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• ( 4114 at y". , • ' • I . o ,4ftsj v . •0 , r • • ' " kV. • '•4; 4,44 ' 1'11 ;•: : f/ .410 04„„ k k4 •-• NOTICE DI lIERED vi - t . •.; . • + \ . DID 4 • ' the Shares and Debentures et , • _ O. ' 415 1. 1 . pm, / • .• . 4. t*2 O ti s he exchanged for I ♦ 4. 1 ,, 0 ;a 411ff rii4: - •)1 1 I fl':*** „ • G RIND TRUNK RAILWAY COMPANY OF C V NAD A. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the present Provisional Certificates, representing the Shares and Debentures of this Company will, on being forwarded to the ii , dersigned, be exchanged for Regis tered Certificates of Shares and tor separate Certifi cat Canada.es of the Deben tures of the Company and of the Proviace of By order. WILLIAM CHAPMAN, Secretary- 2, Leadenhall-street, 7th February, 1854. _.---------_ NIN xy R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, IV includmg the BERN ESP. OBERLAND and the SIMPLON, EVERY EVENING at Eight o'Clock, (exc,ept Saturday ), and Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday MorrilTurs, at Two Stalls, which can be taken a , the boxy Mlle.: eve'y day from 11 to 4 ; area, Is. ; gallery, 13.—Mont Blanc, ayplan Flail, Piccadilly. THE NEW REFORM BILL. NoTicl.l. MR. SIMS REEVE S will positively appear CFIEAP EDITION of LIVES o f the QUEENS TO-MR OROW a, the WEDNESDAY CONCERTS, Exeter Hall. NGLAND. Ad m i s sion, Is 1.. 6d., 2s. GI, 55. - By AGNES ST ICEL i AND '_ -- ....----t". , --- --- Vol. 2. embellished vr th nine i crrtrait , price only 7s 6d., bound, s n. Iv ready. (triers received by all tto.ikseilers. Published for Henry Colhurn, by his successon,, Horst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. ( From the Times.) The journals of yesterday had probably a more warlike appearance, and were fuller of actual preparations for war, than any the living generation can remember, which is almost as much as to say, since newspapers were what they are. Yet on the evening of that day Lord John Russell introduced, not only with his customary sang-froid, but also with the inti mation that he thought it a very slight affair, a measure of Parliamentary Reform not much less sweeping than that which some twenty years since brought us to the eve of a revolution and anarchy itself. This surpasses even Sidney Smith's well known description of his lordship's audacity. Ile has not, indeed, taken the command of the Mediterranean fleet, but at the very time when he and his colleagues were sending two immense fleets to the Mediterranean and the Baltic, and im mediately after Lord John had explained the conduct of the Admiral in command, he rose again to invite the attention of the House of Commons to the work of its own reconstruction, Very properly he prefaced his speech with a chapter on the pursuit of reform under difficulties, showing how a great man may be baffled in the attempt to pass a good measure, and either never succeed, as in the case of Pitt, or only succeed as Lord Grey did, after repeated attempts, under happier auspices, at an interval of forty years. From these splendid examples, the one of failure, the other of late success, Lord John drew the lesson that it was his duty to persevere, even with the risk of utter disappointment, or hope long deferred. Such 'courage we cannot but admire, and, as his lordship has described the feeling of those who would suggest de lay to consist of one part discretion, and three parts cowardice, we must admit his own purer element to be un tainted with either of those grovelling qualities. As if to re proach this degenerate age with its idle terrors, he intimates that his measure is scarce worthy to be called a Reform Bill ; though in so doing he certainly makes us tremble to think what he would be ready to propose worthy of that name, were he not compelled to act with lesser men. For our own part, we think him hardly just to his own measure, which may well compare in almost every respect with the act of 1832. Indeed, it is wonderful how much that measure has left to be done. That so large a supplement should be possible arguesmuch for the moderation of the elder reformers, and the unreasonableness of their foes. In one important respect the bill leaves the precedent of the Reform Act, and baffles the anticipations of speculative reformers. Dividing the problem into two parts —the distribution of seats and the qualification—it has heretofore been customary to deal with each part so as to meet the conflicting demands of population and property, or of numbers and land, as the opposite poles of the controversy used to be described. The present bill seems to give up the idea of satisfying antagonistic classes, either as to the distri bution of seats or as to the conditions of the franchise ; and, instead of that, to favour territory in the dis tribution of, seats, and numbers, money, and edu cation in the alteration of the suffrage. It is a new way of dealing with the question, and will probably cause some disappointment to those reformers who have been ready with their schedules of new boroughs, and wished at least to see the population uniformly represented. Should the bill pass in its presentf orm, however; it certainly seems likely to satisfy the most ardent reformers, even though it does not contain a single point of the " Charter." The in fusion of borough voters into the county constituency, and of operative voters into that of the boroughs, and the addition of votes derived from salary, taxes, stock, savings, educa tional test, and almost every possible source, constitute a formidable counterpoise to the influence of home and land. Considering how much the most zealous reformers have lately been obliged to lower their tone, and how little they are disposed to stand upon particular mea sures of reform, we think we may fairly ask them what class of persons deserving a franchise will not enjoy it on the pass ing of the proposed measure, and what interest will not be adequately represented. In our opinion counties and boroughs will become, under this bill, names of very little significance —at all events, no longer signifying land as opposed to trade, or the landed aristocracy as opposed to the manufacturing population. When every 10/. occupier in the country, ex cepting only those in Parliamentary cities and boroughs, will have as good a vote as the owner of ten thousand acres, or the tenant-farmer of a thousand, the town will have little reason to be jealous of the country, and reformers will have small cause to complain of the tyranny of landlords. As a whole month is to be given for inquiry, and as an inquiry is likely to take its character very much from its first start, we will suggest that, instead of comparing the bill with this or that standard or scheme of reform, the better test will be the question—How will it work ? There will be no great diffi culty in estimating the number, the character, and the pre vailing political tone of the new voters added to the electoral districts, whether counties or boroughs. At the first sight there seems but little reason to fear the invasion of any infidence to the interests of the people and the cause of social improvement. At least, we do not see under what provision of the bill it can possibly lurk. On a review of all the classes thrown into the constituency, and especially into those districts which are to have more representatives, or are to be formed into new electoral districts, we must ex press a conviction that the most thoroughgoing reformers will have ample reason to be satisfied th the actual working of the measure—more so, perhaps, than wi with the working of their own theoretical schemes. EGYPTIAN HALL.—CONSTA_NTINOPLE is open TO-NIGHT at r fight, and Every DA,' a , Half-cast Two o'clock. he Lecture delivered by Mr. CH AR , ES KENNEY, and has been T written by Mr. ALBERT AsllTil an I Mr. SHIRLEY BROOKS. Admission, Is.; Reserved Soots, Is. _-_------ TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMSN, HAD ♦ it pleased Parliament to preserve the present constitution of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, I should, whilst honoured with your support, have continued to be a member of that body. so long as Providence vouch safed to me health and unirnpa• red faculties. lint the Act of last >es ion has prescribed thatfiftee the exclusivenumber of Directors shall b e immediwely roinced to n, of three to be named by the Crown. and that the first three vacancies in the fifteen shall be also filled up by her Maje - ty. Al though, from the kind feeling man ifested towards me by my col leagues, I could with reasonable confidence have offered myself for e l e ction as one of the fifteen , y et I must confess that at my advanced age it would not be sa flifactory to my feelings to occupy a position so important to tour interests, which might otherwise be more per manently filled, and not less henificialle. The Act has imposed upon the Directors and ex-Directors the selection from among themselves of the reduced bu num t ber. as This is a task which I would be desirous of avoiding, , a public man, long connected with India, and deeply in sensee terestd in its good governent, I cannot reconcile it to mY of pr riety to shrink from the performance of this im portant duty, however painful and invidious. I shall, therefore, ss re theiruntil the cl to make the best ose of the official year to ist my colleagues in endeavour selection o a f members for the new Court. my deep sense of gratitud e for the P e rmit me to express to y ou confidence with which you have so long honoured me. t has been my endeavour faithfully to execute my trust. 1 resign i I , not with out regret, having always felt a deep interest in the duty it involves, and s hall to my latest hoer cherish an earnest solicitude for the prosperi ty of our magnifi cen t 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, East India House , 9th Feb., 18b4. JO iIN LOCH. LAURENT'S CASINO, A RGYL E Rooms, (Lessee, Cass. C. Lsuast4T, Onslow-hour , Fthaain road) The above Room s are now OPEN FOR THE SF t , ro ad) and will continue o p en every evening, with A tT i E CELEBRATED BANG. 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LECTURE by Dr. BACTIOITNEI on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT UNIVERSAL ELECTRA ; 'TEL ,, ,G.tAPH DESCRIPTION of RUST'S NEWLY-INVENTED PATENT TUBULAR PIANOFORTE, daily at a quarter past three. Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is. Schools and Children under Ten years of age, Half-price. This day, Crown Octavo, Eight Shillings, A YEAR WITH THE TURKS. By WARIN,ITON SMITH, M.A. With a Nap, by J. W. Lowry. I oncion : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. Just publishe , l, New Edition price Is , THE CURABILITY of ing t CONSUMPTIONand being a Series of Papers, presenthe most prominent important rractical Point., in the Treatment of the Disease. By FRANCIS EL RAHADGE, Fellow of the College of Physicians, late Senior Physician to the Royal Intirmlry for Diseases of the Chest, gcc. Also, by the same Author, A TREATISE ON AS ['MIA. London : Longman and Co. HIJNGARIAN PROMENADE CONCERTS. --Admission, IS.—ROYAL NRIONE I' PE THEATRE. Adelaide-street, West 'strand —Every EVENING, at Eight, by the renowned HIIN 4 ;ARIAN B %ND, whose performances have created such intense interest 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, Waltzes, Galoes, and Quadrilles. Ka load'', conductor. Soloists--Flagelhern, Horanyi ; clarionette, M. Augarde; piano, Miss J. Warman. V,tcalista The Misses Brougham. Morning Performance, Wednesday and Saturday, at Three. Just published prier , - 25., by post 2s. 6d , DEBILITY and IRRITABILIT Y induced by sPERMATORRIRE A.; the Symptoms, Effects, and Rational Treatment. By T. H. YEOMAN, lid D., Physician to the General Post-office Letter-"arriers' Provident Institution,&c. London : Effingham Wilso n, 11, Royal Exchange ; and, by Post only, from the Author, 25, Lloyd-square. _____------- T " AS SALT and C EAST INDIk PALE ALE BREWERS, BURTON -ON-TRENT. STORES. London• • 22, Hungerford-wharf. Liverpool • • 52, Henry-street. M an chester •• .. • ~... 37, Brown-street. Birmingham ••.. •• 26%, Bull-street. Bristol ......... ..... Back Hall, Baldwin-street. Nottingham •• ••.. „ 14, Milton. street. Dublin ,• • 4, Crowit-alley. E. inburgh .•• •• •• 17, Downie place. Dundee .• •• •• .• 13, New Inn Entry, High-street. Just published, Bvo., in cloth , p rice 55., by post free Gs. T HE PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL TREAT MENT of STRICTURE of the RE TURA, in all it Varie ties and Complications. With Practical Observations on the Use and Abuse of Urethral Instruments The whole Illustrated by numerous cases, showing that this disease may be succes,fully treated by means at once simple and sat., even in its most inveterate and apparently intractable farms By F. B. COURTEN ,Y, M R.C.S.E. "We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of stricture clurisg the last 20 yeirs has t quailed, if ii,deed it Las not surpassed, that of any of hi- contemp iraries. atd we ki:ow of no man to whose care we would with vreater confidence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the urethr t."--/dectlcal Circular, July 27, 1e53. H. Millen, 219, Regent-street. P11001•14XIC 701 TILE DAY. PACT I. Overture (Guillaume Tell), Rossini ; Duett (Oh ! Wert thou in the Cauld Blast), M e ndelssohn, the Misses Brougham ; (Landes farbaden), St r auss; Solo, pianoforte (We're a' Wit s dMs Julia Warman Original Aria, s 10, flugelhorn, Herr ilvanyi, Ma , g ; song (Fond Memory), Glover, Mr Albert Henry Percy ; Polka (The Royal Sussex. Milit.a), T. Di%tin; Song (The Awiss Girl), G Wiley, Miss Elizabeth Brougham; Quadrille (Crescent), Sarkortj. PART 11 Selection (La Sonnambilla), Bellinl ; Duett (The Cousins). C W. Glover, the l'sli•ses Brougham ; Mazurka (Hrroique). Kalov!) , ; Solo, pianoforte (Morceau de Concert), Miss Jn.ia NV arman ; Song (Dream or the Heart). Glover Mr A El Percy ; Waltz (E;linton). Kalozdy ; Song (Bonnie Dundee), Miss Josephine Brougham ; Qu :- drills (Malta), Yalozd) ; Galop ( times), Kalozdy. RESIDENCE TO LET, at HILLINGDON, wit• in one mile of the West Drayton Station. —A om o dioui HuUSE, co,,sisting of three sitting•rooms and six beHOUSd-rooras, with stable, garden, shru bb ry, &c., c alled COLHAM E. Land adjoining may be had at Michaelmas next, if We st requDradire. T nits is residenc , which is situated upon the road from yto Ilaycs. was for some years occupied by the late Sir George Cockburn. kpply to Thomas Brown, upon te rmises Bet John Francis, Esq., solicitor, 1, New Boswell court, London; of jamin Jones, Esq., Llanelly, South Wales. RUSS I ' AND TURKEY. -LAMBERT'S COLOURED v 1 AP, Second Edition (3ft. 41n. by 2f t. 3l n.), showing the - , eat of ar on the Danube , the black Sea, and the Eastern Frontier. l'rice is. ;in Case, ls 6d.; by Post, 6d. extra. 'Dobbs, Kidd. a bertnd CoFlee,-s,reet. London : Mcizies, Edinburgh ; Lam, Newcastle-on. Tyne and all Booksellers. CONTRACTS FOR FOR IGE FOR HORSES. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset -place, 11th r eb.. 1854. T HE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice, that on THURSDAY, the with 16th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat s uch Persons as may be willing to Contract tor sup delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEI'TEORD the Undermentioned articles, viz.: HAY (pressed best upland meadow)• • .... 52 750 loars. ds. OATS• •• • • • • ..•..... 2, q Half of each to be delivered in a fortnight, and the remaind r in one week a terwarda, or eartier if preferred by the party tetide-inz. A sample of the oats (not less than two quarts) must be produced by the parties ten iering. The conditions of the contracts may he seen. and a form of t he ender , btatned, at the said office. No tender will be received after one o'clock on the day of tr. aty. Every teude' must b addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand cornr the wards " Tender ior must also be delivered at Somerset place. ro URSSE L L' S BRIDE CAKES, 1 to 10 Guineas; Dessert Cakes, Iviz., Dundee, Madeira, School, and Savoy Cakes; Swiss ant French Pound Cakes, Is. 6d. per lb. ; Swiss and Italian Pastry, for evening partes, Is. to 3s. per doz. ; 16 sorts of Almond (lakes, Ratifies, and Maccaroons, 2s. per lb ; Rout Cakes, 3s, per lb.: Mixed ''ekes, Is. 6d. per lb. ; Mixed Biscwts, Is 2d. per lb.; Biscuits in bags or boxes, 14 for is., viz., Arrowroot, Brown, Digestive, Milk, Abernethy, German i uddy or Captain's Biscuits ; Mince Pies, 4s and Os. per doz. ; Jellie and .ou s, 4s per qt.: Creams and Ices, Qs per qt.; Made Dishe , , Raised Pies, Hams, tongues, Fowls. Caution.—John R. Purasell, 162, Regent-street, and '2O, Ludgate-hill, only. EUROPE AN COURTS. ENDLESS embassies and fruitless negotiations have occupied the courts of Europe fir some thne. Whether tin e nst ilAtion of the " Great Bear" is an unlucky one, we lease for the considera tion of all o' servers ; but the t po'icy has been pursued key the outruns of the establishments of E. MOSES and , ON, who have negotiated affairs of dress on a scale of unpre cedented magnifi ce nce and economy. The war ef elements is totally su'ldued by the attire ma nufacture t by E. MOSES and Sort, and all the advantiges of a conai.lete victory are secured by an artistic fit which combines fashion and comfort. As annbas , a , lors to the Court of Fashion, E. MosEs and SON are the most .uccessful negotiators which the commercial world has ever acknowled2ed—they have produced styles of dress which have gamed them universal reputation. Their present facilities for exe cuting the commands of noblemen, merchants, men of business, labourers. and all other sections of society, poqsess an indescribable and the am pletude, associated wi th su p erior quality, infinite variety, most economical charges. Liveries, sporting dress, military and naval costumes, are made by E. NIOSES and SON with the greatest uniformity and precision. Hats, cap., boots and *hoes, hosiery, shirts, ladies' and children's c'othing of the mo4t elegant nod serviceable kind, is furnished by E. MOSES and Soli at considerably lower prices than are customarily charged. The wholesale department of E. MOSES and SoN's business is highly advantueous to merchants, captains, and emigrants. Their cloth ing, boots and shov, outfits, &c. &c., are the best shipments which da he made to Australia or any part of the world. Full lists of outfits for ladies and gentlemen, and ship-sailing in formations, may be had on application, or post tree. C A.LIT E. MO: ES and S ret having to guard the ON reg ~üblie against imposition, having learned that the untradesman - like alselmod of " Being connected with 'hell* Establishment," or " It's he same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for Ibvious reasons, they bog to state that they have STo CONNEXION WITH ANT OTIIEH HOUSE IN OE OUT OE LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Mineries, 83, 4, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 503, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 and 3, Ilart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36 Fargate. Colonial Branch, M,lbourne, Australia. M erchant Tallo,s Clothiers, Batters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe shakers, and General Oatfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. article not give satisfaction, it will be IMPO RTANT —Should any exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, trom which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, " The Epitome of Comfort and Economy," contain ing full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, 14c., &c., may he had on application, or post-free. A handsome Almanac f or the year ending 185 4 can be had, gratis .pAiNs in the BACK, GRAVEL, LUMBAGO, RHEUMA rism, Gou 1, DIGE-PION, FLATULENCY, RERVOU DEBILITY. &c —Dr DE t.:OOS' COMPOUND RENAL PILLS, as their name Renal (or the Kidneys) indicates. are a most safe and efficacious r.lnedy for the above dangerous corn plaints, discharges of any urinaryi of the urine, and diseases of the kidneys, bladder , and organs generally. For d presslon of spirits, incapacity for society, study, or bu-mess, confusion, giddi ness, drowsiness, nervousness, and hisatilty itself, when arising from or combined with urinary diseas s, they ire unequalled. Price Is lid , Is. 9d., 4s. 6d., lis., and 335. per Box, through all Medicine Vendors, or sent (free) on receipt of the amount in postage stamps, by Dr. De home Roos, 35, Ely- lace, Holborn, ondon. At ce tor con sultation daily from it till 4, Sunday excepted. Advi and Medi. cine, LI. LIFE ASSURANCE; REPORT of the SELECT COMMITTEE of the HOUSE or COMMONS, ad the DEPOSIT SYSTEM—the New and Important Feature of Life Assurance adopted by The DEPOSI I and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY The following is an extract from the Report of the Select Com- =Mee : - ,+ IRE OBJECTS which persons HAVE IN VIEW IN EFFECTING IN SURANCEB upon thei I I' .ives, are GENERALLY OF AN IMPORTANT AND SOLEMN chisracte- viz., the PROVISI.)N FOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS after the death dtheir CONTRAC T PROTECTORS; WHIR • any ordinary transaction of trade, a ONCE ENTREED INTO CANNOT BE DISCHARGED OR ABANDONED, if doubts of the stability of an 021100 should arise, WITHOUT • SACRIFICE OF PILEMIII3LS PAID IN TUT YEARN and the necessi.y of effecting new Po lims in other offices at increased rates of premium, owing to the greater age of the assured ; persons are thus placed in the ANXIOUS AND UN HAPPY DILEMMA OF BEING COMPELLED TO PERSEVERE IN FATING FRENIUNs FROM YEAR TO YEAR, with so sows suspicion andG dTHEoubt SE RS to the ultimate advantage of doing OR OF INCUIEIN 'IOUs LOSS WHICH UNDER THE MOST FAVOURABLE cmcoNsTlNcEs, /MIT ATTEND THE ABANDONMENT O SALE OF ' COMA POLIPELLECY." to pay On the DEPOSIT SYST EM a person is NOTD " from "TEAR To LEAL" and he does not, if desirous the contABANDON- he ING" his Policy , incur any `• SERIOUS Loss," but, on rary, may pay such amounts, and at such times ms he may tind most con venient ; he can stop paying whenever he pleases, and he can with draw the whole or part of his premiums. If the whole be with drawn the Policy is cancelled ; if part only, then the value of' the Policy is diminished by the assured value of the part withdrawn. A B, aged 20, opens a deposit policy with a payment of 51. which It will be seen he increases from time to time, and occasionally diminishes. ____..--------_ (prom the Morning Herald.) Most of our readers will remember Blackwood's admirable series of papers, entitled, " First and Last." To this series Lord John Russell contributed another specimen last night. We had then, in a weary task of about an hour and twenty minutes, the First and Last appearance of a third Reform Bill. The latest specimen of the kind in 1852 was sentenced as soon as seen, and the present one is several degrees worse than that. We have not the slightest idea that we shall ever again look upon " the Reform Bill of 1854." Lord John went through his task with the air of a man who knew that the whole affair was a farce, and who could not, for the life of him, even put on the semblance of feeling any interest in it. Scarcely a cheer of the least warmth greeted him during his course ; he sat down in nearly total silence, and in ten minutes afterwards not fifty members were left on the Ministerial benches. The whole affair was seen to be a sham ; and honest men disliked to appear to have anything to do with it. As Lord John e ntertains not the slightest idea of proceeding with the measure, he is naturally careless what party he insults by it. The first half of the measure is a downright affront to the Radicals --the litter half is just as disgusting to the Con servatives. Together, the bill is such a monstrosity, that it is difficult to believe that Lord John would be willing to pass his own bill into a law, if he were able to do so to-morrow. First, as to the Radicals. They have been insisting upon it, 8 o for some months past , that seats tak en from towns must be given to towns; that, if thirty boroughs are disfranchised, thirty new boroughs must be created. Now, how does Lord John deal with this claim ? By disfranchisement of boroughs he finds 66 seats at his disposal. All these are claimed by the Radical party for towns. Lord John apportions them thusc - Counties London University... Inns of Court Chelsea . Large towns on application. tci l'on parle Francais. qier a rich: man Doitach. Qni si parla Italian°. Arm se habla Espano AVESEND STAR PACKETS. other Packtsall at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purfleet . Th e Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitt Piers ing FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESENTD. . , ,„....0......... ~ .... .... A z, 5: „... m.m-o,—, w _ . p 2 4 , r 3 ''' ------------------ r. " . cv u a ..., 0,..70 m m 4 4 lv 6....., .! .......222 t J .4;(41 q '"— g. "'!:! 1;7474 T,A,3 :12, W .1 ;------ ID ?-1 .4 c% m . 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A second affront is inflicted upon them by one of the many " crotchets" which are introduced into this precious production. Lord John gives in to the novel idea of giving some representation to minorities. He adopts the plan of a late pamphleteer, of giving three mem bers to a large town, or division of a county, but allowing no elector to give more than two votes. In this way 5000 elec tors would return the first two on the poll, but a minority of 4000 would return the third. This is an idea particularly abhorrent to the Radicals, who enjoy nothing better than to triumph over the Conservatives, when they can, by mere brute force. But having in this way shown his disregard of the wishes and feelings of his Radical allies, Lord John next turns to the Conservatives, and does Half best to render the measure loathsome to them. -a-dozen crotchets o f the most absurd kind a re introduced, any one of which ought to condem n th e measure. Take an instance : that the met ro p o litan boroughs are low enough, Radical enough, and have enough of King Mobinthem, is a fact which even the Times itself has fre quently asserted. Yet Lord John proposes to make them " " Is it possible ? muc h worse.some of our readers will ex claim. Oh, y es ! quite possible. A s th e law now stands, every voter in a metropolitan borough must have paid some rates and taxes. Lord John:gravely proposes to sweep away every regulation of the kind. A man is (we suppose) merely to be rated ; though why even this formality should be de manded, if t h e payment of rates is to exeuse him, we know not. What rational motive can be assigned for this change ? Has any one ventured to surmise that the constituencies of the metropo litan boroughs are not low enough, but that they would be im proved by a larger infusion of the democracy? The " crotchets" of this bill are too many to be enumerated. One member is to , g London University," which is not, we believe, bo given to the " Stinkomalee" itself, but a still more modern invention, which at present is to be found in lodgings, up two pair of stairs, somewhere about Somerset House. All people having salaries of 100!. a-year are to have votes. Are the clerks of a Lombard-street banker, or of Messrs. Morrison and Dillon, in Fore-street, more independent of their employers than the farmers of Sir Thomas Acland or Sir John Yarde Buller? Yet, when the farm tenants were enfranchised by the Chandos clause, the Whigs and Radicals told us that we were only making some thousands of " dependent and servile voters." For our part, though we hate all shams, we must admit that the present is a case in which the Government cannot do any thing else. To act with truth and honesty is more than they can venture to do. To be in earnest, they must pledge office, and power, and everything upon the carrying this measure. But this they cannot do, and do not mean to do. They have not the slightest intention of either dissolving or resigning. In short, the bill is only " brought in"' to be taken out again. It is a mere waste of time ; in short, a. f a , ree 1 SUNDAYS. WEvs Ilk,. ---- -- ''' ------ ZI ----- .> ' r- - : Fen- i:- 2 i r„ "? . Fen- ii 1 - 1 1 - 24 r:, \.E church '5:- t. = ..-, "cA., church -:,' .„.. , C cl, s `a' Street ',, .-. z i .)' = If; Street, A e. p., - ~.. ,'-.. -4 g 0 i— -- 9y„ —, -- to , 7 4 , --- 1214 f) PassaZCS marked ' are run direct. . , , direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or from Gravesend and I,ondon.. •• • • .... 10d. .. 18. 2d. „ t7rravesend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. .. 03 Os. . 18d. od. Between Gravesend and I ntermediate Piers.. 6d. .. 110 AT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 5.. 0...; Six Months, 31. Os. Three Months, 2 1 . Os. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Nov. 17, isl 3 Passages marked are Thus A B, in 10 years, has saved and inve.ted at different inter- vale various /RM amounting to 971., by which he had be'n Mewed in case of death for 2601. 12s. /d ; but A B requires 221. ; h draws this sum out, and diminishes the value of his Policy by 60/. Is. 3d. at different times, leaving him in case of death a Policy for 2001. 4s. 4d., and during his life a fund of 751. to draw out at any time, in uprt or wholly. The first claim the Deposit and G ene ral Life Assuranc e Company was uponsttled by a deposit of 10/. which a parent made fo at the r each of five children, instead o f a 'ding it to an acco unt they had Savings Bank. One of them died a few days after the was de posited, and the father received 341. 65., being the amount lol. of the De poalt Policy. GREAT FIRE AT BROMLEY. Yesterday evening, between the hours of five and six d , a fire broke out at Claussen's Patent Flax, Hemp, an Jute Company's mills, situate at Bromley, near Bow new church. The property covered a large extent of ground, and comprised the principal mill, the machine-houses, the devilling-rooms, the drying-houses, and a large warehouse probably 50 feet wide and nearly 80 feet deep—whilst in front of the premises were packed in the open yard, under marquees, several heaps of hemp, jute, and flax, each stack being as high as a common dwelling-house. The last-named property was worth some thousand pounds, and the principal portion has been reduced to ashes, besides the destruction of machinery and goods in the mills. The fire was first discovered by a boy who was em ployed in the mill, and who stated that his attention was directed to an exceedingly small body of fire in one of the front warehouses. At that time the fire was travelling along the ceiling and appeared to be feeding upon the loose dust that had accumlated round the joistings. The boy at once sounded an alarm, and in the course of a few minutes a strong body of police belonging to the K. division came up from the Bow station, under the direction of Mr. Su perintendent Howe and Inspector Ellis. The police and the various hands employed on the works at once made a vigorous attempt to get some of the many bales of goods in the warehouses removed to the open yard, in which endeavour they succeeded. ; but unfortunately their exertions were of little avail, as nearly everything they could remove has been consumed. Information of the outbreak was sent per the electric telegraph to Lon don for the aid of the engines. The moment the mes sage arrived, the brigade engine stationed at So n choo its l house-lane Shadwell, started f or the scene, but, a rrival, the whole of the warehouses, the machine rooms, and drying compartments, were enveloped in flame. The engine was set to work from a good supply of water, but The the re cont i from Wellclose-squa re,nued to spread with am azing rapidity. enginesfire Jeffrey-square, and Watling-street, the West of England engine, and the company's firemen, next arrived, and by this time the flames were issuing from every window in the warehouse and mills, and when the roof fell in a tremendous shower of sparks rose high into the air, and, falling upon nearly a dozen stacks of jute and hemp in the yard, as well as the greater portion of the goods previously removed from the premises, set fire to the whole. The wind at the same time blew stifly, and very few minutes elapsed before the various stacks of hemp and other articles looked like so many dwelling ll houses on fire. The engin es above enumerated, as we as that of the parish, were worked with full vigour, but as late as midnight the fire was far from being entirely extinguished, although all danger of any further exten sion of mischief was fortunately at an end. The firemen succeeded in saving from destruction the engine-romns and bleaching-houses at the east end of the mills, but the other portions of the works may be described as being entirely consumed. EXAMPLE No. 2. Supposing A IS, aged 23, when he opens a Deposit Policy los the insane, and continues voLutcrkamT to pay the same sum every year in the same way as he is CObiTILLID to do in the ordinary system. —_—_—_-- Year. Ago. ....------------- ...—. X. a. d. 23 11 49 6 6 1852.. •• •• •••••..... 24_ 18 48 16 0 47 18 0 1853 • ••.••••••••••• 2 2 5 G 13 1 1 8 8 5 55 4 .. .. .. •• .. .. : : .. .• •• :: : 2_7 1: 47 4 6 46 10 6 45 17 6 185 C...•••••••...... ?,i1 45 4 0 1857.• .• •.•••• ...... f o 1: 44 10 6 16M•••••••••••••••• 31 113 43 17 6 1860.. ..... .•••••••• 32 13 43 4 0 90 206 7 G to 37/ 38 1 90 190 4 6 to 141 3 0 72 46 -----••••.......---- —.—....-- 0 4 0 432 1,00 1875........ •.•• .... 47? to 108 194 13 6 52 S 1981..•• •• •••• —•• •• 53 90 1980. ? to 147 la 6 1885.........•—••• b 7 108 182 10 6 to 1891.•... ..... ...... 63 738 1,525 b 6 ------- (Front the Morning Chronicle.) Lord John Russell was fully justified in stating last night, at the conclusion of his able, comprehensive, and statesman like speech, that the provisions of the new Reform Bill had not been suggested by any party motive. Not only is the an earnest and measure marked, at every point, by single minded desire to improve the constitution of the House of Commons, but the changes which it proposes are so various in their character, as well as so considerable in number and im portance, that it will not be easy, ect without elaborate calcula tions, to estimate their probable eff on the balance of poli tical power. The counties are to receive a considerable addi tion of representatives, but the county constituency is to embrace a new class of voters from the smaller towns in the district ; and it will consequently, as Lord Johns Russell p o inted out, no longer present that " special cracter " which has operated so injuriously on national interests. In the larger counties and towns, the minority is to be furnished with the means of securing a share in the representation ; and, consequently, there may not improbably be a Ministerial member for Manchester, and a Liberal member for Dorset shire. Mr. Drummond himself might have allowed that the franchise given to clerks and salaried officers will tend to raise the character of ordinary constituencies ; and it is certain that the Inns of Court will never return a member holding opinions so dangerous as to be incompatible with a seat on the bench or with the office of Solicitor- General. In a word, the measure presents little scope for that narrow and vulgar criticism which ean only judge of political changes as they may affect the petty in terests of faction. It must be estimated as a whole, with reference to its collective and ultimate effect on the character and of the constituencie s and of the House of the ch a r thus regarded, it will, unless we are greatly mistaken,' be cor dially welcomed by the country as a scheme, alike honestly intended, judiciously quceived, and ably constructed, for Th premium of 141. commencing at 23 years of age, and paid upon a n ordinary Po lic y (as IT MusD De) every oo y lea but if A B r till A.B. is 46 ylivesears old, w ill secure the same sum, viz., 1,., 7 years longer (which is the probable (gyration of life at the time he effected the insurance) his Deposit Policy, for the same payments as for an ordinary rolicy of 1,(1001., will have increased to 1,5251. 6s. 6d. TRUBTESB. The Right 'lonourabl e the Lord Viscount D rum lanrig, M.P., P.C. , Comptroller of her Majesty's Household. Maj , o-Genoral Sir W. Clayton, Bart.. 79, Gloucester-place,l'oll n:m-square. lr Charles Price, Bart., Banker, London. Vim- Admiral Ayscough, Prospect Haase, Southampton. HAIII3I The 'tight Hon. the ii , rd Viscrsunt Dramlanria, M.P., P.C., Comp troller of her Majesty's Household. CON lanai N 0 AMC kt.T Francis, G. 1' E q., F.L.S STANDING cerrract.• R. B. Crowder, Esq.. Q.C., M.P., Recorder of Bristol, Counsel to th , Admiralty , C.. Judge Advocate o f t he Fleet. E .C•• M•e. , Lin coln's-inn. R. maiin‘. pA, Sew Bridge -street, Bleckfriars, Lond on. Chief Office Bq., Q , So, Loans granted at 5 per cent. on real or person al security a nn uities on most favourable terms. Digeas,d lives and lives de other oft w a s aeoepted at equitable rates. 1110 by ' , nation .noly to the agents in Vol Prospectuses and further info country, ~ r to C B" Bevan, R Went ~,e erPtgry. Agents wanted in all parts f the Un tel Kingdom /14.2.—Lits Assurances effected ea the ordinary plan. ita ustedc to be tad rre i s on appLlcattori at th e BablishaTO by WWI Oligrilisi a reasis &Alp.) , . l. // 2_ C1 7 .46,,t, m-,e49-- NA _.%)-c 4 . 1 ",.. NA FA 15 T lILLIGENCE. „ .. *- " ll '''''""* . •' --- aimi% ...,,nit. ______..._,....... 4. , A l hi4-fAPI 4 -4% APPOINTMENTS. ,4•' „ .., Secretary's Clerk.—William F. Al ~ i r.''..., . l,.* N e!, the Penelope, 16, steam-frigate, ;'''f , ' , - ..., ''- , , `` ) A,, Admiral Henry W. Bruce, having -been , •,,, . - noted :r4rs, i tgik ° ' the rank of Paymaster by the Comiliia- .: .. 1 :; 26 ' '.' i .- -fr4 the west coast of Africa station, anckap'. . . . 7. . - - AY"' Ferret, 8, on the same station, their lor. , .:- ~a. ' , firmed his promotion and appointment tb ili e ..- 14 - --sy Clerks. —George J. D. Andrews (18491,... ' the` Poictiers, guard-ship of ordinary at Chatham, to the Majestic, 81, screw steam-ship, at Sheerness ; David F. Clow (paymaster of 1846), to the Poictiers, vice An drews ; Thomas W. S. Neame, to the Fisgard, flag ship at Woolwich ; Richard Munday (1850), from the Impregnable, flag-ship at Devonport, to the James Watt, 91, screw steam-ship, at Devonport ;H.J. C. Mitchell (1850), first clerk of the Dido, 18, on the Pacific station, to the Nile, 91, screw steam-ship, at Devonport ; John B. Jackson (1846), to the Bulldog, steam-sloop, at Portsmouth ; John Retallic (paymaster of 1853), to the Neptune, guard-ship of ordinary, at Portsmouth ; Walter Lomer (paymaster of 1850), to the Impregnable flag-ship, at Devonport. Masters' Assistants—G. E. W. Yates, to the Princess Royal, 91, screw steam - ship, at P ortsmouth ;W. A. Stone, to the Caesar, 91, screw steam -ship at Ports mouth. simply again to record our protest. The avowed purpose of this arrangement is to enable " minorities to return repre sentatives"—a principle, or rather crotchet, of which we have more than once exposed the folly. The professed object of those who advocate the representation of minorities will not stand examination ; their real aim still less. Either they seek to smuggle in rational advocates of progress by a pro vision of which they hope Conservatives may not see the drift, or they wish to guard against too great an overweight of sincere and earnest Reformers in public. The former is a subterfuge unworthy of true Liberalism ; and besides, certain to be defeated by the retrograde faction who are expert in all such " dodges." The latter would be a " keeping the word of promise to the ear, and breaking it to the hope," of which we should be loth to suspect any Liberal statesman. liberalising, strengthening, and purifying our representative government. The majority of the House of Commons may possibly, in some cases, be dissatisfied with provisions which seem to limit popular influence in elections ; but they will see the prudence of abstaining from any collision with their opponents, in opposition to a comprehensive and well conceived amendment of our electoral system. The total or partial disfranchisement of small boroughs is a gain which may well reconcile those who profess zeal for reform to any shortcomings which they may discover, or imagine, in the general features of the scheme. The new members for large constituencies may not be personally superior to the nomi nees whom they will displace ; but, on the other hand, they cannot fail to be at least equally competent to their duties. Should the counties be shaken out of their ancient custom of confining their choice to local magistrates, the House of Com mons, as well as the electoral system, will be greatly im proved by the changes which are about to take place. Three considerable modern towns are to be allowed single represen tatives, and the populous district of Chelsea and Ken sington is...to ,receive the full honours of a metropolitan borough.: It niayi'be' hoped that a district abounding in wealthy and inteltgetit residents will not sink to the Parlia mentary lesiel ,of : Finsbury or Marylebone. The proposed enfranchisement ortlie University of London will be re garded as a boon by the medical profession, who constitute the great majority of the graduates. The Inns of Court have, perhaps, less reason to complain of want of legislative influence ; and it is not impossible that the seats allotted to the bar may, before the conclusion of the debates, be trans ferred to some urgent claimant. The franchise to be con ferred on the educated classes, as such, wherever they may chance to reside, is a much-needed improvement in the re presentative system. The influence of the best portion of the community will be further increased by the extension of the franchise to all recipients of annual salaries to the amount of 1001. to all persons charged with the income or assessed taxes, and to the members of certain professions. It is not impossible that even, the metropolitan boroughs may be in duced to require higher, qUalifications in their representa tives, when their Most,ios_Bigent inhabitants are for the first time admitted to theanchise. Small fundholders, and prudent men who have deposited their money in saving banks, will also tend to raise the character of the consti tuencies ; while the enfranchisement of 61. householders in boroughs, subject to the condition with respect to length of residence required for the municipal franchise, is a mea sure alike popular and judicious. Among the many valuable provisions of the bill, none are more impor tant than those which facilitate the admission of the better class of workmen into the electoral bodies. We have great satisfaction in finding that the plan of enabling a minority to obtain that share in the representation to which it is justly entitled is to be adopted in a limited number of constituencies. No more prudent method could have been devised for the introduction of a principle which, although manifestly sound, is a novelty in the Parliamentary system. In municipal elections, the same result has been obtained by the division of boroughs into wards; and the aristocracy of the provincial West-end return as many councillors as the crowded residents of the poorer parts of a town. The Minis terial proposal, however, to confine each elector to two votes out of three may tend to the advantage of all parties in their turn. There certainly appears no reason why the Parliamen tary discussions on this wise, moderate, and statesmanlike scheme should not proceed, whatever may be the external circumstances of the country. It is one which in no way appeals to the passions and prejudices, but to the reason and the sense of justice of Parliament and the community. If Ministers have been able to prepare such a measure in the midst of the harassing anxieties of a protracted diplomatic dispute, Parliament may surely deal with it in a s p irit of calm and dispassionate deliberation, even though the country should be engaged in the vigorous prosecution of war. (From the Morning Advertiser.) Last night Lord John Russell brought in his long-promised bill for a reform in the representation of the people. The measure excited but little attention. It was coldly received by the house, and it will not meet with any better reception from the country. When the bill is viewed in all its bearings, it will be found to be, what we long since by anticipation de scribed it—a measure of reform in name only, not in reality. In itself, therefore, there is nothing to evoke popular feeling in its favour —nothing to excite or agitate the country either for or against it. If the friends of popular progress have little or nothing to hope from it, the opponents of reform have nothing to fear. It will in practice leave matters essen tially where it found them. We doubt exceedingly whether, supposing the measure were to become law to-morrow, it would affect tlfe state of parties, at the next general election, to the extent of a dozen members. There are various reasons why the public will take little interest in new Reform Bill of the Coalition. But there is one special and weighty reason why the country will care little about it. An impression has gone abroad, that it has not been brought forward in good faith. Right or wrong, the popular conviction is, that it never was me ant by its noble author, and those who have given their consent to its introduction, to be carried. The universal belief is, thatit is only intended to form a fulfilment , in t he letter, of a pro mise made last year by Lord John Russell, and indorsed by Lord Aberdeen, that a measure would be introduced in the session of 1854 for the amendment of the representation of I the people. Lord JohnAit is said, will feel that he has re deemed his pledge by the empleintroduction of the measure. It is painful to think that-such loose notions on.the subject of morality prevail among our public men. If the general con viction be the true one, that the measure of last night was introduced, not for the purpose of being carried, but of being abandoned, then we are forced to the conclusion that the noble lord who framed and brought it forward is guilty of a breach of faith with the country. If he brought it in at all, he was bound in honour, and in virtue of his solemn pledge, not only to persevere with it, but to strain every nerve to carry it through a successful termination. With regard to the various towns and counties which will be affected by this arrangement, we must refer to the speech of the noble lord. The adoption of this part of the scheme would introduce great confusion into our electoral system, and play most successfully into the hands of the Con servatives. In all large commercial towns they would be sure to get one of their number returned on the principle of repre senting the minority. And thus a considerable addition would be made to the Conservative side of the House, from populations which have never hitherto, in one solitary in stance, returned other than thorough Liberals. The mode in which the noble lord proposes to deal with the franchise is exceedingly complicated, and will be found very cumbrous when it is sought to carry it out. It would have been far better had the principle of household suffrage been adopted. That would have been simple, and would have been satisfac tory to the public,—especially if there had been associated with it the concession of the franchise to all persons paying a certain amount per week as lodgers. The bill has no preten sions to be regarded as a well-digested, much less a liberal, measure. The friends of popular progress will not regard it as worthy of their acceptance. If it does not create deep disappointment in the public mind, it is because the public expected nothing good from the quarter whence it emanates. It fell still-born on the House ; it will make no impression whatever on the mind of the country. It is just the abortion we expected. It is in all respects worthy the Ministry under whose auspices it has been ushered into existence. WOOLWICH, Fn. 13. A number of officers are required to serve as agents for the transports now engaged for the conveyance of troops, which will afford an admirable opportunity of employment to those of an active and energetic cha racter qualified for these responsible duties. The Talbot, 22, passed Woolwich to-day on her way round to Deptford from Portsmouth, to have her stores put on board, preparatory to her proceeding with . the Phoenix screw steam-sloop, for the relief of the ships now in the Arctic regions. An order. has been received to have a new brass screw propeller cast at the foundry here for the Phoenix, one of her former screws being completely destroyed, and only useful as old metal. The detachment of Royal Marines under orders for service in the Monarch, 84, Captain John E. Erskine, left the dock-yard station this morning at half-past eight, on their way to join their ship at Sheerness. Immedi ately on entering the carriages for their conveyance, the band played the national anthem, and it was responde d to with the most enthusiastic cheers and waving of their shakos. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 13. The Caesar, 91, screw, Captain Robb, came out of the steam basin this morning, and round to the fitting basin, to ship her masts and fore masts, which she has done, and is rigging as fast as possible. The Edinburgh, 58, Captain Hewlett, was placed in No. 2 dock this morning to have her copper, &c., exa mined. She will receive a number of riggers as part complement, and is ordered to be ready for sea by this day week. We believe all the seamen riggers called out this morning will be borne upon her books. The Dauntless, 24, screw, Captain Ryder, bent sails and received her crew from their berthing hulk this morning, and hauled into the stream to adjust her com passes, preparatory to going out of harbour. The Princess Royal, 91 (screw), Captain Lord Cla rence Paget, also bent sails this morning. We believe both these vessels will now go out of harbour to Spit head on Wednesday. The Dragon, 6, paddle frigate, Captain Willcox, has made up the whole of her petty officers from the " rig gers," and will get a good crew. The Bussorah Merchant freightship sailed this after noon for Australia with a draught of the 11th Regiment. She calls at Queenstown for further troops. Rear-Admiral Fanshawe who has been staying a few d a ys with his nephew, the Admiral-Superintendent (Marten) of this dockyard, had a narrow escape from accident on leaving the dockyard this morning for Lon don, by the breaking of the hind axle of his carriage, which was upset by the casualty. The Basilisk, 6, paddlewheel-sloop, Commander the Hon. F. Egerton, got up her steam in the harbour this morning, and tested the working of her engines. The Duke of Wellington, 131, is to be the flag-ship of the Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic fleet, and the Nile, 91, will be offered to Commodore Martin in exchange. (From the Morning Post.) " Went to the House of Commons with C., between four and five. Lord John's speech (I could not help feeling) somewhat feeble and diluted, except in one or two passages." Such are the terms which, on the 24th June, 1831, Moore jotted down his impressions of Lord John Russell's greatest effort in favour of his first Reform Bill. They coincide curiously with those produced upon ourselves by his exposi tion of his third scheme on the night of February the 13th, 1854. The noble lord advocated but dispiritedly the bill which he is to usher into Parliament, and to support through what cannot but be a stormy career. The house received it lan guidly enough, and nothing ensued upon its enunciation, save a few vindications de rigueur of freemen by members whose electoral strength lies largely among that particular class, and a little string of questions from a few Scotch and Irish mem bers as to the measure which is to be meted to their respec tive countries. In fact, it is abundantly evident, from the tone and manner of the house that the representative body entirely agree with their constituencies that—be the bill good or be it bad—the present time is a singularly inopportune one for bringing it under discussion. As regards the character and merits of the scheme, apart from the question of its op portuneness, its supporters will, we suppose, designate it as comprehensive, and its opponents may well describe it as multifarious and destructive. Among the latter we are dis posed to rank ourselves. The act of 1831 involved, if it did not distinctly enunciate, the principle of making, population the basis of representation but to a limited extent only, and that, not at the moment apparently, a very dangerous one. There were many places whose industry had passed away, whose population had dwindled, and whose members conse quently represented only a shadow or a tradition. There were other places which, from hamlets and fishing villages, had grown into large towns and wealthy cities, busy with com merce and replete with active and productive capital. It was consistent only with common sense that, suppos ing there to be an invincible constitutional objection to any enlargement of the House of Commons, representation should be transferred from the shadow to the substance ; and, had the operation been conducted on distinct and constitutional principles, there would have been no ultimate hazardous pro gress involved by the undertaking. Unfortunately, Lord John, fur convenience probably in the first instance, adopted population as the measure of claim to representative privileges; and the admission, however modified, of this principle has compelled the author of the Reform Bill of 1831, as we al ways predicted it would, to adopt, now in 1854, that theory for which the Radical party have so long and so steadily struggled—the theory, namely, of proportional representation, taking mere population as its basis. This is, indeed, the rosin feature of Lord John's scheme. The accordance of repre sentation to the Inns of Courts we cannot approve of. As well, it seems to us, might electoral rights be given to the Shipowners' Association, to the Railway Companies' Clearing- House, or to the Clergy Mutual Assurance Company. As for the advantage of having more lawyers in the house, it will give us no great pain, and will inflict on the nation no great loss, to forego it. The extensions of the franchise which the noble lord proposes we equally object to, as unfitting and un called for. That for which Lord John claims the credit of being Conservative, is a mere sham, and can never have any sensible influence. The number of graduates of our Univer sities, of Government and of commercial clerks, who are excluded by the existing form of franchise, we take to be very insignificant, and even if they numbered three times what we conceive them to do, would be nothing in the scale against the mass who will rush in by the opening practi cated by the lowering of the county franchise to 101., and of the borough to a muncipal 61. rating. Neither do we see any security for Conservative principles or Conservative ten dencies in the 501. savings bank provision, upon which Lord John appeared to lay considerable stress. Judging from the vast sums of money which they have expended, there was probably scarcely one of the men lately out on strike who could not have qualified under it ; and supposing an election to have occurred in October last, with Lord John's bill in full operation, what class of men does he think they would have returned to the House of Commons—a Lord John Russell, or a Mr. Cowell—a Mr. Spencer Walpole, or a Mr. Newton—a statesman and an upright gentleman, or a plat form spouter and an ignorant socialist. There is one more proposed alteration in our existing system of which we have yet to speak—the most uncalled-for and the most unjusti fiable. We mean, that by which it is intended to exempt, in future, members of Parliament, accepting office under the Crown, from submitting their new position to the approval of their constituents. No one has advocated more strongly than ourselves the proper independence of representatives, or opposed more constantly everything tending to the establish ment of a system of delegation ; but this long-existing con stitutional usage involves no such thing, and only gives to the constituency that proper control which they ought to have over their representative, and assures them against the possibility, without their own connivance, of their influence being converted, by their Member, into a means of personal a d v ancement for himself. Let Lord John Russell consider well before he lays upon the table of the house, in the shape of a bill, the scheme of which he, last night, gave a pro gramme, He may depend upon it, Mr. Drummond is right —the measure contains that which must be, sooner or later, destructive, and exhibits no reason in the world for stopping where it professes to conclude. DEATH OF THE HON. GEORGE POULETT. We regret to announce the death by apoplexy, while hunting with Colonel Wyndham's hounds at Petworth, Sussex, of Vice-Admiral of the Red the Hon. George Poulett. By this accident, the following promotions take place on the active list of flag-officers :- -- Vice-Admiral of the White Charles James Johnston to Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue Charles Sibthorp John Hawtayne, to be Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red the Hon. William Gordon to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Sir John Gordon Sinclair, Bart., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Henry W. Bruce to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain John Leith (1825), to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. ( From the Dctilg News. ) The great feature, and the very great merit, of Lord John Russell's new Reform Bill is, that it proposes a large exten sion of the suffrage. The reduction of the county franchise to 101., and of the borough franchise to 61., are bold, sound, and excellent propositions. In places like the City of Lon don, St. Pancras, Marylebone, Islington ' Southwark, Lam beth, Kensington, Manche ster, Birmingham, Liverpool, and many others, a 61. franchise must be practically equivalent to household suffrage, and certainly a 101. franchise in counties must " bring within the pale of the constitution" all those who are above the grade of mere agricultural labour. All this is excellent, and thoroughly worthy of support, and if the scheme ended here, nothing better could have been expected. But the bill goes much further. Its great and good features are damaged by an unhappy crotchet—that of seeking "to represent the minority." This is the drawback ; and it will be the duty of reformers to decide whether or not a large ex tension of the franchise shall or shall not be taken as a suffi ciently great and sound instalment of reform—a sufficiently bold step in the right direction—to cover, like charity, a mul titude of minor sins. At present we have about a mil lion of voters, and we may now consider that we are offered a scheme which will certainly, if carried out, add some hundreds of thousands to their number. Indeed it seems probable that the effect of the 61. franchise in towns, and the 101. franchise in counties, may about double the number of persons entitled to be placed on the electoral rolls as compared with those now ac tually registered. With this extension we are asked to combine certain crotchets more or less acceptable to certain cliques. What shall we do ? Shall we take the bill or reject it ? To take it would in all human probability strengthen the Liberals in the House of Commons sufficiently to enable them at an early future again to revise our modes of election. To reject it would still leave us with the undiminished force of a just cry for Reform. All the sham Reformers—all those who have " bought " their seats in the House of Commons, and who want of course to keepthem as long as possible, will denounce the Bill as a bad one. They will, under cover of a demand for a better measure, do all in their power to inflict a mortal wound on the Government Bill fo r the simple r eason that to pass it would send them again before their constituents for re-election. The array of the different sets of interested M.Ps. against the scheme, joined with the open hostility of those foes of the people, the Tories, may secure a ve r y formidable ph a lanx in opposition to the Now Reform. But the pub lic, for their own sakes, must not be hoodwinked. Theirs is the task to w ei g h the promise against the disap pointments—the good against the evil—the extension against the crotchets, and to decide whether they will or will not require their representatives to vote for the measure. After all that may be said against the measure, the real ques tion is, Will it, or will it not, be found, after careful criti cism of the various provisions, that the good outweighs the evil ? That is the point at issue. Considering the quality of the house to which it is presented, is it as liberal a scheme as could be brought forward with auy chance of success ? Against the proposal that each elector in constituencies re turning three members shall only vote for two, we have MALTA, FEB. 7. The Himalaya has just been telegraphed. - On Sunday last her Majesty's ship Caradoc arrived from Marseilles, having on board General Sir John Burgoyne and a French colonel of engineers, Colonel Ardent, who conducted, in his department, the siege of Rome. The distinguished visitors were received by his Excellency the Governor, who went off to the Caradoc, and accompanied them on shore. . Colonel Ardent having expressed a desire to see a re giment in heavy marching order, the 41st was turned out, having just returned from church, and a regiment of finer men, or more neatly clothed and fitted, could not have been selected to do honour to the service. The colonel was highly pleased at their military bear ing and appearance, and expressed the utmost gratifica tion, on one of the knapsacks being opened for his in spection, at the quantity of things stowed in so small a compass, and the exceeding cleanliness of its varied contents. The Caradoc left at 2 p.m. for Constantinople. The following items of intelligence reached Malta by the Triton, which arrived here in four days from Con stantinople. Several officers who have recently received their promotion have arrived by her, and Captain Ste phens, Royal Marines, on whom an operation was re cently performed, having suffered from exceeding cold, has gone to the hospital here for cure. He is not in any danger, however, and will probably speedily recover, under the influence of a milder temperature : "The officers who have joined are—Commander Mends, Trafalgar ; Lieutenant Percival, Fury ; Com mander May, Leander ; Lieutenant Balfour, Sidon ; Lieutenant Paterson, Inflexible ; Lieutenant Coxon, Furious ; and Lieutenant Nott, Queen. General Baraguay d'Hilliers left Constantinople on the 27th ult. to decide upon the spot on which to en camp the French troops expected from day to day at Constantinople. The following may be relied on as a correct report of the army of Roumelia, ; head-quarters at Shumla : Regiments. Men. Tobal. 30 Infantry ... 3,248 ... 97,440 8 Cavalry ... 650 ... 5,200 4 Foot Artillery 2,200 ... 8,800 11 Horse Artillery 1,200 ... ... 13,200 6 Egyptian Infantry 19,488 Bashi Bouzouka and Redifs ... 85,872 Garrison at Rustchuk 15,000 Widdin 15,000 Varna 40,000 70,000 THE STEAMSHIP HIMALAYA. The greatest anxiety is manifested by the Government authorities for the early arrival of the Peninsular and Oriental steam-ship Himalaya, which it is hoped may reach Southampton not later than the 16th inst. She left Malta on the night of the 7th inst., with the India and Australian mails. The following letter from a gen tleman on board gives an account of her performances, and, both from the interest attached to her first voyage as well as the important part this steamer may have to play in the approaching extensiv e naval operations, w ill, doubtless, be read with attention : "We left Malta at 1.10 a.m. on the 31st of Janmary, and met with a fresh n orth-w e st breeze all the wa y u p , with a heavy swell, and arrived in 60 hours. On the 2d inst. we saw the lighth ouse at Alexandria, 840 miles distant from Malta, in 61 hours, slowed the engines for a pilot ; but, owing to the heavy swell on the reef, the pilot b o ats could not get out ; so we sen t our boat swain with a boat's crew in the mailboat to fetch the pilot, which, with great difficulty and considerable o dan gerrweeenct in lt a s f e e e w ms ho a ur gr s e b a e t f w or a e nt us vas at length done. A. small French screw steamer and ofcon to sid u e c ra he i cl io tw i ce ) n t h e n tl part! of the authorities of the port of Alexandria that they do not have such boats f or th e i r p il o t s as , f or instance, our Cowes pilotboats, so that they could come out a few miles to sea , and lay to, or cruise about for vessels, for when it is blowing hard on this coast it ie most danger ous for vessels to run for the port, unless they can feel certain of obtaining a pilot. " During our run up she frequently went 151 and 16 knots, and at 8 p.m. on February 1 the log was hove and ran off 161 knots, when the line parted ; and our oldest quarter-master, who was heaving the log, said, " she must have been going 17." Her average from Malta to Alexandria was 13i knots, and from England 121. We remained just two days in Alexandria, and sailed thence at 5 p.m. on the 4th of February, experiencing, first day, fresh breeze from N., with heavy swell ; second day, light headwinds ; third day, fresh westerly breeze right ahead. She ran up in 671 hours, or 12i knots per hour. The quickest passage hitherto made from Malta to Alexandria was by the Pasha's yacht Faid Gahaid, of 2,400 tons and 800-horse power, eight hours longer than ours ; from Alexandria to Malta, by the Bengal, 70 hours. Her engines ever since leaving Gibraltar have performed most satisfactorily—at noon, February 1, we were, by observation, 3 65 miles from Alexan d ria. lighthouse, and by two p.m., Feb. 2, slowed the engmes for a pilot. " We shall leave here to-night, and shall, D. V., with moderately fine weather, be in Southampton by the afternoon of the 15th. I think you may well say this ship's average speed is 121 to 13 knots. Is there an ocean paddle-wheel steamer afloat whose average is as great as this ? The Trieste steamer Calcutta sail e d from Alexandria three hours before us. We have a good many Australian passengers and a large amou n t of gold. The Australian st eamer arrived at Point de Galle, Ceylon, 36 hours after the departure of the Ben tinck, so that the Austral ian mails were detained there nearly a fortnight." 1-rate to 35 tam -1 peas reek's tad 1.9 to ding, oats, c, 40s in n at li:, t de- 901; eallP, peas, ;iTed from 711 1279 rley, I per wly, . Useful Pamphlets, to ^e had gratis on apcdication at the Publishers (it by lette enclosing a post Age %tamn.) ATKINSON and COMPANY'S PRICE CUR RANT of Useful and Ornamental FURNITURE, UPIIO,, STI- 11Y, LOOKING 411 -SFS, REDDING, &c Also, THE LADIES' MA N UAL, or Guide to the h.atensive • ercantile Estah- and lishme , ,t of ATKIN : ON and COMPANY, DRAPER-, SILK FHAWL MERCERS, HABERDASHERS, HOSIER,, and LACE MEN. 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Gd. ?: N TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORREREA, Ir with the View to the Correction 01 wide -spread Errors n - elation to the Treatmeat and Cure of the Impuissan t and Sexual Hypochondriacs, Translated from 'he German of Dr. PICKFORD. - el which is added, an E ASAY en SHMUAL DEBILITY, by the Editor. 'Dr. Pickford , s known to English readers by his frequent practl- 7 4 contributions to German medical literature. This is the first .t 8 time, lie informs as, that he has addressed himself to the nos-meth- t 9, el reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall •etnet any 11 ,ther equally flagrant evil wnich it may 1. be in histribe -ow owe - to uiet S correct" 1 —Lon d o n Medical Gaze tte May 30. les TheQympa- thisers,' and' Ni edical riends,'are met cilessly exposed ; audit this book , ould find its way into the hands of those who suffer fr , m the com llaint of which it tre its, we are satisfied that many hundreds would e saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of ess importance ,theeigh it is that which the quacks most prize— nuch money ......This volatile is well qualified to put an end to the a'npirlcal system of treating Spermatorrtwea, and to place the treat likelyup A mor raoal and phvsiological basis. t is, to do much e goodti."n —Medical Circular, June 16. I 1852. therefore, London: H. Balliere, 219. Regent-street. TIIE PHILO9OPHY OF M tRRI 6.0 E AND T OLHED SECRF,T INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH, MANHOOD, aND AGE. Just Published, 60th dition, price Is. 6d.. or free by post for forty two stamps, SELF-PRESERV ATION; an Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions of Marriage, with it, Disqualifications and Impediment s, tracing their origin to the effects tuf solitary habits, youthful excess, ironi or cal einiates, or close study ; followed by practical remarks. tounded twenty years' expert nee in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, permatorrhces, and all diseases of the Urinary and Generative System. Illustrated by • 0 colonred Engrav ings, on the Anatomy of the Reproductive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease. iTy AAMITEL LA'MERT. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, D.ctor ot Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin fmreh, Honorary Member ot the London Ilospltse Medical Bociety, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London. itc., &C. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from c,rtain habits, Irregularities and excesses, which have produced more misery In Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at al. stages of life, than, perhaps, any other cies, of disease known to modern pathologists Its perusal is particularly re ommended to persons entertA.ning secret doubts of their p,ysical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is ent itl e d. The _s utter has for a series of y e ars been engaged In an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, and ha B ong directed attention to these enormous evils, from which t og rade of society is free Their treatment has unfortunately been oo generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant em pities, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, inflict great injury on those who are induced to place faith in their preten sions. The serious corpequ,nces resulting foul such mal-practice rear easily , be avoidel if sufferers from these ma' adies were to ascer tain if ir medical adviser be a member of the London College ot Physicians, queens,u or kpothvaries' Hall, as any one possessing either et these alifications; usually appends if to his name, and thus the legally qualified practitioner can at once be diAinguished. at home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Aix till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of IL SELF.PRESERVATION may be had, price 25 6d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper, Firothera and Co., 23, Paternoster-row: 'Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Yfann, 39, Cornbill ; stone, Titchborrlleareet, Haymarket ; or free bp lost for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's rest dence.37. risoroan-sou ARE ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED 2LISERIEI Cotnatiattio Tn ix a AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. I. 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Sutton, 10, Tonl;elaC4rh6C'ri,c'tealr"eaaYeatnsrbdof the anatom iololA nson, 68, Cornhill. organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured En generative from infection, elther in PART il. treats of the conse.quences resulting n il! r o a. Engravings, dulence, and their lamentable effect; on the sysmre excessive in eoa,a Explanatoryttlttaa mental and bodily wealtness. nervous excitement, and generative producing incraapaalcitic the primary (a* secondary form, and contains explicit direct their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured F i n ns for .I. gellasttsroaftedtheb3;lisl lag ,. • grav- Pater IV. contains a Remedy tor the Prevention of Disease by simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. a PART V. is devOteri to the consideration of m +Triage and its dutie The causes of unproductive union are alsii considered, and the whol s e . I sunject critically and nhilosopi.ically inquired into. 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The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, Prince Alfred, the Princesses Helena and Louisa, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold, left Windsor Castle for London at five minutes before three o'clock yesterday afternoon, pro ceeding to the South-Western Railway station, where a guard of honour of the Scots Fusilier Guards was on duty. The Royal suite consisted of the Marchioness of Ely, Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Lord Camoys, Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Col. the Hon. Charles Grey, Mr. W. F. Cavendish, Major-General Buckley, the Master of the Household, and Mr. Gibbs. A special train conveyed the august party to Vaux hall, where her Majesty and the Royal circle entered seven of the Queen's carriages and proceeded to• Buc kingham Palace, where they arrived at three minutes before four o'clock, escorted by a detachment of Lancers. The Queen and Prince were received at the Palace by the Earl Spencer, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord George Lennox, Colonel Wylde, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. The Earl of Aberdeen had the honour of dining with her Majesty last evening at Buckingham Palace. The Duke of Buccleuch has left Montagu House for the north. Lord Dalkeith, M.P., and a family circle, dined with Lord and Lady Cawdor last evening, in South Audley-street. Lord Henry Montagu Scott, ac companied by his relative, Lord Schomberg Kerr, after a tour in Australia, whence their lordships proceeded to our settlements in China, shortly return to Europe. The Marquis of Anglesea, we hear, was so far re covered on Saturday evening as to be able to receive a family circle at dinner. Lord Paget, his lordship's grandson, has arrived in town to take the oaths and his seat for South Staffordshire. Lord Brougham is daily expected to arrive in Grafton street, from his chateau in the south of France, to re sume his Parliamentary duties in the House of Lords. Viscount and Viscountess Canning will entertain several of the Ministers and a distinguished party at dinner on Saturday next, in Grosvenor-square. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAY BILLS IN PARLIAMENT. Yesterday the following bills were declared to have complied with the standing orders of the house : Hertford, Ware, and Welwyn Junction. London and North-Western and North Staffordshire Railway Companies (for traffic arrangements). Caledonian Railway (Lesmahagow branches). London and North-Western and Midland (for traffic arrangements). Severn Valley Railway. The Great North of Scotland Company's Bill (for de viations and level crossings) was declared " not to have complied. . RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN. LONDON AND`SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Feb. 11, 1854 . £12,190 11 6 Corresponding week last year 10,827 19 11 Increase in 1854 £1,362 11 7 THE PRESTON STRIKE. PRESTON, FEB. 13 The diminution in the number of hands chargeable upon the Trades' Union funds has enabled the Power loom Weavers' Committee to advance their pay to-day from 4s. to ss. per head. This, as may be supposed, has diffused great satisfaction amongst the recipients. The weavers income this week from the various districts is 2,2701., the following sums being included in this amount :—Blackburn, 6701., Stockport 2401., Preston 1511., Ashton-under-Lyne 1401., Glossop 1301., Over Darwen 1151., Oldham 951., Church Parish 701., Tint wistle 601., Great Harwood 601., Staleybridge 521. 11s. 10d., Accrington 421., Droylsden 311., Compstallbridge 301., Bolton 291., Clitheroe 251 ., Chor ley 221., Heywood 201., Burnley 201., all the other items were under 201 . In addition to the relief contributions, the emigration fund as been raised to 811. lla. 6d. It was reported to day at the pay-table that the hands of three other mills have resumed work at prices which are deemed satis factory, but as yet I have been unable to obtain authen tic information upon the subject, An important placard, a copy of which is annexed, has appeared this morning. The following resolution was carried unanimously at the most numerous meeting of power-loom overlookers ever held in Preston : " Resolved—That the power-loom overlookers of Preston are opposed to all strikes ; but we are of opinion that to secure our own personal safety , a nd to preserve our families from the indignation of the public and the perpetual in sults of our neighbours, it is our duty, as well as our inte rest, to take no active part between t he contending p ncar t° p y all due_deferee 1 ties ; and while we are Prepared and render all necessar y obedience to our employers, we have a strong conviction that we are b best serving the ul.ti lyrs both parties to Y preserving a strict ma t e interests of the s aid beseeching . neu trality ; at the same enip time, o come to a speedy a nd reasonable settlement of the present dispute, so that our town may resume its former quietude and prosPeritY• c, By order of the power-loom overlookers of Preston.— February 13, 1854. There was an immense gathering of the unemployed in the Orchard at noon to-day. Mr. Luke Wood, of Stockport, presided. Addresses were delivered by Messrs. E. Swinglehurst, Waddington, Wadman, Gallaher, and Cowell, of Preston ; Grimshaw, of Great Harwood ; Walton, of Blackburn ; and Lawless, of Warrington. Several speakers severely censured the conduct of certain clergymen, who, it was alleged, had endeavoured to persuade a number of young women at tending their schools, or places of worship, to resume work. Mr. Cowell contradicted a statement that a large number of weavers had returned to their employment at the mills of Messrs. Hovist and Miller. The speaker remarked that it was not likely they would go to work at that establishment, where they could only earn, on an average, Bs. 9d. per week, whilst they were allowed ss. for playing. It was announced that 1001. might he ex pected next week from Sheffield, and that some of the delegates were about to visit Leeds and other towns in Yorkshire. Before the close of the proceedings, Mr. Grimshaw called for " three cheers for the 10 per cent. and the downfall of cotton lord tyranny." This appeal having been responded to, three cheers were given for the factory operatives of England, after which the meeting separated. \ COMMON SENSE for SIXPENCE ! A Book for Young Men. By a Physician. For the public good and the suppression of quackory. Numerous anatomical descriptive' engravings, price 6d. through all Booksellers, in a sealed envelope, or sent post free tor 6 postage stamps. SILENT HINTS on Certain •sublects ; a entor the Ml lion centaining numerous precriptions and Medical direct M ions by for which mpiricosm and Quack r' are defeamed, and all usual remedies superseded. By following very simple directions all those complaints resulting from error are speedily removed, natural strength restored, and vigorous health imparted. " No young man should be without It."—Globe. "Just the thing that was wanted."—Pol tician. Ad tress. Mr. Lewes, Med cal Publisher, 2, Charles-street, Hatton garden. London. :Ik,_