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THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, that the Papers relative to D:scussions between the Marquis of Dalhousie and Lieut.- General Sir, Chiales James Napier, G.C.8., which were ordered by the General Court on the 21st nit. to be printed, will be ready for delivery to the proprietors on TUESDAY next, the 17th instant, on their making application for the same at this House. JAMES C. MELVILL, A LAIJRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE ROOMS, (Lessee, Cues. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fmaam-road), The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR TUE SEASON ' . and will continue open every evening, with .LAIIRENTS CELEBRATED BAND. Admission, is. Doors open at half-past 8 ; Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. QT. MARTIN'S-HAL G.-On Wednesday even ing, January 18, will be performed HA.YD).."S CRE tTION, under the direction of Mr. John Hallah. Artists—Miss Birch, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Weiss. The Orchestra complete in every department. TICKETS, ONE SHILLING. Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. ; halls, 58. Doors open at a Quarter before Seven, commence at Half past Seven o'clock. R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLAND, v Including the BERNESE OVERLAND and the SIMPLON, EVERY EVENING at Eight o'Clock, (except Saturday), and Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Mornings, at Two. Stalls, 35., which can be taken at the box °lnez every day froth 11 to 4 ; area, 25.; gallery, 15 —Mont Blanc, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—MR.II. PRINCE ALBERT. MAGNIFICENT PIIOTOGRAPETIC PICTURES, prepared ex pressly for this Institution by Monsieur Ferriere of Paris. exhibited on a surface of about a thousand square feet, with an ENTIRELY NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS, daily at a Quarter past Four, and in the evenings at a Quarter•past Nine. LECTURES by Dr. BACROFPNER on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC TELECPtAPH LECTURE by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., on SPONTANEOUS COMBUS TION, with Brilliant Experiments. Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools and Children under Ten years of age, Half-price. FXPORTERS to AUSTRALIA, EAST - IN- I '1 DIES, CAPE, &c.—Genuine YARMOUTH BLOATERS. — For terms apply to Taoism; LETris, Fish Merchant, Great Yarmouth. ALLSOPP'S INDIA PALE ALE. PARKER and TWINING (late Harrington Parker), 5%, PALL-MALL, are now delivering the October brewings in casks of 18 gallons and up wards. Also in Bottles, Imperial Measure. Quarts, Bs.; Pints, ss. ; Half-pints (for luncheon), 3s. per dozen. LIFE ASSURANCE; REPORT of the SELECT COMMITTEE of the HOUSE - of COMMONS, and the DEPOSIT SYSTEM—the New and Important Feature of Life Assurance adopted by The DEPOSIT • • .. and GEtTERAL LIFE ASSURANM - 4C OMPANY. • — The following is an extract from the Repoit 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 AND ORPHANS after the death of their NATURAL PROTECTORS; unlik ,. any ordinary transaction of trade, A CONTRACT ONCE ENTERED INTO CANNOT BE DISCHARGED OR ABANDONED, if doubts of the stability of an office should arise, WITHOUT A SACRIFICE OF PREMIUMS PAID IN PAST YEARS, and the 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, OR OF INCURRING THE SE RIOUS LOSS WHICH, UNDER THE MOST FAVOURABLE CIRCUMSTANCES, MUST ATTEND THE ABANDONMENT OR SALE OF A POLICY." On the DEPOSIT SYSTEM a person iS•NOT "COMPELLED" to pay from " YEAR TO YEAR," and he does not, if desirous of " ABANDON ING" his Policy; incur any `• sinuous 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 polio' with a payment of 5i., which it will be seen he increases from tithe to time, and occasionally diminishes. lk • 2 . „400,g010014M0410 (-, -4 114 ~—.7...9—z-m-t1,42-.T..- 8 g.,a 4=4;:41i:=4,41ggg7.343g8 ~............04 N 1.4 al It c.) la ~,., ~.....0 4.. _.... ~„... , __ i 4 g 4,2 .i........... .. ~. ..... ..... . ....,8 "," 4"-g " t. 747; 'Ant; g.• g ,c:, ~, c. -4 '''4 1 v v 1 = 01 ~, -0 . o 4ii • ~.., 3, 0,,,.. 111 l 11-111 W 431ia 4 m CO 0, •—• 0 (3 ii • • I P4'-i ,ot 5' II 1.4 MI It <1 N N c 4 • NNNc4= O :1 • ~, • la f.,P '-'42:I29Ru2gT4eSSIg „, Q F.' as t) .) gi . , . ,” -.1 • O m is. .... 41,,,..1.0 6i. .....i , 41 al 0.4 • C.) (.4 — 9 73 1 2 I 7, .... . , 03 LI F: g,57:.....; .... •. 1 F,ge.....,..:..,..—m.,.. Oj7A-s,Wigtireg.6t wA ..-0-.0F,-,0-..X.DoXAm e. CI •el. . t...W 0-0. g•. . . Of! fA W W W .... ....,_. ....—, Thus AB, in 10 years, has saved and invested at different inter vals various sums 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 Polic y by 601. 88. 3d. at different times, leaving him in case of death a Policy for 2001. 41. 4d., and during his life a fund of 751. to draw out at 'try - 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 fbr 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 23, when he opens a Deposit Policy hls the means, and continues VOLUNTARILY to pay the same sum every year in the same way as he is COMPELLED to do in the ordinary system. Year. Age. --- £ X. s. d. 1851 23 18 49 6 6 185 / „ .............. 24 18 48 16 0 1853 • ........ "•• ' • 25 18 47 18 0 1854 ..........., .„ . 26 18 47 4 6 1855 27 18 46 10 6 28 18 45 17 6 1 857........ —••• • • • 29 18 45 4 0 ' 858.. .... •• '' • • • • 30 18 44 10 6 1859 ...... .. .. ••• ' " 31 18 43 17 6 1 860........ 32 18 43 4 0 to 90 206 7 6 1 865........ .. • • • • • 37 90 190 4 6 1870 .. ..............42. to 72 141 3 0 1874................ 46) ---- — 432 1,000 4 0 "M..-- •• —.... 471 • to 108 194 13 6 1880••••••••—•••••• 52 to 90 147 18 6 573 MS ..... • •••••••••• 58 1 to 108 182 10 6 1891......., ..... ... 63 -- 738 1,525 b 6 Th premium of 181. commencing at 23 years of age, and paid an ordinary Policy (As IT MIST aa) every year till A.R. is 46 Th premium of 18/. commencing at 23 years of age, and paid upon an ordinary Policy (As IT MUST BE) every year till A.B. is 46 years old, will secure the same sum, viz., 1,00' , /., bnt if A B lives 1 7 Years longer (which is the probable duration of life at the time he effected the insurance) his Deposit Policy, for the same payments as for an ordinary Policy of 1,0001., will have increased to 1,5251. 6s. ad. TRUSTEES. The Right Honourable the Lord Viacount Drtunlanrig, M.P., P.C., Comptroller of her Majesty's Household. Major-General Sir W. Clayton, Bart., 79, Gloucester-place, Port- man-square. Sir Charles Price, Bart., Banker, London. Vice-Admiral Ayscough, Prospect House, Southampton. CHAIRMAN. The Right Hon. the Lord Viscount Drumlanrig, M.P., P.C., Comp troller of her Majesty's Household. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN. George Coode, Esq., Victoria-street, Belgravia. CONSULTING ACTUARY. Francis G. P. Nelson, Esq., F.L.S. STANDING COUNSEL. R. B. Crowder, Esq., Q.C., M.P., Recorder of Bristol, Counsel to the Admiralty, and Judge Advocate of the Fleet. R. Malin% Esq., Q.C.. M.P., Lincoln's-inn. Chief Office, No, 18, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. Loans granted at 5 per cent. on real or personal security. Annuities on most favourable terms. Diseased lives and lives de clined by other offices accepted at equitable rates. For Prospectuses nd further information apply to the agents in the country, or to C. a W. Bevan, Resident secretary. Agents wanted In all parts of the United Kingdom N.B.—Life Assurances effected on the ordinary plan. Useful pamphlets, to be had gratis on aplication the Publishers (if by letter enclosing a po p stage stamp at ) THE HIGH PRICE of COALS and PRO VISIONS. Memorable winter this —excessively cold —extraordinarily wet and dump —high prices charged for everything but the CLOTHING ma nufactured by E. MOSES and SON. as far as price is concerned, Coals are "Black Diamonds" now, and the law of corn is "higher and hither." Under these circum stances, Economy is a deside atum—a good set-offs gainst the high price of coals and provisions is superior Clothing t very low price. It is as impossible to dispense with Attire as with coals and pro 'visions ; but It is a great advantage when the very best DreSs can be had for a very small sum. The hi g h p r i ces charged for coals and provisions directly or indi rectly affect all classes; and it is right they s hould apply the only rectly remedy at present within their reach. For every class the princ p e of cheapness and superior quality is applied by E. Mons and SON, l e t e ness of and the perfections of Art are associated w ith a Comp Experience and Skill. The Bespoke Department is available for ev er y one, inasm uch as the most distinguished talent, BriVsh and Foreign, and the most ac eomplished workmanship, are associated with the most moderate charges which can he made. E. MOSES and SON offer advantages in the Hat , Cap. Hosiery, Shir t, and Boot and Shoe Departments, which cannot be obtained at any ether house. _ Their immense Wholesale Branch secures to 'Merchants, Captains , Shippers, and Emigrants a selection from the Best, most Suitable, anti the Largest Stock in the• World. CAUTION. —E. M(30• ES and SON regret having to guard the Public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like lalsehood of " Being connected with their Establish ment," or " It's the same conce, n," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTEIe.E UOUSE IN Oa OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 4 4,85, and 86 Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 50a, 507, 505, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 and 3, Hart-3,.reet, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Mefileld Branch, 36. Far ate. Colonial Branch, M , lbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailo,. Clothiers, ilatteTs, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and ShOO Nlakers, and General Oatfltters for I adies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT .—Should any 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 no abatement. can be reads. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, "The Epitome of Comfort and Economy," contain ing full lists , t p r ices, our system of self-measurement, &c., &c., may he had on application, or post-free. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1854 can be had. gratis on application. lot I'on pada Francais. Q lll Si parla Italian. Bier sprieht man Deutsch. Aqua Be lab's Zone : and I )en nipad, tell, M . : xis r /tit re; p ; rll3 a; Under front T pay_ which ; with :orriea 3elfast L head 8, lat. la. 45 f Cape ago de market ;Cles Od ;Og 4s Od 06 sold 27 sold 32 sold 41. sold qr. up, , cur toy on down. down, aferior. 1.3 s Od !li 4d !fis 6d. 16! Od, Od; Ibis per Irerley, )s ) Od to 77s Od,,' T boll; per lb, to 8d ; )Os Od; Os Od; 'tb 9d.; Od t0:04 co, 2s tlitiA ,urkeys, . • butter )0s Od ; a price, pork, Os Od; _stone, 3lightly were : [anches- EtailwaY ' oing in 3d from Were ill of any' ►g were ngham, on, and buyers, buy ers, rp guts rdshire, ,nge fo llowing eashire 81. though g the s, 94i, Great 3fs, 61, s i, sal' mt-oftice When lue In Wand. Mon teettytish rived Th. Sat. . 16 . I 0 . 20 cedaily ceclally .16 cedelY 16 16 28 12 12 16 seph list, ace, i. the 112, of >. J. r of _~~:,. JON DON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1854. No . 19,130.] Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vole-, 1 WESTMINSTER ABBEY or VICTORY.-- HAY WA N R E D IS an O R. BA IL LIE COCHRANE'S NENSTi beg NOTEL, VICTORY.-- NELSON VitelrAlNTLEtoofinUrrn. VINCENT . —L aVgi A en T d T s, that T. Jones Barker's last grand historical PICTURE of NELSON " FLORENCE THE BEAUTIFUL." RECEIVING the SWORDS from the vanquished officers on the Also now ready, in 3 vols., quarter•deek of the SAN JOSEF, on the memorable 14th of Feb-, rump, 1797, at the Battle o f St. Vincent, is NOW ON VIEW at "ALICE WENTWO RTH." . ~ A novel of exciting interest , f rau g ht with passion, and abollftfi- their Gallery, 79, shill. Court Circular, Nov. 24, 1853.—Windsor.—" Messrs. Leggatt had ing in romantic adventure." —Morning. Post. the honour of Submittng to her Majesty and his Royal Highness Hurst and Blackest Publishers , successors to Henry Colburn , 13, Wince Albert, Barker i s painting of elson receiving.the swords of 'treat Martborough - street. the n officers on the quarter - deck o f the Sas: Josef after the battle of St. jineent." I n „gas , quenee of the unfavourable state of tit,' weather, the-pic ture i s e. ‘ttibited by gas-light, and may be viewed front 10 Jill 6. Just published, in 12mo , price is. 6d., r I -I HE FALL of the ROMAN REPUBLIC: A Short History of the last Century of the Commonwealth. By the Rey. C. MERIVALE, B.D , Late Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. By the same Author, in 3 vols. Bvo., pricy 2/. 25., HISTORY of the ROMANS under the BMPIRE, from the First Triumvirate to the Establishment of the Empire by Augustus. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. c o N vEyA NCE OP HER MAJESTY'S MAILS BETWEEN SCRABSTER P..T.ER (THURSO) AND THE ORKNEY ISLANDS. D e partment of the Comptroller for Victualling and Tra n sp ort Servies, Somerset-place, 13th Jan., 1854. T HE ConunissiOners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral Of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, DO HEREBY OIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the 14th March next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat for the Conveyance of her Majesty's MAILS between SCRABSTER PIER, THURSO, and STROMNESS, in the ORKNEY ISLANDS. All Tenders to be made in the Printed Form provided for the pur pose, which, with the Conditions of the Contract, may be obtained at the said OffiCe. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor ally noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly a uthorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, a an L d et m te a r s and bear in the left-hand c orner the words " Tender for Mai l s , " stignalseod by be y tw del e irveserpendnsiab2te p e rsons, engaging to become bound S o merset-place, accompanied by with the person tendering, in the .511 m of 5001. for the due perform ance of the Contract. THOMAS MOORE'S MEMOIRS. Jast published, in post Bvo, with Portraits of Lord John Russell and Mr. Corry; and Vignettes by T. Creswick, R.A , of Moore's Resi dence at Paris and at Sloperton: The Fifth and Sixth Volumes, price Half-a-Guinea each, MEMOIRS, JOURNAL, and CORRE SPONDENCE of THOMAS MOORE. Edited by the Right Hon. Lord Joins RUSSELL, M.P. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. ATKINSON and COMPANY'S PRICE CUR RENT of Useful and Ornamental FITANITURE, 'UPHOL STERY, LOOKING OLA'SES, BEDDING, &e. Also, THE LADIES' MANUAL, or Guide to the Extensive Mercantile S. Estab lishment of ATKINON and COMPANY DRER SILK and SBAWL MERCERS, S HABERDASHERS,, HOSIEAPRS, and LACE MEN. London : Published by the Proprietors, Atkinson and CompanY, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster -bridge-road, Lambeth, SOYER'S MODERN HOUSEWIFE. Thirtieth Thousand. Price 7s. O. " Every one who bath food to cook should buy this bouk."--Morn ing Chronicle. SOYE' R'S COOKERIE, or GASTRONOMIC REGENERATOR, Eighth Thousand. lips. FOYER'S HISTORY of FOOD, or PANTROPHEAN. One Guinea. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. To be had of all Booksellers. TifF4 INDEPENDENT FREEHOLD LAND 1, MANCHESTER BUILDINGS, WESTMINSTER. Members not liable beyond the amount of their respective Shares. Shares, 301.; payable Weekly, Is. ; Monthly, 4s. No Back Payments or Fines. Money advanced to build at 5/ per cent., thus avoiding the heavy rate of Interest r, paired by many Building Societies. This Society differs materially from all other Land and' Building Societies, and is established upon the most i►usroved principles, securing to its members greater advantages than any other Society yet placed before the public. Any member may choose a Plot tpr himself in any locality suiting him, and have an advance of the pur chase-money, and the means of erecting a house thereon. Prospectuses and Shares to be had of the Secretary daily, between 10 and 4, and 7 and 9 on Tuesday Evenings; or a Prospectus for warded on receipt of one postage stamp. B°"' and YOUTHS' WINTER DRESS. — The First House in the City of London for the Fabric. Fashion, and Manufacture in CHILDREN'S, BOYS' and YOUTHS' ATTIRE, is that of L. HYAM. Separate Designers and Manufac turers are employed in the fabrication of L. Hyam's Juvenile Dress, and the Public are strongly recommended to try the above articles. L. HYAM, Tailor, Clothier, and General Outfitter, 36, Gracechurch street, City. CUMBERLAND HEMATITE IRON ORE COMPANY. 50,000/. Shares of 1/. each.—No deed to sign. NOTICE.—The Scrip Certificates of Shares to " Bearer" in this Com pany will be ready to be exchanged for the Banker's Receipts on and after the 21st day of January, 1854. This Company is not formed for the purpose of manufacturing Bar Iron under the "Joint Stock Act," but for the express purpose of working and selling the ore in its primitive state ; and is to be carried on under the Cost-Book System, limiting the liability of the share holders to the amount of their shares taken, and paid upon. The ore Is of the finest quality ; is absolutely necessary for making the best sorts of iron ; and can be produced aid shipped free on board at , the port, Whitehaven, at 7s. 6d. per ton. The selling price is now 13s. per ton. Contracts for the whole of the ore may be made at this rate. An application is to be made by the Whitehaven 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 duce 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 d January, 1854, may be addressed to the Committee of Management, or Secretary, at the offices of the Company, where prospectuses aid reports may be obtained, and samples of the ore inspected. By order, Offices, 9, Austin•friars, (Removed from 18, Cannon-street.) December 21st, 1853. T HE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY, 72, Lombard-street. TRUSTEES. J. Campbell Renton, Esq. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard Malin% Esq., Q.C., M.P. I 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 Danverfleld, Esq., Craven-street, Strand. R. Henry Forman, Esq., Ordnance, Pall-Mall. John llamilton, Esq., Alfred-place, Thurlow-square. John Matthews, Esq., Arthur-street West, City. C. Octavius Parnell, Esq , Norfolk-street, Park-lane. William Williams, Esq., Rood-lane, Fenchurch-street. PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD. 24, Connaught-terrace, Edgware-road. The Rev. James Shergold Boone, A.M., Stanhope-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- George Y. Robson, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, llyde-park, and New. square, Lincoln's-inn. W. H. Trinder, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, SECRETARY—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. A NEW TEETH. DISCOVERY I N' Atit. HowARD,KuRaEO2ITrANSTIST, 52, FLEET-STREET, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIPTION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth, as not to be distinguished from the originals by the closest observer ; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the ex traction of roots, or any painful operation, and will supp3rt and pre serve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mas tication. 52, FLEET-STREET.—At home from Ten till Five. MECHI'S SHILLING PENKNIVES. These, and the SIXPENNY TOOTH-BRUSHES will prove that, whilst he has the most elegant shop in London, he is deter mined to do business on the most reasonable terms. He manurac tures extensively on his premises, No. 4, Leadenhall-street, London, desks, work-boxes, dressing-cases, bagatelle-tables, table and small cutlery, razors, razor-straps, brushes, combs, and every thing for the work-table and dressing toilet. Every article is warranted. He is the sole inventor of the Nechian dressing-case, the patent castellated tooth-brush, the magic strop and paste, and the peculiar steel razor. Beware of counterfeits, none being genuine without his name and address, No. 4, Leadenhall-street, London. CLOSE OF HOLIDAYS. The return of Youth to their respective Boarding-Schools induces a solici tude from parents and guardians for their Personal Comfort and Attraction, and ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, for accelerating the growth and improving and beautifying the hair, ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, for improving the skin and complexion, and removing cutaneous eruptions, and ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Denti frice, for rendering the teeth beautifblly white, and preserving the gums, are considered indispensable accompaniments for the attain ment of those Personal Advantages so universally sought for and admired. Beware of 'Spurious Imitations. The only genuine of each bears the name of "RO WLANDS' " preceding that of the article on the wrapper or label. Sold by A. ROWLAND and SONS, 20, Hatton-garden, London; and by Chemists and Perfumers. THOMAS SALT and CO., EAST INDIA PALE ALE BREWERS, BURTON-ON-TRENT. STORES. London• • 22, HungerfOrd-wharf. Liverp001............ 52, Henry-street. Manchester •• •• 37, Brown-street. Birmingham .... 263, Bull-street. Bristol ..• Nottingham .. •• ...... 14, Milton. street. Dublin .. • • ..•• 4, Crown-alley. Edinburgh .•• •• ...... 17, Downie-place. Dtmdee •• •• .• 13, New Inn Entry, High-street. G R A VESEND• ST AR PACKETS. call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purfieet Piers. 1 at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting, Si TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. No other Packets The Packets call FRO] VEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. UR. 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 ....wiety, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &C. 31 AX be consulted, personally, or .b . y letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro 3uced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis cases known to modern 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 which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitftil 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 penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, bow the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequenc 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-modest, 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 care of unqualified and ignorant empiric:, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues •f 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 Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 11., and advice and medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It is 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-coloured engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from 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, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ' • Stolle. Titchborne-street, Haymark et ; or free by post for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's rebi d enCe.37, nEDFOI.D.SOLJARE LONDON. ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. VIE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fiftieth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. _ New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. In stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, the 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 disnualifleations 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, and San g er, 150, Oxford-street.; Clor 'on, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, Parrimdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, ',ow Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhill. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive organ, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav ings. PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and Use whole subject critically and nhilosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYBIACIIM is exclusively emp lo y ed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., lls , an d 335. per bottle. Th e C oncen t ra t e d Detersive Essence, an anti - syphi litic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection , secondary symptons, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 33 5. p er bottle. Ferry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lls. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic Inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, e in only,soc iebtyy. 1/. A minute det a il o f th e case i s requ i re d : age , habits, and posi tion ~ 15 i l/ e . h P t a h c e k f e e t e s : wiut, is savedhadce,.tombeeshsadrs. arterthrye,Esustragledoi Establish ment ytnt are in attendance, daily, a t 19, Lon don, from Eleven till T wo . and F i ve to Ei g ht ; on 8.111197 from Eleven to One. Bemers-street, Oxford - str eet, Lon , PRIVATE TIIITION.—A Married Clergyman, without parochial duty, and wbose time is wholly devoted to the Education of Six Pupils, has a VACANCY for one, for whose health and intellectual improvement the greatest care and attention are essential. The highest references can be given.—Address, Clericus, Clifford's Library, Tonbridge Wells. BENJAMIN _DISRAELI.* (From the Press.) A biography of a man in the prime of life, extending to nearly seven hundred pages, and sold for no less a sum than sixteen shillings, would argue that its subject was a very remarkable person. If a panegyric, he must have many friends; if an attack, he must clearly be a formidable opponent. It we could suppose " the intel ligent foreigner," so often quoted of late, to be quite ig norant of our world, we might fancy him, under the circumstances, exclaiming, " Who is this Benjamin Dis raeli, whose deeds, while yet living, can fill so bulky a tome, and whose name is the text of so many articles in newspapers and reviews ?" UNGARIAN PROMENADE CONCERTS . L idrnission, Is.—ROYAL UtIONETTE THEATRE, Ade-laide-street, West Strand—Every EVENING, at Eight, by the HIJNeARIAN B ‘ND, whose performances have created such intense interest throughout the leading European cities. The programme is varied nightly, and includes the finest compositions of ancient awl modern masters, as well as Hungarian and other na thmai. Galops, and Quadrilles. Ka toady? c.944P - ior. I ciarionette, M. id;,,7„,;; piano, Miss J. Warman. Vocalists The Misses Brougham. Morning Performance, Wednesday and Saturday, at Three. PROGRAMME roa VIE DAY. PART I. -- Overture (Zampa), Rossini ; Duett (The Fireside of our Home), the Misses Brougham; solo, pianoforte (Selections from Lucia), Miss Julia Warman; Quadrille (Salon), Kalozdy; Duett (I would that my Love), the Misses Brougham ; Solo, clartouette, Alizatde ; Galop (Times), Kalozdy ; Cavatina (Ernani), Verdi. JULLIEN'S AMERICAN QUADRILLE. PART 11. Selection (I Lomba-di), Verdi ; Solo, flugeihorn, Herr Horanyi; Song (Coming through the Rye), Miss J. B ro u g h a m ; Solo, piano forte (Cracovienne), Miss J u li a Warman ; Polka (Cadogan), Ka lozdy; Song (the Swiss Girl), Miss E. Brougham; Original aria , solo, Herr Horny! ; Duett (Greeting), the Misses Brougham ; Mazurka (Heroique), Kalozdy; March (Holgroise), Kalozdy. It might be replied, in the first instance, that Mr. Disraeli is an individual who, sixteen or seventeen years ago, a trial of what is in a man, entered the House of Commons, unknown, we believe, to any individual in it, the humblest member of the Conservative party ; that he is now the leader of the Conservative party in that a ssembly ; that he has been for a time leader of the House of Commons itself, and conducted its proceedings with dignity, temper, and general approbation. It might be added that, during the whole of this period, it has never been pretended that he ever forfeited a pledge or ever deserted his party, while, during the same inter val, there is not one of his rivals who has not changed both his politics and his connections. But then it is urged by his assailants that there is a preceding period of his life when his conduct was not so staid, consistent, and methodical, but much the reverse. This period would extend, so far as we can collect, from his twentieth to approaching his thirtieth year. The researches of his assailants have made us fal familiar with incidents which in oy other man's life would have been forgotten, or have never emerged from obscurity. Every thing itt thi? : , 4 - 1 up i.13.,..pen out. ho is not acquainted with the newspapers, the novels, the wanderings of his youth ; of his fierce struggle to emerge from the crowd ; of his sharp correspondence and his ready controversy ; of his fantastic politics and party schemes ; of his feud with O'Connell and his feud with the Whigs ; of his superfluous energy to get into Parliament, when, probably, had he known a single human being, he might have entered it without difficulty, and been thanked for his pains ? All this has been de scribed over and over again by malignant, but superficial, men, who fancy they are annihilating him, and is now reproduced in the ponderous tome before us, the avowed manifesto of the Puseyite party, as if all these wildnesses were circumstances which affected the moral character of the individual they assail. We confess we have long looked upon all these strange adventures in a very dif. ferent spirit. We feel obliged to the detractors of a man of genius that they should have accumulated with so much industry these records of his early years. They might otherwise have been lost to us. With us the contemplation of this early life amazes the spirit and touches the heart. We perceive only the restlessness of a creative mind, the struggles of a strong and solitary will, the impatience of unrecognised power, the waste of enormous energy without a guide, all that turbulence of genius which is so strange and rare ; and we have no doubt that the day will arrive when this period of the life of Disraeli will be pondered over with as tender an interest as we now muse over the fitful or fiery youth of a Rousseau or an Alfieri. If a fairy had accumulated upon the cradle of a child every spell which would blast success in life, it would seem she need only have collected the accessories of the life of the hero of this literary and political biography. He was the child of a recluse student without a friend or a connection : he was barn of a race which was then considered infamous : he had not what are esteemed the advantages of a conventional education : he was destined to a laborious and obscure profession. Out of this mess he comes forth a Minister of State, a transcendent ora tor, a writer of unexampled grace, a varied and accom plished scholar, and with a greater personal following than any man of the day. He has achieved even a greater triumph. His writings have absolutely changed not only the opinion of this country, but of Europe, respecting th e J ew i s h race. The imputation which was considered infamous is now held to be honourable. There is no subject in which; in ten years, so great a revolution of sentiment has occur red. At the last contested election for Buckingham shire, Baron Rothschild voted against Mr. Disraeli. This appears to us to be the most flagrant act of ingrati tude on record, and makes us individually repent the votes which we have in our time given for Jewish eman cipation. But then it is said that, in rising to this eminence, 11r. Disraeli has been an Ishmael, and that his hand has been against every man, and especially, according to this book, "every distinguished man." \A once heard Mr. Disraeli say that, throughout the many com bats and controversies in which he had figured, he had never been the first assailant ; and, from the remarkable frankness which distinguishes his conversation, we be lieve him. For " all distinguished men," however, in the book before us, read " Sir Robert Peel." On this head we may perhaps have as much right to speak as the compilers of the biOgraphy, or any other libellers of Mr. Disraeli. The writer of the present article was a follower of Sir Robert Peel, and one of those who did not desert that great statesnum in his fallen fortunes. It was unfortunate for Sir Robert Peel that Mr. Disraeli was not included in his arrangements in 1841, for, if so, Sir Robert would probably have died Prime Minister of England. The omission, however, was not unfortunate for Mr. Disraeli ; for, with that tenacity of purpose and fidelity to his friends which distinguish him, he would have devoted all his energies to his chief, and never, perhaps, have been a chief himself. The common opinion that Peel did not appreciate Disraeli is a mistake. The present writer is aware that Sir Robert wished to offer office to Mr. Disraeli in 1841. This was prevented by the political parasites by whom it was the weakness of the great minister to be surrounded, and we owe to this circumstance those immortal sketches of the Rigbys, the Tadpoles, and the Tapers, which Beau marchais never surpassed. At the same time we must express our protest against the cant that a person who believes his claims improperly slighted is not to make his power felt by the leader who slights him. One thing is quite certain, that every man under such circumstances will do so who can ; and if few succeed it is only be cause their inability proves the discrimination of the minister, Notwithstanding the fieice struggles of 1845 and 1846, Sir Robert Peel lived to appreciate Mr. Dis raeli, and, strange to say, his last public act was to cheer in the House of Commons the author of his do wnfal. It was when Mr. Disraeli closed the debate on the famous Palmerston discussion. This is not rumour or hearsay, for the writer of this article sat next to Sir Robt. Peel on that occasion. A few days after, when the horrible tragedy was over, amid a group of mourning disciples we heard Mr. Gladstone urge as a consolation, " Peel died at peace with all mankind. He even lived to cheer Disraeli." There is one great error into which public writers on Mr. Disraeli are apt to fall. They attribute his posi tion solely to those qualities which are obvious to tho multitude, and fancy they are making very shrewd ob servations when they inform the world " that he is used, but not trusted ;" that he is " a necessary instru ment, without whom his associates would do if they could ;" that he is tolerated by them, "and not cherished." Now, having lived a long while in the House of Commons with Mr. Disraeli, though latterly in a hostile camp, and also having had many social op portunities of forming a just opinion on this subject, we must express our belief that the present influence of Mr. Disraeli is owing not so much to his public as to his pri vate life. If any of the mortifying vicissitudes which have occurred of late years to Lord Palmerston were to happen to Mr. Disraeli, we verily believe that, were he to retire below the gangway, there would be seventy or eighty men of the best blood and the highest character in England who would accom pany him. Mr. Canning was famous for his following, which he hardly deserved, for he once disbanded and deserted them, but still his personal friends ultimately carried him through. Mr. Canning never had half the personal following of Mr. Disraeli. Lord Lyndhurst is considered not a mean judge of character. He was the first of our leading men who brought forward Mr. Disraeli, and there has subsisted between them a confidential friendship of upwards of twenty years' duration. Lord George Bentinck was not a man who could be practised upon by a, sycophant or an intriguer. His manly and somewhat blunt nature recoiled from glozing, and he detected in a moment, and never pardoned, the man who was not straight forward. Yet it is well known that the feelings of Lord George Bentinck to Mr. Disraeli were those of entire devotion. Lord Derby is a very clever man—perhaps the cleverest man in the country. His quickness of perception is unrivalled, and he is not em barrassed with any inconvenient degree of sensibility. He is said, too, to be very proud, and not a little pre judiced. He was just the sort of man who would be prejudiced against Mr. Disraeli, who had even attacked the Government of which he was a member. It was notorious in the House of Commons that this prejudice existed. Yet the moment the untimely end of Lord George Bentinck brought Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli together—what happened ? That which has happened with every first-rate man who has become acquainted with Mr. Disraeli, except, unhappily, Sir Robert Peel — complete confidence and cordial regard. It is the same with all his followers who are in his intimacy. They are bound to him by a sentiment of personal devotion. Now, this is not an effect to be produced by talents a'one, however brilliant. Sheridan could never do this, nor even Mr. Burke. Mr. Canning had very great ad vantages. He was the hero of . a then very powerful University, and the brother-in-law of a duke ; but we repeat, he had not the personal influence of the libelled hero of the "Literary and Political Biography.. They are qualities superior to talents, and even genius, that produce such an influence : a no ble dis p osition whi ch attaches men, and in which all men irresistibly confide. The " literary and political" libellers are very much * The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli : A Literary an d Political Biography; addressed to the New Generation. 1 vol. Bvo., price 16s. London ; Bentley. [PRICE SD. alarmed at the enthusiasm of the Oxford undergraduates in favour of Mr. Disraeli. The cheers of Christ Church Quad. appear to have disturbed the self-complacency of some of their prime patrons. Now, the undergraduate enthusiasm seems to us to be the most natural thing in the world; nor can we be surprised that youth should sympa- thise with one so capable of charming the imagination of the " new generation." We were not present at the Oxford triumph ; our fealty is pledged to another seat of learning not less renowned ; but of this we feel per suaded, that Cambridge must be very much changed since our time if the reception of Mr. Disraeli in the Senate-house were less fervent than in the theatre, or if St. John's and Trinity were to yield in the enthu siasm so much deplored in the college of which Mr. Gladstone is a member. If the object of the " Literary and Political, Bi og,rraphy," and the sermons simultaneously preached from its texts by the various Puseyite organs, be to detach the Conservative party from Mr. Disraeli, we predict an overwhelming failure. There are certain politicians who are, no doubt, in a false position, and who would perhaps not be grieved to resume one more natural to them ; but they will not be per mitted to do so by preparing the way for the sacrifice of Mr. Disraeli by systematic libels. He will outlive their spite, or they will only b e remem b ered in connection with him like the heroes of "The Dunciad." The career of the late Chancellor of the Exchequer is not closed : we believe its brightest portion is in the future. We have watched its wonderful vicissitudes with a deep in terest since our college days, when we read for the first time " Contarini Fleming" with a glowing heart and a kindling cheek. Its author was described -sas- a writer, and he is now one of the most popular;fitii he will cer tainly be the most enduring, author of the day : he was coughed down in the House of Commons in his maiden speech, and he lived to produce oratorical effects in the same assembly which have never been equalled in our time, and which we much doubt whether the eighteenth century ever surpassed. He has only been driven from power by a coalition against him of every man of talent of every party in the L it ;;;s own, and that ccali.,,on already is naus eous t o the nation. We have invariably observed that, whenever Disraeli has received a check, it has only been the herald of a great advance ; and that, when the world has believed him beaten, he has always been on the eve of his greatest victories. TO MASTERS OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS. In Bvo. to be ha , l gratis of all Booksellers in Town and Country ; or forwarded, free of postage, on application to Messrs. Longman and Co., 39, Paternoster-row, London. ACATALOGUE of COLLEGE and SCHOOL BOOKS and EDUCATIONAL WORKS for the Year 1854: Consisting of an Alphabetical List of the full Titles, size, and Price of about Three Hundred New and Established Works, published by Messrs. Longman and Co., in all branches of Scholastic Literature ; accompanied by a Classified Index. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. AMERICA, LIVERPOOL, JAN. 16. By the Royal Mail steamer America we have ad vices from New York to the 3d, Boston to the 4th, and telegraphic accounts from New York, via Halifax to the evening of the sth inst. The Ame rio has brought $145,433 in specie. The Royal Mail steamer Africa arrived at New York on the 30th ult., and the screw steamer Alps at Boston on the 30th, both from Liverpool. The Secretary of the TrA-3§nry 110 given notice that he would redeem ' ttr6o the .44: of June $7,000,000 of United States' Stocks on the follow ing terms : 1- 'l. The par value of amount specified in each cer ificate. " 2. A premium on the stock of the loan authorised by the act of July, 1846, redeemable Nov. 12, 1856, of 6 per cent. ; on the stock of the loan authorised by the act of 1842, of 15 per cent. ; on the stock of the loans authorised by the acts of 1847 and 1848 of 21 per cent. ; and on the stock of the loan authorised by the act of 1850, commonly called the Texan indemnity, of 10 per cent. "3. Interest on the par of each certificate from Ist of January, 1854, to the date of the receipt and settle ment at the Treasury, with an allowance of one day's interest in addition.' By this steamer we have very brief accounts of the loss of the Liverpool and New York packetship Staffordshire on Bland Rock, south of Sea Island, on the 30th ult. The first and second mates and 17 seamen reached Cape Sable. The third mate, boatswain, and 12 others were picked up and landed at Shelburne, Nova Scotia. Capt. Richard son and the remainder (about 180 persons) went down in the wreck immediately after striking. The Staffordshire was built by MlK:ay in Jun e , 1851, for Enoch Train and Co's line of Liverpool and Boston packets. She was a noble ship of 1,817 tons, and one of the finest vessels of the line. The loss to the underwriters will be heavy. The number of passengers on board was 146, children included, all of whom were lost. The Staffordshire is insured, as near as we can find out, for between $90,000 and $lOO,OOO in Boston and New York. Her cargo was very large, and is estimated to have been worth over $300,000. A large portion of it was on Canadian account, and was probably in sure 3 in England. All the Germans who were arrested for an in tended attack upon M. Bedini at Cincinnati had been released, the conduct of the police having been considered outrageous. Advices from Boston report great disasters to shipping on the east coast, owing to very severe weather. A large number of vessels had been either wrecked completely or dismasted and driven ashore. The most melancholy portion of this sad intelligence is that a great number of lives are known to have been lost, and it is believed that some vessels had gone down with all on board. A letter dated Halifax, the 3d inst., says,-- "A violent gale prevailed here on the 22d ult., and morning of the 23d, sinking and destroying a number of vessels at the wharves in the harbour. The loss is com puted at 20,0001. On the 26th arrived the steamer Mer lin, from New York, with the loss of boats. Saw a large ship south-west of Sambro, dismasted, her deck being even with the water." The steamship California had arrived at New Orleans, with advices from San Francisco to the 6th ult., and $1,167,000 on specie and freight. Mining accounts were favourable. The Utah Indians were committing depredations on the southern parts of the State. The market, since the sailing of the last steamer, had been quite active and purchases for the interior heavy. Rates generally remained un changed. The steamer Illinois, with the mails and treasure, had sailed for New York with $1,250,000 in gold. At Venezuela yellow fever prevailed with great fatality among the shipping. The new crop of coffee was more than usually abundant. Sales were made at llic. Hides, 14c. per lb. - We have late advices from Havannah, but they are without interest. The following is a decree in relation to the suppression of the slave trade, from the Captain-General to the Governors and Lieu tenant-Governors of the island : " AS in the transfer of command from ono authority to another, those engaged in the African slave trade will take advantage of this circumstance of doubt and perplexity which exists among the inferior authorities as to whether the new supreme authority will adopt mea sures more or less rigorous than others with regard to the suppression of this traffic, it is my duty to inform you that I shall observe the laws in relation thereto, and shall exercise them upon any person who may engage in this prohibited trade. I shall continue them in force, and charge their observance upon you, as also all other instructions that my worthy prede cessors have enjoyed—the treaties of Spain, of the 23d of September, 1817, and the 28th of June, 1835, relating to the slave traffic, and the observance both in the spirit and the letter of the penal law of the 4th of March, 1845. But, as the total extinction of a traffic is difficult along these vast coasts, that is supported by the strength and vigour of interested parties, and as we have seen the inefficacy of the employes of our faithful and powerful ally, in its numerous cruisers, and of our own, an d as recent returns have shown a great mortality among slaves, it seems to us indispensable that some substitute should be introduced. I therefore authorise the introduction of free Indian labourers, Asiatics, at d Spaniards, since it is the will of the Government that, without exception, but, at the same time, without any privilege, all the un dertakings and contracts that are under the guardianship of the Government, should be • favoured.,f The New York stock market was fi rm, w i t h a strong tendency upwards. New York Central Bonds w ere quoted at 931 ; Mich i gan Southern, 97A ; Nicaragua Transit, 28 ; Reading, 792- ; and Erie, 79k. Money was easy and i n goo d d eman d , at 9to 12 per cent. Exchange on London 9f to 9t, premium. The cotton ma r k e t co ntinued d.ull, and prices declined *to cent per pound on the week for middlings and grades below middling. The Africa's advices had no effect on the market. The sales for the week ending December 31 amounted to 6,596 bales, of which 1,355 were for export, 556 on speculation, an d 2 , 567 i n transit. LATER BY TELEGRAPH. NEW YORK, JAN. 5. Arrivals of specie from California since Tuesday, 3d, $1,250,000. News per steamer, via Ralifax, was published at New York on Wedn esda y , the 4th, a t th ree o'clock p.m. The last news at New Orleans from Europe was per Canada, on Wednesday evening, the 4th. Dates from New Orleans at New York were to Tuesday, Receipts 10,000 ; middling was quoted at 9 1. , 540,000 decrease. Freights to Liverpool, lc. The statement in the New York Herald relative to the Mexican treaty concluded by Mr. Gadsden is utterly unfounded. General Cass's resolutions On the Clayton and Eulwer treaty were to be brought up in the Senate on Tuesday, the 10th, when a fi erce d e b a t e was expected. The Governer gives a good account of the finan cial condition of Pennsylvania, the funded and floating debts being both reduc e d, an d $500,000 paid to the sinking fund. He is opposo d t o th e proposed sale of public works. 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PATION IN THE PROFITS. g 4 .-' - .._ ___ ...... --- ...... ... - _...,_ ......... ___ .._ __ Policy Stamps paid by the. Society. 74 -- Assignments of Policies Registered Free of Charge. 404 114 • A LiberalCormniasion-allowed-to-Solicitots and Agents on the $9 1 4 14 introduction of business. 114 ANTHONY PECK, M.A. Assistant-Actuary. 1 , 4 5 3 1e -- 5 Saturdays only -- • AW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, RA Fleet-street, London, January 2, 1854.—NOTICE is HEREBY GtvEn, That, a GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the Law Lite Assurance Society will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street, London, on THURSDAY, the 2d day of February next, at half-past 11 o'clock in the forenoon, pursuant to the provisions of the Society's deed of settlement, for the purpose of receiving the Au ditors' Annual Report of the Accounts of the society up to the 31st of December, 1853; to elect two Directors in the room of Anthony Brown, Esq., deceased, and the Right Hon. Samuel March Phillips, whose name was withdrawn at his own request when proposed for re-election in June last ; and for general purposes. The director to be chosen in the room of Anthony Brown, Esq., will remain in office until 24th Jane, 1855. The director to be chosen in the room of the Right Hon. Samuel March Phillips will remain in office until 24th June, 1857. Direct Trains from the Boats marked t Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station eery quarter of an hour. IRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACK WALL, on the arrival of the fol lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. all parts of London - WEAK DAYS. - SUNDAYS. ---- . 'A ... F.; r . , fti 4 • -&...''- 4-i- Fen- :5 , ' =-- P, .t Fen- cl .., , . :E church `.5 4. 5. , , church , 'l f 2, 2 9; Street ', CI "g Street. ' Z P . 0 7s . 6 —,- - -- % 10:4 11 _. 124 2 1 4 21,4 —3% - 33! -- —— -- _-5 —. 5 Passages marked ' are run direct. - .___ By order of the Directors, • WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. at direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. to or from Gravesend and London ••• • • • 10d. .. Is. 2d. Gravesend and Black - wall or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. 10d. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. 13d. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 5, OS. ; Six Months, 3/. Os.; Three Months, 21. Os. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Nov. 17, 1853. NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, 48, Gracechurch-street, London. For Mutual Assurance on Lives, Annuities, &c. DIRECTORS. Chairman—SAMUEL HAYHURST LUCAS, Esq. Deputy-Chairman—CHAßLES LUSHINGTON, Esq. John Bradbury, Esq. Robert M. Holborn, Esq. Thomas Castle, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq., M.P. William Miller Christy, Esq. Robert Sheppard, Esq. Edward Crowley. Esq. William Tyler, Esq. John Feltham, Esq. Charles Whetham, Esq. Charles Gilpin, Esq. John Feltham, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq., M.P. TRUSTEES. 1 Samuel H. Lucas, Esq. I Charles Lushington, Esq. PHYSICIANS. J. T. Conquest, M.D., F.L.S. I Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. BANKERS—Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., and Bank of England. SOLICITORS —Septimus Davidson, Esq. CONSULTING ACV) knt—Charles Ansell, Esq., F.R.S. Extracts from the Report of the Directors for 1853, presented to the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of Members, held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, 22d December, 1853. The Directors congratulate their fellow-members on the very grati fying result of the recently- completed Quinquennial Investigation of the assets and liabilities of the Institution, by which it appears that, on the 20th November, 1852, after providing for the present value of all the liabilities in the Life Assurance Department, a surplus re mained of 242,6271. Gs. Od., which has been duly apportioned as heretofore. The reductions range from 5 to 89 per cent. on the original Annual Premiums, according to the age of the party and the time the Policy has been in force; and the Bonuses vary in like manner, from 50 to 75 per cent, on the amount of premiums paid during the last five years. years Te i 533 Bonuses;34Bl. The total amount of the reductions per annum for the ensuing five 17 assigned s2d to those policies on which the original pre. miums continue to be pa'd amount to 89,880/. ss. Od. ; this, together with Bonuses apportioned at former divisions, makes an aggregate addition to the sums assured by the Policies in force of 126,5641. Os. Od income arising from 12,32 r sum, with the interest on invested Notwithstanding reduction capital, i t r a r i e , m vizl 3 , 7 t , 11 2 e , n u e . t 7 a s n . n 3 u d a . , I existing Policies is 163,9!2/. 7 .. Id.; this shows a total annual income has issued 1,33 , Policies of n 1 the 20th November last, the Board In the twelve months endi of 201,2101. 14s. 4d. , 2 o l ver those of the preceding year. The total sum paid, and in course .1211 Os. 4 s d surance, the Annual Premiums on I r th re i m al ln a m m s o t U h n: re t o o n 16s. 3d. in the amount of New number ~f Policies, and of 3,3941. heing an increase of 209 in the e - the balance year ef receipts the ip t e C 2 ea o vp t representa tives of dece ased Members si nce the esitab I h payment ffiet . , t t e o f the th e Institution is 371,3 171 . 17s. 7d. h November last have been capital disbursements in that petiod i , 98,410/. 18s Id., incr,asing e ethe ton to the sum of 974, 4 97/. 3s. 84., which, al stock of the institu with the exception of 29 9461, acivan,ed on loan at inter e st to members on rirduly accounts atiditedfe,the respective policies, is invested in real an I Govemmesecurity of their resoec nt , iecuriti The folleWing statement shows the progress of the ' es• Institution : NUMBER OP PCLICIES ISSUED — From 15 Dec. 1835, to 20 Nov. 1842 (7 years) From 20 Nov. 181 1 , to 2 0 Nov. 1847 (5 years) From 20 Nov. 1847, to 20 Nov. 1852 (5 years) From 20 Nov. 1452, to 20 !s.ov. 1t53 (1 year) .. 3,215 .. 4,575 •• 7,666 1,336 Total number Issued • • • • AMOIINT OF INCOME— • • .. 16,192 20 Nov. 1912 .. . £39,360 9 7 20 Nov. 1847 • • •. 206,700 11 6„ .. .. I 11 , 113 13 0 20 Nov. 18h2 .. t h e reduction 20 Nov. 1853 (after allowing on premiums) • • • AMOUNT OF CAPITAL. 201,210 14 4 20 Nov. 1142 .. •• ..£139,806 1 7 20 Nov. 1847 .. .. .. .. .. 417,172 16 0 20 Nov. 1852 .• 875,686 5 7 20 Nov 853 . 974,497 3 8 .. .. .. "temhots, whose premiums fall doe on the let January. ire re minded that they must be paid within 30 days from that date. Secretary. Dec. 23, 1853. JOSEPIi MARSH, At a ballot taken at the Meeting t he two retiring Directors, Tilt/SfAS CASTLE, Esq., and Wm. Blua d En, CaliagTlt, gig., were 4e" Oared to be re-elected. BUENOS AYRES. The commercial accounts from Buenos Ayres continue, on the whole, to be satisfactory. Urquiza, however, appears still to be meditating revenge for his recent expulsion, and, although at present his influence in the Argentine provinces may not be strong enough to allow him to make any direct attack, it is scarcely to be expected that any long period will elapse without fresh mischief either from him or some other military adventurer. Mean while, the Government of Buenos Ayres are making commendable attempts to introduce material im provements, such as gas, railways, &c. The fol lowing letter gives the latest.account of the general position of affairs, and also refers to a new territory in Patagonia, watered by a long and navigable river, extending from the Atlantic towards the Pacific, which is attracting attention as a district that may at a future period prove attractive for settlement : " Buenos Ayres continues tranquil, and is enjoying a prosperity unknown during the despotic rule of Rosas. The Government has wisely disposed of some of the ves sels of war, which were a useless expense, and it is said their squadron will be yet further reduced. There are projects before the Chambers for constructing moles, a custom-house railroads, and fo r li g hti ng th e c ity w ith gas. Some o f these will, no doubt, not be carried out, but the last, it is probable, will be approved. Outwardly, friendship appears to exist between Buenos Ayres and the Argentine provinces, but it is merely lip and pen and-ink friendship. As long as Urquiza heads the Con federation the estrangement of Buenos Ayres will as suredly continue. For what object can Urquiza be purchasing arms, &c., is Monte Video, unless he in tends making war, or is preparing for defence ? The first is most probable. The British. Packet is endea vouring to call public attention to a river on the coast of Patagonia, in lat. 43 deg., called Chubut, which is stated by a Mr. Jones, who appears to have visited it some years ago, to be navigable for a considerable distance into the interior towards Chiloe, on the opposite coast. Mr. Tones supposes the distance from the terminate point of navigation to Chiloe to be very trifling, and asserts that the Andes south of lat. 37 deg. almost cease to be mountains. A land journey, therefore, might be accomplished without difficulty. He does not, 1 believe, venture to suggest railroads ; but the British P ac k e t, t a ki ng occas i on to publish a letter which appeared in the Times of the 23d of September, suggests the possibility of the Chubut be ing the shortest route for steam navigation to Australia and New Zealand, and advises the Buenos Ayrean Go ' vernment to lose no time in taking formal possession of the country south of Rio Negro. The Packet is, perhaps, not aware that a few years since some enterprising Eng lishmen contemplated establishing themselves at the mouth of the Chubut, which was described to them by one of Captain Fitzroy's officers as the most eligible spot for a colony on the whole coast south of Rio Negro. Why their intention was not carried out I know not. Exchange, 665. 6d. the doubloon ; paper dollars, 300. A new Customs' law has been passed, by which the duties on imports are reduced ; in some cases the reduc tion is considerable." BURSTING OF AN ENGINE BOILER. On Sunday morning an accident of a most alarming and serious nature occurred on the south branch of the Midland Railway, by the bursting of the boiler of an engine attached to a goods train, the engine (No. 142), which was a four-wheeled one, built by Berry, of Liver pool, had taken the 8.30 p.m. passenger train on Saturday from Nottingham to Leicester, and then returned to Kegworth, about twelve miles from Derby, to await the arrival of the goods train from London, which is divided there, one portion being conveyed to Derby, the other to Nottingham. The engine was intended to draw that portion of the train destined for Nottingham. The goods train from London arrived at Kegworth in due time, but did not proceed forward in consequence of having to wait for the passing of the down mail train, due at Kegworth at 1.13 a.m. on Sunday. About ten minutes past one, however, the engine boiler burst with a terrific report, at which time the stoker was standing on the engine, and the driver by the side of it, talking to one of the porters. They both received very severe injuries, which, in the case of the driver, will most pro bably prove fatal. The engine was a perfect wreck. The down mail train arrived shortly after the explosion, and the driver and stoker were placed in it, and con veyed to the Derbyshire Infirmary. It was stated at the infirmary on Monday morning that the driver had received such severe injuries that very great doubts were entertained of his recovery. One of his eyes was knocked out, his right arm broken, his nose broken, and other severe injuries. The stoker, it is thought, will recover. The driver and stoker are brothers, named Louis and John Cooke, are very steady men, and have been in the company's service several years. FOUNDERING OF TWO AMERICAN PACKET SKIPS. Within the last few days two heavy losses have been reported on the books at Lloyd's, which have excited considerable attention. By the arrival, in the middle of the week, of the American mail, advices were re ceived from New York of the loss of the ship Prince Albert, while on a voyage from that city to Hamburg. It appears that she encountered very formidable wea ther on the Ist of December. Her masts were carried away, her leakage was considerable, and she was otherwise in a most distressed position. Her con dition became worse, and the captain commenced to adopt the necessary measures for the preserva tion of all on board. On the 4th of December, while in lat. 29, long. 60, the Orinoco had been spoken with. She bore down to their aid, and after some difficulty the whole of the passengers and crew of the sinkinc, ship were got off to her. The Pr ince Albert had lost her rudder, and, when abandoned, was water logged. There is little doubt that she must haves water foun- dered shortly afterwards. It is somewhat remarkable that when the news of the wreck was received, the editor of the Shipping Gazette mistook her for another ship of the same name—the Prince Albert of London, an American packet ship,. consigned to Baring Brothers, and inserted the Captain's name as Bradish, the name of the commander of the latter. This brought a commu nication from Messrs. Phillips, Lowther, and Co., bro kers to the London Pri nce Albert, denying that that was the ship that was lost. The correction was duly made, but, curiously enough, on the following morning, the loss of this very ship was telegraphed from Liverpool, and under precisely similar circumstances as her namesake. She was on her passage to London, with 16 passengers, and a valuable and general cargo, when she encountered a fearful gale about the same period as the formes ship ; and her captain, Mr. Bradish, was com pelled to abandon h er i n 48.15. Her perilous position was observed by the Norfolk, which succeeded in rescu ing those on board, and eventually landed them at Queenstown. A communication was read on Saturday from Lloyd's agent, at St. Michael's, intimating that a ship, ans wer i ng the Prince Albert's description, had been seer, by the Vesper, which had arrived at the island. The reporter applied to Messrs. Phillips and Lowther, in the course of Saturday, for the purpose of ascertaining whether any additional information had been received ; but the application met with rather an uncourteous refusal. The ship and cargo are very heavily insured. ODESSA.—Telegraphic intelligence was received yes terday afternoon from Odessa confirming the anticipated fall in the rates of freight. The rate for grain, which a few weeks back was 255. per quarter, has now receded to 12s. 6d. This will operate favourably upon the supplies of food to France, Italy, and elsewhere. Mr. Roebuck, it seems, has 'biNTO . n up the idea of bringing the affair of the Coburg in fluen ces at Court before the House of Commons. This is much to be regretted • for no man, had he gone into it heartily and fully, could have dime - greater justie# to the subject. Others are mentioned as having determined to take up the matter * provided it does " not fall into abler and better haUds ;.londEtitere is one member who is represented as so very an xiours to undertake the task, that it is said he hopes it will be left to him. That hon. gentleman is no other than Sir Robert Peel. But what a contrast between the present possessor of that name, and his predecess or. He is not the man for a question of this nature, and rather than that it should fall into his hands, or into those of any one like him, we would prefer .that the matter were never even alluded to in the house at all. Nothing would gratify the Coalition more than that the subject should be taken up by some member of no weight in the house ; and it is actually said that they are in great hopes that Colonel Sibthorp may spoil the whole affair, by putting some questions to Lord John Russell on the subject, which will throw an air of burlesque around it. But Ministers and the party chiefly interested, may rely on this, that however success ful they may be in preventing a thorough exposure and discussion of the affair in the Commons, they will not thereby succeed in deluding or satisfying the country. There is a deep-seatd and strong feeling in the public mind, in connexion with the matter, which it would be exceedingly imprudent to trifle with.—Morning Advertiser. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 16. The Queen, with the Princess Royal and Princess Alice, walked in the Home Park this morning. Prince Albert went out shooting. Viscount Jocelyn and the Rev. Dr. Philpott left the Castle to-day. Colonel Wylde has succeeded Lord George Lennox in attendance on the Prince. A deputation from the Incorporated Law Society, on the subject of the removal of the courts from West minster, had an interview with Sir W, Molesworth yes • terday, at the Office of Public Works and Buildings, in Whitehall place. The deputatiou ccnsibted. of Lir Kinderley (president), Mr. Coverdale and Mr. K. Barnes (members of the council), and Mr. Maugham (secretary). Mr. John Wood, chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his official residence in Downing-street, yesterday. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yes terday from the Governors of the West India Islands, the Governor of Gibraltar, and the Governor of the Falkland Islands. Despatches were sent yesterday to the Governors of Gibraltar and the West India Islands. Letters from Eisenach of the 11th inform us that the statement made in the Thuringen papers, according to which the Count of Paris was seriously ill, is erroneous. The prince, whose lungs seem to be delicate;had a cold and an attack of rheumatism, by no means serious, which obliged him to keep his bed for a couple of days. He is now quite well again. THE PRESTON STRIKE. PRESTON, JAN. 15. There was a full attendance of delegates at the usual weekly meeting held here yesterday in connection with the Power-loom Weavers' Association. Including a small balance in hand of 281. 165., the total income this week amounts to 2,2311. The chief contributions announced yesterday were as follow :—Blackburn, 6201.; Stockport, 2601. ; Preston, 1961. 10s. (this includes 1201. received from the Amalgamated Committee as the weavers' proportion of the subscriptions of various trades unions) ; Glossop, 1611. 10s. ; Ashton-under-Lyne, 160/. ; Hyde, 150/. ; Over Darwen, 1201. ; Staleybridge, 74/. ; Oldham, 56/. ; Tintwistle, 501. ; Church parish, 501. ; Clitheroe, 361. ; Bolton, 301. 14s. ; Droylsden, 25/. ; Accrington, 20/. ; Heywood, 201. ; Enfield, 201. The remaining items were under 201. From the reports delivered by the delegates, it appeared that in many of the districts where the hands had been working short time, they were now fully employed, and would consequently be enabled to contribute more fully towards the support of the opera tives of this town. In some places, however, the recent severe frost and the snow storm had been productive of serious several isolated mills being temporarily stopped for want of coals (which they were unable to procure because the canals were unnavigable) ; whilst others, driven by water-power, were disabled by damaged water wheels, &e. Hollins Mr. Hollins has been enabled to get a few more looms to work to-day ; the applicants, however, being strangers, require some instruction in the weaving of the fine fabrics produced at the " Sovereign Mill." On several occasions the factory has been surrounded by a num ber of ill-disposed people, who have evinced their hostility to the " knobsticks" (as the new hands are designated) by hooting, &c. Conduct like this cannot be too severely reprobated, and it is only fair to say that such proceedings have alway - 4 been strongly discounte nanced by the leaders of this movement. This afternoon a large meeting took place in the Or- chard ; Mr. Luke Wood, of Stockport, presiding. Speeches were made, and the meeting having pledged itself to persistence in the struggle, the customary cheer ing for the success of it closed the proceedings. RETIREMENT OF SIR R. 11. INOLIS.-REPRE• SENTATION OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY. OXFORD, Jan. 16.—A convocation, pursuant to no- tice, was held to-day at two o'clock, and the letter of Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart., resigning his seat in the House of Commons for the University, was read by the Senior Proctor to the house. it is early yet to speculate positively as to the candi date for this highly distinguished seat. But our readers may depend upon it that a gentleman in every way qua lified to represent the University of Oxford in the House of Commons, and capable of supporting the gloriofig institutions of the country in Church and State, will be brought forward. We refrain from mentioning any name.—llerald. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—OPENING OF THE NEW STATION AT PADDINGTON.—The directors of the Great Western Railway Company having determined, from the advanced state of the works of the down line, in con nection with the new station adjoining the magnificent hotel in Spring-street, to open it for passenger traffic at the earliest moment, for the convenience of the public, the greatest possible exertions were made for that pur pose, and the line having been worked for the past week between the old and new stations with satisfac tion, in the conveying of the books and furniture from the old station to the new offices, it was determined that the line should yesterday be opened for general traffic. Notice to that effect was extensively circulated by adver tisements and placards. At the same time it was not deemed necessary that any formal opening by the direc tors should take place. At six o'clock yesterday morning the Plymouth first and second class train left the station for the first time, followed by the succeeding down trains, with every success. The works on the line for the arrival of the up trains are not in so forward a state as was intended, and it will be at least three months before they will be in a fit state to be opened. The grand hotel is, however, in a very forward state, and in about two months the internal decorations and fittings will be completed, and the hotel opened for the conve nience of passengers. The suite of waiting rooms of th e down line, which faces and runs parallel with Eastbourne terrace, both in first and second departments, are fitted up in a very elegant manner, with every attention to the comfort of the public. THE CAPE MAILS.—PLYMOUTH, Monday,—The Ge neral Screw Steam Company's ship Mauritius, Captain Sceales, sailed yesterday afternoon, with a fair wind. She conveys in all 47 mail bags and boxes, in charge of Lieut. Everett, R.N.—viz., 1 each for Cape Verds, Ascension, the fleet in Simon'sßa c y a , p C e Ceylon, 11 Madras,Ca and Calcutta; 2 for St. Helena, 15 Colony, 5 Port Natal, and 7 Mauriti us . Gen. 'Jackson, with Colonel Carey and the rest of the staff, goes out in her, to succeed General Cathcart in command at the Cape. Her freight includes specie valued at about 60,0001., one box of which is for the Mauritius, and nearly all th e rema i n d er for Calcutta. The engines of the lauritius were out of order when she returned home on the 25th of July last, since which the directors have had a thorough overhaul of them and of the ship. Her trial trip was a successful one, and her passage from Southampton to this port has been highly creditable. She left at 8 p.m. on Saturday, and at 945 the Hurst lights bore N . E. by E., when her trysail, jibs, and stay sails were set. The Needles were passed at 10 46. At 11 the foretopsail and topgallant sails were set. Port land Lights bore N.W. by W. at 1 a.m., and N.W. by N. N. at 3. The Start bore W. by N. at 4, and the anchor was dropped in Plymouth Sound at 9 30 ; wind south-east. The patent log showed a distance of 88 miles run in seven hours. She is said to be, under can vas, the smartest ship belonging to the magnificent fleet of the Screw Company. Captain Lowe, H.M.S. Im pregnable, inspected her officially previously to depar ture. The next ship home, the Propontic, left Point de Galle on the 24th of November. She is now due at St. Vincent's, and will probably be here about the 25th of January. The February mail will be brought by the Queen of the South. THE WINE TRADE.—The Custom-house list of port wines exported from Oporto during the past year has been received, from which it appears that the total quantity was 55,811 pipes, being an increase of 24,312 pipes upon the shipments of 1852. To Great Britain were shipped 46,834 pipes, the proportion this ydeator being unusually large, while of the 8,977 shil P OO2 to other parts, 2,521 were to Australia and ,p 1 000 Canada. The shippers to Great Britain of pipes were—Sandeman and Co., 5,677; Cockburn James Dawson 3,197 ; Martinez, Gassiot, and Co., 3,10 va and Son, Dawson Harris, 2,715 ; Bruno, Sil 2,401 ; Offiey and Co., 2,304 ; Nopke and Co., above ; 2,239 ; W. and J. Graham and Co., 2, j. 16 J 4 .; F il o u r n r e t s a t e n r d , : 7 T 1 41 ; 0r and Co., 1,500 ; Co., 2,011 ; Croft and i C , 0 5 . 5 , 1 3 1,646 ; Wine Company, Gould and Co., 1,426; M. C. Browne, 1,208 ; Lam bert and Co., 1,162 ; Morgan, jun., and Ridge, 1,102 ; Visconde d'Alpendura,da, 1,082 ; W. G. Roughtoni 1,025 ; and Kocher, Wigham, and Co., 1,001. 5 N. rived 1. 16 L 20 1. 16 1:16 "ived 1 12 16 ertat 12 16 16 rill os a via b.l the seq. , t are , -.,,-... 1