empirical manner these Diseases are treated; being a Guide to Health, Long Life, and Happiness. By MEDICUS. Sherwood, Piper, and Co., 83, Paternoster-row. This day, price is., THE WORD "ETERN A. L," aud. the PUNISHMENT of the WICKED: A Letter to the Rev. Dr. Jelf, Canon of Mist Church, and Principal of King's College. By FREDERICK DENISON M &URIC 5, Chaplain of Lincoln's-inn. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co. THEOLOGICAL ESSAYS. By FREDERICK. DENIRON MAURICE, Chaplain of Lin coln's-inn, and Professor of Divinity in King's College, London. Crown Bvo., cloth, 10s. CONTENTS.-1. On Charity. 2. On Sin. 3. On the Evil Spirit. 4. On the Sense of Righteousness in Men and their Discovery of a edeemer. 5. On the Son of God. 6. On the Incarnation. 7. On the Atonement. 8. On the Resurrection of the Son of God from Death, the Grave, and Hell. 9. On Justification by Faith. 10. On Regeneration. 11. On the Ascension of Christ. 12. On the Judg ment Day. 13. On lnspi-ation - 14. on the Personality and Teach ing of the Holy upirit. 15. On the Unity of the Church. 16. On the Trinity and Unity. Conclusion---On Eternal Life and Eternal Death. " They are valuable as a cotnplete exposition of his views of Chris tianity—the views of a man who is powerfully influencing his gene ra, ion, and who profoundly believes in rev aled religion as a series of facts disclosing God's plan for educating and restoring the human race." - Spectator. August 6, 1853. • " r. Maurice is aiming eta high object. He woald reconcile the old and the new. He would disencumber what is popular of what is vulgar, confused. sectarian, and preserve and ilustrate it by disen - cumbering it. He calls on us not to be afraid of the depths and heights, the freedom and largeness, the spirit and the truth' of our own theology. It is a warning and a call which every age wants. We sympathise with his aim, with much of his p Bitive teaching, with some of his aversions and some of his fears. We do not respect Lim the less for not being afraid of being called hard names. But certainly such a writer has need, in no common degree, of con forming himself to that wise maxim which holds :n writing as well as in art, Know what you want to do, then do it.' "—Guardian. " Throughout these Essays tuns a large-hearted, truthful, and ear nest spirit, which provokes a similar warmth of feeling in the reader. Their candour and straightforwardness, the anxiety evinced to put the best construction upon dissentients and not to es - ape from any just charge against ourselves, are as rare in hristian and 'Church Advocat.s as they are valuable in their cause. Even those who may not be able to agree with Mr. Maurice throughout, will cer tainly admire the charity and forbearance he di,plays in dealing with difficult and delicate subjects : none can well be other than gainers by witnessing a treatment of them so remarkable in respect both of timper and ability."—Clerical Journal. " Every author of real mark has a purpose in writing a book, with out a knowledge of which it cannot be fairly appreciated, and by it should be estimated the method of his reasonings, illustrations, and phraseology. This plain canon of writing might, we think, help to absolve Mr. Maurice from some of the weightier accusations which have been brought against him."—Church of England Quarterly Review. By the same Auth.r, THE PROPHETS and KINGS of the OLD TESTAMENT. Crown Bvo., cloth, 10s. 6d. "No statesman, no politician, no student of history, can fail to derive instruction from this volume.''—Spectator Jan. 22. " Whatever obscurity there may be in our author's other writing logs, here at least there is none. We cannot but rejoice that it is so, and that thus so much that is true and valuable becomes popular."— Scott'sh Ecclesiastical Journal. "Evince not merely undiminished but increased intelectual power. The tone is practical and health j."—English Review, April 1853. "Has already stamped its impress deeply on the public mind, and promises to rare its author to a higher position than ever as a leader of modern thought."—British and Foreign Evangelical Review, Jane 1853. "A volume hat will take rank with the beg of it 4 class, and that will worthily ocupy a place side by side with the Sermons of Horsley and Butler."—Bntisanner, June 15, 1853. Macmillan and Co., Cambridge. CONTRACT FOR NEW CASKS. Royal William Vi c t u alling Yard, Plymouth, 4th February, 1854. Notice Is hereby Given, that on THURSDAY, the 16th instant, I shall be ready to receive SEALED TENDERS, and to trea t for the supply of the undermentioned NEW CASKS, .... .. _ required for the service of this Department, namely :-- Puncheons. Hogsheads. Barrels. Ralf Bhds. TIGIIT CASKS.. 5OO 200 1,000 500 DRY DO. .• ••• • —'soo 1,000 Tenders may be sent in for the whole of the above Casks, or any less quantities,—the same to be delivered, free of charge and risk to her Majesty, into the Stores of the Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth, as follows :—One Fifth part within Two Months from the date of Contract, and the remainder in Four equal Monthly delive ries afterwards, or sooner if preferred by the Contracting Party or Parties. Two Sureties for the due performance of the Contract Will be re quired in each instmce. Pattern Casks may be seen at the Yard up to the day of Tender. Each Contractor (should there be more than one) will be required to pay half the expense of the Stamps. No regard will be paid to any Tender in which the Price shall not be inserted in Words at Length and that shall not be delivered before ONE o'clock OR the said Thursday, the 16th instantunless the Party Ten tering, or some Person on his behalf, attends to answer when called for. The further Conditions oftthe Contract may be seen at my office. WILLIAMS SANDOM, Captain Superintendent, Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55 , by post free 6s. THE PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL TREAT MENT of STRICTURE of the IiRE rIIRA, in all it , Varie ties and Complications. With P actical Observations on the Use and Abu.e of Urethral Instruments. The whole illustrated by numerous cases, showing that this disease may be succes.fully treated by means at once simple and sate, even in its most inveterate and apparently intractable forms By F. B. COURTEN AY, M R.C.S.E. "We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of stricture during the last 20 years has equalled, if indeed it has not surpassed, that of any of his contemplraries, and we know of no man to whose care we would with greater confidence entrust the treatment of a Severe case of stricture of the urethra"—Medlcal Circular, July 27, 1853. H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, FLEET-STREET, has introduced art ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIPTION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, Aged without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth, as not to be distinguished from the originals by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the ex traction of roots, or any painful operation, and will supp3rt and pre serve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mas tication. 52, FLEET-STREET. —At home from Ten till Five. TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de Pharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. The long continuance of most Maladies arising from impurities, while it tends to render detection more certain, and thus frequently to embitter the domestic hearth, also serves to excite feelings of dis appointment, and to induce lowness of spirits, and other Fensations of a most panful kind. The TRIESEM AR effectually, in the short space of three days, ccmpletely and entirely eradicates all traces of these Diseases, to whatever stage they may have advanced, p ssess ing at the same time the manifest advantages of being utterly devoid of taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. It may lay on the toilet table without its us( being suspect , d. Sold in tin cases at lie. eacl ,, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, &c., &e. This quantity is sufficient for any case, however virulent or protractet —To be had holevale and Retail at Barclay and Sons, 95, Faningdon•street ; Johnston, 68, Cornhill; Hannay and Co., Oxford-street, London. THIRD EDITION.—WITH ADDITIONS. Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55., b y p ost free, ss. 6d. I N TRUE & FALSE SPERM (A.TORRHCEA, with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors n *elation to the Treatment and Cure of the Impuissant and Sexual Hypochondriacs. Translated from she German of Dr. PICRFORD. , T . ) which is added, an ESSAY on SEXUAL DEBILITY, by the Editor. "Dr. Plckford 's known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first timd;he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the noa-rnedi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his ..over to correct." —London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. The tribe of 'Quiet Sympa thisers,' and ' Medical Friends,'are mercilessly exposed ; audit' this book could find its way into the hands of those who suffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we' ate satisfied that many hundreds would be saved Much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhoca, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It Is, therefore, likely to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. London : IL Balliere, 219, Regent-street. MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University el Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical NrStocie L ty y . Licentiate of ui A t p: d thecaries , Hall, London, &C., &c. weed m th n e re va ni rl i o se u ry s disorders , 'of personally, the nervous anodrgbenyerlaetityteesTAteCimil, resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro m youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis ases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist ence secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous andlnsan ity,t heir C a o l r % Debility, various forms of Weakness, and' their slmmpodotiefinceaytionLsoocwale os U t n e : ti al titutio a p ppy and Unfruitful Merri ll is absolutely necessary that all men re origin. ag end e l ' es . should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot incurr ing grievous penalties, and when wisdom be violated without o the heyday ef i n considerate self-Indulgence, regret succeed how these may be mitigated , h ow the sting of their bitternesspenalties and how the evil and its consequent es may be avoided, and above all, may be removed, that there is scarcely any de g ree of physical infirmity or functional terange ment to which the time l y aid of science cannot DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years apply a cure. In an extensive practice in the treatment of these deli n c engaged plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, re a g te a "Tn. of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has rd i l , ess the confidenee, through the medium of the public press, to direct ad attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of societ i free. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amp y rewarded by the great success that has attended his efforts in ta treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and Ignorant einpirics, who, with their pirated publications, assumed fereign names and tites, a injury on those who nd pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, hav e inflicted serllous have been induced to place faith in their p retensions. At home for consulta tion daily f ro m Eleven till Two, and from Aix till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 1/, and advice and medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LI2MELT hould first obtain a copy of his work on ' SELF 'PRESERVATION. A. Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervou des s and G en erative Debility, illustrated by fifty-colotr ed engravings, and cribing In detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct description of their cares, and may be had, price 2s Messrs nglish, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Piper Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Ilaymarket ; or free by post for forty-two stamps , to . any Wail It 0111 the Author's rebi nosi37, EttareaD•ssimaz 140599 . . . i b.c ...i2 hP. :::243; .. ,:: _. , • ~ . k.;. -. r4z, . I?"''''' ' ''r, ~. - • . 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The honourable traveller then proceeded to state the peculiar obligations under which he considered himself to be to the Sultan, from whom he had received the greatest facilities in the prosecution of his labours, and concluded his impressive address by assuring the Court that he should be ever f eady to forward the in terests of the city of London, and to protect the privileges and liberties of the corporation. The honourable gentleman retired from the court amidst immense cheering. METROPOLITAN AND GENERAL FREE HOLD LAND SOOIETY. Last evening, a meeting of the shareholders of the Metro politan and General Freehold Land Society was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. Shortly before eight o'clock, the chair was taken by G. J. Philps, Esq. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings of the even ing, said their first business, as this was a special meeting of the members as well th .. eleventh public ballot, was to consider and adopt resolutions relative to the new rules of the society. Although there was no material alteration, yet this step was rendered necessary in order to comply with the Act of Parliament. Resolutions repealing the old and adapting the new rules having been passed, The CHAIRMAN said, having disposed of the necessary formal business, he would now proceed to the more pleasing performance of the evening. That would consist in balloting for forty rights on the attractive estates held by the society. Twenty of those rights would be taken from the ballot di vision, and twenty from the rotation list. The advantages of freehold land societies were now so well known and ap preciated, that he would not take up the time of the meet ing with a recapitulation of them. Great as were the ad vantages in a political point of view, he thought they were far exceeded, speaking of them commercially. This was essentially a working man's society, for by its aid they would be able to make that provision which was the duty of every thinking man. Many a working man knew the want of a five-pound note, and many also knew the diffi culty of getting one—what neat exc uses were made when friends were applied to, such as, " If you had called on me yesterday, I should have been able to let you had it." Others, as they could not lend the money, lent their names, and the loan society was applied to. They all knew how beautifully and carefully the rules of those socities were drawn up, their fees, fines, and glases of ale, for they were generally held at public-houses ; and instead of the 51. and five shillings he ought to pay as interest, be scarcely ever got clear for less than 101., or cent. per cent. But by joining such societies as these, by contributing his shillings here he would soon g et his five pounds' worth, and thus lay the foundation to future in dependence. The chairman then, in an admirable manner, related an anecdote of a gentleman, the architect of his own fortune, who had worked at the same bench with Sir Thomas Cubitt, the effect of which was, that if free hold land societies had existed when he was' a young man he would have made his fortune thirty years ago. He had no doubt but that some of those present would hear of a fortune being made by joining a freehold land society, and he sincerely trusted the Metropolitan and General Freehold Land Society would be the one. (Cheers.) They had increased their shares list by 200 since the last meet ing, and he trusted those present would exert themselves among their friends ; and of this he was sure, that they would receive the thanks of those friends for having brought them there. (Cheers.) Mr. HIND said the pointed observations of their excel lent chairman had left him such a small field, that he was at a loss how to follow him. However, it was his pleasing duty to announce to the assembled shareholders that the committee had come to the resolution of giving the sum of 5/. Bs. 4d. as interest to shareholders not in arrear. (Cheers.) As an investment, the freehold land society far exceeds the savings bank ; they gave better security and double the interest. (Cheers.) The 5 per cent. that they now gave to the shareholders was not paid out of the principal, but it had been fairly and legitimately earned. (Loud cheers.) It was an easy thing to pay 10 per cent, if you took it from the principal, but they had a profit fund, and out of that fund they could with safety pay 5 per cent. (Cheers.) Two hundred new shares had been re corded on their books, and he trusted that when they next had the pleasure of meeting he should have to communicate to them that they had recorded an addition of twice as many more. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said they would now proceed to the more important part of the business, but previous to that if any gentleman present had any questions to put to him he should have great pleasure in answering them. He should require the aid of three gentlemen to act as scruti neers, and the sooner these gentlemen volunteered, the sooner the business of the evening would be got through. The ballot wheel having been given in charge to Messrs. Scott, Dowd, and Wale, and the seals baying been verified, the drawing commenced, and at its termination, The SECRETARY read the numbers, as follows :-875, 703, 871, 2,418, 702, 701, 3,113, 901, 700, :3,330, 695, 917, 6,16, 2,575, 693, 3,106, 3,330, 87 2 , 1 , 414, 918, 3,011,2,061, 701, 2,616 697, 1,575, 3,313, 2,447, 3,258, 3,175, 2,001, 873, 795, 2,..k63, 3,031, 874, 2,752, 699, 933, 3,217. Thanks having been voted to the'Chair, The CHAIRMAN said he begged to thank the meeting for this mark of approval. He should rely upon the exertions of the shareholders to support and further the interests of ;he society to the utmost. The proceedings they terminated. i/Jz , -4-Z-Thvp hatch of the two patinas' named. 'w proceed to the ballot. the successful numbers :--510, 785, 760, 1040, 848, 860, 626, 791, 831, 10, 216, 266, 713, 596, 949, 137, .6, 601, 918, 19, 445, 319, 861, 618, 1, 412, 548, 84, 402, 995, 313, 53, i, 411, 561, 630, 218, 828, 851, 190, I, 120, 413, 125, 714, 894, 1006, 732, - 750, 825, 627, 842, 734, 618, 399, 1501 505, 217, 113, 125, 900, 34g, 46, 863, 799, 268, 521, 87, 969, 518, 564, 775, 270. Thanks, on the motion of Mr. Lamb, having been voted to the chairman, the proceedings terminated. MARRIAGE WITH A DEOEASED WIFE'S SISTER. The Committee of the Marriage Law Reform A.sso. ciation are desi rous of callin g p ublic attentio n to the following summary of the petitions presented to Par liament during the past session, in favour of legal. izing marriage with a deceased wife's sister, according to the Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Public Petitions :- Liverpool.-The petition from the town of Liverpool was signed by the Mayor, six ex-Mayors, 18 Magistrates, 37 Aldermen and Councillors, 31 Clergymen, 31 Dissenting minis ters, 61 barristers and attorneys, 110 physicians and surgeons, 229 bankers and merchants, and others, to the number of 5,340.-Presented by Mr.Horsfall. Plymouth.-Signed by the Mayor, four clergymen, nine Dissecting ministers, six magistrates, 180 gentlemen, 28 soli citors, three physicians, 68 bankers and merchants, 10 ship owners, manufacturers and tradesmen, to the number of 6,330. -Presented in the House of Lords by the Prime Minister, the Earl of Aberdeen ; and in the House of Commons by M r . MR. LAYARD, M.P., THE ASSYRIAN TRAVELLER. Collier. Yesterday a court was held for the purpose of presenting Bristol (City of) - -Signed by the Mayor, seven Magistrat es , the freedom of the City to Mr. Austen Henry Layard, 18 Town Councillors, 24 Dissenting ministers, 55 solicitors, and others, to the number of 9,851. -Presented by Mr. D.C.L., M.P., agreeably to the resolution of the 3d of last 'a a u vo d et d sh e e rHuddersfield.-Signed Manchester e ta ( o C . 1; ei o f) . - S i g n e d Crowder. March. Warwick.-Signed by the Corporation, Clerk of the Peace, The aldermen and commoners appeared in their robes, five magistrates, two clergymen, three Dissenting ministers, and a number of ladies graced the seats of the court and and others, to the number of 1,205. -Presented by Mr. a G n i the galleries. At twelve o'clock, Mr. Layard, accompanied by Mr. Bennoch (the late member who moved the grant of trates, two clergymen, and professors of colleges, dissenting the freedom), Alderman Wire, Mr. Blake, and other gen- by the Mayor, three magic- ministers, professional men, merchants and manufacturers, tremen s entered amidst loud applause. four physicians, solicitors, merchants, and others, to gun:ma by yer sir xf magistrates,3,246.-Prese t n h te e 3,246.-Presented con- Layard Bright. Sir JOHN KEY, the chamberlain, then addressed Mr. Layard in the following words :-Having had the honour of).---Signed by the Mayor, five Dieseue- of admitting you to the freedom of this City, it now be sgri.ciotolirsve,iaran.d others, to the num- stthaeblneu,mber of 639.-Presented by Lord Goderioh. . • _ ' -' ...' a • ' eeeste ee e `• :-- -, comes my gratifying and at the same time somewhat diffi _ cult duty to address you in reference to the resolution • which I have just read, and which was unanimously passed ing gCa r m o n f ith 2 eir 4c,- rsr PFe erei s t e y n il t a e Presented by York (City of).-Signed by the Lord Mayor, Recorder, by this court. Distinguished, sir, as our body has ever Cits Sheriff, City Coroner, four magistrates, 23 Councillors, been for its promptitude to render honour to whom honour nine Dissenting Ministers, and others, to the number of is due, and anxious as it is to select for the reception of its 1,734.-Presented by Mr. J. Smyth. Ne wc astle.-Signed by the Mayor, three magistrates, th ree freedom those whom posterity will place in the foremost clergymen, four Dissenting ministers, three aldermen, the rank of our country's benefactors, it may well be doubted town clerk, six common council, medical men, solicitors, whether we have ever offered this mark of our respect and me rchants, and others, to the number of 1,020.-Presented gratitude to one whose labours can compare with yours by Mr. Christie. for the vastness of their moral benefits, and the place they Congleton.-Signed by three magistrates, five councillors, will hereafter hold in the estimation and remembrance of four Dissenting ministers, surgeons, manufacturers, trades mankind. (Loud cheers.) True, sir, we number amongst men, and others, to the number of 589.-Presented by Mr. those who have been pleased to accept these our muni - Kershaw. cipal favours men whom our nation has revered as Chester (City of). -Signed by one Knight, two magistrates, its highest ornaments, men who have upheld the glory one rector, gentlemen, solicitors, editors, merchants, trades of our arms, enriched , ithe treasures of our literature, men, and. others, to the number of 286-Presented by Mr. Kershaw.advanced our science, and extended the arts of life ; but it is no disparagement to these eminent men to say that Stockport.-Signed by the Mayor, l 2 Magistrates, surgeons, the benefit of their services are limited, c hats hey could Aldermen, the Town Clerk, Coroner, Chief Constable, Die reach no further than exalting our charater as a nation, senting ministers, manufacturers, and others, to the number or the promotion of our happiness as members of a civil of 1,001.-Presented by Mr. Kershaw. community ; whilst of the discoveries of which we are Bradford.--Signed by the Mayor, two Aldermen, three this day met to testify our grateful appreciation the chief Councillors, Town Clerk, 10 Magistrates, 9 Dissenting Minis this is, that they look on man, not as he is a ract.-Signed by the Mayor, 6 Magistrates, 4 Alder tors, and others, to the number of 3,127.-Presented by Mr. citizen, but as he is a Christian-not as he is intellectual only, ut as he is immortal-not as he has possessions to Milligan. po nt f gain, or tastes to cultivate, or rights to defend, or liberty men, 7 Town Councillors, 7 ministers, 5 solicitors, 6 surgeons, to achieve, but as he has a God to serve and a soul to edu- and others, to the number of 259.-Presented by Mr. Milnes. cate forve, the life to come. For, sir, that this was the Bath (City of). -Signed by the Sheriff; 9 Magistrates, 3 Al feature on which the attention of this court was chiefly dermen, 20 Councillors, 2 Dissenting ministers, 3 physicians, fixed when designing to ask your acceptance of the present 1 Admiral, 18 surgeons, 16 solicitors, and others, to the num distin distinction, you woud learn from the terms of the resolu- bar of 2,923.-Presented by Mr. Phinn. tion in which these sentiments are conveyed. Thus Devouport.-Signed by the Mayor, three Aldermen, 19 aware of the importance of that axiom, that the pro- 1 Town Councillors, two Magistrates, five Dissenting ministers, per study of mankind is man, not lightly would this 13 eaval officers, and others, to the number of 1,260.-Pre court regard any studies which should illustrate the rented by Mr. Tufuell. early habits M of the human race. Persuaded of the Glocester (City Signed by the Mayor, Sheriff, Alder value of archological science, as enlarging the boun- men, Town Councillors, Dissenting ministers, professional daries of human thought, and throwing a light on the men, gentlemen, and others, to the number of 354.-Pre. yesterday of nations, however others might have neglected assisted by Mr. Lowe. their duty, it was not likely that this court would under- Ipswich Signed by five Magistrates, gentlemen, profess value those zealous exertions which have revealed to our sional gentlemen, merchants, manufacturers, and others, to astonished gaze the long-lost remains of Eastern antiquity. the number of l ,21e. --Presented by Mr. Adair. But, sir, that which, if I read aright the language of this Denbigh.--.Ogned by three Magistrates, two Dissenting resolution, impressed the mind of this court most deeply, ministers, nine solicitors, six medical men, and others, to the was that you had placed within reach and sight of this number of 320.-Presented by Mr. Forster. Christian nation those memorials of ancient grandeur Rochester (City of). -Signed by the Mayor, two Magis which had reduced to a demonstration the accuracy of trates, two Dissenting ministers, two medical men, and sacred history, and fixed on a basis more enduring than others, to the number of 23U.-Presented by Sir G. Goodman. those venerable relics themselves the faith of believers and Sheffield.-Signed by the mayor, three magistrates, alder the scriptures of the living God. 311311, town councillors, surgeons, solicitors, merchants, Mr. LAYARD rose amidst vehement applause, and said : tradesmen, and others, to the slumber of 3,285.-Presented My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen-It would be difficult by Mr. Cobden. for me, more especially after the eloquent speech you Thee- Segued by the Mayor and Town Council, all the have just heard from your Chamberlain, to find terms Maeirtra.tes anii Justices of the P Iva of the borough, medical to express, in a manner which would in any way men, Dissenting ministers, churchwardens, and others, to convey my true feelings, the gratification and pride the number of 226. - Presented by Mr. Rice. I experience at the honour you have this clay con- C ,ventry.--Sigiied by the Mayor, Vicar, and three clergy ferred upon me. It could be with no ordinary men, five magistrates, four Dissenting ministers, four alder sentiments that I found my name added to a long list men, 17 Town C usa•blors, and others, to the number of 142. of names illustrious in the annals of my country, and that -Presented by Mr. Geaeh. I saw myself classed amongst those whom the city of Lou. Monmouth. - Signed by cue Magistrate, 12 Aldermen and don has deemed worthy of enrolling amongst its citizens. T.ovn Coun.ill , -r-, three Dissenting ministers, two bankers, I cannot but reflect that those who have been thus bon- six solicitors, surgeons, and gentlemen, to the number of 159. mired have for the most part been instumental in bringing Pr seuted by Mr Hanbury. to a successful issue, or have been engaged in, the mightiest Norwich (City ()I). -Signed by the Mayor, the ex-Mayor, events which any age or country has witnessed, and that, one ex-Sheriff, 11 Alderman, 25 Councillors, eight Disenting without an exception, they have, by the untarnished ministers, 12 magistrates, one baronet, three clergymen, two honour and integrity of their lives, justified the confidence coroners, 29 guardians of the poor, one clerk of the peace and which the city of London placed in them. When I think town clerk, and others, to the number of 1,894 -Presented of these things, how can I but feel how utterly unworthy I ' by Mr. Pete. am to have my name added to the list? Nor can I but re- Birmisigherre-Signed by the Deputy Lieutenant of the member that whatever I may have done, or whatever my County, 15 magistrates, seven clergymen, 12 Dissenting minaters, the members of the Town Council, 40 solicitors, 26 most ardent aspirations may lead me to hope I may here- SUBURBAN VILLA AND VILLAGE after do, will be insignificant indeed, when compared with .ASSOCIATION. physicians and surgeons, and others, to the number of 6,097. the works of the great men to whom I have alluded. I can- -Presented by Mr. Scholefield. ---ea---- not but admit that what I have accomplished might have Leeds and its Vicinity.-Signed by merchants, manufae been equally accomplished by any man who would have im- The second public meeting of the sharehoblere and friends turers, and others, to the number of 3,533.-Presented by proved such opportunities as lundoubtedly possessed, by or- of the Suburban Villa and Village Association was held by Mr. Baiues. (Unary perseverance, industry, and intelligence. That be- on Wednesday evening, at Crosby Hall, Bishopsgate- BeeelSigned by the Rector, three Dissenting ministers, Wad ing the case, I must seek for some cause which may explain street, for the purpose of balloting for 100 rights to choose and others, to the number of 103.-Presented by Mr. the honour I have received this day from you, and lam at sites and houses on the estate of the society, situate at dington. no loss to find it in the desire which has been shown by Sydenhem, near ihe Crystal Palace. Bury St. Edmund's.-Signed by the Mayor, two clergy this great corporation to encourage and promote such ob- The chair was taken, shortly before eight o'clock, by Mr. men, five Magistrates, three surgeons, and others, to the jests and pursuits as are in accordance with the spirit of Deputy Obbard. 'number of 363.-Presented by Mr. Waddington. the age. and to mark its approbation of any labours, how- The CHAIRMAN, on taking his seat, said that, in fulfil- Lutterworth.-Sigued by the Rector, solicitors, surgeons, ever humble, which, as your Chamberlain has most justly ing the office of chairman, his only object, was to make Disseuting ministers, and others, to the number of 222.- observed, may tend to the establishment of truth, to the himself available for their comfort. When he was a boy, Presented by Mr. Gardner. increase of reverence for our holy religion, and to the ge- freeholds were only held by the lords of creation, but that, Bridgewater.-Signed by the Mayor and Corporate body, neral diffusion of knowledge. (Cheers.) In looking over like everything el.ie, had changed. The advantages hold five clergymen, two Dissenting ministers, 10 Magistrates, the list of those who have enjoyed the distinguished out by this society, he thought, would re.eimamend them- gentlemen, solicitors, surgeons, merchants, and others, to honour you have extended to sue, I cannot but per- selves to every thinking person ; and when he in Fos-seal the number of 461.-Presented by Mr. Wall. calve that the city of London has always been animated them that from their first meeting the number of shares Yarinsuth.-Signed by the Mayor, Magistrates, surgeons, by the same spirit. After a long list of names, ever taken up had increased from 600 to upwards of 1 000, it solicitors, manufacturers, and others, to the number of 535. glorious in cur annals-those of men who in the senate, was a fact that could not be denied. He would not de- - -Presented by Mr. Rumbold. an-I by sea and by land, defended and maintained tarn them from the objects of the meeting ; and as they Barnsley.-Signed by clergymen, Dissenting ministers, the honour of England for twenty years-we come had met for business, his duty would simply he to hear all solicitors, medical men, and others, to the number of 1,017. to that of Jenner. (Cheers.) The city of London delighted that hail to be said, and simply put the question. With -Presented by Sir C. Wood. to honour one who, whilst we were engaged in a terrible these remarks, ho would call upon Mr. Lamb to move the Derby.-signed by the Mayor, Rural Dean, Vicar of West struggle which deluged Europe with blood, employed his first resolution. burgh, 6 ex-M.syors, Magistrates, Aldermen, Town Council, great talents iu investigating the means of alleviating hu- Mr. E. A. LAMB said he must be allowed to share with clergy, Dissenting I:sinister, and others, to the number of man suffering, and of preserving and prolonging human their chairman the pleasure of making himself available. 320.-Presented by Mr. bass. life. Again, we have a long series of names of great men, He had hail the honour of filling the chair at their first Newbury.-Signed by the Mayor, three Magistrates, three called forth by an unexampled war-amongst them Nelsen meeting held at Exeter-hall, and he assured them he felt clergymen, Dissenting ministers, Aldermen, the Town Clerk, and Wellington. We then come to a happy time of peace, as much honour in moving the first resolution that evening Common Council, medic II men, solicitors, and others, to the but still the city of London'had to extend the hand of en- as he had done on that occasion. We had been wise enough number m 324 -Presented by Mr. Keating. couragement, and to mark its approbation of those who to remove the buri,l of corpses from towns, bu' there was Lauuccston.-Signed by the Lord Mayor and Mayoress, were engaged in struggles less bloody, but no less impor- another thing that had to be done-that was to remove Town Council, medical men, solicitors, Dissenting ministers, tent, indeed no less vital to us than those which hail pre- the living from the living (cheers), for we were really and others, to the number of 143.-Preseited by Sir C. ceded-I mean the struggles waged for the establishment tread;ng, on each others head. The large man-he meant L emon . and maintenance of our constitutional liberties, and in the the rich man-could now reside at Brighton, come to town Trcgony.-Signed by the Mayor, Dissenting ministers, and great cause of civil and religious liberty ;so that when the in the morning, transact his business, and go beck again others to the number of 115.--Presented by Sir C. Lemon. names of warriors cease in your list, we find those of in the evening. But there was another large holy that Liskcard -Siguod by Magistrates, gentlemen, solicitors, Brougham, Denman, Lushington, Peel, Russell, and Grey. now demanded their attention-that was the working backers, medical men, merchants, and others, to the number (Cheers.) A time of almost complete quiet ensued, only clerks. (Cheers.) The great barrier to cl rks residing of I's3.-PresentA by Sir C. Lem ni. interrupted by partial contests in the East, in which, in the country was the railway fare The directors of • Patm*Wrough (City of) -Signed by one Magistrate, three however, the valour, the conduct, and the character of the railroads, in providng for their snore fortunate fellow clergymen, rive Dissenting min stirs, seven solicitors, 10 Englishmen were no less eminently distinguished taan in m en, had hitherto entirely overlooked those who could not : medical men, and others, to the number of 883.-Presented more widespread though scarcely less hard-fought wars, to take up a first or second class yearly ticket ; but he had 'by Mr. Whalley. and which the city of London promptly rewarded iu a the ple asin g dut y of announcing that the directors bad Godmanchester-Signed by the Mayor, Aldermen , and Napier, a Sale, a Knott, and a Hardinge. (Loud now seen the importance of providing the working popnla- Common Council, Disseutiug ministers, and others, to the cheers.) The cause of Christianity, of civilisation, and ti o n with the same facilities that their richer hr ,there en • number of 109. - Presented by Mr. Baring. of commerce once more appeared to prevail, and the joyed-at least, this was to be case on the South-Eastern Shrewsbury.-Signed by the Mayor, Aldermen, Town city of London hastened to honour one who had sue- and the London and Brighton railways, and this was sad. Councillors, bankers, merchants, and others, to the number cessfully contributed to their advancement in almost cient for the members of this society, as their property of 238.-Presented by Sir W. Wynn unknown regions, and amongst the most barbarous was situate near the Crystal Palace. He believed the rate Bridgnorth -Signed by the Mayor, Aldermen, Town people. It conferred upon Sir James Brook the freedom charged was to be 8/. fin a first class ticket, 5/. for a second, ; Councillors, and others, to the number of 446.-Presented by of the City. (Great applause.) It might reasonably have and 3/. for a third. (Cheers.) Thus, the poor man would Sir W. Wynn. been supposed that the blessings of peace were now be enabled to reside in a beautiful part of the counties, Honiton.-Signed by three clergymen, three magistrates, secured to us for a period at least, and that no nation call- instead of, as hitherto, in an ill-ventilated, ill-constructed, two Dissenting ministers, solicitors, medical men, and others, ing itself Christian and civilised would entrap and disho a nd u nhealthy abode, and if this fact was accomplished, to the number of 233.- Presented by Mr. Joseph Locke. nour the cause of Christianity and civilisation by plunging h e b e lieved the noblemen and gentlemen who had exerted Harwieh.-Signed by the Vicar, Town Clerk, five Magic- Europe into a war. The city of London, therefore, true to th e mselves to carry this association into effect, would have trates, Dissenting ministers, and others, to the number of the spirit in which it had always acted, desired to encou- d o ne mo re good than any monument of stone or brass could 206.--Presented by the Hon. E. L. Gower. surgeons, and rage those who were engaged in pursuits which might tend per petuate. (Cheers.) When he first became aceuainted Colchester.--Sigued by clergymen, Dissenting ministers, to illustrate the history of mankind, to increase its chili- with this association , it was, an infant, yet a healthy . one ; solicitors, Si tradesmen, and others, to the number sation, and to strenghten its belief in the great truths of they had now passed the pap and cordial, and the of 205.-Presented by Sir J. V. Shelley. aid es e g rm e en by the Mayor, one clergyman, Dissenting holy writ, 1 have been the fortunate individual who has project was now a fact. It was for the shareholders to Reading. -Signed by the Mayor, 19 members of the Corpo goons, and others, to the number of 139.-Presented by the been selected as the object of this encouragement and ap- keep to the society pure, and he trusted he should shortly ration, Dissenting ministers, bankers, solicitors, probation. I should, indeed, be wanting in modesty were I see the members-first, second, and third class-all travel- others, to the number of 491.-Presented by Mr. Pigott. to attribute the honour you have done me to any merit of ling in harmony. The association proposed a t o. o ta do la mo th re e my own, rather than to the desire of the corporation to than merely give the shareholder the land ; they jerePosed mi Sa nis i ters, , gentlemen, solicitors, town clerk, sur mark their sense of the importance of the studies and to give him a home-(cheers)-there was a ra t ministers, solicitors, ei h a religious Bedford.!--Si n I researches in which / have been engaged, if directed word that an Englishmen only could apprecia e. ° Another Earl of Mul rave. to a good and useful object. With regard to my- charm of the society was, thet it was neit to o r by the Mayor, clergymen, Dissenting self it is highly probable that I shall never, again or a political one ; they left it to every one (Cheers.) , 100.-Presented surgeons, and others, to the number of see these spots which are aiaturally so dear to duty to his God, his country, and his conscience. vewss to the fol- 1 Exeter (City by Viscount Mandeville. me, as being connected with the labours which The resolution he had the honour t m o o ad ted by the various Dissentine '" of).-Signed by the Mayor, 4 Magistrates, 5 have earned for me the distinction which I lowing effect :-" That the principle ppurchase and the 1 the , ministers, solicitors, medical men, and others, to have received from you. I may even be compelled to freehold land societies, in the wholesale perform his b at cost price of freehold ' so number t of 44 3.-Presented by Lord Palmerston. abandon those studies and researches which have been so distribution to their m emroedrguctive of so much commer- , u c hampton.-Siped by the Mayor, Magistrates, Alder. kindly alluded to by your chamberlain. I have embarked land, and which has been p be applied with equal, if not men, ouncillors, merchants, Dissenting ministers, manufac in public life, and only one endeavour and one hope must cial and social benefit, thetom wholesale erection of dwel- ;Spooner.turers, and others, to the number of 243.-Presented by Mr. remain to me-that as a public man I may be of some use with greater aelvante , :g desirable that a society with this , at it is to my country. You, my Lord Mayor, and gentlemen of rings, and th be forthwith estblished." (Cheers.) Wolverhampton.-Signed by the Deputy Lieutenant, Ma the corporation, have to-day given me an encouragement to object should . n seconding rhe a resoletion, said the position j gistrates, surgeons, solicitors, merchants, manufacturers, and persevere in an honest, independent, and conscientious die- Mr. Daese,ee society they had now nearly 1.100 mem- , others, to the number of 1,110.-Presented by Hon, C. P. charge of my duty in whatever station I may be placed, attained bY d th - I tie a sufficient fact of itself to convince every Villiers. which I trust may some day render me more worthy to be a bers wnnstability, and would show that it was ap reciated t Lichfield -Signed by four Magistrates, Dissenting minis citizen of this great city, and to have my name enrolled one of its blic. The object of the association was p t e tars, surgeons, and others, to the number of 314.-Presented amongst those who have as a most honourable distinction by the pumbers freehold and leasehold villas and oc rect j by Hon. C. P Villiers. been admitted to its freedom. As your chamberlain, for its embers cottage Walsall.-Signed by the Mayor, 7 Magistrates, Dissenting of various sizes, with garden, rear a- the in his admirable, though, I fear, too partial address to me, residences Crystal ' ministers, manufacturers, and others, to the number of 1,142. lace, at a wholesale cost, to be allotted 'at cost price, by Presented icy Hon. C. P. Villiers. has especially alluded to the objects and results of my le- Pa seniority, to the mem b ers few words with- ballot an d ere as tenants for letting ' Northampton . -Signed boors, I trust you will permit me to say a . ,- gned by the Mayor, five magistrates, occupation, at a low rent, for about five reference to them. Doubtless if I had undertaken these ex- or years, and Dissenting ministers, Aldermen, Town Councillors, surgeons, as absolute cavations and researches with no other end than that of thenceforth owners, and to afford a safe invest- solicitors, tradesmen, and others, to the number of 572.- nit of enter- ment for eor small sums, paid at convenience, at 5/. gratifying an idle curiosity, or an ordinary spi Presented by Mr. Currie. prise, have per cent. serer Four sh• I med. c• * e. prise, I should be utterly unworthy of the honour soiler villa withn a , ares secure, a seven-nm ,ity London and the Metropolitan Distriets of Spital shown me. I trust they were embarked in for a ' fields 1 , Bcha -green, Mile-end, Hackney, Hornerton, Dalstop, high but costing the societ l motive. Archaeology, if pursued in a truly liberal spirit, 10 •hares I yon y about 250/. ; and eight s Heston, De Beauvoir-town, Ball's-pond, Stratford, Poplar, illustrating the his- secured a -motile( villa, worth 800 e, but costing only : B- I B d becomes of the utmost importance, as modg 1, °mon sey, Herselydown, Old Kent-road, ine abot 600/ ller tory of mankind. (Applause.) I confess that sangu In roportion with larger or sine , t he lwh, Lambeth, and Newineton-butts.-Signed by 23, 264 hvillas. E . h h among t e ac ouse would be ye I absolutely to th© as I was as to the results of my researches a COD Ve . I ersons. -Presented in the House of Lords by the Right Hon. ruins on the Tigris anal Euphrates, I could not, member when his shares are paid up, and the balance of Leal. etauley, of Alderley; and in the House of C ommoasby human being, have the cost defrayed by the payment of a few years' rental. ; nor, indeed, probably could any Mr. as erman. Ido not say Two three ild be anticipate the results which they produced. , ree, and four•share houses anti upwards wot , Dover, Ramsgate, Loughborough, Lynn, Poole, Kettering, as a humble agent, erected. this in self-praise - I consider myself but Durham, Royston, Macclesfield, Stony Stratford, Burslem, whose good fortune it has been to labour successfully in The resolution was then put to the meeting and declared i Tavistock, Tiverton, North Shields, Whitehaven, Brix.ham, not doubt that carried. bringing about those results. I could _ ' Skipton, Brentwood, Bramley, Swansea, and 202 other places. every spadeful of earth which was ;- h removed fro those vast The CHAIRMAN said the next business was to appoint \ ____p res „t e d by Lord Jocelyn, Sir E. Filmer, Mr. J. E. Deni remains would tend to confirm the troth o prophecy and auditors, and afterwards proceed to the ballot. son, Mr. H. N. Burroughs, Lord 11. Vane, Mr. Evelyn, Lord to illustrate the meaning of Scripture. But who could Mr. DALE said he had announced at the last meeting e , Shelburne, Captain Kingscote, and others ; the whole signed have believed that records themselves should have been that auditors would be appointed at this ; but he found ' j by 130,301 persons, more than 31,000 of them being married found, which, as to the minuteness of their details and the that could only be done at a, meeting of members, a an- , as i women. wonderful accuracy of their statements, should confirm this was a public meeting, it could not be done. A speciae , Of 730 clergymen of the metropolis to whom application almost word for word the very text of Scripture. (Great i meeting of members would be called for that pu r p ose, and has been made onl y 197 are opposed to the repeal of the re cheering.) And remember that these were no fabrications ; the gentlemen named were Dr. Dodsworth and Mr. Jenkin ; cent statute by which such marriages are declared void. of a later date in monuments centuries after the deeds d Jones. He did not think they could have better. i Of more than 500 of the Protestant clergy of Ireland who which they professed to relate had taken place, but re- A SHAREHOLDER said he did not think a better selec- , have responded to the appeal of the Committee, a majority cords engraved by those who had actually taken part in tion could be made -a more able gentleman than Mr. ' are in favour of rendering such marriages lawful. them. Mr. Layard here stated that it would be ungenerous Jenkin Jones lithey could not have, in fact he was one of i heats STANSBURY, /CA Bon Bee . in him, in addressing the corporation of London upon the the most able actuaries of the day. . 5 _ . • u t,4treet Jan. 31 1854 sllbleot, to omit the mention of those eminent Kilolitre who The CSAIBMAW-I think the Affairs of the society will IGs parl ialn° $ se' '- 6 -- NDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1854. RESIDENCE TO LET, at HILLINGDON, within one mile of the West Drayton Stat lon.—A ommo dious HOUSE, consisting of three sitting.rooms and six bed-rooms, with stable, garden, shrubb.,ry, &c., called COLTIA'It HOUSE. Land adjoining maybe had at Michaelmas next, if required. ,This resldenc ~ which is situated upon the read from ,West u Drayton to Hayes, was for some years occupied by the late Sir, cleorge Hock burn. 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THE REPORT of the BRITISH COLLEGE of HE ‘LTH, New. road, London, for 1853, Is now Printed, and may be had of all the Agents for Morrison's tills throughout the country. Also, Mr. FRASER'S LECTURE on the MEDICAL, LIBERTY of the gUBJECT, and the BIOGRAPHICA L S KETCH! of JAMES MORISON, the HygeLst. 1 44( FOREIGN HAVANNATI CIGARSr-" DAWSON and Co., 19, Mark lane, have always on Sale a cnoice assortment. Tavern-keepers, publicans, and the trade, sup plied on the lowest terms for cash, with Cigars of good count, com mencing at 21s. per lb. COCKLE'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS, for INDI lESTION, BILE, SICK HEADACHE, ACIDITY, &c. Prepared by James Cockle Surgeon and Apothecary, IS; New Ormond-street, L , ndon ; and sold by all medicine vendors, in boxee at Is. 1% d. and 2s. 9d. Remember those only are genuine with "JAMES COCKLE, APOTHECARY," on the Government Stamp ROYAL POLYTECHNIC READING AND CHESS ROOMS, 5, CATENDISH-SQUARE. 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An ENTIRELY NEW SERIES of DISiOLVING VIEWS. LECTURES by Dr. ilkcaorvratt on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LECTURE by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., on SPONTANEOUS COMBUS TION, with Brilliant Experiments. Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools and Children under Ten years of age, Half-price. Annual Suhscribers to the Institution are eligible to be elected Members of the Reading and Chess-Rooms, on paying an additional guinea per Annum. N PROMENADE EO R A I D O ts p r r TF, CONCERTS. iuEATRE, Nests o i n A :4 1 t s r .— and— Every EVENIN atsEight, by the A I ; d lj e • s A tr Ga e r e nA t i . s renowned HUNI I ARUN B I.ND. whose performances have created such intense in•erest throughout the leading European cities. The programme is varied nightly, and includes the finest compositions of ancient and modern masters, as well as Hungarian and other na tional Melodies, Mazurkas, Wiltzes, Galoes, and Quadrilles. Ka lozdy, conductor. Soloists—Flugelhorn, Horanyi; ciarionette, M. Augarde; piano, Miss J. Warman. Vocalists —The Misses Brougham. Morning Performance, Wednesday and Saturday, at Three PARLIAMENTARY. —The opening of Parlia menttis t h t n s d e e s d s o with () t o t: t e e d splendour th a e n e d x p b r r e l s li s i it n n c o y f opfotblie iu s h c Cour opinion through the representatives of our CITIES, COUNTIES, and TOWNS. Every individual in the Empire desires to be repre sented by fashionable and well-made DRESS, and everyone knows it is best obtained at the Establishment of E. MOSES and SON, or at their West-End Branch. Public opinion has decided that E. it,iOF,ES and SON shall represe , t all classes in STYLES of ATTIRE, and they are determined to maintain the distinction of providing Dress to MEASURE or READY-MADE, the most Fashionable, Elegant, and Economical. Their HATS, CAPS, HOSIERY, SHIRTS, BOOTS and SHOES, &c., will represent every one as completely equipped for the season, which may con tinue damp or rainy. Every description of WATERPROOF Cr.OTHINd is manufac tured by E. MOSES and SO V, and exhibits more variety than the pro , uctions of any House in the World—it is more serviceable, and considerably cheaper thau any hitherto offered The Colonies are represented by E. MUSES and SON—their in formatiort is dirt froAustraliand all oer parts of the World, and the Goods in ec their Immense Wholesale Department are pre pared in accordance with the present state of the markets abroad, consequently Merchants, Shippers, and Emigrants, derive the greatest advantages from purchasing Clothing and Outfits at the Establishment of E. MOSES and SON. Full lists of Outfits for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship-sailing information, may be had on application, or post free., CAUTION. —E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like ;alsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for tbvtous reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANT OTHER. HOME IN 01 017 T OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 44,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506,507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 and 3, Hart-street, all commtmicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant To.. Clohiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furrleis, Boot and Shoe Makers, and Genertal Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. 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New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the Establishment, 33. 6d. in stam ps ical Work on '[ME SILENT FRIEND, a Med IL the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol. lowed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster 7ow, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Gor don, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Row Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ;It Johnson, 68, Cornhill. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. 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The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti -s yp h remedy, .forilitie purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptons, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 Is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specinc Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 118 . per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder, Consultation fee, if by letter, I/. A minute detail et the case is required : age, habits, and post- :ion in society. 51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establis . ment only, by which the fee, 11 ,is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons are in attendance, daily , at 19, Berners-street, Oxford - stre et, don, from Eleven till Two. and Five to Eight ; on 8,M1a7 from rile Ten to) One. Lon. pURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in the matter of the estate of JOHN t ITE, late f No. 9, Homesdale, Lewisham, in the county of Kent, deceased, and in a cause " Norris against Gi , codman." The creditors of the said John Tite (who died in or about the month of June, 1853), are by their solicitors, on or befor. toe 4th day of March, 1854, to come in and prove their debts at the Chambers of Vice• Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, No. 15, Old-square, Lincol , :'s.inn, in the county or Middlesex, or in default thereof they will be peremp torily excluded irom the benefit of the said Order. Wednesday, the Bt'i day of March, 1854, at 12 o'clock at noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the clams. Dated this Ist day of February, 1854. CHAS. Pl*Oil. Chief Clerk. "WALTERS and SON, 36, Basinghall-street. Cl2'Y OF LONDON COMMISSION. The royal commission sat again yesterday, at No. 32, Abingdon-street, to resume its inquiry. Commissioners present—The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere (chairman), Sir J. Patteson, and Mr. Cornewall Lewis. Mr. Jones, solicitor, who gave evidence at the lastvsit ting, presented himself for further examination. He stated that he had served on the consolidated committee and the navigation committee, and he could add his testimony to that of previous witnesses, to the effect that the chairmen of committees were always chosen from those members who were most qualified by khowledge and previous ex perience to conduct the business entrusted to them. He gave the most unqualified denial to the assertion that the convivial tastes of members influenced them in appointing their chairman. The working of the committees he con sidered was most satisfactary. The committee meetings were very numerous in the course of the year, but the din ners which had been so much complained of only took place after the monthly meetings. There was nothing in the dinners that was objectionable, and the charge that the committees were more addicted,t2 guzzling than to attend ing to business was unjust, and °lily a bugbear got up to Lse the public mind against the' corporation. He dis tinctly repudiated the statements of Mi. Ambrose Moore Ju this subject, and denied that the dinners of the coin nittees, which, he said, were of a very simple character, were indispensable to secure a proper attendance at the neetings The members attended because it was a mat er of duty with them, and not from any unworthy or sel ish motive. The corporation had effected immense im )rovements in the streets of the metropolis, and a person ho had seen the City 30 years ago would hardly know it o be the same place now-a-days. Mr. H. L. Taylor was next examined. He said he was ;hairman of the markets improvement committee, to vhich was entrusted the execution of the new metropol an cattle market at Copenhagen-fields. He had been a comber of the corporation for about ten years, and had aken an active part in its affairs generally. In 1848 it vas referred to the committee of which he was chairman o inquire into the state of the markets within the City, iz., Smithfield, Newgate, and Leadenhall markets, with he view of ascertaining whether any addition ought to be trade to their space, or any increased accommodation Jiorded. The committee was also directed to inquire ,vhether it was expedient to apply to Parliament for pwers to raise the funds necessary for effecting any such aerations by any increase or modification of the tolls levied in the markets. In pursuance of this reference, the committee originated a plan for the enlargement of Smith ield-market, which was a rival scheme to that proposed oy the Government for the entire removal of that market. An influential portion of the press opposed the view taken by the corporation on this subject, and the committee felt it to be their duty as trustees for the citizens whose mar ket, held by charter, was sought to be taken away from them, to do what they believed to be for the benefit if the public at large. The steps taken by the cor ,oration necessarily involved a certain amount of expense, out they had incurred no more than was fully justified by the object they had in view. The plan of the corporation was sanctioned by 7,000 electors of the City, who signed a nemorial to Lord John Russell in favour of the retention ,f the central cattle market at Smithfield, with the im provements proposed in it by the corporation, and the Daily _Vacs, the Morning Herald, the Morning Advertiser, and the Morning Post, each published articles, in hi s judgment, more, sound, moro to the purpose, and more ,onvinein,g than those which appeared in the other por tions of the press in favour of the Government scheme. Witness then said he wished to allude to a part of Mr. Bennoch's evidence in connection with this subject. Mr. Bennoch stated that he believed the corporation had sent paragraphs to the newspapers in favour of Smithfield-mar ket, accompanied by money to induce the editors to insert them, but that he (Mr. Bennoch) could not himself pro ince proof of such an assertion, as he• was not a member of the committee. Now he (Mr. Taylor) wished to give that statement the flattest contradiction. Such a proposi tion as Mr. Bennoch referred to had never entered intothe ,nind of th e committee, because he was quite certain that the respectable portion of the press would consider it the grossest insult that could be offered to them if any one were to seek to bribe them for advocating the retention of the market ; and he believed that if such an attempt had been made, instead of the support of the journal being ob tained, it would have come out the next morning with a very severe article exposing so disgraceful a proceeding. Since Parliament had decided against the retention of Smithfield-market, the corporation had desired to carry cut the new market at Copenhagen-fields in the most com prehensive and effective manner ; and they had accord ingly purchased the largest portion of land which they could obtain for the purpose, in compliance with the ex pressed wish of Mr. Walpole, Lord Palmerston, and every other member of the Government with whom they had had to deal ou the subject of the market. The corporation had bought 78 acres of land altogether, and there would be 15 acres allotted for the accommodation of bullocks and sheep. The present accommodation for cattle at Smithfield was 6i acres. Mr. C. Lewis—lt is impossible, with justice, to say that the corporation has not done enough iu respect to the ac commodation to be provided in the new market. The only question is, whether the corporation has not done more than is n ecessary—whether, in fixing upon the amount of space, it has not done more than has satisfied the justice .3f the case ? Any charge that the corporation has not done enough would be most unjust. Mr. Taylor was very glad to hear Mr. Lewis make that statement. There had been a scheme proposed for cring ing the cattle by railway from Blackwall to the new mar ket, and also for connecting the Great Northern Railway with the new market. The corporation had been asked to dispose of a part of their land for this railway, but they had refused to part with any portion of it, believing that outside of the market there would be sufficient room for stations for all purposes connected with the market. The Chairman : What amount of revenue do you expect to derive annually from your property in the new market? Mr. Taylor : About 14,0001., or a return of 4 per cent. on the outlay of 350,0001. The corporation also proposed to make a new dead-meat market on a part of the site of Smithfield, the present Newgate-market being very insuffi cient and confined in its amount of space. This new dead meat market would occupy about three acres, and would be situated near Long-latie ; but that point had not yet been finally decided. Mr. C. Lewis : Farringdon Market we hear is little used, could it not be made available for a new meat market ? Mr. iTaylor Farringdon-market is very awkwardly situated, being upon an acclivity, and it is not considered by any one acquainted with the City markets that it can made available as a dead meat market. Mr. C. Lewis : I believe Parringdon-market is spacious and airy, and would it not be better to alter it so as to adapt it to necessities of the trade, instead of going to the expense of making an entirely new dead meat market ? Mr. Taylor : We think that Smithfield would be more central and more likely to succeed as a market. The wit ness then said he wished to contradict another statement made by Mr. Bennoch. Mr. Bennoch stated that money had been spent by the corporation in giving dinners to members of Parliament, to whom gratitude was due for having supported the views of the corporation in regard to Smithfield -market. Now , the only dinner that had been given was the dinner at BellaruY's, which was given to the sheriffs ou the occasion of their presenting a petition against the Government measure ; and the whole expense was 141.175. Mr. C. Lewis —That statement of Mr. Bennoch's has been contracted before. Do you think that the corporation in their opposition to the Government were influenced by any portion of their constituents who were interested in the retention of Smithfield -market ? Mt Taylor—Certainly not. There were no doubt per sons carrying on business near the market whose interests were more or less mixed up with its retention, and of ' course the corporation had the co - operation of these parties in their opposition to the Government. Mr. C. Lewis—But do you think that these parties in fluenced the decision of the committee in opposing the Government? Mr. Taylor—Not in the least. There was a majority of about 70 to 7 members of the corporation in favour of the City's plan. Witness then stated that he thought the cor poration was capable of considerable revision and improve ment, and he had always been in favour of an inquiry like the present taking place, from which he believed much good would result. In particular he thought that advan tage would arise from a reduction being made in the num ber of the committees. Mr. Wm. Rushton examined— He was the paymaster and collector of the fellowship porters, and had held that office for 27 years. He had to collect the roota ge dues and also to pay the fellowship porters, afterwards collecting the sums due to the men from their employers. It had been p, but that was not the re p re sented to the commission otterse received a penny in every shilling earne d by the fact. He did not received for himself more than one far thing in the shilli n g u pon anannualsum of 227,000/. ; a large sum being req uired for office expenses. He denied that a larger balan ce than was necessary to enable him to pay the men their wages was entrusted to him by the fel- lo;vship. Mr. D.W. Wire examined —He was an alderman ' and a sheriff of the city of London, and a solicit or. H e had paid great attention to the subject of the fines, imp o sed upon persons selected for the office of , heriff i n th e c i ty o f Lon don. He had never kriovfn en instance since his connec tion with the corporation in which a per,o'n had been se lected for the office of sheriff merely for the purpose of ex acting the fine from him; and at present no such practice prevailed. The Lor d Mayor did not now exercise his pri vilege of nominating persons for the office of sheriff. The election of sheriffs in CO MMOTI-hall . Was very obj ec ti ona bl e , because, unless the fr iend s of parties who did no t w i s h t o serve attended at the Guildhall, it was v er y lik e l y th a t they might be elected against their will, and consequently would have to pay the fine. The Chairman—Can you suggest any improvement in the mode of electing the sheriffs? Mr. Wire—l can, but Ido so with a great deal of diffi dence. If the constituency were altered that might induce a better attendance in Common Hall, and so prevent abuse; but failing that, I think thatthe election should be vested in the Common Council, who would always know the names of parties who were willing to serve. The ordinary expenses of the office of sheriff are abo 2,500. a ye/ar but some sheriffs spend agret deal mor ut e. The mode of appointing the under sheriffs in the city of London is pre cisely the same as the mode in all the other counties of England. The emoluments of the under-sheriff when I held the office averaged about 1,0001. a-year. With regard to the case of Mr. Gray, who applied to the corporation for a portion of tho estreats forfeited in a prosecution insti tuted by him against a g an g of swindlers in the City, I have to say that Mr. Gray mad e two applications to the corporation. The fi rst application was for a - contribution towards the expenses of the prosecution, and the corpora tion voted him 501. for that purpose. The second applica tion was for a portion of the estreats, and it was not made until after the money had been set over by the Crown, and distributed among the parties who were entitled to it. The corporation always deals very - liberally with persons having an equitable claim upon it ; but if it had complied with Mr. Gray's second application, the money must have come out of the pocket of the sheriff or the under-sheriff. The witness then stated, in reference to a charge that had been made against him that he had adjudicated in a case in which his partner was engaged professionally to prose cute, that he had not so adjudicated, but had merely re manded the prisoner, who was committed by Mr. Alder man Wilson. Neither was it true that his partner had been engaged in the prosecution. [This portion of the worthy alderman's evidence was confirmed in the course of the day by Mr. Goodman, chief clerk of the Mansion House Police Court.] The inquiry was adjourned till Wednesday next. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. PROGRAMME FOE THE DAY. PAST I. Overture (Guillaume Tell), Rossini ; Duett (Oh ! Wert thou in the Cauld Blast), Mendelssohn, the Misses Brougham ; Waltz (Landes farbaden), Strauss; Solo, pianoforte (We're a' Noddin'), Miss Julia Warman: Original Aria, solo, flugelhorn, Herr Iloranyi, Mane; Song (F“nd Memory), Glover, Mr. Albert Henry Percy; Mks. (The Royal Sussex Militui), T. Distin ; Song (The Swss Girl), G Lipley, Miss Elizabeth Brougham; Quadrille (Cresceut), i Sarkozij. PART 11. Selection (La Sonnambula), Bellini ; Duett (The Cousins), C. IV. Glover, the Misses Brougham ; Mazurka (Heroique), Kalozdy; Solo, pianoforte (Morceau de Concert), Miss Julia Warman; Song (Dream of the Heart), Glover Mr. A. H. 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