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WANTED, by Lady-day or Midsummer, on any of the South -Eastern branches, within twenty miles of London and three of a station, containing at least two good hitting and four or five bed rooms, with chaise-house and stable attached. An old-fashioned Manor or Farm-house would snit, and a small quantity of pasture !and desirable, though not essential. A retired situation not ob jected to, but a dry will and good water indispensable. Address, With full particulars, to M. T. Y., 33, Brydges-street, Covent-garden. EAST INDIA HOUSE, 30th DEC-, 18 53 - THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDLA. COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That the Rate of Exchange for which they will receive Cash f or i - Bills on Bengal and Madras 'will, from the present date and u umber notice, be 2s. 01,4 d. the Company's Rupee, and for Bills n on Bombay 2s. 03id. the Company's Rupee. JAMES. C. MELVILL, Secretary. LONDON (45 SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. FOREIGN TRAFFIC.—SPECIAL NOTICE. From and after Ist JANUARY, 1854, the existing TTCMOUGII RATES for Goods Traffic botwLat London and Paris, and betwixt Paris and the Channel Islands, will be DISCONTINUED. Goods will be conveyed, as heretofore, betwixt London and Havre, and betwixt Havre and the Chau.nel Islands, at reduced through rates, which include all charges from the Quay at Havre to London, 'or to the Channel Islands, the au_iount of Customs' Duty and Marine Insurance excepted. Goods will be conveyed betw'ixt London and Havre three times a week, each way, as heretofore. For particulars of throe gh rates, and all ether information, apply in London, to Mr. SIM .KIN, 53, King William-street, City; in Fonthampton, to Mr. WA rKiNs, Railway-station; in Havre, to 31r. GILLS, 5, Rue-de-I a-Gaffe. (By order), ARCIID. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. Railway-office, Loneien, Dec. 24, 1853. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. December 27, 1853. Notice is hereby given, that the lIALF,YEARLY INTEREST on the CAPITAL STOCK of this SOCIETY, at the rate of 5 per Cent. - per Annum, due on the 31st instant, will become PAYABLE on the 10th day of January next, and Proprietors may receive the same at this Office, on that or any subsequent day, between the hours of Eleven. and Three o'clock. ' And tiotice is hereby further given, that the Transfer Books of the Society will close on the 30th instant, and open on the 11th Zama" , next. By order of the Court of Directors, 'W. S. L. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. A LBERT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 11, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND to. the 31st ult., after the rate of :Seven per cent. per annum, free from income tax, will be in COURSE), of PAYMENT to the Shareholders on and after the 10th January' instant. HENRY WILLIAM SMITH, 2d January, 1854. Actuary and Secretary. LIFE ASSURANCE ; REPORT of the. SELECT COMMITTEE of the MOUSE of COUNIONS, and the DEPOSIT SYSTEM—the New and Important Feature of Life Assurance adopted by The DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. The following is an extract from the Report of the Select Com- Inittee : '"THE OBJECTS which persons HAVE IN VIEW IN EFFECTING IN SURANCES upon their lives, are GENKR:ALLY OF AN IMPORTANT AND SOLEMN character, viz., the PROVISI O N FOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS after the death oltheir NATURAL PVJTECTORS ; unlik. any ordinary transaction of trade, a CONTRACT 'ONCE ENTERED INTO CANNOT BE /DISCHARGED OR ABANDONED, if doubts of the stability of an office should arise, WITHOUT A. 'SACRIFICE OF PREMIUMS PAID IN PAST YEARS, and the necessity of effecting new policies in other ()Ricci at increased rates of ~ irs.milum, owing to the greater age of the assured ; persons am thus placed in the ANXIOUS AND UN HAPPY DILEMMA OF BEING COMPELLED TO PERSEVERE IN PAYING PREMIUMS FROM YEAR TO. YEAR, With SOME suspicion and doubt as to the ultimate advantm7,e of doing so, OR OF INCURRING THE SE laous LOSS WHICH, UNDER THE MOST FAVOURABLE CIRCUMSTANCES, MUST ATTEND THE ABANDONMENT OR SALE OF A POLICY." 1 On the DEPOSIT SYSTEM a person IS NOT " COMPELLED" IO pay • Ikorn " YEAR TO YEAR," and he does not, if desirous of " ABANDON- 1 atm" his Policy, incur ally `• SERIOUS Loss," but, on the contrary, he may pay such amounts, and at stvzh times as he may find most con- verdent ; he can stop paying whe sever he pleases, and he can with draw the whole or part o f hi s ~ )remiums. If the whole he 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 depc,sit policy with a payment of 51,, which It will be seen he increaseri from time to time, and occasionally diminishes. ; • ""........-. .......1.••••r......................,. E r. „i OO.- .MOM.MN.M.-.0,-.., • , . 1 1 13 IE4 71 '72"".7.:' m 'F.2=2'.'2!" 1 ( 7, T.. i: t r “.;, g. q g . 7 -1;" r 0 8 - -. ..- - 54 1 1.. 41 3 ~ g p . ..40,...-. ft,.., -,. t...C.M 1.... 't '-'•-• .-..-. gl Si . .S. , . -.4 , , ~., ._, ~, 0 Vu'i V-..0-GO GO er cr. al V B r.-.) . ;3... 4".-:44 t.7,7;074 tezn,3 ?, X ~-., . ,c, co .1 - ~., -4 ------ - ( ( la 52 -, c, . '"' ca i I I: * I ^: i a 1 IN. 70 S't II I I 11-.111 c 4 co ] ,Y —N,:ci .• F- 4 2 -.. M 0 .-. 0 f ra . ------. A.l i . ~ •4 x e 0 - ~.., e., 4 ~.e "130 1.1 c j, .4 "Si VVI VNNNM . El F.,1 8 t ; f Po,g 'a oo,- . 0, 4M , n0M,14,M4000. S -.I , o 's 7, ,,,..,. • ,-ri .....-.N.......A....NM,,001... - al 6 ( - 44 ,',. X to ..: 4 .. 1 0 ~.,.;,, e+l,o co al. o ei u 3 <0 co og 0 0). g i C,..) 0 0 c. S il 1 . , ..I 0 ,i ..: .0 Z" 1 41 1 , .. 4 1 •=': A .'a ..... , IN i . 0 . 4 k ... ,,. ' "4 ,-...-.... ,:c s 1 I :•,•• • • . , ...... 1 f im ..1 - .: ..42 3 6; uN , 6 4,, ......gM.g.c4^M • 270 .--: 'T. t.sc.s.- 2 • 6 '''' >: e -...1 .go 5 1 5 4 2.5.'vt,"1.2'.' 1 4 A. - ..4 , ,0w....A..0e.pm:e. T rT4 a . m .., . ..., .. m m m . mw mm t 44 1 D . • ..., ~., ._. .... ..-..-. ....... Thus AB, in 10 years, has saved and invested at different inter nals various sums amounting to 971., by which he had been insured in case of death for 2601. 12s. 7d ; but A B requires 22/. ; he draws this sum out, and diminishes the value of his Policy by 601. Bs. 3d. a►t different times, leaving him in case of death a Policy for 200/. 4s. 4d., and during his life a fund of 751. to draw out at any time, in part or wholly. The first claim Settled by the Deposit and General Life Assurance Company Was rapon a deposit of 101. which a parent made for each of five childrr.m. instead of aiding it to an account they had at the Savings Ra:nk. One of them died a few days after the 101. was de- Posited, aud the father received 341. is., being the amount of the De posit Polley. EXAMPLE No. 2. Supposing A 11, aged 23, when he opens a Deposit Policy his the means, and continues VOLUNTARILY to pay the same sum every year the same way as he is COMPELLED to do in the ordinary system. Year. Age. £. s. d. 1 851.•••••• X 49 6 0 ..._.______ __ _____ lg 48 16 •••••..., 23 24 18 47 18 0 18 47 4 6 25 1 853..•• • 18 46 10 6 1854..........„•„. 2G 13 45 17 6 1855.••• ..... •. 27 18 1856_ •••••••••• •••• 28 18 45 4 0 1 859....... 6 1857.. 18 44 10 1858...........••••• 30 18 43 17 6 18 43 4 0 1860...,..•••• ..•••• 32 206 7 6 1 866 . 90 1861 ...... • ...... 90 to 33 1865......•• . ...... • 37 3 190 4 6 MO .......... ...... 42 72 141 3 0 lo 474 .••• . • . ...... .• • 46 1875...., 432 1,000 4 0 47 194 13 6 to 1880 ....... ..... ... 52 to S 108 1881.. • • • • • • • • • • • • • 53 1 ' 9O 147 18 6 1885 ............ •••• 57 1186 58 to 108 182 10 6 . • 1891.... •• • • ' • '' • • " 63 738 1,525 e 6 Th premium of 181. commencing at 23 years of age, and paid upon an ordinary Polley (As rr MUST BE) every year till A.B. is 46 years old, will secure the same sum, vie., 1,0001., but if A B lives 17 years longer (which is the probable duration of life at the time he effeeted.the insurance) his Deposit Policy, for the same payments " for an ordinary Policy of 1,0001., will have increased to 1,5251. is. 6d. TRUSTEES. The Right Hon oura b le the Lord Viscount Drnmlanrig, M.P., P.C., Comptroller of her Majesty's Household. Major-General Sir W. Clayton, Bart., 79, Gloucester-place, Port man-square. Sir Charles Price, Bart., Banker, London. Vice-Admiral Ayscough, Prospect House, Southampton. CHAIRMAN. The Right Eon. the Lord Viscount Dramlanrig, M.P., P.C., Comp troller of her Majesty's Household. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN. George Coons, Esq., Victoria-street, Belgravia. CONSULTING ACTUARY. Francis (4, P. Nelson, Esq., F.L.S. exam:onto COUNSEL. E. B. Crowder, Esq., Q.C., M.P., Recorder of Bristol, Counsel to the Admiralty, and Judge Advocate of the Fleet. R. Matins, Esq., Q.C.. M.P.. Lincoln's-inn. Chief Office, No, IS, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. Loans granted at 5 per cent. on real or personal security. Annuities on most favourable terms. Diseased lives and lives de by other offices accepted at equitable rates. Foe Prospectuses and further i nformation apply to the agents in sheC'teWd' Bevan, Resident S ecretary. in all parts of th e United Kingdom. country, Agents o r t wanted an 11 .13.—Life Assurances effected on the ordinary plan. MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SEC RET INFERMaTIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFOR D-S Q UAR E , LONDON, Doctor of M e di c i ne, and Matriculated M e mber of the Uni versity of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Rociety. Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, IVI London ily &c cet ec t e i . z, on AY be consulted, personally, o r the various disorders of the nervous and generative av tiv h esy e p ste r m o: 'wilting fro m j uven i le i rregu larities and excesses, which ilu ced more mi ser y in youth, degradation in manhood' and prema ture decay a t all stages of life, than perhaps any ot h er cleaxsseorif dis cases known t o modern pat h o l og i sts. L ong and prac t ical e pin ene in the tr eatment of these diseases has proved that ther e ar exist ence secret causes of self-acqu i red m i ser i es an d disappointed hopes in existe nce, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which N ervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitilll marl . „„ eg l,, e3, ImPotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and the " slis Modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are. Pri nciples of perso na l managemen t w hi c h c annot be violated without Incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret t he heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalt ies succeed th may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may he remov ed, Thow the evil and its consequenc es may be avoided, and above all, at there is scareely any degree of physical infirmity or functional e ll',.. a genlent to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. in ao TOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged rathisextensive practice in the treatment of these delicate co l rn es - s of the t and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regard the a unts and envy of thehypocritical and mock-modest, has had attent itience, through the medium of the public press, to direct free, to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is rewarded by th In sel ecting this department of practice, he has been amply treatment of these ' e great success that has attended his efforts in the care of unqualifi --ese cases, which are too generally confided to the publications cd and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated unted foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrtuns, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of it., and advice and Medicine& can.be forwarded to any initials or address. It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA I MEET hould first obtain a copy of his work on SELF.PRESERVATION• A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and e xcesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct description of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Mann, 3 . COrnhill ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; or free by Poet tier ibrtar-hio litarriPß, to *AY /Alma gm tin Author's ma 44290011BsaresakosvAulAinums. - %ito% %t No. 19,118.] LOANS ON DEBENTURES.—The Directors of the GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY ale prepared to issue Debentures for Three or Five Years, in even sums of 1001. and upwards, bearing interest at the rate of Five per Cent., payable half-yearly. For particulars apply at the Company's Offices, 1, Adelaide-place, London-bridge. By order of the Board. J. L. O'BEIRNE, Secretary. 2d January, 1854. EAST and WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. —The Court of Directors of the East and West India Dock Company hereby give notice, that a HALF-YEARLY COURT or GENERAL MEEEING of the said COMP INY will be held, pursu ant to the direction of the Act let and 2d William IV., cap. 52, at the' rtOCK HOUSE, No. 8, Billtter•square, on FRIDAY, the 13th of January next, at which Meeting a Dividend will be declared on the Capital Stock of the Company, for the Half-year ending the 31st instant. By Order of the Court. GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock House, No. 8, Billiter-square, 30th Dec., 1853. N.B.—The Chair will be taken at Two o'Clock precisely. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—II.R.II. PRINCE ALBERT. MAGNIFICENT PUOTOGRAPUIC PICTURES, prepared ex pressly for this Institution by Monsieur Ferriere of Paris, exhibited Q/1 a surface 35 feet by 28, with an ENTIRELY NEW SERIES of DISsOLVING VIEWS, daily at a Quarter past Four. LECTURES by Dr. BACHOFFNER on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC TELECIRAPH. LECTURE by J. 11. PEPPER, Esq., on SPONTANEOUS COMBUS- TlOl5, with Brilliant Experiments. LAST FORTNIGHT of an HISTORICAL and MUSICAL LEC TURE, illustrated 'with DISSOLVING SCENERY, entitled "The ROAD, the RIVER, and the RAIL," by J. E. CARPENTER, Esq., assisted by Miss Blanche Younge, every evening, except Saturday, at Nine o'clock. Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is. ; Schools and Children under Ten years of age, Lialf-price. lip. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, a_TA . Including the BERNESE OBERLANI) and the SIMPLON, TO-NIGHT (TUESDAY), and EVERY EVENING at Eight o'Clock, (alteept . Saturday), atittnnrstlay and Saturday Morniugs, at Two. js., which can the box odic. every day from 11 to 4 ; area, 25.; gallery, Is —Mont Blanc, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. F . XPORTERS to AUSTRALIA, EAST IN _LA DIES, CAPE, &c.—Genuine YIRMOUTII BLOATERS. — For terms apply LO THODIAS LETTIS, Fish Merchant, Great Yarmouth. ATKINSON and COMPANY, CABINET MANUFACTURERS, UPHOLSTERERS, and CARPET WAREHOUsEME !sr. 4;9, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster bridge-road, Lambeth, London. _ATKINSON arid COMPANY, DRAPERS, SILK MERCEItS, LACEMEN, &c., 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 'and 75, Westminster-bridge-road, Lambeth, London.—Shawls, Furs, I , ‘Lintles, Family Mourning, &c. HYAM'S NEW DRESS for the NEW YEAR. AA The Public will he gratified to learn that L. llyam has pre pand an Extensive Stock of WINTER ATTIR e, expressly for the New Year. The extraordinarily quick sale which the Proprietor's Garments command precludes the possibi , ity of any " out-of-date" fashions being retained. All the present goods in Overcoats, Capes, Dress-Coats, Frock Coats, Waistcoats, and 1 rousers, are well designed, and made from seasonable materials, at prices satisfactorily moderate. L. lIYAM, Tailor, Clothier, and General Outfitter, 36, Gracechurch st re et, City. CHEER, BOYS, CHEER ; Far, Far upon the Sea ; Long Parted have we Been (double numbers), at 6d. each. To the West, to the West; The Parting Tear; Land, Land, Land. I'h® Slave Sale ; Come, who Bids ? The Slave Chase ; and The African Village, at 3d, each ; or the nine songs, neatly bound together, price 3s Published in the MUSICAL BOUQUET, at the office. 192, Holborn, and sold by all Book and Musicsellers. " These are Mr. Russell's most celebrated songs, and there is hardly a soul in London who is not acquainted with ' Cheer, Boys, Cheer.' " —The Times, Sept. 12, 1853. PURSSELL'S TWELFTH CAKES, from ss. to 5 Guineas each; Bride Cakes 1 to 10 Guineas; Dessert Cakes, Is. to 10s., viz., Dundee, Aladeira, School, and Savoy Cakes, Swiss and French Pound Cakes, Is. 6d. per lb. ; Swiss and Italian Pastry, Is. to 3s. per doz. ; 16 sorts of Almond Cakes, Ratiflars, and Maccaroons, 2s. per lb. ; Rout Cakes, 3s. per lb. ; Mixed Cakes, Is. 6d. per lb. ; Mixed Biscuits, Is. 2d. per lb. ; Biscuits in bags or boxes, 14 for Is., viz., Arrowroot, Brown, Digestive, Milk, Abernethy, Ger man Cuddy or Captain's Biscuits, Mince Pies, 4s to 6s. per doz. ; Jellies and Soups, 4s. per qt.; Creams and Tees, 6s. per qt.; Made Dishes, Raised Pies, Hams, Tongues, Fowls, Bonbons, German Trees and Ornaments, Preserved Fraits, for Dessert, as sold in Paris, from 2s. 6d. per bottle. Caution.—John R. Pursell, 162, Regent street, and 20 Ludgate-hill, only. - DRYING INTO THE FUTURE. Young Ladies are not the only persons who have wished to pry into the mysterious volume of the future, for Alexander hinged his enthu siasm on similar circumstances. It may be innocent enough to amuse ourselves with the prospect of reaping a golden harvest from dreams of hope; but in these days of practical affairs, and business in earnest, every one has a right to expect " Value for Value." The matter of fact realities of One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Three are possibly the best interpreters of the events of 1854, for we may all take the credit to ourselves of being able to tell what we already know; and the fortunes of the future may be very well calculated by the successes of the past, and it is even possible that our expectations may be surpassed in the onward progress of busi ness, that the bright prospects of the future be rendered more satis factory in reallty, than they were in the representations of imagina tion. It is one of the most amiable features of the human race, that every individual Lady, Gentleman, or Child should possess an am bition to excite an influence in the circle higher than that in which they move and, It is Dress in Style, Neatness and Excellence, which forms the primary chain to this social elevation. Taking steps which no other tradc , man aver ventured to ascend, and holding a position on an eatineueo .1113 ch none but *en:Wives_ could occupy, E. 110SES AND SON have the greatest pleasnre. in in viting their friends and the public to "pry into the future," and to compare the advantages of the past, with the certainties of what mast follow ; they have long supported the title universally bestowed on them of being the largest Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and Outfitters in the World, they have extended the benefits of new styles and artistic designs to all classes, with the precision employed on the manufacture of attire f-r the peer, they have prepared suitable dress for the artisan, labdurer, and emigrant. The progress of refinement, the improve ments of manufacture, the revelations of science, and the influence of capita], they have exercised to the fullest extent in rendering their productions the most novel, the most comfortable, the most fashionable, and the cheapest which can be obtained. The business of E. MOSES AND SON has the speed of the railway, with none of its accidents—the correctness of art, without any of its imperfections—the regularity of time, but free from its obliterations —the universality of light, but never subject to a periodical eclipse —and well has the public repaid the diligence, skill, and assiduity which has been displayed by E. MOSES AND SON, by unprecedented patronage of the City and West-end Establishments, and their branches at Sheffield and Bradford in Yorkshire. For E. Moses AND Son to say they thank their patrons and the public, would be a very inefficient way of dismissing the favours they have to acknowledge, they cherish an indissoluble remembrance of the unnumbered instances of public approbation, expressed both in favour of their system of Business, and of the articles they Stave had the pleasure of presenting to all classes during the past year, and they are determined to give a mos: Businesslike expression to their grateful recognition of these favours by providing every thing in the several departments of their gigantic business, infinitely better and cheaper than it is possible for others to do. Entering on another year under circumstances so encouraging, E. MOSES AND Son have briefly to state, that Ladies will find the most varied and magnificent assortment of Dress at their Establishment ; and Hosiery Goods for Ladies, Gen tlemen, and Children, distinguished by unparalleled novelty, elegance, utility, and cheapness. The Nobleman, Man of Business, or Mechanic, will still be pro vided with the most fashionable, most seasonable, and the cheapest Attire, either Ready-made or to Order, Merchants, r•hippers, Captains, Emigrants, or Sailors, will con tinue to derive the highest advantages from transactions at the Es tablishment of E. Moses and Sox ; the former, from the vastness, suitability, and cheapness of the Wholesale Stock, and the latter from the completeness of their Outfitting Business, which applies te, every service Military or Naval—to every profession and occupation to all the necessities of any voyage, and to every exigency of a foreign climate. The most stupendous success in London and the provinces is not the only record which E. MOSES and SoN have to make of the rest year. A new world having been created for commercial enterprise by Australian gold discoveries, E. MOSES and SON have identified their business with our antipodes, by opening a magnificent store in Melbourne—this is another auxiliary to their gigantic trade, and puts them in constant communication with that colony—(to which, as well as other parts) they have outfitted incredible numbers, and are ully prepared to outfit thousands more with far greater advantages n the quality, suitability, and cheapness of the goods. In conclusion, the wide world's population will possess still further facilities of being furnished with the best, most artistic, most fashion able, most comfortable, and the cheapest goods, at the establishment of E. MOSES and Son, at its branches, New Oxford-street, corner of Hart-street, `London; and Fargate, Sheffield; also, Bridge-street, Bradford, Yorkshire. In an impartial and accurate review of their business prosperity at home and abroad, on a just calculation of the benefits derived from it by countless thousands, and anticipating those advantages becoming still more extensive, E. MOSES and Son most cordially and ardently wish all their patrons and everybody, "A HAPPY NEW YEAR!" ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fiftieth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in stamps, riliHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, the oonsequenees 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 row, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Gor don, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Bow Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhill. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductiv organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanator3 Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav ings. PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRI ACUM is exclusively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, Sec., II s and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitie remedy, for Purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary syffiPtons , eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I Is. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, sleet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, I/. A minute detail ,q the case is r equ i re d : age, h a bit s , a nd posi tion in Society. 5/. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish ment only, by which the fee, if ,is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, n ti ll attendance, daily, at 19, Bern ers Lon don,arc n Eleve -street, Oxford-street, T o. and PAva to Eight; on Sa.nei.syf: om Eleven to One. iroaltitte free, Just published, , View to the Correction SECO ND EDITION.—WITII ADDI TION in Price 55., b y post fr of wide-spread Error' O with l thees pub •SP ERIVLAMORYITICE ss. 6d. N TRUE St FA LSE A In relation to the Treatm ent and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the Gonerative System, or Sexual Itypoc hondrlasi s. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD "Dr. Picktord 1 .3 known to English readers by his frcquent practi cal contributions to German m edical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he hat addressed himself to the noa-m cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall 'feted any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his ower to correct". —London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. The tribe of 'Quiet symp a „ hisers,' and Medical Fri ends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could find its way into the bands of those who suffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are 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 Sperroatorrhcea, 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. Lynam; 11. Dallier), 219, losint-atrcet. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, THE THIRD VOLUME OF THE CHEAP RE-ISSUE OF EVELYN'S DIARY AND CORRESPOADENCE Is now ready. To be completed in one more voluthe, price Gs: board. Published for Henry Colburn, by his successors Hurst and )31acketi, 13, Great Marlborough-street. SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED. This day is published, in Bvo., price 145., THE RUSSIAN SHORES of the BLACK SEA, in the Autumn of 1852 ; with a Voyage down the Volga, and a Tour through the Country of the Don Cossacks. By LAWRENCE OLIPHANT, Author of a " Journey to Nepaul." With 34 En,lraving:s on Wood, Enlarzed yap of the Crimea, and Map of the Author's Route. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. Jnst publigled,.price Sixpence, lIHE PRESENT CRISIS ; or the RUSSO TURKISII WATZ, and its CONSEQUENCES to ENGLAND and the WORLD. By CONINGSBY. London George Routledge and Co., Farringdon-street, and all Booksellers. Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 5 5. , by p ost free 6s. THE PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL TREAT MENT of STRICTURE of the URETHRA, in all its 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 s fully t reat e d b y means at once siMplei , and sate, even in its Most inveterate and apparently intractable forma. By F. 11.'COURTENAY, "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 Ida contemporaries, 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."—Medical Circular, July 27, 1853. 11. l.xilliere, 219, Regent-street. AURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rotnis, 1t..4 (Lessee, CHAS. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fin:lam-road), The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ; Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. THE WELLINGTON (late Crockford's) CLUB 110ITSE, entrance 160 Piccadilly. Gentlemen visiting Lon doe can dine its the Splendid Dining Rooms of this celebrated esta blishment at a very moderate scale of charges. The Dining Room is the largest its London ; the Cooking first-rate ; and the choicest Wines are supplied in the Imperial measure. Reading and Smoking rooms are open for the accommodation of gentlemen after dinner. ELIZABETH DOBSON'S ASSIGNMENT.- Whereas Elizabeth Dobson, of Leyburn, in the County of York, Innkeeper, hath by indenture, bearing date the 16th day of December, 1853, assigned over all her Real and Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever unto Thomas Masterman, of Patrick Brompton, in the said County, accountant, and Thomas Barugh, of Ruswick, In the same County, yeoman, in trust, for the equal benefit of such of the Creditors of the said Elizabeth Dobson as shall execute the same on or before the 16th day of February, 1854. the execution of which said indenture by the said Elizabeth Dobson, Thomas Mas terman, and Thomas Barugh, is witnessed by John Teale, of Ley burn, aforesaid, attorney.at-law. Notice is hereby given, that the said indenture is lodged at the office of Mr. Henry Thomas Robinson, in Leyburn, for the inspection and signature of the Creditors of the said Elizabeth Dobson. And all persons Indebted to the said Eliza beth Dobson, or who have any of her estate and effects, are hereby required to pay or deliver the same to MR. 11. T. ROBINSON, Solicitor to the Trustees. Leyburn, 27th December, 1853. kAW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, / Fleet-street, London, January 2, 1854.—NoncE is HEREBY GIVEN, That, a GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the Law Lite Assurance Society will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street, London, on THURSDAY, the 2d day of February next, at half-past 11 o'clock in the forenoon, pursuant to the provisions of the Society's deed ",of settlement, for the purpose of receiving the Au ditors' Annual Report of the Accounts of the S.ociety up to the 31st of December, 1853; to elect two Directors in the room of Anthony Brown, Esq., deceased, and the Right Hon. Samuel March Phillips, whose name was withdrawn at his own request when proposed for re-election in June last ; and for general purposes. The director to be chosen in the room of Anthony Brown, Esq., will remain in office until 24th June, 1855. The director to be chosen in the room of the Right Hon. Samuel March Phillips will remain in office until 24th June, 1857. By order of the Directors, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. THE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY, 72,.Lombard-street. TRUSTEES. J. Campbell Renton, Esq. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard Melina, Esq., Q.C., M.P. I James Fuller Maddox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. William Adams, Esq., Henrietta-street, Cavendish -square. John Atkins, Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street. Henry Augustus Bevan, Esq., John-street, America-Square. John Dange.l.__eld, Esq. , Craven-street. Strand. ' R. Henry Forman, Esq., Ordnance, Pall-Mall. John Hamilton, Esq., Alfred-place, Thurlow-square. John Matthews, Esq., Arthur-street West, City. C. Oetavius Parnell, Esq., Norfolk-street, Park-lane. William Williams, Esq., Rood-laue Fenchurch-street. 1 PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD. 24, Connaught-terrace, Edgware-road. The Bei. James Shergold' Boone, A.M., Stanhope-street, Hyde-park Captain Creed, Bedford-square, and St. Albans. Roger Gadsden, Esq., Maida-hill West, and Bedford-row. Charles Pemberton, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and Lin- cola's-inn-fields. George Y. Robson, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Ilyde-park, and New square, Lincoln's-inn. W. 11. Trinder, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row. SECRETARY—Chas. Hoghton, Esq. The policies of this Company being indisputable, form FAMILY PROVISIONS and NEGOTIABLE SECURITIES, for their validity is not dependent. as in the case of ordinary policies, upon the import of previous reports and other documents. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. LADIES' (D'HIVER) COSTUME DU BAL, GALON D'OR, and PASSEMENTERIE FLOUNCING, in Gold and Silver Ornament on various Coloured Tarlatans and other Light Fabrics. These Dresses, so highly approved in Paris, and all the Evening Parties of the beau monde, may now be seen during the Selling Off at this Establishment. Some of the less lavishly decorated will he sold at Eighteen Shil lings the Dress, but it must be recollected that this will be less than half the real value, and the same remark will apply to the Silks, Shawls, Mantles, and Family Linen, which, through the retirement trom business of Mr. Merrett, must be sold immediately. WARWICK HOUSE, 142 and 144, Regent-street. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.—At the Social Re-unions of this Festive Season, the Fair and Youthful are more than usually desirous of shining in PERSONAL ATTRACTION under the gaze of many friends ; and the following unrivalled dis coveries for the Toilet are necessarily called into increased requisi tion, namely, ItOWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, for creating and sustaining a luxuriant head of hair ; ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, for rendering the skits soft, fair, and blooming; ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentifrice, for Imparting a pearl-like whiteness to the Teeth ; and ROWLANDS' AQUA D'ORO, a fragrant and spirituous perfume, an essential accompaniment to places of public amnsement and crowded assemblies. The patronage of royalty and rank and fashion throughout Europe, and the well-known efficacy of these articles, render them a peculiarly Elegant and Seasonable Present. Beware of Spurious Imitations. The only genuine of each bears the name of "RO WLANDS' " preceding that of the article on the wrapper or label. Sold by A. ROWLAND and SONS, 20, Hatton-garden, London; and by Chemists and Perfumers. Terrace Pier.: 7% *I III A 114 1 3j 2 5 I.: - 6' ,c) Hcrj r o'V 8 Time. 8 11% 1% 3% a al Direct Trains from the Boats marked t Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol lowing Trains from the Fenchureh-street Station. SUNDAYS. WEIR - DAYS. ' 4 ` 7 ' rri V. Fen- 5 . 1 3 s . church '8 a, &.) church s e, Street. O 73 Street. c g?, 0 re 9 10 3 A -- 11 2 1 4 12 1 A 2M 3% 5 ' direct, Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or from Gravesend and London •• • • .... 10d. .. Is. 2d. , Gravesend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. 10d. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 51. Oa. ; 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. Nov. 17. 1853. Passages marked * are YEATES'S-COURT RAGGED SCHOOLS, CLARE-MARKET. —On Sunday, being New Year's-day, a most substantial dinner was given by the rector of St. Clement Danes, Strand, to upwards of 140 children attending the schools. They assembled at the Vestry-house after the morning service, where they . were met by the clergy and church wardens of the parish, who were accompanied by other friends who take a deep interest in the welfare of this charitable institution. The dinner consisted of fine roast beef, bread, and plum-pudding, and was distributed by the rector to the poor children, for which they evinced the greatest thankfulness and gratitude. Appropriate addresses were delivered by the rector and R. Twining, Esq., and after singing the Doxology the children were diarairieed, highly delighted with their treat. THE EASTERN QUESTION. (From the Times.) Whatever may be the result of the negotiations which have been opened at Constantinople, they serve to define with greater precision the nature of the demands of Turkey, and the sanction given to those demands by the Four Powers, although we cannot anticipate that theyrwill lead, at the pre sent time, to the restoration of a firm and lasting peace. The conduct of the Turkisji Government on this occasion has been temperate and dignified. The change which has taken place in the Ministry, by the removal of the former Capudan Pasha and the entrance of Hall]. Pasha into the Divan, is con sidered to be an additional guarantee of the pru dence and Moderation of the Porte. Accordingly, the terms recommended by the ,Four Powers appear to have been adopted without any essential alteration ; and this circumstance is the more im portant from the disposition already shown at Vienna to evade the force of the engagement con tracted under the Protocol of the sth of December. The forbearance and temper shown by the Ottoman Government, after provocations of the most violent and offensive kind, constitute an additional claim to the support of Europe ; and the rejection by Russia of overtures of peace offered to her in this spirit, would complete the demonstration that war alone can set bounds to so fierce and lawless an aggression. In the meantime, contrary to the expectation generally formed both in this country and in France when the disaster at Sinope became known, it is how ascertained that the combined fleets had not entered the Black- Sea on the of December, and, - whatever the intentThign le British Am bassador and Admirals may have been, they were not then carried into effect....A •contemporary has even published a retter oT. somewhat doubtful au thenticity, purporting to be the answer given on the 12th of December by the English and French Ambassadors to the demand of the Porte for the active support of the fleet. We are left in doubt as to the genuineness of that document, which has not yet been confirmed from other sources of in formation, and is not authenticated by Lord Strat ford's usual style or signature ; but it was no secret at Constantinople that great indignation as well as regret had been felt by the Ambassadors and naval authorities at the wilful disregard of their advice, to which was mainly attributable the dreadful di saster at Sinopo. The Capudan Pasha had sent to sea the squadron of Turkish frigates with a perfect knowledge that the Russian Admiral command ing at Sebastopol could at any time come down upon them with an overwhelming force. Osman Pasha remained at Sinope, although he was twice warned of the danger of his position by Mustapha Pasha, who passed Sinope with three ships of war both in going to and returning from the coast of Circassia, and who got back in safety to the Bosphorus, while Osman lay at Sinope to be destroyed. At Sinope itself there appears to have been only one small battery fit for service, and that was ill provided with ammunition. The squadron had been taken there in defiance of re peated remonstrances, and, however we may de plore the calamity which ensued, and admire the desperate courage of the Turks in their defence, it would be gross injustice to the officers commanding the allied fleets if they were held responsible for the consequence of an act which they tried in vain to prevent. Should the hostilities, which now seem inevitable, be prosecuted by the fleets, it will soon be found indispensable to the success of our operations to take into the hands of competent European officers the sole conduct of the war, and to obtain from the Turks the same sort of compli ance and discipline which we had so much diffi culty in exacting from the Portuguese and Spaniards when we undertook to fight their battles in the Peninsula. We shall otherwise be con demned to bear the burden of defeats we might have prevented, and without this guarantee we cannot even rely on the defence of the most im portant positions. The strength of the combined English and French fleets now in the Bosphorus amounts to 44 sail, in cluding line-of-battle ships, frigates, and steamers. Of these the French and English have each three throe-deckers ; we have seven two-deckers (in- I cludiing the Agamemnon) to five French two deckers, the French 90-gun screw-ship Napoleon having, unfortunately, been sent back to Toulon for repairs. Each flag has, or will soon have, 11 pa . ddne-wlidel steamers. The Sitspareil (English) and [the Charlemagne (French) two-deckers have auxiliary steam power. In addition to this power ful fleet, there are in the Bosphorus at least seven Turkish and Egyptian line-of-battle ships, besides frigates and steamers ; so that the combined force may be taken at about 60 sail. From the large amormt of steam power, the weight of guns, the size of these ships ,in proportion to their rating, and he perfection to which naval gunnery has now been carried both in the English and French navies, this is, beyond doubt, the finest naval armament ever sent to sea, though it might, if necessary, be poworfully augmented by the first-class steamships and frigates which form Admiral Corry's squadron now at Lisbon. Those vessels are, however, pro bablir reserved as the nucleus of the North Sea fleet in the spring. The best understanding pre vails. between the English and French officers, and the signal-books of the two squadrons have been exchanged, with an arrangement that, in sailing orde the French squadron will form the weather and the English the port line. Sixch is the state of the naval preparations of the two Powers at the moment when the instructions to enter the Black Sea, which were despatched at latestt on the 19th ult., arrive at Constantinople ; an d -we entertain no doubt that these instructions w ill be executed with the utmost alacrity and effi ciency that circumstances permit. But, whatever may . be the policy of the Cabinets of London and Pans, and the desire of the Ambassadors to give effect to the orders they receive, it must rest with the naval authorities to determine what measures can be taken at this season with safety to the fleets under their command. They have to encounter, not the Russians only, but a climate of extreme rigour in the worst season of the year—a sea dark ened by fogs, swept by sudden and violent storms, and little known to our sailors—a coast notorious in all ages as the noverca navium, the most inhos pitable of shores. It would evidently be the h e ight of folly and ir ci p o li cy .._ to expose the fleets to great risk from weather, u n l ess th e Ad m i ra l s have a definite o bject and plan of operations i n view-, which they concei ve t o b e w ithi n th e i r power. The public in this country knows as yet the diffi cu l t i es which it is their to overcome. It is not improbable that the north ern s h ores an d por t s of the Euxine are blocked u p with ice. In severe seasons the Gulf of Odessa has been frozen over dutyvery l t i u ttl e e ° for two months at a time, and the navigation s of that poonrtsfidiesr and un i nterrupted on an average the year,pecially in th e mon th e The north - west angle of the Black 3 o f 9 J d a a n y u s a rlyn. Sea, Dniester, between and Cherson, Nicolaieff , Odessa, and Oczakow are probably unapproachable sthe the eu mouths of th e D n i eper an d t h e coldest and most exposed part of it, by water. Sebastopol is scarcely more accessible to winter operations, and the best naval authori ti es express doubts of the possibility of maintaining any close blockade of the coast of the Crimea and Cherson at this time of .We state these facts, not from any doubt or misgiving as to the service which the fleets are ready to perform, but to guard against the danger of underrating the natural obstacles they may have I to encounter. The climate of Russia is, by sea as well as by land, one of the chief defences of that empire during a considerable portion •of the year, and we cannot defeat the order of nature. Nay, if anything could give the Russian navy a chance of resisting the two greatest maritime Powers in the world, it would be that they should have wasted their forces in buffeting the winter and the elements, while their real antagonist lies under shelter of his forts, refitting his vessels for next spring. The state of the weather at Constantinople must decide the moment at which the fleets can begin to act. The Black Sea has of late been so tempestuous that we observe by the last accounts a Russian cruiser has literally been driven into the Bosphorus for shelter, and, until we learn that the season has become somewhat more propitious to maritime operations, we shall h es it a t e t o b e li eve ' that they have actually begun. DEATH OF SIR RICHARD JENKINS, G.C.B.—This hon. knight commander of the Bath, and many years one of the directors of the East India Company, died at his residence, Blackheath Park, on Friday, in his 69th year. Sir Richard filled the office of chairman in 1839, and received the order of the Bath for diplomatic ser vices in India, principally through the war of 1817-18. FEMALE EMIGRATION FROM S HETLAND.—Funds have been placed at the comm and of the Col on i a l L an d an d Emigration Commissioners in this country, sufficient to fit out and pay the whole expense of transport of 300 women from the Shetland Islands to Van Diemen's Land, and the colonial Government offers additional funds if more can be obtained. This day is published, price 4s , LEMENTS of PHYSICAL and CLASSICAL JUL GEOGRAPHY, comprising the Geography of the Ancient World, in so far as it is subservient to the undcrstanding of the Classics, with an Introduction, containing-1. A Popular Account of the Solar System, and Suggestions as to the best mode of Teaching tleography.-2. An Outline of the Geological history of the Globe.- 3. A Digest of all that is known of the Properties and Relations of tilt Heavenly Bodies, arranged in a Tabular Series. By PROFESSOR I'ILLANS, of the University of Edinburgh. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH. MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, FLEET-STREET, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIPTION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed 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 fourd superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the ex traction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support 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.—It home from Ten till Five. G " VESEND ST AR PACKETS. call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purfleet Piers. 1 at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting) :st TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. No other Packets The Packets cal FRO: SUNDAYS. WEEK JANUARY 3, 1854. MR. CHARLES DICKENS AT BIRMINGHAM. The good people of Birmingham may well congratu themselves on the manner in which they have been spending the Christmas week. While the inhabitants of our other large towns have been contenting them selves with pantomimes and the other usual amusements of the season, it has been their good fortune and privi lege to be gathered together like one great family into their fine hall, listening to the most admired fiction writer of his time, who had come down among them on a mission of most seasonable good will and benevolence. In times past several attempts have been made at Bir mingham to establish good and useful mechanics' or literary institutions. To a community of the kind ready and convenient means for conveying instruction to the adult population formed an object of very great import ance. The efforts, however, which at different periods have been made in that direction have all, sooner or later, ended in failure ; and now that the question of education is engaging such serious attention, especially in the manufacturing districts, when from day to day the impression gathers strength that the position which we have acquired by our material resources and our in dustry can only be secured to us by superior intelli gence, the people of Birmingham are wisely alive to their wants in that respect. On the 10th of January, 1833, they adopted the outline of a comprehensive scheme for the formation of a new institute, and since that time they have been actively engaged in devising and ma turing the means for the accomplishment of their design. It is one of a very extensive character, involving a large preliminary outlay, and presenting difficulties which those who are conversant with the nature of such under takings will be at no loss to understand. The present idea is that the institute should comprehend two depart ments ; the first special in its character, and confined to Schools of industrial science ; the other general, and em bracing libraries, reading-rooms, lectures, museums, mining records,•meetings for, the discussion of original communications, accommodation for the literary societies of the town, and a gallery of art. It is proposed to secure the permanence of the institute by vesting the property in the Corporation of Birmingham as trustees, and the necessary 'buildings are not to be commenced until the amount which is required for their completion, and which is estimated at 20,0001., has been obtained. To collect such a sum as this by voluntary contributions, even in the manufacturing capital of the midland coun ties, is a matter of no ordinary difficulty; but it shows how earnest the inhabitants are in a cause which all must applaud, and it proves that the memorable lesson which the Great Exhibition of 1851 taught the productive classes of this country has not been forgotten. But the interest felt in undertakings of this descrip tion in a country so full of public spirit as ours is never entirely local, and aid comes to them not unfre quently from distant and unexpected sources. It may seem strange, but it is nevertheless true, that the best friend which the new Birmingham Institute has yet found is Mr. Charles Dickens. Actuated, pro bably, by no other motive than that deep sympathy which breathes through his works for the humbler classes, he has collected and placed at the disposal of the committee a larger sum than any other subscriber. On the evenings of Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday last he presented himself to the inhabitants of Birmingham, in their town-hall, and, to their great gratification, read his " Christmas Carol" and his " Cricket on the Hearth." The former, selected for Tuesday, was repeated on Fri day, and on both occasions, but especially the last, was received with unbounded admiration. The latter did not tell so strongly, but was nevertheless very favourably received. During the three nights of his appearance, 6,000 people attended, and the spacious hall, which on the first two nights was filled with the wealthier classes, was on the third almost exclusively reserved for the ope ratives and their families. It is an unprecedented thing now-a-days to hear authors reading their own works in public. The simple fashion of bardic times is past, and the fastidiousness of modern ideas finds or fancies some thing egotistical in such displays. It is within the nar row circle of private life that the man of literary genius has alone been considered privileged to develope his own conceptions of what he has written. The multiplication of books seems to remove him further and further from personal observation, and we neglect to gratify while yet we may that natural curiosity which, when the ob ject has gone, gives a charm to the reminiscences of friendship and inspires many of the most ingenious specu lations of commentators and critics. The appearance of Mr. Dickens at Birmingham is a return to the practice of the olden time, while the benevolent object in view is a complete answer to any insinuation of vanity. Indeed, the writer who encounters a large and intelligent audi ence with a work of fiction, originally intended for quiet perusal in the closet, braves an ordeal which, unless supported by ;the highest merit, would soon take the self-complacency out of him. There is probably no au thor in this country, except Mr. Dickens himself, who would have ventured to do so. The keen perception of character, the genial spirit, the vivid word-painting, the minuteness of observation, reminding one of the style of the Dutch masters ; above all, the irresistible and origi nal powers of humour and pathos, developed in works which deal principally with society among the middle and humbler classes, while they have achieved for him immense popularity, are possessed in the same measure by none of his contemporaries. To these characteristics of his genius he adds an excellent voice, distinct, well toned, audible to a very large assembly without apparent effort, and which he modulates with much elocutiopary skill. His manner also is perfectly self-possessed and unembarrassed. Practice in amateur theatricals enables him to introduce into dialogues andirconversations espe cially a judicious and enlivening amount of dramatic effect, but this he has the good taste not to carry too far, nor in the actor to sink the individuality of the au thor. Bringing these personal advantages to bear upon such a work as the Christmas Carol, is it wonderful that Mr. Dickens should have achieved a triumphant success in the benevolent objects which took him to Birming ham ? He has not left an unconverted " Scrooge in the great hardware metropolis ; he has added some 3001. or 4001. to the fund for the new institute, and he has filled the minds and hearts of the working classes especially with an appreciation of his talents which they never could have gathered fromhis writ ings. Among the multitude of readers, how few are gifted with that fine discernment which determines the just value of literary merit ; overlooks no beauty, how ever modestly withdrawn, and no defect, however art fully concealed But, though only one man in a thou sand may be able unaided to extract from a book its true significance, let the author be a good elocutionist and consent to fill the office of reader, and the whole rise at once by an easy effort to the level of intelligent apprecia tion. So it was on the occasions to which we are refer ring, but most so on the Friday evening, when Mr. Dickens entertained the working men and their families. All the large establishments of Birmingham were well represented there, and it was indeed a spectacle of some novelty, and not devoid of high interest, to see nearly 2,000 people, whose lives are one long round of material toil, resigning themselves during hours that never sped more swiftly to the pleasures of the imagination and the present influence of genius. They formed an eagerly attentive and delighted audience, catching up with their applause every stroke of humour, and melting at each touch of pathos, sensitive to all the changing emotions which it is the object of fiction to evoke, and yielding a ready homage to that magic power which, by the bonds of sympathy, " makes the whole world kin." It is in the midst of such assemblages that we perceive the value to authors, as to every one else, of that genial and kindly spirit which old Jacob Marley would not permit to go forth in life, and which condemned him to wander through the world after death, dragging after him his chain of cashboxes. Dickens, at least, possesses that spirit, or he would not have been listened to so delight edly by the artisans of Birmingham. The object which had induced him to come among them had already opened their hearts to him, but the following observations, with which he prefaced his reading, confirmed him in their favour : " My good friends," he said, " when I first imparted to the committee of the projected institute my particu lar wish that on one of the evenings of my readings here the main body of my audience should be composed of working men and their families, I was animated by two desires--first, by the wish to have the great pleasure of meeting you face to face at this Christmas time and ac company you myself through one of my little Christmas books—(cheers)—and, second, by the wish to have an opportunity of stating publicly, in your presence and in the presence of the committee, my earnest hope that the institute will from the beginning recognise one great principle, strong in reason and justice, which I believe to be essential to the very life of such an institution. It is, that the working man shall, from the first unto the last, have a share in the management of an institution which is designed for his benefit, and which calls itself by his name. (Cheers.) I have no fear here of being misunderstood—of being supposed to mean too much in this. If there ever was a time when any one class could of itself do much for its own good and for the welfare of society, which I greatly doubt, that time is unquestion ably past. It is in the fusion of different classes, with out confusion ; in the bringing together of employers and employed ; in the creating of a better common under- k standing among those whose interests are identical, who depend upon each other, who are vitally essential to each other, and who never can be in unnatural anta gonism without deplorable results, that one of the chief principles of a mechanics' institution should con sist. In this world a great deal of the bitterness among us arises from an imperfect understanding of one an other. (Cheers.) Erect in Birmingham a great educa tional institution—properly educational—educational of the feelings as well as of the reason—to which all orders of Birmingham men contribute, in which all orders of Birmingham men are faithfully represented, and you will erect a temple of concord here which will be a model edificeto the whole of England. Contemplating as Ido the existence of the Artisans' Committee, which not long ago considered the establishment of the institute so sen sibly and supported it so heartily, I earnestly entreat the gentlemen—earnest I know in the good work, and who are now among us—by all means to avoid the great shortcoming of similar institutions ; and, in asking the working man for his confidence, to set him the example, and give him theirs in return. (Great cheering.) You will judge for yourselves if I promise too much for the working man when I say, that he will stand by such an enterprise with the utmost of his patience, his persever e ance, sense, and spirit ; that I am sure he will need no [P RICE SD• charitable aid or condescending patronage ; but wil l readily and, cheerfully pay for the advantages which it confers ; that he will prepare himself in individual cases where he feels that the adverse circumstances around him have rendered it necessary ; in a word, that he will feel his responsibility like an honest man, and will most honestly and manfully discharge it. (Great cheering.) I now proceed," he concluded, "to the pleasant task, to which, I assure you, I have looked forward for a long time." And a pleasant task it was, certainly—pleasantly dis charged, and most agreeably accepted. The audience never wandered for a moment. The reader, in return, took care not to tax their attention too much. There are many things in the most interesting books intended for quiet perusal which would fatigue a large assemblage of listeners. Even the Carol can afford some omissions in this respect, and in the Cricket on the Hearth there is still more room for judicious curtailment. Mr. Dickens managed this admirably, and it was curious to observe nearly under the pressure of a public ordeal, he had lopped cif everything to which the knife of the critic would have been applied. His tendency to exaggera tion and overcolouring became subdued, and the truth fulness of his delineations, thus sobered down, grew more strikingly powerful. It may he remarked, there fore, as one feature of such readings, that their influence, even where the audience is comparatively illiterate, is in a healthy directien upon the mind .of the author, whose perceptions are always more or less liable to be warped by the partiality of his own coterie. By a dex terous use of that humour which with Dickens is never out of place, and often adds point to the profoundest pathos, he has hit upon an intelligible resting-place be tween this world and the world of shadows, to which the hardest headed mechanic in Birmingham can unhe sitatingly follow his flight. They all did so the other night, and not one among them but accompanied the three spirits of Christmas back into their own youthful days, then through their present, and then forward to wards the dark and'inYSterious future. "It is a-fair; even-handed, noble adjustment of thing-s," says the author of the Carol, "that while there is infection in disease and sorrow there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour." GREAT FIRE IN THE CITY. The reports of the fire in Bread-street, Cheapside, pub lished yesterday, convey but a very faint idea of the ex tent of ground laid in ruins, and the amount of property reduced to -ashes by this disastrous event. Owing to the vast body of fire in the various premises destroyed, the engines and stand pipes were kept in active operation throughout the whole of Sunday night and yesterday. Even as late as eight o'clock last evening there remained a great deal of fire in the ruins, and the firemen were then obliged to keep a watchful eye over the immense gap caused by the flames lest they should break out again. Early yesterday morning Mr. Toplis, the surveyor to the principal London insurance offices ; Mr. Hodsall, his assessor of losses ; Mr. Connorton, the foreman of the West of England firemen ; Mr. Fogo, the principal officer of the A district of brigade ; and Mr. Superin tendent Braidwood, were all actively engaged in ascer taining what offices were interested in the losses, and also, if possible, to trace out the origin of the fire. As far as the latter is concerned it remains quite as ob scure; as it did on Sunday morning, and up to last tight there was nothing to prove positively that the flames originated in the Messrs. Townsend's hat factory, al though the fire was first seen from the street shining through the first floor of their building. From the fact of the roof of their ground-floor warehouse being erected after the style of the late Crystal Palace, and covered in with glass only it is the opinion of the firm that one of the back premises had, in the first instance, become ignited, and the glass of their warehouse being unable to withstand the heat, had cracked, and almost immedi- ately afterwards allowed the flames to rush through the openings and seize upon the building. To some extent the supposition is strengthened by the circumstance, that a few minutes before the premises were closed, a policeman had been in there, and had detected no smell of burning. When the premises were locked up for the night, the policeman on the beat held his bull's-eye lanthorn for the =an, and at that period there was not the least appear ance of any part of the building or the stock being on fire. A more searching inquiry will no doubt yet be made, with a view of finding out, if possible, on whose premises and from what cause the fire originated, as most of the sufferers, especially the Messrs. Townsend, appear most anxious on that point. The Lord Mayor attended at an early hour, and was also very desirous of tracing out the cause of such a serious disaster as this unquestionably is ; but his lord ship was unable to gain the slightest additional informa tion beyond what has been given above. Yesterday morning Mr. Braidwood made out his official report of the damages, which is as follows : " Saturday, Dec. 31, 1853, 10i p.m.—Called to a fire in Bread-street, Cheapside ; on arriving, found the pre mises of Messrs. Townsend, hatters, No. 5 in the street, on fire. The building belongs to Mr. 0. Paynter, of Richmond, and was insured in the Legal and Commercial and Sun Fire-offices. Tho fire was extinguised by fire men and nine engines of the London Brigade and that of the West of England office. The premises are burned down, and the stock in trade consumed. " Ditto, ditto, Messrs. Hutchinson and Spiller, carpet warehousemen. Premises burned down, and contents destroyed. Insurance unknown at present. " No. 51, in the same street, Messrs. M'Kerrow and Son, warehousemen. Back room third floor burned out, roof damaged by fire, and contents damaged by fire and water. Insurance unknown. " Ditto, ditto, Messrs. Spencer and Hodson. Similar damage ; contents not insured. Building unknown if insured or not. " Ditto, ditto, Mr. P. Shannon, warehouseman. Similar damage. Insured in tho Royal Exchange Fire office. " Nos. 7 and 8, ditto, Messrs. Douch and Cooth, in the same line of business. Contents insured in the Sun, Royal Exchange, Legal and Commercial, and Defender Fire-offices. " Side windows of first floor burned out, and walls damaged by fire. Stock considerably injured by water. Insurances unknown at present. " Nos. 60 and 62, opposite, Messrs. Groucock, lace men. Front of premises very severely scorched. In surance unknown. " No. 61, in the same street, Messrs. Foster and Co., linen warehousemen. Front of premises damaged by fire. Insurance not known. " No. 4, ditto, ditto, Mr. W. May, silk mercer and trimming seller. Insurance unknown. "The back warehouse burned down, and three upper floors destroyed. "Ditto, ditto, R. Greenless, shawl warehouseman, insured in the Legal and Commercial and Sun Fire Offices. " Back warehouse burned down, and three upper floors dbnsumed. " No. 3, in the same street, Mr. R. Marr, licensed vic tualler, damage to premises, &c., by water ; insured in the Monarch Fire Office. The house belongs to Messrs. Calvert, the brewers, and is unknown if insured or not. "No. 41, Cheapside, Messrs. Fownes and Co., glove manufacturers, insured in the Globe, Phoenix, Sun, County, and Legal and Commercial Fire Offices. Back front and roof damaged by fire, and ceilings and stock in trade considerably injured. "Ne. 64, Friday-street, Messrs. Foster and Co., warehousemen. Contents insured in the Sun, Legal and Commercial, Atlas, Monarch, Union and Anchor Offices ; stock greatly damaged by water. " No. 61, ditto, ditto, Messrs. Lidiard warehousemen. Contents insured in the London, Royal E xc h ange, Union, Royal Liverpool, a nd Phoenix Fire Offices ; the back warehouse and g round floors b urne d out, stock damaged by water, and skylights broke n . ditto, T. J, Mair, So n , an d Co„ furniture and removal, an d t wo t rap -d oors dam " a N ge o. 6 d4 ' burned. Insurance not known. No. 63, ditto, Edward Willett and Co., warehouse. men, window -glass broken. Insurances unknown at present." The property deposited in the various warehouses in the immediate proximity of the fire was worth, it is stated, two millions sterling, and it seems perfectly as tonishing that the damage, great as it has been, had not been still greater. The preservation of many of the sur rounding warehouses may be entirely attributed to the exertions of the firemen. The ruins yesterday presented a singular appearance, for the large icicles were to be seen hanging from the windows and also from the floorings of those in which the fire had performed its most perfect work of desola tion- The adjoining premises, where the fire had done comparatively no damage, bat in which the war from the engines had fallen,'were completely lined with ice, so as to make it extremely difficult for business to be car- L ried on, PRESTON, MONDAY.—The predictions of the delegates have been fully realised by the largely increased contri butions received from the various districts at the meeting of the central committee held yesterday at the Tem perance Hall, in this town. It had been intimated that the income of the weavers' committee would this week reach 3,000/. ; the fund placed at their disposal to-day actually exceeds 3,2001. This augmented income enables the committee to advance the pay of the unemployed weavers from 4s. to ss. 6d. per head, and to reserve a balance in hand. The other classes of operatives are to receive a proportionate addition to their week's pay. All the districts sent in enlarged subscriptions, but the chief contributors were the people of Blackburn, who furnished 1,0001. The "New Year's Gift " (as the in. crease of pay is designated) afforded matter for congra tulation to the speakers at an open air meeting held in the Orchard at noon to-day. After some encouraging remarks upon the subject by the chairman, Mr. LANG, Mr. BROWN said he observed that the statement he had made on a former occasion with respect to the Earl of Wilton had called forth a letter in contradiction. All he (the speaker) had to say in reply was, that he re ceived his information upon good authority, and at pre sent he saw no reason to retract his statement. Refer_ ring to the week's income, M. Brown remarked that it had been shown to the millowners of Preston that the delegates spoke the truth, and that Geo. Cowell was a true prophet. Some time ago Mr. Cowell promised that 3,000/. would be forthcoming for the relief of the operatives of Preston, and this week they had more than that sum. He (the speaker) antici pated that before three weeks more were over the com mittee would be able to raise the wages of the hands per manently. Mr. Gao. COWELL commenced his address by wishing those present a happy new year. He hoped that before another year had rolled away this question would be settled, and their (the delegates') occupation would be gone. If any of their leaders were desirous that the present state of affairs should continue those were men who ought not to be trusted. For his own part, he longed to see the time when the multitude-now without, employment should resume-work, providing-thiTvould,4or4"!4,t do so on terms honourable-to themselves and honourable to their employers. He did not wish to gain a victory over the employers. All he desired was, that justice should be done to the operatives ; and that was, that they should receive a fair day's wage for a-fair day's work. Inquiries had been made respecting the promised comparison between the Preston prices and those of Blackburn and other towns. In reply, he begged to say that the document was in course of preparation, and would be issued as soon as possible. Mr. CHEETHAM (of Oldham) advised his hearers not to purchase those newspapers which were adverse to the factory workers' interests. The meeting was also addressed by Mr. Stevenson, of Burnley, and Mr. Grimshaw, of Great Harwood. A resolution was unanimously passed, pledging the meeting to persevere in this struggl e . As usual, the proceedings terminated with cheers for the 10 per cent. MEMORIAL TO THE EARL OF CLARENDON. The subjoined is the copy of a memorial, which is in the course of signature in the city of Chester. The feeling in that part of the kingdom in favour of a decided policy is very strong, and the present policy of the English Government gives great dis satisfaction : "To the Right Honourable the Earl of Clarendon, her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. "The humble memorial of the undersigned inhabitants of the town of Carnarvon— "Shewetb,—That a memorial from this town was some time since addressed to your lordship, respectfully conveying to your lordship the anxious desire of the memorialists, that the pledges given by the Government of this country to protect the Turkish Sultan and his subjects from the unprincipled encroachments of Russia might be fulfilled. And that, in reply to that memorial, the memorialists whose names were attached had the satisfaction of receiving from your lordship an unquali fied assurance of the determination of her Majesty's Government to maintain unimpaired the independence of the Turkish empire, and the honour of the British name. " That, entertaining sentiments of the sincerest respect for your lordship's position and personal character, and fully appreciating the onerous nature of the responsibi lities of her Majesty's advisers at the present crisis, your memorialists would not on light grounds have presumed again to trespass on your lordship's kindness and atten tion. " But that they feel assured that for so doing they will be deemed to possess an ample justification in the events which, since the date of your lordship's communi cation, have occurred or are in progress—viz., the inva sion and occupation of two Turkish provinces by a Russian army, combined with the plunder of the public treasury, and the conscription of the militia of those provinces ; the destruction of a division of the Turkish fleet under circumstances that have created a deep and earnest sentiment of indignation in this and in other civilised countries ; the active and unrelenting prosecu tion by the Russian Emperor of these and other mea sures of aggressive war, in the presen ce o f th e fl eets of England an France, in open defiance of treaties, and in violation alike of the law of nations and of the dictates of humanity. " That the highest interests of this country, as well as its national honour, are indissolubly connected with the maintenance of the Turkish empire from the unprin cipled encroachment on its dominions now in progress, and with the repression of the lawless designs of Russian ambition. And that by his noble and heroic refusal to violate the laws of good faith and hospitality (by betray ing the Hungarian and Polish refugees), the present sovereign of that empire has obtained an imperishable claim to be ranked among the most illustrious defenders of the principles of freedom, civilisation, and humanity—a claim which should ensure to him the firm and consistent protection of the Governments of England and France, which they trust will be extended to him henceforward." THE A.RMY. THE ARMY IN INDIA. The following tribute has been paid to the memory of Major• General Godwin, C. 8., who was a guest of Sir William and Lady Gomm at the time of his decease ; and the same has been notified in general orders to the army by his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief in India : " Head-quarters, Simla, Oct. 26, 1853. "With deep sorrow—a sorrow sacred te the memory of rare private worth and recorded public merit—the Commander-in-Chief in India makes known to the army the death at Simla, after brief but severe illness of Major-General Godwin, C. 8., commandi ng th e Sirhind division, and recently holding chief command of the com bined force which achieved the conquest of Pegu. " Sir William Gomm feels assured that the army at large will regret with him the sudden departure from amid its ranks of a distinguished soldier, a gallant leader, and an ardent promoter of its interests ; while some, perhaps, will mourn with his Excellency over the loss of a long-tried and justly-valued friend, faithful and true, from youth upwards to the close of a useful and honoured life. "W. M. GOMM, General, "Commander-in-Chief East Indies. "(By order of his Excellency the Commander-in. Chief), "H. T. TUCKER, Lieutenant -Colonel, "Adjutant-General of the Army." The Commander-in-Chief passed the following high encomiums, in a general order, dated October 24, 1853, on the three distinguished regiments, the 18th, 51st, and 80th, now OR their march for Calcutta, where they are to embark for England : " Her Majesty's 18th Royal Irish and 80th Regiments of Foot are on the point of returning home, after each completing a term of nearly seventeen years' foreign service. " Many gallant and many arduous services mark the career of both these distinguished corps, comprised within the period above cited. " Her Majesty's 18th contributed essentially to the success of our arms in China. Her Majesty's 80th as sisted actively throughout the first Sikh war, and con spicuously at the battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshuhur, and Sobraon. " Both corps have since maintained the high charac ter already gained for gallantry, soldier-like steadiness, and endurance under privations and the enervating effects of climate, throughout the recent operations in Burmah. "The Commander-in-Chief cannot take leave of corps which have so well upheld the character of the British soldier in India, through a series of years, without ten dering to them severally his warmest wishes for their future welfare, and for their rapid restoration to health on their passage home. " Neither can his Excellency forego the opportunity thus afforded him of expressing his view of the recent services, on the same field, of her Majesty's 51st Light Infantry, also about to proceed home—services repeatedly brought to his notice by the major-general commanding the field force in Burmah, in the course of its operations —and of offering to this regiment, which will be relieved from the Madras Presidency, the same earnest good wishes as to its brethren in arms of the 18th and 80th. DUBLIN, Jan. 2.—Major-General Cochrane having left Dublin for Scotland on leave of absence, the troops in the garrison of Dublin and Dublin district repo r t t o the Lieutenant General, C omman ding (Sir E. Blakeney) through the Assistant Adjutant-General and Assistant Quarter-Ma3terGeneral of the district and the Town Major. - --_. . ' • a c Q ° Saturdays only 4