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rieonsion. tnd the an infe n hand• )ut :any Dut the 1 to 6d; 6Ad. per to - Os Od id, to 4d 'crag° 20 I, down. Beans ertheless to 2s be- less in rnw ards. ive way. F farmers r, on the Tuesday. arley for Dana sup sr. Peas y expen• is to 20 s were es 72s Od to is to 38s. ing 245 t., B, 50s to of wheat, at a de se'nnight. I,s 38 to 4 0 ring were 70s Od to d. Oats, 10d to 630 Led rather and. closed :—Chester s;Cale ; Eastern shire and 1-11, 103 Efield, and nd Dover, urge bug fanchester Ids, 20 ; 238; Lea rns, 27 ; to -day► I Binning- and prices his morn' _shire, 611' a ro3t-ofticB W 1:!• -- in ,tue Each Son. 'Nov. 22 iNoc. 30* 'Dec. 4 Nov-i 30 unertsi n. Nov. 5 „„ Nov , a. Nov. 2 ° Nov. 16 pxitr NOV. 16 16 Nov.l Nov , 16 Nov 26 :olt• 26 t b. g s Nov. 16 )11, . 10°,: ed aili ity/1 1 4 1 1 . • iTiv cedri i 6 ,rt ' Nov , 16 sat. Dec. 1 ihton•Tn vr Nov. 16 !Nov. 20 0v. 16 I ,l oi iTsviceu Nov. 16 I Nov. Im6 Nov !Nov. 26 on Dec. 1 ..1140v. 12 on Nov. 1 6 ,. tslErneer tsw on 'Nov. 16 on Nov. 16 N ov . 2G liov• 12 , Nov. 2 on 'Nov. 16 on l No 16 malls 0111 ee he India ,„ii [SpatChea ...a...... v!. ad Abil°t"' eof , t , " 4 ' r,ites tboti herwE'roee t 10 16° ' :,, s Greu'i3lo idge , ides' 0,4'1,1'1' oth VT fr e° iirlgr IVO : 0 , t° u 4tr Hof so. titer _,/ _ No rth )ri- o• nba lgh , Fre wif ° tildfi , ,he Itov3 t s err ' n3u e gbter o €OO 4l, " 'l,lllthe js,ro• •cf PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause, "Heath against Chaps an," th, leditors of Domenico Dragonetti, late of No 4, Leicester-square, In the county of Middlesex, Professor of Music, who died in or about the month of April, 181 8 , are by th eir solicitors, on or be tore the sth.daq of December, 1853, to come in and prove the r debts at the Chambers of the, Vi ce -Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kinders *!_3', No. 15, Old-s q uare,4Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex , o r in default thereof Cre w e ill be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Tuesday, the 13th day of December, 1853, at 12 o'clock at Noon a ' the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating uPon the claims.—Dated this ith day of November, 1853. FREDK. ERS. EDWARDS, Chief Clerk. G ,, iI'AND TRUNK RAILWAY of C ANADA. -,,.. . Notice is hereby given that the Interest accruing on the 71x2sits on the Shares of this Company, from the 3d May last to 4 ,n e a, 3 1 ,1 4 1 . 1 E i d t - i t t ile at i s th th e r in a s t t e a e n f t 6 . per cent. per annum, will be payable -r4 acil Holder of Scrip Certificates will be require" to deposit same ~7v:he undersigned, and they will be returned in three days 17';!: Ards, with a Warrant for the Interest on the Bankers of the - ", i nilsny. ne Lhe Interest accruing between the 3d ins .ant and the Ist January 4, , will 'be included in the payment of InterJ. Nat. st due on the I st Ju l y , O ' By order of the Board. wg. L IIIAPMAN. " f lee of the Grand Trunk Railway Co. of Canada, 2, Leadenhall-street, 9th Nov., 1853. TO EPICURES. UEBNB OR OUGH and FAVERSHAM NATIVE OYSTERS. qui t accep; able Present at this season of the year is a Barre best NATIVE OYSTERS, which are to be obtained at SCOTT'S Cte "laied•OYSTifa WAREEIOUSE, 18, Coventry.street, at 5 Gd.per Barrel, Warranted to we gh 141bs. - .7 rrO LOVERS cf FISH.--100 REAL YAR MOUTH BLOATER 3 for 6g., package insluded. The above e rjed to al. parts on receipt of penny postage stamps, or Post - LE (preferred), for the amou nt.—Address, THOMAS _ Jun., Fish Curer, Groat Yarmouth. ATKINSON and. COAOANY, CABINET Wut -road, MANTUFACTURERS, UPHOLSTERERS , a nd CARPET 1:101.1sEME Lambeth, London 71, 72, 73, 7 4 , and 75, Westminster -se. ATKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPERS , mEnegits, LA.CEIVIEN, &e., 69. 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, lit„„?. Westminster-brldge-road, Lambeth, London.--Shawls, Furs, —44 es, Family Mourning, &e. • LA-URENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS, (Lessee, Cans. C. 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" A work in universal demand as a first book for planofore prac tice."—Educational Times, Nov., 1851. " A complete grammar for the pianoforte student." —Morning Advertiser. London : Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street, Publishers to tile Queen. DECAYED TEETH AND TOOTHACHE. Patronised by Her Majesty and lI.R H. Prince Albert.—Mr, HOWARD'S PATENT WHITE SUCCEDANEUM for stopping Decayed Teeth, however large the cavity. It is placed in the tooth in a soft state, without any pressure or pain, soon becomes as hard as enamel, and remains in the tooth many years. Full directions for use are enclosed. Sold by Savory, 220, Regent-street Sanger, 150, and Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; and at 17, George-street, Hanover-square, and all medicine vendors in the kingdom. Price 2s. 6d. Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free 6s. • THE PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL TREAT MENT of STRICTURE of the URETHRA, in all it. Varie ties and Complications. With Practical Observations on the Use and Abuse of Urethral Instruments. The whole illustrated by numerous cases, showing that this disease may be successfully treated by means at Once simple and safe, even in its most inveterate and apparently intractable forms. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E. "We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of stricture durleg the last 20 years has equalled, if indeed it has not surpassed, that of any of his contemporaries, and we know of no man to whose care we would with greater confidence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the urethra."—Medical Circular, July 27, 1853. 11. Baillioe, 219, Regent-street. QOYER'S EXQUISITE SAUOES expressly sea. soned to suit the Nate of Ladies or Gentlemen. SOYER'S ite lish for general purposes, and Soua l s Aromatic Mustard. 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After which Astley's unrivalled SCENK rpiE CIRCLE, introducing the graceful me nage of Miss Kate Cpoke, whose witehifig horsemanship has created a perfect furore—Miss Emily Hooke, t 1 cf the w qr l4 Masotta, the unequalled Sylph, the Diana of the Arena— Madame Bridgov, the Graceful 'Equestrieite—Madame Lee, the Ele gant horsewoman—fit . pglow's Delineatipns of BOZ'S PICK WICK, &e., Spc.--govitlaing With the popular, and classical but league of JUPITEWS DECREE; or' THE FAir OF BuinclN and his FIERY cotaisgo OF THE WIT? Q T 1414.17MARET'S, near RICHMOND. --. A Public Meeting or the inhabitants of Richmond will take place Di the Public Hall, on TUESDAY, Nov. 15th, at seven o'clock precisely, w4en a deputation of the Executive Committee of the Conservative Land Society, including Viscount Ranelagb, Colonel Knox, M.P., the Rey. Dr.. Worthington, Henry Pownall, Esq., R. N. Fowler, Esq., &c., will attend to explain the plan and mode of allotment of the Society's Estates. Persons desirous of obtaining allotments on the St. Margaret's Estate, late the property of the Earl of Kilmorey, are reheated to attend the meeting. For pi-is peetuses, or shares, apply to Charles Lewis Gruneisen, Secretary, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand ; or to Ur. William Long, Red Lion - street, Richmond; Mr. H. Briggs, Holland-house, Isleworth ; Mr. T. R. Bartrop, Kingston and Chertsey ; Mr. W. Boorman, Kingston ; Mr. A. Brown, Kingston ; Mr. C. A. Collis, Hounslow ; Mr. J. Figg, Brentford; Mr. 8. Neville, ditto; Mr. J. Farquharson, Ealing; M. Squire, Hanwell ; Mr. Farley, Croydon; Messrs Page and Relf, ltaigate and Dorking ; Mr, ansemore, Fall:tam ; and Mr. Ryan Hare, SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, London. SHARE OF PROFIT INCREASED FROM ONE-HALF TO FOUR-FIFTHS. Policies effected with this Society eller Midsummer, 1850, and re maining in force at each Septennial period of division, will PARTCI PAT E IN FOUR-FIFTHS of the Net Profits of the Society acorn ng after Midsummer, 1850, in proportion to their contributions to those profits, and seeerding to the conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives are lower than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in ad dition to the acenmuls.ta fimds derlyed from the investments of Preellams• Policy Stamps paid by the Office. Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, London, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. SECOND EDITION.-V7ITII ADDITIONS. , "Uat published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. Gd. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMA.TORRHCEA, With the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors etion to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers frooz Debility of the "erc.tive 3 ) stem , or S exua l Hypochondriac's. Translated from 'he German of Dr. PICKFORD Cal ricktord is known to English readers by his frequent practi contributions to German medical literature. This is the first taiN he inform] as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi otreeder We trust this may not be th e last, if he shall detect any equally flagrant evil which it may be in his mower to correct." ttis:llol3 Medical Gazette. May 30, 1851. The tribe of Quiet Syma o.,„ 'rVand' Medical Friends,'are mercilessly exposed ; andif this book D i' " 1 find its way into the hands of those who stiffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would h u mved much needless suffering of bod and mind, and what is of mph InPortar.ce, though it is that whic y h the quacks most prize— woney......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat bvelt I'Von a more rational and phys iolo g ical basis. It is, therefore, etY to do much goad."—Medical Circular. June 16, 1852. London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. THE THE BON , OF rEACE TO EUROPE. indissoluble union, the chain of trade, has t,,., formed, must.be a preventati v e of t he horrors and losses of ;:- The itary and . Naval institutions of this country serve a rit — ,.. t IMPor M ta il nt purrose in the maintenance of the dignity and secu ti,' Of the nation; but our trade is the active energy which keeps 14 , a', connection of the most peaceful and beneficial character. To zr 'a results the universal business of E. MOSES and SON, has F t at lY contributed, and while it has become a world:wide benefit, le as also prov d the grertest advantage to In and to traltitlies. The vast Stork of WINTER Cl/rT BING, Hats, Caps, rery, Furs, fire., &c., show the prodactions a every c, untry in t ii; °rend as far as materials are comerned, and in make and style 4 ; 144 3 , the most distinguis.,ed skill, and the most practical acquaint an.? with business. It is the determinatio of E. MOES and SON "b" the Winter Season to fa nish the n best and S CIIEAPEST AT TIRE, distingu.shed by superiority of workmanship, and d.- r e, aed for all class= s—for the N obilit y , Clergy, and Gentry, for Pt 0^ k i n,nal Gentlemen, Traveller s, and Sportsmen ; for Mechanics 48 . Lalyburers ; for Adults, Youths, and Children. They are also °l Yed that the distinction shall always be retained by their Estab -I,l'loleQt an 1 West-end Branch of b ing most comete, th iu o st a cco M p lith e a its , the mosthed, fashionable, and the he cheapes t t Tailor e - V4tal geuerid Outfitting Empor i u ms in the univi roe. 80 0 glgadic wholesale business conducted by E. MOSES and Proves In every respect beneficial to Me - chants, Shippers, and 41 : e grants I.he goods are made to suit the country for which they a rn r equired, and are appropriate for the season when they will eti, ve ' They are fa r b etter and considerably er than at any cheap erb s .,, b'llll Lisi.S . of Outfits for Ladies and Gentlemen, and ship-sailing '' ( rrnatio n , ma y be had on application or post free. 4 1 -UTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to gizard the Ist„ ° against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like o,.`a o od of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's o b_,aaMe concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for rio t] , s reasons, they beg to state that they have • . ' 4O CONNEXION WITH ANT OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : Le,.... 1 4, ,,m0n City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, ...° 4 , and SO, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. 'Andon West-end Branch, 501, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 , and 3, Hart-street. all communicating. f' , rittiford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. beffield Branch, 36, Fargate. , Merchant Branch, M.lbouine, Australia. f it Merchant Tailor- Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and ' lo e makers. and General Oatfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. ' JIWPOBtANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, It will changed if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned Aris e, hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest vtloo . trout which no abatement can be made. Sa l be Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on urday. when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. 1 k new Book. " The Epitome of Comfort and Economy," contain ,.:! full lists of prices, our sy stem of self-measurement, &c., &c., —4 Y be had on application, or post-free. A. handsome Almanac for vie ye ar ending 1853 can be had gratis, " 4 application. lei l'on parle Francais. Rler srricht man Deutsch. Qui si parla Italian. Aqua se habla Espano I rEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET IN_ FIRMITIES OF Dq YOUTH AND MATURITY. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUA.RE, LONDON .14.,,zretof Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University o 11 R (li nburgh Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Y. Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. mAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on a the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, lt .ing from uvenle irregularities and excesses, which have pro to, nq more misery sery t in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ezuleeetay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis th ' , flown to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience h ,, - " e treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist e,,,-`esecret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in ti - th ' Le nne,traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous ag - e ut3 " , various forms of Insanity, Unhany and Unfruitful Marri ,„?. Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their s modifications owe their almost entire origin. h rt " is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are liv:n_les of personal management which cannot be violated without tia,„ - `, r um grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed i h '",deYday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties tu, l * mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may he removfd, th - "iv the evil and its con-equenc es maybe avoided, and above All, 001;t there scarcely any demo of physical infirmity or ninctional „, T it"ement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a care LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged Di ni r extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate coin. of - 4 , and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless th ha taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had att, " „„ ni tdence through the medium of the public press, to direct tr ee ' ,o /1 to these ' enormous evils, from which no grade of society is re Aar to selecting this department of practice, he has been amply pt.:tie:led by the great success that has attended his efforts in the t, re nient of these cases, which are too generally confided to the „unqualified and ignorant emoirics, who, with their pirated . of their assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues 11 4 ,,,, i f Patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who At h Ome e " induced to place faith in their pretensions. for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from reedi cin ght. All letters must contain the fee or IL, and advice and It i es can he forwarded to any initials or address. desirahl e that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT .".• first obtain a copy of his work on A Medi SELF -PR ESERVATION. Cle n , l 4 l -• Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and e r t b ,, e V Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and des ex,eB"ustiil detail the various disorders resulting fro -n secret habits and The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct • 0- their cases, and may ha had, price 21 fid, in English, Col, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Pper • ttrers Co., 23, Patermster-row; Hannay. 63, Omlord-street ; llaYinfutet ; or free • ?o , lt ; Stone, Titchborne-street, la tiet. 37 r forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's reel 84:401kolitaiss, LoSIDGIS, Passages marked 4, are run direct, Fore Cabin. Saloon. fo or from Gravesend and London.... •• 10d. .. Is. 2d. „ Gravesend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. .. 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Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish ment only, by which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, arc in attendanca, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford•street, Lon don, from Eleven till Two. and Five to Eight; on Sunday from Elbven to Ono. ELECTION OF MAYORS.—Mr. John Buck Lloyd was unanimously elected, at the first meeting of the town council yesterday, mayor of Liverpool for the ensuing year. Mr. Lloyd is a solicitor in extensive practice, a strong Conservative in politics, and the chairman of the committee who have the completion of St. George's Hall under their charge. It is understood that the present mayor will use his. utmost efforts to secure the finishing of that edifice ere the visit of the British Association next year. Alderman Baldwin was yesterday unanimously elected mayor of Birmingham for the ensuing year ; and in the evening a banquet, 'attended by a numerous and influential body of residents of the town and neighbourhood, was given at Dee's Royal Hotel to Alderman Hawkes, the ex-mayor, upon his retirement from office. For Manchester, Mr. Ben jamin Nichols, and for Salford, Mr. Wm. Ross were elected without opposition. Yesterday the Southamp ton town council met at the Audit-house for the purpose of electing a fit and proper person to fill the office of mayor for the ensuing year; also to elect aldermen, &c. Mr. J. T. Tucker was proposed on behalf of the Liberal portion of the council, whilst Captain Breton occupied the attention of the Conservatives. The latter gentle man's name having been put as an amendment, the fol lowing division took place :—For Breton, 14 ; against, 22 ; neutral, 2. For Tucker, 23 ; against, 12 ; neutral, 3. Majority for Tucker, 11. The following aldermen were next re-elected to the various wards :—Messrs. Allen, Palk, Biendluce, Brooks, and'Stace. Mr. C. Deja was appointed senior bailiff for the ensuing year, and Mr. T. Wolferstan, junior, ditto. SHOEBURYNESS LONG RANGE.—The quiet and pictur esque parish of Shoebury, in this county, is fast rising in importance by the introduction of what is called the long range practice batteries, and temporary barracks have been erected, and two companies of the Royal Ar tillery, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Lake, have been stationed there during the summer. On Friday, the 4th mat., Lord Raglan, the Master-General of the Ordnance, accompanied by Colonels Chalmer, Pickering, and Cater, came down from Woolwich in a Government steamer to try the elliptical shot and Lan caster's gun versus the eccentric ditto. We have not heard the result, but the day passed off without a recur rence of the accidents which marked a similar trial during the summer. The troops are healthy, and will soon go into winter quarter. Should the general esti mate for the erection of permanent barracks be car ried out by Government, Shoebury will present one of the most attractive features in this county, as it com mands an uninterrupted range of five miles of sand for experimental practice, and about the same extent of beach.—Essex .Herald. HORRIBLE SCENE.—At an execution of four criminals in Mexico, on the 24th September, a shocking addition was made to the sufferings of one of the criminals. Three were garotted with the accustomed readiness, but on the executioners endeavouring to perform the last func tions on the fourth, the machinery could not be made to work. For some minutes endeavours to force it to do so were made, but in vain, and finally the unfortunate victim was obliged to be released from the chair, to gaze on the corpses of his fellow sufferers, while one of them was lifted out to make room for him, and, finally to take his seat in the chair thus vacated, there to undergo his sentence. This was the secend time, of late, that a simi lar shocking scene has been witnessed in Mexico COLT'S PATENT REVOLVERS.—The ad vantage which COLT'S WEAPON possesses in excellence of material in manufacture, loading with the lever ramrod, without wadding, patch, or ca tridge, the security and safety in carriage, simplicity of construction, durability in long and hard usage, &c., continue to give the Weapon a preference, and to maintain its supe• riority over all others. THE NAVY OR BELT PISTOL, Rifle Barrel, Six Shots, now ready. Order through any respectable .un-dealer, or Army and Navy Agent, or Col. S. COLT, 1, Spring Gardens, London. 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It Is sold by all Chemists and Shipping Agents in the United King dom, in Imperial Quarts at 2s. ; in pints, Is. ; ball pints, at 6d., and in larger vessels at ss. per Gallon. Agents—Messrs. Drew, Heyward, and Barron, Bash-lane, Can non-street. Manufactured at H. G. GRAY'S, Commercial Wharf, Mile End, London. G R AVE A S C E E N s. D ST A So other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purfleet I The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather perrnitt FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. W Et& DAYS. 1 SUNDAYS. . . ...:s.. a +.3 A 5 ., .., . 9 t) . f; Terrace , .-. t . ~: i . P, ,r,l - 4 'r Pier. v . 1 ,_ Time. : a , E: 6 , 4 , . ~ c., ... 4 8 8 ' . Co t: 4 4' . PI C. 5 p• 7% 8!4 .48 I A 11 g 314 1!4 5 31 2 5 Saturdays only -- Di reci Omni! Trai buses Lies froi I from q: of al the Buats masked t uchnrch-street Station t 4 :o all parts of London giturrs BLACKWALL, on t from the Fenehurch-stri the arrival of the fol •eet Station. 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Atthe special meeting of the proprietors of the South-Western Railway which is to be held on Tueslay next, a very important report will be sub mittdd by the directors for the approbation of their constituents. It will then be seen whether the shareiholders aro willing honourably to fulfil the guar4ntee publicly- given by their chairman—in corej)liance with resolutions passed by an over whelping majority at their meeting in May last— on the faith of which the progress of the Devon and Dorset Railway Bill was arrested by the ad verse report of the commit eee to whose considera tion it nad been referred. We might not, however, think it necessary to draw public attention to the subject, if we were not convinced that it is one in which national interests are far more seriously in volved than they: have been, in any previous battle of the gauges. We can most sincerely disclaim all hostility to the Great Western Railway Company ; and although, sheltering ourselves under the autho ,Tity of Lord Harding°, we may venture to pro noinice the original laying down of the broad gauge " a national calallAty,," we should nevertheless regret t 0 sClq IA shareholders deprived, by reck less or unreasonable competition, of the return they may fairly expect for theft investments. On the other hand, attempts at raonopely—which, for the sake of the Putllc, always be watched with a vigilant eye—require to be resisted with more than ordinary Vigotir Us the case of a pally' the pecOarity of whose gauge, as it j e - ;:events their working in harmony with the lines which already occupy the greater pezt of the kingdom, must necessarily occagiall great inconvenience and delay at every point of contact. These evils are sensibly felt by passengers—they are far greater in the case of heavy goods— buktheyAre greatest of all when the passengers are Odiers, and the heavy goods artillery or other munitions of war. On this gronncl we are justified in termin g the ques tion one of national importa nce ; and had it not vitally affected public interests, there would have been no necessity for the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Palmerston, Mr. Sidney H er b er t, Si r J ames Graham, and Lord Malmeabury, to assist the Committee in arriving at their determination. In order to render the subject clearly intelligible to those who have not studied it, we Anna say a few words as to the extent of railway communica wahlroleaedgyueti existing sQn in England, becau se u p on thi s really turns, It i s t rue th at t t ° e l I the present controversy is principally as to the gauge to be adopted along a small portion o f the southern coast, from Dorchester to F., i Note r ; and were those towns isolated, and, likely to re main isolated, from others, it would be a ma tt er of comparative indifference hew their union might be effected. The facts, however, are very dif ferent. From every district in the north of Eng land, from every important town, from every mili tary station, railways converge to the metropolis, and all these are on the narrow gauge, Passing from Loudon along the coast, we have uninter rupted railway communication to Chatham through Woolwich—again from Canterbury to Deal, and again from Dover to Dorchest er —th e ex t reme dis tance from the shore being about ten miles, but the average very considerably less, and all thes e li nes also are on the narrow gauge. At Ashford, Lewes, Hastings, Brighton, and Southampton, other rail ways radiating from Londo n — eao h of them con structed on the same gauge—meet this coast line ; and the point especially to be noticed is, that ten out of the twelve main depots of troops in England aro thus brought into immediate communication. Movements between Weedon, Windsor, Wool wich, London, Chatham, Dover, Chichester, Portsmouth, Brighton, and Dorchester, may be effected without any change of gauge. Portland is not far from Dorchester, with which it may easily be brought into connection ; but Exeter has no coast line to the east, and transit from that city to any one of the places which we have mentioned (except London) cannot. be effected without a long deteur 2 and a break of gauge in addition. It may, perhaps, be thought that, in speaking of the connection which exists between the northern and southern lines, we are overlooking the distance between the different metropolitan stations, and the time which must be lost in transhipment ; but although this consideration possesses some import ance, it must be remembered th a t, i n many cases, the short line from Brentford to Kilburn entirely obviates the necessity of passing through London, and similar facilities might easily be afforded in other directions. The substance of the case, then, is, that we have a network of narrow gauge railways, extending, with scarcely an interruption, over the whole north ern half of the island, over all the south-eastern part, and along the southern coast from Dover to Dorchester. At Exeter, about fifty miles from the western extremity of the narrow gauge, its rival furnishes a coast line to Plymouth ; and it may, perhaps, at some future time, be able to go further westward, notwithstanding the obstacles which im pede its progress. There is no immediate occasion to suggest any interference with the South Devon Company in their enjoyment of this territory— though it might have been well they could have avoided such close proximity to the sea, and the comfort of travellers would have been greater if the line had been originally constructed for locomotives, and not on the atmospheric principle. It may be too late to remedy past errors ; but, if we are will ing to act on the advice of those most competent to give it, we shall avoid them in future. Lord Malmesbury informed the committee that it was the Duke of Wellington's decided opinion that a coastline ought to be kept, as far as practicable, at a distance of about seven miles froth the sea—that space being requisite to secure it both against na tural encroachments and aga i ns t th e r i s k of surprise by a hostile force. Among our past errors we must also, as we have already observed, include the va riety of gauge, which must necessarily. occasion an interruption to the facility of transit at some point or other on the southern coast: The inconvenience of such a break, in the transmission of artillery, was forcibly urged upon the committee by Lord Hardinge :—" A field battery of six guns would require an hour and a half to tranship, for they must have a very large number of carriages ; it would require, probably, three trains—that is to say, sixty carriages and three engines—to carry so small a force as six field guns, because there would be above 100 men and 100 horses, and therefore a transhipment would be very embarrassing." As to the necessity of filling up, with as little delay as possible, the hiatus which at present exists ' in our line of communication on the southern coast, there can hardly be two opinions ; and the simple question, is, thereforo, whether the break of gauge, since such there unhappily must be, shall bo at Dorchester or at Exeter. We must here warn the partizans of the Great Western Company that this question is not to be decided by consider ations of private interest. The security of the country in the hour of danger is not to be hazarded for the sake of gratifying or thwarting one com pany or another ; and the House of Commons has already evinced its determination to act on this principle. We have shown that, by an extension of the narrow gauge to Exeter, every one of the twelve stations specified by the Secretary -at-War, in his evidence, as the principal military depots in England, will be brought into close connection ; and we look in vain for any such advantage from a broad-gauge line. If we refer to the evidence of those most competent to represent the interests of the public, we find the high authority to whom we have just alluded stating that he "would rather have a narrow-gauge line ;" and we learn further that he is impressed with the importance, in a mi litary point of view, of direct communication be tween Salisbury and Exeter, which does not at present exist. The Secretary -at-War expressed a strong opinion that, "if there is to be a break of gauge, the further it can be got to the westward the better," and that the( line proposed by the Great Western would have seriously interfered with the principle which it is essential to carry out. Sir James Graham, the representative of the Ad miralty, after consultation with naval authorities, arrived at precisely the same conclusion; and Lord Palmerston added to the views of his colleagues the weight of his practical knowledge. It would be needless to argue this part of the question further ; but we must not forget that it may probably be urged that the shareholders of the South-Western cannot fairly be called upon to sacrifice their own interests for the good of the country. And it is no doubt true, that as the ,nation has . wisely abstained from making railroads for itself, individuals must, as a general rule, make them or let them alone, as they may think most for their own advan tage. There are, however, exceptions to this rule, and the present case is one of them ; for all the opinions which we have quoted were pronounced on the assumption that, if the sanction of Parlia , naent were withheld from the proposed line, a narrow gauge railway would be constructed with out delay ; and these opinions, coupled with a N, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER li, 1853. direct pledge from the Chairman of the South ! Western Railway, induced the committee to report against the bill. It is, therefore, by no•meaus an open question whether an engagement thus dis tinctly entered into by the company, and already acted upon by the Legislature, should or should not be carried out, even at the risk of pecuniary loss. We hope, however, to take an opportunity of reverting to the subject before the meeting which is to take place on next Tuesday ; and we shall endeavour to show that no such loss need be apprehended, and that the pecuniary interests of the proprietors, as well as their reputation for good faith—which we presunao they value in their cor porate as well as in their individual capacity—will sustain serious injury if they arrive at a decision in consistent with the report which is to be submitted for their confirmation. ii , RIcE SD. Mr. Hubbard--It Is anything but attractive. _ _ The Chairman —What do you conceive to be the rea son for this ? Mr. Hubbard—l scarcely know, but I can say that I was once offered an alderman's gown, and I declined it for this reason. It occurred to me that the admi nistration of justice was too important and too solemn a duty to be undertaken unless a person had the proper education and sufficient time for the discharge of such a trust. I felt that it was incompatible with my position As a merchant to go through the requisite training to fit me for the office, and I could not consent to run the risk of maladministering justice to myself, or adopt the only other alternative of leaving my judicial functions to the clerk, who might be very competent to . exercise them, but at the same time I would have to be respon sible for his decisions. The Chairman—lf the corporation of London were brought into closer resemblance to the corporation of Liverpool and the other great cities of the country, do you think there would still be the same indisposition on the part of the great merchants to accept municipal offices, such as that of the Lord Mayor, for instance ? Hr. Hubbard —I know so little of Liverpool that I cannot sufficiently judge. I only know that there is an indisposition to become aldermen among the leading merchants of London. The Chairman—Supposing it were not necessary to be an alderman to becom e lord mayor do you think the great merchants of tie city of London would be averse to taking the office of chief magistrate, as a matter of public duty, for one year, and without having to go throuiti the preliminary duties of an alderman ? Hubard—lf the office were not connected with a 'sacred trust like that of the administration of jus tice, the case might be different ; but then, on that supposition, I do not know what the duties of the office would be—they might merely be to go through all the civic array and grandeur. The Chairman—The pageantry which now surrounds office of Lord Mayor I imagine is no inducement to a first-rate merchant to take the office ? Mr. C. Lewis—You must be aware of the constitu tion of the corporation, and of the manner in which it is administered—have ryou formed any opinion as to any defects which may exist in that body, or as to the mode of remedying them ? Mr. Hubbard —You arc' mistaken in your premises— I know nothing of the corporation. I only know one alderman slightly, who is a member of the Bank of Eng land—l mean Alderman Thompson ; and I have not learnt anything of their constitution or their admini: stration. Mr. C, Lewis—Then you have formed no opinion OR the subject ? Mr- Hubbard—l have not. The witness then retired. The next witness called was Mr. John Dillon, of the firm of Morrison, Dillon, and Co., wholesale warehousemen, Fore-street, City, who stated that he had been a merchant in the City of Lon don for may years, but had never been connected with the corporation. The Chairman—Have you formed any opinion on the constitution of the corporation ? Mr. Dillon—l feel convinced that the City corpora tion, if as perfect as man can make it, must be extended beyond the present area and limits of the City. Mr. C. Lewis—On what do you base that opinion ? Mr. Dillon—On the necessity of uniformity of plan with regard to the.police for instance, in order that the powers of the police may not cease at Temple-bar. Then, with respect to sewerage, there ought to be some large and complete plan ; and there ought to be no conflicting jurisdiction on such important matters. I mention these as illustrations. The Chairman—Could there not be a uniform system of police and of sewerage without abolishing the munici pal functions of the City altogether ? Mr. Dillon—Decidedly. If I were asked whether I should propose a total abolition of the corporation, I should say decidedly not. It has existed from ancient times, and has gradually grown up and mixed itself with the manners and institutions of the City. It certainly retains many obsolete, some useless, and some objection , able customs ; but I think it very far from desirable suddenly and entirely to do away with it. The re form of some of its institutions and the abolition of some offices are desirable ; and if municipal func tions were given to Finsbury, Marylebone, South wark, Lambeth, and the other metropolitan boroughs, you might have the means of hereafter—but not immediately—creating, out of this series of corpora. tions, boards for the management of sewerage and the police of the whole metropolis ; and all this without danger to the corporation of the city of London. The witness then proceeded to give evidence with regard to the manner in which freemen were enrolled 20 or 30 years ago, and also of the reduction which had been made of late years in the fees paid by the citizens on being admitted to civic privileges ; and he gave it as his opinion that a nominal fee should still be demanded from persons on taking up their freedom, such fee being only designed to cover he necessary expenses. The Chairman—Will you pass now to the next point if you please ? Mr. Dillon—With regard to the reluctance of the bankers and merchants of the City to accept office in the corporation, I think that too much stress is laid upon that circumstance when it is used as an argument for tip total abolition or the thorough alteration of the corpo ration of the City. The corporation, no doubt, has many defects, and things in it which were originally harmless, have by the lapse of time become obsolete and wrong; but I doubt the soundness of the arzument based upon the non-acceptanco of corporate offices by the leading merchants. Some, the richest bankers and merchants in the City, had fathers and grand fathers who once served as aldermen and Lord Mayor; and a large class of existing merchants, al though they object to the system of the corporation, have prospered and amassed their fortunes under it. To some extent also the contempt cast upon municipal office in the City is simply an excuse for neglecting the duties attached to them ; and I feel satisfied, whatever change you may make in the City corpo ration, and although you clear away all the nonsense of the Lord Mayor's Show, that the large bankers and merchants will still be re luctant to take office. I cannot explain why this is, but there is something peculiar about the city of London, the merchants of which have almost a na tional character, and this makes them devote their leisure time and direct their ambition to other objects —to the House of Commons, perhaps, or other places. With re spect to Chambers of Commerce, I have seen several attempts made—but all unsuccessfully made,--in the city of London to establish such an institution. The example of other large ports has been quoted in support of the adoption of such a tribunal for the purposes of commerce; but for some reason or other, whether it be jealousy, a peculiar bent and turn of mind, or the largeness of the community, I cannot tell what, the leading men in the City have shown an indisposition to form such a combi nation. Mr. C. Lewis—Formerly the bankers and principal merchants resided within the City, but they live out of it now—does not that make a difference in the feeling with regard to accepting office ? Mr. Dillon—l think it does make a great difference. Mr. C. Lewis—Would they not naturally feel a greater interest in the local institutions Of the City if they lived there than if they resided elsewhere ? Mr. Dillon—Yes ; I myself am an instance in illustra tion of your remark. Ido not live in the City now, but when I did so I took more interest in its affairs than .1 have done since. Wiest Mr. Dillon—There Dillon—There are three distinct The Chairman—Will you go now to another point ? sua the sake of dies in the city of London, and I would reduced for priety of their number being re( mon c° ,: i gest the pro simplicity constituency with a dvantage in several Mr. C. Lewis—Do you f Se t e he fo r regardalall elections tto po iyo objec tctyo t f o j o o n n e d c o o n n City being elected by a of the principal officers o k ( r at views a lthough I am inclined to libe larAgler.coDnisltloitnu-e-nlcyti on s uch , na tters) that there is sometimes an su ch appointments being t a k en out of the Z ,,, d n v d a r n s. t o Lafgae i ab o;uocphuelraerms:iiituaes se constituency. to the magistracy, I. Mr presume Dillon—Certainly. I think, however, that the election to the office of Chamberlain ought to be left in the m h r a . n o d . s L o f eNN t , h is e — C A o m r e mo th n ellealielc.tions in Common Hal generally corrupt ? Mr. Dillon—The contested elections are. The Lord Mayor is generally chosen from the aldermen by rota tion, and then there is no contest. I consider that the magisterial duties of the Lord Mayor and alder men ought to be placed in the hands of duly ,e l r e i 7 1 r A e r Ca ibbt; 6 /7 • - -/` c _ 1- kt • • LO N ID CITY OF LONDON COMM:ISSION. The Commissioners re-assembled at the Privy Council offices, Downing-street, yesterday, to continue their in quiry. Commissioners !present :—The Right Hon. M. Labouphere (chairman), Sir John Patteson, and Mr. Cornewall Lewis. The first witness examined at this sitting was Mr. Horatio Nelson Fisher, solicitor to the firm of Combe, Delafiek, and Co., brewers, who stated that in the year 183, the Messrs. Combe and Co. had leased from the Duchy of Lancaster what was called the Duchy Wharf, on the Thames, on the Westminster side of the Waterloo-bridge, with a view to unship the malt and corn used by them in their brewery. They had used the wharf for this purpose for several years. They have large malting houses at Yarmouth, where they pure tease barley, and convert it into malt, and then it in bulk from Yarmouth to London in their own vessels. Having for some time unloaded these" cargoes of malt at this wharf, the City authorit: ; .es, on the part of the fellowship of porters, at Inngth made a claim to the right to land every p 2 ;rtiele of corn from the Messrs. Combe's ships, and to do so at a certain fixed charge. This the Messrs, Bombe resisted, and in the month of October, 1835, u bill was filed against them on behalf of the Cit,y and the fellowship of porters claiming this right, Still the Messrs. Combe, finding that they could get their malt landed at a very considerably cheaper rate than the fellowship porters demanded, refused to con sent to the exaction, and they accordingly put in an answer to the bill which had been filed against them. But before any further step was taken in the matter, another claim was made by the City, namely—they insisted on measuring the corn, although the Messrs. Combo did not require it to be measured, it being their own corn both when it was shipped and when it was landed. Still the City claimed the right to measure this corn, and to make what they called reasonable charges for so doing, Well, in consequence of the Messrs. Combe refusing to allow them to do this also, another suit was instituted against them by the corporation. In July, n 39, again another bill was filed against the Messrs. Combe by the corporation, for the purpose of enabling the City officials to take an account of the quantities of corn landed ; and to this bill the Messrs. Combe also filed an answer in March, 1840. The leg:d advisers of the firm, thinking that an inspection of the City documents would enable them to disprov-e the claim which the City had made upon their olients, filed a bill of discovery against the City, praying to be allowed to inspect the documents in question, as being necessary to their defence against the suit. The MesSrs. Combe also filed a cross-bill in the porterage suit, and a bill of discovery in both the porterage and the meta,ge suits. In January, 1841, the City put in an answer to the bill of discovery, which answer not being of a very direct or satisfactory nature, the Messrs. Combe were compelled to " except" to the City's first answer. The City then made another an swer ; but still the Messrs. Combe did not receive what they thought they had a right to, and they were posi tively obliged to again " except," and then they received a third answer from the City. On that third answer the Messrs. Combe moved the Court to require the produc tion of these documents, and in June, 1842, Vice-Chan cellor Knight Bruce made an order directing that they should be allowed to inspect the documents which they had claimed. An appeal to the Lord Chancellor was lodged by the City against the order of the Vice-Chan cellor, and the trial of the issues was postponed ; but the order of the Vice-Chancellor was confirmed by an order of Lord Lyndhurst. The City then appealed to the House of Lords, where the case still lies. Thus the original suit began in October, 1835, and we are now in the month of November, 1853, and the case is still un settled, being tied up in the House of Lords on the appeal of the City. Sir John Patteson—And that appeal, you say, being on a colkiteral point ? Mr. Fisher—Yes ; and that point is the refusal of the City to produce documents in their possession. Mr. C. Lewis—What is your idea of the general na ture of those documents ? Mr. Fisher—Some of them are charters and other papers in the archives of the City, which we think will show that the right of the City to make the claim in dispute is confined to the limits of the City merely, or confined to metage, as between seller and purchaser, where the metage may be very useful; but here the corn is our own corn, and does not require metage or por terage. Mr. C. Lewis—Are we to suppose that the City with holds documents on which it grounds a very extensive claim as regards the whole metropolis, and also beyond its precincts ? Mr. Fisher—Certainly ; their appeal to the House of Lords proves that. Mr. C. Lewis—The result of these proceedings is, I suppose, that the claim which the City makes has not yet been enforced ? Mr. Fisher—lt has not. Mr. C. Lewis—You have not told us about the other suits. Mr. Fisher—They are also delayed until we see the City documents. Mr. C. Lewis—Then the one suit hangs upon the other ? Mr. Fisher—lt does. Mr. C. Lewis—The City's claim, you say, is not con fined to the limits of the City-? Mr. Fisher—No ; it extends over nearly 100 miles, or from Yantlet-creek to Staines. And you must remember that the premises of Messrs. Combe and Co.. are not within the City—they are situated beyond Temple-bar. The Chairman—Can you tell us what has been the expense of these legal proceedings to the firm. ? Mr. Fisher—l believe they have cost about 2,0001. already to the Messrs. Combe—an amount of expense in litigation which might have swamped a smaller firm. According to interrogatories taken in the Court of Ex chequer, the rate of porterage, lastage, &c., charged by the City fellowship of porters is 3s. 2d. per ten quar ters of corn ; whereas the same work can be done by another class of porters at the charge of 3id. or 4d. per ten tons. The yearly charge which would be made by the City upon the Messrs. Combe, if the demand were com plied with, would amount to 1,000!. The case of the Messrs. Combs is one of great hardship and oppression, two vexatious actions, entailing very heavy expense, having been instituted against them. Mr. C. Lewis—To what articles does the claim of the City apply ? Mr. Fisher—To coals, salt, corn, grain of all de scriptions, vegetables, apples, pears, plums, onions, and roots, and all descriptions of merchandise, measurable or to be measured, arriving at the port of London or the shores of the Thames, for a considerable distance above and below the metropolis. Mr. Fisher then withdrew. Mr. Hubbard, governor of the Bank of England, was next examinod. He stated that he had for a long time Carried on the business of a merchant in the city of London, but had never resided within its limits. ..„ . The Chairman—Have y ou ever h ad any ~ connection with the corporation of the City ? Mr. Hubbard—No. The only way in which I am at all brought into contact with the City authorities is, that I have to apply every year for the Lord Mayor's order with regard to cargoes of merchandise, for which I pay ss. 6d. The Chairman—With respect to the service of the meters of corn, their charges, or the manner in which the metage is performed, have you found any reason to complain ? Mr. Hubbard—No. I have found reason to be satis fied ; but I have no means of instituting a comparison between the services or the charges of the city porters and other porters. The Chairman—Have you directed your attention much to the constitution of the corporation ? Mr. Hubbard—Not much. The Chairman—ls it not the f ac t that the merchants of the City abstain from connection with the corporation. Mr, tiubbard—l believe it is. SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. To Secretaries of Public institutions, Clerks, Station Masters, Rail way Officials, Bankers' Clerks, Travellers, and Others. 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Kelly and Co. have just produced their London Direc tory for 1854, and without increasing its price they have enlarged its proportions to such an extent tha,t merely to look at it gives no in significant idea of the wonders of a city that demands such a work to register its multifarious contents."—Atlas, Nov. 5, 1853. " The whole information has been brought up with great care AND .‘cctutacY to the 19th of September."— Sunday Times, November 6, 1853. "A notice of this gigantic volume, proportioned to its size and value, would occupy our whole paper—w.e say its size and value, for they hold a perfectly equal measure."—Standard, Nov. 7, 1853. " Already the Messrs. Kelly and Co. had actually distanced the most enterprising of their competitors. They have new rendered it preposterous for any other compiler to dream of emulating their ex aordinary enterprise."—Sun, November 7, 1853. " Its marvellous accuracy and minuteness of detail, fills one with astonishment." —Morning Post, November 7, 1853. " This annual miracle appears again."—Globe, Nov. 8, 1853." Kelly and Co., 19 and 20, Old Boswell Court, and all Booksellers. r 'ualified and paid administrators of justice a• = ! it gy the Crown. I think it would be d• • = le • lever the existing , connection between the orporation knd the trading companies of the City, as I see no .dvantage in maintaining that connection. The accounts •f the corporation certainly require revision —they ought to be fully investigated, audited, and laid before the public more intelligibly. As they stand at present (to use a common expression), no one can makd either head or tail of them. The mode of keeping the accounts is very complicated, and when I have often asked persons whom I thought competent to answer me, " What is the revenue of the city of London ?" nobody could tell me. The system of accounts adopted has grown complicated by the lapse of time and the course of events, and it is certainly susceptible of great improvement. The Chairman—Have you any other •bservations to address to the commissioners Mr. Dillon—Any one taking up the map of London, and looking to the boundaries of the city, would first conceive the idea that the area ought to be extended so as to embrace the whole metropolis, with its 2,000,000 and upwards of inhabitants. Now, a municipal body of such gigantic proportions is open to very grave objs. lions. If in the hands of the Government it would be destructive of the rights of the inhabitants, and if left as a perfectly independent body it would be so powerful u on the other hand to be dangerous to the Govern ment. Again, the population of the metropolis wa s lot at all homogeneous—the pursuits and the wants and r.ecessities of different districts are very varied and diverse, and what was suited for Marylebone, for in stance, might not be at all adapted for the City. It would not be desirable suddenly and violently to destroy the corporation of the City ; but corporations might be given to the other metropolitan districts, without their Epplying for them under the Charter Act. The Chairman—Do you mean that they should be compelled to receive municipal institutions whether they wished for them or not ? Mr. Dillon—l do ;it being a public advantage that there should be a species of federal boards established in the metropolis —one, for instance to take the manage ment of the police ; another, that of the lightning, sew erage, and water surlily of the whole community ; aid another, that of the Thames couservancy, including the port and the regulation of the trade and 'commerce of the City. For this purpose I would take from the. City its present - powers and privileges, and so exercise them as not to p ro d uce a su dd en or d angerous e ff ec t. Th e City corpor a ti on , with all its abuses and defects, has. promoted th e i n t erests and prosperity o f t h e pu bli c an d of the country at ,large. Therefore it would be with great hesitation that I should take anything out of its hands and place it in the hands of the centralised autho. rity—the Government. The Chairman—Might not the joint action in the matters you have enumerated be obtained in the metro polis, without compelling the whole of London to ac cept municipal institutions ? Mr. Dillon—lt would be very desirable if there could. Mr. C. Lewis••••A.ocordiag to your plan, the City would remain within its present limits as a city corpo ration, and the remaining portion of the metropolis would be partitioned among several municipal bodies, such as the corporation of Finsbury, the corporation o Marylebone, &c. ? Mr. Dillon--Yes. Mr. C. Lewis —But you also said that, with regard o other regulations, it would be desirable to have separate boards, possessing a jurisdiction extending over the whole of the metropolis. Mr. Dillon—Yes. Mr. C. Lewis—Do you think that the police juris diction ought to extend over the whole of the metropo lis ; and not be longer divided into the City and metro• politan police respectively ? Mr. Dillon—Certainly. Mr. C. Lewis—Do you think it desirable that the sewerage should be plaeed under a single authority, and not under a board of sewers for the north side of th river, with the exception of the City, and another and distinct board for the City alone ? Mr. Dillon—Certainly. Mr. C. Lewis—What would you recommend with re spect to the lighting and paving ? Would you place them under parochial or municipal regulation, or would you place the paving and lighting of the metropolis under one board ? Mr. Dillon—l am afraid that lam leaving our cor poration nothing to do, but I oonfess that, seeing the inconvenience to the public consequent on the streets being opened at different places at one time, I think the paving and lighting also ought to be placed under one board. Mr. C. Lewis—The present supply of water for the metropolis is in the hands of several independent corn patnies—would you take it out of the hands of those companies, and place it under the municipalities, or under one board ? Mr. Dillon—l see no reason for taking the water supply out of the hands of private enterprise. I would lave it in the hands of the water companies. Mr. C. Lewis—You say that the magistracy ought to be chosen by the Ministers of the Crown ? Mr. Dillon—Yes. Mr. C. Lewis—Well, now, tell us what municipal functions would remain for the City corporation and the other corporations of the different metropolitan boroughs to discharge ? Mr. Dillon : I believe that the tendency of the view I take is, that I would alternately arrive at nearly the same result as those seek to attain who advocate a more extensive change ; but the difference between me and them is, that I am favourable to a more gradual mode of accomplishing nearly the same end as they desire. Mr. C. Lewis—ls the City corporation not possessed of a large amount of trust property, independent of the revenue from its rates, taxes, and dues ! Mr. Dillon----It is. Mr. C. Lewis—Do you not think it would be a legi timate object, in improving the system of corporation, o endeavour to secure a good administration of thos - funds ? Mr. Dillon—Yes, under public control, but not under the control of the Governriient. This [trust property ought to be exclusively in the hands of the corporation itself. nCg.ht Lewis—Do li y e City o d u t o think c t t s ha w t h t c e h p a r r o e p e e x r t c y l u o s v t e h l y e connected with the present area of the city, or that they can be legitimately applied to objects and purposes use ful to the metropolis at large ? Mr. Dillon—l do not think that it can be fairly ap plied to objects out of the City. Mr. C. Lewis—Do you think it possible to find ob jects within the limits of the City to which the whole might be applied 1 Mr. Dillon—l do. Mr. C. Lewis—Give us an idea of such objects. Mr. Dillon—The widening of the streets, the improve ment of buildings, and the like. Mr. C. Lewis—Objects in the nature of public w ork s you mean ? Mr. Dillon—Yes. The Chairman—Have you any reason to complain o the trade regulations of the City, so far as your own business is concerned? Mr. Dillon—l have not. The examination of this witness having b ee n con. eluded, the commission then adjourned till this da (Friday) . The: t f h the hAetl Americana d n a Atlantic received via Callao, papers received in London t g arn v h e a ss n e l l. L contain Australian intelligepc THE PACIFIC AUSTALIANyL:."OO? eUrda-by bCyapa6isnalliFn dre,33ll;atscssed the parallel' of from Port Philip- The mail brought , • September, The s hi p Ply _ m outh Argoto within four days Philp, whence L. Tucker ,from Melbourne, Port which comes p , __ nee she sailed on the of August, arrived at Callao on the 20th of th d r n 20th —thus making the passage iil thirty-nine shortest on record. She the irty-nine days.— lasted to the northward by the Shears, Off New was convey Ca Zealand, the southward' of 53.30 south, where she w as An easterly wind, w hi c h steered to strike her eri • two days ; thence, she passed to the eastward original track to the eastward ; the islands of Chinch of St. Felix Island, and made becalmed two days offa On the 30th day Out. She was nor seen on the pas Callao. No vessels were spoken DEATH OP THE S sage. " the slee • , r,EEPING M AN.—Cornelius Vrooman, plum man," • Clarkson, 0 6 died at his brother'residence, in in n Monday, the 17th of October. While on ex hibition New York he was taken sick, which seemed to induce a wakeful state for a short period, and then a Stupid condition, with intervals of wakefulness until he was brought home on the 14th. He talked but very little, inquiring after his mother, who had been dead two years, his father and brothers, whom he seemed par tially to recognise. He complained of great internal heat, and soreness of his throat and stomach. On the morning of the day of his death he called for food, and ate a hearty Meal, and from that time he seemed to be in pain until two o'clock, p.m., when he died without a struggle. His age was some 34 years.—Rockester De mocrat. CAUTION TO PASSIONATE PEOPLE.-011 Saturday last an inquest was held in the board-room of the union workhouse, WTordsley, before W. 11. Phillips, Esq., de puty coroner, upon the body of William Appleby, an inmate of the house. The day previous the deceased quarrelled with another inmate, named Perry, and worked himself into such a violent fit of passion in con sequence, and while venting forth his rage he fell do'bin, and instantly expired. 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