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London, 12, Bishoprgate-street, March 10, 1853. ~ ',./ , --e..:1 ~i _ tken_that 'a. reduction of the advertisement duty would I lead to such an increase in the amount of stamps and paper consumed, as would compensate the revenue for that reduction ? Mr. SMrvH—l have made a calculation, Sir, by which I find that the proprietors of the Daily News would pay at least between 7001. or 8001. per annum more than they do now ; and the increase in the payments of the coun try papers would be greatly increased. Mr. XIIRDO YOUNG—If the duty were reduced, the Times would not make any reduction in their price, and the other papers would not, for one shilling less price, get any perceptible increase in the number of their adver tisements, so the revenue would lose. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—It would make the competition of the other papers press more strongly on the Times. T HE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC JUNCTION COMPANY. Navigation through the Isthmus of Darien without Locks. Notice is Hereby Given, that the Directors will proceed to an Allotment of Shares on THURSDAY, the 17th instant. J. ROBERTS BLACK, Secretary. 36, Moorgate-street, Bth March, 1853. G REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- WARWICK RACES. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the EXPRESS TRAINS between Paddington and Birmingham will STOP at WARWICK, on the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th March, for the convenience of• Passe ngers attending the Races. The Trains leave Paddington for Warwick at 6.15 a.m , Third Class ; 7.40 a.m., 9.45 a.m., Express ; 11.15, Third Class ; 2.0 p.m., 4.50 p.m., Express. Paddington Station, March 10, 1853. LONDON, ; MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1853. No. 18,868. j [PRICE SD. HURST AND BLACKETT'S NEW PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Portrait, 305., MEMOIRS of the COURT and CABINETS of GEORGE 111. TO THE TRADE. THE Booksellers and Periodical Dealers of the United Kingdom are re•pectfully informed that the First Number (with which will be presented Gratis Number Two —both being Magnificently illustrated by Distinguished Artists) of THE SHE TIGER; 011, THE FEMALE FIEND, will be ready for them on Tuasbar, March the 29th. The work will be completed in Thirty Numbers. SINNETT, Agrnt for DUMAS' PUBLICATIONS, 490, Oxforddstrcet, five doors from High Holborn. Loan. Railway. Shares present but little alteration, the tendency being in general upwards. The Turkish Loan is sf. higher, closing at 1,020 f. The allotment-letters of the new Piedmontese Loan, contracted by 1N . de Rothschild, of Paris, were sent out to-day. It was remarked that the sums allotted were unusually small. • Exchaftge on Lon don (short), 25f. 50., money : ditto (90 days), 24f.' 90c. DEPUTATION TO THE , CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER ON CUSTOMS REFORMS. you are aware that it is necessary that there should be a Treasury minute as the basis of the bills which ar e ac tually in formation, in order that they- may be put forward in a regular manner. If there be 'any other point to-which you desire to call my attention, I shall be happy to hear it. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HOME, M.P., thought the great object in all these cases was to have responsibility, and he was strongly in favour of the course recommended by Mr. Gladstone, - viz., that the bills should be first introduced into Parlia ment by ahe Government, and after that to allow time for the mercantile community to offer such suggestion,: and ainendments. as they thought proper before the clauses were discussed in Parliament. On,Saturday, an important and influential deputation —comprising many members of Parliament and the heads of the leading commercial and mercantile houses From Original Family Documents. By the DUKE of BUCKINGHAM and CHANDOS, 8.G., &c Mr. SMlTH—Certainly so. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—What course then does the Times take upon the subject ? Mr. •BairTH--I believe, sir, it would be very glad to let well alone. . . Mr. YOUNG —From their great circulation, the Times would always deservedly be :recur;; of getting as many advertisements as it has now, and from its limited space it never could insert more than it does now ; there fore it Would neither gain nor lose by any alteration. consequently, thouli it once opposed the alteration, it now expresses itself quite willing to let the duty go by the board. I renember in the year 1&;6, Wien the question of the alteration of the duties was being agit tated, at a meeting of the proprietors of the daily news papers, eleven in number, thet n, modifiLd sli , lirig-scale was proposed, and nine of us were in favour of it, but the Times decided against it, and the Government of the day took the advice. of the Times. . . - EAST INDIA HOUSE, DIARcu 14, 1853. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST a INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, in conformity With the Bye-Law of the said Company, chap. 7, sec. 6, That the following PROPRIETORS of East India Stock, qualified agreeable to law, have signified, in writing, to the Secretary, their desire of becoming CAN DIDATES at the ensuing Election of SIX DIRECTORS, on WEDNESDAY, the 13th Aptil.next, viz.:— HENRY ALEXANDER, Esq. The II n. WILLIAM HENRY LESLIE MELVILLE. Major JAMES OLIPHANT. HENRY TUOHY PRI SEP, Esq. JOHN SHEPHERD, Esq. DUDLEY COUTTS MA cJORIBANKS, Esq. JOHN CARNAC MORRIS, Esq. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. MILITARY LIFE In ALGERIA. By the Count P. D. Ces TELLANE 2 vols., 21s. in the city of London and the various outports of the kingdom—waited, by appointment, upon th e Ch ance ll or . . • HARRY MUIR ; A STORY OF SCOTTISH LIFE. By the Author of " MARGARET MAITLAND," " ADAM GRAEME," &C. 3 vo.s. NOTICE. TO INVENTORS, ARTISTS, AvD OTHERS: THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC IN§TITIT TION is now CLOSED until EASTER MONDAT for the purpose of ERECTING spac.ous NEW ROOMS fora 'PHOTO GRAPHIC SCII , IOL, &c., &c. MODELS of MA , IHINERY, which will be described to the Visi tors, WORKS of ART, &c., will be RECEIVED for EXHIBITION, free of expense to the Depositors, until the 21st of MARCH. • of the Exchequer, at his official residence, in Downin, TRAVELS in INDIA and KASHMIR. By Baron SCHOUSERG, 2 vols., with Illustrations, 21s. AUSTRIA. General Haynau, who was at Florence when the insurrection broke out in Milan, is now in Vienna. His indifference to public opinion is as complete as ever, for he a few clays since amused his acquaint ances by exhibiting a caricature of himself, which he had picked up at Turin. Instead of orders the Feldzeugmeister's breast was ornamented with a nice little collection of gibbets. . A telegraphic . , despatch from. Vienna, dated the 12th, announces that thp .Emperor had that day attended the Celebr a ti on o f Te Daum at the Cathe dral of St. Stephen. The city guilds formed a line along the passage of the cortege from the palace to the church. The en thusia.sra.was general. • The. ceremony was admir- . able. The carriage which conveyed the Emperor' to the cathedral was followed by all the Court func tionaries, the whole of the municipal authorities of Vienna, and all the officers of the garrison. There were no troops on duty. The enthusiasm of the people equalled the demonstrations of joy. In the evening all the houses of the capital were splendidly illuminated. The illumination extended even into the most distant faubourgs. The Bourse was closed in honour of the solemnity, and the theatres were closed for the same. easm. The. most perfect order prevailed during the day. Not accident is to be deplored. • _ _ street, for the purpose of representing the views and sen timents entertained by £he mercantile community with reference to the present administration of the Board of AUTOBIOGRAPHY of an ENGLISH SOLDIER In the UNITED STATES ARMY. 2 vols., 21s. Customs, and to urge upon tharight hon. gentleman the , Mr. Divett, M.P., and Mr. Headlam, M.P., con curred with Mr. Hume. In reply to some observations from Mr. Travers, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he - wished to impress upon their minds, that by the forms of the House of Commons every facility would be given to them to offer their suggestions. There was no pledge, no point of honour, no party feeling,, which could induce a Go vernment to adhere to the letter, or even the general form, of its recdnimendations ou a subject of this kind. It often happened that. bills of detail were printed at the end of a session, for circulation through out the country during' the recess, in order to ob tain the opinions of those 'whose interests they might affeet:•- • The effect of. the mode of proceeding which he contemplated would_be, that suggestions. would be received, that amendments would be embodied in the bill, and that "the bill would be reprinted before the House of Coinmons was called 'upon to consider it in detail. (Hear.) A. bill of this kind would not of neces sity be referred to a select committee. It must in the regular course of things go' through" discussion in the face of the whole house in the first place at any rate, whether referred to a select:committee or not. But what he wished to impress upon the minds of the depu tation was this, that they would not be precluded 1 . ..)y-Oe introduction of the bills from making suggestions upon them, and having those suggestions considered by the Government before they could come under debate in the House of Commons, and this he apprehended - was the main, object in view.. _ . OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, 12th March, 1853. ' THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of Her MAJESTY'S ORDNANCE do HERELY GIVE' NOTICE, That they are ready to DISPOSE OF, to such persons as are willing to Tender for the same, a Auantity of old IRON ORD NANCE, SHOT, and SHELLS, WROUGHT IRON, SLAG, SLAG CRUCIBLES, GUN MOULD4, and OLD METAL, in Store at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, which have been divided into lots, and may be viewed upon application to the Storekeeper at Oat place any day previous to the day fixed for the delivery of the Tenders. Catalogues of the several Lots may be obtained by peions will ing to become purchasers at the Storekeeper's office, Woolwich; the principal Storekeeoer's Office at the Tower; and at the Secretary's, Office in Pall-mall, where the Tenders for the whole or any number of the said Lots are to be delivered ; for the OLD ME AL on or before the 17th Instant, and the OLD GUNS and B R IRON On or before the 19th Instant. necessity for a prompt and effectual reform of the regu lations and machinery for that department. Precisely at one o'clock Mr. Gladstone entered the room where the deputation were assembled, accom paoied by Mr. Wilson, M.P. REVELATIONS of SIBERIA. By a BANISHED LADY. Second Edition. 2 vols., 21a. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, Successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ART UNION OF LONDON (By Royal Charter).—The SUBSCRIPTION LISTS WILL CLOSE 31st Instant. SPECIMENS of the Two Prints to be given to every Subscriber may be seen at the Office—viz., `.The Surrender of Calais," a work of national and historical interest, by H. Ronirr sox, after 11. E. Seinus ; and " Christ Led to Crucifixion." In addi tion to the above Two Prints, each prizeholder will be entitled to select for himself a work of Art from one of the public Exhibitions. GEORGE GODWIN, / Honorer.' . LEWIS POCOCK, j Secretaries 444, West Strand, March 8, 1853. Mr. J. J. TRAVERS introduced the deputation. Mr. W. Brown, M.P. for Lancashir e ; M r . T urner , M.P. ; Mr. A. mile, M.P.; Mr. R. W. Crauford, and Mr. Powles (Secretary to the London Dock Co:), addressed the Chancellor upon the . various points con tained in a memorial which Mr. Travers had handed to the right hon. gentleman. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, then said— Gentlemen, in the first place let me state what I h.ad Just 'published, price, in cloth, 2s. 6d. ; as a Pocket-book, with metallic paper and pencil, 4s. 6d., THE SPRING EDITION OF Mr. BESLEY then said, as connected to some.extent with the provincial newspapers, I wish to direct your attention, sir, to the gradual process of injury which is being • inflicted with regard to those papers, in con sequence of the extraordinary facilities which are now offered of carrying down the London newspapers to within 100 miles of the metropolis. The provin cial editor has little to interest his readers beyond some few articles of local news, and from . the immense burden which the advertisement thity imposes upon him he is not in a position to employ the literary talent which he would other wise be enabled to do. The generality of the tax, • and its equality of amount, whether charged on papers which circulate' 5,000 or 500 is another 'point whiCh weighed with unusual severity upon the provincial press. If I were the Chancellor of the Ex chequer to-morrow, I should +ehtiff.6 to repeal the Thole of the tax to-morrow, because I am satisfied that the in crease of the amount paid on the penny stamp, and the paper duties, would more than replace to the revenue that lost by this reduction. - The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER---More than re- - place it. Mr. BEsuv—Certainly so, Sir. Mr. COoKE said, from his experience as an advertising agent, he could assure the Chancellor of the Exchequer that• the pressure of the duty had great effect in deter ring advertisers fromadvertising to the extent which they would otherwise have done had it not been so great. He had recentlyknown a case in which a tradesman intending to spend 1501. in short advertisements, on hearing that 451. would go to the Government in the share of duty, had been frightened at the apparent useless expense, and instantly reduced his advertisements to 501. These were things which were constantly occurring and which made it very apparent that the duty was a great burden and hindrance to commercial enterprise. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER —What is your opinion of the relative advantages of abolition and re duction ? R UFF'S GUIDE TO THE TURF; OR, - POCKET RACING COMPANION FOR 1853. CONTENTS An Alphabetical List of nearly 1,400 Horses in Training, with the Names of their Trainers An Alphabetical I ist of the Jockeys, their Addresses, lowest 'weights, Names of their Masters, &c. Revised and Enlarged List of the Trainers, and Colours of the Riders. &c. The Nominations for 1853, and the Great Stakes for 1854. A Complete Calendar of the Races in Great Britain and Ireland in 1652; the Horses indexed with their Pedigrees ;.the Spring Meetings in , 1853. Derby and Chester Cup Lots ; Laws of Rac•ng ; Length of Courses ; Winners of the Great Races from their commencement ; Races to Come; Members of the Jockey Club, &c. London : Piper, Brothers, & Co., 23, Paternoster-row. 71:11rk. CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand. Next THURSDAY, the 17th instant, at the Freemason's Tavern, PUBLIC DRAWING for RIGHTS OF CHOICE on the Society's Estates, including the recent purchases at Wood-green, Tottenham, and at Ware and Hertford, in Hertfordshire, will take place, being the SECOND QUARTERLY GENERAL MEETING of the mem bers. 'Viscount RANELAGH will take the Chair at Three o'clock precisely,supported by the members of the General Committee, and of the Executive Committee, and explanations of the plan and object& of the Society - will be given after the routine of business be ended. All persons becoming members on or before Wednesday, the 16th Instant, will Partiotrae in the advantages of the Public , Drawing. C. L. GRUNEISEN, Secretary. 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, 1 Ith March, 1853. By Order of the Board. G. BUTLER, Secretary. hoped had been made clear by the answer which I gave to a question from Mr. Mitchell, on a recent occasion, in the House of Commons—that any apprehensions con- THE FRENCH EMPIRE. netted with my former answer to Mr. Horsfall must ' • have arisen entirely out of a misunderstanding. If re ference be made to Mr. Horsfall's question, it will be Seen that that question with regard to the necessity of an act of Parliament„ was limited to the point of the act defiiiing and' deteimining the constitution of the Board of Customs, which, when I. saw it, I concluded to have special reference to the adoption of the suggestion that the members of "the'board—at all events, that the chair man of the Board of Customs should have a seat in the ThiUse of Commons. My answer to Mr. Horsfall's queStion referred exclusively, as far as the intentions of the , Governraent were concerned, to the constitution of the Board of Cuitoms, and not to the improvement of the Customs department and machinery, because acts of Parliament are in preparation for the purposes to which reference has here been made—especially as bearing on the,warehoaiing system, and the combination and codi- I OSTAL ERRORS.—Gratis on application, or post free for two stamps, a Review of the Division of "Watkins's Directory for 1853," entitled (amusingly enough), " Postal Informs tion." The Review proves an amount of blunders and omissions probably never equalled in any work on the same subject. His Majesty's eyesight improves, but is still so much affected that he is unable to take in a couple of lines of middle-sized type at - a ...crlance. Distant objects are more clearly reflected on the retina. Her Majesty Queen Victoria has written a second letter to the Emperor. In a long article the Austrian Correspondez re views the events that have, to use the Ministerial language, "restored the old. amicable relations be tween Austria and Turkey." The claims of the Imperial Government are described as of a triple nature—those founded upon the rights of nations, of individuals, and the interests of humanity. No sooner had Count Leiningen turned his back (writes a correspondent of the 04 Deutsche Post of the 26th ult.( than the Russian Minister began to harp upon the same string, demanding from the Porte a promise never more to undertake the sub jugation of Montenegro, and, as a pledge 'of its sincerity, to give a formal recognition of the inde pendence of the Black Mountain. If we may cre dit this authority, a secret. clause was inserted in the Austrian compact, empowering the Iniperial generals to take immediate satisfaction, vi et armis, for any future injuries committed by the Turks on. the Austrian frontier, without waiting f or th e an swer to a written protest or reclamation. By the latest accounts it appears that the Turk ish troops have evacuated Montenegro. AUSTRALIA. Parties about to proceed to Australia can be assured in the PROFESSIONAL LIFE AS SURANCE COMPANY, 76, Cheapstde, London, without payment of extra premium for voyage to or residence there. EDWARD BAYLIS, Resident Manager and Actuary. HOUSE of COMMONS : BLUNDERS : Gratis on application, or post free for two stamps, a " Review of the Members of the Rouse of Commons," as contained in " Watkins's London Directory for 1853," showing upon these im portant names no less than seven hundred and forty blunders. Mr. CRAWFORD said he was sure the deputation could not leave that room without every gentleman carrying away a deep sense of the courtesy they had received at the hands of the right hon. gentleman—(cheers)--a con viction that the question would continue to receive the anxious attention of the Government, and that the in terests of the mercantile community would be fully re garded in.any decision that might be come .to. The deputation then thanked the right hon. gentle man and withdrew. PROFESSIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, admitting, on equal terms, persons of every class and degree to all its advantages. Offices, 76, Cheapside, London. Notice is Hereby Given, that the Sixth Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors of this Corporation will be holden at the Offices of the Company, 76, Cheapside, on Wednesday, the 23d day of March Instant, at 12 for 1 o'clock precisely. for the reception of the Annual Report of the Directors of the said Company; for the declaration of a Dividend ; the election and re-election of Directors and Auditors of the said Company; and for any other general business usually tran sacted at an Annual General Meeting of the said Company. EDWARD BAYLIS, FALSEHOOD :—Gratis on application, or post free for two stamps, " Disproof" of the falsehoods contained in a handbill now distributing with the view to injure the " Post-Office London Directory ; " and a Review proving, in names selected by F. W. Watkins, a proportion of error giving in connection with the names in the Street Key of" Watkins's London Directory for 1853" one hundred and thirteen thousand blunders. 'N i s As there is reason to believe that the unsold copies of Wat kin'S Directory will (with some trifling addenda) be produced as a " March Edition," persons importuned to purchase the work, should, before pledging themselves to do so, obtain these Reviews, when (as the page at which each error occurs is quoted) they can readily test whether the book offered is a new edition or contains these blunders. Kelly and Co., 19 and 20, Old Boswell-court, London. fieation, - as it iiiealled, of the Customs laws. I hope I haVe removed any apprehensions that have arisen as to the purport of Mr. Horsfall's question, or my answer. Whether Mr. Horsfall had framed his THE ADVERTISEMENT TAX. March 11th, 1853. Resident Manager and Actuary. All Policies issued by this Company are indisputable. No charge made for Polley Stamps to the assured. Capital, £250,000, guaran teed by nearly 1,400 Shareholders. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- Lessee, CHARLES E. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham road. Open Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, during the week, " The Thistle," " Shamrock," " Carillonnettr," and "Amine" Waltzes, the "Champagne Galep," "Le Cirque" Quad rille ; "La Debardeuse," " Juno," and " Steeplechase" Polkas. — Admission, Is. Doors open at Half•past: Eight ; dancing to com mence at Nine o'clock, and to terminate at Half-past Eleven. Mr. COOKE—Although we should prefer abolition, we should be glad to take a reduction if we could get no mtire METROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, No. 3, Princes-street, Bank. The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose PREMIUMS fall due on the hth of April next, that the same must be PAID Within thirty days from that date. The premiums are paid yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly, on the sth of January, sth of April, ith of July, andsth of October; eithOr Of which several days constitutes the, commencement of the year to Members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the society as members, on the sth of April next, should appear or lodge their pro- Posals at the office on or before that day. This society, for mutual and general assurance, appropriates the Whole of its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives for whole term of life, as members of the society. For the year ending the sth of April, 1853, an abatement of 51 per Cent. has been declared on the premiums of all members of five Years' standing and upwards. RICHARD HEATHFIELD, Superintendent. Princes-street, Bank, March 4, 1853. AFFAIRS OF BUSINESS.—In every affair of trade, buying or selling, equality and prices, are the condi tions of satisfactory contract. The superior quality of all goods offered to public inspe,c ion, or made to order by E. MOSES and SON, is so well known, and has been so long tried, that very little need be said on that subject ; but the unity of low prices, and the Very best qualities, is a system of business which E. MOSES and SON were the first to introduce, and have been the most successful In carrying out. This they have made applicable to every branch of their gigantic business, and have adhered to it during all changes in the seasons or the markets. They have never hesitated to pay the lest prices for the most artistic and accomplished workmanship— but they will by no means inflict higher charges on any of tiler* pa trons: The LADIES are furnished with HABITS the most graceful In style, and from the finest and most fashionable materials, or with HOSIERY, the neatest, most novel, and useful. GENTLE MEN are provided with the best materials and workmanship in every t description o of ATTIRE which their professions, engagements, mach low,-; may render necessary. All good.. or orders are charged house in the vvorleds. at E. MOSES and NON'S, than at any other GOLD FRO AUSTRAL I A.—The last arrival amount ed to upwards of and a half millions stsrling—a largo por• so in Australia, by) . lion of Which was for businesstransactions MOSES and SON, their CLOTHING having of "Golden Treasure," and the satisfaction fsidifoir a vast amount Vestments' to any extent. All EmionApirs, MERCHANTS , ivng,warrantsQ or ~111Pp ug, may avail themselves of the most SALEABLE, because the BEST and most .SUITABLE GOODS, at E. MOSES and SON'S, the prices being considerably lower than at any other house—the same advantages are offered to Emigrants of every Class, their Outfits or any portion of them, lning charged wholesale prices A depart ment kept for Outfitting, and full List of Outfits and shipsalling in formation 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 instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to s tate that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154,156, and 157, Minories, 84,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. 83, London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, I, 2, 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Far4ate. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will b exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned Without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest Price, from 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 Emigrant's Assistant, full list of prices, and directions for self.mea surement, may be had on application, or post-free, to any part of the kingdom. A handsome Almanac for t',e year ending 1853 can be had gratis, on application. lei Pon pule Francais. Qui si parla Italian. Hier stricht man Deut,h. ~Aqua se habla Espanol IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, must published, by H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street, London. No I. in cloth, price ba. by post free, ss. (IN TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, V with the View: o the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the Generative Syhtem, or Sexual Ilypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD "Dr. Pickford 's known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that be has addressed himself to the noa-rnedi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his ►ower to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. "We uromised in a former number that we should recur to this work, in order to exhibit its aim more clearly. The author lashes With great severity,the impostors who make a livelihood by preying on the credulity of the public. The tribe of ' Quiet Symathisers,' and ' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who stiffer fr,m th com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many h indreds would be Paved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of lees importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— Muc h money •... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhoea, and to place the treat !tent upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, li kelY to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. No. 11. 3v0., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post free, 45., THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF , THE URETHRA, on Princi ples at once Simple, Sato, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate apparently Intractable Forms. BY F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Proot of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given the history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad " any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated. Such are cases ix., xi., xii.. and aviii. No. lx. had res,sted, for a Period of twelve years, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally removed in as many weeks. But cases xvill. and xix. appear, both In duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag. gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet the treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently successhil." "Professor Lizara on the Treatment of Stricture. nCULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster -row , Carvalho, I 4 1• Fleet -street, Mann, 39, Cornhill. Price One Shilling each; by Post, is fal. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time." CONTErrrs : —Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex eursions about the Environs of London —The Parks, Lanes, Hills - q ,s ...," r esta, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasa nt p laces - Country V P 8 and Rambles—The Sea -London at Night —Evenings at Home alusle--The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, R est, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. FRAGMENTS FROM THE FOUNTAINS. Two Yols. Vol. I. VISIT TO THE LAKES ; SKETCPI OF EDINBURGH, Scc. Tel. 11. TIIE LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. 111. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, " That three score years and ten our course nay run." __A- B l3opular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner t7n I Y-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution that harasses btUrs.""g. besets the man of pleasure, business or study, and em awn o o i ld ev a o g r ;; d w a p l h ife. tables and rulesfor the diet and physical regu - rv. THE PASSIONS. "What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." SUBJ ECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old. age. The ad 'rent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties oflicentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narra tive, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. TiIB MARRIAGE STATE. To be or not to be, that's the question." PRooximmx :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age temperament, complexion, and to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. rhrsical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion , Cases, Ike. (1 824 R. J. WELL , CULVER M.D. (1841), M.R.C.5.11827),L.5.A. ), Twenty .fiveears Medical and Forensic Referee in there Matters. Price Is. each; by post, Is. 64. "..c (.! be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; carvano, 147, 10 Fleet- had • Mann, 39, Cornhill; or of M. R. Culverwell, M . D ., Tei k ilit",„,"Place, Regent-street, who may be consulted daily front ""' Orep and Bevan till Niue. The Constitutionnel extracts from the Morning Chronicle part of a letter from Paris in which the writer declared that the recent reduction of the French army was a mere fiction ; that by the new contingent this reduction was more than made up ; and that the effective force of the French army was never greater than it is now. After giving this extract, and remarking on the error of the writer, the Constitutionnel says : " Unless these tactics be ascribed to the desire to keep Mr. Cobden and his adversaries occupied, we cannot un derstand the mania which certain English journals have to cry war, in the midst of a profound peace. Why do they not - show more regard for the sensibility pf their readers, who have had so long the nightmare of al French invasion, and who a thousand times have awakened in a fright, dreaming that London was taken by a battalion of chasseurs of Vincennes ? Whence comes it that they persist in alarming credit, in disquieting commerce, in tormenting public opinion with phantoms ? Whilst the correspondent of the Morning Chronicle gravel sends these ridiculous stories to his journal, the French Go vernment replies to him by convoking at Paris, or the spring of 1855, the manufactures of the whole world, in order to celebrate the fête of universal peace." The same journal extracts from the Morning Advertiser a long Paris letter, stating that the superior of a nunnery in Paris having become Protestant, and induced seven of her nuns also to embrace the Protestant creed, they had been menaced with persecution if they persisted in their new faith. Four of the nuns, says the letter did persist and were sent away to a distance of ? 100 leagues from Paris, and the superior having Written to them to encourage them in their conversion, and promising to aid them, she was thrown into prison. The writer of this letter asserts that he knows all this to be true, and has seen letters connected with the affair bearing a post mark ; on which the Con stitutionnel, which turns the statement into ridicule, asks why the correspondent of the Advertiser, if he has letters bearing post marks, to indicate t where these victims of persecution are, does not at once enable the legal authorities to do them justice. The Constitutionnel says " We wish the English correspondent success in his researches, and if he attains any result we will assist him with our publicity as we now do, provided he points out facts a little more precisely, which it will be easy for him to do. In fact, if he has had in his hands letters bearing the stamp of the post-office, those letterr must have had addresses, and a clue would thus be given." The Pays says it will pity the readers of the Advertiser, if they are credulous enough to believe this story. • The Journal des Debats says :—" The Legislative Body will soon have several bills brought before it relative to ways of communication either by water or land. The bill for farming out the canals will be shortly presented. As to the railways, that from Besancon to Mulhausen is in particular men tioned, that line being the last fragment of the net work of 1842, and being the means of connecting the Rhine with the Mediterranean. Several com panies have been formed to tender for this line, the basis of their combination being the division into several parts of this great line. We cannot believe that the Government will consent to such a system. The Strasburg to Basle Company solicits this new line as its natural extension in the direc tion of the Mediterranean : it would then constitute, on a direct extent of 350 kilometres (2181 English miles), a transversal line between the Lyon and Strasburg lines. The Government by this combi nation would avoid the division of the line at the point of Mulhausen and would remain faithful to its system of great lines and few boards of direc tors." The funeral of Madame Raspail took plac4 yes terday. The political friends of M. Raspail availed themselves of the opportunity to make a demon stration, and about four thousand of them accom panied the procession to Pere la Chaise. Although politics are unusually calm at present in Paris, it would appear that the partisans of the house of Bourbon are not altogether idle. For some days past letters have been in circulation in some of the Legitimist salons, addressed by the Count de Chambord to some of his adherents in France. One of them is addressed to the Duke de Rovigo, who was recently thrown into prison under pretence that he was in correspondence with foreign newspapers, and is principally remarkable for the fact that the head of the house of Bourbon ad dresses M. de Rvvigo as mon cousin. This affec tionate style in a letter to one who derives his dukedom from the Empire (the Duke de Rovigo being the son of the celebrated Savary), is taken as a proof that the Count de Chambord, if restored to his rights, would make no difference between the ancient and modern nobility. Another letter speaks in the most delicate and flattering terms of the notabilities of the Orleanist party, who have of late, tinder the name of Fusionists, given in their adhesion to the elder branch of the House of Bourbon, and more especially of MM. Mole, Beugnot, de Salvandy, Vitet, Guizot, Villemain, Keratry, drc. In another letter, the Comte de Chambord, in allusion to a reproach which had been addressed to him, that he wished to impose humiliating conditions on the Prince of Orleans, • says :—" It has always been as far from my ideas as from the feelings of my heart to impose the slightest humiliation on princes whose honour is dear to me, because they will be called upon, if they wish to understand their own duty and their own interest, to surround and defend the throne." Active preparations have already commenced for the coronation. The royal carriages, and more especially the carriage used at the coronation of Charles X., have been brought into Paris from Versailles, and are at the present moment under going the necessary painting and alterations for the occasion. The state carriage of Charles X., Which for magnificence is a wonder of its kind, is to be SO completely transform ed that it will scarcely be MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET I N FIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD -SQUARE, LONDON, to be altered, an y g re recognised. No d t tohnelyroa crown li m ar eh m a s nngaedd into o lo a ur n Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medic imperial crown, but the . silver angels at the four Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, se c., &c. MAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on It is at Mouceaux that the carriages are being generative system, corners of the carriage are to be replaced by eagles. the various disorders of the nervous and resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro ducedshall more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema- .coronation — arranged. It is said to be now determined that the tore decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience • in Paris by the day first fixed. in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist- Pope to arrive • • asc ertained that it will be difficult ford the ence secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in been publishing a document existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their under the title of . "Declaration of the merchants, L in e Moniteur of yesterday, endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are tuti : i e n rs nelt o f the city of London," says: which h e Consti appeared principles of personal management which cannot be violated without —" We have frequently r incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed lish • bankers, and tra ders the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties remarked that those Eng may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be remove% as to the intentions of Government, and and how the evil and its con•equences may be avoided, and above all, journals who always that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functionalanimated with ag ting derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. gressive intentions respec who represent it continually as a England, and who DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged thus seek to keep up hostile showhi l the French F are feelings wnenahni mt between two in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate corn- countries which have so much interest in maintain plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct i in ng g a the go t o rn d u e n s d e e n rtt m an e d n in ta g, of ar E e T re h p e re d s e e e n u t : attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is tree. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply rev arded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the to us to be of a nature forcibly to characterise how ment, which we find in the official journal, app6rs much falsehoodthere is inthat sy treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant etnpirics , who, with their pirated they see the uselessness of it '' England . The publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of which we Must hope' people will get tired when of their patent nostrnms, have inflicted serious injury on those who At home for consultat ion dail y from Eleven till Two, and from have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. Some speculators assembled yesterday at ' the Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of lt., and advice and Casino, but no business was transacted. On Saturday the Stock Market remained •cvth- It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT _ 1 thisis frequently wasnoexac medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. should first obtain a copy of his work on out any very. marked change in prices. Saturday SELF-PRESERVATlON.epdtuillondtaoytahte therule. The s Bourse, Four .. 6r a n n d d - A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marri d age n , an a c v l i N n e s re a o n u d s d a e n s d . Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty coloured des cribing in detail the various disorders resu - fro e m g' s . ecref h ' abita and a l - o Half 2poecr., Caeundts.thheavTehrdeeeclipneerdce2nOtac.., haveelosinrfaeant treatise wilt assist in the correct ' 1 alterede. p , t ; B t l h f. o l s . e oc. excesses. The perusal of this of thßeamnkorotfgaFgeraßnacnekShaareressf.arlo%ruenr: may be had, price 25 6d, in English, i French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, . or Gera ' lan of Messrs. Piper ' 63, oxford- s treet ; Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row, Hannay, description of their cases, and is Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Stone, Stchborneastreet, Haymarket ; or free- and those of the Societe Mobiliere 7f. 50c. lower. to any zi addres3 in the Autho r 's res oy post for forty-two stamps, Roman is / higher as . is _ the A • (L dn) , is_ e iia on o 4=431, BEnrosp-squAltA Lap?, i . _ ~, __ _ ._ ~ • HANWELL LUNATIC ASYLUM. Persons v tiling to TENDER for SRPPLYING the above named Institution, which contains about 1,100 Inmates, with Meat, Fleur, Malt, Hops, Oatmeal, Peas, Hay, Straw, Oats, Butter, Cheese, and Bacon, for Six Calendar Months, from the Ist April next, are requested to deliver sealed tenders addressed "To the Com mittee of Visitors," to the Storekeeper, at the Asylum, at Hanwell, by Half past Eleven o'clock on Thursday, the 24th instant, and be in attendance there at Twelve o'clock. Blank forms in which the Tenders must be made may be obtained, and the form of Contract may be seen, either by application here, or at the Asylum. The Committee will not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any of the Tenders. Dated this 12th of March, 1553. CgARLES WRIGHT, Clerk to the Visitors. Sessions-house, Clerkenwell. BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY having been now before the Public since 1825, the proof of its excellence in its use by discriminative consumers being continuous and increasing. and its purity and excellence being vouched for by the HIGHEST MEDICAL AUTHORITIES, warrant Messrs. J. T. BETTS and CO. in inviting universal attention to it as an article of incomparable merit. Their PATENT METALLIC CAPSULES are, at the same time. effective security to the public against the fraudulent substitution of any inferior article, whether as regards their PATENT BRANDY, their celebrated Whiskey, " T lilt DEW OFF BEN NEVIS," or their STANDARD Os COGNAC BRANDY; either of which may be obtained of respectable Wine and Spirit Merchants throughout the kingdom ; or in quantities of not less than Two Gallons, from J. T. BETTS and CO., Distillery, 7, Smithfield-bars, London. StBMAILINE AND EUROPEAN TELE GRAPHS.—INSTANTANEOUSS COMMUNICATION with PARIS. —REDUCTION of TARIFF.—Notiee is Hereby Given that the Wires of these Companies have been connected with the Tele graph of the French Government; and on and after this date, MES SAGES will be transmitted instantaneously between London and Paris, thus avoiding the delays that have hitherto occurred at Calais.—Notice is a so given, that a REDUCTION has been made in the Rate of CHARGES between London and the Continent, particu lars of which can be obtained on application at the offices. Messages are sent to, and received from all parts of the Continent —also, be tween London and Dover. By order of the Directors, G. L. PARROTT, Secretary. 30, Cornhlll, London, March 14, 1853. CONTRACT FOR BALTIC. ITALIAN, AND HUNGARIAN HEMP. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 12th March. 1853. r r IELE Commissioners for executing the Office of A_ Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the 12th April next, at ONE o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying RIGA and PETERSBURGH HEMP, and ITALIAN and HUNGARIAN HEMP. To be delivered at her Majesty's Victualling Dock-yards, according to Distributions, which, with the Forms of the Tenders, May be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received alter One o'clock, on the Day of Treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the Party at tends, or an Agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for ," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place. LADIES of delicate complexion, who suffer from exposure to cold winds and damp atmosphere, will find imme diate and soothing relief in the application of ROWL ANDS' BALLY DOR. It allays all irritation and tenderness of the skin, and renders it soft, smooth, aid pleasant; removes cutaneous disfigurements, freckles, and tan, and imparts a healthy and blooming appearance. Gentlemen, after shaving, will find it allay the irritability and smart ing pain, and render the skin smooth and pleasant. Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its selection by Royalty and the several Courts throughout Europe, together with the elite of the aristocracy. Price 4s. 6d. and Ss. 6d. per bottle. ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL is a delighttitile fragrant and transparent preparation for the Hair, and as an invigorator and purifier beyond all precedent. Weakness, premature greyness, and tendency to fall off, are entirely prevented by its re , ..,ular application. ROWLAND'S ODONTO, or PEARL DENTIFRIIFICE, preserves and beautifies the Teeth, strengthens the Gums, and renders the Breath sweet and pure. Sold by A. Rowland and Son, 0, Hatton-gardens, London ; and by Chemists and Perfumers. BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. The following testimonial is another proof of the great effi cacy of this medicine : "157,17 eve Bond-street, London, October 12, 1850, " Sir,—ln scquainting 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 bands and feet. I had previously been subjected to every va riety of climate, having served in Canada in the 19th 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 apprdclated only by those 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 prouring a box, and before I had taken that quantity the pain had entircely ceased, and in a few days I was in perfect health. toms of the dis " From that momen t, whenever I feel any symp ease approaching, I have instant recourse to this medicine, which to me is so valuable, that were it not that the days of magic have ceased, I should certainly attribute the li reef 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 the 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 CALL. " To Mr. Prout, 229, Strand." For every description of Gout and Rheumatism, Sciatica, Tic-dolo reux, &c., &c., BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS are a sovereign remedy, contain n e ither mercury, opium , or an y other dangerous drug, require no care w h a t e ver In their use, and t e r 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. 215 k for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe that " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," is impressed upon the Government Stamp. ITALY. Affairs in Italy still wear a gloomy aspect. In Tuscany all the places of amusement are closed, and in the streets of the town are to be seen nothing but Austrian soldiers. The Government have directed the nobility to invite Austrian officers to their balls and parties, but the Tuscan aristocracy it wmild seem.hold these gentry in utter contempt, and the consequence, is festivities of every descrip tion have been suspended. A crisis is nearly at hand, for this sad state of things can never last. The Opinione of Turin states from Milan, that the weekly contribution laid upon that city since the late events has been reduced by half. Since the 6th of Feb. it has, paid upwards of 400,000 f., exclusive of 100 oxen and . 50 milch. cows it is bound to' furnish the fort of Porta Tosa with. The Parlaniento of Turin, of the 9th states that . 1 the British fleet, now at Malta, is expected at Villafranca about the 20th or 25th of this month. A portion of it is to proceed thence to La Spezzia. The same journal states that the whole number of refugees . sent to Nice is 40. It was stated that the rumour of an attempt on the life of the King of Naples is happily without foundation. The true version of the attack on the life of the King is said to be this :—lt appears that King Ferdinand, in driving out in the neighbourhood of his capital, was assailed by two of his loving sub jects, who not knowing his Majesty, and taking him for Inglese rico, importuned him for charity with more perseverance than was considered re spectful. At length the Sovereign, losing patience, seized upon the whip, and not only laid it upon the shoulders of the lazzaroni with right goodwill, but sent for some troops from the neighbourhood to carry them to prison. In the course of the day the story got wind, and was soon exaggerated into an attempt on the King's life, but the above is the real version of the affair. The latest accounts from Basle represent that the Federal Council was. in. deliberation upon the re port of Colonel Bourgeois, the contents of which were very important. Masses of Austrian troops were marching from the interior of Lombardy_to wards the Tessin and Piedmont. Austria had not yet answered the two notes of the Federal Council. Colonel Bourgeois had already despatched for Tes sin a good number of Lombard refugees. From Nuremberg we learn that extraordinary measures have been taken to seize Mazzini, who is believed to be concealed in the town. The Courier de Nuremberg had been seized for the 34th time since the Ist of January. The Sardinian Government has expelled 16 of the refugees who had aided the Milan insurrection. Twice as many have been placed in safe keeping, and the support of Government withdrawn from many more. Orders have been sent to Genoa to prepare the corvette San Giovanni to convey the exiles that are about to be removed from the Sardinian States to New York. Their number does not exceed 40. On their arrival in America, they are to be pre sented with the sum of 100 T. in addition , "to 'their free passage. The same ship will also carry, the Sardinian goods destined for the New York Ex pedition. PRUSSIA. The following, according to a German paper, is the present state of the Austrian navy :-6 frigates carrying 215 guns ; 5 corvettes, 92 ; 7 brigs, 112 guns ; 6 schooners, 58 guns ; 2 prams, 20 guns ; 1 gun-boat, 10 guns ; 34 pinnaces, 102 guns ; 18 sloops, 60 guns ; 5 schooner-brigs, 12 guns ; 11 steamers, 64 guns, and 9 trabacolis. It is stated here, in well-informed quarters, that the Prussian Government has transmitted instruc tions to its envoy at London to announce to Lord Clarendon that it fully participates in the iriew taken by the British Cabinet on the Turkish question. Intelligence has reached Berlin of a melancholy catastrophe, occasioned by the sudd en b rea king-up of, the ice on the Vistula, at Thorn, on the, 6th inst. It appears that at the moment some 150 workmen were employed in removing the bridge, when the ice rushed bodily forward, over whelmed many of the floats, and carried away some 50 men, of whom about 20 instantly diSap peared beneath the frozen masses. The Augsburg Gazette announces a " Congress of Sovereigns, which will take place at Berlin on the 30th inst. The first conference will include the Emperors of Austria and Russia an d th e Xing 'of Prussia. Early in April they will ask the Con currence of the Germanic Confederation, the Xing and other sove orefilignosil,rndr'eftlereenKiCtgooltia3leyl.gillin' SPAIN. The intelligence from Madrid reaches to the Bth inst., but there was nothing moving in the political world of any importance. The Three per Cents. were at 431. DEPARTURE OF THE MAILS FOR THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.—On Saturday forenoon, shortly' After eleven o'clock, the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Asia. Captain Lott, sailed from; the Mersey with the usual weekly mails, 56 passengers .and' a large general cargo on freight. Her mails ' -brere brought out in charge of Lieut. Lewis, R.N., Admiralty agent. • LEEDS NORTHERN.—At a meeting of the shareholders in this company, held at Leeds, on Friday, the proposed amalgamation with the York Company was confirmed ; and all matters in dispute between the original preference shareholders w ere referred for settle mentto G. C. Glyn, Esq., M.P., and Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P. Ile'. resoution was carried with only nine - dissentients. NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE. —The report of the di rectors, to be presented at the annual meeting on the 17th inst., states that an interniediate dividend for the half-year at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, clear of income tax, is recommended. The directors ye Suc ceeded in renewing the debentures at' a'reduced rate-.of interest. r question so as to oonvey accurately and fully his own meaning, Ido not know ; but still I looked at th e On Saturday a deputation of gentlemen connected words of - the question as they stood on the votes, and I with the London and provincial press, had an interview believe if you refer to them you will find they refer ex- with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his official re .clusiv,ely to the constitution of the Board of Customs, sidence, Downing-street, on the subject of th e Adver and not to the improvement of the department and ma- tisement Tax. The deputation was introduced by Mr. 'chinery of that board. (Hear, hear.) Now, with re- Ewart. M.P. Mr. Ewart having read the following spect to the bills which it is desired should be submitted memorial :-- to the commercial body for the consideration of their " OBJECTIONS TO THE ADVERTISEMENT TAX ON NEWS -1 practical details I am not aware that any i n ti ma ti on PAPERS. was given at the time of the formation of the present "lst.—Because it is a tax on Knowledge, and falls with Government, that these bills would be submitted to the uxtiality on an important , portion of the Press :—the commercial body for the consideration of their practical Newspaper, Magazine, and Periodical. All other means of details. .What I would say upon th a t q ues ti on i s this— advertising escape the duty. ' "2(1.—1t is an unjust tax. It cannot be equitably there can be assessedcollected. no objection in point of p r i nc ipl e t o th e sub- or The rich . man pays only is. 6d. to mission of the drafts of bills to the pa r ti es i n t eres t e d be- advertise the sale of an estate ; the poor man pays ls. 6d. fore they are introduced to Parliament. It is a pure to advertise for employment. question, in the main, of practical convenience. It must "3d.—lt falls heavily on particular classes of property, be considered on its own merits ; and certainly that is impeding to an important extent advertisementsin journals. an important element in .the case to which Mr. Hestia In America, any man who wishes to lend or to hire, to has referred, viz., that the respon s ibility o f th e G overn - buy or to sell, announces his wish without bei ng subject ment should not be shifted from its own shoulders, to any duty, for ls. -.(Hear, hear.) In this instance lam glad the deputa- " 4th.—lt acts most injuriously on literary works striving at cheapness. Tho cost of advertising sometimes tion havassembled, on account particularly of its in amounts to more than the whole profit of author and eluding representatives from Liverpool; and the other publisher on works which are successful. , outports ; because it was a difficulty felt by many of the " sth.—lt is a tax which goes far to fetter the free ex committee of the House of Commons on customs re- tension' of the press—and 'prevents the circulation of a form, and I myself felt it for one—that all along we sound and wholesome literature among working men. In seemed to be discussing the case of London exclusively. America there are 350 daily papers—in England there are So far I am glad that we have here very nearly a re- only 10. % - presentation of the commercial interest of the kingdom ' 6th.—lt createspogonopoly, It is only the compara at large. Now, with respect to these bills, the whole tively prosperous tradeiman who can afford to advertise, question 'really is, in what manner can 'they be made- the intelligent mechanic is excluded from newspaper D r blicitv most widely known ; and in what manner can the freest ' II " 7th.—lt is one among many of the fiscal errors COM - scope be,given to the commercial community for • can- ~ iiiitted when the true principles of taxation were compara va,ssing their details, and fully bringing to the know- tively unknown. It involvei the same principle, by which .ledge of the Government and of Parliament their wishes th e l owes t priced Bohea is taxed at the same rate as the in regard to those details. (Hear, hear, hear.) That highest priced Pekoe or Souehong—on which the miserable is the entire question. I cannot say what the decision shirt-maker is made to pay a duty of about 300 per cent. of the Government may be as to submitting these bills on the original value of the article which she consumes, in draft to any bodies of persons connected with the while the rich pay about 80 per cent only. " commercial classes, for I frankly own lam not clear in Bth.—lt is a tax that should be repealed, because the my own mind—l am perfectly w illi ng t o b e instructed public would derive the full benefit of the repeal. In m about it—but lam not aware th a t th a t wou ld b e the many cases a larger reduction than the duty would be made by newspaper proprietors. best way of bringing them fully and impartially under " 9th.—lt is a tax which is easily and largely evaded. the consideration of all classes of the commercial coin- The blank wall, the advertising van (dangerously block mimity. Some portions of that community are near ing up the public thoroughfares), the omnibus, the rail head-quarters, and are well organised for the purpose of way carriage, the railway station, the street pavement, these discussions. For them such a course would be and many other modes of advertising, reduce the amount highly convenient; but there are many other portions paid to Government to a comparatively small amount, of the commercial classes that are not so organised, and and leave its pressure exactly where it is most severely who might possibly consider they had been treated with felt, and where many grourrds of public policy condemn it. something less than fairness, if they had not the same "10th.—In a word—it is a great impediment to trade, opportunities of becoming acquainted with the details of literature, and labour, seeking a market through pub ' licity, and to the newspaper press for that reason • whil.. these bills at the s ame p er i o d. I s h ou ld l i ke to know the small amount of revenue which it yields—about what would be th e di sa d van t age un d er w hi ch any por- 160,0001. per annum—renders its altogetherunworthy of tfon of , the commerci a l commun it y wou ld b e p l aced b y retention, at the cost of a tithe of the hardship and in the introduction of these bills into Parliament, and giv- justice which it inflicts." iog them ample time for consideration after they are so • Mr. MURDO YOUNG, ofthe Sun newspaper, then address introduced, and before they go into committee. (Hear, ed the Chancellor.—l have had the honour of attending hear.) I may be wrong, but Ido not see what the dis- many Chancellors of the Exchequer on this subject, and advantage would be. If there is any, it should be the answer they have all made has been, that the revenue stated ; for the Government have no wish but to be put would not afford the reduction. Upon the present occa in the - fullest possession of the wishes of the entire sion, however, lam happy in believing that that argu commercial community. (Hear.) The printing and cir- ment will not hold good. Ido not press for an imme culation of these bills undoubtedly give them great pub- diate remission ; but if you, sir, could give us a promise licity. It is not like the case of a measure of great po- for January next— litical importance, or a measure that turns upon the The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—Do you mean adoption of some broad and comprehensive principle. for a total repeal ? Because, if so, I must tell you, lam We must, I think, be all agreed on the general prin- afraid there is no surplus revenue - on which I can at ciples on which we are to proceed. For instance, as to present reckon for a repeal of taxation. publicity, itis impossible but that the Government must Mr. YOUNG—But there will be next year. feel the strongest sympathy with those gentlemen who The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER— Well, then, express a wish for the greatest publicity in the manage- suppose we snake an appointment for this day twelve ment of the Customs revenue. It is highly honourable months. to them, it is accordant with the character of English- Mr. YOUNG—I shall be very glad to fix that day for the men, and it would be discreditable to the Government if abolition of the duty. The effect, sir, of a mere reduc they did not give the widest application of that principle tion, would be of so little advantage to the public, that in the preparation of the measures they are about to in: I, myself, must press for a total abohtion. I ant troduce. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the simplifica- sure that I speak the general sentiments of the news tion of the tariff, no gentlemen here need be assured that paper proprietors in this particulir. A mere reduction of the Government entirely enters into and sympathises the duty would not enable us to make any perceptible with the desire to effect that object. (Hear, hear.) I lowering of the price of advertisements to the public, and do not wish to say anything of myself individually, but I the public consequently would reap no benefit. I must had the satisfaction of being the framer of that portion also call to the attention of the Chanbellor of the Ex of the measure introduced in 1845, which for the first chequer that we have to give credit to the public while, on time set one moiety, or more than one moiety of the the other hand, we are obliged to pay the Government articles imported into this country entirely free from without any delay. A paper like the Times, with its duty. (Hear, hear.) Of course it is the desire of ,the circulation, can afford to do as it pleases, and charge Government to give the utmost possible scope to the ap- its own price, however high, and the effect of an plication of that principle, I think there is no question abolition of the duty would be, that the Times would not of principle at issue between us. If there were, discus- -be one farthing the worse, while the public would be Sion prev , ious to the introduction of the measure would greatly benefited. On the other hand, if a reduction be most iniportant. But the whole question turns upon only of the duty were carried into effect, the public would this, how can we best adjust all the complex details ne- not benefit at all by it. This may be seen by taking the cessary for the collection of the. large revenue which is case of the servants' advertisements, for which at levied on imports with the greatest security to the Ex- present the Times charges 35., which is just double chequer, with due regar d t o t h e i nterests of the C rown, t h e d u t y . S u pp os i ng that the duty were reduced and the least interferenee with the course of trade ? to 6d., for all that, the Times could not af- Now that depends upon a multitude of details ; and ford to insert. those advertisements for less than half-a we have a common interest in having those details crown, because the number would so greatly increase, adjusted in the best possible manner. If there were and, their space being limited, they would not be able to a strong wish expressed in the commercial community find room for them, alld consequently, in self defence, that any particular course should be taken in would be obliged to charge a higher price. You, sir, submitting, the drafts of these bills to particular bodies, are probably aware that the superficial size of news or, on the other hand, with regard to introducing papers is limited, and, consequently, the Times is now them into Parliament, and then letting them circulate obliged to publish a supplement. Upon those they freely, and giving time for consideration—l will frankly must lose money if they issue more than a cer own, if that is their strong wish, the Government might taro number, because it is evident that the adver not wait to be urged to take that course, but might tisements in a supplement may amount only to 5001., take it once in deference to that wish. But I hope gen- while, on the other hand, the cost of paper and stamps, tlemen will consider whether, upon the whole, the most together with the advertisement duty, may very likely convenient 'and eqUable course may not be that we amount to 8001., if more than a certain number are should, introduce these bills, and having introduced therm issued. allow ample time for their consideration. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Smrrx, of the Daily News, then addressed the You are aware that Parliament frequently adopts a Chancellor—Sir, I think that though an abolition of the form—which is a very convenient one in cases where the duty entirely would be very desirable, lam disposed to principle of a measure is admitted, but where the details acquiesce in a reduction of it, because I think by that require a great deal of consideration, which I take to be means that the number of short advertisements would be the definition of this case—it is the common practice of, increased by at least 100 per cent., and it is really Parliament; after reading a bill a second time, when there where the pressure of this tax is felt. At time is given for collecting suggestions as to details, to present all papers must have a minimum charge : allow the bill to go through committee for the purpose most of them fix it at five shillings for ten lines— of being reprinted, and embodying all the - suggestions most of the short advertisers, therefore, take their whole which ,may meet with general approval. So that, in 10 lines. The Is.- 6d. duty being deducted from the 55., putting before you the alternative to be pursued-Lthe leaves 3s. ad., which gives a charge of 4d. a line to the introduction of those bills, and allowing them to be cir- newspapers. Supposing that by the abolition we were culated throughout the country—you would not obliged to charge 3s. for the same number of lines, we thereby be placed in the disidvantageous position should then;get only 3d. per line, at which price it is of accumulating a great mass of amendments, and not thought newspapers, making allowance for every having them discussed as amendments in co- charge, can remuneratively print advertisement s . If the coin- mittee. That certainly is a disadvantageous position. duty were repealed, and there were no 18d., there wou ld (Hear.)' My own opinion is this, subject to cor- be no minimum laid down by the ne ws p apers, and th re ction, that the most convenient course would be to tradesman would get for 2s. that for Whic h b e e now introduce the bills—(hear, hear)—in which case' we pays s s. When I became aware that Iz Sir,asto i h m av a e d e th a e would make every effort to introduce them on the earliest ; honour of having an interview with you, possible day. (Hear, hear.) Then, I dare say, the .cx- calculation with• respect to th ese short advertisemen ts perience and knowledge of the commercial community 1 from the advertiseme n t s w hi ch for thelast three d a ys, i 2 would enable them, to suggest var i ous va l ua bl e amen d- I h ave b een i nser t e d i n the Times, )i I t ; g lie ct ]) meats. ' We-should have the opportunity of examining i Morning Huai d, and the morl •o a l i t i tc l /e N . ew l s, fi n d 'and considering these amendments, and of communi- from that, Sir, that four-fifths of the advertisements eating with the commercial body in reference to them, which have appeared in the Times . during the last three and all such amendments as appeared worthy of adop- days have been under 10 lines • in the Daily News one tion might be embodied in the bill, and then the bill half have been under that number ; and in the other two would be printed before being submitted in detail to the i papers a proportion considerably less. That, I think,. consideration of the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) I Sir, is an illustration of how far the general public, th_ t .. That, lam inclined to think, would be the course that which pays is 6d., is interested in this question. (,-)/ advertisements above 10 lines the Tha a,me would most fully the interests of the commercial long . community at large. But, as I said before, it is a ques- double the number of the Daily News, hasscciany .. tion upon which, if a very strong wish is expresied; whaV similar proportion with regard to andothers ; and there will be every disposition on the part of the Oro - - I think therefore that it is pretty : . ipP vernment to follow the course which the expression of h question ; and that wish may point out. (I:lear, hear.) Ido not 1 1 advertisers are most interested in , 1, - „ , a re duction of gentlemen, whether there is anything else in the inow, ,if you could not abolish the w hole e--. 7 them and to ns. memo- ' • fic ig to . rial which it is necessary for me to notice at the , it to 6d. would be greatly ben,, also grea tly increase time. , The various points which have been r ' preSent ißy reducing it to 6d. you la wou nt which would be phid report of the Customs committee are now alsed b y t h e I revenue, by increasing the anro ariesith4hat the shed consideration, And with res tto 11 under careful 1 pee t e Tre. SUry rn;'" d " -- d ....4.4.11194 Tho C,II4ISOBLIAB of the duties, .. to it tor stamps and payer Facu eenAa—Do you suppre Mr. YouNG—Not worth having. . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (with a smile) — Not worth having, Mr. Young. After a few concluding remarks from Mr. Ewart, M. P., The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that he was very much pleased at having had an opportunity of hearing the opinions which had been expressed to him, and the deputation then withdrew. The general impression wa,, in favour of a total repeal. REPEAL OF THE ADVERTISEMENT DUTY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN, SIR, —Owing to the pressing engagements of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer on Saturay Task some gentle men were prevented submitting to his notice a few of the peculiar hardships of this tax upon the newspaper pro prietor—more especially in regard to the singular com petition to which he is exposed. . Some time ago, one of the• trench illustrated journals amused its readers by ‘ giytketlfem a spirited pictorial representation of adver trill* in London. It presented, as may be conceived, a Ost laughable appearance. ~Time was when one advertising van was sufficient for hkilf-a-donn adiertisements. This, however, bids fair to be reversed, it being no uncommon occurrence for two, and even three, vans following each other with one advertisement. But other specimens of street ad vertising may be given, as, for -instance,. some advertisers are in the habit, during tlin summer months, of sending out men at daybreak, with metal frame, paint, and brush, for the purpose of minting tivir adver tisements on the street pavement. Such advertisements, it is well known, remain legible for a considerable period ; and in some parts of London prtions of last . y a ear's advertisements may still be seen. The newspaper proprietor has also to contend with more systorilatic modes of advertising. Prospcetuses are being issued daily by various omnibus advertising assocociations, one of which boasts of its having no less than six hundred omnibuses, in the inside and outside of which advertise ments may be inserted. But peril: Ts the. most formi dable competition with which he has to contend is that offered by the railway advertising associations, as will be - seen by the annexed extract from a prospectus : " Tlie importance of this novel system of advertising cannot be too highly estimated, when it is remembered that railway travel - leis include within their numbers every individual of rank, property, or influence in the three kin g doms, while the frequency o f th e i r j ourney i ngs may be alculated from the fact that the number of passengers booked on the principal railways in Great Britain alone, in the year 1850, exceeded Sixty Millions. " It must be borne in mind, that these immense numbers —the possessors of the aggregate wealth of the country -aro concentrated, day by day, at the railway stations ; and the circumstances of each journey are such, that either on the departure or arrival, or in the course of transit, every passenger must of necessity become acquainted with the announcements which present themselves to his notice. " It may be safely asserted, that no other mode of ad vertising presents so favourable a means of reaching that class which the advertiser desires most to attract." Other specimens of this competition may be mentioned. It is well known that the various editions of the official catalogue of the Great Exhibition in 1851, presented a de sirable channel for advertisements, and, as such, was ex tensively patronised. The first edition of the shilling catlogue contained no less than 51 pages of advertise ments. It was, however, wholly exempt from the-duty. In the eye of the law it was neither fish, flesh, fowl, or good red herring—and one of the Stamp-office officials have remarked concerning it that, "nothing was to be got out of it." Of course, so soon as the New Crystal Palace is opened, the same means of advertising will be presented to the public. The peculiar hardship of this tax upon literature has been often pointed out by the press. Let us look at its operation upon a periodical devoted exclusively to literary advertisements and an nouncements. Bent's List may be considered as a Price Current of literature. Is published monthly; and, besides its advertisements, it contains a list of all books pub lished within the month by way of index. Some few years after it was established it was considered as highly desirable that these twelve lists should be condensed into one, for more easy annual reference, so that it might be issued as a supplement. It was found, however, that to escape the duty in every case, though the title 'of the book and the prioe might be given, the publisher's name must be omitted, thus rendering it almost valueless to the public. From an estimate I have made in regard to one such supplement alone, I find that had obtainedtli , e pfruobra ltpi lessih that t e ll ti r ahs s lnha ' sen n asr a. appeal e a7at blomewdee wasuna swt givenifound,easm duties at.dsooer it bt hoo w oow o tkh u es l ev, dearh stamp-officen:a detrimental ot v hu e ant been ttoitl higiet stoomissionuat us subject hetefbusoul t rn o mi no f and d t N he o pro as p s H ista eto n r c s e b c c o ga ul n d t i t n h a r t eg quarter, means could not be adopted by which, Mr. O'Connell's remark " h to use the late , a coac pad s' • driven through the act of Parlia.ment." lx might be done, and the list is now issued with Tiit, has been Usher's name being inserted with regularty, the pub been accomplished by the omissi each book. This has ment" on the title-page— the mission a the word " supple simply as a catalogue, One practical now regarding it presents itself, viz., how is practical difficulty now now is i sub scribers in its new. forme t to reach the partly by the h u • presented by This has to be overcome and partly throughsiness tact of the publisher, Post office, but at a cost of f the agency of the through this last _ourpeuce for each beoconsider whether the channel. But while the Dopy forwarded difficulties tax has in this instance been practically overcome Pub lishers' Circular. i i s is a bi-mcnthly publi cation, and in its list of books the publisher s name is always omitted. Of course, to a large extent, like impedi ments to completeness it is not so with the Pub present themselves in the t various , price -currents trade lists, c° l ln i me iT ia ved if the aClveriise al/ would doubtless be greatly imp art of the business ment tax was repealed. Itwalanp e d for its evasion ; but the numerous measures adtoop show that the exceptional of the deputation to seek the t osition of a tax upon while pointing these out, to the newspaper, periodical, course existing I°Le representations ina,de to the is to be hoped o f the thatl:xliequer will induce him to regard and the r efer Id be at once discontinued. It Cha ncellor light, and that be will, in presenting the the tax in such ce t, announce his intention of relieving forthcoming Bu . g . , fl . Con —I am, sir, your obedient from its in lc i . invazinii:, the press servant, JOHN FRANCIS, s e Saturday emsllat r obn a most shocking accident, attended with loss II:: t :L E S e - S s - T s : Er Thames-street. - - - O R R going on in the upper part of Wor man's Dining and Coffee-house, No. 87, opposite the ed m E i N n T Lo lN we ir r Custom-house, and, in order not to interrupt the business, ,ol F ieif ik en T : t o L cc A urr ec a ladder was raised to the second floor window , the case ment. of which was taken out to permit the ingress and some repairs were egress of the workmen. About two o'clock one of them, named John Brien, was in the act of stepping on the sill to enter, when he slipped, and fell on the kerb, fracturing his skull frightfully, lie was taken to Gu y' s Ilospital, where h e died s hortly alter his admission. I