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Turner, of N 0 . 19 , 144.] nershecourt - c-grove, Esq. Ir g e William Now ready, in 3 v 01.., MISS PARDOE'S LI NEN NOVEL, CLIARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. ighan2, Esq• y, of Duckin- ANNUITIES ON THE MUTUAL PRINCIPLE _ENGINEERS', MASONIC, and UNIVERSAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE , SOCIETY. _ _ To be had at all the libraries. first arid Dlackett, Puhl , 3bers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. :o-park, Esq. Itougemont, 345, frond, London._ am, Bart. lemore-hall, PURCHASERS OF ANNUITIES AMIITTED TO PARTICI PATION IN THE PROFITS. Next week will be published, price 215., LAD Y LEE'S WIDOWHOOD. By Captain ED NARD B. lIAMLEY, P.. A. Originally published in " Blackwood's Magazine." In 2 vols., with Thirteen Illustra• ions by the Author. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinl , urgh and London. Policy Stamps paid by the Society. Assignments of Policies; itegktered Free of Charge. A Liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents on the introduction of business. 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Pii I SCE ALBER FIR-T EXHIBITION of SPECIMENS of COLOURED PHOTO GRAPHIC PICTURES, giving all the accuracy of outline and tints of nature, in addition to MAGNIFICENT pao ro- GRAPHIC PICTURES, prepared expressly for this Institution by Monsieur Ferriere of Paris, exhibited on a surace of about a thou sand square feet, with an ENTIRELY Nv W SERIE , of DIS SOLVING VIEWS, daily al a Quarter past Four, and in the even ings at a Quarter -past Nine. LECTURES by Dr. BacaoFFsEs. on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT UNIVERSAL ELECTRI'I LECTURE by J. H. PEPPER., Esq., on SPONTANEOUS COMBUS TION, with Brilliant Experiments. Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is. ; Schools and Childr,n under Ten years of age, half-price. Ann..al Su , scrihers to the Institution are eligible to Le elected Members of the Reading and Chess-Rooms, on paying an additional Guinea per Annum. , of Elmdon, , Esq. of Harden -hall, Broms 1, near Mal- 1, near Beau- .nd, Esq. Jones Peril,. Esq. Jag. Lee, Ruab on, IIUNGARIAN PROMENADE CONCERTS. —Admission, I s.—ROY AL M k RIO sErrE Tl 3 EA RE. Adelaide•street, West •Arand—Every EVE NIN , ;, at Eight, by the renowned HUN; ;ARIAN B \ ND. whose performancei have created Such intense interest throughout the leading European cities The programme is varied nightly, and includes the finest compo , itions of ancient and modern masters, as well as Hungarian and other na tional Melodies, Mazurkas, Wal:zes, G.alo7s, and Quadrilles. Ka lozdy, conductor. Soloists—Fluzelhorn, Horanyi ; ciarione.te, M Augarde; piano, Miss J. Warman. V callus The Misses Brougham. Morning Performance, Wednesday and Saturday, at Three. 7ou"itcoln3any of Wallop, ;, of Plasyw Greville, of PROGRAMME FOR THE DAT. PAST I. Overture (Zampa), Herold; - 10 nett (Oh ! Wert thou in the Cauld Blast), Mendelssohn, the Misses Brougham ; Solo, pianoforte (Car nival de Venice), Miss Julia Warman Waltz (Eylinton), Kalozdy ; Song (Yes, let me like a Soldier fall), II Wallace, Mr A. 1-1. Percy ; Duo (Ernani), Verdi, s la, flugelho eh, M. Besnak ; Sony, (The "1 - ear), Kucken. Miss Elizabeth Brougham; Pelka (Bosphorus), Sarkozij ; Quadrille (The Wedding), Licht,nstein. ENCE. e that from he Bight of amp. The tie sea. and Dn of 12 feet a degree. 35 W. 5, lat. 4 S., ) Liverpool, Hope, Dec. , lat. 34 N., lat. 46 N., outh Wales, ,o Newport, S.W., Jan• N.W., Oct. ?, lat. 21 S., trd, Jan. 1, lcisco, Nov. poles, Jan. RKET- wriptions in f 16 stones 6d to 6s od. er stone. f. 31. tmeal, each 4 at 21, 100, of oatmeal, dull. The up ; and on the top, s up on the I. I Third. d 463 oa, d 328 6 3 d -—s d —0 at; d --a Ca cet : &c. Ireland, wife of am both, 3 wife of he Rev. Sarum, rquis of n b urgh, mdford, deaury', of St. titer of the late , King a.ncras, lien, to it ape of low of iurviv- Had- 11, late , near R. F. years UNGI, ).112, London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co, A list of Forty other Works for Italian, French, and German, by same Author, may be had. Just published, price 45., free by post, 55 , , HYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCHES into the Causes - of Nervous Debility and Gen to - Urinary Maladies , Spermatorthcea rationally considered, with unanswerabL , Remarks on the empirical manner these Diseases are treated; being a Guide to Health, Lang Life, and Ilmppiness By MEDICI'S. Sherwood, Fiper, and Co., 83, Paternoster-row. Just Pu , dished, T HE LAWS of WAR AFFECTING COM, MERCE and SIIIPPING. By 11. BYERLEY THOMSON, Esq., 8.A.., Barrister-at-Law. Price Is. 6d. Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Corahil. Now ready, price Is., PALMERSTON IN THREE EPOCHS. A Comparison of Opinions with Facts. By WASHINGTON WILKS, Author of " I History of the Half Century.' London: William Freeman, 69, Fleet-street. This day's published, price 10s. 61., vol. T., MEDUEVAL POPES, EMPERORS, KINGS, and DEWS; Or, Germany, It • ly, and Palestine, from A.D. 1125 to A.D. 1268. By Mrs. W. BUSK. " Tts intrinsic merit, its singular and striking accuracy of detail, its historical fidelity, the truth with which the cnaracters it de scribes are pourtraved, unquesttni ably ensure its ultimate adoption as 0 , ,e of the IeNV w"rhs, hiving authority, that treat of the remote ut interesting period to which it particularly adverts."—New Quar terly Review. Hookliam and Sons, Old Bond-street. CURRENT HISTORY.—The DAILY PAPERS SUPPLIE O througho.it the entire west-end dis tri,-ts, either for read mg or keeping. Clubs, reading societies, and regimental me...ses contracted with. All the business of an adver tising agent promptly executed 0 , HENRY WETIONE, newsman, 213, Oxford-street. r HE FAMOUS HIGHLAND CLOAK.- 1 A variety of MACDILJOALL'S FAMOUS HIGHLAND CLOAKS, in all colours, may be seen at Messrs. POOLE awl M.A. , G , LLIVRAY'S, 25, Princes-street, Cavendish-square, as well as samples of the materials of which they are made. PURSSELL'S BRIDE CAKES, 1 to 10 Guineas; Dessert Cakes, Is. to 10s., viz., Dundee, ‘ladeiro, School, and Savoy Cakes; Swiss an 1 French Pound Cakes, Is. 6d. per lb. ; Swiss and I , alian Pastry, for evening part es, Is. to 3s. per doz. ; lss sorts of Almond Cakes, Ratißas, and .Maccaroons, 2s. per lb ; Rout Cakes, 3s. per lb. Nixed Fakes, Is. 6d. per lb. ; Mixed Biscuits, Is. 2d. per lb.; Biscuits in bags or boxes, 14 for Is., viz., Arrowroot, Brown, Digestive, Milk, Ab,rnethy, German uddy o- Captain's Biscuits ; Mince Pies, 4s and 6s. per doz ; Jellies and Souse, 4s. per qt.: Creams and Ices, 6s per qt.; N: ad e Dishe ,, , Raised Pies, Hams, Tongues, Fowls. Caution.—John R. Purssell, 162, Regent-street, and 20, Ludgate-hill, only. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE-MEGE, or Saccharatt, C S.PSULES, approved by the French College of Physicians. successfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and acknowledged by them to be the best remedy for the cure of certain di , eases (see " Lancet " oth Nov., 1852.) Price, per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. %J.—To be had of the Inventor, Gabriel Jozeiu, 49, Haymarket, London, whose wine is printed on the Government stamp ; and all the principal chemists. THOMAS SALT anti EAST INDII PALE ALE BREWERS, BURTON-ON-TRENT. STOR London• • .. ..... 22, Hungerford-wharf. Liverpool ............ 52, Henry-street. Manchester •• ..•..... 37, Brown-street. Birmingham . . 26V 2 , Bull-street. Bristol Nottimiham •• 14, Mikon•street. Dubin , 4. 'rown-alley. Jul,lin .. E 'inburgh ..• .. • • Dundee • ..• .... • • . 17, Downie place .... 13, New Inn Entry, High-street CLOSE OF HOLIDAYS. The return of Youth to their re pective Boarding-Schools induces a solici tta le from parents and guardians for their Personal Cimfort and Attraction, and ROWLANDS' MIACAS~AR OIL, for a , •celeratin, the growth and improving an I beautifying the hair, ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, for improving the skin ant comp'extnn, and removing cutaneous eruptions, end ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Denti frice, for rendering the te, th beautifully white, and preserving the gums, are co sidered indl.pensetle accompanitmn , s for the attain ment of those Personal Advantages so universally sought for and admired. Beware of Spurious Tmitations. The only genuine of each bear the name of "ROWLANDS'" preceding that of the article on the wrapper or label. Sol I by A. ROWLAND and SONS, 20, Hatton-garden, London; and by Chemists and Perfumers. TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de Pharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. The long continuance of most Maladies arising from impurities, while it tends t, render detection more certain, and thus frequentl, to embitter the domestic hearth, ales serves to excite feelings of die-. appointment, and to induce lowness of spirits, and other sensations of a most pa'nful kind. The TKI .; Eft kit effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of these Dise,ses, to whatever stage they may have advanced, p ssess ing at the same time the manifest advantages of being utterly devoid of taste or smell, and of alt nauseating qualities. It may lay on the toilet table without its use being suspected. Sold in tin cases at 11s. eacl, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into separate doses. as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, &c , &c. This quantity is sufficient for any case, however virulent or protracted.—To be had Wholesale and Retail at Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon•street; Johnston, 68, Cornhill; Hannay and Co., Oxford-street, London. THIRD EDITION.-WITH ADDITIONS. Just published, Svo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d. /IN TRUE Az FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, Jr with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors n relation to the Treatment and Cure of the Impuissant and Sexual Hypochondriacs, _ _ Translate d from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. T 3 whlch is added, an ESSAY on SEXUAL DEBILITY, by the Editor. "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi ell contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the nos-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall 'tote& any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his ower to correct." —London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. The tribe of 'Quiet Sympa thisers:mid' Medical Friends:are merdlessly exposed ; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who stiffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would cc saved lunch needless suffering of liody and mind, and what is of iess Importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money ... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the metrical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good."—Medic.al Circular, June 16. 1852. London: H. ReMere, 219. Reeent-street. C 0. P►RT 11. Selection (La Sonnambula), Bellini ; Duett (La r ondola). A. smart, the 111i•ses Brougham : Solo, pianoforte (Capriccio a la Suisse), MissJula Warman ; Polka (Rococco), Kalozdy ; So. g (Lcve, art thou waking or sleeping). Air. A. El l'ercy ; Cavatina (Nan”co), Perth; Song (Light of my Soul). N. Aspen, Josephine Brougham; Gslop (Cuckoo), arranged by T. Distin; Quadrille (Malta), Kalozdy. MORISON and HYGEISM. From our own knowledge of patent medicines, we may safely assert that the consumption of them has increased tenfold in this coun ry since Mr. :Mori on promulgated his system. Pills, under new names, are starting dal after day Can there be a stronger proof of the truth of the Morisonian system tha•i this fact. and like wise that the vendors, in order to popularise Weir pills, describe them as being of a purga'ive quality, and emnody in their advertisements (with which the public press is now teeming) scraps 110111 the " Mo risoniana !" A question then arises for the serious consideration of the public, whether the vendors strictly adhere to the ➢lorisonian system in its integrity, and whether they are In possession of a me dicine which will effectually answer the main purpose, that of cleans ing the bIood?—BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, New-road, London. • APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRI NS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and Roast Meat Grovies, Fish, Game, Soup. Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly dlge-t the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68 Broad-street, Worcester; also by '-i e-srs. 8.. relay and Sons. Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and intr chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. LB.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of tha bottle. A LLSOPP'S PALE ALE, in Imperial Quarts and Pints. Bottled by PARKER and TWINING, Beer Merchants, 5%, PALL-MALL. BARON LIEBIG ON A i.LSOi•P'S , ALE ALE. " The specimens of you^ Pale Ile sent to me afforded me another Opportunity of confirming its va , uable qualities. I am myself an admirer of this beverage, and my ors , experience enables me to re commend it, in accordance with the opin;en of the most eminent English physicians as a very agreeable and efficient tonic, and as a general beverage, both for the invalid and the robust.—Giessen, May 6. 'We refer the learned to Baron Liebig, the temperate to Dr. Car penter, invalids to the liedidal Profession, and the robust to the best Clubs of London, for the merits of our stock of ALLSOPI"S ALE. The " Thirsty Soul" and " Constant Reader" of the "Times" we can also satisfy with our IMPERIAL MEA:UEE. Quarts Bs., Pints Os., Half- ints (for Luncheo..) 3s. per doz. Also in Casks of 18 gallons and u)wards. Address—PAßKEß and TWINING, Beer Merchants, 5%, PALL MALL. QII EEN'S SP EECH. **an was imagined by some of my subjects that it Would be difficult to make up a speech at the opening of Parliament —foreign relations being in a rather sad condition, and some people having made free with our home institutions; but notwithstanding all these circumstances it becomes me to congratulate you on the vast amount of prosperity which is felt in all commercial circles—a proof of which are the transactions of E. MOSEi and SON; they have been more industrious than ever in furnishing all my subjects with the Best and Cheapest Dress, which has not only improved the condition and comfort of my people. but is the moat co.fent reason for the peace and satisfaction which prevails throughout these great kingdoms. What are the intentions of the Emperor of the North it is difficult to determine, but the North itself is not capable of resisting the 'Wong and fashionable Overcoats, Paletots, and Attire for all classes made by E. Mons and Son, for it is the best and cheapest ever offered. It is a source of regret that many of the necessaries of life are charged most enormous prices, but our loyal subjects, E. Moses and Sow, have so reduced the Price of Uothing, Hosiery, Hats, Boots, and Shoes, &c., that the inconvenience of high-priced food is little felt by the great majority of my subjects who patronise their Esta blishments and its Branches, New Oxford street, corner of Hart street, Fargate, Sheffield, and Bradford, Yorkshire. I recommend to you the affairs of those in Australia, and trust you Will fit them with laws as E. Moms and Son Outfit them with Clothes and every other article required for that prosperous country ; and as this business is attended to with the greatest industry, care, and experience by E. Mons and Son, either wholesale or smaller Parcels may be selected at any moment. I trust you will continue to imitate their business-like example, as yon recollect so well their name, places of business, and plans of trade. CAUTION.—E. MOt,ES and SON regret having to guard the Public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 83 , 84,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradtord (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36 Fargate. Colealal Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailo. -, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—EIhouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchaned if desired, or, if preferred, ed the money wlll be returned withoutg tat hesiion. All goods are mark in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new B•Olte " The Epitome of Comfort and Economy," contain ing full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, &c., fic., may had on application, or st-free. po A handsome Almanac fo r the year ending 1854 can be had, gratis on application. Qui al parla Italian°. Pon pane Francais. Anna se habits Esoano Hier arricht man Deutsch, MEDICAL ADVICE ON ATHND E SECRET I MATURITYNFIRMITIES OF YOUTH . DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Sec., titc. MAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro laced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis aaes known tomodern pathologists. Long and practical experience in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist ence secret causes of self -acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to rn which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanit y , Unhappy and ruitful Marri ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are Principles of personal management which cannot be violated without Incurring grievous penslties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-i ,, dulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be remove 1, and how the evil and its con , equenc es may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-mud est ; has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is free. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply rewarded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the aare of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated Publications, assumed foreign names and titles, arid 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 Eleven till Two, and from Stu till Eight. AU letters must contain the fee of 11., and advice and medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It la desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT should first obtain a copy of his work on SELF.PRESERVATION . A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty-colorred engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting front secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct description of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, _Wren*, Spanish, Dutch, Ital ian, or German, of Messrs. P per Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Mann, 89, Cornhill ; Stogie, Titehborne-street, Haymarket ; or free by post for forty-two stamps, to any address Prom the Author's rest ute,37. Asekrolu-sqokttg LONDON. ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fiftieth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. , Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings' and Cases. - _ New Edition, enlarged to 209 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in stamps, rrHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on • the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol lowed, by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO. Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co. 23, Paternoster row, and sold by Hannay, 63, an d S a nger, 150, Oxford-street; Gor don, 146, Leadenhall-street; 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Bow Church-yard; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhill. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive In- by lytelily weakness, nervou s exc it emen t, an d generative ci by 10 Explanat or) E ngrav i ngs . PART 111. treats of the d i s ease s resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form , and .contains explicit directions for incapacity. and their lamentable eff ec t s on th e s y s t em , producing mental Illustrated their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav ings. PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole stih and ohilosophically inquired into. T ficaDlllyAL BALM OF ,YRIACM Uls exclusively e m pl oye d l i c g t critically In treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, svt., lis and 3.45. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symntons, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per Sp ec ific Pills. 2s. 9d., 4 s. 6 d. , and 11‘. per box, x, a errcYer'stali'nuri chronic inflammation of the bladder. t 'onsultation fee, if by letter, rrtnegdy f o r gonorrhcea, sleet, stricture, and post :/. A minute detail of the case Is required : e a h g e e d h e a t b t i h t e s,and Lion in society. Si. Packets, with ad Establish went only, by which the fee, 1/ , is saved.vice to Messrs.b I are in attendance, daily, at 19, lierners-street, Oxford-street, Lon l'erry„Surgeon:, I don, from Eleven tilt Two. and 'Vivo to Eight; on Sat:lry from I Eleven to One. — THE RUSSIAN CORVETTE NAVARINO.—The Nava. rino was stationed at Portsmouth n ot lon g ago. The sailors who escaped from her were captured by a British policeman at Guildford, and restored to their captain. How the Queen's writ was afterwards refused by the same officer will also be remembered. The Navarino proceeded hence to the Dutch Haven of Flissengen, where she is now sheltered. The 15th inst. was the birthday of the Queen Anna Paulowna, and the captain of the Navarino gave a fete on board his vesse l, which was dressed with the colours of all nations —except the English and French. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENIN CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION. The Royal Commission sat again yesterday, at 32, Abingdon-street, for the purpose of resuming their in quiry. Commissioners present :—The Right Hon. H. Labouchere (chairman), Sir John Patteson, and Mr. Cornwall Lewis. At the opening of the proceedings, Mr. Bennoch was re-examined with respect to ..the Gresham Committee. He said he appeared as the chair man of a committee established for the purpose of found ing a mercantile and maritime college in the metropolis. Many of the leading merchants and bankers of London held a meeting for the promotion of that important object, the want of such an institution being severely felt ; and they put themselves in communication with the Gresham College, or rather with its professors, to ascertain if they would co-operate in such an under taking ; and ultimately a statement was drawn up by the committee explaining their objects. A copy of that statement he now begged leave to put in evidence. It contained an account of the original foundation and objects of the Gresham College ; and although there might be a few inaccuracies in it, the commissiots might rely upon it as being substantially correct in its facts : "1, That in the year 1575, Sir Thomas Gresham, merchant of London, by his last will and testament, be queathed his own dwelling-house, after the decease of Lady Gresham, to the corporation of the city of London and the Mercers' Company, in trust for the purpose of founding a college. "2. That seven professors were to be appointed to read, daily, within the college, lectures on divinity, as tronomy, music, geometry, law, physic, and rhetoric. The same professors to inhabit and study in the college, being allowed a salary of 501. per annum each, provided they did not marry. " 3. That to endow such professorships, the ReTai..glu change (built by Sir Thomas Gresham oak'the'grontid purchased by the citizens of London for more than 4,0001.), its shops, cellars, &c., were also bequeathed to the same corporation and to the Mercers' Company. This will was confirmed by an Act of Parliament (23d Elizabeth, in 1581. "4. That in conformity with such dispositions, on the decease of Lady Gresham in 1596, the joint trustees took possession of the house bequeathed, appointed pro lessors, and fixed the times for the reading of the lectures, and, in 1641, they took a patent from the Crown to possess for ever the Royal Fxchange and Gresham's house, already converted into a college. " 5. That for a time the college acquired great cele brity, and counted among its professors Sir Christopher Wren, Barrow, Hooke, Sir William Petty, and other men of science. It was within its walls that the Royal Society had its origin, and that Charles 11. signed its charter, in 1663 ; and apartments were assigned for their books, instruments, and rarities. " 6. That during the Plague and Great Fire, in 1665- 1666, Gresham College was used as a place of meeting for merchants, and therefore the delivery of the lectures was for a time suspended, and the Royal Society re moved to Arundel House, whence, however, they re turned to Gresham College in 1673, and there remained till 1710, when they purchased the house of Dr. Brown, in Crane-court, Fleet-street, whither they removed with their museum. "7. That the Royal Exchange having been burnt down in the fire of London, the Gresham committee were called upon to rebuild in 1667, and subsequently, on the plea of the expense which they had thereby in curred, the trustees of Gresham College, as early as 1669, stopped the salaries of the professors for two years, and refused to keep up the building. " 8. That in 1701 the Gresham committee petitioned Parliament for power to pull down the old mansion, and to erect smaller buildings for the use of the professors ; but Parliament refused to entertain their petition, and thereafter for some time the lectures became of little practical value. "9. That great complaints having been made of the management of the college, an inquiry was instituted before the Lord Mayor, Gresham committee, and pro fessors ; whereupon the lectures were resumed, and greater attention paid to the conduct of its affairs. "10. That in 1717, the trustees again petitioned Par liament for authority to pull down the college, proposing to erect on the same site another building, capable of accommodating the professors and their audience ; but their request was once more rejected. " 11. That in 1760, they again petitioned Parlia to the same effect, in this instance to build a conve nient room for the lectures, and to build in addition thereto houses for merchants and others ; but they again met with a similar refusal. " 12. That in 1767, Government requiring a new Excise-office, the trustees sold Gresham College, and the ground attached to it, for no other consideration than an annual ground rent of 5001., the corporation of the City agreeing to pay 1,800/. in one month towards pull ing down the college. An act of Parliament (8 Geo. 111., c. 32) was passed to confirm the transfer. That act provided that, by reason of the professors being deprived of their lodgings, their salaries should be raised from 501. to 1001. per annum ; that the trustees should provide a place for the delivery of the lectures, and that it should be lawful for the professors to marry, notwith standing any restrictions in the will of Sir Thomas Gresham to the contrary. " 13. That for a considerable time afterwards, an apartment of the Exchange was used for the delivery of the Gresham lectures, during which they became com paratively unknown, and consequently neglected. " 14. That in 1838, the Royal Exchange being again burnt down, the delivery of the lectures was transferred to the City of London School, until the present building was erected in Gresham-street, where the lectures are now delivered during the law terms. The Royal Exchange was again built by the Gresham committee and opened in 1841. " 15. That in 1852, the building erected for the pur pose of an Excise-office, together with the ground at tached to it, were sold by Government for 108,0001. It is understood, however, that the Crown still pays the 5001. per annum to the trustees of Sir Thos. Gresham. " 16. That the lectures now delivered at Gresham College consist of lectures on astronomy, physic, divi nity, law, rhetoric, geometry, in Latin at twelve o'clock at noon, and in English at one o'clock in the afternoon ; and on music and geometry, in English, at seven o'clock in the evening ; delivered - during term time. "17 That the delivery of such lectures in Latin is compa , ratively useless at the present day, although at the date of the foundation of the college it was useful, as Latin was often the medium of communication with foreign merchants. Moreover, the lectures being delivered during term time only, the merchants have long ceased to attend them, and the professors are often unable to secure an audience. " 18. That owing to the progress of commerce, the great competition existing with all countries, and the advanced state of science, the educational wants of the mercantile and maritime classes are at present far greater than those felt in the 16th and 17th centuries, and that the city of London has long suffered considerable injury in having been deprived of the advantages intended to be conferred by th 3 illustrious founder of Gresham College. " 19. That the pecuniary trust is generally unknown ; its revenues are supposed to consist of the rental arising from the Royal Exchange, with its offices, and the an nual ground rent of 5001. arising from the original site of the college. Its expenditure would seem to include the cost of rebuilding twice the Royal Exchange, less the sums for which they were insured ; the building of the present Gresham College in Gresham-street, the salary of the professors and other officers, exclusive of any rent charge in respect of the almshouses founded by Sir Thomas Gresham. "20. That considering the vast importance of the trust, and its great practical value, it is impor tant to ascertain with what amount of debt the pro perty is at present charged ; the interest paid upon such debt ; the amount annually paid in liquidation of the same ; and the annual rental ; so as to indicate at what future time the whole property will be wholly ap plicable to the purposes of the trust." To the foregoing statement the committee appended the subjoined outline of a constitution for the proposed Mer cantile and Maritime College : "That, having regard to the foregoing statement, it is suggested thet the income arising from the Gresham trust, as well as the property itself, should, together with a sufficient amount to be subscribed by the mer chants and bankers of the city of London, be devoted to the establishment of a Mercantile and Maritime College, the management of which should devolve on a commit tee, composed of the Gresham committee and persons elected by the donors and subscribers to the college funds. "That the proposed institution should, amongst other advantages,' afford courses of lectures on the different branches of science more especially directed to meet the requirements of the mercantile and maritime classes ; and also, that there should be attached to the college a trade museum, constantly replenished and supplied with every commercial information, besides a collection of statistics of commerce, parliamentary papers and returns, a complete commercial library, models, charts, &c., and to be provided with an active machinery, to promote objects of national and international importance. " That certificates should be granted of attendance at the lectures, which might serve as recommendations to appointments to trust. "That it is intended that such college shall be set supporting, the fees to be sufficiently moderate to attract students of, every grade. "The object contemplated is entirely practical. It is desired to adapt the original plan of Sir Thomas Gresham to the extended requirements of the present time ; and whilst the college will furnish complete instruction upon the theory an d prac ti ce o f commerce and navigation, it :will also form a centre of union for the promotion of the 'mercantile and maritime interests of the country." There was not a place in all London, at present, where boys could be thoroughly educated for pursuits in con nection with commerce and marine, and afterwards examined as to their proficiency. The only complaint that had been made against the management of the Gresham trust was that, although a staff of seven pro fessors was maintained at the college, and a sum of 1,3001. or 1,400/. was yearly derived by the institution, ostensibly to be appropriated to educational purposes, yet the lectures were only delivered to audiences which never exceeded, on an average, more than twenty per-, sons, and even that number attended not for oduea- ti.nal objects, but merely to wb which hung heavily on their hag venues of the college were waste not, in point of fact, applied to; purpose whatever. He might me; of the kind contemplated by the don had been established at Liver Levy, and had been attended with teat success ; and it was also a strange coincidence that at this very moment Austria, Sweden, and Belgium were setting on foot educational institutions of the same Character, The ob ject of the London merchants in thiS movement is in no way to alienate the funds bequeathed by Sir T. Gresham from their legitimate use, but rather' to restore them to such a purpose as the testator himself originally contem plated, and to render that which was now a useless form and a dead letter, a living and vital reality, beneficial in its working to the mercantile community of the present day. A lengthened correspondence ensued between the committee of merchants and the trustees of Gresham College, the result of which, however, unfortunately was, that the trustees decaned to co-operate with the committee in the promotioa of the projected mercantile college, on the ground that the funds of the trust were strictly applicable to a specific purpose, and could not legally be alienated to any other object. The establish ment of a mercantile college was a subject which had taken a deep hold on the minds of the merchants of London ; and as they were unable to obtain the assist ance of the trustees of the Gresham trust in attaining that very desirable end, he (Mr. Beianoch) hoped that the commissioners would not refuse to direct their atten tion to the question. The Chairman stated that the commission had no power to deal with the general question of the alleged deficiency in the facilities for promoting mercantile edu cation in the city of London ; all they had to consider in relation to this matter was flap; /state ckf i the Gresham trust as far as it was connected vith the corporation of London ; and of course any inipro.vempats which. could, _be suggested" as bearing - upon that point were proper subjects for investigation before the commission. Mr. Bennoch thanked the commissioners, and then withdrew. Dr. Waldilove examined—Practised at Doctor's Com mons, and in the Court of Admiralty, and while there he had frequently witnessed the injury that had arisen to the mercantile community through the ignorance of captains and mates of commercial law. In connection with this subject, he had turned his attention to the state of Gresham College. When the college was first established, the trustees applied to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, in order that these learned bodies might choose the professors, and each of the universities accordingly appointed three professors, Queen Elizabeth herself appointing a seventh professor. The witness having entered into further historical evidence on the subject of the Gresham College, suggested that it should be put to the trustees of the institution, whether the new Charitable Trusts Act did not contain provisions which would enable them to overcome the impediments in the way of their applying a portion of the funds of the trust to the promotion of mercantile education. Mr. Lucy, master of the Watermen's and Lighter men's Company, and a freeman of the city of London, was next examined, and put in a long written statement, explaining the privileges of the company of watermen and lightermen, and defending those privileges on the ground of the interests of the public, and of the necessity for the safety of the traffic on the river, that there should be a trained and efficient body of men competent to dis charge the duty of navigating the numerous craft ply ing on the Thames. He denied the imputation which had been cast upon the body that they were concerned in the alleged corruption which takes place at the City elections. He said the number of working freemen of his company was about 5,000, but there were nearly 7,000 altogether, including owners of barges, &c., enrolled on the books of the company. The members of the Watermen's Company were not voters at the Com mon Hall elections, and they were totally unconnected with the longshoremen who had been complained of. Mr. Deputy Harrison examined :—He was the deputy of Cornhill ward, and had been connected with the cor poration for the last sixteen years. He was chairman of the Freedom Committee, and a member of the Sewers and Commission, also was a trader in the City, and a statio ner. Witness then co mmented upon the evidence adduced b y Mr. Travers, Mr. Bennoch, and other gentlemen , as to the character of the corporation of the present day, denying generally that they were confined to the class of retail traders. He also controverted the assertion that the corporation required to be goaded on by public opinion in order to effect improvements ; and pointed to the fact that the City Commission of Sewers had, on their own motion, obtained very large powers from Parliament, several years ago, for establishing a complete system of sanitary regulations. He stated thlit the drainage works which had been carried out under those powers were sufficient to provide proper drainage for every house in the City. The sewers rate in the City, in the present year, would not exceed ld. in the pound. The consolidated rate yielded 71,8881. a year, and the sewers rate 13,7581. The cost of collection, together with the expense of the City's sanitary staff, did not amount to more than seven per cent, of the whole sum raised, a fact which he thought contrasted favourably with other districts. The commission had expended on works, dur- ing the year, 78,1291. ; and altogether the entire san tary arrangements of the City were in an admirable state—in fact, in a state rapidlyapproaching to absolute perfection. The City sanitary staff was very efficient, and no inconvenience whatever arose to the metropolis generally from the separate sewers jurisdiction existing within the City. Referring to he bribery practised at the City elections, witness stated that he had had con siderable experience of the Common Hall elections, and he knew that transactions occurred on these occasions in which the names of voters were given by hundreds to candidates on condition of receiving a certain sum of money. He had also known :nstances in which a sum of money wag paid to sectre an attendance at Common Hall, and he had himself been obliged to pay 51. for every hundred men who passed into Guildhall through a certain wicket, by which freemen alone ought to have been admitted. This was a flagrant and crying evil, and the corporation had on two different occasions endeavoured to remedy this abuse, but the livery compa nies were too strong for them, and had succeeded in throw ing out their bills in Parliament, which were introduced to check it. He also denied the charge that incompetent persons were appointed as the chairmen of committees, and asserted that the practice was to select the most efficient business men for their officers. He had been a member of the navigation committee for four years, and he considered the manner in which they discharged their duty as most satisfactory. At the same time he did not pretend to say that the system of the corporotion could not be improved in any respect. Mr. T. H. Hall, chairman of the Improvements Com mittee, examined —He said he attended there that day as a member of a body which had been much maligned in the course of this inquiry, He had been chairman of the Improvements Committee for six years. The course which the committee pursued in promoting improve ments was to examine somewhat in the capacity of a special jury all the claims put before them for the pur chase of houses required to be removed, leaving the value of freehold or leasehold property to be estimated and reported upon by Mr. Bunning, the City architect, in order that they mig ht satisfactorily determine the pro per amount of compensation to be awarded. The commit tee was generally composed of fro m 18 t o 20 gen tlemen who had had previou s experience on special juries ; and they thoroughly sifted all the numerous cases which came before them, taking care that justice was done to private rights as well as to the funds of the corporation. An idea of the extent of business done by this committee might be ob tained from the fact that during the last six years they had examined into claims for compensation amounting to an aggregate of 1,200,0001., and had invariably settled them by paying the parties much smaller su ms th an they origi nally demanded. Street Improvements were executed under the directions of the Improvements Committee, acting with the advice of their officers. When the com mittee reported that an improvement was desirable, the Court of Common Council generally app rove d o f it, and applied to Parliament accordingly for powers to carry it into effect. He wished to rebut the accusation that the corporation did nothing to improve the metropolis ; and would put in a map showing the various improvements which they had already carried out. The corporation, he said, were anxious to go as fir in this direction as their funds would allow, and the difficulty often was to tell, where so much was necessary, i n w h a t quar t er to begin first. The corporation had now under considera tion the opening of a new thoroughfare from the new Cannon-street to Earl-street, Blackfriars, in order to re lieve Ludgate-hill and Cheapside, and this plan, it was estimated, would cost 195,000 1 . for its execution. The corporation had also charged the City estate with a sum of 11,500 1 . per annum for a period of three years, for the improvement of Clerkenwell ; and all this although they did not receive any revenue whatever on account of im provements. The Chairman—Yes, but were not the corporation all this time receiving the 4d. duty on coals, which is levied from the consumers throughout the whole metropolis; - as well as from the consumers within the City ? Mr. Hall—The corporation had carried out the new Cannon-street improvement from the produce of the 4d. coal tax which they hold by prescriptive right ; and this improvement would not cost them less than 500,0001. when it was completed. The corporation were now widening Upper Thames-street, and part of Newgate street ; aid petitions ha I been presented to them, call ing for similar improvements in Lime-street, in Fen church-street, Tower-street, &c. In fact, there were at that moment plans before the corporation for street im provements, which would require an outlay of more than two millions of money to carry them out. The witness then corroborated the testimony of Mr. Deputy I Harrison, with regard to the appointment of the chair• men of committees, contending that they were generally chosen from the most competent and able members. He indignantly repudiated the insinuation that a regular attendance at the committee dinners was the only or the chief qualification demanded of a chairman. He had himself proposed the reduction of a committee's allow ance from 5001. to 2001., and succeeded in his object ; and yet that circumstance, so far from being regarded as personally unfavourable to him by the members in ques tion, had been followed by his own election to the office of chairman. The committee allowances were not a 1 FEBRUARY 2, 1854. file away an hour ds. Thus the re p, or at least were ' any useful public tion that a college merchants of Lon ool by Mr. Leoni matter of very great importance—he would not say that they were necessary in order to secure a good at tendance at the committee meeting, but he thought that after gentlemen had been laboriously engaged for four or five hours in the middle of the day in the -service of the public, they were entitled to receive a certain amount for simple refreshment, which was all that the committees actually did receive. The commissioners then adjourned the inquiry till this day. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. On Tuesday a special court was called for the despatch of public business. TAB CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. The LORD MAYOR said he had received a letter from the Crystal Palace Company, signed by Mr. Grove, sec retary, inquiring whether the corporation intended to take any steps for providing additional bridge accommo dation, London-bridge being the only communication leading to the railway station of the company. Deputy HARRISON—WiII your lordship allow me to ask whether the gentleman who has signed that letter has any connection with, or is a large shareholder in, Southwark-bridge ? (Hear, bear.) The LORD MAYOR—I do not know. I have received due notice of the death of Mr. Gibbs, one of the bridge masters, as well as a requisition, rather numerously signed by liverymen, calling upon me to convene a common hall, to fill up this vacancy ; but it is the desire, rather expressed than demanded, of the com mittee now sitting upon the municipal inquiry, that the court would pause before making a fresh appoint ment. (Hear, hear.) The Lord Mayor then stated that the office of comptroller .was also vacant, by the decease of Mr. Saunders. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR moved that it be referred to the Officers' and Clerks' Committee, to inquire into the nature, duties, and emoluments of Comptroller of the Chamberlain, and to report thereon to this court, and whether any alteration should be made therein ; and especially as to the propriety of merging it in another office. Alderman WIRE seconded the motion, which was car ried unanimously. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR then moved, " That the City Solicitor be requested to fill the office of Comptroller for the time being, until other arrangements are made re specting the office." Mr. BARELY seconded the motion.--Carried unani mously. On the motion of Mr. H. L. TAYLOR, seconded by Alderman WIRE, it was referred to the Officers' and and Clerks' Committee to inquire into the office of bridge master, and to report to the court.—Carried unani- mously. Deputy HARRISON suggested that words should be added to the motion, to the effect that the Lord Mayor be requested not to call a common hall to fill up the va cancy pending the inquiry before the commissioners. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said he had no objection to the addition to the motion of these words, which were ac cordingly added. THE CORPORATION COMMISSION, Mr. J. WOOD, chairman of the Consolidated Com mittee, brought up the following report, which was read by Mr. Woodthorpe : "To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Coun cil assembled— " We, whose names are herein subscribed of your Con solidated Committee, to whom, on the 30th of Juue last, it was referred to assist the inquiry before the Royal Com missioners, on behalf of the corporation of London, and afford the fullest information on every subject connected therewith, do certify that we have duly proceeded therein, and that on Saturday last the Town-clerk laid before us a letter addressed to him by the secretary to the commission in terms as follows : " Downing-street, Jan. 27, 1854. " Sir—l am directed by the commissioners for inquir ing into the state of the corporation of the city of London to state to you that as the examination of the officers of the corporation is now drawing to a close, it will be pro per for the commissioners to consider any further observa tions for the improvement of the corporation which may be brought before them. "' It has been intimated to the commissioners that the corporation themselves might be prepared to agree upon some suggestions tending to the amendment of the consti tution of their affairs. If, therefore, the corporation should favour the commissioners with any such suggestions, the commissioners v. , ill have much satisfaction in giving them an attentive and respectful consideration before they pro ceed to deliberate their report. " The commissioners trust that any communication of this kind by the corporation will be made with as little de lay as the circumstances may permit.—l am, sir, your obe dient servant, - " J. D. COLERIDGE. " The Town Clerk.' _ " Your committee, feeling the urgent importance of the above communication, take the earliest opportunity of submitting the same for the consideration of this honour able court, that they may take such proceedings therein as they may deem advisable. (Signed) " JOHN WOOD, " and twenty-six others." Considerable oheering followed the reading of the re port. Mr. WOOD said it would be seen that the committee could not have asked his lordship to convene a court at an earlier period. Whatever opinions they might enter tain upon the subject of offering suggestions to the commissioners they must feel that those gentlemen had taken a course both considerate and respectful towards the corporation, and trusted they would have that to which he was sure they were entitled, namely, cull credit for honesty of purpose and for integrity of intention in making such a communication to the court. (Hear, hear.) He now begged to move, "That, in accord ance with a communication received from the Royal Commission, it is desirable that this court should pre pare for the consideration of the commissioners sugges tions for the amendment of the constitution of the cor poration." Deputy DAKIN said he had very great pleasure in seconding the motion. He thought it self-obvious that the proper course to be taken by the court, in a crisis so important to itself, was to approach the commission with the opinions of the court as to the proper steps to be taken to bring that ancient insti tution into harmony with the wants of the age. (Hear, hear.) He (Deputy Dakin) believed it was admitted on all hands, that, as far as the answer to the charges which had been made against the corporation had gone, it had been complete, and be also believed it was admitted that the court would have made changes in virtue of their own powers, if those powers had not been cramped and crippled by a parliamentary enactment. (Cheers.) Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said he was anxious that the whole responsibility of the inquiry should rest with the royal commissioners. He moved an amendment to that effect. Mr. BARKLY seconded the amendment. After a short conversation the amendment was with drawn. The general motion was then put and carried almost unanimously, amidst loud cheering. On the motion of Mr. J. WOOD, seconded by Mr. Deputy HARRISON, it was referred to a committee of the whole court to take the necessary steps for carrying into effect the foregoing resolution. The Lord Mayor adjourned the court at 12 o'clock, and the committee immediately met and continued sit ting throughout the day. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT PI3ILICO.—On Tues day, Mr. Bedford, the coroner for Westminster, held an inquest at the Artillery Arms, Rochester-row, Vauxhall bridge-road, touching the death of Thomas Connor, aged 28, a mason's labourer, in the employment of Mr. John Belk, the extensive builder, who was killed on Thursday last, by the accidental breaking of the scaffold ing of a traveller, whilst engaged in unloading a stone barge at the works, Grosvenor-basin, Gillingham-street, Pimlico. The leading facts of the case have already appeared, and are now, therefore, merely recapitulated. When the witnesses had all been examined, the coroner recommended the jury to view the scene of the accident itself. They did so ; and upon their return some further explanations and adverse statements were given, but after consulting together for some little time, the jury returned a verdict. of " Accidental Death," affixing as an addendum that in their opinion sufficient caution had not been used in examining the foundation before the tra veller was erected. The proceedings then terminated. VALUE OF A WIFE IN AFFGHANisTAN.—The Affghans generally think nothing of the death of a wife. When my husband was in Affghanistan, he was several times asked, " Are you married?" "No ; my wife is dead." " We hear you are very sorry when your wives die ; did you weep?" "Yes." Whereupon they were struck dumb with astonishment that any one could feel a wife's death FO strongly. " Why should we grieve ?" say they, "there are plenty of others " and yet these are men of warm feelings, capable of strong attachments and sympthy ; but this only makes the fact more evident, that any violation of the law written in the hearts of all, or of the arrangements of the Creator, to say nothing of His revealed laws, brin g s with it its own punishment. Poly gamy has destroyed everything like domestic and family ties. Sometimes nature reasserts her right, and produces strong attachment between husband and wife, brother and brother ; but this is the exception ; and that this state of things is produced by polygamy, and not merely by ignorance of tree religion, is proved by the example of the ancient humans during the period when divorce was unknown, and when the wife, being the sole and life-long partner of her husband, gave him not only a help-meet but a home and a domestic hearth, ideas un known to Mohammedans. There mind be a neater faini lias before true family ties can exist. —Life in, the Nis- sion, the Camp, and the Zendna. FLOODING OF THE RIVER CLYDE. —Owing to the melted snow and heavy falls of rain, the Clyde has been roaring in mighty state from bank to brae, and over flowing the adjoining meadows, in spite of strong and skilfully constructed embankments. Yesterday, at Bothwell-bridge, the Clyde looked like a sea, the parks at Bothwell haugh and the low palace parks being flooded over many hundred acres ; and the curious ' spectacle of green island knolls and trees growing out of a new lake was visible from Hamilton-bridge on the Low Motherwell'road,At:the confluence of the Avon and the Clyde.-11erth British Daily Mail. Es q .. tzi - Zi /2, 2- ~i~t~ [PRiciE SD. INCREASE OF PAPER MONEY IN RUSSIA The following are the terms of the ukase issued by the Emperor of Russia for an increase of paper money. It appears that out of an augmentation to the extent of 30,000,000 of roubles, or about 4,800,0001., authorised in 1841, the sum of 1,600,0001. remains to be put forth, and that this is now to be used, while an additional total of 40,000,000 of roubles, or 6,400,0001., is to be created and held at the service of the Finance Minister upon his receiving the I m p er i a l sanc ti on f or its disbursement. Against this new iss ue , as i n th e case of the former one, specie in the proportion of one-sixth is to be deposited ; but, as the quarter whence it is to be obtained is not designated, the conjecture arises that the operation will be contrived merely by a nominal removal to a special account of some portion of the treasure already held. Even under the more favourable supposition that a por tion of the new issue will be employed to purchase the guaranteed amount of bullion, so as to create to that extent a real instead of a fictitious security, it is evident that the measure is pregnant with the most disastrous consequences to the trade and credit of the country, and that a course is now commenced calculated to end in all the evils of a depreciated currency, and to cause the St. Petersburg Exchange to undergo, from the consequences of distrust, what has been so long experienced at Vienna. Since 1839, when Russia compromised as an insolvent, and paid the holders of her notes less than 30 per cent., her currency, although not absolutely convertible at pleasure, has been maintained a par, owing to its being limited to a specific amount. The propor tion of notes to the legitimate r equirements of infringed the having at length, however, been the notification that one-sixth of their amount in specie is safely locked in the hands of the Government will have little effect in convincing the holders of their value when they require not only that that sixth, but, also the re maining five-sixths, should be handed them in coin to enable them to pay for foreign goods. The precedent, moreover, even if it had been introduced at first on a far more limited scale, is fatal to the financial existence of any nation, from the certainty it inspires that, once re sorted to, the dangerous facility is almost sure to be employed till confidence of every kind has been anni hilated. "By a ukase of his Imperial Majesty, issued to the Ad ministrative Senate on the 17th of December last, under his Imperial Majesty's sign-manual, it was set forth,— " To facilitate the operations of the imperial credit establishments, our manifest of the Ist of July, 1841, di rected the issue of 30,000,000 roubles of credit notes, with the condition that at each delivery of the same the Trea suries and the Loan Bank should deposit in specie a sum equivalent to not less than the sixth part of the notes issued. " Of the said amount of 30,000,000 roubles, by our manifest of the Ist of June, 1843, 10,000,000 roubles were placed to the credit of the active capital of the credit establishments, and 20,000,000 roubles were reckoned as a reserve, and their issue submitted thenceforth to our own supervision. In pursuance of authority of our ukase to the Senate, given on the 9th of March, 1849, there were issued out of this reserve capital credit notes for 10,000,000 roubles for the purpose of strengthening the operations of the Trea suries and the Loan Bank. _ . " At present, in consequence of the great extension during the past year of the operations of the imperial credit establishments, we have deemed it good, in accor dance with the representation of the Minister of Finance, examined by the Council of State, to decide upon the issue from the reserve capital of the remaining ten millions of roubles ' • and, in order to provide in future suf f icient means to the said credit establishment for the uninter rupted conduct and extension of their operations, to con stitute for them a new reserve capital on the previous bases. " In pursuance whereof we ordain : " 1. The remaining ten millions of credit notes attri buted by our manifest of June 1,1843, to the reserve capi tal of the credit establishments shall be delivered to the Treasuries and the Loan Bank, to be distributed among them according to their requirements. " '2. A new reserve capital of 40,000,000 roubles of cre dit notes shall be formed for the imperial credit establish ments. " 3. The delivery of note' from this reserve capital shall take place in the event of an actual necessity to strengthen the imperial credit establishments, upon the presentation each time of a petition of the Minister of Fi nance for our decision thereupon. " 4. Equivalent to the sixth part of the credit notes issued shall be transferred in specie from the credit esta blishments named to the office of imperial credit notes, to be added to the fund attributed to the credit notes. " ' 5. The completion of this fund, in case of need, shall be carried out on the same basis as fixed by our said mani fest of June 1, 1843. " ' The Administrative Senate is to take the necessary measures for the execution hereof.'" UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JAN. 31. In a Convocation holden this day, at two o'clock, the following delegacy was appointed to consider the ques tion of erecting a museum, with particular reference to the principle of constructing a building surrounding three sides of an area, which should be covered in and applied to the purpose of a general museum, receiving light from the roof ; the report of sueh delegacy to be submitted to the approval or disapproval of the house : —The President of St. John's ; Principal of New Inn Hall ; Warden of New College ; Master of Pembroke ; Dr. Daubeny, Magdalen College; Dr. Acland, All Souls ; B. Price, M.A., Pembroke, Professor of Natural Philosophy ; John Phillips, M.A., Magdalen College, Deputy Reader in Geology ; Manuel Johnson, M.A., Magdalen Hall, Radcliffe Observer ; Thomas Chaffers, M.A., Vice Principal of Brasenose ; "William Healey, M.A., University ; G. Butler, M.A., Exeter ; John Burgon, M.A., Oriel. CAMBRIDGE, FEB, 1. CLASSICAL TRIPOS. Candidates for the classical tripos are requested to send in their names to Mr. E. H. Perowne, Corpus Christi College, on or before Saturday, Feb. 11. THE ARMY. INCREASE OF THE BRITISH ARMY,—We are enabled to state that the army estimates for the ensuing financial year provide for an increase to the forces of no less than 10,000 men. _ .... STRENGTH OP THE ARMY AND CAVALRY MOVEMENTS IN IRELAND.—CavaIry, 2,679 ; infantry, 17,450 ; artil lery, 1,347 : total, 21,476. Besides recruiting parties of various regiments, and 16,750 constabulary and staffs of militia. The Ist Dragoon Guards move from New bridge to Scotland ; 2d Dragoon Guards, from Dublin to Dundalk ; 3d Dragoon Guards, from Longford to Dublin ; 4th Dragoon Guards, from Dundalk to Long ford ; sth Dragoon Guards, from Cork to Newbridge ; 7th Dragoon Guards, from Cahir to England ; Ist Dra goons, from Manchester to Cahir ; 11th Hussars, from Dublin to Cork ; 13th Dragoons, from Birmingham to Dublin ; and 16th Lancers, from Dublin to Newbridge, with a squadron remaining in Dublin—United Service Gazette. CHATHAM, MONDAY.—The under-named officers at this garrison have obtained leave of absence from their respective corps for the periods herein stated. 25th Foot—Captain H. T. Walker, from Feb. 1 to Feb. 27. 81st Foot—Ensign Floyd, from March 1 to March 9. 15th Hussars—Ensign Muir, from Jan. 27 to April 7. 38th Foot—Colonel Sir John Campbell, Bare., to Feb.l to March 10. The under-named medical officers have been relieved from the duty at this station for the rea sons herein specified. Staff Assistant Surgeon Ovens is to proceed to Fermoy, in Ireland, to join the 9th Regi ment of Foot ; and Staff Assistant Surgeon Young is also to proceed to Fermoy, to join the 62d Foot. ROYAL ARTILLERY.- -It is currently reported that two additional battalions will be added to this distinguished corps at the commencement of tne financial year (the Ist of April) ; and that an increase of three or four com panies will shortly reinforce our establishments in the Mediterranean. MILITARY FORCES IN KENT.—The county of Kent now contains more troops than it has done for several years past. We have endeavoured to give a summary of their numbers, not altogether vouching for their accu racy, as changes so often occur ; but we believe we are tolerably correct : Cavalry ~ Artillery Sappers and Miners Marines Infantry . 830 .. 3,224 . 590 . 1,750 .. 5,420 Total In addition to which there are several companies of en rolled pensioners re g ul ar ly trained at Canterbury, staff Maid stone, Chatham, a n d Woolwich, and the permanent of the three Ke n t militias, stationed in Dever, Canter bury, and Maidstone. SCARCITY OF COAL AT SOUTHAISIPTON.—Ii now 30 years since there was in Southampton a scarcity of fuel like that which prevails at the present time. There no collier made its appearanc e for 17 w eeks, now no c o lli er which left the north at t he beginning of this month has reached Southampton. The price of coal now in the town is 3 guineas per ton. People are payin g 2 s . 6d . a hundred for the scrapings of the coal yards and cellars. Owing to the usual good supply of coal in the winter at 40tithariipton a large number of persons neglected to take in a stock last fall, and are now put to the greatest inconvenience. Numbers cannot taste roast joints, hav ing nothing but wood and coke to burn. The steam packet companies are causing coal to be brought all the ;,, a y from Wales by rail. The gas company are obliged to buy up anything at any price in the shape of coals, and then go to extra expense to purify the gas. PASSENGERS' BAGGAGE.—IMPORTANT NEW REGULA TIONS.—The Customs awhorities have determined on sanctioning the receipt of duties at the different baggage warehouses at the docks for dutiable articles contained in the baggage and effects of passengers arriving from foreign and distant parts of the world. This arrange ment will no doubt be found of material service to the public and acceptable to passengers, and to parties in this country recipients of presents from Australia, the East and West Indies, and other parts of the globe. The authorities have directed the new arrangement to take effect from the let inst., and to be in the first instance confined to the London and East India Docks, and if it be found to work satisfactorily it will be subse sequently extended to the baggage warehouses at the • other dock establishments, • marines. 6/ NAVAL INTELLIGENON. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 1. An examination of candidates for the situation of fore man has been held to-day at the Central Mathematical School in this dockyard. The report will be forwarded forthwith to the Admiralty for consideration. Mr. Wood, C.E., clerk of the works in this port, has been ordered to become a resident officer in this dock yard, and will occupy the house late in the possession of Capt. Mould, R.E., who has been removed to Lon donderry. The Princess Royal, 91, screw, Capt. Lord Clarence Paget, has entered some excellent seamen during the past week, and is now nearly completed and ready for sea. The Simoom, 18, iron troop-ship, Capt. Kingcome, has been completed in repairs by the shipwright depart ment of the dockyard, and is having her bottom re-coated with Hay's composition. The Dragon, 6, paddle frigate, Capt. Willcox, will be brought down the harbour to-morrow. She has entered a few good seamen already, and we hear of others about to volunteer for her. The Porcupine, 3, paddle steam-vessel, Lieut. Com mander Jackson, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the coast of Scotland, and discharged her powder to-day and came into harbour. The crew of the steam troop-ship Vulcan, Commander Von Donop, were paid down to-day and granted 14 days' leave. The Dauntless, 24, screw, Capt. Ryder, bent mizen topsail to-day, and exercised her newly-entered men. Capt. Peter Fisher, of the Royal Naval Coast Volun teer Corps, came to this port yesterday, and held a meet ing in the evening at the Sailors' Home, where a large number of seafaring men attended to hear his address on the advantages of volunteering to serve in the navy, in preference to compulsory service. There were about 600 present, and the sentiments of Capt, Fisher seemed thoroughly understood, and were received with general approbation. To-day the gallant captain commenced enrolling the volunteers. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 1. A court-martial will assemble on board the Impregna ble flag-ship, on Saturday next, for the trial of Mr. W. Ward, clerk's assistant of the Ajax, on a charge of theft. The prisoner was brought from Queenstown by the Wizard, sloop, which arrived here on Friday last. Orders have been received to stop further -entry of seamen for the ` Watt,- 90,- - seibewMipt'thellon. G. Elliot, until the number of hands entered at the ren dezvous for the ship at the several ports are known. At least a half of the crew of the Thetis have volunteered for her. The Hon. G. Elliot is very popular at this port. Seamen are entering very fast at this port. The Bulldog, 6, Capt. Hall, only commissioned on Saturday, has already two-thirds of her complement. Rear-Admiral Dundas is hourly expected at this port on an official visit. _ . _ The Wizard, 6, was towed into harbour yesterday by the Confiance, steam tug, to be refitted. The Thetis, Capt. Kuper, which recently arrived from the Pacific station, will be paid down on Friday next. The Magicienne, 16, paddle, Capt. Fisher, will also be paid down this week. The Nile, 90, was taken out of dock on Monday after noon, and the Bulldog taken in. The Nile had her masts and engines, &c., on board. Riggers and labourers went into the yard at four a.m. The Bulldog was taken out of dock again yesterday. The Prometheus, 5, paddle (reserved steamer), arrived here on Monday night from Woolwich, to refit. She came into harbour yesterday. A remarkable scene was exhibited at Devonport yes terday, where in the forenoon there was a large number of landsmen at the rendezvous, near the dock gates. The motley group comprised agricultural labourers, masons' labourers, butchers' boys, &c., all of whom appeared de sirous to get themselves booked for service in her Majesty's navy. WOOLWICH, FEB. 1. The Cyclops steam-frigate, Master-Commander Ro berts, having reported ready for service, the detachments of the Royal Artillery under orders to proceed to Gib raltar, Malta, and Corfu, numbering 190 officers and men, were marched from the garrison at seven o'clock a.m., headed by the band and drums and flutes of the regiment, under the superintendence of Brigade-Major Bingham and Captain Riddell, Deputy Assistant Quar termaster-General of Artillery, to the dockyard, and embarked in the Cyclops, at half-past seven, for convey ance to their destinations. The baggage was put on board during the day, and the Cyclops will leave Wool wich at the earliest possible moment. The Hannibal, 90, screw steam-ship, launched yester day at Deptford, was towed down to Woolwich by the Monkey and Zephyr steam-vessels, and was immediately taken into the basin to have her engines put on board. The James, hired convict ship, arrived yesterday at Woolwich, with 35 invalid convicts from Bermuda on board, and they were sent to the prison at Pentonville to-day. The James left Bermuda on the 19th December, with 100 convicts, whose period of service had expired, or whose health was not sufficiently strong to allow of their being employed on the public works, and 63 of these were left at Cork, two having died on the passage. There are an additional number of convicts at Bermuda in readiness for a return passage to this country. The Bermudien, of the 21st December, says :—" We have heard of no case of yellow fever during the past week. We are assured that the troops are now in excel lent health. There may be isolated cases of a febrile nature, but these islands are at present free from any epidemic." LAUNCH OF THE 91-GUN SCREW LINE•OF• BATTLE-SHIP HANNIBAL. • The steadily-increasing power of our screw navy wail again augmented at the Royal Dockyard, Deptford, on Tuesday, by the launch of another screw liner, called the Hannibal, named after the celebrated Carthagenian general. Notwithstanding the unfavourable appearance of the weather, so irresistible are the attractions of a ship launch still, that an immense number of persons assembled to witness the interesting event. As soon as the water had risen sufficiently high, Miss Martin, the amiable and accomplished daughter of the gallant captain superintendent, was led to the how, and taking the bottle of champagne suspended therefrom, performed the usual ceremony of christening in a most graceful manner, by dashing the bottle against the bow. The ribbons were then severed, the dog-shores were knocked away, and the formidable engine of war glided beautifully into her future element about 3.30, amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the assembled thousands. The Hannibal ran up the river, and was brought to just off the Victualling-yard. Not any of the Lords of the Admiralty, and not many navy or army officers, were present. Three cheers were given for the captain super intendent by the artisans and other workmen employed on the launch, and the vast assemblage then dispersed. It was first intended the Hannibal should be a 90- gun sailing-ship, and built at Woolwich yard, and her keel was laid down there just after the memorable launch of that noble three-decker. the Trafalgar, 120, and in the same slip from which that ship was launched ; but it was subsequently removed to Deptford yard, and again laid down on the 12th Dec., 1848, on No. 1 slip, and immediately proceeded with ; and it was not until she was in a very advanced state of completion that the superior advantages of the screw propeller became known, and it was deemed expedient to convert her into a, screw-ship of 91-guns. Her conversion was com menced in September, 1852, by lengthening her nearly 10 feet by the stern. Her dimensions are as follows : Length from fore part of figure-head to the aft ft. in. side of taffrail Length on the upper deck Length of the keel for tonnage 179 6 Breadth, extreme 5B 1 Breadth for tonnage 57 3 Breadth, moulded 56 5 Depth in the hold 23 1 1 6 Depth from the upper side of taff-rail to the under side of false keel Depth from the upper side of the figure-head to the under side of the false keel 5l 6 No. Tons. Burden in tons, old measurement Burden in tons, no measurement . 2658 Burden in engine -r oom 1112 Register tonnage And her armament : No. 28 8-inch 65 cwt. 9 feet 38 32-pounders 56 cwt. 9 ft. 6 in. 24 32-pounders 42 cwt. 8 feet 1 68-pounder 95 cwt. 10, pivot. The Hannibal was towed to Woolwich by two steam tugs yesterday afternoon, where she will ha ve the machinery that was fitted to her before she was launched, but was unshipped in consequence of some nervousness of the master shipwright to launch her with it on board, refitted, and then proceed to Sheerness, to receive her armament and be fitted for commission. 57 0 INCREASE TO THE NAVY AND MARINES.—We under stand that the active forces of the Royal navy are to be increased by an addition of 10,000 seamen and 3,000 PRIZE-MONEY TO THE CYGNET.—Messrs. Chard have given notice to the officers and crew of her Majesty's ship Cygnet, Commander Henry Layton, that the pro portions arising from the bounty money on the tonnage of the Brazilian polacre brig, name unknown, destroyed on the 17th November, 1845, after abating the expenses incurred by the detention of the Aquila Brazilian slave vessel restoted, will be paid those who were actually on board at the time of the destruction, or to their repre sentatives duly authorised to receive the same, on the 15th of February next, at No. 3, Clifford's inn, and the shares not then claimed will be re-called every Wednes day and' Thurs , lay for three months to come. Propor tions due to each class :—Commander, 1171. 13s. Sd. ; first class, 421. 3s. 4d. ; second class, 251. 6s. ; third class. 121. 13s. ; fourth class, S/. Bs. Sd. ; fifth class, 41. 4s. 4d. ; sixth class, 21. 16s. 2d. ; seventh class, 1/. Bs. Id. ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY.—An accident took place on the North British Railway on Thursday evening last. The train which left Dalkeith at 8.30 p.m. had only proceeded to about Millerhill, when, from some unascertained cause, the engine and tender ran off the line and stuck fast in a bank. For tunately none of the passengers were seriously injured, but they had to make their way as they best could, in the dark, to Niddrie and Portobello, not without some danger and difficulty, the greater part of the road hav ing been newly opened up and unde r repair. A gentle. man seated in a first-class carriage had a narrow escape ; he was thrown by the force of the concussion to the further end of the carriage, when almost instantly that part on which he had been sitting was smashed to pieces.—Scotsman. REMOVING or WAREHOUSING FURNI TURE.—Contracts entered into for the removal to any dis. tance. 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