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Beef, scl to 6d; al, Gd to 6id st, 5s 3d to Os Oa skins, 33d to 4.1 ba,lo f ROYAL BRITISH BANK, on the i;;Scottish System (Incorporated by Charter), besides the tran- Z t of all Ordinary banking builness, grants cash credits, allows taissor deposits and balances occurrent accounts, and issues pro ow_ Y notes or bills, and circular letters of credit, and drafts or bn,. 4 7f!PaYable to the bearers on demand, or at any date, in any im .;:z7 town at honie or abroad, and which, for merchants and tra- Ir e 77 possem some Peculiar features of economy, safety, and utility th e 7 l 'leci terms of business will be communicated on application at 77, /3 : (1 oflice, Tokenhonseyard ;or at the branches-429, Strand, "4e-street, Lambeth ; and 97, Goswell-road, Islington. HUGH INNES CAMERON, General Manager. CARMARTHE N and CARDIGAN RAIL• co mp ,Aj and CARDIGAN HARBOUR IMPROVEMEn 4 • Lin t' ti l;l46' I.— Notice is Hereby Given, that the porlod fl , r , receiving TIONS for SBA REB. in the above Company . is extel!ded rec e i ved T URDAY, the 24th inst ., to which day aPPlica6nas will be in the following' form • To the Directors of the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway and. Cardigan Harbour Improvement Company. CleUtlen i thi s c 0..... ell.—l request less num that you will , Hot to mo shates in and I hereby woe to talc•, that, or any . Far za, rn , Y• be allotted to me, and to pay • the deposit of 1/ : is. tat all calls thorLon, and sign the parnamen 3 Dated this e baro la t : l b et :P e a : n ci Y a xls;udbscribers' agreement when required by 3011. • day of__ , 1853. Name In full .... •• • • •• • • • • • • • • Address•••• .• • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Profes4lon • • • • •• • •• • • • • Reference • •• • • ••••••••• • • •• Ores OWEN BOWEN, Secretary. of the Cclnnany, 29, Threadneedle-street London. • ci c itEAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY NOT COML . ' A NY. °ENE H EREBY GIVEN, That an EXTRAORDINARY sula kAL MEETING o f S h areholders of the Great Indian Penh ,. lielailwaYeolnpany will be held at the Offices of the Company, taliErOdd-street, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 11th day or juHarY, 1 854, at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, for the purpose of f Dl+ejointo c onsideration a correspondence between the Board o ~IPQctrirsne°rfitallh'is Company and t - e Hon. East India Oomp_a . ny, xpe ng the appropriation of the whole of the secopd 5 0 ' 0 1 01 'f. of tstr 4 cant al referred to in the resolutions passed.at d ai! Octob e ° ,! l .,‘ l narY Meeting of the Company, held on the glst ot most„__ i.itst, and to take such measures as may to the meeting seem Ilirthwedient and desirable in 'reference thereto, and for raising c apital, _ . (Signed) W. J. HAMILTON, Deputy-Chairman. CORNELIUS NICHOLSON, buperintending 3 Director. London, Dec. 23, 1853. E AST- INDIA HOUSE, December 21, 1853. int) for Court of Directora of the East India Company PURL I S El, the D'''-;,,l.ormation of the Proprietors of PROMISSORY NO TES of be r ' p Tri-oIGAL FIVE PER CENT:IIIThrIB4I-42 whd.resy not l otae,d 4 E 4 at In India, the %Rowing Notification; has been Clazet t .citle Governmnt of India and publiilirt in -R4traordinary"e of the 28th' of October,e the "Calcutta 1853: 1' No. 34. • "Fort William, Financial Department, Oct. 28, 1153. " NOTIFICATION. e.is hereby given that all the notes of the Five "perCe l nt t . L fie e. date the 30th June, 18,41, from No. 19,001 to the as n _,et on the register, will -be dischhrged at the General Treasury, • , ii,etta, on the 30th of January next, on which date the interest will cease. zaitt'Jelirietors of notes hereby advertised for payment are ,per their'', on or:before 30th of January next, to transfer the amount of the r4Ptre°mlssery notes into a New Loan, which shall Sear interest at Orb_ of four per cent..per annum, Pad able half-yearly on jhe 31st ..7'etaher and on the 30th of June. bewl.orePrietors who may transfer their promissOry notes into this the an, -tkrotigh the government agent, shall not be subjected to age,..437ient of the tees prescribed in the rules of thegovernment 7 e 3 1 ; for transferring notes from one loan to •anothe . loa n , officers authorised to receive subseriptlens to government ditla t pe hereby required to receive applications in writing from in ' the ne'4 w ho may. desire to transfe r th e amoun t of their loans i n t o " Ti % ), ? E' eat Per Cent. Loan. t 'ke to " applications, together with the promissory notes in refer , - ..eXpe n ,,2 v hleh they may h ave b een rece i ved. S h a ll , w i t h out fee or an_y kind to the proprietor be transmitted to the Deputy entry i.,,'General at Fort William, ' who' will ,inntivrith cause an kid g 1, 7, be made on the face of the note, aclynoWledging thetransfer, Th-11348 the-number of the note on the register of the new lean. I,o teh n _ehtry shall be deeined tantamonnt tn' the issue of l a a new Yea4,-,`•l-rhlg interest' at 'four per cent per annum, payable half the f" °II the 31st December and the 30th Of June, and . shall be In 011ertving f • 01111: 45 Of the Fouiper Cent. Loan of 1854-55. '3' transfer. • ._ 58 crest is pay a bl e on thi s no t e a t t h e rate of four per cent. per 4 th et'ulin:bY half-yearly instalments, o n th e 31 s t o f D ecem b er and the e fiv e . r „ 111 Pt settlement of the principal and Interest, at the rate of illeejr,eent. per annum to the date of.advertif notes discharge ,will the :nth Proprietors who.fnay tendeetheir mites for transfer into 1- N4B 'l ll l ° B a ; Provided, howy.ver, thalt the - pyitlcipal only , drill be tiv e, and that the interest, up to tho 39t1nof Januatielu th..",„,.e discharged .in cash, as well as anticliition; Zest - up "I t ,wth of - June, 1854. Amber notified that the Most Noble the Governor General locuunaveil has, for the accommoilation orpropriefors, who are not in t le t ithorised the Deputy' Accountant-General to allow the condf spliL7ansfer of .their notes to thii New troor Per Cent. Loan, on the e o , s ' 4- 1 0 n to agents yr friends, leaving. it (vio-al with proprietors ev er :',",-llin the tranef,,r or to require payment in dash, provided, how kop.tnat no 'azalea disallowing the tratister will be reneivett offerers 4 'll from the present date: • . after Promissory Promissory notes ,/ the new loaf will not be repayable until Verti;' e ,axpiration of tr , ree months froth notice of payMent duty ad her to the alcutta C Gazetouncil. n , te' under the autlaority o r th e G ore rneral of India; in kik 9bilsh,d ciL by °Mei of the MOst Noble the - GoY erno i,G enera i COUn (Signed) "-C. ALLEN, Secretary to the Goyernlnent of India." JANIEB: C. • NI E LVI•LL, -Secretary. Z, a r - t7" - - -- - • 1 4 - 1 , p E .- . AB -S.; U R A N , 0 .8 ; ,tt ~,,R, , EPORT, of the SELEC C COMMITTEE of the ROUSE 41 111 .44. N10X5, and the DEPOSIT SYSTEM—the New and ikrtant Feature of Life Assurance adopted by The DEPOSIT Th 4 .'SERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. ki,te-e : foli. itek owing is an extract from the Report of the Select Com ‘lttE :OBJECTS which .persona HAVE IN VIEW IN EFFECTING IN 401,ncEs upon their lives, are GENERALLY OF AN ImPORTANT AND kiLo , IN chnicte viz., the PROVISIoN FOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS Ir ah - ' l. the , death of their NATURAL PROTECTORS; unlike any ordinary 111,, , actiou of trade, a coNTBAcT oNVE ENTERED INTO CANNOT BE es4AligED on ABANDONED, if doubts of the stability of an )4, s hould arise, * WITHOUT A SACRIFICE OF PREMIUMS PAID IN V ti0,,, 1-4 lts and the necessi'y M. effecting new policies in other of the at i ncreased rates of premium, owing to the greater age a tAPpy I,.._ 4, nred ; persons are thus placed in the ANXIOUS AND UN -4,..II4IItrimiT•EMMA OF BEING COMPELLED TO PERSEV E RE IN PAYING L" the i' r,,om YEAR TO YEAR, with SOME suspicion and d ou bt as -. opt `" n ate advantage of doing so, oa OF INCURRING THE BE -40% t'as T . vr 4,,,, Wen. UNDER THE MOST FAVOURABLE CIRCUMSTANCES. &l i n thp,.."," THE ABANDONMENT OR SALE O A POLICY." Zot . .....-" POSI SYSTEM a perion IS NOT E ` COMPELLED" to pay b lig" bi • 44 ,,,21 4 T0 YEAR ," T and he doesnot, if ir2 Da.; : "CY, incur any " SERIOUS LOSS," but, on the contrary, he s .len" '; tt ell amounts, and at such times ,as he may find most eon ittp.7l' th P ' e can stop pflying whenever he pleases, and he can with vrl3-," hole - or part of his premiums. If the whole be with tt°4ll7l73 d elv im P l n it i c s _v hed ts cancelled celled ; If part only, then the value of the the assured value of the part withdrawn. tdviii l ' s 4 l e ct 20, opens a deposit policy with a payment of 51., which - talirr 6 seen ho increases from time to time, and occasionally ish,. ti -- ---: 1 7: =.c.) k 1 Ap w.47',41gtVg 74 W18 ----" k q ... ?i c.) t -0- , ...,-...... ' ... o m vm r...,--m, T, 1 " 1 • g...?.. ~... -. i„.... ~. ... 6. , _ 78 'e' 't .1 " . 7 : A ''' :.' I; CZi 7 , ,' 'Cr& `,.; 23 ~, ,=, - , 1 • .d i • W 2 4. • 4 . N .1 IC° 1 3 °' A ..`-f.'" , I I I 1, ~ i 1 - i i c M I' 4 'S.'5. f4l m g •V 1 4 i, t 4 ..."...••••-•....... . . . . . N ~, C' Q o tO, a • V = , it 4.742n2ng2n2‘4F23g ili 4 u Z , t 4 cf) 4 6 ,,, (C}1..,0 .. coo. cc. it, oU ..., .... ....,-,...1., 1 - ------_____ 2 ' I • q w ,,, . . . E 1 1 -- 4, :.: .... . - •,::, ,si - •., -- A ,; = ,o ~... 4 ' Ojtg-gt'-%Ls , t; ~..4,CP O ' .4 PmA \,.._ . . . . . .. ~,, i , us A „ in 10 years, has saved and invested at different of "s sums amounting to 971., by which he had been insured Atlee, a .death for 2601. 12s. 7d ; but A. B requires 22/. ; h draws is ' L tter t ° 4t, and diminishes the value of his Policy by 60/. Bs. 3d. pat t d ' : - roes leaving him in case of death a Policy for 200/. ud or durin ' g his life a fund of 751. to draw out at any time, in 4h e A whoily - ( kni, 'rat el • w claim settled by the Deposit and General Life Assurance ts t ve eh il , as upon a deposit of 101. which a parent made for each lisOccs g - r en, instead of a 'ding it to an account they had at the ile t et(l a a lk• One of them died a few days after the 101. was de- Vo„'4l .the father received 341. 65., being the amount of the be. .Cy ; 0 10.00si n ,„ EXAMPLE k4h 4 , ;',P 13, aged 23, when he opens a Deposit Policy 13. , s the sl it i;: c ontinues VOLUNTARILY to pay the same sum every year e Way as he is costrELLEu to do in the ordinary system. 're ar. .Age. I li ss '• , -54 • • . -----.— -- £ X. s. d. ; 6 53" . **** ••• .. 23 18 49 6 6 4 54 ' • • •• ••** • • • 24 18 48 16 0 1 , 41 si • ••• •• -•••• :: " 26 18 47 18 0 4 6 •••• • • • • . • 26 18 47 4 6 14 q • • • • • • '' ,-57". ***** •• .. 27 18 46 10 6 ', 6 Bg . ' •• •'"• • • ..... 28 18 45 17 6 4 69 . * •• •••''• • • • . • . 29 18 45 4 0 1850. •.. ••• .. 30 18 44 10 6 61 *"- . • •••••• • • 31 18 43 17 6 18 43 4 0 1: . 65 • • ..... •• • • 33 p : : : : : - . . . ...... . A 7 S 90 206 7 6 10 . * ' • .• •• '' • • • • 38 la ll' • •• 41 4 .‘••• '' *•-• • . 4 42 3 ..... , • 72 141 3 0 . " ...... l Bl5 • • 46 --.---- - i ts •''' • 432 1,000 4 0 l BB o aic • • • 47 108 194 13 6 4 ... • 6 • • " .. . 2 l 53 it a : ::....... 1 90 147 18 6 18 91 . •• " • ••• ...... t 73 1 •'•••..... 108 182 10 6 111 .....„.,....„...........:•••• 63 --- 738 1,525 6 6 4 6 4 , Are tk i -m il -rnilm, ,_ , ,„.ary p, i , , 1 8/. commencing at 23 years of age, and paid 411 or' Dr oollu paid upon 0 14 (1 14 4 ,... ~,n1 of 18/, commencing at 23 years o t f i a ll g A c,.and B. is 46 years ).,,,,.. WI4 -._erolicy (AS IT MUST BE) every year eg - Z 1 10,,,;!_iire the same sum, viz., 1,0001., f life at the time he 11 4 I . L ed ti e ' r , (which is the probable ouration o h same payments but if A B lives 17 t i. or h., insurance) his Deposit Policy, for t e °rvii narY Policy of 1,0001., will have increased to 1,525/. i, b , kQ -4 81it•t2 TRUSTEES. ° N)tr °flourable the Lord Viscount Drumlanrig, ALP*, P.C., 4;'ajoi...eoller Sirr Majesty's Household. 441.1 "•sq 4 u era l W. Clayton, Bart., 79, Gloucester-plane, Port kSealtie; ~,_ '‘Oruir a i n r , Bart., Banker, London. 4 .4ei, Yscough, Prospect House, Southampton. *tight i t CHAIRMAN. --- °I'L the Lord Viscount Drumlanrig, M.P., P.C., Comp troller of her Majesty's Household. CNA DEPUTY-CHA ERMAN. --l'ie Conde, Esq., Victoria-street, Belgravia, CONSULTING ACTUARY. rants G. P. Nelson, It. ) 1. c ~.‘ 4,41,...ir0ppder, tsq. g oSTAZTEopINGItcou Esq., F.L.S. oi N tile n r Of Bristol, Counsel to the 44. -.1.;.1j1.171 " .1t. "4 J'aci e . idi;•oc . a ' te e o c f the Fleet. Vhlef Pnt.klti,,,.Q.C.. M.P., Lincoln's-inn. 41, 1 .°4 " 6 ,—. '°, 1 8 New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. qt, t . t i l tea ..7n'arim,..d at 5 per cent. on real . or persohal security'. p,„ u 3, o t h er . ~,t r ttvenrfthle (emu. DiscaNled 'iv,. and lives dc -44 0 : Pr0.n.;„,.,' .° .- t, accepted at equitable rates. '"llltrroVloes and father info, nation apply to the agents in 4.1 3 Age, i i t a t .l •W. Bevan, Resident Secreta. r..tidAt A....._"atited to all parts of the United Kingdom, .. ""IviritAces offectod on tite orcUlaar7 Pl4u. a. 21. 3d, u. Ba ri ° 11). Opats 0 . 11 the Beans on the 3 is lld up• lb 86s Od /lb 42s 6 , 1 lilb 33s 4d lb 51e Od 'old 425 4 11 12219 a old 1106 qrs old 69 (1 11 0 9 -12ths 8 5.120 1 11-12ths 11-12ths ,ir attendanc e et r qr. advance o n )arley was onsli , 81331111131181110 and beans fa il i 1 ; red, 78, oato ling, 368 tO 380, E'er being 24et., Peas, 50 0 t s )er qr. e to-day, and, : $ 1 no rates of tais ere Was also ring corn, white, 760 Odd o 38s Oa as, 47s Od to 55 0 22. and very h l g! t Lssing at 40 to sO Barley in s mall firm at 10 US. t has bee n cio , e toing, and s hire 284 ; Western, IT1; gidland, Dater, She - small busiue:s, veers, 13 15.1° seeds, 6S. , her more b: but tb e past, . ht ic day are slip ;- c l os i ng trio. - s , reat North ery Lancashire, 4 1 , 11 ,i. Midland ive to-daN s :, d ) I Binping at 11 ire "Unions dis. 2neral Post"°'':e what W le° rt JO jli n j, died. Engitd _--- A Each g" Dec. 2i IDec. 25 Dec. 0 Dec. 20 . Uncer t°il . °cc. 2 6 Dec. 96 IJan. 4 IfJan. 1 [ *Tan. 1 6 an. 16 Nov, 26 or. lu.Th•D g.( . Jan. 1 Pec. 30 Jan. 4 , f 1 Twweda., , Twiceant Dee. 25 • ,I.Tan. ° 1 Mon. ll ' Jan. 16 I Dec. 24 ,. Dec. 2 0 Dec. 'tat Twiceow-, lan. 16 Jan. 16 • Dec. 29 [NOV . 26 Jan. !Dec. 22 Jan .1 Uncertiw ,Dec. Dec. 2 v Jan. ,Nov.' 'Dec. 22 Dee. 22 Jan. 1 ton l mails Will the India :Ispatehed TERPOO4. anted to.t be s n to cAu if t of the above ov_ 4 .. the reP ° bas , orship Vednesci l t )1, whochaiTo ' 1 ; sh an ot, tugs in woman costume ..f table olri re queste' tad an iljr 'he dance" Insisted eut esty :f try - from e— ;„t ber t o ; i on of th e .d tha t said a broug h t r aus tere the 4 11 d to b er ' e Welfare hum ble The O ni ; was) b u alce n° tee Irove he _. , lad y of tershire' 9 w ife Of k Esc lo . freuri • 0 1. 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We trust this may not be the last, if he shall letect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his .ower to correct." —London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. The tribe of 'Quiet Sympa hi sers,' and' Medical Fri ands,'are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who saffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhata, and to place the treat mint upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore likely to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. 1 1 0 the CHARITABLE.—M e mb ers o f S oc i e ti es and others, now preparinc their customary, gifts to the Poor at this inclement season, are advised that F LANNELS, BLANKETS, and all similar materials, calculated to give not merely an empty appearance, but the actual warmth and usefulness intended by benevolent donors ; such are SELLING OFF at a great reduction from their actual value, in consequence of the recent dissolution of Partnership, at Warwick House, 142 and 144, Regent-street. CHRISTMAS GIFTS.—It is truly said that few things form a more welcome Present than an elegant SiIAWL, a Mantle, or Silk Dress, than can now be obtained at half their real value, owing to the Retirement of Mr. Merrett, and the necessity for an immediate SELLING OFF. Every article is marked in plain figures, and will fully sustain the high reputation enjoyed during a quarter of a century by Warwick House, 142 and 144, Regent-street, London. DELETERIOUS CONFECTIONARY.—Many children having been poisoned by eating the ornaments of twelfth cakes, in consequence of the general use of mineral colours by confectioners, Messrs. PURSSELL, 78, Cornhill, near the Ex change, have introduced an entirely novel method of DECORATING their CAKES with FRENCH BON BONS, &c., of delicious flavour; the colours, being prepared solely from vegetables, are quite harmless. Ornamented cakes of every variety, suitable for country presents, new year's gifts, &c. A great variety of fancy French and Swiss pastry, mince pies, &c.—Messrs. Purssell, 78, Comhill, near the Ex change only. MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London 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 from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro duced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist wee secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity,. Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequenc es may be avoided, and above all, that there is seemly any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and is the only legally qualified Fhysician 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 attention to these enormous evils,• from which no grade of society is free. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply rewarded by the great success that. has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the c,tre of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who trtve been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from ! , :ix till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of U., and advice and medicines can he forwarded to any initials or address. It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LAISEAT hould first obtain a copy of his work on S ELF ...PRESERVATION A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct seri pticn of their cases, arid may be had, price 2s M, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or Gentl:Llt, of Messrs. Piper Brothers and too., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay. 53, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; or free by post for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's reel 'dance, a; BXertegoetWAlAZ LOYDON. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1853. WANTED. —A COUNTRY COTTAGE, for a Permanency, by Lady-day or Midsummer, en any of tbetsouth-Eastern branches, within twenty miles of London and three of a station, containing at least two goad - sitting and four or five bed rooms, with chaise-house and stable attached. An old-fashioned 'Manor or Farm-house would suit, and a Small quantity of pasture land desirable, though not essential. A retired situation not ob jected to, but a dry soil and good water indispensable.. Address, with full particulars, to M. T. Y., 33, Brydges-street, Covent-garden. 11 1 0 MILLERS.—In accordance .with the wishes ' of Farmers, Millers, and others interested in the Corn Trade, an Edition of the AGRICULTURAL, GAZETTE AND GARDEN ERS' CIIRONICLE,-will be published every Monday afternoon In time for..post, commencing with the New Year. The Morfday's Edi tion will, in addition to the Usual markets, contain. a Full Report of the Mark Lane and Smithfield Markets of the day.—May be ordered of any News Agent. Price Ed. • CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC' INSTITUTION. PATRON—A.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. MAT EXHIBITION of PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES MAGNI FIED about 40, 1 '00 times on the Disc, with an ENTIRELY NEW SERIES of DIIiiOLVING VIEWS. LECTURES by Dr. BACHOFFNEE on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC TELEGKAPII. LECTURE by J. H. PEPPER, Esq. on .SPONTANEOUS COMBUS TION, with Brilliant Experiments. An HISTORICAL and MUSICAL LECTURE, illustrated with DISSOLVING _SCENERY, entitled " The ROAD, the RIVER, and tfie RAIL," by J. E. CARPENTER., Esq., assisted by Miss ,Blanche Ydunge, daily Nine a Quarter to Four, and every evening, except Saturday, at Nine o'clock. Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is. ; Schools and Children under Ten years of age, Half-price. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY COMPANYof C &NAL/A.—Converted Qaebeq and Richmond, and nth mond and St. Lawrence, and Atlantic, paid up in full shares. Notice is Hereby Given, that the interest at the rate of six per cent. per 11111111 M, accruing en these shares up to the 31st Decenber, 1853, will be payable at the Bank of Messrs. G]yn, Mills, and Co, 67, Lembard-street, on and after Monday the 9th January ' 1854. Such Holders in these Stocks as h a w; a l rea d y h a d their stares converted into Grand Trunk, paid up Wall shares, will please fend them to the 'office: on or after MoNDA.T. the 2d of January.' The shares will then be registered in the Books of the Grand Trunk (oni pany, at the London Office, and, ttie Certificates will be returnd to the Proprietors with warrantsior the interest due. The paid up •in full shares of the Quebec "and Richmond, and Pt. Pt. Lawrence and Atl ant i c Companies no yet sent in tor Converion, will, upon being forwarded Mthls office; be exchanged for cotrrrted paid up in full. Grand Trunk Bliares, and Warrants for the lutrest due on theaa, will, together with the Registered Certificate. be issued on and after the 9th January, 1854. By order of.the Board. • • WILLIAM CHAPMAN, Secretay. Offices of the Grand Trunk Railway Company ofCanada, 2, peadenhall-street, London, Dec. 16, 1853. SOYER'S EXQUISITE SAUCES ex pr e s s lysea- Boned to suit the Palate of Ladies or Gentlemen. SOTEIS Re lish for general purposes, and SovEß's Aromatic Mustard. To be had of all grocers and Italian warehousemen; and rhole sale of Crosse and Blackwell, purveyors by appointment o her Majesty, 21, Soho-square, London. " THE PRESS," No. 34, This Day (Satuilay), contains, among others—The Crisis—The Birmilgbara Conference—Strikes and Poor Laws—Gaming Houses—Th Ame ricans and Kossta—Scotch Grievances —Correspondence—Satistics of Railway Accidents—The Downing-street Christmas Pia' Bill— Wanted, a Home Secretary —The Cabinet-makers—Skethes of Radicals The Radical Female Literature = The RassoTurkigh Question, by Coningsby —Lord John Russell's Memoirs of Moore— Paskyn's Life iii Abyssinia—Youth and Womanhood if Helen Tyrrel—The Dens of London, by Vanderkiste—Knight's (roe upon a Time . —Ranke's History of Servia, &c., by Mrs. Kerr—Tie Knot of To-Day and a Hand to Undo it—Parliamentary Refoim, by a Revlsii3g Barrister Errors in India, &c., by W. D. Braid— . Periodical Literature—New Music—The Bal Masque s; Drury lane—Preparations at the Theatres—Together with all tie News of the Week. ‘• THE PRESo" is published every Saturday, at tivi•Dfika, No. 1 !,4), Strand, price 6d. May be had of all newsmen, and at tie railway - stations. Money orders to be made payable to Mr. Alfred lye. ".THE PRESS" NEWSPIPER.—The INDEX and TITLE-PAGE to the First Volume of" 7HE PRESS" will be published on SATURDAY, De 3. 31, 1853, iE a supplement (gratis) to No. 35. Full price will be given for clean copies of No. 1, at the Office No. 110, Strand. GEORGE REEVES, 3,4, and 5, POPE'S HEAD ALLEY, 19,CORNHILL, LOND)N, (nearly opposite the South Entrance to the Royal Ezchange), being' determined to supply the Public with the very bet WINES and, SPIRITS, at the lowest remunerating prices, begs to manna the Sol , lowing list for their consideration:— SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMP.AA Y. Yesterday the balf-yearly meeting of the pr)prietors was held at the offices, No. 4, New Broad-strwt ; Divett, M.P., in the chair. The minutes of the annual meeting having T)oen recd and confirmed, The CHAIRMAN said they had very little to to ; tl being merely a supplementary meeting, held al the.r+. quest of some shareholders who desired that thew should be more than one meeting in the year. There 'vas business, except the reading of a supplementary report of the transactions which'had taken place _since the last, annual meeting. He had great pleasure _in saying that that report would be found most satisfactory'l every; way ; though, of course, it did not enter :into etails, but merely referred to the general transa.ctioris of the company. He would not then trouble the meeti3g with any further remarks ; but in:the event of any qtestions arising out of the report, he should be happy kranswer them. The SECRETARY (Mr. Miller) then read the supple mentary report It stated that advices had been received to the 28th of September giving a gratifying account of the pros perity of the colony. The amount received from the ordinary sources of permanent income during the half year ending 30th April last, was as follows :—Rent from country lands, 5,3931. 4s. 4d. ; ditto from town property 1,5731. 19s. 3d. ; ditto port property, 580/. 19s. ; ditto warehouses, 8801. Bs. 4d. ; wharfage dues, 1,7101- lls. mineral rents and royalties, 661. 12 s . 6d. •total, 10,2054 •, 14s. 3d. The town and country rent roil, as well as the wharfage dues had increased ; whilst there was a trifling decrease in the port and mineral rents, and in the rent from the warehouses. Mr. Giles, writing in September stated that the receipts of wharfage, and warehouse rent for May, June, July, and August amounted to a larger sum than had ever before been realised during a similar period. New leases had been granted of 1,197 acres of the country lands at rents varying from 3s. to ss. per acre ' • and of the mineral lands at Mount Barker 1,000 acres for a dairy-farm at 2s. per acre ; and 102 agricultural purposes, at 2s. to 4s. per acre ; the minerals and the right of working them being reserved. The attention of the colonists was beginning to be again directed to copper mining. Several sections of land, suburban to Adelaide, containing 655 acres, the leases of which had expired had been re-let, at an advance of rent bearing from ss. to 11s. per acre. 2,113 acres of country land, more distant from Adelaide, had been re-let at an advance of is. to 3s. per acre. Leases of houses in Adelaide were now more sought after. Renewals had been effected at an advance of 25 and 50 per cent. ; and with reference to leases about to expire, Mr. Giles expressed himself confident et obtaining much higher rents. The port property yielded a good return for the outlay, and was an nually improving in value. The railway from Adc laide to the port was now likely to be carried forwar without delay, and could not fail greatly to improve tb company's property. It had not been the wish of tb directors to sell land to any extent in the present stab of the colony. The only sales advised up toiSeptembr last were, two acres in Adelaide for 3501. each ; fie small allotments at Port Adelaide for 850/. ; being t the rate of 1,5001. per acre, and fifteen allotments t Port Willunga township, of about half an acre each, it 301. per acre. And to tenants exercising their right )f pre-emption, the sales had consisted of 284 acres of tie country lands, and two small portions (about one qur ter) of a town acre for 1, 4731., being at the rate of 41. 15s. per acre for the country lands, and 400/. acre for the town portions. The great competitionat the land sales had hitherto prevented Mr. Giles ptr chasing to the extent desired. He had, however,3e cured 2,991 acres at various prices, averaging 30s. Id. per acre, nearly the whole of which had already ben let for pasturage at is.„per acre, and would very son, it was expected, be leased for agricultural purpoes. The limited increase of capital referred to at the In nual meeting had been .effected on favourable terns then mentioned, by the issue of 484 new shares only ;ap plications having been received for nearly double hat number. The whole of the debenture debt had leen liquidated with the exception of 500/., not due till ()to ber, 1854. The directors regretted that they wereun able to report the completion of the charter, which was still under the consideration of the law officers a s the crown on technical points." The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report ii the usual terms. Mr. OAKES seconded the motion. A SHAREHOLDER asked whether, as the report was so favourable they were lik e ly t o h ave a n incre a sed divi dend ? (Laughter.) He had hoped that before that there would have been a much higher rent from the com pany's lands and property generanY- The CHAIRMAN said the subject of dividend was one on which he felt bound to speak with great caution. Their fixed annual income was not more than sufficient to pay what he considered the very high dividend cf 6 per cent, declared at the last meeting. That dividend arose from extraordinary receipts, such as could not al ways be realised. As regarded sales of land, they must take care not to kill the goose for the sake of the golden eggs. (Hear.) There was every reason to hope that they would have last year's dividend again, but he could not hold out a-prospect of increase. The property, as a whole, was rapidly increasing in value, and he had n o hesitation in sayin g th a t the value of the property at Adelaide was far above what it appeared to be from the inventory rates. • A SHAREHOLDER asked whether the directors had any information as to the probability of there being any gold worth working in. South Australia ? The CHAIRMAN said he could not give any positive in formation on the subject. There was undoubtedly a great deal of gold in the colony ; but whether it could be profitably worked was another question. He believed that the prosperity of South Australia must chiefly de pend on its agricultural resources, and its copper mines. The exports of agricultural produce from Adelaide to Victoria, were enormous. The report was adopted unanimously ; and the meet ing terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. THE LATE GENERAL SIR A. MACKENZIE.—This gen tleman has left a variety of munificent bequests for re ligious and charitable objects. Among them are--to the Church Pastoral Aid Society, 1,000/. ; to the Consump tion Hospital, 1,000/. ; to the Scottish Hospital, 5001. ; to the Northern Infirmary, Inverness, 500/. ; to the Poor of Inverness and of Dingwall, 1001. each ; to the Inverness Dispensary, 1001. ; to the United Hospital at Bath, 3001. ; to the Western Hospital, ditto, 100/. ; to the Bath Society for the Relief of the Sick Poor, 2001. ; to the Bath District Benevolent Institution, 2001. Several annuities and miner bequests are then directed by the will to be made, and the residue of the property, which was proved as under 80,0001., is left equally to his nephews, Sir Roderick Impey Murchison and Mr. K. Murchison. Inverness Advertiser, COUNTRY BANK NOTES.—It appears that in August the aggregate monthly c i rcu l a ti on o f coun t ry i ssues o f bank notes in England and Iva. was 6,706,4311. NAV A.L TELLIGBNCE. :PORTSMOUTH; DEC. 23. Rear-Admiral Superintendent !Martin returned from leave last night, and rehoi;ted his - flag on bOard the Nep tune, 120, ordinary depot ship;this nrorning. The Tyne store-ship, Master Commander .Tucker, sailed ont:of harbour this afternoon for Ascension and the Brazils, with stores for the coast of Africa and Brazil squadrons. The Sidon, 22, paddle-wheel st eam -f r i gate, Captain Goldsmith, returned t o f3f)ithead this morning, from Plymouth, where she. towed the Royal George, screw, 120, 'frOrn sheerness. The. seamen riggers belonging to this aockyarel sent in the Sidon to assist in navigating the Royal George, were la tided this afternoon. The Fairy, Royal steam-yacht, Master David N. Wrileh, was taken into the graving-slip, or "gridiron,", this morning, to ship Mr! Murray's modification of.Grif fitl;r's patent screw-propeller, which will be tried at Stokes Bak to-morrow, weather 'permitting. We believe the artgacers of this port and arsenal will, in common with those of other Government ports, have a holiday ons4onday next. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 23. The Pique, 40, in charge of Mr. Brown, assistant master attendant of Devonport dockyard, arrived here yesterday afternoon in tow of the Magicienne, 16, pad dle-wheel steam-frigate, Captain T. Fisher. These vessels have been at sea since Saturday morning last, when they left Pembroke. At midnight of that day they were close to the Longships light, where they met a 'tremendous gale front south-east, and with a heavy sea, against which finding it impossible to make head way they put back towards Milford Haven. When within about 25 miles of that place the weather becoming overcast and thick, they lay to, the Pique being assisted by keeping fast her hawsers. The sea, however, ran so high as to snap four in succession, when she was obliged to trust to her sails, the Magicienne keeping on her weather beam. All Sunday night the gale blew with great violence, and a sharp look out was kept on board both vessels. 'The Pique's light trim did not at all tend to her stability, for she tossed abolit- in every direction. The steamer bad never before been tried in a severe gale and behaved well, with the exception of a peculiar dip ping of her stern tinder water, which she did with so much effect as to smash in the cabin deadlights, flooding the furniture and doing considerable damage to it. Du'r- 1 Ang the height of the gale the deadlights were firmly Vbattened on the inside with thick planks and caulked, in order to save the ship from filling abaft. These dead lights were some time since " strengthened " by nailing sheets of copper on the outside, but like deadlights in general, they are utterly useless as a means of security against a heavy sea, and, had the vessel been running instead of lying-to, a different result might have followed. They have now been fairly tested, and will have to be replaced by new ones adequate to the strength required before _pie ship can be deemed fit for another winter cruise. ..By Tuesday evening both ships had reached to the southward of the Loagships, but it blew too hard •to admit of sending hawsers to the Pique. On the following "iday, when about ten miles west of the lizard, she was taken in tow and safely brought a distance of fifty-five miles in the face of a strong gale, after an anxious and trying 'charge to the officers in com mand. • . The steam blockship Royal George, having discharged her powder and shell, will fot l _up harbour to-day. The repairs offlie Rifleman,will be made good with all speed. - - • The steamer Trentham, fro:m 4 'London for Swansea, *hi& put in here- to-day, reports that on Wednesday-1 • evening she landed 181 mail bags and one passenger,, re ceived in the ChannelfrOre the ship Chowringhee, Cap tain 13rown, 118 days from Port Philip for London; with 172,0090 z, of g01d.... . -.WOOLWICH, DEC. 28. APPOINTMENTS. Assistant-Surgeon---Narcissus .C. Hatherly (1845), from the. Royal Hospital, Plymouth, to • be Assistant- Surgeon to the Plymouth division of the Royal Marines. Midshipman—Christopher Borihwick, to the Medea, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, at Portsmouth. There are at present 14 officers of the Woolwich divi sion of Royal Marines employed on the recruiting ser vice in various parts of the country, and they have been •so successful in obtaining and sending to head-quarters a number of fine young men that the allowance of re cruits for this division has been filled up, and they are now acquiring a knowledge of the duties of the prof sion they have chosen. The Rbyal Marine branch of the naval service is most valuable for its great utility , and readiness for sea or land service, and the qualifica tions of the officers and excellent discipline of the men would provds4sf the greatest - advantage on any emer -gency. - It ntest prove sireat source of satisfathlon to the country, when seamen are obtained with difficulty, that there h such an admirable force as the Royal Marines an Royal Marine Artillery at the disposal of the Admira'ty, and that the moment any of the finenew screw steam frigates are commissioned, from 100 to 200 Royal Marines according to the class of war st eamers , can be put on board, capable of splicing a rope, bending sails, or working the large ship guns and using the small arms in the most effective manner. This corps has always been so popular th a t a genera l d es i re i s expressed that it should be raised to 20,000 men. THE ARCTIC SEARCH.. We published on Saturday last the despatches re. ceived by the Admiralty "from the Behring's Straits division of ships in search of Sir John Franklin." It may be as well"to remind our readers that in this quarter the only ship employed in active search is the Enterprise, Capt. Collinson ; and that the Plover, which has been lying there since 1849 as a depot or receiving ship, was not fitted, and was never destined, to penetrate far into the ice, and latterly . has scarcely been in a con dition to move to and fro between Port Clarence, her southern, and Point Barrow, her northern anchorage. The original object of stationing this ship in Behring's Straits was to afford succour to the Erebus and Terror, already 3 or 4 years absent, or to any detachment of their crews which might, after surmounting unaided all the difficulties and dangers of a north-west passage, suc ceed in attaining this ultimate position, the aim and goal of all their endeavours. There was no intention, appar ently, from the beginning, to push on the ship to meet Sir John Franklin, or endeavour to ascertain what obstacles bad arrested him in his way, even though it must' have been conjectured, after so prolonged an absence, that retreat had been cut off from him, and though it was rumoured he had pointed to Behring's Straits, rather than along the track in his rear, as the quarter whence he should look for assistance in case of need. This latter fact seems, indeed, to have received confirmation from the absence, in that rearward track, of any of those depo sited records or intentional traces which a man who ex pected that ships might follow him would naturally leave behind. _ _ _ The Plover, however, in Behring's Straits, was not altogether inactive, and her boat exploration, during her first year in the ice, of the coast of North America, be tween Point Barrow and the Mackenzie, under the com mand of Lieutenant Pullen, attests that Captain Moore did what in him lay to render his means of research available. _ _ _ Thenore eastern portion of the American coast line on south. which w es t ll w r a a r n d k lin from o ß u a l d r r h o a w v , e first s Strait, a d hebeen able to carry out the first part of his instructions, had been surveyed the preceding year by his devoted and heroic friend Richardson ; the examination of the remaining part, though less important, completed the neg a ti ve proofs that the Erebus and Terror had not passed this way. • It was precisely this same navigation along the shores of North America which Maclure performed the follow ing year (1850) in his ship, and fIA otwervationu of this diligent and ontciprising officer bring us to the same in evitable conclusion as to Franklin's course. " I am fully confident," says Captain Maclure, "that the missing ex pedition under Sir John Franklin has never penetrated towards the Polar Sea in this direction, as some portion of the immense mass of stores, spars, or fitments with which these ships were provided must have been picked up, when driftwood of very inconsider able dimensions did not escape observation.' Pullen, after the successful accomplishment of his boat navigation, did not return to his ship. He was met at the Mackenzie by his commanders commission for warded to him through th e H u d son ' s Bay fur posts, and the following year, after an unsuccessful attempt to strike northward to Banks' Land, he and his men re turned to England through the territories of the com pany. The explorations of the Plover ended necessarily, faute de materiel, with the brilliant feat of one of her officers. Had she possessed a powerful steam-tender, or even several steam launches, with the means of esta blishing outposts and depots for extensive exploring par ties, together with instructions to direct such means of research into more northern latitudes some light might have been thrown over the fate of the missing expedi tion. But whilst the timbers of the "Arctic tub" are rotting in Behring's Straits, the wants of her people -.: board, thanks to the constant supervision of the Admiralty, haveyear, on r e , have ever been carefully attended to. Ev er y u p to of her Majesty's ships in the Pacific has sentbe!an with pro her by the Commander-in-Chief on the station visions, and this year the Rattlesnake, On all these from England, has conveyed to her a double p ortion.have occasions invalided portions of tbe c _s a hih .9 d7 ui re n n y ce the been removed, and volunteers h array of names which figuresbut these u provisioning ships e nder the head of the Behring's Straits division; have, in fact, nothing to d ow ith the search. They are not prepared to take ecel and their orders are not d discharge themselv es o f more that thfethy should than that they should stringent their surplusburd out e o n flat danger from it themsel ves . get seasonably From what has been here stated, it is clear that the the news from Behring's Straits de pends,achievements of the Plover, even to the . so energetic and able a commander as Captain under . but on the hitherto unknown movements interest nao attached ta;phoeni ollaresearching-ship Enterprise, which, having win tered at Hong Kong at the same time that her intended consort, the Investigator, was wintering [PRICE SD. in the pack, made h er way b ack aga i n to }Miring , . Straits in the summer. of 1851, the: last, despatch of Captain Collinson to the Admiralty. being dated Port Clarence, the 9th July of that year. Captain Maguire informsus, on the authority : of the natives At row, that the two ships, Investigator and,Enterprise, passed - alongtheir coast,' and were each bonided by the natives, at the distances of 50 and Iso•miles east . ward. He does not state that this: was in consecutive' yeari.;: which must, however, have been 'the case, if, the facts be true. There Is an ample fund for conjecture as to,what may have happened to Captain Collins= beyond the 150 miles east of Point Barrow, where we lose sight of him. Two winters have since passed, and a third has • arrived. - Is he • spending it in another Bay of Mercy'', or haS he, enticed by tie constant water-sky which was seen by •Maguire, even through the winter, over the nearer barrier of ice, sought and found an opening in - this barrier, and disappeared fora timebehind it? NVe have nu fears for his absolute safety .nor can any bLlme. attach 'to him for h av i ng taken his ship along the coast, of North Ainerica, instead of carrying her into a higher latitude behind or north of the barrier of ice or islands which appears to divide the north and south Polar Seas. Nothing is to be foUnd in Capt. Collinson's instructions which alludes to the search in higher latitudes, and he was. ignorant of the discoveries of Penny, and that there were unmistakeable signs of Franklin having passed up that way in op en wa t er. With these facts- befo re us we could have predict e d th a t t h e researches of Co rk, and Maclure must b e , as th ey have hitherto proved to be, so far as the di s c over y an d rescue of the missing ships is concerned, wasted efforts. Th e di scovery of the north-west passage, by the way, must not divert the public mind from the primary object for which the En terprise and Investigator were commissioned, pr else vain have been the repeated declarations of the Admi ralty that it was in the cause of humanity alone, and not in that of science or geographical discovery, that more lives were to be risked and more money expended. Happily, the lives lost have been few indeed, and the money expended has produced a worthy result. It is impossible to read the narrative of Captain Ma guire without being struck with the testimony he brings, both to the existence of a vast body of open water north of Behring's Straits, and to the comparative mildness of the climate, which renders the sea ice too hazardous to be travelled on in any season. If Franklin's ships have been wrecked in these northern waters, these very cir cumstances must prevent his extricating himself ; but the means of reaching him dicist, and unless steam vessels aro sent to his succour, he and his companions are consigned to-a lingering extinction.—Cironkle. PARTICIPATION or PROPITS. WEST OF ENGLAND FIRE aild. LIFE v INSURANCE COMPANY; Instituted 1807. Capital, .£600,000. • Persons insuring against Fire, or effecting Policies Upon their own, or the-lives of others, share largely in the surplus profits, free from the possibility of loss. • Prospectuses, and; every required information, may be had of any of the Agents in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and Of Charles Lewis, Esq., the Secretary, at the Bead Office in Exeter; and also at the Office of the Company, 20, New Bridge-street, of the Manager and Agent for London, JAMES ANDERTON, rptiE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE .11, SOCIETY, 39, King-Street, Cheapside.—(Established 1834.) NoncE.—ln addition to the usual Board on Wednesday, the 28th hist , a SPF.,CIAL COURT of DIRECTORS will be holden on Fax- DAY, the 301 h inst., from Two to Three o'clock, to enable all parties desirous of participating in the profits at the end of next year to complete their assurances by. the 31st inst. For this purpose, pro posals should .be lodged immediately that the Referees' replies may be received in time to lay before the Board. CO__TTISH As WIDOWSc FUND LIFE S Instituted A.D. 1815. Head Office—Edinburgh, 5, St. Andrew-square. PROpOSALS for ASSURANCE, in order to secure right of entry upon the books for the current year, must be lodged at the li'ad Office, or at one of the Agencies, on or before SATURDAY, the 31st curt. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. Wm. LINDESAY, Secretary. LONDON HONORARY BOARD. George Young, Esq„ Mark-lane. Charles Edward Pollock, Esq., Barrister, Temple. David Hill, Esq., East India House. John Murray, Esq., Publisher, Albemarle-street. • Samuel Laing, Esq., M.P. Sir John Thom Is Briggs-, Admiralty. Leonard Horner, Esq., Home-office. John Taylor, Jun., Esq., C .E., Queen-street-place. Central Office in London-4, Royal Exchange-buildings. Agent—Hugh 31`Kean. Districts Agents in London. Benton Seeley, Hanover-street, Regent-street. Ferdinand Grut, Marshall's Trust. Office, 13, King-street, South. wark. .Atrl3, ENT' S CASINO, ARGYLE ROOMS, 4- 4 (Lessee, Cues. C. Lemma, Onslow-house, Fwam-road), The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. and will continue open every evening, with LA.URENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ; Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. SEWELL and CO., Compton House. This ESTABLISHMENT will be CLOSED on MONDAY, December 26, the day_after Christmas-day. All orders orietters from the coun try will be attended to as usual. - • A TKINSbN and , COMPANY, CABINET MASITFACTURERS, UPHOLSTERERS, and CARPET WARE HOINEME N'; 69, 70;71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster bridge-road, Lambeth, London. ATKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPERS, RILL MERCERS, LACEMEN, &c., 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster-bridge-road, Lambeth, London.—Shawls, Furs, Mantles, Family Mourning, &c. - A L,LSOPP'S INDIA PALE' ALE. PARKER and TWINING (late Harrington Parker), • ' are now delivering the October brewing in casks of 18 gallons and up wards. OYSTERS—TO EPICURES. OIIEENBOROUGH and - FAYERSHAM NATIVE OYSTERS. 7te most acceptable Present at this season of the year is a Rarre of the best NATIVE OYSTER which are to be obtained at SCOTT'S Celebrated OYSTER WARE ROUSE, 18, Coventry-street, Piccadilly, at ss. 6d.per Barrel, warranted to weigh 141bs. ALLSOPP'S STRONG ALES. ALLSOPP'S ALES for CHRISTMAS. -- PARKER and TWINING. 531, PALL-MALL (late Herring• ton Parker) have a small stock, and can send out, as a curiosity for Christmas consumption, the STRONG CHRISTMAS ALE as ori - 21nally brewed by the same firm for the Czar Peter and the Empress Catherine of Russia, many barrels of which, by special order of the LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY, accompanied the expedition in search of Sir John Franklin in the frozen regions of the Arctic Circle. In Casks, 455. per 18 Gallons. PARKER and TWINING, Beer Merchants (late Hanington Parker), 5%, PALL-MALL. AJOR'S SYNOVITIC LOTION as modified v by Dr. Batchelour. Testimonials from tho following per sons may be seen at Dr. Batchelour's, 12, Finsbury-place South, Finsbury-square. CANCER : from Mrs. Brown, 2, Bevis-marks, City ; Mrs. Wilton, 24, De Beauvoir-terrace, Kingsland ; Mrs. Hoxton-place, Epsom. WHITE SWELLING: from Mrs: Stevens, at. Messrs. Berens & Co.'s, 33, St. Paul's-churchyard. SPINAL COMPLAINT: from Mr. Price, 23, Brick-lane,. Spital fields ; Mr. W. Knight, Faversham. RHEUMATISM: from Mr. P. Smart, Somerset-place, Rotherhithe. SCALD HEAD: From Mr Carter, 35, Kingsland-road. Dr. Batchelour is acting in unison with Mr. Major, the inventor of the lotion, the most wonderful medicinal agent of modern times. The lotion, with directions for use, is sold at 12, Finsbury-place South, Finsbury square, and at George Watts', 17, Strand, in bottles 1 ls. and 22e. each. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.—At the Social Re-unions of this Festive Season, the Fair and Youthful are more than usually desirous of shining in PERSONAL ATTRACTION under the gaze of many friends ; and the following unrivalled dis coveries for the Toilet are necessarily called into Increased requisi tion, namely, ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, for creating and sustaining a luxuriant head of hair ; ROWLANDS' LALYDOR, for rendering the skin soft, fair, and blooming; ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentifrice, for imparting a pearl-like whiteness to the Teeth ; and ROWLANDS' AQUA D'ORO, a fragrant and spirituous perfume, an essential accompaniment to places of public amnsement and crowded assemblies. The patronage of royalty and rank and fashion throughout Europe, and the well-known efficacy of these articles, render theni a peculiarly Elegant and Seasonable Present. Beware of Spurious Imitations. The only genuine of each hears the name of "ROWLANDS'" preceding that of the article on the wrapper or label. -- SOld by A. ROWLAND and SONS, 20, Hatton-garden, London ; and by Chemists and Perfumers. AN EXTRAORDINARY CHRISTMAS.- It is common at Christmas that Turkeys and other land and water tribes, for the first time since they were hatched, become pas sengers by in mute complacency; the end of their journey is to swim, for the first and last time, in their own gravy, as a prelude to the best discussion on the affairs of Turkey. Such presents for Christ mas custom has rendered necessary, but the most satisfactory pre sent which parents and guardians can make to Young Gentlemen is a stylish suit of attire from the universally celebrated Establishment of E. Mons and Sox ; its superior quality is guaranteed, its cut and make is perfectly unrivalled, its design specially denotes the care and talent displayed in the greatest variety of Dress ever presented, its comfort and durability has long been the wonder and admiration of every one, and there is nothing more extraordinary titan the very economical prices charged by E. MOSES and Sox for Juvenile Dress. It is only occasionally that Christmas day is on Sunday, but that day is as favourable as any for appearing in the'most gentlemanly Overcoats, Winter Dress, Hats,Caps, &c., which were ever displayed; of these a magnificent stock is prepared expressly for Christmas by E. Mosas and SON, and any time between this day and the 25th De cember, every Lady, Gentleman, Youth, or Child in the City, or out of it, may be well fitted with Christmas Attire of the most splendid and the most comfortable order at E. Moses and Sox's Establishment, er its West End Branch. Let Christmas come soon as it may, they are ready to wish all their patrons a merry Christmas, and to make it merry by superior articles at considerably lower prices than are charged elsewhere. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-cite 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 state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTIIER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 54,85, and 86, Aidgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36 Fargate. Colonial Branch, M.lbou;ne, Australia. Merchant Tailo. , Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be 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, " The Epitome or Comfort and Economy," contain ing full lists Di' prices, our system of self-measurement, &c., Sce, in ay be had on application, or post-free. Ici Pon pexle Francais. Qui si parla Itior aprilllt man Deutiok. Aqua Oa babla Eppano WINES. Good Draught Ports and Sherries . • Superior ditto (second to none) ..... •• •. • • Very fine Old Crusted Port, 4 years in 80tt1e.... 42s.per dozen. Fine Old Sherry, Pale or Brown 42s.per dozen. SPIRITS. Gin of the finest Quality, 9s. 6d., 10s. Bd., and 12s. pel gallon. Fine Old Jamaica Rums, 10s. 8d„ 125., and 16s. per gallon. Glenlivet and Campbelton Whiskies, imported direct,s years old and 5 over proof, 20s. per gallon. G. B. ha;ing Purchlisea. previous to the rise, 50 lbgsheads of 3fartell's Pale and Brown Brandies, 4 and 5 years old, fells disposed to offer them at the Original Prices, taking no advantage of the 3s. advance in the markets. Finest Pale Champagne Brandy•• .... •• .. •... 28s. per gallon. Coloured ' ditto • ...... • • .... 265 : pc gallon. Hampers charged Is. per dozen, and bottles 2s. per dom. REMITTANCES in all cases to be msde in advanci, by Post office Order, or by Cheque payable in London. .FRAUDS IN LEADENITA LL-MARKET, Mr. D. W. Harvey, the Commissioner of the City Police, received the following letter from the proprietor of the Bury Post :- 1 " Sir,—l take the liberty of calling your attention to it' , case which, I believe, is only ono of a very numerous class of frauds of like character. Having received a copy of the inclosed advertisement last week, 'which was unintention ally inserted in my paper without previous inquiry, on sending up the account to my town agent he reports it as bad ; and knowing that this mode of obtaining provision; from the country is frequently practised by men of straw at this season, the name used in this case .being that of a , poultry salesman of some standing in Leadenhall-market, I beg to suggest the expediency of some inquiry being made by the police respecting the house named.—l am, sir, your most obedient servant, ' , • ' "JOHNSON GEDGE, Proprietor. " To D. W. Harvey; Esq., Commissioner of Police, London." " No. —, Fleet-street, London. "Sir,—l wish the encloSed inserted three times in yoxr paper, and a copy sent each time, with your charge, by return of post.—Yours respectfully, —. "To Poultry Feeders, Farmers, and others.—The ad vertiser is desirous of contracting for a 'regular supply of poultry of all kinds.; also fresh butter, cream cheeses, hams, &c. Address, prepaid, ——, Fleot-street, London. "N.B. An extra supply of geese, turkeys, fowls, and sucking pigs required during Christmas," Mr. Harvey also received a letter from the County Police-office, Dumfries, stating that a gentleman in that vicinity had, in consequence of au advertisement of the same kind, sent to London by railway a tea chest, con taining three geese and a turkey, consigned to the per sons who described themselves in the advertisement as salesmen in Lea.denhall-rnarket, but had never heard a word about the goods since. The commissioner, upon receiving the communica tions, sent constable 376, one of the active members of the force, to make the necessary inquiries, and the report of the officer was that a gang of swindlers, to which the Fleet-street and the Leadenhall-market advertisers be longed, were getting game from all parts of the country ; that the house in Fleet -street was formerly a betting office, and that one of the part,ies is there all day to re ceive letters. That a 4 respectable salesman in Leaden. hall-market had shown the offioer a number of letters respecting the gang, who had taken theliberty of using his name, and that the beadl e o f N ewga t e - mar k et h a d advertised in a number of country newspapers caution ing farmiirs and others upon the subject. Active measures have, we understand, been adopted in consequence of the information. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER. —YESTERDAY. Virago and Newminster were again in force for the Chester Cup, and King Torn for the Derby. The fol lowing is the latest betting : LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. SI to 1 agst Miss Mowbray (taken). 400 to 24 agst Sir Peter Laurie (taken). CHESTER CUP. 40 to 1 agst Virago (taken). 40 to 1 agst Newminster (taken). 50 to 1 agst Tom (taken). 1000 to 10 agst Lancashire Lass (taken). 1000 to 10 agst Merry Monk (taken). 500 to 5 agst Catspaw (taken). 500 to 5 agst Heapy (taken). DERBY. 9to 1 agst King Torn (taken). • 13 to 1 agst Dervish (taken). 20 to 1 agst Ruby (taken). 33 to 1 agst Boiardo (taken). 40 to 1 agst Bessus (taken). STRETFORD STEM Weights for the Manchester to be declared 'LECETASES, JAN. 2. Steeplechase. Acceptances on the 27th. Yrs. st. lb. Melon a 11 8 Needwood a 11 8 Minna a 11 8 Simple Peter a 11 0 The Tulip Bruce a 10 9 Labyrinth 5 10 7 Crabbs R 10 2 Old Rake 5 10 0 Columbine (late Derby Dilly 5lO 0 1 Weights for the Stretford Steeplechase. Acceptances to be declared on the 27th. Yrs et lb Yrs st lb, The Tulip 5 12 5 Royal Blue ...... 1 0 11 Labyrinth ..... 9 .. a 10 Crabbs Countess Augean 6 11 2 Take Notice ...... 5 Madeline Yrs. st. lb. Theodine 4 9 10 The Beaver (h. b ) a 9 Madeline 5 9 6 Royal Blue (h.b.) a 9 6 Comeaway......., 5 9 4 Trout a 9 4 Miss Purdon (half bred) 4 9 4 Komorn (h. b.) Nelly Brown a 8 8 WEST KENT AND BROMLEY STEEPLE CHASES JAN. 11. Weights f or th e Bromley, Steeplechase. Acceptances to be declared on or befor e Jan. 2, Ploughboy ............ st lb ll 2 Saw Hood ............ 10 9 Needwo o d ........... 10 9 Timothy ............... 10 4 8ar5e1.................. 10 4 Sir Philip ......... 10 2 Two Selling Stakes close st lb Theodine ............. 10 0 Cigar .................. 10 0 Eseulapius ............ 1 0 0 Widow Machree ..•. 9 7 Reindeer ....... ........ 9 7 on Monday, January P. INTEREST FOR PRINCE ALBERTS STATUE. - Give Prince Albert a statue ? Yes, certainly ; at the proper time ; may it not arrive for a thousand years But, when it does arrive, up with the statue—a statue which shall have been merited by a highly useful life, whereof the promotion of the cosmopolitan fair in Hyde-park t l he remarkable acts. In will have been one only amon g the meantime, that the memorial towardsma i y worthy beof already the it out hero, put the money to increase and accumulate, by b by which means, in addi tion to the i n terest which our descendants will take in wet shall ere all also transmit to them compound the work, interest that will help to pay for it.—Punch. 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Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen " " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia,. nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vornittingse,ll%; been removed by Du Barry's excellent food. Maria Jolly, Northam Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." —Copies of testi monials of 50,000 cures (including those of Lo r d St uar t King, de Decies, Major-G enera l Thomas Drs. Ure, Shorland, and Harvey (gratis). In canisters, with full instructions, 11b., 2 s . 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 61b., 11 s . ; 121 b., 225. ; super- re fi ne d , 51b., 22s • 101 b., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b. carr i age f ree. Barry. ' D u Ba . rr , y and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; also, Fortnum, Mason, and Cost purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly. (Rom, the London Gazette of last n'lght.) The Queen has been pleased to issue , a new, Commission Lieutenancy for the City of London, constituting and pointing the several persons under mentioned to . be her festy's CoMmissioners for that purpose, viz. : -- Thoutas - dney, Esq., Lord Mayor of our City of London, and the 'turd May.. -of our said City for the time being ; and our asty and well beloved ' William Thompson, Esq., Si r ... isterLaurie, Knight, Ch ar l es Farebrother, William Taylor Copeland, Thoinas elly,.auti Samuel Wilson, E sqrs., Sir Chapman Marshall, knight, John trurrifthery, Esq. Sir William Magnay, Bar o n e t; Si r George Carroll, Kn ight, John Kinnersley Hooper, Esq. Sir James Duke Bart., i Thomas Farncomb, E sq ., Sir Jelin Musgrove, Bari,Wil- . lam Hunter, and Thomas Challis, Esqrs.,, Aldermen of .: Or said City of Lond&C; our right trusty and well beloved , Cduncillor, James Archibald Stuart Wortley, recorder of qlCity of Landon, and the Re cor d er o f our sa i d City for lir time. behag ; our t r u s ty and , well beloved F ranc i s G ham Melon . ; David Saiomons,Theinas Quested Finnis, and William L a wrence, Esqrs., Sir Rob er t Walter- Carden, night, David Williams Wire, John Carter, 'Win. Cubitt, -Aa Henry Aluggeridge, Esqrs., Aldermen of our City - of :Leaden, and the Aldermen of our said City for the time cling ; Sir John Key, Batt, Chamberlain 'of our City of tendon, and the Chamberlain of our said City for the time `being; Henry Al worth Merewetlier, Esq., Docto r o f Ci v il I.law, and Seejeant-at-Law; To wn 'Cleik of our City of London. and the Town 'Clerk of our said City for the time 6eine,;Edwaail Bullock; - Esq., Common Serjeant of our City of London, and the Common Serjeant of our said City forahe time being.; John DAM, Thomas Corney, `Richard Hicks, Walter Anderson' Peacock, 'William Stevens, John Southby Bridge, Monies Pewtress, Joshua -Thomas Bedfo r d, Th omas Watkins, Johnßritten, Daniel Cork, - Edward Eagleton, Jeremiah Evans, Ed ward Harrison, James Lake, Robert Obbard, Samuel Unwin, Warren Stormes Hale, Thomas Lott, Henry Kelm bel,.Edward Godson, Thomas Jefferson Holt, John Briggs, William Archer, Eugenius Fenning, Benjamin Bower, William Christie, George Medway,• William. Tyler, and Francis Bennoch, Eggs., deputies of our city,of London, , and the deputies of our said city for the time being ; Edward Tickner and John Brown, Esqs., John Gellibrana Hubbard, Thomas Matthias Wegguelin, James. Morris, Arthur Edward Campbell, Edward Henry Chapma n , W m - Cotton, Bonamy Dobree , Charles Pa scoe G renfell, John li Ol od ive g r st : ry H liii an H ee e n n , John Benjamin Heath, Ki r k man Daniel Lancelot Holland, Thomas Newman Hunt, Charles Frederick Huth, Alfred .Laths ne James "sTohit'llorsley Palmer,"" Maleolmson, Sheffield Neap, George Weide Ror k , maseo ..... _ ..: _ Henry. Hacks Gibbs, Thos. Tooke, -4,---- '.-,..,„. '''"Z!e . . .inn-, Henry Hulse Berens, Robert Wigram Crawford, Ben jamin Buck Greene, Thos. Charles Smith, Francis .„T sz i ; Thos. B ar i ng, Thos. Masterman, Alex. Matheson, Wollaston Blake , Geo. Lyall, jun., Henry James Prescott, s and Thomson Hakey, jim., Esqrs., Russell Ellice, and Ja5,..,„ , Oliphant, Esqrs., Sir Jas. Law Lushington, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, William Wigram, Esq., Sir Robert • Campbell, Bart., John Loch, Charles Mills, John Masterm ar ie John Petty Muspratt, Henry Sh an k, and John Shepherd Esqrs , Sir Richard Jenkins, K n i g h t Grand Cross of the Mo st' Honourable Order of. the Bath, John Cotton, and Willi a m ma 'Henry naygc Ine ass c ,gy o hly c kt k ee , i. sif i a K I jmv e o i ii 1;110 Butte rwo rth ast me , pi baHrlEast. seo Martin sntt. Bayley, Esqrs., Sir Henry Will • whi T ch uc ie k tee er le i n m ,p i ßi t o h ow , ssden l D V o; i nn llk el m ililyoar wick; Henry Alexander, a nd W illiam Henry Leslie Mel ville,' Esqrs., Sir Jade's Wnii Hogg, Bart. John Arthur Moore, William Dent, John Harvey Astell, He nr y Thoby Prinsep, and Dudley Coatis Majoribanks, Ewers; John' Willing Warren, Charles Franks, and Philip Pey . .. dill Bouverie, Esqrs., Sir Richard Plumptre Glyn, Bart , Charles John Mannine, William Phillimore, Newman" Smith, Charles John 'Tindal, John Thornton, George Whitmore, Charles John Baker, James Whatman Bosan .quet, Frederick Charles Gaussen, Henry Lannoy Hunter, Brice Peaxse, George Smith Thornton, Edward Edwards, John Iltid Nicholl, Ebenezer Fuller ,Maitland, Thomas Henry Allen Poynder, James Whatman;. Henry Vigne, and William Pole,'Esqrs., Baron de Tessier; James Tul loch, Henry Jeffreys Bushby, and John Neville Warren, Esqrs., Baron Lionel de Rothschild, Baron Nathan de Rothschild, Sir Moses , Montefiore, Bart., John Garrett, Abraham Wildey Robarts, George Carr Glyn, George Rickards, Jonathan Muckleston Key, Abraham John - Valpy, and Robert Seeley,- Rsqrs., Sir William Henry Poland, Knt. Thomes.Alers-Hankey, Henry But terworth, Edward T;rrel,.Williaiu Croft,. aohn Alexander Hankey, James Andeiton _Daniel Brittee, •George Dodd, William Hughes Hughes, ' Francis Bligh Heokey, William Hughes Hughes, jun.; George ' Meek, Ambrose Moore, Joseph Oldham, jun., Josi a h Wilson , Alfred Wilson, Cor nelius Lea W ilson, Edaird Lawford, Peter Northall Laurie, Edward Wilson, Richard Lea Wilson, Robert Ellis, William Peters, James Walkinsh a w, J osep h S ome*, Samuel Gregson, Ge orge Mignay, Joh n Masterman,an., Daniel Mild re d , Frederi ck Mildred, Richard Lambert Jones Charles Pearson, Thomas Saunders, Jarjaas Como Mehill, James B en tl ey, William Gladstone, John Helbert Helb er t, ;Tohn Pemberton Heywood, James Holford, : John Pierce Kennard, Robert William Kennard, Joseph Maynard, William Roper Maynard, Arthur Walford, John Walter Charles F en t on W h i ting, Charles Hill, Heathfield Smith,' Charles Alliston , George Allistou, Philip Champion T o k er , David Henry Stone, William Dallison Starling, John Kin. nersley Hooper, jun., John Humphery, jun., James Bram well, William Lawrence, jun., William Taylor Mount ford C o p e l an d. Joseph Anderson, jun., John Wood, Sam. Christy, Bellamy Dobree, jun., John Hill, William Jones Loyd, Donald Nicoll, John Thomas Norris, Philip Joseph Salomons, John Henry Smith, Thomas Matthew man Challis, William Henry Challis, Albert Willberforce Challis, John Ridley Hunter, Robert Bousfield, Edward Jones Williams Edward Hunter, Ed war d M asterman, George Moore, john Francis Moon, John Gafford, Thoma s Gabriel, 'Richard Nathaniel Phi lipps, Thomas Dahill, i • George WOclehouse Currie, and Alexander Henry, Bova. • . . - RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEER. 1 Mlles opened,' NAME OF RAILWAY.: fi eceipta. 1803. I 1 BRITISH. 1852. 1 853. ---...._____ 72 I Aberdeen ..... £1,520 1,821 3 7% Belfast and Ballymena - .... -..- .• 681 701 17 1 Belfast and County Down.. - - .... 176 184 33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 1,527 .696 • - Bolton, Blackburn, and West York - - - _ 8534 Bristol and Exeter ..... .• • ..• •••• • - • 123,533158 143,13170, 18934 Caledonian.-- ...... .......... } 89 Edinburgh and &wow .• •-..- • • 94's Chester and Holyhead••••• - .... - - 3,074 3,862 63y Cork, Blackrock, and Passage -- •• 128 136 20 Cork and Bandon .............. 142 196 5 6 Dublin and Belf as t J unc ti on ••- • • - 823 776 6234 Dublin and Drogheda- -•..- •• •• 909 1,072 6 Dublin and Kingstown -.•.•- - - - 572 542 16% Dundee and Arbroath ---- • • .• 402 464 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 730 19 Dundalk and Enniskillen.... --..- 173 180 68 East Ang1ian........................ 627 782 81% ' East Lancashire ............ • • • • • • • • • •• 4,059 4,563 322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. ...... 15,974 17,628 95 Eastern Union-........ • ••• .. 2,116 2,175 78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee...... 2,014 2,359 6 Exeter and Credit0n................ 81 100 19 Furness Railway • 291 474 1715 Glasgow, and South-Western- -•. • • 3,882 4,566 283 Great Northern and E. L.-. ... -. • 14,402 18,455 188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 4,701 5,353 31931 Great Western •• • ....... • ... -•• • • 17,527 20,823 2514 Irish South Eastern •• - ............ 177 90 Lancaster and Carlisle-- .. ••• • • • 4,426 202 5,134 260 Lancashire and Y or k sh i re • • • 17,478 17,042 - Leeds North ern ..................., - - 181, Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport •• . • 248 258 5N 3% London and North We5tern........, ..... 45, 879 1731 i London, Brighto n , 4 10,019 41 L and South Coast.. 10,005 1,040 25334 London and South Western. ........ 9,455 10 .8'• 7 - ondonderry and Enniskillen --•• • • 355 381 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. 16 75 Manchester, Shall old, and Lincolnshire 6,682 7,435 91, Man chester and South J unct i on •• •• •• 499 567 28 Mary ort and Carlisl e .. ..... 670 730 498 % Midland ..... ...... ..... -•••• •• 24,720 25,790 126 M idland Great Western (Irish) •• •• •• 2,415 2,609 37 Monklands ••••- " " • • •• •• •• •• 812 1,054 2,189 ,786 7814 Newcastle and Carlisle.. •• •••••• • • •• .3,831 4321 149 North British --•••••• '• •• •• •• •• ••• North Staffordshire •• •••• • • •• ••• • " - - • • 47 North-Western •• •• •• .. •• ' ' • • 743 1,026 } 2,703 2,689 :>0 Scottish Central ••••••• • • • •; :::: .• .• 32 Scottish Midland •• •• 670 888 in •• Lam •• • ... 29% Shrewsbury and Ilfrm g ......•• •• 1,648 1,654 569 693 1,605 1,71* 2 4 , 7 13 s h h r r e o ws p,h b ir ur e y u a n n i n•• ••••• • " . ' 12 3 9 4 1 9 820 58 South Devo 7.9 • .... ..• .... .. .. .. .. .... , ,„, ~ 288 Seat h Easte .......... Union Cheste r. ..... .. .. ... ...... . ..... •• 2,601 3,766 131 South Wales . •• 2 61(i 3,183 77 s ou th York., ••• Doncaster, and Goole .. 1,428 1,616 40 Ta ff Val .... ........... ••• • •• 1,088 1,209 36 In". • • • and Limerick ............ 393 594 Waterford 68 520 586 York and Newcastle, 682 Midland & Leeds 24,414 2 5,281 Cornwall York and North 2 12 5 Wh Wes it t ehave N n Jun aa ct t i l o e n , :rn .. d . 13 .. e . rv0 ... e . 245 273 Berwick 'FOREIGN. 574 Dutch Rhenish •••••••••••• • • •• •• • • 781 1,180 183% Lyons and Mediterranean .......... 6, 9 298 8,204 63 Montereau and Troyes .• .. • ..... • ... 26 1,006 63 ................ 1,242 1 , 6 21 443( N N o a rth mu e r rn an o d f L p i r e an ge e . e . 22,432 25,948 077 Orleans and Centra1...,•..... 18,833 29,538 240 84 392 Paris and Strasburgh •• .... •••• .• • • 14,399 19,107 Paris Paris and d d L lo o u ns en. :.• :: - :•• :: •• • •'•• ••• 163,337 1 5 ,7597 59 66 WesternBouen f I ,ll 'l7n r c e e .. . . ... :: :: : : •• : :: •• .: : 3 2 :5 6 9 5 5 9 33:7451 * The receipts Include the traffic on the Orleans and Central, Or leans and Bordeaux, and Tours and Nantes. • THE THIEVES or GLASGOW.—On Monday a most ._ ov ie painful and instructive exhibition, and on e , too that would have been regarded with serious if not thrilling interest by those who have occasion at times to thread the streets and lanes of our great city at a late hour, presented itself in the court-yard of the central police establishment. This consisted of a row of 13 youn g men of from 20 to 30 years of age — a ll well known as desperate thieves— and their appearance there is th us explained. On Friday night last, about 8 o'clock, an elderly gentleman was going into the court leading to his house in George-street, when he was garotted and otherwise severely assaulted and struck on the face, and robbed of a pocket-book and a number of (to him) valuable papers, by two men, whom he could only recognise in the dark as being young men, wearing coats and caps. He gave information to the police, and in a few hours the detachment of thieves already referred to were brought in from their accustomed haunts, and ranged up in the manner described, to enable the gentleman to try to identify his assailants. AVe believe the result was un successful ; and it could not be otherwise in the circum stances. These young men were singularly uniform in dress, face, figure, height, and general appearance ; and, although this similarity may have led to their being brought up for examination in this instance, there was something in the_ sight leading to the conclusion that this uniformity was the result of careful and systematic professional arrangements for the purpose of baffling identification. To the mind of the man who had been attacked, any two of them answered the general descrip tion f ended t This m ewas being e difficulty setatli ber; and there North British. Mail. AND MISTLETOE.—The h o ll y was dedicated to ohi s the inquiry, assailants. in • and, as the fetes o f th at d eity were cele brated December, and the R omans were accustomed to decorate their houses with h o ll y, the early Christians HOLL Y Satu r n , decorated their houses in the same manner while they were celebrating their festival at Christmas, in order that they might escape observation. The mistletoe was dedicated to Friga, the Venus of the Scandinavians ; and as she was the goddess of love, hence arose the cus tom of kissing under the mistletoe. )11and , 1 67th resell , 1121 ty