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1 _ .; z %~ _4/4" -o was sam tions. little 's Od; )s. per ,arley, Odto 8s Od, boll; )er lb, to 8(1 ; Corn to 9d. a con -3d for 3s Od : )eseed; )ak ere 51s 6d It-office Then Lie in grand. 4Mon Eyed rtaln. rh.Sat. . 16 . 10 . 20 cedaily ced a lly . 16 coda: , 1G 16 . 2S COIINTRY COTTAGE for a PERMANENCY. WANTED, by i,ady 41. , y ar Midiutua , :, 011 bouth-Eastern branches, the Bruthton or South. w , st , ru kailway , , Within thirty miles of London and-three of a station, containinz at least two good sitting and four or five bed rooms, with chaise house and et dale attached. An old-fa-11.mA] Manor or taint old mit, and a small quantity of pasture ian,! th . u,ll nor ( *Bent'al. A etired ,ittution n. t • kjeCte Nut a %!r ; -o:i and good wgt , •r inhispausablo. Ad'ress. with full p‘otiev. to 31. Y , 3 3, Brydge , ,treet, Covent -garden. I,llt. -ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, inolud'nrthe BERNESE OR _RI.ANI) and 111 , . SI •q1.1,,t) itl 1(: Y),a , .d EVERY EVEN I N 44 ivyt i Thursday anti MorniToi, at Two. eau be taken ft' the I.)tt, ellie4 eve. y day from 11 to . •- , la Eszyittl,n CUMBERLAND HEMATITE IRON ORE COM I'ANY, 50,0001. Shares of 11. each. --No d to sign. NOTICE.- -The Scrip Certiticatas of - hares to " carergin this com pany will he e tdy to be exch an . red f r the Baoker's ce pts on and atter the 21st day of 4anuary, 1854. • - This Company is nor formed for the purpose of manufacturing Bar Iron under the "Joint stock A ct," but for the ex, rest puroose of woring and, selling t e ore in i smitive %tate and is to be carried on under the t'ost - Bobk system, limlting the liabili y or the share ho.ders to the amount of their shares taken and paid upon The ore - is of the finest quality ;is abso utely neces.4ary for making the be't sorts of iron ; and can be in oduc-d and shipped free on board at the port,, hitehaven, at 70 64 per ton. The selling pric is now 13s. per ton. Contr.... , c r -- -for the whole of the ore may be made at this rate. An application is . to be made by the Whitrhaven and Egremont Railway Company, next Session of Parliament,for an Act to make that line of railway, and also a branch line of railway from their main line to this Company's property, and when made will re litice'the present charge for carriage of ore is. 6d. per ton. The remainder of the shares not already subscribed for, are hereby offered to the public at par. Applications, up to the 21st day f January, 185'4, may be addressed to the Committee of Management, or Sec retary, at the offices of the Company, where prospectuses and reports may be obtained, and samples of the ore inspected. Offices, 9, By order, Austin-friars, H. HUNTER. (Removed trom 18, Cannon-street.) December 21st, 1853. T.HL BISSOE GOLD AMALGAMATING MINING, AND SMELTING COMPANY. • • . Capital, £12,000, in 12,000 £1 Shares paid tip. • (With power to double the Capital when required). Conducted on the Cost Book Principle. • - • COMMITTEE Or MANAGtmE:QT. Si Evan 3 ditckenzie, Bart., Levant-house, St. Helen's-place. • Sir Thomas Roberts, Bart., Conservative Club, St. James's-st., and Foot's Cray, Kent. John Rankeu Davidson, Esq., Contractor, Finchley, Middlesex. John Smith, Esq., Aberdeen, and 12, Bishopsgate-street Within London. William Leslie, Esq., architect, Aberdeen, and New-road, London. BROKERS.—Messrs. James Brown and Co., Crown-court, Thread needle-street. BANKERS.—Messrs. Tweedy, Williams, and Co., Falmouth. MANAGER AT THE WORKS.—Brereton Todd, ESQ. SECRETARY. —Mr. Thomas C. Lath am . Office of the Company-12, Bishopsgate-street Within, London. This Company is formed for working, by Perkes' Patent Machines, the Auriferous Minerals lately so abundantly discovered in Cornwall and Devon. A most advantageous arrangement has been made with the Bissoe Mining and Smelting Company for a transfer of their extensive works, situ& ed near Bissee Bridge, parish of Kea, Cornwall, and having the Devorn and Redruth Railway running within a few yards of the premises, with a siding into the works, thus fixing thena in the centre of a great mining locality. These works are very exten sive, and in complete repair with water power, at pres nt employed for the manufacture of Todd's Protoxide Paint, the patent of which was purchased by that Company. A new steam-engine has been erected within the last few months, and to which it is new intended to attach Perkes' Gold Nntoegamating Machines for working the Auriferous Mnerals found in the neighbu••hood. Wheal Jane. West Wheal Jere, the United. and Consols Mines being about a mile from the works, as well as many others, and, from the trials already made with these machines, a source ofgreat wealth. hitherto undeveloped, is likely to be opened up for the mines in this nei hbourheod. It is thus believed that a very large return on the capital expended by this Company will he obtained. It is ftir• her suggested that a very considerable revenue may be derived from testing samples for the various mines in Cornwall, thus saving the expense and delay of sending them up tot ondon. It must be obvious that, in operating with so subtle and valuable an agent as mercury, the utmost caution and experience is nects, nary, and cannot safely be intrusted to inexperienced hands. The Directors have much pleasure, therefore, in announcing that Mr Brereton Todd, who is well known as a Metallurgist, and as the ori ginator and promoter of many valuable scientific inventions, will take the superintendence of ,the works. After a deliberate investigation into the meri's of Perkes' Patent, the Committee have given a decided preference to• it, as being in their opinion the most pertect inren*on, and well adapted t the practical Purposes for which it is required. For the security of the Managing Committee in the successful cto arrying out of their intended operations, Mr. Perkes has consented superintend the erection of the machines ITe alsceettgag - s that lb.: , first machine will be erected on the premises, and in working condition, within a month from this date Application for shares may be made in the annexed fonts to Messrs. James Brown and Co., Crown -court, Threadneedle-str et or to the Secretary at the Offices of the Company. No applications after the lath inst, FORM or APPLICATION FOR SHARES. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me shares of 1/. each, in the Bissoe Gold Amalgamating Mining and Smelting Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the amount thereon. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, Address . . . Profession or business Reference • • T HE WELSH POTOSI LEAD and COPPER MINING COMPANY, CARDIGANSHIRE. On the Cost Book system. Capital 100,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 5/, each, of which 21. per share will be payable in January next. DIRECTORS. • ~1 -"m' EdVittrditates, Est; Boundary-road, St. John's-wood. - James Kurt, Esq., Briar-house, Stoke Newington. S. A. Dickson, Esq., Grafton-street, Berkeley-square. J. S. Orton, Esq , Upper Hamilton-terrace, St. John's-wood. T. W. Wilkinson, Esq., 26, Gresham-street, London. • Jno. Williams, Esq., Middleton-pace, Stoke Newington.road. Robt. Campbell, Esq., Jermyn-street, St.Jamea's. Thos. Gibbs, l• sq., 36, Tavistock-place, Russell-square. With power to add to their number. • Bastx xas — Commercial Bank of Lo tdon. Lothbnry. aolacrroas — Messrs. Harrison, 5, Walbrook. STOCIEBRoKEas—Messrs. Thos. Gibbes and Son, 19, Throgmorton • street. -Aunrroa—Thos. Gervas Robinson, Esq,, 8, Basinghall-street. PURSER AND MANAcING DIRECTOR- T. W. Wilkinson, Esq. Offices-26, Gresham• street, London. This Company is formed for the purpose of effectually working and developing the Esgair hir and Esgair fraith Lead and Copper Mines, commonly known as the " Welsh Potosi," situated midway between Aberystwith and liachynlleth, Cardiganshire, at a distance of 9 miles from the shipping port of Aberdovey, at which vessels of 350 tons burthen can load alongside, and to which there is a good road made a few years since, at a cost of at least 1,0001., enabling the - Company to convey the ores to the port at a moderate cost. The sett Is very extensive, and includes between 1,400 and 1,500 acres of mineral property. The lodes, which are champions, a-e of very large dimensions, ex tending upwards of one mile in length. The property is held for a term of years, under a lease grante by Pryse Loveden. Esq., at a royalty of 1-14th, with a covenant for renewal for a further term of 21 years at the same royalty. These mines are some of the oldest on record, and have been par tally worked at various periods, but never properly developed to any depth, . Some idea may be formed of their value by a reference to a work Panelled in the year 1698, by W. Waller, 1415 q., the then steward of these mines, wherein it is stated "that th Great ',cad Vein is 11 feet wide, and 7 feet In pure ore, and which he had no doubt would increase to 11 fit, tin ore as it descends - that 40 0001 was refused • for one moiety ;" and with a sufficient capital he would be able to bring in a clear profit from one of the veins of 70.000/. a-year. Ex . tracts from this work may be obtained at the Company's offices. • There are two powerful water wheels, with extensive machinery for draining the mines, raising, and crushing the ores ; also houses or barracks for about 200 miners, with counting-house, smith's shop, Powder, fuel, and storehouses, and cottages for engine-men have been erected upon the property at a considerable outlay, and St for linintediate use. Five large reservoirs have been constructed at a convenient dis tance for working the maillinery and dressing the ores, thus ena bling the Company at once to carry on extensive mining operations. The cost of sinking the shafts, di lying the levels, forming reservoirs, coe •strEctingToads, erecting the buildings and ex ensive machinery. Is estimated at having amounted to not less than 50,0 r OZ.. the full and immediate benefit of which has. been secured for the Company. The Directors have visited and tweeted the Mines, and had the same carefully en amined and surveyed by engineers and practical miners of considerable experience. • Sam les of ore have been assayea by Messrs. Johnson and Sons, and produced Of Lead •.. 80 per cent. Of Copper .... 16 65 per cent. of pure copper. Each samule shows a trace of gold. Advantarotts ern/wen:tents hay; been midifer the purchase of the whole of this valuable property ; five-sixths of the purchase money will be received Li paid-up shares of the Company, and the remainder in cash. It has been determined to establish this Company with so large a capital from the peculiar nature of these mi es. The Directors propose, however, in the first instance, to issue 5,000 shares only to the public; but should further capital be found necessary for the development of the mines, the Shareholders will have the preference in the issue of the shares. Operations have been commenced, and it is expected very shortly that the engi ne shafts will be pump e d f ree from water and a con siderable quantity of ore raised. Full Information, prospectuses, and plans of the mine, with coies of the reports thereon, may be obtained , in spected, and orders for leave to view t s e p m ec i i n m e e s n f s ur o n f ired o , r u e application to T. W. Wilkinson. Esq., the Managing Director, at p t o h n e Company, 26, Gresham-street, London. Applications for shares to be made to Messrs. Thos. Gibbes and Son, stockbrokers, 19, Throgmorton-street ; to 'Messrs. Harrison, solicitors. 5, Walbrook ; or M r . T . W. Wilkinson, at the offices of the Company. g WELSH POTOSL-CIPT. MODEMS' REP ORT. There is no hype of drawing the water unti l the weather ch The men are working at three different places on the e di t level." These ore at the first, or west end of the mine has much Improved, and we shall have plenty of ore from there. At the sec , nd, wk . ch is worth half a ton per fathom, there is no alteration. At the third, a little east of the smith's shop, the ore has also improved, and there is a course there worth 40/. per fathom. 29th Dec., 1853. ICE.—Rare old Winter the sur face ON THE scales" popular housands, and the fishes crusty businesa "sliding industrious t inches thick, but face of the lakes peopled with indu nine or ten ti e excel snoozing under a coverlet of ice some f __ y appreciating , and Son. every individual, lady and gentleman, all everywhere, red by E. Moses ti busi ness of the WINTER AT FIRE prepa gathering on the s r k f a ashi ng onable Never was there such a promiscuous such a display o ' ' mess as during the past week, and never su and comfortable Dress. The success of E. M oses an d S ow never appeared so much to banks ad vantage, and loud an d numerous w e re the encomiums u them by the sk a t ers and the dense multitudes Which lined the of the waters. for every season,t always It appears that th e b us i ness of E. MOSES and Sow mug triumph, the be s t D ress being prepared by them cold, wet, d amp, frost, or snow, variety fer all classes, . and comfort. able attire for everybody at the most economical prices of E. Moses S katers and sports men a ll patronise the productions and Sow, the styl e and fit of the Garments made by them being so Much superior to aty others. Son's, their Y°lll.l g gentlemefi are fully equipped at E. Mons and un. Attir, Hat a Caps, Shirts, Hosiery, Boots and Shoes, &C., being paralleled for superiority and economy. and Por • times, for ladies freezing or thawing times and all other the gentlemen, men ot business, mechanics, sailors, and emigrants, Eat and West End Establishment ' of E. MOSES and SON secure as tonh' is ng Avantages in Qiiality and Price. The wholesale Departsnefit affords the greatest advantages to purchasers either for the home trade or the colonies. CAUTION —E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with 'heir Establishment," or " It's I the same conce has been resorted to in many instances, and fo^ hvions reasons, they beg to state that they have No Connexton WITH ANT °TITER HOUSE IN OR our OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 557, Minories, 83, 84,85, and 86, Aldgate, oPPosite the Church, all communicating. London West -end Branch, No. --,, 507, 508, New Oxford Street,. 1, '2 and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street, treet ge-s . r , heflield Branch, 3g v'argate. Colonial 'Branch, Melbowne, Australia. Merchant Tao, s. Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Oatfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT, —Should an article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which ne abatement can be made. The Establishments are Closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business 'a resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, " . The Epitome of Comfort and Economy," eel" leg full lists If pces, our system of selcquettstrement, 8m &C., EERY be hsd on application, or post-free. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1854 can be had, gratis .. applientiou. •„„ 4 . 1.4 Tealisuth. No. 19.124.] 'TR W`lllll A.T 11 A I ISANT'q TITSTORY. . _ THE HISTORY OF EUROPE from the Fall of Nap leon :0 .he Acce., , ion of Louis Napoleon. Bti Nir ARCHIBALD ALISON, Bart. Vols I an•l 11. are publi , hed, price 15s. each, ilemy octavo, uni form with Libra y I , :d , tion of the Author's "History et Europe from the Comnirncemont , . of .the French Revolution to the Battle of Waterl.o " William Blackwood and ions, Edinburgh and London. SOY - ER'S MODERN HOUSEWIFE. Thirtieth Thousand. Price 7s. 6d. • , Every one who hath food to cook should buy this book."—Morn ing Chronicle. • SOYER'S COOKERIE, or GASTRONOMIC REGENERATOR, Eighth 'Thousand. 15s. 80YER'S IiriTORY of FOOD, or PANTROPHRAN. One Guinea. 4 44az tk . 41:**4L, • a :TY •a , • • APT r o ts , t _ - 4* 4.• 4 g0. 1 % e DIEN ' r•% s OT T , Irv': Simokin, Marshall, and Co. To be had of all Booksellers. Useful Pamphlets, to be had gratis on application at the Publishers (if by letter enclosing a postage stamp.) A TKINSON and COMPANY'S PRICE CUR RENT of Useful and Ornamental FURNITURE, UPLIOL STERY, LOOKING GLASSES, BEDDING, &c. Also, THE LADIES' MANUAL, or Guide to the Extensive Mercantile Estab lishment of ATKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPERS, SILK and SHAWL MERCERS, HABERDASHERS, HOSIERA, and LACE MEN. London: Published by the Proprietors, Atkinson and Company, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster-bridge-road, Lambeth, THOM'S IRISH ALMANAC and OFFICIAL DIRECTORY for 1854 is now published. All the materials of which this publication is composed are collected front the most direct and authentic sources expressly for this Work, which con taiitii together with other information, a Sta.% .antl. - Official Direc tory for Great• Britain and the Colortlea.—The,Statisties of Ireland-:- Population, Revenue, Expenditure, Commerce, Agriculture, Manu factures, Fisheries, Education, Crime, Valuation of Property, Banks, Poor Law Unions, Emigration, Railways, &c.-Ir:sh Peerage and Baronetage Directory.—Government Offices' Directory.—University, Scientific, and Literary Directory.—Ecclesiastical Directory: List of the Clergy of the 'Esrablished church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Presbyterian Bodies, &c., revised by the highest Ecclesiastical Authorities.—County and Borough Directory : Lists of Lieutenants, Deputy-Lieutenants, Magistrates, and Official Authorities : with statistical information, and a General Index to the Lieutenancy and Magistracy of Ireland. Longman and Co., Paternoster-row, London; A. and C. Black, Edinburgh; Alex. Thorn and Sons, 87, Abbey-street, Dublin. THE WELLINGTON (late Crockford's) CLUB HOUSE, entrance HO Piccadilly. Gentlemen visiting Lon don can dine in the Splendid Dining Rooms of this celebrated esta blishment at a very moderate scale of charges. The Dining Room is the largest in London ; the Cooking first-rate ; and t• e choicest Wines are supplied in the Imperial measure. Reading and Smoking rooms are op en for the accommodation of gentlemen after dinner. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, -RAS. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fmaam-road) - The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR TOE SEASON and will continue open every evening,' with LAURENT' , , ELERICATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ; Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter mate at half-past 11. EXPORTERS to. AUSTRALIA, EAST IN DIES, CAPE, &c.—Genuine YARMOUTH BLO For terms apply to THoMAs LEms, Fish Merchant, Great Yarmouth. A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH, 111. R. HOWARD, . SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, FLEET-S MEET, has introduced an EN ati.ELY NEII DESCRIPTION of iRTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs. wires, or :ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural tee,b, a- not to be distinguished from the orginals by the closest observer they will never change colour or decay, awl will he found superior to am teeth ever before used. This method does not requ . re the ex traction of roots, or any painful opera'ipn, and will support and prP - serve teeth that are lo , se, and is gnannt , ed to restore articulatio. , and mastication. Dezayed teeth rendered sound and useful in n:as Heaton. 52, Fl,-'ET-STREET.—At home from Ten till Five, CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.—At the Social Re-unions of this Festive season, the Fair and Youthful are more than usually desirous of shining in PERSONAL ATTRACTION under the gaze of many friends ; and the following unrivalled dis coverles for the Toile' 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 imparting a pearl-like whiteness to the Teeth , and ROWLANDS' AQUA D'ORO, a fragrant and spirituous perfume, an essential accompaniment to places of public amusement and crowded assemblies. The patronage of royalty and rank and fashion throughout Europe, and the well-known efficacy of these articles, render them u a peculiarly Elegant and Seasonable Present. Beware of Spurious Lnitations. The only genuine of each bears the name of RO WLANDS' " preceding that of the article on the wrapper or label . _ _ _ Soil by A. ROWLAND and SONS, 20, Hatton-garden, London; and by Chemists and Perfumers. G R A VESEND PACKETS. call at the Grays, Greenhithe, 1 at the Piers as underlined twi tif TERRACE PIER, GRAVE S T AR No other Packets The Packets cal' FRO] and Piuteet Piers. eather permitting NE,Tc Terrace for. rNDAYS, ".4 F, Time. _ice_ . R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. MAGNIFICENT PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES, prepared ex pressly for this Institution by Monsieur Ferriere of Paris, exhibited en a surface 35 feet by 28, with an ENTIRELY NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS, daily at a Quarter past Four. LECTURESby Dr. BAORCIFFNER. on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH LECTURE by J. H. PEPPER: Esq., on SPONTANEOUS COMBUS TION, with Brilliant Experiments. LAST WEEK of an HISTORICAL and MUSICAL LECTURE illustrated with DISSOLVING SCENERY, entitled "The ROAD the RIVER, and the RAIL," by J. E. CARPENTER, Esq., assisted by Miss Blanche Younge, every evening, except Saturday, at Nine o'clock. Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is. ; Schools and hildren under Ten years of age, Half-price. T HE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY, 72, Lombard-street. TRUSTEES. 1. Campbell Renton, Esq. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. .tichard Malins, Esq., Q.C., M.P. James Fuller Maddox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. William Adams, Esq., Henrietta-street, Cavendish square. John Atkins, Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street. Henry Augustus Bevan, Esq., John-street. America-square. John It .ngerileld, Esq. , Craven-street, Strand. R. Henry Forman, Esq., Ordnance, Pall-Mall. John iTamilton, Esq., Alfred-place, ThurlOw-square. John Matthews. t. sq., Arthur-street We-t, City. C. Octavius Parnell, Esq., Norfolk-street. Park-lane. William Williams, Esq., Rood-lane, Fenchurch-street. PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD. 24, Connaught-terrace, Edgware-road. 'he R 67. James Shergold isoone, A.M., St inhope-street, Hyde-park Captain Creed, Bedford-square, and St. Albans. Roger Gadsden, Esq., Maida-hill West, and Bedford-row. Charles Pemberton, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and Lin coln's-inn-fields. George Y. Robson, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Ilyde-park, and New square, Lincoln's-inn. W. H. Trinder, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row. SEcRBTART—Chas. Hoghton, Esq. The policies of this Company being indisputable, form FAMILY PROVISIONS and NEGOTIABLE SECURITIES, for their validity is not dependent. as in the case of ordinary policies, upon the import of previous rePorts and other documents. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. LIFE ASSURANCE; REPORT of the SELECT COMMITTEE of the HOUSE of COMMONS, and the DEPOSIT SYSTEM—tj.e New and Important Feature of Life Assurance adopted by The DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. The.following is an extract from the Report of the Select Com mittee: " THE OBJECTS which persons HAVE IN VIEW IN EFFECTING IN SURANCES upon their lives, are GENERALLY OF AN IMPORTANT AND SOLEMN character, viz., the PROVISION FOR WIDOWS A ND ORPHANS after the death of ? their NATURAL PROTECTORS ; unlike any ordinary transaction of trade, a CONTRACT ONCE ENTERED INTO 4IANNOT BE DISCHARGED OR ABANDONED, if doubts of the stability of an office should arise, WITHOUT A SACRIFICE OF PREMIUMS PAID IN PAST YEARS, and the necessity 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 advantage of doing so, oat 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 person 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 times as he may find most con venient; he can stop paying whenever he pleases, and he can with draw the whole or part of his premiums. If the whole be with drawn the Policy is cancelled ; if part only, then the value of the Policy is diminished by the assured value of the part withdrawn. A B, aged 20, opens a deposit policy with a payment of 51., which it will be seen he increases from time to time, and occasionally diminishes. z iigre ~i2O-00m4m.cmz,,—. 4 .....= , ▪ .%1 , 8 g . 574 _ ----,..▪ ...._,.. . ,p EE '' E-4 e . ,. It . .0.... M. ....,. ''' ' O s 0 0 11 .1 g 0.5. g 000.'4.. .ce ,c4W A.M. .4:4 = Q 1 O 0 ,joa 41.4 , [......4A 4M t .c, • gr; s ti al cv Er on • 0 1 ''' z 17 CD .. • , ..c, Cr. Cq CI ri ,15. 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DR• SAMUEL La: NiEß 3 T ra i honorary of t 11 37 c , i, il ß a E t e D d F MemberoßD-SQ o U t At the E University, LONDON,o Doctor of Medicine,and f M Edinburgh, Member of the London Hospital Medical ety, Licentiat e A t po ed the p ca e r rs les o ' H na al l l l , y l4 , on o d r on b , yke., ic'e AY be consulted, letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative sy s t e m s limed more misery in ir regularities and excesses, which have pro youth tura decay at an s t , degradation in man h oo d, an d prema ages of life, than perhaps any other class of die in the treatment of these diseases°gists. Long and practical experience once secret causes of self- aaquii has proved that there are in exist existence, traceable to certain e miseries and disappointed hopes h 1 Debility, various forms of Insanity,icious habits, to which Nervous age 3, Impotency, Local a n dc onatt U tu n h a aPpy and Unfruitftd Mart srelless modifications owe their almost ti na' Weakness, and their n It is absolutely necessary that all men etire origin ' principles of personal management which should know that there are incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom be violated without the heyday of inconsiderate self-leder gance, m h and regret succeed may h e mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness these penalties and how the evil and its con equene es may he avoided,ma he remover, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity and above all, terangelnent to which the timely aid of science cannot or functional DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of seara t l t , l a PVY a cure. In an extensive practice in thiretment of these delicatenengaged is the only legally I rhyme" i and is • ho, com plaint',itleel an n , re•rard pso of the taunts and envy the ii pocri • nmelt-miidewt, has had the confidence, 'through the medium of the public press to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is free. In selecting thi • department of practice, he has been amply ten arded by the great success that has attended his elorts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the c ire of unqualified and ignorant metrics, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign namee and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Itieven till Two. and from Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of it., and advice and medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It 13 desirable that patients wishln;; to consult Dr. LA'AfEI•T should first obtain a copy of his work on SELF-PRESERVATION , A Medical Treatise on the Peilosophy of marriage and Nervous and Generative Debility, Illustrated by filly-coloured engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulthiz from secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct lescription of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in Entlish, French, seauish, Dutch, I taliau, or German, of Illes.rs. Piper Brothers and Co., 43, Paternoster-row; Hannay,. 63, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Stories Titchborne-street, Haymarket; or free by "vat foricatetwoJitamPA. tp_kuzAddrqs frpukille Author's rest- / 4c :1 -- -•:-_*-- 1 t•Ses.siA ,3','t f 4 ? 2 .' i :?~ r : • A, .A 4 44 - LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1854. A LLSOPP'S INDIA PALE ALE. 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Pnrsell, 162, Regent street, and 20 Ludgate-hill, only. -t-- - -----...._ G. 4 ' /, / , .. : 7-") . • ...,„;//. 1111 6661. - / ----- * / - ( 7 DE42.17 OF GENBRAL VISCOUNT BERESFORD, \ G.C.8., 0.0.11: ~_, . I 1 \ -„ aze.., t• , MA -it 1, -' , ' _::_!_ .4 ', ,_ , 1 • \ ' * ..------ - * vc.4, / 4, ~t 4 ... 4 --- 'N't. - * , L,,,:. [PRIOR SD• which 'the clerk inscribed for him, if he wished i t ' the names of his favourite candidate, or' he was fre e to write .them on it himself, if he preferred to. vote in secret. He had, 'then, nothing to 'do but to walk up to the urn and quietly drup in his " bulletin," just as we put letters into the Post-office. This operation went on steadily, and in tolerably equal time. No crowding, no shouting, no pasSion, nor confusion disturbed.the scene. The heart of the Republic beat strongly, indeed, like, that of a man excited, yet in health ; but not with the dangerous rapidity of feve r - or o f frenzy. Not one drunken ; man was to be seen, andthis, be it remembered, in a country whe re every man drinks wine, and where almost every man has, every day, wine to drink. Thus quietly, in, a few hours' time, in less than a short winter's day, were given nearly ten thousand votes,, and many more bould have been given if required. But all was over before, the proceedings officially closed, and the in flux of "bulletins," which had gradually grown less and less, had ceased when the P res id en t o f t h e Superintend ing Committee declared the election to be at an end. And what was the result, you ask. Wait a bit. The election is over, but the result lies hid in those two urns, which have not been touched as yet, and will not give up their contents until to-morrow, for the investigation is too long and too serious a work to be done to-night. Until to-morrow, then, we must wait, and, in the mean while, what is to be done with the urns ? Turn out the people, and lock up the church, you reply. They man age things very differently in Geneva. The urns are deemed too sacred a deposit to be left under the ordinary custody of bolts and bars. After dismissing the people, therefore, the doors were l oc k e d f rom w ithi n ; l amps were lighted ; and the electoral committee, in company, I presume, with the scarlet mutes aforesaid, remained to keep watch over the ark of the Constitution all night long. What took place during the solemn hours, history does not tell; but on the morrow, in all honour, in the presence of the citizerfs, and in the light of day, the scrutiny was made. It was late in this afternoon before it was completed, about as much time having been occu pied in examining as in giving the votes. At length, the President, who seemed as fresh as if he had slept the previous night in his bed, declared that * * * * the opposition had won by a narrow majority. Up to the last moment the, crowd had remained in suspense ; breathless silence prevailed while the speaker declared the number of votes for each candidate, but he was obliged to stop for a brief interval between the announce ment of each name, to allow time for a cheer short and sharp, which suddenly arose and as quickly died away. These were the first cheers which I had heard. They were not, however, the lash; for the crowd adjourned to the Hotel de Ville, where soon after a proclamation of the new government was made, with an accompaniment of drums and trumpets. This ceremony was repeated in various parts of the town, amidst the loud acclama tions of the people. The multitude then dispersed, but not all. A considerable minority, the friends of Mr. James Fazy, the defeated leader, mustered in procession and paid that gentleman a visit of condolence by torch. light. He replied to their address in a speech remark able, it is said, for talent and moderation, which I re gret that I did not hear. This was the last incident of the crisis. The election was over ; the old government, after a reign of seven years, was dethroned ; and the new government reigned in its place. The good city re sumed its usual quiet, which has not been since inter rupted for a single moment. Such wore the facts of the election, as they presented themselves to the eye of a stranger. Even on the most superficial view they warrant, as I think, some infer ences not unworthy the attention of the British public now engaged in the perplexing task of contriving a fran chise so limited as to include all who are supposed to be fit, and to exclude all who are deemed, unfit, to be electors. In the first place, they warrant the inference, that, even amongst a population recently enfranchised, uni versal suffrage, and vote by ballot lead to a more or derly and peaceable conduct of elections than is common in England under the system of restricted voting. Secondly. They lead to the inference, that universal suffrage and vote by ballot tend to give a true expres sion of public opinion, by protecting the voter from in timidation and bribery. The testimony of the Genevese, of all classes and parties, is in favour of this inference. I do not say that there is no bribery and no intimida tion; because eager partisans aro frequently found who accuse their opponents of both practices in certain cases. while they strenuously deny that their own party is guilty of them ; but all agree, that the elections in general, and the last in particular, cannot have been appreciably influenced by such means. This inference is also established, in the opinion of an impartial obser ver, by the simple fact that the Conservatives, who pos sess, by very far, the largest portion of the wealth and influence in the canton, have never been able, since the revolution,, to carry an election in favour of their own party. _ This most gallant veteran officer died on Sunday, at ! his seat, Bedgebury Park, Goudhurst, Bent, in his 86th year. The deceased was created Duke of Elvas, Marquis of Campo-Major, Count of Trancoso, and a Field Marshal of Portugal, and Ca p t aineneral of Spain ; Baron Beres ! ! ford (United Kingdom), 1814 • Viscount Beresford, 1823 ; was Governor of the Royal Military Academy, a Commissioner of the Military Colleg e and Asylum, a General in the Army, Colonel of the 60th Foot, and Governor of Jersey ; was Master General of the Ord nance under the Duke of Wellington's administration from 1828 to 1330. Viscount Beresford eminently dis tinguished himself in the Peninsular war, and coin ! mended at the sanguinary battle of Albuera ; he was also highly successful in improving the discipline of the Portuguese army. William Carr Beresfoad, who was a natural son of the first Marquis of Waterford, commenced his distinguished military career in 1785, when he was appointed an En sign of the 6th Foot. His first active service was in 1793, when, as captain of the 69th, he disembarked with the troops that took possession of Toulon, and was generally engaged in the attacks which took place until the final evacuation of that place, when he went - to Corsica, and was present at the attack and siege of St. Fiorenza, Bastia, and Calvi. In 1799, when lieutenant colonel of the 88th, he sailed for the East Indies, and from thence by the Red Sea to Egypt, across the Desert, in command of a brigade of Sir David Baird's army. He remained in Egypt till its evacuatiun, as com mandant of Alexandria. After some energetic services againat the Irish rebels, Colonel Beresford, in 1805, proceeded to the Cape, and shared in the conquest of that colony. From thence he was sent in com mand of a small force to seize Buenos Ayres. This was accomplished ; but after success in the open field against the enemy, he was eventually obliged to surrender, after three days' desperate and destructive resistance in the towns. The force under Colonel Beres load amounted to 1,200, that of the enemy to between 10,000 and 12,000. After being prisoner for six months he escaped to England, where he had but a short time arrived (this was in 1807), when he was appointed colonel of the 88th or Connaught Rangers, and was shortly afterwards sent in com man d o f an expe di t i on a gainst Madeira. From Madeira he went to the Peniasula, where he arrived a few days after the battle of Vimiera, and returned after that of Corunna. In 1809 he again proceeded to Portugal, to take the chief command of the Portuguese troops with the rank of marshal. From that time Marshal Beresford's achievements are part of the history of the period, the greatest of them being his vic tory over Soult at Albuera—one of the most bloody and most glorious of the names inscribed on the list of Penin sular successes, For these services Marshal Beresford subsequently received the dignities of the Duke of Elvas, Marquis of Campo Major, and Count Trancoso, in Por tugal, that of Viscount Beresford in his own country, and several decorations. By the demise of this vener able and gallant soldier the colonelcy of the 16th Regi ment and the colonelcy in chief of the 60th Rifles are rendered vacant. Thirdly. They lead irresistibly to the inference that universal suffrage and vote by ballot do not favour the choice of ignorant, incompetent, or rapacious legislators. The candidates chosen, on this occasion, are every one of them men belonging to the democratic party, and yet they receive the hearty and unanimous support of the Conservatives, who express themselves perfectly content with the choice they have made. Whatever may be the merits or the morality of the coalition which has taken place, it is, at least, plain as the sun at noonday, that nothing bearing the remotest resemblance to spoliation would be tolerated for a moment by the broad constitu• ency of Geneva. A decided Conservative assured me that the canton had never been so excited, and, at the same time, never so orderly, as on this occasion, and that the result was one likely to be both honourable and useful to the Republic. He added, that he now had hopes which he had not before ventured to entertain of the working of the new institutions. I will only add, that it was my good fortune to witness the election in company with an intelligent young Ame rican, who asserted that these inferences were quite as fairly deducible from the experience of our transatlantic cousins. You have thus evidence of the practical results of universal suffrage and the ballot, when tried both in the largest and the least Republic in the world.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., A NORWICH-MAN IN GENEVA. Geneva, 26th Dec., 1853. ~- ~l LONDON Si SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY, FOREIGN TRAFFIC.-SPECIAL NOTICE. From and after Ist JANUARY, 1854, the existing THROUGH RATES for Goods Traffic betwixt LondoJkAnd Faris, and betwixt Paris andllre — Chainfailsiands, will be DISCONTINUED. Goods will be conveyed, as heretofore, betwixt London and Havre, and betwixt Havre and the Channel Islands, at reduced through rates, which include all charges from the Quay at Havre to London, or to the Channel Islands, the amount of Customs' Duty and Marine Insurance excepted. Goods will be - conveyed betwixt London and Havre three times a week, each way, as heretofore. For particuliis of through rates, and all other information, apply in London, to Mr. SIMKIN, 53, King William-street, City; in Southampton, to Mr. WATKINS, Railway-station ; in Havre, to Mr. GILLS, 5, Rue-de-la-Gaffe. (By order) ARCIID. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. Railway-office, London, Dec. 24. 1853. Thus AB, in 10 years, has saved and invested at different inter vals various sum; amounting to 971., by which he had been insured in case of death for 2601. 12s. 7d ; but A. B requires 221.; he draws this sum out, and diminishes the value of his Policy by 601. Bs. 3d. at different times, leaving him in case of death a Policy for 2001.. 4s. 4d., and during his life a fund of 751. to draw out at any time, in part or wholly. The first claim settled by the Deposit and General Life Assurance Company was upon a deposit of 101. which a parent made for each of five children, instead of adding it to an account they had at the Savings Bank. One of them died a few days after the 101. was de posited, and the father received 341. 65., being the amount of the De posit Policy. EXAMPLE No. 2. Supposing A B, aged means, and continues N in the same way as he 23, when he opens a Deposit Policy has the rouncrAturr to pay the same sum every year is COMPELLED to do in the ordinary system. Year. 1856 ...... 1857.•••.. 1860. ... • . to to 875. ..... • • • • • • • • • to to 1886.. •• •• • ..... • • • to , Age. s. d. 49 6 6 48 16 0 47 18 0 47 4 6 46 10 6 45 17 6 45 4 0 44 10 6 43 17 6 43 4 0 206 7 6 190 4 6 111 3 0 1,000 4 0 194 13 6 147 18 6 182 10 6 1,525 e 6 Th premium &IR/. commencing at 23 years of age, and paid noon an ordinary Policy (As IT MUST BE) every year till A.B. Is 46 years old, will secure the same sum, viz., I,oo'/., but if A B lives 1 7 rears longer (which is the probable duration of life at the time he effected the insurance) his Deposit Policy, for the same payments as for an ordinary Policy of 1,0001., will have increased to 1,5251. es. Gd. ADIES' ailliArgß) COSTUME DU BAL, PXSSENtEN 4 FERIE FLOUNCING, in Gold and Silver Ornament on various Coloured Tarlatans and other fight Fabrics. _ _ These Dresses, so highly approved in Paris, and all the Evening Parties of the beau monde, may now be seen during the Selling Off at this Establishment. Some of the less lavishly decorated will be sold at Eighteen Shil lings the Dress, but it must be, recollected that this will be less than half the real value, and the same remark will apply to the Silks, Shawls, Mantles, and Family Linen, which, through the retirement from business of Mr. Merrett, must be sold immediately. WARWICK HOUSE, 142 and 144, 'Regent-street. 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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 111ilted kin_gdenta OUR NAVY. We cannot better employ the brief interval which may only too probably elapse before we find our selves confronted with the dangers and emergencies of war than in considering the means which we pos sess for carrying it on, and forestalling . resolution s and deliberations which can ill be dealt with i n th e hurry and excitement of action. We believe we are possessed of a fleet sufficiently numerous for any service that can be required of it, and provided with all the aids and appliances which the existing state of mechanical science can devise. We d ou bt not that we have able and experienced commanders capable of maintaining the ancient naval renown of the country, and that, if the Admiralty are careful to avoid the selection of men enfeebled by age or disqualified by infirmities of temper, 'we possess officers capable of carrying out the orders of a bold and enterprising chief. The only point on which anxiety need be felt is, unfortunately, the most ma terial of all—the manning of the fleet—the obtain ing in a short time those strong hands and gallant hearts without which commanding officers are but useless pensioners, and ships mere costly encum brances. The present enormous increase of our trade and shipping, the high rate of wages which the mer cantile marine is willing and able to pay, the immense demand existing allt•vet theworld for the services of British seamen, clearly show that the Goverment has no little difficulty to encounter if it meansto commence the impending war with a spirit and energy worthy of the pretensions of our enemy and our own repu tation. This is no new difficulty. At the com mencement of the last great European war Lord Howe found himself so indifferently supplied with seamen that he did not venture to engage till a year's practice had trained his crews to discipline and order, and Lord Hood was so ill satisfied with the crews with which he put to sea that he left behind him a written protest, on his embarcation, against being held responsible for the success of a force so imperfectly organised. Yet the English Government had then a resource which it does not possess now. Instead of competing in the open market with the merchant service, Government could then recruit the crews of its ships through the barbarous instrumentality of the pressgang. To the disgrace of our age and our civilisation, the right of impressment still exists, but woe to the Government that shall rely on such an aid, and to the country, if it trusts to such means for defending its shores. The law of impressment is as com pletely obsolete as if it had been expunged from our code, and we are anxious this matter should be clearly and distinctly understood, in order that an emergency, which can be met by no other means, may not arise and t emp t us to an outrage in the perpetration of which we should most assuredly and deservedly fail. But, even if impressment were open to us, the conditions of modern naval warfare no longer admit of such a method of re cruiting. W e cannot go into war as of old ;to train and discipline our crews we must have them ready formed to our hand in full efficiency. The General who is intrusted with an army incompetent for field operations may scatter it in fortresses, may protect its weakness and inexpe rience by fortified camp; and train it by skirmishes ' and out-post duty to await the attack and endure the presence of an e nemy. B a d roa d s an d indiffe rent communications may excuse his tardiness in cOminginto action, and the absence of any fixed criterion of speed will account for the most dilatory movements. In a fleet propelled by sails, adverse winds and currents, the caprice of the elements, , and a thousand other con ti ngenc i es, may g i ve t i me for the exercise of inexperienced seamen and the establishment of a discipline essential to conquest. But with a fleet propelled by steam such excuses are inadmissible. It will be the duty of the Ad miral to seek at once the enemy wherever he can find him, and to put all to the issue of skill and is • valour. There no room for delay or drilling. ' The winds and. waves are subjected to a more powerful agent, and delay must be attributed to weakness or .inexperience. These considerations show that it is more than ever necessary for our fleets to put to sen,,at the commencement of a war, in a condition fully prepared for battle. We can- . not afford, as, of yore, t o s p en d prec i ous ti me i n we ought, before war breaks training raw recruits ; out, to have in the fleet we intend to employ an instrument ready and perfected to our hand. With the first spring our flag should appear in the Baltic ready to encounter an d crush all that the great empire can bring of a whore we intend to employ ra ag g a e in a st na us d . esp T ai h r ose for offensive operations . in. the spring ought to be already afloat, and familiarised with, their officers, their ships and their duty, With men accustomed to act together, thoroughly practised at their guns, and feeling that confidence which experience only can give in their officers and their commander, we have no fear in attempting any enterprise that human skill and valour can overcome ; but there is no time to be lost. During the last year we have found some difficulty in enlisting five thousand seamen ; for the present requirements of the coun try eight thousand more are wa n t e d. W e trust that not a moment will be wasted in raising this necessary force, by whatever means may be re quired for the purpose. If the present rate of wages be not found s into sufficient, by all means let a bounty be given to induce enlistment. The Go vernment comes the field as a competitor with the merchant service, and m us t, if it means t o succeed in the competition, offer more favourable terms. A seaman embarked now, and made thoroughly effective before th e commencement o f hostilities, is infinitely more valuable than a sea- I man enlisted a few months hence, and requiring to be taught at the moment when he is wanted to act. Wrought, by all means, to guard against a con j uncture of circumstances which may force us either to have recourse to the dangerous and despe rate expedient of impressment, or to engaging the enemy with ships undermanned, and crews not sufficiently exercised. That the war may be short we must be strong, and that we may be strong we Must be' fully and amply prepared. There can be no worse economy than to husband our strength in such a conflict, and dole it out by driblets. If we must strike, let itbe as those whose first blow leaves little room for two, and whoa appearance is a terror to the enemy, not merely froth ancient • renown or modern seamanship, but from the con viction that in that blow is concentrated the might of a nation conscious of her force, and determined if. forth ta_fluk Trimemat-..-Tinutc_ THOMAS SALT and CO., EAST INDIA. PALE ALE BREWERS, BURTON-ON-TRENT. STORES. London•• 22, Hangerford-wharf. Liverpool • • 52, Henry-street. Manchester •• ........ 37, Brown -st ree t. Birmingham .„ .. 2634, Bull-street. Bristol Nnttingham •• 14, Milton -street. Dublin . . ..... 4, Crown-alley. Eninburgh Dundee .• 13, New Inn Entry, High-street. WINTER IN EARNEST. IF Warm Winter ATTIRE is not n ow a b so l u t e ly necessary, then, indeed, may it be dispensed with altogether. intense frigidity 'of atmosphere, sudden, inclement changes, end heavy snow-falls, materially enhanced the value of really needful Clothing like that of L. lIYAM, which for excellence of material and neatness and durability of manufacture Is such as will meet the requirements of all classes of purchasers. L. ITTAIVI, Tailor, Clothier, and General Outfitter, 36, Gracechurch. st 'vet, City. UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE AND THE BALLOT IN GENEVA. (From the Norfolk News.) SI; —Permit one of the most distant—but, neverthe less,' one of the most constant—of your readers to ad dress, through your journal, a few words to his fellow countrymen about what is going on in this place. If any apology be, needed for occupying their attention with the affairs of a town not bigger than Yarmouth, and a thousand miles off, I would allege the social, literary, political, and religious importance of G eneva . M orally, as well as physically, it is a city set upon a hill. It stands, indeed, much higher in the 'former than in the latter sense; for its site is but a hillock, especially in the presence of the Jura and Mont Blanc ; whilst its influence, as one of the chief centres of European civil isation; is, perhaps, greater than that of any other city of its siz p . Early, vigilant, and succ ess f u l i n it s e ff orts to ignite the lamp of liberty during the dark ages of feu dalism, eager to welcome and hold forth the glorious Word of Life at the era of the Reformation, bearing for a long period with dignity the well-earned title of "The Protestant Rome," it still maintains, though somewhat fallen, a position not altogether unworthy of its ancient fame. Be not, however, alarmed. lam not going to write a treatise upon Geneva, either madimval or modern. My intention is only to say something about the election which has just taken place here, and an ac c o un t o f which I think will be interesting to your readers, for two reasons ; first, because but little is knownin England about Swiss institutions, notwithstanding the swarms of English tourists who visit Swiss scenery, for they see and describe only the mountains, not the men nor the manners of the country ; and, secondly, because Geneva has for some years enjoyed, what we Britons are seeking to obtain, a perfect representation of the people in the Legislature. A. brief preface will explain the situation of affairs. Everybody knows that Geneva is one of the chief can tons of• the Swiss Confederation. But although each state of the little republic is itself Republican in theory, only a small number of the cantons are actually such in practice. Geneva, up to the year 1846, was as aristo cratic a city as could well be found. In that year an absolute democracy was established, the result not of a reform bill, but of a revolution. A quarrel had arisen between the oligarchy who occupied the top, and the populace who dwelt in the bottom of the town : words 14 to blows : a battle ensued, which left the people mas ters of the field. Mr. James Fazy, the leader of the Re volutionist or " Radical" party—a man of great ambi tion, as his opponents assert ; of great talent, as all parties admit—became the presiding genius of the new institutions, which he first moulded, and then adminis tered until November last—a period of seven years— notwithstanding the reiterated attempts of the Conserva tives to drive him from power. Under the new consti , tution they have had frequent opportunities of trying their strength ' • for as the two component pa r ts of th e Government—the " Great Council," or House of Com mons ; and the " State Council," or Cabinet of Seven— are each chosen biennially, and on alternate years, there is an annual appeal to the constituency, on the result of which the fate of the Government depends. This con stituency is as wide and as free as possible, for the suffra g e is universal, and the vo t er i s pro t ec t e d b y t h e ballot. Under these circumstances, as might have been expected,-the many remained for some time faithful to the chief, whom they regarded as the author of their enfranchisement, and who, doubtless, calculated on a lengthened, if not a permanent ascendancy. But lately the political sky of Geneva has undergone a change. An important section of the "Radicals" became dis satisfied with their leader. Some were disappointed'' with the man, some with his measures. It was dis covered that the idol of 1846 was, after all, but human. He was denounced as an autocrat, as a bad financier, as a peculator, as, in short, everything which a Republican ruler ought not to be. Whether these accusations were true or false, I do not pretend to decide, being, at least for the present, an historian only, not a critic. But it is certain that they were made not merely by the Conser vatives, who might be supposed to have invented them, but by many of their opponents, who can hardly have been otherwise than sincere. Thus the two parties be came three by the splitting of the Radicals into the friends and enemies of the Fazy Government ; and the Conservatives, seeing tipir antagonists divided, con ceived_new hopes of dethroning at all events the revolu tionist dictator, if not of seating themselves in his place. Such was the situation—a situation not unknown in England, nor even in a certain good old city which shall be nameless—when I arrived in Geneva. I found a ' state of things wonderfully like that which I had seen at home on the approach of an election—party spirit very strong ; Conservatives, who were called Aristocrats ; Radicals, who were called Revolutionists ; and Demo crats, who were called Socialists and Red Republicans— three journals, each ascribing every possible excellence to its own section, and every possible demerit to the others ; 'citizens influenced some by hope, more by fear, more still by ,indifference, attacks, defences, accusations, recriminations, insinuations, rumours, intrigues, hand bills, squibs in poetry and prose—in short, all the powder and shot to which we are accustomed in political warfare. It was to be sure rather alarming to hear all this going on in French ; but, after awhile, I got accustomed to it— and the more readily as I was able to detect, amidst the hubbub, a great deal of that same good sense and pa triotic feeling which form the ballast of English society, and which have so often saved us in stormy periods, when strangers, who could only perceive the swelling waves and the roaring wind, have been amazed that we escaped shipwreck. But if the situation was substan tially familiar to me, in one respect it was new. The coming contest was to be decided by universal suffrage and vote by ballot. This circumstance led me to watch the proceedings with curiosity, and to suppose that your readers might feel an interest in reading an account of them. The 14th . of November last was the decisive day. • On that day the Canton of Geneva was to choose the " State Council" of seven, to whom the Executive Go vernment of the Republic is confided for two years. The constituency is about equally divided into the inha tants of the town and the population of the adjoining country. The former of course, tradesmen, are for the most part Protestants ; the latter, tillers of the soil, are for the most part Roman Catholics ; and at this moment religious rivalry enters largely into the questions which disturb the State. As with us, the canton is subdivided into districts,. in each of which lists of the voters were made out, printed, and publicly exhibited, for.a few days prior to the election. As with us, two meetings were held of the different parties ; but, until the eve of the great day, no certain information of the opposition tac tics was allowed to transpire. The Fazy, or " Radical" party, offered as their candidates, with one exception, the members of the existing Government ; on the other side, at the last moment, appeared a list of names which it was understood would receive the united support of the Democratic seceders and of the Aristocratic Con servatives. In other words, a "coalition," a word well known amongst us in England was declared. The Ra dicals cried " treason ! treason !" The coalition, how ever, stood compact and resolute. The town, usually so sedate, became greatly agitated. But even the uproar of Geneva was sober when com pared to the turmoil of a Norwich election. I was, therefore, able to anticipate the 14th without much alarm, although some good Conservative croakers of my acquaintance foretold riot at least, and bloodshed, if not civil war. For a moment, indeed, I was startled, when, on the morning of the eventful day, I heard the loud rattle of a drum beneath my window. I was reassured, however, when, on looking out, I saw but half a dozen children listening very quietly to the town crier, who was proclaiming the coming election, and who, as is usual here, preludes all -hia,aunouncements with a rat tat-too.• Taking courage, I entered die - city -(nay resi dence is in the suburbs), and saw at once that my friends aforesaid were indeed but croakers, and that there was nothing to fear. Though a public holiday had been de clared, Geneva wore very much its accustomed appear ance. Ladies were shopping, coaches and cabs were plying for hire, hucksters were selling their small wares, and little boys were going to school or playing in the streets. The only peculiarity was a greater number of pedestrians than usual, the majority of whom were mov ing towards the top of the town, which is at once the Capitol and the Vatican of Protestant Rome, for here stand the Hotel de Ville, or Government palace, and the cathedral of St. Peter, in which the elections are held. I approached the scene of action with a caution, which was due solely to the solemn warnings I had received, but which was finally dismissed, as I entered the little square in front of the cathedral. On this spot, the Forum of Geneva, a place not bigger than our Orford Hill, stood about three hundred persons of all classes, not so crowded but that one might circu late freely among them, and a large number of whom had their hands in their pockets, that sure sign of pacific intentions. They were discussing earnestly, but with perfect courtesy and good temper, the pros pects of the election, which I learned were exceed ingly doubtful, for the parties were supposed to be very nearly balanced. Under the guidance of two friendly citizens, I entered the cathedral, a Gothic building with an Italian porticd—like an ancient lady. wearing a flaxen wig. Here the very heart of Geneva was beating here —on the very spot, and beneath, as it is said, the very pulpit—where 300 years ago Calvin established his Pres byterian throne. All the church furniture had been re moved, the nave boarded in, and the aisles reserved as passages, the one of entrance, and the oth er of exit. On the raised floor, at the east end, sat the Electoral Com- I mittee appointed by the Government to superintend the proceedings. Around the upper part of the nave wer e arranged a sort of hustings, where were a number of pigeon -holes, like the delivering boxes of our Post-offices, each marked with a different letter of the alph a b et. In each box sat an official, whose business it was to deli ver tickets or `` bulletins" to the voters , the initial letter of whose names corresponded to that marked on his de partment. In the centre, within a small inclosure guarded by rails, stood two urns, watched by two func tionaries in long scarlet cloaks, who sat in the middle silent and motionless as statues. Such was the machi nery. The church was full, but not closely cramnied. ' A small but continuous stream of electors came in by the door on the left, and about an eq'ual number were going out on the other side. The fresh comers went up, L each to his own department, identified his name with that_m_the_ *tinted list. and received his ticket. on THE CRYSTAL PALACE. The great snow storm which has prevailed with more or less intensity during the last fortnight has tested to an unusual degree the capabilities and strength of the Crystal Palace. .No less than 15 acres of glass roofing were subjected to the enormous weight of the snow which has recently fallen, and it has stood the strain without the slightest. injury. A considerable quantity of snow and rain found its way-into the interior, and portions of the flooring and plaster casts ranged near the garden front have been covered with a thick coating of snow. The principal sufferers by the inclemency of the weather are the plants and the exotics which have been arranged in large beds at the southern end of the build ing, and the bitter frost, on one occasion some five or six degrees below zero, and the cutting east wind, have seriously affected the health and appearance of many of the more delicate plants. The influence of he inclement weather tells at Syden ham upon more than the plants. The works are neces sarily suspended, and over palace and park a dreary silence reigns, which is augmented by the snow wrapping every external object. A huge mass of scaffolding still fills up the entire area of the centre transept, and although a large proportion of the ribs are now up, and the glitzing at the west end commenced, some time will yet elapse before this, the most striking architectural feature of the building, can be completed. The internal decorations, less affected in their progresi by the weather Proceed apace. Egypt, Greece, and Rome are now so far advauoed as to speak for themselves, and the deco rator is concentrating his chief energies upon the resto ration,- nave Mr. Wyatt is also vigorously at work. of the Alhambra. Upon CL:s , ..eosite side of the p . p The decoration of the Pompeian Hous e is ne a r l y com pleted, and Dr. Ferguson is making rapid progress with his Assyrian Court, which promises to be not the least successful or splendid part of the palace. Both he and Mr. Jones may congrat ulate themselves u p on a new ar rangement, the result of a com p romise on a disputed point, which may be worth mentioning. It was origi nally propOsed by th e latter, as one of the earliest ideas f or securing great effect s within the building, to pl ace a t gfiegeulerne,rewwhhiciehhi give 7 s 0 th e north end of the nave the colossal seat e d fi gure o f the god Rh, with the head of which every v i s it or o f t h e feet so peculiar character to Egypti an art, would have com pletely extinguished the fin e w i nged and human-headed b u lls with which Dr. Fer guson guards the main entrance eritihsihghM, and use u p m ain is te of his Assyrian hall. What, however, was to be done ? A solid pile of masonry more than 30 feet high had been constructed as the seat of the deity; and Mr. Jones, having made up his mind to 'have him there, was not to be driven from his purpose. The west end of the north transept was, however, offered, and the privilege of erecting the re two gods instead of one, with a double row of sphinxes leading up to them, provided the site at the end of the nave was given up. This was too great a temptation to refuse, and, accordingly, when in June or July (for it is now ascertained that it cannot be ~ earlier) the doors of the Crystal Palace are thrown open to the public, next to the building, and the fountains, and surpassing in size even Mr. .Waterhouse Hawkins's primaeval monsters, the largest objects, and those most likely to fill the minds and eyes of the Londoners with astonishment, will be these two wonderful representa , tions of the scale upon which the the sculptors of ancient lEgypt wrought out of the rock the objects of their Pagan idolatry. • BRICEMAKING AT LIVERPOOL. —The fortnightly meet ing of the Liverpool Architectural and Archeological Society was held on Wednesday. The first matter of discussion was a letter on brickmaking, received by Mr. Verelst, the chairman of the society, from Mr. C. B. Yarrow, a gentleman of London. Mr. Yarrow draws a very unfavourable comparison between brickmalang in Liverpool and London, the bricks made in the former place being, he says, the worst he ever saw, while those of London are of a superior character, owing to the better class of workmen employed, and the mode of manazement renerallv.--Liverpoot_paper._ THE MURDER AT ACTON. ADJOURNED INQUEST. Mr. Wakley, the coroner for the western division of Middlesex, resumed yesterday, at the Goldsmiths' Arms, East Acton, touching the death of Richard Aledhurst, a lad, aged 14 years ' whose body was f oun d l y i ng naked at the bottom of a deep ditch on the 24th of December, in a lane leading from East Acton to Friar's-place, under circumstances which leave little doubt that a murder of the foulest character has been committed. The interest attached to the case seems to increase, and since the last sitting of the jury Government has offered a reward of 1001. to any person giving such in formation as shall lead to the conviction of the perpe trators of the murder, and Mr. Inspector Thornton, with Sergeant Williams, of the detective police, Scotland yard, in conjunction with Sergeant Earthy, of the T division, have been assiduously prosecuting the inquiry in their own peculiar way. Since the last day Dr. Glover, 21, Great Coram-street, had made an analysis of the stomach and intestines, and that examination having been completed, the evidence pertaining to it was the principal feature in the day's proceedings. • Dr. Robert Mortimer Glover, lecturer on chemistry at the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-road, said that he examined the stomach first, and found it very much congested ; it was empty, with the exception of a little bloody mucus. He also found abundant proof of the the undoubted presence of inflammation, but could not find the slightest trace of either arsenic or any other poisonous substance. There were found some spots of effusion between the cuticle or skin and the membrane below. Coroner—From the external and internal appearance of the body, are you of opinion that he died of cold and starvation or poison? Dr. Glover—The same appearances might have been produced by poison. I examined the stomach, the in testines, and indeed all the organs, most particularly for poison, but I was unable to find any ; looking at the body internally and externally, I am more inclined to think that the boy died of disease produced by cold and starvation, which death was greatly accelerated by the external violence which was visible. Mr. Francis, the surgeon, then corrected a point in his evidence upon the last occasion, which was purely of a medical nature, when The Coroner asked if that was all the evidence, and having received an answer in the affirmative, the room was cleared of strangers, is order to give the jury an opportunity to consider their verdict. After some time spent in consultation, the door was opened. - The Coroner said that the jury had come to the deter mination to postpone the proceedings for some time, for the"purpose of seeing whether the accused party should not be brought before them, and he would at once him self see Lord Palmerston upon that subject. The jury and witnesses were then formally bound over for further appearance, and the proceedings terminated. THE PRESTON STRIKE. PRESTON, MONDAY.—It being understood that Mr. Hollins was to open his mill this morning at the prices paid on the Ist of March last (before any advance took place), the weavers' committee issued a placard, headed "Caution," and containing the following : " It is the intention of Mr. Hollins, of the Royal Sove reign Mill to open his establishment this morning, Jan. 9, we therefore beg to caution all parties to be aware that a deputation has visited Mr. Hollins on two occa sions last week, when two propositions were laid before him. The first was, would he pay the same prices as Messrs. Napier and Goodair, when he (Mr. Hollins) said he could not afford to pay them. The second was would he pay the prices that he paid when his mill was closed. He again replied that the trade would not allow him to do so. You, the weavers of Preston, will there fore see that if you apply for work at the Royal Sove reign Mills, it will be at the sacrifice of the very object you are struggling for—the 10 per cent, and the union." The bell was rung, and the factory opened this morn ing ; but, so far as I have been able to ascertain, not a single hand applied for work. This fact may be taken as evidence of the firmness and determination still exist ing amongst the unemployed. There was a large meeting in the Orchard at noon to day. The chairman was Mr. Chadwick, of Stockport. In his opening remarks he appealed to the multitude whether they were tired of their present position. The response was a loud cry of "No ;" some one in the crowd exclaiming. " We should be more tired if we had to f ri end s of to get up at six o'clock." (Laughter and cheers.) Daily lib ° er ° t m y 7rw an rt- d wealth an article entitled "The " White Sl aves of Eng land 11;r.aGsryinmlpsialathwetriecaadpfpreoal the the B oston human rights ;" in which the Preston struggle was dis cussed, and a suggestion thrown out that the people of Boston should raise a subscription to send a cargo of provisions to the famishing operatives of this town. The meeting having pledged itself to persevere in he struggle, the proceedings closed with cheers for ilreceas., SUSPECTED HOCUSSING AND MURDEILLPONACnne dkly¢ past the neighbourhood of Brookes'-market, Leather lane, has been the scene of unusual excitement, owing to the mysterious disappearance of an aged female miser, named Mary Anne Allam, who had for some time resid ed in the locality, where she was well known by her eccentric habits and manner. The alarm was in no small degree increased by the fact that lately several persons, both old and young, have suddenly and myste riously disappeared from their houses, being in many in stances forcibly abducted. The fate of the unfortunate woman remained a mystery until last Fridaf evening, when, as a party who knew her by sight was passing through Greville-street, Hatton-garden, his attention was attracted by a crowd, and upon going to the spot he recognised the missing woman leaning against the area railings, partlyunconscious, with a dreadful wound across her forehead, and the blood being dry around the wound, showed that it was inflicted several days previously. With the least possible delay the poor creature was as sisted home and taken to her room, where she was left by herself, the parties in the house not apprehending danger, and as the deceased had an objection to any one entering her apartment. As she did not make her ap pearance during Saturday the landlord became alarmed, and yesterday morning sent for the police, who, on enter ing her room, found her lying dressed and quite insensible upon the floor. Medical assistance waq called in, but she gradually sank, and died shortly after the surgeon's arri val. On examining the wound across the frontal bone, it appeared to have been produced by a blunt instrument. In consequence of this, the police immediately made in quiries, to endeavour, if possible, to discover the guilty parties, but up to last evening their efforts were fruit less, although it appears that they have been informed by several parties who witnessed it that deceased was turned out of a cab on t he s p ot, and in the u nconsc i ous by a m an w h o then rapidly c w an as b fo e ul l l i d tile do u bt b ut that deceased s d f r a o t e v e in o ff w . h i T e h h e s r h e e has been the victim of hocussing and brutal treatment at the hands of some miscreants, who thought, no doubt, that the deceased carried a large sum of money about her, in consequence of her reported wealth and miserly habits. Upon searching her room, the police and coro ner's officer discovered a quantity of plate, money, and other valuables, which they immediately secured. In formation of the deceased's death has been forwarded to the coroner, 1 last meat arket 3 0(1 10C1 3 0(1 SOL(1 ) sold ) sold ) sold up, d up, 7 on , and ltent 'erior. g Od s 8d s Od i 6d. Bar- Oats as on ertalre 'dl be via i the EVER. I this ,own, t the pre ssage owed ssive and %ble, llent The Co., and 734 *l'B% t 934 11% 11% 3%