The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-10 00:00:00

i ( ) ° p 11 WH T RACT for EAT, RUM, SUGAR, -zP?tR-0j).1, TE t, RICE, TOBACCO, SOAP, MUSTARD, b._ P EAS, and LENION JUIC E. , 'Vartuaent of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport ~ qle c,,,,_ , Services, Somerset•place, Dcc. 9, 1851. Lthe usWitlussioners for executing the Otlico of Lord High Admiral . tZe,thir' Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give I -- gy to tryn Painav the 26th instant, at One o'clock they will '.ie 1 1t e m 3 , 15 at with sucl persons as may be willing to Contract for Ptlorei, kt tiai4e, u a me delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at o ntioned Q Ar u a r e t er s . N- When to be delivered. The - ' - 3,000 P r oduce of i r ' tish pos- - Gallons. 4 N . ' n 'i In theWe3t 25 000 Indies , The P r oduce of b.. %her British 1 25,000 OA R p ie ssions --%;),k u3llCovado) h k ceo lvou , It tet i _ - t/I tits. ry, • '4 C s (V ‘_ ~.0 irguata) ;AR % . ' 4 l-(jltieblack) - . . . Half of each in' 2 weeks, and 100 the remainder 100 in 2 weeks af lbs. } terwards ; 50,"00 I Tons. 25 Quarters. i ti Yi 500 .... ,- Gallons. (half In 2 months ~.8 1 and the remain- 7 : , , 12,000 der in a month c . 4 1.11 tur a e , 1 afterwards ; L - 5 4 ' Vrapt2, 'gar, Cocoa, Tea, Rice, Tobacco, and Pepper, to ,be „„_-_,-, front the Customs duties, and the Excise drawback w l r t ebd e T s o_lt . e . d on the Soap. Itko, l ',ea, 'al not be received for a less quantity than 300 quarters I CI lik,„; , wo gallons of Rum, 20 tons of Sugar, 20 tons or Cocoa, k t ia ,— ii. T ..._ ea, 5 tons o Rice, tons of Tobacco, 10 tons of Soap, 2.- 441 100, tr 0 , 3 tons of Pepper, 100 quarters of Peas, and wz D i es of of Lemon Jute°. , ,Ita i lBag ar ` h° Wheat and Peas (not less than 2 quarts of each), 94,` Nei ll ' Cocoa, Rice, Mustard, and Pepper (not less than 2 otlito 1 ) ; of the Tobacco (not less than 1 lb.), of the Soap (not S7obi t \ 4? ) , and of the Tea (not less than 1 lb. from the Bonded kic't real' must be produdod by the parties tendering ofil t4 le f "s of all the Contracts may be seen at the said Office, VI,. _ or R t, 'Ca --011, 9 Sugar Cocoa, Tea, Tobacco, and Soap, at the li-mlsat";,4nnalader Bevis, ' at Liverpool, aid the Collector of the 140'4 1 , 4r ristol. h i Lite pa rr Rill be received after One o'clock on the day of Treaty, 4 417 11 14 tendering, or an Agent for him duly anthoriszd in t,ille reaw,tten!zi on Saturday, the 27th inst., at One o'clock, to fiery 4 11 4 ° ft:us Tender. , sk i , r must b e addressed to the Secretary of the Adml : thait R '' and ill the left-hand corner the words, " Tender for laraitlfor 1 1 :2 1 1 must also be delivered at Somerset-place ; and tie 'lalee , Sugar, Coeoa, Tea, Mustard, Pepper, and irlflo ft : 'oust be accompanied by a letter signed by two respon- Wahl ot e ngaging to become bound with the person tendering, N, 4 1444. Per cent. on the value, for the due performan tha ce t . exceeding 2,5007., and by one person if under t iti lt • klltinekStllT A ~"NT to an ORDER of the HIGH 4 blti' , th."` of CHANCERY, made in a cause PIERCY versus b , e in C reditors of GEORGE EDMUND PIERCY (son of Ifil,toiVY. f ormerly of Cranham and late of South Weald, both 1 4710, 0;.! of Essex Gentleman), of Bracknell, in the county krathet - ,. ll . tl entan (Who died in the month of September, 1850), 1 144 3 10.1, e'Colicitors, on or before the 4th day of January, 1852, to 4 / 4 1, of tiV 4 S of debts before JOSEPH HEIMPHRY,ESq., one of the Ilthi t p , 4 4 ,, ' said Court, at his Office, in Southampton-buildings, h l k I, ~.e, London ; and are on the 4th day of February, 1852, to 1 44 /e rsoli - s eh elairos before the said Master, or in default thereof, , sad th e ',, b il_oerPeremptorily theluded th rt e benefit of the said C lu s t .t ti i Orders o fLofld London-wall, a a _w ai r , Plaintiff's Solicitor. , Ohs ! , ti ), 4 110,,e0u.,% ) ,ANT to a DECREE of the HIGH ,r, t L Of C HANCERY, ade in a cause of DOBSON versus IStc.i b t,"oe Creditors of JOAN DOBSON, of Prudhoe-place, :,Zgo dr,„,, n 'TYne in the county of Northu ' rnberland, Gentle- I V or . '" in the month of April, 1850), are, by their Solid ,: tt ul ordebtof.ore the 2d day of January, 1852, to leave their 17).6. 1 . a1q eQbefore JOSEPH HUMPHRT, Esq., one of the Masters -4 k ;,,,1 0 , ti n, at his Office, in Southampton-buildings, Chan /Nolt , 1 1 1 °? 1 , and are, on the 2d day of February, 1852, to esta- Nti_Will l ' o , t :' , beMre the said Master, or in default thereof such - .gm ~I.entr a, -etelnptorily excluded the benefit of the said Decree, , Order s of the said Court. ''"°=t av, /1411 six r ttill, of BRITISH NORTH AMERICA .Itt,tautt Incorporated by Royal Charter. ili t ',.. kyr Directors hereby give notice, that a HALF g4-st,Pittil 4 1) ,,ED, at the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum, ic'lltireree ne Bank, will be PAYABLE to the Proprietors of 0, spite,. of this country on and after the sth day Jan. %li bZt, b ot ,;_of the Corporation, No. 7, St. Helen's-place, Bishops- I % i w a rr nan ee i) l e tlx ad h e ours of Ten and Four. 4 ralut be Closebdetdwureienng tthhat the s p t e h ri Vant and sth proximo, 1r0,,, By order of the Court, I St, R,, G. DE B. ATTWOOD, Secretary. lit b" y sn' s - place, London, December 4, 1851. 4 1 b 40 k:4 l / c hart AL BRITISH BANK (Incorporated lo kt ,9ts on :r), for receiving DEPOSITS at interest, making ki i. t , FiC li ey o , ll . 3 , o Pf i l l 'aze d d es s c e ri cu p ri it securities, granting fbraanntkiinng,CbtSilinesCsß, Issues S l:E a o nd . PRO -6 iilt ere S st er or ß l LL t L a S t „ t r e ya . b p l t e ion in o L f o t u h d e on ciep o o f sa a t n o y ni a o m r o p u e n r t, N S l' ' o rtu. w hill 'ti abt -s°r Y Not ki, ", e, and es are free of charge, and are transferable . L vt„ , ran,,,. May be taken either for deposits, or be used in ilL'bk,_ .4 t pra ti ° ll s of commerce at home er abroad. The rates malt s rent allowed by the Bank are as follow, viz.:— beg i the Ir ,, l ' r eW Shares for perthe gradual increase of the Capital ,N' k g It ALlarter—Fonr cent. per annam. N 4 2% L n ee, o T,nnts, or Deposits for Six Months—Three per cent. Ila , lla a „,, uravvlng Accounts, held at call—rates varying 1%,7 .. 44...10 4 4 ; . , time in Bank. In all cases the interest is reckoned 4k r t il t o er res 4, at , ~ w „ Or bminess, and forms of application for opening . 44 11 '6ll the at the Chief Office of the Bank, and at It , ty w trend, Lambeth, and Islington. ' CoL s , ' e r of the Court of Directors, log ge. lIMIII IN ES CAMERON, General Manager. Yard, Lothbry, ondon. kit A A 41 . , RE -OPENING OF TIIE Stku , P O LYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, iti„;kkail,V.!ett,„ °n THIS DAY. :sll34olo4;j:neeiirLft:ryb,:ille A H dv; e nce e m r en s t o ci f Agricultural Chemistry, in addition to other Prize . M p oSel , of Mr. Mechi's Farmery at 1, blisaft..7.: ne d• — A New Lecture on the History of the ‘.ll4;kce o iliyai_o,.Esq., for Two Weeks only, at Eight in the ~,, tr4.Naritztr,atlon. or! Erard's Great , Exhibition tu H re arP y , a_t_ l i. d . ''ill; l 4 b;`, 0 4 ;1„7, 1 .• 8 by Miss Blanche 1 oung.—Lcc .s b _Dee kikitii;:tiztt Arra: 7 1 1osophy of Scientific RecFeation. TalL . N. 0:: ilr;g ‘. Ii elpressly for the instruction and amusement nlays 11 , *I W b l' e riz. e x e ' ZII:Is is , % tilt i i t v ir o lg rx th s e o l f n A st r it t i , it a io c n , d fr u o r m ing th th e e Gr o ea y t d Ex: 1 AL ' 'll . 1 plained by Mr. Crlspe.—Optical Effects in Ms -1 Ne B .. tier°seo Pa, Chromatrope, &c.--Diver and Diving 1 / 4. •-• I I , Vll,slb, '' Sehools and Children Tinder Ten years of age, wi ri Sla j z i tr 4 r e n Eleven to Five, and every Evenirg, except Sa , 4 till I lalf-PaSt Ten. i kt,, j II 1/ -,...obli s hE NEW NOVELIST. 1 1 .P.i —• and may be had at all the Libraries. ‘S.IN,I, o r : F AIR C ARE W; . HUSBANDS AND WIVES. ~,,,, o ry t,, iThreeoritits Volumes. tiill ;Stilat a la r i eresjr i l i g romanticadventures, and instruc ilit;;QhrenY'le_ssons it inculcates, and a moral pleasantly N 'th 4 _ ll, l th the ~,,,le e nes that divert t . he fancy, and co its If a k .,:ap o edi alo -Pathies. The incidents are ingeniously Isiileiglel o ` eare,,,ue is clear,lively, and sensible." —Morning Post. 244., ed to ~_ evinces merit of a much higher order than we 7,lt4,tiqvu„ 3 ,ineet . •n works of this class. There is a strain \t' 4l 4 l : ol et a 4rn ati t i v er vading the whole work that reveals 1 . / knowd tklitki, 0r ~ 1 "-..,. e art, freedom of style, truthfulness of aim, an s ay ti m aila ,i,.-Iterary Gazette. k t lk a ihe t 7ileq, al c lever —this work certainly is. The . style is d alai„ Ir at t ereAt u n , the course of the story flows on steadily, an II 00 eh Car ew -. ,e reader to the end."—Ath . ena3um. stil t Oast i n , is the most attractive creation that has shone ilAt%h rate 4" . e Pleasant world of fiction."—Observer. s ng of a il m ct i i rr on or w t h o icli c e i x et h y i . bit a faithful view 14 0-1Or1 nd • IlO r ld k ; 4 , 111.1 th, Elder, and C0., 50 65, Cornhill. '--Sunday Times. 4 i11 t ,, , 1t1t p Q I ki N, I .' l 0. C 07" ;r- ABLISHED for the INSU iotzt4 ALL RINDS of PROPERTY in TOWN or Al. 0 14 0 1 ,, , I)e t t t ileitWl i ck and tiled, or slated, and their contents, IN 'IN eat, , "I- FARMERS' FIRE and LIFE OFFICE, at "44 8 r .s1 4 e nnura • 1 4 a 4c, a allowed to persons bringing business. strand . WM. SHAW, Managing Director. ( 4 1 , I tt l U" tt S in ' irtc, DUBLIN 'a Hol head) in 4, l lF, b ,tiZl i ca — , - , T EEN HOURS d (vi HALF y ), tlek— %Jr /l e ns daily on ' as S e a e n k da a s • wo . on Sundays. ,1 1, ti ll (0. 11 rs and a Half First class, 31.; second, 21 . 1 1 1 1 14 1 1 1 ‘ 1 11 s hildr, a n tl able for a fortnight), first class, 41. 105.; ti itoprtle itia under twelve half-price. 44: Irel an ds of the bookiog-through system bet a weep tiPage 20 : s ee Bradahaw's Guide, page 122 ; W Ish a 1 1 'La Fisher s Irish Guido, page 2. OK, 1, 4 " s t , lt,-i+ ~,,,,11, VED SOUPS, Occ. ititit ' fh,% -- ,,1. Of tt i ,, D AB GREAT EXHIBITION, 1851. Syeltipirou; Year a basin of really good Soup is d at greatur - ir,,, Ella ,4,: m.At IZ I A cpp , u s nin p g tsucth Householdrecom so c u n p d: P which, ii . tZ til' s seaL.l,l:tions of t' made dishes, put&c.are 111,7 . 0 _ea n i' ste s( .. ) as to be ready for ' use ' at any moment. With up in c ' an'sters, 1 1 itoelts%icloy 55 the hand, a first-rate dinner may be put upon tt1 P111,,, 0 % alurti e ,-? L ue . eloth can be laid. Turtle Soup, 155. per ilhtale. evapa, ,r.-tail, Giblet, Mulligatawny, Hare, °4 l. Isi l il ad of s ' Per quart. Entrees, &c., at prices equally l ik, t4 tl n4 4ll'4 llthe P r incipal 011 Italian Warehousemen in lli‘e4 Fr 4 kli: and, Wholesale, of ALL, ' t o; t z , t i e lige a pri ti T,part c,p)ciers, 11. each, co n taining an assortment, for 'lets, the kingdom on rece ipt of a Post-office order. Peat free, on application. IN: ,b l , . 44t „t vt . klAlat>OUß'S WORK ON WESTERN IRELAND 4 "", the Third Edition, greatly u'ettl ed b rlalf-a-Crovrn. enlarged, price Ow ' Y express permission, to his Excellency the ib to „,,,,461-Lieutenant of Ireland,. C Z 4l 4 l4 iiti k i; ) . LOY CAPITAL in WESTE RN tions 1 111 411 ,1r . fteturebeil Ans S wer a s y ti3k:lax3 few Practica l in con lily Lad Inv esttn e e e nt in the ' West ' of Ireland. 5 11 1 1 , 111 % of WILLIAM DIGBY SEYMOUR, Esq., '+‘ 4, 4 0 ,, s Middle T H rister-at-Law. 110 t n ini // earn emple, ar Dublin • Hodges .q . (1 4 R I I rr, ~,,,' 81 , Strand ; James Ridgway, 169, Picea \,,,,,,,,,,,_ - rari-s a— 'fllson 11 Royal Exchange. Du • -•,11-street. ' ' 61, t1 , •,.,.. Tir.. tzso lt , t 4s.-K T A „,, --- -• SILENT FRIEND. 81, CI Trtt"' QU AGES—FORTIETH EDITION. k m toi r , 5 1 o n . tt,.., MEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. .s.- sk .1,,,r,. tis.tun...ilred Anatomical Coloured Engravings. , 44 0 .+ 4,x t , i IisgFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA t, -I;,l:l...ftrged to MipMEeNs T p S ri T ce o 2 31 s. AAR . IAGE by pos . t, from th': , ttetsboshment, Be. ' 6d. in stamps. I‘lo ',,S 1 : ‘ ,.t 1 1 4 4;2 4 ti0n 1 „,, 'FRIEND, a Medical Work on k t , 41 1); nu, . ent, t, - . Physical decay of the system, produced by 00 k . ,11rout ,the c onsequences of infection, or the abuse of i 4l ..sr. birl'ati..2 ll 3 for the use of the preventive lotion, fol -4,108tr. - ° II Marriage, anci the disqaalificallons which ‘ l O co ated b , I,r t 4104 4 ,, , e Y 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. i',i!li.lir l im• s oi lcs,niting surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford sh:,ll‘; 5 5,1, 1 % lap , ,__°7 atrange, Si, Paternoster-row • Hannay, i 1,4411,1 6itrtinza,,x.rord-street ; Gordon,l46,Leadenhall-etreet ; N li k) i 4 , ' e , St. ~cstrect ;W. Sutton, 10, Bow Church-yard ; 1. t. tre ornhuir;aul's Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ;B. 4 tt,(o Ilt:L1 of th. and Simpkin, Stationers' Hall-court. N ik, s. t. tr ` , ltetro: e rttomy and physiology of the re-prednative L A ;44 ‘ sn e r•ts o f. t °Y 28 Coloured Engravings. L LA; I t i le consequences resulting from excessive in klA, . t 3. 'Demon Uneatable effects on the syste , i, produclrg t e hl 11 1 : 1143. 4 . ,,' ,3 5. nervous exettement, and g enerative 6' 4 4 11 : ‘reA. '' by 10 Explanatory Engravings. L 11;1 I. 'tat t4 cYr . 0 : 03 " Qt . th e dise telt . rid a ,.., ,_ arcs resultirg front infection, either in 11‘,1,„.. T his i'',,,n. and contains explicit directions for ,10L:r. „_ '" 1 -Lon is Illustrated ty 62 Coloured Engrav v ' ll 2lltiptitt k , "14 1 ' 1, ,,T t .1 4 c i t, c tt, by 4 Z u c ns eit edfor the Prevention of Disease by a I , ‘, 4 s: l4 l 4tl seB °tc4 to thu the danger of infection is obviated. L tt let of unr,, r _F2lasidere.tion of marriage, and Its dn- Z' Lir 4114, 14 , ally ii n4" l ,7 l : o e union are also considered, and the e tpm n t l 4l."vou e ' a 4l.4 op vu u soPhically inquired into. . 14 1' r o e ;uti eeztugrdateetrst is exclusively employed in kNo 44 ,, t r ,„Nrie:Z,_entrat e d2 ili tY , ImPotence, &a., Ils. and 335. „„. - mi , t, --- g th e i x Detersive Essence, an anti syphilitic II NO, . Y'B L?s. and „ ° O, l in cases of infection, secondary 1 1 ; e I l i co rt : t prir ying ' We abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per jte t t il ki t.„4 4l tOt. st r t i o r ornsay Pe f cifi c Pills, 2s. 9d. 4s. 6d., and 1 Is. 1..,11 , :6 cletl.l of the bl" Ronorrhcca, gleet, stricture, and 14 c i _oQt 4 4. is z,of the adder. Consultation feo, if by letter, - ' l , - L„,..:, „,.4.,,,, , z 41 ,1. required: age, habits, and pod ritOtler„4l att, Wh ich th ''',, ~ advice, to be had at the Feta •ls4l,__. fr o _ niao ue die°,is saved. Messrs. Perry , ”11 ,14 .1 rde vet i tiii,,lll3:;voa,t_l9, Lerners-street, Oxford awl Five to Eight; on Sun- 34. 0 , 2"--" • ~ 0•1 CO UR T C ; 31 4 al ""W 101 k it . , UL CV*• ;* "e S4• l ' - ' . • °•11 rOf - • • , elr '93 45; • 1 . 4. ~/./ Civ 1 3 • s. sig F DIE - - fi,s4 - • .- 4 1 /IA 411 - FP P- • os str ,5 , r; AR. Queen, Prince Albert,. andOSBORNE, D ic . 9. the youn of the lio.yal Family w a lk e d in the grounds y ger branchesesterday. The Rev. Mr. Birch had the honour of dining with h MaMajesty. er Liar Royal Highness the Duchess of Rent will leave Osborne to-morrow morning for Frogmore. [PRICE SD. Mr. Harris, M.P., and Mr. Ellis, M.P., had an inter view with Lord John Russell yesterday at his official re sidence in Downing-street to present a memorial to his Lordship from a public meeting of the inhabitants of Leicester on the Kafir war. Lord John Russell left town yesterday afternoon for Osborne, Isle of Wight, on a visit to her Majesty. A db putation from the West of Ireland Land Invest ment Company had an interview with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere yesterday at the Board of Trade.&The deputation consisted of Mr. William Digby Seymour, Rear-Admiral Sir Richard O'Connor, K.C.H., the Che valier Claussen, Mr. Joseph Wright, D.L , Mr Kenyon S. Parker, Q C., Mr. John Murray, C.E , Mr. Joseph Hannah, Mr. Joseph Napier Higgins, Mr. Evan Hare, Mr. Daniel Adolphus Lange, Captain B. J. Hooke, Mr. and Mr. Hamilto n 11. Fulton. A deputatione of postmasters h a d an i nterv i ew w i th the Chancellor of lor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official re sidence in Downing-street, upon the subject of the post horse duties and tax on carriages let to hire, by which all postmasters are charged on the average 20 per cent. on their gross earnings, besides a heavy tax on their c arriagespay but .5 per cent. on their The deputation consisted of Sir James Duke, M.P., Mr. Ham Bry Passenger traffic railwaysand no tax on their carriages. Locke, 24.1)., Mr. Hartley Kennedy, Mr. Tattersall, chairman of the meeting; Messrs. Chancellor, Dyer, Wil ant, Charles Newman, Gray, Isaac (Maidstone), Paw ley (Bromley, and Robert Newman, of the London Com (RfroolamertEsodnin(bfruormgh)A mittee); Mr. Shillibeer (honorary secretary), Mr. Croalt Chew ' / Vilsorl, Cole (Godalming), William Tagg, Paw- Messrs. Cockshott and Greenwood (from Manchester), Buzzard), Mr. Fowler (Aylesbury), Mr. Busby (from Liverpool), Mr Folwall (from Bris tol), Mr. Luce (from Bath), .Mr Bushell (Leighton bMerrseC en a )7M b r e . ll lN C a fr l o k m er s ( t f i r r o l m ing lrt M h) r , (Brighton), Mr. Pratt (Southampton),ur- -' • (Ipswich).ll and Mr. Rowe , had an interview with the 'Chancel Sir Thomas Fremantle Ch a i m , Chairman of the Customs, of M f r he S E ilv x e c r h th eg orn ue o r yesterday. The Judicial Committee of the Pri Councilsat yesterday in th e C ounc il Chamber. t v l y n nneal fro British Guiana (p ar t h oar d) , " Watson e. tr a `k e was resumed. The Ch ance ll or o f the Duchy Cornwall, the Judge of the Ad m i ra lt y C ourt, and S' C e o tt, o a; Sir Zdward Ryan attended. YOU'RE ANOTHER. (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) " You're another !" It's a vulgar retort, but a common one—though not much in use amongst well bred people. But there are many ways of saying it, " various modes of conveying the same meanin g . Et to Brute," observed some one, on reading a debate in the House of Commons ; " I often see these words quoted ; what can they mean F" "1 should say," was the answer, " they mean, Oh ou brute " " Well, I rather think they mean You're Another !" Let the classicist determine which interpretation is the right one. " You're another !" may be conveyed in a mild tone and manner. For instance—" The Right lion. Gen tleman seems not to apprehend the points of the argu ment : he says he does not understand how so and so is so and so. We can only supply him with argu ments level to the meanest capacity, not with brains. Nature having been sparing in her endowments to the honourable gentleman must be matter of deep regret to those who are under the painful necessity of listen ing to the ofttimes-refuted assertions and so-called arguments which he has advanced on this very question." The honourable gentleman, thus delicately alluded to, replies :—" My honourable and learned friend (if he will permit me to call him so) complains that hie arguments are not understood; the simple reason being that they are unintelligible. He calls there arguments level to the meanest capacity, and let mo as:ure him they are level to the meanest capacity only, for they are his own. Let me hasten to relieve his anxiety as to the remarks which I have felt it my duty to make on the question under discussion, by assuring him that they have been understood by those who have intelligence to appreciate therm, though I am not prepared to vouch as much for my honourable and learned friend on the other side of the house." Thus— Each lolls the tongue out at the other, And shakes his empty noddle at his brother." One honourable member accuses another of stating that which is tie " reverse of true."—the other re sponds by a charge of " gross misrepresentation of the facts of the case." Coalheavers would use a shorter and more emphatic word to express the same thing, though it would neither be classical nor con formable to the rules of the House. The Frenchman delicately defined a white lie to be " valking round about the-trooth." We know what honourable mem bers mean when they talk in the above guise. It is, " You're another !" Dr. Whiston accuses the Chapter of Rochester Kith applying for their own purposes the funds be queathed by pious men of former times for the educa tion of the poor. The reply of the Chapter is—" You Atheist !" and they deprive the Doctor of his liviug. Sir Samuel Romilly once proposed to alter the law of bankruptcy, and to make freehold estates assets appropriable for debts, like personal property. The existing law he held to be pregnant with dishonesty and fraud against creditors. Mr. Canning imme diately was down upon him with the " You're alio thee argument. "Dishonesty !" he said, " why this proposal is neither more nor less than a dangerous and most dishonest attack upon the aristocracy, and the beginning of something which may end, if car ried, like the French revolution." Worthy men are often found differing about some speculative point, respecting which neither can have any more certain knowledge than the other, and they wax fierce and bitter, each devoting the other to a fate which he dare not venture to describe. One calls the other " bigot," who retorts by calling out " idolator," or perhaps " fanatic ;" and the phrases are bandied about with the gusto and fervour of Billingsgate — the meaning of the whole is, " You're another." - Literary men have frequently ventured into this bandying about of strange talk. Rival country editors have sometimes been great adepts in it ; though the fashion is gradually going out of date. There is nothing like the bitterness of criticism now, which used to prevail some fifty years ago. Godwin mildly assailed Southey as a renegade, in return for which Southey abused Godwin's abominably ugly nose. Moore spoke slightingly of Leigh Hunt's Cockney poetry, and Leigh Hunt in reply ridiculed Moore's ohninutive figure. Southey out up Byron in the Reviews, and Byron cut up Southey in the Vision of Judgment. Scott did not appreciate Cole ridge, and Coleridge spoke of Ivanhoe and The Bride of Lammermoor as " t h ose wretched a b ort i ons .' You often hear of talkers who are "good at a re tort." It mean s th a t th ey can say " You're another !, in a biti ng , c l ever way . Th e w it of many m en i s o f this kind—cutting and sarcastic. Nicknames grow a o s ut u o le f lit,u—rkthecaCilhsritsitleianccharlilsstiathnealD'uzirgk of fn an l Unbe liever.nfidel— Whig and Tory retort on each other the charge of oppressor. " The priest calls the lawyer a cheat, the lawyer beknaves the divine." It all means " You're another !" Phrenologists say the f npemity arises in the organ of combativeinnedsis.gnialtoilovn ever that may be th ere i s need of an abatement. Retort, even the mo s t d e li cately put, is and indignation i s th e h andsome brother of hatred.' It breeds bitterness between mat) and man, and pro duces nothing but evil. The practice is only a modi fication of Billingsgate, cover it with what elegant device we may. In any guise, the " You're another" style of ance sp d eech ought to be deprecated sad dis counten. of Hindostanif rom Fort William. DIORAMA a rivate v i ew o f a grand moving diorama OF RINDOSTAN. Yesterday B en gal, to the swarm of the Portman Ganges, took place at the Bssaar, Baker-street, 'square. The artists to whom s h e publio are itaiebt ed for this last addition to the numerous pictorial exhibitions in which the metropolis abounds, are Mr. P. Phillips, Mr. John Ileghe, and Mr. Knell, and the whole of the scenes have been arranged by Lieutenant-Colonel Luard from original sketches by himself and others. The views consist of all the most important and inter• resting portions of the scener y on the Hoo g hl y , th e Bhagiratin, and the Ganges, from Fort William, B enga l . to Gangoutri, i n the Himalaya; and many incidental feature s peculiar to the races inhabiting these part:, are re presented with muc h fidelit y and pictorial effect. T he towns views on the ba nks of the Ganges, and also th and temples , tog ether with the reli g ious ceremonies t h e customs of the inhabitants , both Hindu and m en, are most vividly pourtrayed, and and Mussul the c h arac ter of the Oriental scenery is general well preserved th ro ughout. The artists have done manne r which, whilst it testifies their work i n a this department of the fins arts , to their kno w l e d ge o f carefully studied the poetry, proves that thay hav e details of the subject. Theti as well l as the mechani ca l interesting and valuable orama promises to be an adjunct re presenting the route of the to the exhibition overland mail. , SINGULAR BEQUESTS.—Since the' death of Japes Thompson, l . :Eq., of the Palace-chambers, St. James's (late who purser in the East India Company's mercantile marine, was found dead in the water-closet of the above found. Iconurtthsat of the met establish ment on the 24th of November las), his will been documentr metropolis, p he l e i s , Bow-streets also a share of being named as first and second on the expenses are paid. 'rhe the residue of his property after will is written by himself ina I give unto o a l. nd to lisisi ea tar; c ib h a o o s r Lt g h h e_i s i t o r l oo ice t among the above bequests is the fol lowing de, of Cornhill, my old snuff ray old friend Captain H a very e all eccentrc_ manner, and AMUSEMENTS._The management of CHRISTMAS theatres are at present busy with b r o r x in , ce w ss hi A eh me w li as a.,, made fersoymisithe keel of my old ship, the the various metropolitan. We believe that several highly attractive panto mimesseson. are to be brought out. the preparation of novelties for the approaching Christmas N°.18,476.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY E NCE SU , DECEMBER 10, 1851. ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY. (Incorporated pursuant to 7 and 8 Vitt.) Offices—No. 11, Adam-street, Adeip hi. Capital, 50,8001., In 100,000 Shares of 10s. (fully paid up) each. No Shareholder will be liable beyond the amount of his Shares. TRUSTEES. Charles Herbert Cottrell, Esq., Hadley, Herts. George Eminott Green, Esq., Emmett Hall, Lancashire. James Harmer, Esq., Ingress Park, Greenhithe, Kent. CHAIRMAN. GEORGE EDWARD CO TTRELL, Esq., James-street, Buck ingham-gate; and New-square, Lincoln's Inn. VICE-CHAIRMAN. FRANCIS DENNIS MASSY DAWSON, Esq., Viet9ria square ; and Flo wden-buildings; Temple. DIRECTORS. John Barker, M.D., Richmond, Surrey. Symcon Taylor Bartlett, LL.D. Cambridge. Jonathan Fishier, Esq.. Penrith. Charles Hincks, Esq., Birmingham. Joseph George Parker, Esq., Warminster. Sir C. S. Runabold, Bart., Argyll-street, Regent-street. RESIDENT DIRECTOR IN CALIFORNIA. Captain Sir Henry Vere Huntley, R.N. BANKERS. London and County Bank, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Coombe and Nickell, Bridge-street, Westminster. SUPHAINTENDENTS IN CALIFORNIA. James Maconochie, Esq. William Godfrey Huet, Esq. SECRETARY (ad interim). Mr. George Frederick Goodman. This Company being now completely registered, the Directors take the earliest opportunity of laying before the Shareholders a statement of its progress an! prospects. It may be confidently asserted that no Company was ever brought before the public with equal prospect of speedy and successful results. The prompt assistance afforded by the Shareholders to the Direc tors, and the perfect confidence in the management displayed by them, have enabled the Directors to take such steps as must ensure an enormous dividend within a few months. Sir Henry Huntley, the resident Director in California, has been in that country five months, and thetonrse adopted by the Directors for carrying out this enterprise results frostl the experience obtained by him during that period. The instructions given to Sir Henry Hunt ey were, in effect, that he should make every possible inquiry relative to the state of the country, the tenure of land, the com parative merits of the different quartz veins in the several districts of California, and after mature deliberation to advise the Directors as to their best course of proceeding, and to teke such measures as would enable them to carry out his views as speedily as possible. Following these instructions, he has secured for the benefit of the Company, sufficient lands for all mining purposes ; but he is clearly of opinion, that for the present, at least, it is not desirable to under take mining operations, but to crush and amalgamate quartz to be supplied by those who are possessed of mines, and have raised the quartz. With the assistance of some gentlemen of great experience in geology and mining matters, he has inspected and tested a great variety of veins in the Mariposa, Nevada, Grass Valley, and other districts, and has come to the conclusion, upon sound reasons, that the vicinity of Grass Valley and Nevada City, is that which affords the greatest advantages for car rying on our enterprise. He has, therefore, entered into an agree ment with some American gentlemen, who have formed a company, and have opened, and, to a considerable extent, worked a vein of quartz, di.tant about three miles from Grass:Valley and Nevada City, and about thirty miles from Sacramento City, to crush and amalgamate the quartz to be raised from the mine opencrued hed by them. By means of machinery, he has already and amalgamated considerable quantities of the quartz sup• plied him from this mine; and the result of his operations has been to satisfy himself that the vein is of a full average richness, and that the locality oilers many important advantages in the way of water, fuel, means of transit, Sec., &e. He has, thre fore, entered into a formal agre ement with that Company, which, e in a few words, amounts to this: he is to be supplied by them with as much quartz as his machinery shall be found capable of crushing; the quartz is to be deposited at the mills free of expense ; he is to crush and amalgamate it at his own expense, and he gold produced is to be divided equally between the owners of the vein and our Company. Formal and legal agreements for carrying cut the above arran4ement fairly and honestly, and without any copartnership, have been entered Into. Steam-engines and machinery estimated to crush about thirty tons of quartz a day, with fends fficient for putting it in motion, have been placed under the control sufficient of Sir Henry Huntley; and, unless some unexpected delay has arisen, the machinery is now actually at work, and a return will be made about Christmas next. For the satisfaction of the existing shareholders of this Company, and without wishing, in any manner, to deteriorate from the merits of other Companies, the Directors are desirous of calling attention to some of the more prominent advantages possessed by this Com pany over others now in the field. Shareholders in other Companies must mainly rely upon reports sent over by persons interested in selling the mine; we rely upon the reports of our own resident Director and his practical assistants on the spot, whose only interest is to give us facts. The Directors of other Companies generally base the estimate of the value of their mine upon calculations founded on experiments upon a few pieces of specinsen quartz, sent over to this country for the express purpose of advertising the commodity offered for sale to the British public ; we found our calculations upon experiments tried, during several weeks, on quartz raised from the mine, and crushed and amalgamated by our own perintendent, and with our r to own machinery and apparatus. O Su ther Companies propose incur the expense and risk of carrying out miniug operations upon their vein, before the quartz arrives at their mill, and, should their labours prove successful, they must then pay out of their profits large per-centages for obtaining their leases, and large royal ties to their lessors ; whereas we have secured as much quartz as our machinery is capable of crushing, the title to which is as secure as that of any other company, unfettered by any per-centage or royalty. The half of the produce to be paid by this Company to the parties who supply us, free of expense, with the quartz, being in fact merely equivalent to the dividend upon the outlay of capital ex pended in raising the quartz, and lodging it at the mill. All the new companies, unlike this, must be a considerable time before their arrangements and machinery can be ready for carrying out their schemes—this Company alone is actually at work. The paid-up capital of the Company will not exceed 20,0001. An almost certain estimate of the produce of our machinery can be formed, and, from the calculations made, the Directors confidently anticipate being able even at the most moderate estimate, to afford a dividend of 200 per cent., at the least, within the next twelve months. According to the data furnished to us, the quartz which we are now working yields upon an average 4d. per pound, or 11. I7s. 4d. per cwt., or 371. Gs. Bd. per ton • and, its we can crusts and ama lgamate at least 20 tons per diem, would amount to 7461. 13s. 4d., or 3731. Gs. Bd. per diem as the share of this Company. By the peculiar arrangements this Company has made, based upon practical experience, the economy in working expenses must necessarily be such as to render the current outlay most trifling. In case circumstances should induce the Directors to alter the system now adopted, and lead them to undertake mining operations of their own, arrangements have teen made securing four distinct sites, most carefully selected for their eligibility for mining pur poses, and Sir Henry Huntley has on the spot Cornish miners who went out with him, and who have voluntarily rote ndered him their services. The gentlemen who formed the Provisional Committee of this Company, have added to their number several gentlemen possessing the acquaintance and entire confidence of a very large body of Shareholders in the provincial districts. To add such men to the Directory was due to those Shareholders who have in fact estab lished and nobly supported this Company. Measures will be taken for further augmenting the Directory, and a Special General Meet ing of the Shareholders will be convened for the middle of January. In conclusion, the Directors beg to offer their best thanks to the Shareholders for the uniform support they have received, and they pledge themselves that the affairs of this Company shall be con ducted with the most rigid economy, and with the sole view of for warding the interest of the Shareholders. The Directors beg to call the attention of Shareholders particularly to the fact that, from the system adopted by this Company, it can not be affected by the question now agitated between the holders of leases and Colonel Fremont or his agents. The district selected for the operations of this Company is far removed from the tract claimed by Colonel Fremont. The difficulty arising out of the many points now raised relative to the tenure of land unde r r leases, had be control of the affairs of this Company, and was one of the reasons which in duced them to pursue for the present the course they have, and not to incur certain heavy expenses with doubtful results. The Directors trust that Shareholders will approve of the prudence of the course they have adopted. Prospectuses may be had upon application at the offices of the Company. C)' ...F, ~. PARIS IN A STATE OF SIEGE. TIIE ASSEMBLY DISMISSED. General Officers, the Leaders of Party, arrested and sent to Prison, the Council of State Dissolved, and Louis Napoleon Dictator. This astounding Intelligence, transmitted from Paris in a few minutes, nearly frightened London from its propriety on Tues day last, ye bl'rom all we can learn the President completely followed the example set in the British metropolis years ago, even to the close, for when he had effected the mighty change he appealed to the people, whose support alone he craved. The change to which wo refer was that which in forty-eight hours was accomplished by E. MOSES and SON. The monopolists were more formidable than the General Assembly, and they were not without leaders, but Messrs. E. MOSES and SONS crushed them at once by lowering the price of a man's clothes fifty per cent., and appealing to the people. What was the result? The extortion and wrong doings of those they displaced was apparent, and the people exulted in the change. They gladly seized upon the benefits extended to them, and supported the firm. Every man in the kingdom is now at liberty to buy for himself and his family better clothes than they ever had before, and at less than half price; let any one, if indeed there be any, who doubts this, inspect the present unrivalled stock of Winter Clothing at the Monarch Mart in Aldgate and the Minories, or their Grand West-end Branch Establishment in New Oxford-street, corner of Hart-street, where everything of the newest and neatest and best is marked with its prices, and they will doubt no longer. E. MOSES and SON, London City Establishment, 154, 185, 156, and 157, Mi 83, 44, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communi cating. London West-end Branck, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,9, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford Yorkshire Branch , 19, Bridge-street. Sheflield Branch, 36, Fargate. Tailors, Clothiers, Matters, Hosiers, Fin Tiers, Boot and Shoe nakers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. Te Etablishments are closed from sunset Fria to sunset on Ss t h r s s when business is resumed till Twelve o'c d lo y ck. The New Book, entitled Exhibition for All Nations," In Three Languages, viz. :—English, French, and German, and contain ing full directions for self measurement, can be had gratis m , on appli cation, or forwarded post fr ee to any part of the kingdo, A handsome Almanac, for the year ending 1852, can be had gratis, on application. Ici l'on parle Francaise. Qui si parla Italian°. Hier spricht man Deutsch. Mui se habla Espanol. SECRET INFIRMITIES OF MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE With Plain DirectiT a ons MATURITYAfoNrptheir ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. FIFTY COLOURED Dutch, Spanish, and Just published, in Fre nc h, English, German , Prevent ion and Cure. Italian, Forty -two Stamps,ealedEnvelope, Es. 6d., or po st-free from the Author for 0N; a S E"-PRE SER V A T I M nfi e rm dic i a ti l es Tr a e n a d tis p e is o o n ni t e h rs e Physiology nodf Marriage, ' quired at an early period of life, w hi c h destroy the 11 us at u id al o l n y t a lg Secret I mental powers, diminish an d enfeeble the natural feelings,pyical and and ex haust the vital energies of M an h oo d ; w ith Practical Observationsonthe certain Prevention and success f u l Treatment of Nervous Debi ll lity, Local and Constitutional W ea k ness , Syphilis, Stricture, and derangement s resu l t i ng from Indiscretion , eretion,a and a as adopted by Lallemand, Ricord, and other eminent members of the faculty of France. With Fifty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of th e Reproduct i ve Organs, exP!aining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits. excesses, and infection. By SAMISEL LA'MERT, 37 , BEDFORD- SQUARE , CONDON. Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated M em b er of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunterlan Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c., & c . This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana• tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the highest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the treatment of these complaints. He may be consulted with advan tage by all those whose constitutions may have become debilitated through secret practices acquired in youth, or by the excesses of later years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of marriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of unceas ing misery and regret. Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street; Mann, 23, Cornhill ; or free by post for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence; who may be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter, ;10; Rom tom tilt Trio, and frog siat till Eight! VVANDLE WATER and SEWERAGE COM PANY (LIMITED RESPONSIBILITY). A BILL for the INCORPORATION of the COMPANY was read a second time in the last Session of Parliament, and was referred to a Committee, at which stage (by special resolutions of both Houses) it is a lowed to be proceeded with in the next session. Capital 300,0001, in 30,0J13 Shares of 101. each. Deposit 12s. 6d. per share, of which 7s. will be returned in the event of an Act not being obtained in the ensuing session of Parliament. At the termination of the last session the Shareholders were offered the 7s. per share, but only ono, holding four shares, availed himself of this privilege. TRUSTEES. Joseph Somes, Esq , of Blackwall, shipowner. George Stone, Esq., of Lombard-street, banker. AUDITORS. Samuel Gurney, jun., Esq., Lombard-street, banker. Frederick Mildred, Esq., 35, Nichas-lane, banker. DIRECTORS. Chairman —JOIIN MACGREGOR, Esq., M.P. Deputy-Chairman—CHAßLES REYNOLDS, Esq. Samuel Whitefield Daukes, Esq , 14, Whitehall-place. Edward Esdaile, Esq., City Saw-mills, Regent's Canal. George D'Olier Gowan, Esq., Dulwich; and 7, Copthall-court. John Laurence, Esq , 11.C.5., 15, Regent-street. John Macgregor, Esq., &LP., 1, Prinees•terrace, Hyde-park. Frederick Pollock, Esq., H.C.S. Southlands, Battersea. Charles Reynolds, Esq., Wallington Lodge, Carshalton, Surrey. Thomas Robinson, Esq.. Bernard-street, Russell-square. John Penry Williams, Esq., Bury-street, St. James'-square; and Abercainlais, Brecon. Engineer and Surveyor—F. P. Thompson, Bsq. Consulting Engineers—Messrs. Easton and Amos. Bankers—Messrs. Martin, Stone, and Martins, Lombard-street. Brokers—Messrs. Sheppard and Sons, 28, Threadneedle-street, City SelleitoriL.Messrs. Mullins and iraddison. The want of a wholesome and efficient water supply is more' se verely felt south of the Thames than in any other part of the metro.. polls. The Sanitary Commissioners say the present supply there is " wholly unfit for use, and is highly dangerous to the health of the persons who drink it." The Company has for its object the supply of pure water at con stant and high service, and has received the most cordial support from the proprietors, ratepayers, and inhabitants in general of this large district, evidenced by their numerous petitions and by the re solutions of public bodies, such as the Quarter Sessions, the District Board of Health, &c. It has long been known that the Wandle water is the purest of any within practicable distance of the Metropolis (see the public evidence taken before the Committees of the House of Commons.) From this source a minimum supply of 27,000,000 of gallons daily Gan be ob tained without injury to any one. The present supply of Thames water it about 9,000,000. The Company, either through the instrumentality of the existing Companies, or by parochial or other public bodies, or their own means, will be able to send " unintermittent streams of cool, fresh lucid water, sparkling and pure, up every ceart and alley, and to the very garrets of the meanest houses, at a very low rate of charge." And these essentials they can guarantee ; because, besides the ad mitted superiority of the Wandle water, which in its natural state possesses a greater " freedom from putrescible organic matter," and from " discoloration," an well as greater " brightness, clearness, softness, and coolness," than any others, this Company's plait com prises a complete system of intercepting drainage to carry off the impurities of mills and houses—an original and perfect method of nitration (invented by Mr. F. P. Thompson, the Engineer to the Company), to be applied in the grand reservoir itself, 160 feet above Trinity high water mark, whence it will flow in uninterrupted distribution by mere gravity to the thousands of buildings in the district, in a state as cool and limpid as any well water—and lastly, because the Company apply by their Bill for a compulsory limitation of profits, so that the abuse of high charges will here be an impos sioility, whilst there will be safficient profit to afford a liberal remu neration to the shareholders. The Thames water throughout contains sulphates and chlorides of some sort, and the water at Dittos, besides these, is impregnated with the sewerage of Hampton-court and other districts, compre hending a population of three-quarters of a million. "No amount of boiling can separate the sulphates and chlorides"—they will re main and constitute a permanent hardness. In the Wandle water there is no sulphate or chloride of any sort ; but there is present the carbonate of soda, which renders it admirable for all domestic pur poses, and to such " water M. Soyer gives a preference for tea making, even over distilled water." Application for the remaining shares to be made to Messrs. Sheppard and Sons, 28, Threadneedle-street, City, and to the Secre tary, at the Temporary Offices, 15, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury, where prospectuses and all ether information may be obtained. WILLIAM HOLLOWAY, Secretary. November 14, 1851. NOTICE. ligß DISRAELI'S NEW WORK, "LORD GEORGE BENTINCK," A Political Biography, WILL BE READY ON MONDAY, DEC. 15, In One large Vol. Bvo., price 15s. bound. Those who desire early copies are requested to send their orders immediately to their Booksellers. Colburn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. REVOLUTION IN FRANCE.—This was foretold for November in ZADKIEL'S ALMANAC for 1652, page 40. This work (price Gd.) contains the Destiny of France, Italy, Ire land, &c. Published by A. Hall and Co. N.B. Just ready, An ESSAY on LOVE and MATRIMONY. By ZADKIEL. One Shilling. A Christmas Present. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENTS. INSURANCE against ACCIDENTS of ALL KINDS, whether from Falls of Houses, Fires, Railway Collisions, Explosions or any other cause whatever. ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY, 7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury, London. Incorporated under 7th and Sth Vie., C. 110. Clialasterr—KENYON S. PARKER, Esq., Q.C. Distinctive Features of the Company. A fixed payment in case of death from accident or violence. To Insure 1001. by Annual Payment. Class I. I Class IL I Class 111. 2s. 6d. I ss. 7s. 6d. to 408. Single Payment for Life, Class 1., 1/. ls. A fixed payment in case of death from accident or violence, with a fixed weekly sum in case of non-fatal injury, and an allowance for medical expenses. To insure 1001. on death, 11. per week compensation, and Rt. for medical expenses, by annual payment. Class I. I Class 11. I Class 111. 12s. 15s. 20s. to 50s. A fixed sum on death by accident while travelling on a railway, with compensation in case of non-fatal accident, by annual payment. To insure £lOOO • • .. • • 10s. •• l• 78. ~ 500 300 • • • • • • 6s. Prospectuses, with further information, may bs had at the offices of the Company, or from any of the Company's Agents. WILLIAM YOUNG, Secretary. SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. TO SECRETARIES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, CLERKS, STATION-MASTERS, RAILWAY OFFICIALS, BANKERS' CLERKS, TRAVELLERS, AND OTHERS. TIDIES LIFE ASSURANCE and GUARANTEE COMPANY. 32, Ludgate-hill, London. Incorporated under 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110. HONORARY PRESIDENTS. CHARLES HINDLET, Esq., M.P., Dartmouth Nouse, Westminster. JAMES KERSHAW, Esq., M.P., Stockport. TRUSTEES. James Alexander Douglas, Esq., 11, Queen -square. Ambrose Moore, Esq., Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square. James Nisbet, Esq., Berners-street, Oxford-street. CHAIRMAN—The Hon. FRANCIS VILLIERS, Berkeley-square. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN —JAMES WYLD, Esq., M.P., Charing-cross. "THE TIMES" COMPANY Affords Guarantee to persons requiring the same at the lowest possible rate, and Divides Four-fifths of the Profits. Thus by apply ing the justly popular principle of Mutuality to Public Guarantee, the Premiums, instead of being a tax upon honesty, become a means of saving and investment. RITES—From 7s. 6d. upwards. No charge for Stamps or extra charges. An allowance made in the Guarantee Premiums where a Life As surance and Guarantee are combined. LIFE ASSURANCE. Life Assurances, Annuies, and Endowments. Payments taken Monthly as well as Quarte ti rly, Ste. Policies Indisputable save in cases of Fraud. Arrangements can be made with this Office to prevent the loss of a Policy where the Assured is unable, from temporary embarrassment, to keep up the payments, H. B. SITERID AN, Manager. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Established August 1, 1837. Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 4th Vict. cap. 9. JiIemmAN— ADVANTAGES Colonel ROBEROF THIS INSTITUTION. T ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park, Halt Credit Rates of Premium. Persons assured according to these rates are allowed credit for half the amount of the Borst seven annual premiums, paying interest thereon at the rate of five per cent. per annum, with the option of payin deducted arrears of premiums, at any time, or having the amount from the sum assured when the policy becomes a claim. For Securing Loans and Debts. A Table adapted especially for the securing of Loans and Debts, by which the fullest security is obtained on very low, but gradually in creasing premiums. Policies revived, without the exaction of a fine, at any time within twelve months, if health remain unimpaired. A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock. Age of the Assured in every case admitted in the Policy. Medical attendants remunerated in all cases for their reports. Extract from the Half Credit Bates of Premium. Annual Premium required for an Assurance of 1001. for the whole Term of Life. Half Premium for Whole Premium after Age. Seven Years. seven Years. d. d. 30 1 1 9 2 3 6 40 1 9 2 2 18 4 30 2 2 6 4 5 0 60 3 6 8 6 13 4 E. IL FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW' FRANCIS, Secretary. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; Mani, 39, Cernhill ; or direct from the author ; price One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, F.ecreation, and Rational Use of Time." CONTENTS :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings —Ex cursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country Trips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home —Music —The Drama —On Eating, Drinking, ('sleeping, Bathing Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. FRAGMENTS FROM Till MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol. I. VISIT TO TILE LAKES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c, Vol. 11. THE LAKES OF KILL ft./INKY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. 111. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, " That three score years and ten our course may rnn." A popular review of slmost every form (cause and cure) of ner vou Iy-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses the young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em bitters old age ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu lation of every-day life. IV. TFI PASSIONS. "What passions hurt tho body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." ST:IE3=T :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad vent o' the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casual ties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations graphic, Nar rative, and remediative. Advocac V y of early marriages. THE MARRIAGE STATE. "To be or not to be, that is the question." PROGRAMME :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, &c. By It. J. CIILVERIVELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1824). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these matters. Reception hours daily till Five. Evenings, Seven till 10 A1:17 11- P 1 4% Ugglit-itreot, companies into the pay of the Crown; by the suborna tion of witnesses in the shape of subsistence money, and corrupt promises of future provision or employment; by converting the servants of great mercantile institutions into spies, to the subversion of all discipline and fidelity; by sending public officers to the chief customers of the companies, to whisper away their character and destroy their trade; and by perverting the public money to the corruption of sixty-two dock servants, who for the pur poses of the prosecution, against their employers were taken into the pay of the Executive. "6. By practically ignoring the existence of the Select Committee to whom the cases of the Dock Com panies were expressly referred by the House of Com mons, by giving fresh notices of trial in some cases, and otherwise keeping alive 120 actions simultaneously, pending a Parliamentary investigation; thus piling ac tion upon action, co s t upon cost, and ne upon penalty, to the extent of upwards 150,0001.; and concluding by the acceptance of two pitiful nominal mulcts of 101., to the outrage of public justice, and at the risk of bringing our tribunals into contempt, by misapplying their legiti mate functions to the purposes of oppression. " 7. By the arrest and arraignment of the most valued officers of the companies, and the incarceration of some of their servants and labourers in their casual employ ment. on charges of smuggling and felony, without any justification whatever, and on utterly futile pretences, by removing the trials from the Central Criminal Court to the Queen's Bench; by wanton/ r withdrawing the re cord on the very day of trial, t it an oppressive cost to the defendants; by keeping these charges of felony, in volving penalties of upwards of 98,000/. suspended inde finitely over their heaslkett the same time refusing either to Substantiate or abandon them, and then having com promised the prosecutions against their employers by ultimately retracting, without assigning reason, criminal charges proved to have been preferred without cause. " Such is the abuse of unconstitutional powers, for the exercise of which the Treasury is held by the public responsible to Parliament. That it has not erred in ig norance or neglected its duty from not knowing it is bat too certain. If it is not the author, it has been at least the abettor of these scandalous proceedings, and tempe rate and friendly remonstrance against such unheard of acts has, we regret to say, been received by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer with disregard, and dismissed with discourtesy. He has persevered in the infliction of wrong until its very enormity has alarmed its victims into submission. He has broken the conditions on the honourable understanding of which technical legal ad missions were drawn from the London Dock Company, which rendered further resistance impracticable, and finally, he has concluded the negotiation by a gross misrepresentation of the concessions of the company, and by putting a construction upon their words which is en tirely negatived by the correspondence. "On these and other grounds we have been instructed to press upon your Lordship the necessity of recom mending the re-appointment of the Select Committee, in the view of promoting the reforms recommended in the report adopted by the public meeting from which we are deputed, and of conveying to your Lordship the expres sion of the deep and general dissatisfaction entertained by the commercial classes with the administration of the fiscal department of your Government. " By order and in name of the deputation, "J. J. FRANCIS, Chairman. " ROBERT WIGRAM CRAWFORD, Deputy Chairman." Lord J. RUSSELL next addressed the deputation. He said, that of course the deputation would not ex pect, in respect to those grave charges, which doubt less they had maturely consid ere d, hich they had prepared and written down, that he should be at the moment ready to give them any reply one way or the other. The matter itself, as concerned the Board of Customs and the Treasury, was one which he ad mitted to be of the deepest importance. The Govern ment was not insensible to the importance of making alterations with respect to the department which was charged with the collection of so great a portion of the revenue, a duty which ought to be performed with as little vexatious interference as possible with the lawful pursuits of commerce—(Hear, hear) — and with that view his Noble Friend Lord Granville was appointed, with other official gentlemen, to in quire on the subject. At a later period a committee was appointed by the House of Commons, and he might here remark, that though it has been repre sented that the Chancellor of the Exchequer opposed the appointment of that Committee, the fact was, that as far as referred to the general administration of the Customs' department, his Right Hon. Friend did not offer any opposition to the appointment of the Committee, but he did state, that with respect to questions pending in a court of law, he was doubtful whether they could be referred to a Committee of the House. In that respect the Chancellor of the Exche quer merely repeated what was stated some twenty or thirty times every session, whenever such a question was raised. It was to be observed, how ever, that this Customs' department, and the laws of the Customs, faulty as the deputation might find them, and admitting, no doubt, o f i m pr ovemen t, h a d been framed by very able men, who had presided at the Treasury from time to time; and he recollected Mr. kiuskisson—a man by no means incapable of un derstanding the subject, or unfit to be intrusted with the framing of legislative measures connected with it,—saying, with a boast in the House of Commons, while holding up a volume in his hand, that he had reformed the laws of the Customs. Still, he (Lord J. Russell) did not deny that great improvement might be made with respect to those laws and in the construction (we understood) of the department. With respect to the present Board, it so happened that during the five years he had been at the head of the Treasury no appointment of a Commissioner of Customs had been made by him. The Board now ruling that department was the same as he found ex isting when he came into office five years back, and the only gentleman he had appointed to a high office was Mr. Pressley, a gentleman well qualified from his knowledge to fill the situation. Therefore, with respect to this particular Board of Customs, he could have no prejudice one way or other. At the same time, on looking at these grave charges, he was bound to act justly, and not to suppose immediately that the Board of Customs was guilty because it was accused, but to inquire into the facts. Without en tering into minute particulars of the prosecuthins re ferred to, he would say generally that it did not follow that because very respectable men belonged to the Dock Companies in question, therefore frauds had not occurred through the agency of parties in their employment. The Board of Customs, rightly or wrongly, had a contrary conviction. It was known that of late years with respect to the office of the Controllership of the Exchequer, and with respect to the department of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, there had been persons found guilty of frauds without any guilt or blame attaching to the persons at the head of those depart ments. It could hardly then be said, because the Dock Companies were composed of respectable men, that therefore it was impossible for any irregularities to be discovered in reference to the officers under their controul. The Board of Customs were persuaded of the existence of frauds to a very great extent—it might be wrongly or not—but they made that repre sentation to the Treasury, and it would have been a grave responsibility for the Treasury and for him, the representative of the city of London, to take on them selves to say, that though the Board of Customs were persuaded that the revenue was defrauded, and ad vised proceedings in a court of law, they, the Trea sury, would prevent that proceeding and allow the revenue to be a loser, and the general body of the merchants of London to be wronged. This was his feeling, and the feeling of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, when they were on a former occasion in duced to put a stop to the proceedings at law, and when they found that the Board of Customs had no doubt on the subject. With respect to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it was stated in the " representa tion" that _ " Temperate and friendly remonstrance against such unheard•of Acts has, we regret to say, been received by the Chancellor of the Exchequer with disregard, and dismissed with discourtesy. He has persevered in the in fliction of wrong until its very enormity has alarmed its victims into submission." He (Lord J. Russell) could not admit the justice of those complaints. He thought that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was bound not to interfere with the course recommended by the Board of Customs. Again, it was stated that the Chancellor of the Ex- - chequer " Has broken the conditions on the honourable under standing of which technical legal admissions were drawn from the London Dock Company, and rendered further resistance impracticable, and, finally, he has concluded the negotiation by a gross representation of the conces sions of the company, and by putting a construction upon their words which is entirely negatived by the correspondence." He (Lord J. Russell) did not perfectly well know what that alluded to, but there was an allegation that the Dock Companies were ready to pay a 51. fine but that it was raised to 1001. The representation which was made to him was, that when something o f thi s kind occurred in 1817 and 1818 there was some such small fine paid and all the expenses of the suit. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said, how ever, that it would be better to get rid of the matter altogether, and, instead of the 51. fine and all expenses, which would tend to keep up subjects of irritation, it would be better to take 1001. fine at once. Whether the fine were Si. or 1001., he did not see that it was a matter of import ance to the Treasury ; and he did not think that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was liable to the charge made against him. With respect to the general b statement, that the Board of Customs must have been wrong in their original charges, or . else they ought emen not to have agreed the gent' to a compromise, present must be aware that, with respect to revenue boards, prosecutions were instituted and given up over and over again, on the payment of some fine or the mak ing some acknowledgment. Whether this was accord ing to strict j us ti ce was a matter that might be debated, but there wer e i nnumerable precedents for such a proceeding. With regard to the very i mportant point of the re-appointment of .the Select Committee on Customs next session, he was not aware of any abso lute objection to it—(H ear) —but he would not Pledge should to that course at the present moment, should first lik e t o commun i cate with the c h a irm an of that Committee, and confer with him respecting the advantages of its re-appointment. He could assure the deputation that the whole subject should receive his impartial consideration, and any measures which, while securing the revenue, would give great facilities to the do c k compan i es and the mer chants generally, would meet with hi s strenuous sup• port.—(Hear.) Mr. Alderman Taosirsort admitted the possibility of irregularities occurring in great establishments like the dock companies; but what those companies complained of was, that when these charges were made against them, and they made application for a joint inquiry, their overture received a decided and discourteous negative from the Board of Customs.— (Hear, hear.) He then referred to the manner in which the dock companies had been treated, the numerous informations filed against them, and ob served that the whole circumstances had created a deep impression and alarm in the City, where it was not thought that the Board of Customs had treated British merchants as they ought to be treated. Mr. POWLES, secretary to the London Dock Com pany, observed that the charge of the want of good faith rested on this fact, that upon a certain under standing a certain letter was written, and afterwards the understanding was broken.—(Hear, hear.) The as n tn o a dmn expensescwi e n s a nominal fi fh( n lth e oh a e, doofocosa be e nsll. e . )wsmr,twaehoms referred incurredbe tu i i sre n enrth c rehi revdeoeai occurred tcinsogoouebndl object asher btweeaoyt w hich lot iLs o a foen O omrd / dt deb , tdehbhyieees. company Russell, or d i mfspru e oc s aspreuss g t aesmt h nleohl e dy:e, were not at all of a nature to warrant the proceedings which had been adopted in the present instance. He purpose then p o d s e e t detailed lfaeuds authorities, tnci showing between the London Dock Company and the Go vernment was always peace, and not litigation and strife. The Board of Customs never gave them the particulars of one single case of delinquency against their servants, and when they got into the Court of Exchequer the Board opposed the application made for particulars, without which it was impossible to connect the parti cular case with the particular goods. The Court of Exchequer overruled the objection, observing that it was not to be tolerated that British subjects should be dragged into a court of justice without being informed of the cause of trial.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. MITCHELL said, that considering the onerous duties which occupied the time of the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell), he could not venture to ask him now to read the evidence collected by the Customs' Committee, but he trusted that the Noble Earl (Earl Granville), in whom they all had such confidence, would peruse that evidence, which would be shortly printed. The conclusion to be drawn from that evidence was, that the Commissioners of Customs had grossly abused their powers. Nothing would give him greater pleasure than to see the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) bring forward a Bill for the reform of the Customs. It would be far better for the Noble Lord to take the initiative than any committee, but, if nothing was done, the commercial community would not be satis fied.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to the re-apppoint meat of the Select Committee, he, as its late chair man, held himself entirely at his Lordship's disposal. After some observations from Mr. M. CLAEKE and Mr. W. J. HALL, the latter of whom stated that through the vexatious course pursued by the Customs, he had lost upon some chests of tea, about 10,0001., and who expressed his hope that, before the deputa tion left, they would obtain an assurance that the Select Committee of last session should be re-ap pointed, Mr. MASTERMLN trusted that the deputation would rest satisfied with what his Lordship had said on that point.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. W. J. HALL, then said he should like, at least, to have an assurance that his case would be looked into. Lord J. RUSSELL said he was not acquainted with the case, and therefore it would not be prudent for him to give any answer on the subject. The deputation then withdrew. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. As soon as the doors were opened yesterday morn ing a great crowd of spectators, wbo had previously assembled in front of the bazaar, entered the exhibi tion, and from nine o'clock in the morning up to ten o'clock last night there was a continual succession of visitors, the number being greater than on any pre vious " first day" since the show has occupied its present capacious quarters. At one o'clock the annual meeting of the members of the club took place in the committee-room. The Duke of Richmond occupied the chair, and was sup ported by the Earl of Leicester, Lord Berners, Col. Sibthorp. M.P., Sir Matthew Pell, Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, General Wemyss, Mr. Barker, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, and many of the principal graziers and breeders belonging to the club. About sixty gentlemen were present. The judges' awards for the present year having been confirmed, the Duke of Richmond was unanimously re-elected president of the club. The Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl of Aboyne, the Earl of Yarborough, the Earl Spencer, and Mr. Philip Pusey, were elected vice-presidents; and the follow ing gentlemen were appointed trustees of the club : The Duke of Richmond, Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, and Lord Portman. The formal business having been concluded, a discussion took place on the subject of a proposed change in the classification of the animals in future years. At the meeting held this time last year, a committee of members was appointed to take into consideration the advisability of showing the animals in distinct breeds, instead of, as heretofore, collectively. The report of this committee was re ceived, and after considerable deliberation, it was de termined by a large majority that the chief recom mendation it contained should be adopted. In future, therefore, the cattle classes will be exhibited in the following sections :—Section 1, Devons ; section 2, Herefords ; section 3, short-horns; section 4, Scotch, Welsh, and Irish cattle ; section 5, other pure breeds ; section 6, mixed and cross breeds. The subdivision of these sections and classes, and the arrangement of the prizes, had been carried out by the committee, but some minor points of difference having occurred, this portion of the report was referred back to them, and their recommendations upon it will be received at the meeting of the committee to be held to-morrow at the bazaar. Several new members having been admitted, the final arrangements for the annual din ner, at Freemasons' Tavern, to-morrow, were com pleted, and the meeting broke up. The sale of stock was remarkably brisk throughout the whole of yesterday. Those feeders who were content to deal at moderate prices found buyers, but where the prices ruled high there was no disposition to close bargains. The best ox, to which the gold medal, with a prize of 301., and a silver medal to the breeder, had been awarded, was sold by its owner, Mr. Edward Longmore, of Adforton, near Ludlow, to Mr. Rolt, a butcher, resident at Birkenhead. The best heifer, to which the same prizes were awarded, was purchased of its owner, Mr. Samuel Druce, of Eynsham, near Oxford, by Mr. Collingwood, o f Westbourne-green. Mr. William Heath's Hereford ox, to which a prize of 301., with a silver medal, had been awarded, was bought by Mr. John Mann, of Croydon. The Earl of Leice s t er ' s North Devon ox-151. and silver medal —was bought by Mr. Webber, of the Edgeware-road. Lord Fever sham's beautiful short-horned cow—prize of 201. and silver medal —was bought by Mr. Cra gg , o f Mount-street. S evera l o f t h e Prince Consort's beasts were bought by Mr. Jeffery, of Foubert's-place Re gent-street, a n d one of them returns to Windsor, having been bought by Mr. Adams, of that borough. In the l ong - woo ll ed sheep classes, Mr. Glass, of Lambeth-walk, h as purchased Mr. Bradshaw,s pen, to which th e go l d medal is awarded. Mr fery, of Fouberes-plane, h as secured D u ke of Hedges, the - Richmond' s s h ort-woolled pen , to which the same dis tinction was a dj u d ged. Mr. of the H — ar . Jefrofiwn : the b road, has th e cred i t of having bought pigs, fed by M r. C oate, of H ammoo n, in Do et pen r s se tbs of i re . The number of sales effected, as we before said, was enormous, and it may be safely affirmed that nearly halfthestock closedin the last buil n d i i g n h g t h . a d changed hands when the exhibition and to•morrow, andlfihneaslhlyocwlowseilolnrFemriadianyonpieenhtt.°-day a h li a b t U a new rtoll'S NEW COMIC WORK, BY THE AUTHOR. OF " SAM SLICK."—The d b m e i delightedr ers o fju to dg h e ear li t h umoro us pro w ork is announced as imme diatel y forthcomin g , entitled d n u u c m tio e n ro s u w s il a l " Traits of American Humour," edited by the author of 0 Sam Slick." In delineating the salient peculiarities of American character this writer is without a rival, and few, indeed, can equal him in fresh and ever-pleasant smart drollery, acute observation, and c l ose k nowledge smart ness,swit, human nature. The "Traits of American Humour" will doubtless be a welcome addition to the hilarity of our Christ mas fireside.—Ercning Paper. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from thn Governors ( f the North American pro yinces—the Gold cost and the West India islands, LAURENT'S CASINO. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's, is OPEN every Evening for the Winter Season. L turent's well-known and celebrated Band, principal Cornet- I- Piston, M. Boulcourt. During the recess the Rooms have been re-decorated, and many improvements made, under the sole direction of Mr. G. F. Bryer. Doors open at Half-past Eight, to commence at Nine o'clock. Admission—ONE SHILLING. REFORM OF THE CUSTOMS. Yesterday a numerous and highly respectable de putation, appointed by a public meeting held on the 31 instant, for the purpose of effecting a reform of the Board of Customs, had an interview with Lord John Russell at the Treasury. The following gentlemen were present on the occasion :—Mr. Masterman, M.P., Baron Lionel Rothschild, M.P., Sir J. Duke, Bat, M.P., Alderman Thompson, M.P., Mr. James Clay, M.P., Mr. Matthew Forster, M.P., Alderman Hum phery, M.P., Mr. John M'Gregor, M.P., Mr. T. A. Mitchell,lM.P., Mr. Archibald Hestia, M.P., Mr. George Sanders, M.P., Mr. John Sadlier, M.P., Al derman Salomons, M.P., Mr. W. Williams, M.P., Mr. Adamson (a deputation from Aberdeen), Mr. Travers, Mr. R. W. Crawford, Mr. J. D. Powles, Mr. J. P. Gassiot, Mr. Frederick Charles Huth, Mr. Thomas Tooke, sen., Mr. Thome Tooke, jun., Mr. C. Marryat, Mr. R. Hutchinson, Mr. W. J. Hall, Mr. Benjamin B. Greene, Mr. Matthew Clark, Mr. W. S. Lindsay. Mr. William Wallace, Mr. Frederick Pattison, Mr. W. Hawes, Mr. J. Forster, Mr. A. Crowe, Mr. W. Pye, Mr. P. Dickson, Mr. R. Har rison, Mr. H. L. Morgan, Mr. J. Dillon,, Mr. A. Caldecott, Mr. A. Bosanquet, Mr. T. Naghten, Mr. J. J. D.:Allcroft, Mr. F. Pegler, Mr. J. Sim, Mr. B. Lancaster, Mr. W. H. Schneider; Mr. Sandeman, Mr. A. de Arroyave, Mr. H. Watson Mr. W. Greg son, Mr. 4. G. Frith, Mr. C. Paris, Mr. S. Hanson, Mr. R. J. Bagshaw, Mr. E. Burmester, Mr. T. Bux ton, Mr. Peel, Mr. J. Walker, stid ... Mr. G. Hurry. At one o'clock the , deputatembled at the Treasury, and were received by Lord J. Russell and Earl Granville. Mr. MASTEEMAN, addressing the Noble Lords, observed, that the present interview had been sought for in consequence of certain resolutions adopted at a public meeting held in the city of London in the course of last week. He had had the honour to pre side over that meeting, and he thought he had never witnessed a more numerous or a more respectable as sembly. Nothing like political feeling intermingled in the proceedings ; the gentlemen present had long considered the great grievances suffered by merchants through the course pursued by the Customs Board, and had long wished for an alteration in some way, but the recent proceedings against the dock companies had rendered that feeling more intense ; for, when public bodies could be so attacked, ikmade individuals fear that attacks would be made:on them. The deputation had not sought the present interview with the view of dictating any (particular measure to his Lordship (Lord John Russell), though his Lordship was aware of a report which had been adopted at a recent meet ing in the city. How far that might meet his Lord ship's views it was not for him to say; but the main point they had now to urge was that some change should take place, and that an assurance might be given that the Select Committee on Customs of last year would be re-appointed.--(Hear, hear.) Mr. TRAVERS, the chairman of the deputation, then read the following paper, entitled, " REPRESENTATION TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL, FIRST LORD OF HER MAJESTY'S TREA SURY, AND MEMBER FOR THE CITY OF LONDON, BY THE DEPUTATION, APPOINTED AT A PUBLIC MEETING FOR REFORM OF THE CUSTOMS, HELD AT THE LONDON TAVERN, DEC. 3, 1351. " The report and resolutions unanimously adopted at the public meeting from which this deputation derives its authority have been already laid !before your Lord ship, and explain the reasons which have induced us to solicit the favour of this interview. " Whether for the purpose of further inquiry into the abuses and inefficiency of the Customs' department of the public service, or of proceeding at once to the recom mendation of complete remedial measures, the deputation have been commissioned to express the earnest desire of the commercial classes that the Select Committee of last session on the Customs should be reappointed at the earliest period after the reassembling of Parliament; and explicitly to ascertain the intentions of Government on this subject. We, therefore, take leave to solicit the favour of an intimation of your Lordship's determination in reference to the re-appointment of the Select Com mittee. " The deputation would be well contented here to close their duties. But they have been charged with a further commission, which, although, as involving re flections on individuals, they should have been glad to be relieved from the painful necessity of fulfilling, they regard as not less imperative upon them than important in its own results. " Wo have been desired emphatically to express the great dissatisfaction experienced_ byffin mercantile body with that department of your Blip'sboW Goternment which directs the administration of the Custom-house system. "When the merchant complains to the officers charged with the collection of foreign revenue of irksome re strictions, useless forms, improper detentions, or unjust seizures, the latter plead in justification of their acts a Board's order, or the letter of the law. When the party aggrieved appeals to the Board, that tribunal refers to the obligation of the Acts of Parliament as its warrant, or to the want of power to dispense with the requisitions of statutes, the provisions of the tariff, or the absence of a discretionary faculty as its excuse, and throws the responsibility on the Treasury, as the sole depository of discretionary powers in the last resort to grant dispen sations from obviously unjust regulations, or oppressive applications of the law. " The public are thus induced to regard the Govern ment as ultimately responsible for the abuses of which they complain, either by a misapplication of the powers it possesses, or by neglecting to apply to Parliament for the ability to introduce such reforms as it never re fuses to the reasonable representations of an Adminis tration in which it reposes confidence. "Regarding the Treasury as the head of the whole revenue branch of the public service, we are instructed to charge it upon that department— " 1. That the:Board of Customs, of which it is, or ought to be, the master, is generally inefficient and incompe tent; and that it has been suffered to regulate its own time and attendance on its public duties, and to neglect the recommendations of successive Commissions, and even the instructions of the Treasury. "2. That no improvement has been adopted in the system of appointments, either of commissioners or in ferior officers, so as to secure to the public the benefits of a competent administration of the system. "3. That the Commissioners are inaccessible, their proceedings conducted in secret, the official represents- Cons on which they decide concealed from the parties they affect, and that their acts are therefore altogether removed from accountability to the public. " 4. That their responsibility even to their superiors is rendered practically a dead letter, inasmuch as an appeal from the Board results only in a reference to the s r u e b m st o a v n e tia th il e very tribunal from wh ose decision the appeal is ma d e . " 5. That the very f act of the co-existence o f a Trea sury Commission and P ar li amentary Comm i ttee t o in quiree el' mn into andt is acknowledged abuses of the d an evidence of the general conviction of the n ecess i ty of delegating to o th er parties the duties which p roperly devolve on t h e Trea sury, and of interposing to exercise its functions to avert the consequences of its neglect, or to remove complaints which are caused solely by the want of a proper super vision of its officers. On referring to the twelve heads of measures of reform suggested in the report adopted by the public meeting, it may be seen that many of them might have been carried int o e ff ect b y the s i mp l e execu tion of the authority of th e T reasury; an d t h a t, w ith regard to such as required the interposition of Parlia ment, to that department of the Government must be attributed the omission or refusal to propose the neces sary measure for affecting the desired alteration. lid;" 6. While many examples have been forwarded to the Committee, duly authenticated, of gross maladministra tion of the Customs' Department, the deputation confine themselves to circumstances judicially recorded or re ported to the Legislature, and therefore known to your Lordship, for the justification of the public meeting in committing to this deputation the painful duty they now discharge. From the proceedings connected with the prosecutions at the instance of the Crown against the London and St. Katherine Dock Companies, the follow ing conclusions are but too plainly deducible : " 1. That if the acts charged against these companies have been illegal, indictable, and fraudulent, they have been practised for many years with the sanction and concurrence of that Board which now charges these acts upon them as highly penal offences. "2. That if the 'nominal fines' accepted by Govern ment as a compromise satisfy the justice of the ease against the Dock Companies, the prosecutions were totally without excuse; while if the counts of the indict ments, and especially the charge of the then Solicitor- General, were true, the withdrawal of the several pro secutions cannot easily be distinguished from compound ing of felony. " 3. That the attempt of tho solicitor of the Customs to withhold from the accused before trial all information of the particulars of the offences charged against them, which brought down upon th e p rose cutors the marked animadversion of the Court of Exche quer , and the sub sequent endeavour to ignor e the j udicator y chosen b y t he for a new trial, are signal e xamples of abuse of powers, and perversions of the first principles of justice for exigency could afford even a Crown, and to heap coats on the defendants b y movin g feeble palliation. e 0 and clearest duty of "4, That while the first ~..s.. and respect our great na tional Government i to support which no plea of public in temperate language by which the London Dock Com pany has been assailed by the p ublic officers were cal- institutions, the unme asured accusations and culated to create the utmost alarm among our foreign abroad of the character to affect of our merchants, and materiallyour commerce; consignors for the safety of t heir p ro p ert y , to de g rade the high estimation entertained to have been not merely untrue, but without reasonable while the charge of the Chief Baron, and the verdict of jury, have proved such charges so expressed justifi cation. " 5. That the means adopted to compel the submission and consummate the humiliation of the Dock Companies have been even more discreditable than the end; having been pursued by secretly taking the servants of the ANCHOR ASSURANCE COMPANY, 67, Cheapside, L'mdon. Life Assurances may be effected with this Office at the most mo derate premiums, while the bonus additions to policies tend still far ther to lessen the cost of assurance. Life Annuities are granted by the Company on terms exceedingly favourable to the assured. Prospectuses may be had on application. T. BELL, Secretary and Actuary. Chief Agencies—Dude-place, Manchester ; Exchange-buildings , Hull; Grey-street, Newcastle-on -Tyne; 5 , Grafton-street, Plymout h ; and 6, Hermann-strasse, Hamburgh. ) 00 - , ir °,' o°' oil be i 0 1J 41. 70 - e oh' i# 910