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THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the FIRST ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the COMPANY will be held at the Lon on Tav ent. Bishopgate-strekt, in the city of London, on MONDAY, he Bth day or August, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon precisely, when the ordinary business of the Company will be transacted. The Books for Registration of Transfers of Shares will be cloSed on the Ist day of August trnt , l atter the meeting. By Order. G. GROVE, Secretary. 3, Adelaide-place, Lordon•bridge,July 19, 1853. r IPHE DIRECTORS of the SOITTH-EASTERN RAILWAY are prepared to receive Tenders for 100 Clarence Cabs, either new or second-hand, constructed to carry luggage on the rcof Tenders to be addressed to Captain It. A. Barlow, Euperintend ent's Office, London-bridge Terminus. E. S. HERBERT, Secretary. South-Eastern Railway, London.bridge Tenninn.,l 27th July, 1853. UPPER INDIA RAILWAY COMPANY.- Notice is Hereby Given, that a MEETING of the SC EIP -11 ,LDER's in this Company will be held at the London Tavern, Rtihopsgate-stre-,s, on THURSDAY next, the 28th inst., at Twelve o'clock precisely, to receive a report from the Directors 01 the terms of amalgamation which have tnis day been arranged between the Chairman of the East India Railway Company and this Company, and, if approved, to confirm and adopt the same. JOC ELY Chairman. W. P. ANDREW, Managing Director. Moorgate-street, London, July 23, 1853. UPPER INDIA RAILWAY COMPANY. NOTICE I 3 HEREBY GIVEN, That in consequence of the terms of amalgamation enttred into betwcen the Chairman of the East India Railway Company and of this Company, on the 23d inst., rendering unadvisahle any further beate of bhares, the 23,930 mll ioned Shares, advertised to be Issued pro rata to the Scripholders, mill not be issued. JOCELYN, Chairman. W. P. ANDREW, Managing Director. 2, Moorgaie-atreet, London, July 25, 1853. TVI R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLA_NO A_ every eveuinz, at 8 o'cloclz, except Saturday. Stalls, 35., which can be secured At the Box office every day from I I to 4. Area, is ; galery - , Is. A Morning Performance every Tuesday and Saturday, at 3 o'clock.—Egyptian-hall, Piccadilly. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FII4D LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Inst.tuted A.D. 1815. • Head Offiee--Edinburgh, 5, St. Andrew square. Accumulated and luvcst:d Cap.tal upwards of £2,550,010 .Arumal Revenue upwards of ...... ..... 330,'.00 LONDON RONORARY BOARD. George Young, Eeq,. Mark-lane. Charles Edward Pollock, Req., Barrister, Temple. David Hill, Esq., East India Roam John Murray, Esq , Publisher, Albemarle-street. Samuel Laing. Esq., M.P. • Sir John 't homas Briggs. Admiralty. Leonard Horner, Esq., Home-office. John Taylor, jun., Esq., C .E., Queen-Street-place. Agent—llugh M Office-4, Royal Exchaege-buildings. - - THIRTEENTEL-REPORT of theD/RECTORS of the CO tit MER. CIAL BANK of LONDON, for the scar 'erting 30th June, 1853.—At an ANNUAL GENERAL Al EETING 'of the Ski AREHOLD &RS, held at the Banking-house, Lothbury, on Tuesday, toe 26th Ju1y,.1853... DIRECTORS. THOMAS BARNEWALL, Esq., Chairman. MARK HUNTER, Esq , IMpUty-Chairman. Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq. Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq. Charles Butler, E> q. I William Jackson, Esq., 51.1". John Alfred Chowne, Esq. Edward Oxenford, Esq. George Clive, Esq. j John Savage; Esq. Wiliam Cooper, Esq. Joseph, Thompson. ]esq. James Alexander DLuglas, Erg. Josepli Underwood, Esq. Charles Hill, Esq. Thomas Winkwarth, Esq. Manager—air. Alfred r einbill. Solisitors—Messrs. Amory, Traverf, and:c.:mith ; and Messrs. Norris traa Sons The Manager read the advertisement calling the meeting, and afterwards the following Report: The Directors are happy to meet the proprietors at the close of another prosperous year. Th balance• sheet shows that. after paying all expenses, and mak ing ample provision f r bad send doubtful debts, the net profits for She past year amount to 30,654/. 12s. 10d. ; out or these profits a dividend at the rate of GI per cent per as um or the half-year end. log 31st December, 1852, has been alrealy paid, iti,d ths Directors have now to declare a dividend icr the half-year ending 30th June, 1853, at the same rate, end a bonus of 16s. prr share—both dividend and bm•us free it: out income tax. . _ Th 3 5,000 new shares issued in May, at Si. premium, were taken by the proprietors, and the 25,0001 received for premium added to the reser - e fund. this fund will now amount to 61,0291 . 6s. 4d. The Diretterahave taken advantage of the'present favourable year to write off entirely the 3,600/standing against the leasehold premises and furniture. Ina vary few weeks the enlargement of the banking preml, es, so much needed, will be completed. In compliance with the provisions of the deed of settlement, the following Directors, viz., John Alfred Chowne, Eel , James Alexan der Douglas, Fog.. John Savage, Esq , Joseph Thompson, Esq., re tire from othce, and belng el gible, offer themsAves as candidates for re-election. COMMERCIAL BANK OF LONDON. BALANCF, SHEET TO 30TH JUICE, 1853. Da. s. d. Capital oubscribed...., X 1,500,000 Capital pdd up........ „ ........ - ........ 200,000 0 0 Ditto received in anticipation on ace/punt, of new shares ..... Guarantee fund invested in Government securities 58,052 10 1 balances due to the customers of the bank........ 1,246,824 2 4 Balance carried down alter deducting bad and doubtful debts, 'ncorne tax, and all charges and current expenses...2o,6s4 12 10 A:1,541086 5 3 Cr. Cash in hand, Government securities, India Bonds, bills discounted, tirc.• • .... •••. • • • ....• -• .. 1,545,38 G 5 3 Value of banking premises, fittings, and furniture, at Lsthbary and Henrietta-street .• ••••.• • • • • • 3,600 0 0 £1,548,986 F 5 Die. Dividend at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum for the half-year ending 31st December, 1852, al -46,f 00 0 0 Dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. for the half year ending 30th June, 1853 . . .. • Bonus of 16s. p e r s h are on 10,000 s h ares 8,000 0 0 Balance of Wilting premises sew= Written cff Cntitely 3,600 0 0 Rebate of in t * On ''""'''''''''' carried to • Prod . t and loss new awoant • • • • 4,077 16 7 Balance carried to guarant( o fund (makivg that fund 61,0291. 6s. 4(1.). X 30,654 12 1.0 Ca. lidlance brought down.... .... • • ...... • . £30,654 12 10 The Report and balance-sheet having been read; it was Resolved, That the Report and Balance-sheet just read be ap- Droved, printed, and circulated among the proprietors. The Chairman, Thomas Barnwell, E-q., on the part of the Di teeters, declared a dividend on the paid-up capital or the Company I : 4 ,:t'te ante of 61. per cent. per annum, and a bonus of 16 s. per As+ re, •q th free tYom 'acme tax, payable on and after the 31 of August !te xt. Resolved, That the fellnwing Directors—John Alfred Chowne, Thump Alexander Douglas. Esq.. John Savage, Esq., Joseph Esq , who go out of ofllec in pursuance of the deed of set iement, be re-elected Directors of Ibis Company. Resolved, That the thanks of the Meeting be presented to the D irectors for their attention to the management of the affairs of the -Rank during the past year. Resolved, That the thanks of this Meeting be given to Mr. Cahill f or the untiring perseverance with which he has attended, ands t ssentially contributed, to the prosperity of the Bank. THOMAS BARNF.WALL, Chairman. Resolved unanimously, That the thanks of the Meeting be pre 'tented to Thomas Barnwell. Esq., for his able and courteous con duct in the chair th , s day. (Signed) MARK HUNTER, Deputy-Chairman. CCOMMERCIAL BANK of LONDON.—The Directors hereby give notice that a DIVIDEND on the raid , IP capital of the Company, at the rate of SIX POUNDS per CENT. Per ANNUM, for the half-year ending 30th June, 1853. and a bonus Pt 16s. per share, both free from Income tax, will be PAYABLE at the Banking touse, in Lotbbury, on or after the 3d of August next. By order of the Board, Dated, July 26, 1853. A. R. CUTBILL, Manager. THREE EQUIPMENTS. YOUNG GENTLEMEN are equipped with every essential in Clothing by E. MOSES and Sox. 'The conspicuous qualities of the Juvenile Dress made by E. Tfoszs and Sox are an elegant and comfortable fit ; the most superior qua lity, and the most celebrated styles: the gr. atest variety, and the lowest prices. Sportsmen arranging' for the commencement of the Shooting Sea irn are fully equipped by E. atfoszs and Sox with Dress, Hats, Cap , , " 4°l4 lerY. Boots, Bm. , The advantages presented by E. MOSES and SON are the greatest ' , Mich in all o ders, the easiest and most graceful fit, the newest and best materials, and charges considerably lower than are made elsewhere. Emigrants are completely and economically equipped for any voyage or any climate, Selection may be made from the largest stock in the world. The articles are priced separatt ly , the amount taken is at tho Emigrant's di scretion. A distinct department is kept for Outfitting, and all Roods are c , arged the 7owest prices. „.The wholesale department offers the greatest inducements to f 4 erchants, Captains, and Emigrants. E. Moms and Sors's mann. ilacture being celebrated in every colony, meets with a ready sale, aild turns to large profits. Q S4IP-sailing information and full Lists of Outfits for Ladles and entlemen may be had on application, or poet free to any part of the kingdoms .„,,.e,_AUTION,—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the r° l -ie against imposition, having learned that the nntradesman-like A di ehoodßeing connected with toxinther Establishment," or o ,aaarne concern," has been resorted "vious reasons, they beg to state that they have CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, • except their own Establishments, as follows : %,* tondon City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, ,8 5, and 83, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506.507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, 3 , Bart -street, all communicating. B radford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. ... I Shoftield Branch. 36, Fargate. ~,„lerchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe '''ilkers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. tx , IO OIITANT —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be tvi t tanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned Dr , out hesitation. 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"Dr. Bickford is 1 - no to English readers by his (beau: I'litislated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD nt the first cal contributions to German medical literature. ttne, he informs us, that ' he has addressed detectshall practi cal reader. We in his last, n to i t s h e i l f no b s e - m edi - - e trust this may not be him th se e lf anY other :qnzollnydon'flagrant Medicalevll 1851. tower to c orrect. Gazett e. May M re a eY y be "We promised in a former number that we should recur 3e to thin warlt, in order to exhibit its aim more clearly. The author with great stverity the impostors who make a livelihood by preying bi, • Nlal ..riends ' are mercilessly exposed; on the erednlity of the public . The tribe of `Quiet Symat sera, and be raved much needless 'swf; plaint of which it and if this book could 1141 " 8 w.Ytin:c,:;he hands of thfioedsetahvahtomstfaffneyrbfrionmdredtbsewco,owmd less importazee, tbongh tilt Is ar j, e satisfied ftlus body and mind, and what is of Much money ......re, empirical Syr.tein of treating Sp to qualified and to -.is volume is w w ell hiye u h all ti fild g t e o le p ice ut au end place the treat dPrtoizeth—e 'leant upon a more rational ande hylo cr e 4 leal basis. It is, therefore, likely to e o much good.••—iVedic l' al Circular, June 16, 1852. No. 11. Avo.. in clotii , Mice Es. 6d., by post free, 45., pies at once Sli nple, Safe TEE CURE OF STRICTLTP.E OF THE URETHRA , on Princi• and app 7 ' and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate arentl Intractable Forms. BY F. 13. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. the"ln prom of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given histary of a great many cascs successfully treated, as had as Ftny which Mr. Byrne adduced, and on which he had operated. such are cases 11 " , xi., xil.. and mill. No. ix. had res rated, for a Period of twelve years, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally removed in as many Weeks. But cases xvili. and xix. appear, both in duration, severity, and complication of sympteins, of a more ag gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme. and yet the treatment adopted by Mr. Courter.ay proved emitertly successful;' Protestor Lizars on the Treatment of Stricture. tent of wheat per 701 b., an d Tuesday las t. ld per 450 3 : 1 peas brought fully 6il per money. Ar• cheaper, but rket this clll7 . as last wee• . ruation in the lore; but the PER 0/ 1 " 15. 008 to 00 1 '• • . 40s t) 00 1 360 to 0 00 00s to 00 0 00$ to 0 06 , 1853. 5d y of farina r 1 r last wea l ny reduction. uch the sato e tired for. f spring eau s 8. slack 36 t• 33 ea.. 48 to 42 to 41 to ^' and . 40 to 4 4 Per TO l. 1.7 s 6d to 910 8 lOs Od 81 / Os Od to 011)6 11 Os to 001 vg Its 6d to 4 / 01 32s to 3 611 ... 27s to `2 95 1/ 91 to 10 1 " 5 0,./ to O 0 0 nono Od to 295 6d' )d ; rapeseed; s Od ; bake:, s 6d to 32s 0 !urrency. Od-20 stone' Dd-20 do. Od-16 do. )d do. )d per cwt. P ; 00 bete ; t week :---• 16. Pigs/ O . , 23 : ... so si• 70 ro so so tra, 18s O d; ?.a Ocl ; irdt i, Od to 7e 6 1; .6 Od per of f 6 t i ran, 41.70 Od ; averar )n. Stray rs, 305 Ocl w loaf, Oid t f, )otter, 10a 7 Meat —b e " pork, 6d b,Newfoull'" 00s to 00 0 ; ' lod ; s ; Culnir rial gallot . 1; er cwt. IL per top% 4. to 401. 1 ° " ; yellow d:•, —Bark, cwt.—Jiff" brl.—Goo4 70 , 25 37)4 Arch- DAY. .. • . sight ---- N, YER 01 7, s 17 .. 0 u 0 4 11 0 . ▪ 0 5 ige Post-Os CO ill,l IYtien u 1. Fugland' .. Each 31'41' IA ug. 2 ruly 27 Aug. 4 July 31 July 28 July 29 Aug. 4 !Aug. 1 flatly Aug. 16 Aug. 1 6 July 26 .iii 125 125'4 53!i ,53 14 'uly 26 July 26 t Tu.Th. So Aug. 1 j July 30 ug. 4 iTwlcedal" . Twiced llo July 26 Aug. 1 .iTues. 8 0 ' / .IMon.Tbo r 'Aug. 16 ' , Arrived 'July 31 Twicedani I Arrived t,Aug. 1 6 rJuly 2 8 July 2 9 July 26 'Aug. 1 lAug. 2 Aug. 1 Uncertl ll6 'Aug. 2 Arrived Aug. 1 (July 2 6 ng.2 l l~Aug. 2 Aug. 1 Aug. 1 ,-,' Us will De India itched w". 1 rde-pni 4 ‘' , Surrei, :agot. red, the ire, Mr' ret Pat- D JUIiS, s n ative .oucock, ark. Captain )1, 1%11 - bol. )1:11` 1 2 , 10. D- 4 1 /UV " rricertaiti. No. 18,982.] THE NEW NOVEL, ELECTRA. A Story of Modern Times. BY THE AUTHOR OF " ROCKINGHAM." With Illustrations, By Lord GERALD FITZGERALD. 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Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, &c. By R. J. C IJINERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1824), Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in there matters. Price Is. each; by post, Is. 6d. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalbo, 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill; or of M. R. Cnivcrwell, M.D., 10, Argyll-place, Ravent -street, who may be consulted daily from Ten till Five and hewn till Nine. MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'AIERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University ot Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. IVIAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro- Need more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis cases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist. once secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruithl Marri ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal ma na g ement which ca nnot he violated without incurring grievous penaltie s, and when wisd om and regret succeed tmhaeyhbeeymdaiyugoafter howon inconsiderate re sting e 7 of theirlf-indulgene how these penalties bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its cowequenc es may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical Infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure DOCTOR LAWERT has for a long series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and s the only legally qu alified Physician who, re g ar dless of the taunts and envy of the hypoc ritical and mock-modest, has h ad the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to dir ec t attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is trec. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply revs aided by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally . confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated publications, Assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of I /., and advice and medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MEItT shoul first obtain a copy of his work on SEW TRESF.RVATION. A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and Generative Debility, illustrated by 1111y-coloured engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting irom secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct description of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. I' per Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Ilannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Hayinarket ; or free by post for forty-two stamps, to any addrer from the Suthoeo resi dence, 3", BEDFOIID-NUA.B.E, LONDON. , . /"' i. y.--*) , :"..i............. ___ , y____--- - / ... -' ' i.fo / ,- --- k'' ''2 % -- 17' 7 •fr : 114 51,-,l* . , . :,.:', Ili. •,.... k , e , ...,•:45'7 i .,,, , ,& // •? - 1 , .. ' it' "1 VI -••• "1 11. .. , ' ‘. .."'t tt. - , "ri ,r , - ''' '.• ' - , t, -N• *. t ., ki , t 2 .3;" '-, ~ c . ... *---- r — ,-....--!! - , " 4 . 4 tir;.Milt . 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' n'''. 2_ '' 'l t'' ' ...: .. 11 ( ',,'" 'I 2' , di •:41: 1 0 . , , f. ,,, ,E4 7) n A , --- .-t..i.‘ ‘ ' Jaw:v - 2- , ` , l '.... /Ns , \ I ) R I OE 5 D , under consideration, and most of the lanes and alleys anciently notorious have given place to more commo dious thoroughfares. There remain, in fact, to be attempted only those two chief reforms which L or d Palmerston happily specified—one touching London smoke, and the other London drainage. These "abomi nable nuisances" our Home Secretary has marked out for abatement, and we hope his reputation for dexterity and fortune may be increased by a si g nal success. In this event there will be little reason for regretting the revolution which transferred such indefatigable energies to the peaceful fields of the Home-office. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (Front the Reffistrar-Getteral'.; Report.) The total number of deaths registered in the metropo litan districts in the week that ended last Saturday was 971. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52 the average number was 1,049, which, raised in a certain proportion according to increase of population, gives an estimated amount of 1,154. Last week's regis tration therefore shows that the actual mortality is less than the corrected average by 183. The deaths, ascribed to zyneotic diseases are 226, about the same number as in the previous week. In the two weeks fatal cases of small-pox were respectively 2 and 2, of measles 26 and 11, scarlatina 27 and 26, hooping cough 37 and 30, typhus and other fever 51 and 58. The only fact particularly attracting notice is the increase, usual at this season, of diarrhoea. The numbers referred to this complaint is the last four weeks are the follow ing :-28, 34, 54, and 73. It appears that the last few days have witnessed a decided increase both in diarrhoea and summer cholera ; and though typhus contributes nothing more than the usual proportion to the weekly mortality, local reports show that it is prevalent in some parts. _ The following six cases of cholera were registered in the week :-- In the sub-district of Amwell (Clerkenwell), at 13, Northampt : l.-road, on 15th July, the daughter of a hairwork6i., ard 3 months, died of English cholera (about 3 days)." In the subdistrict of Goswell-street, at 3, Percival street, oa 16th July, the daughter of an engraver, aged 16 years, of English cholera (3 days), convulsions (30 minutes)." In Finsbury, at 11, Chapel-court, on 21st July, the daughter of a labourer, aged 3 months, died of " summer cholera (3 days)." In Bethnal-green, at 7 Fleet-street, on the 23d July, the daughter of a weaver, aged 3 months, "cholera in fantum (2 weeks)." In sub-district of Christchurch, St. Saviour, at 5, Queen's-arms-court, on 19th July, the daughter of a la bourer, aged 2 years, "summer cholera." In St. Peter, Walworth, at 22, Queen's-row, on 17th July, the son of a mercantile clerk, aged 4 years, "cho lera (8 hours)." Also the following case is recorded : in Haggerstone East, on 15th July, a gentleman, aged 31 years, "chro nic hepatitis (3 months), billions cholera (3 days). In King's College Hospital, on 16th July, a female servant, unmarried, aged 23 years, who had been brought from 12, Gilbert-street, Clare-market, died of "typhus." Post mortem. On the medical certificate it is remarked that " from the same house three other severe cases of typhus have been admitted into t'ae hospital. The mo ther of the deceased states that the drains of the house are very offensive." In Si. Luke's Workhouse, on the 18th July, a labourer, aged 24 years, died of " typhus bronchitis ;" and in the same workhouse, on 21st July, a labourer, aged 52 years, died also of " typhus bronchitis." Mr. Ansell, the re gistrar of Hoxton New Town, writes :—" These were two very bad cases. lam sorry to add that typhus of a malignity character has made its appearance in some parts of my district ; many patients are being conveyed to the workhouse. The medical officer has been attacked, and is only now recovering. In the neighbourhood of Brunswick-place, Craven-street, and Baches-terrace, many of the houses smell so badly that I have scarcely been able to stand in them. I visit my district much, and have frequent opportunities of finding out these abo minations, so fruitful of pestilence." In Shoreditch, at 25 , Whitecross-place , on 19th July, the son of a waiter, aged 9 months, died Of "bowel com plaint (4 days)." Th medical attendant adds in his cer tertificate—"His death was brought on by the bad smells of the house." In Rotherhithe, at 43, Upper Queen-street, on 20th July, the wife of a labourer, aged 59 years, died of " diarrhoea (2 days)." Mr. Pitt, the registrar says : " This was a short and bad case ; deceased was out on Monday and dead on Wednesday. Thirty houses are closely filled with inhabitants in a narrow street, without ' anything in the shape of daainage." Last week the births of 819 boys and 741 girls, in all 1,560 children, were registered in London. In the eight corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52 the average number was 1,336. _ _ At the ROyal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29/45 in. The reading of the barometer increased from 2912 in. at the beginning of the week to 29.79 in. by 9 h. p.m. on the 17th ; decreased to 29/0 in. by noon on the 18th ; increased to 29.83 in. by 9 h. p.m. on the 19th ; remained at this reading nearly till 3 h. p.m. on the 20th; decreased ;o 29.59 in. by 3 h, pan. on the 22d ; increased to 29.85 in. by noon on the 22d ; and decreased to 29.81 in. by the end of the week. The mean temperature of the week was 59 . 6 deg., or 2 . 2 deg. below the temperature of the same week on an average of 38 years. The mean daily temperature was below the average on every day of the week. The highest temperature was 73 deg., and occurred on Saturday ; the lowest was 501 deg., and occurred on Monday. The greatest difference be tween the dew point temperature and air temperature was 15'4 deg. on Saturday ; the least was 1.9 deg. on Wednesday : the mean difference of the week west. The amount of rain was 29.0 in. The highest tempera ture of the water of the Thames was 64'1 deg. ; the lowest 59/ deg. ' MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 23. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 94 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 3B Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of _ _ Respiration v 102 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs // G' • men, or sons of Irishua !who came to this country as lumberers, and purchased farms with their saving, sell all their produce without ever going to market, as the master lumbers purchase it to feed the men in their em ploy. I am assured that Irishmen make better lumberers than the natives of any other country ; for it appears that the good and abundant food that they begin eating, from the moment they arrive here, expands not only the muscular frame, but also the intellect : and no one who has not seen the contrast between the down-cast, ill-fed, and ragged Irish peasant in his own country, and the same man, after even a few. months' residen ce i n th ese provinces, could believe in its completeness. A few days . ago, the driver of a stagecoach between two por tions o f the Ottawa, unnavigable for steam-vessels, but which the Government is nowrendering navigable, told me that he came to this district in 1841, with one dollar in his pocket, and I learned from a gentleman with whom he had originally worked as a common labourer when he first came out, that be is now .worth 1,0001. and has a capital larrit. On my expressing surprise that a man like him could have an average of savings of 80/. a year since he arrived, I was assured that, so far from this being a solitary case, there was hardly an Irishman who is industriou s and temperate—the latter is just as neces sary as the former quality—that is not more or less in the same position. For myself, I can only say, that I have not seen an Irishman since my arrival who has not an air of cortifort;"eleanliness, and independence about him. But there is_one attribute he never loses--the use of his vernacular ; for the brogue of each county of Ire land is heard on every' side, in all its native purity ; it is indeed the true undying one. The following is a cir cumstance connected with emigration to the Canadas which ought to have an important influence. Whenever a district is about to be 'settled,' arrangements are immediately made for having religious worship, and chapels and churches invariably spring up with the other buildings of the settlement, whilst each religious, deno mination supports (and respectably supports) the clergy man of his persuasion. In conclusion, I express to you my conviction that the Canadas are the true California for the peasant population of Ireland, and that if they emigrate hero they have unceasing sources of steady wealth and prosperity. If half a million persons came here each year for the next twenty years, employment on the terms I have mentioned to you would be found for every man amongst them." THE LONDON ANNUAL SUMMER POULTRY SHO W. The private view of the first summer collection of poultry took place yesterday at the Bazaar, Baker street, Portman square, -when• 'the' general satisfaction expressed by the visitors sufficiently testified to the in creasing interest which is felt by the public in this new class of exhibition. The poultry show, which formed a prevailing topic of conversation last Christmas, having caused a laudable. emulation amongst the dealers in these farmyard productions, many specimens are exhibited on this occasion which must be acknowledged to be vastly superior to any that were seen in the winter season. The reason for the improvernent,• which is apparent not only in the general character of the breeds, but also in the number of chickens of various kinds, is attributable less to the fact that any great advance has been made in the knowledge of poultry-rearing, than to the desire which exists to win a prize in this new field of competition. The poultry show is no longer a novelty, but may be consi dered as possessing an amount of interest equal to that which belongs to the annual cattle show at Christmas. The Cochin-China, fowls, which attracted so much atten tion at the last exhibition, are regarded as the most in teresting objects in the collection, though, to the unini tiated eye, the Poland, the Hamburg, and the Spanish breeds would seem to be equally, if not more particu larly, worthy of notice. Captain Hornby's collection of Spanish fowls are especially conspicuous ; and it may be noted that this gentleman has been so pre-eminently successful in his manner of rearing these objects of his fancy, that he has fixed 500/, as the price of a cock and two hens, which it seems have won the highest admira tion from all who have seen them and are capable of forming a judgment upon their peculiar excellences. The Bramah Pootas are amongst the finest specimens of fowls, and of these Mr. Gilbert, of Kensington, has shown himself to be the possessor of a very handsome collection, which he valued at a high rate, but not higher than he was justified in attaching to them. The bantams are remarkable not only for their beauty of form and plumage, but for the variety of breeds which are exhibited . ; whilst the Dork ing fowls are, as usual, especially distinguished for those rare qualities which render them the most in teresting ornaments of an English poultry yard. The Poland cocks, with their fine crests and sapient heads, are objects of great attraction, and deservedly so, for in the whole collection there is nothing snore agreeable to the eye or more creditable to the owners than"the differ ent varieties of this breed. It would be an interesting. study to the ornithologist to dwell upon the prevailing characteristics of the various orders of poultry which are here displayed, the habits of one being as different to those of another as are the colours and external pe culiarities ; but it can hardly be expected in a notice of this kind that we should give more than a cursory view of the general features in the collection. Suffice it that the exhibition may be pronounced to be eminently suc cessful, that it reflects considerable credit upon those who have contributed to it, and that it is likely to meet with the warm approbation of those who are ready to appreciate the wholesome rivalry which is thought worthy to be encouraged amongst the admirers of the more humble tenants of the farm-yard. The following is the list of prizes awarded : SPANISH FOWLS. Class I.—Captain Hornby, R.N., first prize ; ditto, second prize • J. H. Fox, third prize. . . Class . 2.—Captain Hornby, 8 . .. N., first prize ; Edward Owen, seponcl prize ; ditto, third prize. Class 3.—J. G. Ramsden, first prize ; James Buckley, second prize. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 27, 1853. 'LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- AA. (Lessee, CHARLES E. LAURENI', Onslow-holse, Fulham road.) Open Every Evening. The Orchestra will periorm; during' the week, "The Sylvan," " Marie," Dublin Exhlt hien," " Flower of the Field," " Rosalinda," and "La Croix de Marie," Waltzes; the " Top.y," "Cameronian.," "England," and `• Lego Maggoire" Quadrilles ; " Etna,' and " Constance,' Galops ; " Fauchette," "Frankfort," &c., &c., Polkas.— Admission, Is. Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock ; coMmence at Nine, and terminate at Half-past Eleven. •r OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATIION-H.R.H. PRINCE. ALBERT. The LANCASHIRE SEWING iSIACIIINE exhibited in Use and explained Daily, at a Quarter to Three, in addition to the varied SCIENTIFIC LEC EUREs and EXHIBITIONS. 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Freckles, Tan, Spots, Pimples, Fitts , es, and Diacolorations fly beforo its application, and give place to delicate clearness with the glow of beauty and of bloom. In c .ses of Sunburn, or Stings of Insects, its virtues have long been acknowledged.—Price 4s. 6,1. and Bs. 6d. per bottle. CAUTION.—The words "Rowlands' Kalydor " are on the wrapper of each bottle. Sold by A. Rowland and Sons, 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by all Chemisti and Perfumers. THE CAMP AT C.IIOBHAM COMMON. Yesterday, owing in part to the unfavourable cha racter of the weather in the early part of the day, and in part to the necessity of giving the troops some rest previous to the intended pontoon operations of to-day, there was no field-day at Chobham. Each man in camp received a free ration of 11b. of meat, which was ordered to be cooked for the men to take with them to-day, as it is expected the proceedings will last from an early hour in the morning till late in the evening. The pon toon bridges will be thrown across the Thames at Run nymede, to which place the whole division will march from the camp, taking with them the pontoon trains. The company of Sappers now in camp is the same as that pre viously employed on Virginia Water, and which was till within the last few days located in the Wellington Camp. In consequence of the relief of the 2d company, that camp has been broken up. The Sappers have not, as at Virginia Water, had any opportunities for preparing the spot at which the bridge is intended to be thrown over, nor are they acquainted in any way with the locality or nature of the stream. They will therefore have a fairer field for their exertions than on former occasions. On the occasion of the 2d com pany of Sappers leaving the ground they were played off by the band of the 79th Highlanders, between which and this company a close intimacy and friendship exists. This friendly feeling commenced at Gibraltar, and the Highland band obtained permission to manifest the con tinuance of their amicable relations by accompanying their old friends with the tune of the " Conscript's Fare well " a short distance on their route. On Tuesday there was a grand drill day of all the troops. The cavalry, having marched from their parades in close column of squadrons, formed on the right of the infantry, assembled in front of the encampment with the Horse Artillery, the Royal Artillery being on the extreme left. The Scots Greys were formed in line, supported by the Royal Horse Guards in double column. The 4th Light Dragoons were on the right, and the Bth Hussars on the left, in close column of squadrons. The enemy were supposed to be advancing to attack the camp, and their progress was first arrested by Sir R. England's brigade, which, drawn up in line, and supported by the artillery, commenced and kept up for upwards of a quarter of an hour a rapid fire. The firing was then taken up by the brigade of Guards, and after a short time both brigades advanced in column to Imet the ene my. Colonel Lockyer's brigade then formed line, and opened a tremendous and rapid file fire. While this was going on, several changes of front were made by the cavalry in order to support the movements of the infantry, and finally they appeared on the left in two lines, the Horse Guards and the 4th Light Dragoons in the first, and the Greys and Hussars in the second line. The first line charged up the hill in magnificent style, and retiring by alternate squadrons, re-formed their line, whence retiring by " threes" from the right of squadrons they passed through the intervals of the Greys and Hussars, and formed the second line. Now came the turn of the Greys and Hussars, and, as though strivinc , to surpass the former charge in rapidity and re gularity, they dashed up the hill in a style which merited the highest commendation. The infantry brigades had now fallen back, and after the second charge the whole brigade of cavalry retired through ti,e artillery, and formed an imposing and formidable line on the summit of the hill. From this position they proceeded to take ground to the right in column of troops, and, rapidly wheeling into line, the four regiments advanced to cover the retreat of the infantry. The whole of the forces then returned to their respective camps. A private of the Bth Hussars died this morning in ca mp from bronchitis, after twenty-two years' service. This is, we believe, almost the only death which has oc curred among the troops under canvass. NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTIES. (From the Times.) On Monday night the House of Coinmons en abled the Chancellor of the Exchequer to perform an act of partial justice to the newspaper- press, and of material advantage to the public. The stamp duties affecting ourselves and our contem poraries have now assumed a different shape, and, although we do not think the true principle of reform was observed in the change, the operation of the original error has been undoubtedly dimi niched by Mr. Gladstone's bill. Why or where fore a newspaper should be stamped it is not our busiriesS to discuss ; the Legiiilature decides upon taxing us, and thst is conclusive. Same years ago, however, a resolution of a different kind was taken by the financiers then office. They deter mined not only upon taxing newspapers by means of a stamp, but ;upon limiting the - amount of in telligence which this stamp might cover. They ordained that the surface of letterpress in a news paper L--or, in other words, the extent of infor-, mation oonveyed—should n o t excee d . 1,530 square inches, or that any excess above this should be taxed anew. Now, it must - be perfectly clear that whatever were the reasons, whether good or bad, for the original impost, they could not pos- Sibly justify this increase Of the tax by gradua tion. The only argument for such limitations is based upon the security of the revenue. A tax or a duty is allowed to cover a certain measure of a commodity, and no more, simply in order that the commodity taxed may yield the proper total of its contributions. If, for instance, a newspaper, by publishing a double sheet under a single duty on Monday, could evade the publication, of any sheet at all, and thereby the payment of any tax at all, on Tuesday, the revenue wnld cl lose by the pp.cee.ding,..sistice --tWo: -*add have duty 1)1113- as 'die evasion in the case of our trade is purely im possible. • Every newspaper must reappear at its own periodic time, and discharge its proper aggre gate of stamp ditties. A daily paper must be taxed 313 times in the year, a weekly paper 52 times, and neither more nor less. Whatever we give to the public one morning —whether it be comprised in 40 columns or 80—is absolutely with. out any effect on our obligations of the morning following. When. once it was resolved to tax a newspaper, the public dues were beyond reach of damage, nor could there be the slightest reason for interfering further with the particular sheet which, under the title of " newspaper," was sold by the publishers and purchased by the public. Nevertheless, a decision to this effect was taken, and it was enacted that-a newspaper exceeding the limited of 1,530 inches should be deemed and taxed as a newspaper and a-half, or, if exceeding 2,295 inches, as two newspapers. The obvious effect of such a law Was . to make enterprise in the newspaper trade penal, and to injure the bargain obtainable by, the public. Excellence in a newspaper may not, it is true, be absolutely commensurate with volume ; but it is evident that, generally speaking, the best reports and the most faithful intelligence would involve the largest extent of letterpress. More over, as circulation would follow excellence, and advertisements would follow circulation, the sur face of print required for the impression would be still further increased ; so that in the end every good newspaper would be taxed twice as much, or half as much again, as a bad one, the market prices of the two remaining identical all the while. A poor fivepennywortg would be charged with a penny stamp ; a good fivepennyworth with a stamp of threehalfpence or twopence. A success ful journal might be able and willing to give its customers 12 or 16 pages for their money in place of 8, but here the law stepped in and said, that if the bargain was thus improved for the benefit of the public, the publishers should be heavily fined. Nothing can be plainer than the operation of such an arrangement, either to the in jury of newspaper publishers, if they gave full scope to their enterprise, or of the public, if this enter prise was checked. The law made one p ar ty neces sarily losers, though the interests of both were the same, and those of the revenue in nowise opposed. Mr. Gladstone has discerned the impolicy of such regulations, and has" effected a material reform. Observing that it was preposterous to cry out for increased facilities of advertising while the space deVoted to advertisements was strictly circum scribed, he proposed originally to abolish all supple- Mental taxes on newspapers, provided that the sheets so exempted contained advertisements only. This, in other words, was to remove the limitation on the size of newspapers, but to stipulate the ex tent to which their surface might be occupied by general intelligence. A news per might consist of aux rsumbel of N pages, but e ht enly..4tll9w t , aftde+Jted to <' iii rim - Aron,' as usu ally understood, the rest being Confined to adver tisements only. This idea was clearly imper fect, for there could be no reason whatever why the law should concern itself with the distribution of newspaper matter. Subse quently, Mr. Gladstone rejected these parti cular stipulations, but limited the exemption proposed. Instead of abolishing taxes upon sup plements altogether, he abolished them upon sup plements of not more than 765 superficial inches, beyond which limit he applied taxation as before. In point of fact, the " Supplement " of a news paper, that is to say, that particular part of it which is taxed additionally, as being beyond a newspaper's proper capacity, is now to commence at the 13th page, instead of the 9th. Newspapers are still to be limited in size by act of Parliament, but the limit is to be enlarged. It used to be 1,530 inches ;it is now - 2,295. The principle of the law as will be seen, is erroneous still ; but the point at which the error will begin to operate is considerably removed, and the public gains in proportion. Mr. Gladstone has at least provided that newspaper publishers may present their customers with half as much again for their money as they were per mitted to give before. All purchasers—as Mr. Cobden observed—desire to have a supplement, and this desire can now be gratified without loss to any party. An opponent to the Chancellor of the Exche quer's proposal was found in the person of Mr. Newdegate, who objected to the measure of relief on the ground that it would only benefit " about six newspapers." We wonder it did not strike this consistent champion of Protectionism that, at the moment he was thus arguing, his own particu lar chief in the other House of Parliament was attacking a comprehensiv e measure of finance be cause it might possibly bear hardly on a single family or individual. In reality, as everybody sees, the presumed interests of this or that paper have nothing to do with the question at all. The only interests to be considered are those of the public. In these interests it is manifestly desirable that newspapers should be permitted to do for their readers, without restriction, as much as .they eau ; but it is at least so much gain that they should be enabled to do half as much again as before. Mr. Newdegate, we have no doubt, invests his 5d., like his fellow men, in learning the news of the day. Hitherto the legal measure of the information thus procurable has been 1,530 inches, whereas Mr. Gladstone has now made it 2,295, showing a profit to the public of just 50 per cent. Mr. Newdegate may take this out in any politics he pleases, for even Protectionism may now be purchased on these improved terms: The mitigation of injustice—for the act is really, nothing more -----Will of course affect the largest sufferers first, but every journal must be a gainer of opportunities, if nothing more, while the public gains on every side and altogether. COMBINATIONS OF WORKMEN. (From, the Morning Post.) The working classes in many parts of the country are proving their appreciation of the general pro sperity, and their gratitude for food and plenty, by doing all they can to cripple the enterprise that finds them work, and destroy the trade that feeds them. If there be a piece of social wickedness which pre eminently deserves to be punished with an iron hand, it is the system of strikes ; and if ever there were an opportune time for marking in some severe way the public indignation at these abominable combinations, the present is surely the one. In almost every manufacturing town—in the sea-ports —m the farming districts, the same game is being played. Carpenters and builders in London ; sea men at every port, gunmakers, brickmakers, cotton spinners at Manchester, silk hands at Derby, plate workers at Sheffield, colliers in South Wales and the North of England, haymakers and labourers generally in the Southern Counties, woolcombers at Bradford, and policemen at Hull—all have thought it worth their while to play the mad game of interrupting the steady flow of business —of breaking up that mutual confidence on which alone the operation of trade can be conducted—by refusing to do their work. The mischief of such a course, not to masters only, but to the men themselves, is so obvious, and has been so often set forth by the press, .that one can but marvel at the infatuation that blinds the eyes of these men as to the consequences of their deeds. There seems only one way to cure this infatuation —viz., to punish it severely at the outset. We are well aware of the difficulty of such a task. We are aware how bitterly the thing punishes itself. But the misery and starvation that ensue from a strike come gradually, and have in the eyes of the sufferers more the character of a misfortune than of a retributive judgment. What is wanted is Some stringent and summary mode of punishing the leaders and chief men of these combinations. The majority are poor dupes, but they are led by a few crafty and reckless spouters, who plot the mischief, but mostly contrive to escape the conse quences. It would be no interference with the freedom of the labour market to treat these fellows to a flogging. There is a great moral wrong com mitted whenever - a strike is made ; and there are social evils resulting from it which cannot be too emphatically denounced or too severely dealt with by the magistracy. At the preset; t moment, whether we consider the unpromising prospect of the harvest, the potato blight, and the bad hay season, at home, or the unsettled state of the Continent, or the vast demands on our markets from Australia, it will be seen at a glance how valuable is the present moment—how much depends upon bringing into activity all the re sources of labour and capital, in order that we may be prepared to sustain, with as little loss as may be, a failure of the crops, or even a war ; or, on the other band, to take advantage of every facility for extending our commerce, and, turning to good ac count our new colonial market. It is just at this moment—when capital is deeply invested—when the large houses arobusy with their heaviest orders —when the demand for shipping is at its height— when every hour is valuable to the farmer, and every spare hand eagerly sought after, that sud denly thousands of working men resolve to _stand idle- and injure-not themselves, only but their izitereF.4, and the interests of our colonial merchants. It is on the ground of these injuries to great public interests that strikes ought to be brought —by some more special and powerful enactment than any that now exists—under the jurisdiction of the magis terial authorities. It is idle to say that this would interfere with the labour market. As long as those who supply the labour market refrain from jeopardising the interests of the country, they may be left to make their own terms with their em ployers. We grudge them none of the advantages arising out of increased demand, emigration, and similar operations. They are welcome to all they can, take by these. But when they league together to obtain terms which fair competition alone would never give them—when they bring the trade of a whole town to a stand still—when they stop ma chinery, retard the circulation of capital, embarrass our colonial trade, lower the funds, increase the aggregate of poverty and crime—then it is sheer maudlin nonsense to say that such men should not be brought under the lash of theluv. Such strikes are a sin against the body politic, iolve thousands in their consequences, and deserve no mercy. Of the foolery of the system it is almost impossible to write patiently. Strikes rarely accomplish their object. In many cases it is not possible to force .wages up to the required point—the profits are not equal to it. There is then nothing left but to re sume work on the old terms, or perhaps on terms even worse. In the meantime, the workman has become poorer than ever, his mily plunged into misery and want, and his own character gone. This is the common history of strikes. First, unreason able demands ; next, refusal to work ; then obsti nacy ; then starvation, then stern necessity; and at last the valiant despiser of fair terms goes back to his master, shamefaced and humiliated, with nothing to show for his crowing but misery and rags. We know that we are running the risk of beinc , held up by a certain class of papers as the advocate of the masters only, and not of the men. But we are really nothing of the kind. We look on both parties from a point outside the circle of either in terest, and with a desire to do justice between them. In relation to strikes, for the purpose of forcing up wacres, we hold, and are certain, that as a general rule, the prevailing rate of wages, determined by the, usual course of competition, is commonly the fair and just one ; and, consequently, that all at tempts to altar that rate, by a refusal to work at all, is an interference with the common law of trade, such that no apology or argument can pos sibly justify it. We hope these misguided men may see their folly and desist ; for, if not, on their own heads, in due time, the result must fall. The recoil is inevitable, and the poor man's family will be the first and the last to feel it. .lIF,c-Rlg= TU . A.V.ES - . . (From the Times. ) Lord Palmerston is now Home Secretary, and, though his heart may be on the Danube, his hand must be in the Holborn sewers. The diplomatic ability of the noble lord was visible, perhaps, in the fearless flow of his language, in the facility with which he complimented the Corporation of London on their well-known readi nets to promote internal reforms, and in the perfect free dom of his assumptions on this and every other subject which an ordinary mortal might have found embarrassing. i Henceforth the " city authorities" will be in nobody's ' way ; in fact, if we are to believe our Home Secretary, there never has been and never could be "a body of men more willing, more desirous, and more capable of effectually co-operating with any branch of her Majesty's Government than the Corporation of the city of Lon don." However, this co-operation his lordship has now plainly bespoken for two or three plain objects, and we rejoice to see that the purification of the Thames is at length made a " Cabinet question." As far as Govern ment resolutions go—and the India Bill shows they can go a good way—we can assure ourselves of a sweet and wholesome stream, and, perhaps of a clear atmosphere besides. Lord Palmerston quoted a poet of the last century in proof the translucent purity of the metropolitan Thames only two or three centuries ago, and, having character ised its present condition as one of "liquid mud," in vited the metropolitan members to aid the Ministry in re storing a better state of things. We trust the design may go further than words, but even the words were not uncalled for. There is a certain class of men who, partly from eccentricity of opinion, partly from love of contrariety, and partly perhaps from professional pique, persist in maintaining either that the Thames is not im pure, or that it can never be made any purer. Very eminent engineers, in fact, have considered our river as the American considered the falls of Niagara—" a hand some water privilege," of which the natural use, how ever, is not to turn a mill, but to carry off the sewage of the city. They describe the Thames as the "proper outfall, ' as the fittest and most obvious receptacle for the contents of a thousand drains, and assure us that the results occasionally experienced in seasons like the present are due only to the mud upon the banks, and not to the water of the stream. Sir William Cubitt assured a select committee the other day that " nobody ever smelt the Thames—what they smelt was the drying mud, and the stench from 50 sewers opening into it with wide open mouths." We incline to Sir William's opi nion, and so, we suppose, will most other people. It is the very gist and pith of all we have been saying for the last six years, that the Thames would be sweet and clear if we did not pollute it, and that our mischief was made infinitely worse by the tidal character of the stream. Of course, we do not smell " the Thames," but we smell what we pour into the Thames, and the Thames, by its rising and falling, gives the greatest possible effect to our proceeding. But what is to be done. Tide waits upon no men, not even upon titled engineers, and whatever we throw into a tidal river, whether at high or low water mark, must inevit ably be washed backwards and forwards under our noses. Sir William Cubitt appears inclined, as the best specific 4 to give the Thames a " deep channel and no dry s hores ; which points, we presume, to something like a continu ous embankment of the kind we were describing the other day. But would this be cheaper or more practi cable than intercepting drains ? In speaking of our advantages and our shortcomings, Lord Palmerston related a characteristic anecdote of the famous sculptor Canova on his visit to England some years ago. This distinguished artist was "greatl y struck with London." He saw in London a variety of conveni encesn deosmmai comfort td amid offirstou r I ot dwel ling all,iae which, under his own n ativ n e ne s d k ac i palaces, he looked for in vain. our pavements, then the privacY a . of these advantagesstgg ered h that im . ling houses, then the order prevailing in our streets, and, finally, the security of life and property. So im pressed was he with the value he actually broke out into a hyperbolical panegyric upon ourOonfethtehipnlgaceo.nlylie could not get and British ta that rwaschi architecture. u c r o e l . over the universal blackness around him, but he declared that if London could be whitened it would be an " earthly paradise. Lord Palmerston regards this con summation as not impossible, and we remember that some time ago a commencement was actually made at St. Paul's. We trust, however, that the " whitening," whenever it comes to pass, may not be that of the sepulchre. It i s better to have good drains and wholesome streets than polished marbles and brilliant facades. There really is no kind of reason why London should not be made both healthy and agreeable as well as wealthy and great. Our soil is as good, for the most part, as that of a model village ; our atmoshphere, like our river, is pure enough, except where we pollute it ; nor is there anything whatever in our situation to swell the rate of mortality within metropolitan limits. All our disadvantages are remediable, and we are glad to acknowledge that steps have been taken towards the remedy. Our streets are broader and more convenient than formerly, new parks and new bridges are now SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. 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