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MIDLAND RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the BOOKS in which TRANSFERS of the undermentioned 1 : 0 01E and SHARES of this COMPANY are registered, vir., Midland Consolidated Stock, Consolidated Preferential Stock, . ErewConsolidated Birmingham and Derby Stock, ash Valley Shares, ` , XI6. 13s. 4d. Shares, and ',Midland Bradford Shares, Will be closed on MONDAY, the 31st day of January instant that all transfer deeds for registration must be deposited in tbis did on or before that day, to entitle proprietors to the forthcoming divl- JOHN ELLIS, Chairman of the Board of Directors. SAMUEL BEALE, Deputy Chairman. By order. J. F. BELL, n eli ) Yr Ja : 18th, 1853. Secretary. MIDLAND RAILWAY.—MIDL AND BRADFORD SEIAIIII4. THE HOLDERS of SCRIP CERTIFICATES nsinfor the MIDLAND BRADFORD SHARES, are require d to ,trait such Scrip to the Secretary, at the Company' s OffiCe, at b e rY, on or before MONDAY, the 31st day of January instant , with their Names, Professions, and Residences distinctly wr itten at full ellgth, in ord e r th a t th e s a me may be entered in the Share Register Or the Company. Receipts for the Scrip will be given, and on the completion of 'tegistry, they will be exchanged for Certificates under the Seal of the Company. JOHN ELLIS, Chairman of the Board of Directors. SAMUEL BEALE, Deputy Chairman. By order, J. F. BELL, Secretary. Derby, Jan. 18th, 1853. ONSOLIDATED LIFE ASSURANCE C . COMPANY. 1 Life assurance, endowments, and annuities, on the most equitable erms: 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 also upon approved personal security, from 501. to 5001. Alli c iaims payable within one month after satisfactory proof of death. 45, Cheeped e. NOAH COLLIER, Secretary. THE HOOD MEMORIAL. CLOSE OP THE SUBSCRIPTION. I CI' a GENERAL MEETING of the SUB • SCRIBERS to the Fund for Erecting a Monument above the Grave of THOMAS HOOD in Keusal-green Cemetery, held Dec. 2d. at the Whittington Club, it was resolved that the Subscription List be CLOSED on the Ist of February, 1853, and ' Miss ELIZA COOK, Ma. MURDO YOUNG, and Ma. JOLT WATKINS, appointed Trustees to the Fund. The amounts subscribed are deposited at interest in the London and Commercial Bank. Contributions are reee'ved by Mr. William Strudwieke, at the Whittington Club, Strand ; by Miss Eliza Cook, Treasurer, 54, Great Ormonde-street, Bloomsbury; and by Mr. John Watkins, lion. Sec., 34, Parliament-street. • Among the subscribers are the following : His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, £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........• •.. 5 0 0 Sir William Frazer, 6 0 0 James Harmer, E5q.,........ •• •• John Macgregor, Esq., M.P...... ..... 5 0 0 Arnold Rogers, Esq. .. • ...... .•• • • ••.. • • 55 0 Mrs. Robert Elliot ....... ................ 5 0 0 Richard Dawson, Esq., 0 0 George Peabody, Esq.... •• •••••••• • • " • • • 55 o .P.Clward Moorman, Esq.... 5 0 0 David Salomon, 5 s 0 Messrs. Spalding and Hodge... .• • • •• • 5 5 0 Miss Eliza Cook .• 5 0 0 Miss Cashman.... • • • • .... • ..... ........ Proceeds of an "Evening with Hood ' at the Whittington Club.. •..• • • • • ....... lfurdo Young, Esq., and family 4 4 0 Samuel Rogers, E5q..... ...... ........... 3 0 0 C. W. Dunce, Esq. Charles Lushington, Esq.. ••.. • •• - The Right Hon. the Earl of Ellesmere ........ 2 0 0 The Right Hon. Lord John Manners, M.P..• •.. 2 0 0 Sir James Duke. Bart., M.P........_ 2„, 2 2 0 Afenckton Milnes, Esq., 2 0 0 It• W. Procter, Esq., (Barry Cornwall) ....... _ 2 2 0 Douglas Jerrold, E5q...... ..... ..... 2 2 0 T. K. Hervey, Esq. •••••••••• • • • • •• • . Rowland Hill Esq., General Post-office ..... 2 2 0 C. Mackay, Esq., LL.D. 2 2 0 C. W. Dilke, jun.. E5q........ ••••• . • • .. Edward Moxon, E5q...... • • 2 2 0 James Coppock, Esq.• •••••• • • • • .. Rev. Thos. Wilkinson, Durham.........• . 2 2 0 Collected by M. J. O'Conner, Esq , Morpeth, Northumberland • ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 2 2 9 Jas. Wyld, Esq., and family.... 2 0 0 Mrs. Theodore Martin (Miss Helen Faucit) .... 2 2 0 A few Young Men at Simpkin and Marshall's— . 1 5 6 Nine half crowns from Manchester...... 1 2 6 The Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle „... 1 1 0 The Right Hon. the Earl of St. Germans.• • • 1 1 0 The Right Hon. Lord 8r0ugham.............. 1 0 0 The Right Hon. Lord Dadley Stuart, M.P. ~ 1 1 0 The Hon. and Rev. S. G. Osborne 1 0 0 Alfred Tennyson, Esq. (Poet L 1 1 0 Lady Sandys.... •••••••••• •• •• •• • . 1 1 0 W. M. Thackeray, Esq .. •• •• Charles Swain, Esq, W. C. Macready, Elq• • . .......... •• .• 1 1 0 J. Westland Marston, Esq Albert Smith, Esq. .. •••• .. • • 1 1 0 Lady Morgan •• • W. CM. Kent. Esq. ••• .. Alfred Crowquill, Esq. ••.• .. • ............... 1 1 0 William Jerdan, Esq.... •• •• Hepworth Dixon, Esq. W. H. Gore Langton, Esq., )LP.. ..... 1 1 0 C. Baring Wall, Esq., MX ...... 1 1 0 Charles Gavan Duffy, Esq., M.P.... •• .. 1 0 0 R. Swift, Esq., M.P.. 1 1 0 James Macgregor, Esq., M.P 1 0 0 It. Oliveira, Esq., M.P... ..... ....... ...... 1 1 0 W. J. Fox, Esq., .. Sir John Kerle Haberfleld, Kat.. Bristol ...... 1 1 0 '3l - rs Milner Gibson • • ..... 1 0 0 Thomas Creevrick, Esq. R.A. 1 1 0 J. B. Bnekstone, E5q................... 1 1 0 Mrs. Fitawiluem. 1 1 0 Rev. Felix Palmer, Friernlng .........• 1 1 0 Horace Mayh.w, Esq.. .. • ..... 1 1 0 j 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 1 0 "' Elocution Class, Walworth Literary Institution.. 1 1 0 Eight half crowns from Preston In pence ftom Bideford ............ • • ......... 018 8 In Half-,crowns, from 8ri5t01.................. 1 2 6 In Half-crowns and 0 11 0 In pence from • .. 012 6 • Miss Martineau......... 1 : Miss Mitford ... •• .. . • - Geo. Dawson, Esq., M.A. .. •••• • • „ „ ........ 010 6 E. L. Blanchard, F.sq. ........... ..... 0 10 6 W. C. Bennett Esq.... ................ 010 6 A few poor Needlewomen .......... • 0 10 6 In other sums .................. • • ........ 228 0 1 £416 3 0 Every subscriber's name will appear in Eliza Cook's Journal. JOHN WATKINS, Hon. Sec. R. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row Carvalho, CZ. Fleet-street ; Mann, 39, Cernhill. Price One Shilling each ; by lOost, i s gd. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. " Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time." CONTENTS : —Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex- Snrsions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country I r iPs and Rambles—The Sea —London at Night—Evenings at Home luslc—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, bleeping, Bathing, Air, Itest, Rue, Occupation, &c., Sm. FRAGMENTS FROM THE IL FOUNTAINS. Two cols. Vol. I. VISIT TO THE LAKES ; SKETCH OP EDINBURGH, &c. Vol. 11. THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. 111. WUAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, " That three score years and ten our course may run." i& Popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution that harasses Use' oung, besets the man of pleasure, business or study, and em• bitters old age ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu lation of every-day life. IV. THE PASSIONS. What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." PrnJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties oflicentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narra tive, and remediative. Advocacy of early insiciages. THE MARRIAGE STATE. "To be or not to be, that's the question." Fxoottsmus:—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. physleal defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, Ste. By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1824), Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these matters. _ . ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. In French, Engl German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, for Forty-two Stamps, QELF-PRESER VATION ; an Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions of Marriage, in all the bearings in which that important subject affects the health and happiness of Man, with its Disqualifications ansl Impe diments, tracing their origin to the effects of juvenile solitary habits, youthful excess, tropical climates, or close study ; followed by prac tical remarks, founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhoaa, Syphilis, and all diseases of the Urinary and Generative System. Il lustrated by 50 coloured Enerarings, on the Anatomy of the Repro ductive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease. - - By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. Doctor of of Medicine, BEDF Matriculated °itpSQ Member ilAlt } of ' the University osNfociLlet : in y L bu icen rgh ti , HatoetotofritarypotShleeemabrieers.ofutahiel,lLo,onnddoonnH, oasep.l,takl Sac. The of this consequences excesses, out the fearful w3hienh have produced more misery ill Youth, degradation in a - hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any irregularities teetise ie te and pei ht other class of disease known to modern pathologists The treatment adopted is founded on experience gained in the most celebrated schools of medicine both in this country and in continental Europe. The results of the knowledge thus acquired are here condensed under the personal supervision of Dr. La'Mert, himself one of the few egaily qualified phytcians who have devoted their whole and un divided studies to this important branch of medical science. In short, every peculiarity relating to the treatment of the diseases incidental to, the generative system, and the means of immediate relief and ultimate cure are described in detail. The professional reputation of Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the most distinguished medical and academic honours at home and abroad, is in itself a sufficient guarantee that those who may place themselves under his care Will, in every instance, meet with that delicate consideration and inviolable secrecy which are so requisite in the treatment of these cases. oter P ublished row; b u y a t i i h n e . A y, t 6 h 3 o , r f d o r m d - a s y t r e b e e t h; s t ad of ° T r Haymarket ; Man n , 23 , Cornhill ; or free by post for forty-two ta Ps, from the a u th or , who may be consulted personally, or by settomr daily, from T en tin Two, and trom Six till Eight. i l t h e e h rt' bom 49 e. P st e r t e e e, rt MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN RAIL WA Y. An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held on Tuesday at their terminus in Dublin, for the purpose of submitting to the sharehold ers for their approval, an agreement for the purchase or transfer to the said company of the Grand Canal, with all the lands, works, and property thereto belonging, and to the means of carrying said agreement into effect. The chair was taken by Mr. John Ennis, the chairman of the company. The CHAIRMAN described in detail all the negotiations that had taken place relative to the purchase of the canal, and in conclusion said that, thinking it essential to enter into possession as early as possible, they proposed to be the lessees of that company until after the 30th June, when, having obtained the Act of Parliament legalising the transfer, they would become the proprietors. He had now reached the termination of these matters, and he would not offer one word of comment, inasmuch as he believed they carried with them their own commentary. He had been anxious to show that all through their cause was one of the most straightforward, character—they were co-operating for a great public good, and one which was to be advantageous to every party contracting. It I was not their intention to take undue advantage of any man or set of men ; and however they might have been subjected to the imputation of having adopted what the Americans call " smart practice," he, on his own part and on the part of his colleagues, asserted that their ob ject was a public, straightforward, and independent one. (Hear, hear.) Having stated so much, he would give a brief exposition of the advantages which would be realised by the purchase of the Grand Canal navigation ; and he might observe, with reference to the union of canals with railways, that it was found so imperative in England that in almost every instance a combination of railway and canal interests had taken place. (Hear.) Now that was a strong fact in favour of the position they established. It was very desirable, in his opinion, that their interest should be under the same control, because if they looked at the map they would find that the course of the Grand Canal and the course of the Mid land Great Western Railway were, to a very great ex tent, locally and geographically speaking, identical— they ran, in every degree, parallel. But let them see what they got for the money. He would first ask them to consider the question with reference to the very important position in which it placed them. The Grand Canal gave them access to Belfast by water, which was very strange, and also to Waterford. They bought the entire property at the cost of 316,0001. they got an income of 5,861/. a-year, as he saw by the last report, irrespective of tolls. There was included in that income the price which the citizens would pay them for pipe -water, and that rent, according to very good corporate authority, was yearly increasing. They got 10,000/. in the funds, stock, boats, &c., which were valued by Dr. Hudson at 20,0001., but which he valued at 12,0001. They would pay, in point of fact, 147,0001., or a little more, for the navigation of the canal, which would protect their flanks at all times, and give them command of an enormous country. The original cost was two millions sterling. (Hear.) Under the circum stances, he thought the proprietors would not hesitate to sanction the purchase ; and if they did, he would at once relieve all public anxiety, and quiet the apprehensions of those who feared that the possession of this new line would lead to the internal derangement of their own affairs, or to contention with their neighbours, by the assurance that theirs would be the policy of peace— (hear, hear)—and that they would be prepared to treat with all the world in terms of amity, and to recognise the rights of others as well as their own. (Hear, hear.) would now bring hi s o b serva ti ons to a conclus i on, p T aHn r h o ed e p r c e e o r congratulate ra zw t rh u oi l oc a mh t e enough w them, as b ab y of ou a rt n t t ht i o c e i m p n , c a oa t m i ll o .e uponinto oe their rn try splendidhands.had lately exhibited unmistakeable symptoms of improve ment, and he would have a great deal to answer for in deed who would use any additional power or authority he had acquired in needlessly harrassing those means of enterprise and industry, which, however they might be used by other hands, yet formed an undoubted item in that general system of co-operative arrangements which in course of time would lead to peace and contentment in this country. The chairman concluded by moving the resolution which he had previously read to the meeting, and was cheered on resuming his seat. Mr. PERRY (director) said that there was one matter which escaped the notice of the chairman, with reference to the advantages that company would derive from the purchase of the Grand. Canal,. namely, -that they would get the entire control of the ' Shannon navigation from Killaloe to its source. He looked upon the Shannon as a tributary to their railway, which would prove to be of far more importance than was generally supposed. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was then adopted, and the proceedings terminated. THE NEW MARKET AT BILLINGSGATE.—Yesterday the gas jets for illuminating the arcades in the new struc ture were fitted to the cast-iron pillars. They number 84, two being affixed to each shaft. Besides those on the river front there are six powerful gas lamps, which throw a most brilliant light over the whole wharfage, so as to preclude the possibility of any accident accruing to • persons passing at night across the wooden platform to their vessels. The sub-market, for the sale of shell-fish, : is also brilliantly lighted with 24 gas jets. The whole of these lights are in addition to the ordinary lamps pro vided by the commissioners of lighting and paving, and are lighted during . the winter months or when the dul ness of the weather may require it, as soon as the market * bell rings (4 o'clock in the morning), at which time the vast area presents a splendid appearance. The fountain in the centre of the market has been in full play, and besides being ornamental it is of the greatest utility in cleansing the surface ; the sub-market and the drains and sewers are cleansed several times every - day, by water being impelled through them by steam power, forcing all the filth and offal that may have accumulated into a main sewer that empties itself into the river, and which is fre quently flushed by the steam apparatus, so that not the slightest unpleasant odour is emitted. The exterior of the Thames-street front is completed, and the interior is rapidly progressing. It is a very neat structure, consist ing of an arcade for the sale of fish on the ground floor, with a suite of offices over. It is built with red brick and dressings of Hayter granite, and is perfectly in keep ing with the river front. The space between the houses on the west side of the market and the arcades has been covered in with rough plate glass of an extraordinary thickness, laid in a laminated form. The houses on the west side of Darkhouse-lane have been purchased by Messrs. Nicholson and Co., the proprietor's of Nichol son's-wharf, Lower Thames-street, who intend to enlarge their wharf, and build a large stack of warehouses on their site. The remaining houses in Darkhouse-lane and those in the market, being the property of the City,will, when the leases fall in, be pulled down, and their site appropriated to the enlargement of the market. AN ALARMING SACRIFICE IN BATAVIA.—The Journal des Debats, quoting from the Java Bode (a journal pub lished at Batavia) gives an account of a recent sale of slaves at the Chinese camp. The slaves, twelve in num ber, having been placed upon the table of the exposition, disposed in four lots, rattled some money in their hands and addressed a few words, timidly, and in low tones, to the assembly. A person who acted as their agent here stepped forward, and stated that his clients, having accumulated, by long and painful labours, some small savings, solicited the favour of being allowed to make a bidding for the purchase of their own persons. No opposition being offered, 'the first lot was cried, and made an offer, through their agent, of 40 francs. No advance being made upon this sum, the slaves were knocked down to themselves. The next lot, encouraged by their predecessors, offered only 24 francs. The pub lic preserved the same silence, and they also became their own purchasers. The third lot took the hint, and were even more fortunate, picking themselves up a decided bargain for the modest sum oflo francs. The Javaßode majo rity EGGS. —One stt.ihi_eespoeenrfesaochntussnpad greatpresent. eesd n enat. advance in civilisation, espe ci:aplloyrtaemdo:i.gonithFeraCnlciieneinset,o who formed the great majo n d aE fi t i f v t ge e l e ap n nr millions dodiun c produce 85 1851, o f eggs uwrh ieh n were r e sold at pri ces much below farmers say that p ou lt ry does not pay ; but how is it then that the French find it to pay so well, as to have increased their exports from 88 millions in 1848, to 115 k millions in 1851 ? Either n fa a rm e m e r e s n a t o f r e ignorantlypoultry ouf)entteighbours understand the ma nagement farming. tapepsetahrsanththate Eungalifsohwdl-oh,oourseouirs prejudiced a ga i ns t th a t b ranc h of kept artificially warm during winter , hens will la y during that seaso n as constantly as in'utunram—Nort4 Price Is. each; by post, Is. 6d. To be bad of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, 'Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornluil ; 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. jIIVENILE ATTIRE and SIIITALE DRESS for EVERT ONE. At a time when every one's attention is occupied with a variety '3' things which press on their notice at the commencement of the N'ear, it would be futile and unbusinesslike to solicit attention to such articles as are not required. Many year's experience, and strict at tention to the claims of the seasons, induce E. MOSES and SON to 'tier those Articles only which are absolutely necessary ; but these a re presented in a Magnitude of Stock, and a variety of styles and Patterns, which excel all attempts at equality, and at such prices as a 9 Establishment in the world can imitate. ATTIRE for YOUTHS about to return to SCHOOL, if ordered at -N. MOSES and SON'S, is made with greater speed, Cut with greater accuracy, finished with more care ; it also Fits with more co mfort, s more durable, and is charged considerably lower prices than at rY other House. The Ready - made Department furnishes JUTE NILE DRESS of unparalleled excellence, at the lowest prices. OVERCOATS, WRAPPERS, and WATERPROOF CLOTHING, tpecially appropriate for the Wet season, in gentlemanly and com re_ nil rtable styles in materials and fashions, which arrest the attention of classes, but the low prices surprise every purchaser. The HOSIERY and FUR Department exhibits every novelty of he p emea, and presents inducements in quality and price to be !Mud only at the Establishment of E. MOSES and SON. TO EIGRANTS. In your inte nse anx i ety for thee the golden treasure of Australia, do only not foret yo OTFITFIT I If time is a consideration, you need call at g the OurUUTTING ESTABLISHMENT of E. MOSES and SON. All th e G oods and Clothing you require are arranged in" Golf. Diggers" Department, and L a di es an d G entlemen, Mechanics, lowest prices. Ship-sailing information, and full Lists of Outfits, May be had on application or post-free to any part of the kingdom. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public again. imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to is many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to Mate that they have. NO CONNEXION WITLI ANT °TIME £lOl3Bll IN OR OUT 01P LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 84,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507. 508 , New Oxford-street, 1,2, • n dl, Bart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Merchant 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 be returned Without hesitation, All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. ' The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, entitled " The World's Pharos," containing the Emigrant's Assistant, full list of prices, and directions tor self mea surement, may be had on application, or post-free, to any part of the kingdom. A handsome Almanac for t'.e year ending 1853 can be had gratis, en application. • let Pon pane Francais. Qui si pasta Itallano. n,. .....t .. 111er glicht luau Deutacb. I , Aqua Ifs habla Espanol 12dPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by H. Bailliere, 219, % Regent-street, London. Svo., in cl o th , No I. ON TRUE & FALSE SP P ERM ee ITORRHCEA , price ba, by ost fr 5 6d with the Viewt o the Correction e rr o e f of wide-spread Errors ypochoSufferersfrota Debility of the o rn m7 t hr a s li German of Dr. PICKFORD in relatio T n ra to ns th la e t ' e r d re fr at Generative System, or Sexual H ndrlasis. "Dr. Pickford '.3 known to Engli s h reader cal contributions to German medical literateurby his frequent practi i time, he informs us, that he has address e d i n This is the firs t himself to the trustnoa-medi equa 3 l tis may n o t b e the last, if he shall 41 a power to correct." — London Medical Gazette. ay be in his re detect e c r ea t d an er y .W other e y l flagrant evil whi c h i t "We promised in a former number that we should y 30,1851. work, in order to exhibit its aim ore clearly. The author m recur to lashes this with great severity the impostors who make a livelihood by preying on the credulity of the public. The tribe of • Quiet 4 . yinathi sers ' and ' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; arid if thi s b ook could find its way into the hands of those who saffor fr.im th com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of lowly and mind, and what is of less importance, thrtigh it is that which the quacks most pfze— much money --This volume is well qualified to put, an end to th e empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good."—Medical Circular , June 16 , 1852. No. 11. livo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post free, 45., THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Princi ples at once Simple, Sate, 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 he history of a great many cases succeestully treated, as bad as any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which be had operated. Such are cases ix., xi., xii.. and xvili. No. ix. bad resisted, for a period of twelve years, the treatment by dilatation, and was finally removed in as many weeks. But cases xv iii. an d x ix. appear, both In duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet Utz treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently saeCONfifta." -Professor Lizars on the Treatuaect of tgricture. No . 1 8,824.] WILLIAM HUGHES'S GEOGRAPHICAL WORKS. Just published, fep. Bvo. witli*coloured Maps, price 7s. 6d. A MANUAL of GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL, INDUSTRIAL, and POLITICAL. Fur the use of Schools aid colleges. By WILLIAM HUGHES, F.R.G.S., late Professor of Geogrophy In the College for Civil Engineers. 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And Notice is hereby further Given, that at this meeting an elec tion of directors will take place, and that there are four vacancies in the direction occasioned by the resignation of the Right Hon. the Earl of Morley, and of Thomas Smith, Esq , and by the retirement, under the provisions of the " London and South-Western Railway Amendment Act, 1847," of John Lewis Count Eyre and Mattttew Uzielli, Esq. The two retiring directors, John Lewis Count Eyre and Mathew Uzielli, Esq., are re-eligible, and offer themselVes for re-election ac cordingly; and George Best , Esq., Charles Castleman, Esq., Thomas Williams Helps, Esq., Edward John Hutchins, Esq., M.P, Sir Ray mond Jarvis, James Gilbert Johnson (Captain; Royal Engineers), Alexander Kay. Esq., and William Philip Snell, Esq., have also seve rally declared their intention, according to the provisions of the Acts of Parliament regulating the company, to become candidates for election. The books of the company for the transfer of shares will be closed on Wednesday, the 2d day of. February, and remain closed until Wednesday, the 16th day of February, 1853, both days inclusive. By Order of the Board of Directo*s, A. BULKELEY, Sec. York-road Offices, 16th January, 1853. THE THEATRES. TO THE EDITOR OP THE TIMES. Sir,—lf the newspapers have been deprived of their privileges in one respect, many of them have well as serted them in another, for, while all approve of my circular and coincide in my views, many have showered upon my devoted head every kind of anathema that can well be conceived for daring to promulptc them. This is only what I expected, and was quite prepared to re ceive, but I fancy it will not be until my next new piece is produced that I shall be really able to judge of the perfect impartiality of a portion of the pfess ; for, as the Spectator of Saturday remarks (arid I thave no doubt truly), " what the reporter loses in privege perhaps the public may gain in truth and pungency',—an admission which enables me to meet Puncles question of " What do you think of the critics, Mr. Mathews ? Are they the style of men to be• cajoled into saying what they don't think by a nightly order ?" and to answer, upon the authority of the Spectator, "• Yes, Mr. Punch, I think many of them are." However, as you observe, sir, the " controversy be tween the theatres and the press is substantially settled," and I will, therefore, say no more on the matter, but merely beg to thank you sincerely for the leading article in the Times which so ably espoused my cause. The object of my present intrusion is to reply to another leading article of yours on the subject of the extra shilling charged at the Lyceum box-office for book ing places, and to the letters with fictitious signatures which are daily inserted in the Times, complaining of the Lyceum, and only of the - Lyceum, for sanctioning such a custom. Why only the Lyceum. ? I have really no more to do with this question than any other London manager, it being not a particular, but a general custom and have theref ' ied a whole week in the hope , that , One- 7 '1 I , ofttitt' have • taken up the cudgels instead of myself— the manager of the Princess's Theatre especially, against whom the accusation should have been made, in stead of against me, of " having_ been addressed once before on the point, and having failed to convince either his opponent or the public" (the charge you refer to, no doubt, being the case brought forward in the county court by a nobleman, who had paid for booking his place in a stall). But as they seem to consider me the knight errant who is to fight their battles while they stand pru dently aloof, I once more make myself "food for pow der." It is rather singular that the Lyceum should be selected as the point of attack, and that your correspon dents "Americus," "A Surgeon," "G.," and " Denta tus," should allude to no other theatre, since it happens that I have been the only manager who has attempted to do away with the obnoxious custom. During my two first seasons I abolished it altogether, and paid the box keepers and seatkeepers myself; at a loss of 700/. ; but finding that the public did not in any way value the sac rifice, but paid the extra shilling as before (only with the important difference to me that it went into the box keepers' pockets instead of into mine, I bearing the ex pense and they taking the money), I returned to the old custom. The truth is, sir, the fault is with human nature, and not with the managers of theatres. Every man likes to get an advantage over his neighbour, and, if he can do so for a shilling, he doesn't hesitate to disburse that sum, particularly when it also insures his individual comfort. I may even venture to assert that he does so with more satisfaction at the Lyceum than any other theatre, be cause his place is there kept for him the whole evening, instead of only till the end of the first act of the first piece, as at other places. He can therefore dine as late as he pleases, and still be sure of finding his seat unoccu pied. Is this worth paying extra for or not ? There lies the whole question. Allow me to ask you, sir, whether you have ever seen the painted board of "Engaged" hooked on to a first class railway carriage ? Is the extra halfcrown to the guard (though against the law) ever refused to be given or received ? and would not any man (I should for one) prefer paying an extra shilling for a kept seat in a rail way carriage rather than be subject to the present scramble and confusion in the attempt to get a seat atall ? It is of course a matter of opinion, and nothing more. It is a mistake, however, to suppose that " a tax of is. is levied on every person who buys a ticket for 55." The custom of the Lyceum is, that Is. extra shall secure places for six persons, 2s. for 12, &c., while other the atres, I understand, charge ls. for every four ,persons, so that your case of the " bookseller who does not charge 6s. for a ss. book, because ordered beforehand," is not quite a case in point ; but I think you will find a better at Charing-cross or the Regent's-circus. You aro there charged 6d. for the carriage of a parcel, and then have to pay 2d. for booking it. Do you object to that ? Nay, do you not put a penny stamp upon a letter, and expect that for- that-sum it will reach its destination 4 and yet, if you wish to insure its safe delivery, are you not charged 6d. for its registry ? These payments are matters of choice ; so is our extra shilling. May I. not even ask whether, down to the very pew•opener of your parish church, doorkeepers of all sorts have not been remark able, from time immemorial, for the possession of "itch ing_ palms ?" _ -- As to the proposition that "every seat," even in the pit, should be " a reserved seat as soon as it is paid for," I can only say I should like to hear how it is to be done. I should like to hear any device by which the first pro miscuous rush of 700 holiday people on "boxing-night," who have been packed like biffins from four o'clock in the afternoon in the pit-passage, is to be con trolled and conducted in an orderly manner to their "reserved seats." There is generally so total an absence of reserve of any kind on such occasions that I wish to know who would undertake the task. llriareus himself, with even 600 additional hands, would fail in the attempt. You say that our theatres are more unfairly conducted than those of any other country. Did you ever try to get a box on the first night of any new opera or play at any of the Parisian theatres, and did you succeed in doing so under, at least, double the usual price ! Do not the theatres throughout Italy invariably increase their prices with their attraction ? And do not the American managers actually sell their tickets by auction under the porticos of their theatres whenever they have a "star" of peculiar brightness to be gazed at? Do we do this ? You will in justice admit that we do not. Nor is it true that the prices of admission to the En glish theatres are exorbitant as compared with those paid on the Continent. Take Paris, the greatest thea trical city in the world. At the Gymnase, Vaudeville, and Vari4tes the price of admission to the stalks d'or cltestre, stalks de balcon, and premieres loges, is sf. Surely the Lyceum may be considered equal in rank to those three theatres, and the price of admission to the boxes is only ss. If, however, you wish to secure your stalls at either of the above -named French theatres, you must pay one franc extra--th e price of a secured' seat thus becoming 6f. instead of sf. At the Palais Royal, equally, the price of admission to the same places is 4f. —becoming sf. when the places are secured. Remember besides, sir, that we do not receive, as the foreign theatres do, large sums of money from the Government, almost equivalent to our rent. Our theatres are all private speculations, and the endeavour of every manager is, of course, to get back his outlay in the best way he honestly can. I pay a rent of nearly 4,000/. per annum for the Lyceu m ; my expenses are upwards of 600/. per week, and my c h arge to t h e pu bli c is as small as I can possibly afford. When that public hkes to come to me (which I am happy to say it very often does) it "pays its money and takes its choice.' When it is not inclined to come to me, I have never found that it scrupled in the least to stay away. I NZ, Sir, your obedient servant, Lyceum, Jan. 17. C. J. MATHEWS. I need not, I presume, further allude to the letters of the gentleman who laments the "extravagant outlay of 15s. for seats, ss. for cab hire (which, at any rate, is not my doing), and ls. for booking," or of the " Surgeon," who goes to the play " once in five years," or to those of "Americus" and "Dentatus," whose statements are simply untrue (why do they not give me their real names and addresses that I may investigate their complaints openly ?) ; but, in return, beg to offer y ou one among several letters I have also received : pro c e e e v d e n t e i lig takes'visit " The box turnkey of the Lyceum is informed th a t ' One who t t s h ta ea n t d r s e, n a o nd no: .ifi se , ns sa e' nB wl ento in nie afew , pos session of any seat he chooses, and will be prepared to knock down any scoundrel who shall attempt to prevent him. ".A.NGLICus." This, sir, perhaps suggests at once the readiest and most effectual mode that can be devised for summarily endinc , all further discussion, and, at the sa me ti me, afford' an opportunity for the quiet and orderly visitor to make choice between the extra shilling and security, or the choice of a pugilistic encounter with the un-Eng lish "Anglicus."—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, C. J. K or to represent him as any special incarnation of the system under censure. The manager of the Lyceum has become the Richard Roe of the proceedings, simply because the proceedings were originally opened by himself. The present argument of our accomplished correspon dent can be put in a very few worth. He regards the extra charge as a charge paid for security. It insures the seat,—that is to say, ,it renders it certain that what has been paid for will be actually forthcoming. Now, is this worth the consideration given for it, or not ? Is it worth while to avoid scramble, confusion, or failure, and to secure comfort and certainty by the payment of this premium? "There," says Mr. Mathews, "lies the whole question." The disbursement is entirely optional. A man may have security and comfort for 6s. or uncer tainty and discomfort for ss. He may take his choice, as he pays his money. "It is, of course, a matter of opinion, and nothing more." Su- thinks one of the most liberal of our London managers. We hope our reply may not be thought rude, but we are compelled to observe that this argument rests entirely on that very vice of professional dishonesty against Which we remonstrate. Very likely what is obtained for 6s. is so far preferable to what is obtained for ss. that the difference, in result may be well worth the difference in outlay ; but what can justify the existence of this differ ence to begin with ? Why should a seat for which there has been already paid the whole price demanded by the tariff be made so insecure and so uncomfortable as to require a further outlay ? The box-office is opened for the sale of -boxes and box seats are advertised at s s . The officer is perfectly acquainted with the availability of every seat in the house. He tells you immediately what seats are engaged and , what are open. He sells you one which is particularly specified, which is confessedly vacant, and which consequently becomes yours. A seat, therefore known to have no previous lien upon it, and purchased at the full price demanded, is conveyed to the purchaser for the evening ; and we desire to know what possible pretence can be producible for making this seat so uncomfortable and uncertain that 20 per cent. premium must needs be given for ren dering it what it ought to be already ? If, in short, the seat which Mr. Mathews sells for 6s. is nothing but a seat which the buyer may reckon sitting in, what is that seat which he sells for ss. ? We do not deny that the advantages he describes may fairly be worth a shilling, but what advantage ought any box seat to have over another box seat which has been fairly paid for ? Whose fault, and whose discredit is it, if scramble, confusion, chance, or favour renders a place honestly purchased so unsafe that a premium is well bestowed in securing the goods for which the money was laid down ? Railway directors used to make second-class customers "uncom fortable" in order to drive them into taking first-class tickets, and exactly in proportion to the "discomforts" thus escaped might the result be described as "worth the extra shillings ;" but did this justify the practice on the public • Exactly the same remarks might be offered on our correspondent's humorous description of his pit visitors on a boxing-night, or any other night of particular at tractions. Cannot so keen an observer detect that all this violence, confusion, and pertinacity are the neces sary incidents of the system in use ! Why are 700 human beings "packed like biffins" for two hours and a half in a close passage ? Why do they rush and tumble over each other when the doors are at last opened ? Because they know that nothing less will get them the seats for which they have paid their money. Because they know that any number of applicants will be ad mitted without any reference to the capacity of the house, and because they know that when 500 sittings have been sold to 600 purchasers, it is customary to let those pur chasers determine by fighting which hundred shall be excluded. Half the money which Mr. Mathews reckons on saving in a single night by the concessions of the press would mark, number, and define every seat in the pit of his theatre. As much more would provide a metal ticket far every one of these seats. Now, does Mr. Mathews fancy that, if these tickets could be peace ably bought, and if it was well known that every ticket would infallibly secure its own seat, and no other, people would waste two hours of their afternoon in preparing for a scramble ? In point of fact, however, our correspondent himself cuts the ground from under his own feet by admitting that he once attempted to abolish at least one of the usages referred to. They are, in reality, all of a piece. They all rest on the assumption that a box seat is not bought when a box seat is paid for, and that the whole legion of servants employed about a theatre may law fully gather their own peculiar perquisites in helping a visitor to that admission for which his mere ticket is held quite insufficient. The box office-keeper takes his shilling for really selling what he sells, and the box keeper takes another shilling for actually delivering what was bought. Each thinks, that as the cus tomer would never get his goods except by his in tervention, he has a right to his compliment for aiding the bargain. Nay, in the case which we in correctly attributed to the Lyceum, and to which Mr. Mathews refers, the premium was actually demanded for securing a stall, or, in other words, for reservine , reserved seat ! But can these things be justified ? Is it any wonder that people rebel ? Mr. Mathews obliges us with the declared intention of a certain correspondent of his, and asks the public to choose between the expedient thus suggested and the easy payment of is. But we do not think the contrast either fair or successful. It is for tunately very " un-English" to take the law into one's own hands, and "Anglicus," we trust, may think better of his pugnacious resolution ; but it is equally " un-Eng lish" to purchase justice by a bribe, and we are really of opinion that if any person disturbed in the occupation of a non-engaged seat were to call in a policeman the box keeper might be made to suffer. We trust, however, that extremities so alarming may be averted by timely adjust ment, and that, as the whole amount now allowed to be gleaned in perpuisites is less, by our correspondent's own showing, than one-fifth of that which he gains by another arangement, be will not lose so very suitable an opportunity of taking the sense of the public once snore. We freely acknowledge that he has truth on his side in imputing much of the wrong to " human nature." It is unfortunately too true that thoughtlessness in some cases, and selfishness in more, will induce men to buy " an ad vantage over their neighbours," and this laxity of con science must always operate to the damage of good regu lations. The right course, however, in our humble opi nion, is not to legalise and encourage such dealings, but as far as possible to check them. Let every servant of a theatre be paid by the management , be bound t o d o hi s duty fairly, and be disch arge d in case of offence proved. Let the managers adjust their tariffs, like all other deal ers, by the terms of trade, but let every seat once bought at its fixed price be producible for the purchaser without further tax or trouble. (From the Times.) In a letter which we publish this morning will be seen what can be said by one of the cleverest London managers in defence of theatrical management, as now conducted, and as recently brought under public ani madversion. Mr. Charles Mathews, we admit, makes the best of his case ; and if the result is, after all, but an indifferent justification, we are sure the failure will not be attributed to any want of ingenuity on the part of the advocate. Our complaint was to the effect, that the managers of theatres, in receiving from their customers the price of a seat, appeared to repudiate the obligation of pro viding the seat for which the money was paid. Five shillings is advertised as the charge for a place in the boxes ; but, when application is made for the purchase of one of these places at the office opened for the purpose, an additional shilling, or .20 per cent. premium, is exacted from the purchaser as the condition of his obtaining what he has bought. This, we asserted, was injustice and dishonesty, al though, of course, the notoriety of the usage might pre vent any personal imputation from attaching to particu lar managers. We conceive that when once a seat has been fairly bought at the price fixed by the proprietor himself, the buyer is entitled to the enjoyment of that seat without the necessity of any further intervention in his behalf. What Mr. Mathews thinks the reader will see. It can hardly be necessary to premise that the employment of this gentleman's name in the controversy is not intended to mark him with...any.peculiar ANNUAL RETURNS OF FIR.ZiIN LONDON. The following return of the number of fires within the metropolitan district, which were attended by the Lon don firemen during the last 12 months, is made on the authority of Mr. Braidwood, superintendent of the Lon don Brigade : Apothecaries and dealers in drugs, but having no che mical works carried on had 6 fires ; bagnios, 2 ; bakers, 13 ; ditto biscuit, 1 ; ditto muffin, 1 ; ditto, pie, 3 ; basket makers, 1 ; barge and boat builders, 1 ; beer shops, 5 ; blacking makers, 1 ; bleachers, 1 ; booksel lers, binders, and stationers, 18 ; bottle merchants, 1 ; brewers, 1 • brokers a n d d ea l ers i n old clothes, 9 ; build ers, 9 ; cabinet makers, 15 ; carpenters and workers in wood not cabinet makers, 56 ; chemists, 2 ; chan dlers 15 • coachmdker s , 1 ; coopers, 2 ; curries-8 and leather dressers, 2 ; churches, 2 ; co r k cu tt ers, 1 ; coffee roasters, 1 ; co ffee-shops and chop-houses, 18 ; cotton wool warehouses, 1; chocolate makers, 1; charcoal and coke dealers, 2 ; confectioners and pastry cooks, 3 ; cheesemongers, 7 ; caoutchouc manufacturers, 2 ; cane dyers, 1 ; cement works, 1 ; colour makers, 1; distillers (illicit), 1; ditto tar, 2 ; ditto turpentine, 1; drapers, woollen, linen, and mercers, 38 ; druggist s , wholesale, 5 ; d r y sa lt ers, 1; eating-houses, 14 • engi neers mechanical, 3 ; firework maker s , 2 ; fa ' rming stock, 8 • founders, 4 ; fu rr i ers an d skin dyers 1 ; fire annihilator works, 1 ; grocers, 7 ; gas works, 2 4 ; glue makers, 1 ; hat make rs , 1 ; hempdressers, 4 ; h orse -h a i r merchants, 2 ; hotels, including club houses, 2 ; japan ners, 3 ; lampblack makers, 2 ; laundresses, 3 ; lodgings, 86 ; lucifer match makers, 5 ; Manchester warehouses in London, 6 ; marine store dealers, 7 ; musical instru ment makers, 2 ' • milliners and d ressma k ers, 9 ; nuts, dealers in, 1 ; oil and colourmen, not colour makers, 13; oil works, 1 ; private, 249 ; paper-stainers, 3 ; paste board makers, 1 ; printed baize makers, 2 ; pipe makers, 1 ; printers, 5 ; ditto, copper -plat e , 1 • public buildi ngs , 1 ; pawnbrokers, 1 ; painters, plumbers and glaziers, 3 ; paper mills, 2 ; rag merchants, 4 ; railways, 3 ; rope makers, 3 ; sale shops and offices, 37 ; saw-mills, steam, 7 ; ships, 5 ; ditto builders, 2 ; ditto chandl ers 1; ditto steam-ships, 1 ; stabl e s, 16 ; soot merchants, 2 1 ; straw ' bonnet makers, 2 ; sugar refiners, 2 ; stea m -b o il ers, 1 ; schools of industry, 1 ; s ilk merchants, 1 ; tanners, 1 ; tallow-chandlers, melters, wax - chandlers, and soap-factors, 4; tailors, 14 ; tarpauling makers, 2 ; tinmen, braziers, and smiths, 7 ; tobacconists, 7 ; toy warehouses, 3 ; un occupied, 6; under repair and buildi ng , 11; upholsterers, 1; varnish makers, 3 ; victuallers, 40 ; warehouses, 6 weavers, , 2 ; ditto, mats, 3 ; w i ne and spirit merchants, 4 ; wood merchants, 2 ; wharfingers, 1. From the above it will be seen that during the year the total number of fires which occurred was 923, which are divided into two classes, viz., those totally destroyed and considerably damaged, and those slightly injured. Of the former there were 263, and of the latter 660. There were also 93 false alarms, and the engines were called 89 times to what turned out to be chimneys on fire, making 182 extra calls for assistance. The engines had likewise attended at 22 fatal fires, one of which was in flaydon-square, Minories, where Alfred Wilson, and Crampton, another fireman, Were crushed to death by the falling of one of the lofty walls. For sixteen years before the brigade had lost only eight men by accidents. EMIGRATION PROM PLYMOUTIL—SeveraI shipwrights and other mec h an i cs , as we ll as labourers, have an nounced their intention of quitting th e dockyard at this port, for the purpose of proceeding to Australia, where wages for all kinds of labour are very high, --Plymouth [PRICE 5D . THE MORTALITY ON BOARD THE WEST INDIA PACKETS. Although the yellow fever is still very bad in the West Indies, it must certainly be decreasing in virulence. In the Magdalena, which arrived at Southampton a fortnight since, 10 had died on the homeward voyage, whereas on board the Parana, which has just arrived a t Southampton, although 30 had been ill of the fever, - four, deaths only from that disease took place. It is there fore hoped that we shall have better accounts in future, and the mortality on board the homeward bound packets will continue to decrease. The anxiety and distress that this terrible pestilence causes at Southampton is very afflicting ; nor can this be wondered at when the hun dreds of persons on board the mail-packets in the West Indies who have friends and relatives in the above named town are considered. On Tuesday the gentleman who brought the first news ashore from the Parana was beset by a multitude of persons, all asking him questions. As he was escaping from them in a cab the latter was clung to by a poor man, who earnestly asked if his son was alive. On, being told that he was not among the list of dead, he waited until Dr. Webbe, the health officer, landed, when he learnt that his son (who is the Admi ralty agent's servant on board the Parana) was alive, but very ill from the yellow fever.. The poor man and his wife immeditely hired a boat and proceeded down Southampton Water to whore the Parana was lying. The Custom authorities guarding the packet caused the arrival of the parents to be made known on board, and Lieutenant Brown, the Admiralty agent, and Dr. Barton, the surgeon of the ship, very humanely caused the sick son on board to be borne, enveloped in blankets, to the sponson, where he exchanged a few words with his parents, who were in the boat by the side of the ship, and the poor father and mother had the plea of seeing and speaking to their_ ion alive. It is ex -1 that the Parana will be releed from quarantine ti On!Saturday. The following important circular has been issued by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company : " Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, 55, Moor gate-street, London, Jan. 11, 1853. " The managers consider it their duty to put each captain and surgeon of the company's ships arriving at Southampton from the West Indies, upon their guard (previously to being sworn on their examination by the officers of quarantine) that nothing could operate more injuriously upon the character of the company, than any attempt to mislead or misinform those authorities as to the number of sick during the voyage, the deaths that have occurred, or the precise diseases and dates of per sons being taken ill or dying on board; and that the court of directors would unite with her Majesty's Go vernment in bringing to punishment any of the company's officers endeavouring by such unworthy means to escape from being placed in quarantine. "E. CHAPPELL, Secretary. " To the Superintendents and Surgeons of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company." FEVER ON BOARD THE DAUNTLESS. The following is an official return from the Admiralty, of persons from H.M.S. Dauntless, admitted into the 34 Hospital at Barbadoes, between the 6th and 26th Dec., 1852 Jas. Knight seaman—admitted Dec. 6 ; died Dec. 14. Sam. Labot, marine—admitted Dec. 6; discharged Dec. 15. John Sullivan, seaman —remaining. Wm. Mitchell, seaman—admitted Dec. 6 • remaining. Thos. Rowley, marine —admitted Dec. 7 ; ' died Dec. 17. Francis Hope, seaman —admitted Dec. 7 ; remaining. Mr. Haswell, master's-assistant —admitted Dec. 8 ; died Dec. 14. Benjamin llsden, seaman—died Doc. 13. Richard Keating, seaman—admitted Dec. 9 ; remaining. Mr. Bushby, midshipman—admitted Dec . 11; died Dec. 14. Mr. Welman, carpenter—admitted Dec. 11 ; died Dec. 15. Jos. Robertson, seaman—admitted Dec.l9 ; died Dec. 22. John Kelly, seaman —admitted Dec. 19; remaining. William Deyer' seaman—admitted Dec. 20 ; rema i n i ng . Thos. C. Smith, seaman—admitted Dec. 20 ; remaining. John Wakeham, seaman —admitted Dec. 20 ; remaining. Jn. Wakeham, seaman —admitted Dec. 20 ; remaining. Mr. Treherne, midshipman—admitted Dec. 21; remaining. George Weston, seaman —admitted Dec. 21 ; remaining. Edw. Williams, seaman —admitted Dec. 21; died Dec. 22. James Pearce, boy—admitted Dec. 21 ; remaining. Pat. Driscoll, seaman —admitted Dec. 22 ; died Dec. 26. John Ricketts, seaman—admitted Dec. 23 ; remaining. George Harris, seaman—admitted Dec. 23 ; remaining. George Brown, seaman—admitted Dec. 23 ; remaining. John Wilson, marine—admitted Dec. 23 ; remaining. Jos. M`Carthy, marine—admitted Dec. 23 ; remaining. Henry Hiscock, boy—admitted Dec. 24 • remaining. Alfred Powell, seaman—admitted Dec. 24 ; remaining. James Cater, seaman—admitted Dec. 25 ; remaining. Patrick Barry, seaman—admitted Dec. 25 ; remaining. Samuel Mulling, seaman—admitted Dec. 25 ; remaining. ADMITTED INTO HOSPITAL OP 69TH REGIMENT. Henry Lloyd, seaman—admitted Dec. 13 ' • remaining. Wm. Swanson, marine—admitted Dec. 14; died Dec. 16. Wm. Bazell, seaman—admitted Dec. 14; died Dec. 17. Henry Toms, boy—admitted Dec. 14 ; rema i n i ng. George Stride, seaman—admitted Dec. 15 ; died Dec. 22. Owen Thomas, marine—remaining, Richard Wicks, boy—admitted Dec. 15 ; died Dec. 18. Edward Cooper, seamen—admitted Dec. 16 ; remaining. Richard Caunter, boy—admitted Dec. 17 ; remaining. John Chalk, marine —admitted Dec. 17 ; John Dray, seaman —admitted Dec. 17 ; died Dec. 20. Benj. Williams, seaman—admitted Dec. 18; remaining. Samuel Smith, marine—admitted Dec. 18 ; died Dec. 21. John Bryan, seaman —admitted Dec. 18 ; remaining. John Sullivan, seaman—admitted Dec. 18 ; remaining. Robert Brame, boy—admitted Dec. 18; remaining. Nathaniel Booth, boy—admitted Dec. 18; died Dec. 21. Benj. Webb, seaman—admitted Dec, 18; died Dec. 21. William Harden, boy—admitted Dec. 19 ; remaining. Robert Stevens, seaman—admitted Dec. 19; remaining. George Main, boy—admitted Dec. 19 ; died Dec. 22. William Pink, seaman—remaining. Samuel Johnson, seaman—admitted Dec. 19; remaining. Charles Ashley, seaman—admitted Dec. 19 ; remaining. Total persons remaining in Military Hospital on Dec. 25, 1852--Officers, 2; seaman and boys, 38; marines, 5; total, 45. Total persons admitted into Military Hospital with fever, between Nov. 17 and Dec. 25, 1852-139. Total of deaths in Military Hospital from fever, between Nov. 17 and Dec. 23, 1852-60. (Signedi E. P. HALSTED, Captain. CARLOW, TUESDAY.—The efforts of the Orangemen to seize on the representation of this borough have been already baptised in blood. At half-past one this morn ing, a poor man, by trade a nailor, named Richard Cahill, fifty-six years of age, was assailed, almost in cold blood, by a sprig of Orangeism, named Robert Wilson, son of Mr. Michael Wilson, a shopkeeper of the borough, and stabbed in the breast. The poor man was passing alone through the streets, on business con nected with his trade, when he was met by a party of Orangemen, one of whom (the assailant) shouted, " Who'll say a word against Alexande ? " Poor Cahill unfortunately cried out "I will," when Wilson rushed on him, and deliberately stabbed him with a clasp knife in the breast. Another man, named Keogh, ran to his assistance, and received a blow from Wilson, which in flicted a slight flesh w oun d . Cahill was at, once con veyed to the police-office, and thence to the county in firmary, where he was committed to the care of Thomas O'Meara, Esq., M.D., who pronounced that the wound had penetrated his liver. Both Cahill and his assailant were at the time perfectly sober. He now lies in a most dangerous condition at the infirmary. Wilson and three others having been taken into custody and presented to Cahill, he immediately identified the former. His dying declaration to the foregoing facts was then taken by R. Tuckey, Esq., R.M., and Arthur Fitzmaurice, Esq., J.P. It is feared the poor man's demise will take place within a day or two. He has a wife and helpless family of five children dependent on him. The gentle men of the Religious Equality Association and of the Tenant League, who have been endeavouring to procure Mr. Alexander's return, will, no doubt, feel proud of the party to whom they have allied themselves. Printed placards of the letter of his Grace the Catholic Arch bishop of Tuam, to Mr. G. H. Moore, have been sent down from Dublin, " cut and dry," and are now being posted up through the town.—Evening Post. SOUTHAMPTON EMIGRATION DEPOT.—The building for the reception of the Government emigrants who will leave this port, is in every way suitable for the object in view, viz.—the comfort of the emigrant. Attached to the building are a dispensary, offices,cooking g m washing-houses, fumifying-rooms, &c.Thebmid a i s ngis heated by steam, and lighted throughout with; - e it in deed, no expense seems to have been spared to there wk h , er aenadbou t all that can be reas o is na th b e ly eo d a esiLe san desired. The now e first on her route from thevuetse- Bois that willleave Thursday, m t d h a e y, D t o h e s,and is Calliope an other soon after. Their cabins are roomy, and fitted up at ex th p e ec e te n d d of toach week, with every regard to the convenience andrcomfort of the emigrants. There will be about 320 emigrants leave in each of the ships, and an experienced surgeon will be on board each vessel. A master and matron are appointed to the depot, to superintend the general arrangements, and two policemen to prevent irregularities. SUICIDES IN PARlS.—Suicides still continue to be very numerous. The day before yesterday two soldiers of the sth Light Infantry were on leave, and went ou t f or a long walk. On their return at midnight they had oc casion to pass over the bridge of the Invalides. One of them suddenly stopped, and giving hi s papers to t h e other, leaped, without saying a word, into the river. It was impossible to render him assistance, and he perished. In the course of the day a man leaped from the Pont Neuf and was drowned ; an invalid, aged 72, leaped into the river from the Quai d'Orsay—he was rescued, but the shock was so great that he is not likely to recover ; finally, a youn g woman, aged 25, flung herself from the Pont d'Arcole, but was got out. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—The inquiry into the circumstancesitouching the death of Geo. Hughes, aged 28, a porter at the Old Brighton Station, at Redhill, who was killed by the up express train from Brighton, on the 6th inst., has now te r mi n ated in the jury finding a verdict of "Accidental Death." The foreman added that it was their opinion that the death of the unfortunate man was caused by an anxiety on his part to perf orm hi s d u ty ; an d th e j ur y were o f otpoinai at o that all th e u p t ra i ns b e f ore p ass i ng th e goo ds station Redhill after da r k, sh ou ld soun d th e clear wished that the whistle warning. And they also, in conclusion, attention of the directors of the railway might i a s a be called to the necessity of sounding the whistles at all the sta tions. PROFIT AND LOSS. Dr. To total expenditure of the six establish ments, including rent, taxes, salaries, stationery, &c 19,917 11 10 To payment of dividend now declared, at the rate of six per cent, per annum, for the last half-year, on the paid-up capi tal of £1,000,000 To bonus of two per cent, on the capital To balance of unappropriated profits £ Y. d. 30,000 0 0 20,000 0 0 109,164 7 10 - ,tri.loBl Cr. By balance of unappropriated profits on the 30th June, 1852 By gross profits of the last half-year, after paying the income-tax, and mak ing provision for all bad and doubtful debts 116,694 0 4 62,387 19 4 £179,081 19 8 By balance of unappropriated profits brought down £109,164 7 10 - - The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, said—ln 1848 the deposits of the public alone in this bank were 3,089,6591. ; in 1849, 3,680,0001. ; in 1850, 3,969,000/. ; in 1851, 4,677,000/. ; and in 1852, 5,581,7061. The " rest" in 1848 was rather over 100,0001., and the responsibilities were only 3,089,000/. odd. The rest since that time had continued pretty much the same ; but the responsibilities had amounted to i in 1851, 4,677,2981., and in 1852 to 5,581,7061. He would therefore put it to the meeting to say whether they did not consider that the directors had adopted a proper and prudent course in adding 5,0001. to the reserved fund during the last year ? This bank was now nearly approaching its nineteenth year. In March, 1834, it opened its doors for business with a capital of little over 64,0001. On the 31st December of that year the capital amounted to 182,2551. ; since that period it had kept gradually increasing, and was now 1,000,0001. Their average capital, therefore, during the period of nineteen years, was 747,880/. Th e amount pa id d ur i ng the same peri o d to the proprietors had been 880,9261., averaging 61 per cent. from the opening of the bank. (Hear, hear.) For the last two years the dividend had been 8 per cent. upon a million. He trusted, therefore, he might congratulate them on that part of the state of the bank which he had brought more immediately under their notice, and that the prosperity of the past was a fair and reasonable ground for the prosperity of the fu ture. (Cheers.) He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. LEVY seconded the motion, which was agreed to after a brief discussion, and a vote of thanks to the chair. man closed the proceedings. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. On Tuesday evening the usual meeting of this society took place—Mr. James Meadows Rendel, president, in the chair. Mr. Burt read a paper " On the Preservation of Tim. ber." The theory of the various processes was carefully de scribed ; the action of the solutions in water of metallic salts, such as chloride of mercury (Kyan's), chloride of zinc (Burnett's), or sulphate of copper (Margary's) was, if the mixture was sufficiently strong, to coagulate the al bumen in the sap ; but the fibre was left unprotected, and it being a property of albumen to render innocuous the corrosive sublimate combined with it, the marine worm, or the white ant, would immediately attack wood so prepared. Creosote had the same effect of coagulat ing the albumen, whilst it gave a waterproof covering to the fibres, prevented the absorption of water, and was so obnoxious to animal life that, hitherto, no instance had been adduced of we ll- creosote d timber having been either touched by decay, dry rot, or the marine worm ; and the trials made in India showed that it was equally objec tionable to the white ant. The chemical products of the distillation of coal tar were described, and it was shown that the napthaline was essential as an antiseptic ; that th process should be carried on with heated creosote, in orde that this product should not crystallize in the capillary tubes of the wood, and that it would be advantageous to dessicate the timber before it was submitted to the process, for which purpose, it was proposed to dry the wood by smoking it in an oven, whence it should be oonveyed, on the same trucks, into the cylinders, exhausted to the extent of 26 or 27 inches of mercury, and then saturated with heated creosote, under a pressure of 1201bs. to 1501bs. per square inch. Wood thus saturated to the extent of ?lbs. or 101bs. per cube foot might be presumed to be indestructible, as when even by a less perfect pro cess such an extent of saturation had been attained, no authentic instance of decay or injury from worm had ever been adduced. Numerous specimens of wood so prepared, that had been under ground and in the sea for from twelve to twenty years, were exhibited, and all were perfectly sound. The alburnam or sapwood ab sorbed the creosote more readily than the heart of the timber, which could, however, be penetrated by the solu tion of chloride of zinc (Burnett's process), of which it was stated that careful analysis demonstrated its intimate com bination with the timber ; it was therefore suggested that in cases where the comple preservation of' the timber was of vital importance, and expense was not a consideration, he wood should be first subjected to Burnett's process, and then be creosoted, by which combined means it would become indestructible. It was shown that, dry wood only should be subtjected to creosoting ; by that process sapwood, otherwise almost useless, could be ren dered very serviceable • and that for piles for marine work whole ro un d ti m be r should be used, because the outer portion, or the alburnam, was so much more readily saturated with the oil ; and this prevented the vrms from making an inroad into the heart. should should . not be kept floating in ponds, as London , be stacked in the docks, as in Liverpool and Gloucester ; Tim bu b t er it B when the tubes were filled with moisture, no oil could be forced into them, even by the heaviest pressure. By returns from the Leith harbour works, it was shown that the average quantity of cresote absorbed by th e tim ber was 57i gallons per load, or 577 lbs. weight, forced into 50 cubic feet of wood. Piles, 14 inches square, of unprepared timber, at Lowestoft harbour, were shown to have been eaten away to 4 inches square, in four years, whilst cresoted piles, of the same dimensic*s, driven alongside them, were perfectly untouched ; specimens of both were exhibited. Somo specimens were shown of curious coke, produced from the pitch 3 residue of the distillation of creosote ; it was quite free from sulphur and earthy particles, and was found to be very valuable for smelting iron, for which purpose it was beginning to be largely used near Birmingham. It appeared to be admitted that all the various processes somewhat re duced the transverse strength of the timber when dry ; and the metallic salts affected at the iron bolts or fasten ings. The natural juices of some woods did this ; and a bolt was exhibited which had united beams of elm and pitch pine, and was corroded entirely away at the junc tion. It was shown that on some railways in the North, unprepared yellow pine had been down, as longitudinal s l eepers, for sixteen years, and was still perf ec tl y term had ex pi re d , b y b e i ng crushed under the loa d s con free from decay, a lth oug h its natural stantly travelling over it. The effect of " Green-heart" timber in resisting the attacks of worms, was particularly noticed, and it was admitted, that but for its great cost, it would be extensively used. Experiments were men tioned, that were made at the Royal Pier, Southampton, on timber prepared by various processes ; and the result was, that the creosoted wood alone resisted the attack of the " Terebrans" with which ithat water was p . Tej::: Early infested. The members were requested to aid t Burt, the author of the paper, in some further experi mentsand to communicate to the institution all information which he had undertaken on the subject, could elucidate the various points treated of or alluded to in the discussion. The falls on Tuesday, wingpaper .n which the paper, was announced to be read at the meeting of Build- Inst. C.E. ings," by Mr. James Barrett, Assoc. January 25, , c On the Construction of Fire-pro THE LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—The passengers who were injured by the late dreadful railway accident, near Oxford, are, with one exception, progressing favourably. The report. at the Radcliffe Infirmary yesterday afternoon, where nine of them are still lying, was wa s in a most dangerous state, s o muc h so that eight were go in g on well, but th at the old man, great er' fears are entertained for his recov er y. The t F h a a n t lk i poor man has not spoken since the accident, and lies in a most unconscious state. It will be remembered tha t he received a most serious concussion of the brain. Thos . Money, who had cheek, nose, and forehead cut, and h is thigh much injured, has so far recovered as to be able to leave the infirmary for his own home in Berkshire. Ed ward Jones, of Marlborough, who is staying at the An chor Inn, near the scene of the accident, is also progress - ing very favourably, and should he continue to do so until next week ho will leave Oxford for Marlborough. Kinch, the . guard, against whom a verdict of manslaugh - ter has been returned by the coroner's jury, is not yet i ustody. LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO. _ A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's, Lessee, Chirles Emile Laurent, Onslow House, Brompton-road, Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament, of 25th George 11. Open every evening with Laurent's Celebrated Band. Principal mutt-A-Piston, M. Bouleour. Admission—ONE SHILLING. Doors open at Half--past Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence iv NITI, and terminate at Half-past Eleven precisely.