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- &ft 1 . " ( 7X -1-1 - 1. - -4 - e3e cAl ." 7 • • • • „ ,01 • r A t ,. 1 .4._ • 'N s ab. r • s •• , • •4; 7- k! ° 'Mgr. anti a small quantity of pasture .. rAri . •., 14Q, 4`, • 4.1 ) . . " ,1114- i l ,lO A., ; ,,,,„ v t, though not essential. A retired situation not ob- .44 qt,fai olr- • gr • A _ " • 7 jetted to but ad. soil and good water indispensable. Address, '' ) "•,e , 40 :1) FLOIT . , tit , . t•• • s to, bu_ ,ry with full particulars, to M. T. Y., 33, Brydges-street, Covent-garden. EAST INDIA HOUSE, 30th DEC., 1853. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, "' • - No. 19,120.] ---- - That the Rate of Exchange for which they will receive Cash for Bills on Bengal and Madras will, from the present date and until umber notice, be 2s. 010. the Company's Rupee, and for Bills on Bombay 2s. 0 3 / 4 .d. the Company's Rupee. JAMES. C. MELVILL, Qecretary. This day is published, in one handsome quarto volume, beautifully bound in cloth, price 21s , THE FOREIGN TOUR of MESSRS. BROWN, JONES, and ROBINSON, being the History of what they Saw and Did in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. By RICHARD DOYLE. Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNEILL, LONDON. December 27, 1853. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-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 Notice is hereby further given, that the Transfer Books of the Society will close on the 30th instant, and open ou the 11th January next. pURSSELL'S TWELFTH CAKES, from be. to 5 Guineas each; Bride Cakes 1 to 10 Guineas; Dessert Cakes, Is. to 10s., viz., Dundee, Madeira, School, and Savoy Cakes, Swiss an I French Pound Cakes, Is. 6d. per lb. ; Swiss and Italian Pastry, Is. to 3s. per doz. ; 16 sorts of Almond Cakes, Ratillars, 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 Ices, 6s. per qt.; Made Dishes, Raised Pies, Hams, Tongues, Fowls, Bonbons, German Trees and Ornaments, Preserved Fruits, for Dessert, as sold in Paris, from 2s. lid. per bottle. Caution.—John R. Pursell, 161, Regent street, and 20 Ludgate-hill, only. By order of the Court of Directors, W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. LONDON & SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. FOREIGN TRAFFIC.-SPECIAL NOTICE. From and after Ist JANUARY, 1854, the existing THROUGH RATES for Goods Traffic betwixt London and Paris, and betwixt Paris and tile Channel islands, will be DISCONTINUED. Goods will be conveyed, as heretofore, betwixt London and Havre, and betwixt Havre and the Channel Islands, at reduced through rates, which include all charges from the Quay at Havre to London, or to the Channel Islands, the amount of Customs' Duty and Marine Insurance excepted. Goods will be conveyed betwixt London and Havre three times a week, each way, as heretofore. For particulars of through rates, and all other information, apply in London, to Mr. SIMKIN, 53, King William-street, City; in Southampton, to Mr. WATKINS, Railway-station ; in Havre, to Mr. GILLS, 5, Rue-de-la-Gaffe. (By order) ARCED. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. Railway-office, London, Dec. 24, 1853. CTIMBERLA.ND HEMATITE IRON ORE COMPANY. 50,000/. Shares of U. each.—No deed to sign. NOTICE.—The Scrip Certificates of Shares to " Bearer" in this Com pany will be ready to be exchanged for the Banker's Receipts on and after the 21st day of January, 1854. This Company is not formed for the purpose of manufacturing Bar Iron under the "Joint Stock Act," but for the express purpose of working and selling the ore in its primitive state ; and is to be carried on under the Cost-Book System, limiting the liability of the share holders to the amount of their shares taken and paid upon. The ofe is of the finest quality ; is absolutely necessary for making the best sorts of iron ; and can be produced and shipped free on board at the port, A hitehaven, at 7s. 6d. per ton. The selling price Is now 13s. per ton. Contracts for the whole of the ore may be made at this rate. An application is to be made by the Whitehaven and Egremont Railway Company, next Session of Parliament, for an Act to make that line of railway, and also a branch line of railway from their main line to this Company's property, and when made will re duce the present charge for carriage of ore ls. 6d. per ton. The remainder of the shares not already subscribed for, are hereby offered to the public at par. Applications, up to the 21st day S f January, 1854, may be addressed to the Committee of Management, or Secretary, at the offices of the Company, where prospectuses and reports may be obtained, and samples of the ore inspected. By order, 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 tNY will be held, pursu ant to the direction of the Act let and 2d William IV., cap 52, at the DOCK HOUSE, No. 8, Billiter-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 list instant. Ey Order of the Court. GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock House, Billiter-square, 30th Dec., 1853. N.B.—The Chair will be taken at Two o'Clock precisely. Offices, 9, Austin-friars, (Removed from 18, Carmen-street.) December 21st, 1853. CONTRACT FOR COCOA. H. HUNTER. LAW LECTURES at the INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY. The several Courses of Lectures will be resumed by Mr. WILSON, on CONVEYANCING, MONDAY, Jan. 9 Mr. ARCHER SHEE, on EQUITY and BANKRUPTCY, Fal. DAY, Jan. 13. • Mr. GARTH. on COMMON LAW and CRIMINAL LAW, Mos- DAY, Jan. 16. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, 3d Jan., 1854. B. MSUGHIN, Secretary. Law Society's Hall, Chancery-lane, 2d Jan., 1854. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, CHAS. C. LAMENT, Onslow-house, Fwaam-road), The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. and will continue open every evening, with LA.URENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ; Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. MAGNIFICENT PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES, prepared ex pressly for this Institution by Monsieur Ferriere of Paris, exhibited on a surface 35 feet by 28, with an ENTIRELY NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS, daily at a Quarter past Four. LECTURES by Dr. BACIIOFFNER on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT he • UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LECTURE by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., on SPONTANEOUS COMBUS TION, with Brilliant Experiments. LAST FORTNIGHT of an HISTORICAL and MUSICAL LEC TURE, illustrated with DISSOLVING SCENERY, entitled "The ROAD, the RIVER, and the rum," 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, Half-price. AfR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, 1. including the BERNESE OBERLAND and the SIMPLON, TO-NIGHT (WEDNESDAY), and EVERY EVENING at Eight o'Clock, (except Saturday), and Thursday and Saturday Mornings, at Two. Stalls, 35., which can be taken at the box office every day from 11 to 4; area, 25.; gallery, la.—Mont Blanc, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. ATKINSON and COMPANY, CABINET MANUFACTURERS, UPHOLSTERERS, and CARPET WAREHOCsEMEN'. 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster bridge-road, Lambeth, London. ATKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPERS, SILK MERCERS, LACEMEN, &c., 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster-bridge-road, Lambeth, London.—Shawls, Furs, Mantles, Family Mourning, &c. LADIES' (D'HIVER) COSTUME DU BAL, GALON D'OR, and PASSEMENFERIE FLOUNCING, in Gold and Silver Ornament on various Coloured Tarlatans and other fight Fabrics. These Dresses, so highly approved in Paris, and all the Evening Parties of the beau monde, may now be seen daring the Selling Off at this Establishment. Some of the less lavishly decorated will be 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 from business of Mr. Merrett, roust be sold immediately. WARWICK HOUSE, 142 and 144, Regent-street. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 26th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEPTFORD, When to be delivered. Tons. Half in a month, and the remain- COCOA lOO der in a month afterwards, or earlier if preferred by the party tendering. The Cocoa to be exempted from the Customs Duties. Tenders will not be received for a less quantity than 10 tons, Samples (not less than 21bs.) must be produced by the parties ten dering. The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the con tracts have been decided. The conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular atten tion is called, may be seen at the said office, at the (Mee of Com mander Bevis, at Liverpool, and of the Collector of Customs at Bris tol. No tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticcd unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty' and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Cocoa," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, and must be accom panied by a letter signed by two responsible i ersons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of 201. per cent. on the value, for the due performance of the contracts. PRYING INTO THE FUTURE. Young Ladles are not the only persons who have wished to pry into the mysterious volume of the future, for Alexander hinged his enthu slum 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 our-elves 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 bust ztess„ that the bright prospects of the future be rendered more satis factory in reality, than they were in the representations of imagina tion. It is one of the most amiable features of the human race, that every individstil 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 tradesman ever ventured to ascend, and holding a position on an eminence which none but themselves could occupy, E. MOSES AND SON have the greatest pleasure 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 en 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 far the peer, they have prepared suitable dress for the artisan, labourer, and emigrant. The progress of refinement, the improve ments of manufacture, the revelations ()cadence, and the influence of capital, 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 et 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 R. Mons 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 approbai ion, expressed both in favour of their system of Business, and of the articles they have had the pleasure of presenting to all classes during the past year, and they are determined to give a most Businesslike expression to their grateful recognition of these favours by providing every thing in the several departments of their gigantic business, infin tely 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, Hiipper4, Captains, Emigrants, or Sailors, will con tinue to derive the highest advantages from transactions at the Es tablishment of E. Moses and SON; the former, from the vastness, suitability, and cheapness of the Wholesale Stock, and the latter from the completeness of their Outfitting Business, which applies to, 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 WELSH POTOSI LEAD and COPPER MINING COMPANY, CARDIGANSHIRE. On the Cost Book system. Capital 100,000/.on 20,000 Shares of 51. each, of which 21. per share will be payable in January next. The most stupendous success in London and the provinces is not bee ss h att . ds the only record wry ch E. Mows or; have to make of the past year. A new world having created for commercial enterprise by Australian gold discoveries, their business with our antipodes, by M OSES and SON have identified Melbourne—this is another auxiliary to ol , L l n e lpg a magnificent store in them in constant communication with thiartgigrtic trade, and pats well as other parts) they have outfitted incredible which, as WIT prepared to outfit thousands more with far e numbers, and are n the quality, suitability, and cheapness of the greater advantages In conclusion, the wide world's population wail facilities of being furnished with the bee., most I possess still further able, most comfortable, and the cheapest goods, at igge, most fashion of E. MOSES and CON, at its branches, New Oxford-street, establishment Bart -street, Loudon; and Fargate, Sheffield; also,treß e r t i , corner of dge-street, Bradford, Yorkshire. in an impartial and accurate review business prosperity at borne and abroad, on a just calculation of their of benefits derived from it by COUnt less thousands, and ant icipating the those advantages becoming still mo re extensive, E. Mons and Sox taos tcordially and ardently wish all their patrons and everyb o d y, " A HAPPY NEW YEAR I" . ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SILENT FRIEND. . In Six Languages—Fiftieth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENT ION OF DISEASE. Ill ustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloure d EngravingS and MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF [PRICE SD. TEE RECENT FIRE IN BREAD-STREET. CORONER'S INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN. Yesterday Mr. W. Payne, the coroner for the city of London, held an inquiry at the Red Lion Tavern, New Cannon-street, City, before a jury of merchants, into the circumstances attending the recent conflagration in Bread-street, Cheapside. The proceedings excited con siderable interest, and the principals of most of the large firms in the neighbourhood of the fire were present. The evidence adduced extended to some length, but the subjoined narrative will be found to contain the whole facts. About a quarter-past 10 on Saturday night City police-constable Roberts, 475, who had a short time before seen Messrs. Townend's warehouseman close and leave the premises, perceived a strong glare of light in the ground•floor of the building. He quickly found that the place was on fire, and gave the usual alarm. The fire brigade, from Watling-street, arrived within 10 minutes, and on the door being broken of Messrs. Town end's department the whole shop was discovered to be filled with flames. They were extending to the upper floor, and so through the entire depth and breadth of the building. The firemen, in the course of 6 minutes or so, discovered that some premises at the rear of Mr. May's house (No. 4), adjoining Messrs. Townend's, occupied by Messrs. Follett and Greenlees, Scotch shawl agents, had ignited, and, as before reported, were destroyed. It was evident that the fire had originated in one of these two houses. Both warehouses had skylights, and a wall nine inches thick divided Messrs. Town end's shop from the portion of the building of Messrs. Follett and Greenlees, which had no frontage in Bread street. Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of the fire brigade, and Bridges, the engineer, who were early at , the scene, declared their inability to state positively in which of the two buildings the fire first kindled. They were so much destroyed that they could not say whether it originated on one side or the other. Frederick Webb, warehouseman at Messrs. Townend's, said that he left the premises at ten minutes past 10 on Saturday night. He had occasion to go to the back part just before he quitted, and there was not the least indication of a fire existing about the place. There was a kiln. stove in the warehouse, which was let into the wall ; it was covered with iron, and was put out half an hour before he left. Pays turned the gas off. There were seven bags of shellac, which were used in the manufacture of hats. They were stowed near the door, and far away from the rear of the building. Mr. Phillips, private secre tary to the Lord Mayor, who accompanied his lord ship to the vicinity of the fire shortly after the outbreak, deposed to seeing the entire property of Messrs. Townend in flames within a brief period of the alarm being raised ; but nothing material was elicited in his testimony. The porters to Messrs. Follett and Greenlees stated that when they left the warehouse, at half-past four on Saturday afternoon, all seemed in perfect security. The gas was turned off at the meter, and the place safely locked up. It transpired that some months ago a fire occurred in the cellars of this firm, and the jury closely interrogated the witnesses with the view of ascertaing whether there was any pro bability of this conflagration having originated in like way, but there was nothing in the least to confirm that inference. Mr. Townend was examined, and he ex pressed his belief that it did not occur on his premises and he explained the possibility of the fire communi cating from the adjoining property, through the sky light, with his shop, which from the quantity of woodwork and paper therein, coupled with the peculiar character of the materials used in the manufacture of hats would readily ignite. On the other hand, Mr. Greenlees pointed out what care was taken with his place. His stock was insured for 8,0001. in the Impe rial, and another 8,0001. in the Sun ; he had also effected a time policy for 3,0001.. which would expire in March. He had had, however, more than 16,0001. of property on the premises. Mrs. Grant, who resides at No. 2, Bread-street, and her servant, Agnes Kettle, who wit nessed the outbreak at an early stage, were also ex amined, but they failed in affording any more satisfactory information as the origin of the fire. There being no other witnesses, The Coroner inquired of Mr. Braidwood whether he could render any more information in respect to the cause. YOUTH AND MATURITY. The Superintendent said he could not ; both places seemed to have been on fire at the same time. The Coroner then summed up, and the jury returned a verdict to the effect that there was no evidence to show how and where the fire originated. The foreman then expressed the thanks of the jury to the coroner for instituting the inquiry, and the great good that vas likely to result from such investigation. DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical qociety, Licentiate of•Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. MAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro 'need more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist ence secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequent es may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate corn ' Plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is free. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply rewarded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the car: of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated Publications, Assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of 1 ' Patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have beenhome induced to place faith in their pretensions. _pie for cons n it a ti on da i ly f rom Eleven till T w o, and from Six till mmicin ti n g c h an t. b Al e f l orw lett a e r rs de m d to any initialsustcontaint o he r fe a e d o a f res il s. ., and advice and desiorabbtaleintahaeot ppyaotifehnitss work k hi o ng n to consult Dr. shouldLA 'MEßTlt3 first i Cases. post, from the New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d •, by Establishment, T.H 3s. fid. in stamps, r l Work on E SILENT FRIEND, a Medical the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, the abuse of prod uced by excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, o mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive l o tion, fol lowed which by observati ons on hiarriage, and the disqualifications ß. and L. Prevent it. Illustr a t e d by 100 Coloured Engravings. P ERRY and Consulting Surgeons, 19, Renters street, London. CO., 'ublished by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster row, and sold by H annay , 63, an d S anger , 150, O x ford-street Gor don, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, !nu. .sa ß re y et, Oxford- Bo w Chnrch-yard Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornl PART I. treats of th e ana t om y an d ph ys i o l og y o f the reproduc . organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. 1 . 4/tT 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 Explanator) Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their ings. tr eatment. This se c ti on i s ill us t ra t e d b y 62 C o l oure d Engrav- PART IV. eAmtains a Remedyor the Prevention f Disease by a simple appli cati on, by which the danger of infection i o s 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 RALIK OF SYRI IC UM is exclusively employed In treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, ?cc., I Is. and 31s. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptons, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, its. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9,1., 4s. Gd., and 11s. per box, a certai n remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 1/. A minute detail et the ease is required : age, habits, and posi tion in society. M. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish ment only, by which the fee, IL, is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in attendance, daily, at 19, B erners-street, Oxford-street, Lon don. from Eleven till Two, and rive to Eight; on Bani 97:: om Eleven to One. SELF -PRE 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 excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct Inscription of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in En dish, French, Spanish, Dutch. Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper Brothers and Co., 2.3, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; 39, Cornhill ; Stone, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; or free by ,wst f o r forty-two stamps, to any add ress from the Author's resi dence. 37. BEDscian- sou ARE LONDON. THE MASSACRE AT SINOPE.-THE DESTRUC TION OF THE BRITISH VESSEL HOWARD. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Morning Herald : " Sir—As part-owner of the merchant vessel destroyed at Sinope, I wish to put you and your readers in pos session of the following particular : * * * "The brigantine Howard, of Bideford, Captain Thomas Taverner, sailed from Liverpool with a cargo of coals for Constantinople. On reaching Constantinople the captain wrote to say he had re-chartered the vessel to carry the same cargo to Sinope for an additional freight, and also chartered her back to England with a cargo of grain. Subsequently we received a letter from him from Sinope, stating he had arrived there, and hoped to get away by the 22d of November. We heard nothing further 1 until we received a letter, dated Constantinople, December 11, 1853: in that he states, on the 30th ult. (November 30), he was lying at anchor, the Turkish squadron being also at anchor in the bay. The Russian fleet, taking advantage of the thick weather, ran in with a strong breeze from the E.S.E., and were not more than a mile and a quarter distant when first seen ; and in fifteen minutes from that time an engagement took place, with out giving any notice to him to remove his vessel to get away. He used every exertion to slip the cable, which it was impossible to accomplish, before continual showers of shot and shell were striking the hull, masts, and rig ging of the Howard, directed from the Russian ships of war. The Howard, with the whole of the Turkish squadron, were in a short time involved in flames. The Howard was partially blown up abaft, when one of the Turkish frigates drifted foul of her. The remaining Turkish crew, about 100 in number, jumped on board the Howard, and with axes, chissels, &c., cut and slipped the Howard's cable ; both the vessels drove together, when the fire having reached the powder-magazine of the Turkish frigate, an explosion took place, and what was left of both vessels was blown to pieces. "He then states ;the loss of the Turkish fleet, &c., and ends by saying that every thing was de stroyed ; he bad only the things he stood upright in. That he, after reaching the shore, was attacked by robbers, who were plundering the town, and they stripped him of everything, leaving him only his shirt and drawers. He then made for the woods, and remained there in a large tree all night, with the remainder of the crew, two of whom were missing— one (the steward) having jumped overboard in a state of insanity, produced by fright. On the following even ing he made for the town, and finding the Austrian consul, he placed himself and crew under his protec tion, from whom he received the greatest kindness, and to whom he and the remainder of his crew are indebted for the preservation of their lives, and whof took care of R t w h ae e ,tn m ,rtri obr u nuo n tmai t no i until h t tu h oins e oj kus d sth t at h iitfim , e am w baeln h end e t on his itt a e cui r gr eeu M . ws has a a st j bo e s ebc t e y aoe dnn s ms ct s ai t ot e nmt a te rn ir ndn - io f ttp r th i le g ead a .;b t e ya the Russians on us as British subjects, and on a defence. less vessel and her crew, without any provocation what ever, on our part. " You can make what use you please of this state ment, but it appears to be a matter th a t not only con cerns the owners of this vessel, but which also involves the interests of the whole mer can til e community of Great Britain ; for if such a grievance is allowed to pass unredressed, then farewell to the secur i ty o f B r i t i sh pro perty abroad. —I am, sir, your obedient servant, " Weymouth, Jan. 2, 1854." " JAMES BOWEN. TEE SCOTCH COAL MINERS.—A meeting of the coal miners of rife has been held at Crossgates, to petition Parliament for an eight hours' labour bill, and for an extension to Scotland of the law of coroners' inquests as in England, connected with coal workings.— Edinburgh Courant. SECOND EDITION.—WITII ADDITIONS.Ss. t ON T Just pu blished, Svo., in cloth , ,price s s. by rr of wide-spread Errors with hlEthEe 7!,,siewFAtoLtSheEcoSPecEtion In relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the lucrative System, or Sexual Ilypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD "Dr. Picktord is known to English readers by his frequent i cal contributions to Germ an medical literature. This is ttier'firtst t:lne, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non.niedi,. aril reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall letect any other equally flagrant m a which it may be in his , ower to correct." —London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. The tribe of 'Quiet Sympa t hisers,'a.nd ' M edical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book ?ould find its way into the hands of those who saffar 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 'ess 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 Spermatorrhcea , and to place therefore terfeoarte merit upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, likely to do much good."—lierlical Circular, Juno 16, 1852. on; H. Balliere, 219, Regent-otreet. TUE COAL AND IRON TRADE.—The coal-trade main tains unabated vigour, and if the frost continues, the canals will soon become impassable, which will inter fere materially with the water trade, and also put a stop to those ironworks which depend for a supply from pits at a distance ; as not only coal, but limestone, and the various iron ores, are transmitted by canal. The demand for manufactured iron is still unprecedentedly large, and the masters refuse to take orders to any extent till the price is more firmly settled. Pig iron continues in great request, and the price is advancing. Good hot-blast mine pigs are selling at Si. per ton, and cold-blast from Si. 10s. to 51.155. If this continues, it will end in another rise upon manufactured iron. Good ironstone is realising 20s. per ton and upwards, and is very scarce which gives a further impetus to the iron trade, as re gards price. The labour market still keeps good, and the general state of the district remains very peaceable.— Wolverhampton Herald. ,-ze,-, //Z. WEST INDIA MAILS. f't- ~' SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDU. ' NT IT •"") The West India Mail steam-ship Magdlc-' '—_`-° which which has now been overdue three daysel.!, 1- . t. 1,..,.., which the homeward portion of the aba4 :ii? ,1 . ~,.iiii,t-r should have reached Southampton, has, frO4isluirt= • :;:r,,lz-,;.;;•v.V;t . ness of coal, occasioned by the very strong Mad. - - ~:_ . - -:-:: i,,,,,, winds which she encountered whilst crossing the — Atlantic, been obliged to put into Weymouth, from which place her mails reached here via Dorchester, at three o'clock this afternoon. Unfortunately, however, the greater portion of the newspaper dispatches were left behind, and will not reach until the ship arrives, which, we presume, will bo some time in the later part of to-morrow. Some of her dates are as follow :—Trinidad, Dec. 10 ; Jamaica, 11 ; Havannah, 11; Barbadoes, 12. She has brought 51 passengers, specie to the amount of $1,919,327, besides $197,662 in gold dust, and a usual cargo. There is no account received of any monies for the Mexican dividends. From Jamaica we learn there is no news of any importance. At the island of Nevis the cholera was reported to have made its appearance on or about the sth ult. It is stated that as many as 40 cases had oc curred, of which 10 deaths had taken place. It seemed to have been occasioned by an emigrant vessel which had put in there. At Antigua, the country presented cheering ap pearances, and hopes were entertained that the coming crop would be more than usually produc tive. The weather was fair and some good showers had fallen. At British Guiana, although some heavy rains had fallen, they had not apparently retarded the progress of the crops. The indications of next year's crops were reported to be cheering. Signs of improvement were exhibiting themselves at Barbadoes. Vessels were mooring themselves in large numbers for the purpose of awaiting the removal of the large quantities of sugar, which it is anticipated will be for freight. At Tortola, the trials of the insurrectionists were proceeding. The Magdalena had experienced dining homeward voyage strong head winds, ;which has considerably delayed her. The weather at Wey mouth is reported as being exceedingly bad last night, and from the difficulty which this ship will experience in providing herself with coals, it is hardly probable she will arrive before to-morrow evening. 1 SHIPPING ( RETURNS. The shipping returns of the Board of Trade for the month ending the sth of December show a considerable increase of arrivals and departures both of British and foreign shipping, the extent of the grain trade having given an additional impulse to the activity previously existing. Subjoined are the general totals : Entered inward : TONNAGE FOR MONTH ENDING DEC. 5. 1851. 1852. 1853. British vessels 403,206 421,1.25 441,159 United States' vessels 59,066 55,539 70,085 Other countries 120,881 158,313 202,039 583,153 635,077 713,283 The clearances outward were : 1851. 1852. 1853. British vessels 285,035 292,159 324,293 United States' vessels 59,148 56,636 78,160 Other countries 90,431 140,411 203,570 434,616 488,206 606,023 For the 10 months just ended the aggregate of entries and clearances shows an aggregate of 14 per cent, over the totals for the same period of last year. With regard to the coasting trade, the tonnage entered inward was 927,011 in the month ending Dec. 5, 1851 ; 1,087,527 in 1852 ; and 1,037,539 in 1853. The clear• ances outward were 1,081,054 in December, 1851 ; 1,036,092 in 1852 ; and 1,135,508 in 1853. For the eleven months of the year the aggregate of entries and clearance, as compared with the corresponding period of 1852, shows an increase of two per cent., the great augmentation in the general trade of the country ena bling this mode of transit still to maintain itself against the competition of railways, notwithstanding the inju rious influences of restriction, although it shows no growth in proportion to what might be looked for if it were free. 1 :+ ~~~a DIRECTORS. Edward Bates, Esq., Boundary-road, St. John's-wood. James Burt, Esq., Briar-house, Stoke Newington. S. A. Dickson, Esq., Grafton-street, Berkeley-square. J. S. Orton, Esq., Upper Hamilton-terrace. St. John's-wood. T. W. Wilkinson, Esq., 26, Gresham-street, London. Jno. Williams, Esq., Middleton-peace, Stoke Newington-road Robt. Campbell, Esq., Jermyn-street, St. James's. Thos. Gibbs, t.sq., 36, Tavistock-place, Russell-square. With power to add to their number. BANKERS—Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Harrison, 5, Walbrook. RrocKshoitEs a--Messrs. Thos. Gibbes and Son, 19, Throgmorton- street. AranToa—Thos. Gervas Robinson, Esq., 8, Basinghall-street. PUBSRE AND MANAGING DIRECTOR— T. W. Wilkinson, Esq. Offices-26, Gresham•street, London. This Company is formed for the purpose of effectually working and developing the Esgair hir and Esgair faith Lead and Copper Mines, commonly known as the "Welsh Potosi," situated midway between Aberystwith and Machynlleth, Cardiganshire, at a distance of 9 miles from the shipping- port of Aberdovey, at which vesseis of 310 tons burthen can load alongside, and to which there is a good road made a few years since, at a cost of at least 1,000/., enabling the Company to convey the ores to the port at a moderate cost. The sett is very extensive, and Includes between 1,400 and 1,500 acres of mineral property. The lodes, wkich are champ'onS, are of very large dimensions, ex tending upwards of one mile in length. The property is held for a term of years, under a lease granter by Pryse Loveden, Esq., at a royalty of 1-14th, with a covenant for renewal for a further term of 21 years at the same royalty. These mines are some of the oldest on record, and have been par tially worked at various periods, but never properly developed to any depth. Some idea may be formed of their value by a reference to a work published in the year 1698, by W. Waller, Esq., the then steward of these mines, wherein it is stated " that the Great Lead Vein is 11 feet wide, and 7 1 ,4 feet in pure ore, and which he had no doubt would increase to 11 feet in ore as it descends—that 40,0001. was refused for one moiety ;" and with a sufficient capital he would be able to bring in a clear profit from one of the veins of 70,0001. a-year. Ex tracts from this work may be obtained at the Company's offices. There are two powerful water wheels, with extensive machinery for draining the mines, raising and crushing the ores ; also houses or barracks for about 200 miners, with counting-house, smith's shop, powder, fuel, and storehouses, and cottages for engine-men have been erected upon the property at a considerable outlay, and fit for immediate use. Five large reservoirs have been constructed at a convenient dis tance for working the machinery and dressing the ores, thus ena bling the Company at once to carry on extensive mining operations. The cost of sinking the shafts, driving the levels, forming reservoirs, constructing roads, erecting the buildings and extensive machinery. is estimated at having amounted to not less than 50,0001., the full and immediate benefit of which has been secured for the Company. The Directors have visited and inspected the Mines, and had the same carefully examined and surveyed by engineers and practical miners of considerable experience. Samples of ore have been assayed by Messrs. Johnson and Sons, and produced Of Lead .. • ... 80 per cent. Of Copper . • .. 16.65 per cent. of pure copper. Each sample shows a trace of gold. Advantageous arrangements have been made fer the purchase of the whole of this valuable property ; five-sixths of the purchase money will be received in paid-up shares of the Company, and the remainder in cash. It has been determined to establish this Company with so large a capital from the peculiar nature of these mines. The Directors propose, however, in the first instance, to issue 5,000 shares only to the public ; but should further capital be found necessary for the development of the mines, the Shareholders will have the preference in the issue of the shares. Operations have been commenced, and It is expected very shortly that the engine shafts will be pumped free from water and a con siderable quantity of ore raised. Full information, prospectuses, and plans of the mine, with copies of the reports thereon, may be obtained, specimens of the ore in spected, and orders for leave to view the mines furnished, upon application to T. W. Wilkinson, Esq., the Managing Director, at the Company, 26, Gresham-street, London. Applications for shares to be made to Messrs. Thos. Gibbes and Son, steckbrokera, 19, Throgmortonsstreet ; to Messrs. Harrison, solicitors, 5, Walbrook ; or Mr. T. W. Wilkinson, at the offices of the Company. WELSH POTOSL-CAPT. HUGHIiS' REPORT. There is no hope of drawing the water until the weather changes. The men are working at three different places on the adit level. The ore at the first, or west end of the mine has much improved, and we shall have plenty of ore from there. At the second, which Is worth half a ton per fathom, there is no alteration. At the third, a little east of the smith's shop, the ore has also improved, and there is a course there worth 401. per fathom. 29th Dec., 1853. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1854. L"_XPORTERS to AUSTRALIA, EAST IN DIES, CAPE, &c.—Genuine YATCNIOUTII BLOA.TERS.— For terms apply to Thomas LETTN, Fish Merchant, Great Yarmouth. A LBERT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 11, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND to the 3lst 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, Actuary and Secretary. 2d January, 1854. CHEER, BOYS, CHEER ; Far, Far upon the Sea ; Long Parted have we Been (double numbers), at ad. each. To the West, to the West; The Parting Tear; Land, Land, Land. The 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 Mnsicsellers. " 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. THE WELLINGTON (late Crockford's) CLUB HOUSE, entrance 160 Piccadilly. Gentlemen visiting Lou dest can dine in the Splendid Dining Rooms of this celebrated esta blishment at a very moderate scale of charges. The Dining Room is the largest in 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. St. Petersburg at all, the Emperor will have re ceived despatches from London and Paris of a different character. When the British and French Governments resolved to take active measures to prevent the recurrence of such an attack as the Russians had just made on the squadron of Sinope, and for that purpose to hold the Black Sea, if necessary, against the forces which Russia might attempt to send into it, we under stand that they forwarded to St. Petersburgh a dis tinct notice of their intention, and apprized the Russian Cabinet of the means they proposed to employ for the prevention of hostilities, The an swer of the Russian Cabinet to such an intimation will very likely determine for the present the na ture of our re.lations with that empire. The Czar may think fit to consider such an occupation of the Black Sea as an act of hostility which he will in struct his cruisers to resist, or he may testify a de sire for peace he has not hitherto shown by sub mitting to the representations of the mediating Powers. But in either case it is probable that an other week will elapse before the effect of this com munication can be known to us in Western Europe. The propositions of negotiation from Constantinople and Vienna cannot arrive at St. Petersburgh till some considerable time later, although the sub stance of them must already be perfectly well known to the Emperor Nicholas, as in fact it is to the public, and he may therefore have determined beforehand on the course he intends to pursue. But, until we learn his determination on one at least of these communications, nothing can be con jectured with confidence as to the course of events, which must now very speedily be determined. (Front the Morning Chronicle.) _ _ The Russians undbubteilly possess sufficient in fluence to interpose considerable obstacles in the way of the transmission of intelligence from the Danube westward ; but, whatever advantage they may derive from this circumstance, it is at least counterbalanced by the fact that the sews which is intercepted almost always proves to have been fa vourable to Turkey. The official account even of the easy triumph of Sinope was grossly falsified, by the omission to acknowledge the loss of a ninety gun ship ; and there is reason to hope that correc tions of at least equal importance will hereafter be applied to the bombastic bulletins which, purporting to proceed from the Russian commanders in Georgia, are doubtless submitted to a judicious censorship at St. Petersburg. The object of influencing European opinion in favour of the Czar is, after all, but in sufficiently attained. The world has discovered that, as respects the hostilities on the Danube, " no news is good news ;" while the admission of any check experienced by the invader generally indi cates a serious defeat. It must not be forgotten that the affair of Oltenitza is as yet only known, to those who are confined to Russian sources of infor mation, as an engagement in which General Dannen berg totally defeated the enemy, although, for some inexplicable reason, he abstained from driving the Turkish force into the river. The reports of an English officer, our own special correspondent, have proved that no foundation ever existed for the statements of Prince Gortschakoff's bulletin. It is not, therefore, surprising that the slight official mention of the combat at Matschin should have concealed the failure of a serious demonstration on the right back of the river. Our correspondence from Galatz, published yes terday, contained a full and accurate account of the repulse of the Russian troops on the occasion referred to. The Turkish fort of Matschin is situated nearly opposite Ibraila, within a few miles of the Russian frontier, which reaches to the confluence of the Pruth with the Danube. On the 13th of December, General Luders, whose early arrival at Bucharest was announced some months since, em barked 5,000 men from the garrisons in the vici nity on board a flotilla—probably the same which commenced the war by firing on the neighbouring town of Isaktcha. The steamers on the river at tacked the batteries of Matschin, while the troops advanced along the shore until they were within reach of the musketry from the walls. Both assaults were effectually repulsed ' • and it is said that the Russians lost from 400 to 500 men. A much less important success than that gained by the Turks in this affair would, if achieved by the invading army, have brought a shower of decora tions and silver roubles to the fortunate victors, with an autograph letter of compliment from the Emperor to the commanding officer. In the ab sence of any opportunity for boasting, the alterna tive is the suppression of the whol story, until there is time for the truth to be communicated by the circuitous route of Constantinople. It was probably after the date of the affair of Matschin that another division of General Luders' corps was recalled from Wallachia, and ordered to retrace its steps by forced marches to Bessarabia. The Turks had, it appeared, collected a strong force at Isaktcha ; and whether they intended to early the war into the enemy's country, or only to make a demonstration, it may have been equally necessary to collect a sufficient force to watch their move ments. In Bessarabia, as in all the other con quered provinces which form the Russian frontier, general disaffection prevails. Every new acqui sition of the great Northern Empire is, indeed, gradually reduced to the state of moral and political degradation which prevails throughout the Imperial dominions ; but so long as the me mory of happier times is still cherished, any foreign ally who offers a hope of escape is welcomed with eager sympathy, Although the Ottoman forces may not at present be strong enough to reta liate the invasion of the Sultan's territory, their commanders have the means of effecting an impor tant diversion, by threatening the enemy's commu nications from the Lower Danube. At the other extremity of his line, Omer Pacha is still strength ening his position at Kalafat ; and it is not impro bable that lie may have already threatened the Russian vanguard at Krajova from Nicopoli and Turna. The Turkish troops are so much better cared for than the Russians, that it is not unlikely that the severity of the weather gives them a rela tive advantage. Our Special Correspondent says, i n his description of the entrenched camp at Shumla, that the Ottoman soldier is better lodged and better fed than the private of any European army. On the other hand it is known that, in cons equence of th e corruption of the officials, the Russian commissariat has always been found in efficient in a foreign campaign. The fact that the fortune of war is still so equally balanced, while as yet only the original belligerents are in the field, might well suggest grave reflections to the aggressor. In Asia, even according to Russian statements, Prince Woronzow has effected no more than the recovery of the territory through which the Ottoman forces had advanced. Not even an official bulletin has yet announced that the fort of St. Nicholas has been retaken ; and it is highly improbable that, with the mountaineers in arms, the Go ve rnor-General of Georgia can ven ture to attack the Turkish provinces. The unfor nate squadron which was destroyed at Sinope had previously succeeded in landing enormous supplies of guns and ammunition on the Circassian coast, so that the war which has continued so obstinately for a quarter of a century will now be carried on with additional spirit and vigour. The Government of St. Petersburgh can scarcely hope that, even if T ur key were abandoned to h er own resources, England would allow the Shah of Persia to use with impunity against the Porte a force which is ultimately destined to threaten the Indian frontier. The worst enemies of our Government will at least give it credit for a determination to protect its own territories in all pa rts of the wor ld. On the Danube, the fortune of war has con fessedly been favourable to the Turks. They have defeated the enemy in two considerable combats— they have disquieted him, successively or simul taneously, at every point o f hi s line—and they have taken up a perm anent positi on on the l e f t b ank o f the river. It has been repeatedly announced that innumerable hosts were about to sweep the Otto man army from its positions ; and even at this moment, the Russia ns in the diff er ent European capitals are instructed to boast of the in tended march to Constantinople in the spring. In the meantime, however, the invading army foot of g roun d , nor even ma d e has not gained a preparations for investing one o f t h e many for tresses which w ust he taken before the Balkan can be crossed. General Osten-Sacken's vanguard has entered Moldavia long after his main body had been expected in Wallachia ; and of General Lu ders' reserves, it is known that one detachment has been rewired for Georgia, whilst another has re treated on Bessarabia. There is reason to believe that not a man can be spared from Poland ; and circumstances may soon occur whi c h will demand an increase of the garrisons in Finland. The Turkish Government, which nobly defied the plau sible menaces of Prince Menschikoff, would indeed be pusillanimous if, after provin g it s s trength, it shrunk from the paper forces with which it is threatened for the ensuing campaign. Up to the present moment, the Western Powers have main tained a strict neutrality ; and Russia has probably calculated on prolonging their inaction for an inde finite period. It is difficult, however, to imagine that any new device can be discovered for the post ponement of decisive steps. As soon as the allied fleets are instructed to act in earnest, no flotilla will pass from Galatz to Matschin or Isaktcha—no reinforcements will be sent by way of Odessa from Europe to Asia—and the Russian fleet, instead of exterminating a defenceless squadron at Sinope, will have to depend for its own security on the works of Sebastopol. (Front the Morning Advertiser.) We all know that there can bevouch a thing as the existence of a Constitution in the letter while the spirit of that Constitution is entirely wanting. All history in civilised countries abounds with instances of this ; but we need not explore the page of history to satisfy ourselves that it is quite possible to have the name of a Constitution while the administra tion of public affairs is not regulated by its spirit. The people of England used to have the idea that they could bring their views and feelings to bear on any Government, and compel it, whether it would or no, to act in accordance with their wishes. And, in entertaining that belief, they were only putting a legitimate construction on the terms of our Constitution. Recent experience has ta ug ht th em th a t thi s i s a mistake. They cannot make their voice heard, or their power felt, in the Cabinet Councils of the country. For six long months their unanimously and stronglyexpressed wishes have been disregarded with respect to the Eastern question. The Cabinet has pursued its own course, just as if there were no such thing as public opinion in the country. The wishes of the English people could not have been more coolly or systematically set at nought, had we been living directly under the Government of the Czar. So far as relates to the Eastern ques tion, the Coalition have acted in as complete de fiance of public feeling, during the last six months, as if they had been in name, as they are in effect, the Ministers of Russia i . And yet we still nominally live under a constitu tional Government. We have a Constitution—a glorious Constitution, often and justly said to be the envy of surrounding nations, and the admira tion of the world ; but, ever since June last, that Constitution has existed only on the parchment on which it is written. The Coalition, supposed, like all other Ministries, to be responsible to the people, have, down till the present hour, shown that they are not. They have resigned themselves to the in spirations derived from a single source. So far at least as concerns the Turkish question, England has, for six months, been living under a dictator ship. It is true, the dictator does not appear visi bly on the stage ; but that only makes matters all the worse. Because he stations himself behind the curtain, he insures his own irresponsitility in a double sense. He is not only irresponsible in the eyes of the Constitution, but he has hitherto been irresponsible even to public opinion. Of course, however, this was only so long as the veil which enshrouded matters in exalted places was permitted to remain undisturbed. Now that we have thrown that veil aside, the power of public opinion will be brought to bear on the agent who was heretofore concealed from the public view. Happily, we still enjoy a free press ; and so long as that great palladium of the liberties of Eng land remains untouched, public opinion can be pressed into the service of the people. And here let us remark, by way of parenthesis, that never, in the whole course of England's history, were the unspeakahle benefits of a free press more strikingly attested than they have been during the last few weeks. We know our readers will indorse the ac curacy of our statement, when we say that we have ourselves done that within the last fortnight which no member of the House of Commons would have ventured to do, although members of Parlia ment enjoy privileges as regards freedom of speech which the press does not possess as regards liberty of writing. Some persons will doubtless be surprised to learn that a body of English noblemen and gentlemen should remain in a Government in which they have no real power, but are merely the executors of the will of others. It is due to some of their number to say that they are subserving the purposes of parties out of the Cabinet, without having the slightest consciousness of the fact. They have the semblance of liberty of action, and with that they are satisfied. They possess a nominal power in their respective departments, and are therefore content that matters should remain as they are. Only one or two men in the Ministry come into direct contact with the party not in the Cabinet, who has, in reality, the destinies of the country in his hands. The other members are influenced, sometimes directly, and sometimes indirectly, by the Premier, who knows full well through whose agency he received his appointment as the head of the Government. He is no less sensible with re gard to the influence by which, in defiance of public opinion, he is kept where he is. He therefore takes special care that the views of his patron shall be scrupulously and systematically carried out on the part of each of his colleagues, without the latter having any knowledge, perhaps not even a suspi cion, as to the quarter whence he receives his in structions. The whole secret of that treachery to Turkey, and that degrading policy as regards England, which have filled the public mind with amazement, and every British bosom with indignation, is to be found in the fact, that there is a power outside the Cabi net greater than the Cabinet itself. Our policy is of foreign origin. It begins in St. Petersburg, in Vienna, in Brussels, and, after being adopted in London, is ingeniously introduced into the British Cabinet, and becomes the policy of our Government. The Coalition, therefore, are only : Ministers in name. They retain their places simply for the purpose of carrying out constitutionally, so far as mere forms go, the policy of one who himself is not vested with any Ministerial power. Such is the sort of Govern ment which England has to boast of at this mo ment. In appearance, matters are governed in con sonance with constitutional principles ; in effect they are not. A power unknown to the Constitu tion forms and fashions the policy of England. In this fact, we repeat, we have a key to the line of foreign policy which has been pursued for the last nine or ten months—a policy which has endan gered the existence of Turkey, perilled the peace of Europe, and brought an amount of degradation on the character of England which makes every right hearted Englishman blush for his country. It was because the Czar knew the real state of matters that he has had the hardihood to adopt the course which he has done. Had he not known what could be done by invisible unconstitutional agencies to prevent this country from taking the bold and manly stand against him which at once became its reputation and interests, he would never have dared to embark on that course of aggression on the territories of the Sultan, and that haughty de fiance of the Western Powers, which have filled all Europe with astonishment and alarm. But an end must be put to the system which has so long prevailed in the vicinity of the Cabinet, and which has been productive of results so dishonour able to England, so disastrous to Turkey, and so perilous to the peace of Europe. The evil is one of such fearful magnitude that we must go boldly and directly to its root. It can no longer be tole rated that Ministerial responsibility should be a pure fiction, and that all real Ministerial power should be centred in one whom the Constitution does not recognise in any other light than simply as a subject of her Majesty. When this unconsti tutional power has been destroyed, as it must im mediately be, we shall enjoy the benefit of repre sentative institutions ; and. a course of policy, at home and abroad, will then be pursued by Great Britain worthy of the high name she has, until lately, enjoyed among the nations of the world. THE GRAND NATIONAL CURLING MATCH.—The pre parations for this event are now, we hear, in a forward and promising state ; and the middle of next week, wea ther permitting, will be the time. Those in authority, putting trust in the present symptoms of " a good hard winter," have been inclined to allow time for practice and for the competitions for district medals, previous to the grand match. The want of previous practice last season was severely felt, especially by the players from the south—a drawback, however, unavoidable owing to the want of frost, which did not make its appearance till February. But this season there has al• ready been a full week's practice, and the match is likely to be played six weeks earlier. The must er promises to be, or rather must be—for the name s are given in, and the rinks have been already placed by ballot— considerably more numerous than on any former i occa sion. The number of rinks in the gra nd match s 160, and in the vice-president's match, 27—in all, 193 rinks, or 1,514 players ! The North flushed by its last year's victory, musters stronger than the South by 27 rinks, and it is northern players entirely that compose the vice president's match. We note a deficiency from th e counties of Ayr and Dumfries, which is to be regretted, if not condemned. Among other improvements in the arrangements, it is intended that the trains shall leave the different points of departure an hour and a half earlier than on the last occasion—for instance, from Edinburgh at 7.30, and from Glasgow at 7.45. All the railways (except apparently . the Glasgow and South- Western and the North British) are to issue tickets at one fare,--Scotsman of Saturday. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and a'.. Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchureh-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.R.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. 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, ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, for creating and sustaining a luxuriant head of hair ; ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, for rendering the skin 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 amusement 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 "10 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. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. THE EASTERN QUESTION. (From the Times.) Some doubts having been expressed as to the conduct the Northern Courts of Sweden and Den mark may think fit to adopt in the event of an extension of the hostilities which have commenced on the Danube and the Black Sea, those Powers have recently determined to establish a strict union of their policy, and a formal declaration of their intentions has just been addressed by their Mini sters, in identical terms, to all the Cabinets of Europe. Whatever may be the result of the diffe rences which have occurred between Russia and Turkey, and which threaten to extend to the mari time Powers, Sweden and Denmark are desirous of maintaining their friendly relations with all the States now at amity with them, and, accordingly, they propose to observe in the contest which may now be impending over the world a strict neutra lity, by abstaining from every direct or indirect measure calculated to favour or assist either of the contending parties. For this purpose they propose to admit, without distinction, to their ports the merchant vessels and vessels of war belonging to the belligerents on either side, with the sole excep tion of privateers, which are to be prohibited from entering Swedish and Danish harbours. The only exception to this free access in the case of Denmark is the port of Christiansoe, which is used as a State prison; and in the case of Sweden, foreign vessels of war are not to enter the principal harbour,' within the line of certain, forts. They further propose to con cede to both parties full liberty of trading and ob taining supplies, with the exception of articles con traband of war but they lay it down as a rule of their neutrality that, except under pressure of weather, no maritime prizes aro to be taken in, condemned, or sold in their ports, or in their Courts of Admiralty. Lastly, they assert for themselves the right to carry on their own mercantile and other relations with the States which may be engaged in this war, subject to existing laws, and, of course, to such conditions, as the state of war may impose. As several months must still clause before the Baltic ports are open either to the prosecution of trade or to operations of war, the Northern Courts might, without practical inconvenience to navi gation, have deferred this declaration some time longer, or till war between the maritime Powers is actually commenced. But they have taken a more politic as well as a more decided course, and this announcement of neutrality was the proper answer for them to give to the im putation of Russian influence. Confused and exaggerated statements of the position of tiles° Governments towards Russia were already cur rent, and had obtained circulation in the west of Europe. But later information from Sweden contradicts the statement that Russia had made any direct attempt to obtain from the Baltic States a measure of so hostile a character as the closing of their ports against French or English vessels in the event of war, and in the meantime these Governments were engaged in a negotiation of which the maritime Powers of Western Europe have no right to complain. The idea of an armed neutrality has also been mentioned, probably from some indistinct reminiscence of the maritime con vention concluded by the Baltic States with Russia in 1780 ; but nothing of the kind is to be found in the present declaration. The neutrality of these States means their independence, and it secures us against the only danger we could ap prehend in the Baltic from the ascendancy Russia might have attempted to exercise in ports not belonging to her empire. The Emperor Nicholas will find that, under these present circumstances, the alliance of the Baltic States altogether fails him ; and, if he should make any attempt to urge them to depart from the line of policy they have adopted, we have no doubt that the spirit of the people and the interests of the two Crowns would lead them to resist every attempt at foreign dicta tion. It is a mistake to suppose that the Scandina vian kingdoms are under Russian influence • and the promptitude with which they have declared themselves on this occasion is a distinct refutation of the charge sometimes brought against them. Sweden is too near St. Petersburg, and has already lost too much important territory on the side of the Russian frontier, to render her a very confiding neighbour ; and the policy of both the Courts is, very wisely, to make the Baltic a free and open sea, both in peace and in war. While these arrangements have been completed in the North and communicated to the other Euro pean Powers, it must be borne in mind that two communications of an opposite character are on their way from different parts of the continent. According to the latest accounts which have been received and published by the French Government and its organs, it was not until the 26th of Decem ber that the Turkish Ministry had made up its mind to adopt the propositions transmitted from Vienna, and it was not until the 29th ult. that the formal answer of the Porte to that communication would be placed in the hands of the four Envoys at Constantinople. It may consequently reach Vienna about the Bth inst., and will then be forwarded to St. Petersburg. Some discussion has taken place as to the mode in which such a communication ought to be transmitted to the Russian Court, and it would seem that an impression exists at Vienna that the Austrian and Prussian Cabinets are to tender their good offices in this part of the negotiation in preference to France and England. It can hardly be conceived that such a pretension will seriously be maintained, for the very essence of the proposition rests on the combined action of the Four Powers. If there be one .principle more plain than another through out this transaction, it is that we are contending for the joint action of all the great European Powers in the affairs of the East, and the instructions adopted in common at Vienna ex pressly provide that Turkey and Russia are to be invited to negotiate for peace, not alone, but with the concurrence of the Four Powers. On that ground Turkey has acceded to the project, and on similar grounds only can it be tendered to Russia. The point which the Emperor Nicholas will first have to decide is, whether he does or does not re cognise this collective action of the mediating Powers in the East, which he has hitherto affected to evade. If he does, we know no reason to pre vent him from sending a Plenipotentiary for the renewal of peace on some neutral ground. If he o ly than be does not, th e nego ti a ti on fails, and his intention can bet o dictatefore bby a forcec e to of ar Turkey, ms. on worse conditions But, long before this communication can reach --~;-~-~ )f • • : ••t.”) 7 -* _ - THE SEVERE WEATHER. The following are the temperatures of the coldest days here since 1809 1810 ... Feb. 21 1814 ... Jan. 9 13 14 12° above zero. 1815 -.-- 23 1816 -. Feb. 9 1820 ... Jan. 1 1823 19 1826 -- 15 1830 _. -- 19 1838 -.-- 20 1841 .- -- -- 1845 _.Marel2l4 1854 -. Jan. 3 6 . 5° 6 . 5° 11° 10° 13° 4• below zero. On the 14th of March, 1845, the temperature on the grass fell to 1' below zero ; to-day that temperature was 6' below zero (as indicated by several corrected thermome ters), and at 4 feet above the ground, upon a flat board, 8° below zero. The following are several readings of the instruments : Jan. 2, 5 o'clock p.m., in air + 20.5 on the grass + 99 7 o'clock + 15'0 + 5.5 10 o'clock ÷ 0•0 6.0 midnight. o'o 6 . 0 Jan. 3, 8 o'clock a.m. + I'o 2.0 -- 9 o'clock + I'B 1.0 11 o'clock + 19.9 10.0 (+, above zero ; —, below zero, of Fahrenheit's thermo meter.) E. J. Lows. Observatory, Highfield-house, near Nottingham, Jan. 3. CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS. Prospectively calculated by our own Clairvoyant. (From Punch.) 1854. City Improvement begins. Temple-bar and Lord Mayor's Show end. _ _ 1856. Restoration of the bonnet to the crown of the head. 1857. Act passed for the Relief of London Lodgers. Prohibition of barrel organs, cats, blunt knives, and door chains. 1859. Teetotalism introduced among the London Cab men. No less than three take the pledge at once. 1880. Something useful dane by the Sanitary Com missioners. 1881. Great excitement prevails in literary circles. A. London Author gets a cheque from a Now York Publisher. 1899. Cultivation of genuine Havannah Tobacco Plants at Richmond ends. 1900. A clean street seen in the City. 1901. Publication of Mr. James's 2,000 th Novel. 1919. Completion of the Library Catalogue at the British Museum—up to the letter H. 1920. A racing prophecy fulfilled. 1933. Ventilation of the House of Commons effected. 1945. A London lady for a wager walks down Re gent-street with her husband without stopping at a shawl shop. 1980. Maine law introduced into England—for an hour or two. 1999. Starvation of curates ceases. 2000. Restoration of a borrowed umbrella to its right ful owner. 2001. Apparition of a policeman at the moment he was wanted. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.—The council of this Uni versity have made the following arrangements for the various examinations of the present year :—The Ma triculation examination commences on the first Tuesday in July. The examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts commences on the fourth Monday in October. The examination for the degree of Master of Arts commences on the first Monday in June. The examination for the degree of Bachelor of Law takes place in the last four teen days in June. WHAT IS A BILLION ?—Why, a million times a mil lion, to be sure ! Ah, you may easily write this down, and still more easily pronounce it ; but can you count a billion ? Why not. Stop a bit. Perhaps you can count 160 or 170 in a minute—nay, suppose you could even count 200 in a minute ; then, in one hour you could count 12,000, if you were not interrupted. Well, 12,000 an hour would be 288,000 a day; and a year, or 365 days, would produce 105,120,000. But this would not allow you a single moment for sleep, or for any other business whatsoever! Well, now, suppose that Adam, at the beginning of his existence, had begun to count, had continued to count, and was counting still, he. would not even now, according to the usually supposed age of our globe, have counted near enough. For to count a billion he would require 9,512 years, 34 days, 5 hours, and 20 minutes, according to the above reckon ing. But suppose we were to allow the poor counter twelve hours daily for rest, eating, and sleeping, be would need 19,024 years, 69 days, 10 hours, and 40 minutes to count a billion. THE PORT OF FOLICSTONE.—It having been found that, in consequence of the continued :increase of the business at this port sinco the regular intercourse with the opposite port of France for the importation of mer chandise of all descriptions, including all kinds of silks and fancy goods, wines, &c., the customs establishment required an increase in the number of officers for the conduct of the revenue business, arrangements have been made for establishing an additional officer of that place for the general purposes of the customs there. Since the permission was granted by the Government authorities for the importation of silks, &c., from the continent, and also wines in cases into Folkstone, that port has become an important branch of the import business of the coun try with France and elsewhere. The indictment against Williams and others for a con spiracy to defraud in connection with the Leman Estate • Fund, in the Court of Chancery, has been removed by certiorari to the Court of Queen's Bench, .- a