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' COUNTRY COTTAGE PERMANEN CY. ior,a. WANTED, by Lady-day or Midsummer, on any of the South-Eastern branches, within twenty miles of Londono and ,o r o tr e ee be a d f , a station; containing at least two good sitting an . c ,t tnwrold-fashioned rooma,,witle chaise-house and stable attache. Manbrtr latin-house would Unit, and a sma ll qu.irtuti.ttiyoont land .desirable, though not ebsential. A retire d _ ..,. ~,,_ ___, notpasture o b - jeCted to, but a dry soil and good water indispe e n t aa. t e,i tres B . with full particulars, to M. T. Y.,33, Brydges-stre c . ~n irden. . . . . EAST INDIA HOUSE , 30th DEC., 1853. THEofthe BAST COURT of DIRECTO RS , INDIA COMPANY do HEREBY (TINE ISOIICE, That the Rate - et Fschange for which 1116ywill atredcelve Cash for e and until Bills on Bengal and Madras will. front umber notice, be 2s. OtA , d. the Companyth''s Presentl uPee. and for Bills on Bombay 2s. 034 d. the Company's Rupee. Jr• JAMES. C. MELVILL, secretary. i . ' r . ' 4 E OYA T, DANISH RAILWAY.—First Section. . N OTICE IS. HEREBY GIVEN, That the lI.I.LF , YEARLY IN REST, at the rate of 5 per cent per annutn,to the 31it Decem bet) 1853, on the Capital paid Upon the-Shares of this Company, will be payaiale at the QininianY'S Offices, 84, Kiug William-street, on and after the 2d January, 1534. It is necessary that the Certificates of Shares be left twd clear days - Ter examination, &c , previously to delivering the Warrants for the interest due. GEORGE .GRENPELL GLYN, Chairman. 4 I C. MOLLtR, Secretdry. London, Dec. 15, 1853. • ROYAL.DANISH RAILWAY.—First Section. THIRD CALL of 31. per Share, making 121 paid.—Notice is Hereby Given, That the Thirl Call of 31. per Share will be due on the'2d January, 1854 Sharehaders wilt be required to deposit their Certificates of Shares at the Offices of the Company, 84, King William-street. on and after the 27th instant; between the hours of Ten and Two o'clock, when a ('all Letter will be delivered. Vpon production of the Banker's Re ceipt at the Offices of the Company. the Certificates will be returned,. with the Call endorsed thereonas paid: Shareholders are reminded that Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. .. . will.be charged on all Calls in arrear after the 2d January, 1854. • . • GEORGE GRENF ELL GLYN, Chairman. ' '''' I . • . ' -G. MJLLER, Secretary. .• . '. London, 15th Dec.,.1853. , • . . - . .. LONDON dr SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. FOREIGN TRAFFIC.—SPECIAL NOTICE. rrorn, add after Ist JANUARY, 1854, the existing THROUGH RATES for Goods Traffic betwixt London and - Paris, and betwixt Paris and the Channel Islailds, will be DISCONTINUED. Goods will be conveyed, as heretofore, betwixt London and Havre. and betwixt Havre and thb 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 andldarine• Insurance excepted. Goods will be conveyed betwixt London and Havre three times a vre§k, each Way; as beratofure. . . _ . ..• . . . • For particulars of through rates. andall Other ' information. apply in London, •to Mr. SIMKIN, 53, King William-street, City; in Southampton, to Mr. WATKINS, Railway-station ; in Havre, to Mx. GILLS, 5, Rue-de-la-Gaffe. • (By ordet) ARCHD. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. Railway-office, London, Dec. 24, 1853. , LIFE ASSURANCE; REPORT of the SELECT COMMITTEE of the HOtSE Of COMMONS; and the' DEPOSIT SYSTEM—the New and Important Feature of Life Assurance adopted by The DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. The following lei an extract from - the Report of the Select Com mittee : • " THE OBJECTS which persons HAVE IN VIEW IN EFFECTING IN SURANCES Won their lives, are GENERALLY OF AN IMPORTANT AND SOLEMN ch4racte• viz., the PROVISION FOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS after the death o f their NAI URAL PROTECTORS ; unlik' any ordinary transaction of trade, a CONTRACT ONCE ENTERED INTO CANNOT BE DISCHARGED OR ABANDONED, if doubts of the stability of an office should arise, WITHOUT A SACRIFICE OF PREMIUMS PAID IN PAST YEARS, and the necessi y of effecting new policies in other offices at. increased rates of premium, owing to the greater age of the assured ;.persons are thus placed in the ANXIOUS AND UN HAPPY DILEMMA OF BEING COMPELLED TO PERSEVPRE IN PAYING PREMIUMS FROM TEAR TO TEAR, with SOME su.picion and doubt as to the ultimate advantage of doing ao, OR or INCURRING THE SE- • Mous LOSS WHICH. UNDER THE MOST FAVOURABLE CIRCUMSTANCES, year ATTEND THE ABANDONMENT OR SALE OF A POLICY." On the DEPOSIT . SYSTEM a person is NOT " COMPELLED" to pay ft•on% ‘. YEAR TO YEAR," and he does not, if desirous of " ABANDON ING" his Policy, incur any "BERIOUS Loss," but, on the contrary, he may pay such amounts, and at such times as he may find most con venient; he can stop paying whenever he pleases, and he can with draw the whole or part of his premiums. If the whole be with drawn the Policy is cancelled; if part only, then the value of the Policy is diminished by the assured value of the part withdrawn. A B, aged 20, opens a deposit policy with a payment of 51., which It will be seen he increases from time to time, and occasionally diminishes. o o . r, I,6oo l l..ommeam.m-.......iv g i• . - R 8 :0—,.. , ...m.m—c,........ I.' - = a, 4t 41 . 4.n...ci—lrMnnf !;J:gg=;gg 4 CI - . O .O . k es fr.l !, 1 •oca-.. mm -ay. r....t.-m t ... , . , 0.0 ••••. ,409 , 09. ..00 1...0000 .a. crb . . a..„.. r.lt . -- ..„,..,„ g . , . , v ... , —,—.. —.. NCI c+! C9C9CO ~., oe .4 . ''''' • ea 1 F, .4 t 2 d ' c. ca .1. 02 g . .klt .1 , 1 m0 .46,...1.1111.11.-111., .., .... 1 - . 0 l.oi R 4 _ . , .-4 E,I •:' •g, m -. m m m. .. -4 co. _ ...a as N C 9 NCI C 902 i 114 I 0 z 0 4 ,1 5. E-4 c - r... —4. aim, u . - - t 4 6 , O 4 6 Ai 4 , ci . . 0." ...„ g g r... . C. 0 • • ------ , •.. . , ~.. 1 5 C 9 10 i . C 9 2. __ A J.:. . ,4 1 c•i ] Er IR _ 1 , • • : : d i .4 F., c .. e, alc. ~ co .0 c. 2 ... -- ..4 • 4 ; 4 3 . "ti. • •44- 1 ....-'...;.`6 . 1t1. 1 -.4 40,513.0.5 . .452=. 4 .4pe W P 53 7.,„" ei 1%1 GO r ii: I 0o co co cc. co 70 ,r, m -.-. - 1.4 Thus AB, in 10 years, has saved and invested at different inter- Vats various sumo amounting to 971., by which he had been Insured In case of death for 2601. 12s. 7d ; but A B requires 22/. ; he draws thit sum out, diminislies the value of his Policy by 60/. Bs. 3d. at different times, leaving him in case of death a Policy for 2001. 4s. 4d., and during his life a fund of 75/. to draw out at any time, in part or wholly. The first claim settled by the Deposit and General Life Assurance Company was upon a deposit of 101. which a parent made for each of five children, instead of aiding it to an account they bad at the Savings Bank. One of them died a few days after the 101. was de posited, Und the father received 34/. 65., being the amount of the De posit Policy. Bucpposing A B, aged means, and continues n the same Way as he EXAMPLE No. 2. 1 23, Whet , ' he opens a Deposit Policy his the VOLUNTARILY to pay the same sem every year is COMPELLED to do in the ordinary system. X. s. d. 49 6 6 48 16 0 47 18 0 47 4 6 46 10 6 45 17 6 45 4 0 44 10 6 43 17 6 43 4 0 206 7 6 190 4 6 141 3 0 • Tear. 1853 1855•••• ...... 1 8 5 7•••••-•••••- • to- 1865_ . )$66... 1170.... 1171- .. 1876.. 1880........ •...... 1881 ............... 1118 S •• • • 1,4100 4 0 191 13 6 147 18 6 182 10 6 1,525 a 6 Th premium o'l6l. commencing at 23 years of age, and paid upon an ordinary Policy (As IT MUST BE) every year till A.B. is 46 years old; will secure the same sum, viz., 1,0011., but if A B lives 17 Years longer (which is the probable duration of life at the time he effected the insurance) his Deposit Policy, for the same payments as for an ordinary Polley of 1,0001„ will have increased to 1,5251. 63.64. TRUSTEES. The Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Drumlanrig, M.P., P.C., Comptroller of her Majesty's Household. Major-General Sir W. Clayton, Bart., 79, Gloucester-place, Port- Man-square. Sir Charles Price, Bart., Banker, London. Vice - Admiral Ayscough, Prospect House, Southampton. CHAIRMAN. Aligllt n rlon.the Lord Viscount Drumlanrig, M.P., P.C., Comp ___ _ . troller of her Majesty's Household. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN. Georgo Coode, Esq., Victoria-street, Belgravia. CONSULTING ACTUARY. Francis G. P. Nelson, Ecq., F.L.S. STANDING COUNSEL. t. B. Crowder, Esq., Q.C., M.P., Recorder of Bristol, Counsel to the Admiralty, and Judge-Advocate or the Fleet. R. Malin% Esq., Q.C.9 M.P., Lincoln's-inn. "Chief Office, No, 1 8 9 New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, Landon. •Leans granted at 5 per cent. on real or personal security. Annuities on most favourable terms. Diseased lives and lives de clined by other offices accepted at equitable rates. For Prospectuses and further inf o r mation apply to the agents in the country, or to C. IV. Bevan, Resident Secretary. Agents wanted in all parts of the Unit e d Kingdom, IC:B.—Lae Assurances effected on tke ordinary plan, SECRET INFIRMITIES OF I MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, DlTsYclu ARE . BEDFOR - LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated M e mber of the Univ ers i ty of M Edinburgh; Honorary Member of the Loundnodnon, Ho jc.,Bcc._ pitalat m ° di e Society. Licentiate of Apothecaries'Hail. MAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, w hich have pro resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, and prema ture .more misery in youth, degradation in m tare decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class e laf per of ie d i t cases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical in the treat ment, of these diseases has proved that there are ihnexiessint ence secret ca uses o f se lf- acqu i re d m i ser i es an d disappointed op Nervous e xistence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which_ • D ebility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful in e g e t. Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. • It is absol u t e l y necessary that all men shoul d know th a t there are Principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed t he heyday of inconsid era te se lf-i n d u l gence , ho w these Penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its eon•=equene es may be avoided, and above all, that . , there is Scarc e ly any degree of physical infirmity or functional " tr .,sugernent to which th e ti me ly a id o f sc i ence canno t a pply a c ure. in .00TOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged a n extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints; and is the only legallyqualified Physian who, rgardless of the ta unts and envy of the hyp q ocritical and mo ci ck-modest, e has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention t o these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is free. In sel ecting thi4 depart men t o f prac ti ce , h e h as b een am ply arded by the great su ccess th at h as atten d e d h i s efforts i n th e treatment of care of un these cas te , which are too generally confided to the qunli d ed and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated publication, 488umed foreign nameil and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious :Wary on those who have been inda to placo faith in their pretensions. At home for c a bni, e t tation ail from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight. All letters must ‘ contain the fee of 1/., and advice and medicines can be forwarded to any initial or address It is desirable that patients ishing initials consult * Dr. LA'BIERT hould first obtain a copy of his work on SELP•P RESERVATION• 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 di sorders resulting from secret habits and excesses._ The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct description of their cases, and may h e had, "- French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or Cerm p an rk , e o 2 i M 6d ess in rs E f ig P l i i pe sh ; Brothers and CO., 23, Pafernoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford. street ; bMann, 39, Conthill • Storie, Titc hborne-street, Haymarket; or free y Poet fOr -tw o stamps, to any addretia Prom the Author ' s rebi etti•rfi illairialWsurAsz SECO ND EDITION.—WITII ADDITIONS, Just published, Bvo. , in cloth, price 53., by Post tre, 58. 6d. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMA.TORRHCEA, with the View to t he Correction of wide-s p r ead Errors In relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility o f th e m G erative System, or Sexual Fypechondriasis. Translated from the Germ an of Dr. PICKFORD "Dr. Plektord 's known to English r eaders by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he bas addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the lasts if he shall ieteet any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his sower to correct." —London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. The tribe of 'Quiet Sympa hisers:and • Medical Friends,•are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who seffsr from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering, of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money.... —This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhma, and toplace the treat tnont upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore likely to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 18 5 2. London : 11. BidliOro. 219. Regent-Street, No. 19,117;1 -rHE. BRITISII MEDICAL DIRECTORY A_ for England, Wales, it'd Scotland. for 1854, price Sis Shil lings, is now publishing. -, - The British Medical Directory-office, 413, Strand. Orders fOr this work are received by ail ilooksellers and Newsvendors in the tnitea Kingdom. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.R.H. PRISCE ALBERT. MAGNIFICENT PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES, prepared ex-' pressly for this Institution by Mortsieur Ferrier° of Paris, exhibited on a surface 35 f.:et by 28, with an ENTIRELY NEW SERIES of DISOLVING VIEWS, ctaily at a Quarter past Four. LECTURES by Dr. BACIIOiFNER on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT UNIVERSAL ELEC.:Titre TELEGNAPH - • LECTURE by J. H. PEPPER, 'Esq., on SPONTANEOUS CO3IBUS- • Tlolll,lvith Brilliant:Experiments. LAST FORTICIGIUP of an HISTORICAL ,and MUSICAL LEC TURE, illustratt - d with DISSOLVING !OENERY . , entitled "'the ROAD, the RIVER, and the ft AIL," by J. E. CARPENTER, Esq., assisted by Miss Blanche YoUnge, every eveaing, except Saturday, at Nine o'clock. Open Mornings and Eveuinf i rs Admission, Is.; Schools and Childrm under Ten year. of age I.lalf-price. s " LAURENT'S' -CA43INO, ARGYLE ROOMS, (Lessee, CHAS. C, L f inativr, Onslow-honse, Fthaam-road), The above Rooms gra •Wv f OPEN FOR TUE SEASON. and will continpe Open every evening, with LgURENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Admiston, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ; Dancing to commence at 9 o'cloek, and ter ainate at half-past 11. EXPORTERS to AUSTRALIA, EAST IN DIES, CAPE, Sop.—Genuine YARMOUTH BLOIrERS.— For terms apply to Ttioiaas LEITIS, Fish Merchant, Great Yarmouth. TKINSON and COMPANY, CABINET MA TUFACTICIRERS,. 11PHOLSTEREItS, and CARP/LT WARELiCiUSXIIEN. 69, 70, 71, 72, M 74, and 75, Westminster bridge-road, Lambeth, London, THE LAST WEEK BUT THREE.-DR. KHAN'S A NATO lIIC AL MUSEUM. Portland Gallery, R egent street, opposite the Polytechnlc.—Open for Gentlemen daily at the usual hours, excepting on Wednesdays and Fridays, from Two to Fire, during which hours Ladies only are admitted. Explanations for Gentlemen by Dr. Leach, and for Ladies by Mrs. Leach, Ad mission, Is. OYSTERS-TO EPICURES. UEENBOROIJGH and T FAVERSHAM NA TIVE oY 'l' e most acceptable Preseat at this season of the year is a Barre of the best NATIVE OYSTERS, which are to be obtained at SCOTT'S Celebrated OYSTER WARE HOUSE, 18, Coventry-street, Piccadilly, at Is. 6d.per Barrel, warranted to weigh 141bs. EOLOGYand MlNERALOGY.—Elementary A.JI Colleed ons, which will greatly facilitate the study of these interesting branches of science, can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each, of J. TE N NAN - r, Mineralogist to her Niajesty, 149, Strand, London. Mr Tennant gives Private Instruction in Mine ralogy and Geology. ORNAMENTS for the DR AWING- ROOM, LIBRARY, and DINING-ROW, consisting , of a great variety of vases, figures, groups, inks;,ands, candlesticks, inlaid tables, &c., in Derbyshire spar, marble, Italian alabaster, bronze, &c., manufactured and imported by J. TENN ANT, 149, Strand, London. C H"R ' BOYS, CHEER ; Far, Far upon the Sea ; Long Parted have we Been (double numbers), at 6d. each. To the West, to the West; The Parting Tear; Land, Land, Land. The Slave Sale ; Come, who Ma ? The Slave Chase ; and The African Village, at 3d, each ; or the nine songs, neatly bound together, price 33 Published in the MUSICAL BOUQUET, at the office, 192, Holborn, and sold by all Book and Musicsellers. " These are Mr. Russell's most celebrated songs, and there is hardly a soul in London who is not acquainted with ` Cheer, Boys, Cheer."' —The Times, Sept. 12, 1853. PIIRSSELL'S TWELFTH CAKES, from ss. to 5 Guineas each ; Bride Cakes 1 to 10 Guineas ; Dessert Cakes, Is. to 10s., viz., Dundee, Madeira, School, and Savoy Cakes; Swiss and French Pound Cakes, Is. 6d. per lb. ; Swiss and Italian Pastry, Is. to 3s. per doz. ; 16 sorts of Almond Cakes,"Ratifiars, and Maccaroons, 2s. per lb. ; Rout Cakes. 3s. per lb.: Mixed Cakes, 19.6 d. 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•lces, 6s. per qt. • Made Dishes, Raised Pies, Hams, Tongues, Fowls, Bonbons, qt.; Trees and Ornaments, Preserved Fruits, for Dessert, as sold in Pills, from 2s. fid. per bottle. Caution.—John R. Pursell, 162, Regent street, and 20 Ludgate-hill, only. PRYING INTO THE FUTURE. Young Lsdies are not the only persons who have wished to pry into the mysterious volume of the future, for Alexander hinged his enthu siasm on similar circumstances. It may he 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 pessibly the best interpreters of the events of 1854, for we may all take the credit to ourselves of being able to tell what we already know; and the fortunes of the future may be-very well calculated by the successes of the past. and it is even possible that • our expectations may be sarpassed in the onward proaress of busi ness, 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 individual r.ady, Gentleman,for-Cnnct should poes,s nn 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. :noses 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 on them of being the largest Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe M akers, 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 of science, 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 of its accidentsthe 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 Sort, by unprecedented .Patronage of the City and West-end Establishments, and their branches at Sheffield and Bradford in Yorkshire. For E. Moses AND Sow 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 art indissolubli remembrance of the unnumbered instances of public approbaf 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 moss 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 Sow have briefly to state, that Ladies will find the most varied and magnificent assortment of Dress at their Establishment ; and Hosiery Goods for Ladles, Gen tlemen, and Children, distinguished by unparalleled novelty, elegance, utility, aed 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, :hipper , , Captains, Emigrants, or Sailors, will con tinue to derive the highest advantages from transactions at' the Es tablishment of E.' Moses and Sow; the former, from the vastness, suitability, and cheapness of the Wholesale Stock, and the latter I 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 most stupendous success in London and the provinces is not the only record wit ch E. MOSES and Qost have to make of the t'ast year. A new worl 4 having been created for commercial. ent-rprise by Australian gold discoveries, E. Moses and Sow have identified their business with our antipodes, by opening a magnificent store in Melbourne—this is another auxiliary to their gigantic trade, and puts them in constant communication with that colony —(to which, as well as other parts) they have outfitted incredible numbers, and are ully prepared to outfit thousands *lore with far greater advantages 1 n the quality, suitability, and cheapness of the goods. • In conclusion, the wide world's population will possess still further facilities of being furnished with the best, most artistic, most fashion able, most comfortable, and the cheapest goods, at the establishment of E. Moses and Sow, at its branches, New Oxford-street, corner of Hart-street, London; and Ferrite, Sheffield; also, Bridge-street, Bradford, Yorkshire. In an impartial and accurate review of their business prosperity at home and abroad, on a just calculation of the benefits derived from it by countless thousands, and anticipating those advantages becoming still more extensive, E. Moses and Sow . most cordially and ardently wish all their patrons and everybody, " A HAPPY NEW YEAR !" ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED - HOPES. THE SILENT. FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fiftieth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases, New Edition, enlarged to 200 paTe;,price 2a. 6d., by post, from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in stamps, rrHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on JIL the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol lowed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 109 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, London. Published by Sherwood and C 0.,. 23, Paternoster row, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150; Oxford-street; Gor don, 146, Leadenhall-street; 95, Farringdosi-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Bow Church-yard; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhill. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductiv organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PAST IL 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 Explanston Engravings. Para• 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the Primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions f o r their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62,,Coloured Engrav ings. PART IV. contain s simple PART V. isfor the Prevention of Disease by a devotedapplication, by which. the danger of infection is obviated. to the. union consideration are also of eo marriage ds The causes of idered, and its duties. and the whole THE CORM. ,k tr i l l Philosophically inquired into. subject critto a ll nPredu in treating nervous and OF SYR,' tkCIIM is exclusively employed per bottle. The sxual debility, impotence, &c., lls and 335. remedy, for purifying Concentratedthe blood Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic symPtons, eruptions, and thelood in cases of infection, secondary bottle. perry ,. Purifying s abuse of mercury, 11s, and 335. per bog, a certain remedy ' Pfa.ae' Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 1 ls. per chronic inflammation of the .bladder.rgonorrho3a, gleet, stricture, and Consultation fee, if by letter, 1/. A minute detail at the case is tion in society. 51. Packets, with required ' age, habits, and posi , to be had,at the Establish ment only, by which the fee, 1/ , is saved arc in attendance, dolly, a t 19 , B ____ Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, mueP3 'street Oxford - street, , rd-street, Lon don. from Eleven till Two. and Five to Eight; on Sanifiy*.? om Eleven to One. 71k "*• • • eitt i • • i r v ott.,M ti facts kks-kt. - r • fl• - • gq . • • • ' • . ' 0 • '•' 4"7 •4,-* C . "S • k meni • egi tit r thei: t,. mat , , - K. `• ,-.7.01 • • teres. ' "V ' '" • •"- • C•4,?''' ) , ):7 ; .01 stile 4 ,1 • Vyr cann, [PRICE SD• than Jesus ? If Jesus cannot be called God, what man is he, that will shamelessly arrogate the title 1" Three hundred millions of men to be converted to this! Can it be'? Is it in the inscrutable councils of the Allwise that China * actually to teach Europe what Christianity really is ? Theirs is the true gospel of Jekis Christ—ours but the patristic gabble of logical theology, as if religion were a syllogism and . faith • a catalogue raison,ne. No Trinity anion the Chinamen. They take their creed from the Bible; not from councils, Popes, chroniclers, and acts of Parliament. Is it to be borne, that Bible societies, missionary societies, "Edinburgh Albany-street Chapel, United Auxi liary Local Gratis Sabbath Evening School Tract Societies" should organise conspiracies at Exeter hall, for destroying this simple apostolic, faith, and with the authority with which every thing Euro pean can be enforced in China, that they should pervert these true worshippers into• the paganism of Calvin, or the mysticism of Methodism y Is the dawn of light and truth in Asia to be overrun with the Goths and• Vandals of European orthodoxy ? We do not for a moment hesitate to say that 'the religion of this Tao Ping in the most enlightened, intelligent, beneficent, deeply true, that the world ever saw—that is the 4 . ‘ true light that lighteth every man into the world," that at length we 'have a chance of ,getting the real religio4 that Christ taught, believed; and' acted, understood, accepted, and practised. Say, is it to be poisoned, mystified, transmogrified in the clumsy mythology of 4,1% itz,,Atig4iinplictify, to be smOilierin the maundering folly of tho fathers, or the bastard superstition of the churches ? Will no one rescue these men from the soul and mind murder of " Exeter Hallery ?" Can no class or sect be found who will tell these Chinese not to believe us, but to trust to themselves—to assure them that we are encrusted with the follies of a thousand years, and enchanted in the castle of tra dition and authority—that they start fresh from the fountain head of truth, with minds not fore stalled and regrated by false educations and pre judged convictions, but newly emancipated from the slavery of supersition—that they, in fact, are Bible Christians, and we nothing better than Act of Parliament. theologians, the slaves of custom and the victims of authority more ignorant than our selves ? The noblest mission that ever brought truth into the world is now open to the staunch apostle of pure religion. Who will be the prophet ? One word more we have to say. We must say it. Let the Bishop of Exeter be exported to China with the next cargo of cottons from Manchester ; and there get himself converted, with all conve nient speed, to Christianity ! COMMERCIAL RETROSPECT. PRIZE MONEY REGULATIONS. (From the Times.) LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1854. A TKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPERS, 'SILICIIpRCEB,S; LACEMEN, &C•; 69, 70, 74'72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster-bridge-road, Lambeth, London.—Shawls, Furs, Mantle. 9, Family Mourning, &c. hoarding consequent upon the Treasury system of the United,States gone on until at, length a total of 5,000,0901. sterling has been as much withdrawn from 'uSefal circulation as if it were at' the bottom of the sea, but, an analogous course, to a "greater extent; has been pursued in India: At the same time, the state of China has led to the export of several st Jcling to the East to purchase goods for which,amid the prevalent apprehensions, no other than metallic payments have been avail able, while we have alSo seen another million un expectedly shipped to Amsterdam or St. Peters burg. Yet, although these, which might have been sufficient of themselves to create considerable con fusion, have_ been nierely subordinate events in a year of which the outbreak of war, and the occur rence of a harvest that has sent food almost to. famine prices have been the principal features, they have not prevented the continuous manifesta tion of firmness in the prices of property of every description—a firmness which, as regards the stock market, would have been still snore palpable but for the fact . that hi the previous year, as, well as at the cOmmenceinent athis, the supply of securi ties was augmented by a large nu - tuber of foreign undertakings, principally of a healthy character, the outlay for which has since been in active pro eresS. The altered circumstances, distinguishing the prospects. of 1854 are-1. The apparent certainty that the drain of capital to Australia, whether in tlui - shape of eoin, 'or, of produce and labour paid for hy.coin, will be far more tit iterbalanced by lsh - reteilitesttffrtrtftrenTh y ; Wit "thftffitre of specie to the East will likewise experience a turn from the effect of the quantity already sent ; and, 3, that with the present rate of money no new outlay in distant schemes is likely to take place. With regard to the corn question, and the probability of an exportation of gold to pay for what is yet required to make up our deficiency, it must be borne in mind, so long as the wants of the Continent are greater than our own, we can look only to America for the necessary quantity, or, failing an adequate supply from that quarter, to the influence of high prices in leading to a lessened consumption. In the case of large im portations from America, experience has shown that the burden of payment is likely to be lightened by a proportionate increase in the demand for our manufactured goods, while in the opposite event of extreme prices from our being confined' to our own resources, the result; although fraught with vast individual distress, is merely a transference of money from the pockets of the masses to those of the agriculturists. Seeing, therefore, that, although the food question will undoubtedly be a most anxious one between this' time and next harvest, aspects are conceivable under which its monetary influence may, perhaps, be favourably modified, there is reason to believe that the general state of affairs, viewed simply in their orciinary light, may be contemplated, not merely with a fair degree of confidence, but even with au anticipation of their' realising the desires of the most sanguine. That . the influences of the gold discoveries no longer admit of blindness or dispute is now be coming universally acknowledged, and the feeling is also general that they must increase in rapidity., The only ways in which their inevitable conse quences, can be demonstrated is by theoretical reasoning, and the practical evidence of an exten sive and continuous rise in prices. The first pro cess was long ago performed, and the second is visible to every one, although some, preferring to attribute it entirely to co-incident causes, which have unquestionably been in operation, may yet • refuse to accept, it as conclusive. eanwhile, whatever may have resulted thus far from the in creased production, it is plain that the movement is likely henceforth to be accelerated. The absorp tion of large amounts traversing the ocean in the shape of coin while equal sums are coming the other way.will no longer be witnessed; the hoarded totals in the United States and India must, sooner or later, be set free ; the delay in the deprecia tion -of • gold consequent upon its taking the place of silver must be lessened by the reegnt determination of the Bank of France to retain all that remains to them of the latter metal ; and, finally, the eager attention devoted to all scientific methods for preventing waste and for extracting gold profitably from ore which, under other circumstances, wOuld have yielded no return, must not merely prevent a . falling off in the supply, but most likely, year by year, enable it to be brought from new and unlooked-for sources. There is no probability, therefore, that the stir which has commenced in all the relations of. pro perty, or in the diffusion of enterprise, is likely to subside. Each year, moreover, we open upon new prospects iu an increasing .ratio, and among those which now present then:wives as calculated to de velope fresh fields for adventure and for an extension of traffic are the navigation, just consummated, of 1,200 miles'of the river Murray and the expedition that is commencing to explore the Amazon.. But all these considerations, although positive in themselves.. uuder 'natural circumstances, .become vague at the present moment, until they are con fronted by the question. as, to how they will be affected by war. Setting that contingency aside, everything is, as was the case at the same period of last year, sufficiently clear to' warrant the state ment that thel condition of the country is sound to its core, and that there never was a time when men might carry on .their.occupations with a greater certainty of reward. To the chaotic' elements of famine, war, or other convulsions, however, the de ductions of economical science must still, except as regards some few general conclusions, be subor dinate.; jet, even at the, present hour, enough see ms discernibl e -to. • avert. any unworthy fears. The Power by' whi c h 'th e s i gna l for anarchy has b e en unfurled is n o t one th a t can ser i ous ly i m p e d e our commerce in any sea, a n d, e ve n if this were not the case, the maritime capabilities of the United sUffiCient to carry it on wherever se be disturbed. Its consumption itS o might f ta o t u e r s g w o o i lt d lh sdelri be otherwise been less than that of some of the ti while, on the other hand, the shut tpient t g e e s ut S e t f a it s Produce will soon stimulate an in creased trade in the substitutes offered by its rivals. The great point, therefore, as respects material con siderations, is the expense to be incurred in arma the prospe c t s ar e f ar different men t s , and on this f r om any former occasion. The plan of subsidisin g ot h er n ations will never aga i n b e rever t e d t o , an d it must be remembered that the conflict which may nece ssitate loans for the home Government, will effectually preclude any new ones b e i ng gran t e d t o other Powers, For the last 20 years there have been few exceptions when the annual sums lent to foreign nations have been less than 10,000,0001. or 15,000,0001. sterling, and under no reasonable sup position can the amount required for the most active operations exceed the outflow that will thus be checked. If circumstances had been different, Austria, staggering as she is in the last stage of insolvency, and Russia, unable to make even a ra ilroad without an appeal for English capital, would certainly have appeared in our mar ket for an aggr egate of many millions, to say nothing of 'those amounts' needed by the Italian. and other States, whether for purposes of revenue or 'internal improvement With' these drains cut off on the one hand, and the influx of Australian wealth on the other, there, is ground to hope that, if a prosperous harvest should be realised, we may pass even through a war With a similar absence of com mercial disturbance to.that with which we have this year passe d through an unprecedented com bination of adverse crops and political perplexities. At the same time, whatever may be the worth of these considerations, a- higher cause of trust re mains. Never in the records of the conduct of mankind has an instance of greater forbearance, united with conscious power, been exhibited than by England in the trial now forced upon her, and those who apprehend that this course is destined ultimately to lead to regret, or that the present epoch of the world is one that can be permanently violated by a raid of barbarians determined to carry fire and swords before them, and ignorant of the existence' of public law, must have profited little. from all they have ever seen of the career of mad men or criminals; and be destitute of faith in the inexorable decrees that render such beings merely blind instruments of the very progress they are endeavouring'to defy.- 7 ",es City Article. _ . . WEDNESDAY EVENING CONCERTS, v EXETER HALL—January 4th, 1859, GEMS FROM CLASSIC AUTHORS. After which, POPULAR EVGLISH COMFOSERS: Madame Amedei, Miss Thirlwall. ISA Clara S. t.iasSe, Miss Har riet Cbipp, the Misses Brougham, kr. Augustus 13raliam, Mr. Hill, Mr. Lawler. Solorst.4.-Lerradd Pianoforte : Miss Rosina Bentlek. Harp Mdlle. Louise Christine. Horn : Mr: Catelipple. • BAND—SEVENTY PI , RFORMERS. C , ,nductor, HERR MEYER LUTZ. . Stalls, 4s. ; Reseired Seats. 2s. Gd. Area, Gallery, and Platforms, Is. Tickets to be had at the H 41 In the face of short harvests and Russian incen diarism, the commercial; year just ended has been the most satisfactory one in history. At its com mencement it was hailed. as presenting prospects beyond those of tiny former time ; . but it has shown in its-course ; that a degree ot vigour and soundness then prevailed far beyond anything that couldha,ve been estimated, since, if only a portion of the dis ;turbing events that havQ since transpired could leave been foreseen, there are few who would not ha:Ve predicted, ruin in many quarters, and anxiety and inconvenience in all. 'lnstead of this, the whole year has been one of steady progress among every class, and in each department of industry, 'and the oldest persons cen,versant with mercantile pursuits cannot remember a period marked by so. complete.au ,absence either of direct failures or of private distrust. On the Ist of January there was nothing to indi cate the probable occurrence of distractions to the ordinary course of enterprise. A. gradual and mode rate diminution in the Bank bullion had been ob servable since July, when it had touched thehighest point ever reached, but the ceaseless shipments of gold coin to Australia,_ and the non-arrival of large remittances from that country, furnished a satisfac tory explanation. An increase in.the rate of discount from 2 per cent., at which it has stood for nine months, - was then adopted, and from the end of January to the beginning of June both the money and stock markets remained with little further variation. At that time, however, forebodings re garding the harvest, and increasing suspicions of the designs of Russia, coupled with an eager absorption of capital in shipments to Australia and a heavy export of silver to the East, consequent upon the Chinese rebellion, caused a demand for accommo dation and a degree of political anxiety that pro moted a rapid augmentation in the discount char g e at the• Baiak, until, at the commencement of Octo ber, it stood at 5 per cent.; while Consols, in a moment of panic, descended to 901. In the midst 'of all this the general trade of the country remained entirely firm ; and, although since that date the conflict in the East, which was then only probable, has actually commenced, and each day's experience of the results of the harvest, not only in England, but in most parts of Europe, has shown it to have been one of the most deplorable ever known ; al though, also, the shipments of specie to China have merely moderated, and the necessities or fears of the Emperor of Russia have caused him suddenly to withdraw nearly a million sterling from our markets, a decided reaction has been maintained, un til the unprecedented position of the funds, with war and scarcity against t Lem, has called forth more re mark than any other circumstance of the time. And while the progress of commercial transac tions has thus been everywhere satisfactory, the advances made in financial legislation have been, on . the whole, greater than in any former year. The total repeal or reduction of the imposts on nearly 300 articles of food or comfort was one of the earliest measures of the Parliamentary session, and when to this is added the abolition of the Excise on soap and of the tax on advertisements, the reduction and simplification of the assessed taxes, and the introduction of the penny receipt stamp, together with the application of the legacy duty to real estate, an amount of fiscal improvement is summed up such as is rarely ac complished with similar expedition. These, how ever, are far from completing the catalogue of what the year has done for commercial freedom. The measure for establishing .‘ a reduced and uniform rag of postage to the - British pogessiow in all parts of the world, the working out of a reform of the Customs, the arrangements for bringing the charge for the collection of the revenue under the control of Parliament, and the Mercantile Marine and Pilotage Bills—including the removal of the pro hibition against the employment of foreign 'seamen in merchant ships—have all been movements - of a character such •as are only obtained as the results of long previous efforts on the part of . enlightened. Labourers. Equal to them also in ultimate impor tance will be two other steps, the arrangements for which have already commenced—namely, the compilation of agricultural statistics and the estab lishment of a decimal currency. At the same time, the year has been unusually . remarkable in its results on our commercial rela tions with other countries. The two most impor tant nations with whom we are in intercourse have just announced a decided tendency to free trade. The reduction of the iron and Coal duties in France is a measure' the probable consequences of which have scarcely yet been sufficiently estimated, while the simplification and lowering of the - United States' tariff, about to be proposed to Congress, must also prove of great advantage. Probably, however, the change in our foreign traffic destined to be the most singular of all has been. rapidly in course of preparation in. China. . The most cheering feature in the entire retro sped remains to be noticed in the universal manner in which the benefits enjoyed have been diffused. On all former occasions of great prosperity there have been sectional drawbacks to show that the improvement was more or less owing to temporary circumstances affecting different trades, or con nected with a peculiar state of the money market, instead of to any great and all-pervading change in the conditions of general enterprise. The causes now in operation have, as was anticipated, proved themselves beyond all narrow and local influences, and it is a singular illustration of this fact, that during the past year the sole exceptions to the uni versal well-doing have been found either among those who have refused to recognise the • sound basis on which it rested, or--those who in gaining much have felt dissatisfied at not gaining more. Thus the only cases of j finabilo meet engage ments have been a few, otiolodeare amount among the speculators for a faR: on the Stock Exchange, while on the part of tl operative classes no distress has been witnessed, but from their own determina tion to decline work unless upon better terms than those already reached. Turning to our prospects for 1854, as far as all the ordinary elements of such a question are con cerned, they are again full of encouragement. In trinsically as favourable as those that prevailed on the Ist of January last, they are stronger in pro portion to all the advantages attained - by the inter vening progress of civilisatipn. The same continua tion of the rapid development of the gold discoveries seems certain, aided by the receipt of heavy re turns for many months of active trade since brought Within the limits of the strictest prudence.. A year ago it was plain that the great problem of the day was as to the channels of investment into which the gold accumulations would flow, and the same point .is still the most important one before us. It - was then seen that extravagant expendi ture, the construction of great undertakings, or a recourse to investments in other countries, were the only three modes in which the growth of colo nial wealth could find an outlet, and that, whether one or all of these should be witnessed, the effect must bo alike rapid on this country, and through it upon the world. Thus far the first mode — namely, that of unlimited expenditure upon im ported articles of indulgence—has been seen in operation, but the commencement of vast works of public utility is obviously approaching, and these will probably be carried to an extent to avert the necessity of the third alternative, of seeking secu rities 'of distant origin. In each case, however, the final result will be the same. If imported goods are.consumed, the demand must increase the price, and that increase of price must find its way into the pockets of the producer and his men. The forma- ' —On ton of public works can lead only to a different or THE LION KING AND TH E tRAZILIA.N TIGER an additional class of importations, coupled with g Saturday evening Mr. Driesb a.eb, the Lion Kin ' while an extended immigration, owing to the employment exhibiting his feats in a de n which g' contained several offered still further raising the value of labour here wad animals at the Broadway Menageri e , w as attacked and causing the Austraijan importer to have to pay by o ne o f them (a large Brazilian tiger), which sprang yet higher prices for his goods of all kinds. Hence, upon him, knocked him down, and fastened his teeth in throughout the whole process, the gold in due pro- his breast. A lioness sprang to the assistance of her portion comes to this side, and the -profits thus master, but unfortunately struck him a powerful blow created must find investment. A portion will be oe. the chest, which 'she intended for the tiger, and thus employed, as hitherto, in still further extending made matters worse. One of the keepers then opened trade, but the destination of the main sum must be the door of the ca g e and dragged Mr. Driesbach out. towards new or existing securities of all kinds. The He was immediately attendedbad been i by a physician, who found operation of this inevitable tendency has already that only flesh wounds nfhcted, and those pot daner . ous eharactr. The audiece were hhl ex been witnessed in the extent to which during the (44 he time e the scene was n enacting. ig Th y is is d past 12 months it has counteracted the effect of c 49 dur g ing t the first time in two months that the tiger has been ex the singular combination of circumstances that ilip 1. • ted, and it is probable that the glare of the gas lights must otherwise, as far as the stock markets of rendered him confused and excited. He was always this and other countries are concerned, have pro- looked upon by Mr. Driesbach as one of his pet animals, thiCed serious inconveniences. Not only has the an 4 as extremely tame and docile.—New York Paper. WATCHMAN ! WHAT OF THE NIGHT. (Froiii. the Weekly Dispatch.y We own our succession of apostleship from Grub street. We Are content to wear the " sign and badge of out profession." We are public writers— if it please you, write for bread. So have the test and noblest of our craft... We are not ashamed of its traditions. So does the jurisconsult who pleads for justice, so the surgeon who soothes the pillow of pain, or rescues a mother from the 'valley of the shadow of death to importunate children, to the agonised husband. So does the physician of the soul, from Paul, whose " hands ministered to his necessities," as a tent-maker, down to Charles James London, who hucksters for his fines and haggles for the renewal of it s leases. But our call . . inghas its dignity.. One may live to writ rather than write to live. We have something more to do than . merely to. spin columns that will sell. God help us if we were to look upon our mission but as the shoemaker does upon his Wellingtons ! Heaven save the nation whose instructors hire their brains but as a Whitechapel,truck or a Hampistead-heath donkey !, We are enjoined to " buy the truth and sell it not"—but. to tell it. The Year - closes—from this high rostrum of ours we have been:calling to our fellow-mew—it' is 'time we took, stock of our: progress. We refuse any longer to measure our advance by exports and imports, pr our prOsperity by the sunAus of revenue. • True civihsation Cannot he gauged even by the triumphs -of litoraktrereirther-autrievernantrof scitincers—lttr the workhouses empty—the workshops full ? We are glad of it. Are peasants well fed, and artizans well paid ? Verily,' they have their reward. Do farMers flourish, dp lords pay their debts punc tually, is trade substantial, and credit sound ? " Long l.fte they so, and long live you to think so !" But all these are but means to an end, and there may be something else that thwarts it. After all, the spinning of cotton is not the summit of human bliss. The electric telegraph and the loco motive engine leave the inner springs of happiness just where they found them. Men were as joyous round a blazing billet,'as now beside an Arnott stove or a sea-coal fire. We are in a blaze of gas, and Milton wrote " Paradise Lost" with ou t even a rushlight ! Nay, to come nearer to the point, per haps the true philosophy of life was not less ration ally pursued when the Barons signed Magna Charta with their Mark,' than now when their successors talk science in the new House of Lords, and the dustman reads Shakspettre for a shilling, to a serenade of the musical glasses. We dare say our brethren of the broad-sheet have made our readers more knowing ; but have we made them really more wise ? We have enlarged the sphere of their intelligence—have we taught them to make a better use of it ? Men " run to and fro' that knowledge may abound ;" but where is " the goodness should attend it ?" Lancashire strikes and riots—wife-beating—great increase in the con- The appearance of a proclamation regulating the sumption of intoxicating drinks and opium or proportions according to which prize-money for the laudanum—a solemn asseveration of grand juries future is to be distributed among our seamen pos of the wide prevalence of murder for mere burial sesses a certain kind of melancholy interest from fees by parents, children, spouses—and a steady the political circumstances of the time. We are, increase of committals 'for crime—these are the however, anxious 'to divest the publication of this signs of the time, but not signs of progress —or, if document of any idea of bravado or bad taste. of any, then of progress towards the devil. As for The subject has been under the consideration of religion, •it oscillates between Father Newman the authorities at the Admiralty for a long time Popery and Martineau Atheism, with occasional past, and would have appeared just in the same divergence to Henry of Exeter's Protestant Nunne- form and at the same date even if the Emperor of ries, Francis Close's Spirit Rappings, the visions of the Russias had not recently made abnegation of Swedenborg, the virtue of the Agapenione, the all claims to political sagacity, or to the respect of genteel_ credulity of Henry Drummond and the Europe, by his ill-omened and unadvised occupa- Plymouth brethren, and the free-and-easy theology tion of the Danubian Principalities. The idea of of Prophet Young, father of the faithful at Salt naval glory and prize-money does not reconcile us Lake, in more senses than one ! The only real test —we freely confess it—to the prospect of another of the civilisation of any age or country is its rela- great European struggle. According to all human tive proficiency in moral attainment. It needs no calculation, Great Britain is strong enough to cope, revelation to tell us that " righteousness exalteth upon her own element, with all that floats upon a nation." Cash payments are not the sole nexus the sea ; but when we observe that of the two of the social compact. Achievements in the useful other great naval Powers one stands with us and aits—acquisitions of territory or other natural ad- the other is neutral, it would be simple hypocrisy vantages—increase of production—relative decrease to doubt the event of those maritime operations of cost—less, debt—more revenue—these are only which may shortly be undertaken. If the neces means to an end—they only remove impediments sity of action be forced upon us, we entreat of all to happiness, they do not constitute it. It is as valorous gentlemen who have been eager to, hurry true now as ever, that " the kingdom of heaven is their country into war to feel well assured that within you." It is in vain that you have the most those who were the last in giving their assent to skilful county constabulary. Unless the constable the renewal of butchery and carnage are not likely be in a, man' s o-ven conscience, he will be a rogue to be the - first to hang up their arms until the peace and vagabond, for all your silent system and prison of the world shall be established upon a secure discipline. To know whether we have made any foundation. We doubt not—unless the Emperor real progress, we must be able to answer these of Russia even at the twelfth hour should recon questions :—ls the thione safer ?—is property more sider his position-4hat the annihilation of his navy secure ?—is society more bound together, and more and foreign commerce will be among the first con mutually friendly ?—is there no jealousy or strife tingencies of the war. The destruction of Sebas of classes ?—have the frauds of trade decreased ? topol and Cronstadt, aid the capture of the Baltic is public principle higher ?—is the tone and spirit and Black Sea fleets, would certainly seem to offer of our public men and press more lofty and pure ? no greater difficulties than the practical solution of is duty, or are dollars, uppermost in the thoughts ? any ordinary mechanical problem. It is sad enough —do we laugh at earnestness, or scout sentiment to think how large an expenditure of human life the as cant ?—or, in simplicity and sincerity, have we necessary operations may occasion, but that they our conversation in the world, in all godliness and will he carried out, if necessity arise, ere many honesty, without partiality and without hypocrisy ? months have elapsed by the countrymen of Blake Unless we can satisfactorily answer these questions, and Nelson, in union with the gallant navy of all our press, and pulpit, and platform, and model France, we doubt not for one instant of time. lodging-houses, baths, sewers, mechanic - reading- Under these circumstances the Queen's recent pro rooms—yea, our town missions, Bible societies, clamation possesses, as we have said, a certain blatant . clerical balderdash, and Scientific " ma- melancholy interest for us, and by the members of terial interest " quackery, are less than nothing, the naval profession it will be regarded as a docu and vanity. A clean skin is better than a ment which may soon very vitally concern them. dirty one ; but it is wonderful how many nice This proclamation, then, does not merely affect people have nasty ideas. King Bomba embroiders prize -money, but regulates the distribution of " the petticoats for the Virgin, and sends Christians to whole net proceeds arising from prizes captured "the dungeon or the galleys, because it is his fancy. from the enemy, and from all other captures and Austria lashes, shoots, and hangs her way through seizures ;" and also, "of all net proceeds of prizes, Italy, without respect for age or sex.. • The Gospel rewards, allowances, salvage awards, and of all develops itself . even now at Ancona or Vienna, in bounties and grants whatsoever distributable to the the perpetration of enormities on the wretched Royal navy in the manner of prize-money." The Jews that make humanity shudder. That bias- proclamation, in addition to these cases, also con pheming monster who, in Russia, mocks heaven by templates that of the destruction of piratical ships, 'adjuring it to witness his cruel lies and awful hypo- which, indeed, had been regulated by a proclania crisy, does it in the name of Christ ; and the little tion issued some four years ago, but now annulled. voluptuary who, in Spain, puts every modest wo- It will be sufficient for the ordinary reader if we man to the blush, is called " Her most Christian say, that the great difference between. the former Majesty." Christian meekness, sincerity, and system and that which is established by the present generosity have taken up their rest at Constanti- regulations consists in the fact that now the money nople ; and it would appear that it is to China we is to go, as of right, among the persons actually as are to look for the resurrection *of genuine Evange- sistin 0- at the capture or salvage. In former times lism. Nothing in. the history of the world can the flag officer of the station came in for the lion's compare to it in significancy and importance. It share, even although he might have nothing to do is the crowning event of the year. Eastern ques- with the immediate operations. The present pro tions, and even Geelong quarries of gold, sink into clamation would appear mainly pointed at this insignificance before 'it. Three hundred millions anomaly. No flag-officer is for the future to of souls, a third of earth's human inhabitants, share in the distribution of any head-money or whilome prostrate before golden apes and grinning bounty-money unless actually on board some devils, all of a sudden start to their feet, inspired of ou r ship s o f war , an d un l ess ac t ua lly p resen t iconoclasts, and stretch forth their tawny -" at the actual taking, sinking, burning, or hands in adoring fervour before the one otherwise destroying any ship or ships of war, pri only living and true God. Stout pf heart, earnest vateer or privateers, belonging to the enemy." of conscience, fighting for a principle, having The same provision is enacted in corresponding the greatest of all to fight for, rebels only terms for the case of the destruction of piratical to devildom, messengers, executioners of Jehovah, vessels. The flag-officer, moreover, to be entitled vexed of long ages, with stupid idolatries—they to salvage-money, must have been actually on board hair() grouped their devious way from Tartar cala- the ship which seeks the award, and have personally bash praying to Mumbo Jumbo, into the light of aided and assisted in the transaction. An expreas the day of the glory of God ! Of Mariolatries, and provision is made to.m.eet the case of Port Admirals. saints, .graven images, genufleetive Popish mum- No flag-officer commanding in any port is to have meries they will have none. They are Protestants any share of the prize-money earned by ships of war as well as monotheists. Papistry is seen ringing - which may have sailed by order of the Admiralty its bells, dressing its images, elevating its host. Off from the port in which he may hold command. with its head, so much for Papistry ! Is it not Under other circumstances than those contemplated wonderful ?' Still more providential is it that these in the above regulations, a flag-officer, where there heroes haye not taken their faith at second hand is but one, is r to be entitled to 1.-20th part of the from creeds, catechisms, missionaries. They have en ti re ca pt ure . Wh en th e flag has been thus pro taken the Bible, and interpreted its spirit for them- vided for, all other maritime persons present on i selves. Here is what they getout of it :—" God, th e occasions' contemplated by the proclamatio _ whose name is Jehovah, is Creator of Heaven, are divided into ten.classes ; the members of each earth, men, and all things—a spirit omnipotent, c l ass are t o s h are ra t ea bly acco rding to the sch eme omniscient, omnipresent, working all in all—the set forth. These minor matters, h owev er, can Ns_ agent in every beneficial phenomenon, sustaining sess but little interest for any but professional _ and nourishing his universal family." They have readeri, and to their consideration we leave them. swept from their almanacs all about lucky and un- The one grand principle runs through this lucky days. " Years, months, and days, emceed proclamation is one which cannot at to meet with each other, according to the arrangement of our the unqualified'approval of the public. It is but Heavenly Father. They are all lucky—all good. right that those who incur the danger should have in the service How shbuld there be diStiriction among them of good the reward. If a man risks his life and bad? Why should one day be to be chosen - of his country, or even from w .t h h ic e h pu r r love of glob , above another? Let a man reverence, with a true in the abstract, it certainly does seem illogical, heart, the Great God, the Supreme Lord, our not to say unjust, that an old gentleman who was Heavenly Father, then will he enjoy the watchful 500 miles off at the time the battle or action was care of Heaven, and he may liope,fer success in his fought, and who really had no thi ng more t o d o undertakings whensoever.they may be commenced." with it than millions of others " who sit at home "Speak of the world according to its divisions, and at ease," should receive from him a large propor we have all the separate nations ; speak of it as a tion of the rewards due to his courage and skill. If whole, and it is one family. The Great God is the we are once more to enter upon conflicts such universal father of all under heaven. China is as those with which the commencement of this under his government and care ; foreign nations century was afflicted or adorned, at least let the are the same. There are many' men under heaven laurels go to the ...right head, and the money -but all are brothers. There are many women bags to the right pocket. To the Euxine and tinder heaven, but all are sisters. Why should we the Baltic th e E mperor o f R uss i a i s con fi ne d, continue the selfish practice of setting a boundary and at one spot or other of those narrow here and a limit there ? Why indulge the wish to waters he must make up his mind to see his fleets devour and consume one another ?" They denounce taken f rom hi m , an d th e nascen t mar iti me power lewdness, not merely of act, but of thought, of of his name crushed for the next half century, or opium smoking, wine drinking, and sensual indul- possibly for ever. It is difficult to contemplate as gence. A vivid and intelligent faith in the immor- a probable contingency the continuance of any tality of the soul is the cardinal point of their reli- maritime warfare on a larger scale than is involved gion. Most wonderful of all, they have found in the police service of a couple of large lakes. out that " The G re at Supreme God is God. It The two narrow entrances to the Baltic and the is enough that the lords of this world be called Euxine are easily enough guarded. It is well as kings. It cannot be permitted to them to infringe at 1 certained that the populations of Sweden, Nor all on the divine appellation. Jesus, the Saviour of way, and Denmark are actuated by a spirit of the the world, was the heir-son of God, and yet he is ' deepest hostility to their encroaching neighbour. only called Lord. Now, in Heaven above, or The united flags of France and England have long in earth beneath, who among man is greater since floated in the Euxine Straits. Coupling these `1 with the declared intention of the Govern it of the United States to suffer no abuse of r flag, it is probable that the Queen's procla on will soon cease to be of any very great in it, even to the naval profession, in case war tot be avoided. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 1. The Diamond, 28, Captain W. Peel, sailed from Spithead yesterday morning, for the Mediterranean. The Basilisk,' 8, paddle-wheel sloop, Commander the Hon. F. Egerton, was placed in the steam factory basin yesterday morning, to have her defects repaired. The Frolic, 16, Commander No'loth, was paid advanoe yesterday at Spithead. The 'Fairy and Elfin Royal yachts hauled into the steam factory basin yesterday,morning. The Sealark, 8, brig, bent sails yesterday afternoon. She will speedily be commissioned as an instruction-brig for naval apprentices. The Diligence store-ship arrived at Spithead this after- noon from the eastward. It is supposed she will take out supplies to the fleet in the Dardanelles. The Dauntless, 24, screw•frigate, was commissioned this morning by Captain Alfred Phillip Ryder. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 1. Her Majesty's frigate Pique, 36, was commissioned yesterday by Mr. Carr, the Master, for Captain Sir Frederick W. Nicholson; Bart. On Tuesday a party of Royal Marines, under command of Lieutenant M'Cul lum, consisting of two sergeants, two corporals, one drummer, and .43 privates, will commence duty on board. The paddle-wheel steam-ship Sidon, 22, Cap Lain George Goldsmith, has arrived from Portsmouth to take stores for the fleet in the Mediterranean, calling at Lisbon. The screw steam-vessel Rifleman, 8, Lieutenant-Com mander H. Christian, having had repairs made good, went out of harbour yesterday, and is appointed to sail to-day for South America. The steam-vessel Avon arrived yesterday from Ports mouth. The brig Nautilus, manned by naval apprentices, sailed yesterday for Falmouth. Letters from - the St. Jean d'Acre, at Lisbon, state that she arrived from Plymouth in six days, during two of which there was a dead calm, when she got up steam and attained an average rate of 101 knots. The merchant brig Mariner, of London, was off this port yesterday morning, three months and two days from the Mauritius, with sugar. SHEERNESS, DEC. 31. The Monarch, 84 guns, guard-ship of ordinary, Capt. Charles Hope.—The officers and crew of this ship were paid off yesterday, her three years' commission having expired. The principal part of her blue-jackets volun teered for her again, and she has this day been recom missioned by Capt. Charles Hope, Captain-Superin tendent of her Majesty's dockyard here. The following officers have been re-appointed to her—Capt. Charles Hope, Commander Josiah Thompson, Lieut. George 13, Williams. For Service in Ordinary—Lieutenants Timothy Macnamara, Thomas Cartwright, and Pecceval Baskervil;e; Master Peter Francis (additional). For Ser vice in Myrtle—William S. Bourchier, Paymaster John Williams. The late surgeon, Jason Lardner, is not re appointed. James Bankier. M.D. (Dec. 12, 1834), is ordered to join. Assistant-Surgeon William James Hamilton (additional), for service of ordinary, and Mark Hamilton, M.D., Second-Master Augustus F. Mug ford, recently appointed to the steam frigate Cyclops, will remain doing duty in the Monarch until a Second- Master joins. Second-Master (acting), Charles Anstey. Alfred Wood and Edward W. Gordon, clerks, are also reappointed. She is to have the same number of men she bad during her former commission. The Cressy, 80 guns, new screw steam-ship, Captain Henry J. Codrington.—Thefollowing officers have taken up their commissions and joined :—Commander John W. Doville (February 25, 1853), Master John J. Brown, and the Paymaster, Walter Burke. The seamen, gunners, marine-artillery, and marines for this ship, have arrived, and are at present borne out on the books of and victualled trom the Waterloo, 120 guns, flag-ship. The Cressy having had all her fitments connected with her screw, feed pipes, &c., completed in No. 3 dry dock, was put out of dock yesterday, and berthed in the fitting basin. The Waterloo, 120 guns, flag-ship, Captain Lord F. H. Kerr.—First Lieutenant Thomas B. Christopher has taken command pro tent, of the Hart, and proceeded to Harwich and other ports on the east coast to enter volunteers for the navy under the new Admiralty regu lations. Captain Lord F. H. Kerr has, by Admiralty order, been doing duty as Captain-Superintendent of the dockyard during part of the period Captain Charles Rope was on leave of absence. Yesterday the officers and the entire staff of this yard underwent their quar terly muster in his presence. WOOLWICH, DEC. 31. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenant -Edward A. tlackett (1847), recently serving in the Duke of Wellington, 131, screw steam ship, to the Cressy, 80, screw steam-ship at,, Sheerness. Master—Genrge Henry Blakey (1840), to tho Gladi ator, 6, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, of 430-horse power, ready for service as an advanced war steamer, at Ports mouth. Mate--James A. Forbes (1853), to the Cressy. Midshipman—George Parsons, to the Dauntless, 24, screw steam-frigate, at Portsmouth. Assistant-Surgeons—Charles F. William (1846), to the Cyclops steam-frigate, fitting at Sheerness for the Mediterranean station. . Acting Assistant-Surgeons—Thomas Daly (1853), to the Boscawen, 70, fitting at Chatham for the flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Arthur Fanshawe, C. 8., on the North America and West Indies station ; John Caldwell (1853), to the Euryalus, 50, screw steam-frigate, at Chatham ;• W. H. Cruise (1853), to the Pique, 40, at Devonport ; Wm. S. Roche (1853), to the Dauntless screw steam frigate ; Henry G. Ruby (1853), to the Impregnable flag-ship, at Devonport. Commodore Henry Eden having had his broad pen& ant on board the Fisgard flag-ship taken_ down on Fri day, at sunset, Commodore John Shepherds his sue cessor, arrived here about 10 o'clock a.m. to-day, .and had his broad pendant hoisted on the Fisgard, and assumed the duties of Commodore-Superintend ent of Woolwich Dockyard. The whole of the heads of the department attended at the Commodore's offices; and were introduced by Commodore Henry Eden to Commodore John Shepherd, and the past and present commodores subsequently visited all the depart ments and works in the yard. The new commissions of the officers whose names will be borne on • the books of , the Fisgard were received in the course Of the forenoon, and entered accordingly for service under Commodore John Shepherd. Among the offices now borne on the Books of the Fisgard are--Capt.-Superintendent Robert Smart, K.H., stationed at head-quarters in London ; and Capt. Craigie, Capt. James V. Baker, Capt. Henry Broadhead, Capt. Witham L. Sheringharn, Capt. Arthur W. Jerningham, and Capt. Peter Fisher, the command ing officers of the six out-stations of the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers ; Lieut. Robert Robertson (1840), in charge of the steam reserve afloat, and the engineers on check on shore ; Master-Commander John E. Petley, and the officers of the Black Eagle ; Master-Commander. Henry W. Allen, and the officers of the Lightning ; Master Edward K. Calvet., for service in the Speedwell ; Master John C. Giles, for service at Somerset-house ; Mr. John Dinnen, Inspector of Steam-machinery, for service at Somerset-house ; the officers for service in the Asp, Woodlark, and Gossamer surveying vessels, and a number of officers borne in addition for surveying ser vice. There are also seven paymasters—George W.. Pickthorn, James W. P. Foord, Julian A. Messum, Edwin J. ForSter, Henry N. Scaife, Richard Curgenven, and Henry T. Nettleton—borne for service at the seven stations of the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers. Mr. R. Millar is appointed to be agent for sick and wounded at Stornoway. Mr. Thomas Jamieson is appointed store-receiver at Deptford. Captain Ramsay, Second-Lieutenant Lane, 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, 1 drummer, and 46 privates of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines left head-quarters here at 2 o'clock p.m. to-day; and proceeded by the North Kent Railway to Strood, en route for Chatham, to embark in the Euryalus, 50, for service in that screw steam-frigate. The remainder of her compleMent of Royal Marines will be made up by 1 sergeant, 1 corporal and 17 gunners of the Royal Marine Artillery, from their head-quarters at Portsmouth. THE INIADAGASCA.B.—The following is an extract of a letter from her Majesty's ship Madagascar :---" St. yin-, cent, Cape de Verd, Nov. 13, 1853. Here we are, only 14 days from Plymouth, and pretty well half way on our passage ; no thanks to any one but a merciful Pro vidence, !Or they sent us away fearfully undermanned, and if we had had a gale of wind, which was not im• probable at this time of year, I don't know what we should have done, for the few we had consisted of 21 able and ordinary seamen, including 10 seamen from the President, and a few additional marines and boys. We , are comfortable, however, and our skipper is a ' regular brick.' * * When we make snug for the night, we do it by stoppering all the haulyards, tacks, &c., audit is death to start them.• We leave here to-morrow morning for Rio. The President, 50, with the flag of Rear Admiral Price, sailed the day before us, but we have not met, as she was going to Teneriffe." BUCKINGHAM PALACE IMPROVEMENTS.—The move,' tion of the exterior of the new front of Buckingham Palace having been completed, the scaffolding has been, entirely removed, and the principal front of the royal edifice now presents a very much improved and impos-_- ing appearance. The additions which have been made to the palace at the south side, forming the south which comprises new ball-rooms of considerable extent, 30 and a riding-house for the use of her Majesty and the g royal family, with numerous other apartments for their - use, and will add greatly to the comfort and convenience r of the illustrious inmates, at the same time that -they vastly improve the appearance of the palace from the ex terior. The grand central gate of the principal entrance is being elaborately carved, the solid stone pillars on each side being cut with emblematical figures and orna ments of an appropriate character, which w ill add con. siderably to the decorative beauties of the new front, and complete the intended improvements. One of the pillars is already finished, .and presents a very pleasant' effect. The stone pillars of the gates on either side of the grand entrance are being caved in a somewhat sitni- • lar manner. We believe that these elaborate and'beau tiful carvings in stone-work are executed by foreign artists engaged specially for the purpose. ~=.; 1E61..