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Rorr': IRO 1 ChOrg e . 0 SUP , 1 Sir . . t 000" C D ° S°ll PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause LANGSTAFF f 0r 72 3 BRIGHAM, the Creditors of RICHARD SUER, late of Gar -o,r',4_ Hall, in the township of Ryton, in the county of York, Esq. deli :led in the month of December, 1848), are, by their S olicitors, efore the 24th day of January, 1852, to leave their claims of Co before JOSEPH lintrintv, Esq., ore of the Masters of the said at his Office, in Southampton -buildings, Chancery-lane, s re Ven, and are, on the 16th day of February, 1852, to establish sons elaltris be:ore the said Master, or in Ocfault thereof, such per will be Peremptorily excluded the benefit of the said Decree, Wd t be General Orders of the said Court. JOHN and CHARLES COLE, 4, Adelphi-terrace, Plaintiff's Solicitors. rlttrAt ILD and LEASEHOLD ESTATES, and FEE FARM TO be RENTS. peremptorily SOLD, pursuant to an OR jy,_DER of the HIGH COURT of C •lACERY, made in a cause nvyDRELL V. ANTROBITS, with thenapprobation of the Hon. bl er l 4 al oacE RosE, one of the Masters of the said Court, at the Corn tile 22 Rooms in Corn-street, in the city of Bristol, on THintsrialt, day of January, 1852, at One o'clock in the Afternoon, in gat Lo s, 41tvxteral FREEHOLD and LEASEHOLD ESTATES and FEL L ` R ENTS, 'ate the property of Tho mas Daniel Doddrcll, of city ti ous of Bristol, Grocer, deceased, such Estates comprising Two the : 8 la \Vest-street, Bedminster, in the county of Somerset, in tt re ,;TlPation of Walter Lee and another; a House in Thomas fe,C in the occ u p a ti on o f Mr. James, with a warehou se and coach thr rY No ; two Houes, Nos. 4 and 5 in Providence -place 4, et Rouses, Nos. 3,4, and s s, in Mill lane ; f o ur Houses, Nos. 2,3, ti,,„"Paul-street; and two Houses, Nos. 7 and 10, in Corona -414- street; and twelve lo's of Building Ground, on the eastward 0 of Coronation -street, all situate in the city of Bristol ; and seve ;Rent Charges. Particulars and conditions of sale may be had ( g ratis) at the said deMtn; on Chambers, in Southampton-buildings , Chancery-lane, Lon -4p,40,f1 Personal appplication only ; of Messrs. Blower, Vizard, !ta d Robins, of Lincoln's lan-fields, solicitors; of Messrs. Wa rr y , to. .. ur gs, New Inn, London, solicitors ; of Messrs. Meredith and 0 1 _ot Lincoln's London, solicitors at Bristol of Messrs. bt erY and Son, solicitors ; of Messrs. Brittan and - , on, solicitors s ; ....LMessrs. Osborne and Ward, solicitors ; and at the place of sale. TUE ROYAL BRITISH BANK (Incorporated kb v , 4)7 Charter), for receiving DEPOSITS at interest, making irm s ,,uES on approved securities, granting CASH . CREDITS, and lIts.;; ; ;!ag every other description of banking business, issues PRO am b 'n l ' . NOTES or BILLS, payable in London, of any amount, illkos e„,. r t ag' interest or not at the option of the depositors or pur rs. hese Promissory ,be,ana . N a o y tes are free of charge , and are transferable aell'oia be taken either for dep osits, or be used in Ork t :led transactions of commerce at home or abroad. .The rates D eposits tat resent allowed by the Bank are as follow, vl2. : 1 41 4,`TPosits P for New Shares for the gradual increase of the Capital 1 i On 12,.! "the Charter—Four per cent. per annum. • on Balances Accounts, or Deposits for Six Months—Three per cent. Clances of Drawing Accounts, held at call—rates varying \ '' , - , 1 t tollk 4 ' tu n and time in Bank. In all cases the interest is reckoned k- '. b et . n aY to day. V. : -10e au n le 1.. terms of business, and forms of application for opening • 1 10 li r .2 ate, will be supplied at the Chief Office of the Bank, and at ' • .. .aches ht the Strand, Lambeth, and Islington. By order of the Court of Directors, la, ~..._ . BUGG INNES CAMERON, General Manager. ...........7entlonse-yard, Lothbeery, Liondon.' • ----- 1 TTS'S PATENT BRANDY rn ? , nutY be obtained of all respect able spirit dealers in town and Lad q u Y • In single bottles , protected by the patent metallic capsules; 4 414 t i llties not less than , two gallons or one dozen, in jars, at 165., "v , Liell at 18s. per gallon _At the DISTILLERY , ' 7, SMITHFIELD -BARS. " I ms bottles and cases included, and not returnable. THE A --NAXYRIDIAN TROWSER. ' /41 ' 41 rib.. or method ere c t naethod, CAVAN, the scientific Trowser-cutter, continues his by which an elegance of style and fit may be in h,,,r174 to nlake of this garment ; supersedes braces, remains 17 ep, and "eel without straps, secures a handsome face over the t ry te affords a full power of stride and ease in seat, so feces rqk Ic s q . u t e o st 2 r .hns , an improvement no t hitherto accomplished. s ' r Cahan's, 371, Strand, adjoining Exeter Hall. AIt4VESEND STAR PACKE T S. To o! fro _ Fore Cabin. Saloon 11 :! g rar m_G e ravesend and London ••• • • • .... 10d. • .. is. 2d k ty." 4 ( r_ r hd and Blackwall and Woolwich Bd. .... Os. 10d . • tother Packets and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. • • Os. Bth Piers s G as rays, ' 4l h c k e r s 4 o Ls i c a ll th l a e t underlinedGreenhi t(hwee,aatnhderPupellrntttnqgllb• ----...... PRO). TERRACE 'IER, GRAVESEND. . 1...........13A1"-----2: SUNDAYS. ------- _____----------7 ,f, ...a I A 9, t ti I -' ' ' t lf'..g Time. t: 4 I 8 i l I 73 ,f, 'ig 1 -, g.* c. ........... Af. 8' 4, 1 0 --- - _ ,t 734 Ni - __ _ __ ._. - - IN , 1 - 19;ii -_ _ _. i% IX - - - - - 3,i ..... 83 i ' —. ——— 5 ,`,.........L.L._.,n Saturdays only. ----- 6,,...uirect Trains from the Boats marked t I.).... '47Ylll(lbriv arte ßes r f Or s l i n arts of London F h e o n u e r harch-street Station to all _ - wulf th e oirS ng WICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on tho &fa in a rrival of ° wi Trains from the Fencharch•street . Wl ss atm SUNDAYS. til 4 ----.--------------TD - tte. 4 c 4 , -... r , 4 : . 5.° 4 fj .. .; 34 i' 4 , ;> .4:-4 .4 "..: Time. c? •4 : 1 ,1 IT A . i 4; E 49 8 8 '......, 1 , m . .... A 10 2 , -- --- 11 _ -- 5 . X 2 ..... 34 ——— 1 _ * 5 . /1 0117. . Passages marked * are 7 1 . n. d s ir irm t entha, 3 :. ehre. 4ICRETS.TweIve 51onthb, s i. e'" orbs'pkk-......0 21. 03 •' to be had of the Collectors on boar 11".; Monk" Terrace Pier, Gravesend. *teelber 12 1851' . . com a m B ,-,T , WILTS, and GLOUCESTER - .OAD M CARRIAGE COMPANY 10 and ilegistered, p S u r r E su A ant - to 8 and 9 Vie., c.IG, and d Yle. 0. 78. Ca pital, 2,000111, in 200 Shares, of 1/. each. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Vice -Admiral Henry Gordon. Edward Saunders, Esq. Henry Underwood, Esq. Mr. Thomas Motley. - Mr. William Bright. Mr. Thomas Boshier. Mr. Bishop Hull. George Cox. ol%.ulpr, SOLICITOR AND TREASURER. 1114 eettl, of 2s. Esq., 1, Manyers-street, Bath. ttli. expel of like S t ha h re and will . be ll m en ad o e f irn T m we ed 3 l i a e te a l t y li , s, h al 'atal n L, ea "fa rming t a he t CeL e p x a p n ir y a and of constructing au Expe- to meet an° Th e°al Plet --a ge. No further Cal ' 1 be made until that Carriage t to Wb e j s bi t ee e . t 01 the Company is to establish a means of scommunica aflirickln lju s ata , be l" t Z en r n Common-roads, cheap, swift, sate, and`tD g e°,latie all the principal towns a l nd_t laces in the three th e of Somerset, Gloucester, an , wilts. Co s for Shares may be made to Mr. Slack, the Solicitor to s ' - ' l l or to J. P. Hinton, Esi., Solicitor, Small-street, ARGYL L LAURENT'S CASINO. L, r St. j a 7 oes , ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Lig n ton ~n t 't, wen 8, is OPEN every Evening for the W i inteloSrneaet-oan.. -ci tve : -.., Bon , - known and celebrates Band. prin Pal C k"" ''' c ourt. The New Redowa every night at Eleven i tilp r : l4 ,, we nt ,_ 1:6,.1.: i s i the ROOMS hgve been re-decorated. and many -.11 spe_ulade, under the sole direction of Mr. G. F. clock.. ---,......_ all - Past Eight, to commence At Nina 0 Admission-ONE SHILLING. --- U Ar . , R R Y'S HEALTH-RESTORING _ an -41 , A L rOR INVALIDS AND INFANTS. the "4 eireetENTA ARAB CA FOOD is the only. natural, vpoleoa: plea re, ar c ,,,.. ual remedy (without medicine, purging, incon ( I , _ bil t i, for all as it saves y times its value in other inefuis f t onaf t N hownn"vnus, stomachic intestinal liver, and bilious com 11aw,Ceeply root d' d epsia , (indige3tio), habitual lac37n, lamincr•rholdal e lf ' t' ysp s diarrlicca acidity, heartburn, e4ht,'gtr r easleti, rheu a mi e Ver t istea s t o "„' n eas, congestion of the brain, noises in the head and t c ia l m on , ' gout, cough, asthma, dropsy, ariii,„" Bic blood, sinking eruptions of the skin, impurities andrp,_ tes A f .at sea "'ood • sinking, sickne9s at tile stomach during p e,.. b_ a ltint sven Pression tlitt 'ants, d , and under all circumstances debility in the age das well , irr:tability, wast ins ,' away,fl ts, spasms, - 4;l'ff , pa °n asind ulceration of the stomach, enema petorise,ofeervry: L a ufi l ril' e r 11113:tisse'-e.crampss, The best food for infants and invalids generally, with ll a -.IQ r. at er a i di cid on the weakest stomach, nor interferesh and dinner, +to th ' ore s th n but imparts a healthy relish for lunch _ ar energy tit s ,,a Vacuity of digestion aud nervous and mining 10 000 Ithiloiti,c.7o, ebl,*.d. The only rem e dy which has obtained !. ~.. 40 4 :2 hae r neurzs of the above and other complaints, manY " I AT " Incli7isted all other modes of treatment, and been 3 ban fov out ors hle. '' • 4 kali 0 .000 cures arc hero given:— ert Elizabeth Cure No. 47,121. 1114,,, a cm ._ -- Jacobs of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham-cross, ..61, a m I:_orf extreme nervousness, iudigestions, gatherings, lo ~1 1 Vous f anc i es. " o ltr a i2 , s liz a , Cure No. 48 314. ' l l - ,. .IspT" , Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool, a cure of ten •Qo. 1.. , 0 , and all the horrors of nervous initability." w e '''r 11 7sPepsia ; from tke Right Hon. the Lord Stuart 4 r4bi ba ' r e er! De Bodes. attn, e a F, l'ud considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenttao — .ris e + Ca and consider it due to yourselves and the public ""a PUblic.Aion of these lines. " STUART DE DECIES." 4thZ if t7 Cure 49,832. - kto l a, co -48' i rdescribab'e agony from dyspepsia, nervo usness, 1 44 ci kh an n a g y il, pation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the too • Qraitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excel" iio n l i etai v lA. JOLLY WORTIIAM, Ling, near Disc, Norfolk." suitably p 51t, packed !sr all climates, and with full .instruc 9d. ; 4s. 6d. ;ands ; 121 b., 225., super- St, 'Dt of • , is., 1015., 33s The 101 b. and 1215. carriage free on ita g*t, I)°st ' ° fflec order;—Da Barry and Co., 127, Ne w Bond pin_ndon ; Pir:Lr um Mason, and Co., purveyors to he r Ma tit4se an71111Y; Hedges and Butler R egen t-street ; North and Co. ; 4➢; Billy; ; Petty, Wood, ' and Co , 13, King W!lliam-street, at, e D O' 6 0. Gracechurch-street ;49 , Bishopsgate-street Within; ; 33 0 and 451 Strand •5, Eccleston-strset ; 5, Curzon -16 -et i at.nam ; Gunter, corner of M ' oteornb-street ; 54, Upper Baker ;ugh wi th e Post-office, Camden-town ; 24, Motcomb -street ; and resPectabls Grocers and Chemists. b eware of Spurious and Injurious Imitations under closely similar names. it ) It ' CIJ LVERVirE LL'S NEW WORKS. IrlG Man., 39, P b had af Sherwo 23, raterns d ter- row from the author ; Carvalho, ; 0„, - street Shil ling each ; by pCos.od, t r , n l h 6 l . ll 6 ; d. or ire c, ct ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. lortit%l l-- "rev,.. 3 "lle .alth, tecreation, and national Use of Time." Nis ' — Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings —Ex tat3 . cut the E nv i rons o f L on d o n—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, tj h I.lV ds h 41 d 2; atles g-roads, and oth i e t r Np; ht —Evenings at Home e asant places—Country 14443 1 Tt"et—The ti—The 0n Sea—Londont g Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, ZtBe, Occupation, ac t , —.NTS FROM THI MOUNTAINS. Two Pols. 'Pla ty . I. 'r° THE LAKES ; Vol SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, Ecc, Tlt t Vol. H. 41(14 S OF KILL LEN ET ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, See. 111. VrIIAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, __ 1, 0 4 ‘. po ri Vat three score years and ten our course may run." r. th: 4l 3'. c 4 r , review of , ]most every form (cause and cure) of ne Tbe e „. iltated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses kirraold eseta the man of pleasure, business, or stmly, and ern e„a ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical rcgu erY-day life. TUB PASSIONS. "W ,„ h at Passions hurt the body—what improve, v.te1,,... 4rutlis prefined as Athens ever heard." t:4t nr .. .`',. :—Lire'ig a from infancy to old age. Th c_ ua,d, rift ..- ritc'entitoaltn:; adi pation, with ius .11 trations graphic, la& a C - P ri a ra s s t s i i t g y e' and its infringements. The eas ... alld realediative. Advocacy of early marnages• V. TIIE MARRIAGE STATE. ~ k t 00,, "Tohe or not to be, that is the question. an d reli 011r '''tstE :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, . thot 'fordin g , • ~,ee, un b t arriage, to be observed by eith,er complexion, and 1, - v 4 e, 4.. o la sides, as to age, temperament, rearing them. „ityw„,,,,_ secure healthy offspring, with the art of re Tme and `441e,,.1 aefeetiveness and its removal.: Sterility and its conversion. (1 11 Y It g d : ' L.S.A. _ 821 \ ' • CULVERIVELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C. 4 0444 •• TN, g. (18"), these ki.: 4 era b dove years Medical and Forensic Referee in "NI% . 'eePtio hours •, • • p ev inss, Seven tat ' 10 A..,..,, LI daily till FWQ. , ....,/ -""'"14.40 11 aegOUtritregt. The l3 I COI r. I . lee W6l e 0(41 n o lo' ; term°. we' (di arg. 0.12 w 23 ":: troo no c 4 l. to 11 pier° le et, ci k t o p , tba 'lll' oirti od , ...-6 0 --8 • O d ..- o d ..-0 , .. 0 uv l a 0 ' 11l 61 14' Pj ' t° 0 led ° i ll Of. trl Or' . tb for d ir r t_ b :ereti' 8 416. 0 , rte de jl be e° si ll filli rte tl roort Im o ll OP . 1 111 f ,(100 T' ,„00 4 ,a,ro° LONDON, FRIDAY SUN DECEMBER 7 26, 1851. N ° . 18,490;] ANGLO-CALIFORitIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY. (Incorporated pursuant to 7 and S Viet.) Offices—No. 11, Adam-street, Adelphi. Capital, 50,0001., In 100,000 Shares of 10s. (folly paid up) each. No Shareholder will be liable beyond the amount of his Shares. a • TRUSTEES. Charles Herbert Cottrell, Esq., Hadley, Herts. George Eurnott Green, Esq., Eminott Hall, Lancashire. James Harmer, Esq., Ingress Park, Greenhithe, Kent. CHAIRMAN. • GEORGE EDWARD COTTRELL, Esq., James-street, Buck ingham-gate; and .New-square, Lincoln's Inn. VICE-CHAIRMAN. FRANCIS DENNIS MASSY DAWSON, Esq., Victoria square ; and Flo widen -buildings, Temple. DIRECTORS. John Barker, M.D., Richmond, Surrey. Symcon Taylor Bartlett, LL.D. Cambridge. Jonathan Felder, Esq., Penrith. Charles Hawks, Esq., Birmingham. Joseph George Parker, Esq., Warminster. Sir C. S. Rumbold, 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. SUPERINTENDENTS IN CALIFORNIA. James Maconochie, Esq. I William Godfrey 'Wet, 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 and prospects. It may be confidently asserted that no Company and successful was ever brought before the public with equal prosp.ct of speedy 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 the course adopted by the Directors for carrying out this enterprise results from the experience obtained by hint daring that period. The instructions given to sible inquiry Sir Henry Hunt ey were, in effect , that he should make every pos 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 take 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 milling 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 possesse 1 of mines, and have raised the quartz. With the assistance matters, gentlemen of great experience in geology and mining he has inspected and tested a great variety of veins in the Mariposa, Nevada, Grass Valley, and other districts, and has come to the conclusand upon sound reason s, that the vicinity of G rass Valley 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 Cit , and o f abut thirty miles from Sacramento City, Dope crush and amalgamate he quartz to be raised from the mine ned by them. By means of machinery, he has already cru hed and amalgamated considerable quantities of the quartz sup plied him from this mine ; and the r.sult of his operations has been to satisfy himself that the vein is of a full average richness, and that the locality offers many important advantages in the way of water, fuel, means of transit, &c., &e. He has, there fore, entered into a for mal agreement with that Company, which, 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 gAd produced is to be divided equally between the owners of the vein and our Company. Formal and legal agreements for carrying out the above arraneement 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 funds sufficient for putting it in motion, have been placed under the control of Sir Henry Hun and, 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 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 mus t mainly rely upon rep orts sent over by persons inested' in selling the mine; we rely upon the reports of our own resident Director and his pra ctical assistants on the spot, whose only interest is to give us facts. The Directors of other Companies gene rally base the eftstimate ofort the experiments value of their mine upon calculations unded upon a few pieces of specimen quartz, sent over to this countr Leto for the express purpos e of advertising the commodity offered for s the British public ; we found our calculations upon experiments tried, during several weeks, on quartz raised from the . mine, and crushed an d amalgamated by our own Superiatendent, and with our own machinery and apparatus. Other Companies propose to 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 muc quartz as our mac hinery is ca pable of crushing, the title to which i h s 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 timer efore the i r a rrangements and machin s actually at work. ery can be ready for carryig out t h e i r schemes—tkis Company alone i The paid-up capital of the Company will not exceed 20,000/. An almosertain esimate of the produce of our machinery can be formed, t c and, from th e calculations made, the Directors c onfidently 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 anusfurished to us, the quartz which we are now working yields upon verage 4d. per pound, or 1/. 17s. 4d. per cwt., or 371. 6s. Sd. per ton; and, as we can crush and amalgamate at least 20 tons per diem, that would amount to 7461. 13s. 4d., or 3731. s. Sd. per diem as the share of this Company I3y 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 been 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 retendered him their services. The gentlemen who formed t Provisional Committee of this Company, hav e 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 Dire .tory was due to those Shareholders who have s 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 tot e Shareholders for the uniform support they have received, and they pledge themselves that the affairs of this Comeany shall be con ducted with the most rigid econoray, 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 ho'aers 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 under leases, had been long known to and was maturely considered by those having the control of the affairs of this Company, and was one of the reasons which in duced them to penile for the present the course they have, and not to inc 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 BRITISH AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY. In order to convince the p ublic that this Company is not liable to the Joint Stock Compa nies Re g istration Act, and that, consequently, no deed is required, and no further liability can b e e n incurreded the , the London Committee be g to state that they hav obtai oint, of which OPIN ION of Sir FREDERIC T IIESIGER on the p the following is a copy:— "I am of opinion that the British Australian Gold Mining Com pany is exempt from the operation of the Joint Stock Companies of Reg i s t ra tion Act, This company was no t established in any part the United Kingdom in the sense of the Legislature, which sense ap pears to me to be clearly conveyed by the enactment that the Act is to apply to every Joint stock company established in Scotland, and having an office or place of business in any other part be of inferred : the United Kingdom. From whic h ex p ressions two things may First, that the word established' is intended to point to the place where the company was formed or founded; and, secondly, that but for this special provision with re'pect to Scotland, merely having a place of business in the United Kingdom would not have brought a Scotch company within the operation of the Act. The company in question was formed or established at Sydney, and there is nothing in the Act which will make the formation of a branch or place of business here equivalent to establishments. (Signed) " FREDERIC THESIGER. " Temple, Dec. 20, 1851." HE BRITISH AUSTRALIAN GOLD 1, COMPANY. Established in Sydney. Capital 200,0001., in 200,000 Shares of I/. each, to be paid up in flill, and without any further liability. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIA. Edward Hammond Hargreaves, Esq., Sydney, the first discoverer of gold in Australia. R i c h a rd Fawcett, Esq., G e orge-street, Sydney. John Orr, Esq., of the firm of Jamieson, Orr, and Co., Sydney and Melbourne. COMMITTEE FOR THE LONDON AGENCY. Chaves Hereage, Esq. Henry T. Hyde, Esq. George Burge, Esa.. John Rionrhouse, Esq. iticnant Ward, Esq. Edward Davis, Esq. SOLICITORS. Sydney—Randolph John Want, Esq. London —F. P. Chappell, Esq., 25, Golden-square. BANKERS. Sydney—The Union Bank of Australia. London —Messrs. Martin, Stone, and Martin, Lombard-street. STOCK BROKER—Mr. F. A. Helps, 21, Finch-Pule. LONDON SECRETARY —Mr. 11. A. Drake. OFFIC ES —Sydney : 481, George-street. London : 26, Moorgate street. t This Company (wh ich is already completely fanned in Sydney) has been establ ished for the purpose of onions working the , to the greates poss ibl e a dvantage, the most eligible pof splendid Gold Fields lately discovered in Australia. The Committee have secured a lease for seven years of a plot of freehold land, about 600 yards square, situate on the Summer-hill Creek, in the Wellington District, contiguous to the famous Ophir Diggings. They have also secured a lease, for a similar term, ra o of such por tions of an estate called " Singleton, as are desibl for mining purposes. This estate Is contiguous to Maitland, on the Hunter River, and extends for upwards of 20 miles, in many parts of which Gold has already been discovered. Either or both of these leases are to be renewable for an extended period of seven or fourteen years, at the option of payment to the lessor of a royalty of M. per cent. upon the produce. The Company being established in Sydney, the liability of each shareholder is limited to the amount of his shares, which are paid up in full on allotment. The shareho lders are subject to no ca 1, and are not required to sign any deed. 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I had long previously been afflicted with headache and indigestion, but a friend having induced me to make a trial of Frampton 's Pills, I now inform you that a few doses gave me great relief; and during this long period of time I have taken them in preference to any , other medicine ; and I have the happiness of saying that I never had a better state of health, which I attribute to Frampton's Pills. I beg further to add, that this medicine is in general use by we know of nothing to equal it. " I am, Sir, my family, and espectfully, THOMAS PROVINCE. " To Mr. T. Pront, 229, Strand, London. This excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels, and are a pleasant, safe, easy apperient, they unite the recommendation of a mild operation with the most successful effect, and require no re straint of diet or confinement during their use. 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APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. I . EA and I'ERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Carries, and Salad and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe turd to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, pore-street, Oxford- Street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Som., Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen and Merchants, London ; and enerally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B. Ts guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA And PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. COUGH JUJUBE LOZENGES.—These valu able Jujubes are composed of the most approved expectorants, with pure gum, which, by relieving the irritation in the air passages, present a safe, agreeable, and efficacious medicine in all cases of Asthma, Bronchitis, difficult Respiration, Consumptive complaints, and all other affections of the chest and lungs. Prepared and sold wholesale by WARWICK BROTHERS, Lon don, and retail by most chemists and druggists throughout the country. Price Is. I%d. per box, with directions. Also proprietors of the ACIDULATED CATENE JUJUBE LOZ ENGES. It E A M. A. A few nights back, in health and spirits prime, I went to rest about my usual time, Nor did the clock a dozen minutes number, Before I sank into a peaceful slumber. And while I thus reposed upon my bed, A sound of music floated roucd my head ; For, understand, although I was asleep, Some little consciousness f seemed to keep ; So, when I heard the music, soft and sweet, I knew the Christmas waits were in the street. I listened to their strains in various modes, And f ndly thought of Pope's and Dryden's Odes, In which, by either poet, we are told, Of what the famed musicians did of old ; And while I heard the music of the waits, I pictured harpers at the castle gates, And many a fond romantic scene arose, Till music steeped me in a deeper doze. A curious dream then came across my mind, Original and novel in its kind : Methought that lIYAM was desired to call On Father Christmas at his ancient hall; The object of the visit was flat stated, And nothing in the least was intimated, Yet HYAM, from his manner, seemed to guess Some special ref'rence with regard to dress, And making up his mind without delay, Ide called on Christmas on the appointed day. The abode of Father Christmas was agile Precisely in the old baronial style ; A noble English mansion did it seem, And much did it delight me in my dream. Thick on its lawn the holly bushes grow, The smiling mistletoe and myrtle, too, While verdant bays and laurel boughs were seen To vary pleasingly the winter green. lIYAM arrived precisely to his time, And found the " festive father" in his prime ; His eyes were bright, his checks were full of glow, Just as they were five hundred years ago. " Good morning, sir (said Christmas), how d'ye do " " Good morning, sir (said HYAM), how are you ?" And thus the usual compliments were passed, Till business things were introduced at last. " I sent for you (sa i d Christmas), to enquire What stock you have of gentlemen's attire I'm rather anxious, Sir, for your reply, As Christmas time is now so very nigh, A few more days, and we shall find it here, With all its happiness and social cheer; And I'm ambitious (said the good old sire) Of seeing all appear in good attire. A sumptuous feast is very well, I know, And glad I am my subjects find it so : I love the feast, the holly, and the log— But what are these without a change of ` tog ?' While we're attending to the inner man, We ought to mind the outward all we can. And, therefore, Mr. HYAM, do I ask, How you, this season, have performed your task ? I scarcely have a doubt (continued he), m 0 ; roved b That what you've done will be appy But notwithstanding this, I wish to hear What you've performed in your extensive sphere ?" Here Christmas paused—nor need I tell you why, He merely paused, awaiting a reply. " Father (said lIYAM, with respectful bow), If I was ever honoured, it is now ; And I'm prepared, without one ' if or but,' To answer every question you have put. The preparations I have made (said HYAM), Will satisfy the multitudes that try 'em. All kinds of Christmas dress—designed anew, At my Establishment aro brought to view. I've winter wrappers, good in make and cloth, Fit to defy the winter's utmost wrath. Such over-coats as those which I've in store Are better than were ever made before. I've dress (said HYAM), in the various styles, And first-rate suits for youths and juveniles ; There's not a thing in which I've been remiss At such a time of holidays as this, Ann, lair, (said HYAM), I would have you know That all my goods are s Id extremely low. Economy has ever been my law, And from this rule I never will withdraw." " Hear, hear (said Christmas, rising from his chair), That's famous, Mr. lIYAM, I declare. I wish you much success, nor do I doubt That thousands will by you be well-rigg'd out. I'll not omit to recommend your dress To all my friends—l can't, in fact, do less. I find that you adopt the very way To realise success—good day—good day." Here both shook hands, and bid a warns adieu, Well pleased, of course wills such an interview. And finding matters come to this decision, I felt so happy that I lost my vision ; But, should I have another, you shall know it, For I'm a most communicative poet. L. 111 AM and Co. beg distinctly to state that goods made by them can only be obtained at their places of business, 36, Grace church-street, and 86, Oxford-street ; and at their various establish ments in the following towns:—Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Gla.sgew, Mil, Dublin, Bristol, and Exeter. EQUITABLE FIRE and NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES, • 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. DIAECTOILS. • t*r. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. *W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. *John Moss, Esq. t * anat Croft, Esq. t*John Rawson, Esq. tj. Elliotson, M.D. F.R.S. *John Shaw, Esq. t*Geo. Fuller, Esq. t*Edmond S. Symes, Esq. *Ralph Gough, Esq. t*Clement Taber, Esq. t Kennaway, Esq. tJoseph' Thompson, Esq. fSir Arnold J. Knight, M.D. t*Augultus Vigne, Esq. *Sir A. W. Hillary, Bart. tSainuel Walker, Esq. *M. C. Maher, Esq. * Fire. t Lift. t* Both. EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital, 500,0001. (Incorporated under 7 and 8 Viet., can. 110.) The Policy Holders in this office are respectfully informed that tb e Christmas Renewals, are in the hands of the several Agents of the Company, and should be paid on or before the 9th of January. The Equitable Fire Office, by a constant 'analysis of its own experience, from time to time, adopts such rate of premium as the nature of the risk Justifies ; and with this view an annual investi gation is made into each class of risk, and a return of fifty per cent. of the net excess, made to all classes of Insurerl whose policies have been in force for three years. • Farming Stock insured at as. per cent. without the Average Clause. Losses are made good without deduction or discount. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE., Capital £500,008. NEW LIFE TABLES. • On the Withdrawal Table the assured is entitled, by simple en dorsement, to receive an immediate advance of one-half the amount of the paid annual premiums, without security or deposit of the policy ; or half-premium for the whole continuance of life. On surrender one-half of the annual payments will pe returned. Life Annuities granted, also Deferred and Contingent Annuities. The terms of the Society are peculiarly favourable. The present annual income of the Society from premiums exceeds 70,0001 ; the amount covered by the policies of the Society is up wards of 2,250,0001.; and the reserve profit applicable to future bonus to the assured, amounts to 95,5021. 14s. Od. Prospectuse', and every information, may be obtained, on applica tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents. W. S. B. WOOLIIOUSE, Actuary. SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. TO SECRETARIES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, CLERKS, STATION-MASTERS, RAILWAY OFFICIALS, BANKERS' CLERKS, TRAVELLERS, AND OTHERS. TIMES LIFE ASSURANCE and GUARANTEE COMPANY. 32, Ludgate-hill, London. Incorporated under 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110. HONORARY PRESIDENTS. CHARLES HINDLEY, Esq., M.P., Dartmouth House, Westminster, JAMES KERSHAW, Esq., M.P., Stockport. TRUSTEES. 'James Llexanddr Douglas, Esq., 11, Queen -square. Amprose Moore, Esq., Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square. Janes Nisbet, Esq., Berners-street, Oxford-street. Cnetamert—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. RATES—From 7s. 6d. upwards. No charge for Stamps or extra charges. An allowance made in the Guarantee Premium where a Life As surance and Guarantee are combined. LIFE ASSUR,ANCE. Life Assurances, Annuities, and Endowments. Payments taken Monthly as well as Quarterly, Re. 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. SHERIDAN, Manager. MITE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION (enrolled under the Friendly Society's Acts) and BENEVOLENT FUND. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. IW. G. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Ilankey, Jun., Esq. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. • TREASURER OF TRE BENEVOLENT FUND. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. This Association offers the follolving advantages : The Mutual Principle of Assurance. An Equitable Rate of Premiums. Division of Profits every five years on Policies of three years' standing nine-tenths thereof are divisable amongst the assured, and the remaining one-tenth is appropriated to the Benevolent Fund. The last Division of Profits up to the 31st December, 1847, ave raged 33 per cent. All Policies Indisputable, except in cases of fraud. LOANS to MEMBERS on security of their Policies to the extent of their estimated value. The sum assured may be MADE PAYABLE to the WIDOW, WIDOWER, or CHILIIREN, FREE of PROBATE or LEGACY DUTY, or ANY CHARGE WHATEVER. Policies can be Assigned, and Aseignments Registered in the Books of the Association. By orderpf the Board, P. H. BYRNE, Secretary. wards, a C n l a er s ic u s bs b: r c ib o i m ng in s g s M . t e o m 2 b o T s b n y mial an 42, Moorgato-street, London, Octlber22,lBsl. or or n b p y an annual subscription of on e guinea, are entitled to all the impor tant advantages of the Benev o lent Fund.iy A , ss a ara cco n r e d e in o g f toloaogl.e CHRISTMAS BOLIDATS. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Lecture by George Barker, 2sq., on the Ballad Music of Eng land, commencing with his celebrated Entertainment, " An English Christmas," every evening for a fortnight, except Saturday, at Eight o'clock.—Lecture by J. 11. Pepper, Esq., en Ward's New Sub marine Lamp.—Lecture by Dr. Bachhoffner on the Philosophy of Scientific Recreation.—Numerous Prize Models, Works of Art, &c., from the Great Exhibition will be explained by Mr. Crispe.—Opti cal Effects in Dissolving Views, Microscope, Chromatrope, &c.— Diver and Diving Bell, &c., &c. Admission, Is.; Schools and Ckildren under Ten years of age, Half-price. Open daily from EleVen to Five. and every Evenirg, except Sa turday, trona .even till Half-past Ten. ridiculously valued, ir CHRISTMAS PR E S ENT S . resents be cause not adapted for dis p la y , and too frequently not for use ; how ery not T fo h r ou y s o a u n idhs, and dthe pounds greaterare p expended e i n n d e articlesd N' w top -coat or a sit u much more gratifying w ould h e an article that could be worn ? Give a girl a new tippet , cloak, or muff, or a bo y a ne of clothes, and there is somet hing to gra tif y the pride, something to boast of among their acquaintances, something to last them the season, and do them a real service. Those, therefore, who snake presents, and particularly to their own children, should bear in mind that they would be infinitely more delighted at an article of dress as a Christmas present than with any toy, or book, or useless play thing, even if it only anticipated the period at which they would have had it a few weeks. Messrs. E. MOSES and SON have laid them selves out in anticipation of this being generally done by all thought ful parents and relations ; and they respectfully invite all classes to take their children to the Monarch Mart, in Aldgate an I the, Minories, or their West-end Branch Establishment, corner of Hart street, New Oxford-street, where they will see the finest assortment of dresses for all ages and conditi ons, ma de of the best materials, of the newest fashions, and th e mos t exq uisite workmanship, and where the gorgeous fittings- up and:convenient rooms f o r d r essin g and fitting on, form a complet e ex h ib i t t on . Moreover, they will see the price marked on every ar ti cle of dress , an d be convinced at once that it is less than half th a t c h arged by or di n ary tailors for inferior goods. E. MOSES and , SON, London City Establishme n t, 154, 155 i 156, and 157, Minories, 88, ‘4, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opp os i te the Churc h, all communicating. 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With Plain Directions for their Prevention and Cure. FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON .STEEL. Just published, ix French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a Sealed Envelope, 2 . 6d., or pos t-free from the Author for Forty-two Stamps , E 1.- P RE Sl l E SERV AITION; a , Medical Treatise en the Ph ys i o logy of Marriage, and on the Secret Infirmities and Dis or d ers of Youth 'l n d Maturity, usually ac quired at an early pe r i o d o f l i fe w hich destroy the physical and mental powers, diminish an d enfeeble the n atural feelings, and ex haust the vital ener g i es o f M anhood ; wit h Practical Observations on the certain Prevention and successtbi Treatment of Nervous Debi lity, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and derangements resulting from Indiscretion, as adopted by Lallemand. Ricord, and other eminent Members of the faculty of France. With Fifty col oure d Engravings, ill u strating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Dise ases o f the Re roductive Orga ns, ex p lainin g their structures,Wes, and fu nc ti ons, and the various inj uri es that are produced in Obit by solitary habits, we eses, and infection. By SAM TEL LA'MERT, Iti•D'' 37, REDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine, Matric u l a t e d M em b er o f the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member o f th e L on d on Hospital Medical Society, Llcontiate of Apothecari es ' H a ll , L on d on, Medical Society of Edinburgh, & c ., & c. This work contains a plain and comp l e t e 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 tee 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. Ile may be consulted with advan tage by all these whose constitutions may have become debilitated through secret practices acquired in youth, er by the excesses of later years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of marriage frnstrated, 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 ; Ilannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchbome-street, Haymarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenliall-street; Mann, 23, Cornhill ; or free)) , post for firty-two stamps, from - the author's residence, who may be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter, daily, from Ten till Two. and from Siz till Eight- THE SILENT FRIEND. IN SIX LANGUAGES-FORTIETH EDITION. CONTAINING TILE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. lanstrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Epgravlngi. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. 4. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, price 2i. 6d. by post, from the Establishment, Bs. 6d. in stamps. THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on A the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abase of mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fo llowedMlOaro Marriage, Engravings. By It. and L. anci the disqualifications which r prv lt e it n Y btyit an b ii lle C ur i tra ., tia C ote : si ns eb u ny lting Surgeons, 19, Beruers-street, Oxford street, London. Sold by Strange, 21, Pateraoster-mw ; Hannay, 63 , an d Sanger, 150. Oxford-street. Gordon,l46,Leadonhall-atreet ; Barclay, 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Batton, 10, Bow Church-yard ; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; it. Johnson, 68, Cornhill ; and Simpkin, Stationers' Hall-court. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PAzT 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive In dulgence, and their lamentable effects en the system, producing mantel and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative iicapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. Past , 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in tto primary or socondary form, and contains explicit directions for tleir treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav ings. " Platt IT. eontains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a el nple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V.is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its as. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. ma COILDIAL BALM 07 SITIAMIM is exclusively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., I la. and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-sypbilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptoms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 11s. and 38S. per Mottle. terry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d„ 49. 6d., and 1 Is. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhcsa, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of the case is required: age, habits, and posi tion in society. 51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Etta bilOment wily, by which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Perry, surgeons, are in attendance, daily, at 19, Berr.ers- street , Oxford ' street, L ondon, from Leven till Two, and Ftro to Eight; on &m -agi from Zino to Ono CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. At this festive period of the year more than usual anxiety Is created for— PERSONAL ATTRACTION, and the fallowing unrivalled discoveries for the TOILET are called into increased reputation, namely— ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, for creating and sustaining a luxuriant head of hair, ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, for rendering the Skin soft, fair, and blooming. ROWLANDS' ODONTO ; or, PEARL DENTIFRICE, for imparting a pearl-like whiteness to the Teeth, and ROWLANDS' AQUA D'Olto, a fragrant and spirituous Perfume, an essential aczompaniment I places of public amusement and crowded assemblies. Beware of Spurious Imitations. The only Genuine of each bears the name of " Rowlands' " pre ceding that of the Article on the Wrapper or Label. Sold by A. Rowland and Sons, 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by Chemists and Perfumers. I COM MER CIAL TRAVEL LERS.-- Commercial travellers are, of all men, the most social ; their profession often places them within situations where they are obliged to freelyvatronise the science of gastronomy, and to yield to the seductive allurements of the " rosy god ;" no harm from these indul gences would ever be felt if they would take two or three of OLD PARR'S fine stomachic PILLS at night, which would, without the slightest disturbance or pain, clear off all acidities which would otherwise remain in the stomach and bowels, and produce feverish head-ache, and all other unpleasant symptoms. On account of their mild and effective operation, they are now more used by all travel lers than any other medicines are. For sea voyages they are ac knowledged to be all that are required, preventing all scurvy, &c. The sale of Parr's Life Pills amounts to upwards of 30,000 boxes weekly, more "than all other patent medicines put together. The simple fact needs no further comment; it tells plainly that the Pills of Old Parr are the best medicine in the world. Sold by E. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Churchyard ; Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street ; Sutton and Co., Bow Churchyard, London; J. and R. Raimes and Co., Edinburgh ; Mottershead and Co., Man chester; and by all Chemists; in boxes at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and I Is. each. THE COUNTRY MARKETS, NEWBURY, DEC. 24.—The market to day, being out of the usual course, has lessened the attendance, as also the supply of grain. Wheat realised fully the terms of last week, and most of the limited supply was cleared off. Barley short supply, and most descriptions rather dearer. Beans, oats, and peas in limited supply, and late rates fully maintained. DERBY SMITHFIELD MARKET, DEC. 23.—The supply to-day was not large, nor was the attendance of pur chasers; the demand for beef was flat, without any alteration in price. The show of sheep was about the average, and high prices were asked for them. There were but few pigs off-red for sale, which were not in good request. Fat calves were plentiful, but were a heavy sale. Beef, 40 to 5d ; mutton, Sid to 6}d; veal, 5d to sid per lb; pigs, 7s to 7s 3d per score; rough fat, 33 6d per stone of 14Ibs; hides, lid to lid per lb; calf skins, 2d to 3id per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, DEC. 24.—There was a good supply of grain in the market to-day. Sales for all sorts were exceedingly dull, and prices back with the general sales in wheat, barley, oats, and beans, although up on the average. As compared with last week, the top of wheat was 6d up on the top, and the average 7d. Barley on the top 3d down, and the average 3d up. Oats on the top Bd, and the average 2d down. Beans on the top 3s, and the average 2s 4d down. Unsold, 110 cgs wheat, 234 qrs barley, 147 qrs oats, and 32 qrs beans. Top of Wheat ... ... 65 lb. 43s 6d „ Barley ... ••• 57i1b. 27s 9d „ Oats ... 43ilb. 22s Od „ Beans 66iib. 33s Od EDINBURGH CATTLE • MARKET, DEC. 24.—The number of cattle was 475, or 56 less than last week. Top price, 7s Od ; current, 6s 6d to 6 s 9d ; secon d ary and inferior, from 5s to 5s 6d per Dutch stone. A good clearance was effected. The number of sheep at market this morning was 2,816, being 391 mere than last week. Best wedder mutton, top price, sid per lb; current, 5d to Od; ewes, 4d to 4d. A clearance was not effected. UPPINGHA.M ' DEc. 24.—Wheat 34s to 36 5 ; b ar l ey 228 to 24s Od ; oats 17s to 278;: beans 28s to 345. Butter 12d to 12id per lb ; eggs lb for Is. LOUTH, DEC. 24.—Wheat 32s to 375; barley 22s to 265; oats 14s to 18s ; _ beans 29s to 32s per qr. NEWARK, Dsc. 24.—Wheat, white 40s to 425, red 34s to 38s; barley, malting '2ls to 275, grinding 21s to 235; oats, 245 t., 24s to 275. 225 t., 18s to 20s; beans, 32s to 38s ; peas, 24s to 2Ss; malt, 54s to 565; tares, 30s to 36s per qr. MELTON MOWBRAY, DEc. 23.—Wheat, 33s Od to 38s ; barley, 23s to 275; oats, old 23s to 275, ne w 17 8 t o 20 s ; beans, old 33s to 365, new 25s to 29s per qr. Butter is to Os Od per lb ; eggs 12 for is. CORK, DEC. 24. Barrels. Currency. 15 White wheat 20s 6d to 00s Od 00s Od-20 stone 74 Red wheat l7s 6d to 19s Od 005 Od-20 do 37 Ditto l9s Od to 203 6d 0 Ditto oos Od to 00s Cd 41 Barley Its 8d to 11s 10d 35 Ditto lls 104 to 12s 3d 00s Od-16 do 0 Ditto Os Od to 00s Od 0 Bere ...OJs Od to Os Od Os Od 96 Oats. 95 4d to 9s 9d 414 Ditto ...... 98 94 to lOs Od 00s 04-14 do 164 Ditto ........10s Od to 103 4d 100 Pigs 20s Od to 29s Od 28s Od per cwt Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:- 0 barrels white wheat; 13 . red ; 27 barley; 0 bare; 107 oats; l pig. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week Wheat, 1,277. Barley, 2,355. Oats, 6,859. Pigs, 1,002 PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURENNCY. First quality Second quality Third quality ..... .......... 663 Third quality ... 57. Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality _ Return of Cattle sold for week ending Dec. 13. Pigs, 1,412. Sheep, 195. Cows, 262. Coax.—Flour—First Its 6d to 12s 6d; extra 13. 6d; seconds, 103 Od to lls 6d; households 8s to 108 Od; thirds, 7s toes per cwt. Oatmeal 10s ad to 11s; Indian meal 6s 6d to 7s Od; wheat. meal, Ps to 9s 6d per cwt. Indian corn 61 Os Od to 6115$ Od per ton. Bran 85s to 87s 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 24s to 30s; average 28s; dealers 32s to 34s Od; average ON per ton. Ste aw— Farmers 14$ Od to 2ls Od ; average 16s ; dealers 001 Od to OOs Od, average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf bid to 6d ; household loaf 44d to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, 9d tc 10d per lb. Eggs-5s 6d to 6s Od per hundred. Coals— Newport 16s Od ; Lydney 17$ ; Landore 00s ; Culm, 13s Od per ton. Tallow 00s Od to 401 per cwt Whisky, 25 0. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 4-cl ; mutton 5d to qd ; veal 4d tt 6d ; pork 4cl to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages bd per lb Hops 818 s to 9/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 2/ 17s 6d to 3/ Os per ton. Bark—Barbary 710 s to 81 0 s ; Valonia 151 to 01; French 61 Os ; Spanish 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 14s to 151 per stone. Hemp 291 to 341 per ton. Fish-- Scotch herrings 19s to 00s; red ditto, 24s to OOs per barrel ; Newfoundland, 1010 s to 11/ pet ton. Timber—Memel, 70s per ton ; red pine, 31 591 Tenor ditto, 21 15s per ton; deals, 151 to 181 per 100. Hides — Market 21s to 30s; salted 22s to 30s per owt ; calf sk in. 3d to aid per lb. Potatoes, white 7d to lld ; Minions, 00d to 00d. Guano— Peruvian, 11110. ; lohaboe, 8/ to 91 Cs per ton. Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. On Tuesday (Sir William Cubitt, President, in the chair),the annual general meeting for the election of the president, vice-presidents, and other members of coun cil for the ensuing year, for receiving the annual re port of the retiring council, and distributing the medals and premiums, was held. The report referred particularly to the late Great Exhibition, many of the competing designs for the building, as well as the suggestions for the guarantee fund, and several important points connected with the classification, &c., having emanated from members of the institution ; and amidst the Royal Commissioners, the building committee, their executive staff, and the jurors, many were to be found; even the designer of the present building, and those whose energies were so successfully devoted to the task of its construction, also belonged to the institution, whilst " the weight of responsibility, the arduous duty of supervision, the honour of acting as the master mind to weigh the re quisites, to determine the design, and to govern the construction," were reserved for Sir William Cubitt, the president. The professional and scientific visitors from foreign lands received much assistance and in formation in their inquiries in this country • and it was confidently hoped that the relati ons w ith other countries might become more intimate, and that col lective and individual benefit would be promoted. The principal papers which had been read were noticed, and their objects and merits explained in a few expressive sentences ; though it was regretted that they were not so numerous as usual, and in con sequence the list of subjects for the ensuing session had been much altered and modified, and the attention of gentlemen known to possess information on any subject had been directed to it, with a pressing re quest that they would favour the institution with the results of their experience. The following medals and premiums were awarded: Telford medals to Messrs. Clegg, Wyatt, Swin burne, Bruce, Hughes, Struve, and Newton ; and council premiums of books to Messrs. Glynn, Black well, Leslie, and Carr. In speaking of the subject of publication, the com pletion of the Library Catalogue was mentioned, and it was stated that not only was the utility of the work admitted by the members, but the plan of its forma tion, and the:accuracy of its execution, had been gene rally approved by the best authorities ; this, it was hoped, would lead to the presentation of standard works of reference for the library, which it was de sirable to bear in mind was supported entirely by voluntary contributions. Notwithstanding several deceases and resignations, the effective increase in the number of members, which now amounted to 716 of all classes, was equal to that of any previous year, and far greater than the average. _ _ Memoirs were read of the following :—The Most Noble the Marquis of Northampton, honorary member; Messrs. W. Brunton, G. S. Dalrymple, J. Farey, W. Mackenzie, and IL Renton members ; and Colonel Jervis, B E., Messrs. S. B. Moody. J. H. Tasker, G. B. Thorneycroft, W. West, associates. and J. Wilson, The memoirs were succinct records of eventful lives. They noticed feelingly the virtues and talents of Lord Northampton, the mechanical skill of Mr. Brunton, almost the ' last of the old school of en gineers —the patient industry and laborious research of Air. Farey, to whom, with the Lowrie, the en- [PRICE SD. f gravers, was due the merit of improving the style of illustration of th e sc i entific works of the present time —the giganti c eng i neering undertakings of Mr. Mackenzie, wh o , w i th his coadjutors, Mr. Brassey and Mr. J o h n St ep h enson, had, since 1833, executed railway and other wor k s to the amount of upwards of seventeen millions sterling, and from a very bumble station had risen by his own talent and industry to a high station among his compeers—the brilliant military career of Colonel Jervis, and his greater merits, in devoting his time and energy to the introduction of the blessings of education among the native s of India. The practically useful careers of Mr. Tboneycroft and Mr, Wilson, two m en w h o, f rom the positions o f a workman in a forge, and the son of a farmer, r ose by industry, talent, and upright conduct, to great wealth and the first rank as eminent iron masters in Staffordshire and in Scotland, and to serve as models of the most useful class of this country. The report concluded with the expression of a hope on the part of the Council, that the profession would be firmly united for the prosecution of the legitimate objects of the society, and by their acts, in and out of the institution, would strive to confirm the universal confidence in the skill, honour, and integrity - ) 1 • 1 -- ,, lish engineers. The thanks of the institution were voted unani mously to the president, vic-peresidents, and other members of council; also to the auditors and the se cretary, for their great exertions on behalf of the in stitution, and to the scrutineers of the ballot, for the kindness with which they undertook that office. The following gentlemen were elected to fill the several offices in the council for the ensuing year James M. Rendel, president; I. K.Brunel, J. Locke, M.P., J. Simpson, and R. Stephenson, M.P., vice presidents; G. P. Bidder, J. Cubitt, J. E. Errington, J. Fowler, C. H. Gregory, J. Hawkshaw, J. R. M'Clean, C. M ay , J. Mill er , an d J. S. Russell, mem bers; and J. G. Appold and E. L. Betts, associates of council. tha S n i office, k r s W to . t C h u e s nl rr e T tn , be p r r s es f i o d r en t t h , e returned kind ne s s his wh s h i n t c h e e r y had evinced t owar d s hi m during his tenure of ooffice,e and expressed th e h ope that the same good feeling would he exhibit e d t o hi s successor, whose eminence in the profession and undoubted abilities well qualified him to hold the office with advantage to the institu tion and credit to himself. The meeting was then adjourned until Tuesday, January 13, when the following paper will be read : " On the Alluvial Formations and the Local Changes of the South. Eastern Coast of England, second section from Beachy Head to Portland," by Mr. J. B. Red: man, M. Inst. C. E. CURIOUS OLD LONDON DIRECTORY. (From the Glasgow Reformers' Gazette.) I have at present in my possession a London Di rectory, seventy-five years old. It is a nice, quaint looking, little volume, clean, and in fine preservation. In shape, it is a thin, small octavo, of 198 pages, and neatly bound in law•calf. The date is 1776, the era of the outbreak of the first American war, when Lord North was Premier. This curious little tome may be regarded as one of the Fathers of all our Provincial Directories. Nei ther Edinburgh or Glasgow had then attempted such a thing. John Tait tried his first Glasgow Directory in 1783, and Peter Williamson his Edinburgh one a few years after. But the London Directory now under notice was only the 44th of its family, the first brought out by its publishers having appeared as far back as 1732, in the reign of George 11., thirteen years before the last Scotch Rebellion. How inte resting to scan the queer pages of this record of Old London, and contr as t i ts l ean, unpretending aspect with the huge, overgrown Directory of 1851. The following is its title : " Kent's Directory for the year 1776 ; containing an Alphabetical List of the Names and Places of Abode of the Directors of Companies, Persons in Public Business, Merchants, and other emi nen t Traders in the Cities of London and Westminster, and Borough of Southwark ; with the Numbers, as they are affixed to their Houses, agreeable to the late Acts of Parliament ; also, Separate Lists of the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, Bank, East India, South Sea, Royal Exehange Assurance, Sun Fire and London Assurance Companies ; Commissioners for Trade and PI rotations, and Commissioners of Ex cise and Customs, with their places of abode. To which is added—A. correct List of all the Bankers.— The Forty-fourth Edition. London : Printed and sold Richard and Henry Causton (successors to the late Mr. Henry Kent), at the printing-office, No. 21 in Finch-lane, near the Royal Exchange; and by the booksellers and pamphlet shops of London and Westminster, 1776. (Price One Shilling.)" There is also the following " Preface :" " The many preceding impressions of this book have sufficiently proved the usefulness of it to people in business, without any farther recommendation ; and to render every edition complete, great care is taken to correct the alterations that happen. As this Directory will annually require re-printing (1), on account of removals, deaths, new partnerships, and other accidents, the printers will always be glad of written informations, in such cases, before the month of March, that they may be better enabled to rectify every new edition accordingly." There is a woodcut representing an antique-looking man-of-war, under full sail, with the sun above, displaying his broad face and rays ; the Houses of Parliament in the back ground, and one of the royal palaces in front, with trees resembling respectable cabbages. The total number of names in this Directory is only about 6,000! The name of the Lord Mayor was, "The Right Honourable John Sawbridge, Esq. ;" and among the aldermen is the celebrated " John Wilkes, Esq.," for the ward of " Farringdon Without." The private residence of Wilkes is stated to have been at No. 7, Prince's-court, George-street, Westminster. The Go vernor of the Bank of England was "Samuel Beach croft, Esq., No. 8, Little St. Helen's, Bishopsgate street.," and the Deputy-Governor, " Peter Gaussen, Dq." Of the East India Company, the chairman was " John Roberts, Esq , Strand ;" and the Deputy- Chairman, " William James, Esq., Gerard -street, Soho." Then follows a list of the directors of the far famed South Sea Company—" The King's Most Ex cellent Majesty, Governor; Thomas Coventrye, Esq., Sub-Governor, Sergeant's Inn, Fleet-street; and Samuel Sale, Eq., Deputy -Governor, No. 2, Crown office-row, Inner Temple ; and Claude Crispigny, Secretary, No. 18, Old Broad-street." It would appear there were then only three In surance offices in London, viz., the Royal Exchange, the Sun, and the London Assurance. There were 52 bankers, among whom appear the names of the respectable old firms of Messrs. Barclay. Bevan, and Bening ; Robert Child and Co. ; Thomas Coutts and Co.; Robert Drummond and Co. ; Sir Thomas Ilallifax, Mills, Glynn, and Milton ; Han bury, Taylor, and Co. ; Martin, Stone, Blackwell, and Foote; Prescotts, Grotes, Culverden, and Hol lingsworth ; Smith, Payne, and Smith, &c , &c. Appended to this curious old London Directory there is " The Shopkeeper's and Tradesman's As sistant; being a New and Correct Alphabetical List of all the stage coaches, carriers, coasting vessels, &o. ; containing also an account of the several inns in London where the coaches and carriers put up and go out from ; the days of the week, and hours of those days,whenithey set out, and the customary fares,of the coaches for carrying passengers, &c., the whole being well digested, is designed as a proper assistant for shopkeepers, tradesmen, and others, who have occasion to write or send goods into the country (price one shilling)." The date of this queer " Assistant" is 1773, and the editor declares he has spared neither pains nor cost upon it. There was no coach from London to Glasgow in those days. The vehicle was a waggon, and the " Assistant" records that it left the White Horse, Cripplegate, every Monday at tiiv o'clock afternoon. A" vesse l" a l so sailed from " o milton's and Glasg ow Wh ar f s, Lower East Smitha-- " field, Hawley's and lore's Wharfs, Hermitage."hn Who knows but this Glasgow waggon m it ay that identical one in which Roderick Random been Strap fell in with Captain Weasel, and the an oth e e m r dis tinguis.hed;company,when assailed by t he highwayman on on their way from the London, beyond Newcastle much to the consterna n-ighest to f Glasgow to consterna tion of the Prince of Shavers,mucrecorded in that re freshing history, waggon, but no coach Edinburgh also its London whileg modest Paisl . ey's . tra vellers were water-borne; • but whether this vessel came to an anchor at the Water-Neb, or furled her red sails in the limpid waters of the Pudzeoch cannot bt satisfactorily made o ut from the antique pages of the Lo n d on shopkeeper's Assistant ;" " and it seems doubtful if either of these havens had yet appeared in any well-known chart of the British coasts. S o much for this droll old London Directory. Z. Glasgow, Dec. 4, 1851. SALE OF THE GROUND RENTS OF THE LYCEUM THEATAL—The freehold ground rents of the building so well known and so much frequented by the public from tin.e immemorial, as the Lyceum Theatre, will on the 26th of JA'wary be brought to the hammer, as well as the ground rent of several of the houses in the vicinity. It is stated that this is to be done that some enterprising builder or man of capital may be got to erect houses on the vacant space north of the Lyceum, and complete the street. At present this vacant space is a receptacle of rubbish and filth w:thia, and an eye-sore and a nuisance to the passers-by without. WEST INDIAMAIL. Yesterday the Avon arrived et Southampton with the West India and Pacific mails. Her dates are— Grey town, Nov. 20; Cbagres, 24; Carthagena, 27; Jamaica, 29 ; Demerara, 27; St. Tho Amongst h er cargo is :—Specie mas, Dec. 5. , 1291 789 serous of c oc hi nea l , 256 serons , 0f ,558 dollars ; quinine, 118 cuses of cigars, 55 bales of tobacco, 98 bales of sarsa parilla, and 70 packages of sundries. Amongst the passengers is Doctor Cullen, the pro jector of the great ship canal across the Isthmus of Darien. He has come to England to advocate the adoption of the ship canal. BRITISH GUIANA. At Demerara the weather has been highly favour able to the crops. There are, however, signs that a change is about totakeplace, and the wet season usual at this season of the year to set in. Abstracts of the census of the population taken on the 31st of March last have been published by order of the Government. According to the returns the total population of the colony amounted at the end of March to 127,695 persons, 97,554 of whom con stituted our rural population, and the remaining 30,141 our urban. Of those 97,554, 50,259 were inhabitants of Demerara, 24,925 of Essequibo, and 22,370 of Berbice ; while of the 30,141 persons resi dent in the town, 25,508 belonged to Georgetown, and 4,633 to New Amsterdam. There is no great disparity between the sexes, though, owing to the importations of late years of Coolie immigrants, who are mostly males, there is an excess of males over fe l:noes:d es. Of the total number of 127,695, 86,451 are na tives of British Guiana, the remainder bei ng com noun tries.of immigrants of all classes and almost all J AMAIC A. Frein th is island w e have accounts to the 29th ult., from which it appears that the cholera was still raging there. The Cornwall Chronicle says that at Sudbury eluding Kirk Patrick Hall Estate, village, on the grand interior road to Falmouth, in north of the Montego Bey river, the disease has be come prevalent, and several deaths have cc and Orange to the those districts. Since the 13th o f , September 66 deaths have taken place in the town ; 17 of these occurred in were from that date to the 31st October, and from the Ist of November to yesterday, the 24th, 49 neW mounds have been raised in the cholera graveyard; thus showing an average of two daily within the last twenty•four days. It is estimated that four or five times the number of those that have died have been successfully treated, including the cases which have appeared in the incipient stage of the complaint, and to which immediat e p revent i ve re Plied• elf tThe disease has al so manifested itself were virulently at Montego Bay, in W es t more l and, and Trelawney. The small-pox was still very bad in the Duncan's district of Trelawney. The weather, however, had assumed a mild and ser ene appearance, Which was regarded as an augury of returning health for the island. Oa.; tke TRINIDAD. We learn that a disposition to emigrate to Vene zuela was growing up. Referring to this topic, the Port of Spain Gazette says "Tee number of emigrants is increasing daily, an d there is every probability of a large number leaving our shores. While the Government are expending the public funds in the importation of immigrants, and giving them money to co me o ver, the people of Trinidad are preparing to leave these shores to seek a home in the hospitable land of Venezuela." A smart shock of an earthquake was experienced at Port of Spai n on the 25th ult. A local paper thus describes the visitation : " The rumbling noise was heard for a few seconds, and then came the abrupt and tremulous motion of the earth. The houses abook considerably. It must have lasted for three seconds; the direction was north-east to south-west. Many persons were roused from their beds, and went out to visit their respective friends, but no ac cident worth mentioning has happened. We have not yet heard from the country districts, and we await with anxiety the next mails, fearful of some alarming accident in our sister colonies." The weather, which during the earlier half of November, had been so favourable that several planters had set their mills about, principally for the purpose of getting plants from the canes cut fur the manufacture of sugar, has again set in very wet with the new moon, and the attempt to proceed in sugar making has been generally given up. The appear ance of the canes for the coming crop is very pro mising, and there is every probability of the crop of 1852, if labour can be got to reap it in, proving as large as that of 1851. The cocoa crop also promises to be an average one, but will be late, owing to the heavy rains. From Havannah we have advises to the 29th ult. They state that the Spanish Government had seized 400 out of 600 slaves, landed at Puerto de Cavanas on the 18th November. A report of the President's in tention to send Judge Starkiu to Havannah, to demand either a fair trial or release of Mr. Thrasher, an American subject, sentenced by a court-martial to eight years' imprisonment in the mines, had cauEed some excitement at Cuba. ~ 6 JAMAIuA maziKE I'S. (From Do Cordova's Mercantile Intelligencer.) EINGSTON, Nov. 27. The market has been generally quiet since our last; but a fair business might have been done in pickled fish had the sepplies been commensurate with the inquiry from the trade. Breadstuffs, with the exception of meal, have been rather dull of sale, at a decline of pries; and the market is still amply stocked. Produce is inactive. Flour—There have been sales of superfine Baltimore and Alcxindtia at 28s. to 29i., end of Canadian at 252. to 26a. per barrel. The market is inactive, with an am ple stock. - Meal—New is scarce, and in sumo icquiry at 18s. per barn'. Rice—Bengal has been operated in to a limited extent at 131. 6d. per 1001bs. No other transactions have reached us. Butter—All descriptions are scarce, and the market is looking up. We quote Irish at Is., and American and Halifax at 91. Codfish—There have been sales of prime at 124. for casks and 15s. per box, but for some parcels somewhat inferior 1 Is. and 14s. respectively was accepted. The market is dull, and stock quite ample. Pork—Mess is becoming scarce. The last transactions wore effected at 965. per barrel. We have not heard of any operations in prime. Beef—American family is dull at 445. to 465. per half barrel. Tongues—lrish pigs are scarce and in demand at 525. per half barrel. Oa tongues are plentiful and almost unsaleable. Brandy—We have not heard of any wholesale trans se!ions. Freights—Tonnage is somewhat scarce, and but little business has been done in freights. Gold—American is worth i per cent, premium, the dollar valued at 4s. Doubloons are scarce, but there is very little inquiry for them, even at 4i per cent. premium. EXCHANGES.—On London; Colonial Bank, 90 days, 4 per sent. premium; ditto, GO days, 1 per cen t. premium ; ditto, 30 days, i per cent, p rem i um . Jamaica Bank, 90 days, i per cent, premium; ditto, 60 days, 1 per cent. premium; ditto, 30 d ays, l i per cen t. premi u m. Mer chants' Bills, 90 d ays, par . o n New York: Merchant s ' Bills, GO d a y s , 1 per cen t. premium. A CARD PARTY AT CRANFORD. I wondered what the Cranford ladies did with Captain Brown at their parties. We had often re joiced, in former days, that there was no gentlemen to be attended to, and to find conversation for, at the card-parties. We had congratulated ourselves upn the snugness of the evenings ; and, in our love for gentility and di s t as t e o f man ki nd, We bad almost persuaded ourselves that to he a man wa s to be " vulgar ;" so that when I found my friend and hostess, Miss Jenkyns, was going to have a party in my honour, and that Captain and the Mks Browns were invited, I wondered much what would be the course of the evening. C ard•tables, with green baize tops, were set out by daylight, just as usual ; it was i t h n e a t b h o i u r d t week . in c an dl e e s m b a e n % s o o l t e h a e n evenings closed , were arranged on each table.,was made up, The fire f cards the neat maid- servant had received her last directions ; and, there we stood dressed in our best, eac h w i t h a candle-li g ht er in our hands, re ady to dart at the candles as soon as the first Cra nford were solemn knock cam e. Parties in festivities, making the l a di es feel g rave l y elated, as they sat together in their b es t dresses. As as three had arrived, we s a t d own to "Preference , " ernc being the unlucky fourth. Th e next four b t a el comers e; s oon a t' ri ' d I , were put down immediately t o another presently, ;the tea-trays et inout theod a e store-room on the middle which I bdt asl passed of in card morning, were placed The china was deli ca t e egg-shell; thhileeotlhde n silver glittered with p o li s hi ng ; b ut the t c r r y eatables ni dtfashionedab werewereioer seen yet on b To f the eb taslightestle tables, Captain description. and the Miss Browns came in ; and I could see that, somehow or other, the Captain was a favourite with all the ladies present, Ruffled brows were smoothed, sharp voices lowered at his approach. Miss Brown looked ill, and depressed almost to gloom. Miss Jessie smiled as usual, and seemed nearly as popular as her father. lie immediately and quietly assumed the man's place in the room ; attended to every one's wants, lessened the pretty maid-s ervant ' s labour by waiting on empty cups, and bre ad - andbutterless ladies; and yet did it all in so easy and dignified a manner, and so much Es if it were a matter of course fur the strong to attend to the weak, that he was a true man throughout. He played for threepenny points with as grave an interest as if they had been pounds ; and tion to strangers, he bad an eye on h his thou daughter ; for suffering I was sure s h e eto was, be irritable. yet, in all his±tten to many eyes she might only app Miss Jessie could not before her coming, bad been the sitters -out, who, p lay cards ; but she talked to 55. She sang, too, to an old rather inclined to bec l ro think had been a spinnet in p i ano , w hich "Jock cracked piano, of tune ; Jessie its youth. 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