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Wednesday, the 3d day of August, 1853, at Twelve o'clock at noon, at the said Cham bers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims. — Dated this 25th day of June, 1853. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Jane 23, 1853. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY INTEREST on the CAPITAL STOCK of this SOCIETY, at the rate of 5 per Cent. per Annum, due on the 30th instant, together with the BONUS of 2% per cent. declared at the Annual Meeting in May last, will become PAYABLE on the 10th day of July next, and Proprietors may receive the same at this Office, on that or any subsequent day, between the hours of Eleven and Three o'clock. And Notice is hereby further given. that the Transfer Books of the Society close on the 30th instant. and open on the I 1 th July next. By order of the Court of Directors, W. S. E. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. 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Doors open at Half past Eight o'cloc k • to com mence at Nine, and terminate at Half - past Eleven. ' THE PATENT WA TERPROOF and COMMON ERICK and TILE COMPANY. Provision ally Registered under the 7th and Bth Victoria. Capital 100,0004 (a portion of which has been already subscribed), in shares of 1/. each fully paid up. No allotment will be made of a less number than five shares. O HUMPHREY BROWN, Esq DIRECT M RS , .P„ . Chairman. Rowland G. Alston, Esq., Harley-street, Cavendish-squara. James Baring, Esq., Piccadilly. Thomas Chandler, Esq., Rotherbithe. Richard Paddison, Esq., Lansdowne-road, Notting-hill. Fitzroy Young. Esq , Northanaptonshire. Bankers—Royal British Bank, 16, Tokenhouse-yard. Solicitor—Henry Empson, Esq., 61, Moorgate-street. Broker—George E. Seymour, Esq., 38, Throgmorton-street. Secretary—Chas. Smith Rawlings, Esq. Offices— 34, Moorgate- street. This Company is formed for the purpose of carrying out Work- Man's Patent for manufacturing waterproof, common and hollow bricks, tiles, &c. The general complaint of architects, surveyors, builders, and others engaged in the erection of docks, warehouses, tunnels, and other structures, has been that, with our progress and improvements in scientific and other matters, nothing has been produced that will per raanently resist the destructive influence of damp. Cements, stuccos, and other means have been introduced, but without success. Bricks generally, from their porous nature, absorb and retain large quan tities of water, and become conductors of damp. The waterproof bricks made by Mr. Workman's patent will not absorb or retain moisture ; neither are they affected by the atmosphere, thus reme dying the evil complained of. It will be seen that bricks, tiles, &c., made under this patent, being completely waterproof, with the same adhesive qualities as the com mon brick, possess great advantage over all others in the construc tion or building of foundations, warehouses, vaults, tunnels, docks, walls. tanks, baths, &c., and for brickwork of every description. The peculiar charecter of these bricks has been preyed, by the practical tests of the gentlemen comprising the Jury of Class 27 at the Great Exhibition of All Nations in 1851. • • The patentee has not only obtained the prize medal front the Com missioners of the Great Exhibition of 1851, bathe has been honoured by the high commendation of his Royal Highness the Prince Con• Sort and his Majesty the King of the Belgians. As the wales proof and also the common bricks will be manufac tured by improved machinery, the trade will be supplied at lower prices than at present charged. The acknowledged supe, iority of these bricks over all others will Insure an.all but unlimited demand, and orders are continually being received by the patentee for large quantities, both for home con sumption and exportation; numerous applications are likewise being made for licensee. The following R.port of the jury composed of the undermentioned eminent and scientific gentlemen was submitted to her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851:—Benedetto . Pistrucci, Royal Mint ;,,Lord Sndeley ; D. T. Ansted, 1.R.5., Reporter; Bernardo de Bentardis ; George Godwin, F.R.S. ; Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., F.R.S., M.P. ; Em manuel Psyche; Viscount Hericart de Thury ; F. Barker, Esq. ; J. H. Henry, F.R.S. ; George Lowe, CR., F.R.S. Report of the Jury submitted to her Majesty's Commisioners for the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851. "A prize medal has been awarded so Mr. J. Workman (116, p. 773)" for an ingenious and appar. ntly effectual method of rendering common bricks perfectly waterproof, at a cost of about 6s per thou sand. The machine by which the process is effected is sufficient to turn out from 30,000 to 50,000 per day, and the waterproofing takes place either during the first process of manufacture. or after the brick is completed. No extra cost of carriage is needed to complete the work ander any circumstances. "It is unnecessary to paint out all the advantages that would re sult from taking advantage of this method, but the reporter would not emit to notice its peculiar importance in the case of cottages and s mall houses, and for vaults and foundations. It is 1n these appli cations that the very great absorbency of common bricks (which will take up, on the average, nearly a quart of water each, is so ruinous, not to the property exposed under their shelter, but to the health of the inhabitants, who are often very' ill supplied with the means of removing the evil." It has become a subject of great national importance to procure an ample supply of bricks to meet the continued and increasing demand. It may be remarked that during the last season (1852) the stock round the metropolis ran short, by several millions, of the required supply. It is now considered beyond a doubt that bricks manufactured by nachinery are superior in quality to those produced by labour, the clay receiving in its transit through the die great compression, 'which cannot be effected by hand. On reference to the report of the jury selected by her Majesty's Commissioners at the late Exhibition it will be seen that one ma chine alone is capable of yielding 30,000 to 50,000 per day. The Profits which will accrue to the Shareholders from the manu facture of waterproof and common bricks and the sale of licences will ensure a large and increasing diviihnull, and, at the _present price of stock bricks, at least 60 per cent. may be safely relied upon. The Directors therefore feel confident that they will be enabled to declare a dividend within a few months from the commencement of opera tions. The patentee has entered into a conditional contract with the Di rectors to dispose of the whole or his interest upon very favourable terms, and, to mark the confidence he has in the success of the Undertaking, he desires to take one moiety of the purchase money in shares. The Directors have also concluded on the purchase of several plots of ground, so that the manufacture of br cks can be commenced forthwith ; and it is their intention periodically to advertise in the " Rudder," and other trade journals, the price of all descriptions of bricks and tiles manufactured by them, in order that builders may be guided, in this especia' department, by the most perfect accuracy and economy in making their estimates for all contracts they under take. Applications for shares to be made to the broker, or the Company's offices, 34, MoorgCe-street, where prospectuses may be had, samples of the waterproof brick inspected, and every information obtained. June, 1853. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. Te the Directors of the Patent Waterproof and Common Brick and Tile Company. aentlemen,—l request you will allot to me shares of 1/, each in the above Company, aid I hereby undertlke to accept and pay for the same, or any less number you may allot me, when required so to do . bated this day of —, 1853. Name in full •••• • •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Place of Business .......... •• •• • • •• •• •• Business or Profession.. • • ....•• •••••• Name, Residence, ...... .• •• and Profession ... of Referee •• .. •• • •• • . MEDICAL_ ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR' SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON Doctor of Medicine and Matriculated Member of the Unix rit of Edinburgh, ' Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical M Socie ty , Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. AY 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 cure de cay at aimed more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema eases know n to ll modern es of life, than perhaps any other class of dis ienucthe treatment of these pathologists . Long and practical experience c ___ . eau ese diseases has proved that there are in exist existeZe" as of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in 7. , , t a ra rie ce u a a b r ie to certain pernicious habits to which Nervous Debilit s s l 1 ri ni n e d i e t r e e a y r i, orms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri eangdesle cna Lo a c w al e andth Constitutional Weakness, d their principles or ~.._sly management eiralmlosteeantireorit It is absolut w th ' at an there a c re incurring grie... -4n e "al which cannot be violated without the heyday et . I' B Penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed ,ahmlowitathe sting of self - indulgencetheir bitterness y ay,coein,equenc es may may be mitig a t ec l lct nAlderat o and how the evil , hew these penalties that there is seareel be avoided, and above all, itterness may be removed, derangement to which a t - -- 4. 1. : ce o f DOCTOR LA'MERT I T, s ; rn ,eIY ai physical infirmity or functional in an extensive practi ‘ ° r alo ° seien eacannot apply a cure. leg n th ion of of plaints, and s the onlyedi e treatment y e ars been engaged of the taunts and envy of therlyqumitte, of these delicate com the confidence, through the ns,Pritical and racial', who, regardless attention to these enormous evil s : l f n i ?. or the Public- - inndest, has had tree. 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To Secretaries of Public Institutions, Clerks, Station Masters, Rail way Officials, Bankers' Clerks, Travellers, and Others. TIMES LIFE ASSURANCE and GUARAN TEE COMPANY, 32, Ludgate-hill, London. Incorporated under 7 and 8 Victoria. cap. 110. HONORARY PRESIDENTS. CHARLES HINDLEY, Esq., M.P., Dartmouth-house, Westminster. JAMES KERSHAW, Esq., M.P., Stockport. TRUSTEES. James Alexander Douglas, Esq., 11, Queen-square. Ambrose Moore, Esq., Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square. James Nisbet, Esq., Berners-street, Oxford-street. CHAIRMAN—The Hon. Francis Villiers, Berkeley-square. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN—James Wyld, Esq., Charing-cross. " The Times " Company affords guarantee to persons requiring the same at the lowest possible rate, and divides four-fiths of the profits. Thus, by applying the justly popular principle of mutuality to public guarantee, the premiums, instead of being a tax upon honesty, be come a means of saving and Investment. Rates —From 7s. 6d. upwards. 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Premiums computed for every three months' difference of age. Half-credit assurances on a new plan peculiarly advantageous to policy-holders. At the last Annual General Meeting a rednction of 30 per cent. was made in the current year's premium on all participating policies. (PROPRIETARY.) (MUTUAL.) Half Whole Half Quar e, premium premium First for Re- Age. Annual Yearly terly Seven maunder premium' Pre- Years. of Life. mium. mium. Pre : • 1 --- I £ s. d. : £ s. d. Years. Months £ s. d. : £ a. d.I £ S. d. 30 1 1 9 2 3 6 30 0 2 7 3 1 4 2: 0 12 3 40 1 9 22 18 4, 3 2 7 6 1 4 41 012 4 50 2 2 6: 4 5 0 1 6 2 710 1 4 6 : 012 5 60 X 3 6 81 613 41 9 2 8 21 1 4 8: 012 6 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1853. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-CHEAP EXCURSION to STROUD, GLOUCESTER, and CIIEL TENET/U.l.—On SUNDAY, 10th July, an Excursion Train will leave Paddington at 7.45 a.m, returning the same evening from Chelten ham at 6.30, Gloucester at 6.45, and Stroud at 7.15 o'clock. FARES THERE AND BACK— Stroud, First Class 9s. Od. ; Covered Carriages, ss. Od. Gloucester and Cheltenham, First Class, 10s. ; Covered Carriages, 65. Od. Tickets may be obtained previously, at 27, Ring-street, Cheapside, 269, Strand, and at 25, Regent-street (corner of Jermyn-street). Passengers having luggage vri I only be conveyed at the ordinary fares. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-Z -CEIEAP EXCURSION to the WEST of ENGLAND.—On MONDAY, the 18th July, an Excursion will leave the Paddington Station at 8 o'clock in the morning for Plymouth, calling at Weston Super Marc, Bridgewater, Taunton, Tiverton Road, Exeter, Star cross, Dawlish, Teignmouth, Toray and Totness, and wi I return Star from Plymouth on WEDNESDAY qu , 27th July, at 6.25 A m. , ---- - - FARES THERE AND BACK. First Closed Class. Carriages. To Weston Super Mare or Bridgewater —20 s. 13s. Tau,•ton or Tiverton R0ad...... • • 22s. 15s. las. Starcross, Dawlish, or Teignmouth.. 2ss. 17s. , Torquay or Potneas .. • • .... •• 27s. 18s. Plymouth...—. '• • • The Excursion Tick ?t$ are not transferable, and are only available for the Excursion Train. Tickets may bo obtained previously at 27, , King-street, Cheapside ; 21 ; 7, 9 , Strand ; 25, Regent-street (coroner of Jennyn-st eet); and at the r: •ddington Station. Further particulars will be given in hand-hills, whip may be had at any of the above places. Paddington Station, June 30, 1853. QUEBEC AND RICHMOND RAILWAY COMPANY. NOTICE OF CALL. Notice is hereby given, that the THIRD and LAST INSTAL MENT of 21. 10s. per share on the shares in this Company, falling due on the 15th inst., will be payable in London to the Union Bank of London ; in Liverpool to Messrs. Moss and Co. WILLIAM CHAPMAN, Agent to the Quebec and Richmond Railway Company. London, 2, Leadenhall-street, 2d July, 1853. L UCCA AND CoIPISTOJA RAILWAY (FIFTH AND LAST NOTICE.) Notice is Hereby Given that the THIRD CALL of I/. per share on the Preference Shares in this Company will fall due on SATURDAY, the 18th day of June instant, and that the same is to be paid at the Banking House of Messrs. Strahan, Paula, and Co., 217 Strand. The Bankers' Receipts, together with the Share Certificates, must be produced and left at the offices of the Company, 25, Tokenhouse yard, Lothbury, in order that the receipt endorsed on the Certificates may be signed by the agent of the Company. Interest at the rate of 5/. per cent. per annum on the amount paid upon the shares will be payable on the 31st of July next K. PwIACKENZIE, Agent to the Company. 25, Tokenhouse-yard, July 2, 1853. N.B.—ln case of non-payment of the call on any of the shares for 15 days after the 18th instant, such shares will, by the constitution of the Company, become forfeited. TOURS IN IRELAND. DU BLIN GREAT cN INDUSTRIAL A GRAND MUSICAL FESTIVAL. The Oratorio, " Israel in Egypt," will be performed at CHRIST Cnu&cn, Dublin, on THURSDAY, July 14, by the united Choirs of St. Patrick and Christ Church Cathedrals and the Chapel Royal, who will also be assisted by the Members of the whole of the Dublin Musical Societies. IRISH TOURIST TICKETS (available for a month) are now issued at the following stations :- Ist Class. 2d Class. London (Euston Station) • • ............ •...£6 10 0 £5 5 0 Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hull, Bristol, Carlisle, 6 6 0 5 5 0 Oxford, Worcester, Cheltenham, Gloucester 5 15 0 4 15 0 Birmingham, Rugby, Leamington, Coventry, Lincoln . .. 5 5 0 4 5 0 Wolverhampton, Huddersfield, Leeds, Shef field, Derby. .. .. 5 0 0 4 5 0 Manchester, Warrington, Stoke, Macclesfield 4 4 0 3 10 0 Liverpool, Chester .... •.•. • • • ........... 4 4 0 3 5 0 - - . - They enable the holders to proceed to Chester, Bangor, Dublin, Cork, and the Lakes of Killarney, and back again to the station at which the ticket was taken. The holder of each Irish Tourist Ticket Is entitled to have issued to him, at the office, 52, Westland-row, Dublin, at very reduced rates. tictets for a tour in the county Wicklow, in Kenmare and Glengariff, up the river Shannon--for the journey from Dublin to Belfast, for the excursion to the Giant's Causeway, and from Dublin to Galway for the tour through Connemara. Every purchaser of a ticket is presented, gratis, with a copy of the " Illustrated Irish• Tourist's Hand-Book," compiled solely for these Tours. The fullest and mast accurate information afforded at the Chester and Holyhead Company's Office, 52, Westland-row, Dublin. See also " Bradshaw's Guide," page 123. CONTRACT FOB BRUSHES, BROOMS, AND PENCILS. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, July 2, 1853. THE Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the 26th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into Her Majesty's Deck Yards, BRUSHES of various sorts, HUE BROOMS, and Camels' Hair and other PENCILS. Patterns may be seen, and a Fornr of Tender, Schedule, and Con ditions of the Contract, obtained at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Brushes, &c.," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sam of SOUL, for the due performance of the contract. The emcees ful results of the last Hate Century have proved beyond question that ROWLAND'S MACASSAit OIL possesses sin gularly nourishing powers in the giowth, restoration, and improvement of the Human Hair, and when every other specific has failed, This celebrated Oil is now universally acknowledged to be the cheapest, and superior to all other preparations for the Hair. It prevents it from falling off or turning grey—strengthens weak hair —produces a thick and luxuriant growth—cleanses it from Scurf and Dandruff—and makes it beautifully soft, curly, and glossy. Its operation in cases of baldness is peculiarly active ; and in the growth of WHISKERS, EYEBROWS, and MUSTACHIOS, it is unfailing in its stimulative operation. For Children it is especially recommended, as forming the basis of a beautiful head of kair, and rendering the use of the fine-cmab unnecessary. In dressing the hair nothing can equal its effect, rendering the Hair so admirably soft teat it will lie in any direction, and imparting a transcendant lustre.—Price 3s. Gd. and 7s. ; Family Bottles (equal to four small), 10s. Gd. ; and double that size, 21s. CAUTION I—On the wrapper of each Bottle are the words, Row- LAND'S klAcAssAa OIL, in two lines. The name are engraven on the back of the wrapper nearly 1,500 times, containing 29,028 letters. Sold by A. Rom...ix]) & SONS, 20, Hatton Garden, London ; and by all Chemists and Perfumers. BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. The following testimonial is another proof of the great effi cacy of this medicine : " 157, New Bond-street, London, October 12, 1850. _ _ " Sir,—ln acquainting you with the great benefit which I have ex perienced by taking BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, I feel that I am but performing a duty to that portion of the public who may be similarly affected. "About twenty years since I was first attacked by rheumatic gout in my hands and feet. I had previously been subjected to every va riety of climate, having served in Canada in the 1902 Dragoons, and In Spain, under Sir John Moore, in the 18th Hussars. I always pro cured the best medical aid, without obtaining any essential relief, and my sufferings can be appreciated only by thcse who know some thing of this disease. " It was during one of those paroxysms, between twelve and thir teen years ago, that I was recommended to try BLAIR'S PILLS. I lost no time in procuring a box, and before I had taken that quantity the pain had entirely ceased, and in a few days I was in perfect health. ..... " From that moment, whenever I feel any symptoms of the dis ease approaching, I have instant recourse to this medicine, which to ale is so valuable, that were it not that the days of magic have ceased, I should certainly attribute the relief I obtain to that cause. Moreover, I rejoice to say that my health has not in any degree suf fered, but on the contrary I believe tho tendency of BLAIR'S PILLS is towards its improvement. " I have recommended the Pills to many friends, and the result has always been of the most gratifying character. " I am, Sir, yours respectfully, "GARRET FOSTER GILL. "To Mr. Prout, 229, Strand." For every description of Gout and Rheumatism, Sciatica, Tic-dolo rens, &c., &c., BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS are a sovereign remedy, contain neither mercury. opium, or any other dangerous drug, require no care whatever in their use, and for ra pidity of cure and complete safety have not their equal in the world. Sold by Thomas ProUt, 229, Strand, London ; and all respectable Medicine Vendors. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe that " Thomas Front, 229, Strand, London," is impressed upon the Government Stamp. of the Exchequer will allow that he has ,not been subjected to any undue, pressure on the part of those who are so direc44 interested in the removal of the impost. Notwithstanding the inveterate dislike of Mr. Cobd en and Mr. Bright to an inde pendent Press, they will discover that journalists have seldom userl their influence over public opi nion to secure advantages for the commercial un dertakings With which they are connected. Mr. Bright, of co - arse, attribut es th e l u k ewarmness of the Press in tie matter to some selfish motive. We can only repl,y that the repeal of the advertisement duty would:ee an unmixed advantagement to the proprie torP, of existing newspapers, but that we never t eeless decline to advocate its removal on the ground of the benefit which a change might confer on any special branch of industry. Mr. Bright and Mr. Cobden concur in their desire to reduce the London press to a condition of innocent mediocrity, :characterised by articles on teetotalism or on the inutility of public dinners, diversified by second 'hand news, such as that which the journals of New York extract from the English newspapers. It is not easy to understand how the reduction or aboli tion of the advertisement duty will tend to destroy the influence of which the Manchester leaders en tertain so strong a jealousy ; but even if the object proposed were attainable, or in itself desirable, the interest to be regarded with reference to the present question is that of the consumer, or, in other words, of the advertiser. The tax falls with very unequal weight on diffe rent branches of trade. Butchers and bakers seldom advertise, because their supplies are uniform in quan tity and average in quality. In London at least, and in other large towns, all purchasers know that :they can procure &loaf of bread or a leg of mutton when ever they want it. On the other hand, it is impos sible for a publisher to carry on his trade without announcing to his customers every new article which he is prepared to sell. The consumption in this case is entir e ly d ependent on the publicity given to the production, inasmuch as it is impossi ble to read or buy a new work until it is known to have been published. A similar remark will apply to commercial and other auctions, and to all special bargains, such as the sale of a house or an estate. The safest and steadiest trades are generally re lieved from the necessity of paying for the an nouncement of transactions. Bankers do not ad vertise their readiness to lend money, nor do the great London brewers inform the world of their continued intention to deal in porter. There is considerable force also in the contrast - which has so often been pointed out between the incidence of the duty on a landowner who wishes to sell au estate, and on a servant girl in want of a situation. In short, the tax is levied on certain classes of transactions which present no fiscal peculiarity. Other stamp duties have at least the recommenda tion of coming under some general classifica tion ; and, in most instances, the tax-gatherer has only to watch the cases in which money is passing. Like all other indirect imposts, the advertisement duty is unequal ; but it is dis tinguished from others as being one of the most I capricious burdens of th e c l ass t o w hi c h i t belongs. P All these objections had, of course, been consi dered by Mr. Gladstone ; and there is no reason, to suppose that he has failed to recognise their vali dity. The only reason for maintaining the tax is to be found in its estimated produce ; and although the amount of 80,0001. is comparatively insignifi cant, a large augmentation of revenue 'might doubt less be anticipated from the increase of advertise ments consequent on a reduction of price. It must, however, be remembered that this argument is in no small degree weakened by the repeated votes of the house. The chance of maintaining the tax for any considerable period is now considerably lessened. The majority which affirmed Mr. Milner Gibson's motion, before the production of the budget, was premature and inconvenient ; and it was probably judicious to give Parliament an op portunity of once more discussing the question, with a fuller knowledge of the fiscal position of the country. Friday night's division of 109 to 99 against the member for Manchester's renewed proposal of a total repeal of the duty, can scarcely be considered a sufficient reversal of the previous vote ; and although it is difficult to un derstand how the matter stands at present, the double defeat of the Government on Mr. Crau furd's amendment certainly supplies some addi tional reason for making a concession to the evident feeling of the House. Scarcely a single speaker recommended the retention of the tax ; and al though some of those who advocate its repeal may be actuated, like Mr. Bright and Mr. Cobden, by a dislike to an independent and active press, the greater number of those who oppose the Govern ment on this question are undoubtedly influenced by considerations of the demerits of the impost, as well as by the wishes of their constituents. If Mr. Gladstone should find it practicable, with due regard to the public interests, to give way to the House of Commons by repealing the whole of the duty, he will not be encouraging any rash or sweeping tendency to the premature removal of taxation. In the long discussions to which the Budget has given rise, the firmness and ability of the Minister have been duly seconded by the confidence of the House. During the present ses sion, as in former years, a practical confutation has been furnished to the popular cant which im putes to the representatives of the people careless ness with respect to the maintenance of the public credit. During two months, the House has, night after night, rejected the successive amendments to the financial proposals of the Ministry, which have been obstinately brought forward for the purpose of defeating the Government. Throughout the whole of that period, with one insignificant excep tion, the Chancellor of the Excheq uer h as never found himself in a minority, until Mr. Craufurd's scarcely regular amendment was proposed and carried on Friday night. Under such circum stances, the bitterest opponent could not attribute to weakness a disposition to yield, in a minor mat ter, to the evident wish of the House. It is pos sible that, as Mr. Bright suggests, some compen sation may be afforded for the abolition of the ad vertisement duty by the increased consumption of postage stamps ; but, however this may be, the sum in dispute is not of paramount importance. The sacrifice would probably be unavoidable in 1854 or 1855 ; and it will give greater satisfaction if the concession is made at once. Should the Government consent to the repeal of the tax, the technical difficulties suggested by Lord John Rus sell may be overcome at the 'expense of a certain amount of trouble and ingenuity. ( From the Morning Advertiser.) We endeavoured to explain, in our impression of Saturday, the singular position in which the question of the advertisement duty had been placed by the votes of the house on the previous evening. Mr. Gladstone moved, in the first instance, that the present duty of eighteenpence be reduced to sixpence. To this motion Mr. Milner Gibson proposed, as an amendment, that the duty be repealed altogether. After a brief discus sion, the house divided, when the amendment of the member for Manchester was lost by a majority of ten,- 109 having voted against it, and 99 for it. Subsequently, two other divisions took place on the same question, though put in a different form, in both of which the l Government were defeated, the house voting. for the entire repeal of the advertisement duty by a majority of five in the one instance, and of nine in th e other. The first impression of the public on hearing the re sult of the two last divisions would be, that the adver tisement duty is, in effect, repealed. But the fact, un fortunately, is not so. A. mere abstract resolution of the house cannot repeal an act of Parliament, and con sequently, as the eighteenpence duty was imposed by act of Parliament, it cannot be remitted until a special act has been passed by the house with that view. The result, therefore, of the two divisions in which Ministers were defeated, is what the friends of total repeal never anticipated. It is to set aside the motion which Mr. Gladstone had carried at a previous part of the evening for the reduction of the duty to sixpence, and to leave matters precisely as they now stand. But this, we need not say, cannot now be. After what has taken place, there must be either of the two proposed alterations. We must have a total repeal or the sixpence duty. Mr. Gladstone, we are told, means to propose this evening, on bringing up the resolutions, to re-introduce the word " sixpence. ' That, we need not say, would be much preferable to the duty of eighteenpence at present exacted on advertisements. But we put it to the right hon. gentleman, whether it wo u ld not be far better for the Government, as well as f or the public, to acquiesce at once in the entire abolition of the duty ? Mr. Gladstone must have felt it very morti fying to be in a minority twice in one night on a matter of such subordinate importance to a great country like this, with its yearly revenue of 54,000,000/. It is melancholy to see Ministers make so much ado about the question, whether there shall be a tax of sixpence on all public notifications, or no tax at all. It is really undignified for a Government like ours to be placed in such a position. The Chancellor of the Ex chequer must feel that it is the sense of the house, as well as the wish of the public, that all classes of the community should be at liberty to make announcements to their countrymen without being subject to any tax at the instance of the Government. It has been privately communicated to us, that Mr. Gladstone is not disinclined to give way to the wishes of the public and to the feelings of the house, and to ac quiesce in the conclusion to which it came in two divi sions on Friday evening; but that Lord John Russell is [II RICE 51151), in favour of not conceding the entire abolition of the duty. The noble lord, according to the information which we have received, does not advocate this course on mere considerations of revenue ; but is annoyed, if not in dignant, that the friends of total abolition should have reintroduced the subject after it had been supposed to be settled, for at least the present session, by the vote of the house which had that evening been come to on Mr. Milner 0-ilifion's amendment. There seems at first sight to be some force in this ;. but there will be found to be none at all, if we only take a retrospective view of the proceedings of the Legislature for a period of ten or twelve weeks. - The noble lord ought to remember—the country has not forgotten—that Minis ters were beaten on this very question by a consider able majority, in a large house, and after the most ample discuSsion. Mr. Milner Gibson then carried his motion for a total repeal of the advertisement duty in the face of the most strenuous opposition which Government could offer to it. And the decision of the house was ratified amid the universal and hearty plaudits of the country. On this point Ministers could labour under no mis conception ;,and they were bound, therefore, to have yielded to public opinion so strongly and so explicitly expressed. They had no admissable reason to offer for persisting in, the retention of any part of a tax which had been condemned by the solemn and delibe rate verdict of a full house. Had the question been one which involved considerations of revenue, the case would have been different ; but in this case there were no financial considerations of any weight to induce Govern ment to disregard the wishes of the country, and to set at nought the decision of the Legislature. The amount which will be derived from the retention of the sixpence duty will not, according even to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's own calculations, exceed 100,0001.—pro bably it wilLnot be nearly RP much. Surely,- then, it will not be pretended that, for so insignificant a sum as that, Mr. Gladstone is justified in persisting in his six pence impost on advertisements, in disregard of public feeling, and in the teeth of a direct resolution of the house. We do trust, for their own sakes, as well as for the sake of the country, that neither the right hon. gentle man, nor the noble lord, will any longer persevere in their opposition to the entire remission of the advertise ment duty. We fondly hope that Mr. Gladstone will this evening determine on gracefully sacrificing his own predilections to the wishes of the house, three times re-, corded by specific divisions in less than three months. He will raise himself much in public estimation should; he stand up this evening in his place in Parliament, and in a frank and manly manner announce his acquiescence in the decision to which the house came on two divisions on Friday evening. The right hon. gentleman, besides, must know, that even if he should succeed, by a prodigal use of the ap pliances of Government, in getting the sixpence duty restored, the question would not thereby be permanently settled. It would only be for the session. Mr. Milner Gibson would, in the supposed case, again bring forward his motion next session, when there can be no questimi it will, with the growing feeling m favour of an entii+ remission of the duty on adv er ti semen t s , b e c arried opposition to any efforts which Ministers may make for the retention of the sixpe nce i m p os t. 1 NEWSPAPER LIMIT PROTECTION-FREE TRADE. (From the Times.) Whenever the "knowledge taxes" come on for discus sion, it invariably happens that protective legislation is advocated under the cry of Free Trade. This may be done, perhaps unconsciously, but it is done nevertheless. We are quite willin to indulge Mr. Bright himself with the consideration which he graciously extended to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Friday evening, by ad mitting that he " was, perhaps, not wholly sensible" of his own motives. The Manchester politicians may pos sibly persuade themselves that they debate questions of newspaper finance without any undercurrent of political purpose, and purely in the interest of the public at large ; but, as any person may soon convince himself, they are most undoubtedly mistaken. The cry of this party is " Free Trade in newspapers," and on Friday night Mr. Cobden reflected with some as perity upon the conduct of certain journals, which, after promoting free trade in corn, were advocatinc , what, in his opinion, was nothinc , less than monopoly in th e ir own department. But ° what has Mr. Cobden him self recommended in this respect ? He has recom mended downright Protection. The law at present affecting newspapers prescribes an artificial limit to the intelligence which a newspaper may convey. The sheet may contain 1,530 superficial inches of printing, but not more—all space above this is considered " supplemen tary," and taxed anew. Nothing can be plainer than the operation of such a law to the damage of the public, inasmuch as it affixes a direct penalty on the goodness of the bargain obtainable by the purchaser, and inter feres most injuriously with the advantages derivable from freedom of enterprise and trade. But did Mr. Cobden ever complain of this regulation—of this law circum scribing the measure which fivepenny worth of informa tion might reach ? Not a bit of it. On the contrary, he regarded it with manifest complacency, as favouring certain views of his own ' • and when Mr. Gladstone pro posed, if not the removal of the restriction, at any rate the enlargement of the limit, Mr. Cobden was positively inclined to say "No." Our great Free-trader therefore avows a persuasion that in the newspaper trade bargains should be regulated by act of Parliament. But this is not the whole extent of Mr. Cobden's Protectionism. In a previous debate he acknowledged, with perfect candour, the nature of the public demand, but desired to interfere with the supply. He admitted that all purchasers wanted a supplement to their news papers, and that, in point of fact, if one paper pub lished a supplement, the others were obliged to conform to the example or lose their custom. Nevertheless, although thus perfectly cognizant of the state of the market, the hon. member proceeded to argue that sup plements should not be encouraged by a removal of the tax upon them, but that they should rather be so discouraged by graduated penalties that papers without them might be shored up to a level with papers pro viding them. A newspaper proving a good one, and therefore being successful, is enabled to offer its cus tomers half as much again for their money. They, very naturally, are delighted at this improvement of measure, and the preference of the better bargain spreads so widely that worse bargains find little favour. Here Mr. Cobden would interfere to " protect" the dealers in the inferior commodity by a special tax upon the superior, so that some newspaper should only excel others at their own peril. After having thus fairly dis closed his views on this question, he on Friday evening had actually the innocence to ask—" Where were hny petitions in favour of the abolition of the supplenient tax ?" As if the opinion of the public was not sufficiently expressed in its notorious resolution to get a supplement wherever possible, and as if Mr. Cobdens's anxiety to tax these supplements was not directly in the teeth of such opinion ! We are in no danger of misrepresenting the Manches ter party. Their views have been expressed without cir cumlocution or disguise. What they want is not only to call into existence a new class of newspapers, at the expense, as they anticipate, of newspapers now popular, but also to suppress, if possible, by special legislation, certain functions of the press now existing. They wish, as Mr. Cobden has said, in plain words, to destroy or diminish the " political influence" of newspapers, and to convert them from organs of independent opinion into mere vehicles of local information. This sentiment itself sounds strangely in the mouths of Liberal poli ticians, but that is a point which we dismiss for the present. All we are saying is, that in their anxiety to promote these particular views they falsify the gAeat principles which have made them what they are. Free trade manifestly requires that newspapers should tike their own chance of success in the common market, and ' that, if some are unable to attain the standard of others, they should lay their account with the natural coise quences. Mr. Cobden wishes actually to " protect" the smaller and less successful papers by k discriminative duty weighing upon the larger ; a pretty doctrine to be sure, from such a quarter ! H e t hi n k s that " small struggling j ournals," , pleadi ng no mer i t, and exercising no influence, but reporting speeches pretty fully, and offered at a very low price, would be desirable agents in promoting his political views. Perhaps they might be ; but to encourage them by protective leg islation for this purpose is cont rary , we should rathr imagine, ,to the Manchester notions of trade and government. Protection is just as much protection when extended to the small in favour of democracy, as when conceded to the great in favour of aristocracy—it applies to third rate exactly as to first-rate articles. Free trade demands that all such matters shall be settled by public opinion. Mr. Cobden would impose certain discriminative duties on periodical publications in the hope of affecting the course of political sentiment. What could Lord Sid mouth have done more ? Another error into which the same party is apt to fall was very conspicuously exposed on Friday evening. They disclose either the unsoundness or the insincerity of their principles by constantly regarding these financial questions in their bearings upon particular establishments, whereas no view of the case could be more absurd. Mr. Glad stone has chosen to revise the newspaper duties. His decision in this respect will of course affect us, as the largest newspaper in the world, but whether it does or does not is of no importance whatever in the argument before the house. We were surprised to find even Mr. Gladstone observe that, inasmuch as his original resolutions on the subject " would have been inoperative except in respect of some one, or a limited number of prints, the measure would have assumed the character of legislation in a spirit of favouritism." Legislation should never be affected by any such assumptions ; it should proceed on the demonstrable merits of the question itself. As it happened, Mr. Gladstone's original reAolution on the supplement-tax was intrinsically faulty, for there could be no reason in taxing the 9th page of a newspapers when it contained reports, and exempting it when it contained advertisements. nt if it had been really sound it would have been defensible whether it affected fifty journals or only one. All financial changes must be felt more quickly and more extensively by some than by others, but would it have been any argument against free trade in corn to say that some great baking establishment would be the first to profit by it ? Free REDUCTION or ADVERTISEMENT DUTY. WE are always glad to hear of a reduction of duty, and think everybody must entertain the same sen timent. The duty on advertising has not been so much a tax on newspapers as on businessmen and servants communicating with the putdic by means of advertisements. It will be obvious to every observer that E. Moses and Sox have adopted this means of in tercourse with their friends and the public to a larger extent than any other Business Establishment; yet they have never been able fully to express the facilities they have in the Tailoring, Cloth ing, Hatting, Hosiery, Boot and Shoe Making, and General Out fitting Business for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Children. To have done so would have required space not less than half that of an ordinary newspaper, or would have occupied the pages of any supplement published. If it is remembered that the n_ ost gigantic and commodious Establishment ever maintained is that of E. MOSES and Sox, Aldgate and Minories, and that another called a Branch of this commercial pile is occupying the most conspicuous position at the West End (New Oxford-street, Corner of Hart street); and in Yorkshire, at Sheffield and Bradford, aro two others of equal celebrity. Thousands on thousands are contributing to these stores of magnificence and comfort; and while the greatest benefits are derived by the pubic from cheap and elegant articles of Dress, an advantage is possessed by thousands from the em ployment thus distributed amongst the people. If, therefore, E. Moses and Sox had been inclined to indulge in amplification, it would have been difficult for them to express one-half the char acteristics of their unrivalled Business Establishments, where the most accomplished artists in the world are daily devising novel ties in Attire—where for each season the most appropriate mate rials and styles are associated—where every section in society is furnished with unparalleled articles of Dress to measure or ready made—where separate departments, each communicating, display the most extensive, novel, elegant, and superior stock of Caps, Hats, Hosiery, &c., and where a Wholesale Clothing Business is conducted which has for many years proved the most profitable means of in vestment to tradesmen, merchants, captains, and all classes of emi grants. At this time E. Moses and Sox invite particular attention to their extraordinary preparations for the Summer Season, which comprise novelties in every way excelling, and specially so in Juve nile Attire, to which the attention of the hest artists and workmen in the world has been distinctly directed. Whatever may be the benefits derived from reduced taxation, E. Moses and Sox are confi dent that the reductions they are making in the price of every de scription of Clothing will be the greatest of all advantages to the public. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesuian-like falsehood of "Being connected with their Establishment," or " it's i the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER ROUSE 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, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, 3' Hart-street, st t o ' e r e ksh t, tallre) Branch, connutll 19 cat in an Bradford iy d 20, Bridge-street, Sheffield Merchant Branch, 36, Fareate. Makers, ant Tailors, Clothiers, 'Tatters, Hosiers, B oo t an d Sh oo im l t e r end Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. exchanged if I. —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be without hest tatle o s u ired, or, if preferred, the money will he r e t urne d . All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, trom Which n The Establishm ents e t fatement can be made. are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o ' c l oc k. "The Herald of the Seasons," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, facts relative to Australia, advice to emigrants, & c ., m a y be had on application, or post-free to 1 any part of the kingdom. A handsome Almanac for th e year ending 1853 can be had gratis, on application. lei l'on pane Francais. Qul al pane Italiano. War el - richt luau Deutsch. Aqua se hablu Espanol THE ADVERTISEMENT DUTY. ( From the Timet.) After a week of long speeches and late nights on the Government of India, the House of Commons on Friday descended to the more domestic question of the advertisement duty. In matter of fact, though it seems almost an offence to state it, the broad sheet that lies fresh on the table of every educated Englishman every day of his life occupies a much larger share of his interest and attention than the whole Indian Peninsula. India, however, is a subject for declamation, and conies to a divi sion once a-week or so, with abundant notice, and with very little probability o f an y mem b er voting or not voting by mere mishap. While it is -under discussion members become deliberate, ponderoAis, and grave, acquire the pac e o f elephants and the air of nabobs—postpone a visit to the country, for the duty of voting, and believe the vote, when they give it, as solemn an affair as passing the Sutlej or deposing a Mogul. After a week of this heroic rythm, a " Committee on Customs, &c., Acts," as it is expressed in the orders of the day, is a very pedestrian affair, and members who have been on stilts a whole week do not easily adjust themselves to it, but trip a little, and make a few false steps. So, at least, it happened on Friday evening. In the proceedings of the above-mentioned committee the Chancellor of the Exchequer moved :—" That from and after the sth day of July, 1853, in lieu of the duty now payable on advertisements, shall be paid :—For in respect of any advertisement contained in, or published with any gazette or other newspaper, or any other periodical paper, or in or with any pamphlet or literary work, 6d." In place, of this , paragraph Mr Mibieribaori had given long notice of a motion to substi tute the words—" And that all duties charge able on advertisements be repealed in ac cordance with a resolution of this house of the 14th day of April last." This explicit and long prepared amendment was accordingly moved in due form, and there ensued a debate, the result of which was, that the amendment was negatived' by a majority of 109 against 99—a very good num ber considering that the house had divided on the India Bill at 3 a.m. that morning, and a ball at the Palace was impending. But now ensued one of those absurdities which we can never understand, and which contrast very strangely with the thirty two folio pages of orders, notices of motions, &c., relating exclusively to Teneris, 10 die Julii, 1853, printed by order of the house for its own guidance, and now lying before us. After the above vote, in a house of 208 members, come to about 7 o'clock, nearly half the members present ran off to their dinners and the other festivities of the evening. No sooner was the house sufficiently thinned than Mr. Craufurd moved an amendment, whereof no notice whatever is to be found in the above men tioned 32 folio pages of notices, &c., " to substitute for the word ' sixpence' the cipher 0." The mo tion required two divisions—on the first of which Government was beaten by 68 against 63 ; and on the second by 70 against 61. Thus the 77 mem bers who a few minutes before had left the house, after doing their duty as they thought, and assist ing at a final settlement of the question, might hear within an hour that their vote had been reversed, i and the advertisement duty had been wholly re pealed. For our own part, we have only to say that the second thoughts of the house were better than the first, and that the wisdom of Parliament, in this instance, did not lose by the subtraction of that moiety which went off to dinner. But we cannot, for the life of us, see why Mr. Gladstone ever departed from his original proposition to re peal the duty altogether ; why, having departed from it, he did not take the usual precautions to carry his altered resolution ; and why, with all this parade of notices printed in barrowloads by the house every evening, an amendment, moved with notice, was rejected, and, immediately after wards, an amendment to precisely the same effect, moved without notice, was carried. All this sounds mighty ridiculous, as if chance or jockeyship had much more to do with the decisions of Parliament than is generally imagined. In this case the chance is a happy one. There is no denying the truth of Mr. Milner Gibson's oft-repeated argu ments on the subject. Indeed, we will venture to say, that but for the dire necessity which drove Pitt to get money where and how he could, and but for the desperate ingenuity inspired by that occ sion, we should never have heard of a duty on advertisements, and the idea would not even have occurred to the most speculative financier. Unquestionably, the tax is a great restraint on trade • unquestionably, it is very unequal, pressing equally on the sale of an estate worth half-a-million and on the announcement that a girl of all-work wants aplace ' • and pressing equally also on an adver tisement of which 40,000 copies are distributed all over the world, and on one which scarcely attains a metropolitan circulation of 1,000. It never was our place to ask to be taxed, any more than it is the place of fishes to ask to be fried ; but, on com paring the amount of financial depredation inflicted on us and on our neighbours, we certainly did feel that they were ill-used in having to pay the same duty as ourselves on advertisements, which were not of the same value because not so extensively read, in their papers as in ours. From what Lord John Russell says, it appears that this immediate reversal of a vote, besides its intrinsic absurdity, stands no small danger of defeating itself, and acting quite contrary to the wishes of the contrivers. As the Chancellor of the -Exchequer's resolutions are for the reduc tion, not the abolition of taxes, the abolition of the advertisement d u ty can only be effected by a bill brought in for that particular purpose ; and, should that bill be thrown out, which is by no means improbable, especially at this late period of the session, the only result will be that the advertisement duty will remain at the present rate of Is. 6d. This view of the entanglement only increases our surprise that Mr. Craufurd's motion was in order. The Speaker settles that it was in order, and his authority is indisput able ; but it would tax the highest Parliamentary intelligence to say precisely in what state the question now stands. We only trust the reduction of the duty is not perilled by attempting too much. We have a right also to express our hope that Mr. Gladstone's often declared intentions with regard to the other burdens on the press may not be imperilled by this vote. The gentlemen of the Manchester school hold that newspapers ought to have the utmost legislative encouragement up to a certain size, beyond which they are to be freely consigned to the tender mercies of the Exchequer. They have always avowed with the most natural feeling and the most praiseworthy candour, that they elo not like a newspaper bigger than them selves. We believe that the ideal of a " good and safe" paper, in the mind of Messrs. Cobden and Bright, is one with a circulation of about 10,000 — never more than that—with a good many small shilling advertisements, a financial dissertation, se veral reports of meetings at which these two gentle men had spoken, no leading articles, and nothing to show any political bias, except a general ten dency to cheeseparing. Such is the third rate journal to which these gentlemen look with hope as the middle class of literature, and the future saviour of the country. On this point they and the public are not yet agreed ; and we really hope the Chancellor of the Exchequer will not be misled into any measures calculated to give these third rate journals the monopoly desired for them by their great free trade patrons. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The question of the advertisement duty is not of vital importance, and the Exchequer will not be come bankrupt if, in deference to even an ir re gula r expression of the opinions which seem to prevail in the House of Commons, the impost be altogether abandoned. The complaint of the inequality of the tax, although undeniably just, might be extended to many other portions of our financial system. The assertion that it is a tax on knowledge, even if it were true, only amounts to a statement that duties on consumption interfere with the enjoyments of the taxpayer. No Chancellor of the Exchequer can arbitrate among the different tastes which lead men to require taxable commodities. The demand for tea or beer may be as innocent and as reason able as the wish to read a newspaper, or to an nounce the publication of a new book. The most distinctive grievance connected with the adver tisement duty consists in the exemption of pla cards and 'announcements of every kind, except those which are circulated by journals. Lord Palmerston is, it seems, about to make a descent on the advertising vans, and to sweep the living sandwiches, as Mr. Gladstone calls them, from the streets ; but still the hoardings, the cabs, and the railway stations will compete with newspapers on the privileged terms once attributed to that creature of fiction—the untaxed foreigner. All indirect taxes affect the dealer in the articles on which they are levied, even more immediately than the consumer ; and in the case of the adver tisement duty, the proprietors of newspaper are injured in their trade to a larger extent than any individual advertiser. Yet the Chancellor /4... , .. , ' ,- .::; , 5..,..„-• .•••• . , . ' 4 'l'' I ). - Her Majesty returned to the ball-room after supp at the State ball a n d d ance d i n a qua d r ill e. At 2 o'clock on S a t ur d a y morn i ng th e Q ueen Prince Albert l e ft th e St ate rooms , th e Ki ng and Qu • _, - of Hanover takin g l eave o f h er M a j es ty an d hi s R Highness. The other m em b ers o f th e R o y a l circle al > took leave at the same time. Dancing ceased immediately on the departure'of the - -- • - % . • . - Queen, and the ge nera l company qu i tte d t h e P a l ace. • - ' ' - : The Queen, accompanied by the Princess of Prussia . and the Duch e ss o f S axe C o b ourg G otha, too k a dr i ve .A. --it • in an open landau and four on Saturday afternoon, Lord Alfred Paget and Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey attending on horseback. Prince Albert rode out on horseback at the same time, in company with the Prince of Prussia,' and the Duke of Saxe Cobourg Gotha. Their Roy a l Hi g h nesses were attended by Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. A. Gor don, Count Goltz, and Baron Treskow. The Princess of Prussia, with the Princess Louisa, attended by the Countess Oriolla and Count Boos, went on Saturday morning to Claremont to visit the Countess de Neuilly. Her Royal Highness, after her return to Buckingham Palace, attended by the Countess Oriolla, went to the Royal Academy and inspected the exhibi tion, also visited the British Institution. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cobourg Gotha went on Saturday afternoon to the Royal Academy in Tra falgar-square and inspected the exhibition. The Queen had a dinner party on Saturday at Buck ingham Palace. The company included. their Majesties the King and Queen of Hanover, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, his Serene Highness the Prince of Hohenlohe Langenburg, the ' Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, Count Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister; the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Baroness Decken and Countess Bernstorff, Ladies in Waiting to the Queen of Hanover ; the Countess Von Hacke and the Countess Oriolla, Ladies, in Wait . .. 1 eiPrincess Of gagrtia:-:--....itirg.,;_. tate..,Baxoisiss ..W - • ..:.t ;‘. tt .. , ,y,„4,„, WiUug 'to th e . ze i •- - . „ . - Duchess -of Saxe - oltirwaiitha va'ron Matortie, Gene ral Count Decken and Barozilssendorff, Gentlemen in Waiting to the King of Hanover ; Lord Elphinstone and Major-General Buckley, in attendance on the King of Hanover ; Count Puckler, Count Boos, and Count Goltz, Gentlemen in 'Waiting to the Prince of Prussia ; Lord W. Paulet, Gentlemen in Waiting to the Duke of Cambridge • and Baron Treskow, G en tle man i n W a i t i ng to the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha. The band of tke Coldstream Guards was in attendance in the Palace, and performed during the dinner the fol lowing compositions : ,s ,e l *". Hymn—" Das Hunovrische Volkslied" j His Majesty the king of Hanover. Grand Selection—" Le Prophete" ...... Meyerbeer. Marach—" Franz Josef " Muller. Fantasia—" Rigoletto" Verdi. Hymn—" Preussische"—(National). Polka -" Valerie" D. Godfrey. Her Majesty had afterwards an evening party. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glocester arrived at the Palace at 20 minutes before 10 o'clock attended by Lady Caroline Murray and Colonel the Hon, A. Liddell. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was ac companied by her Serene Highness the Princess Ade laide of Hohenlohe Langenburg, and attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson,. Baroness do Spetb, and Lord James Murray. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary were attended by Lady Suffield and Baron Knesebeck. Their Royal Hignesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess and the Duchess Caroline of Mecklenburg Strelitz arrived at the Palace, attended by Lady Caroline Cust, Baroness Wenkstern, and Baron Liihe. The following company were also honoured with invi tations :—Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and the Countess of Dornburg, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane, the Duke of Newcastle, Chevalier and Madame Bunsen, Count Vitzthum, the Marquis of Abercorn, Lord and Lady John Russell, the Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor, Viscount Torrington, Lord and Lady Seaton, Mademoiselle Gabelenz, Baron Hede mann, Baron de Boddien and Baron de Reitzenstein, Aide-de-Camps to the King of Hanover : Baron de Wense, Dr. Kaufmann, Dr. Le; the Hon. R. Somer set, and Mademoiselle von Sternberg. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the King and Queen of Hanover, the Prince and Princess of Prussia, the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Glou cester, the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, the Duke of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess and the Duchess Caroline of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and the Prince of Hohenlehe Langenburg entered the Grand Saloon, which was fitted up for music, when the following concert was per formed : PART I. Overture (Prometheus) Ballade, "Les Plaintes," Signor Gardoni Schubert. Liod, "Die Loaning," Madame Marchesi Gra.umann Adagio. Ballade Dessaner. Beethoven. Ehrlich. Pianoforte, Herr Ehrlich Duetto, " Ern tenero core," Mrs. Mae donnell and Signor Gardoni (Roberto Doverenx) Donizetti. PART 11. Duetto, "Cho vai pensando," Madame Marchesi Graumann & Signor Marchesi Handel. Romance, "II va vonir," Mrs. Macdonnell (La Juive) Halevy. Aria, " Aprite un po quegl' occhi," Sig nor Marcbesi (Le Nozze di Figaro) M ozar t . Solo, Violoncello, Mons. Leon Jacquard Sorvais. Ariotta, "M' appar sulla tomba," Signor Gardoni Campana. Quartetto, " Cielo it mio labbro," Mrs Macdonnell, Madame Marchesi Grau mann, Signori Gardoni and Mareschi (Bianca e Faliero) . Rossini. Mrs. Anderson presided at the pianoforte. Her Ma jesty's Private Band, conducted by Mr. Anderson, attended. Lord Alfred Paget (Clerk Marshal) and Lieutenant- Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon have relieved Lord Charles Fitzroy and Captain the lion. Dudl e y d e R os in their duties as Equeries in Waiting to the Queen and Prince. l'he Queen and Prince Albert, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Princess Louise of Prussia, the Duchess of Kent, and the Prince of Hohenlobe Langen burg attended divine service yesterday morning in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The King and Queen of Hanover, attended by Lord Elphinstone, Major-General Buckley, and the Ladies and Aide-dc-Camp in Waiting, were present at the ser vice. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated. The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting and the do mestic household also attended the service. The King and Queen of Hanover, attended by Lord Elphinstone and M a j or -G enera l Buckley and the Lady and Aide-de-Camp in Waiting, visited the Queen and Prince Albert yesterday afternoon, and took leave of her Majesty and his Royal Highness. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Prince of Hohenlohe Langenburg and the Princess Adelaide, went to Claremont on Saturday, and visited the Coun tess de Neuilly. The King and Queen of Hanover, with the Crown Prince and Princesses, visited the Duchess of Kent yes terday. The Duchess Caroline of Mecklenburg Strelits also visited her Royal Highness. The King and Queen of Hanover, after dining with the Puke of Cambridge, called last evening at the resi dence of the Duchess of Kent, Clarence-house, St. James's, where the Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince and Princess of Prussia, and the Rayal family met their Majesties, when all the members of the illus trious circle took leave of their Hanoverian Majesties on their departure for the continent. A deputation of the Committee of Postmasters had an interview on Saturday with Mr. Wilson at the Trea sury upon the subject of the Assessed Tax Act; im posing a tax upon postmasters' trade carriages, and, for the first time, on their trade horses, when the resolution of the budget proposed a license in lieu of all others. The deputation was introduced by Mr. T. Duncombe, M.P., and Mr. Bell, M.P,, and consisted of Mr. C. Bryant, of Barnet ; Mr. Pawley, of Bromley ; Mr. Lovegrove, of Maidenhead ; Mr. Goodsham, of Guild ford • Mr. Wilson, of Hollow a y ; M r. J . Hi gg i ns, o f Northampton ; Mr. G. Waddell, of Birmingham ; Mr. Chancellor ; and Mr. Shillbeer, secretary. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office on Saturday from the Governors of St. Helena, Victoria, New Zealand, South Australia, West Australia, the Cape of Good Hope, New South Wales, the West ' Indies Malta, and from the L or d Hi g h C o mmissioner of the lonian Islands. Despatches were sent on Satur day to the Governors of Australia, Hong-Kong and Ceylon. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on Saturday in the Council Chamber. The Lords present were—the Lords Justices Turner and Knight Bruce, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and Sir Edward Ryan. The appeal "Rainy v. the Chief Justice of Sierra Leone " (part heard) was concluded. M. P. de Boccheciampe had an interview with Vis count Palmerston on Saturday at the Horne -office. THE PRINCE OF WALES. We are glad to announce the convalescenca of the Prince of Wales. His Royal Highness will leave town to-day for Windsor Castle, his medical attendant having recommended change of air. THE KING AND QUEEN OF HANOVER. The departure of their Majesties the King and Queen of Hanover, which was fi xed for to-morrow, has been ex pedited owing to sonic circumstances which require the King's presence in Hanover immediately. The King and Queen, with their youthful family, left town this morning, at half-past 6 o'clock, by the South-Eastern Railway, for Dover, where their Majesties embarked on board the Vivid, Government steam-packet, which was in readiness to convey the Royal party to Ostend. HARROW SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY.—The Viscount Pal merston presided at the annual dinner of the noblemen and gentlemen educated at the above seminary, on Sa• turday evening. 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