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T PERSONS SEEKING LANDED ESTATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, }TEE fIOLD AND EASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER i'IES G.,NERALLY— To RE HAT) GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throueshout the kin , dom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, 67, (` hancer v -b ne , London, Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's Pans PROPERTY REGISTER," containing, avaried selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em %race the opportunity that the medium of this Reels , er affords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the Itstate Offices, 7. Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of HE eligible chara• ter, thereby avoid tn^: the disadvantages of delay and its attenoant incon- Irenienc,es. . _ THERE Is NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced throurh Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. CI„UTT DT - INLL, Jan. 4. 1864 —OFFICE of CITY REMEMBRANCER —lt havine• been settled that a COURT of COMMON COUNCIL should be holden in the Chamber of the Gull hal', on THURSDAY, t el th inst., ter the ELECTION of CILY REMEMB ANCER, N tice is hereby Given that the name, address, an d occu p ation of each Candidatemust be left at the Town Clerk's Office, not later than Two o'clock on Saturday next, the 9th inst., in order that the same may be duly inserted in the summons convening the Court. The names on such summons will be arramred alphabetieally.—F ur th e r information, if required, can be obtain e d a t the Town Clerk's Office. WOODTHORPE. Q T RANT f rom LONDON to NEW YORK I he British and American Steam Navigation Company (Lunged) will DESP k'rcn one of' the undermentioned Slaendid Rust Scr w Steamers TWICE EACH MONTH for New York:— Tons. Horse Power. isrillow 2.Capt. GLOVER. Iv - , .„, 1,, r1 ltiN,T ER 2.500 .. sro .. Capt. COUCH "ITBLIN 2,' 00 E W YORK 2,500 ..... 500 .. .. t apt. HARRIS. These rnagnificen' vessels are unsurpassed by any ocean going steamer, and have aecnrnmndation for passengers re plete witn every com f or t . Th e Line will commence early in rch ; the exact d ate to b e fi xe d in a latter announcement. 'lo load in the Victoria Docks. For freight or passage apply to the Company's Agents, Alfred Laming and CJ., 70, Cornhill. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE FLEET-STR EET, LONDON. January 4, ISO. NOTICE I; - HEREBY GIVEN, That a GENERAL 11EPTING of the PROPRIETORS of the LAW LIFE .... e A.SS e €RANCE SO I ETY will be he'd at the Society' s Office, t - street, London, on TUE- DAY, the 2d day of February -rl next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon precisely. pursuant to the provisions of th e S'eiety's Deed of Sett'. ment, for the pur pose of receiving the Auditors' annual Report of the Ac counts of the Society up to the 31st December la.t ; to elect a Trust , e, in the room of Jimos William Ferrer, Esquire, deceased ; to elect a Director, in the room of Matthias Thos. noddine, Esquire, deceased ; and for general purposes. The Director to be choson in the room of Matthias Thor, Esq., deceased, will remain in office until t::e 24th day Of June, 1866. Ry order of the Directors. WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. SOCIETY, THE PANULCILLO COPPER COMPANY LIMITED (CHILE). Incorporated, with Limited Liability, under the Companies Act, 1862. Capital £200,000, in 50,000 Shares of £4 each. Of which it is considered that L 3 per share only will be re guired. Deposit 10s. on application, and 10s. on allotment an interval of three months between each call. DIRECTORS. John Pender, Esq., M.P. Man hest r. R. D. Heatley, Esq., C, Great Winchester-street, London. Thomas Augustus Gibb Esq., 72, ()Id Broad - street , London. 1 1, dward Johnston, Esq.,' e, Great St. Helen's, London. Jaynes Andrew , Esq., Liverpool. Irancia J. Johnston, Esq., Liverpool. ANKERS. The Consolidated Ba ß nk, London and Manchester. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Bircham, Dalrymple, Drake, and Ward, 46, Parliament-street, Westminster. RO BKERS. Messrs. 11, Fawc e tt, and Hill, 29, Threadneedle-street London Mesrrs. Ted and Ashton, Liverpool. The Object cf PROSPECTUS. Panu this Compan to urchase and work he . tern° Copper Mine, situat ) is e in the p Province of Ovalle, t in , bile. The Min Co - u . els distant about 43 miles from the Port .. of .. ___, l nob°. For 29 miles of this distance there is a railway c w o n tri l will shonly be extended to the mine. When this is mini ) et !' c l the Present cost of transport from the port to the The will be lessened by about 20 per cent. per cent. yield ot°artsouProduced are chiefly sulphurets of an average The qualat t i 7 2 S,O r JO tons 0t ty extracted from the mine in 1F.62 was about have consider will clean ore, and in 1863 the quantity raised . larger than thatYpreeeded 30,00) tons. This production is the Devon Great Console' ° Y mine in the world, not excepting In the twor principal feet wide. 0 workings the lode of clean ore is 6 . extracti • h° mi ne Is worked horizontally, and the cost o' p irta es. t Prot arty Is only about 10s. per ton. The working of the ( Parr • 3 1 11 g then of rnj • 2 . h,refore, much more of the nature of The lode i t tun • tri h e t, -8 raCel mine long distance, and t` e eyed t . aole for a very svor xto. obe itie4ll- , nstible. Up to the present time and con";: ,8 nave te.,11 only by a day level and tramway, na fret, 9 ently the depth of the lode has not been tested. But _ do,,h 4 "e nature and extent of the workings tnere can be no t 4_,ltill,that the ore wilt be found to a grunter depth. The found ' 0 1' '°t the on in the present bottom or day level is e th e Th e ~,lthest extra, ted. ' - ‘r "otie is supplied with seven furnaces for running the . e L I . 'to t t . ,° regulus, and with everything else that is necessary i n , o lit It fully and efficient y. so that no forthe” outlay . of 1 ,0' 3 '1 Dee will be required, unless it should be found deur -e her(. after to increase the number of furnaces. th e r rangements have b e en completed for .he acq dsition by „,,2 Company of the mine, tramways, road., houses. cattle, '"‘r s, and all other plant, &c., for £120,0 0, payable £40,00 I in 6 ,0(10 shares, on which £2 s. per share is lo be considered as paid-up. and £BO,OOO in cash, payable by instalments, as the calls are made. The Company are to bec , me owuers of the property from I.t January, 1804, taking over stock of Coals. and other store., &c., at cost price. No promotion money will be payab7e, and the preliminary expenses of the Company wi 1 be ot small amount. The TMrectors will only receive as remuneration fbr their service 1 per cent. on the net profits of the Company after provid ings 5 per cent. on t h e paid-up capital, and after setting j icle lit pe r cen t . o f t h e net profits towar d s a rese rve fund. Judg ing from the past actual working accounts, the Directors look to the property payirg an immediate and very satisfac tory mining dividend. A co ..y t the Memorandum and Articles of Association can be ' inspected at the offices of the Solicitirs, 46, Parlia ment-street, A large number of the shares are already subscribed. Pros p e ctuses and f ring ot application for shares can be ob tained trea t the Brokers of the Company in London an d Liverpool but no application wid be considered unless ac couralxmpanied by the B an k ers ' rec eipt f or 10 s . p er s h are on the ac numb of shares applied tor. Temporary Offices-6, Great Winchester-street, E.C. January 4, 1864. IOWETJL'S BALSAM of ANISEED For COUGHS. 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The name and address ae. on the stamp. 111(iYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, ' in the imm e di a t e v i c i n ity of the Great Northern Rail aY Terminus, Ki ng ' s - cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majc.ty the QUEEN. ' ft- Patron—Ms Royal Highness the Prince of W A LE F,K.G P resident—llls Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. The numerous and urgent appeals of the silt poor for ad uLissisn comp , 1 the Committee to entreat the bounty of the Zmaent and humane, as th e medical officers are daily obliged treat as out-patients many d strea ing cases which. with m ore adequat e tun d s, thy would gladly admit into the war s bl premises of the Hospital are cap a bl e o f containing 500 ed e s. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on b volun tary contribution s and legacies, which are received by e reasurer, Edw ar d 51 as erman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also C o Messrs. 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THE OXFORD , 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, by Sir H. Bishop; also, from LA FORZA DEL DES LlNO—Verdi; by the fol lowing talented artistes.—Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz- Henn', V 4 .lmsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimbaley, Stuart, .Cc. Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS, the cele brated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCIIAL KENBACH, the Inventor. Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any oilier man "I, Eugene, W. Randall,W. T. Critchfleld, T. Maclagan, George Hutchen son, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach, and Foster. THIS EVENING, will be produced, supported by the entire company, a new and original Cantata, entitled "King Christmas.' written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and com posed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establshment. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. C ANTERBURY HALL.—THE GHOST in the ‘...) MAGIC FOUNTAINS, surpassing any of the Trans f.wmation Scenes cf the Season—one of the most beautiful effeets ever produce& The scene, "The Tempast ;" Ariel, Miss E. Townley. The flight of Arid through the Fairy Fountains is certainly a triumph of art.—Vide Public Iles& All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions of the Estab ishment as (thenc Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth great Stump Orator), Eugene, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, J. Jester, T. fdaclagan, &c. Admission, 6d ; Stalls and Balcony, ls. Open every Evening. ROYAL AL 1-1 AM 13 RA.-FRANCONPS GRAND CIRQUE IMPERIAL, EVERY EVENING, at Half-past Seven ; Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at Two. " This trouJC is certainly one of the best we have had in England for some ye3rs. The Cirque Imperial may safely count on a long career of prosperity in London."—The Times. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Hay market. NOTICE. —M. JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS will be continued at the above elegant rooms. Admission 15. Conductor— M. JULLIEN. Solo Performers—Messrs. Mosca, Tyler, Horton, Snelling, Progratski, MeKenney, Doors Open at 8, commence at half-past. Manager, M. GRENET. soners, but in the report of the House of Lords' committee it appeared that in some cases, exclusive of other labour, prisoners were employed nearly nine hours on the treadmill. He, therefore, thought the proposition of the noble earl ex tremely moderate. (Hear, hear.) Mr ESDAILE said the only desire of the Court was to show a proper feeling of respect to the committee which had pre sented such an able report, and to visiting justices, who had always so ably discharged their duty. (Hear. hear.) He would suggf st that the Court should express their thanks to the committee for the report which they had presented, and refer that report to the visiting justices to carry it out in their descretion from time to time as they might think fit. to remain there." (Hear, hear, and laughter). Now, it was not desirable that such an impression should get abroad amongst the labouring classes. Offenders ought to receive the punishment to which they were sentenced, and not be better treated than an honest man earning Bs. a week and supporting himself and his family by his own honest industry. (Hear, hear.) Lord H. CHOLMONDELEY, after a few remarks in ex planation, withdrew his first and third resolution, and the second and fourth were put to the vote, the number of the magistrates being recorded, Lord EVERSLEY, on casting up the number, declared them to be— For Lord Carnarvon's motion For the amendment l9 (Hear, hear.) Mr. BEACH, M.P., said the noble earl bad invited the justices to reconsider the present system. The visiting justices had shown a desire to enter calmly into the details of the recommendations which had been made, in most of which details the chairman of the visiting justices commit tee had acquiesced. There were several matters in which great latitude was left to the justices. The question of plank beds mutt be left to their discretion., and as to instruc tion in the evenings, he thought th e y might try whether it would operate beneficially, and then report to the Court The resolution did not order them to carry out any details. They were simply called upon to carry the recommenda tions contained in the report into effect to the best of their ability and power; and he was sure that no one would have any reason to complain of their want of zeal and dis cretion in carrying out these recommendations. He thought the report ought to be adopted as it stood, sufficient latitude being left to the justices to exercise their )wn discretion in the matter. (Hear, hear.) Lord HEYTESBURY expressed his concurrence in the views of the last speaker. Mr. BERNARD said one of the evi ls complained of by the Lords' committee was the want of uniformity in prison dis cipline, and he did not think that the adoption of the report would at all tend to remove that difficulty. If the report should be adopted in its entirety, in what situation would some of the prisons be? Prisoners tried at Winchester and sent to Portsmouth or Southampton would receive very different sorts of punishment from those imprisoned at Win • cheater. If the discipline recommended by the noble earl was proper it ought to be adopted generally. He believed that the Secretary for the Home Department was taking some steps in the matter, for he had directed returns to be made with respect to the diet in prisons ; and, under these circumstances, he would suggest the propriety of postponing the further consideration of the matter for the present. Mr. SCLATER BOOTH, M.P., believed that the time had arrived for making prison discipline more stringent, and felt greatly obliged to the noble earl for the part which he had taken in the matter, but felt that great deference was due to the opinions of the gentlemen who had had the ma nagement of the prison for so matt' years, and the Court ought not to come to a vote which would place them in an unpleasant position. (Hear, hear.) He should be glad if the Court could separate without coming to a vote. If not, he felt that the visiting justices had a great claim on his support. So far from the amendments being antagonistic, he was surprised to find the visiting justices so ready to concur in the recommendations contained in the report, and to try the experiments recommended with regard to diet and labour. Whether it was worth while to ask the Court to allow them to exercise their discretion with regard to the four points contained in the amendment, or whether they might assume that the Court would grant that discretion, he was not prepared to say. It might be assumed that the Court would not bind them with respect to every detail, and would view with forbearance any ob servations which they might make. But if they insisted on the amendments being adopted he should not oppose them. (Hear, hear.) Mr. H. GORDON believed that it was the wish of the Court that the report should be carried oat within the lati tude indicated by the amendment. Whether the object would be obtained by the adoption of the motion with that understanding, or whether it would be better to adopt the amendments, might be a matter of arrangement. But if the carrying of the amendment would be equivalent to the rejection of the report, he would vote for the original mo tion. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of CARNARVON congratulated the Court on the moderate tone which the discussion had assumed. Various propositions had been mape with the view of bringing about a complete agreement, and the Court must be satis fied if it obtained an agreement in reality, and not look too much to technical agreement in words. It had been sug gested that the consideration of the report should be de layed until some steps were taken by a central authority. It was hardly necessary to discuss that point. The Court was of opinion that some action ougnt to be taken, and if they were to wait until the Secretary of State proposed a uniform system, they would have to wait a very long time. (Rear, hear.) A proposition had been made that the report should be referred to the visiting justices for them to re• port upon. Mr. EsDAILE said what he had suggested was that the justices should take into consideration the report of the special committee, and carry out such parts of it as they should deem advisable, and report thereon from time to Majority —2B The original motion was, therefore, carried ; and, the other business having been disposed of, The Court adjourned. The Chancellor of the Exchequer in Flintshire. BANKRUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS.- Mr. WETHERFIELD, Solicitor, 35, Moorgate-street, City, PRACTISEh in COURT, and effects PRIVATE ARRANGEMENTS with creditors, without publility. Charges, the lowest possible, payable by instalments. Coun try cases economically conducted. N B.—DEBTS recovered on commission, free of law costs. Divorce and Probate business conducted at moderate ex pense. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—BoTT and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-Park, London. TE THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any IL one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Toeir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. 10. vnd 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. • N O CURE NO PAY.—The Pre-eminent, success attending the use of KERSHAW'S VOLTAIC FLEXIBLE BELT, novel in principle and action, i the cure of nervous and muscular affections, admits of its sale being made dependent upon verified efficacy. A new Belt can be bad on trial for a month, free of charge, for rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica, epilepsy, nervous debility, paralysis, lumbago, tie doloureux, bronchial cough, asthma, spasms, sprains, indigestion, inactive liver, &c. By the mild continu ous electric current evolved, exhausted vital ener,* , is e.iec tually restored. Prices, ss. to 15s. each ; for extreme cases, according to size and power. Testimonials sent free.—Depot, 11, Crooked-lane, King William-street, City. e,,;1 :; ... -, Effi:i .t . m1. ., i...; ii i ri , .. . . ~. :„...--.....,:, : .. ; 6.IIe H .v‘ C... SHAKSPEARE CELEBRATION ':.1: ) : 7 7: 7 : , " --- `7 - -,--, :q:?-{1 \ , h.t. // 2-O P# I "71,---•<'. 1 - • , , ! . 0 4.....ig ..... A 4 , • , 4 , : 4 1 i .. _ c .' ' ;:.+; ' , ,r, . , , , I ',,,, (~‘ ; ...4 ' +I :. , '' ' ' ',..i : '.., fi *. 'P I - -.: '..',1.• , ; 83': • ' --- 1 ~0.- --- ~,,,,, ± sl , .. ,•.,,, isi ..4 , • ~,..47;„:), .;i i i:i trow , .. . ‘ ,, , ,,,.f,,,,,•. .....; ~_ ..;t t -5 4 ,,,.„___ ? !,,, F ,-,, > , :r1--‘!72:41. -..,•-•,.(7-0 c, %14 - ,-. -4ri tt, , • - -..ki.,. . 1 - , 0, - 4 4':'' A- - -- -., i - - -!_.= ‘.. :,.,,, &-'-' '5 211 '14.1 4 DEorr. Cfr, 74' b.. l . DIE I ..., 11. -,,,, . ..7 ' +.. • avl: ilt i l . e. ...t... % : 0 : 1'74 rg , . .0 ?..4,, '- ' ft............. i " , (1,,, .,:*, ,, ,; 4"._ ..,..,....qZ ' 4 '''4 d'jNl. , , .:-.., . 0...: ~ , ~, ..., ~,. -,( 0 , ~...._ . ~,. ~ a s_ It is now pretty generally known that during thz:". past few months a movement has taken place to i t z commemorate the three-hundredth birthday of Shek speare—April 23, 1861—by liqieg the first stone of a monument to the immortal bard in some conspi cuous part of London. In order to effect this object in a manner in some degree worthy of Shakspeare and of the country, a committee of noblemen and gentlemen have charged themselves with the duty of inviting the patronage of her Majesty, the presi dency o f his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the co-operation of corporate bodies, special com mittees, and eminent men of ail ranks and profes sions. The list of vice-presidents already enrolled cllnpriso the following, erwnent names :—The Areh 'bi,hop of Canterbury, Lori. Primate of all England; the 114 ,- .3.(1 Arcbbi3hop of 1 7 .c,r1:; th',. Lord Archbishop of Dublin; the Duke of Devonshire, Chr,ziedlor of the University of Clmbridge ; Lord Broighcsaa end Chancellor of the University oft' Edinburgh ; the Duke of Manchester, Chairman of Gimmittee; Earl Granville, K.G., Lord President of the Pr;vy Council ; the Right Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock, Lord Chief baron of the Exchequer; the Earl of Carlisle, K.G., Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; Earl Stanhope, President of the Society of Ant queries; General Sabine, President of the Royal Society : Sir C. L. Eastlake, President of the Royal Academy of Arts ; the Right Hon. the Lord Ma: or of Lon don, the Right Hon. Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, Bart., M.P., Charles Dickens, Esq., W. C. Macready, Esq., Alfred Tennyson, Esq,, Poet Laureate. The secre taries and treasurers are as follows :—General se cretaries—W. Hepworth Dixon, Esc., F.S.A., J. 0. Halliwell, Esq., F.R.S.; Colonial secretaries — Sir Charles Nicholson, Bart., Sir Richard Graves- Macdonnell, C.B. ; Dramatic secretariese—J. Stir ling Coyne, Esq., Westland Marston, Esq., LL.D. ; Literary secretaries-1. C. Jeaffreson, Esq., H. N. Barnett, Esq.; Secretaries for committees-in. aid— Frederick Haines, Esq,, F.S.A., G. Linemas Banks, Esq; Foreign secretaries—Ernest de Bun sen, Esq., Antonio Panizzi, Esq. ; Treasurers—Sir Richard Charles Kirby, C. 8., William Tite, Esq., M.P., F. W. Cosens, Esq. The general committee, already numbering upwards of 400 members, in cludes names the most eminent in literature, art, science, law, the church, diplomacy, and commerce. Up to the present the meetings of the committee have been strictly of a private character. Yester day afternoon the members met at the rooms of the Society of Arts, Adelphi. Amongst those present were the secretaries and some 50 members of the general committee. On the motion of W. HEPWORTH DIXON, Esq., Mr. Bracebridge, of Stratford-upon-Avon, was voted to the chair. FRED. HAINES, EEq., read the minutes of the meeting of Dec. 7. Pert of the proceedings of this meeting was a motion for inviting the late Mr. Thackeray to become one of the vice-presidents ; which motion, on a mere matter of form, was op posed and negatived by a vote of 22 to 9. On the motion that these minutes oe confirmed, Mr. VIZITELLY opposed it on the ground that the numbers had been inaccurately recorded, as more than 9 had been in favour of the proposition to in vite Mr. Thackeray to become one of the vice-presi cents. His amendment, however, was not seconded. W. HEPWORTH DIXON, Eq,, said before the minutes were confirmed he would submit a sugges tion which the meeting might or might not adopt. He for one should infinitely ;egret that there should remain on the records of a committee like theirs any such entry as that to which reference had been made. (Hear.) That proposition, he believed, was m .de in haste. It was said, on one side, that there was a misapprehension with regard to the character of it. He was perfectly certain that under the circum stances all regretted that it had been made. (Hear, hear.) He expressed en individual opinion when he said that be never thought of contesting Mr. Thackeray's high claims or his right to any place on that committee to which they thought pro per to appoint him. He believed the whole thing had arisen in a misapprehension about the form in which the invitation should be sent. He would therefore propose that the chair man be authorised to erase that entry from the minntes before confirming them, so that the bock which would certainly acme day be deposited in the British Museum, and remain as a permanent record of the committee, should not bear on the face of it an entry which was the result of haste, and which was certainly a matter of very profound regret. (Hear, beer.) Mr. GEORGE CRUIESHANK seconded t he resolu tion. A lengthened discussion took place on this propo sition, in which Mr. Bell, Mr. Ottley, Mr. Theodore Martin, Mr, Vzitelly, Mr. Gruneisen, Mr. Tcmiins, and Mr. Stirling Coyne took part. The •:ieepest regret was expressed on all hands that such an entry should under the lamentable cir cumstances of Mr. Thackeray's death, have been made, and there was a general coecura rence in the statement of Mr. Dixon, that it had occurred on a mere question of form as to whether Mr. Thackeray should be invited to become a vice president before it was known whether he would be willing to accept. It was thought that the case should be met by a declaratory resolution, and not by an erasure of the minutes. In this view the minutes were first confirmed by the meeting, and then C. L. Gruneisen, Esq., submitted the following resolution, which being duly seconded, was, after considerable discussion, eventually carried ; " That the general committee deeply deplore the premature decease of Mr. Thackeray, and regret that circum stances should have occurred to prevent the enrol ment of his name in the list of vice-presidents. W. HEPWORTH DIXON, Esq., then announced the following additions to the committee since the last meeting:—To the list of vice-presidents—Earl Granville, K.G., and the Lord Mayor. To the Com mittee—The Right Hon. the Lord Provost of Eciin burgh, the Mayor of Arundel, the Mayor of Bolton, tNlaie.playorfeastsE.CosrtiiiiGc.h.,e.wiTsdthwaeorrinar,lletanhsse Recorder of Durham, the Mayor of Kendal, the Mayor of Northumber land, the Sheriff of Mid-Lothian; the Provost of Stirling, Sir Robert Phillimore, Q.C. D.C.L., Queen's Advocate; the Hon. the Chief Justice of British Guiana, Sir Richard Hill, K.C.8., Col. de Bathe, Sir F. Madden, K.H., P.R.S., J. B. ‘,DI\ a n.uo.D v dmi e p, eE , hpr tiv: E a:rys. l .o q Ani FE . 1. Arnold, D ol , t oFE Smith,.GsS go. Hugh d. James ca H hnim‘e . vsi G. pc.t De La RED:r i s V Eolociaesf r :::: i cisE g yosE: h :os dgEr t sd , Esq., q gratijj Hood, , Lawrence, win Esq., John C. Leighton, Esq., Theodore Martin, Esq., G. W. Martin, Esq., Alfred Mellon, Esq., H. A. Wright, E-q., James Anderson, Esq., Rev, Thomas Corser, George Petrie, Esq., LL.D., James Spence, Esq., Liverpool, George King, Esq. He said he had also to submit to them a report on the general state of the committee, an exposition of its ideas and of its organisation, with a view to making the first public statement which they had ever yet attempted up to the present time. All their meetings had been private, and nothing had been allowed to transpire except through the accredited secretaries, who had been appointed to report such official formal facts as they were instructed to do. The question of publicity had to a great extent, however, been taker. out of their hands, as some of the members Lad made matter of public report the common transactions of this private committee. It had become absolutely nectssory, therefore, for the committee itself to assume publicity. It was pro• posed that a public statement should be made of their ideas and organisation, which statement he wu uld submit to them for their u l t imate adoption. The hon. gentleman then read an address, setting forth the ideas and organisation of the commito e, as at present existing, a resume of their opLrstion,a, and a classified list of the most eminent members. Another long discussion of no public interest took place on this report, resulting in its being re ferred back to the executive committee by the fol me i draft ttee report r p t u h twf forthwith printed, and a co p y- ward a w r i d n g resolutionn behalf - - f " the sent That committee the to each member of the general • com mittee, and that this meeting stand ad journed until Mon t oo Monday next to c o n sider the same. Th e meeting there u p on ad j ourned. t m DO WHERE CAN WE MEET AF I'ER THE PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at EVANS', Covent-garden. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. 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The lifeboats also went off in reply to signals of distress on fourteen occasions, but their services were not ultimately required. The amount of reward pAd for all these services was £216. The Committee of the Institutionearnest 7 y AP PEAL to the public for ASSIsTAN , E to enable them to meet the con tinued heavy demands on the Society's 125 lileb at estab lishments. Contributions are receiv d by all the Lon on and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adeiphi, London, AEOPTION OF THE EARL OF CARNARVON'S REPORT. WINCHESTER, Monday. The subject of prison discipline, which has excited so much interest in this county, was again brought under dis cussion this day before a very full bench of magistrates. Lord Eversley presided, and amongst the other magistrates present were the Earl of Carnarvon,Lord H.Cholmondeley, Lord Hey. tesbury. Lora Somerton, Sir W. Heathcote,M.P., Col. Humphry, M.P., Mr. Beach, M P., Sir H. Jervoi-et M.P,, Mr. Carter, M.P., Mr. Sclater Booth, M.P., Admi ral Sir C. Curtis, Admiral Neville, Hon. J, D. Curzon, J. W. Salt, Esq., H. J. Mulcock, Eel., F. J. Marks, Esq., W. C. D. Esdaile, Esq., H. C. Compton, Esq., Sir John Simeon, the Rev. J. T. Maine, the Hon. J. T. Dutton, Sir H. P. Gordon, and Raikes Currie, Esq. Oa the motion of Sir W. HEA.THCOTE, seconded by Lord H. CHOLMONDELEY, Dr. Butler was appointed surgeon to the county prison, in the room of Dr. Lyford, resigned. Lord H. CHOLMONDELEY then brought up the report of the visiting justices, stating their disagreement to certain parts of the report on prison discipline presented by the Earl of Carnarvon at the Christmas Sessions,which he pro posed to submit to the Court inthe shape of an amendment. The justices, although disagreeing with recommendations to which the amendment would refer, expressed their anxious wish to carry out such new duties as might be im posed upon them. The Earl of CARNARVON then rose to move the following resolution, of which he had given notice at the Christmas sessions :—" That this Court do agree with the committee on prison discipline in the recommendations contained in their report, and that a committee, to consist of the several justices of the county prison, be appointed—that the said report be referred to them for their guidance, and that they do from time to time report to the Court the progress made in carrying the same into effect," The noble earl said it was his anxious wish to meet the visiting justices, and to smooth away any points of antag onism which might enist. His noble friend had adopted a very inconvenient and very unusual mode of proceeding in framing his amendments on the motion, and retaining them until the last moment, when it was impossible to give them full consideration. On that ground, and also on the ground that he had not had time to consult many gentlemen who had served on the select committee by whom the report had been prepared, he should be justified in declining to accept the amendments, but he must go a step further and say, that, having glanced at the amendments which had been handed to him, he could not accept them, because their adoption would practically put an end to the recommenda tions contained in the report. The committee had been appointed to consider the whole subject, and had framed what he considered a satisfactory scheme. Another com mittee suggested certain alterations in that scheme. Now he thought it was not too much to ask that the system which had been recommended should have a fair trial, and in the event of its failure he should be perfectly ready to co-ope rate with his noble friend in obtaining enlarged powers for the visiting justices, or in procuring a modification of any of the principles laid down in the report. If the amend ments were few and trifling, as his noble frier .d appeared to consider them, then they were superfluous ; but if they materially affected the substance of the report he trusted the Court would consider him right in pressing his motion to a division. Before p: oceeding further he should be glad to hear what his noble friend had to say in support of his amendments, and would then endeavour to reply to him. (Hear.) He might, however, be permitted to state that he had received a letter from Lord Shaftesbury, who was pre vented by indisposition from taking part in the proceedings, in which letter his noble friend expressed his anxiety to support the views embodied in the report from the convic tions which he had arrived at dur:ng a long and arduous attention to the evidence given before the committee of the House of Lords. (Hear, hear.) The motion haring been seconded and put from the chair, Lord H. CHOLMONDELEY rose to propose his amend ments, the adoption of which he denied would be fatal to the repbrt. They were as follows :—" That this Court do agree with the committee on prison discipline in the recom mendations contained in their report, with the following amendments thereto :-1. That in special cases, to be re ported by the chaplain to visiting justices and approved of by them, secular books be allowed to prisoners in the Ist and 2d classes. 2. That the visiting justices be instructed to make such arrangements of the prisoners' time tis may in their opinion be desirable for • carrying out the hard dabour scale, and also to fix the hours for school instruction ; but that they be recommended to consider, when making such arrangements, whether the whole or any portion of such school instruction may not be advantageously given in the evening. 3. That as the introduction of guard or plank beds must be considered simply as an experiment, the visiting justices be instructed to order only a limited number of such beds, not in the first instance to exceed 20, and that such beds be used with or without mattresses, at the discretion of the visiting justices, but that they be directed to report from time to time to the court, stating whether, in their opinion, it will be desirable to increase the number of beds, and to adopt fully the suggestions of the select committee with regard to the first and second classes of prisoners, 4. That, in the opinion of the Court, it is not desirable at present to take any steps for the restoration of the stalls in the chapel, but that the visiting justices be requested to make such arrangements as they may judge expedient for preventing more effectually all communication, but that no alteration be made in the daily attendance of pri soners. 5. That the table in the appendix be re-arranged, in order to meet the alterations now adopted by the Court. With respect to the first resolution, the visiting justices were of opinion that there were prisoners to whom it was really necessary to give secular books, and all the justices required was that they might have the power to grant such books in special cases reported to them by the chaplain. If the Court adopted that suggestion he could assure them that the indulgence would not be abused. With respect to the second amendment he was really at a loss to understand how his noble friend could consider it fatal to the report. The object in view was, that the hours of instruction should be fixed ; but that would be taking out of the hands of the justices a power which they ought to be allowed to retain, He would not say whether it was good or bad to let instructionbe given in the evening—but in his opinion the arrangements ought to be left in the hands of the justices. The third amendment referred to the experiment which ought, in the first instance, to be tried on a small scale— and he thought it would be extremely unwise to order 50 or 60 plank beds to begin with. All that the justices re quired was to be allowed to try the experiment on a smaller scale than that recommended by his noble friend. With regard to the fourth amendment he felt very strongly, and was of opinion that the justices ought to be allowed to make such arrangements as they deemed exp.> dient for preventing more effectually the communication of prisoners with each other. Whatever the Court might de termine upon the justices would endeavour to carry out to the best of their ability. The most important part of the proposition of his noble friend was that relating to hard labour, and that the justices were fully prepared to carry out. He doubted whether it would have the effect desired by his noble friend, but if that should prove to be the case he would be one :of the first to congratulate him on the alteration. He doubted whether the change proposed would have the effect of reducing the number of prisoners ; for on looking over the Lords' report it was somewhat remarkable that in those prisons where the labsur was most severe there were the largest number of re-commitments. (Hear.) The amendments were seconded by Mr. CHUTE. Lord SOMERTON objected to the amendments, which, he said, struck at the root of the whole matter, particularly those relating to school instruction and separation in the chapel. Those gentlemen who supported the amendments ought to consider what the result of their op position might be. The opinions embodied in the report were not only the opinions of the noble earl and his com mittee, but the opinions of the committee of the House of Lords, the opinions of the Royal commission on penal servi tude, and the opinions of many of the judges of the land, and especially of the Lord:Chief Justice. (Hear, hear.) He had heard some objections stated as to the number of hours proposed for labour. The number proposed was ten. Some persons had gone so far as to say that such an amount of labour would have a serious effect on the mind of the pri- 11IPED ....sd. The Earl of CARNARVON—That would give the visiting justices entire discretion to scratch out every line of the report, and ho should place not only himself but the com mittee and the Court in a false position i t he agreed to such a proposition. (Hear, hear.) On the other hand, if the pro position of Mr. Esdaile did not go so far, it was only assert ing, in other words, what had been assumed. He did not think that there was anything unreasonably binding on the justices in his resolution, and believed that it conveyed every reasonable latitude that ought to be given. It had been stated that when the report was laid on the table a promise was given that the subject should be brought forward in a string of resolutions. No such promise had been given by him, brat he would go so far as to say that such had been his intention, and he should have done so had the chairman of the justices been able to meet, and had he not been driven to the necessity of acting for himself on account of the pres sure of time. The whole point of Lord Cholmondeley's ob servations was this, that it was unwise to pledge the Court by the adoption of this report to any precise details. But the Court were not drawing up an act of Parliament or ape • cifying every little detail which might be necessary for car rying out the scheme. (Hear, hear.) This was a matter between the C‘surt and the justices. If they accepted in a frank manner the spirit of these recommendations all petty questions of detail might be easily and satisfactorily settled. If the justices met with difficulties the Court might assist in removing those difficulties ,by enlarging their powers. The proposals which had been made for agreement were a l mos t identical with this resolution, and if they only meant that they were superfluous and worse than super fluous, because they would throw suspicion on the re ports, a nd imply that there was som e secondary motive beyond that which was apparent, he believed the adop• tion of the amendments would be injurious to the re port. They were of two classes. The first and the third referred to matters of detail, and they were scarcely worthy of objection; with regard to the plank beds, he never had any intention of binding the justices down to any particular number. All he desired was that the experiment should be tried. (Hear, hear.) But the other two points were of great importance—the questions of evening instruction and the chapel arrangements. With regard to the question of instruction, the proposition of the justices was this—that the whole or a portion of such in struction could not be advantageously given in the evening. The proposition in the report was not to give instruction in the day, but in the evening. Now he was at a loss to un derstand what objection could be urged to evening instruc tion. That system was a practical one, It had been tried and it had succeeded. In the Irish convict prisons it had been the practice to limit instruction to the evenings, and every one knew that the system had answered. And he could, from personal inquiry, bear testimony to the fact that such a system was agreeable to the prisoners. But he would go a step further, and say that he objected to instruction being given in the day. Instruction given during working hours was vicious in principle. These hours ought to be devoted to work and nothing but work. Prisoners were committed to prison not to be educated, but in the first in stance to be punished. Punishment was the primary con s deration, Instruction ought only to be a secondary one. (Hear.) The Court had always shown a deference for the opinion of Parliament, and when they found that two bodies differently constituted—a committee of the House of Lords and a Royal commission, presided over by Lord Grey—had without concert and communication come to an identical recommendation with respect to evening instruction, he thought that fact ought to have considerable weight with the Court. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the chapel the visiting justices recommended that no steps should be taken. The report recommended that with a view to render communication more difficult the Court should agree to re-stall the chapel, but supposing the ex pense too heavy to be incurred at this moment they sug gessted that the alternate seats should be vertical. But the recommendaton and the alternative had both been re jected by the justices, although they admitted they present system to be unsatisfactory. It had been said that the car rying out of the report would be attended with great ex pense, but he entertained a very different opinion, and entered into some statistics to show tha., the amount ex. pended in the employment of an increased number of officers to carry out a really deterrent system would be more than compensated by the reductions in the number of recommit tals. To show how lightly the present system was treated, the noble earl mentioned an instance in which a labourer on his release from Winchester, on being asked what he thought of the treatment, replied, "You can hardly tell how goodnatured and kind and civil they are, they weighed my food for me every morning ; they came every day and asked if I had anything to complain of and if I desired any alte ration to be made ; and if it had not been for the desire of seeing my wife and family I should have had no objection Last evening the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered an address to the members of the reading room at Buckley, Flintshire. Sir Stephen Glynne occupied the chair, and the room was well filled. Mr. Gladstone, after referring to the immediate object which had called them together—the inau guration of a working-man's reading-room—said there was a striking resemblance between the na tural habits of animals and men. It was natural for the animal to divide its time between labour, food, and slaep. So it ought to be with man ; but man ought also to give a portion of his time to in tellectual pursuits. What were the competitors with these institutions for the employment of the spare time of the labouring man P There was the public-house, and, though he would not speak in extrema language of those houses, as was the prac tice of some, they would no doubt agree with him that the public-house was not a desirable place for a labouring man to spend that portion of his time which was not required for food or sleep, and that schools and reading-rooms were greatly preferable. Having spoken further upon the general question of the utility of working men's educational institu tions of the kind they were then inaugurating, he dwelt upon the means which working men generally possessed for forming them. He ob served that Englishmen were not by far so thrifty as the inhabitants of Scotland and Wales ; but not only were Englishmen less thrifty than Seotchmen or Welshmen, bat they were less thrifty than the French labouring man, while the latter got 20 to 30 per cent. less weges than the former. It had been for many years the desire and effort of the legislature of this country to do what they could to induce the labouring classes of this country to be thrifty and careful, and with this ob ject they had established the Post-office Savings Banks, so that nothing now was wanting but the disposition to be provident, and that disposition, al though it could not be supplied by an Act of Parlia ment, might be greatly encouraged by such facili tiesfor investment as those to which he had referred. They could not possibly confer upon men of an independent free community like ours a greater blessing than that of enabling them to serve and help themselves. The right hon. gentleman referred at some length to the virtue of thrift, recommending it for the reasons that it enabled labouring men to put out their children to trades and businesses, and also prepared them for a rainy day. Savings banks had been in existence for nearly a quarter of a cen• tury, and £40,000,000 had been deposited with them —that amount being almost entirely the property of the working classes. Post-office savings banks had now been established with the object not of rivalling any other institution, but of encouraging as much as possible the efforts of the working classes to cave their money and to secure for themselves a safe depository for their savings. These bulks, of which here were 3,000 in the country, were exactly adapted to the requirements of the labouring population, who did not want to deposit any but small sums, and who, having perhaps no secure place in which to keep their money, could place it there, where it woutd not be taken away, as it might be when temptation came if kept in the house. Another advantage which these banks presented was that, while there were 3,000 of them, the depositor put his money into but one bank. The Bank of England had branches in different parts of the country into which persons might pay money and receive it at any other bank. So it was with these 3,000 Post office Savings Banks. If a man put money into any one of these 3,000 banks, he could draw it out from any other of them. When first the system was introduced it was not liked, because some people said that the Government wanted the people to take their money to the Post-office Savings Bank, and then the Government, knowing how much money the labouring classes possessed, would impose some tax or other which did not then exist. But the fact was, that the Post-office authorities, although they had to receive the money, dare not tell anybody the amount deposited. There was therefore no oppor tunity for the inland revenue officer to know the exact amount deposited, and then report it to Govern ment. One thing which kept some people away from these banks was a fear that they coulu not make their deposits without the risk of their accounts being peeped into by other people. He clld not believe the old savings banks were very particular about this, for they had not the means of enforcing the strictest secresy, because it was desirable that the trustees and managers should be cognisant of the deposits made. In the Post-office Savings Banks the Legislature had endeavoured to meet this difficulty as much as possible, and only one person, the postmaster, was authorised to see the accounts, while he was forbidden by law to disclose to any one the names of depositors. Some people did not like Post-office Saving Banks, as he had before observed, because the Government would try to ascertain through them how much more taxing the people could bear ; but he considered himself guiltless of any scheme of that kind, and if there had been any such intention on the part of the Government, the law would have been that the post master should make a return to the Inland Revenue Office of the amounts deposited. One great benefit in connection with the Post-office Savings Banks was, that all the property of the country was liable for the depositors' money, and if one, ten, twenty, or fifty postmasters were to run away with the money in their hands, the depositors would not be affected in the slightest degree. His total would remain exactly where it was, and his money would be repaid him, notwithstanding the default of the postmaster. After some further remarks, the right hon. gentleman concluded amidst loud applause. REPORTED Loss OF A LARGE PASSENGER SHlP.—Advices were received on Saturday report ing the supposed loss, it was believed, of a large passenger ship in the vicinity of the Orkneys. The wreck has the appearance of having been a large class vessel, but nothing has been communicated as to her name. A number of dead bodies are stated to have been found in a kind of cave, as if washed in by the sea. A quantity of wreck has also been cast ashore. 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LOVETT) said it now became his duty to declare the result of the polling., which wa , as follows : . . Harvey Lee 313 Msjority for Harvey The numbers were received with loud cheering from Mr. Harvey's friends. The High Sheriff then declared Mr. R. B. Harvey duly elected to represent the county of Buckingham in Parlia ment—(cheers)—and personally congratulated him upia his success, wishing him health and happiness long to enjoy his honours. Mr. HARVEY then stepped forward to address the elec• tors, and was received with loud cheers. He said it would be base ingratitude on his part if he attempted to conceal or refrained from expressing the pride he telt at the result of the contest. He did not look upon it as a conquest over one individual, but as a decided Conservative triumph. Their predictions had been fulfilled ; the old cause was triumphant; but let them render their victory more com plete by holding their ground, and resisting any attempt for the future to wedge in a Liberal for the county. If one so young as he might presume to offer advice to his venerable opponent, it would be that for the future he left out of his addresses the statement that he had never put the candi dates in any county to expense. (Hear.) His good friend might offer him a cheque, to which he might say, " No." (A. voice, I'm sure he will.") He did not think he would, when on New Year's morning he could allow his voters to walk to the poll—blue and bufi,iudeed they were--(laughter) —while he (Mr. Harvey), like another Levite, was obliged to pass them by. (Laughter.) As that was a time of peace and goodwill, let him hope that if any bitter feelings had been aroused in the contest they would now be all forgot ten. (Hear, hear.) He was proud to be the member for Bucks. He went to Parliament not as the representative of one party, but as the accredited representative of all. (Hear, hear.) He trusted that whenever the time came he would be found at his post, and that the seat he had now obtained would never be sullied by defeat in future years, (Cheers.) Dr. LEE then came forward, and was received with cheers. He wished all a happ) , new year, and then addressed him self to the ladies who were present. He was the only one of all the speakers during the election who had condescended to notice the ladies. Not one of the boasting Conservatives —(laughter)—thought them worthy of notice ; but no doubt if the galleries were filled with hares and pheasants, they would have been glad to have caught hold of them and put them in their preserves. (Laughter.) He appeared be fore them in the great case of Harvey v. Lee, charged with high crimes and 'misdemeanours for having put his oppo nent to some expense. He could not congratulate himself nor his friends on the result of the election. (A. laugh.) He did not regret having continued the contest, as it was done with the view of giving the Liberal electors of Bucking hamshire an opportunity of recording their votes, and of preventing the county from falling into the hands of parties whom they must consider as the enemies of all true pro gress. In this contest he had no paid agencies, he had not asked an individual for a vote ; had used no intimidation, no coercion, no persuasion. The conduct of his opponent was a complete contrast to that. He had left no exertions untried ; no legal practitioner u nretained ; gamekeepers, smokers, drinkers, and all the o her electioneering agen cies had been called into requisition ; many a bottle of champagne had had its neck broken in support of his cause. (A. laugh.) Ile (Dr. Lee) attributed his defeat to the admirable electioneering tactics of his opponent, and to the almost total absence of those who were gene rally styled the Liberals of the county They had de serted him in his utmost need. (Laughter, and a Voice, "They didn't want you.") He had been asked how he dared come forward to oppose the brother-in-law of the Duke of Buckingham—it was ungentlemanly on his part to oppose him—he had no chance—he would put Mr. Harvey to great expense, and so forth. His answer to all that was that he calculated neither relationship nor e expense. He held certain principles, and was determined to go to the poll with them. He would not b- intimidated either by Whig or Tory. If he saw oppression going on in a 'Whig house, he would sooner vote for an honest, independent Tory than a grinding, base Whig. (Cheers and laughter) In conclu sion, he thanked those Liberals who had supported him, ex pressing his pleasure at the absence of all personal and hos tile feeling during the election, and wished his friends ani his opponents all health and happiness. Mr. HARVEY then moved, and Dr. LEE seconded, a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff for his just, able, and impar tial conduct while iu the chair. This was carried with acclamation, and the HIGII SHERIFF briefly returned thanks. Mr. W. S. LOWNDES then called for three cheers for the ladies, which, being heartily responded to, Dr. LEE humorously moved, as an amendment, that no such honour should conic from the Tories. The proceedings then terminated. THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS, - - During the last three or four days, contrary to the no tions which the previous mild state of the weather created, a sudden change took place, accompanied with a sharp and bitter frost, which in that brief period cat up entirely or spoiled the foliage of many still standing plants, and de. stroyed for a time the growth of gardeners' stock intended for the London markets. Yesterday evening the thermo meter was two degrees below freezing point. The Royal Humane Society, anticipating from the prog nostics that the frost is likely to last with the same severity and quite as long as it did in 1813-14, have gone to the ex pense of providing a very warm, expensive, and well-ap pointee uniform for the men employed on the ice during the time they are watching the danger that may possibly befal many who are always ready to disport themselves upon the ice, regardless of the risk they run, even when the ice, as at the present time, is in a very insecure condition. Further provision for the restoration of the apparently drowned has been made by Mr. Young, the secretary, and Mr. Superintendent Williams, who have had some canvas tents made, so as to form temporary canvas hospitals, such as were used in the Crimea. These are fitted up with hot water baths and medicine chests. The society's surgeons, who usually attend difficult cases in Hyde-park, Kensing ton-gardens, and the Regent's. park, now that the tempo rary tent hospitals are erected, have signified their willing ness to do all they are able to attend upon immersed per• 80118. Deputy-Superintendent Perry, an old officer of the so- , ciety, has been placed in charge of a number of icemen in St. James's-pars, and it wee fortunate they were there, for the ice, especially at the end of the lake nearest the Horse Guards, had only just formed sufficiently thick to deceive the more venturesome—but in spite of the cautions given by the society's men, a number managed to get by stealth through the trees, and the consequences were that, in the course of a very short time, some 25 to 30 men and boys became immersed. Fortunately they were all rescued by the Royal Humane Society's men. The Royal hound Pond, Kensington Gardens—At an early hour in the morning Mr. Superintendent Williams, by the order of Mr. Young, had three men belonging to the society placed on duty here. They were provided with ropes, drags, sledges, breaker-ladders, and life-buoys. The reason for so doing was that this favourite place was com pletely besieged, and about 3,000 persons disported them selves upon the ice, which, although tolerably firm, is far from being sufficiently strong to bear so great a number at present. Several severe accidents occurred during the day by persons falling upon their h eads u p on the ice, but no immersion worth recording occurred. The Long Water, Kensington Gardens—A number of the society's men have been placed on duty here, to prevent persons from venturing upon the frozen surface, which was considered to be in a very dangerous condition. On the upper end of the Long Water, which is considered the most secure, the ice gave way in several parts, and several persons were immersed, but they were happily all rescued. The total number of sliders and skaters upon this piece of water during the day was estimated by Mr, Superintendent Williams at 2,500. Amongst those who had a good duck ing was one of the Horse Guards, who, booted and spurred, was enjoying himself at "circuitous sliding"—a half-circle slide. The Regent's Park —Sliding and skating commenced in earnest at this park from an early hour in the morning. The broad open water was partially frozen over, but there are several pools of open water which render the place, upon the whole, far from being secure. By directions of Deputy- Superintendent Parsons, the skaters and sliders were driven to the " gut" facing the society's tent, where they skated and slid away towards the entrance of Marylebone Church. Skating and sliding also went on with full vigour on the narrow waters near the suspension-bridges, but a great many fell into deep water ; they were rescued, and taken to the tent, where, under proper treatment, they recovered. The ice on the Grand Surrey Canal and the Crystal Palace lakes is about an inch and a half in thickness. The Victoria Park had also a great number of patrons, but nothing of a serious character occurred. REPRESENTATION OF MALDON.—Mr. IL J. Se'win, a son-in-law of the late Lord Lyndhurst, is announced as a candidate for the representation of Maldon at the next general election. At the present time the borough is represented by Mr. Peacock, a Conservative, and Mr. Wessern, a Liberal ! Ur. Selwin is a Conservative. PRICE ..4d. ST BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, ABOOK OF.BEAUTY, By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. .0 5 i ;; IroP 'f t f th e ,grid► 43 0 ;di" r OO :S" ti.' Itl