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CO' e co; , c 39, ro' on ' 4 , 1 i; le 040 6r , o rii _i "316,5 • to to ol; 0 , to 1 5, p oo ,e , t' 1 9, tO ;f pet, 10/ 06 ta T oll° e 100 0 id r 1• 00 ' if 4'131 t • el • o 0 to 7.1 I t o ; 9 ' koboth R gE to „isers ving w bo eSf, )user - se ller , 0 5th es 14' to— ' very i rili •cb of Yibi pi p Lb oe tr p ip Ss.h n4iStro, Se:4 113 l o bire; 1 0 I Lin e° WI aith-Etua i • i orri en toleraboloutit. f a f3ir 1 1 '4, 43.16 / )cas hire, 9 do , a FiaT e Bfgeld,o .. t • 0: 1 1 $ ke t ef it S h ar e t bsl . ei t o , j f nOtiC-y regtb;,teCi 0 col r" _ 4 " r ri t "m wh at -of ;Chad. loept' 9 W'r GUILDHALL, SEr . r. 2, Igsl. T H E COMMITTEE FOR LETTING THE the CITY'S LANDS will meet at GUILDHALL, on WEDNESDAY, 10th day of September instant, at One o'clock precisely, to re "in Tenders for LETTING, on LEASE, for 21 years from Michael- Inas next, the Roth:steal 70 ' s 3 . a tones on the south side of Upper Thames-street ; and f „ use, No. 90, on the east side of west ell-street ; together with ts same, 2,3, and 4, on the west side of a passage behind Sea s rs * to re ce i ve Tenders for LETTING on LEASE, for 161,4 (less three days), from Michaelmas nest, Two Houses, Nos. Bon 5, on the north s id e of Dean-street, Finsbury - square ; an d a nolo, No. 64, on the north side of Featherstone-street, Finsbury. _rarther particulars and plans may be seen, and forms of tender Maned at the Office of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. XRE ELEVEN HOURS ROUTE to PARIS, .h only Two lloars Sea, is by the SOUTH-EASTERN 'triAY via Folkestone or Dover. DOUBLE SPECIAL. EXPRESS SERVICE DAILY. itt n „r, ECI AL EXPRESS TRAIN l eaves th e London-bridge Ter i, 11 hours. x;YERY MORNING and EVERY EVENING, reaching Paris ~R,‘ e tura Ti c k ets, London to Paris and back, available until the 7..11 epternber. i„.,;he NIGHT MAIL TRAIN, vla Dover, leaves the London _ne Te rminus at 5.30 p.m., reaching P Iris at 9 o'clock the follow g, and Brussels at half-past 9. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. s ,L ei AIIE&PND CLIFTON EXCURSION TRAINS TO OXFORD, BATH, si x `% - ;rLin will lea ve Paddington on SATURDAY,September 6 : at Septet uc be k Bfor Oxford, returning from thence on Monday Morning, at Ilalf•past Eight o'clock. Fares there and back. /Int C1a55...... 6s. I Closed Carriages.. 3s. 6d. Fiu„No luggage allowed exceeding a carpct-bag. Quart er September 7, Train will leave Paddington a . at Numl b efore Eight o' c l oc k i n t h e M orn i ng, f or B a th and , e'el otk ln g the same evening from Bristol at 6 30, and Bath at 7 T.toll_ath and Back • • • • • • •• • . " .. " .. C9ll:s.tss‘;'l. . . . c.,, it Closed .iciaJ7.e s . ...? Bristol and Back • ... ..... ..... .... 10s. Od. .. • . Gs. I: 2 * litkets for previously It ti n , pad the laq-mentioned Train may be obtained West Str dington Station ; 27, King-street, Cheapside, Pr and 449, C,s and. 1.-7 4 ertgers ha v i ng 7Ca luggage will only be conveyed at the ordinary FARES. M I DLAND ItAILWAY. The T y LOANS ON "Tv.'.III:2fTURES. Lo Axs treeters of the Midland Railway Company are receiving ef ilebent i u n 84 ra 9 of One Hundred Pounds and upwards , on securitythe 444 res. for three, five, or seven years, at interest after Appli e Per made annum, payable half-yearly. Natl., 4 ' 411 tO be to the SeerttarY . , at the Company s Office, belt mnst 13, YlB5l order J. F. BELL, gocretary . A, Tat eONICAL FLOUR MILL COMPANY. To Sha res of lo yapital plied f or. incorporate which, an Act or Iloyal Charter will he v oapo -100,000/. (with power to increase), , 0 Flour A bod y each- Deposit Is. per share. 1„,,o, gentlemen, some of them largely connected with Steam riorit, ' u s on the old system have become so satisfied of the sup to of the new , tit reaue, principle as to register this Conmany. provisionally', tl 'roUs a great public benefit, a patented invention, which im am that rtificates show will make better and more productive flour, , SaVill- of about 100 er cent. in fuel and labour. The 'le R.h e - r i rint of making and of p granting licenses to make, an ar tier, there is this remarkable saving, one the whole populas quarter7eensume, and the raw material of which, at only 405. ene. e e„ "fr,s aftlLn4 ilo IS 40 millions a year, justifies the expectation d T ii s u' o nus beyond most safe an d profitable investments. of This Y shown in th e P rospec t us , t o w hich the Agricultural and v,,ted interests —c specially directed. For the large capitals in- Thla c k w il lour Mills, and the importance of this interest, see a this ° ' l ,s Magazine" for June, p. 754, and for the ablest notices " 41 at d r.' Z ti on (exhibited in Class V 1., No. 442 In the Exhib , i , tion, Agri et , l i t i 7 work at 282, Wapping), see Mark Lane Express and stiral Journal" of 26th May and 7th July; " I , llustrated '".. 4ll clei w „ s .:, of 19th ; Mining Journal" of 26th ; and Morning For p ros ,'" .ist July. as Under . vec tils, and Home, Colonial. and Foreign Licenses, apply 11, Cres t B. COTENEY, Secretary. street, London. ru c rrI „j . S ADDLERS' IRONMONGERS and n crippieP4azeneulara, apply th n be SOLD, by Private Contract, the STOCK . " —e ad oold-established Business ab, 3 , n GOODWILL of a very /'or e L ine. by letter only, to A. 8., 21, Fore-street, /tett3h rsPectfall;le.et E. j o yt l ' e li nt l ; g i a () N sa • — ln consequence of several parties c un u de i r t th th e e . P ellation of " RELISH," A. s and public, that the only 11441 4 11'4,;1e him ' q ha a s n his Portrait on the Bottle, and also the irel," , wholsale agents, CROSSE and BLACKWELL. '4Be, l iensington, April 22, 1851. A— S 0 PP'S EAST INDIA PALE and be 6,l 3 ubli e ts other BURTON ALES. Ge taii respectfully informed that thse favourite AlesTmay ne, in Casks of 18 Gallons and inwards, e at their respee as Under, where also a List of the Bottlers may be ob- t o , The Brewery, Burton-on-Trent. 'ea, 61, King William-street, City, London. Cook -street, Liverpool. street, Birmingham. 5e Exchange, Manchester. Vi rginia -street, Glasgow. C r It EAT EXHIBITION. to bee rze RETTER r t , t Ri c h . of obtain in YOUR g a ComfortabIe CIRCUMSTANCES. Income, and how to bde qi et tv ' , en Halt-a-Crown, or in Postage Stamps, with a i ll b e se o e 1 - Pe, to Mr IF Draper, Bagshot, Surrey, and the above 1 : 1 . to obtainY return Of ost, Funiciently explicit to enable either 13 0 ,1 1 ' 1, . fr ° , r l 31. to 41. per week, without previous knowledge thoae e lict roethods stated are respectable, can be learned in an ine a „ a ' re '''erY lucrative Let every reader immediately adopt - 'able t4 Ol raising himself to independence. Post-office order Draper, Bagshot, Surrey. 4 11 e Ght A the most interesting EXHIBITION and the ROYAL POL YTECIINIC INSTITUTIN. interesti ng D4O s it s a t the Great Exhibition will, in Oy A T turn, be lectured on at the th. POL YTECHN IC INSTITUTIO N. no Or em. „ e serit Lectures' are on the Chemistry of the , Minerals trsa_ o h At e . , ahibitio n including the precious Genie, C,r, a t i : 11 , ere n 'Y i. IL enei : Esl rOplllar Lecture by Dr Bachhoffner • Wile appear Eclipse of tie Sun with splendid Diagrams, show '',ratioes which actually ' occurred on the line ot Totality. the gr e - t " ° n 0 1 the Earth exhibited by Foucault's Experiments. ator 4 ee "cotlY of CoOking by Gas explained.—A Lecture on z i c i l t , rktt on Y s. of , t n he lla , rp, by Frederick Chatterton, Esq., with Vocal &::vo Series of splendid Dissolving Views.—Diver and (4 () jeti dati Admission Is. ; Schools , Ra lf- p rice. " till Admission, Half. Pas t Ten to Five , an d ever y Evening from Tn. LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO, Licensed by Act of Parliament. Nit T, ""14 ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL -tile. STREET ST. JAMES'S. 0. C harles Emile 'Laurent, jun., 57, Brompton-agnate.) With OPEN EVERY EVENING , LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND. ope r P in eiPal Cornet-a-Pistons, M. Boulco urt. a.ad at half-past Eight o'clock —Dancing to co mmence st ' ll ldidate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely. Admission, One Shilling. RA Ir I t rt oevi l Coiv TRAV E LLERS and VISITORS to the SEA fr,,h, u. A _ would do well to provide themselves with a bottle of a ti d d ()ro. This fragrant and spirituous perfume re ot fou nv igorates the system during the heat of summer, and % - roThiy an es%ential accompaniment for the opera, t e public 4 ge ° . v d e t r ul o:x e _.:„, 4 ,.: l , ( l ll e it pr w om il e p n r a ‘ o d v e e . of ln all cases of excitement, lassitude, Ril with Water. Price 3sg.r6edatpaodrvbaonutlaeg.e taken as a bevcr ,AL al% ~, ItOWLANDS' KALYDOR P i rei" a a most refreshing preparation for the complexion, int re cto of langour and relaxation, allaying all heat and l'lllpLre4 nninediatcly affording the pleasing sensatlon ,'ln-Sticity and healthful state of the skin. Freckles, i era , or , t i ed ri ) t 'es, and Discolorations are effectually prev.entedfanicsect l'ri, ei dent a , sa PPlication ; and in cases of sunburn, stings o i d P a p ia -, 48, in flammation its virtues are universally acknowle ge . '4 A '. and SS 6 d • .erott ,‘ LAND and SONS, 20, Batton -garden, London ; and by Chemists and Perfumers. IN ----- ----- 1/1 :"Ll, t -4 ERAS HUDIBILAS MISQUOTED. k -or i a l ?„. often do 11 d pretenders misquoting authors for little reading, w fo e r instance la e '` lie who's convinced against his will h l all t d th 12,s Is of the same opinion still," *h i h k 1 , 01 „, sage from " Iludibras," when there is no such . nonsense ;t e ll it,..l)_eeet little or , t he;Vaer ; Newspapers magazines, and other publications in .. pretenders to literature are allowed to scribble because nothing ' fur their contributions, are generally , rt: a t ,jiZeis(l,.,W.i .second-hand twaddle, which relies for embellish ' .nt ptirtations from authors whom the writers affect to have la Ps never saw. Butler's words are— " lle that complies against his will tt.&4ltritlid t o Is of his own opinion still:, . % , I )th e ' f ' ,. as se e v e ; a oraY, who bought most things as ch a as he 7 111, 1 - 1 " k se eon, i'll Years before he could be persuaded to buy ep cheap , t kin ,', i lir tvell dn'e* He had been taken in once, and had a suit "e 4; -, fr o ° - llp to nothing the first time he was caugh ' t in the kl,t-'s Motein that time he held for lb that cheap clothes were the by Z °ell as the worst in the end. At length some friends i who tut o ' f :1168p t ite World than he did, forced li i int to t. try , tte a n su . he m was e 44,1„ , rat,— ' th em t hel t ,, e oncei'i o ,. a d SON, but sorely before he wore °. l hu s t i N n v e as m o a bliged never gtahtenmst, ati i ,lt hi, u'urplhan offend his friends, to try them. Ile " co , mplied em f * 1 is own opinion I t, Sr:, but it ' and, for a shot t time, was o fi l t . ted him better ^ot." l tY Id, own only for a short time. The dress 11 the th, - th, at talor had ever made, the gatments set we , y ki l b est h, ea ° after arain s before, the materials were fiendol. eked,,, shower of -ed ~.,,l ever worn ; to use his own words, they wore well Ls, t cheap 1 to the last, and he takes as much P . pains to recom -4'4l.ll°SPVtll_,lng as he bad before taken to abuseit. The fact of eco itrtitT in d re ',', and SON were the first to establish a system fi t ted t h i s and „ at ' f minded on good buying, the employmon ° .rst-ra e 1. • \t,, 4 'roan ters, tdcked workmen, and (for that is the I secret) gran profit, h t ,',-, ,, Sts Profits. Where ordinary tailors charge a pound k a , 4 tcl wh„" SON are content IN ith a shilling, and they sell h a t, lb h4e anather sells ne Pay one visit to their Monarc d 41i' Will h " as t , or th Inoble . t blishment in the West, an . the ' r ound the e r es a . - Pric e. , le largest and best assortment in the world, at LO charged by ordinary tailors. 114 a l ldon n, 815 ,ity io, E. MOSES and SON, to 83 and 8, ,St ablishraent, 154, 155, 156, and 157, IfinorieS, , Met 3 4cl u cin w e ' st kla g at e , Opposite the Church, all communicating. llrtd`r` kr t - ati, -end Erfuich, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, _ ord , /,Zial_ eld grain°,,r,ltahlre" Branch, 19, Bridge-street. t1iak,,.. 3 . Cl oti O , 3 6, Fargate. ..,alid Q en yrs, Matters Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe taa Latabli ah oral Outfitter ' s for Ladies and Gentlemen. , -.....__ Y. '944 al 6, l „ l:l' i e ,,__ M a aro closed from sunset Friday to sunset fla ---"..--...,7' la rearmed till Twelve'clock. I )Ic (TA "X LA,Npe, FTH EDITION. —4.1/1.44 ~„.._ , AYAGES—FORTIETH . bleat '''`Ei REMEDY FOR rated by n ..,_ DISEASE. ea Engravings on THE PREVENTION OF one ruindred Anatomical Colour 0t ' , Tale r ._ Steel. et CITY ~Wev7 gu,„. iglc IMPEDIMENTS7I O N S ey ts „ — -MProved E to 196 pages, price s. 6d. An en -B‘, direct tr Edition enlarged , T G O E M NE AR RA R T IA IV G. GENERATIVE 'nil cati or t s t b il e c in E st s a t b ri l c i s t i l l y in c e e n n t ; den . t 6 i al . , in th p e os A ta u g t e ho st r a s m h p a s v , e Pill% c discontinued the publishing of Cases. a. t he °ILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on -4,,,,i,?__Xlialitstion and physical decay of the system, produced 0 , ,_4creer; ~..,kodnicence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse ltoo l -'ll.o•Wee"'itn explicit directions for the use of the reventive o I , eiteee ~rietlY observ atioas en the Married State, and the disqualitica . • See r _Prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings._ Buy. `Ms. t,'• rEItRY and CO., 19, Demers-street, Oxford-street, 1.0 hoster:rablished by the Authors. anold by strange, 44, 146 °1 : ; Hannay 63, and Sangerr, 150, Oxford street ; g l and Ger p,,,t *i.eadenhall-etreet London. Cn Vaes l ,reats of the anatomy ' and physiology of the re-productive ~ P.,,,, i ,,ap , is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. 9 111t, n i e 1. treats of tke consequences resulting trom excessive in ,l'osatc ~i ~anil their lamentable effects on the system, producing ` O cap, o 7i n ' tioedly weakness, nerveus excitement, and generative kt.i.3". Illustrated bile Explanatory Engravings. th e ori di. treets of the fern,dieases resulting from infection, either in t h,_cir ti lzi „ a f.Y or secondary and contains explicit directions for 4 61. -"`tflont- This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav- P A ., , ti tiltl . 'V. on a Reined, for the Prevention of Disease by e4 a Thule,4PPlication, by which the danger of infection is o viat ~ 'btle,-4)°rtalat part of the Wcrle should not escape the reader 3 Pa a. , ~, t ies. , T ,O •IS devoted to the consideration e marriage, and its du- Waol, 4 .. -4 o causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the Itrzb!,lbject critically and philosophically inquired into. tr,„,. ;-; h, A , C o o-'s I:l tr ' se O x F na B l I dt i b i i ' l e it u y m , im is po e jei c i i c t '13,11-.l,:rills, fo,rerupuprtiflonizgantdhethbloozlmisno 07insees e is , iv s : o l . y , eTplo r y i d ed 33 i s n . elisro"°. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti s - , s a yphilitic le it( t rc o ur f Der i;* telers lirit.ying S ' pecine Pillo, 2s. fid , 4s. 6d., and I is. y in'' , e l c i tizi a l, nd ee 3 co 3 l B l . da p ry er Oh re a, ~.. a certain remedy for gonorrhosa, eject, stricture, , and It '' (nliatntuation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by leder, taci t 17, ' l '2 innate detail of the case is required: age, habits, and Post' blst;',",,, ° ° l , c tY. el. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Feta kr e i;',"j 041 3 . , bY 'which the fee, li., is saved. Messrs. Perry, d on, .., bandenee daily at le, Berners-street. Oxfoe 1-street, Lou ta,..„trout Eleven till Two, and Five to Eight; on Sunday, frond "tl to Data ,T *: amsp apt. f. b iot pt. ) A re c ' 'll ati lt§ the - f rnited octet. Joni . .__Sor 14 , 0 11' of 1 4 ° 1 -• r ice , ts . ove rlie s i, In c° ba it in t h "prin t 'i licking ° c haract er. ° f a rishf'' ne tio ~ vice! tion ° re a er, t° m oon ;co serge,9 krlol , f a Yre"..ber, ° le, pUb l O l3 of Oa rninst i tc ers the ° tO ° bO e e" Sr b ef" f ver PPe ll be r e- tor art ell Bioo the wife 1:)°f the of the B e ll , orcivrell, 1. erpol , g y to n' t°li t e o' [elen.rri;foe;est. Esq., 0 t Tot' Ty r UP War 4 10 third da s hort illnes° "c,;rage'ter"cef ,Tam„ Solt/1, I L : 0 AO3). 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It is a hopeful sign of intellectual advancement, that the sculpture has occupied so large a share of attention. The specimens that have acquired the most notoriety are not, perhaps, the most deserving of it ; but the fact that all classes of visitors examine the sculpture with interest, is a gratifying evidence of improved taste. Every body 'mikes it a point to look at the " Amazon," the " Greek Slave," and the " Veiled Vestal." There is great merit in each of them, but it is associated with faults which hasty admiration has entirely overlooked. The power of the Amazon, the strength of expression, the agony of the horse—a grand and terrible mixture of dismay and desperation — are triumphant proofs of the artist's genius ; and it is therefore all the more to be regretted that so noble a work should be marred by one or two very obvious blemishes. Observe the attitude of the Amazon. She has lost her seat, and is thrown back in an impossible position on the haunches of the horse. Turn to the back of the statue, and look at the horse's tail. It is cast up lashing the air, as if the creature were in a state of high exultation, instead of being drawn in between its legs by the effort of terror, which would inevitably make it coil up all its muscles. These faults are deductions from the merits of the work as a per fect study; but enough remains behind to justify the highest encomiums. We are much perplexed by the statue of the Greek Slave. In what respect is it Greek ? And is a manacle upon a delicate wrist the only means sculpture possesses of expressing the sorrow and anguish of sl avery ? The face, w thing in the world but Greek or sl avery wr i tten on i t; and if the bead and manacles were lopp e d o ff , t h e rest h i f e a h c t has i s ,there ah y is no meaning whatever in the of the figure wouldbe very beautiful as a study of form. It is full of grace from the shoulders down, espe cially at the side and back ; but the artist has utterly failed in the attempt to convey any thing more. Of the "Veiled Vestal," we sup stauo properlt. high T a r h t d e a i s s v t executed, and looks quite gauzy and transparent at e p x o s a e m i p t l e m o u f s t s k b i e l f u a o m a s 'e n d i p t u o l o a h . c u r T i o h u e s v a e n i l d i s s u e c i c e e v s e s r f l u y l it merely shows a difficulty overcome without any re ebrefaorr s m a a b n o c u e t o t h h e s samesihgl single string;elet relation la u 3n l a g ege a a r ;tib m inu a iti y sipt won d e e a t it, but the educated grieve. At the best, it is no more than what is popu larly, but not very correctly, called a trick, which is a sort of ingenuity that exhausts your admiration the mo ment you detect it. There is not much risk of judgment in according to the Virginius of APllowell the first place in the Exhibition. That magnificent work is weliknown , and fortunately occupies so prominent a position in the transept that it cannot escape the attention it de serves. Awarding to Kiss, and Power, and Monti, and the rest of the foreign and native contributors the full measure of their deserts (and although there are not many striking specimens in the Exhibition, there are a few of great merit), we believe that the artists themselves would agree with us in the high estimate we place upon the passionate energy and soft beauty which are so wondrously blended in this elaborate work, and which carry the resources of art to the height of their illustrative power.—Fraser's Ma gazine. OAS-MIGHT AND CORE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ------- - i Z. a. d. X. a. d. British ••••••• • • • • • •• 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 73e Ditto Provincial-- 11. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 18% Brighton •••••• .. • • •• 51. 20 0 0 - - City of London ...... 61. 1160 0 0 150 0 0 120 C on tinental Consolidat. 925. '75 0 0 31 5 0 40 Equitable. •••••• • • • •• 503. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27 Imperial •••••• • • • • • • 3/. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69 independent ....... •• 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 L0nd0n..............- 50 0 0 50 0 0 - - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 0 710 0 - Phoenix .• • ... •••• • • • 41. 50 0 0 49 0 0 273 Ratcliff .. -••••• • • • • 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 - United General .... - 11. 50 0 0 50 0 0 15 Westminster Chartered 33. 50 0 0 - 45 Ditto, New •••• -• .. 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 9 LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- -- X s. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Comp any 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 Caledonian Bank City of Glasviw Bank 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11% Clydesdale Bank-. -6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13 Commercial Bank Eastern Bank - Edinb.LCilasgow Bank 6/. per cent. 1 5 0 0 5 0 0 1 4% Ezehangeßnk of Scot.. 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 42 0 0 9 National Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 155 Northof Scotland Bank 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 27t Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 13514 Unionßant. of Scotland 8/.percent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 89% Western Bank •• ••• • • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 703 Affiance Fire and Life •1% I.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 213(. British Guarantee Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 223 City of Glasgow Life- Cl. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 31. lie Colonial Life Edinburgh Life Incur. 63. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 21M Eng.& Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 3 Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 33. 151 National Fire and Life 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 253.0 d North British Incur... 61. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 27 Scottish Unionlnsruce. 641. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 25a.0d Standard Life •••• .. • . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 I 12 United Dep.Assurancc 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 17s 6d I ---- 1 MISCELLANEOUS. • Dividend Amount Name of Cerapany. Annum. Sha er of Paid. Price. re. --- • •--• X. a. d. X. a. d. V Assam Tea .• •••• • • • • - 20 0 0 20 0 0 II 0 Auction Mart .• ••• • • • 2/. 55. 50 0 0 - 26 3 *. Australian Agriculturl 1/. 100 0 0 30 0 0 15 Australian Trust •• .. 61. per cent. - 35 0 0 20 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 21 Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 - British American Land - - 38 10 0 - Ca D na c d . a s p . e . r . c . c . c .. t . E . c . n . d . s . 61. per cent. 100 .... 0 0 32 _lO 0 _4 00 9 34 % Ditto, 6pr et. Bonds 6 1 . peecent. - i 96 City Navigation Bonds 3i per cent. - E Ge g n uit ß a e b v lc er u s e . v & er l s n i v en es r t ; 5 5 p p .. c c : 2... on cu D nd l .s t so t tnoc, Hudson's it e w aNya .. v 1 .. . 5 .. a .. ti .. 0 .. n .. L k & b b s ' : 5 21 / 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 s t 0 0 0 0 c :0 0 1 10 5 0 0 -o_ o o 000 2061992 N 1- llungerford ......... New Zealand Company L•• London Institution ... 25 0 0 25 0 0 - 10 p2.Leit.s:bs. 15 : 0 0 1 1 70 4 80 3 0 05 0 00 - 4; - Ditto, New ........ - 25 0 0 12 10 0 - Russell Institution.... - - 26 5 0 I - Poninslr&Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 t 683<1 Reversionary Int. Soc. 1%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 ,100 0 0 1001; it Royal Mail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 160 0 0 80 of South Australian ....• 11. per share.) 25 0 0 25 0 0 2334 0, Van Dieman's Land., - 1100 00 , 29 0 0 1 : SEPTEMBER 3 1851. N°. 18,392.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY E EVNK G S Two large and closely•printed Volumes .Octavo, 27. iSs. MANUAL OF CHEMISTRY. By W. T. BRINDE, F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution. Six!.h Edition, considerably enlarged, and embodying all recent Discoveries in the Science. With Index, giving more than 11,000 Referance3. By the same Author, TABLES OF CHEMICAL EQUIVALENTS, WEIGHTS, MEASURES, Sc.. On Five Large Sheets. 3s. 6d. I)ICTIOFARY OF M S.TERIA MEDICA AND PARMACY. Octavo, 15s. London: John IV. Parker and Son, West Strand. This day, price Is. OUTLINES OF THE HISTORY OF IRE LAND. With Examination Questions. By 0. COCRAYNE, M.A., one of the Classical Masters in Kines College Scheel. By the same Author. OUTLINES OF THE III:STORY OF FRANCE. 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Mr. Batty, determined to give all the attractions that can possibly please his patrons, has entered into an engagement with Henri Francon', the First Equestrian of the day, who will appear with his highly-trained Steeds, iu addition to the present accomplished Artistes. FRIDAY—Mr. Hampton, the :celebrated Aeronaut, will make ais Ascent in his magnificent Balloon the Erin-go-Bragh. precisely at Half-past Six o'clock. Mr. Batty has much pleasure in announcing to his Patrons that TO-MORROW, September 4, there will bo a Grand DAY PER FORMANCE. Doors open at One, to commence precisely at Two. The entertainments in the Evening as usual. Doors open at Five. Performance to commence precisely at Six. Private Boxes Admission to the Reserved Seats - 3s. Od. First-class do. Second do. Third do. CREMORN E.—Admission, One Shilling ; Children, Half-price. Last Week but One of Franconi's Equestrian Troupe. The Four o'clock Performance is free from any charge. A new Italian Ballet Pantomime, entitled harlequin and the Four Elements ; or, Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, with entire new scenery, appointments, &e., of the most magnificent description, arranged by the Deulin Family. THIS DAY and SATURDAY—Grand Italian Fetes, and Night Balloon Ascents, with Fireworks. THURSDAY —By particular desire, the Representation of the Grand Naval Fete at half-past Ten o'clock, of the Taking of Gibraltar, and Storming of the Town and Fortress, by a numerous fleet of steam vessels manned by experienced crews, with she sanction of the di rectors of the Citizen and Iron Boat Companies. T. B. Simpson has the hcnour to inform his friends and the public that nothing has been neglected to render this representation truly magnificent, new and extensive scenery and costumes having been made for this occasion. The River Esplanade is the only place in London where a spectacle of this magnitude can take place. Tin Pyrotechnic department un der Chevalier Mortram. 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Jist published, in French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, umally acquired at an early period of life, which destroy tee physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural fa nlings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical 0 ,crvations on the certain Prevention and successful Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from 'nits c *ellen, as adopted by Lallemand, Ricord, and other eminent mem bers of tho faculty in France. With Fifty coloured Engravings, Illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Re productive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various Injuries that are produced uses, by by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Uonorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunterian Medical Society of Edinburgh, dec., Eke. 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 ad vantage by all those whose constitutions may have become debili tated through secret practices acquired ia 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 tin ileasing misery and regret. Published by the Author, and may he 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 poet for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who m ay hol eenentted on these disorders nereonallv, or by letter ,daily, from Ten till Two, and from Six till Eight. R. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS, To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho; 147, nest-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill; or direct frem the author, price One Shilling eac E h N ; j b o y y p m os E t, N l T s. 6 0 d F . LITE. "Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." CONTINTE—EarIy Rising—Spriag and Summer Mornings—Ex c aeons about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country Tlc°lrpesstsandridßicam%les—The Sea—London at Night—Evening. at Home —Music—The Dra. - ha—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, R zt, Ease, Occupation, &a., tco. IL FRAGMENTS FROM TRIVoI MOIMTAMS. Two You. I. A 4 /ISIT TO THE LAKES; SKI ETCH OF EDINBURGH, 60. Vol. . VE( 4 LAKEdii 01 KILLARNEY ; REMINISCEIS DUBLIN, &O. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. "That three store years and ten our course may ran." A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner vausly-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses tie young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em tters old ago, with tables and rules for the diat and physical rev. la'ion of every-day life. [CPS or THE PASSIONS. s What pazsions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as reined as Athens ever heard." Fi,n3JECT -Lite's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of t3O passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of licsationtness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, aid reniediative. Advocacy of early marriages.: V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." Pit xix.istrani—Lawa and obligations of nature, society, and re -11„ton regarding marriage, to be observed by either sox. Time and a 13ICC, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and ti ;nye, to secnro healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. enyalcal defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. By B. J. c n..,,. vra, uLtyTER w- r r,L if el m (1841), 11.R.C.5. (1827), L.S.A. ~, And rOrangie Referee in these natters. Reception hours daily till Five. Evenings, Seven till ine. 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street. NEW COSTUME FOR LADIES.—The following pa•- rAgraoh, extracted from a London paper (November, 1794), would lead to the conclusion that the agitation regarding costume now going on in America is not entirely novel, the Turkish fashion having been introduced unsuccessfully into this metropolis in the last century :—" The young ladies of haut ton, who have invented Turkish fashions, will not be surprised if their husbands should follow their example, and adopt the Turkish taste fur variety. No man of sense can be long attached ;O aucti 4 44i1ClitY1' . .iY . Qtes and Queries, PRICES OF SHARES N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. fCIDL/SIIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. ZOINT-STOCIE 3311.NX13. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. 1 - -.. . - ---- --_ ___ s l s. d. 4 s. d. 8 Australasia ....•• •• •• 41. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - , BritshNorth American 51. percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ceylon .. •... •••• • • - - 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Colonial.. • • - . Gloucestershire •••• •• 15/per cent. - - - lonian .. •• ••-•• •• •• 6/. pr cont. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - 1 London and County .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Lendn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 29 1 London Joint-Stock .•• 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - ( Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 42 Ditto, New.- ... •• • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 - ' Rational of Ireland .. I bl. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Rat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - 1 Ditto, New. •••• • •• 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - South Australia -. •• •• 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - ' Union of Australia.... 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - 1 Ditto - 210 0 - , Union of L0nd0n..... 71. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14% i Union of Madrid ..... . - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - IN SITILANC IS COMPANIES. ' Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ----- -,-- -.-- 1 ~. Albion -•••••• •• •• •• 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 ...Mance Brit. and For. 71. 148.!6d.b5. 100 0 0 11 0 0 213{ Ditto Marine. •• •• • • hi/. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 40 Atlas .•••••••• Argus Life •••• . • • • 41. per cent. 100 8 0 16 0 0 - British Commercial.. 7 8. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 6% Clericl,Med.& Gen• Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 4/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 81 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 15 F.P~ l e . Eqity and Law •• 4 34 per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 4'5, 3 ' Europcag Life ••• • • 10s. 20 0 0 All paid. 11% General ••••••• • • • •• - 5 0 0 5Ni, o Glove . ••• • • • •••• • • 61. per cent. Stock. 9 9 133 Guardian .... •.•••• • • 5/. per cent 100 0 0 45 0 0 53% Imperial Fire •• ••• • •• 121. per cent.,soo 0 0 50 0 0 245 Imperial Life •• • • .•• • 12s. 'lOO 0 0 10 0 0 18 Indemnity Marine •• .• 11. sh. & I , s. 100 0 0 20 0 0 50% Law Fire ••••• - - •• :IL& 2s. bs. 100 00 I 210 0 2% Law Life............- 100 0 0 10 0 0 4634 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 434 London Fire •• •• - -10 s. & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 19 London Ship - • ..• •• -10 s. & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 19 Niarine -•••••- - - 15s.per share 100 0 0 lb 0 0 15% Ifed.lnvlid&Gen.Llfe 4%1. per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2 3q Monarch ••••••• • •• •• - 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 National Lean Fund•• 51. per cent. 20 0 0 j 2 10 0 234 Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - l'hcenix .. .. . ....... • • 3/. p. sh. 11c bs. - - 156 Professional Life.. •• - 51. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 175.6 d Provident Life •••••• • • 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 30 Rock Life •••••• • • • • .• 58. 5 0 0 010 0 6% aoyal Exchange W. p.ct. & bs, Stock, all 22134 lon Fire • • • • . • • •• .. - 6 /. 10 s. - I) 209 Ditto Life • - 48 United Kingdom .. -4/. p. ct.&bs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 4 U'Alversal Life. ••• •• • • 10% ct.&bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Victoria Life •• .. - 4 12 6 534 WA.TER.AI7OI&/LS. Dividend Amount Name Of Company. j per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---------• - - £ s. d. 4 e. d. East London. ..... •• •• 81. per cent. 100 0 0 - 151 Grand Junction ••• • • • 4/. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 69 Kent- •••••••• .• • • •• 41. per cut. 1100 0 0 - 784 Lambeth •••••• • • • • •• 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97 New Rivr Lndn Erdge 41. Os. - - 5734 Vauxhall' ••••••• •• •• 51. per cut. 100 0 0 - 97 West Middlesex • . . 61.05. pr cut. - - 108 DOOMS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -----. -. - X s. d. X 6. d. Commercial .......... 4/. pr cent. Stock. - 84 East and West Ind.a... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 14 l East Country - - London - 51. pr cent. Stock. - 114 Ditto Bonds•• •• •• •• 4/. per cent. - - - it. Katharine .. -••- 334 per cent. Stock. - 7 9 36 Ditto Bonds •• • • •• 4%1. pr cent. - - - Southampton -•••• •• 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 17U BRIDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ----- _ - -. £. s. d. X. a. d. Hungerford •••••• • • • • - \ - - 15 Southwrk .• .. ••• • • • - 'lOO 0 0 - - Ditto Nw of 736 p.c. ,70S. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo •••••• • • • • • • - 100 0 0 - 3 Dittr, Old Ann. of 81. 21. Bs. Od. - 60 0 0 25 • Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 21. 2s. Od. - 40 0 0 - Vauxhall .......Ay. I 21. 70 10 3 - 18 Australasia .......... Britsh.North American Ceylon .. •• .. •• •• • • •• Commercial of London Colonial.. .... Gloucestershire ...... lonian •• •• • ......... . _ Lon' closr.a.z.s. Annum. era nd egi 'Divid Names of .4 Dividend! Price. Names of ..• Companies. 2 per Censpanies. t A nn per une . Price. ii ------ £ £I Ashtn& Oldh 98 71. 140 3facclesileli . 100 21. 105. 50 Barnsley •• • • 160 - - Neate .. •... Rio , 161. - i4rkiik&Abrg 150 51. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 ls'. 135 ttirmingham 40' 41. 93% !Peak Forest. 78 31. 18e. 70 Coventry.... 100 251. 200 Regent's .• •• 33 ii. 3s. 19% Derby ••. • • 100. 61. 63 Rochdale.. •• 451 41. 42 P.llsmre&Chs 69 2/34 p. et. 35% Somrset Coal 150 71.105. - lrand.T unctn 1003/.pr.ct.i 57 Do•Lk Fd St 12 61. p. c. - Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. et. 11 Stffrd& Wore 1 4 0 . 281. 405 Grand Surrey 100 21. Os. 32% Shrewseury.. 125 Grand Union 100 1/. 10s. 24 Stoarbrldge.. 145 201. 290 Kennt& Avu 39 4s. Od. 6 Severe and! 21. Os. 24 Lancaster . 100 41. - Wye Rail. t 261 Leeds& Livrp 100 201. 405 Warwick& / Leicester ..•• 100 51. 66 Rirming. 3 1001 41. 40 Leicstr &Nth 83 41. 44% Warwick& l ioo Bl. 28 Loutzhborogh 142 701. 510 Napton.. Monmouthsh 100 - - Worcstr &1 1 Nintgeniryshi 100 - - Birming. 378 31. 40% 1 11e1tnMwbry1100 - - Wilts & Tlrks -' 1 ls. 6d. 734 rADVERTISEMENT.3—HoIIoway's Pills for the Cure of Dropsical Affections. —The causes of this direful disease are various ; it is often engendered by the morbid state of the system, whereby the free circulation of the blood is impeded, or it may originate from some preceding complaint. The first thing to be done in order to effect a cure is to remove any ob structions, by purifying the blood and causing the discharge of the superabundant fluids from the body; for this purpose take Holloway's Pills, as they possess such cleansing proper ties that the dropsical patientis gradually restored to health, and the whole frame is permanently renovated. These Pills may be safely taken by male or female, at all periods of life.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. Bisnorrirc OF SIERRA LEON ,—The Rev. Owen Emery Vidal, perpetual curate of Holy Trinity, Arlington, Sussex, has been nominated, and is willing to go out, as the first Bishop of Sierra Leone. The Archbishop of Canter bury and her Majesty's Government have signi fied their con sent to Mr. Vidal's consecration, if a moderate endowment cau bo ;cloud, Cambridge Chronicle. INCOME-TAX COMMITTEE. (Continued from The Sun of yesterday.) Our last instalment of the evidence taken by the Income Tax Committee ended with the close of the third day's examination. On the fourth day Mr. Welsh was again called in ; we now continue the re port of his evidence:— EDWARD WELSH, ESQ., CALLED IN AND FURTHER EXAMINED. CHAIRMAN—Can you state what number of those parties whom you have mentioned to have been as sessed were charged in addition to their return by the additional Commissioners ?—I have a return of that kind for the year 1849. [The witness delivered in the same, which was read.] Will you state the number of persons who chose to be assessed by the Special Commissioners ?—Two hundred and fifteen ; that is clear of the compositions, which of course are renewed ; there would be 198 compositions and 215 annual assessments by the Spe cial Commissioners, making 413. Can you state what number of persons were charged beyond their return by the Special Commissioners ? —None in 1849 ; hut by myself there were 12 cases of increase ; six of those were not appealed against ; six of them were appealed against, and wholly con , firmed. Lord H.VANE — The whole twelve were surcharged? —Yes. Mr. J. WILSON —Surcharged upon their returns ? —Upon their returns ; the Special Commissioners can not assess without a reture CHAIRMAN—Can you state the number for any of the preceding years that chose to be assessed by the Special Commissioners ?—I can give it, beginning at 1845. In the year 1845 there were 162 annual as sessments and 285 compositions. In the year 1846 there were 187 annual assessments and 285 composi tions, of course continuing from 1845. In 1847 there were 208 annual assessments and 284 compositions ; one had been vacated by death or bankruptcy, or some other cause. In those three years were any of those added to by the Special Commissioners ?—Yes ; in 1845 there were a great many ; I should think nearly 100. Can you state what is the largest amount added on any one occasion ?—I think one was a return at 5001., wbich was charged 15,0001. Was that paid ?—lt was confirmed at 14,0001. upon appeal. And paid, of course ?—And paid. Was that a merchant, or a banker, or what ?—A warehouseman. That was an increase of mine. I have a statement of some of the principal ones. Will you state a few in the different classes ?—The first case I have is No. 240, for the year 1845 ; the amount returned was 3,000/. ; it was made 4,500/. ; confirmed upon appeal, and paid. Was that a trader, or in what class ?—I have not the description; a trader of course. The next was 7,0001.; charged 10,0001.; confirmed upon appeal, and afterwards compounded for three years, at the increased sum of 10,0001. Were those surcharges made by you, or by the Commissioners ?—Generally by me. It is your duty to report to the Special Commis sioners ?—Yes. I may state to the Committee, that in making the special assessments I stand in precisely the same position as the clerk to the Commissioners does to the General Commissioners. The assessments are made by me and certified. Will you proceed with your statement.—The next case of consequence is No. 395 ; return 10,000/. ; charged 15,000/. ; confirmed on appeal at 11,000/., and compounded. The next case is one which I before stated, No. 417 ; return 5001.; made 15,0001., and confirmed at 14,0001., but did not compound. Are these the largest amounts that took place in that year?—No. In the next case, No. 430, the return was 15,0001. ; charged 30,000/. ; appealed and confirmed at 20,0001., and compounded for three years. Then No. 491, return 5,500/. ; charged 11,0001.; no appeal; paid the assessment, but not a composition. Mr. J. WlLsoN—Have you those in a tabular form ?—Yes ; they are not all the cases ; they are just some few which I selected. I have a statement for the years 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, and 1850. There were more cases in 1845 than in any other year, because it was the year of compounding, and they were looked after more sharply. [The witness then delivered in the document.] CHAIRMAN—Have you brought a return of the names of the Commissioners for general purposes, and of the additional Commissioners ?—This is the list stating at the bottom the names of the additional Commissioners appointed from the b od y of general Commissioners in each year, commencing in 1842 and ending in 1848. In 1849 and 1850 I find that no appointments were made, but that the Commissioners of 1848 continued to act. Does it appear by that table how often the addi tional Commissioners have sat contrary, as you state, to the Act P—No ; I think the sittings of the Com missioners in the year would be about eight or nine, including the additional assessments. Are you correct in stating that you made no repre sentation on those points to the Board of Inland Re venue ?—I have on several occasions spoken to one of the members of the Board, to explain that it was irregular for the additional Commissioners to act in their own cases, and some few months since, on re porting the state of the business of the district, I re ported that it was not done satisfactorily; that it had for some months been getting behind; that for the last few months the Commissioners had not met so regularly as they ought. I have prepared a state ment of the times of making the assessments throughout the years from 1842 to 1850, as well as the times for making the special assessments. It will be seen that the special assessments have generally been made three, or four, or five months before any of the others ; the first year there was delay, becau se the Act did not pass till July. Mr. RICARDO — The last tab\es of surcharges which you have given in do not intjude the whole of the cases in which you have surchiceited ?—For the year 1845 those are not the whole of'the cases; for the year 1849 they are the exact number; I have gone through the assessments. Lord 11. VANE—They are all the exact number, except in the case of 1845 ?—I believe so. Mr. RICARDO — How did you in the first instance discover that these returns were so exceedingly con trary to the real facts ?—There is a great jealousy on the part of the assessors to the assessments being made by the Special Commissioners, because they lose their poundage ; and sometimes the assessors in bringing a return paper, which is required to be put under an envelope for me for special assessment, re mark such a person ought to be assessed so and so, without knowing what the return is ; merely because they are perhaps a little annoyed that the return is taken from them, and I always note those cases and make inquiry. Ido not say that all the cases arose from such an observation, but some of them did others from the notoriety of th e parties, as regards their position in the City ; others perhaps from the average of the three years. In making my special assessments I have a form which enables me to state in each year the assessment of three years; I never allow the parties to be assessed at less than the ave rage of what they have paid three years previously. Do you surcharge the party to that amount upon no better foundation than the observation of the as sessor ?—No ; I should apply to the party first, but where it is pretty clear that he is liable to a larger amount he never sends me an answer, at least very rarely obliged to make the assessment more. CHAIRMAN--HgONY do you apply by letter ?—By letter. Mr. RICARDO—Then there is a great deal of diplo macy in discovering these things ?—Yes. Have you no positive means of discovering them ? • —A comparison between houses of the same business • would give some idea, by the number of clerks and persons they return. It is not an uncommon thing to •34 ask the extent of the business done by a house, where there is any doubt in my mind, of course without mentioning any names of parties. Mr. J. WlLsosi—Can you get an answer without mentioning the name ?—I never mention the names ; I instance the case of five or six houses. CHAIRMAN—In the same line ?—Yes ; and it some times happens that the assessors are better able to form an opinion of the business, and they always take lei care to inquire. Mr. J. WiLsoN—Then when you want to make , inquiry about the extent of an y man's business, in stead of putting your question individually as to that one house, you put five or six houses ?—As soon as I have recorded on the assessment paper the returns which I receive as to the average of the three years' previous assessment, those that are satisfactory I dis pose of at once, but those I have any doubt about I leave open and make the best inquiry I can ; some times I ask the assessors if they know the extent of business done by such a house, and they tell me so and so ; I never mention what the parties return. In that case you mention the name?-1 cannot in that case help mentioning the name. CHAIRMAN—YOU ask of the assessors to the Gene ral Commissioners ?—Just so. The assessors to the General Commissioners, in all cases where parties elect to be assessed by the Special Commissioners, lose the poundage ?—They do. Do you get that poundage ?—Not a farthing. Mr. EICARDO—In point of fact, then, under those circumstances parties electing to be assessed by you, are really assessed by the ordinary Commissioners ? No; I do not think that the amount of the return of any person who has required to be assessed by the Special Commissioners has ever transpired in the city of London since the year 1842 ; even my own assist ants cannot see the returns ; they are under patent locks, and nobody can open them but myself. The parties elect to be assessed by you; you have told us that you received a hint from the assessors as to the assessment which you ought to put upon them, so that in point of fact you, receiving information from those by whom they object to be assessed, assess them according to that information ? No, not always ; the assessors do not assess the par ties in any way except where they refuse to make a return, and then they merely give the Commis sioners an estimate of their liability ; therefore the information which they gi'e me in making my as sessment is tantamount to the information which they are required by Act of Parliament to give to the other Commissioners. They are required, on the general Commissioners going through the returns, and making their assessments on those returns where no returns have been received, or even where they have been received and are considered not satisfactory, to deliver in a list and an estimate of the liability of each party, and upon that evidence the Commis sioners make their assessments. Therefore I am placed precisely in the same , position in making my assessment as the general Commissioners place them selves, by giving these directions to the assessors in , accordance with the Act of Parliament. I would beg to add, that in no case have I ever made known to the assessors the amount of any return to the Special Com missioners, nor that I should adopt the suggestions which they gave. CHAIRALAN—Does that remain solely known to the Special Commissioners and yourself ?—Entirely so. Mr. RICARDO—You have not explained to us, when you have made these very large surcharges, upon what information you have made them. You state that you do not take the information from the ordinary assessors ?—I take their information as far as they give it me. Ido not always act upon it. You get your information sometimes by inquiring as to the extent of the business of these parties P—l think it must be tolerably plain to the Committee that, connected as I have been with the city of Lon don from the year 1842, and having been previously a surveyor of the assessed taxes for 14 years, some time in the city, formerly in Kent, and knowing the parties pretty well, I must have a pretty good know ledge of the persons and of the trade which they are doing in the city of London. I have never been absent from an appeal meeting yet, and have taken some thousands of appeals before the Special Commissioners of all classes, merchants, traders, and professional men. I also had the Inns of Court and Chancery for the first four or five years. I therefore ought to have a toler ably good opinion of the business done by different persons. As to the particular grounds upon which I make every increased charge, I do not feel at the pre sent moment in a position to state them. In many of these cases the parties, notwithstanding that they were conscious of having made so very false a return, nevertheless appealed ?—I think that the appeals afterwards preferred by such parties merely went to the extent of showing that they had made their returns in ignorance. I cannot believe that all of them were disposed to cheat the revenue ; some, perhaps, in deducting interest upon capital, others, perhaps, in charging expenses that were not justified, and in some cases setting against the one year's profits the entire losses, instead of taking the average of them ; there are many reasons. In that case did they produce their books P—We never require it. The Special Commissioners always issue a precept upon the receipt of a notice to appeal. The precept directs accounts to be sent to me perhaps 10 or 11 days before the appeal is to be heard ; those accounts I always look into; if I find them deficient I at once commence a correspondence with the parties, and I do not allow the appeal to be heard till lam satisfied. If the first account is not suffi cient, I have a second ; if that is not sufficient, I have a third, and soon. Ido not take it before the Special Commissioners for their decision until the matter is quite complete. How is that account vouched ?—lt is a printed form used by the Commissioners, of which I now produce a copy. In point of fact, this is an account which is not compared with the books ?—When the parties are before the Commissioners, if they think fit they can swear them to it, and I believe they are all well in formed that they are liable to be sworn. I appre hend they compare it so as to see that it is perfect, but we do not ask them for their books ; we have no power to call for their books ; it is a mistaken no tion to suppose that books are brought before the Commissioners. CHAIRMAN—In point of fact, have you often called on them to take an oath to the accuracy of this ac count ?—The Commissioners generally ask the appel lant, whoever he may be, " Are you prepared to sweat to this account ? " If he says " No," they will not receive it; if he says "Yes," they take it, and feel bound to act upon it. Mr. RICARDO—But do they not actually swear him ?—I have known some few cases at the com mencement of the Act where the parties have been sworn, but very rarely. Generally you take it as sufficient that they should say that they are prepared to swear to that ac count P—They do not know that they are not going to be sworn. CHAIRMAN—In the course of the last five years have you known any single person sworn ?—No, I think not. Since 1845 our cases of increase have been gradually getting less ; we have found the re turns much more perfect. Mr. Roenucia—Do you know any case in which the books were proffered to be shown to the Commis sioners ?—Yes ; in several instances the parties brought their books, but they were not compelled to do it. Did they bring their books ?—Yes. And were those books proposed by the parties as showing the correctness of their statement 2—Yes. Have you ever known a case in which a person who so proposed his hooks was nevertheless sur charged P—Perhaps the charge was partly confirmed and partly relieved. I may mention that the in stances in which the books have been produced, even by the parties themselves, have been very few; they have, in order to prove the accuracy of their accounts, brought their books. Mr. Ricenno—But you simply demand an account according to that form, and you ask for no vouchers whatever P—The Commissioners ask them for a state ment of their accounts, and when they produce those accounts they are asked if they are prepared to swear to them. It they say " Yes," and if they are people of honesty and character, the Commissioners take them. Putting out of the question that proposition which you make td them, whether they are prepared to swear to their accounts or not, you have no means whatever of verifying these accounts ?—Not unless the oath is absolutely administered, certainly. Even if the party were sworn to the account, it would still remain the same ; you would only have an affidavit to it. The General Commissioners never swear the parties to the accounts ; they never have done so. A man may produce any sort of account that he likes, not in conformity with his books at all, and you have no means of proving it by evidence ?—The pre cept sent to the party does not state that his accounts are not to be in accordance with the books; he is to deliver a true account, a debtor and creditor account. But you have no power to examine his books ? We have no power to ask for the books. Mr. DISRAELI—In the instances in which the books were brought by those persons, did they bring the books voluntarily, or from what you call a mistaken notion ?—Voluntarily. Mr. J. WlLsoN—ls there a difference, then, be tween the General Commissioners and the common Commissioners in their power to call for books ; does the Act of Parliament furnish the General Commis sioners with greater power, namely, with power to call for books, when it does not furnish the Special Commissioners with that power ?—The Special Com missioners have all the powers of the General Com missioners, but the General Commissioners do not act as the Special Commissioners do. Then are we to understand that none of the Com missioners, by the Act of Parliam ent, have the p to oa :all er_ to call for books ?—They have n ot the power for books. ; 1 C HAI RMAN —Have not the Spec,a.ommissioners CkG5 e p L e a ra ll i s t s h i o e ne r s powers have w h wTt h h the p ri e d c d t i t t o i o w e t abnodo r y a lecs obut there is this differenee between the a ction of the two invariable issue a bodies, the , Special Comn3issionbe r t the Gn Cotinto pmr i e s c s e i o p n t , e r e s n d d requ ire noto they have ou a n v t e s , refused us from tehr lfirs ea a n d a b l e heard, i r n e - - sfoitianngytphreepcaerpity, twhehecilietrhkemapepreelayl ws quiring him to bring an account, and to bring it in the best way he can. Mr. J. Wasoes—Can you tell the Committee uppn what description of evidence the General Commi s- s i one rs act ; when an appeal is made against a sur . charge, what sort of evidence they require to sustain it ?—The General Commissioners, upon receiving no tice, as I explained on Thursday last, divide them into perhaps 25 or 30 for each day ; and the clerks few days before they meet to hear the appeals, sends a printed letter, with a note at the bottom, that the par ties will be required to attend on a certain day, in cases of professions, to give an account of the preced ing year ; in cases of trade, an average of the last three years. Sometimes they come prepared with regular accounts ; sometimes they are very bad. The Commissioners examine them at the time, and get the best statement they can, and act accordingly. Some times they adjourn the case two or three times for further statements. If an account were artistically made out by an RC` countant, so as to appear to include all the elements of a general account, it would be taken as a satisfac tory account, without any means of discovering the accuracy of the figures which composed the account? —Upon the account furnished by the appellant, there is no other means of judging than his veracity. Lord H. VANE—That is, they have the power of putting him upon oath ?—They have the power of asking for further accounts, if they please. In some cases they do, but in the majority of cases the accounts are satisfactory. Mr. RICARDO—You say that you have had a great deal of experience in these matters. Do you consider that generally the returns are fairly made in the city of London ?—I consider that with regard to the merchants and bankers the returns are made rather in excess than below the amount; but with regard to the small traders, in many cases, particularly in the exemptions. the Government lose a considerable sum, no doubt. I have known, as regards merchants, that in some cases where they have preferred an appeal, perhaps a mistake has been made by the clerk in entering the assessment. It has been found, for instance, that two or three merchants together have returned 10,0001., and they have shown on appeal that they ought only to have returned 6,0001. or 7,0001., but they have made it 10,0001. in round numbers. The amount is so small that they do not think anything of it. Generally speaking, I have found where those returns have been made that the returns of the merchan is have been in excess of their liability. With the small traders generally you consider it to be other wise ?—Yes • where their average profits would be perhaps 16 0 1., or perhaps less, the first ef fort is to reduce them below the 150/., to obtain the exemption. How is it with the professional men in the city of London ?—We have not a great many professional men in the city of London. Their returns, gene rally speaking, are very fair. In the inns of court I found them very fair. The benchers were acting as Commissioners there, and they knew pretty well what the parties ought to return. It is difficult, I suppose, for a professional man to give a false return ?—He gives his return upon the income of the preceding year, and he can pretty well calculate his profits. Mr. ROEBUCK—Do the benchers act as Commis sioners ?—ln the inns of court, but I have nothing to do with the inns of court now. Generally do not the members of the inns of court also return to Somerset House ?—The benchers of the inns of court invariably choose two or three from their own body to act as additional Commissioners. The remaining number act as General Commissioners in hearing appeals. I am not speaking of hearing appeals, but of the original return. That is not made to the benchers, but to Somerset House ?—The Somerset House Board is the controlling Board, the Board of Inland Revenue. There is a mere ordinary person who sends round the assessment papers P—That is the assessor. Is the return made to the benchers ?—The benchers have their clerk the same as any other Com missioners. Is it so that the return is made to to the benchers ? —They always have the returns before them. Is the return made to the benchers ?—The re turn is made to the assessor appointed by the benchers. And is there no means of returning direct to Somerset House ?—No, there are Special Commis sioners in each district. The Commissioners of So merset House are Special Commissioners, by virtue of their office. There are three special commissioners, who are now sitting at Somerset House, who have their offices there, but they also have their offices at Broad-street, and you may send your return to the Special Commissioners instead of to the District Commissioners, if you think fit. Mr. RICARDO—There is no accountant attached to the Commissioners ?—No. You have no funds for employing an accountant, have you ?—No ; besides which no person could be present at the time of hearing the appeal, unless he was a sworn officer. CHAIRMAN—What employment would you have for an accountant P—l do not know, except in some very particular accounts, that an accountant would be of any service at all. The Commissioners them selves, as merchants, are quite as conversant with ac counts as any accountant would be, most of them doing business in a very large way, having their books kept by a regular accountant. You understand accounts ?—Yes. Colonel ROMILLY—You have said that the tendency of merchants in the city of London, you think, is to return rather more than they ought ?—I think they are generally in excess. Do you think that that proceeds from a desire to avoid the trouble arising from surcharging?—No, I think not. I think it is more a matter of generosity than anything else. If the amount is between 8,000/. and 9,0001., they make their return an even 10,000/. ; so volth regard to 11,0001. or 12,0001., they make it 15,000/. ; and where they have suffered losses they would rather a great deal return something than be called upon for an explanation. Mr. J. WILSON—Did I understand you rightly to say that the professional incomes were more easily arrived at than the trading incomes ?—Yes, inas much as you take the preceding year only, whereas in trade you take three years. It is less trouble. You have no better test of the accuracy of pro fessional incomes for the one year than you have of the average income fur the three years ?—I do not know that. The party must find it less trouble, having only to take the preceding year, than he would to go into three years. That would only be a question of trouble to the person who made the return ?—Just so. But it would not afford you any additional test as to the accuracy of the return ?—Not at all. There is no reason why you should place more faith in the returns of medical and legal practitioners than in the returns of merchants and manufacturers ? —Not at all. It is a simple question with profes sional men as to their gross receipts and their dis bursements. Withcattorneys it is sometimes a ques tion as to whether they have given us the whole of their business, or merely the amount received. They may have many years' bills outstanding; hut they should give us an estimate of what those bills will produce. There is quite as much opportunity for fraud in the one case as in the other ?—No doubt about it. CHAIRMAN—In the returns from bankers and insurance companies, do they state any details of the profits, either from discounts or from investments, or do they give a general sum of profits under one heap ?—We have had very few instances of testing the returns of bankers; the returns made to the General Commissioners have been generally satisfac tory to them ; but in one or two instances they ha r returned their investments separately from heir discounts. amount of profits ? Generally, it is the gross arn Generally, it is a sum from the trade of banker, so much money ; as regards the insurance o companies, I ought to state to the Committee that there is great the assessment, or their uncertainty with respassessmentect ny d e r th© Act ; in some cases liability to f ree , whilst in other cases they claim to be enti rTrni, Some few merely give us theychargeable upon their offices; make a large retu a list of the annuities I think that is a matter which ttee. deserves the special consideration of the Committee. o int What is the nature of the uncertainty t four months o f l aw ?--An insurance company, abou is it a p ago, made a return which I had to e xamine ; th t e o y. statedt, I submitted "nil" in the return ; there was a statemen t figures, and upon going into the accoutnhem at between to the Commissioners that I estimated i 25,0001. and 30,0001. ; the additionla Commissioners refused to make the assessmeint_ionuodemanded a case Commissioners under for the opinion of the Genera 1; find by a majority of the Act ; they had a mee.ting, and gave directions one only, admitted my objection, to the additional Commissioners to assess them at 25,0001. odd ; after that the came t company had the oppor appeal, and tht tunity of appealing ; they a dditi on al Commissi oners s stultified themselves so far as to reduce that assessment which they had before p u t at 2 5 , 0001. to about 13,0001. Now the same thing has happened with many others. Was that 13,0001. the amount which was paid upon ?—The 13,000/. they paid upon. On what poi nt of law did the q uestion turn ? There is no difficulty at all in ascertaining the profits of an insurance company as regards the fire depart ment ; the ground of liability to charge there would be the excess of premiums beyond their liability, which is easily ascertained as soon as the year has ex pired. With regard to the life department, they ge nerally set off against the profits of the are (We'd' SIR JAMSETJEE JEEJEEBHOY. Sunday having been the birthday of Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, a splendid entertainment was given by this distinguished gentleman at his garden in Maze gon, Bombay, to about three hundred of the rich and influential members of his caste. On the morning of the same day, from seven to twelve, A.M., many thousands of rupees were distributed among the Parsee priests and the poor of all castes and creed. The worthy knight's garden at Ma zagon displayed a splendid spectacle from seven to eleven P.M. Lanterns were placed in good order along the roads for the convenience of parties pro ceeding to the entertainment, and this alone repre sented to individuals at a distance something like a grand procession of marriage or some festival. The attendance commenced at seven P.m.., and the par ties invited were received with all due honour by the sons of Sir Jamsetjee, who were seated at the front door. In the space of about one hour nearly 300 persons assembled in the hall. They were there amused by some of the best country musicians and songsters. At half-past seven, when the attendance was more than half full, Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy made his appearance in the assembly, and, having in terchanged salaams with all the guests present, took his seat. He was there supported on his right by Bomonjee Hormusjee, Esq., and on the left by Manockjee Noserwanjee Petty, Esq. Music and songs were going on, when, at about a little after eight, intimation being received that the supper was ready, each and every one left the great hall, and went to the table. On a fine spacious verandah, especially built for the pur pose, two large tables, at which more than 800 persons can be accommodated, were plentifully served with the richest dishes and fruits, and all sorts of wines were to be had. The first glass of wine, as usual among the Parsees, was drunk by all, with a prayer that the Almighty might give good sense to every one. After a short interval, wine was drunk with great éclat in honour of the auspicious day, and the health of Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy and family. The third time wine was drunk in honotit of the Wadies' family. Then the health of the whole assembly was drunk, and lastly the health of our Chief and Gracious So vereign Queen Victoria was proposed, which was drunk by all with a prayer that her reign might con tinue prosperous over these lands. After that, each had the pleasure of drinking a wine-glassful now and then in proportion to their respective tastes for the same. About half-past ten the party rose from table, and rose-water, flowers, and pan-soopary were distri buted. Several of the guests took leave of their host at the same time, and retired to their respective homes, while others went again into the great hall where they were first seated. Musicians and songsters were there ready to amuse the remnant of assembly. At a little before eleven o'clock, the assembly, after taking leave of each other, dispersed and went to their homes. Bombay Times, July 1. LYNCH LA IT on a WOMAN in CALIFORNIA! A short time back a party of drunken brutes tor. • the door of a private house, occupied by a Mexicun woman, whom they insulted in the grossest manner. Of this she took no notice, but one of the party returning soon afterwards for the vilest of purposes, and insultirg the woman with the grossest of epithets, her southern blood boiled over with indignation , and. i n a moment of passion, she snatched a knife, and inflictod upon him a mortal wound. For this she was taken to the cross-roads and hanged. The San Francisco Picayune thus comments upon this deliberate murder:—" Now, we venture to say that had this woman been n n American instead of a Mexican—had she boasted of white blood, as they call it—as though the caste of the woman, if it affected her case at all, should not,have tended to make her executioners more lenient—had she been of the Anglo - Saxon race , instead of bein g hung for the deed, she would have been lau ded for it; and in stead of an account appearing i n the papers of a horrible murder by a Mexican woman, es or press in the state would have rung with as or the tions for the heroic condnot of a female,' determined defence of her virtue by a lady the mines.' It was not her guilt which condemned thi üßutn fortunate woman, but her cast e and Mexica h n bloodd.s eon . f one circumstance was want in g to znat e er o this woman unparalleled in atrocity. She was In 1, dition that would have made her life sacred, even in th e moat barbarous ages , a nd under the bloodiest code that ever cursed the world. n unborn infant perished with it saw the light." its murdered mother, before --_-_,------ CATASTRornE.—We deeply lament ATELANCR OLY miIy of Mr. Henry Grattan Curran, seat to say that thes i= s e has been plunged into the deapes`' pendiary Inatlgiei a ccidental death of his only son, John. Thi s i n t , ed to dine with some other lads at the affliction in Strokestown, wherehis father has now fine youthbYwasmainhNo house of ars. eme been located as resident magistrate, lie fol forsane .1 . , his co mpanions to a bedchamber,. where they had gone t o o we. prepare for dinner, and on the chimney piece were pistols wh , c h the owner believed were unloaded. One of the youths h an dled one of the pistols, and he was desired to try with the ramrod if it was loaded, which he did ; b ut as i t unfor tunately happened, upon examination afterwards, the ram rod had been broken. Resting upon this false security one of the youths raised the weapon in the direction of Master Cur ran; it exploded, and the lad fell dead on the spot, the ball having penetrated his brain. The innocent cause of this sad bereavement is in a fearful state of suffering, falling tit to another, and his life despaired of. An inquest washeld.. on the body, and a verdict of accidental death returned , . a l 7_ Curran most feelingly declaring that not the slightest" a bl we A t the attached itself to the author of the calamity', and t . Mrs. ill-fated youth's parents pitied and pyed f Mahon most kindly p ro ff ere d a resting r - a p lace for the yout h 's bave been con remains in her own family vault, where th e y M signed by a sad and sorrowing assenihrlaigiy • SUICIDE IN PRESTON. --On afternoon an awful act of self-destruction WSs I; at tehe southern extremity named Edward M'Afford, residingottages on the left of the rpetrated by a man of London-road, road. The deceas in ed ° h ne as o t io. work as a weay s er on bK f ti s rtolvfh°heclisast few weeks been inca pacitated for the e xecution i at about attack of fever, which, lattion. lie was left m u oth s er a - l in , -law , who •seras resulted inpdetpr.erss spirits and mental aberr d been down many half-past five on tea, but ere she ha went to are Friday ar and she, on repair afternoon, by his of met by the awful spectacle of the de nutes therese fa fall fell upon her e , ing to the room ;„, 00l of blood, with a d ra h z . o m r se i l n f. hi A s n th a r la o r a ra t. was in 4 few mi ,W:ei'llol3;oisyn hadveanknElt the e ca d p e t c ta e t a e sed i 'camediately gi. mi nutes remo ved in a lifeless state from his gory bed. lie has wife and three children to mourn his fate. leftlad Saltoun is to be a Knight of the Thistle in the roD a Q t 01Q lOU Viscwut bislyille. rp ool •• rpool '• hainP t * aOllO Br • hanlP t. b ainPt• hainP t ' iouth•• :.,r harnP • " , ai np. + • hanipt. ton • • LOn „rip. he ad.. liaart" ~mrt. ,r •' haml t.l a a gi p ,Ver 10 10 '