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[PRICE SD. ids, the present is a favourable moment question of its management with a view the system. ty of Loudon is the only part of the me- THE WAR. Clerks' Assistants—William H.' Allen to the Mariner, 12, sloop at Devonport ; John E. Skinner to the For midable. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The ship Johanna Emilie, from Lisbon, seized in the London Docks by Mr. C. J. Cox, landing surveyor of the Customs, as being a Russian ship sailing under false colours, has been condemned by the Admiralty. Her cargo consists of wine and gums, and is of considerable value. Captain Fairbairn, of the steam-ship Courier, just ar rived at Hull from Christiansand, reports that a fine Russian barque and a brig were lying in that harbour, having arrived with salt from Su. Übes. The brig passed through the Channel close by the French shore, but the barque went round Ireland, and passed the Orkneys. Captain Fairbairn heard that other vessels were expected round by the same route. On arrival in Norway the captains endeavour to sell their vessels and cargoes. The Russian merchant barque Thor, of Kasko, 350 tons, Captain Ehydeniez, 80 days from Moulmein, bound to Falmouth, for orders, entered Plymouth on Wednes day night. She has nine passengers. Yesterday another Russian prize, the George Jonge bloed, arrived in the river off Gravesend, and was subse quently placed in the West India Docks. By advises received yesterday, under date Harwich, May 10, it appears the schooner Wide Awake, of that port, had witnessed the capture of a large Russian brig by her Majesty's ship Dido. We learn by electric telegraph that about four o'clock yesterday afternoon, the wind being westey, ship supposed to be a frigate, was observ ed off Plymouth,. going up Channel. She was under t hree topsails, had heros,k. her courses hauled up, and bore an en si g n at pea The Meander, 44, Commodore Talbot , was a pp nted to leaWe the Cape of Good Hope on the 27th of March. The Fox, 42, Captain Tarleton, C. 8., was towed into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead yesterday, and made fast to the Blake hulk, until the transports at present occupying the jetty haul off from the dockyard, when she will go alongside, dismantle, and be put out of com . RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. wards be made equal, and we do not apprehend from the evidence which we have heard upon this subject that this would be attended with any insuperable difficulty. " The number of members usually appointed to serve on each of the committees of the Conaidpn Council seems to us likewise inconveniently large. A diiainution hi the num bers of the entire body would probably be followed by a diminution in the number of members on the committees, a change which we regard as desirable. The practice of making a pecuniary allowance to the members of the com mittees for their attendances, ought likewise, in our opinion, to be discontinued. " The anomaly of the present state of things would be re moved by the entire abolition of elections in Common Hall, which we have already recommended with respect to the Lord Mayor, and which we recommend with respect to the other officers ; but, although the constitution of the corporation would thus be rendered consistent, we think that the quali fications for the wardmote voters are susceptible of improve ment. possesses a municipal organisation, there are at present within the metropolitan district seven Parliamen tary boroughs, each of which, with the exception of Green wich, contains a larger number of inhabited houses, and a larger population, than the city. " In the event of a division of the entire metropolis, such as we have ventured to indicate, being hereafter made by the authority of Parliament, we suggest the creation of a Metropolitan Board of Works, to be composed of a very limited number of members deputed to it from the council of each metropolitan municipal body, including the corporation of the City. We propose that the management of public works, in which the metropolis has a common interest, should be conducted by this body. " We propose further, that the Metropolitan Board of Works should be empowered to levy a rate upon the entire metropolis, for any improvement of general utility, within a certain poundage, to be fixed by act of Parliament. " Having now, to the best of our ability, executed the trust which has been confided to us, we will recapitulate the heads of our principal recommendations : " 1. That a new charter be issued, containing all such pro visions in existing charters of the corporation of London, and all such customs of the City, as it may be deemed expedient to preserve. . _ _ REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON RAILWAY BILLS. FURNESS. Mr. Bouverie reported from the committee on this bill that the object of the bill was merely to raise addi tional capital for the completion and general purposes of the undertaking. The amount of additional capital proposed to be raised on preference shares by the bill is 50,000/., and the amount of loan 10,0001. BARNARD CASTLE AND BISHOP AUCKLAND JUNCTION AND BRANCH. Mr. T. Egerton reported from the sub-committee that they had examined the allegations contained in the pre amble of the bill, but the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. T" CHOLER A!!! Prevented by the destruction of all noxious effluvia. CREWS'S DISINFECTING FLUID. RECOMMENDED BY THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. THE CHEAPEST AND STRONGEST CHLORIDE OF ZINC. Quarts, 2s. ; Pints, is. ; Half-pints, 6d. Sold by all Chemists, Druggists, and Shipping Agents, and at Commercial Wharf, Mile End, London. Agents—Messrs. D.ew, Heyward,and Barren, Bush lane, Cannon-street, City. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON (CHIPPINIII NORTON BRANCH). Lord Stanley reported from the committee that the additional capital authorised by the bill to be raised by the company for the branch line of railway is 24,0001., with powers of borrowing 8,000/. The length of the branch line of railway is four miles, three furlongs, and five chains, and it is proposed to construct the same on the narrow gauge, but with power to the company to lay down the broad gauge if they think fit. It is in tended that the railway should cross four public roads on the level. Th e est i mate d cost, or other expenses , t o beincurred up to the completion of the railway it 24,0001., and th e quant i ty of land required for the rail way is 32k acres. The committee are satisfied of the fitness in an engineering point of view of the proposed railway. That the Lord Mayor be elected by the Common Coun cil from the common councillors, or from persons qualified to be common councilors. BARON LIEBIG on ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE.—" I am myself an admirer of this beverage, and my ow, experience enables me to recommend it, in accordance with the opinion of the most eminent English physicians, as a very agree able and efficient tonic, and as a general beverage, both for the invalid ami the robust.—Giessen, May 6. ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE ONLY is BOTTLED by PARKER and TWI • ING, Beer Merchants, 5%, PALL-MALL. IMPERIAL MEASURE.- Quarts, Bs.; Pints, 55.; Half-pints (for luncheon), 3s. per dozen, Also in Casks of 16 gallons and upwards. "3. That the aldermen be elected by the burgesses of the wards for six years, and be re-eligible ; that they be justices of the peace during their term of office. "4. That the powers of the Municipal Corporations Act with respect to the appointment of stipendiary magistrates be extended to the corporation of London. " 5. That the Court of Aldermen be abolished, and that its functions be transferred to the Common Council. " 6. That the number of wards be reduced to some number not less than 12, nor greater than 16 ; and that their area and population be, as far as possible, made equal. " 7. That each ward return one alderman and five common councilmen to the Common Council; and that their qualifica tion be that prescribed by the Municipal Corporations Act for the larger class of boroughs—namely, the possession of real or personal estate of 1,0001., or being rated on an annual value of at least 301. " S. That the voters in the wardmote elections be the occu piers of premises in the ward rated to the amount of 101. per annum, without any additional qualification. THE BEST FIT WEARS BEST. " Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy; ,Bat notexpressed In fancy itch, net gaudy; T. For the apparel oft proclaims the man."—SttaxspEAßE. HE3tMENT and CO., Practical Tailors, 73, Cornhill. NORTH LONDON. A special meeting of this company was held yester day at the railway station, Euston-square, for the pur pose of considering a bill now before Parliament, in accordance with Lord Wharncliffe's standing order ; Mr. Creed in the chair. HEMMENT and CO., Tailors, 73, Cornhill, study the peculiarities of every figure, and, by satisfying its requirements, invariably produce a garment, whether a Lady's /tid ing Habit, Mantle, Cloak, &c., or a Gentleman's Coat, Trousers, Waistcoat, &c., that is specially suited for the purpose it is intended to serve, economy and quality being duly regarded.—Liveries. The solicitor read the beads of the bill, from which it appeared that its object was to enabl e th e company to construct a station or depot near the New Metropoli tan Cattle market, and to raise additional capital for that and other purposes, to the amount of 7 5,000/., in shares of 101. each, and 25,0001. on loan. On the motion of the Chairman a resolution approv ing of the bill was passed, and the meeting separated. 9. That the elections in Conimon Hall be abolished. " 10. That the sheriffs be elected by the Common Council. " 11. That the Lord Mayor's Court and the Sheriff's Court be consolidated, and that an appeal be given from such court to one of the superior courts at Westminster. " 12. That the Court of Hustings be abolished. 13. That the court at St. Martin's-le-Graud be abolished. ' • - "•- ' .- . .. ~ , -------- . . Barbadool Italia i Ce' abs v rt° NtR. - ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, ~,, ....,,, ' JE . 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Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co., 25, Paternoster Row. letter of ase be delivered at Sonp-rset.piace, accatnpaniA by a a to *-'' wi th 4 ._gned by two responsible per , ons. en, aging to become bound fpe tea ule Person tendering, in the sum of 8001., for the due per- This day, price Is., sewed, Tice of the contract. ....„...„ R. CUMMING'S FAST DAY SERMON, nouth, F eb ' THE WaR AND I 1 S ISSUES: uniform with "Signs of 110 5 ALLSOPP'S PALE or BITTER ALE.— the ftmes." b 20, - Messrs. S. 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"We have received complaints with respect to abuses in the exercise of the compulsory power connected with the choice of persons for the office of sheriff. It has been stated to us that these abuses have now been rectified ; but we think that the election of sheriffs by the Common Council instead of in Common Hall, will afford an additional security for the proper use of those powers. The qualification for the sheriffs might with propriety be the same as that already proposed for aldermen and common councillors. " At present the two sheriffs of London perform the du ties of sheriff of Middlesex. We do not recommend any alte ration in the present relations of these two shrievalties. " It is hardly within the soope of our inoiry to recom mend alterations in the practice and jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court, except so far as the corporation are directly concerned with it. It is certainly fit to be consi dered whether the creation of one central court for the dis posal of the whole criminal business of the metropolitan dis trict, sitting almost continuously and combining the services of the city judges and the assistant judge of the Middlesex ' Sessions, would not be a most convenient and beneficial s e change. But at any rate we think that the Lord M a y or an d metropolitan except those aldermen should no longer form portions of th e C en t ra l Cri minal Court, the attendance being at present merely formal. In case the corporation should desire to be reliev e d f rom all theythe expense should respectivelyth e trial o by the f any prisoners who come from within the limits of the city of London itself coun ties to which the prisoners tried belong. " The Corporation of London possesses and exercises seve ral privileges affecting trade. Some of these confer an exclu sive right of following certain employthents ; others are used merely as a source of revenue to the corporation. " We recommend that all laws, acts of Common Council, or other regulations, prohibiting persons not free of the city from carrying on any trade, retail or otherwise, within the city, or from using any art, occupation, or handicraft within the city, be repealed and abolished. In this recommenda tion the Common Council, by their recent resolutions, concur. " The corporation likewise possesses, by immemorial usage, confirmed by a charter of the 3d James 1., the metage of all grain, fruit, wares, and merchandises brought into the port of London. This right is not confined to articles landed within the limits of the city, but extends to all goods landed on both sides of the river, from Staines in Middlesex to Yant let-creek in Kent. " The corporation is likewise entitled to a street-toll, which is levied ou all carts, not the property of freemen, upon en tering or leaving the , iberties of the city. This toll, in the year 1852, produced a gross revenue of 6,9351.. If the city of London were now, as it once was, the entire metropolis, and if carts were liable to a toll upon entering it from the neighbouring country, this toll would stand on the same foot ing as other tolls which are now levied at the entrance of boroughs. But, inasmuch as the city of London now forms only a small part of the entire town, and as its limits are The Commissioners appointed to inquire into the ex- arbitrary sections of continuous lines of streets, the toll in eating state of the City of London have issued a corn pre- question has become a street-toll levied at certain spots in hensive report, which has just been presented to Parlia- the middle of the metropolis. Its incidence is also partial es ; ment. The report ent ers ver y minutely into the constitu- inasmuch as it is levied exclusively o n carts, while carriag tion, rights, and government of the corporation. Subjoined are exempt ; and moreover is levied only on the carts of non are the principal points to which the commissioners have freemen. For these reasons, we recommend that the toll in directed their attention, and the recommendations sug- question be abolished. There was a charge upon this branch gested by them for the amendment of the evils of which of income for a public improvement, but that charge has been complaints have been made. The report commences by paid off; and Sergeant Merewether informed us that it was explaining the peculiarity of the position of the corporation the wish of the corporation, antecedently to the issue of our of London as distinguished from other municipal corpora- commission, that this toll should be abandoned. The Common lions in England, and proceeds to make recommendations, Council, in their recent resolutions, likewise recommended its the chief of which are comprised in the following summary:— abolition. " The earliest formation of a metropolitan district for sta " The annual expenses of the metropolitan police are divided tistacal purposes arose from the bills of mortality prepared between the parishes and the consolidated fund, the parishes and issued by the company of parish clerks. London, within paying three-fourths, and the consolidated fuud paying one the bills of mortality, was formed of the parishes included in fourth of the whole. In the city a similar division is made these lists, with successive augmentations from 1603 to 1817. between the ratepayers and the corporation ; the police rate The metropolis, as returned by Mr. Rickman in the census bearing three-fourths, and the city chest Contributing one abstracts of 1801 to 1831, consisted of this district, with fourth of the annual expense. In the year 1852 the sum th u s some additional parishes. Since that time the metropolis of contributed by the corporation towards the expenses of the the Registrar-General has been used for the census and other city police was 10,5241. We recommend, in the event of the statistical objects. It appears that the entire metropolis present distinction between the city police and the rest of the w ithin the limits assigned to it contains an area of 78,029 metropolitan police being abolished, that the corporation be acres, with 305,933 inhabited houses; that its population relieved from this contribution, and that the city receive the was 958,863 in 1801, and 2,362,236 in 1851, having more same assistance from the consolidated fund towards the main than doubled in the last 50 years ; and that the value of its ten of its police as the rest of the metropolis. property assessed to the poor-rate in 1852 was 9,964,3481. The existence of a separate Commission of Sewers for the It appears, further, that the area of the city of London proper city, under a local act, and its exception from the commis is 723 acres ; that it contained 14,693 inhabited houses in sion the powers of which extend over the rest of the metropo -1851 ; that its population was 158,833 in 1801, and 129,128 litan district, is an anomaly which has grown out of the pecu in 1851; and that its assessment was 953,1101. in 1852. liar relations of the city to the rest of the metropolis. The " Whereas, the population of the entire metropolis has city commission of sewers likewise manages the lighting and more than doubled in the last 50 years, the population of paving of the city, and performs other sanitary functions. the city of London has remained nearly stationary. This dif- Its various duties appear to be efficiently performed ; and we ference is owing to the fact that the city of London was aro not prepared to recommend any alteration in them, covered with houses and fully peopled at the beginning of though its superintendence of the main sewers will have to this century ; whereas, in the outskirts of the town, a great be considered in connexion with the scheme for a metropoli addition of new houses, and a corresponding increase of popu- tan" War of works. l a tion has taken place since tha t p eriod. have already stated that the corporation collect a " The Municipal Corporations Act has now been the law of metage duty upon all corn, fruit, or other measurable articles the land for nearly 20 years; all the important municipal landed in the port of London. They were formerly entitled corporations in England are subject to its provisions, and it to a similar duty on coal, which has been subsequently corn appears on the whole to have been attended with beneficial muted into a duty on the ton, and has undergone other changes effects, and to have given satisfaction to the country. Upon by successive acts of Parliament. There are now three duties on a consideration of these facts, we have come to the conclusion coal imported either by land or water into a district extending that, in revising the constitution of the Corporation of Lon- 20 miles from the General Post-office. The first of these is don, it will be advisable to a pp l y to it the leading provisions a duty of 4 d , which lasts at this rate until 1862, when it ro of that statute, making, at the same time, due allowance for verts to on a and is duty of 4d. the d as foaming It is payable ty's to theestate cor those peculiar circumstances which dis t in g uish the London porati, considere part of the cor those from other corporations, and which render a dif- After deducting the drawback, th th e ex ci penses of coal tax collecti 1852 on, awns nd f eren ce of institutions, in certain re s p ects, ex p edient. other charges, the net produce of e ty in "In laying down this principle, however, for our quid- 54,141/. It is now charged for the Cannon-street improve ance, we are desirous of limiting its application to the con- ment, with a principal sum of 580,0 , 0/., besides a compensa stitution of the corporation. That portion of the Munici- tion alio eauce to sea coal meters, which amounted in 1852 to pal Corporations Act, which consists in an extension of the 7,3361. The sum assigned out of this produce of the 4d. coal boundaries of the borough, so as to comprehend all portions tax for the payment of the interest upon the permanent of the town and its suburbs lying beyond the old limits, charge in 1852 was 20,0001., so that in that year the sum ap seems to us inapplicable to the case of the metropolis. propriated by the corporation out of this tax to its ordi- If the procedure of the Legislature in the Municipal nary expenses amounted to 26,8051. The second of the coal Corporations Act were taken as a precedent, absolutely duties is a duty of Bd. per ton, the net produce of which and without discrimination, in reforming the London cor- in 1852 was 113,5591. This sum, together with an an poration, it would be necessary, not only to alter its consti. nual payment of 11,5901. from tne city's estates a small tution, but to advance the present boundaries of the city until duty on wine, and some other petty sources of income, con they surrounded the entire metropolis ; a process by which stitutes a fund denominated The London -bridge Ap. an area of 723 acres would be converted into an area of proaches Duties Fund.' This fund is subject to certain 78,029 acres, by which a population of 1 2 9, 128 would be con- annual charges for interest on loans and for expenses of col veiled into a population of 2 , 362 , 236 , and an assessment of lection and management, which in 1852 amounted to 12,0001.; 953,1101. would be converted into au assessment of 9,964,3181. and the surplus, being 113,3731., was payable to the Commis- A change of this magnitude would not only alter the whole sioners of Works in liquidation of loans raised and e Bo a charges c h ar acter of the city corporation, but it would , a s it seems to made upon the fund. When the charges made by th charge rd u s, de'ea; the main purpose of mu nici p al institutions. of Works upon this fund have been satisfied, a of " The city of London has no governing charter, in which 88,0001., made by the corporation f or i m provements at respects it differs from many of the English corporations. It Clerkenwell succeeds ; and it is calculated that the fund wil l is true that the great InsPeximils Charter of Charles 11. re - suffice to extinguish all these charges before July, 1862. c ites and includes almost all the f o rmer ones, but it g ives no that year the Bd. coal duty, either wholly or in part , ceases. ex pl a nation of them. It collects them , but doe s nothin g to- The third duty is a duty of ld. per tonthe net produce of wards their interpretatio n . There is no authoritative exposi- which in 1852 was 14,3971., and the whole of this sum, yabsub- le tion of the multifarious rights a nd p rivile g es, man y of which ject to a small charge for the costs of collection, was pa are said to be founded on the language of these charters. to the Commissioners of Works for metropolitan improve- Hence arises considerable uncertainty as to the meaning of meuts. This duty expires in 1852. the charters themselves. " The collection of all the three classes of coal duty is " There is no doubt that the present state of the city char- conducted by the corporation ; but, inasmuch as the corpo ters, their antiquity, their large number, and the uncertainty ration directly represents only a small portion of the metro as to their interpretation, and their repeal or modification by polls, Parliament has made it a mere trustee with respect to subsequent charters or acts of Parliament, may render it the the produce of 9-13ths of the amount, and this portion is duty of a cautious counsel to advise the city, in all litigated applied by it to specified purposes of general metropolitan an qu estions, to adhere to the pract ice which the y have hitherto utility. With respect to the remaining 4-13ths, tion there to sea followed, and to treat their charters as the title-deeds of a annual, though decreasing, charge for comp private proprietor. coal meters, fixed u p on it b y act of Parliament ; and the cor " The present mode of electing the Mayor seems to us poration voluntarily apply 20,0001. of its produce to the objectionable on two grounds—first, on account of the Cannon - street improvement, which may be justly considered formation of the constituent body ; secondly, on accoun t as a work of general metropolitan importance. After these of the restriction of the choice. We suggest that in deductions had been made, there remained to the corporation accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Act the in 1852 , out of the coal duties, a sum of 26,8051., which it election of the Lord Mayor be vested in the Common treated as ordinary revenue. Against this amount, how- Council. At the same time, we recommend so far a depar- ever, is to be set the sum of 11,5001. per annum, which the ture from that act as, instead of restricting the choice of corporation contributes to the London -bridge Approaches the Common Council to a member of their own body, to per- Fund, under act of Parliament, f or general metropolitan mit them to elect any person qualified to be a common improvements, until the year 1862. So that the city may councillor, whether actually a member of the Common be considered to have only applied to its own use a sum Council or not. of 15,3051. out of the proceeds of the coal-tax in 1852. "In conformity with the universal practice in English For reasons similar to those which induced us to recommend boroughs, we propose that the L or d Mayor s h ou ld be a magis- the abolition of the metage dues, we think that the present trate of the city during his year of office, and for the year arrangement, by which the corporation levies a duty succeeding his mayoralty. upon coal over a district extending 20 miles from the We pass to the consideration of the aldermen, Their General Post-office, and applies a portion of its proceeds to the present numbers, position, and functions appear to us to re- exclusive purposes of the small area included within the city quire considerable modification ; but we think there exist proper, ought not to be continued permanently. sound reasons against applying to London the provisions of "We recommend that the principal control of the naviga the Municipal Reform Act respecting aldermen, without ad- tion of the Thames should be vested in a board composed of dition or qualification. N o thi ng would be gained b y d e . the Lord Mayor, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Presi stroying the direct connection of th e ald ermen with their dent of the Board of Trade, the First Commissioner of Woods, wards, which has been stated to us to be productive, in many and the Deputy Master of the Trinity-house ; and that they instances, of considerable advantag es , an d t o w hi c h we are be empowered to employ persons having the requisite pro. una ble to see any practical objection. We r ecommend, fessional knowledge for performing the detailed administra. therefore, that they should continu e t o b e e l ec t e d by the tion. In order that these duties should be efficiently dis burgesses of their wards out of th ose qua lifi e d t o b e cons . charged, it would be necessary that the Thames Navigation mon councillors. Both the Common Council an d th e Court Board should have an adequate fund at its disposal. of Aldermen are, in the main, executive bodies ; and, in " Ina statement of the revenue and expenditure of the order to promote harmony and unity of action in the corpo- , corporation of London for 1852, the revenue amounts to ration, we recommend that the Court of Aldermen be', 551,97 11 ., and the expenditure only to 403,9821., showing an abolished, and that all the powers which it p ossesses a s a excess of revenue over expenditure of 147,9881. This result, body be transferred to the Common Council. Whatever however, is mainly owing to the fact, that the sums of functions the aldermen discharge as justices of the peace with 113,3731., and 14,3371., making together 127,7101., though respect to prisons or any other similar matters, they would stated to be payable to the Board of Works, are not entered continue to discharge, notwithstanding the abolitio n o f th e i r in the column of payments. We have already shown that, separate court. with respect to these portions of the coal duties, the city is a "It appears from the evidence before us, that the duties mere trustee, and that they properly font no part either of of prison insp • ec ti o n and prison man a g em e n t have been per - the income or expenditure of the cor p oration. • formed by the alder men in a very satisfactory and efficient "It appears to us that an unnecessary complexity in the manner. keeping of the city accounts and iu the administratio n of its "The city of Lond on has for many centuries elected its affairs is produced by the multiplication of departments and own magistrates, and of late years, at least, this p r i v il ege se p ar ate funds. We therefore recommend that the manage appears to have been well used. The present judicial offi- meut of similar branches be, as much as possible, consoli cers are spoken of by every one who has given evidence upon dated ; and the entire revenue and expenditure brought into the sulject in the highest and most respectful terms. It a single series. does not appear to us, therefore, that there is any g roun d " The present arrangements for the audit of the accounts of for suggesting that an important privilege, justly and highly the corporation seem to us defective. Instead of four auditors prized by the citizens of London, should be tak en f rom a n nually elected by the livery, we recommend that three au them and vested, according to the precedent of other bo roug h s , dit ors, w ith full powers of examination and disallowance, be in the Crown. But there is no reason why the aldermen, appointed in the manner prescribed by the Municipal Corpo who will form only a portion of the new Common Council, rations Act, sections 37.93. should retain the privilege of solely electing the Recorder. " Without discussing in detail the questions between the "We intimated that we were about to recommend a re. I r ish Society and its Irish tenants and dependents which have duction in the number of aldermen, as well as the aboli- been raised before us, we think that enough has appeared tion of their separate court. We have already suggested from the evidence on both sides to show that their relations that th e election of aldermen by wards is inconvenient and cannot be regarded as satisfactory. uneq ua l, an d was remarked upon as defective by the Muni c i. "As the revenues of the Irish Society are now unencum pal C omm is s ioners in their report of 1837. We can only bered by debt, and as neither the Corporation of London, suggest generally the principles on which the existing wards the Society itself, nor the London companies, are beneficially TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.-A RETIRED CLERGYMAN having been restored to health in a few days, after many years of great nervous suffering, is anxious to make known to others the means of cure. H will, therefore, sen free, on receiving a stamped envelope, properly addressed, a copy o d f the pre scription used. Direct the Rev. E. Douglass, 18. Holland•street, Brixton, London. NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH. 3,1 R. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, FLEET-STREET, has introduced an EN I'IRELY NEW DESk RIPTION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth, a, not to be distinguished from the orginals by the closest observer ; they will never change colour or decay, and will he found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not requ're the ex• traction of roots, or any painful operation, and will supp.frt and pre serve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mas tication. 52, FLEET-STREET.—At home from Ten till Five. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE-MEGE, or Saccharatt, C PSULES, approved by the French College of Physicians. successfully administered in the Pails and London Hospitals, and acknowledged by them to be the best remedy for the cure of certain diseases (see " lancet " 6th Nov., 1852.) Price, per 100, 45.6 d.; 50, 2s. 9d.—To be had of the Inventor, Gabriel Jozeau, French Chemist, 49, Haymarket, London. whose name is printed on the Government stamp ; and all the principal chemists. THE CORPORATIONDO OF THE CITY OF . "14. That all regulations prohibiting persons not free of the city from carrying on any trade, or using any handicraft within the city, be abolished. " 15. That the metage of grain, fruit, and other measurable goods he uo longer compulsory. " 16. That the Fellowship of Porters be dissolved, and that other privileges of porters be abolished. " 17. That the admission of brokers by the Court of Alder• men be abolished. " IS. That the street toll on carts not the property of free men be abolished. " 19. That the city police be incorporated with the metro politan police. " 20. That the conservancy of the river Thames be trans ferred to a board consisting of the Lord Mayor, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the President oi" the Board of Trade, the Deputy-Master of the Trinity-house, and the First Commis sioner of Woods. " 21. That the exclusive privileges of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen on the river Thames be abolished. " 22. That the accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the corporation be consolidated. " 23. That the money and securities of the corporation be lodged in the Bank of England. " 24. That the election of auditors be amended. " 25. That the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Acts, with respect to the mortgaging of lands, and the making of au annual return of revenue and expenaiture to the Secre tary of State, to be extended to the coporation of London. " 2ti. That the Irish Society be dissolved ; that its trusts be declared by act of Parliament ; and that new trustees be appointed by the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. " 27. That the external boundaries of the city remain un changed ; but that the municipal connection between the cor poration of London and a part of the borough of Southwark be abolished. " 28. That the rest of the metropolis he divided into dis tricts for municipal purposes. " 29. That in the event of such division being made, a Metropolitan Board of Works be created, composed of mem bers deputed to it from the council of each metropolitan municipal body, including the Common Council of the city. " 30. That the coal duties now collected by the corpora tion of London, so long as they remain in force, be under the administration of this board ; and that, in case the coal duties which expire in 1862 should not be renewed, the 4d. duty now levied on behalf of the city should cease at the same time. " 31. That this board be empowered to levy a rate, limited to a fixed poundage, for public works of general metropolitan utility, over the metropolitan district. " 32. That no works be executed by this board unless the plans have been approved by a Committee of the Privy Council. " HENRY LABOUCHERE. " J. PATTESON. " G. CORNEWALL LEWIS. " J. D. COLERIDGE, SeCy." MANNING TEE NAVY. A bill has just been introduced by Sir James Graham for "The Encouragement of Seamen, and the more ef _ . fectual manning of her Majesty's Navy during the pre , sent War." The preamble recites the proclamations granting gene ral reprisals against Russia, and giving the captors the benefit of all prizes, and declares the objects of the act to be the encouragement of the officers and crews of her Majesty's ships-of-war, and to induce all British seamen now in any foreign service to return to the kingdom and become serviceable to her Majesty. Clause 5 enacts that the entire value of all ships and merchandise taken by any of her Majesty's vessels dur ing the present war shall be distributed amongst the officers and crew, according to the proclamation ; and that in case any vessels of her allies shall be present at the capture, they shall share in proportion to the num ber of men. Clause 6 declares that if a ship of war take any fortress on land, all stores, &c., found in it, or vessels in her har bours p ro t ec t e d b y it, shall be the prize of the captors, and be distributed amongst them. By the 7th clause, whenever the army and navy, act ing in conjunction, make any captures, the proceeds are to be divided between the two services, as her Majesty shall direct. The Lords of the Admiralty are empowered to pur chase any naval stores found on board captured ships. By clauses 9 and 10, British ships recaptured from the enemy are to be restored to owners on payment of salvage of one•eighth of the value, unless they have been used as vessels of war. If re-captured before being taken into an enemy's port, they are to be allowed to prosecute their voyage. Clause 11 grants, in case of the capture or destruction of any vessel of war or privateer, belonging to the enemy, a bounty of 51. per head for every person on board at the commencement of the action. The suc ceeding clauses relate to the proceedings for condemna tion in the Admiralty Courts. All prizes when brought into port are to be immediately delivered up to the marshal or officer of the court. The master, mate, and two others, are to be examined in interrogatories, and all papers found on board delivered to the registrar. If no claimant appear, the court is within twenty days to proceed to con demnation. All claims must be verified on oath, and se curity given for costs. Persons claiming as joint captors must also give security. The property may be sold pen dente lite. The judges may order a prize to be delivered to a claimant on his giving security, and may also order the captors to give security. The proceeds of all prizes are to be paid to the account of the paymaster•general, and by him handed over to the Admiralty for distribu tion. All parties interested may apply to the High Court of Admiralty, in England, for decision on any point. _ By clause 32, any captor retaining any part of the proceeds is to pay interest of one per cent per month. An appeal is given in all cases to the Judicial Com mittee of the Privy Council, and her Majesty may ap point additional members to hear appeals in prize cases. By clause 39 all prize goods and merchandise are de clared liab:e to duty. Under the succeeding clauses no deserter from her Majesty's service is to be entitled to any share of bounty or prize money. Any officer in charge of a convoy who leaves his convoy to capture or carry into port a prize, forfeits his share. Masters of merchant vessels under convoy disobeying the orders of the officer in charge, are to forfeit a penalty not exceeding 5001. Any officer in her Majesty's service making a collusive capture is to forfeit a sum not exceeding 1,000/. A penalty is imposed on any person who shall attempt to ransom any ships or goods captured by the enemy, and all contracts for such ransoms are declared void. By clause 49 hired armed vessels are subjected to the same rules as the vessels of her Majesty's fleet. The concluding section of the act authorises her Ma jesty to appoint judges of prize causes, grant them re tiring pensions, and regulate the fees and practice of the courts. The Secretary of State is authorised to grant licenses for the importation and exportation of goods, and the act is to continue in force during the present war. The short title of the act is " The Prize Act, Russia, 1854." In connection with the above bill another has been introduced, "To Facilitate the Payment of her Ma jesty's Navy, and the Payment and distribution of Prizes, Bounty, &c., and the Regulation of Accounts relating thereto." The proceeds of all prizes and all salvages, and bounty moneys, are to be handed over to the paymaster-general to the credit of the " naval prize account." All costs awarded by the court arc to be paid, and the balance distributed as directed by the Admiralty. Then follow provisions as to the auditing of the paymaster-general's accounts. Clause 13 empowers servants to join the navy though their term of service has not expired. The short title of the act is " The Naval Pay and Prize Act, 1854." RETURN FROM AUSTRALIA. —Mr. Alfred Patten, who went from Goole to Australia last year, returned last Thursday on a visit to his father. He states that the Melbourne markets continue glutted ; prices unromune rative, but wages high. mission. The Janus, 4, paddlewheel steam-vessel, Lieutenant Kane, left Portsmouth yesterday for the eastward, taking round supernumeraries. The new steam-frigate Curacoa, 30, is having her jury -masts, &c., taken out in the steam factory basin, at Portsmouth, to prepare her for the workmen to com mence fitting her for commission. The Rolla, 8, brig, lately used as an instruction vessel for the naval apprentices of the Victory, is ordered to be docked for examination and repair. The Scourge, 6, paddle-frigate, Commodore Adams, and the Brisk, 14, screw-corvette, Commander Seymour, are both ready to leave the basin at Portsmouth for sea, Her Majesty's frigate Portland, 50, Captain Chads, arrived at Plymouth from Portsmouth on Wednesday, and had her powder and shot taken out in the Sound. She was towed into harbour yesterday to be paid off, and re-commissioned. Orders were received at Plymouth on Wednesday to commission the brig Mariner, by Commander Johnson. The following articles of provisiens of the best quality for the use of patients, have been put on board the hos pital ship Belleisle, Commander Hosken, now in Ply mouth Sound, bound to the Baltic :—Beef, 50,0001 b. ; bread, 50,00016. ; flour, 50,0001 b. ; Scotch barley, 7,0001 b. ; essence of beef, 2,000 quarter-pints ; and 87 gallons of white wine. She has also shipped for the use of the fleet—Bread, 1,000 bags ; salt meat, 250 tierces ; spirits, 50 puncheons, and a proportionate quantity of all other kinds of provisions. Captain Sandom, of the Royal William Victualling yard, has been directed to procure imme diately hay and oats for 90 days, and bran for 80 days, for 300 horses, about to embark at Portsmouth for the East. The fourth detachment of the 13th Light Dragoons embarked yesterday on board the Calliope transport, at Portsmouth dockyard—Capt. Goad, Cornet Goad, Vete rinary Surgeon Towers, and about 50 men and horses. The remainder of the regiment will embark in the Mo narchy and Harbinger transports to-day. The Jason steamvessel arrived at Woolwich yesterday from Deptford, and will be taken into the basin to em bark the whole of Capt. Wodehouse's field battery, and the centre division of Capt. Turner's field battery, for conveyance to the East. At Liverpool the preparations for despatching troop ships are being prosecuted with unabated vigour. Yesterday the Gertrude (1,361 tons), and the Pedes trian. went into the river, having on board upwards of one hundred horses and a number of officers belong ing to the Ist Royal Dragoons. They were to sail for Constantinople to-day. The Panola (955 tons) will also sail from the Mersey to-day for Dublin, where she will embark horses belonging to the 11th Hussars. The Arabia, a fine vessel of 1,022 tons, the Coronelli, and the Rip Van Winkle, which are being fitted at Liver pool for the conveyance of horses to the seat of war, are in a forward state, and will soon be ready to receive them. The Asia transport was towed out of Kingstown bar bour on Wednesday morning, and made sail for Malta with a troop of the 11th Hussars on board. The head-quarters of the 34th Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Maxwell, arrived in Portsmouth garrison from Sheffield yesterday. Capt. Taylor's troop of Royal Horse Artillery arrived at Woolwich yesterday afternoon from Canterbury. The head-quarters of the 12th Infantry Regiment with regimental band and colours, arrived in Dublin from Bel fast by the 5 o'clock train on Wednesday evening. The detachment consisted of three companies of the regiment, under the command of Captain Co; with the subaltern officers of each company, and the ensigns and assistant• surgeon of the regiment. On leaving the terminus the troops were paraded in front of the building, and then, having formed in marching order in open column, with a double instrumental band in front, they marched through Talbot-street, Earl-street, Sackville street, and the quays to the Royal Barracks, en, route to Cork, where they will await the arrival of the re maining companies of the regiment, which, when com plete, will embark at Queenstown for the East. Crowds of people accompanied them in their progress from the railway terminus, and cheered them repeatedly as they marched along. A Limerick paper, of Wednesday, says—" The Ad miralty have invited the Naval Coast Volunteers of the United Kingdom to tender their services on the sea as far as the Brit, to assist in bringing home the captured , ships of the common enemy. Captain Jerningharn, R.N., who superintends the Naval Coast service for the south of Ireland, accordingly mustered all the men en tered at the port of Limerick on Monday last, and ex plained the instructions he had got, requesting they I would consider the advantage to be derived from parti cipating in this extension of duty, and which it would be optional with them to accept or decline. Ten of the number eagerly volunteered to proceed on the expedition, but Captain Jerningliain would not accept one of their names without full time for consideration. Accordingly, he yesterday again attended the rendezvous on the quay, when 30 of the enrolled men gave in their names for immediate employment upon this important branch of the war service, for which they are sure to be richly re warded, according to the number and value of prize ships escorted to British ports." Yesterday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, 200 volunteers from the 22d, 70th, and other infantry regiments were landed at Hungerford-market steam-boat pier by the the Sylph, Woolwich steamer, whence they proceeded by railway to Windsor, to join the 97th, under orders for the East. Yesterday forenoon the East London division of en rolled Chelsea Pensioners assembled for the first time, under the command of Captain Wood, in the moat ad joining the Tower of London, to go through their six days' drill. There were about 250 present. The pen sioners of the other metropolitan divisions will in the course of this and the ensuing week be inspected by their various commanding officers. It is expected that on next Saturday fortnight a review of all the divisions will take place in Hyde - park, in t he p resence of Vis count Hardinge, the Commander-in -Chief. THE 63D REGIMENT.—PRESENTATION OF COLOtIRS.— On Wednesday afternoon an interesting scene took place in the Phcenix-park. Th e service co mpanies of the 63d A Regiment assembled in the Nine Acres, and a new set of colours was present ed to them. Mrs. Exham Swyny, who had been requested to perform the act of presenting the new colours to the regiment, came into the square riding a beautiful grey charger. NARROW ESOAPE OF THE ANDES FROM FIRE.—The following is an extract from a private letter received by a gentleman of Plymouth, from an officer of the Royals, dated steam-ship Andes, April 30, 1854 :—" I write these few hasty lines to inform you of our safe arrival at Malta, which is now about ten miles distant. We have had, altogether, a very fine passage. From Ply mouth to Gibraltar it was splendid, having left Ply mouth at half-past seven p.m., and passed Gibraltar on Tuesday afternoon at half-past three. During the night, of Tuesday, it blew a gale right ahead, which delayed us two days, otherwise there is little doubt we should have made the run to Malta in a week. We had a most providential escape yesterday from total loss. The ship caught fire, and for about two hours we were working for our lives, and got it under, thank God, without ac cident. The regiment behaved capitally. Ii; was, cer tainly, the most alarming two hours of my life. We were a long way from land, had only two small boats, end had 1,050 men on board, and revere] tons of gun- Powder, so the loss of life must have been immense. We threw overboard 50,000 rounds of ball cartridges. The origin of the fire is not exactly known, but there is littlo doubt that it proceeded from the engine-room, or some where in that vicinity. We were, when the fire was dis covered, about 300 miles from Malta, and 60 from the coast of Africa. If the wind had been a little stronger we must have been lost." At the examination, held at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, on Wednesday and Thursday, the follow ing passed : For Lieutenants—Messrs. Knevitt, Poole, and Scott. For Master—Mr. J. Roche. For Masters' Assistants—Messrs. Swan, Gulliver, Osborn, Chaffers, Fisher, and Hayward. For Naval Cadets—Lord A. P. Clinton, the Hon. J. C. Ellis, the Hon. M. F. Murray, and Messrs. Fitz gerald, Orumanney, Wood, Law, Wadlow, Clanchy (these five and the Hon. Mr. Ellis w ere qualified by Mr. Eastman, R.N., at his Preparatory Naval College, STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON. Mr. T. EGERTON reported from the sub-committee that they had amended the preamble of the bill by in creasing to 200,0001. the amount which it is expedient that the company should be authorised to raise, evidence having been adduced to the committee that such addl. t ional amount was required by the company. WATERFORD AND KILKENNY. A special meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, to receive a report from the com mittee of investigation appointed at a former meeting— Mr. Hadow in the chair. The report of the committee of investigation, an ab stract of which has appeared in The Sue, was taken as read. The reply of the board of directors to the report of the committee of investigation was also taken as read. It stated that at the time the present board assumed office the difficulties in which the company were in volved were without parallel in railway experience ; and,. believing that the plans they then adopted were the best that could be devised, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, and conscious of having since conducted the affairs of the company honestly and faithfully, they felt no hesitation in submitting every transaction to the most rigid and searching investigation, supposing, of course, that the committee would, as is usual in such matters, allow them an opportunity of explain ing anything which might appear to be injudicious or objectionable. In this, however, they have been disappointed, and hence they state that the report is full of statements which ought to have been very materially modified before they were published, and which the committee should have known were capable of being ex plained satisfactorily. The reply of the directors, which is a very able one, explains at considerable length various matters adverted to in the report of the committee of investigation, with a view to show the inaccuracy of many of the statements contained therein. With regard to the assertion by the committee that the directors evinced a "want of personal interest in the undertaking," ' the directors state that, owing to seizures of the plant and other property of the company, they bad advanced out of their own private funds, and without any security, 20,0411. The sum of 1501. paid to Mr. Bates, as explained by the secretary to the com mittee, was not for furniture, but for travelling and other expenses paid by him on the business of the company during his protracted stay in Ireland. The directors explain various items in the committee's report under the heads of Parliamentary and law expenses, land and compensation, construction account, forfeited shares, traffic, and liabilities. "With regard to the cost of the land from Thoma.stown to Waterford, it amounted only to 7731. per mile, instead of 1,761/. per mile, as stated by the committee. It appeared that the committee, in their investigation, had refrained from examining the di rectors or engineer on the affairs of the company, and had trusted entirely to the evidence of the officials, con tractors, and others, and the books of the company. A discussion ensued, in which the Chairman, Mr. Bates, Mr. Dowling, Mr. Wills, Mr. Ellie, the contrac tor, and other shareholders took part, in the course of which various explanations were given and statements made. Eventually resolutions were passed adopting the report of the committee of investigation, recommending a change in the board of directors, with a view to place the affairs of the company in a satisfactory position, and requesting the committee of investigation to confer with the directors on the subject, and to report the result to the half-yearly meeting, to be held at the end of the present month. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the committee of investigation for their able report, and also to the chairman for his impartial conduct iu the chair. THE WRECK OF THE ERCOLANO. We have been favoured with some details of the loss of the Ercolano, the ill fated ship in which Mr. Halsey was a passenger, by Captain Townshend, R.N., M.P., who had them from the lips of Sir Robert Peel :—Sir Robert said that, feeling ill from the motion of the vessel, he was sitting in his carriage, which had been moved to midships on account of the heavy rolling of the sea, smoking a cigar, when suddenly, and without the slightest warning, a collision occurred. A large vessel (the Sicilia) came upon them at the rate of 11 or 1 knots an hour, running for eight or nine feet into the Ercolano, and literally "doubling her up." The col lision was so sudden, and death so imminent, that there was no time for c onsideration. Sir Robert had just time to spring out of his carriage before the funnel of the steamer and the apparatus of the galley f e ll aga i ns t it, and threw it overboard. To take off his coat, his trousers, and his boots was the work of a moment. His servant was standing by him—an old and valued ser vant, much attached to him ; and in that awful moment Sir Robert (who must pardon us for referring to a cir cumstance which he never intended to be made public) found time and courage and calmness enough to say a few words to his faithful servitor—" Good by God bless you! Nothing can save us ? In a few minutes we shall be in the other world ; but be comforted, I have made a provi s i o n f or your d aug h ter " (the old man's only child). The old servant said he would ind o ividual a f e o i r ivit e y it , he e r xel o a f im t e h d e , m: , y ex o c u epti n never leave his mas t er ; b u t Si r R o b ert, feeling that p tl r i o :er rp w t as and n can not help me. Do the best you can. I shall jump into the sea ;" and then he took a strong eddy caused leap to escape the by the sinking vessel, which be happily cleared. In the sea Sir Robert got hold of something, which he supposes to be the bowsprit of the Sicilia, which was carried away at the moment of the collision. Then he got hold of a, chain, and finally of a piece of the wreck, to which lie found three other persons, one of whom he thinks was his old servant, were clinging. In this position he remained, the sea rolling heavily, for three quarters of au hour. One by one his com panions relaxed their grasp on the floating portion of the wreck and dropped exhausted into the sea—their grave ; and at last he alone remained holding on till he was picked up by a boat belonging to the vessel which had run them down. Till that moment Sir Robert never lest consciousness or self-command, but once on board the boat he sank into a state of insensibility, from which he was restored in the engine-room of the Sicilia. Sir Robert says he heard the cries of people in distress from the Ercolano before she sank, and he thinks that lives might have been saved if proper means had been taken. Mr. Halsey and his family, and many other passengers, he believes, were below in the cabins, in all probability asleep, at the time of the collision, and the doubling up of the vessel wont(' prevent them from getting on deck ; but Sir Robert thinks that if the Sicilia had remained about the spot till daylight she might have picked up some of the passengers, who would probably have been washed out and found clinging to the wreck.—Hertford Mercury. h a e n d Conservativesehenlec allot mentud,Seire. t)). e vcre b A eßrjr.atEh'ur'ei estate,f;(ts Rs i uSlectdil.p.3\t‘oll r,o'laeolNi.ocr:l:l-I:—eril•e(saitTna' Margaret's tin estate,the7toso2an7c2r ebs building June next. ltoetnst'fiosrf‘oirlltaisleolraesheilgt class ; the lot s vary i ng in price from 5 21 . 4s. 6d. up to 47 51. each. If we may judge from the plan, the estate, as laid out, will be one of the most noticeable spots on the banks of the Thames, great care having been taken to preserve the natural and a rtificial beauties of that fine site. We observe that a considerable portion of the park is to be preserved as a pleasure-ground, with an ornamental sheet of water, spanned by two iron bridges. A plot of ground 160 feet by 115 feet, has been reserved at the corner of the avenue for the erection of a church. From the plan it would seem to be contemplated to preserve the noble mansion erected by the Earl of Kilmorey.