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COUNTRY COTTAGE for a PERMANENCY. WANTED, by Lady day or Midsummer, on any of the South-Eastern branches, within twenty miles of London and three of a station, containing at least two good sitting and tour or five bed rooms, with chaise-house and stable attached. An old-fashioned Manor or Farm-house would • uit, and a small quantity of pasture land desirable, though not essential. A retired situation not ob jected to, but a dry soil and good water indispensable. Address, with full particulars, to M. T. Y., 33, Bry dges-street, Covent-garden. EAST INDIA HOUSE, 30th DEC., 1853. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That the Rate cf -Exchmge for which they will receive'Cash for Bills on Bengal and 31 rt , lras will, from the present date aid until urrher notice, be 2s. 014(1. the Company's Rupee, and for Bills on Bombay 2s. 0.7 ; 0. the Company's Rupee. JAMES' C. MELVILT., secretary. ONDON SOUTII-WESTERN RAILWAY. 1_..4 FOREIGN TRAFFIC.-SPECIAL NOTICE. From and after Ist JANCARY, 1854, the existing THROUGH RATES for Goods Traffic he' wixt London and Paris, and betwixt raris end the Channel :sland3, will be D,SCONTINUED. Goods wits be conveyed, as heretotlire, betwixt London and Havre, and betwixt 11 , v , e. and the Channel I , lmds, at reduced ihrorgh rate 3, which include all clrirges from th,: Quay at Havre to London, or to the Channel I,;;ands, the ainount of Customs' Duty and Marine Insurance excepted. Goods will be conveyed hetwixt London and Havre three times a week, each way, as her , to:ore For particulars of through rates, and all other information, apply in Lonticai, to Mr. SIMI(' N, 53, King William -str,et, City ; in Southampton, to Mr. iV.i :-KINS, Railway-station ; in Havre, to Mr. GILLS, 5, Rue-de-la-Gaffe. (fly order; ARC HD. S' 'OTT, Traffic Manager. Railway-office, London, Dec. 21, 1853. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY, 26, COBNIIILL, LONDON. Notice is hereby December 27, 1853. given, that the HALF-YEARLY. IN fE REST on the CAPITAL STOCK of this SOCIETY, at the rate of 5 per Cent. per Annum, due on the 31st instant, will beco e PAYABLE on the 10th itiy 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 on the 11th January next. "1 - By order of the Court of Directors, W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. A LBERT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 11, Waterloo-place, Pall 'mall. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND to the 31st ult., after the rate or Seven per cent. per annum, tree trom income tax, will be in COURSE of PAYMENT to the Shareholders On and after the 101.11 January instant. --- HENRY WILLIAM 35iITH , - 2d January, 1854. Actuary and Secretary. LIFE ASSURANCE; REPORT of the SELEC I' COMMITTEE of the HOUSE of COMMONS, and the DEPOSIT SYSTEM—the New and Important Feature of Life Assurance adopted by The DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE ASSURAN , E COMPANY. The following is an extract from the Report of the Select Com mittee: - " THE OBJECTS which persons HAVE IN VIEW IN BFFECTING IN SURANCES uoon their lives, are GENERALLY OF AN IMPORTANT AND SOLEMN chiracte , , viz., the PROVISI,N FOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS after the death of their NAIURAL PROTECTORS ; Wink' any ordinary transaction of trade, a CONTRACT ONCE ENTERED INTO CANNOT BE DISCHARGED OIL ABANDONED, if doubts of tha 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 PERSEVERE IN PAYING PREMIUMS FROM YEAR TO YEAR, with SOME suspicion and doubt as to the ultimate a ivanta , xe of doing so, OR OF INCURRING THE SE RIOUS LOSS WHICH UNDER THE MOST FAVOURABLE CIRCUMSTANCES, MUST ATTEND THE ABANDONMENT OR SALE OF A POLICY." On the DEPOSIT SYSTEM a per.on is NOT " COMPELLED" to pay from " YEAR TO YEAR," and he does not, if desirous of " ABANDON ING" his Policy, incur any'' SERIOUS Loss," but, on the contrary, he may pay such amounts, and at such , imes As he may find most con venient; he can stop paying whenever he pleases, and he can with draw the whole or part 0 , 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 5/ , which it will be seen he increases from time to time, and occasionally diminishes. Pr .0b q--N-.r-mt-mocmo Oar, ..... , , , P . M , ,, , 10,.N^.M.0 n..,...... 11 H W s:. ---- ,r C.) la „40,...... mm -...rn 1 . ...c.m 1.- o 1- 7: • ..1 . -.4, 1 - .;,..., -. ~... ',MN C ~,, $.l .-...., ...... .-o ,t , Q ~'. N i.. , Q.. 44...,—.. om N........ ~,r, , 1 rii ~, , ,_„-....., .-.. C4C4.1.1 CANC, ..., .EZ .1 Z 1., T. C. 7 CI C 4 el* rD ^^. 0 41 , r , • I C I M ~ .7 .0 - 41 •-• ~ g . 111 1111 G ITI,. 41 0. - 2 `c 4 , a : , ,,T,: 1 4 - - -------- P r-1 Q tO o ... cq m oo x 0 .4 ,t 2 •, ,1 Gsi C C`l 04 C.l :NI c 4 rz F. 4 ~, 0 .—. .7....-.. .- 0= ' 4 NH "Z tlt, 411.:2nnL?2n2.23g .! . .1 4 8 . 74 0 = C. , 74 ,'" 41 ..,0 cq,o 0,.... 00,,,L O▪ m 4 a c..) c'..' U B. 0 I • ,•.0 l i L:-.., t• 2 . ~, 14 w .3:2 4 = ... El I: • • • • • : •,-= ... , :_, •c' N •'." ...;gi ' ^c7 . ,. - i e ;;=C . ' o . = .i?: = _-; c ,,: i .4 m g W ~,, m , i• X - :v P 4 , , , X X , i xi 7_ 70 0 .., - . x -. r... Thus A B, in 10 years, has saved and inverted at different vals various sums amounting to 971.. by which he had hewn insured in case of death for 2601. 12s. ld ; but A B requires 221. ; h draws this sum out, and diminisHes the value of his Policy by 601. Bs. 3d. at differed limos, leavint; him in case of death a Policy for 2001. 4s. 4d., and during his life a fund of 731. 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 flue children, instead of a dine it to an account they had at the Savinos hank. One f them died a few days after the 10/. was de posited, and the father received 34/. Os., being the amount of the De posit Policy. EXAMPLE 'co. 2. Supposing A B, aged 23, when he opens a Deposit Policy h , os the means, and continues vor UNTARTLY to pay the same sum every year n the same way as he is COMPELLED to do in the ordinary system. Tear. !'ge• s. d. 1851,.,.,,,... 23 18 49 6 6 24 18 48 16 0 18 47 18 0 26 .18 47 4 6 1855 .... .• .• •••• • .. 27 18 46 10 6 1856 ... 28 18 45 17 6 1135 7•••.... .......• 29 18 45 4 0 18 44 10 6 18 43 17 6 18 43 4 0 t 6 o 90 206 7 6 1865 27 1866 • • • • • • 38 to ...... 90 190 4 6 07 1 .• . • • • .. 43 to 72 141 3 0 432 1,000 4 0 to 108 194 13 6 188 0.• „ „ 52 to 90 147 18 6 1885., „ • • •• • • 57 to 108 182 10 G 1891.. .. ••• • .. 63 738 1,525 Th premium or 181. commencing at 23 years of age, and,paid upon an ordinary Policy (As rr pm BE) every year till A.B. is 46 years 011, will secure the same sum, viz., 1,0001., but if A B lives IT 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 art ordinary Policy of 1,0001., will have increased to 1,5251. 6s. 6d. F.e. The Right Hon oura bl e the Lord s Viscount Drumlanrig, M.P., P.C., Comptroller of her Majesty's Household. Major-General Sir W. Clayton, Bart., 79, Gloucester-place, Port tnan-Qquare. Sir Charles Price, Bart,, Banker, London. Vice -Admiral Ayscough, Prospect House, Southampton. CHAIRMAN. The Right Hon. the Lord Viscount Dram'swig, M.P., P.C., Comp troller of her Majesty's Household. =PUTT-CHAIRMAN. Geor.ze Coode, Esq., Victoria-street, Belgravia. CONSULTING AOTUA2T. Francis G. P. Nelson, Esq.. raiz- STANDING COUNSEL. * B. Crowder, Esq., 2.C., M.P., Recorder of Bristol. Counsel to the Admiralty, &DA Judge Advqcate of , the Fleet. R. Maine, Esq., Q.C.. Lincoln's-inn. Chief Office, No, ig, New Bridge-st ree t , Blackillars, London. Loans 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 information apply to the agents in the country, or to C. W. Bevan, Resident Secretary. Agents wanted in all parts of the Unit ed Kingdom. 11 . 13 .—Life Assurances effected on the ordinary plan, MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INIITRMITrgs or YOUTH AND MATURITY. __ DR. SAMUEL LAYMERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of Q. Edinbur gh, Honorary Member of the London H os p ital Me dical —eelety, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Sm., &c. MAY be consulted, personally or by letter, on generative system, the various disorders of the nervous and result the from juvenile irregularities and excesses, whi ch haverepmro-a. ilueed more misery in youth, degtadation in manhoo d , and a of die in d ecay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class ee : ses leap to modern pathologists. Long and practical ezperien .. l en t he treatment of these diseases he's proved that there are in exls. e_ce:ecret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in lj e n,l,loe, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous aice " 4 :7, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitfhl Marti . endles s mwsten cy, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their It is absolutely owe their almost entire origin. Drie c i pi a m e oflatelY necessary that all men should know that there are inetirring grievous 1 personal management which cannot be violated without the heYday envfoiis penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed may be mitigated, inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties and how the evil and how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, that there i.,.,%, and its con- quenc es may be avoided, and above all, derltnge,y,„, to reel Y any decree of physical infirmity or functional D0C1. 0 ,, I Which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. in an exten,i't ActT has for a long series of years been engaged plaints, a nd ~ve pice in the treatment of these delicate com of the taunt. athe Only legally qualified Physician who, regardless nd env the con fi denc e , th Y.of the hvpocritical and mock-modest, has had attention to these r : , l 4'.'h the medium of the public press, to direct free. In selectin g a, rlnn as evils, from which no grade of society is rewarded by th o zr,at department of practice, he has been amply treatment of these _ esuccesh that has attended his efforts in the care of unqualified a e it ''''' a l; which are too generally confided to the publications, assumed ' t4norant empirics, who, with their pirated of their patent noctrum Jti names and titles, and pretended virtues have been induced to pi ge :' fzinflicted various I njury on those who At home for con.auitition (1111 n their pretensions. Six till Eight. All letters mut allY from Eleven till Two, and from medicines can he forwarded to ancontain the fee of If., and advice and It is desira'de that pa.tient. 'F:nitials or address. hould first obtain a copy of his Work to consult Dr. LA'MEItT n SELF-PRE S'itVATION A Medical Treatise on the Pi tilosoph, Generative Debility, illustrated by afi' of Marriage and Nervous and cribing in detail the various diso rders ,3.res-colotred engravings, and des mtnesses. The perusal of this t reatlse niting fro' 11 secret habits and description of their cases, and may be will assist in the correct French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or ha d, Price 2s 6d, in English, brothers an d 23, P t rnoster m erman, of Messrs: Piper C0.,0. a e -row ; H a mann, 39, combo! S to n e,Tit hb ; , e o rne-stree mlaY, 63, Oxford - street; b t, Haymarket ; or free y Wet for forty-two stamps, to ally addres 44041,37 1, 1 b/9144412A1.1 Loring. 3 from the Author's resit- --.--_ No. 19,118.] LOANS ON DEBENTURES.—The Directors of the GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY are prepared to issue Debentures for Three or Five Years, in even sums of 1001. and upwards, heathy.; inter st at the rate of Five per Cent., payable half-yearly. For particulars apply at the Company's Offices, 1, Adelaide-place, London-bridge. By order or the Board. J. L. O'BEIRNE, Secretary. 2d January, 1854. EAST and WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. —The Co Irt of Dirwetors of the East. and West India Dock Company hereby give notice, that a HALF-YEARLY COURT or GENERAL MEEEING of the said COMP ANY will be hell, pursu ant to hcairectiou o the Act Ist :trui 2d William IV., cap §,2, at the !.00K 11013 SE, No. 8, ltillher square, on FRIDA , the 13th of Jaruary next, at which Meeting a i iOdend will ha decltred on the Capital stock of the Company, for the 11a1.-year ending the 31st instant. By Order of the court. GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock Howe, ICo. 8, Brlliter-square, 30th Dec., 1853. N.B.—Tlic Chair will be taken at Two o'Clock R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. I,I;ER P. WENT PFurro• \ PAW PP . ! (TR ••'.S, prenar.d ex pressly for this InstitiViOrl by M.nsienr Ferriere of Park, ,xlrbiteci on a surlace 35 foet by 28, with an ENTIRELY NO. W SERIE DLS -:OLVING VIEWS, daily at a Quarter past Four. LECTURES by 1)r. BACHOFFNER on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC TELEG:APII LECTURE by J. H, PEPPER, Esq., on SPONTANEOUS COMBUS. TION, with Brilliant Experiments. L %ST FORTNIGHT of an HISTORICAL and 111USICAT, LEC TURE, illustrated with DISSOLVING -CENERY, entitled "The ROAD, the RIVER. and the RAIL," by J. E. CARPENTER, Eeq., assisted by bliss Blanche Younge, every evening, except Saturday, at Nine o'clock. Open Mornings and Evenings. Admi.sion, Is ; Schools and Childr n under Ten years of age, Half-price. R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, .11 including the BERNESE OBERLAND and the SIMPLON, TO-NIGHT (TUE4D AY), 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, is —Mont Blanc, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. FXPORTERS to AUSTRALIA, EAST IN- N DIES, CAPE, &c.—Genuine YARMOUTH BLO I'ERS. For terms apply to Tuomes Urns, Fish Merchant, Great Yarmouth, ATKINSON and COMPANY, CABINET MASTUFACTURERg, 'UPHOLSTERERS, and CARPET WAREEIOU';EME , 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster 'nidge-road, Lambeth, London. ATKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPERS, SILK MERCERS, LACEMEN, &c., 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster-bride-road, Lambeth, London.—Shawls, Furs, Mantles, Family Mourning. &e. LHYAM'S NEW DRESS for the NEW YEAR. e The Public will be gratified to learn that L. Hyam has pre par. at an Extensive Stock of WINTER AT riße, expressly for the New Year. The extraordinarily quick sale which the Proprietor's Garments command precludes the possibi ity of any " out-of-date" fashions being retained. All the presemt goods in Overcoats, Capes, Dress Coats, Frock Coats, Waistcoats, and I rousers, are well designed, and made from seasonable materials, at prices satisfactorily moderate. L. H YAM, Tailor, Clothier, and General Outfitter, 36, Gracechurch street, City. CHEER, BOYS, CHEER ; Far, Far upon the , ea ; Long Parted have we Been (double numbers), at Gd. each. To the West, to the West; The Yarling rear; Land, Land, Land. 1 he. Slave Sale ; Come, who Bids ? The Slave Chase ; and The African Village, at 3d, each ; or the nine songs, neatly bound together, pric- 3s Published in the MUSICAL BOUQUET, at the office, 192, Holborn, and sold by all Book and Musicsellers. " These are Mr. Russell's most celebrated songs, and there is hardly a soul in London who is not acquainted with Cheer, Boys, Cheer.' " —The Times, Sept. 12, 1853. pIIRSSELL'S TWELFTH CAKES, from ss. to 5 Guineas each ; Bride "akes l 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, Ratifiars, and Maccaroons, 2s. per lb. ; Rout Cakes. 3s. per lb. Mixed ° akes, 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 Souts, 4s Der qt.: Creams and Ices, 6s .per qt.; Made Dishes, Raised Pies, Hams, Tongues, Fowls, Bonbons, German Trees and Ornaments, Preserved Fruits, for Desiert, as sold in P ►rie, from 2s. 6d. per bottle. Caution.—John R. Pursell, 16i, Regent street, and 20 Ludgate-hill, only. PRYING INTO THE FUTURE. Young L clies are not the only persons who have wished to pry into the mysterious volume of the future. for Alexander hinged his enthu siasm on similar circumstances. It may be innocent enough to amuse ourselves with the prospect of reaping a gol !en harvest from dreams of hope; but in these days , o , practical altars, 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 peysibly the best in , erpreters 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 sue- esses of the past, .nd it Is ey,n possible that our expectations may , e sKrpasQed in the onward pro ress of nese, that the bright respects of th future he rendered more salts- Ttory in reality, than they were in the representations of Imagina- Con. It is one of the most amiable features of the human race, that every individual Lady. Gentleman, or Child -hould possess an am bition to exeite an inflitei,ce 'he circle higher than that in which they move and, it is Dress in Style, Neatness and Excellence, wkich forms the primary chain to this social elevation. Taking steps which no other tradc , m . m ever ventured to ascend, and holding a position on an eminence which none hut themselves could oc , upy, E. OSES AND , 'ON have the greatest pleasure in in viting their trieDds and the public to "pry into the fit ure," and to compare the advantages of the past, with the certainties of what must follow; they have long supported the title. universally bestowed on them of being the largest Merchant Ta i' or s , Clothiers , Hatters, Hosiers, !loot and Shoe vialters. and Outfitters in the World, thy have extended the benefits of new sires and artistic designs to all classes, with the precision employed on the manufac' ure of attire f r the peer, they have nrepared 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 production( the most novel, the most comfortable, the most fashionable, and the cheapest which can be obtained. The business of E. MOSES AND SON has the speed of the railway, - - with none of its accidents—the correctness of art, without anv of its imperfections—the regularity of lime, but free from its obliterations —the universality of light, but never subject to a perio•tical eclipse —and well has the public repaid the dilig«•nce, 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 Sox 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 approba 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 Rive a mos: Businesslike expression to their grateful recognition of these favours by providing every thin?: in the several departments of their gigantic business, infinitely better and cheaper than it is possible for others to do. Entering on another year under circumstances so encouraging, E. MOSES AND SON have briefly to state, that Ladies will find the most varied and munificent 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, :hipper's, Captains, Emigrants, or Sailors, will con tinue to derive the highest advantages from transactions at the Es tablishment of E. Moses and Sox; the former, from the vastness, suitability, and cheapr.ess 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 most stupendous success in London and the provinces is not the only r , cord wh ch E. MOSES and ON have to make of the east year. A new worl , having been created for commercial enterprise by Australian gold discoveries, E. MOSES and Sox have identified their business with our antipodes, by opening a magnificent store in Melbourne—this is another auxiliary to their gigantic trade, and puts them in constant communication with that colony -(to which, as well as other parts) they have outfitted incredible numbers,' and are ully prepared to outfit thousands more with far greater advantages n the quality, suitability, and cheapness of the goods. In conclusion, the wide world's population will possess still further facilities of being furnished vvitlithe bes., tm , st artitoic. most fashion able, most comfortable, an.l the cheapest goods, a: the establishment of E. MOSES and sort. at its branches, New Oxford.street, corner of Hart-street, London; and Fargtte, Sheffield; also, Bridge street, Bradford, Yorkshire. in an impartial and accurate review of their business prosnerityjit home and abroad. on a just calculation of the benefits derived from it by countless thousands, and anticipating thoae advantages becoming still more extensive, E. NI OSES and Sort most cordially and ardently wish all their patrons and everybody, "A HAPPY NEW Yt.AR I" ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. TILE SILENT FRIEND, In Six Languages—Fit , !eth Edition. CONTAINING TITE REMEDY FOE PREVENTION OF DISEASE. Illustrated by Ono Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, prlee 2e. 6d., by post, from tke - - Establishment, 3s. 6d. in stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, the oonsequences of infection, or the abuse of mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol lowed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford 3treet, London. Published by Sherwood and Co. 23, Paternoster row, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Gor lon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, Parrlngdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Row Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhill. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductiv organs, dsceie, e a:id Is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of th e consequ e n ces resulting from excessive in and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav ings. PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL BALM OF 3YRI ACIIM is exclusively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, 8r4., l is and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic reme dy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptons, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 Is. and 335. per bottle. PerrY's Purifying Speittcdhilldisadecr.Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 11s. per box , a certain r o em t e h d e v b for go norr h oea , requiredon Consultation eihi.ronAicmininfidatir deittia°il:l",aateifs,kth,etseat,cwalls9,gleet, stricture, and e a g ti e o , n b f e e b e i , te if , a b o y d le p t o te et r : Berners e tO str b e : t hadatthe Establish menttion in society. . • ssrs. Perry, Surgeons, arc in attendance, Two. and Five to Oxford-street, Lon don, from Eleven till Eight; san47 . 7 '• om only, by which the fee. 15 is saved. me Eleven to One. SECOND EDITION. —WITH ADDITIONS. Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by Post tree, ss. 6d. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRIKEA, . r with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors n relation to the Treatm.tet and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the G , terative System, w Sexual Hypoc'nondriasis. Translated from •be German of Dr. PICKFORD 'Dr. Plckter, ts known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature- This is the first time, he Informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi 'cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall etect any other equally flagrant evil which. it may be in his -wer to correct." —London Medical Gazette. May 30, 1,451. The tribe of 'Quiet Sympa hisers,' .and' Medical Fri ende,'are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who suffer fr , rn the corn alaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would oe saved much needless suffering of leody and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks, most prize— Inn& money :This volfune is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to plats the treat met7t ftpsri a mere rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore lite} to do much good."—Medical Circular, Juno 16, 1852. London; R. Salem 219, It eg ent-str . . . J- _, ..., !..,.. r i ..., !, • "• 7 f 1 I ,jr, ' 'l . ' -. .: - > -1 . , .. (d' -/-3 '. 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And a pleasant task it was, certainly—pleasantly dis charged, and most agreeably accepted. The audience never wandered for a moment. The reader, in return, took care not to tax their attention too much. There are many things in the most interesting books intended for quiet perusal which would fatigue a large assemblage of listeners. Even the Carol can afford some omissions in this respect, and in the Cricket on the Hearth there is still more room for judicious curtailment. Mr. Dickens managed this admirably, and it was curious to observe nearly under the pressure of a public ordeal, he had lopped atf everything to which the knife of the critic would have been applied. Hie tendency to exaggera tion and overcolouring became subdued, and the truth fulness of his delineations, thus sobered down, grew more strikingly powerful. It may be remarked, there fore, as one feature of such readings, that their influence, even where the audience is comparatively illiterate, is in a healthy directien upon th e m i n d o f th e auth or, whose perceptions are always more or less liable to be warped by the partiality of his own coterie. By a dex .—ous use of that humour which with Dickens is never out of place, and often adds point to the profoundest pathos, be has hit upon an intelligible resting-place be tween this world and the world of shadows, to which the hardest headed mechanic in Birmingham can unhe sitatingly follow his flight. They all did so the other night, and not one among them but accompanied the three spirits of Christmas back into their own youthful days, then through their present, and then forward to wards the dark and mysterious future. "Itis a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things," says the author of the Carol, "that while there is infection in disease and sorrow there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour." CLARENDON. THE ARMY. 'ON STRIKE. PRESTON, MONDAY.—The predictions of the delegates have been fully realised by the largely increased contri butions received from the various districts at the meeting of She central committee held yesterday at the Tem perance Hall, in this town. It had been intimated that the income of the weavers' committee would this week reach 3,000/. ; the fund placed at their disposal to-dap actually exceeds 3,2001. This augmented income enables the committee to advance the pay of the unemployed weavers from 4s. to ss. 6d. per head, and to reserve a balance in hand. The other classes of operatives are to receive a proportionate addition to their week's pay. All the districts sent in enlarged subscriptions, but the chief contributors were the people of Blackburn, who furnished 1,000/. The "New Year's Gift " (as the in crease of pay is designated) afforded matter for congra tulation to the speakers at an open air meeting held in the Orchard at croon to-day. After some encouraging remarks upon the subject by the chairman, Mr. LANG, Mr. BROWN said he observed that the statement he had made on a former occasion with respect to the Earl of Wilt had called forth a letter in contradiction. All he (the speaker) bad to say in reply was, that he re ceived his information upon good authority, and at pre 'sent he saw no reason to retract his statement. R e f er _ ring to the week's in:;orne, Mr. Brown remarked that it had been shown to the millowners of Preston that the delegates spoke the truth, and that Geo. Cowell was a true prophet. Some time ago Mr. Cowell promised that 3,000/. would be forthcoming for the relief of the operatives of Preston, and this week they had more than that sum. He (the speaker) antici pated that before three weeks more were over the com mittee would be able to raise the wages of the hands per manently. Mr. GEO. COWELL commenced his address by wishing those present a happy new year. He hoped that before another year had rolled away this question would be settled, and their (the delegates') occupation would be gone. If any of their leaders were desirous that the present state of affairs should continue those were men who ought not to be trusted. For his own part, he longed to see the time when the multitude now without employment should resume work, providing they could do so on terms honourable to themselves and honourable to their employers. He did not wish to gain a victory over the employers. All he - desired was, that justice should be done to the operatives ; and that was, that they should receive a fair day's wage for a fair day's work. Inquiries had been made respecting the promised comparison between the Preston prices and those of Blackburn and other towns. In reply, he begged to say that the document was in course of preparation, and would be issued as soon as possible. Mr. CHEETHAM (of Oldham) advised his hearers not to purchase those newspapers which were adverse to the factory workers' interests. The meeting was also addressed by Mr. Stevenson, of Burnley, and Mr. Grimshaw, of Great Harwood. A resolution was unanimously passed, pledging the meeting to persevere in this struggle. As usual, the prodiedings terminated with cheers for the 10 per cent. MEMORIAL TO THE EARL OF The subjoined is the copy of a memorial, which is in the course of signature in the city of Chester. The feeling in that part of the kingdom in favour of a decided policy is very strong, and the present policy of the English Government gives great dis satisfaction : "To the Right Honourable the Earl of Clarendoa, her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. "The humble memorial of the undersignel inhabitants of the town of Carnarvon— "Sheweth,—That a memorial from this town was some time since addressed to your lordship, respectfully conveying to your lordship the anxious desire of the memorialists, that the pledges given by the Government of this country to protect the Turkish Sultan and his subjects from the unprincipled encroachments of Russia might be fulfilled. And that, in reply to that memorial, the memorialists whose names were attached had the satisfactioa of receiving from your lordship an unquali fied assurance of the determination of her Majesty's Government to maintain uni►npaired the independen3e of the Turkish empire, and the honour of the British name: "That, entertaining sentiments of the sincerest respect for your lordship's position and personal character, and fully appreciating the onerous nature of the responsibi lities of her Majesty's advisers at the present crisis, your memorialists would not o' light grounds have presumed again to trespass on your lordship's kindness and atten tion. " But that they feel assured that for so doing they will be deemed to poswess an ample justification in the events which, since the date of your lordship's communi cition, have occurred or are in provress -viz., the inva sion and occupation of two Turkish provinces by a Russian army, combined with the plunder of the public treasury, and tile conscription of the militia of those - trov;nc-s • the destruction of a divi s i on o f t h e Turkish , , fleet under circumstances that have created a deep and earnest sentiment of indignation in this and in other civilised countries ; the active and unrelenting prosecu tion by the Russian Emperor of these and other mea sures of aggressive war, in the presence of the fleets of England and France, m open defiance of treaties, and in violation alike of the law of nations and of the dictates of humanity. " That the highest interests of this country, as well as its national honour, are indissolubly connected with the maintenance of the Turkish empire from the unprin cipled encroachment on its dominions now in progress, and with the repression of the lawless designs of Russian ambition. And that by his noble and heroic refusal to violate the laws of good faith and hospitality (by betray ing the Hungarian and Polish refugees), the present sovereign of that empire has obtained an► imperishable claim to be ranked among the most illustrious defenders of the principles of freedom, civilisation, and humanity—a claim which should ensure to him the firm and consistent protection of the Governments of England and France, which they trust will be extended to him henceforward." THE ARMY IN INDIA. The following tribute has been paid to the memory of Major-General God win, C. 8., who was a guest of Sir William and Lady Gomm at the time of his decease ; and the same has been notified in general orders to the army by his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief in India : " Head-quarters, Simla, Oct. 26, 1853. "With deep sorrow—a sorrow sacred to the memory of rare private worth and recorded public merit--the Commander-in-Chief in India makes known to the army the death at Simla, after brief but severe illness, of Major-General Godwin, C. 8., commanding the Sirhind division, and recently holding chief command of the com bined force which achieved the conquest of Pegu. " Sir Wiliiain Gomm feels assured that the army at large will regret with Lim the sudden departure from amid its ranks of a distinguished soldier, a galhAr!t leader, and an ardent promoter of its interests ; while some, perhaps, will mourn with his Excellency over the loss of a long-tried and justly-valued friend, faithful and true, from youth upwards to the close of a useful and honoured life "W. M. Gomm, General, "Command er -i n -Chi e f East Indies. "(By order of his Excellency the Commander-in- Cbief), " 11. T. TUCKER, Lieutenant-Colonel, " Adjutant-Ge:,eral of the Army." The Commander-in-Chief passed the following high encomiums, in a general order, dated October 24, 1853, on the three distinguished regiments, the 18th, 51st, and 80th, now on their march for Calcutta, where they art to embark for England : " Her Majesty's 18th Royal Irish and 80th Regiments of Foot are on the point of returning home, after each completing a term of nearly seventeen years' foreign service. "Many gallant and many arduous services mark the career of both these distinguished corps, comprised within the period above cited. " Her Majesty's 18th contributed essentially to the success of our arms in China. Her Majesty's 80th as sisted actively throughout the first Sikh war, and con- spicuously at the battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshuhur, and Sobt aon. " Both corps have since maintained the high charac- ter already gained for gallantry, soldier-like steadiness, and endurance under privations and the enervating effects of climate, throughout the recent operations in But mah. "The Commander-in-Chief cannot take leave of corps which have so well upheld the character of the British soldier in India, through a series of years, without ten dering to them severally his warmest wishes for their future welfare, and for their rapid restoration to health on their passag, home. "Neither can his Excellency forego the opportunity thus afforded him of expressing his view of the recent services, on the same field, of her Majesty's 51st Light Infantry, also about to proceed borne—services repeatedly brought to his 'mike by the major-generalcommanding the field force in Burmah, in the course of its operati ons —and of offering to this regiment, which will be relieved from the Madras Presidency, the same earnest good wishes as to its brethren in arms of the 18th and 80th." DUBLIN, Jan. 2.—Mnjor-General Cochrane having left Dublin for Scotland on leave of absen ce , th e troops in the garrison of Dub lin and Dublin district re p or t t o the Lieutenant General Commanding (Si r E. Bl a k eney ) through the Assistant Adjutant• General and Assistant Quarter-MasterGeneral of the district and the Town Major. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1854. THE EASTERN QUESTION. (From the Times.) Whatever may be the result of the negotiations which have been opened at Constantinople, they serve to define with greater precision the nature of the demands of Turkey, and the sanction given to those demands by the Four Powers, although we cannot anticipate that they will lead, at the pre sent time, to the restoration of a firm and lasting peace. The conduct of the Turkish Government on this occasion has been temperate and dignified. The change which has taken place in the Ministry, by the removal of the former Capudan Pasha and the entrance of Halil Pasha into the Divan, is con sidered to be an additional guarantee of the pru dence and moderation of the Porte. AcCordingly, the terms recommended by the Four Powers appear to have been adopted without any essential alteration ; and this circumstance is the more im portant from the - disposition already shown at Vienna to evade the force of the engagement con tracted under the Protocol of the sth of December. The forbearance and temper shown by the Ottoman Government, after provocations of the most violent and offensive kind, constitute an .additional claim to the support of Europe ; and the rejection "o, Russia of overtures of peace offered to her in this spirit, would complete the demonstration that :war alone can set bounds to . so fierce and lawless an aggression. In the meantime, contrary to the expectation generally formed both in this country and in France when the disaster at Sinope became- known, it is now ascertained that the combined fleets had not entered the Black Sea on the 22d of December, and, whatever the intentions of the British Am bassador and Admirals may have been, they were not then carried into effect. A contemporary has even published. a letter of somewhat doubtful au thenticity, purporting to be the answer given on the 12th of December by the English and French Ambassadors to the demand of the Porte for the active support of the fleet. We are left in doubt as to the genuineness of that document, which has not yet been confirmed from other sources of in formation, and is not authenticated by Lord Strat ford's usual. style or signature ; but it was no secret at Constantinople that great indignation as well as regret had been felt by the Ambassadors and naval authorities at the wilful disregard of their advice, to which was mainly attributable the dreadful di saster at Sinope. The Capudan Pasha had sent to sea the squadron of Turkish frigates with a perfect knowledge that the Russian Admiral command ing at Sebastopol could at any time come down upon them with an • overwhelming force. Osman Pasha remained at Sinope, although he was twice warned of the danger of his position by Mustapha Pasha, who passed Sinope with three ships of war both in going to and returning from the coast of Circassia, and who got back in safety to the Bosphorus, while Osman lay at Sinope to be destroyed. At Sinope itself there appears to have been only one small battery fit for service, and that was ill provided with ammunition. The squadron had been taken there in defiance of re peated remonstrances, and, however we may de plore the calamity which ensued, and admire the desperate courage of the Turks in their defence, it would be g ross injustice to the o ffi cers commanding the allied fleets if they were held responsible for the consequence of an act which they tried in vain to prevent. Should the hostilities, which now seem inevitable, be prosecuted by the fleets, it will soon be found indispensable to the success of our operations to take into the hands of competent European officers the sole conduct of the war, and to obtain from the Turks the same sort of compli ance and discipline which we had so much diffi culty in exacting from the Portuguese and Spaniards when we undertook to fight their battles in the Peninsula. We shall otherwise be con demned to bear the burden of defeats we might have prevented, and without this guarantee we cannot even rely on the defence of the most im portant positions. The strength of the combined English and French fleets now in the Bosphorus amounts to 44 sail, in cluding line-of-battle ships, frigates, and steamers. Of these the French and English have each three three-deckers ; we have seven two-deckers (in cluding the Agamemnon) to five French two deckers, the French 90-gun screw-ship Napoleon having, unfortunately, been sent back to Toulon for repairs. Each flag has, or will soon have, 11 paddle-wheel steamers. The Sanspareil (English) and the Charlemagne (French) two-deckers have auxiliary steam power. In addition to this power ful fleet, there are in the Bosphorus at least seven Turkish anti Egyptian line-of-battle ships, besides frigates and steamers ; so that the combined force :may be taken at about 60 sail. From the large ,amount of steam power, the weight of guns, the 'size of these ships in proportion to their rating, !and the perfection to which naval gunnery has now been carried both in the English and French navies, this is, beyond doubt, the finest naval armament lever sent to sea, though it might, if necessary, be ;powerfully augmented by the first-class steamships and frigates which form Admiral Corry's squadron now at Lisbon. Those vessels are, however, pro bably reserved as the nucleus of the North Sea fleet in the spring. The best understanding pre vails between the English and French officers, and the signal-books of the two squadrons have been exchanged, with an arrangement that, in sailing order, the French squadron will form the weather and the English the port line. Such is the state of the naval preparations of the two Powers at the moment when the instructions to enter the Black Sea, which were despatched at latest on the 19th ult., arrive at Constantinople ; and we entertain no doubt that these instructions will be executed with the utmost alacrity and effi ciency that circumstances permit. But, whatever may be the Policy of the Cabinets of London and Paris, and the desire of the Ambassadors to give effect to the orders they receive, it must rest with the naval authorities to determine what measures can be taken at this season with safety to the fleets under their command. They have to encounter, not the Russians only, but a climate of extreme rigour in the worst season of the year—a sea dark ened by fogs, swept by sudden and violent storms, and little known to our sailors—a coast notorious in all ages as the noverca navium, the most inhos pitable of shores. It would evidently be the height of folly and impolicy to expose the fleets to great risk from weather, unless the Admirals have a definite object and plan of operations in view, which t he y conceive to be within their The public in Power • this country knows as yet very little of the difficulties which it is their duty to consider and to overcome. It is not improbable that the northern shores and ports of the Euxine are blocked up with ice. In severe seasons the Gulf of Odessa, has been frozen over for two months at a time, and the navigation of that port is uninterrupted on an average 39 days in the year, especially in the month of January. The north-west angle of the Black Sea, between the mouths of the Dnieper and the Dniester, is the coldest and most exposed part of it, and Cherson, Nicolaieff, Odessa, and Oczakow are probably una pproachable by water. Sebastopol i s scarcely more accessi b le to winter operations, and the best naval author ities express doubts of the possibility of maintaining any y close blockade of the coast of the Crimea and Cherson at this time of year. We state these facts, not from any doubt or misgiving as to the service which the fleets are ready to perform, but to guard against the danger of underrating the natural obstacles they may have to encounter. The climate of Russia is, by sea as well as by land, one of the chief defences of that empire during a considerable portion of the year, and we cannot defeat the order of nature. Nay, if anything could give the Russian navy a chance of resisting the two greatest maritime Powers in the world, it would be that they should have wasted their forces in buffeting the winter and the elements, while their real antagonist lies under shelter of his forts, refitting his vessels for next spring. The state of the weather at Constantinople must decide the moment at which the fleets can begin to act. The Black Sea has of late been so tempestuous that we observe by the last accounts a Russian cruiser has literally been driven into the Bosphorus for shelter, and, until we learn that the season has become somewhat more propitious to maritime operations, we shall hesitate to believe that they have actually begun. DEATH OF SIR RICHARD JENKINS, G.C.B.—This hon. knight commander of the Bath, and many years one of the directors of the East India Company, died at his residence, Blackheath Par k, on Friday, in his 69th year. Sir Richard , filled the office of chairman in 1839, and received the order of the Bath for diplomatic ser vices in India, principally through the war of 1817-18. FEMALE EMIGRATION FROM SHETLAND.—Funds have been placed at the command of the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners in this country, sufficient to fit out and pay the whole expense of transport of 300 women from the Shetland Islands to Van Diemen's Land, and the colonial Government offers additional funds if more can be obtained. THE THIRD VOLUME OF THE C HEAP RE-ISSUE OF EVELYN'S DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE Is now ready. To be completed in one more volume, price 6s board. I'll Wished for Henry Coy) in), by his successors Hurst and Blackett 13, Great Marlborough-street. This day is published, price 4s , ELEMENTS of PHYSICAL and CLASSICAL (t .OGRAPHY, comprising the Geography f the Ancient Nv.l(l, in so far as it is sub , ervient to the undo -standing of the Classics, with an Introducti , :n, containing —l. A Popular Account of the Solar System, a-d Suggestions as to the best mode of Teaching , cography.— 2. An Online of the Geologic .1 history of the Globe 3. 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THE PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL TREAT MENT of S TRICTU RE of the URETHRA, in all it- Varie ties and Complical ions. With I' , actical Observations on the Use and Abuse of Urethral Instruments. The whole illustrated by numerous cases, showing that this disease may be succes.fully treated by means at once simple and sate, even in itslthost inveterate and apparently intractable forms. By F. 11. COURTEN M R.C.S.E. "We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of stricture during the last 20 years has equalled, if indeed it has rot surpassed, that of any of his contemporat les, and we know of no man to whose care we would with greater confidence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the urethra."—Medical Circular, July 27, 1853. H. Itailliere, 219, Regent-street. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, Cass. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fu,aam•road), The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. end will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. 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ELIZABETH DOBSON'S ASSIGNMENT.- Whereas Elizabeth Dobson, of Leyburn, in the County of York, Innkeeper, hath by indenture, bearing date the 16th day of December, 1853, assigned over all her Real and Personal Estate and Effects whets ' , ever unto Thomas Masterman, of Patrick Brompton, in the said County, accountant, and Thomas Barugh, of Ruswick, in the same County, yeoman, in trust, for the equal benefit of such of the Creditors of the said Elizabeth Dobson as shall execute the same on or before the 16th day of February, 1854. The execution of which said indenture by the said Elizabeth Dobson, Thomas Mas terman, and Thomas Barugh, is witnessed by John Teale, of Ley burn, aforesaid, attorney•at-law. Notice is hereby given, that the said indenture is lodged at the office of Mr. Henry Thomas Robinson, in Leyburn. for the inspection and signature of the Creditors of the said Elizabeth Dobson. And all persons Indebted to the said Eliza beth Dobson, or who have any of her estate and effects, are hereby required to pay or deliver the same to MR. 11. T. ROBINSON, Solicitor to the Trustees. Leyburn, 27th December, 1853. AW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, ILA Fleet-street, London, January 2, 1854.—NoTics IS HEREBY GIVEN, That, a GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the Law Li'e Assurance Society will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street, London, on THURSDAY, the 211 day of rebruary next, at half past 11 o'clock in the forenoon, pursuant to the provisions of the Society's deed' o' settlement, for the purpose of receiving the Au- Annthd 'Report of the Accounts of the , ociety up to the 31st of December, 1853; to elect two Directors in the room of Anthony Brown, Esq., deceased, and the Right Hon. Samuel March Phillips, whose name was withdrawn at his own request when proposed for re-election in June last ; and for general purposes. The director to be cho•en in the r , om of Anthony Brown, Esq., will remain in office until 24'0 , June, 1.155. The direc or to be chosen in the room of the Right Hon. Samuel March Phillips will remain in office until 24th June, 1857. By'order of the Directors, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. T HE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY, 72, Lombard-street. TRUSTEES. .f. Campbell Renton, Esq. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard Malin,. Esq., Q.C., M.P. James Fuller Maddox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. William '`dams, Esq., Henrietta-street, Cavendish-Square. John Atkins, Esq., White hart-coort, Lombard-street. Henry Angus; ns Bevan, Esq., John-street. America-Square. John it merrlnhi, Esq., Craven-street, , trand. It. Henry Forman, Esq., Ordnance, Pali-Mall. John tiamilton, Esq., Alfred-place, Thurlow-square. John Nfatthews, Ksq., Arthur-street West, City. C. octavius Parnell, Esq,, Noriblk-street, Park-lane. William Williams, Esq., Rood-lane, Fenchurch-street. PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD. 24, Connaught-terrace, Edgware•ror+d. The R6V. James Shergold ,mone, A.M., St.mhope-street, Hyde-park Captain Creed, Bed;ord-square, and St. Albans. Roger Gadsden, Esq., Maida-hill West. and Bedford-row. Charles Pemberton, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and Lin- George Y. Robson, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Ilyde-park, and New- square, Lincoln's-inn. W. H. Trinder, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row. SECRETARY— Chas. Hoghton, Esq. The policies of this Company helm; indisputable, form FAMILY PROVISIONS and NEGOTIABLE SEoURITIF.4, for their valid ty Is not dependent, as in the case of ordinary policies, upon the import of previous reports and other documents. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. LADIES' (D'HIVER) COSTUME DU BAL, GALON D'OR, and PASSE XF.NCERIE FLOUNCING. in Gold and Silver Comment on 'various Coloured Tarlatans and other Light Fab - ics. These Dresses, oo lrErhly approved in Paris, and all the Evening Partics of the beau monde, may now be seen during the Selling Off at this Establishment. Some of the less lavishly decoratt , d will be sold at Eighteen SU rim the Dress, but it must be recollected that this will be less than half t.se real value avid the same remark will apply to the Silks , Shawls, Mantles, tad Family Linen, which, through the retirement rein business of Mr. MerreLt, must be sold immediately. WARWICK HOUSE, 142 and 144, Regent-street. CCHRISTMAS 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, lair, and blooming; ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentifrice, for impartinz a peat Mike whiteness to the Teeth ; and ROWLANDS' AQUA D'QRO, a fragrant and spirituous perfume, an essential accotnpaniment;to places of public amusement and crowded assemblies. The patronage of royaltyand 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 "ROWLANDS' " 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. A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH. MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, FLEET-STREET, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DES'CRIP I'ION of I RTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They CO perfectly resemble the natural teeth, as not to be distinguished from the orginals by the.closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be fourd superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does Pot require the ex traction of roots, or any painful operas ion, and will supp)rt and pre serve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and usefUl in mas tication. 52, FIXET-STREET.—At home from Ten till Five. MR. CHARLES DICKENS AT BIRMINGHAM. The good people of Birmingham may well congratu themselves on the manner in which they have been spending the Christmas week. While the inhabitants of our other large towns have been contenting them selves with pantomimes and the other usual amusements of the season, it has been their good fortune and privi lege to be gathered together like one great family into their fine hall, listening to the most admired fiction writer of his time, who had come down among them on a mission of most seasonable good will and benevolence. In times past several attempts have been made at Bir mingham to establish good and useful mechanics' or literary institutions. To a community of the kind ready and convenient means for conveying instruction to the adult population formed an object of very great import ance. The efforts, however, which at different periods have been made in that direction have all, sooner or later, ended in failure ; and now that the question of education is engaging such serious attention, especially in the manufacturing districts, when from day to day the impression gathers strength that the position which we have acquired by our material resources and our in dustry can only be secured to us by superior intelli gence, the people of Birmingham are wisely alive to their wants in that respect. On the 10th of January, 1853, they adopted the outline of a comprehensive scheme for the formation of a new institute, and since that time '-ave engaged in devising and ma turing the means for tne '' ' It is one of a very extensive character, involving a large preliminary outlay, and presenting difficulties which those who are conversant with the nature of such under takings will be at no loss to understand. The present idea is that the institute should comprehend two depart. ments ; the first special in its character, and confined to schools of industrial science ; the other general, and em bracing libraries, reading-rooms, lectures, museums, mining records, meetings for the discussion of original communications, accommodation for the literary societies of the town, and agallerfof att. It Is proposed to secure the permanence of the institute by vesting the property in the Corporation of Birmingham as trustees, and the necessary buildings are not to be commenced until the amount which is required for their completion, and which is estimated at 20,0001., has been obtained. To collect such a sum as this by voluntary contributions, even in the manufacturing capital of the midland coun ties, is a matter of no ordinary difficulty ; but it shows how earnest the inhabitants are in a cause which all must applaud, and it proves that the memorable lesson which the Great Exhibition of 1851 taught the productive classes of this country has not been forgotten. But the interest felt in undertakings of this descrip tion in a country so full of public spirit as ours is never entirely local, and aid comes to them not unfre quently from distant and unexpected sources. It may seem strange, but it is nevertheless true, that the best friend which the new Birmingham Institute has yet found is Mr. Charles Dickens. Actuated, pro bably, by no other motive than that deep sympathy which breathes through his works for the humbler classes, he has collected and placed at the disposal of the committee a larger sum than any other subscriber. On the evenings of Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday last he presented himself to the inhabitants of Birmingham, in their town-hall, and, to their great gratification, read his "Christmas Carol" and his "Cricket on the Hearth." The former, selected for Tuesday, was repeated on Fri day, and on both occasions, but especially the last, was received with unbounded admiration. The latter did not tell so strongly, but was nevertheless very favourably received. During the three nights of his appearance, 6,000 people attended, and the spacious hall, which on the first two nights was filled with the wealthier classes, was on the third almost exclusively reserved for the ope ratives and their families. It is an unprecedented thing now-a-days to hear authors reading their own works in public. The simple fashion of bardic times is past, and the fastidiousness of modern ideas finds or fancies some thing egotistical in such displays. It is within the nar row circle of private life that the man of literary genius has alone been considered privileged to develops his own conceptions of what he has written. The multiplication of books seems to remove him further and further from personal observation, and we neglect to gratify while yet we may that natural curiosity which, when the ob ject has gone, gives a charm to the reminisce n ces of friendship and inspires many of the most ingenious specu lations of commentators and critics. The appearance of Mr. Dickens at Birmingham is a return to the practice of the olden time, while the benevolent object in view is a complete answer to any insinuation of vanity. Indeed, the writer who encounters a large and intelligent audi ence with a work of fiction, originally intended for quiet perusal in the closet, braves an ordeal which, unless supported by the highest merit, would soon take the self-complacency out of him. There is probably no au thor in this country, except Mr. Dickens himself, who would have ventured to do so. The keen perception of character, the genial spirit, the vivid word-painting, the minuteness of observation, reminding one of the style of the Dutch masters ; above all, the irresistible and origi nal powers of humour and pathos, developed in works which deal principally with society among the middle and humbler classes, while they ha%e achieved for him immense popularity, are possessed in the same measure by none of his contemporaries. To these characteristics of his genius he adds an excellent voice, distinct, well toned, audible to a very large assembly without apparent' effort, and which he modulates with much elocutionary skill. His manner also is perfectly self-possessed and unembarrassed. Practice in amateur theatricals enables him to introduce into dialogues and conversations espe cially a judicious and enlivening amount of dramatic effect, but this he has the good taste not to carry too far, nor in the actor to sink the individuality of the au thor. Bringing these personal aclvantages to bear upon such a work as the Christmas Carol, is it wonderful that Mr. Dickens should have achieved a triumphant success in the benevolent objects which took him to Birming ham ? He has not left an unconverted " Scrooge" in the great hardware metropolis ; he has added some 3001. or 4001. to the fund for the new institute, and he has filled the minds and hearts of the working classes especially with an appreciation of his talents which they never could have gathered from his writ ings. Among the multitude of readers, how few are gifted with that fine discernment which determines the just value of literary merit ; overlooks no beauty, how ever modestly withdrawn, and no defect, however art fully concealed ! But, though only one man in a thou sand may be able unaided to extract from a book its true significance, let the author be a good elocutionist and consent to fill the office of reader, and the whole rise at once by an easy effort to the level of intelligent apprecia tion. So it was on the occasions to which we are refer ring, but most so on the Friday evening, when Mr. Dickens entertained the working men and their families. All the large establishments of Birmingham were well represented there, and it was indeed a spectacle of some novelty, and not devoid of high interest, to see nearly 2,000 people, whose lives are one long round of material toil, resigning themselves during hours that never sped more swiftly to the pleasures of the imagination and the present influence of genius. They formed an eagerly attentive and delighted audience, catching up with their applause every stroke of humour, and melting at each touch of pathos, sensitive to all the changing emotions which it is the object of fiction to evoke, and yielding a ready homage to that magic power which, by the bonds of sympathy, " makes tne whole world kin." It is in the midst of such assemblages that we perceive the value to authors, as to every one else, of that genial and kindly spirit which old Jacob Marley would not permit to go forth in life, and which condemned him to wander through the world after death, dragging after him his chain of cashboxes. Dickens, at least, possesses that spirit, or he would not have been listened to so delight edly by the artiersnaot, Birmingham. The object which had induced hitTrAmie among them had already opened their hearts to hiiirbut the following observations, with, which he prefaced his reading, confirmed him in their favour : " My good friends," he said, " when I first imparted to the committee of the projected institute my particu lar wish that on one of the evenings of my readings here the main body of my audience should be composed of working men and their families, I was animated by two desires---first, by the wish to have the great pleasure of meeting you face to face at this Christmas time and ac company you myself through one of my little Christmas books—(cheers)—and, second, by the wish to have an opportunity of stating publicly, in your presence and hi the presence of the committee, my earliest hope that the institute will from the beginning recognise one great principle, strong in reason and justice, which I believe to be essential to the very life of such an institution. It is, that the working man shall, from the first unto the last, have a share in the management of an institution which is designed for his benefit, and which calls itself by his name. (Cheers.) I have no fear here of being misunderstood—of being supposed to mean too much in this. If there ever was a time when any one class could of itself do much for its own good and for the welfare of society, which I greatly doubt, that time is unquestion ably past. It is in the fusion of different classes, with out confusion ; in the bringing together of employers and employed ; in the creating of a better, common under-:: standing among those whose interests are identical, who depend upon each other, who are vitally essential to each other, and who never can be in unnatural anta gonism without deplorable results, that one of the chief principles of a mechanics' institution should con sist. In this world a great deal of the bitterness among us arises from an imperfect understanding of one an other. (Cheers.) Erect in Birmingham a great educa tional institution—properly educational—educational of the feelings as well as of the reason—to which all orders of Birmingham men contribute, in which all orders of Birmingham men are faithfully represented, and you will erect a temple of concord here which will be a model edificeto the whole of England. Contemplating as Ido the existence of the Artisans' Committee, which not long ago considered the establishment of the institute so sen sibly and supported it so heartily, I earnestly entreat the gentlemen—earnest I know in the good work, and who are now among us—by all means to arid the great shortcoming of similar institutions ; and, in asking the working man for his confidence, to set him the example, aild give him theirs in return. (Great cheering.) You will.judge for yourselves if I promise too mu c h f or th e working man when I say, that he will stand by such an enterprise with the utmost of his patience, his persever ance, sense, and spirit ; that I am sure he will need no GREAT TIRE IN THE CITY. The reports of the fire in Bread-street, Cheapside, pub lished yesterday, convey but a very faint idea of the ex tent of ground laid in ruins, and the amount of property reduced to ashes by this disastrous event. Owing to the vast body of fire in the various premises destroyed, the engines and stand pipes were kept in active operation throughout the whole of Sunday night and yesterday. Even as late as eight o'clock last evening there remained a great deal of fire in the ruins, and the firemen were then obliged to keep a watchful eye over the immense gap caused by the flames lest they should break out again. Early yesterday morning Mr. Toplis, the surveyor to the principal London insurance offices ; Mr. Hodsall, his assessor of losses ; Mr. Connorton, the foreman of the West of England firemen ; Mr. Fogo, the principal officer of the A district of brigade ; and Mr. Superin tendent Braidwood, were all actively engaged in ascer taining what offices were interested in the losses, and also, if possible, to trace out the origin of the fire. As far as the latter is concerned it remains quite as ob scure, as it did on Sunday morning, and up to last night there was nothing to prove positively that the flames originated in the Messrs. Townsend's hat factory, al though the fire was first seen from the street shining through the first floor of their building. From the fact of the roof of their ground-floor warehouse being erected after the style of the late Crystal Palace, and covered in with glass only it is the opinion of the firm that one of the back premises had, in the first instance, become ignited, and the glass of their warehouse being unable to withstand the heat, had cracked, and almost immedi ately afterwards allowed the flames to rush through the openings and seize upon the building. To some extent the supposition is strengthened by the circumstance, that a few minutes before the premises were closed, a policeman bad been in there, and had detected no smell of burning. When the premises were locked up for the night, the policeman on the beat held his bull's-eye lanthorn for the man, and at that period there was not the least appear ance of any part of the building or the stock being on fire. A more searching inquiry will no doubt yet be made, with a view of finding out, if possible, on whose premises and from what cause the fire originated, as most of the sufferers. especially the Messrs. Townsend, appear most anxious on that point. The Lord Mayor attended at an early hour, and was also very desirous of tracing out the cause of such a serious disaster as this unquestionably is ; but his lord ship was unable to gain the slightest additional informa tion beyond what has been given above. Yesterday morning Mr. Braidwood made out his official report of the damages, which is as follows : "Saturday, Dec. 31, 1853, 101 p.m.—Called to a fire in Bread-street, Cheapside ; on arriving, found the pre mises of Messrs. Townsend, hatters, No. 5 in the street, on fire. The building belongs to Mr. 0. Paynter, of Richmond, and was insured in the Legal and Commercial and Sun Fire-offices. The fire was extiniuised by fire men and nine engines of the London Brigade and that of the West of England office. The premises are burned down, and the stock in trade consumed. " Ditto, ditto, Messrs. Hutchinson and Spiller, carpet warehousemen. Premises burned down, and contents destroyed. Insurance unknown at present. " No. 51, in the same street, Messrs. MiKerrow and Son, warehoUi6tnen. Bask room third floor burned out, roof damaged by fire, and contents damaged by fire and water. Insurance unknown. " Ditto, ditto, Messrs. Spencer and Hodson. Similar damage ; contents not insured. Building unknown if insured or not. " Ditto, ditto, Mr. P. Shannon, warehouseman. Similar damage. Insured in the Royal Exchange Fire office. " Nos. 7 and 8, ditto, Messrs. Bouch and Cooth, in the same line of business. Contents insured in the Sun, Royal Exchange, Legal and Commercial, and Defender Fire•offices. " Side windows of first floor burned out, and walls damaged by fire. Stock considerably injured by water. Insurances unknown at present. " Nos. •60 and 62, opposite, Messrs. Groucock, lace men. Front of premises very severely scorched. In surance unknown. " No. 61, in the same street, Messrs. Foster and Co., linen warehousemen. Front of premise's damaged by fire. Insurance not known. " No. 4, ditto, ditto, Mr. W. May, silk mercer and trimming seller. Insurance unknown. "The back warehouse burned down, and three upper floors destroyed. "Ditto, ditto, R. Greenless, shawl warehouseman, insured in the Legal and Commercial and Sun Fire Offices. " Back warehouse burned down, and three upper floors consumed. "No. 3, in the same street, Mr. R. Marr, licensed vic tualler, damage to premises, &c., by water ; insured in the Monarch Fire Office. The house belongs to Messrs. Calvert, the brewers, and is unknown if insured or not. "No. 41, Cheapside, Messrs. Fownes and Co., glove manufacturers, insured in the Globe, Phcenix, Sun, County, and Legal and Commercial Fire Offices. Back front and roof damaged by 'fire, and ceilings and stock in trade considerably injured. it N o. 64, Friday-street, Messrs. Faster and Co., warehousemen. Contents insured in the Sun, Legal and Commercial, Atlas, Monarch, Union and Anchor Offices ; stock greatly damaged by water. N o . 61, ditto, ditto, Messrs. Lidiard warehousemen. Contents insured in the London, Royal Exchange, Union, Royal Liverpool, and Phoenix Fire Offices ; the back warehouse and ground floors burned out, stock damaged by water, and skylights broken. N o . 60, ditto, J. Maii, Son, and Co„ furniture damaged by water and removal, and two trap-doors burned. Insurance not known. "No. 63, ditto, Edward Willett and Co., warehouse men, window-glass broken. Insurances unknown at present." The property deposited in the various warehouses in the immediate proximity of the fire was worth, it is stated, two millions sterling, and it seems perfectly as tonishing that the damage, great as it has been, had not been still greater. The preservation of many of the sur• rounding warehouses may be entirely attributed to the exertions of the firemen. The ruins yesterday presented a singular appearance, for the large icicles were to be seen hanging from the windows and also from the floorings of those in which the fire had performed its most perfect work of desola tion- The adjoining premises, where the fire had done comparatively no damage, bat in which the war from the engines had fallen,•were completely lined with ice, so as to make it extremely difficult for business to be car ried on. - WE K Days. Terrace t. Fler: 0 Pei 7 f 9 11 Ii 3! Q 5 Direct Trains from the Boats marked t Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fo1• lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. WEAR DAYS. SUNDAYS. ...' zi 4 4 .., ) Fen- 5 i ‘7 fr, t Fen- 5 , 2 s church '6' ,f F., g a 0 church '6,...t a Ld Street. -ni ,_.= E 8a Street. 7 . 8 4 ft 5 a ^ a 0 ______ •... ........._ .... 0 4 10: 4 ii _. .... 12 4 - ..._ ..... 214 31 / 2 - 5 5 Passages marked * are run direct. .un direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. to or from Gravesend and London.... ...... 10d. .. Is. 2d. , Gravesend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. •• Os. lOd. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, sr. 04. ; Six Months, 3/. Os.; Three Months, 2r. Os.; to be had of the Collectors on board the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Nov. 17. 15153. YEATES'S-COURT RAGGED SCHOOLS, CLARE-MARKET. —On Sunday, being New Year's-day, a most substantial dinner was given by the rector of St. Clement Danes, Strand, to upwards of 140 children attending the sohools. They assembled at the Vestry-house after the morning service,, where they were met by the clergy and church wardens of the parish, who were accompanied by other friends who take a deep interest in the welfare-of this charitable institution. The dinner consisted of fine roast beef, bread, and plum-pudding, and was distributed by the rector to the poor children, for which they evinced the greatest thankfulness and gratitude. Appropriate addresses were delivered by the rector and R. Twining, Esq., and after singing the Doxology the children were dismissed, highly delighted with their treat. I Satz Irdays SUNDAYS, Time. 11 :1 G R A VESEND STAR PACKETS. N other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purfleet Piers. The Packets tali st the Piers as underlined 'weather permitting) FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. I I \ --