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~lu r~r~9T~ t ~ .!!5 .--, e- , .—,_ _,,.,ar EAST INDIA must:, JAN. 26, 1853. TCOURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE , T h a t the Transfer Books of the said Company's Stock will be shut on fI i RSDAY, the 3d March next, at Three o'clo& , and opened on THURSDAY, the lath April following. That a General Court of the said Compan' will be held at their gran, 1n Leadenhall•street, on WEDNESDAY, the 13 th Ap ril, 1853, ,eau Nine o'clo c k i n the Damning until Six o'clock in the evenin g , !„,?,r the Election of Six Directors of the said Company for Four A That {he form of a L e tt er o f Attorney, and of a Declaration for In abil ing Proprietors of East India Mock to vote by Proxy on this neca s i„ soas®. may be obtained on application at the Trea sur y in this That the Lists of the Members of the said Company will be ready lobe del vered on Thursday, 3lst March, 1853. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. IVIODITT CARBON CHARTERED COAL XOl,l and IRON COMPANY. ee • hereby Given, that NO MORE APPLICATIONS for ,t&RES in this COMPANY can possibly be RECEIVED. The '"utrnent to present applicants will be proceeded with at ones. 30, Ba c kl ersbury, Apr;l 9. w . By Order of the Board, W. A. ROBBER, See ___ TO AGENTS.—Life Assurance Agents in any of England may with advantage become Agents for Fire Direct o r s —"w e e , Rad thereby g extend their Life business. The Instif of the UNITY FlRE reatly INSURANCE ASSOCIATION—an i7mon established on new and important principles, ant possess ad• WP w arda of Two THOUSAND SHAREHOLDERS, whose names s and ap li e : 4 are published with the Prospectus—are ready to receive O, Z m tious for Agencies, accompanied by references. By looking Whom -4 Li st of Shareholders, applicants will probably find several to they are known. For terms, prospectuses, &c. apply to THOMAS H. B VYLIS, General Manager and Secretai y. _Chef Offices, 40, Pall Mall, London. LAI T RENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- to ad 14 _ nee, CHARLES E. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham • .Pcn Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, during e Week, " The Thistle," " Shamrock," "Rose," and "Amine" ihe "Napoleon' Galop, "Le Cirque' Qaadrille ; "La ljn "ri e , " " Juno," and " Steeplechase" Polkas.— Admission, Is. c „"° 1 1 open at Half-past Eight ; to commence at Nine o'clock, and " rz rlate at Half tEI -pu even. NORTH. .. ORTH OF SPAIN.RAI"LWAY. ii Bayonne, Iran, St. Sebastian, Tolosa, Bilboa, Vitoria, Miranda, ea j Lsea, Burgos, Palencia, Valladolid, Avila, L'Escnrial, Madla• R - „,_v.ial 29 ,925,000 piastres. 315.000 bharea of 95 piastres each for ":..n o , SOO francs for France, er 201. for England. Deposit 19 piastres "Pain, 100 fi ancs in Prance, or 41. in England. One fifth of the capit al nfuls has been subscribed in Spain, two-fifths in France, and two remain for appropriation in England. , President—The Duhe De Riansares. Bankers in Paris—Messrs. R o thschild, Paris. +walkers in London—Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and Co. ; the London and County Bank. A i n Bankers in Bordeau x —M essrs . E z peleta et Fils. gents London —Messrs. C. Devaux and Co., 62, King William street,,ThesrorthCitoyf;spthai , whom nath a y p a p y lications for shares may be made. ac,j, including the branch to thei about I . r 685 mbo kilznetres, or 427 miles Jha *ejectors-have already obtained theconcesiTOFro7D9 years, 1 or the Spanish portion. which or 406 miles. They have y are in paidso 7 traverses a distance of 650 kilometres, money. and the for the section from Bayonne . 1 00 n 1p e ir s :tres (157,0001.), the caution 'which is only 35 kilometres, actual treaty with the French Government to the Spanish frontier ; the length of , or 2 The Spanish Government guarantees to the Company, on a maxi 'll_3.l2l capital of 30,000,000 piastres ( 6 , 3 15,7891.), a minimum interest '..LPer cent., including 1 per cent, to be applied to a sinking fund. „whe provinces and comn tines traversed by this railway, as well as :,, contiguous provinces and communes, have agreed to share with '''loverntnent the responsibility of this guarantee. ree Spanish Government, perceiving the great advantage which ptiVesult to the public revenue by the encouragement of railways, 5.(134 d evelop the various sources of national wealth, have faithfully com po te the guarantees they h ave given ; an d even i n c ases wh ere . o ove i .Zes have not been able to perform their engagements, the ierei,7"ellt has returned to such companies, whether native or In t he entire sums paid as cautionary deposit. ~ te,rder to secure to the shareholders in the North of Spain Rail siejit,,,_'me full value of the guarantee of 6 per cent., and 1 per cent. elis s ;g rand, a keaeral contract has been already . made for stock °f Or the land, the construction of the whole line, and fore olling at 4 ,2 l ant, &c., ac c o r di ng to the requirements of the Government, sitee,,,,,"ce within the guaranteed capital. The contractor has depo- Them 7 , ° 00 Piastres or 105,2631., as a guarantee for the due fulfil httheviri the contract, and is to leave 5 per cent. out of each certificate Mall ani a nds of the directors as a further security, until such reserves The _ omit to the sum deposited. ethereontraet price covers all expenses incurred in surveys and cent, o T,,_airto the present time, and leaves a fund of about 10 per rtp shae ine capital in the hands of the directors, to meet the general ce nt. Pe . er the undertaking, and to pay interest at the rate of 5 per lien, r annum to the shareholders during the course of construe- The aTorth e clai c hi ef t O. Spain Railway connects Madrid with several provin 'Moll as rf' t p o wn s,., t forming points of convergence of various high roads, are al so t.ia . "it, Where seven meet. Burgos, Valladolid, and Avila, or ' th eentre s of similar streams of traffic. district, Spain st ,„," Railway traverses most important industrial -" as the provinces of Biscay, Garipuzcoa, and Alava. It r", alto thro producing ugh districts rich in wools, wines, and corn—districts expo rt . ""2 1)401 more than they can either consume, or at present, need ~,„', "wl Which, to gain access to the home and foreign markets, will vm3 , those facitities of economical transport which this railway I ,,Previde„ e a ire Nrth of Spain Railway will establish a thorough communi h.J°a betseen the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Starting T e : r s Bayonne and Biboa it will proceed through Irun, St. Sebastian, xi,„ 4l , and Vitoria to Miranda. At Miranda it reaches the river l''le which is now being canalised down to the port of Alfaques, :`e ' e shores of the Mediterranean. At Madrid also it will be placed e t ,„ e° ,annunication with Mir great line of railway now in course of A - truiction between the capital and Valencia. at very important feature of this great undertaking is that a nd radolid it will reach the river Douro, which runs to Oporto ; ar ar Pl„ IY, at Madrid, it will be brought into connexion with the the - V e z Railway, which will be continued first to Badajoz to meet S -. ° I line to Lisbon, next to Cordova, and thence to eeit e ro a " Cadiz. esti of S pain Inate the advantages which such data promise to the North tr eneh ßa illway, the distinction between Spanish, English, and de k'irat,:"Zays must be kept in view. atist, i - '""e cost of construction is greater in England or France, en t el'er - ii .4h E di la of a higher value than in Spai . n. Labour is much ce - tes be ar 4 lland and in France than in Spain. Rails also and k uti ' - `l,, 4 eire,, rs ',, T i Trance a price somewhat extravagantly high,. in 8, - t hey a i: the protection given to home industry, whi a into t titie rtelly,,jr,r a ported from England free of duty.. ,oantriowo, ate 1e r eturn from railways in England or France are of establi s e iL r anw :: I° Pnient than in Spain, because in the former More o i.'`",„ rneki, ‘ ,ave to compete with already existing and long T11: -. ;2' their e o - ,„.,` t pliveyance whilst in Spain railways, from the „ n, be SP I —o"l.rna they absorb ' the whole of the traffic. 'agin th„,7 4 ise Profitable in England and France than in 'Whilst -;: n 141 11 1 .3 of i ., 11 be secured only by incessant redactions ratty - '''' Paiti ""e numerous competing means of transport ; __ e i n ,, the tlriffs will, to a certainty, be largely remune ver cent . ~,7 Lacy cart reason bl be fixed at 50, 100, and even 200 Sloth pi , 'wove th e , a y 'eaPer th„„ English and French tariffs, and still remain aPPreciated the old means of transport, and be accordingly Th e ' tion ii. distinction. th e .° ,l l the --- are Well fourail-1, and have received conflima afillwa„, , results of all the existing railways in Spain ; hence 'nfer a re J ‘ 4, unPany trorn Valencia to Alcira has been compelled, bee n , ..._..„%e Months' traffic, to double the rolling stock, which had LartgreTnnated sufficient for teveral years. Upon the line from k ilernet re M ait re Asturias, the exorbitant tariff of 20 centim es per _ tran to per ton sufficed to put down all competing mean s t and, lastly h ag t . the coal of the basin of Sema to the port of "di .1 i= i t ierce, long. an d 1 , , , , , line from Madrid to Aranjuez, only - - had in 1852 the runs to no centre of production or commerce,e and ii - o e,,Lirst year of its working, a traffic o 30 9 . — tuvu tone of ~ a ndise. Th e , . mere.. expected from this lino have 000 pa..sengers, h_ estimetes of the receipts to be tndence or the provincial, n framed under the special superi n t e ndence and establish upon ... Co nsular, a n d return of 5,150,000 piastres, or municipal VS existing traffic an immediate corporations of 131 45per cent. for working ex -,04,21u, which, aft" the capital of deducting ~ the Company of 10 Dense!, leaves a net profit upo n however, Is wholly irrespective of the in- Per cent. This estitriao 0 d t m e' eans of transport invariably ensures. be nominated in the statutes of the ereThasee Itwohiacrhd im prov ed 'Pr Direction will o w f il e l ight Spanish, four French, and three EnglishCompany' and Three French Directors have been appointed, Directors. Viz. : M. Ardouin, banker, Pm is, M. De Grimaldi, Paris, and M De Ezpeleta, Paris and Bordeaux. London, April 9, 1853. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SNARES. North of Spain Hallway Company. To Messrs. C. bevaux and Co. Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares in the above undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the said shares, or any less number you mat allot me, and to pay the sum of 41. on each share allotted, at the time to be specified in your letter of allotment. Dated this day of 185 Name In fall .. • • •• • • • • . • Residence • • • • Profession. IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WOiLKS, Just published, by H. Bailliere. 219, Regent-street, London. No I. 0 v 0 :, In cloth. price ss. by post free, ss. 6d., piN TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, with tbe View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors Creation to the Treatment and Care of Sufferers from Debility of the Gener ative System, or Sexual Hypocbondrissis. ~.. Translated fro.n the German of Dr. PICKFORD ~.,- " r• Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi ':contributions to German medical literature. This is the first e, he info tts, that he has ade-essed sal rimer.detect an himself to the non-medi bow" t Y o W th e eA n t t th is may his not be the last, if he shall rily flagrant eTil which it may be in _ We c r ° „„, ce ,._ rr ect.' London Medical Girsette,, May 30 , 1851 . `lvor.," i n - n mal. ill a former number that we should recur to this v itit great severity to exhibit its aim more clearly. The author lashes on the credulity the impostors who make a livelihood by preying al ta ' Medie u al t. 1.3: of the public. 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ONDON EXCHANGE ADVANCE FIINto, 1.4 2, Adelphi-terrace, Strand, facing the river ; City Braneh 3, Old Broad-street, City. The Right Hon. Lord ERSKINE, Chairman. Loans advanced, in sums of 101. and upwards, granted on a jdnt promissory note, repayable by easy Instalments, or on the deptait of deeds or other available securities. hills of exchange cashed at moderate rates of intergst, '"` Ir&m's or applidationlaiftyTie`obTained at the Offices, or On foriiarcl ifr 12 postage stamps. Whi. BROOKS, Secretary. T IIE INDISPUTABLE - LIFE POLICY COMPANY, No. 72, Lombard-street and 24, Connaught-terrace. TILINITZES. _ Richard Spooner, Eso. M.P. J. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. James Fuller Madox, Esq. 4 , Richard Malin% I Esq., Q.C., M.P. William Wilberforce, Esq. The POLICIES are INDISPUTABLE, in terms of the Deed of Settlement of the Company, duly registered, and are thus rendered CERTAIN _FAMILY PROVISIONS, and NEGOTIABLE DOCU MENTS OF SECURITY. ~ This Comps nVias introduced, as more peculiarly applicable to 'the Middle and Industrious Classes, a plan of SELF-PROTECTING IN SURANCE, whereby in one Policy for one rate of Premium, are combined an Insurance of a Sum payable either at d'ath or on at taining a specified age, and a pension or annuity after that age ; and riving the full benefit o: all Premiums that have been paid, althOugh the payments should at any time be discontinued. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, manager. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE • COMPANY, Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. No. 8, Waterloo' Place, Pall ' Mall, London. • The distinctive features of the Company embrace, amongst others: Tables of Premiums formed on the lowest scale compatible with security, and constructed to meet the various wants of assurers, and every risk to which protection by assurance can be extended. One-half the Life Premium for the first Five years may remain on credit. Loans granted on approved Personal Security. Assured not restricted in their limits of travel, as in most other Companies, but may proceed from one part of Europe to another in decked vessels, without License, and to British North America, and many parts of the United States, without extra premium, by merely giving the ordinary notice to the Office in London of the intended visit. Whole-world Policies granted at slightly increased rates of Premium, thus rendering a Policy in money transactions a real security. Prospectuses, and every information, may be obtained upon appli cation to the Resident Director. NEW FEATURE IN LIFE ASSURANCE. THE DEPOSIT and GENERAL .. LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,• - • 18, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. CAPITAL—ONE HUNDRED THOI7BAND POI7NDEI. DIRECTORS. Chairman- : The Right Hon. the Viscount Drumlanrig, M.P.., P.C., Comptroller of her Majesty's Household. • R. YaHowley tarries, Esq., 11, City-road, Finsbury. G. Noel Clarke, Esq., late 17th Lancers. Junior United Servioe Club. George Cocde. Erg., fortlend-terrace, Wandsworth, and Hely oir, St. Heiler's, Jersey, Stephen Crackrall, Esq., 1, St. John's-gardens, Notting-hill, and 11, i'ew-squ are, Lincoln's-inn. W. Jones, M.D., Davies•street, Berkeley-square, and Lutt arworth, Leicestershire. George Knox, Esq., 15, Connaught-square, Hyde-park, And Tor Lodge, Staffordshire. _ - Alexander Maclean, Esq„ Harrow-on-the-Hill. David C. Poole, Esq., 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square. William Prinsep, Eso., 47, Leadenhall-street, end 8, Hyde-park- place West. Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Inner Temple, Barrister-alkaw. Dr. Scanlan, 21, Upper eymour-street West, Conuaught:sqt laze. Major Sperling, 14, St. James's-square. AUDITORS. . J. Bigg, Esq„ 126, Strand, Actuary and Secretary to the :111 edical, Legal, and General Life Office. William Jones, Esq., Accountant, 3, Guildhall-chartibitrs. A. Peck, Esq., 8.A., Actuary to the Engineers and Masomi'e Life Office, 34.5, Strand. BANKERS. Sir Charles Price, At irryat, and Co., 3, King William-street, Messrs. Hopkinson and Co., 3, Regent-street. Dr. Lewis, Finsbary-place. Dr. Scanlan, 21, Upper Seyi West, Connaught-agu SI re. 131771GE0N9. IL T. Chapman, Esq., 16, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-r tq ;tare. M ichael Teevan, Esq., 44, Glouceiter-place, Hyde-park-gard CONSULTING ACTUARY. Francis G. P. Nelson, Esq., F.L.S. INSPECTOR OF AGENCIES. F. P. F. SU'oJsberg, Esq. STANIY NG COUNSEL William Wellington Cooper, Esq., NewApare, Lincoln's •inn. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Hill and Mathews St. Mary-axe. RESID2NT SECRETAT.Y. Charles W. Levan, Esq. The public Is respectfully invited to examine the principles' of the Deposit System of Assurance, which is based upon tables cal LC elated by, and is under the immediate supervision o:; Francis G. P. Z Teison, Esq., F.L S.. the Consulting Acatary to the Company. Comparative Tables to assure 5001 on ieath, by a persOli aged twenty next birthday, on the ORDINARY and on the DEPOSIT ' , system of Assurances. ON THE ORDINARY SYSTEM. The sum the oTilinary The sum the Life Offices wo aid give ordinary Life ,him if he were 'unable Offices would to pry, or if be mitied At the His give•him for to pay his ci it Tent • end of policy the surrender annual preen it on of Annual thirty at that or sale Si. 6s. V. after - be has . premium yealawhen age, o: his policy, roid into their* coffers to assure the party in case after thirty 249/.75.6d... anti which , 5001. is fifty of years'payments theyhave had the use years old, death I amounting to of at compiyana t••': bew:ll Piave will bel 2491. 7s. 6d. interest, o r in paid into worth which theyhave the event of hilt I death the office, had the benefit ' one boar afte a such of et compound omission or it u tbility interest. to pay.. little more I than 80/. NOTHIN 13 , . perhaps 90/. ?0 1 81.65.3d. 12491.75.6dd 5001. ON THE DEPOSIT SYSTEM. Hun able to pa: r„ or not desirous of pa, V ing or omitting topay,ithePo , licy would still remain of its FULL • B lee, 522/.25.7d.ti11d e ath, if 20 years after, 7 lo fur ther payment t e ingre quired. Ifhowe I rer the party, from any' cause, wished to cam,' tl the Policy, he cell 1( I not , onlydraw out all helms puZ, in, viz., 22f it ~ but a certain bonus of 621. 0 /1. lOs 00 2251. 5221.257 d 2877. 20. 9d. 2s. 9d, in the b argain, which is n x ire than one-fourth. , of the whole of his pay n cents, or be could eitht tr draw out a part, 201. r 501.. diminishing the I 'olio only by the ass ured value of the Btu n Be drawn oat at VI e age when withdravrr t. See pagess and7in d e tailed pamphlet, b F. G. P. Nelson., Esq. On comparison of these two tables it will be seen that a 1 ,erson ander the novel system of DEPOSIT assurance can secure the Zassure Alow- Ing advantages, viz., let. For a less sum, paid annually, he can: a larger sum In case of death than under the ordinary JO 'stem. 2dly. In the event of a desire to surrender his Policy he can receive in this Comparv, by the above example. which applies to all. ages, THREE times as much as on the ordinary system. 3rdly. In tb.e event , Of inability or omission to pay, his policy remains still his pro perty, 91 . tia /fame value es it was, though Le cease his current payments I any - number f whole am our no:/lin g. , 0 years ; whereas on the ordinary system, ,11 e gets mount of l i tiblY. Should be require to increase or deers aile the thdrawn' Of his by gi v i ng af 1 policy, he can do so at pleasure. He can at am• time, our °,Tbllght's notice, withdraw any part from 11. u p to the Previous payments and with inter—t. After be years,or any art one year he can, by a single payment, three its fonre- time ait . oan s afterwards, raise his policy to a greater ar even bargain of having a f e hl i s in his annual savi ng , b" and by this system lie can at all times lrtigulate h a bank, with this and fly to in case of necessity, annual expenditure, with the facility in the rest for his money, and inble advantage, however, that he g elts lute thethe same as ase of death his family receive more than amount of his savim ta ! such thing, but his policy at e in °rclinarY Life Offices tie cart do no he ceases to pay his current nee lapses or is cancelled the ix toment ilind to fly to for aid, all his a%- earned savings become forft ! Red to urns, anti, instead of having any tbe society, and his misfortunes serv e to acd too S i triktnT to be eve rloolied t rsurance whiob can be mo refortuntie co-assurers. benefit the pockets of his coenfrinciples are impar auwieceoeittbaellows a fair rate Snell a system is too equitable and DEPOSIT assurance is the only system .tile amount in the widely diill iced. It universally recognised end ado)ted wben be ° ce tiai nf ly eni ca gre nvass ate ed r a , d a v n a d n i ta ts g p es al t p h a an ble a be b n a e n ti k ts beet of interest in case o 7 withd rawal, am' gives hands of the Company to the representatives of e Depo s i tor 1 , case of death, thus combining the ADVANTAGES OF A BANK WITH THE BENEFET.s OF AN ASSURANCE COMPANY. In case of endowment assurances the advantages of the , DEPOSI T system are still more striking. 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The Duke of NEWCASTLE said that he was rather surprised at the remarks which had fallen from the noble lord who had just resumed his seat, when he recollected the part he took when the bill upon which this proceed ingto h f other e t n h warned os h e o pors ee,v ao ntuhdse investigationsehh claimed n m s e e dfo against r t ha i in the t thhhoeeo other et a h n i et g e s r rdh uo of ue placingshare arße the consider a ti on o f these questions, quite independently implicit relianc e on th e reports o f comm i ttees o f t h e But, w as f oun d e d wa s b efore the house. The noble lord b n e o f w ore told them, natevtebie-theeyiles:e,nlie evidence before the m they but h ey were were t not e b to e bound by' the report of the committee of the House of Commons ; and that unless they could maintain that the vpsissima verba of the act of Parliament had been adopted by that committee, they were not entitled to place their own interpretation either upon the report of the committee or upon the evidence upon which it was founded. If these were - not the words of the noble lord, such was 'certainly the necessary conse quence of his argument. If they were to be bouzii ' by the particular words used in the repo_r e coM mittee of the House of Commons ; if, as Mr - been sail,. they had nothing . to do with the evidence which haa been adduced before that committee, for what purpoee had they gone through the farce of, sending a message to the other house, aid requesting they would present them with a copy of the report and of the evidence taken before'the committee They would not have done this except in order to form their own opinion. and to decide whether they should then agree to the address which had been sent up from , the other house. He would not at tempt td enter into the legal discussion with the three or four noble and learned lords who had taken part in it, for as two had adopted one view and two the other, he might be spared the ne.iessit3r. - He would Say, in deed, with all respect to these noble and learned lords, that the question was not altogether one of dry techni cality, but it was one on which every lay member of the house was as capable of forming an opinion whether he was doing substantial justice as any one of those noble and learned lords. He found, from. an examination of the evidence, that not only had extensive, but almost universal bribery prevailed at Canterbury at the last election, and he must ask, therefore, whether it would be wise or just to oppose any obstacle to this, the first preliminary step—not to disfranchise the borough, but simply to obtain an investigation into alleged cor rupt practices ? (Hear, hear.) He believed, because he sat in that house and knew its temper and dispo sition, that it was sincerely desirous of checking these practices ; but the public out of doors would not give them credit for this desire, if, after reading the blue-book, and finding that bribery had prevailed, as he had already said, not only extensively but almost universally, they yet found that that' house refused to agree to this address, . because the committee of the House of Commons had omitted to use the precise words of the act of Parliament ; and that they declined to give to the words of the re p or t a l a tit u d e o f c onstruct on which the couits in Westminster-hall would extend in matters of importance, and which were of a final and perhaps of a penal character. The public would cer tainly iti that case believe that their lordships had soine sinister object in screening these practices, and that they did not want them to be thoroughly investigated, if it could possibly be avoided. The noble and learned lord opposite said he believed the committee of the House of Commons must have some reason for using the words they had done, and not those prescribed by the act. Whatever reasons they might have had, unquestionably those reasons did not-go to mitigate their sentence, and prevent the course now taken. Who had moved the address to the Crown car r i e d by the House ofCommons ? The hon. gentleman the chairman of the committee ; and he took on himself to say that it had not been 'by inadvertency of the precise words of the act that he had not used those words, but that the intention of the com mittee was to carry the inquiry up to the direct limits of the act. He (the Duke of Newcastle) said that their lordships ought to look a little to the effect of their de cision out of doors, and he was strengthened in that conviction by one of the arguments used by the noble and learned lord opposite, who had endeavoured to ex tract from the address of the House of Commons, an argument which 'would go the length of putting a very awkward interpretation on the word " exten sive " used in the act; Whatever might be the case in reference to previous elections, as regarded the recent election the committee had only stated that the sitting members were concerned in it. But the sitting members must have been returned by a majority of the constituency, and therefore a ins.- jority of the electors for the borough of Canterbury might, for aught their lordships knew, have been guilty of bribery ; yet the noble and learned lord had tried to extract fiv - m - the address of the House of Commons that it did not necessarily follow, but was rather an indica tion of the reverse, that there was extensive bribery. His noble friend said they were not entitled to interpret this report any way they pleased, but must be bound by its words. If they wanted any interpretation of the re port, they had it in the fact that this address was moved by the very man who drew up the report ; but they had in the report itself an interpretation which the public would understand, and which every member of their lordships' house understood. , When they had it in evidence that 2,000 colourmen had been appointed and paid on several occasions in the borough of Canterbury, and other similar facts, he hoped they would not be in duced to avail themselves of a technical objection, such as that now proposed, and that in this preliminary stage of proceedings they would look at the subject in a point of view more rational than that suggested by the special pleading they had Award on this occasion. The noble and learned lord finished his address by saying that' the responsibility of this step would rest with the Govern ment. On behalf of the Government he had a right to say, that that responsibility they willingly and cheer fully accepted. They were perfectly prepared to incur any responsibility which might be thrown on them in recommending their lordships to agree to an addresis to the Crown ; but one responsibility he should certainly be sorry to incur, namely, that a by indication or by any direct act f his being a party to preventing any investigation which he believed to be absolutely neces sary from the circumstances of the time. His noble friend who spoke last had expressed his view of the great uses of the House of Lords, and he said that one of these was to check hasty and, perhaps, unfair legis lation by the House of Commons. He (the Duke of New castle) recognised that great attribute of their lordships ; but he did think that if there was one thing more than another in which they were bound not to lag behind the spirit of the times, both in Parliament and out of It, it was this of the prevalence of corrupt practices in the election of representatives of the people. He believed that for some years past there had been a growing feel ing that this was one of the vices of 'our representative system most likely to destroy it ; and he believed that if their lordships were to show any disposition to adopt either such a course as was now recommended, or by any other approaching to it, they would lose much of that respect of the country which he hoped they would ever continue to enjoy. After a few words in explanation from Lord ST. LEONARD'S and Lord REDESDALE, Lord LYNDHURST said that, having done his duty in submitting his views to their lordships, he did not not think it necessary to go any farther. Lord CAMPBELL hoped that the commissioners ap pointed would proceed speedily. By so doing they would entitle themselve,s to the thanks of Parliament and the country. The question was then put and agreed to, and the ad dress ordered to be communicated to the House of Com. mons. cok _ Railway (Barnsley) ; Montgomeryshire Rail way ; Newry and Enniskillen Railway ; North and South-Watern (Hampstead and City Junction) Railway; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ItAilwayecirol verhamptOn Station, &c.) ; Peebles Railway ; Portadown and Dung•annon Railway • Roscrea - and Parsonstown Junction Railway ; Saint Ives and West Cornwall Junc tion Railway • Severn and Wye Railway and Canal ; Shrewsbury, Ironbridge, and Bridgmarth Railway ; South Wales Mineral Railway; South Wales Railway (Monmouth) ; South Wales Railway (Pembinice, &c.) ; South Wales Railway (Power to Purchase, a.) ; Swan sea Valley Railway ; Wimbledon and Croydonliailway ; Worcester and Hereford Railway ; MilfortE:Haven Docks. PETITIONS. Mr. TURNER presented a petition from Liverpool against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sipulays. Mr. , ,M. SMITH presented a petition from the Arch deacon of Rochester, against the admission of JeWs into Parliament, and a similar petition from Ponbridge.,. Mr. THORNELY presented a petition from Wolver hampton, in favour of international arbitration. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Dundee, against VniVersity Tests. Mr. BROWN presented a petition from the post masters in Lancashire praying for a modification of the post-horse and carriage tax. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a number of petitions from various parts of the country against the admission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. BUTLER presented two petitions—onti , from Bishopsgate, and the other from Berniondsey—aoinst the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. • Mr. EWART presented a petition from a place in Scotland,, praying for the repeal of the taxes, on know ledge. Mr. E A O 1T presented a petition from Winchester agai ning of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. N presented a petition from Maidstone, 'praying the house to introduce a clause into the Crimi -1 nal Assaults on Women Bill, sanctioning corporal pun , ishmeut. Mr. COLLIER presented a petition from the Guar dians of Plymouth praying for a revision of the law of settlement. • ELECTION PETITIONS, The SPEAKER acquainted the house that he had received a letter from the agent to the petitioner in the case of the Carlow election petition, stating that it was not intended to p roceed with said petition ; 9,150 a letter to the same effect from the agents in the cases of Lisburn, Salisbury, and Cashel. NOTICE OF MOTION. Mr. HENRY DRUMMOND gave notice that when the motion came on for the repeal of the Ecclesiastical Titles Act, he should move for a call of the house as an amendment. Col. HARCOURT gave notice of his intention to move an amendment to the 4th clause of the County Fi nancial Boards Bill. Mr. WILSON gave notice that, on Thursday next, he should move for the production of papers connected with the Customs, and he should take that opportunity of stating the alterations which _Government proposed to make in the management of the'Customs. CLERGY RESERVES. Sir J. PAKINGTON wished , to al Lord John Rus sell what, in the opinion of her - Majesty's Government, will be the force and effect of the guarantee upon the Consolidate Fund, in sec. 8, of the act 3 and 4 Vie. o. 78, in the event of the Clergy Reserves being secularised by the Legislature of Canada. Lord J. RUSSELL said the Government had not asked for a written opinion from the law officer of the Crown, but they had communicated to him verbally that in the event of the secularisation of the clergy reserves there would be no claim madvn the Consolidated Fund. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1853. EAST INDIA ROUSE, 31Aacn 30, 1853 TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. 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Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented a petition, praying for the passing of pame measure for the closing of beer shops on Sundays. PATRON-H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. —Mrs. Beecher Stowe's Popular Work on Slavery Illus trated in an Optical Exhibition, with Vocal and Instrumental Music and New Dissolving Scenery, Morning and Evening. Lectures By J. H. Pepper, Esq.--Half-hours with the Ancient and Modern Chemists ; by Dr. Bachhollher, on Pneumatics, in which the Principle of the Fly's Foot and Walking on the Ceiling will be explained; by Mr. Crispe, on Ericcsen's Caloric Engine. Admission, lc ; Schools, and Ch 4 ldren under Ten years of age, Half-price. THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE. The Earl of MALMESBURY, after •adverting to a discussion which had taken place in the other house re lative to the diplomatic service, hi the 'course of which Lord Stanley had stated that the late Government had it in contemplation to institute a college for the instruc "tion of candidates for the diplomatic service,- and was understood to say that that plan originated solely with Lord Stanley, and had not been adopted by the late Government. The Bishop of EXETER moved for the copy of a letter addressed to the Colonial Secretary by the Bishop of Toronto on the subject of the Canada Clergy Reserves Bill. THE CANTERBURY COMMISSION. The Earl of ABERDEEN moved that the house should agree to the address which, had been adopted .3 , the House of Commons, praying that a commission should be appointed to inquire into the corrupt practices that had prevailed at the last election, grid at previous elections, for the city of Canterbury. He hoped their lordships would have no difficulty, in giving their assent to this address, as well as to others that are before the house of a similar description, and to those which here after. might come before them. (Hear, hear.) Their lordships had always declared their willingness to Co operate with the other house in endeavouring to diminish and check by every means in their power those corrupt practices at elections of which they and the whole country complained. (Hear, hear.) The time was filly come when something should be done on this subject— (hear, hear)—because if matters continued to go on as at present, a serious blow would be struck at the very principle of the representative system in this country. (Hear, hear.) He knew that some pergons were accius [ tomed to view with' comparative carelesiness those p c tices, and to undervalue their importance • if so, he thought they were greatly mistaken. (Hear, In his opinion the people of this country generally 100 ed with increased disgust on the frequency and gro h of those corrupt practices at elections. (II ar, hear.) Even the lowest of the people were in *g r,l nant at those practices. (Hear, hear.) The pens who were deprived of the franchise themse es were indignant at the manner in which it was used by those parties in possession of it. (Hear, hear.) T ey were told that the evil had not increased, and tha it had existed to an equal amount in former times. at might be so, though he greatly doubted the fact ; but, sat all events, even if that were the case, what did it prove ? It might prove that the- practice of fortner times was worse than they imagined it to have ben • but, at all events, it could not diminish the enormit of that which they now saw before their eyes. (H ar, hear.) He did not think it necessary to enter into de tails of the evidence that was on their lordship's to le ; , indeed, he thought it would have been much bette if their lordships had left all that preliminary part of the proceedings to the House of Commons. (Hear, he'r.) If it consisted of materials on which they were to found legislative measures, then,indeed, it would be necessary to go minutely into the whole case, and to see how far it wou',' bear out any enactment which they might be called upon to make on the subject ; but he merely looked upon it as laying the grounds for inquiry, iind for inquiry alone. (Hear, hear.) To such inquiry he hoped i'r.;3r would at once agree, reserving to thpm selves the power of dealing with any measure to which that inquiry might possibly give rise. (Hear, hear.) Ille 'had been told, but he scarcely supposed it probable, that t an objection might be taken to the course which : he proposed, arising' , out of the terms of the repor of the committee of the House of Commons, i as much as the report of the' committee did not m body the, precise terms of the act of last year, ro viding for the better inquiry into the existence of or rupt practices at elections. The committee repo d, " that a system of bribery and corruption, by means of coloured tickets, prevailed at the last election, i,n4l at prefous elections generally ;" whereas the words of i t the ad required; he committee to report " that bri ery extensively prevailed." The House of Commons, tu rally taking - what appeared to be a common-sense *ew of the case, considered that where bribery was ys tematic and, general it was extensive ; therefore the adopted the words of the act in the address which they had sent up to their lordships, very properly it appeared to him to comply with the terms of the act, and in their address they alleged that bribery did extensively pre vail in the city of Canterbury. (Hear, hear). In doing so they adopted substantially the words of the repo .t of the committee, which stated the bribery to have een systematic and general. (Hear, hear). He shou t re gret very much if an objection so purely technic as that, and which was not sustained when the subject ;was mooted in the House of Commons, should bo ma Z in their lordships' house. (He a r, h ear ). H e th oug h t u ch a proceeding would seriously endanger th e b e li e f i n eir lordships' sincerity in co-operating effectually fort the suppression of corrupt practices at elections. (fear, hear). It could not be urged as an objection whieh at all had any application to the spirit of the proceedings that had been adopted, but would only serve to place that house in the eyes of the public in a position in which he should be very sorry to see it. (Hear, hear). He hoped, therefore, that their lordships would agree in the address to her Majesty which was sent up from the House of Commons, for, the purpose of appointing a commision to inquire into the proceedings at the election for the city of Canterbury. Lord LYNDHURST said that no man felt more strongly than he did the necessity of putting an end to corrupt practices at elections, but he wished to call the attention of their lordships to an irregularity in the address which in his opinion was fatal to it. The address stated that a committee of the House of Commons had reported that extensive bribery bad prevailed at the last election at Canterbury ; but he found that no such report had ever been presented, and they were therefore asked to tell her Majesty what was in terms a direct falsehood. The act of Parliament required that before an address of this kind should be presented, a committee of the House of Commons should have reported that " extensive" bribery had prevailed at an election ' • but the committee, in this instance, had only reported that bribery was systematic and general ; but bribery might be systematic and yet not extensive, and the word gene rally must be taken to mean that it had prevailed generally and usually at former elections. (Hear.) The committee was the only tribunal which could judge of the fact whether bribery had been exten sive. It had not been so reported, and he protested against a precedent, which might afterwards be turned to a mischievous purpose, being laid down of either house being allowed to conclude for itself that bribery had been extern ' ,-e, when it had not so been reported by the com mittee. The LORD CHANCELLOR hoped that their lore ships would not be deterred from 'agreeing to this ad dress by the authority of the noble and learned lord. Although the committee had Not reported in the exact words of the act that extensive bribery had prevailed, yet their report did, in point of fact, amount to that. Nay, he would go further, and say that the words gene ral and systematic were far more stringent and forcible than the word " extensive," which, after all, did not mean "to a great'extent." _ Lord STAEONARDS said that this was a mere question (4 law whether or not they were justified in agreeing, to this address. Under the act of Parliament they were empowered to join in an address in cases where a committee of the House of •Commons had re ported that bribery was extensive, and without such re port they could not stir or move a step. No such re port had been made in this case, and he contended, therefore, that they had no power to join in any such address as this. Lord CAMPBELL said that the house were now in a very grave position. The other house had passed an address to the Crown, in which it was represented to her Majesty that a select committee of the House of Commons had reported that bribery and corrupt przp. tices had extensively prevailed at the last and previo , election for the city of Canterbury. To that address their lordships' assent was asked, and. they were now hesitating as to whether the House of Commons had not represented an untruth to the Crown. He trusted that their lordships would not suffer in the public esti mation by differing from the House of Commons on such a subject. He believed that both houses were equally desirous that all such corrupt practices shall be put an end to, and that the most effectual mode of doing so was by putting this act of parliament into full operation. (Hear, hear.) Lord ST. LEONARDS said that as the repoit, on which the address was founded was that of an elec tion committee, it must, in order to comply with the terms of the act, refer to the last election, and state the corrupt practices to have extensively prevailed then, be i - cause the committee had no power to inquire into past elections. Lord REDEStALE said that the noble and learned lord who had just 'addressed the house had said that it was unfortunate that the committee of the house did not use the words described in the act, 'and that he hoped that this oversight would dot occur on a future occasion. He (Lord Redesdale) agreed with him in these remarks, and thought thatno committee which intended to make a report that would subject a borough to an inquiry of this sort would be likely again to commit the same error ; but the true and only mode by which to secure a borough. against an unjust, and oppressive, and tyran nical decision of a. majority in parliament was to say that they would insist upon the report of the committee con taming the precise words used in the act of parliament. By postponing their assent to this address they did not prevent an inquiry being made into the prevalence of bribery at Canterbury. The same members as had eon stituted the former committee might be directed by the House of Commons to report, without taking fur. 11% 3% 5 6% POOR LAWS. Sir W. JOLLIFFE wished to . 'isinhe President of the Poor Law Board whether it was the intention of the Government to bring forward, during the present session, measures either to alter or repeal the laws with respect to pauper settlement in England and Wales. And, if bills with that or any other poor law objects are to be proposed, at what period they are likely to be upon the table of the house. Mr. BAINES replied that notice had already been given of a similar question, but all that he could now state was, that on Monday next the noble bold the mem ber for the City of London, would state the views and intentions of the Government upon this subject. UNIVERSITIES. Mr. M. MILNES wished to asleLord John Russell whether in his declaration of the intentions of the Go vernment on the subject of the reform of the Universi ties, he intended to imply that the support and assistance of the Government would be given to such colleges as may be desirous to obtain the aid of Parliament to enable them to dispense with their obligations to their present statutes, and to substitute Such other statutes as may seem to them advisable for the advantage of their separate societies and for the public good. Lord J. RUSSELL said he could not bind the Go vernment to the extent which the question went, but the Government would be prepared to go with the authorities of the Universities as far as they could. LOSS OF STEAM-VESSELS. Mr. FREDERICK DIINDAS wished to ask the Lord-Advocate whether he has received any report, from the local authorities at Aberdeen, of the circum stances connected with the Duke of Sutherland steamer, on entering the harbour of Aberdeen on the afternoon of Friday, the Ist instant ; and whether it was intended to adopt any means by which, in future, the rocket appa ratus and life-boats usually resorted to in cases of ship wreck, 'nay be rendered more available and efficient. The LORD ADVOCATE said he had not yet received any report on the subject, but special directions had been given for a full inquiry into the whole circum- stances of the case. Mr. KENNEDY wished to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether any investigation had been made by her Majesty's Government into the causes of the numerous disasters which have recentlrotcurred in the coasting and channel traffic of the Unit4Kifigdorn o more particularly those having reerenee to ihe following vessels :—The Minerva, the Prince Arthur, and the Duke of Sunderland, with a view to the prevention of such occurrences ? And whether any, or what steps, had been taken by her Majesty's Government on the report made. by Captain Walker of the causes attending the late wreck of the steam-ship Queen Victoria, of Dublin ? Mr. CiRDWELL said the local authorities were constantly instructed to make reports upon the subject of these occurrences, and the Board of Trade was now engaged inquiring into the circumstances attending all of theie cases. On the motion of Viscount MONCK a new writ was ordered for the City' of Carlow, in the room of Col. Bruen, deceased. CLERGY RESERVES. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, CLERGY RESERVES (CANADA). On the Order of the day for the third reading of this bill, Dir.WALPOLE moved that it be read a third time that day six months. The right hon. gentleman said that enter taining as he did a very strong opinion on the subject, ho trusted he should be permitted to state the more prominent reasons that induced him to resist the further progress of this bill. He was the mere anxious to do so in consequence of the discussion that took place in committee, and the strange admissions then maction the part of the Govern 'mont, and partly also in consequence of the somewhat sin gular, and certainly surprising, announcement made upon the subject that evening by the noble lord the member for London. It was clear to him from the discussion in com mittee that the principle on which the bill had been recom mended to thehouse was not strictly that upon which it had beeti framed; nay, more, he thought it *ould appear that th main effect and object of the measure was not exactly what it was represented to be, and that it would have a different operation from that which constituted the principle upon which it was stated to have been framed. At the time of the second reading they were told that the great object of the measure was to give to the Canadian Legislature the fullest powers upon all matters of purely local concern and interest, but in committee it appeared that it would not be confined to those matters, but in fact related to investments made in this country, and enabled the Canadian Legislatu re t deal with these investments under the plea of local self government, though not local interest was in any way af fected by them. Again, at the time of the second reading they were told that the effect of the bill would be to put the English and Scotch Ch arches on precisely the same foot ing as the Roman Catholic Church of Canada, but in com mittee it appeared the footing would be different, and the endowments given to Roman Catholics might not be touched without the concurrence of the Imperial Parliament, while of an y Canada u couldmeasure pas s e bee d e touched,nd w endowments nt s dealt givenwit with, and etnhde destroyedPt by a majority of the Canadian Leg is l ature alon e. (Hear.) reProtestants t b s y Again, at the time of the second reading they were told, and properly so, that there were certain existing interests reserved for those to. whom they now belonged, of the t g a r in oun th d e that the it te whenfah o th f e t y he Crow • was pressedn herpled Majesty's el 3stoinmisateinrs for an answer us to the way in which that pledge was given no answer could be elicited, becau se t h ey k new that if they looked to tho act of Parliame n t th e f a i th of the Crown was no more pledged to those particular interests than it was to maintain the whol e o f th ese reserves. (Hear.) Again,s they were told that at the time of the second reading that the settlement of 1840 was not t acompact in the sense of its being a national en b z n age . men , but in committee the 3d clause NtV fSwithdrawno was a compact as far as it affected' the lia bility of this country. These were epre issncg:nsuisntde n t c h i a es t an t the ,a s n e o t -- malies which convinced him that this bill was not drawn up with that consideration which might be expected from the Government. Now, let them consider upon what Principle the bill was founded, and what were the con siderations which induced the Government to introduce it. They were most ably stated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and he thought the argument upon which the Government justified the measure so put by the right hon. gentleman might resolve itself into these two main points—first, that it was the duty of Parliament to give to the Canadian Legislature the largest powers with reference to matters of purely local self-government, and, secondly, that if those powers were diminished or abridged, there was a danger of provoking discontent in the colony, or of a collision between the Canadian Legislature and the Imperial Parliament. He was not going to dispute the cpiestion of local self-government, for he was for giving such power in the fullest sense of the word as soon as a a colony was capable of receiving it, and undertaking the responsibility of constitutional government ; but he doubted whether the question of self-government strictly arose on this occasion, and for this reason, that he thought there were anterior obligations resting on the Imperial Parliament, to take care that certain rights, whioh had been gttaranteed by Parliament should be preserved to those for whom they were intended. And, if that were so, it was their business to inquire whether the _ e l re mpe e r Imperial this case which it could not delegate to other . pa , Parliament had not duties to discharge with d discharge On less it was satisfied that those parties would reference un- OATHS IN CHANCERY BILLS. The Commons' amendments to this bill were consi: dered. On the motion of Lord ST. •LEONARDS, their lord ships disagreed to amendments in the second and eighth' clauses, and the reasons for dis7greement were ordered to be communicated to the other house at a conference. Their lordships adjourned shortly before seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Mr. SOTHERON moved that the period limited by the house for the second reading of all railway or canal bills, containing any powers of amalgamation, lease, working arrangement, or other combination of interest between different companies, be ext.. , aded to Monday, the 18th day of April. , Agreed to. — T E h a s e following tern coun t b i i e l l s s R were w r a e y a d (N a o t third r time thwr 00l w a i n e d passe ,t c .) d ;: Evesham Bridge. The Runcorn and Weston Canal Bill was considered and agreed to. The following bills were read a second time :—Amber gate, Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway (No. 1) ; Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway '(Sale, &c.), (No. 2) ; Ardrossan Railway; Bedale and Leyburn Railway; Bed- . ford Extension Railway ; Birkenhead Dock Company ; Birmingham and Oxford Junction, Birmingham, Wol verhampton, and Dudley and Great Western Railways ; Boston and Midland Counties Railway and Docks ; Cornwall Railway ; Darlington and Barnard Castle Re waaayilw; a D y e ; an E F as o te re rn st, C M o o u n u m ti o es uth ß , a lj ilw sk a ' y and (Purchase Pnt c" Lancashireitailways, Railway&Rcall;wayEarNo.Gr.)nst(ecardiftonypoo East Lancashire Railway (No. 2), (Soutl t i o p ; a b , (Southport, &c.) ;. Furness Railway ; Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Railway ; Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal, and London and North-Western Railway ; Hull and Hol deniess Railways • Leamington, Warwick, and Strat ford-upon-Avon Railway ; Leeds, Bradford, and Hali fax Junction Railway ; Leeds Northern Railway ; Limerick, Ennis, and Killaloe Junction Railway ; Li merick, Ennis, and Killaioe Junction Railway (Power to sell, &c.) ; Llynvi Valley Railway ; London and. North7Western and'Buckinghamshire Railways ; London and No r th - WesternandLondon and Blackwall Railways; London and North-Western and Midland Railway Com panies Amalgamation ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin- 7% *tBl4 t9M Direct Trains from the Boats marked t Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of Loi every quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of thi lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. lowing Trains from the Fenchurcli-street station. WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. -----_ cs 0 • Time. r:E i oI Time. a all Ite ' A ' I') ° t. am z-§ g s 8 ig '''' co P 8 . 10 11 11 12U 2M 2 1 4 4U I 3% .5% I _ *5 _ Passages marked * are run direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. Fore Cabin. S. To or from Gravesend and Loudon.. • ....... 10d. .. Is. 2d. Gravesend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. Os. tOd. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, st. Os. ; Six Months, 3/. Os. ; Three Months, 27. Os. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Fast and Commodious Pachets to Let for Excursions. For Terms, apply to Mr. W. Mo - .1.an,, ment, Star Office, Fenchurch-street Ter minas, Blackwall Itailwiy. April 6, 1853. THE CHANGES ANTICIPATED NEED not be either national, ministerial, or .1..1 social ; for changes in the season, in the habits and require. ments of every person in society, are certain. Such changes are anticipated by E. MOSES and SON, and their magnificent busine:s is more than equal to any demand—single articles of attire, corn- , plats snits of every article of dress for thousands of families, being I provided In the greatest var i e t y and abundance, and may be had I with the greatest dispatch and economy. Any particular order or clothing desired by gentlemen and their tons may be ob`nined at E. MOSES and SON'S, in the most fashionable material, the most artistic cat, and comfortable fit, the best workmanship, and the lowest prices. SPOTTING DRESS, LIVERIES, full equipment for every station in our great Military and Naval institutions, are .male' w th greater uniformity, moreciaborate finish, and at much lower charges than at any other house. Ladies and Gentlemen are politely invited to inspect E. MOSES and SON'S Hosiery and General Clothing Department, and are assured that all the elegancies and novelties in the world are offered at considerably lower prices than less faahion able goods are charged elsewhere. MECHANICS' DREsS, and every description of 11aM and Caps, and the largest and best assortment of Bo•ts and Shoes, are presented by E MOSES and SON at the most economical pricen. Emigrants, at a small cost, may provide themselves with outfits, which will administer to their comforts in thousands of ways during their voyage ard after their arriv: l , but they can only do to at E. MOSES and SON'S. Small or large investments at E. MOSES and SON'S Wholesale Department are preiuctive of the mai ce: E•in, speedy, and lucrative returns, to parties embarking for Australia, where E. MOSES and SON'S Clothing has attained the bighwt degree of celebrity. Cabin passenge"S, gentlemen of ell profeSsions, mechanics, farmers, or gold-diggers- are provided with all the pods and clothing they w -1 require by E. MOSES and SON at wholesale prices. • • Shipsailing in:olmation, and full lists of outfits for ladies and gentle men, may be had on application, or post free to any part of the kingdom. • CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman- like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instrsces, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that trey have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 84; 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 503, New Oxford-street, 1,2, 3, Bart-street, all communicating. ' Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 nd 20, Bridge-stret:. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fariate. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters :or La)'es and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, It will be exchanged if desired, o', if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All hoods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, Worn which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, entitled " The World's Pharos; containing the Emigrate:3 Assistant, Aft list of prices, and directions ior self•mea surement. may be had on application, or post-free, to any part of the kingdom. A. handsome Almanac for the year eliding 1853 can be had gratis, on application. lei ron parle Francais. 13•.er spicht man Deutsch. Qui at parla Aqua ce babla Esparol MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, ard Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medic Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on VAL the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro duced more misery in youth, degradation la manhood, arid prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis cuses known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience in the treatment of these diseases miss proved that there are in exist ence secret causes of self-ocqulied.ies and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, vaa'Ous forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful 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 management which cannot be violated wittoat incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may be avo'cled, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely a'd of science cannot apply a cure. - DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a lon g series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delica:e com plaints, and s the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-moc l est, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is tree. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply rewarded by the great success that has atterded his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confiOed to the care of unqualified and igroran empirics, who, with their pirated phuabvleicbaeteionnsh:dasuseuedntoredumpflosar,ceelgfnaintahminesthaneidrtiptireetes,nasnidonpgr.etended virtues of Ittb p d a e t s e ir n a t t, n ie ost have inflicted serious injury on those who sshix A oud ho n _m rs e t o fo b r tain con a s e a py tion daily from Eleven till Two, and from till is Eight. All letters mast contain the fee of 1/., and advice and medicines can be fo rwarde d ,)f t his o an w y o i r ni k L o ials n or sldress. at patients wishing to consult Dr.. LA'MERT SELF-PRESERVATION. • A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage, and Nervous and Generative Debility, Mustrated by fifty coloured engravings, and es cribihg in detail the vario us di sorders resulting f rom secret habits and excesses. The perusal o f th i s treatise wallassist in the cor rect description of their case s , and may be had, pl : ce 2s 6d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Itali an , or G erman , of Messrs. Pipe r Brothers and Co., 23, Patern os t er -row; Hennay, 63, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Stone, Titchborn e - s t ree t, Haymarket; or tre e 07 post for forty - two stamps, to any address from the Author's resi dence, 37, BEDFORD-IRIIADE, LONDON. INQUEST ON THE LATE DR. RICHARD CHAMBERS. O Y r o e n s t e e r r w d a yeafternoony and a j a u n the was body he of l d p b r . e fore Re h Mr. Ce rd Chambers who was found dead in bed. o n Wednesda y morning last at his own residence in Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square. Thomas Baynes, man-servant to the deceased, de posed that his master was about 34 years of age. On going into his bedroom last Wednesday morning, at half-past nine o'clock, he found the deceased lying in d, thebuy left immediately a bed quite dead. He was lyi n g on the left side. The only parts of the exposedthe face. lvitneeed body idnottoue fetched Dr. Richardson, a colleague of the deceased. Dr. Ashton, of Cavendish-square, arrived soon after, and a policeman was then sent for, and shown the posi tion in which the body was found. A small phial was discovered on a table at the side of the bed. It was empty. Witness had seen similar bottles there before, and his master was in the habit of taking medicine from them. No letters or documents of any kind were found in the room. The last time witness saw his master alive was about twelve o'clock the previous night. He was then reclining on a sofa in his study. He spoke to witness, and asked him what o'clock it was. Witness answered it was near twelve, whereupon the de ceased pulled out his watch, and said, " Dear me, so it is." During the three days previous to his death the deceased had been suffering from a slight attack of rheu matic gout, and on Sunday he was so unwell that he did not get up until two o'clock in the afternoon. On Tuesday he dined at hoile, and did not leave the house during the evening. He had been out during the day, and on coming home felt so much indisposed that he told witness he would not see any patients before twelve o'clock on Wednesday. Witness did not think there was anything strange in this, because the deceased was in the habit, when he complained of illness, of remaining in bed till the middle of the day, and sometimes later. Between two and three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon the deceased gave witness a prescription, and directed him to go to the shop of Mr. Court, chemist, for medi cine. Witness had frequently done so before. and on this occasion he fetched the medicine in the bottle which was found next morning near the body of his master. No relations of the deceased were in the house at the time of his death, the only inmates being witness and three maid servants. The deceased was married,, but his wife and child were in the 'country when he died, Witness did not observe anything peculiar in his master's' manner previous to his death, nor was he aware that he had had a fit at any time. He was perfebtly sober the last time he saw him. There was no bloodon the sheets when he was found dead. Dr. Wilson, of Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, said he made a post mortem examination of the body on Friday morning, in the presence of Mr. Weedon Cook, a colleague of the deceased, and another medical gentle. man. The skin was discoloured, owing to the position in which the body was lying, and blood was oozing from the nose and mouth. Decomposition had proceeded so far that the skin separated upon being touched, and the cellular tissue was inflated with air. The eyes were also much swelled. On the body being opened, the lungs, liver, stomach, intestines, and all the other functional organs, except the heart, were found in a healthy condi tion. The right ventricle of the heart was enlarged at least a third beyond its natural size, and wa s thinner than it ought to have been, and the left ven tricle was also slighly extended. There was only a small quantity of blood present. Externally the stomach was in a healthy condition, *but internally there was a slight appearance of' inflammation of the mucus membrane. The inflammation was in patches over the surface. The contents of the stomach mcaaured about half a pint, and were of a reddish brown colour. They emitted a very peculiar odour, which was instantly known to be that of prussic acid, and accordingly the presence of that poison was detected on analysis, along with a small quantity of opium. Owing to decomposition having taken place, witness could form no opinion of the quantity of prussic acid which might have been contained in the stomach, but he succeeded in discovering undoubted traces of it. He had seen the prescription which the deceased had sent to Mr. Cour'3, the chemist, the day before his death, and found that the ingredients of the draught were six drops of prussic acid, of Scheele's strength, with ten drops of Battley's solution of opium, one drachm of colchicum, two of ace tate of ammonia, and an ounce and a half of water. His opinion was that death was caused by the prussic acid acting in conjunction with the disease of the heart. He did not think there was sufficient prussic acid to have destroyed life in the absence of disease of the heart; but he believed there was sufficient to produce death, the vital action being low and we..k. The effect of the in creased size of the heart would be to cause the blood to flow into the lungs, and the patient , o n takin g p russic acid, might die befo , re sufficient blood returned to put the heart in motion. The rest of the contents of the stomach consisted of animal matter at ' alcohol. Wit ness had ascertained that on the 2.7e-ev before his death the deceased sent a prescription to ore h is somewl•a:: different from the last, inasmuch as it con tained only five drops of prussic acid, the action of which moreover was dulled by carbonate of potash —a guard which had not been observed in the second dose. Dr. Dillon, a.juryinan, remarked that he was himself aware that Dr. Chambers 10. d complained of disease of the heart, and had expressed apprehensions of it. The Coroner—l am sorry to say that a good many in this room may make the same complaint. Disease of the heart exists to a very frightful extent, and it is a mo st common cause o f death. Dr. Dillon -0 n Tuesday morning I walked home h afram hi from a party, and he then told me that he was id he had disease of the heart, but I made light of it. Dr. Dillon, having been stated that he knew the deceased intimately, and met him at a party cm the Monday night previous to his death. On that occasion the deceased was in good health and spirits. Witness accom panied him to h is own door abs u t two o'clock on Tuesday morning. From what witness knew of the de ceased's habits and c haracter, he was perfectly sure he did not commit suicide. Dr. Chambers was attached to life, he had a great Witness happiness, and enjoyed the world very imuch. was not in the habit of prescribing, prussic acid to his patients, because he was afraid of mistakes in the compounding of it, A Juryman asked how man y dro p s of p russic acid it w ould take to destroy life ? The Coroner—That would be rall'er a difficult ques tion to answer. However, I would not advise you to swallow a very large dose, else you might not survive to describe its effects. (A laugh.) A single drop of prussic acid on the arm has been known to occasion death. child in whom vitality na prussicn m a i c id h t was possiblyrela tive. r. W A islisnognlesaidrdopthroeigachttioknilloaf s w w aii uh w oe e wc a k o r , oi severalwhereaser trebs sr withoutti e r fl o n y g r e h e healthy i aut e dn tuhr ey of the ease, and said that, whatever rumours might have prevailed in the neighbourhood, thoe could be no doubt, after the evidence the jury had just heard, that 'death had been produced by disease of the heart, probably in fluenced by prussic acid taken medicinally. Verdict returned accordingly. -I6 do, do. bore ',2ek I, 2; Aprr i ° App 11) b lOl P J10 ; t0' 10 0 ) 5° 0 1 ; )1:;) / 9