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_ ( ‘„. , . , . 4 '4 ) , --- "AA . gl k, %Mo t o ft RI• .L.MU . • . .• , ••, I = , bw . :NS.4),A?P' - rAd, o'T 4; , 1 ' 1 0 14 .4° 1 4 ' 3.4 v RoITS: / 7-42 - G ., Y-e-ir-t LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1853. [PRICE SD. This day Is published, pi:cc 35., I VELLINGS for the WORKING-CLASSES , Their Construction and Arringemcnt, with Nat'l, Eleva t.on,, and Specifications, 4to. By ROBERT SCOTT BURN, 31. E., &c., William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and Loudon. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. say when Government would bring forward their men• sure on the subject of secondary punishments. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) OUR RELATIONS WITH FRANCE. Mr. DISRAELI gave notice that to-morrow he should make some inquiries of the Government with re , spect to our relations with France, and generally he should call the attention of the house to that important subject. 111 , • . . . C,, • , . u It li ' liV 7 A t'L R A7I,L .3V A. J. . NOTICE OF CALL. RI 1 NOTICE IS Call-21. per 201. share, snaking Si. paid up. „wan usasix.hvesall.S HEREBY GIVEN, That the Directors of the Corn- i 1 A Company have this day made a CALL of 21. per 201. 1 share upon the respective shareholders in the said company, and have either b ‘ appointed such Call to be paid on the 23th day of February next, to , • , al of the undermentioned bankers, namely : . \,.....-:,. ~78 " . Glyn, Mills, and Co., Lombard-street, London. • sears. Praeds and Co„ Fleet-street, London. M essrs. Tweedy, Willi ams, an d C o , T ruro , F a l mou th, an d R e d_ ... ~s ss„ „s ss, „„s sssisssssisse - "'"S ruth, Cornwall; t04442_11e Ssucheveral ll shareholders in the said company are hereby required N 9 • O e 18 84 8 ] S'.3r Ca accordingly. -- By order of the Directors, . •-- - ....,.. ...- s , . ,_ .. s W. H. BOND, Secretary. MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL. Dated 14th January, 1853. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., 14 • 11 .—I H E DEAN'S DAUGHTER; b„, ~e n default of payment on the above-mentioned day, Share , ,nu , .l , 'S will be liable to the payment of interest, according to the Or, The Days We Live In. ' 41. "?_ 1 ion in the Companies' Clauses Act. ' By Mrs. GORE. •" 10 shareholder is entitled to transfer hts shares until all Calls are Paid. " ' The Dean's Daughter' is a creation of singular delicacy and cbahn. Round her are grouped, with admirable arrangement, the accessary characters requisite to work out an exciting tale of the SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY days we live in—all the personages wearing, in sooth, a most vivid aspect of living and bustling actuality. As us ual with whatever is BETWEEN Fliat.NCE AND ENGLAND. traced by the pen of Mrs. Gore, the sparkling diamond dust of subtle (" Society Lord de Mauley and Co.") sarcasm, ingenious allusion, or brilliant irony, is sprinkled over every REPORT OF THE MANAGERS - linel'---Globe. °f„„th.e, Submarine Telegraph Company (Societe Lord de Manley and Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, Successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Co.), between France and England, at a General Meeting of the Great Marlborough-street. .iishareholders, held at the seat of the Society, No. 83, Rue de Riche lieu, Pari s , on Tuesday, 15th February, 1853. Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Portraits, 30 s. bound, artid ' fl eeting has been convened agreeably to the pros isions of Th e 16 of th e " Acte de Societe." THE DUKE of, BUCKINGHAM'S titeifseo ''. l anagers lay before the Proprietors the capital ac count of MEMOIRS of the COURT and CABINETS of clay, togeth er w i t h a statement of the revenue for the last . half -Year. GEORGE THE THIRD. TIIISO accounts have been kid before the auditors. From Original Family Documents. The receipts amount to ........ .. .. .... £4,632 3 3 " A very remarkable and valuable publication. In these volumes The disbursements t 0.... •••••••' • • • • • • • 1,922 12 0 the most secret history of the important transactions of the period commencing from 1782 and ending with 1800, Is laid bare. Details, --- Leaving a net profit of. • ...... £2309 11 3 then guarded with the most anxious care from all eyes but those of of M anagers propose a dividend of 8d per sha r e ( being at the rate the privilesed few, are now, for the first time, given to the publicllt ~4 , "`2lvards of 61 ser cent. per annum). The surplu s will be £294 lle, is nut possible to conceive contemporary history more completely six eh ' ad ded to £220 6s 9d, reserved from the profits o f the p revious exemplified."-- Morning Herald. ptiliienths, leaves an avallab'e be'ance of £514 17s 9d. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, Successors to Henry Colburn, t he ~_ e Managers beg 13, Great Marlborough-street. to direct the attention of the shareholders, to • of ,Z,utexed statement of the number of messages from the opening . ra pidly Submarine Telegraph up to the end of January last. The tho progressive Increa' c of business must be most satisfactory to all Now ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 21s. bound, 3 Ze_ _ crested in the development of telegraphic communication. s op , w ill be observed that, during the months of July, August, and TRAVELS IN INDIA AND KASHMIR. deri n ember, the number of messages tracsmitted were 3,646, and By Baron SCHONBERG. At 7,october, November, and December, 5,502 Also just published, in 2 vols., 215., the E u r r ‘ e last general meetirg of the shareholders an agreement with MILITARY LIFE IN ALGERIA. the tratiasPe'" and America.* Telegraph Company was confirmed for on ,_ mission of messages from Dover to London and vice . vers a, s;,,tr ... __ more favourable terms than those fol.nerly existing with the l",',!st•_astern Railway Company. It was net, however, until the b o ,`,.),LN November that the Land Company completed their , works to By the Count P. DE CASTELL IN. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, Successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. T 91 ;7. When their wires were joined, with those of the Submarine s e na ra ph, and dispatches were sent between Calais and London This day is published, prise 25., Ts u t any break or interruption. THE COUNTY COURT of WOLVERHAMP . t..,,_ie s hareholders cannot fail to remark the large increase of the • , `V s 'ilts of the Society since this agreement took effect. TON. Its Abuses and their Remedies considered, in a Letter to the Right Honourable. Lord Brougham. 11l October, 1812, the receipts amotinted t0...,,X829...„,2 11. -. s- - - s s " _ ovember, when the works were completed, to.. 909 4 11 By B. BLUNDELL, F.S.A. clad in December they reached . oft übts progressive improvement ffilly confirms the expectations held Lincoln's-inn. filth Managers at the last general meeting. s os ,_,. regard to the other agreements entered into between the oo ,7 , e o ty_aild the chartered Company, the Managers are Informed that LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO. m an ....table delays have occurred in the manufacturing of the B-1- v. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, do wn rope, which have prevented its being as yet laid St. James's, 1 4 ,4• The rope, however, was completed on the 7th Decemoer ' and it is stated that the contractors wi". avail themselves of the earliest o Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, °Tiers House, Brompton-road, al t d „, Pitortunity of fine weather for submerging it between Dover Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament, of 25th George 11. vstead. Open every evening with :Lattrent's Celebrated Band. 2=42 1 • bei fie Ifl axagers look forward with anxiety to this desirable object Cornet-%Piston, M. Boulcour. 11ei., 5 attai ne d , as they anticipate a large traffic op this line from Admission—ONE SHILLING. It will Not diem Germany, and the Baltic. Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at sai n •ll . l be satisfactory to the shareholders to be Informed that the Nine, and terminate at Half-pest Eleven precisely. Is kes lnne cable between Dover and Calais continues in every re s„S 'n Perfect order. t!rrench Government have just completed the line of telegraph PATRON—II R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. lagbetween Bon'ogne and Calais, and the managers are about conclud pa. . - agreeraent with the ' Government for a direct service from nt, to ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. ENTIRE CHANGE of MUSIC.—An OPTICAL and MUSI- The 1; t 0 Lo ndon. Messages will, therefore, be transmitted between don , 'fe de Richelieu and the Offices of the Company, Cornhiii,C . AL ILLUSTARATION of SHAKSPERE'S " MIDSUMMER it:iilseatt.rotanretiotnset instantaneously ; the advantages of this rapid commu- Bishop,NIGHT'SDR E 3Mro'rniinngtroducing the ORIGINAL MUSIC by Sir and Evening.—LECTURES by J. IL between the two great capitals are too obvious to require any Pepper,ilenry ,BY Use kind permission te French Government, a night service sq.,on the endless AMUSE MEN TS of CHEMISTRY, a Juvenile Audience by Dr Bachhoffner, on the wlted rit l y the a use of the English p ressp has also been established, which will MECHANICAL PROPERTIES of a JET of STEAM; by Mr.Crispe, . . ek hi ' source of considerable remuneration to the Society. In con- on ERICSSON'S CALORIC ENGINE.--DISSOLVING "VIEWS, Pree en the managers beg to congratulate the proprietors on the including Day and Night Views of WILMER CASTLE, WALMER reau .: i p sition and prospects of the undertaking, which will fully CHURCH, &C., Sm. '" ine expectations of its most sanguine supporters. admission, Is. ; Schools and Children under ten years of ago, haprice. ?a l . y order of the Managers, A x February 16, 1853, J. C. SANDILANDS. ----------- . Statement R AVESEND STAR th e ,_ shoAing the Monthly Ree,elpts and Number of Messages, G PACKETS, Teleir.Yments made to the South-Eastern Railway and European 741 1 a aPh Companies, thus comprising the total Traffic between N , other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purfieet Piers. al ...." and the Continent, Isom November 13, 1851, to January The Packets call at the Piers as underlined , weather permitting} , 543 . FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. , **-----------.—_______ P a y men t s Wear DAYS. SPINDAYS. ' - No of Payments to Euro- _---------:. Bate. Submarine to South Total 0 a . Mes- 0 . , ss ,s s - t .., f; Receipts. Eastern peen Tele- Traffic. @ s ; .V. 1 1 , ..fi 2 s , sages. graph a s 7. i ' s. is ' Railway. Terrace L ~,, 1 ea ',S, ,S; Time. I st ss st ','2, g •—.._.___ Company. Tier. ,i ) Ss, s?, :4 -2 ' o , a . A. , . ~... , 18 5 1 0 - . Ps g C.P £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. ' g 0 Li enibsr ... Bet • 254 150 14 o 43 6 0 194 0 0 ——— -- --•——. .......... _....... ..._.... a 1 852 '• • • 774 455 8 6 143 9 6 598 18 0 ss ai luarr 7% - —8% -set n i •••• • • 1068 626 15 6 201 0 3 827 15 9 *ts 4 March .! •• •• 716 327 10 6 233 13 9 561 4 3 _ Ap r i l .•••• •• 1043 417 9 8 381 6 0 798 15 8 t 'M ll% it% May '•••• •• 1028 425 0 5 367 0 9 792 1 2 Ih. I 3 ts Jun e ;'•• •• •• 1044 420 15 0 359 17 3 • 780 12 3 JOly •••• •••• 1002 413 2 7 347 6 6 760 9 1 3 % —aturdays only. 5 ' b On S • Augu st ••• •• • • 1117 455 7 1 369 18 0 , 825 5 1 13 ePternb ''' • • 1298 526 17 5 446 14 6 973 11 11 October er .. • . 1231 502 1 2 410. 5 6 912 6 8 Direct Trains from the Boats marked t No ••• • • • 2024 829 211 649 14 9 1478 17 8 Omn - buses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London Deco nth er er " " 1475 909 4I 1 20 12 6 218 14 0 1148 11.5 every quarter of an hour. , 1853 • 2003 1223 11 2 . 307 2 5 1530 13 7 .an uary BRUNSWICK Iv lIARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. ***** • 20161211 7 5 296 12 41507 19 9 -- s--- ---c— WEEK DAYS, SUNDAYS. 180918894 8 3 3974 5 3 822 8 9 13691 2 3 _________ 0 0 ssi 0 a 0 • s '5 • . S IIIIM4 RINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY xi ..., .5 5 .542 23 .i . p• .-9., 23 •:,-, r., r.• .-. ,4 4 " '' ' Time " BETWEEN FRANCE and ENGLAND. Time. 0 li,i ‘ , 4 .‘' ' ,2 Z sg V. A 8 0 1715 6. r. 0 E 77 0T1 SOCIETY DE MAULEY and CO. P 4 -'1 A sa r 4 half IS 'Year e ssis HEREBY GIVEN that the DIVIDEND for the the rate of o — ug the 31st December, 1852, of Bd. per Share (being at ---' —---- -- ---- ' --' -- TILE at ther th at 'ts of £6 10s. per Cent. per Annum), will be PAYA d e Rtc.helieuf' e 2 f the Society, 30, Cornhill, London, and 83, Rue 911 ——— — 9 1 A zeat between"r's, on and aft TUESDAY, the Ist day of March , the h CT ScieTZSl'corip - ours of 12 and 4. • 11 —••-• 11 —.— Certificates must be left; at one of the offices of the sam d eo& r exa m ; Parte, Feb. 16, 1853.13 y nation two clear days before payment of the Divi- 2lh —1 214 order of the Manager, 4M -- ' —3% .... 5 .... J. C. SANDILANDS. 45% _ *5 . 'NO ACT OF PARLIAMENT REQUIRED TO SETTLE Passages marked * are run direct, .. TAT; WITTT:plim 12 - P - P ? rITTL 7 OPTCNTT Fore Cabin. Saloon. ' NO ACT OF PARLIAMENT REQUIRED TO SETTLE t THE BOTTLED BEER QUESTION. ARLE BROTHERS and CO. beg to inform or 4., the Public that they have made arrangements to Sell Bass's tl oil , oPp's PALE ALE, and other Palo Ales of the first quality, th 'tine DUBLIN STOUT, in Bottles manffactured expressly for o p), , containing the call IMPERIAL QUART and PINT MBA "I4 , at the following prices : zass'a or Allsopp's best Pale Ales, at per dozen im perial quarts .. • • •• •• •• Ditto ditto pints °a niline Dublin Stout, warrtuited of the first quality— Per Dozen imperial quarts .. .• .. 4 0 7 0 Ditto ditto pints • • • • • .. uieE a rle Brothers and Co guarant ee their Ales and Stout to be of Of th lin e e at quality, and earnestly invite the Public to avail themselves ix t b.. great sav'n they will make by honouring this firm )vith their le r t ._ Brethers and Co. call the attention of the Public to the im -441,1—"„ t_fact, that they are offering Three Gallons, that is, One DOzen )11 ' Half of the prelent miscalled Quarts and Pints, for a Lower 43,:etthin the Public is now generavy paying tQr Two Gallons, or tre w ,"en of precisely the same article, identacal in qua , ty, and T h ' bY the same eminent firms. II I : a(tvantage to the Public is one-third more for the same price. til e „' rublic has loudly complained of the sho,;. measure it has been eftetice of the dealers in Bottled Beer to give. h 0p ".. 4 11. brothers and Co. offer the Public a complete remedy, ant allY beg the Public to avail themselves of it. TERMS, CASH. in dPect, Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or from Gravesend and London.. •• •• 10d. .. Is. 2d. „ Gravesend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. , Os. lOd. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. ad. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 5/. Os. ; Six Months, 31. 05..; Three Months, 21. Os. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Fast and Commodious Packets to Let for Excursions. For Terms, apply to Mr. W. Moreau, Agent, Stir Office, lenchurch-street Ter minus, Blackwall Railway. February 18th, 1853. s. d. 8 0 4 6 PLAIN FACTS PROVED EVERY DAY.— Our object is business ; our transactions are with all classes ; our styles associate fashion and ease; our principles are economy, retrenchment, and fair dealing ; our goods are warranted the meat ingenious in their cut, and the most fashionable in style, the mate rials are not to be equalled for variety of pattern, excellency in manufacture or superiority of finish, the substances are suited to this season of the year, fit for purposes of business or pleasure, for daily wear or for balls and festivities. The nobleman may select his attire, or have his servants liveries in any style he wishes ; all orders being attended with correctness, dispatch, and economy. The business man has his dress for office wear, for travelling, for appearance in the city, or for comfort at home, he may clothe his children in the best and most comfortable attire, at a saving of nearly half the money he must have paid elsewhere. The working man has the best stock of goods to select from, ex pressly prepared fur his occupation or any other purpose, at charges lower than were ever known before. Everyone Is furnished with Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, or Hosiery, &c., &c., cheaper than at any other house in the City, or the provinces. Such are the plain facts proved every day at the east and west end establishments et E. MOSES and SON. s. d. topttiltetsoeharged per dozen, qu . arts .. 3 0 ditto pints •• • • .. 2 G Full credit given for the bottles when retuned. EARLE BROTHERS and CO., 4, birx Wine and Beer Merchants. •••••-__ a- MVON-STREET, TRAFALGAR-SQUARE, LONDON. NOTICE TO EMIGRANTS. The outfitting department at E. MOSES and SON'S is replenished with novel and as , ful articles designed for the comfort and conveni ence of Emigrants, the stock of C LOTHING, HOSIERY, &c , for Ladies and Gentlemen who are about to emigrate, is the best and cheapest in the world, and every class of emLtrants are furnished with goods required for a passage to Australia, or any other country, the charges are the lowest, and all the articles are superior to those obtained elsewhere. Emigrants should inspect their outfits as arranged in a separate department ke pt expresly for ou and tfitting. O u tfits complete, or any part f f them of the best quality, the lowest rices at E. MOSES and SON'S. Ship sailing po information, and full lists of outfits may be had on application, or st 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 the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANT OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments , as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all i communcating. Loudon West-end Branch , 506, 507, 508, New Oxfor dstreet, 1,2, 3, Hart-street, all communicating. B r adford (Yorkshire) Branch , 19 and 20, Brldge-street, Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot And Shoe Makers, end General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, Itreturned will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred , the money will be -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," c ontaining the Emigrant's Assistant, full llst of prices, and directions tor self•mea surement, may be had on application, or post-free , to any part of the kingdom. • A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1853 can be had gratis, on application. i mPoRTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Jaw Published, by IL Ballliere, 219, Regent-street, London. No I. A r- vm . gyo., in cloth, price ss. by post free, 55. 6d., 1 TRUE Az FALSE . SPERMATORRHCEA, (ri relati o nh the View t o the Correction of wide-spread Errors ihh,i.o the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Deb il ity of the - dve System, lr Sexual Hypochondria.sis. s ib Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD con tickford Is known to English readers by his frequent practl l'ilteS i t e ll i t 'lltions to German medical literature. This is the firs t etil nforms us, that he has addressed himself tope noti-medi detttt".,ser. we trust this may not be the lasf, if he shay, )(Av er other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his .I v 4 to enrrect."—London ' Medical Gantte, May 30, 1851. l' r oMised in a former number that ve should recur to this r . order to exhiit its aim wore c'earl. The lhes ' 4l thl,` at ge'verity th e impostors who make y a livelihood author by preying did .'m ere dulity of the public. The tribe or • Quiet Sy .nathisers,' t() .„ a i 1,0 11 th i edl eal Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book ;mint rs way into the hands of thcy,e who suffer ;rum th cora sot p Erve' :, which it treats, we are satisfied that many hindreds would itss Much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of ~,,l'eTtarlee, though it is that which the quacks most prize— This volume is well qualified to put an end to the merit` system o; treating Spermatorrhcea, an d . to place the treat ell t rp a rnore rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, do Much good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. No. 11. mt . /ft Ivo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post free , ds., 'tiltE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Princi. nAP ° ar n .. e % Sirn Ple. Safe, and Efficient, in oven its most Inveterate - nuar Intractable Forms. BY F. B. COURTENAT, ,! 1 1411 ~- - ter of the R oya l College of Surgeons of England. v r ° ol of his vi ew s he (Mr. Courtenay) has given , ar i of a su ccessfully treated, as bad % iv ., 3' whi ch great many cases Mr. Sy me . adduce e d as , " and on which he had operatedpert. te,.."' Of tw., X L , and Xi , ill. No. ix. had res sted, for a ii 'l_eVed ve years, the treatment by dilitation, !laid was finally *'action a 9 Many weeks. But cases 3c.‘ ill. and xis. appear, both n . s everity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag. ravels' ha, ....,, 41 nlent e .... —an ter than any detsqcd by Mr. Symo, ard yet , tha t - vror es oPted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently successful.' %,m• Azar* on the Treatment of Stricture. . - Id Pon parle Franc/es. Qui si parla Itr liano. Hier spricht man Deutsch. Aqua se babla Espanol bit en • - --LVERWR - r,us NEW WORKS. To Le , Dos , i ect . s „ . * Lad of Sherwood, 23, Patemoster-row , Carvalho, ls Diann, 29, Corn hill. Price One Shilling each; by ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. C,,, i , " Health Nat ' E TS : — Earl Ir • ' , Recreation , and Rational Use of Time!! Dli a b_ . Y Ising—Spring forest, ~,, yin the Environs of London—The , and Summ Ea e r r k M s o L r an nin e g s s , — ILL - Itip, 4,,, -Yields, Iligh-roads and other pleasant places - Country 4,/,_...-fl., Rambles —The qtat, - 1 , the brarna—On ' Eating Drinkiag , Sleeping, Bathing, Air, 'lea' -London at Night—Evenings at Ho 179. e, -4se, Occupation, &e., Ste: Fur, IL .MENTS FROM THE FOUNTAINS. Two Yols. l elslT „, 4 0 THE LAKES; RKETCH OF EDINBITRGII, &C. .IL Tilt LA KES OF KILLAVo I RNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, Ice. • _ YVTIAT To EAT, DIIINK, AND ATOID, . A 1% , IM. three score years and ten oar course reay rim. n __ . v011e),.2',,_ii., _review of almost every form (cause and cure) of er s tile 3;4..(Yoted health and enfeebled constitution that harasse latt er . ..!!. the man of Pleasure, business or study, and em -1141%140T gets; vri,th tables and ndeisfor th e diet and physical regu eYerY-day Ws. TIIE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, ' tra: ,,_ . Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." l 'ent (m.O •"-Lif Pilgrimage from infancy to old age. The ad -4rue,,,,,'", a Passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties 11ye --cniseess and dissipation with illustrations, graphic, narra , And reraediative. AdvocaCy of early marriages. T. THE MARRIAGE STATE. p,,, zr . ,„ T Laws not to be, that is the question," Coq i.,:otlat—and obligations of nature, society, and reli elaak °`"`-cug marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and rli,,.:'' ,cri both sides, as to age temperament, complexion, and eag'lphysic 1 a secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. ld.etectiveltess and its removal, sterility milts conversion - 1 4 41i, ,r err. matte(lB24), Twenty %,-...FERWEL, 'M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. s, •five Tears Medical and Forensic Referee in there T o to .tt ? rico Is. ea c h ; b y post, is. 6d. ul of fihetwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Caryalho, 147, 4 1.4 e n et ; 41 aull, 39, Combat; or of M. It. Calyerwell, .14 to, .—Viace, Regent-street, who may co n su lted. daily from ItOcktioyektul Niue. MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL Li'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUIRE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University o: Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the Londoa Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. MAY be consulted, personally, or by - letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting dee from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro more misery in youth, degradation in ma h prema tureeddecay at all stages of life, than perhaps other , i classch and N edolus s. n the rctical experience cases known to modern pathologists. Long ', e ll e c t e h the e t e r r e e a t t sit causesen t o f e t f h s e e s l f e . a egelr diseases ed any other in exist rrieevsgeadnd disappointed hopes in h m a i s se p existence, traceable to certain ' • pernicious ha a b a i ld t, ' Debility, various forms of Insanity Unhappy Marti ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional and Unfruitful Marti akness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all menshould ng know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence,may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, how these penalties and how the evil and its consequences maybe t a that there is scarcely any degree of physi eal ided, and above all infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of y In an extensive pra ctice in the treatment of theseears been engaged com plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who,cielicate of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest , regardless has had the confidence, through the medium of the public r attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of to direct free. In selecting this department of practice, he has bee se n e a lety p i ; revs arded by the great success that has attended his efforts IT. the l treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified sad ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight. All letters mast contain the fee of 1/., and advice and medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. IsA'MERT should first obtain a copy of his work on SELF-PRESERVATION . 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PREROGATIVE COURT, FEB. 17. (Before Sir J. Dodson.) IN THE MATTER . OF THE WILL OF THE LATH EMPEROR NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, DECEASED. This was an application made on the part of the Lords of the Treasury, that the original will and codicils of the late Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte should be given out of the registry at Doctors' Commons, where they were now deposited, and delivered up to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, for the purpose of being trans mitted to the French Government. The Queen's Advocate appeared for the . Lords of the Treasury, and said that the will in question, with seven codicils, was proved in August, 1824, by Charles Tris tram Comte de Montholin, one of the executors, polver being reserved of making the like grant to Henry Gratian Comte Bertrand, and Louis Marchand, the other execu tors, and the effects of the deceased were sworn to be under the value of 6001. within the province of Canterbury. The learned advocate submitted there had been several instances in which wills had been delivered out of the registry of the court for the purpose of being depo sited elsewhere, and referred to the will and codicils of Mary Renton, widow which in the second session of Easter term, on the 19th of May, 1791, were ordered to be given up, that they might be deposited in the proper office for registering wills in Edinburgh. The will and codicil of Duncan Forbes, which on the 23d of Novem ber, 1792, were in like manner given up, in order that they might be again deposited in the proper office in the island of Grenada, where the original will and codicil had formerly been proved and deposited ; an on the 4th of July, 1839, the codicil to the wil d l of Sir Herbert Taylor, which had been delivered up to be recorded in the proper court, or with the legal authorities in France. In support of the present application, the Comte de Montholin and the Comte Marchand, the sur viving executors, bad executed a proxy, consenting to the will being delivered up as prayed • and an affidavit had been made by Lord John Russell, the Foreign Secre tary, to the effect that an application had been made by the French Government to her Majesty's Government that the will in question should be delivered up, and that her Majesty's Government considered it advisable, on grounds of public policy, that the application should be complied with. A further affidavit had been made by Mr. John Allen Powell, of Lincoln's-inn, the solicitor Who bad been employed to conduct certain affairs of the deceased Emperor, and who deposed that he believed all the personal estate belonging to the late Emperor in this country bad come into the hands of the executor to be by him applied in pursuance of the clauses of the will. Court granted the application instantly. The THE RECENT BEQUEST TO THE QUEEN. rums AND ANOTHER V. GOODRIDGE AND OTHERS. The Queen's Advocate said in this case he had to move the sentence in pcenum against the de defen his , dated the 10th of August, 1848, bequeathing the whole of his personal property and estate (which is valued at 250,00014 to her Majesty Queen Victoria, and appointed the Hon. C. B. Phipps, the Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse, Archdeacon Tatham, and James Stevens, Esq., executors. On the death of Mr. Neild, the execu tors voluntarily brought in the will on the 3d of Novem ber, 1853, for probate, and prayed that it might be proved in solemn form. The next of kin of the deceased had been duly served with citation to appear, and evi dence had been given of the due execution of the will and the testamentary capacity of the deceased, and ex pounded proxy. He now prayed the sente nce of the court, in pain the next of kin not appearing , and that probate decreed, and signed by the judges to be delivered out. EAST LANCASHIEE.—The half yearly meeting of this company took place on Wednesday at the Bury station. The tabular statement in the report showed an increase of nearly 11 per cent. on the gross receipts of the rail way, and an increase of nearly 13 per cent. of profit, as compared with the corresponding period of 1851. The directors recommended the declaration of a dividend of three per cent., from a co nv i c ti on that it had been I honestly earned in the half year, which was agreed to. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his Beat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. The Earl of CARLISLE presented a number of peti tions from places in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumberland, and Essex, praying for the distribution of Parliamentary papers; also a paper from the Scottish Anti-State Church Association praying that some measure be passed with regard to clergy reserves in Canada. TRANSPORTATION TO AUSTRALIA. Lord MONTEAGLE asked the noble duke the Secre. :ary of State for the Colonies whether it was the inten. ;ion of the Government to abolish transportation to Aus. ;radian colonies ? The Duke of NEWCASTLE 'said that when he had taken office he found that his predecessor had announced to the colonists of Van Diemen's :Land, that her Ma jesty's Government were prepared to abolish transporta tion to that colony ; and having conferred with the Secretary of State for th e Home Department, he was able to assure the noble lord that her Majesty's Government had come to the conclusion that it would be practicable and most desirable that transportation to Van Diemen's Land should cease, and that not another convict would be sent there. (Hear, hear.) With re gard, however, to Western Australia transportation would be continued to a limited extent. Lord CAMPBELL hoped that her Majestyls Govern ment would well consider before they took the step which had just been announced as their intention. He was of opinion that no secondary punishment could be substi tuted for it equally efficacious and. equally beneficial to the criminal. Lord BROUGHAM expressed himself, on the whole, nlentvAlthough he thop,g4tSbat eni - .Liar s unfavourable to transportation as a secon d a ry punish ' might - he so iiiilifbVed - tifir - mOdifi'... o supply the place of it. Lord ST. LEONARDS thought that transportation was the best secondary punishment yet discovered, and he hoped that her Majesty's Govern')." ent would not take steps to discontinue it beyond the necessities of the case. After a few words from the Duke of NEWCASTLE, the subject dropped. THE WAR IN AVA. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH postponed the question of which he had given notice until Thursday next. THE LORD-LIEUTENANCY OF IRELAND. The Earl of CARDIGAN apologised for intruding himself upon their lordships, but- made the importance of his topic his justification. He drew attention to the recent history of this question, and to the fact that one or two years since a measure for the abolition of the Lord-Lieutenancy bad been introduced under the direc tion of the present Secretary for Foreign Affairs—still Secretary he believed, though rumour called him the su pernumerary member of her Majesty's Government. That noble lord—for whom he had the highest personal regard—introduced the question of the abolition of the Lord-Lieutenancy. The other house came to divisions on that subject, and the majorities were in variably in favour of the measure introduced bythe noble lord. There was no reason either to suppose it was con sidered a party question, as those who supported it were of different parties. Thus the matter stood ; but, before putting his question to Government, he was anxious to make one or two observations. It seemed to him that those noble lords, who Nrre selected to fill this important post, were placed in a very equivocal and anomalous position when thus officiating as mock kings, or, to recall that expression as fictitious kings. He was perfectly aware that some of these noble lords, placed though they were in an awkward position, had rendered great service to their country. He remembered that a noble lord (Lord Clarendon) had evinced great talent, and taken great trouble in suppressing disturbances in Ireland ; and that more recently another (Lord Eglintoun) by the sound judgment, discretion, and tact he had shown during his Government of that country, had obtained a very general and a very well deserved popularity. Still he did not think that even if the noble earl had not occupied that position, the United Kingdom would in consequence have been dismembered, and he did think that the noble lords who undertook that position were exposed to very great difficulties. He would suppose a case. Some noble lord of the highest and most unblem ished character was selected for office over the other side of the water. The noble lord might be young in age, and younger still in the peerage of this country, but he was suddenly moved to the other side of the water to act as Viceroy of Ireland. He arrived in that country, and on his arrival there was a great parade of troops to re ceive him. Afterwards there were levees and drawing rooms, and there the new viceroy had to go through the form, he would not say of embracing, but of saluting 300 or 400 ladies. (Much laughter.) He would ask their lordships whether this was a position in which any noble lord ought to be-placed ? , Then came din ners and fetes at the castle—dinners and fetes which were very agreeable, and very useful as acts of hospi tality, and for the advancement of trade, but not neces sary for any one who did not wish to assume royal habits. The Lord-Lieutenant was surrounded by a splen did staff, but the principal duty which they had to per form was to carve the joints which were placed upon the vice-royal board. There was a Master of the Horse for instance, with, he believed, a very high salary, who had to superintend an establishment of six or eight long tailed horses. But there was more serious matter be hind. A great many of these staff officers were on full pay in cavalry and infantry regiments. They were taken away from the military duties of their regiments, and received salaries for their services on the staff. He thought that a very objectionable system. (Hear.) It was necessary that the Viceroy should go to the theatre, on which occasions he went through the streets of Dublin with a magnificent cavalry escort, and showed himself off to his admiring subjects. (A laugh.) These were only some of the follies and absurdities to which the establishment of a Vice-Royalty in Ireland gave rise, but he would now come to the office itself ; and he con fessed that from all the information which he had re ceived, he believed that that office did not tend to expe dite business, but led to various inconveniences. The chief of these was irresponsibility, for he was told that it was difficult to find out where responsibility lay. When parties went to the office of the Lord-Lieutenant in Dub lin, they wore told, "We can give you no decided answer—the matter rests with the Imperial Government." The parties then came over to London, and the answer they got was, "We can do nothing without the ad vice of the Lord-Lieutenant." The noble earl went on to complain of the frequent changes which took place in the office of Lord-Lieutenant, and of the manner in which they reviewed and sometimes reversed the acts of their predecessors. By abolishing the office the Government would effect a very useful and economical reform, and one which should have his firm support. He begged, in conclusion, to ask whether her Majesty's Government intended to carry into effect the measure announced by the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, when Prime Minister of this country, for abolishing the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland ? The Earl of ABERDEEN observed that, before answering the question of the noble earl, he might say that he did not think it necessary to enter into an in quiry how far it would be expedient or not to abolish the office of Lord-Lieutenant ; nor should he inquire into the various relaxations to which the noble earl had alluded, by which the anxieties of office were lightened. With respect to the measure introduced. by his noble friend when he was at the head of affairs in this country, the subject had no doubt engaged, more or less, the attention of Parliament and of their lordships' house ; but he believed he might say with truth that, whatever might have been the opinion of his noble friend at one time, his intention of abolishing the offic of lord-lieutenant was abandoned befo're he resigned the situation of Prime Minister. Whatever might have been the reasons which induced his noble friend to make that proposal, it was found that it would be received with so much aversion in Ireland, than any advantages which the noble earl had pointed out —even the abolition of fetes, and dinners, and parades—would not compen sate for the ill feeling which the measure would gene r ate inietnhde, mindshis f o o fth a e b penp o l n e e nfth intention atnon ntryi Hi s no bl e friend, before he left office. For his own part, he was afraid that Oen at the risk of losing the solid vote of the noble earl, he should not bo able to meet his expectations. herMajesty'sin saying pre sent hesitatio n The rea sons which appeared so strong to the noble earl unfor tunately had no weight with him ( th e Earl of Aber deen) ; but he was surprised th at the noble earl should not have urged those reasons i n the course of the last session. (A laugh). As the n oble earl, however had wereaedwhat Government, h e the e ldu intentionshavethat they had no intention of abol ishin g the office. now The Earl of WICKLOW expressed his disappoint ment at the answer which had been given by the noble earl at the head of her Majesty's Government. From the difficulties of communication between the two coun tries, it was formerly necessary that some person should reside in Ireland to exercise the prerogative of mercy. No such necessity existed'now, and if the offic e of Lord- Lieutenant was to be continued, at all events the prero gative of mercy ought no longer to be intrusted to a viceroy. The Earl of DESART fully acknowledged the ano maly of the present system, but considered that better reasons should be assigned than those which had been alleged for abolishing an office which had been in exist ence five centuries. The conversation then terminated. LAW REFORM. Tmhaekinnogbl the parties to e and le arne d Lord BROUGTIAIS la id on the ta ble a bill to extend to Scotland the prov isions of the act passed in 1851, to sui amend t s e x t a h m e law ab of lord took occasion to make some remark s on the scheme of law reform la tel y laid before the hou se by the Lord Chancellor, and chara cterised it as a n attempt to "mark time," without ma kin g an y real p ro g res s. i n l e a s evidence, witnesses. He approved, however, of the resolution of the Government to proceed with the Registration of Charitable Trusts Bills, and to make a digest of the law, than which nothing could be more important. The noble and learned lord had observed, also, on a subject in which he took an i n t eres t, th e question, not of abolishing trial by jury, but in certain cases giving an opti o .n to the parties. He admitted that it required great c o nsideration ; but he could not forget that the expe r ience of the County Courts, where parties had the opti o n of having a jury, or taking the decision of the judg in ninety-nine cases out of every hundred they did no I choose to have a jury. There were one or two other sub j-ects on which ho wished to express an opinion, but wi 3 en the bills were brought in, he should have abundant o rpportunity of discussing them. He hoped his noble and le a rued friend would apply his mind to other matters as v ell as those upon which he had given notice of his int , ntion to proceed; and su c h was his entire confidence in the good sense, learning, and experience of his noble > and learned friend, that he felt assured he would tre s .t them in accordance with those sound, rational, and i noderate views which he was known to entertain. (Che e rs.) The LORD CHANCEJ 1 LOR said ho could assure their lordships, and his 5 3 oble and learned friend in particular, that no one in i that house regretted more than he did that he had felt bound to make that state ment on a day when his n c ble and learned friend was not present in his place. But he would observe, it might well have been stir Iposed out of doors that he wanted to mark time it ta ttead of advancing, if he had not taken the very e: urliest opportunity of stating to their lordships, and tin nough their lordships to the country, what were the int Dntions of the Government on the important subject of I aw reform. Had he known that his noble and learned i Wend would so soon be in the house, he might, perhaps, have been induced to make _ that statement somewhat l a.ter. He took some blame to himself that he did not 3 'lake the inquiry ; but it did not occur to him that his n c 'ble and learned friend would not be there, so he gave no t ice on the first night of the session that on Monday he would .make the statement which he then did. He red retted his noble and learned friend was not present, b e cause he felt persuaded ho would have seen that he ('she Lord Chancellor) exhi bited no intention of markLa g time, but of advancing, s, - }te — was =sire-his -116131e - Wttil would wish' to do; - safely and surely. (Haar, hear.)- He had announced his intention of immediately • proceeding with the Regis tration Bill, amended, he he] ? ed, but certainly laboured on by him. He stated also th a t the Charities Bill, which was not exactly. the same as ; the bill introduced a session or two ago, was in such a state of progress, that he hoped in a short time to lay it on the table of the house ; and he showed that, havir tif the means, he intended practically and at once to p roceed with the digest of the statute law. Surely, then, he could not be said to be merely marking time. (H( rir, hear.) With regard to the observations of his nob) Ix) and learned friend on the question now before the col °mon law commission, as to the advisability of giving tl le option of trial by jury or not, if he had been repr !sented as pledging himself against that proposition,. h had either not expressed what he meant, or been ) nisunderstood. He merely said it required the gravest; consideration, because ,ad mitting that many questions, such as of common debts, might be ordinarily, gafely, , and perhaps better tried and decided by a judge, ith the intervention of a jury—assuming that he felt bound to own the advantage to the numen us body who perform the duties of jurymen at as: I izes, and who invariably left the court more intelligi ant than when they entered it, hesthought they ought nc et to make any change with out looking at the question .in every point of view. So far from having come to any - determination not to adopt the same view as his noble and learned friend, he might be brought to think that the advantage of a cheaper trial might be greate; than the disadvantage of mixing up duties in the administration c.f justice. He felt bound, in common with the whole ( x.)untry, to express his sense of the obligations under wl rich they rested to his noble and learned friend for the zeal with which he had ad dressed himself to this subje ct, and he could assure him he should always receive wi' most respectful attention any suggestion he might ma .1:e. (Hear.) The bill was then read a first time. A bill to supply an orals. on in the act of last session relating to the valuation of :rateable property in Ireland was read a first time, and r ic , tice given to pass it through all its stages to-morrow. Their hirdships then adjo,nrned. HOUSE OF COMM 3 'NS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chs sir shortly before 4 o'clock. ARREST OP A MEMBER. The Sergeant-at-Arms appeared at the bar and stated, that he had to acqu al nt the house, that in pur suance of the order which the house made yesterday, Mr. Frederick Dundas was mow in custody. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY moved that the hon. mem ber be discharged. The hon:. member had been detained in Paris by illness. Mr. R. PALMER, as ch:Lirman of the General Com mittee of Elections, thoughiy under the circumstances, the hon. gentleman ought to be discharged without pay ment of fees. _ _ - . _ . .. . Sir It. H. INGLIS would. not take upon himself the invidious task of opposing Ile motion, but he would take that opportunity of ret winding hon. members, that their first duty which they alved to the country was to be at the service of the house s. Mr. BOUVERIE said, n, > doubt illness was a good excuse, but as the hon men - o>er knew that his name was on the pannel for this week, he. ought to have taken care to inform the General Committee of Elections of his being unable to attend. Such an omission as this often caused the parties interested in the petition great and unnecessary expense. The motion that the h on. member be discharged was then agreed to, and the committee appointed to try the Bridgnorth Election Comirdttee, was shortly afterwards called to the table and swoim. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Lord EfOTFIAM, a new writ was ordered for West Worcester shire, in the room of General Lygon, who had gone to the. 'Upper House. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Leave was given to bring in a large number of Pri vate Bills, and they were brought in accordingly. The Great Extra-mural Cemetery Association Bill, and the Groat Northern Railway (No. 1) Bill, were read a second time, and ordered to be committed. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented from postmen, pray ing for an increase in their salaries. Sir It. H. INGLIS presented a petition from the Pelican Life Assurance Society, on the subject of ter , minable annuities. Mr. SMITH presented a petition against the admission of Jews into Parliament ; and another against the open ing of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Lord D. STUART presented a petition from Maryle bone, praying the house to address her Majesty on the subject of the case of Edward. Murray. Mr. SPOONER presented a petition praying for the abolition of the grant to Maynooth. Mr. W. BROWN presented a petition from a board of guardians, in Lancashire, praying for an amendment of the Law of Settlement, in so far as it related to illegi timate children. Mr. RICE presented a petition from Dover against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Lord R. GROSVENOR presented a petition from the Law Society of Great Britain, praying for the removal of the Courts of Law from their present site to a more con venient locality. Mr. E\VART presented a petition from the hop growers of Kent, against the proposal for levying the hop duty by average. • Mr. HUME presented a petition from the native in habitants of Madras, praying to be heard before the India Company, either by themselves or their agents, on the subject of the government of India. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. H. BERKELEY gave notice that shortly after Easter he should ask for leave to bring in a bill for the protection of the voters by ballot. Mr. HUME gave notice that this day fortnight he should call the attention of the house to the number of articles at present enjoying protection. Mr. OLIVEIRA gave notice that this day fortnight he should call the attention of the house to the wine duties. Mr. MOORE gave notice that to-morrow he should ask the noble lord at the head of the Foreign-Office what were the intentions of Government with regard to the Established Church in Ireland. COUNTY COURTS. Mr. CRAUFORD wished to ask the, Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the new rules of costs in county courts, which have long been drawn up and settled by the committee appointed for that purpose, would be published. Lord PALMERSTON said the judges still had a scale of costs under their consideration, and when they approved of it it would be published. LIGHTING THE HOUSE. Sir DE LACY EVANS wished to ask the Commis missioners of works, whether any steps were taking to amend the present defective method of lighting the House of Commons and to remove the present un seemly lights from the ceiling. Sir W. MOLESWORTH said the lighting of the house was capable of great improvement, and during the Easter Recess he should take steps to carry out such improvements as were necessary. MINISTERS' MONEY. Mr. FAGAN wished to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether it was his intention to bring in a bill for the abolition of Ministers' Money before the Easter Re cess; and, if so, whether he would do so before the Irish Assizes commenced ; in order that members representing Ireland should be in attendance. Sir J. YOUNG said the question was still under the consideration of the Government, but he hoped to bring in a bill on tho subject shortly after Easter. ARTERIAL DRAINAGE. Sir T. BURKE wished to ask the Secretary to the Treasury if there was any objection to lay on the table of the house a copy of the instructions issued by the Treasury to Richard Griffith, Sir William Cubitt, and Mr. Rendel, civil engineers, who had been appointed as commissioners for inquiry into the arterial drainage of Ireland. Mr. WILSON said there would be no objection. SECONDARY PUNISHMENTS. In reply to Sir F. KELLY, Lord PLLMERSTON said be was not prepared to HOP DUTIES. Mr. FREWEN presented a petition from the hop planters of the county of Sussex and Weald of Kent, and others interested in the cultivation of hops, assemi bled at a public meeting held on the 14th day of D ecem 4 ber last, praying for a total repeal of the excise duty on hops. The hon. member then proceeded to move " that the excise duty on hops is impolitic and unjust ; and ought to be repealed." A deputation which had waited upon the noble lord who was lately at the head of the Government had received no support, and, there fore, had urged him to bring the subject before the house. In the year 1849 the duty had been 145,6931., in 1850 424,7021., in 1851 and 1852 236,623 i., so that the aver- ' age was little more than • 200,0001. per annum. This tax was first imposed in 1711, and considerably increased in 1802. In 1805 it had been decreased 2d. in the pound, but even now it amounted to nearly 141. per acre. A large crop in fact, which ought to be a blessing, is by the operation of this law actually made a curse. In some cases the amount of duty paid for the hops grown upon 1 five or six acres out of a hundred, actually exceeds the rent of the whole farm. He could prove that within the 1 last fortnight four-fifths of the hop planters of Sussex had signed a petition for the total repeal of this tax. He was aware that a meeting had been held at Maidstone, at which resolutions had been proposed hostile to the re peal of the hop duty, but thi s wou ld on ly show that the gentlemen who passed those resolutions held in their hands an improper monopoly. He was awar,thqt to-day. alave doputation had waited upon the head,of the Government ' CliiiicAlpir of, the. M , lehequer,- -- graying,-tharlia tax -might • not-he repealed; and it was natural for planters of ample means to expect, by the operation of this Large tax, to beat down opposition. The operatiozi of the tax was to drive a large portion of the land out of cultivation, and this surely was impolitic, and with these views he had brought forward the present measure. Mr. FULLER was understood to agree with the measure of the hon. member for Sussex. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER trusted that the house would not now be led into the discussion of the question: He would freely admit to the hon. gentleman that the case of the county of Sussex was un doubtedly a hard one, as compared with some more favoured districts. But lie regretted not to be able to go any farther with the right hon. gentle man. The opinion of the hon. gentleman 'that the tax was of slight importance to the Exchequer was erroneous. Considerable importance was attached to the 300,0001. raised by this tax. It was, however, im politic to consider any single tax by itself. It was im politic to remove a tax before it was decided how to raise the necessary expenditure of the year. He was convinced that the house would not sanction this motion. It would soon now be seen what was the estimated expenditure for the year, and then, if the revenue of the year exceeded that expenditure, it would be time for the honourable member to bring forward his measure. He entertained no doubt that the house would refuse to adopt the motion of the right hon. gentleman. He had been called upon by an hon. member to give up the whole of the advertisement duty, and he had heard that night of a motion to be brought forward for the repeal of the wine duties. It was his duty to give a negative to the motion before the house. Mr. BALL should vote against the continuance of the tax, and was confirmed in this intention by what had fallen from the Chancellor of the Exchequer with regard to its inequality. The removal of this tax was only carrying out that free-trade principle which had been confirmed by the house. Mr. DEEDES was sorry to say that it was not the first time he had opposed the member for Sussex on mo tions of this sort. It seemed to him that it was the intention of the honourable member to play Sus sex against all England, but he hoped that the umpires would see to the fairness of the game. The attempt to repeal the hop duty by a planter, was a sui cidal act. Mr. F. V. HARCOTJRT, in a few words, whioh were inaudible in the gallery, was understood also to oppose the motion. Mr. BRIGHT rose to protest against the doctrine of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He (Mr. Bright) would give his support to the hon. gentleman, having no notion that they should thrust aside the interests of their constituents and their own strong feelings with re gard to any particular tax, just to oblige whoever might hold the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer for the time being. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME hoped the hon. member for East Sussex would pay no heed to the rebuke which the Chancellor of the Exchequer had administered to him ; for neither the hon. member nor anybody else would ever do any good if they followed the advice of a Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Laughter.) He (Mr. Hume) candidly confessed that he had expected very different things from the right honourable gentleman —a disciple of the late Sir Robert Peel—(hear)—than the enunciation of such a principle as he had laid down that night. The hop duty was a bad tax in every one of its aspects ; and when one county was found fighting one way and another another way with respect to it, the right honourable gentleman ought to perceive that there was a combination against the consumer. Ho thought it was a great point gained to have the tax con demned by a resolution of the house, because it ensured its repeal or revision, as the case might be, as early as the finances of the country would allow of it. After a few words from Mr. ALCOCII, Mr. FREW= replied, and the house divided : For the motion. Against. , . 91 . 175 , • ---84 Majority against THE MADIAIS Mr. KINNAIRD moved that an address should be pre sented to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to take such steps as she may deem most fitting for bringing under the notice of his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke of Tuscany the strong feelings prevailing among a large number of her Majesty's subjects in consequence of the persecution now actively begun in Tuscany of these who, secretly or openly, profess principles held by her Majesty, in common with the majority of her Majesty's subjects in this United Kingdom, which persecu tion appears likely to increase in intensity through the de cree lately promulgated, which re-enacts the penalty of death against the so-called " depravers of the religion of the state He asked for the attention of the house while he stated the reasons which had induced him to bring forward this motion. The fact was that a cruel and atrocious sen tence had been passed upon two individuals—in humble life, it was true, but of nnimpeached character—and when the tidings of that sentence had reached thiS country, sor row and indignation prevailed generally amongst all classes of the population. That feeling was not confined to this country, for in every Protestant state of Europe the same feeling of indignation was experienced. It was not even confined to the continent of Europe, but it was felt beyond the Atlantic. (Hear, hear.) The American people had expressed in the most unmistakeable language their sym pathy for the case of the Madiai, and the President of the United States and the Minister for Foreign Affairs in that country not only sent a dispatch to the Government of the Grand Duke, asking for the release of those unfortunate person, but, if he were credibly informed, they had also offered to send a vessel to receive those persecuted people, with the intention of giving them an asylum in the United States, and providing for them hereafter. He wished that in this country they had also taken that noble course. He wished to prove to the house that this case of the Medial. was not an isolated case, and he thought he shduld be able also to prove that it arose from an ecclesiastical re action; that it was symptomatic of a determination on the part of the heirarchy of the Church of Rome to put down Protestantism by force wherever the civil power would aid them in so doing. (Hear, hear.) It was on that ground he asked the House of Commons to call upon her Majesty's Government to invite the other Protestant powers of Europe . to join them, and in concert with Prus sia and Holland to enter a remonstrance , not ire dictato rial tone—not in a tone of menace—but in the name o m f ore ligion and humanity firmly and energeticallL , re hear.) strate against this great act of tyranny- (li and tll within a very Tuscany had stood for a long period, who followed in from the fact of its having mild rulers, recent period, in happy contrast who towards the end of the footsteps of Peter Leopold, t theother Italian states, the last century, when law reformwas not so popular as at present, effected a great r eform in share of civil and l the laws of his country, and secured for Tuscany a g reater u reli gious liberty than was enjoyed by any other of the Italian states. was never estab states. It was the fact the liaised in Tuscany, and that the canon law was never an. preme th er e ; and those unfortunate . people who were, as most unjustly and illegally convicted, had d under the very laws that were made to se that was now • c the liberty of conscience . . invaded. h b e een be co lie n v ri e . d ete , (Hear, h ea r.) In the year article 1848icle, ofa cwohnisethituatllmnw existings granted formsnted to Tuscany, by the of worship were not only tolerated but permitted. (Hear, bear, hear .) Under the protection of that constitution, a number of Florentines had enjoyed the adv an t age of at tending Protestant worship in that city in the churches conn ected with the English and Prussian embassies. Ser vice was performed in the Italian language, and a con siderable number of Tuscan subjects attended for a con siderable time withoutbeing interrupted. (Hear, hear.) It was in Juanuary, 1851, that, for the first time, the Go vernment interfered, and prevented their subjects from at tending those places of worship. He believed that police agents were placed at the doors, and all citizens who ven tured to worship God according to what they believed to be the rights of conscience were marked men, subject to the surveillance of th e po li ce . I n a ver y s h o rt time after wards 400 mandates were issued by the police, telling the parties to whom they had reference that, if they wor shipped God in that form, they would be subject to from eight to sixty days' imprisonment. In the month of February, Count Ricciardini, a man who had never taken part in politics, and of unimpeached character, was told that a decree was passed forbidding him to enter a Pro testant church under pain of imprisonment. In th.e, month of March he was informed by the police that he gave up attending service he would individ LIY" have liberty to read the eciiptru-es in kis own house ; but that nobleman declined to avail himself of any such privilege, but stood on the rights of a citizen of Tuscany, secured to him by the constitution. Ho declined to re ceive any favour individually, but contended for the rights of his poorer brethren, and finding that he would be sentenced to banishment on that account, he preferred to endure a voluntary exile, and quit a country where he could not worship God according to his conscience. On the 25th of April power was given to the police to send persons into banishment for a year for any religions or po litical offence, and under that edict persons were seized and sentenced to banishment. Between that time and the 26th of August the arrests continued, but on the 26th, as would be found by referenoe to papers on the table, an Englishman, Mr. Walker, and two Florentines, were waiting to see Madiai at his house, when the police entered, and they were searched and taken to prison. Madiai, on his return, was also taken to prison, And, on the following day, th e Wife, Rosa Madiai, and her maid servant, were also conveyed to prison. In September, a young clerk in the post-office was arrested upon the charge of possessing a Bible. For no other offence he was taken from his family, and had not since been released. On November the 25th, a decree was issued, charging Francesco Medial and Rosa Medial', his wife, with impiety, and the right to condemn them was attempted to be established under the 50th arti cle of the Leopoldine Code. By that article it was declared that whoe ver s h ould attempt to profane the divine mystery by disturbin g th e sacred functions, or commit any other public i m pi ety, or publicly w ith t hattackmost ue, theho ly ‘ y Catholici reli gion, sho u ld b e considered as an enemy exemplar and a disturber of society, an d punished go ur. Any r person who read that would see that it merely referred to any public act, and the question was very d argue in the Law Revi ew, by Mr. Davenport Hill, the ab the Recorder of Binedegliarn. The offence with which they were charged was that for conducting family th e i r worship in house, but to be a publi c overt was explained by worship e A t torney-General onn their trial ainst the Catholic faith. The evidence given on the trial in favour of Rosa Madiai was very remarkable. All the witnesses spoke of her as one who was not only tolerant to their religion, but who was in the habit of impressing upon them —that is, upon an Catholics—the duties of beeping its observances so long as they continued within it. Her whole life seemed tao be a series of acts of charity. She interested h erse lf with mas ters that their ser van t s might be at liberty to attend mass, and the Public Minister hireself, in his speech, said that the acts of goodness, of probity, and of benevolence of Rosa Medial caused him to grieve for her separation from the Catholic faith, but could not lessen the effect of the act she had committed. There was a poor blind man whom she used continually to lead to mass, and go again to lead him home from it, so far was she from possessing anything of that spirit of proselytism that was attempted to 4afietehed upon her. (near.) When sentence was promo:need, it, mated the.grmtmt sensation throughout Tuscany. He was, told;thatAho judges were esotaansanimous m sertenttr: VfeCe' were five jitti gee—two were in favour of pardon, two for a conviction. The president of the court gave the casting vote, and he was credibly informed that ho was almost unable to conclude so much did his voice falter. The strongest feeling was displayed by the public, and the verdict was received with shouts'of " Gli assassini, gli assassini (the assassins, the assassins)—they have suc ceeded." He held in his hand a translation into French of the decree, to which ho begged to call the attention of the ,house. He expressed his regret that such a law as that under which they were convicted should now be revived to intimidate, and to be carried into execution against unfortunate people who conceived that they were guaran teed in their liberty by the constitution. (Hear, hear.) The reason why he (Mr. Kinnaird) appealed to that house was that this case of the Medial was not an individual in stance of persecution. There were not only hundreds but thousands in that part of Europe who were positively living under a reign of terror. He had recently received a letter stating that there were vast numbers, beyond any conception, in prisons for the like supposed offences. He now took the first opportunity that had presented itself of expressing his gratitude to the noble lord (Lord J. Russell) for his recent dispach on this subject. (Cheers.) That dispatch only con firmed him (Mr. Kinnaird) of the importance of bringing public attention to bear on this point. There was on matter which he died not gather from the papers before the house, but of the truth of which he was credibly informed. He referred to the conduct of the King of Prussia in this matter, of which he thought it behoved that house to speak with great praise. The moment that Monarch heard of the sentence on the Madiai he wrote to his minister at the court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, expressing his deep sympathy with the cause of those unfortunate persons ; and he (Mr. Kinnaird) was credibly informed that the King of Prussia had instructed his minister at this court to propose to her Majesty's Government a united representation on the sub ject. He (Mr. Kinnaird) could not remove the conviction from his mind, that if at that period the suggestion of the King of Prussia had been acted upon—if this country, in concert with the King of Prussia, the King of Holland, and the Government of th e United States—being the chief Protestant powers—had addressed a representation to the Grand Duke of Tuscany on this subject, not in a menacing or dictatorial tone, but in firm and energetic. language, and not, as had been done, in an unofficial manner, he could not but think that the Grand Duke would have shrunk from the responsibility attaching to his conduct in this matter. Ho thought, too, looking at the state of Europe, there were not wanting facilities for such an alliance, which would be productive of the very best effects. He knew there were many honourable members who thought that house would not be justified in interfering in this matter, because it was one between the Tuscan Govern ment and its own subjects. He thought that proposition had been admirably answered in the dispatch of the noble lord (Lord John Russell) on the table of the house. (Cheers.) But he would remind the house that this was not the first time the Protestant powers had been called on to interfere on behalf of their persecuted brethren on the continent. In 1709, by the treaty of Utrecht, there was a special provision entered into between Great Britain, Prussia, and Holland, for the protection of the Waldenses in the exercise of their religions liberties ; and there was a time when a ruler of this country —one whose name must be dear to every Englishman_ compelled Cardinal Mazarin to interpose with the Duke of Savoy for the purpose of putting an end to the atrocities practised upon those Wal densian Christians. The bigoted James IL, too, actually sent Lord Stair as an am b assa d or t o the ourt of Louis Qnatorze, when the Huguenots were condemned, to re monstrate on their behalf ; and it would be remembered that on that occasion when Louis said to Stair, " What would you say if I were to ask yon to release your con victs," the ambassador, with great quickness and ingenuity, answered, "If your Majesty wants to claim those unfortu nate persons, as we now do them as brethren, they shall be released immediately." (A laugh.) He would not de tain the house further on that point. He did, however, trust that the noble lord (Lord John Russell) would not oppose his motion, and that he would not cease to use his best efforts on behalf, not only of the Madiai, but of their Protestant brethren generally on the con tinent, wherever they might be suffering per secution in respect of their faith. He (Mr. Kinnaird) did urge and trust that the voice of England would be raised, and that that house would not be intimidated from expressing plainly and boldly it s op i n i on on this subject, and from using the moral weight of this country on behalf of their persecuted brethren on the Continent. (Cheers.) Lord DUDLEY STUART, in seconding the motion, said that seldom had any event on the Continent excited the feelings of the inhabitants of this country so much as the case of those unfortunate and persecuted Madiai. It was no wonder that it should be so, for the people of this country had always felt a deep,sympathy with their Pro testant brethren all over the world. The feelings of the British people in this respect had been reflected in the acts of their rulers. Cromwell interposed with energy on be half of the Protestants of Prance ; and we had treaties re lating to the Vaudois and Waldenses, signed by William 111. and Queen Anne, which stipulated that those Chris tians should enjoy, undisturbed, the exercise of their re ligion in the valleys of Piedmont. At different times, also, the representatives of this country at foreign courts had received instructions from the Government when the stipulations of those treaties were violated or interfered with ; and the Protestants, thus protected by England, continued to enjoy their liberty until the French got pos session of those countries, and then, under the French regime, they assumed the rights of free citizens once more. We should have treaties with foreign states for the pro tection of their Protestant subjects in the same way as we had had treaties with the kingdom of Sardinia andthe Dukes of Savoy for the purpose o f protecting Christian s in the exercise of their religion. The proposal implied in the motion was no innovation. We had treaties for the t ra de with various countries of the prevention of the slave not have treaties with foreign world ; and why should n debar themselves houldfrom the states, by which they s only for obeying the dic tates of their own consciences. ting their subjects, sin of persecuting It was contrary to the well as to the dictates of Christian reli gion, humanity, as rule of doing to others as we should and the golden for religious us, to persecute a man wish them to do to principles, which was he forced by his conscience to ac knowledge. For his part, he felt sentiments of re gr et an d indignation when . contemplating any person subject to per secution on account of his religion ; and he applied that principle in the largest sense. (Hear, hear.) He was not only against the persecution of Protestants, Jews, Roman Catholics, Greeks, or any particular religious sect, but he was—and he desired to raise his voice to say it— against persecution of all sorts on accounUof any form of religion, and wheresoever it might be professed. (Hear, hear.) Protestants, unhappily, were not the only religion ists who had been persecuted. In times past, as they knew, others had been dealt with in the severest manner by men actuated by the sincerest motives. A. poet had said, somewhat irreverently, apostles would have done persuaded ,sthy did." "Chri c s al t a i l a tht n ho s lie h c a s vehadburnbteenpersecuted each quite as much as other, q any omm o a t n h at ers. Those persecutions ere horrible enough, but it was scarcely less horrible at the country, which was and not raise a voice wh en T r they had( been show n to be, by ur th o e Pe G , cany. He might be me t b y the great Protestant count ry ,t o h te e st a a r n gi t l s w me e n r t e t pe h r a s t eute we cd, as ought ra sh n o d ul D d u s k ta c: n o d f a T loo us f . motion . of his moat not to interfere with by force of arms in this case. He not proposed to interfere an independent state. But it was thought th e • p . rope h r is on h e o , n f o o i r ira it b w le a f i rr o n t d pro (_ po Nfr. se Kin d to iiinateirr(lfewrea_tyaviolence. Besides, could the Grand Duchy of Tuscany be altogether called an indepen dent state ' seeing that, it was in the occupation of a forei gn army. (Hear, hear)? Tu scan y was ru led by foreigners, by the Austrian Grand Duke, who was the nephew of the I,s,te Emperor Francis—him of the Holy Alliance, and cousin to the pre sent Emperor. He belonged to that Imperial family of Hapsburg which had been always distinguished in Europe for its religious persecutions. Of the Grand Duke himself, he believed it might be said he was disposed to beneficence and kindness. Tuscany, under his ,`rule, had enjoyed a great degree of prosperity which had always been pointed to by the friends of despotic Government, as an example of how happy a people might be under such a rule, and had often been a subject of despair to liberal men, who contended that no country ought to be placed under any but a constitional form of GOVernment. The Grand Du ni ke had also shown his disposition to kindness and humanity by abolishing the punishment of death in his grand duchy , ii f c o o r n p s i r ti c r: i d e a i t ol y b it ahliaod e:iinic e t was the Austrians had h ad p ossession of the country. It did not ex H ec e u b t e i li on ev s punishment had been used in Tu not been used for a gr eat many years' loifshLeudeca th.roThughatouptuanillshbulisednotnhnandiobie; scany, but t twenty years since iciaapditbaalen military seem that this act of persecution was even done at the desire of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. The country was now entirely held by an Austrian army, and history showed that the house of Hapsburg had been at all times the most ' distinguished for religious persecution. In Belgium, it was c omputed that 30 , 000 Protestants'. had lost th e ir lives by persecution ; in Spain a great number had been sacri ficed in the same way. lloliem ia was converted from the Protestant religion to that of the P vomanCatholic by being made a complete desert ; and historians told them that no less than two millions of people had been sacrificed for the