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- -------'''''...'l market Inferior. 510 oa 23s 81 3 3s 0 a 541, od 0 0 09 0 1 °4 ; raPeg d • bAgii to 41° Wt. e, _2O 5 0 _2O d°' bat een e D tlo rm at f o) , hir er rOl C. I IN; COll3, IP silje j o re flo° r j Atir ; [ l ire, f est lid rora t d Ppd uess uo .0.1 4 ; 110.- 0 say' 0 tio v,. 0 3tern, Office of the Crag Light and Cole Company, Ilorseterry-road, Westminster, 8, 1853. / OTICE is hereby October given, that a HALF -II.YEARLY GENERAL COURT of the Proprietors of this Comfany will be held on TUESDAY, the ls, day of November next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, at the Company's Gas Works, Horseferry-road, Westminster, and that for Seven Day s p reviousl y the tialf-yearly Acconnts of the Company will be open to the inspec tion of the Propriaors at this Office, and at the Station of the Con - 1- ' ,III Y, in Brick-lai e, 0 d- s t ree r, o n a n order signed by three of the Directors, to be procured at either station. NOTICE is hereby also given, that at the same Meeting, the Annual Election of Auditors will take place ; and should a Ballot be required, it will continue open for four hours from its commence ment, By order, CHARLES BURLq, Secretary. N.B. The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely, and none but Proprietors admitted. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON —H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. The SECOND PART of an HISTORICAL LECTURE on "THE T HAMES," from its Source to its Estntry, by GEORCiE RUC KLAND, fzEsq., assisted by YHA Blanche Yonnge, with NEW SO\ GS and NEW "ItisOLVEG 'CENERY, on Tuesdays and Fridays at four o'clock, and every Evening except Saturday at - LEcruists.—By J H. Pepper, Esq. : On PHOTr)GRAPHY, with Mornings and Evenings. By Dr. Bachhoffner : On ELECTRO-GILDING and SILVERING. The LANCASHIRE SEWING MACHINE and BATE'S DI ,ROVED FIRE ESCAPE exhibited in Use and explained Daily ,.oPen Mornings and Evenings . a dmission , is.; Schools, and Children under Ten years of age Half-price. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CHEAP EXCURSION TO OXFORD, CIRENCESTER SIROUD, GLOUCESTER, and CIIELTE X DAM. On SUNDAY, October 16th, an Excursion Train for the above ?laces will leave Paddington Station. at 7.45 a.m., returning the tame Evening from Cheltenham, at 6.40 ; Glouce,st r, at 6.50 ; Stroud; at 7.20; Cirencester, at 7.35 ; and Oxford, at 3.50. Pares there and Back First Class. Covere I Carriages. Oxford ... ..... ;:: 3s. fid. Cirenc; ster or Stroud • • ss. Od. .‘, Gloucester or Cheltenham '' s °luggage arowed. Tickets can be obtained previously at the I Ma' Places. Paddington Station, Oct. 5, 1853. . LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN R AILIVAY.—EDINBURGH PEACE CONFERENCE. x tee is Hereby Given, that on MONDAY and TUESDAY, the i.s r b e 11th of O c t o b er , RETURN TICKETS . TO EDINBURGH ae issued a t Easton Sta ti on to Fi rst an d Secon d class passengers the following fares, viz.:— _ London to Edinburgh and Back. „.„ Pint class.... • . 41.105. Second-class..., .. 31 68. -21!se tickets will be available for return by any train until ionrZ a ?tectobT 25th. -Pa sengers who would prefer_.to divide the York 1 )3 , resting on Monday night on the way, may do so at bern' o r Carlisle, the same ticket c truing them through to Edin the following day. This arrangement will &so apply to atom m Journey, prov Led they leave Edinburgh on or before y' 2 4th. These tickets are riot transferable. Ge By order, MARS. MUSH. t eral Manager's Office, October, 1853. TELEGRAPH BETWEEN LONDON AND GRAVESEND. TO MERCHANTS, SHIPPERS, AND THE PUBLIC. raP i nurria of the SUBII A R . IN E and E LI ROPEAN T ELE GR A PH Tar' NM,. GRAVESEND OFFICE. G'eat Reduction of dn „ fr. arid Instantaneous Communication between Gravesend Sent, Dover d Deal, and between Gravesend and theConti ' au c. 14e9s ages of 20 Words from Gravesend to London, Dover, or Deal ... , ^gd vice versa, One shilling Each additional 10 words, or fraction of 10 words, Sixpence. Porterage charged for delivery for the first mils from any of the Companies' stations. ,_ Messages may be sent from Gravesend to nearly every to wn o i mbortance on the Continent and in the United Kingdom Boatmen on the river wilt bang 3lessa3es from the c-hips to the Companies' Office. Messages sent by boat to vessels lying off the 'bore. _ For further particulars, a.poly at the Office, 45.. The .Terrare, Gravesend (between The Terrace Pier and Custom House, and close' to the river). O fttces:—London: 30, Cornhill ; an d 43, R%ent-circus. Birming ham: 104, New-street. Gravesend: 45, The Terrace. Dover : 7, i ti kr he cer.,,c,eu-place. Deal : 100, Beach street . France: Paris—Rue la m h ; Calais—Railway station. Belgium—Brussels: Place de °floate. G. L. PARROTT, Secretary, CONTRACTS FOR, RUM, TEA, S)AP, MUSTARD, AND PEPPER, Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Servi ces, Somerset-place, 6th Oct., 1853. and Ireland:ldt° T „ d e e o !! er . eby G I , °lnmissioners for Executing the Office of Instant. at 0 Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain Y. the 20th e Notice, that on TIMBSDA as /nay b e n " " ' ''onx, they will be ready to treat with such persons Majesty . willing to Coutract for .41 plying and delivering into her 8 Victualli Stores ' ' and PLY3IOUTLE the undermentioned ng at GOSPORT ______ articles, viz.:— Rum.. TE , I (congoto.. it,trST \iii(lllPlour.. PEP= P hole Blac ) k) bTheuttes Rum , Te a, and , er will be rece' No tend • gallons—of Tea Peps 2 sample, of the Ram , 0 00 lbs —of Soap than ofPeP t han iv l ea to f n o . r a on 1 ton andless quan s ti t ty of Mustardßfum the average streng than 3 t 1 1 0 a 0 1 0 1 each import mark, and io t f o c. b a e ch se m nt a i r n k p e i x nts for to be stattd, and not an average of different marks or strengths of several imports, rd any pared of Rum that is found not to be of the same quality, eark, or aver ge stren4th of the sample tendered and accepted will ej i l b . i ecied by the officers; and samples of the Tea (not less than 2-• , rom the Bonded Warehouse), of the Soap (not less than 2 bars), and or the Mustard anil Pepper (not less than 210 s. of each), must be Produced by the earties tendering. T he samples p ro d uce d b y pers ins w h ose tenders are not accepted, are r equested to be taken away by them immediately atter the con tracts have been decided. contracts, to which particular atten- The conditions of the rev ised the said °tile., at the Victualling tic. is call e d , m ay Yards at Gosport and be Plymouth, seen ii a at tin7toe.softimcs at eot Bristol. fComm Noande Tender rß e e n v d i e s r wail be received after o, r at Liverpool. and cf the One of o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any 71 , iticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly autho rised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the worde " Tender for and must al o be delivered at Somerset. place, and those for Rum, Tea, Mustard, and Pepper, Inuit be accompanied by a letter signed by a responsible person, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in a sum of 201. per cent, on the value, for the due per formance of each of the contracts. SIRIVILLIAMBITR,NETT'S DISINFECTING FLUID.—The best Concentrated "CHLORIDE OF ZINC."— Greet Reduction of Price.—The merits of this Fluid, invented fy Sir W. Burne't, INI.D • F. 2 S., &c., &c., for the Disi ,fection of Sick Rooms, Clothing, Linen, &c.; the prevention or Contagion ; the preservation of Animal Matter from Putrescence, the purification of Bilgewater, Cesapoo's, Drains, Water Closets &c , are now so well known to the pudic as to render comment unnecessary. Sold at the Office, 18, Cannon•street, City, London. and by Che- Uiists, Shipping Agents, and others throughout the United King& m, Imperial Quart Bottles at 2s. 6d.; in Pints at Is. 3d.; in Half- Pints at 9d.; and in bulk at 6s. per Gallon. I'AUTI ON.—BEWARE OF IMITATIONR —The only genuine Disinfectin g Fluid is sealed over the cork with the inscription. "Sir Eumett's Disinfecting Fluid," anal accompanied with nume- Nis Testimonials of the highest order, and instructions for its use. MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Doctor SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, REDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, "oetor of Medicine, and Matriculated Men Vier cf the (Thivermity of Ed inburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Mall, London, Stc., &C. raMesultinAg f Y rorn be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, Juvenle irregularities and excesses, which 'have pro 'lead more misery i n youth, degradation in manhood, and grema e c kr a L - , - naY at all st ag es o f life, th an p er h a p s an y o th er c l ass of dis li",`,7 Known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience I•eue treatment o f t h ese d i seases has proved that there are i n ex i st - Kan secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes to eilterice, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri endle-4Dripotency Local and Constitution& Weakness, and their prin, modifications owe their almost e. tire origin. ciples so lutely necessary that all men should know that there are of Personal management which cannot be violated without th e he grievous pen-Ities, and when wisdom and regret succeed Inay ,eydity of inconsiderate self-i-dulgence, how these penalties k w 1 7, mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may he removed, th at tile evil and its con-equenc es may be avoided, and above all, der a " ° ra 6 scarcely any degree of physical Infirmity er functional b o le,Ment to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cur d e in it LA'XIERT has for a long series of years been engaged plant, practice in the treatment of these delicate cars of tli a and; is the only l ega lly qualified Physivan who, redur e. d s 11 ‘ e cor i e, il ta and envy ofpocritical and mock-nridest, has . ha ,„`teati,,," ‘ e nee ; through the medium of the public press, to direct - e e. 1 • 0 these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is li . 'de n d electin g thi department of practice, he has been amply e c . 4 7',tri%, t 1) 4, the great success that has attended his etrts to o n O tt : . Pittai' d at t ,..V i le s4 B cases, which are too generally confided ort e4 r tutta,l a lied and ignorant em a p h iri_ c.s,whowiththeir pirated ha ve - b ' eePatet, nostrums, ed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues Inflicted serious injury on those who ' A L ti n n in fL ue ed 'f v a e ttn hi their pretensions. medleonsuit a a c ti e on dly from Eleven till Two, and from wrie:;b _t.t.alittlii letters must ai contain the fee of IL nd , advicea an It la el,. il be forwarded to any initials or address. -"aid tir le that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT Medic a copy of his work on sELF-pfigaFRVATION. • ener ati al _ Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous e a e n s cl . idn o . je. Debility, illustrated by fifty-colo . tred . en graving h s, and and exce.,;,B",uetall the various disorders resulting fro., secret a t ~.ndusecrhett_;ol,, ftshePierructlesofanthaismtzatise had pr in thecorree Droth e ;.Pftnish, be had, price 2s 61, in English, r ka, Brothers Co. 23, Paternoster-row; utch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Plie Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; rce by poA':, C ornhill ; Stork), Titchhorne-street, Haymarket , or r f ebt. eu e. „triflortY-two stamps, to any address from the Author's A RE. ',chicon. TARE NOTICE ! M ESSRS, R. & L. PERRY & CO. CONTINUE TO BE CONSULTED AS USUAL, (e. n , AT 19, ERNERS-STREET, OXFORD -STREET, ACQuIRED THE SECRET CAUsES OF SELF AND DISAPPOINTED ROPES. TEIE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fiftieth Edition. MISERIES ~, CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. and 4 " U strated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings Cases. f ro m the New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, TR Fstablishment. 3. 6d. in stamps, on E SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work t he exhausti on and physical decay of the system, produced by Mercuexcesslve indulgenc e , t h e consequences of infection, or the abuse of to _ . Mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, i e l : ry, by o bservations on Marriage, and the disqualifications il y ! Prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. V 13- R. and f rd- EltltY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox 0 street,. London. Published by Sherwood and Co. 23, Paternoster- row, and sold b y Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Gli, 4n, ' O l6, Lead enhall-street ; 95, Tarringdoh-street ; W. Sutton, 1 0, 11 Bei, C hurch-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapsitle ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhi . Pear I, treats of the ans. , omy end physiology of the repro:iuctive ergails, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. • Purr 11. treats of the consequences resultine from excessive in roducing dalgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, P Mental and I.,dily weakness. nervous exciteirent, and generative incaparity. Illustrated by 10 Explanator) Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the their p treatmrimary ent .cr secon dary form, an d contains explicit directions for nic s T his section i s il lustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav- PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a Pimple application, b- which the danger of infection is obviated. PART Y. is deyoieri to the c onsideration of in.rriage and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole *inject critically and phil osophically inquired into. Tin CoantAL ALM OF S vatActrfir is exclusively employed in tree ing nervous and sexual debility, iinpotence, toc., lis and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitie remedy, for purifying' the blood in cases of infection, secondary aYmetons, eruptions, and the of mercury, 1 Is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's abuse VitrifySpific Pills. 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and Ils. Per box , a certain remedy for gonorrhcea sleet, stricture, and chronic infiamm Ilion of the bladder. ionsultan fee, if by letier, 11. A minute detail at the case is required : age, habits, and post-. tion in society, sf. packets, with advice, to he had at the Establish 'll en t, Only. by which the fee, 1/., Is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgemg, ar c_, in attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon win, fro ~.._ m Eleven till Two, and Five to Eight; on Sunday from r.leYelt to One. To be delivered at I When to be delivered (Gosport, Gallons 15,000 Ibs. 1 5,0 0 Tons. ,-- Ply wont tif' rHalf in two months, 1 snd the remain er i in one month after -4 .. • • . wards, or earlier if Lpreferred by the party tendering. 1 One-half of each in lbs. one month, and the 10,000 I remainder In one Tons. month afterwards, 19 I or earlier if pre -2 (erred by the party •• • • .1 tendering. 'ePper to be exempted from the Customs No. 19,040.] In a few days, 2 vols. foolscap, cloth, 165., I THE POETICAL WORKS of ELIZABETH X. BARRETT BROW LNG. Third Edition. W tli numerous Additions and Corrections. • Ak% o4 • London : Chapman =A Hall, 193,Ticcadilly. • This day, foolscap, price is., SKETCHES OF THE ' HUNGARIAN E XIIGRATION INTO TURKEY. • By a lIONVED. • . Forming the new velure of " Rca , ing for Travellers." London: Chapman and flail, 193, Piccadilly. Small Bvo., cloth, Cs:, THE MANUAL OF FRENCH COOKERY, Simplified for the benefit of the most Unlearned. 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The above Rooms aro now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. and will continue open every evening, with LAUIt E T' - ,;ELERRITED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ; Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter ..inate at half-past 11. BANK OF DEPOSIT, 7, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square, London. Parties desirous of Investing Money are requested to examine the Plan of this Institution, by which a high Rate of Interest may be obtained with perfect security. Interest payable in January and July. PE I ER MORRISON, Managing Director. Prospectuses free on application. SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS, ro Secretaries of P111;ic Institutions, Clerks, Station Masters, Rail way Officials, Bankers' Clerks, Travellers, and Others, rrIMES LIFE ASSURANCE and GUARAN- Tr.E COMPANY, 32, Ludgate-hill, London. Incorporated 'miler 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110. HONORARY PRESIDENTS. CHARLES HINDLEY, Esq., M.P., Dartmouth-house, Westminster JAMES KERSHAW, Esq., M.P., Stockport. TRUSTEES. James Alexander Douglas, Esq., 11, Queen -square. Ambrose Moore, Esq., Endsleigh-street, Livistock-square. James Nisbet, Esq., Berners-street, Oxford-street. CHAIRMAN—The Hon Francis Villiers, Berkeley-square. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN —James Wyld, Esq., Charing-cross. " The Times " Company affords guarantee to persons requiring the same at the lowest possible rare, and divides four-llths of the profits Thuv, by applying the jus'ly popular principle of mutuality to public guarantee, the pr , oniums, Instead o being a tax upon honesty, be come a means of saving and Investment. Rates —From 7s. 6d. uowards. No charge for stamps or extra •harg,a. An allowance made in the guarantee premium, where a :ife assurance and guarantee are combined. LtFE ASSURANCF!. Life assurance, annuities, and endowments. Payments taken monthly as well as quarterly, &e. Policies indisputable, save :n cases of fraud. Arrangements can be male with this office to pre vent the I ,, ss of a policy where the assured is unable, from temporary tqnbarra,sment, to keep up the payments. H. B. SHERIDAN, Manager. BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. The following testimonial is another proof of the great effi cacy of this medicine:— "157, New Bond-street, London, October 12, 1850, " iccuainting you with the great benefit which I have ex. perienced by taking BLAIR'S (I. )UT and RIILUMATIC PILLS, I feel that I am but performing a duty to that portion of the public who may be similarly affected. " About twenty years since I was first attacked by rheumatic gout In my hands and feet. I had previously been subjected to every va riety of climate, having served in Canada in the 19th Dragoons, and in Spain, under Sir John Moore, in the 18th Hussars. I always pro 2ured the best medical aid, without obtaining any essential relief, and my sufferings can be appreciated only by these who know some thing of this disease. _ _ " It was during one of those paroxysms, between twelve and thir teen years ago, that I was recommended to try BLAIR'S PILLS. I lost no Blue In procuring a box, and before I had taken that quantity ,he pain had entirely ceased, and in a few days I was in perfect health. " From that moment, whenever I feel any symptoms of the dis ease approaching, I have instant recourse to this medicine, which to ale is so valuable, than were it not that the days of rnacic have ceased, I should certainly attribute the relief I obtain to that cause. Moreover, I rejoice to say that my health has not in any degree suf lered, but on the contrary I believe the teudency of BLAIR'S PILLS towards its improvement. " I have recommended the Pills to many friends, and the result has always been of the most gratifying character. " I am, Sir, yours respectfully, " GARRET FOSTER GILL. "To Mr. Front, 229, Strand." For every description of Gout and Rheumatism, Sciatica, Tic-dolo reux, &c., &c., BLAI:.'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS are a sovereign remedy, contain neither mercury, opium, or any other dangerous drug, require no care whatever in their use, and for ra pidity of cure and complete safety have not their equal in the world. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London; and all respectable rledicine Vendors. Pr ce 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S Gu 0 T and RH E TIM A TIC PILLS, and observe that " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," is impressed upon the Government Stamp. THE MOST CERTAIN PREVENTION OF CHOLERA EVER DISCOVERED. THE BEST and CHEAPEST DISIN FSCTIN • FLUID is CREW'S IMPROVED CH.I.OKIDE of ZINC, for the purification of Dwelling-houses Stables, Dog Ken nels, Ship's Holds, Cesspools, Brains, w ater-closets, &c. ; the Disin fection of Sick Rooms, Clothing, Linen, and for the Prevention of Contagion. Chloride of Zinc, as the best Disinfecting and purifying agent, is now e-tablished beyond all doubt. It is perfectly harmless in its application and innoxious in itself. The high prce sa which it hos hitherto be'n sold has prevented its general ,use; to obviate this obstacle to its universal ap licatlon as a disinfecting and purifying agent, the present manufacturer, who was many years with Sir W. Burnett's Company, has arranged to supply the public with concen tratrd Chloride of Zinc in its greatest purity and at the lowest price. It is sold by all tfhealists and Shilminz Agents in the United Kt , tif clom, in Imperial Quart Bottles at 2s. (id. each ; in pints, Is. ; half pints, 6d. each ; and in larger vessels at 6s. per Gallon. Each Bottle will be accompanied with instructions for its dilution and use. Concentrated Chloride of Zinc in use may be diluted with `2OO times its quantity of water. Orders executed by the -43.1 c Agents, Messrs. Drew, Heyward, and Barron, Bush-lane, Cannon street. Manufactured at H. G. GRAY'S, Commercial Wharf, Mile End, London. STOCKS AT HOME AND STOCKS ABROAD. THE very uncertain state of the Money Market has given cause for serious apprehension, and report says the Australian Markets are so overstocked that shipments are taking place for England and America. This is quite possihie, and arises from busiress founded on wrong principles. It is the worthless and unseasonable articl, s which will nut sell; but the manufactures of E. MOSES and SON meet with a speedy sale at a surprisin.: amount of profit. This is in consequence of their perfect knowledge of the Australian markets, and constant advices from their large Establish ment in Australia. The Winter Clothing now displayed at the Establishment of E. MOSES and Sox, and at its West-end Branch, exhibits Variety, Fashion, and Superiority in numberless artistic styles of Winter Attire. The very extraordinary low prices charged for every article in Dress, Hats, Ca: 5, Hosiery, Furs, Boots, the most favourable circumstance which could occur when money is Scarce and provisions charged at a high rate. E. Mons and SON'S Winter stock affords the best Illustration of a magnificent busine ss conducted with a direct application to the seascn, and productive of greater advantages in quality, style, and comfort than any goods offered e'sewhere. Merchants, Captains, Shippers, and Emigrants may select from the largest Wholesale Stock in the world, at E. MOsES and SONS'. The general superiority of the goods, and their being made expressly to suit the markets and the season when they will arrive, associated with the most economical charges. deserves the immediate attention of all classes going abroad. ship-sailipg information, and full liats of outfits for Ladies and Gentlemen, may be had on application, or post free. SPECIAL NOTICE.—The Establishment will be CLOSED on WEDNESDAY next, October the 12th, re-opening as usual on THURS DAY morning at 7 o clock. CAUTION.— E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, havin,l learned that the untradesman-lik c falsehood of " helm. connected with he': Estahlislunent," or " I r t's the same concern," has been resorted to i n many instances, and fo obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have NO CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER. HOUSE IN OS OUT OIL' LONDON, except their own Establishments. as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, ISO, and 157, Minories, 83, 144,85,and 85, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 105,507, 505, New Oxford .street, 1, 2 and 3, Hart-street. all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 30, Car , ate , . Colonial Branch, Melbou ne, Australa. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Batters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladles and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT. —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will ')5 exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lo west owohk:l b Tush i nn cs Heraldis re resumed till ssl2oranocs't,e:l relative ocekn.t containing price, trom which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when (till lists liat of prices, ~nr-systeM of self incaitirement, advice to emhzrants, tkc., may be had on appldcation, or post-free to any part of the kingdom, A handsome Almanac for t on application. Id I'on park Francais. Tiler *richt man Deutsch. year ending 1853 can be had gratis Qui si parla Italian. 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I 4 ' ...'"....'..."......g............ - cases [to which is ex• emption of payment of money to bankers does not apply, - *l;tatever form of receipt be adopted. It is specially ereated "not to extend to receipts or acknowledgments for sums paid or deposited for or upon letters of allot ,aßent of shares, or in respect of calls upon any scrip or shares of or in any joint stock or oth er company, or proposed or intended company ;"—and it is further enacted that such receipts or acknowledgement s by whomsoever given (whether by the s ecre t ary of the company or the bankers) shall be liable to the stamp duty. So that in the case of payments of deposit a on , letters of allot ment or "calls ' of any kind, the recoipt must be stamped. Fourth—We are not aware of any good reason why s receipt for a payment into a banker's by a customer, in the manner already described, should not be exempt from stamp duty, simply because it names a time for the repayment of the money, or defines some specific notice to be given before the deposit shall again be demanded. We are aware that similar instruments given by private persons, such as I 0 U's for money borrowed, which specified a given day on which repayment was to be made, had been held by some to come within the Stamp Act as promissory notes. But in the case of a banker's deposits a - Special exemption from stamp duty is made, and no exception to the exemption is stated on account of ,the receipt bearing upon it a note of the time when it is to be repaid. But this is a point upon which we shall'think it.needful to take further advice. r PRICE SD• whether their duty to the manufacturing and shipping interests, which requires them to proclaim the incalculable good thus conferred on English I commerce, will get the better of their subservience I to the present ministry, which compels them to refuse all merit to the administration of Lord Derby, and more especially the department pre sided over by Lord Mal mesbury. Such efforts will be vain. , The, time is gone by when they could succeed; and the clear-sighted commercial men of -England will be'quick'to perceive that not only are they indebted to the noble earl for this 1).0011,. but that also to the promptitude and ability of Sir Charles Hotham it is owing that its attainment was not frustrated by Lord Aberdeen and Lord Clarendon as hopeless." While ~indignant „at the thought of what this small-souled" caution might have shut thein out froni, they will . do well to reflect that one of the most signal achievements of commercial diplomacy in moderntimes had well nigh failed f rom a b eggar l y b u t characteristic cal culation of its " expensiOeness." FifthL-Much dieussion has taken place upon the state of, the law under the new act in relation to stamped cheques drawn "to order " and "on demand," and in relation to bills of exchange. What we have formerly stated in respect ther e t o i s s t r i c tl y i n accor d ance w i t h ' the law but the sc o p e an d e ff ec t o f our o b serva ti ons seem to have been misunderstood. In the first place, the new instrument of a cheque or draft drawn "to order " and "on demand" on a penny stamp, is in every respect subject to the same laws las bills of exchange, except as regards the exemption of bankers from the duty of ascertaining the genuineness of the indorsement. Now, it is quite true, as we have before stated, that a receipt for the payment of a bill of exchange at maturity, when the money is paid, may be given upon the bill itself, without any further stamp. But if, at the time of taking the bill, a receipt is given as a discharge for the debt which it re presents—for example, if the invoice ,or account be thus receipted : "Received this day by bill at three u m p o o n n th a s "—suchst a mp ec ; a r nd eip, though th t epa only fora party paying payingab b ill il , l, m org tlt be i s ving an acceptance in discharge of a debt, has a right to de mand a stamped receipt for it, the same as if the claim were discharged by money. Of course, if the party giving such bill or acceptance is willing to dispense with any receipt for it, he is quite at liberty to do so ; and in many cases, perhaps in most cases, the bill itself when paid at maturity might be so identified with the claim that it was intended to discharge, as to be in his hands a sufficiently valid receipt, and one on which he might safely rely. Thus dispensing with any receipt for the bill at the time it is given, the final receipt by in dorsement upon it at maturity, and when paid, may be converted into a receipt without a further stamp. But by the way of trying the distinction for which we are contending, suppose the same bill of exchange, as is frequently the case, t o b e used to discharge numerous debts, by indorsement froni one person to another, the only person to whom it would finally serve as a receipt would be the first acceptor, when it returned into his hands. None of the intermediate h elders, who had dis ohargeiFelaims with the same instrument, would hai-e any receipt, unless they were taken separately from the hill, and if so taken, for example in this form, " Settled by A.B draft upon C.D.," th e receipt must in every case be upon a stamp. The same rule precisely applies to stamped cheques payable to order and on demand. The party dis charging a debt by such an instrument has a right to require a receipt for it, and such receipt must be stamped ; though the receipt for the money, when obtained from the banker's upon whom it is drawn, may be endorsed upon the back of such cheque without any further stamp. But if, as in the case of a bill of exchange, the party paying the stamped cheque is willing to dispense with any receipt for the same, and is satisfied to rely upon the endorsement of the person in whose favour it is drawn, and the possession of the cheque after it hiss been paid, as a legal proof of the dis charge of any particular claim, it is quite competent fur him to do so, and there is nothing illegal in the mode of doing it. Legally and technically the receipt written by endorsement upon such cheque is an acknowledgment to the banker for the money that it represents, and not a discharge for the debt for which such cheque was given; but it may be without much difficulty converted into a collateral evidence of the discharge of such claim, and especially if the cheque bears upon its face any note of the account for winch it is drawn. For example, in pay ing a tradesman's account, if the stamped cheque is drawn :—" Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co., pay to A. B. or order, for bill to Christmas, 1852," and it is indorsed as being received by A. 8., such paid cheque in the hands of the person giving it, would furnish a sufficient proof of payment. In all cases in which payments are made by means of such cheques direct into the hands of the parties in whose favour they are drawn, such an en dorsement can be obtained at once, and any further re ceipt may be the easier dispensed with ; but in cases where accounts are collected by clerks, the endorsement could only be made afterwards, and no doubt, if genuine, would be equally efficacious as if made at the time; but in such cases the person making the payment would possess no evidence that he had paid the cheque at all, if it were subsequently lost of stolen, and the endorsement forged. What we want to point out is the technical distinction between the stamp which authorises such a cheque to be drawn " to order," and the stamp which serves as a legal discharge fora claim. But practically, however, it is plain that, in a great majority of cases, a stamped cheque, by being endorsed by the person in whose favour it is drawn, will serve all the purposes of a legal proof of the discharge of a debt. But let it be borne in mind that if any acknow ledgment is made of the payment by the cheque, separately , from the cheque itself— if the person making the pay ment requires a receipt when he parts with the receipt in discharge of a debt, which he is entitled to do, all such receipts must be upon stamped paper, whether the cheque be stamped and drawn "to order," or unstamped and drawn " to bearer." The case bas been put very popularly and clearly in the following paper from a correspondent, which is per fectly consistent with the statements made in the former l articles in the Economist on the su bj ec t AA draftre t fora payable debt to o requiresstamp d a emand of d. requires a stamp for id., and on the back of this draft the payee may give a valid discharge, either by a simple indor sement, or by prefacing his si gna t ure by "Received the within." Now, if an individual pays his tailor by a draft, pay. able to order, this requires a penny stam ; if p he then must also takes a receipt, thi s be on a penny stamp. But it is clear that both these documents, each being a legal disch arge, are not required, and will not practically be used. If th e d e b tor takes a receipt duly stamped, he does not wan t anot h er stamped document, andpay by a cheq ue t o "b earer " which requires no stamp ?' Or if he prefers to pay by a cheque to order, as the creditor must indorse it, and thus acknowledge the receipt of the sum mentioned in the cheque, the debtor does not require a further receipt. The indorsement, though not in terms a receipt for the tailor's bill, is expressly a receipt for the amount named in the draft. Therefore, the case will stand thus ; The debtor has in his possession his tailor's bill, say for 251. 10s. He draws a draft payable to the tailor's order for 251. 10s., and will have in his possession this draft duly receipted by the tailor, acknowledging, there fore, that be has received the 251. 10s., and this is as perfect a receipt for the tailor's bill as if it were on a separate penny stamp. Sixth—lt was not intended that receipts given to the Postmaster-General for money orders for 2/. and upwards should be subject to stamp duty ; as the person receiving such orders pay the Post-office a commission for the same ; and again, as in most cases, the persons receiving the orders must give a legal receipt to the persons send ing them to discharge the claims they it r epresent. i But subject, as some doubt has been rais ed on the under stood that the Treasury will issue an order to the Post office to authorise the Postmaster-General to dispense with such receipts. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN Re. iLNvAY. On Saturday mornin g , as a coal trainfromof Doncaster was much r w as proceeding t o the south, the axletr ee of one of the carriages broke near the Bawtr y sta tion, and several of the trucks shattered, t ewerered, and the h thrown oofft the s line, some more or less damaged. The rails were torn up for a considerable distance, and the road being also covered with coals and the debris of . A passeng er t ra i n camethe ca u rr p ia v g e e r s y , i s t h w or at t quite er bl t o h c e k edU accident, but it was for tunately stopped in time to prevent more serious conse quences. No personal injuries were sustain e d b e y on d some slight bruises. of the line e A staff of pl a t e l ayers was put on the ra the damaged part opened d for a s possible traffic. the course of th e d ay it was ` AD VERTISEMENT.]--SPORTSMEN'S, DEER-STALK ERS',. AND TOURISTS' _....3tr,RAinobaeDmarniteß.svtreeldurtN,lpiCHceaGditillllMyiti GLASS TELESCOPES Observe, opp os it e the York Hotel. - The Royal Exhibit . - A valuable, newly-invented, very small p.werful waist- on. oat-pocket gl ass , th e s i ze o f a wa l nu t, b y w hi c h a person can be seen an d k nown one m il e an d a h a lf di stant . they an swer every purpose on th e race - course, at the opera-houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gam e k eepers , and tourists. Tescopes—A new and most important invention in telescopes, possessing such extraordinary . powers that some, 3A inches, with an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope, weighing only 3 ounces, can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles, They supersede every other kind for the waistcoat-pocket. and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Opera and race-course glasses, with wonderful power; an object can be clearly seen, from 14 to 16 miles distant. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, have-in vented invaluable preserving spectacle lenses. Immediately they are placed before imperfect vision, every object appears clear and distinct; the most aged, defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, is brought to its gout ul, natural, and original state. Deafness — New Discove i -.. The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary powerful l nd newly-invented instrument, for Deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, o, probably ever can be, produced. Being oglhe same .:odour as the skin, it is not perceptible ; it enab es deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at publir-as semblies ; the u npleasant sensation of singing noisls, in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the asstd., ante that possibly could be desired.—S. and B. Solomon; Aurists and Opticians, 39, AlbemarlG-street, Piccadilly. Observe, opposite the York Hotel. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 1853. EXCHEQUER BILLS. The following announcement of an advance in the rate of, interest on all the Exchequer bills now in circulation from id. per diem, at which they have stood. since the 10th of March last, to 2d. per diem from the commencement of the official-quar ter, was posted on Saturday afternoon in the Stock gmchan g e ; "To the GOvernor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England. . , " Treasury Chambers, Oct. 8, 1853. "Gentlemen,--The Lords Commissioners of her Mb,- jesty's Treasury having determined that all Exchequer bills issued under the authority of the acts of the 15th of Victoria, c. 10, and the 16th of Victoria, c. 25, shall, on and after the 11th of October inst., bear an interest at the rate of 2d. per centuni per diem, I am commanded by their lordships to' request that you Will snake this 'determination known at - the Stock ExhanO, and my lords will forthwith take the iteceibary'steps for carrying it into effect.—l have the honour, &c., ' , IVILsoN." The resolution of the ChancellOr of the Exche quer to advance the rate of interest on Exchequer bills has been expected' "for some days, and much satisfaction is expressed that he has avoided the mistake committed on some previous occasions 'of allowing the nature of these securities to be da maged by letting them remain for any lengthened time at a discount. In deckin}g upon the:t,re'dnc tion to one penny per day in February last, thefol lowed the sound course of obtaining monerfarith`e public on the lowest practicable dblidititnis'AMa was thus enabled to cyponstrate that.atlitfilttgof ease in the Money:matkeeihe obligations Vl' the British Treasury will circulate at a , rate of interest unknown in any other country. Until recently, the premium they still maintained was quite as high as is desirable, if they are to be divested of a spela tive character, and, although this would not have been the case if the quantity in circulation had not been diminished by a large amount being sent in for payment, the intentions of the measure were in every respect realised, inasmuch as the Govern ment had a heavy balance at the Bank, which it was expedient should be employed for the national benefit, instead of being suffered to lie idle or to be used only for the advantage of a private corpora tion. At the same time, while the Chancellor re solved that the interest on these securities should henceforth be conformable to the real position of the money-market at the time of their issue, it being no part of the functions of a Minister to act on his own fancies" as to whether the stock-market for the future will rise or fall, he, of course, held himself prepared to iicrease the rate whenever n'charig,e of circumstances might render that step necessary. Since February a deficient harvest, not only in Eng land, but throughout the greater part of Europe ; a convulsion in the Chinese empire, which has ren dered it necessary for us to make all our payments in that country in the precious metals, and which has caused our exportations of specie to the East to amount, by the last two steamers alone to 1,000,0001. sterling ; a dispute with Russia of so imminent a nature that we scarcely know whether we are or are not already at war ; and a sudden change from apathy as regards shipments to Australia to a state of excitement, which has caused, probably, ten millions' worth of the combined produce of labour and raw material to be sent away on an eight months' credit, are the events which have since oc curred to affect the relations of capital, and any one of which would usually be regarded as sufficient to upset all previous calculations. That they have all happened together without producing the slightest shadow of discredit in the commercial world fur nishes the strongest possible proof of the soundness of the buoyant view which, judging from facts as they then stood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer is believed to have entertained at the opening of the year ; while of course, if he were to pretend to have foreseen then, he would rank only as a charlatan, Even, moreover, if they had been within the pro vince of conjecture, it was not his business to turn speculator upon the strength of any such opinions. His duty was simply to obtain money for the public at a penny a-day, or even a farthing a-day, as long as it might be possible to do so, and to be ready to pay twopence or threepence, or any higher amount, whenever the alteration should be requisite. By following this course, and thus assuring the mer cantile community that, although the interest on Exchequer-bills will always, both for the sake of economy and the dignity of the national credit, be kept at the lowest possible rate, they will never be permitted to remain for many weeks at a discount, he will cause the security to be what it ought to be—one of the most reliable and least speculative that can be selected. Meanwhile, the public, for whose interests alone the Chancellor thus far appears to have acted, will be glad to observe that the measure now adopted seems to indicate a certainty that all his arrange ments for meeting the claims to fall due in January next in connexion with the conversion of the Soiiith Sea and other annuities will be without difficulty. The last quotation of Exche quer-bills to-day was far below what has usually been the case when they have borne the advanced rate of interest now announced, and the reason for this consists in the anticipation that an amount equal to that withdrawn during the past six months will be re-issued to supply the wants of the Treasury at the period in question, the available surplus re venue being used as far as it will go for the re mainder. Under these circumstances, public ob ligations bearing 3 per cent. in perpetuity will be paid off partly by cash in hand and partly by cities carrying interest at the rate of 31. 6s. 10d. per annum that will admit of being reduced when ever the money-market may be favourable for such an operation.—Times City Article. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF LIFE ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, On Saturday afternoon an accident of a most alarm ing character, and which, we regret to say, was the cause of one person being killed on the spot, and which, it is feared, will prove fatal to several others, occurred at Ke n sal-green . It appears that Messrs. Lock and Nesham, the well known contractors, were erecting for the Great Wes tern Railway Company at Kensal-green a new locomo tive factory, which, with the exception of the covering of the roof, was to be composed of iron, after the prin ciple of the Crystal Palace. The building was 400 feet long by 70 broad, the sides of which consisted of iron columns, and the roof was to be supported by what are technically called iron principals or rafters, constructed triangularly, so as to give a full fall for the light. These principals were raised on the top of the columns by means of a " derrick," a perpendicular pole, which was supported by four "guys" (ropes to give it a proper bearing). Nine of, the principals had already been o f erected, th e workmen an a t the e tune re in o t f h t e h e a c a t c c o l d f e r n a t i , s a i large ng which they had nearly got up to the top , w hen, from the n u t e m n b t h e r , some cause which is at present unexplained, the "guys" gave way, and the "derrick" toppled over, thereby causing the "principal" the men were lifting to strike the others, and the consequence was that the whole mass fell to the ground with a fearful crash, burying under it all the men who were engaged in the work. Assistance was immediately procured, and as soon as the principals (each of them weighs about 15 cwt.) could be removed it was found that nearly 20 per sons had been injured more or less severely. The first man who was taken out was John Duay ; he was quite dead, the back part of his head having been completely severed. The others were immediately taken to St. Mark's Hospital, Paddington, where, jp.vvu Paddington, dnti Wallis, g t 9t h ,o enaihri felreaudandlrctei te;eyurs-Wrft upon examination, it was found that five were most severely wounded, three of whom, upon inquiry at the hospital at half-past ten o'clock last night, were not expscted to live till the morning. The names of the sufferers in the hospital, and the nature of their wounds, are as follows :—Thomas Myatt, fractured Union - place, limbeinhz t t iemo: above apbn e rlo c rdav k oc ew i e n:gar otherhor sea a td m i fn, aj , Gtuf s arr ii i lo , ecyrst S gu t ;wer a ,e r osd - us Williamn t tr r hdo e iae e add t h , ,. George-street, Blackfriars-road, fractured hip and Charlesin and other C fractured ribs; James Sumner, 7, Haverstock-place, Somers Town, several fractures. The other persons, after being examined by the sur geons, were allowed to go to their own homes. NORTH OF LONDON ANTI - ENCLOSURE SOCIETY.—At last monthly meeting of the committee, 6th inst., at Chalk Farm,' Mr. E. Land in the chair, the illegal stop page of the " Oak Park" fieldpath to Hampstead-heath was brought under consideration, and proof given of its antiquity. A printed letter from J. Orton Smith, Esq., of Serjeants' Inn, respecting that gentleman's "Rebec ca" treatment of an illegal enclosure at Colney Hatch, was read, which elicited, warm commendations, ending in the adoption of the following resolution, viz.:—"That , the thanks of this committee be given to J. Orton Smith, Esq., of Serjeants' Inn, London, for his spirited conduct in removing obstructions placed across the pub lic footpath which leads from Muswell Hill to the Lu natic Asylum at Colney Hatch, more especially as, in this degenerate age, so few can be found to protect the rights of their country, or fieldpaths, which, from their endearing associations, lead, as it were, from our hearts to heaven." The Secretary said, Mr. Smith's public advice to "Rebecca" all obstructions to public foot , paths ought to be generally adopted , as experience ! proved it was useless to expect justice fromthose who were so base as to rob the public of their rights, THE EASTERN QUESTION. (Frani, the Times.) After all the forbearance which political wisdom could suggest, ,arid all the suspense which diplo matic negotiatigns unavoidably involve, the Turkish question has been ought to a point of practical decision. The Czar has now learnt the terms, from which the Westilrit Powers will not, swerve, and which they are prepared, even at the cost of war, to maintain. It will be satisfactory to the whole country to understand that these resolutions have been taken with perfect unanimity by the Cabinet, and that between the British and French Govern ments there prevails so entire an accord upon every point of their joint duties that the manoeuvres of Russia to dissolve or impair the alliance have utterly failed. France and England have announced their de terminatiOn' to support Turkey, if necessary, by force of„ arms, in resisting the demands preferred by Russia. They , have agreed, in point of fact, to abide by those conditions of settlement which the Four Power conceived themselves to be expressing in their Vienna Note, but which they failed to con vey with any accuracy of language. The modifica tions suggested by the Porte are substantially adopted by the Western Powers as the basis of their 'terms, and the Emperor Nicholas has not `been indulged in his desires respecting the point of foim : At Olmiitz, as our readers are aware, the ',czar professed his readiness to concede the prin ciple of the Turkish modifications, provided only that the recognition were effected by means of an explanatory "declaration," and the original Vienna .Note_still_ retained- as the regulating instrument between the parties. In this particular, however, France and England declined to yield ; and they have required that the assent of the Czar to condi tions which he already admits in substance shall be expressed and recorded in some document -hrida maged by a previous false interpretation. A Note which Russia has already publicly declared to mean exactly what the Western Powers think it should not mean can never represent a satisfactory settle ment between the Western Powers and Russia. To all but those who entertain positive desires that the liberal States of the West should be brought into decisive collision with the absolute States of the East at the earliest moment, and on the first pretence, we think these resolutions must appear sufficient. The delays hitherto attending the nego tiations have occurred in the interests of peace alone. At no moment have they been occasioned, on the part of the Western Powers, by any dis position to give way to Russia. The terms now categorically weferred - are, the iclentiCal, terms which have been required from the beginning, and are none other indeed than the very conditions to which France and England believed themselves to be adhering when they assented to the Vienna Note. The intervening difficulties originated in circumstances both evident and notorious. As soon as ever the proceedings, and even the intentions of Russia were known in the country, and before the arrogance of her demands upon Turkey had been consummated by the actual invasion of the Danubian Principalities, the combined fleets were despatched to their Eastern anchorage. Immedi ately afterwards a Conference assembled at Vienna to impose terms of moderation on Russia. Had the work of these diplomatists been properly con ducted, the question would have been brought three months ago to the point it has just now reached, and Russia would have received the ulti matum, of Europe. But the Conference blundered —there is no disguising the fact. They so expressed their intentions that their expressions were mis construed both by Turkey on one side and Russia on the other, and, as their Note was thus vitiated by its inherent ambiguities, the whole affair had to be commenced anew under greater difficulties than before. Originally the Czar had no standing ground whatever, but, having accepted the terms of the European arbitrators in the form in which they were offered to him, he became possessed of some species of case. He has not, however, been allowed the benefit of the doubt thus created. The Western Powers have declared their own Note void by the Czar's interpretation, and now insist upon a fresh instrument, containing a plainer ex position of their terms. What justifies them conclusively in these resolu- tions is the absolutely indefensible position which Russia has been all along maintaining. Her armed occupation of the Danubian Principalities is a stand ing and perpetual offence against public law—an offence which would have warranted, on the part of Turkey, a declaration of war at the moment of its commission. Russia had no title whatever to enforce her demands upon the Porte. So far as we can judge, she was even without any admissible reasons for preferring these demands at all, for the Greek Christians in Turkey, though kept, as they have always been, in a state of degradation and oppression, had not been exposed to any recent alarms, or induced to make application for extrinsic protection. But, however this may be, there was unquestionably no ground for the exercise of vio lence ; and, although we are not directly bound-to guarantee Turkey in her territorial rights, and still less to uphold the dominion of Mussulmans over Christians, we were called upon in self-defence, and in European interests, to oppose this act of vio lence on the part of a Power whose encroaching policy is the subject of common alarm. Our object is, and has been, to procure the withdrawal by Russia of those demands upon Turkey which would invest the Czar with an in definite authority in the dominions of the Sultan, and thus enable him to prosecute clandestinely any designs directed against the security of the Ottoman Empire. It seems that the Conference failed to express this object distinctly in the first propositions of adjustment, but we have, at any rate, expressed it now, and in terms satisfactory even to the natural suspicions of the Porte. After this it only remains to be seen whether the Emperor of Russia will persist in his aggres sion or yield to reason. We . hope and trust that the latter result may occur. To all the former evidence against his proceedings the Czar has now added the conclusive testimony of his own confession. By accepting in substance the terms pressed by the Western Powers, he has acknow ledged the justice of the principles on which those terms are based. By undertaking to give, though in form of his own choosing, the guaranteestthhoesye require, he has practically admitted that guarantees are reasonably demanded, and the ques tion of his own dignity ought to sink by the side of facts like these. By his own acknowledgments, no less than by the opinion of Europe, he stands con victed of having endeavoured to enforce, by unlaw ful invasion demands which he now consents to retract. This, by his own showing, is the case against him, for his reiterated assurances of desiring nothing beyond what the Western Powers profess to permit supply conclusive evidence against those proceedings which provoked the intervention. We yet trust this protracted dispute may be terminated without war, and that an Emperor who parleys may be found like a fortress under the same circumstances, less disposed to fight than capitulate. That the alternative of war must be accepted, if necessary, we have repeatedly observed; but as the acceptance will at once precipitate us into all those countless and incalculable perils which the modern policy of Europe has been framed to avert, we may well hope to be saved from the extremity. If any reliance, however, has been placed by foreign Go vernments on that insurmountable affection for peace which has recently been attributed, as a national sentiment, to the British people, the mis conception may now be easily rectified. We do not, indeed, believe that war could, even for a mo ment, be really popular with a country so generally enlightened as to its consequences, but it is clear that there is pugnacity enough abroad to make a prudent and pacific policy decidedly more difficult to a Ministry than a policy which should appeal to the foibles of a people or the passions of a moment. England canlttlways go to war soon enough. Of this there can bo very little doubt, and we trust the obvious conviction may produce its due effect in quarters where more temperate proceedings have hitherto been of little avail. ( From the Press.) Our readers may remember that in our last week's number we stated precisely the pitch of complexity which the Eastern question had reached, and an nounced that Lord Aberdeen would call a Cabinet Council during the week . which is now ending. The Cabinet Council met yesterday ; but, as a preliminary to this phenomenon, certain of its principal councillors had a private rehearsal, which they thought fit to announce in the Times of Tues day last. If it was not pure hypothesis on the part of their organ, they enabled it to communicate " the intelligence which was the immediate occasion of their meeting—that on the 26th ult. the Grand Council, a body consisting of about ono hundred and forty magnates of the Turkish empire, had re commended the Sultan to make a declaration of war." This intelligence was, of course, sufficient occasion for the Cabinet to Meet ; and, in any event, it was natural that they should prepare themselves for the formal duties they had so long suspended, and so grudgingly resumed. But it was a novelty to announce the subject of Privy Council deliberations to the public, and to atone for a fussy res erve t owar d s Parliament by a frank violation of the confidence of the Crown. The Cabinet, has a n ew th eory on t h e su bj ect o f " Honour, as we suggested last Saturday ; so we let this pass ; for th e i r pos i t i on—we say it in no odious sense—is comparatively a contemptible* topic m face of the contingencies menacing Europe. The magnates of the Turkish empire have recall mended war—or rather, we should say, , they have recommended retaliation (for war commenced with the passage of the Pruth by the Russians) ; and retaliation will in natural course ensue if our Cabi net acts with its usual alacrity, and negotiates again with its former success. Further negotiations are, indeed, announced, under new, and it is hoped better, conditions. The apparent energy which at last commissioned the combined fleets to the waters of Constantinople has been accompanied by (it would shock too abruptly the Muscovite predilections of Lord Aberdeen to say it has induced) certain overtures on the part of the Czar. The reputed organ of one of the Minis ters has told us in a jaunty air, which betrays its inspiration, that " the fleets did not sail for Besika Bay for a summer's cruise, nor have Admirals Dun das and Hamelin passed the Dardanelles with their whole force for the benefit of change of air. ,, This information, which reassured the British pub lic, has been considerately mitigated to Russian ears, if Lord Westmoreland, as is stated, told the Czar at Olmutz that " his Government would par• titularly guard against making any pledge of mate rial support to the Sultan in case he should declare war against Russia." But the fleets were, at all events, present, if not with acknowledged hostile intent ; and the Czar has offered terms, though not under acknowledged pressure. Of the respective movements of the Porte forwar and of the Czar for peace, both may be sincere, and yet at this stage war may be imminent. If, on the other hand, the Czar's predisposition for an ar rangement is avowed in the same sense as his ac ceptance of the Vienna note, war must not only be imminent but unavoidable. If, again, the Czar is sincerely desirous for peace, he can only attain it by withdrawing from his position. Prince Mens chikoff's explanation of the grounds of his refusal of the modifications of the Vienna note required by the Porte has placed his Majesty in this humiliat ing alternative—either he must consent to receive a declaration of the meaning of the Vienna note entirely contradictory to his own' interpretations and that of the Porte, or he must submit to accept a fresh document framed studiously to, exclude the protectorate which he claimed over the subjects of the Porte through the medium of Prince Menschi koff. In either event he must submit to the humi liation of a withdrawal from the terms defined by his diplomatic agent, and must admit peace as a personal confutation and reproach. The inference from this is not only patent but conclusive as to the policy which our own Cabinet has pursued. If the Czar recedes in the face of a threatened resolve, and recedes under the lash of shame and vexation, he would not have advanced had that resolve been notified at an earlier date, with English candour, English consistency, or Eng lish courage. The first defeat which Lord Aberdeen sustained in his own Cabinet is said to have been its resolve to empower Lord Stratford to summon the English fleet as soon as he thought proper. If this be true, his first defeat has been the means of his first and only, though as yet contingent, success. If the peace of Europe is still to be preserved, it is only maintainable in derision of feminine tremors which invited for a time the Cossack's threats ; and thus Lord Aberdeen may obtain a respite, to his country's and his own benefit, though in spite of himself. His organs may be premature in offering any re flections upon this possible issue. But at all events the "moral' which they venture to deduce from this compromising story is designedly remote. The peace of Europe imperilled—the Funds at 90—the operations of commerce paralysed—the balance of power vibrating spasmodically—the approximation of hostile armies; and the threatened resurrection of revolutionay gapulsd's in the interests of peace —all these corncilents—this complexity of hazards, requires some acBount, and the explanation is found solely in the ambition of the Czar. The encour agements to his ambition are studiously ignored ; but, as divided councils produce opposite explana tions, wa are told in that organ of one of the Ministers which we have already , quoted, that " the truth is that, believing that France and England would not act together or firmly in opposition, the Emperor of Russia seized upon what he imagined to be a good opportunity for gratifying his ambition ;" and we add to this naive aemission, which accords with the repre sentations of our party chiefs in Parliament, that distracted councils and despairing timidity have improved this impression to the confusion which prevails. _ _ - For the "moral" of this conjuncture we have no occasion to travel so far as the Ministerial YEsop. It lies at our own door, and is not to be relegated by a stroke of the pen to Siberian latitudes. A. combination of administrators, some of them states men, has been founded on the abeyance of party principles ; particular views have met their contra. dictories, and the issue of the whole is a compro mised activity. The capacity of the individuals when not controlled by unnatural alliances, may be clear and admitted, but a vicious influence subdues each conviction, and deadens every spontaneous impulse. The result is necessarily a political Coma. The personal weakness of Lord Aberdeen may adapt him for democratic or other pressure, but a medium is required to reduce him to imbecility, and this medium is found in the constitution of his Cabinet. We may not forget that the formation of this Cabi net first invited the Russian menace, which it nursed into the dimensions of a general peril. From this first fruit of its tedious and torpid gestation we may infer the abortive nature of its future progeny, and forebode an internal detriment to England from her forced declension in the horoscope of Europe. .. `i. OUR CO&I - MERCIAL TREATIES WITH PARAGUAY. (From the Prem.) It was to the honour of Lord Malmesbury's foreign administration that he conferred on British commerce the great boon of a treaty which opened the Paraguay rivers. The new dictator and bene volent administrator of the republic signalised his accession to power by yielding to the wishes of the British minister. That a commercial treaty had been agreed to which opened the Paraguay to us for ten years was made public during the last sum mer ; but, with a grudging meanness which seems to have spread from the policy to the journalism of the Coalition, not one of the organs of the ministry —the self-dubbed "friends of commerce"—would notice the fact. Will this jealousy, this sinister aversion to acknowledge the good done by Lord Derby's Government, be persisted in, now it has transpired how much further Sir Charles Hotham has been able to carry out the original instructions of Lord Malmesbury ? Will the ministerial jour nals endeavour by their silence to conceal from the public, that in addition to the rights yielded to us on the Paraguay for ten years, we now have secured to us the Parana and the Uruguay for ever? This large and successful measure of commercial policy brings out in strong contrast the conduct of the real and the pretended friends of commerce. Lord Malmesbury opens to us the richest and most fertile portions of the South Ame rican continent, which, a jealous and ruthless t yrann y had shut out from the world during the best part of half a century. Lord Aberdeen risks in the other hemisphere assured millions of our ex ports. Yet the wrong doing of the one is distorted into a service to the cause of commerce, while the achievement of the other is passed over ill studied silence ! This measure is the more to the credit of Lord Malmesbury, inasmuch as it was not, like so many of the measures of " popular" statesmen, fished out of the pigeon -holes of a bureau, but was entirely his own act. He sent out Sir Charles Hotham to open the three rivers, and the negotia tions were carried out in the most complete and successful manner, in unison with the ministers of France and the United States. Nor is this all. With the fact of the s uccessful negotiation of this treaty before us, it i is dffiut to believe the narrow infatuation which could have led the present Administration, in eoTno so i r d d e e r r e dS his C harle s missionll h o o t p li e a l m e s s h a o n m d e , e b x epcetaihjltsi July v e 3 e r t 16y . sup e and the discomfiture make the gallant officer's t o r f iu h m is p , ii , s dispatches com plete,an- emriooires,,thenmoournesignal,n ghis Sir success C i i a r Charl e s 11 1111 1 ° Ia ti v ia e m c ' rossed the order issued for his recal p ars imony p r onounced cebd Coalition organs were last year, —etchauatse successfaintimpossibland e l Blind though h b ow they well can affect to be igno rant of the perwe do not see fect c onsummation of Lord Malmes oble effort on behalf of English commerce, hitherto closed waters of these grea t S outh Amibnur the hitherto rivers. We shall be curious t o note --- 71 , 'k 4 "_44," T.HE QUARTER'S REVENUE. (From the Observer.) The Revenue returns for the quarter will be made up to-morrow, the 10th of October, in the usual tabula r form, and publish e d on Tuesday mthoernlaintegs. Until t ittheis a;cotfualcofiurgusre es , addedimar;oeible t o up be precise in the comparison of the year and quarter just ended with the corresponding period of 1852. Enough, however, is already known to enable us to state that the result of the comparison will be in every respect eminently satisfactory. In spite of large_reductions—or, as it would now- almost seem, in coli / Once - of these recttetitYttsrallthose sources of revenue, in particular, that are moved by the springs of industry and trade, seem to become more and more elastic and enlarged by every successive removal of restrictions. It is precisely in those departments of the public revenue where the largest reductions have been made that the greatest increase is to be found. Even the abolition of whole items of taxation—such as the soap tax —seems to be met with an increased con sumption of other exciseable articles on the part of the population most affected by the repeal, who are thus enabled to increase their comforts in every way, and still to contribute their due share to the public burdenS. The continuous success of the improved commercial policy of late years is the best test of its wisdom, and the highest encourage ment to proceed further , boldly on the same path. The revenue for the year ending the 10th of October will exhibit a considerable increase over the year ending 10th of October, 1852. This im provement in the year will show a large increase upon the sum total—whilst almost every particu lar item of taxation will contribute its share to the general result. - The income of the quarter, too, notwithstanding the reductions which have been in full force during the last three months, will exhibit an increase upon the corresponding quarter of last year. The in crease, if not so large as the somewhat exaggerated statements that have been prematurely put forth in unauthorised quarters, is certainly not to be over looked. It will be all the more gratifying, as at one time a contrary result was looked upon as the natural effect of the very large reductions of the last session. Both on the year and on the quarter the bulk of the increase will be found to proceed from the departments of the Customs and the Excise. There will be a small—probably a merely nominal decrease in the assessed taxes ; but if so, it will be owing rather to the accidental state of the collec tion than to other causes. Some old stamp duties repealed, and waiting for the new reductions to come into operation to-morrow (this day), have no doubt lessened the receipts from that source in the last quarter. The total abolition of the soap duties, which produced 1,200,0001., a year, the repeal of the advertisement duty upon newspapers, the reductions in posting and carriage duties and other items, have to be taken into account, in estimating the receipts of the Inland. Revenue department, In the teeth of these losses it is most 'ratifying to see the Excise exhibit a decided increase. Nothing can more clearly demonstrate the satisfactory condition of trade, and the enjoyment of comforts, and even luxu ries, by the great bulk of the industrious popu lation. The increase in the Customs, too, is most satisfactory, when we take into account the numerous reductions made in the very last session alone, in addition to those that were made before, during the last ten or dozen years. The next ses sion will probably see the smaller items that still remain struck off altogether. The revenue has not suffered in anything like the estimated amount by the reduction in tea and sugar duties, which have given such general relief. Some portion of the quarter's increase, to be sure, may be attributed to the increased importation of grain, which assists the Customs revenue to some extent, even at the nominal impost of ls. per quarter. Upon the whole it may be confidently stated that all branches of the revenue are understood to be in a most prosperous condition ; and that on a balance of receipt and expenditure a very considerable surplus will remain, in spite of all reductions of taxation, and in the face of the not inconsiderable, but essential, additions made to our expenditure for the necessary purpose of perfecting our national defences. THE NEW PENNY STAMP FOR RECEIPTS AND DRAFTS ON DEMAND. (From, the Economist.) We have several letters before us, raising a number of points in relation to the application of the new penny stamp, which for convenience we will thus classify :- 1. Does the new act render it imperative to give and take receipts for all payments of 2/. and upwards ? 2. Whether a stamp receipt is required for a payment made in money when an immediate exchange of the goods and money take place, or when goods are bought over the counter ; and if this be so how far the rule would extend to transactions of a more continuous na ture, such, for instance, as an hotel bill discharged on leaving, or the immediate payment of the last of any series of deliveries included iu one purchase ! 3. Whether for a payment into a bank to the credit of a customer of that bank by a third party, it will be required that a stamp receipt be given ? 4. Whether a receipt for a payment into a banker's by a customer, be accounted for only to the same person who pays it in, which shall name a time for the repay ment—for example, "to be accounted for six days after notice, or demand" —may be upon plain paper, the same as when no specific term is named for the re payment ? 5. Whether receipts for debts discharged by bills o exchange, or stamped cheques payable "to order" and " on demand," require to be on stamped paper ? 6. Whether stamps are required for receipts for Post office order s of 21. to Si. or not ? First, then—Under the new act, as under the present law, it will be perfectly option 4 with those who pay moneys whether they take receipts or not. There is no penalty for not doing so. But if receipts in any form are given, they must be on stamped paper ; and it is not likely, when so moderate a sum as one penny is charged that any one will not avail himself of such facility of having in his possession receipts for all moneys which he pays, in the chance of their being required. Second—Payments for purchases over the counter,en made at the time, or for hotel bills, if receipts are taken at all (which we have already said is entirely samei as optional), will require to be taken on stamped paper, the_ . any other payment, when the amount is for 2i. or . .up wards. But nothing will be more simple than dfosr readysu keepers and hotel-keepers to keep bill heads stamped with the penny stamp on which the acco unt will be made and the receipt given. Every. such receipt given on plain paper will expose the shopkeeper or hotel keeper to severe penalties. Third—A receipt for a payment of deposit to be accounted for, whethere i n to a bank by way expressed a() ti t o h interest bereceived of, or by the hands of any or not, provided the same be not x other than the persons to wh om f or , may be given on p l a i n paper, When money the same is to be accounted is paid into a bank by a thi r d party, as p our correspondent, it is not i mperative j that the banker - g ive a receipt at all, an d i t i s very usual eui:ebay our a i t l e l give no reeeTt ; but if a rece i pt is g i ve n, it will upon the form of i t , w h ether it ought to be a stamp or not. If the receipt s i mp l y states, "Received to the account of John Smith (he being the custorner of the bank, to whom the banker is alone again to account for it), the sum of one hundred pounds," it is obvious that it would be exempt ; the person paying the money would be regarded simply as the agent of John Smith, and no discharge of any debt would be given. 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