The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-26 00:00:00

......'. ,here the ' • ed e f d or j tbi, 1 0 4 , ricer 9 0 1 Otirli 5 V' ie, EA . ' IV I-, PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause LANGSTAIT V .bus 11111 Gil \M, the Creditors of RICHARD SURR, late of Gar- Hall, In the township of Ryton, in the county of York, Esq. `n_ died ' in the month of December, 1848), are, by their Solicitors, 2r i b e fore the 24th day of January, 1852, to leave their claims of e o u ilr , before JosErn Ilumpluty, Esq., one of the Masters of the said L ona t t at his Office, In Southampton -buildings, Chancery-lane, c ° ,l , and are, on the . IGth day of February, 1852, to establish so4svialni, before the said Master, or in default thereof, such per iled . 11 be peremptorily excluded the benefit of the said Decree, We General Orders of the said Court. JOHN and CHARLES COLE, 4, Adelphi-terrace, Plaintiff's Solicitors. V REEII')LD and LEASEHOLD ESTATES, and FEE FARM RENTS. To be pere m ptorily SOLD, pursuant to an OR DER of the HIGH COURT of C 'IANCER Y, made in a cause of b() sit ,_DDRELL v. ANTROBUS, with the app robation of the Hon. '4--"E"QE ROSE, one of the Masters of the sai d Court, at the Com- Rooms, in Corn-street, in the city of Bristol, on Too DAY, d day of January, 1852, at One o'clock in the Afternoon, in ' 4l lt Lott, %ev e ral FREEHOLD and LEASEIIOLD ESTATES and FEE th e I RENTSe property of Thomas Daniel Doddrell, of city of Bristol, Grocer, deceased, such Estates comprising Two th e t" _ e In West-street, Bedminster, in t he county of Somerset, in .nPation of Walter Lee and another ; a House in Thomas ra„rr, ni the occupation of Mr. James, with a warehouse and co ach. th -rry joining ; two Houses, Nos. 4 and 5, in Providence -place ; a7,,,}l°uses,3, 4, and 5, in Mill-lane ; four llouses, Nos. 2,3, 5. in Paul-street ; and t w o Houses, Nos. 7 and 10, In Corona eton•street ; and twelve lols of Building Gr ound, on the eastward alas _ n f Coronation -street, all situate in the c it y of Bristol ; and seve ra, Went Charges. aster's and conditions of sale may b e had (gratis) at the said d Chambers, in Southampton -buildings , Chancery-lane, Lon- Z. n Personal appplication only ; of Mess rs. Blower, Vizard, a bin s, nd :arsons, of Lincoln's Inn-fields, solicitors; of Messrs. Warry, Ro Co., New Inn, London, solicitors ;of Messrs. Meredith and O f of Lincoln's Inn, London, solicitors ; and at Bristol of Messrs. Of at r Y and Son, solicitors ; of Messrs. Britten and Son, solicitors ; .__ 'cars. Osborne and Ward, solicitors ; and at the place of sale. TIM ROYAL BRITISH BANK (Incorporated IDVCharter), for receiving DE POSITS at interest, making 10 -SCES on approved securities, granting CASH CREDITS, and sacting every other description of banking business, Issues FRO iltsdnY NOTES or BILLS, payable in London, of any amoant, ihos i be aring Interest or not at the optio n of the depositors or pur -11. ,_ Its .. e ... !romissory Notes are free of cha r g e, and are transferablei ii.rtiable, and may be taken either for deposits, or be used in .interest transactions of commerce at home or abroad. The rates n yerest, at present allowed by the Bank are as follow, viz. t2eosits for New Shares perthe gradual increase of the Capital o i; 1 3 11 1 of the Charter—Four cent. per annum. Balances Accounts, or Deposits for Six Months—Three per cent. O :iialances of Drawing Accounts, held at call—rates varying trotp 'tun and time in Bank. In all cases the interest is reckoned h2iLY to day. te,7,74 1 ed terms of business, and forms of application for opening the 8r• Ike., will be supplied at the Chief Office of the Bank, and at *aches in the Strand, Lambeth, and Islington. By order of the Court of Directors, HUGH IN NES CAMRON, General Manager. TOkenhous e -y ar d, Lothbury, London.E BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY toun i „raay be obtained of all respec t a ble spirit dealers I n town and 1 41 d ,', 4 • in single bottles, protected by the pate nt metallic capsul l6s., es ; i l _tities not less than two gallons or one doze n, in jars, at p ultil bottles at 18s. per gallon, At the DISTILLERY, 7, SMITIIF IELD-BARS. Glass bottles and cases included, and not returnable. rip ri., O ,E ANAXYRIDIAN TROWSER. iliPert„,:'err CAIIAN, the scientific Trowser-cutter, continues his kired "" method, by which an elegance of style and fit may be in- M th met+, make of this garment ; supersedes braces, remains : , ile heel without straps, secures a handsome face over the ttry v t . a nd affords a full power of stride and ease in seat, so neces k 1 6s. to 2L atis 11.° ' " I " tr. ,an improvement not hitherto accomplished. `mot Herr Cahan's, 371, Strand, adjoining Exeter Hall. -------- S. ACKET GRAVESEND STAR P on T o Fore Cabin. S alo " thilt Gravesend and WoolwLondon • • • • • • • • uravesend and Blackwall and ich .• • .. 10d. . ... Os. 10 2 d d . 11;w It o 0 n Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .... Os. Ed. the ler Packets call a t the Grays, Greenhithe, and PurfleettinPigT. rac kets call at the Piers as underlined (weather Pe t FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. 4 t" ) 1 :* 1' a Time. a., I % - I% - 7days 0k: 144 b t Trains from the Boats marked t I *y. "es from Fench u r c h-street Station to all p `4O arts of London ‘ At arter of an hour. 11 rrival ~"MITSWICK WHARF, ELACKWALL, on the a o f ng Trains from the Fenchurch•street ........ lir4l"-...---- . D ate. ...--------, • itINDATII. lit .1 t: +. &? 2 ' fl 4 , ... t , , ... ... do - 7 +Bl t 1 oli 1A t Time. . . . u' t.' :4 A§ g S 6 S G 7 A 6' A %....., --... ~..... , ---- —._ --.---- -- -- le 4 ( , ""-• ...... _ _ _ 1 1 -- ll° o Tleß„Passages marked * are run direct. P A B.—Twelve Niontlis, 51. Os. Six Months, —; nth y" Os. ; to be ' had of the Collectors on boars retabe • Monk • Teirace Pier, Gravesend. 12, 1851: (Pr‘ll°.colio m it " g L I "r„„ ; WILTS. and4-GLOUCIISTE . "'„,X Y -ROAD STEAM-CARRIAGE COMPAN. 10 and -ThF 4 agistered, pursuant to 8 a nd 9 Vic., c. 16, and 11 Vic., C. 78. Ca 11 2,0001., 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 Boshicr. Mr. Bishop Hull. Mr. George Cox. Ae. E p SOLICITOR AND TREASCRER. ti lt? ALL 0 , • • Slack, ManTers-street, theiy, the . C4ll Of i;•_ 2S ' Gd• Per Share will be made immeTrti 111 14 ` 1 Den, es ..e amount at the expiration of Two Mointhsantod mane°e; ''orl t4l Carv?f forming the company, and of constructtihigairciaErrxiapgee- TCPlete . " a ge. No further Call v,lll be made until tle h ° bbje t en . by s te e t Of the o n m - -rnPany is to establish a means of .communiaz Wolk, °die:, Power upon Common-roads, cheap, swift, sate, A-414 between all the principal towns and places in the three t44l.le at , anties of Somerset Gloucester, and Wilts. 0r e ,2 12 for Shares maybe made to Mr. Slack, the golicitor to r '"Y or to J. P. Hinton, Esi., Solicitor, Small-street, ARGYL L LAIJRENT'S CASINO. , 1, 4 eh 1 4.14 ROOMS, Great for the Winter Season. ca, it.cn rent, 4 ___,,a 8, PEN every Evening a Windmill -street, o 'e„,': 4 BMI-known and celebrates ran , principal aCtorEnleet;et t, '''• '` u euurt. The New Redowa every I ke ' t ug th e and many lac na e recess the Rooms have been re-decorated. night " ° :ra ope t l i 4td ual , f_paesrt Eight, soletodicroecmtmionenocfe Matr.N.GineF 0. -.---------_________ A-chsaissionONE SHILLING. IT D A " 13 c1 r o Y c e l C . .. /a te, I .'" oo d `i l ß R Y'S HE ALTI-1-RESTOR ING ° ant Ittv- A , „ FOR INVALIDS AND INthFeAolll,TSn.a "Ice' 411 4 err e _"s'NT A ARA BIC A FOOD is ct ire or Lual remedy (without medicine, purging, other means of , 011 _at A, ho _ ..e ner bl At i for c ruse, as it saves fifty times its value tuinrcoal,mrpelena: vous, stomachic, intestinal, liver, ha • bitual 111,,n ati n ,er deeply rooted, dyspepsia (indigc4dit heartburn, ji, .leu, s'", na3morrh !dal aff ctions diarrhcea, aci Y, l a a n t cl lo, l: ) ilious tea, oppression, °rheumatism,e'gout, cough, asthma,_ aridropsy, - 44, 4iste , gid diness. co , n ofte h brain, noises in t . he hea d d po ia . 41 1 3 . Of tl:!1°L, palpitati g o e n s , e la r a uptions of the skin, impurities an reo._ bloo mach during p , 441 - 4 ' ; . 1 4 Bea d , sinking, sickness at the . sto the age d as well i h . •itot ; ~_ , and under all circiunstances, debility in ms cramps, itll.4totaat.i.jPression, irritability, wasting away,flts, spasms, fevers, a s i rr , iY, p yra 7 and ulceration of the stomach, angina pectoris, gnerelly, lloo; n ever t Y " ,3 cc. The best food for infants and invalids es with a k l ;',. lb, r ur!'is acid on the weakest stomach, nor int crfer and dinner, t o i',. , st ores ‘ l liet, but imparts a healthy relish for lutac u h se ular energy te lt Zlho st ~,, i 7 faculty of digestion and nervous and m btained 60,000 ~. 0„,_,8 eebled. The only remedy which has o . ninny of each i s -4 ; of cures of the and other complaints, - olim aad resist above and been aban A klin, id all other modes of treatment, flyott. a rable. ' °f 50 ,000 cures are here given '— li lag em, Elizabeth J Cure No. 47,121. Waltham-cross , Iblia, 4 Clire extreme, of Nazing Vicarage, Wa gatherings, low 'i all o t ', nervousness, indigestion% nervous fancies." i ' ki.. eb,._ - Ntr a . 4 - Eliz a ,_ Cure No, 48,314. a cure of ten ~,. aeth Yeoman Gateacre, near Liverpool, ." NO 3' ;lP si a, and all the horrors of nervous irritability.' Stuart " . "DYsPepsia ; from the Right Hon. the Lord 44 hi hav e derive De Decies. 's Reva l en ta 411,_est consid from D Barry - ' 4 llte t;, , and consider erable it due to benefit yourselvesu and the Public to "" e Publication of these lines. ~ 1 , 41 S TUARTb DE DECIES." kith 111 7 yr. Cure 0,832. ss, et n tbe ~,,-ars' indescribable agony from dyspepsia , neryoustnethe 1%,7;te1t and coastipatio flatulency, spasms, sickness a 1 ' tboci. - "' Yonaitings, have a been removed' by Du Barry's the - t i ts ,„„," MAR A , -40,,...13t I — JOLLY WORTIIAM, Ling, near D.-- , - i.. Norfolk." tbai i .-- 11b t uc ,ers, suitably puked for all climates, and with full ins r 1... 1%,,,ed, 51;, 2 ,,5• o d. • 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., 11s.; 1215., 225.; supe it,, , lpt ot .", 225, „ , 101 b., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b. carriage free oil Je at ft, to,'"t-oftee order.—Da Barry and Co., 127, New Bond ,it C purveyors to her Ms e tadili . and, and se a nd .„, Y , Hedges Butler, Regent-street ; North and Co.;. 4 k; Ma o .' l ackwell; Petty, Wood, and Co ,13, King William-street,. st p ,`; t 4ea, s a , GO, Gracechurch-street ; 49, Bishopsgate-street Within; 4 tre t ' Sta ; ; 33 0 and 451, Strand ; 5, Eccleston-street ; 5, Curzon thz_tt , lit Y air ..,_ postt corn er of Motcomb-streetUpper Baker not ani.oe - office ' Camden-town ; 24, Motcomb-street ; and 4 41 0 , rlaPectable G'rocers Bewareand Chemists. eware of Spurious and Injurious Imitations under I) closely similar names. itt• T LVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. hYq , ettl,7 had of Sherwood 23, Paternoster - r ow ; Carvalho, - " -ee tl Mani, 39, Corr:hill ; or direct from the author ; each ; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. ( 41 ,, eal th Recreation and Rational Ilse of Time." t e r . t r 4. 4 1 1 1 3 , any Ris , Spring and Summer Mornings -Ea nt t Environs of Londen—The Parks Lanes, Hills, rielcis . - saa -4 (1 lligh-roads, and other pleasant 'places—Country 4 klr "51e.... - Meles—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home Rest ' rama—On Eating, Drinking, sleepi n g , Bathin g , Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. -.NITTS FROM THI MOUNTAINS. Two Pols. Vit.l:„, T o Vol. I. 'HE LAKES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c, 'Vol. 11. 141r -/IS OF KILL JANET ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &o. " T h nukT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, n Vot i ppui a ,:" three score years and ten our course may ra ." the Nebiitreview of 'utmost every form (cause and cure) of ner hit.huil.., Late d health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses 0 1:1 4 egets tho man of pleasure, business, or study, and em °lll Of e ft ge ; With tables and rules for the diet and physical regu 'ver7-clay life. IT. kvrh . ..,, THR PASSIONS. k rikrecT ~,.'. Passions hurt the body—what improve, et., "1 4 n3 as refined as Athens ever heard." 11 "Of tis • - "Life', • 't of 1 -Le po st Pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad- Ntiv leeutio postpe~6 ChaAtity and its infringements. The casual % an d reniusness and dissipation, with illustrations graphic, nal' at h r e. Advocacy of early marriages. V. t. THE MARRIAGE STATE. ittfilil ro_443tm...T_o,baewor not to be, that is the question. rni te .g rni i i •,,i, s and obligations of nature, society, and reli: ititr, bit botn" 4 age, to be observed by either sex. Time and by tto ~„ aides. as to a t mplealon, and e44le„m deFeuro healthy off ge, emperamel l of rearing them. It y • ke. eetiv enesS and it s s r P e r m in o W N ' 'al7 vith Ste th ril e it a y and its conversion. 116 ("24 ) 4 !etL Et t itztlei a. TWent7. - -IVELL, M.D. (1841), Iteen' - " v e Years Medical and Forensic Referes in these " I I i 0 q,tion ho xs, seven till _ us an dilly till Five. Evenin- . Ai R C.S. (1827), L.S.A. U.litatitreets t ou. fT% N°. 18,490.] ../. .." 9- -,-, ... - Z ',!- ' —2.: -,.--7 - . 7 4 'l . < 7 t(" ' 1 .- • 4 ": 2 1' 4.... ) WEST I DIA MAIL, Yesterday the Avon arrived at Southampton with . , 4 the , West India and Pacigo mails. Her (Wes are -I.';'" ' t 7 t/ - 1 f-' '; _.4... Greytown, Nov. 20 ; Chagres, 24 ; Carthagena, 27; . i' ,„.,..,, Jamaica, 29 ; Demerara, 27 ; St. Thom as , D ec . 5. Amongst her cargo is :—Specie, 1,291,558 dollars ; 789 serons of cochineal, 256 serons of inine, 118 ...... cuses of cigars, 55 b a l es of tobacco, 98 bates of g parilla, and 70 pack ages o f sundr i es. am. 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. [PRICE SD. BRITISH GUIANA. At Demerara the weather has been highly favour.. able to the crops. There are, however, signs that a change is about to takeplace, 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 13erbice ; while o f th e 30,141 persons resi thfe town, 25,508 b e l onge d to Georgetown, and 4,633 o d n 4 ,633 to New Amsterdam. There is no great disparity between the sexes, though, owing to the • importations of late years of Coolie immigrants, *ho are mostly males, there is an excess of males over fe males. Of the total number of 12 7,0105, 86,461 are natives of British G u i ana , the remainder b e i ng com posed of immigrants countries. of all classes and almost all from Fr From i this i it aalpapneda r w s JAMAICA. e th b there.," The Cornwall Chronicle says that at Sudbury in cluding Kirk Patrick Hall t irl raging g n i i n t ; village, on the grand interior Toad to Falmouth, north of the Montego Bay airitetbaecccohuoniet::wo was s h s e riv er , ' the disease has be come prevalent, §nd several deaths have occurred in those districts. Since the 13th of September 66 deaths have taken place in the town 17 of these were from that date to the 31st October, and from the Estate, and Orange to the let of November to yesterday, the 24th, 4g ow 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, includin the cases which have appeared in the incipient stage of the complaint, and to which immediate preventive remedies were ap plied. The disease has also manifested itself virulently at Montego Bay, in ilTetmoreland, and Trelawney howevr, bad The small-pox was still very bad in the Duncan's assumed district oof Tr e mildl a w and serene s e r The ene a w p e p a e t;i r e a r n , c e, Which was regarded as an augury of returning health for the island. TRINIDAD. We learn that a disposition to emigrate to Vene zuela was growing up. Referring to this topic, the Port of Spain Gazetto says : " Tne 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 publi c funds in the importation of immigrants, and giving them money to come over, 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 Spain 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 shook 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 th a t severa l planters had set their mills about, principally for the purpose of getting plants from the canes cut for the manufacture of sugar, has again set in ver 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 advices to the 29th ult. They state that the Spanish Government had seized 400 out of 600 slaves, lauded at Puerto de Cavanas on the 18th November. A report of the President's in tention to send Judge Starkie to Havannab, 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 caused some excitement at Cuba. JAMAICA MARKETS. (From De Cordova's Atercanti4 Intelligencer.) KINGSTON, Nov. 27. The market has been generally quiet since ourlast; but a fair business might have born done in pickled fish had the supplies been commensurate with the inquiry from the trade. Breadstuffs with the excepti on o f mea l , h ave been rather dull of sale, at a decline of prices; and the market is still amply stocked. Produce is inactive. Flour—There have been sales of superfine Baltimore and Alexandria at 28s. to 295., and of Canadian at 255. to 265. per barrel. The market is inactive, with an am ple stock. . Meal—New is scarce, and in some inquiry at 18s. per barrel. Rice—Bengal bas been operated in to a limited extent at 131. 6d. per 100 lbs. No other transactions have reached us. Butter—All descriptions aro aearce, and the market is looking up. We quote Irish at Is., and American and Halifax at 9d. Codfish—There have been sales of prime at 12e. for casks and 15s. Fer box, but for soma parcels somewhat inferior lls. and 14s. respectively was accepted. The market is dull, and stock quite ample. Pork—Mess is becoming scarce. The last transactions were effected at 965. per barrel. We have not beard of any operations in prime. Beef—American family is dull at 448. to 465. per half barrel. Tongues—lrish pigs are scarce and in demand at 525. per half barrel. Ox tongues are plentiful and almost unsaleable. Brandy—Wo have not heard of any wholesale trans actions. Freights—Tonnage is somewhat scarce, and but little business has been done in freights. Gold—American is worth per cent. premium, the dollar valued at 4s. ILubloons are scarce, but there is very little inquiry for them, even at 4s per cent. premium. ExcHINGEs.-0a London: Colonial Bank, 90 days, per cent. premium; ditto, 60 dap, 1 per cent. premium ; ditto, 30 days, 1 per cent. premium. Jama i ca Bank, 90 days, per cent. premium; ditto, 60 days, 1 per cent. premium; ditto, 30 drys, 1h per cent. premium. Mer chants' a l Ins 60 days, s 'Biils; 39, 1 odaxr,cpeanrti premium.OnNew York: Merchants' A CARD PARTY AT CRANFORD. I wondered what the Cranford ladies did with Captain Brown at their parties. We had often g g s ra ; tu a l n a d te , d in ourselveso our love upon r the re joiced, in former days, that there was no gentlem en to be attended to, and to find conve rsat i on f or, at t c h a e r d-par ti e sleha e d ve c n o in n snugness of Ir the gentility and distaste of mankind, wn had almost persuaded ourselves that to b e a man was to be " vulgar;" so that when I f oun d my friend and hostess, lls& Jenkyns, was going to h ave a par t y my honour, and that Captain and the Miss Browns were invited, I wondered m uch what would be the course of the eveni ng . C ard tables, with green balsa tops, were set ou t by day light, . just as usual ; it was the third week in Novemb e r, so the evenings closed in about fo ur . C andles, and clean packs of cards, were arranged on each table. The fire was m ade u p , had received the neat maid - servant her last directions ; there • and, 'A e stood dressed in our best, each with a candle-lighter in our bands, ready to dart at the candles as soon as the first knock came. Parties in Cranford were solemn festivities, making the ladies feel gravely elated, as they sat together in their best dresses. As soon as three had arrived, we sat down to " Preference," I being the unlucky fourth. The next four comers were put down immediately to another table; and, presently, ,the tea-trays, which I bad seen set out in the store - room as passed in the morning, were placed each on the middle of a o ard.table. The china was delicate egg-shell • , the old fashioned silver glittered with polishin g • h , but the eatables were of the slightest description. While the trays were yet on the tables, Captain and th Browns came in ; and I could see that, someh o w aMiss or other, the Captain was a favourite with all the ladies present, Ruffled brows were smoothed, sharp voices lowered at his approach. Miss B rown looked ill, and Miss depressed almost t o gloom. Jessie smiled as usual, and seemed nearly as popular as her father. He immediately and quietly assumed the man's pl ace in the room ; attended toev eryone 's the pretty maid- s ervant ' s labo ur b wants, les sene d cups, and bread -and-butt 1 y waiting on e mpty er ess la dies; and yet did it all in so easy and dignified a manner, and so much as if it were a matter of ' course for 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 yet, in all his atten tion to strangers, he had an eye on his suffering daughter ; for suffering I was sure she was, thong h to man . 7 eyes she might only appear to be irritable. Miss Jessie could not p l a y cards ; but she talked to the sitters -out, who, before her coming, had been rather inclined to be cross. She sang, too, to an old cracked p i ano which I think had been a spinnet in its youth. diss Jessie sang " Jock of Haseldean" a little out of tune ; but we were none of us musical, though Miss Jenkyns beat time out of time, by way 1 of appearing to be 50.,--,Dichenis household Ward.. e-/),Uit (41 / _e e t . , - ‘ st: , ( ifrAtt4. • , 'Mj••••••6 , ), ,-:,-. —4ll rits— :::l4l-Pr ;..., i . ... . . g - 2 . 1 , , A ......,.. , ...... 4111'' , ''''';' ;,'.• if' '.- ' '..., 4 ~ , ..,.. : N-4. .....% - -4 44 , '4*- - • . 4 „, ~,,,, ....,-, , ..,,. .--7 , :; , . -,- /..c. , •••7%.:%. , , ii, •:-....., . 1 , '-••,(t '. 1 V i ''" 0 . X I 1.4,' i • 1::: , .1. . , 17 .4.01 : - ..\: :: :. ::::::•: I ,- 7 .. ' - _ , , 0c 7 ., .'.. , ..f , - 1 rs 4 r= ~ • . •:.- - , - 7.4i.-. 1 , 4 ,. ~. : „, , ~::. •: , ', ,,, i7t .„,, , : z . ,49", ..., :, ::. ~,. ,f , : - . 7, ;;. -1., ~. ~.,..,. „„„ ~,,...„.„.. , 1 ..--4c . :,,5+, • =4' • ' .•-;_ $:,,,..., ''''... , ` s - DIE '.4-47-, : -: 7 . 4, , c..4„ . :, 14 In' •.' .... - 9,e w • allorT : • , - LONDON, FRIDAY EVE :I a a SUN DECEMBER 26, 1851. ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY. (Incorporated pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet.) Offices—No. 11, Adam-street, Adelphi. Capital, 50,0008., In 100,000 Shares of 10s. (fully paid up) each. No Shareholder will be liable beyond the amount of his Shares. TRUSTEES. Charles Herbert Cottrell, Esq., Hadley, Herts. George Eminott Green, Esq., Emmott Hall, Lan J a mes Harmer, Esq., Ingress Park, Greenhithe, Kent e. 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 Pio a.den-buildings, Temple. DIRECTORS. John Barker, M.D., Richmond, Surrey. Symeon Taylor Bartlett, LL.D. Cambridge. Jonathan Felder, Esq., Peurith. Charles Hincks E sq ., Birmingham. Joseph George 'Parker, Esq , Warminster. Sir C. S. Rurnbold, Bart., Argyll-street, gegent-street. RESIDENT DIRECTOR IN CALIFORNIA. Captain Sir Henry Vere Huntley, lI.N. BANKERS. London and County Bank, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Coombe and Nickell, Bridge-street, Westminster. SUPERINTENDENTS IN CALIFORNIA. James Maconochie, Esq. William Godfrey Huet, Esq. SECRETARY (ad interim). Mr. George Frederick Goodman. This Company being now completely registered, the. Directors take the earliest opportunity of laying before the Shareholders a statement of its progress and prospects. It may be confidently as serted that no Company was ever brought successful before the public with equa l p ros p ect of speedy and results. The prompt assistance afforded by the Shareholders to the Three 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 Directors California, has been in that country five months, and the cour se ado p ted by California` for carrying out this enterprise results Prom the experience obtained by him during that period. The instructions given to Sir Henry Hunt ey were, in effect , th at he should make every possible inquiry relative to the state of the country, the tenure of land, the com parative merits of the different quartz veins in the several districts of California, and after mature deliberation to advise the Directors as to their best course of proceeding, and to 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 mining purposes ; but he is clearly of opinion, that for the present, at least, it is not desirable to under take mining operations, but to crush and amalgamate quartz to be supplied by those who are possessed of mines, and have raised the quartz, With the assistance of some gentlemen of great experience is geology and mining matters, he has inspected and tested a great variety of veins in the Mariposa, Nevada, Grass Valley, and other districts, and has comeof t Gras Valley the conclus and ion, upon sound reasons, that the vicinity Nevada City, is that which affords the greatest advantages for car rying on our enterprise. Ile 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 about thirty miles from Sacramento City, to crush and amalgamate the quartz to be raised from the mine opened by them. By means of machinery, he has already e cru bed and amalgamated considerable quantities of the quartz sup plied him from this mine ; and the result of his operations has been to satisfy himself that the vein is of a full average richness, and that the locality transit, important advantages in the way of water, fuel, means o &c., &c. He has, there fore, entered into a formal 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, nd he gld produced is to be divided equally between the own of the vein and our Company. Formal and legal agreements for carrying out the above arran,;ement fairly and honestly, and oithout any copartnership, have been entered into. Steam-engines and machinery estimated to crush about thirty tons of quartz a day, with fonds sufficient for putting it in naotion, have been placed under the control of Sir Henry Huntley; and, unless some unexpected delay has arisen, the machinery is now actually at work, and a return will be made about Christmas next. For the satisfaction of the existing shareholders of this Company, and without wishing, in any manner, to deteriorate from the merits of other Companies, the Directors are desiresous of calling attention to some of the more p rominent advantag, possessed by this Com pany over others now in the field. Shareholders in other Co interested selling the mine; we rely upon the reports of our own resident Director and his practical assistants on the spot, whose only interest is to give us facts. The Directors of other Companies generally base the ,founded stimate of on experiments the value of their mine upon calculations upon a few pieces of specimen quartz, sent over to this country for the express purpose of advertising the commodity offered for sale to the British publicfound our calculations spoil experiments tried, during several weeks, on quartz raised from the mine, and crushed and amalgams te d by our own Superintendent, and with our own machinery and apparatus. Other Companies propose to incur the expense and risk of carrying out mining operations open their vein, before the quartz arrives at their mill, and, should their labours prove successful, they must then pay out of their profits large per-centages for obtaining their leases, and large royal ties to their lessors ; whereas we have secured as much quartz as our machinery is capable of crushing, the title to which is as secure as that of any oth er company, unfettered by any per-centage or royalty. The half of the p roduce 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 divide upon the outlay of i capital ll ex pended in raising the quartz, an nd d lodging it at the m Athe new companies, unlike this, mus ca e be onsiderable time before their arrangements and machinery their schemes —this Company alone is actually at work. The paid-up capital of the Company will not exceed 20,000/. An almost certain of the produce of our machinery can be formed, and, fromestimate t h e calculations made, the Directors confidently anticipate being able even at the most moderate estimate, to afford a dividend of 200 per cent., at the least, within the next twelve months. According to the data furnished to us, the quartz which we are now working yields upon an average 4d. per pound, or 1/. 17s. 4d, per cwt., or 371. Gs. Sd. per ton ; and, as w am ount scush and amalgamate at least 20 to diets, that to 7461. 13s. 4d., or 3731. a. Od. per diem as tiiieshaf-nr this odmpany. By the peculiar arrangements this Company has made, based upon practical experience, the economy in working expenses must necessarily be such as to render the current outlay most trifling. In case circumstances should induce the Directors to alter the system now adopted, and lead them to undertake mining operations of their own, arrangements have teen made securing four distinct sii es, most w Sir selected for their eligibility for ning pur poses, and Sir Henry Huntley has on the spot Cornish mining millers ho went out with him, and who have voluntarily retendered him their services. The gentlemen who formed the Provisional Committee of this Company, have added to their number several gentlemen possessing the acquaintance and entire confidence of a add verysuch large body f Shareho lders in the provincial distr To men Dire ;tory was due to those Shareholders who have in fact estab lished and nobly supported this Company. Measures will be taken for further augmenting the Directory, and a Special General Meet ing of the Shareholders will be convened for the middle of January. In conclusion, the Directors beg to offer their best thanks tothe Shareholders for the uniform support they have ed, and they pledge tnemseives that the affairs of this Company recei v edall be con- ducted with the most rigid economy, and with the sole view of for warding the interest of the Shareholders. The Directors beg to call the attention of Shareholders particularly to the fact that, from the system adopted by this Company, it can not be affected by the question now agitated between the holders of leases and Colonel Fremont or his agents. The district selected for the operations of this Company is far removed from the tract claimed by Colonel Fremont. The difficulty arising out of the many points now raised relative to the tenure of land 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 pu r sue for the present the course they have, and not to incur certain heavy expenses with doubtful results. The Directors trust that Shareholders will approve of the prudence of the course they have adopted. n appli ca tion at the offices of, the Pros p e ctuses may be had up o Company. _____-------"--""-- BRITISII AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY. In order to convince t he p ublic that this Company is not liable to the Joint Stock Comp anies Registration Act, and that, consequently, no deed is required, and no further liability call be incurred, the Lon d on Committee beg to sta te that they have obtained the OPINION of Sir FREDERIC TIIESIGER on the point, of which the following is a copy:— " I am of opinio n that the British Australian Go Com pany is exempt fro m the o p eration of the Joint Stock Companies ld Mining Reg i s t ra tion Act. This company was not established in any part of the United Kingdom in the sense of the Legislature, vrhich ap pears to me to be clearly conveyed by the enac t m ent 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 of thinferree United Kingdom. From which expres sions two things may be d la:— First, that the wor d ' established' is intended to point to the p butce w here the company was formed or founded; and, secondly, thataying a for this special prov ision with re,pect to Scotland, merely h S cott of business in the United Kingdom would not have brought a Scotch company within the operation of the Act. The company in ques tion was formed or esta blished at Sydney, and there is nothing in the Act which will make the formation of a branch or place of business here equivalent to nt establishmes. (Signed) " FREDE RIC THESIGER. " Temple, Dec. 20, 1851." HE BRITISH AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY. Established in Sydney. C a pital 200,000 1 ., in 200,000 Shares of 1/. each, to be paid up in full, and without any further liability. • COMMIEE OF MANAGEMENT IR AUSTRALIA. Ed w ard Hammond TT Hargreaves, Esq., Sydney, the first discoverer of gold in Australia. Richard Fawcett, Esq., George-street, Sydney. John Orr, Esq., of the firm of Jamieson, Orr, and Co., Sydney and Melbourne. COMMITTEE FOIL THE LONDON AGENCY. Charles Heneage, Esq. Henry T. Hyde, Esq. George Burge, Esq., John Moorhouse, Esq. Richard Ward, Esq. Edward Davis, Esq. SOLICITORS. Sydney—Randolph John Want, Esq. London—F. P. Chappell, Esq., 25, olden-square. DANEERS. Sydney—Tho Union Bank of Australia. London —Messrs. Martin, Stone, and Martin, Lombard-street. STOOL BROKER—Mr. F. A. Helps, 21, Finch-lane. LONDON SECRETAILY—Mr. A• Drake. Ovrias —Sydney : 481, George-street. London: 26, Moorgate street. This Company (which is already completely formed in Sydney) has been established for the purpose of working, to the greatest possible advantage, the most eligible portions of the splendid Gold Fields lately discovered in Australia. The Comittee 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, of such por tions of an estate called " Singleton," as are desirable 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 the Company, on payment to the lessor of a royalty of 51. 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 shareholders are subject to no cal, and are not required to sign any deed. For further particulars, see printed Prospectuses. 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And while I thus reposed upon my bed, A sound of music floated rour.d my head ; For, understand, although I was asleep, Some little consciousness I seemed to keep ; So, when I heard the music, soft and sweet, I knew the Christmas waits we re in the street. I listened to their strains in various modes, And f roily 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 fund 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 HYAM was desired to call On Father Christmas at his ancient hall; The object of the visit was not 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, Be called en Christmas on the appointed day. The abode of Father Christmas was a pile 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 grew, The smiling mistletoe and myrtle, too, While verdant bays and laurel boughs were seen To vary pleasingly the winter green. HYAM arrived precisely to his time, And found the " festive father" in his prime ; His eyes were bright, his cheeks 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 (said 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. lIYA If, do I ask, How you, this season, have performed your task ? I scarcely have a doubt (continued he), That what you've done will be approved by me ; 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 HYAM, 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 are brought to view. I've winter wrappers, good in make and cloth, F,t 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, And, Sir, (said HYAM), I would have you know That all my goods are ff , .ld 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. HYAM, 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 warm adieu, Well pleased, of course, with 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. II 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, (Rogow. Hull s Dublin. Bristol, and Exeter. EQUITABLE .FIRE and NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. 'O F T. LA3fIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairakan. *W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. *Jobn Moss, Esq. t*Hugh Croft, Esq. t*John Rawson, Esq. Elliotson, M.D. F.R.S. *John Shaw, Esq. toGeo. Fuller, Esq. t•Edmond S. Symes, Esq. *Ralph Gough, Esq. t*Clement Tabor, Esq. t Keunaway, Esq. fdlr Arnold J. Knight,M.D.t* Augustus *Sir A. W. Hillary, Bart. 31 tr s amu e g p u u h e tus Thompso n,vg Walker,nei Esq.sq Esq. *3/. C. Maher, Esq. • Fire. t Life. t 5 Both. EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital, 500,0001. (Incorporated under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.) The Policy Holders in this office are respectfully Informed that the 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 rates 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 Insurers 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 £500,00e. 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 be 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 2,250,000/. ; and the reserve :profit applicable to future bonus to the assured, amounts to 95,504. 14$. Od. Prospectuse', and every information, inay be obtained, on applica tion at the Office, or to any of its Agenti. W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. SECURITY TO4-4PM-PLOYERS. 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 HINDLE''', Esq., M.P., Dartmouth House, Westminster. JAMES KERSHAW, Esq., M.P., Stockport. TRUSTEES. James Alexander Douglas, Esq., 11, Queen -square. Ambrose Moore, Esq., Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square. James Nisbet, Esq., Berners-street, Oxford-street. CHAIRMAN—The Hon. FRANCIS VILLIERS, Berkeley-square. Dartrrx-CHAIRMAN — JAMES 1V VLD, 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 ASSURANCE. Life Assurances, Annuities, and Endowments. Payments taken Monthly as well as Quarterly, Ac. 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. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION (enrolled under the Friendly Society's Acts) and BENEVOLENT FUND. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. W. G. Prescott, Esq. I Thomson Hankey, Jun., Esq. Baron L. do Rothschild, M.P. TREASURER OF TIII BENEVOLENT FUND. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. This Association offers the following 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 CHILDREN, DUTY, or ANY CHARGE WHATEVER. Policies can be Assigned, and Assignments Registered in the Boo k s of the Association. FREE of PROBATE or LEGACY By oral* of the Board, P. H. BYRNB, Secretary. 42, Moorgato-street, London, October 22, 1851. N.B. Clerks becoming Members by an Assurance of 1001. or up wards, and subscribing ss. to 20s. annually, according to age, or by an annual subscription of one guinea, are entitled to all the impor tant advantages of the Benevolent Fund. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Lecture by Gee-ge Barker, Esq., 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. H. Pepper, Esq., on 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, &0., &c. UAW* 44144.1der 44 . ,zeiu31 of age, HaNirice. Open daily, from Eleven to Five. and .evety Evening, except Sa.. turday, from eeven till Half-past Tea. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. resents Thousands expended a o n f d p t o h u e n g d r s ea a t r e e r pa ex rt pe i n n de a d rti v e e le r s y n r e ld t ic v u a l l o n u e s d ly , b i e n . in ca n u e s h e ntnoetreadgarpattehdyinfogr would be a a n n d a t r o t o iel f e re t q h u a e t n e t e ly ni n d o h t e fo w r ° u rn s et; (live a girl a new tippet, cloak, or muff, or a boy a new top-coat or a suit of clothes, and there is something to gratify the pride, something to boast of among their acquaintances, something to last them the season, and do them a real service. Those, therefore, who make 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 bad it a few weeks. Messrs. E. MO3ES 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 u street, New Oxford-street, wh ere t h e y w ill see the finest assortment w of h d e r r e e ss u e i s e g fo o r rg a e ll ou u s n ges tt a i n n d gsP cenditlons, made of the best materia l s , of the newest fashions, and th e most ex quisite workmanship, and fitting on, form a complete the price marked on every article of dress, and be c onvinced at once by that it is less than half that charged o rdinary tailors for Inferior e a . n h d i , b c i o t e l e v n e . n e Moreover, r o o a o t r hey dressing wwill see and goods. London City Establishment 154, 155, E. MOSES and SON, 156, and 157 , Minories, 83 , 44, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opp os it e the Church, all communicating. London West-end Bran c h, 50 6, 50 7 , 508, New Oxford - street, 1,9, ,nd 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradfhrd Yorkshire Bra nc h, 19, Brloo o-street. -theffteld Branch, 36, F argate. Boot and Shoo- Tailors, Clothiers, H a tt ers, Hos i ers , oakers. and General Outfitters for Ladies an d Gentlemen. The Establishments a re closed from sunset Friday to minset on A. t r ls , s when busin ess i s resumed t ill Twelve o'clock. Furriers, The New Book, entitled " Th e Exhibition for All N ations , " in Three Languages, viz. : —E ngl i sh, Frenc h, an d German, and contain ing full directions for s e lf measuremen t, can be had gratis, on appli cation, or forwarded post free to any part of the kingdom. t nandsome Almanac, for the year ending 1852, can be had gratis, On application. Id I'on pule Francais°. Qui 0 panla Italian°. lllor spricht man Deutsch. Aqui se habla Espanol. MEDICAL ADVICE ON T EIE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUT 1 AND MATURI TY e ntion and Cure. With Plain Directions f er th e ir Prev FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Just published, la French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a Sealed E nve l ope, 21. 6d., o r post-free from the Author for Forty-two Stamps, SE LF-P RE SERV Medical Treatise en th e Physiology of Marriage' and on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and M aturit y , usuall y ac quired at an early pe r i o d o f lif e, w hi c h destroy the physical and SELF-PRESERVATION; a mental powers, diminish an d en f ee b le th e natural feelings, and ex haust the vital energies of M an h oo d ; w ith Practical Observations on the certain Prevention an d successfli l Trea tment of Nervous Debi lity, Local and Constituti ona l W ea k ness , syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and derangements resulting from Indis cretion, as ado p ted by Lallemand, Ricord, and other eminent members of the faculty of France. With Fifty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases o f th e R epro ductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and fu nc ti ons , an d the various injuries that are produced in then; by solitary h a bit s , e xcesses, and infection. By 6 AMIFEL LA'MERT, If•D*. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hanterlan Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c., &c. This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the highest medical honeurs, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the treatment of these complaints. He may be consulted with advan tage by all those whose constitutions may have become debilitated through secret practices acquired in youth, or by the excesses of later years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of marriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of unceas- . bag misery and regret. Published by the Author, and may Ile load of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Eltarie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-streei; Mann, 23, Cornhill ; or free by post for flirty-two stamps, frOm.'the author's residence, who may be consulted on these disorders perionally, or by letter, daily. from Ten till Two. and from Six till Eight- THE SILENT FRIEND. IN SIX LANGUAGES-FORTIETH EDITION. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. itiwarated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pager, price 2g. 6d. by post, from the Establishment, Bs. 6d. in stamps. THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abase of nercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol lowed by observations en Marriage, anti the disqualifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By B. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, London. Sold by strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and !ganger. 150, Oxford-street ; Gordon,l46, Lead.nhall-street ; Barclay, 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Bow Church-yard ; NV. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapsido ; B. Johnson, 68, Cornhill ; and Simpkin, Stationers' Hall-court. PA= I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-preduotive organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART 11. trests of tke consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative 1 leapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. • - • - - - PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in tie primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for tieir treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav ings. PAnT IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a nple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PAnT V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its du ti Is. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. Tan COZDIAL BALM OF BYRIAOIIM is exclusively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., I Is. and 83s. par bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-typbilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptoms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 83s. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 48. 6d., and 1 Is. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhea*, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A. minute detail of the case is required: ago, habits, and posi tion in society. 61. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Etta eltsbment only, by which the fee, U., is saved. Macs. Perry, Bargeens, are in attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, London, from Edam till Two, and Five to Eight; on Sun day! from YAM t 9 Ono CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. At this festive period of the year more than usual anxiety is created for— PERSONAL ATTRACTION, and the f Mowing unrivalled discoveries for the TOILET are called into increased reputation, namely— ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, for crea'ing 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'ORO, a fragrant and spirituous Perfume, an essential accompaniment 't 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, ilatton-garden, London, and by Chemists and Perfumers. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.- Commercial travellers are, of all men, the most social ; their profession often places them within situations where they are obliged to freely patronise 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 ail 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 C 0., 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 largo, 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, . 41 to 5d ; mutton, Sid to 6id; veal, 5d to skd per lb; pigs, 7s to 7s 3d per score; rough fat, 3i 6d per stone of 141bs; hides, 11c1 to lid per Ib; 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 qrs wheat, 234 qrs barley, 147 qrs oats, and 32 qrs beans. Top of Wheat ... ... 65 lb. 43s 6d „ Barley ... 5741 b. 27s 9d „ Oats ... 43ilb. 22s Od „ Beans 6611 b. 331 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 6s 9d ; secondary 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. UPPINGHAM, Dec. 24.—Wheat 34s to 365; barley 22s to 24s Od ; oats 17s to 278;: beans 28s to 348. Butter 12d to 12 id per lb ; eggs lb for Is. LOUTH, Dec. 24.—Wheat 32s to 37s ; barley 228 to 265; oats 14s to 18s ; beans 29s to 328 per qr. Newaae, Dec. 24.—Wheat, white 40s to 425, red 34s to 38s; barley, malting 21s to 275, grinding 218 to 238; oats, 245 t., 24s to 275. 225 t., 18s to 20s; beans, 32s to 38s ; peas, 24s to 28s; malt, 54s to 568; tares, 30s to 36s per qr. MELTON MOWBRAY, DEC. 23.—Wheat, 33s Od to 388 ; barley, 23s to 275; oats, old 238 to 27 1 , new 17 5 t o 20 8; beans, old 33s to 365, new,2ss to 29s per qr. Butter is to Os Od per Ib ; eggs 12 for is. Igravers, was due the merit of improving the style of illustration of the sci ent ifi c works of the present time —the gigantic engineering undertakings of Mr. Mackenzie, who, with his coadjutors Mr. Brassey and Mr. Joh n St ep h enson, had, since 1833 railway and oth er wor k s to the amount of upwards of seventeen millions sterling , executed yling, and from a very humble station had risen by his own talent and o a high station a mong hi s compeers — the hrii i i n it t i l t i l i t s i tz lit t :r; career of Colonel Jervis, and greaterhisatv i devoting his time and the native s to th e introduction of the blessings o f education among es m n e f ri l ts ndi i a n The practically use f u l careers of Mr. Thoneycroft . and Mr, Wilson, two men who, from 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 integrityof English engineers. The thanks of the institution were voted unanil 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. Bendel, president; 4. K. Brunel, J. Locke, M.P., J. Simpson, and R. Stephenson, M.P., vice presidents; (4. P. Bidder, J. Cubitt, J. E. Errington, J. Fowler, C. U. Gregory, J. Hawkshaw, J. R. M'Clean, C. May, J. Miller, and J. S. Russell, mem bers; and J. G. Appold and E. L. Betts, associates of council. Sir W. CUBIT; president, returned his sincere thanks to th e mem b ers for the kindness which they had evinced towards him during his tenure of office, and expressed th e h ope that the same good feeling would he exhibited to his 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 : " Oil the Alluvial Formations and the Local Changes of the South. E astern 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 he Fathers of all our Provinci a l Di rec t or i es . Nei- they Edinburgh or Glasgow bad 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 contrast its lean, 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 eminent 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 Exchange Assurance, Sun Fire and London Assurance Companies ; Commissioners for Trade and Pl intations, 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. t,- 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 w a rd o f " 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, RI." 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. Salt, Esq., 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, via., the Royal Exchange, the Sun, and the Loudon 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 Sir Thomas Hallifax, Mills, Glynn, and Milton ; Co.;ilan bury, Taylor, and Co.; Martin, Stone, Black well, and Foote ' - Prescotts, Grotes, Calverden, and liol 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, &c. ' • containing also an account of the s e ve r a l i nns i n 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" recoorwdsethaEtaisttlesfmt the Smit hfield, White Horse, Cripplegate, every Monday at o'clock s af a te n r d no G o l n a . sg A ow " vessel" lvhatf also Wharfs, L two sailed f rom ti Ha milton " field, Hawley's and Hore's Wharfst Hermitage." that identical one in which Roderick R an d o m Who knows but this Glasgow wagg on en assailed by the highwayman Strap fell in with Captain Weasel,the an other dis on their way from the tinguished:company,wh •• and have been and London, beyond Hi gh-street Nl ,s as c h to the consterna tion of the Prince of Sh a ve rs ea ewcaste averrecorded in that , re freshing history. of Glasgow t o Edinburgh bad also its London cvaemlleerstowere water-borne ; waggon, but no coach, while modest Paisley's tra vellers sails in the but whether this vessel f t etrh-eNeb, Pudzeochor f furled r l e e a d u her ue t be satisfactorily made out from the antique pages of anchorrnpi limpid waters t e e r l s V o a the London shopkeeper' s " Assistant ;" and it se ems 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. 1 Glasgow, Dec. 4, 1851. SALE OF THE GROUND RENTS OF THE LYCEUM THEATRE. —The freehold ground rents of the building so well known and so much frequented by the public from tine immemorial, as the Lyceum Theatre, will on the 26th of Jaluary be brought to the hammer, as well as the ground rent of several of the houses in the vicinity. It is stated that tiis 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 withi n , and an eye-sore and a nuisance to the passers-by without. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' 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 tke stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, Vere-street, Oxford street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen and Merchants, London ; and enerally by the principal dealers 15 sauce. N.B. Te guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA And PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. i~ 06 '~+ o° Os ; tLe CORK, DEC. 24. Barrels. Currency. 15 White wheat 20s 6d to 00s Od 00 s Od2o stone 74 Red wheat l7s 6d to 19s Od 00s Od-20 do 37 Ditto l9s Od to 20s 6d 0 Ditto .oos Od to 00s Od 41 Barley 11s 8d to 11 s 10d 35 Ditto lls 100 to 12s 3d 00s Od-16 do 0 Ditto Os Od to 00s Od • 0 Bere 00. Od to Os Od Os Od 96 Oath cis 4d to 9s 9d 414 Ditto 164 Ditto los Od to 103 40 100 Pigs 20s Od to 29s Od 28s Od per cwt Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:— 0 barrels white wheat; I3.red ; 27 barley; O bere; 107 oats; I Pig- Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week t Wheat, 1,277. Barley, 2,355. Oats, 6,859: Pigs, 1,602 PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURRENCY. First quality Second quality Third quality 66s Third quality . Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality 4Bs Sixth quality Return of Cattle sold for week ending Dec. 13. Pigs, 1,412. Sheep, 195. Cows, 262. CORE.—elour—First 11 s 6d to 121 6d; extra 131 6d; seconds, 10s Od tolls 6d; households 8. to 10. Od; thirds, 7s toes per cwt. Oatmeal 10, Gd to 11s; Indian meal Gs 6d to 7. Od; wheat. meal, Ps to 9.64 per cwt. Indian corn 610 s 04 to 61155 Od per ton. Bran 85s to 87s 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 24. to 30s; average 28s • dealers 32, to 349 Od; average 008 per ton. Stz aw—Farmer. 14. ' Od to 21s Od; average 16s; dealers 00s Od to 00s Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf bid to 6d; household loaf 4id to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, 9d to 10d per lb. Eggs-5s 6d to 6s Od per hundred. Coals— Newyork 16s Od ; Lydney 17s ; Landore 00s ; Culm, 13s Od per ton. Tallow 00s Od to 40s per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 51 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 6fid ; mutton 5d to 60; veal 4d to 6d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d per lb Hops 818 s to 910 s per cwt. Bangor slates 2/ 17s 6d to 310 s pm ton. Bark—Barbary 71 Os to 8/ Os ; Valonia 151 to 0/; French 61 Os ; Spanish 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 142 to 15s per stone. Hemp 291 to 341 per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 19. to 00e; red ditto, 24s to 00s per barrel ; Newfoundland, 1010 s to 11/ p.I ton. Timber—Memel, 70s per ton; red pine, 3/ 5s ; Tenon ditto, 2/ 15s per ton; deals, 151 to 181 per 100. Hides— Market 21s to 30s; salted 22s to 305 per owt ; calf skins 3d to 3id per lb. Potatoes, white 7d to ltd; Minion., 00d to 00d. Guano—Peruvian, 111 10e ; lohaboe , SI to 910. per ton. Tar—A rc h ange l, 19 s 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, &0., 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 relations with 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 bad 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, h onorar y member; Messrs. W. Brunton, G. S. Dalrymple, J. Farey, W. Mackenzie, and 11. Renton, members; and Colonel Jervis, B E., Messrs. S. B. Moody. Tasker, G. 13. Thorneycroft, W. West, and J. Wilson, associates. The memoirs were succinct records of eventful lives. They noticed feelingly the virtues and talents of Lord Northampto n , the mechanical skill of Mr. Brunton, almost th e last of the old school of en gineers —the patient industry and laborious research of kar. Farey, to whom, with the 'dowries, the en- ►+ a. _ _ I. b lot roe Of ififtl _,`