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EAST INDIA HOUSE, JAN. 26, 1853. THE COURT of DIRECTORS: of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That a QUAR TERLY GENERAL COURT of the said Company will he held at their Rouse, in Leadenhall-street, on MentlesnitY, the 23d March, 1841 , at eleven o'clock in the forenoon. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Sex. 26, 1853. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That theiA ransfer Books of the said Company's Stock will be shut on TIIIIItEIDAY, the 3d March next, at Three o'clock, and opened again on THURSDAY, the 14th April following. That a General Court of the said Con.pany will be held at their I , l °ase. in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNFeSDAT, the lath Aprll, 1E53, aolti Nine o'clock in the morning until Six o'clock' in the evening, for the Election of Six Directors of the sa'd Company, for Four Years. • That the form of a Letter of Attorney, and of a Declaration for en abling Proprietors of East India Stock to vote by Prosyi on this Occasieon, may be obtained on application at the Treasury in this Ito Us. That the Lists of the Members of the said Company will be rea47 to be delivered on Thursday, 31st March, 1853. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. PARIS. MARRIAGE of the EMPEROR. — On SATURDAY, the 29th instant, the TIDAL TRAIN tor PARIS, 'via Folkestone and Boulogne, will start from the SOUTH- X ASTERN RAILWAY TERMINUS, London -bridge, at 10 50 a.m. Arrival in Paris, 10.45 p.m. the same day. Sea passage, two hours. G S. HERBERT, Secretary. London bridge Terminus, 25th January, 1853. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. The DIRECTORS are desirous of Receiving TENDERS for the ERECTION of ADDITIONS to the EXISTING ENGINE nou •E at the RUGBY STATION, and ior the ERECTION elan ENGINE lIOUSE at NORTHAM PTO N. Parties desirous of Tendering may see the Drawings and Speci fications, and obtain 13111 s of Quantities, at the Engineer's Mee, Euston-station , on Thursday, February 3d, 1853, b e tween the hours of 10 and 4. Tenders, addressed to the undersigned, s hould be sent in not later Man 10 o'clock on W e dnesday, tho 9th February, 1853. CIIAS. E. STEWART, Secretary. Secretary's Office, Euston-station, 25th Ja111111.17, 1853. THE HOOD MEMORIAL. CLOSE OF THE SUBSCRIPTION. AT a GENERAL MEETING of the SUB SCRIBER.; to the Fund for Erecting a Monument above the Grave of THOMAS HOOD in Kensal-green Cemetery, held Dec. k itt . ‘ 2d, at the Whittington Club, it was resolved that the Subscription List be CLOSED ou the let of February, 1853, and MO-ELIZA COOK, • --• • Ma. 311URDO YOUNG, and Ida. JOHN WATKINS, Were appointed Trustees to the Fund. The amounts subscribed are deposited at interest in the London and Commercial Bank. Contributions are received by Mr. William Strudwicke, at the Whittington Club, Strand ; by Miss Eliza Cook, Treasurer, 54, Great Ormonde-street, Bloomsbury; and by Mr. John Watkins, Eon. Sec., 34, Parliament-street. Among the subscribers are the following : His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.G.• •• • £25 0 0 The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P. .. .. 5 0 0 The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P ••. • • • .. 5 0 0 The Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, M.P.. • • 50 0 Sir William Frazer, Bart.. •••••••• • • • • . • • • 0 0 James Harmer, Esq.... •• • 50 0 John Macgregor, Esq., M.P..... 5 0 0 Arnold Rogers, Esq. .. •••••• • • • • • • ••••• • • • 5 5 0 Mrs. Robert Elliot . Richard Dawson, Esq., 31. D..... ••••• • • • • • 5 0 0 George Peabody, Esq. ... 5 5 0 Edward Moorman, Esq. ..... .. ......... 5 0 0 David Salmons, Esq ..... ........... • • 5 5 0 Messrs. Spalding and Hodge-- ••• • • • Miss Eliza Cook • • ...• ••• • • • •••••••• • • • • .• • • 5 0 0 Miss Cushman.... • —..• ••••••••••• • • • •• • • • • • • 5 0 0 Proceeds of an "Evening with Hood ' at the Whittington Club... • .. 8 8 0 Murdo Young, Esq., and family . Samuel Rogers, Esq• ••••••••• • • • • • • •• • 3 0 0 C. W. Mike, Es 0••• ••••••• •• • • " ••'•• •" " 3 3 ° Charles Lushington, Esq.. • • •••••••• • • • • • • -- 3 0 0 Alias Davis, Esq..• • • •• • • • .• 3 3 0 The Right Hon. the Earl of Ellesmere ..... 2 0 0 The Right Bon. Lord John Manners, m.r..•... 2 0 0 Sir James Duke. Bart., • . 2 2 0 R. Ifonekton Milnes, Esq., M.P.• •.. • • ....... 20 0 B• W. Procter, Esq., (Barry Cornwall) • • • . 22 0 Douglas Jerrold, Esq. T. K. Hervey, Esq. •• ••• • • • .......... ..... 2 2 0 Rowland Hill, Esq., General Post-office ••• • • 2 2 0 C. Mackay, Esq., LL.D. ••• • • • .......... ...... 2 2 0 .C. W. Dilke, jun., Esq •••• • • • • ••••. • . . • 22 0 Edward Moxon, Esq.... •••••• • • • • • • 2 2 0 James Coppock, Esq. .. 2 2 0 ev. Thos. Wilkinson, Durham • 2 2 0 -R Collected by M. J. O'Conner, Esq., Morpeth, Irorthumberland • ..... ..... 2 2 9 Wyld, Esq., and family.... .• • 2 0 0 • Mart in ( Miss Helen Fault) 2 2 0 A few Young Men at Simplon and Marshall's.. 1 h Nine half crowns from Manchester...... ..... 1 2 6 The Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle •• • • 1 1 The Right lion. the Earl of St. Germans.. .• • . 1 1 0 The Right Hon Lord Brougham ••• • . 1 0 0 The Right Hon. Lord Dedley Stuart, M.P. . 1 I 0 The Hon. and Rev. B.G. Osborne.. ••• • • ..... 0 0 • Alfred Tennyson, Esq. (Poet Laureate) •• • 11 0 W. M. Thackeray, E5q..... ••••••• • • .. • • ...... 1 0 0 Charles Swain, Esq, W. C. Macready, E.q•• . ••••• • • • • • I 1 0 J. Westland Marston, Esq • ..... ••• • .. 1 1 0 1 1 0 Mrs. S. C. Ha ••.•• . - • • • • . ll 1 1 0 Albert Smith, Esq. .. •••••• • • • • • • ...... . • .. Lady Morgan.... ••• • • - •• • 1 1 0 W. C. M. Kent. Esq. •.• • • •• • • ...... .• • 1 1 0 Alfred Crowquill, Esq. •••••• • . • • • • ••• • • 11 0 Jerdan, Esq.... • • ..... .••• • • • .. 1 1 0 Hepworth Dixon, Esq • • • • 1 1 0 W. H. Gore Langton, Esq., M.P. ..... . 11 0 C. Baring Wall, Esq. , M.P: 1 1 0 Charles Gavan Duffy, Esq., M.P.. • • .•.. • • 10 0 R. Swift, Esq., M.P.... •••• • • • • • James Macgregor, Esq., M.P • • B. Oliveira, Esq., ••• •• • • 11 0 W. J. Fox, Esq., 51. P .• .• •• .• ••••••• • • • • • . 1 1 SirJohnlterle Haberfleld, Ent.. Bristol ••• • .. 1 1 n Mrs Milner Gibson ....• •• •••• • • • • ...... • • 1 0 0 Thomas Creswick, Esq. 11. A.... •••• • • • . •• .. 1 ' J. B. Buckstone, Esq.... ..... .••.... • • • • • 1 1 0 Mrs. Fitzwilliam Rev. Felix Palmer, Frierning .... ••.. • I I 0 Homes Mayhew, E5q...... ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 1 1 0 Sydney Yendys Dobell, Esq. 1 1 0 C. Cowden Clarke, E5q..... ••••.. • • . • • 1 0 0 J. E. Carpenter, Esq. -• •••••• • • • • • • ••••••• ••• 1 1 0 Dr. Robert Elliot, Stratford • • ••• • • • • • 1 Elocution Class, Walworth Literary Instit . utio • ;;. • . 1 1 21 Eight half crowns from Preston . In pence from Bideford . . 0 18 8 In Half-crowns, from Bristol.. 1 2 6 In Half-crowns and Shillings.... •• • o 1 t 0 In pence from Bristol.... •• • • ••• • 0 12 6 Miss Martineau ... 0 10 6 Miss Mitford . • • • Geo. Dawson, Esq., M.A. .. •••• •• •• B. L. Blanchard, Esq. ......... ••••••. • • • • • • W. C. Bennett Esq. A few poor Ncedleworaen ...... ••. • • .•• • • 010 6 5.W.8.............•••••• 0 10 6 In other gams .........• •• •• •• •• ............ 228 0 1 £416 13 6 Every subseriber's name will appear in Eliza Cook's Journal. JOHN' WATKINS, Hon. Sec. CONVENIENCE AND PROFIT. THE s pace required for the accommod ation of the business and population of London, renders it impossible during inclement seasons for the inhabitants of the West to visit the East when they wish to purchase articles of Dress. E. MOSES & SON'S WEST ESTABLISHMENT is Intended to offer the required Atcommodation. Every article there being the same in Style, Quality, and Price as at their gigantic Emporium, Aidgate and Minories, at either place the public has the accommodation of the largest, most varied, and appropriate stock of Goods. This is a convenience which has given the greatest satisfactio n, and it is the daily aim of E. MOSES & SON to unite convenience and profit at each Establish ment. On this account every article displays the most artistic Cut, the highest order of Workmanship , an d the most fashionable and serviceable materials. This applies to the novelest styles of CAPES, WRAPPERS, AND OVERCOATS ever offered by any house in the world, the Prices being very much Lower than those charged elsewhere. E. MOSES & SON'S JUVENILE ATTIRE, ready made or to measure, surpasses all others i n Elegance, Dura )Elty, Comfort, and Cheapness. HOSIERY, the elegant and useful, HATS and CAPS, the newest "'Pee and most superb finish, Cheaper than at any other House. No . 18,828.] .x.rrer, 2F-70=67.21, ,,,, raeg _ New Work by the Author of "Jane Eyre," " Shirley &e. This ay is published , a nd may be had at all the AUraries. d VI L, LETT E. By CURRER MEL.L. In three 'vols., post Bvo. A LOMIOn : Smith, Elder, and Co., '65, Cornhill. NAT IONAL PROVIDENT INSTITI TION ter :\ ACTUAL LIFE AB9.IIIANCE, ANNUITIES,. 1 , cc., 48, Gracechurch-street, London. SAMUEL HAY fIIIRST LUCAS, Esq., Chainnfu , ,. CHARLES LUSHINGTON, Esq., Deptity•Chairma ul CONSULTING ACTUARY—CharIes Ansell, Esq., F.E.: Extracts from the Report for 1852. " In the year ending the 20th November last, 1,127 Poli des have been issued :" the Annual Premiums on which amount t ),17,726/. 4s. Id. " Since the establishment of the Institution in Decem Iser, 1835, 14,856 Pollc , es have been eff.icted, and the Annual Incon lu is now 206,7001. lis. bd. " The balarce of receipts over the disbursements in 1852 is 137,1931. 7s. 3d, ; making the Capital 875,6861. 95. 7d. " The fol'ewing shows the progress of the Institution at: each of the three divisions of Profit:— Am. ni.nt of Cr .pi tal. 139,801 ; 1 227,3 613 14 5 508,51:; 9 7 EMIGRANT, MORE GOLD YET 1 ! The Account of new Gold Fields discovered in Australia, and New zem a nd also, having given satisfactory proof of its soil being the depository of Gold, wilt hasten the emigration of thou sands. 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MOSES and SON regret haying to guard the Public against imposition, baying learned that the tintradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with *heir Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have NO CONNEXION WITH *NT OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 64,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, d 3, Bart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, leargate. M er chant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT. —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will he returned Without hesitation. All goods arc marked in plain figures, the lowest Price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, entitled " The World's Pharos," containing the Rmigraat's Assistant, full list of prices, and directions for self-mea surement, may be had on application, or post-free, to any part of the kingdom. A handsome Almaaae for the year ending 1653 can be had gratis, on application. Ici l'on parle Franca's. Hier spricht man Deutsch. Qui si parla Italiano. Aqua se habla Espanol ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. In French, E ng li s h, G erman , Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a o Sealed Envelope, 2s. 64., or post-free, for For t y-t wo S tamps, S affects ELF-PRESERVATION; an Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions of Marriage, in all the bearings in which that important subje ct the health and happine.s of Man, with its Disqualifications and Impe diments, tracing their origin to the effects of cathtio excess, tropical climates, or close study ; followed by Prac7 u al remarks, founded juvenile solitary habits, Of li npuis _ an !on twenty years' experience in a matorrhica, ri nitni, : Le, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, . per .. butrat4 bruiall diseases the treatment of the Urinary and Generative System. 11 ductive Or g ans coloured Engravings, on the Anatomy of the Repro and their relative conditions in Health and Disease. 'By SAMUEL L.WMERT. M.D. 27, -r. .aa E b D etor ei I ted , r 0 It D-S QUA R E, LONDON , burgh, Iloi,o-relrnye'ae Matric ulated Member of the University of E din. Licentiate or Ap e b rimer of the London Hospital Medical Society, The essential eit).weee.aries' Hall, London. 3r,e., &c. consequences resinti4 of this treatise is to point out the fearful have produced Thfrona irregularities and excesses, which more hood, and premature deca ls : rY in Youth, degradation in Man other class of disease knot.; at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any adopted is founded schools of medicine th e bo in this n c s n e tc ' rie m e °de rn Pathologists. The treatment gained in the most celebrated The results of the knowled ge t b e eciu ntrY and in continental Europe. the personal supervision of Dr. %a:Attired are here condensed under egally qua li fied physicians who hf liert, himself one of the few divided studies to this important bre rich of medical science. In short , to the generative s stem, and ve devoted their w hol e and un every peculiarity relating to the tir t m ent of the di seases incidental cans of immediate relief and ultimate cure are described In det a il''' . The professional reputation of Dr. La'Mert, who has taken th e abroad, fa medical and academic honours at home and ; Is in itself a sufficient guarantee that those who may place themselves under his care Will, in every instance, meet with that ? ell cate consideration and inviolable secrecy which are so requi s i te cases. la the treatment of these noste ; frah i Publishedr-row bHannay,y the Author 63, Oxford-str ether , and may be had of .T. Gilbert, 49, Pater. ; Haymarket; Mann, 28, Cornhill ; or iitare, Tltchborne-street, post for foy-two stam, from the author, may be 0 2, 2 otter daily, from Ten till Two, who and from fß ted P e raonallY, rt or by a till Eight. IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by IL Bailliere, 119, Regent-street, London, No I. Bvo., in cloth. price ss. by post free, 55. 6d., ON TRUE (IT FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, with the View; o the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the Generative System, ar Sexual Hypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD "Dr. rickfori, is known to English readers by his frequent praeti rat contributions to German medical literature. This is the first line, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other e qually fl agrant evil w hi c h i t may b e i n his to correct.' — London Medical Gazett e , M ay 30, 1851 . 7.7- c e r promised in a former number that we should recur to this work, in order to exhibit its aim 'tore clearly. The author lashes with great severity the impostors who make a livelihood by preying on the credulity of the public. The tribe of Quiet Symathisers,' an d Medical Friends, are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who suffer from th com plaint of which it treats, we are satistiCd that many hundreds would be sa ved much needless su ff ering of body and mind, and w h a t i s o f i m portance, though it is that which the quacks m os t prize -I:umuch 16,8 % . therefore, -eh Money... ...This volume is well qualified to put an end t o th e emp i r ical system of treating Spermatorrheea , and to place the treat ment upon a more rationalanidNicpoa. l 11. ui hyesiirolcogiarca, an 1 j basis. 1 likely to do much geod.” - 3ed in cloth, price as. 6d., by post free, 45., THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on pri m ,. pies at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate and apparently Intractable Forms. BY F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. "in proof of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given be history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad as any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated. Such are eases is., mi., xii., and avW. No. is. had rereeted, for a period of twelve years, the treatment by dilitation, and was first. y removed in as many weeks. But cases xviii. and xis.. appear, both In duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more a - gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet tha treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently successful." —Professor Wall on the Treatment of Stricture. No. of Amount of Am , Date. Policies Income. Cr issued. X s. d. ' X From 1835 to 1842, being 7 years .............. 3,215 39,360 9 7 139,; From 1842 to 1847, being 5 years .............. 4,575 71,753 3 5 227,, From 1847 to 1852, being 5 years Total on Nov. 20, 1852 .. 114,856 £206,700 11. 5 £875,E '&5 5 7 By a recent Act of Parliament the Directors ail grant Loans to Members on the security of their Po tent of their value. Members whose premiums fall due on the Ist January, are re minded that the same must he paid within thirty days from tit at date. ered to lides to. the es- - The Dire.etors' Report presented to the Annual Biwting of ' Mein• hers on the V.d instant is now ready, and maybe had on adpi ication at the Oftlee t g;ott i:gents in the country. ""- 'Ork e o4 - LA . - I'CC eigiW/4; 1852. E XETER-HALL, THURSDAY EVEI 51 _NG, 3d Femnary, 1853. CHARLES MACKAY, Esq., L.L.D., in the Chair. AN EXPOSITION OF THE GENIUS AND WRITE ICS OF THOMAS HOOD, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, Under the auspices of the HOOD MEMORIAL COMMIIMEE, fur the Benefit of the Fund. Will be given by Mr. WILLIAM PARSONS. The Chair will be taken at Eight o'clock. Doors open.. at Half-past Seven. Introductory Remarks.—Definition of true Poetry; its 'Various manifcstations.—Orginal bent of Hood's genius, as evinced in his earlier poem.. ; their comparative neglect.—Wit and lln mour; Heed's genial and kindly spirit as a humourist; exuberant gs of hi s comic vein ; more chastened develapment of his humour wh en freed from uneurbed conceits.—Effects of higher aims upon his pc ers, as shown in his later poems.—Combination of Humour and Pathos; Hood's earnest and huge-hearted sympathy with want anti .suffer ing.—llis purpose of assisting to redress the social wrom is of the age, and the eminent success of his first efforts.— Ills ent husialm in the cause unsubdued by ill health, and arrested only by his. death. Reserved Seats, 25.; Body of Hall, ls. Tickets may be had of Mr. J. Watkins, Hon. Sec. to th to Hood Memorial Committee, 36, Parliament-street; Mr. NV. 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Mr. MITCHELL respectfully announces that the SEA.IIOI , I of FRENC El PLAYS will be COMMENCED on MONDAY :next, Jan. 31, by the engag e ment of Munsieur Ravel (of the 'Th.eatre du Petals Royal —his fret appearance since the year 184 4 ). The first performance will consist of two new and arousing Vaudevilles, entitled UN MONSIEUR QUI SUIT LES FEMMES, and YORK.; ou, Une Recompense Honette, in both of which Mons. Ravel will ap pear. Mr. Mitchell has the satisfaction to submit the fell owing List of Artistes, engaged to appear during the season :—Monsieur Ravel, Madame Lambert (o' the Theatre do Palais Royal), Madlle. Berlin (of the Theatre Franeats), Madlle. Luther (of the Theat re du Gymnase—her first appearance in England), Monsieur L: Vont, Madile. Emma Fleury (El - s , e du Conservatoire, Paris), Madlle. Page (of the Theatre des Vanetes—her first appearance in Engl and), Monsieur Adrlen Fede, Mons'eur Leonard, Madlle. Madeline Binh an (cf the Theatre Frantals -her first appearance in England), and Monsieur Regnier (of the Theatre Frangais). The eminent Itage dienne, Madlle. Rachel, is also engaged for Twelve Representations, and will appear in Monsieur Emile Augier's successful Play oi DIANA, at the commencement of her engagement.—During the. en gagement of Monsieur Ravel, at the beginning of the season, it is intended to give Four Representations a week—on Monday, Wed nesday, Friday, and Saturday Evenings—the Mondays and Fridays being, as usual, Subscription Nights.—lt is also respectfully an nounced that, during the Easter week, from Monday, Marcia 28 until Saturday, April 2, M. Robert Houdin will exhibit his extraor dinary Entertainment of Soirees Fantasiques, being his last appear ance in England. previous to his final retirement from his profession —The French Plays will be resumed after Easter, on Monday, April 4. 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CONTENTS :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex cursions( about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country Trips and Rambles—The Sea —London at Night—Evenings at Home Music—The Drama—On Eeting, Drinking, sleeping, Bathing. Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. 11. FRAGMENTS FROM THE FOUNTAINS. Two Tobi. Vol. I. VISIT TO THE LAKES; SKETCEI OF EDINBURGH, &c. Vol. 11. THE LAKES OF KI DUBLIN, ARNEY ; REMINISCENCES or Sm. 111. WHAT TO EAT, DnINK, AND AVOID, " That three score years and ten oar coarse may run." • A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner vousl-deblitated health an enfeebled nstitution that harasses the y o ung, i besets the man of d pleasure, business or study,•and em bitters old age; with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu, lation of every-day life. IT. THE PASSIONS. " Wind passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." SUBJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad vent of the passions. Chastity and its in&ingement. Tho cties of licentiousness and dissipation , w ith illustrations, graphic, naasual rra tive, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. To be or not to be, that is the question." Taoaassrsix :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age temperament, complexion, and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, &e. By It. J. CCLVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (182 4 ), Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these matters. Price Is. each; by post, ls. 6d. To he bad of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; CarvalhO, 147, Fleet•street ; Mann, 39, Comhill ; or of M. R. Culverwell, M.D., 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, who may be consulted daily from Ten till Five, and Seven till Nine. Nte-- .44 4 21 ‘ A,'‘ . 41 41e.e 44" - .41e> , t3l • . 4 , . 1 • =• k i _ Er 4v - w , )1 , / tC t, . 0 .1 t . tr .. *""' \ ' - ** . ; .6c •.11 Z +. , te ' ' l 'l,-/ — (4) -) HO it r • Ctv , PI ; its 7 a4kgiel _ • • • - ____________ _ _ _ _ _ NITARY '27, 1853. AA 'ERICA. 'mail steam-ship Asia, Lott com mander, a advices from New York to th e By nd e t r h , e we Royal 14th inst. Sjie has 200,000 dollars in specie on freight. The Asia sailed from her dock shortly after noon on the 12th, but afterwards came to anchor, and remained till the 14th, at 8 a.m., when she pro ceeded on her voyage. She has brought papers to the latter date. The steam-ship America, with the mails of the 25th ult., from Liverpool, arrived at Boston on the 10th inst. The United States mail-steamer Baltic, which left Liverpool on the 29th ult., arrived at New York on the. 11th instant. The new Cunard steamer Arabia, which sailed from Liverpool on the Ist, put into Halifax on the 13th inst., short of coals. The United States mail-steamer Humboldt, which sailed from Cowes on the 25th ult., arrived at New York on the 10th inst. Her Majesty's sloop-of-war Amphitrite was at Acapulco on the 30th of December, and was to sail immdiately with 800,000 dollars in specie for England. The caloric ship Ericsson had had another trial trip, with a large party of scientific gentlemen on board. The trip was in every way satisfactory. She went a distance of 18 miles, with and against the tide, in two hours and a half, the engines only working at half speed. New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and a large aeetion of the United States, had been visited by vefy"i'eirere Sitoltailtims; - nnd,* - in some places, snow had fallen to the depth of several feet. The de tention of the mails and steamers was very general, many of which were considerably overdue at the different ports. The United States Senate had been occupiel with the discussion of the Clayton and Bulwer treaty. The President was requested to transmit all correspondence between Mr. Lawrence, late Minister at the Court of St. James's, and the British Government in regard to Central America, and particularly any correspondence relating to the claims of Great Britain to the Mosquito Coast, or any portion of the territory of Honduras or Yucatan. The Kaine extradition case had again been before the United States Supreme Court. Attorney- General Crittenden stated that he had examined the law applicable to the case, and had come to the conclusion to take no active part in it, con sidering that the duty of the Executive only com menced when the crimi ality of the accused was legally established and the warrant issued. Mr. Busteed appeared for Kaine, and, no counsel ap pearing for the defence, he asked the advice of the Court what course to pursue. Chief Justice Taney said the Court would leave it to the discretion of counsel to take such course as they deemed proper. Mr. Busteed said that, in order that the Court might have the case fairly before them, in the absence of counsel for the defence, he would put the Court in possession of all the arguments which had been adduced on the opposite side, which he did, and then proceeded with his argument for Kaine. Mr. Brady followed, concluding the case for Kaine. The Panama, Herald of December 25 contains the following interesting information relative to one of the expeditions sent in search of Sir John Frank lin, for the safety of which considerable anxiety was beginning to be felt, as no intelligence had been received of it for a considerable time : " The friends of Captain Collinson, of her Britannic, Majesty's ship Enterprise, will be delighted to hear that he has been seen by some American whalers. This offi cer, it will be recollected, went in search of Sir John Franklin and his party, and was supposed to have been lost, as he had not been heard of for nearly two years." There were 100 whalers at Honolulu, of which only one was English. A telegraphic dispatch from Baltimore states that New Orleans papers were received there on the 13th, containing the details of the news received from Tampico to the 27th ult. "Among the leading officers of the regular Mexican army who had pronounced in favour of the revolutionists, were Colonels Casanova, Cruz, and Tenorio. "The papers are filled with accounts of pronuncia mientos, and El Tamaulipeco confidently pronounces the Government of Arista deemed. "Juan Jose de la Garza; Provisional Governor of Tamaulipas, publishes an address in which he justifies the revolution. " Colonels Mejia and Vega had joined the revolution ists, and within a, few days a force of 1,500 men would be organised under the command of those chiefs, which would march to occupy San Luis and other States of the interior." [PR.. SD. IPuebla ; thence to the city of Mexico ; thence to Aca pulco ; from there to the city of San Francisco, where I have been working five or six months. I had about 75 dole. when I arrived here. I worked for the proprietors of the Jackson House, the Hotel Nueva Mondo, and the Laguna. This is the first time Lever was in prison, and never wronged any man of one dime. The money found on me was my own." A San Francisco paper of the 15th of December! contains the following in relation to the fertility o the soil in that country : "The opinion is quite prevalent in the States that the resources of California consist almost entirely in her mineral wealth, and that but a small portion of the State is adapted to cultivation. There is no greater' error than this. So far from the soil being as barren and sterile as it has been represented to be, nearly the whole State possesses a wonderful fertility and adaptation to easy cultivation. To be sure, much of the country in the latter part of the dry season appears to be incapable of producing anything, yet this very same soil, if sowed with wheat or barley soon after the rains set in, yields the most wonderful crops." Very little business has been transacted in the San Francisco markets since Last advices. The money and stock markets were easy, without change. By an arrival at New York we have dates from Valparaiso to the Ist, Callao to the 12th, Payta to the 15th, and Lobos Islands to the 16th December. It is stated that Flores was again engaged in get ting up an expedition against Escuador, and that his army this time is to consist of Americans only, large numbers of whom had already enrolled themselves in the ranks. Two steamers had also been purchased for the expedition. A decree had been published in the Valparaiso, papers, ordering the new law relative to the duties on the exporta tion of silver and copper ores to come into operation on the 15th January. The duty is 5 per cent. on silver and copper in bar or ingots, and 5 per cent. on silver ores, called " frios," and crushed ores in proportion to the per tentage of metal contained. The following is a summary of the trade between Liverpool and South America during the first nine months of the present year : Valparaiso £627,339 or $3,136,695 Lima 545,911 „ 2,729,555 Arica and Islay 219,412 „ 1,097,060 _ _ _ _ A few slight shocks of earthquake . had been felt in different parts of Chili. The expected animation in business for the supply of goods to the Argentine provinces had only partially been realised, but a more lively trade was anticipated as the season ad vanced. Freights had improved, and were gene rally quoted at from 31. 10s. to 41. to England. lii the New York Stock market a good business had been transacted in Government and State Stocks, and prices were very firm. There had also been a slight improvement in the money market. Exchange was again lower :-Bills on London (60 days), 109 k to 1091- ; Paris, 5 13/ to 512 i ; Ams terdam, 41i to 41/ ; Bremen, 79 to 79/ ; Ham burg, 361 to 36k. The cotton market was active, with sales of about 1,200 bales daily. Prices since the sailing of the Atlantic had advanced kc. per lb. on the lower, and ic. per lb. on the better descrip tions. Flour was more freely offered, but the de mand had abated, and prices tended downwards. Sour was selling at 4 dols. 85ic. to 5 dols ; super fine, No. 2, at 4 dols. 93i c. to 5 dols. 61c.; ordin ary to choice State, 5 dols. 431 c. to 5 dols. 62ic. ; mixed to fancy Western, and common to good Southern, at 5 dols. 56kc to 5 dols. 75c.; com mon to good Ohio, at 5 dols. 621-c. to 5 dols. 75c.; fancy Genessee and Ohio, at 5 dols. 75c. ; to 5 dots. 87c. ; extra Western, at 5 dols. 87i to 6 dols. 371-c.; and extra Genessee, at 5 dols. 87 to 6 dols. 50c. per barrel. Wheat in fair demand, at good prices. Indian corn was brisk, and prices firmer. Pork quiet, at firm prices. New mess, 19k dols. to 18 dols., and prime at 10/ dols.; rumps, 15/ dols.; lard steady at 11c. to 11/c., and 12c. for prime ; pickled hams, 10ic. to 11c. ; shoulders, 7/c. to Bc.; sides, in salt, 9c. to 9/c., smoked, lOic.; barrelled beef firm at 12 dots. to 14 dols. for mess, and 6 dols. to 7 dols. for prime ; beef hams, 14/ dols. to 15 dols. for 2201 b.; cured beef, 18/ dols. to 22 dols. for fair to best brands ; butter and cheese dull, without changes in quota tions. Freights.-To London-Flour, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9c1.; resin, 45.; other naval stores, 3s. Gd. per 2001 b.; oil, 325. 6d.; tallow, 355.; beef, per tierce, 6s. Gd. to 75., barrels, 4s. 6d.; potatoes, 355. To Havre-There is little going, but rates are main tained at Ic. for cotton, 8 dols. for. potash, 10 dols. pearls, and rice 10 dols. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JA CIONSOLIDATED LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Life assurance, endowments, and annuities, on the most equitable terms. Persons in doubtful health, or whose proposals for assurance has been declined at other offices, assured at premiums carefully adjusted to the increased risk. Loans granted upon every real security, and els) upon approved personal security, from 501. to 5001. All claims payable within one month after satisfactory proof of death. fortunate matches, each bringing their contingent to her territory? Is she ambitious of resembl lug Aus tria, to whom Hymen has been more munific cut than war or policy? Or does she suppose that ifOlch has ti. resu lt now, the result in former d a y s , it mus t be tl e now, and that kingdoms are to be won and we like a lady's trousseau; as if ther e were no greitter,' - sposer of their destinies, or as if histo r y even withi a, very late period had not pro ve d. the futility of ill such fond imaginations ? This is the shall owtri; of all views. If the French monarchy has gro* to its present extent of territory from such allia he 3s ;. if, from the time when it scarcely extended so uth of the Seine until the accession of the Valais or the Bourbons, it has been indebted to the mar. pi; iges of its princes for its gradual incorporation ,i Pt° one great empire, does it follow that such in 'po rpora tion would not have taken place withdut the inter vention of such causes, or that such resril is will happen again by again putting such caw les into operation ? Generally speakingi what has a; foreign alliance done for nations on either side of thjei Chan nel ? It has driven them off from the pi iri mit of their true and direct interests to the purs.u)t of a shadow ; instead of developing their real strength, it has wasted that strength by attempting, t 1 trough force or cajolery, to preserve a union unna,tur al and impolitic. There are certain limits to all Id i ngdoms 1 which they cannot transgress, attempt it ha often as they may ; war, marriage, policy, fail alike,_ and defeat their purposes. All countries. furnish 1 instances enough of this truth. What ha ye we gained, in the time of Henry 11., by the u nion of the South ,of France with England ? WI Hit Aill later by the marriage of Henry V. t o th e Ikkriss of . l T. NOAH COLLIER, Secretary. 45, Cheapside. PATRON—H R. H. PRINCE AlAlb.:ll.T. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. NEW EXHIBITION. —An OPTICAL and MUSICAL IL LUSTRATION of SIIAKSPEEE'S " MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM," with an ENTIRE CHANGE of MUSIC, introducing the ORIGINAL MUSIC by Sir Henry Bishop, Morning and Evening.— LECTURES by J. H. Pepper, Esq., on the endless AMUSEMENTS of CHEMISTRY, adapted to a Juvenile Audience; by Dr. liachhoffner, on the PHILOSOPHY or SCIENTIFIC RECREA TION; by Mr. Crlspe, on BALLOONING.—DISSOLYING including Day and Night Views of WALMER CASTLE, WALMER CHURCH, &c., &c. Admission, is. ; Schools and Children under ten years of age, half-price. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. THE FRENCH EMPEROR'S MARRIAGE. (From the Times.) The immediate effect of the announcement of Louis Napoleon's marriage twith Mademoiselle Eugenie Montijo upon public opinion , has been rather favourable than otherwise in this.country, questionable in the French provinces, • decidedly unfavourable in Paris, and unwelcome• to the greater part of Europe. It is easy to account for this difference of opinion by the difference of the periods of her monarchy May not bo king doms trace a vast amount of their misfortunes to this phantom of aggrandisement ? Have not the hopes of uniting kingdoms, by language, by insti tutions, by geographical limits intended to. remain distinct, been fraught with consequences in ost fatal to those kings and that people who ventured to entertain them ? Aus'i 4" - 6 7 t 1 NA i£ ; ` there is nothiriL the opposite conclusions at which our neighbours and ourselves may have arrived. The speech of Louis Napoleon has been read in this country as a blunt but true statement of his real position, and we therefore prefer it to the hollow or unmeaning style of more diplomatic language. We never supposed or believed that the establishment of the French Empire was an event at all similar to the restoration of the French monarchy,. for it has neither its dignity, its liberties, nor its rights. The Imperial declaration that " France has, by her successive revolutions, always abruptly severed herself from the rest of Europe," describes exactly , the principle on which foreign States have con tinued to act towards the Empire in a spirit of precaution and mutual forbearance. We entirely agree that it adds nothing to the dignity of a Go vernment of popular origin, and alters nothing of its true character, to contract a forced alliance with some royal house ; for, in fact, there is nothing in common between an elective Empire based on, universal suffrage and the traditional rights of hereditary monarchy, as they are recognised and established in the rest of Europe. Although all past experience has shown that the elective and popular principle affords far less stability and se curity to the government of great States than the law of hereditary monarchy, a man representing the former principle only may take a pride in tell ing the elder Governments of Europe, on any suit able occasion, that he considers his rights as incon testable and his position as exalted as theirs. But, though this is the language adopted by Louis Napoleon in announcing his matrimonial decision, and though we may not care to take exception to it, the French themselves are struck by the inconsistency of this attitude with much of the former and recent language of the Impe rial Government. The assumption of the title of " Napoleon III." was as clear an intima tion as circumstances would permit of an here ditary claim to the throne, ratified by another po pular election. The enormous grants of money to the Court—the revival of etiquette under every form, even to the usages which hardly escape ridicule in countries where they have never been discontinued —the triumphant restoration of buckhounds, knee breeches, and . trains, and the pretension to the highest marks of respect paid to a Sovereign, are certainly not things to be expected of " a Govern ment always mindful of its origin, preserving its own characteristics, and boasting of the title of parvenu." The principal object of the Imperial marriage i s to give Louis Naaoleon a direct heir, who may succeed by hereditary right to all this greatness and public opinion has been instinctively shocked in France by the disparity between the personal and political position assumed by the chief personage in the State and 'the matrimo nial connexion he thinks fit to form. Nor can weimagine any greater outrage on the regulations of the army and the democratic habits of the coun try, than the arbitrary promotion of Napoleon Jerome Bonaparte to the rank of General of Division, he being now in his 31st year, utterly destitute of military qualifications, and justly dis qualified by his violent political opinions. It was not so that the princes of the Orleans family won their military rank, and no imperial or royal decree abridged for them the path of honour by placing them over the heads of all the deserving officers in the army. On this, as on some former occasions, we notice strongindications of a change which has happily come over the French national character—we mean the extreme aversion and alarm manifested by the bulk of the people at any occurrence which seems to augment the danger of war. France has been so long considered the most warlike country in Europe, that some time must elapse before foreign nations form a correct estimate of her present re pugnance to any sort of enterprise which may . embroil her in hostilities ; but we are inclined to believe that nothing short of violent and direct provocation would render war popular or even endurable by . the French ; and certainly the hold of the present Government on the nation is in a direct ratio to the confidence placed in its assur ances of peace. The peasantry, on whom falls the weight of the military conscription, and the middle classes, which live by the interests of trade, are as little disposed in France to find themselves en gaged in war as we are ourselves. As far as the effect of this marriage, and the speech announcing it, can already be ascertained, it has been the less favourable on this account. Such a connexion affords no ground for anticipating an improvement in the relations of the empire with the rest of Europe. On the contrary, it explictly severs France from the institutions of other countries, and it even alludes in language by no means cour teous to the former matrimonial connexion of French Princes with the Courts of Germany. It unnecessarily and unhandsomely stigmatises the marriage of the late Duke of Orleans with the niece of the late King of Prussia as an affiance of secondary rank, and it applies to the conduct of Austria, on the marriage of Maria Louisa, a term which is both inaccurate and offensive. The French word briguer signifies "to manceuvre in order to obtain a thing ;" and, although the house of Austria was reduced by ter rible defeats to the painful necessity of surrender ing an archduchess to be the consort of a man who had another wife still alive, the Emperor Francis certainly never coveted or aspired to that connection as an honour, nor did the advances come from the side of his daughter. It remains to be seen how these expressions will be received at Vienna and Berlin ; but explanations have already been required of M. Drouyn de Lhuys, and an evasive answer given. The diplomatic formalities of the recognition of the Empire are scarcely ter minated, not without difficulty, when fresh embar rassments of a similar nature may possibly occur, which will not be diminished by the allusion to " dynastic prejudices." In the meantime the preparations for the solem nity are continued with incredible rapidity and splendour, and in a single week the ancient Cathedral of Notre Dame, which has witnessed' so pas . sages 9f human history, will be manyd co r a strangete c f for h t e h a s d occasion e s o f the withe household unexampled ofthe mag nificence. t ign he a firs ted t , and, though they will names of France, some Em pressoon l t t h e comprise nobility a eae d ni loayfmdtoehef designated, formerThayer,haveEm Empire, i e , acceptedwith iin it. Nothing, therefore, is wanting to fulfil the wishes of the Emperor ; and even the impending ministerial changes are su s p ended until after the solemnisation of the nuptials. But at no distant period, in spite of the contradiction of the Moniteur, we have strong reason to believe that M. Drouyn de Lhuys, M. de Persigny, and Marshal St. Arnaud will vacate their present offices, partly in consequence of the !opinions they have forcibly expressed in opposition to this marriage. We need not, therefore, this laboured justifica tion of the marriage of the Emperor Napole on 111. with a lady who has no kingdom for her dowry, either in reversion or even in expectati , on. So painful a demonstration rather argues a Cloubt in those who attempt it. For ourselves, we 1( .)ok upon it as a strange hankering in the writers. that use it, not altogether unworthy of notdee. A spec i es of judgment is fallen upon them. for the r idi cu l e which they have heretofore thrown upon the older Governments of Europe, arLd upon that spirit of feudalism which not long since they scouted as gross and unworthy. They have returned to that which they professed to reject. What is this appeal to the ancient line of their Monarchs, and this attempt to derive from the actions of those monarchs, but a justification of the marriage of the Emperor, and a wish to identify him with • them ? They compare him, who is the newly-elected of the people, with their ancient and hereditary sove reigns ; theyinscribe him in the list ; they appeal to those times of the ancient monarchy as authorita tive, thus acknowledging that those times carry with them a dignity and a sanction which they would gladly derive to their present ruler. If so, what a strange testimony is here to the value of an established line of princes, and to the excellence of hereditary descent ! They prophesy undesignedly; and the men who were once the foremost in con demning royalty, with all its forms, are now among the 'unconscious, unsuspected, and foremost adhe rents to its necessity and its use. Whether in this matter they speak only for them selves, or express the sentiments of others--of those perhaps who are higher than themselves, is of little use to determine. Whether they wish to find a sanction for this marriage, as if they enter tained any doubt about it, or wished to remove the doubts of others, is of little consequence either way. The mode of justification adopted by them is not the wisest. It is neither so frank as that which the Emperor has himself put forward, nor by any means so convincing. Why should they not at once affirm, as he does, that he is a parvenu--a royal one, it is true, and the ruler of many millions of active, industrious, and intelligent subjects ? Why not at once take the bull by the horns, and declare that the novelty of his position is a novelty not to be ashamed but to be proud of, and justifies a de parture from ancient rules and ancient policy ; and that he_who is not prepared to break through such trammels according to the necessities and demands of his position is unfit to hold it. No acces sion of dignity, nor of legitimacy, nor of strength, can accrue to Napoleon 111. by following the maxims of the ancient monarchy. No one would respect bim the more for attempting to blind the world to the real origin of his exaltation, and placing his bust, alive or dead, with the crowd of the ancient Legitimates. This was the one great weakness of his uncle. Emperor of the French he might have been, and he was ; but, not content with this, he would be an Emperor of old tradi tions and of the ancient stamp : he would adopt some worn-out image which men had read of in books ; as if he dreaded the reality of his power and his title, or as if men would be blinded into the belief that a gentleman from Corsica was the descendant and heir of the Holy Roman empire. Really great, he aspired to be greater, after a theory, and lost the reality for the shadow. Into the same weakness do the French journalists now run, of themselves, we suspect, and not because they are interpreters of the mind of Napoleon 111. Such language can certainly gain them no credit in this country. England, at least, is indifferent whether the descendants of Merovig carried them selves in such delicate matters " with an eye to the main chance ;" whether they followed in their con nubial designs " the impulsion of their hearts or their personal interests ;" and if they were guided solely by such motives, we cannot see that they are to be exempted from the rebuke which attaches to private people, as well as to kings, who violate the sanctity of marriage for selfish and unworthy pur poses. But we are interested in the question whether all this research into history is intended to exculpate what these writers condemn, or secretly feel liable to condemnation —whether they are at tempting to glorify an act in their Sovereign of which they feel secretly ashamed—whether, pro fessing to stand in a position in which no kingdom ever as yet stood, and boasting of that position, they are in heart disowning it ? The language of their Emperor is plain and intelligible enough. We can respect it, whether we agree in it or not. He claims the inalienable right of all men to marry where he has fixed his affections, and where the in terests of his own people, and the past and present life of the lady herself offer no obstacle to the just fulfilment of his wishes. What other kings may have done or may do hereafter concerns not him, for he stands in a position in which no other King or Emperor ever stood before. When his apolo gists can find Monarchs of the same genus, then may they refer to precedents to countenance the marriage of their Emperor. Till then he stands and rules alone, himself the only precedent and the only law to himself. Maxims of ancient dy nasties cannot reach him, and perhaps it is well they should not. He has a great and mighty work to accomplish, only possible to him who can rise superior to mere formalisms, who can discern what the emergencies of his position require, and has energy and resolution enough to accomplish it. POSITION OF THE PLANETS DURING THE PAST AUTUMN QUARTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Equator. —Mercury, SIR,—In reference to the long-prevailing through n ggales blowing from the Equator, with heavy falls of rain the p ib la ra n , et onh Venus te Mars, and Jupiter, all of them in the southern he misphere, causing a pressure from the south of a strong current of air, and at times accompanied with an electrical discharge r a ther unusual at that period of the year. The late h urricane which swept over the damage ßriti and soss of from life on vheS*Sa.rWiou" s parts of causing j the coast, the Moon being at the full, and the Sun in perigee with the Earth, the former in the tropic of Cancer, the latter in Capricorn, when the Moon is on the Equator, whether in Aries or Libra ; she will be in Aries on the 15th and 16th of January, and Libra 29th and 30th ; in Aries on the 11th and 12th of February, and Libra 25th and 26th • in Aries on the 10th and 11th of March, and Libra 24th and 25th. During those days strong winds will prevail, with rain or snow, according to the temperature. From observations for many years past, I do not expect a permanent change of wind until the 2d of February, when a hyperborean wind, with showers of snow at times, the air acting with inclement action for some nights following, the Lent winds being from the north-east. I hope I shall not be intruding on your columns for the in sertion of this, for the benefit of our English sailors and others.—l am, Alc., W. SALTER. (From the Herald.) The French journalists are undertaking a great deal of trouble for very little purpose. In their anxietylto justify the marriage of the Emperor with one whose progenitors never wore a crown, they have ransacked the annals of their nation fromNle rovig to Lo u i s Philippe. To prove a proposition which no one feels inclined to deny, they produce a number of testimonies far more questionable than the conclusion they wish to establish ; thus veiling in a cloud of literary dust and lumber what of itself is plain and obvious, and acceptable to common sense. What is it to France whether her empire has been consolidated or aggregated by a number of The New York Herald contains the following, in relation to the island of Cuba and the flourishing condition of the slave trade there : "In the district of Cienfuegos, in the island of Cuba, the sugar crop of 1846 was 12,673 tons, with 1,667,000 gallons of molasses. The crop of 1852 has been 27,243 tons, with 2,300,000 gallons of molasses. Will it b e said that there was no increase to the slave population of the district during the intervening seven years ? If there was, whence was it derived, as we are well assured it was not from natural increase ? The actual net rea lised profits of one estate in Cienfuegos, owned by an American (absentee) gentleman, last year (crop of 1852), was upwards of 116,000 dole., about 24,0001. sterling, drawn from the labour of 420 people, young and old. Will any man show us how to make free labour as pro ductive ?" From Kingston, Jamaica, we have advices to the 7th inst. There is no news of importance to com municate. The House of Assembly was to meet on the 26th. The news received from England, to the 4th of December, has been very discouraging, especially about the budget of the British Government and the sugar duties. The Jamaica markets were in active, consequent upon the Christmas holidays. From Ecuador we learn that the ship of war Seis de Marzo, with 14 political offenders under sentence of transportation, was lost on the Bank of Guas cama, which projects about six miles from the coast, and 68 persons altogether are supposed to have perished. Among the number are two officers— Valverde and 011arvide. The steamers Northern Light and Illinois had arrived at New York from California, with dates to the 16th of December, and 2,015,543 doll. in gold dust on freight. The news from California is interesting. Pro visions were very scarce and dear generally through out California. The roads between the mines and the river towns, where supplies are generally pro cured, were in a wretched condition, and transit necessarily slow. The consequence is that freight has risen, and with it the price of provisions in the mines. Common articles of subsistence are nearly as high as in the winter of '49, though the chances of rich returns to the miner are not so general as then. A person writing from Moquelumne-hill says that provisions are very high, and the stocks in the stores of the traders not sufficient to supply the wants of the town a fortnight. Flour was selling at Sonora at 65 dole. to 70 dole. a barrel. He also states that, owing to the rains, the yield of gold in Calaveras county will be immense this winter. The mining interest in and around Jamestown, at Kin caid Flats, French Gulch, Sullivan's Creek, and generally . around Columbia, is in a prosperous con dition. The miners about Nevada begin to com plain of too much water ; the streams and ditches are surfeited, and all they now desire is fair wea ther, when they expect a rich gold harvest. In Tuolumne county the miners are all doing well. The late rains have, in fact, given an impetus to the workmen in dry diggings all over the country. Miss Catherine Hayes was singing in San Fran cisco. Her concerts were giving great satisfaction, and she was nightly realising large sums of money. The auction system was adopted for the disposal of tickets. The first choice of a seat at her third con cert in San Francisco was bid off at 1,100 dole., by Empire Engine Company No. 1, and was occupied by the foreman of the company. The second choice was knocked down to California Engine Company, for 25 dole. A diamond cross, valued at 1,300 dole., which was to be raffled for in San Francisco, it was designed should be given by the winner to Miss Catherine Hayes. A Spaniard, named Jose Forner y Brugada, had been hung in San Francisco for a murder a short time previous. After admitting that he killed the man, but only in self-defence, he made the following confession : " I was born in Valencia, Spain, in the month of May, 1820, of highly respectable parents. My uncle is Alcalde of Valencia ; and all my family, with but few exceptions, hold office under the Spanish Government. I am worth, in Valencia, from 4,000 to 5,000 doll. in real estate. At the age of 16 years I went to learn the trade of confec tioner with my uncle • served with him lwowne n fi ao rt v ;k e wte y hdilt e eh a nt r hl s eae . trgte F ae srntowmot two there I went to Barce a l eta o nn n ,nc a eah ; T;o w hce a l3n s ucaber t a h cle; ree years in the ser trivfeeuprlmaceo,ntVhsa:einnctihae; house vi jthu c ean e re of tc D oo o smta n ad, Ju ar a tid n i: C at o hy s introduction to the brother of my last employer, Don y H e a a v rs an ; n t a h i e t n ; wwaesntthetroe three y ree na o J uni an. ca 3 ti , o l n Bs w 3. as omitted by accident, or it would have appeared earlier.—ED. SuN.] lof Dorainicas ; thence to Vera Cruz, M • exice ; thence to Luokiswestcooftmin, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Arrived at New York—The Yorkshire and Yorktown, from London ; Boreas, from New Ross, Ireland ; En terprise, Western World, and Baltic steamer, from Liverpool ; Humboldt steamer, from Havre. Arrived at Boston—The Plymouth Rock, from Liver pool ; America steamer, from Liverpool. Arrived at Charleston—The Corea, from Liverpool. Arrived at Mobile—The Lord Maidstone, from Liver pool. Arrived at Savannah—The Adrian, from London. Arrived at St. John's, New Brunswick—The Miles Barton and Golden Age, from Liverpool. Arrived at New Orleans—The blanche and Planta genet, from Liverpool ; Nathaniel Thompson and York, from Liverpool ; Stephen Glover, from Newport, Wales. Arrived at San Francisco, Dec. 15.—The John Mit chell, from London, vid the Falkland Islands. The propeller South Carolina, built originally for the Charleston and Liverpool trade, is having her machinery taken out to be altered into a sailing vessel. The ship Gondar, Barstow, at Charleston from Lon don, reports November 25, just before daylight, Ushant hearing south about 25 miles, fell in with two small boats, containing the captain, two mates, and 11 sea men belonging to the British barque Platina (of Lon don) from Cardiff, with a cargo of coal, bound to Ports mouth, England, they have abandoned the Platina the day previous, she having lost her sails and being in a leaky condition ; soon after taking them on board it came on to blow heavily with thick weather and a heavy sea, and had they not been providentially fallen in with they would, no doubt, have all perished. Three days after, fell in with the ship John and Lucy (of Thomaston) from London for New Orleans ; the Gondar being short of provisions for so large a number, the captain of the John and Lucy very kindly took six of the wrecked men ; the captain, mates, and remainder of the crew remained on board the Gondar, and have been brought to Charleston. The British bark Sophia, from Liverpool, with a cargo of salt, went ashore near Charleston on Monday last, and after getting off, sunk in seven fathoms of water. The vessel and cargo proved a total loss, but the passengers and crew were saved. THE CITY TERMINUS. Yesterday, a meeting of the shareholders in the com pany which had been formed to carry out the plan of Mr. Charles Pearson, the City Solicitor, was held at their offices, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, to receive a report from the Board of Directors. On the motion of Mr. PEARSON, the chair was taken by Mr. ACTON AYBTON, who, after apologising for the absence of the secretary, from a domestic affliction, pro ceeded to read the following report : " In consequence of the very short time which elapsed between the first announcement of this project and the meeting of Parliament, the directors were led to entertain doubts whether it would have been possible to comply with the standing orders, which required a subscription contract to be signed, and a deposit to be made of three fourths of the capital, whilst the public were scarcely informed of the precise nature of the undertaking ; but most responsibly contractors having been anxious to avail themselves of the opportunity offered by the reso lution passed at the last meeting, the directors were enabled to make a very satisfactory arrangement, by which, without any sacrifice of capital, the subscrip-! tion contract was completed, and the deposit of 45,000/.1 made in due time. The directors have since allotted' shares to persons anxious to support the company ; and with the exception of those which are specially reserved until after the act is obtained, to meet pend ing negotiations, only 2,500 shares remain at their dis posal, and for which they have received an application but have postponed complying with it until the share holders had had an opportunity of expressing their wishes on the subject. A numerous and respectable body of shareholders being, however, constituted, the directors feel called upon to redeem the pledge contained in the prospectus, that a certain nu m b er of their body would resign their offices to afford the shareholders opportunity of effecting whate ver c h ange in the directinonn they might desire. The directors having since acquired a larger stake in the compa n y, have devot e d muchtime and attention to its affai rs , an d become more conversant with the merits of the undertaking ; and having no w embarked in import an t negotiations to further its objects, they sug ges t t o t h e shareholders that it would be expedient that the responsibility of bringing the pro. ject to maturity should be entrusted to those with whom it originated ; the undermentioned gentlemen who retire by lot, therefore offer themselves for re-election—Mr. Burchell, Mr. Dakin, Mr. Bayne, Mr. Laurence, Mr. Virtue, Mr, Whit e. The directors informed by r. are e solicitor s o f t h e company, tat the standing orders of the Houses of Parliament have been complied with in all respects, and they have every reason to hope that the bill will pass through Parliament this session." The CH AIRMAN t h en addressed the meet i ng a t consi derable length in favour of the project, and concluded by moving the adoption of the report, which was accordingly agreed to unanimously. Mr. CHAR LES PEARSON said that having seat as an honorary member of the boar d, 117r:fret his B. d ,aitAfattend the meeting of the sharehol kat° ex press his deep regret that his official position 4. is solicitor to the Corporation of London rendered his r etliremEnt necessary, in consequence of their having entei 'ed a for. mal dissent from the company's bill. He had 01 igi na th, proposed this project when a m em b er o f th e G 'omznon'' Council. He had promoted the measure in cmeornaky with the express resolutions of the Common Council pro nounced twice in its favour, after an interval of son ie years, by that body. The measure had received,the direct testimony of approbation of the press and the public, an d it was not, he trusted, an unworthy feeling of regret he felt when he looked down upon the promised land un folded as it were at his feet, and found he was not to be permitted to lead his fellow-labourers into progression. He, however, would not dwell upon the subject, except to correct two misapprehensions which appeared to exist upon the subject. In the first place, Mr. Deputy Lott had by a letter in the newspapers charged him with hav ing said that the corporation were clearing the ground in Victoria-street for the reception of the railroad, when they were clearing it for a totally different purpose. Mr. Lott ought to have gathered from the contents of the report from which he drew this statement that, so far from having made such a declaration, he had expressly stated that the corporation were clearing the ground not for the railroad but for the new street. The other mis apprehension of a member of the Common Council was that he had originally proposed that the project should extend into Farringdon-street, whersas he had now withdrawn that plan, intending that it should be limited to the north of Holborn Valley. This was the last op portunity he should ever have of appearing before them. He should, the re f ore , avail himself of it t o express, in plain and unmistak ea bl e l anguage, his reasons for, be lieving that the traffic resu l t i ng from the short line would be productive of a larg e di v id end at a very early period, and that within a very few years, by m eans of cheap, speedy, punctual, and f requent trains, an enormous revenue would be produced, sufficient to remunerate the capital required, and yield a l arge sum for the enlarge. ment of the streetsin the adjoining locality. (Hear, hear.) He desired no credit for the det ai l s o f the plan , either in its construction or arrange men t. Except as , an important auxiliary of street improvements, it was of little moment whether it advanced a few yards in one direction or in another. The principle upon which he advocated the measure was plainly this. The citizens of London, paying high rates and taxes, both fur their places of residence and their places of business in the City, had a better right to railroads to carry them backwards and forwards every day than the inhabit. ants of districts occupied by a scattered population, who did not quit their homes half a dozen times in as many years. The laws which governed commerce and manufactures ruled more completely in regard to railroads than in any description of commercial under taking. (Hear.) Where no raw material was used and the working charges were so small as in passengee trains, it was manifest that quantity ought to rule both as to the quality and price of railway travelling. It was a well-known fact that the lowest priced goods were made by the most costly machinery. (Hear.) If an old woman wanted a cheap machine for making a pair of stockings she would provide herself with a pair knitting needles, at the cost of one halfpenny ; or if she wanted a cheap instrument of manufacture, his great grandmother's spinning-wheel, value five shillings, would meet her wishes. But if you wanted cheap hose and shirts the aid of the power-loom and the tall-chimnied manufactory must be called in aid at a cost of ten, twenty, fifty, or a hundred thousand pounds. (Hear, hear.) Railroads and railroad travel ling formed no exception to this general law of commercial mechanics. Except in a few cases which might be easily accounted for by circumstances not affecting the general principle, it would be found that the most costly lines, though running frequent trains at low charges, produces larger profits and paid better dividends than those lines where the opposite conditions prevailed. (Hear, hear.) The Blackwell and Green wich and South-Western Extension Railways might be supposed, upon a superficial observation, to be standing evidences that this proposition was not well founded in their case. But they were all clearly exceptional cases, from the peculiarity of their position. It was true, they were all costly—very costly, and paid poor, very poor dividends ;' but they were all river board lines. -The Thames both starved and robbed them. Having a river boundary on one side they had only half a country to feed them, instead of having the population on both sides to pour in its tributary streams. (Hear, hear.) This was a serious drawback upon their prosperity ; but, it was • not all, for the river robbed as well as starved them. It ran cheap penny and halfpenny boats in competition, particularly during the spring and summer and autumn months, when railroads are expected to make play, and compensate for the deficiencies of other seasons. (Hear.) The Blackwell and the Green wich lines were parallel, and if it were not for the river between them, either line would have sufficed for the district ; but they were parted by the river, and thus two capitals had become necessary to perform the functions of one line. (Hear.) The South-Western extension was placed under equal disadvantages as far as local traffic was concerned. If it were not for the separation of the river, this railway might have sufficed to carry the Pimlico, and Chelsea, and Fulham traffic, as well as the Vaux hall, Wandsworth, and Putney passengers. The rail way promoted by this company, however, was sub jected to none of these disadvantages. It opened up or led to a magnificent country, where they had no river to separate them from your passengers, or to deprive you of your summer traffic. Omnibuses were their only opponents, and of course they could not stand in competition with the cheap and expeditious tra velling which it was the privilege of railroads to confer. (Mr. Pearson then exhibited a tabulated paper, containing statistics ortlier cost, takings, and slividends .of cheapest, the dearest, and the average railways of the kingdom, showing the general correspondence between costly lines, populous districts, low fares, and large divi dends.) They would observe by the table that the Dub lin Railway, which had the lowest fares, and cost the most money, paid the largest dividend. When that line was first proposed, its spirited projector was deemed insane for suggesting that a line from Dublin to Kingstown could ever pay. The elements of prosperity which attended the Dublin line existed to a far greater extent in connection with this undertaking. The population of the English metropolis was much larger and richer, and more loco motive, than the inhabitants of the Irish capital • and he believed the revenue availabl e f or dividend would be far, very far, beyond the 10 per cent, which that com pany paid. Mr. Pearson then entered into various ex planations as to the number of persons who daily en tered the city by omnibusses, cabs, railways, and steam boats, to show that the 15,000 he had assumed as the number of daily passengers to the City, was much below the number upon which they had a right to rely. The raising of the Holborn Valley was an object of deep importance to the interests of this great city, and a grand new street intersecting the metropolis from north to south, would be an object worthy of the greatest sacri fices, but when coupled with the benefits and blessings which the railway would confer on all classes, rich and poor, upon the trade and commerce of the City, upon the health of the City, and the convenience of the City, the project in his judgment challenged the support of all well wishers to its best interests. If the Government and the corporOion would give their countenance to the ' project in the manner suggested by the railway commis sioners, it might be promptly and efficiently executed with honour to the citizens, with advantage to the share : holders, and without inflicting injustice or injury on any portion of the community. ' On the motion bf Mr. KIRK, the retiring directors were re-elected. Mr. B. J. ARMSTRONG, in a complimentary speech moved,— "That this meeting sincerely regrets the retirement of Mr. Charles Pearson from its direction, and sincerely hopes that circumstances will speedily enable him to re join it." (Cheers.) Mr. Deputy PEWTRESS seconded the resolution. He could not help thinking that Mr. Pearson had not been fairly treated, and that his scheme had not received the consideration it deserved. He had know Mr. Pearson a long time, and he had rarely, if ever, known any of his plans turn out ill. (Cheers.) He remembered his ex ertions when the cholera first broke out. Mr. Pearson had, in fact, laid the foundation of the Board of Health, and all those sanitary improvements to which they owed their health, and perhaps their lives. He (Mr. Pearson) never held a railway share in his life till the formation of this company, and then he had bought 100 shares out of pure self-defence. The ward in which he lived (Grace church-street) was so overloaded with traffic that it was absolutely necessary for something to be done. They had been obliged to put on foer additional policemen for the sole purpose of keeping the streets clear ' • but in spite of all their efforts, stoppages frequently took place by the half hour at a time. H e hi mself had been d minuteseaosninLg London -bridge, a m nd ea t r h , e h t e ra a c ap e- - etdhaunnkasn.imrelwasy. t a p ea n i r e e a d 3 t o 5 be in cr The resolutior.) n r w e a t u s r c a n e r i c i i as sorrow ful as any man could be at be' from the board ; b u t he could not compelled t o re ti re t agree with the gentleman who seemed to think that it had been caused by any jealousy of him on the part of the Common Council. There mi g ht, it was t rue , be some g en tl eman who thought that, as he had received so much • solid pudding he had no right to ex pect any empty f but ' ri fame ; such persons were very few. As a general principle it was quite true that no gentle man receiving a considerable salary for his official duties ought to embark in an extensive private undertaking ; and it was quite true that the work and the sleepless nights which this scheme had cost him, had in some manner exhausted those energies. This, he believed, was the true reason why gentlemen of the Common Council objected to his retention of his seat at the board. (Hear.) If he had believed that the majority of the Common Council were actuated by jealousy or envy, or as any bad feeling, he would have retired from his office was City Solicitor. He had said that as a general rule i onn t ected improper for a person in his situation to be with a private undertaking like this, b u t he had so con nected himself with at the requestt that this was an o f the Common Council, and therefore he had thou g ht N e vertheless if he had exceptional case. (Hear, hear.) able s uccessor in Mr. not known that he was leaving an much doubt which mas ter have been In ni ld not have left Ayrton, he s e vents he wou ter to serve ; and at all of becomina wreck for want his project to the chance of Cheers.) Though of proper care and rdwg should prevent him from he had left the boa Ayrton on the subject ; though, of often talking to Mr. Y party to I>e a rb to any negotiation on the course, if he had n he should certainlydo his beat p a rt o f the corporatio , to make the best barga in he could for the City. (Hear, hear.) He begged now to move a vote of thanks to the directors. (Carried unanimously.) Mr. Sheriff CROLL returned thanks. Mr. PEARSON then moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Ayrton, which was carried unanimously. Mr. AYRTON briefly acknowledged the compliment, and the meeting broke up. 'r , -,.0--- ze -:.,: -,