The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-05 00:00:00

-,-- . r . '' • ~, 5 A7: ,„..._ 100,0, , .. , - 7 „I) .„ , 4 t affkgt i° :e ...c ? r. jr .....;,......., 1 1, 4 k okillt , , ,„....,.. , kl i , ft v .. 41 ,,,... . , ..-.._ . ~ r . fr. ~.... E,,,— , -zi-z. , .._. , :._„(....... 4-„, , ,,, ~ .-,-, • wii-„.e. -tr . , 1 _....r''' - ./. 6m.,.--, ...... .. •, ,-,,. •,., ~ --,: ii , ..,,,, ~, ' A ..... '5,,..,..70„..; , ..:4 r4 es -- -e- - <„0 4 41,....0 v . .4= ".. „ - - --.00 a t; .IL11::,, . i,,,,,...,,i,,„4,i,---- , J-- -- -K , r,--t:,./4- ..-- 0 ...I E A. s , . P - N- - - ' - - 37:;ist, - v,1.4.7. \ I : ;•k' •I t - er'-a7ar '• J / • `',, 1 [ ' ~, :4 !" .9'' '' 1 , /.- ,, P ; q-7 I -; 4 " . .... , 7: , -. '',-- . -,- , • f./:'',..-5 , T 1 .t._ , :p.,,nli ~ .k , __it, , ?, , -re a ' -'''' *,.... ' , .0 li• -; :: ._. 4 ''.---. -.: 4 ; 11 ... , i ... t ,.. , , frN x ! -,.., . - , E . .' lik " ' '''.,...l '. „'. .:. 4 X"r. ul t 'I/ s'r 0 14 ..'" , . , n W" ,_ sri T ka 4 , " ' ia 7141 / 1 7 IT lj. ‘'.›. ' ' 1" - " -.' 44 04*r I I'TV ' , .". X,f7 )01T %.::::# , '''' N , Vt.., , . _\,„, ~~~~ the morning after each sitting of t ourt, and to •-"-- select from them the one that seemed to contain the best account of the proceedings. Of this paper, whatever it might be, the hall-keeper has ordered 300 copies. Of these, 250 were circulated among the members of the court, and tl , ',ter 50 were sent to the town-clerks of the various boroughs throughout the country. The cost o this amounts to about 1501. a year. , CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. COMMUNICATION between ENGLAND, SCOTLAND and IRELAND, via HOLYHEAD. 4 , /Nice is Hereby Given, that on and after the Ist December, 1853, '`'-e Through Booking Arrangements for Passengers will be confined liT T LivelY to the EXPRESS VESSELS of the CHESTER and READ COMPANY, which leave Kingstown at 9am., and .Inead at 5:30 p.m. a By order. J. 0. RINGER. eneral Manager's Office, Chester, 24th Oct , 1853. r, f).714 t beasts a clear- NUR not out any 1. The 1 to 6d ; 6,! ; (1 per to Oe Od Id to 4,1 LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5, 1853. T INDIA CADETS receiving AliPOlNT ,tht, RENTS, on application to Messrs. CHRISTIAN. , will be fur ed with EsTiMATES, giving the entire cost of an outfit, with rries required for the route via Egypt or the Cape.—Christian Rathhone, ,lanufactur.ng Outfitters, 11, Wigmore-street. 4r uell waited upon with samples within one hundred miles of Lon doll, it required. No. 19,068.] r PRICE SD. Barley 3d up• s (.13 the Third Thousand, price One Shilling, THE RESULTS of the CENSUS of GREAT BRITAI sl in 1851 ; with a description of the Machinery and Processes employed to obtain the Returns ; also,:an Appendix of Tables of Reference. CORPORATION OF THE CITY OP LONDON. publish regular and detailed accounts o> the expenditure of the 150/. ? then explained that he had refrained from laying before the commissioners his own views as to the best mode of remedying the evils connected with the system and work ing of the corporation, as he had thought it preferable in the first instance to go .through the whole of the existing abuses. At the same time he might state that he was now engaged in maturing a'scheme for the effectual reform of the City corporation, and he should be ready to develope it to the commissioners in a few days. He would also pre pare a series of documents bearing upon the financial affairs of the present corporation, which h e th oug h t would have the effect of placing this complicated and difficult part of the corporate administration in an intelligible light before the commissioners. He would be prepared, he believed, by Tuesday, next to enter fully upon both of these subjects. At this stage of the proceedings, the !commissioners adjourned the inquiry till Tuesday. TO LOVERS of FISH.-100 REAL YAR- N , MOUTH BLOATERS for 6s, package Included, The above of - a ward ed to al parts on receipt of pen/13 postage stamps, or Post- Lt eZ_ order (preferred), !or the amount.—Address, THOMAS "IS, Jun., Fish Curer, Great Yarmouth. The commissiohers re-assembled in the offices of the Privy Council, Downing-street, yesterday, to continue the prosecution of their investigation. Commissioners present —Mr. Labouchere (president), Mr. Cornewall Lewis, and Sir John Patteson. The proceedings Were commenced by the resumption of the examination of Mr. Acland, who, having corrected a mistake which he had made on the previous sitting, in asserting that the office of surgeon to the city police was held by the brother to an alderman's partner, said—" I will begin by taking up in the first point the charge against the corporation of having allocated a certain sum of money for the purpose of inducing a better representation by the press of their pro ceedings. I believe I-was somewhat incorrect in my state ment on this subject. In 1849, the corporation having been for years in a spirit of opposition, not to say antagonism, to the wishes of the Government, a report was made by the consolidated committee to the Court of 'Common Council, of which report I hold in my hand a litho graphed copy, issued by the Common Council. It =is as follows : Mr. Aclalid—l say they profess to gibe accounts; they give account in this matter, and it is open to the fair pre sumption that they have spent the whole amount. The Chairman—That is a very different tiling from what you stated, that 1,000/. was spent on thd newspapers. Mr. Acland—l conclude that it was so spent from their own reports. By EDWARD CHESHIRE, Fellow of the Statistical Fociety, and one of the Secretaries of the Statistical Section of the British Association. London: John W. Parker and Son, 445, West Strand. A . TRINSON and COMPANY, CABINET w AR MANITPACTITRERS' UPHOLSTaRERS, and CARPET brid E E IO II`;EME N. 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster _ ge-road, Lambeth, London. • • " THE PRESS" of This Day (Saturday), No. 27, contains Leading Articles on Russia and the East ern Question ; Proposed Reform Bill ; the late Board of A dmii altyi Sir Thomas Herbert at Dartmouth; Sir Charles Wood at Halifax ; Riots at Wigan and Blackburn ; Noble and oadant Gamblers ; Jus tice to Scotland ; Dublin Exhibition , the Last of the Agitators ; Rom:sh Ti:les and Pretensions; Correspondence—The late Sir Charles Napier; Sir William Napier to the Editor of THE PRESS; the Albert Statue ; Ministerial Sacrifices ; Sketches of Radicals ; the Radical Jester ; the Thistle ; Literature—Civil Wars in France ; Margaret, or Prejudice at Home; Cookesley's Pinder ; Romance of Military Life ; National Adult Education ; the - Holy Trinity ; Law of Arbitration ; Periodical Literature; Theatres —Opening of the Lyceum ; Vandenhoff at the Haymarket, &c., &c. ; and all the News of the Week. " THE PRESS" is published every Saturday, at the Office, No. 110, Strand, price tid. May be had of all .newsmen, and at the railway stations. Money orders to be made payable to Mr. Alfred lye. Mr. Cornewall Lewis—ls there any document of the cor poration to show that they vote 1,000/. as a subsidy for the press ? TKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPERS, sicx. MERCERS, LACEMEN, &e., 69. 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 11 4 1 1, li r estminster-bridge-road, Lambeth, London.—Sha.wls, Furs, we s , Family Mourning, &e. Mr. Acland —I do not say that. I have no proof as to the specific sum spent, but a power to spend a sum not ex ceeding I,OOOZ. was given to the committfe. The Chairman—Passing to the consideration of the state of the court 9 of the city of London, and. beginning with the civil courts, have you any observations to make with regard to them ? iptiofis, s. The LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS, MTh (Lessee, CHAS. C. LAURENT, Onslow-honv, Fulham•road). me' above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON, C E Will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S N ue ritATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at tallhalf-t 8 'V to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter ..inate at half-pa . THE CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION ANL THE PRESS. L, 75s to to 38s• g 245 t., as to From the Morning Chronicle. ) G REAT INDIA. PENINSULA RAILWAY COMPANY. CLOSING OF THE REGISTER. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Books in which the Transfers of Shares are registered will be Closed from TUESDAY, the 15th, to SATURDAY, the 19th November inst., inclusive, in connection with an Issue of New Shares. All Shareholders who may stand upon the Register during the close will have the offer of the Shares then to be issued, by a circular letter, which will be addressed to them respectively. (Signed) CORNELIUS NICHOLSON, Superintending Director. 3, New Broad-street, London, Nov. 3d, 1853. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON-H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. 41a ENTIRELY NEW HISTORIC 1, L and MUSICAL LECTURE, th e L' a ted with DISSOLVING SCE -ERY, entitled ," The ROAD, . r Dop c" -V ER, and the RAIL," by J. E. CARPENTER, Esq., (the Author and Song Writer), assisted by Was BLANCHE exp ra ' GE, who will sing several New Songs and Ballads, written at Nii ess lY for her by Mr. Caren ter, every Evening, except Saturday. l'At ne o'clock, in addition p to the GENERAL EXHIBITION and ' 4 . 13 LECTURES of the Institution. C1111 15e4 Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools, and en Under Ten years of age Half-price. what, per q ns, at is Pea SP nces, :20 extr .ey, 330 3nera: ll l is don e• he ini7 o " chat) Be J R. SMITH'S GRAND TOUR of EUROPE. • 41 d Now open Daily, at 3 and 8 o'clock, TOUR of EUROPE Gr,,,'QENT of MONT BLANC, Leicester-square, opposite the bi ti -:.' o 'L o . l()be_o l i e of the largest, most elerant, and interesting Exhi lbaii,„" ill London. and exhibited on the Continent the past year to R: crowned hedads and half a million of persons.—Stalls, 35.; ea Seats, 25.; Second Seats, ls. HOME COUNTIES AND METROPOLITAN FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. BALLOT FOR THIRTY RIGHTS. At the LONDON COFFEE-HOUSE, Ludgate-Hill, on MONDAY Evening, 31st October, the following valid Shares were drawn :-31, 112, 144, 241, 296, 330, 354, 340, 436, 546, 550, 668, 675, 743, 790, 894, 885, 952, 901, 1,017, 1,138, 1,179, 1,222, 1,256, 1,347, 1,310, 1,491, 1,439, 1,506. The following Shares 4 n arrear were drawn : —BB, 129, 197, 365, 648. Ballets take place Monthly. HENRY KNIGHT, Secretary. Office-14, Chatham-place, Blackfriars. 4 4 D-KIEL'S ALMANAGifor 1854, Price Gd., Tu rk Just published. Contents (highly interesting) : — Fate of (Jr th e e Y and America—Fearful Wars in Europe, &c. anthropology, l'er s i, Science of sfan—Fulfilled Predictions of great Earthquakes in noBt e ' r ": Senth America, &c. Published by Piper and Co., 23, Pater row, Londoa. N. 8.-35,000 copies sold last year. 4; . SHIP WANTED to CONVEY her MA JESTY'S MAILS to AUSTRALIA. The Postmaster 15th hereby gives notice that he will be ready, on Tuesday, the Tor N ovember, before One o'clock p.m., to receive TENDERS or g e ,. CONVEYANCE of MAILS to AUSTRALIA by Steamers tgr e lt i ng Vessels, on the 4th December next, the port of depar -11(1, 1 : 0 be that of London, Liverpoo, Southampton, or Plymouth. T h : h iPs to be classed A 1 at Lloyd l 's. the ve sum of 1,0001. will be paid by the Postmaster-General for spe eir iage to Australia; and persons tendering will be required to the If . t he number of days in which they will undertake to deliver 1 4 . 4 ads at their destination, 'subject to penalties for delay, either Z Pa rtnre or arrival. 1, 11 7er thi ngs equal, the preference will be given to that tender c hines the shertest time tor the service. Di t enders must be made on the printed form provided for the oppr i : atl ..Avhich, with ,the conditions attached, may be obtained on tbr e 'on at the Secretaries' office, London ; or at the Post-office of Taool, Southampton, or Plymouth. Lo ge , s cie ra must be delivered at the Secretaries' office, London, and T h .- an be received after the day and hour above m2ntloned. top„.. e Owner of the ship, or an atent duly authorised in writing, 'mattend at the General Post-office on the day and at the hour nted for the receipt of tenders. Qtngral Post-office, October, 1853. ICTS FR CARRIAGE OF TIMBER, FRO W —•`.. TLEWOOD,O SALCEY, AND WHICHWOOD &c., FORESTS. Department of the Stork keeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 3d Nov., 1853. TIM Commissioners for executing the Office of In d , Lord, High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain i'leiand, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, Ss c h"th istin, at On e o'clock, they will be ready to treat with rson n s as t may be willing to Contract for conveying about 4 0 . Loads Rouh and ided) of Ok Load; ( ot Thi g ckstuff S and Plank; and ber ; '" No. Boat Crooks, L om Whittlewood Forest; AND 18 L • oads (Rough and Sided) of Oak Timber, from Salcey Forest — both in the County of Northampton—to her Majesty's Dock- Yard at Woolwich. 390 AND ABOUT Loads (Rough and Sided) of Oak Timber ; 40 Loads of Thickstuff and Plank ; and 70 No. Boat Crooks, from Whichwood Forest, in the County of Oxford, to her Majesty's Dockyard at Deptford. Orm of the Tender may be seen at the said Office. No Tender il be received after One o'clock on the day of treat y , nor an y ° h id unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised i ivery tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, p - a hear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Carriage thnber, Ste," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accom ,bied by a Letter signed by a responsible person, engaging to t 7eme bound with the person tendering, in the snm of 11. per load, the due performance of the Contract. MESSRS. MOODY AND NEWBOLD, THE BARROW HALL ESTATE, DERBYSHIRE. ° BE SOLD BY AUCTION, by Messrs. T3 iVrooor and NEWBOLD, at the ROYAL HOTEL, in Derby, 41 ter 4 1 0 ' , 0 kr, the 18th day of NOVEMBER, 1853, at two o'clock in the The _ LOT I. 'ION BARROW HALL, i iipat 3tOlern an d substantially built ttist h e d at Barrow-upon-Trent, in the County of Derby, and cola spacious and well-lighted entrance-hall, dining-room 24 ft. too t ,' 17 ft. 5 in., drawing-room 32 ft. by 2 3 ft., small drawing 11l ft. 4 in. by 14 ft. 8 in., breakfast - room 22 ft. 6 in. by 16 ft., kbpi p 2 ft. high; library, eight best ant seven other bed -rooms, with l '111;,, * Weer , stables, coach-houses, and other outbui ldin g s ; lar g e t'll o `,‘.. * ll , 4rdens ' g reenhouses and vinery ; a lodge and large cottage / °cll 4 ` e to the entrance, and two cottagers' houses, all of which, as 4AI " the mansion-house, are in complete repa i r. The house, C r e'gronnds, gardens, and grass land occupi ed with the house, .4 . - 1 41 2 t 22 acres. ' O . two well-built Ram HOUSES, with all requ'site outbuildings, repa'r, and Two Hundred and Ninety-five Acres, or lu s ts. of th e r i c h es t M ea d ow , Pasture, and Arable Land, all in and bounded on one side by the river Trent, by which it 401, 4 11 y irrigated, and on the other sides by the estates of Sir 114 rpur Crewe, Bart., and Mr. Des Vceux. Lox 2. Altz, . 41 0troent on SINEW Moon, containing Thirteen Acres Ind 1%4 r ereltes, occupied by good tenants, as garden allotments, as d k u tied by the estates of Sir John Harpur Crewe, Bart., and Mr. Barrow. khuTo yv is six miles fromerby, eiht from Burtonon-Tren t, Ivlth,"ur from the Willington Station g on the Midland - R up ailway, Gehl /I reach of two packs of hounds, and there is good shooting aid Darticniars, apply at the offices of Messrs. J. and F. Barber' b t1t,: 4 ..? Derby; and to the Tenants to view the several Farms e o, s lur o „,"'evv the Hall only, ermission of Mrs. Arkwright, at her — "once dth e r ductson of a note from Mr. J. and F. fin er. , onp -i- LE UNIVERSALLY APPROVED ATTIRE %a Taking into account the infinite diversity of tastes. pursuits, u I lde: at ions, and stations is society, the establishment which pro hat), r t bic universally approved attire must possess very extraordi - Thees, nrces. le s gigantic arrangements made by E. MOSES and SON for the new e st season are equal to every demand, and the vast stock of the will ~.,"naterials associated with the most talented workmanship Tiluontinue the celebrity so long enjoyed by E. MO S ES and SON. 8 1)o Y rting Dress manufactured by E. MOSES and ON is Zall approved for Fashion, Comfort, and Economy. for 1, 4 ::" - Witer Clothing and Overcoats are universally approved is 1 11 'Welty n , style, and general superiority. h tri e Youths' and Children's attire made by E. MOSES and SON he ei T e rsally approved, for it is the neatest, most substantial, and .r t „ eanest. kr h „',."hcial Costumes made by E. MOSES and SON are approved 'en uniformity agreeable to prevailing regulations, inimitable 1. 1 ;" and economical charges N N /fats Caps, and Hosiery Goods offered by E. MOSES and n are the most highly finished articles which can be procured. tlu v 'e Boots and Shoes manufactured by E. MOSES and SON are 1 4 "3411 ,' admitted to be superior to and far cheaper than any ob elsowht re. Itiqc Clothing and. Outfits for the Colonies prepsred by E. MOSES que ? ", ol, l . are approved by all Shippers and Emigrants, in conse eslaie of their being perfectly suited to the present wants of the kent' t ; and are infinitely cheaper than at any other establish- P Illforar Lilts of Outfits for Ladies and Gentlemen, and ship-sailing CA4ion, may be had on application or post free. 1 4 ibu lON.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the Laiso;„„Tainst Imposition, having learned that the untradesman-lik e the " Being connected with heir Establishment," or " It's ( ibvl o ,;"` concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for TUsons, they beg to state that they have ' C 'aSTEXtottr WITH ANT OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : II 0 tulon rJity Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, p_s, and 46, Aldgate. opposite the Church, all communicating. 'undo. Vrest-end Branch, 500,507, 505, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 t and 3, ltart.street, all communicating. radford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. l ihefileld Branch, 35, Far.tato. Colonial Branch, 11 , lbou ne, Australia. Eilloterchant Ailo. Clothiers, Flatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and esehPjf i ,`‘, la _ters. and General Oatfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. "ttrANI —Should any article not give satisfaction, it willbo *itivs-nged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned hesltatoa. All gds are marked in plain figures, the lowest I,etrom which no abatement• can be made. Fl,ltttil_ E stablishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on when business is resumed till 12 o 'clock. , t 44 % r i i "l "The Epitome of Comfort and Economy,' con a n )1,4, lists of prices. our system of self-measurement, &c., &c., k e hstd on application, or post-free. "anlverne Alinantc tor t . t o year ending 1853 can be had gratis, Dbllc a ti on Ici p,„ 14 1 n 'Pule Francais. Qui at parla ItallanO. arricht man Deutsch. Aqua se habla Espano Irt SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. TFIR SILENT FRIEND. In Six Linguages--Piftleth Edition. -el* 'NTA/VINO TRE EMERY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. 4t eel by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and t cl , Cases. P-t„ zti en, enlarged to 100 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in stamps, -V E t SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on ii)l,etvv'lleexhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by i n re,e I ndulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of D "„ t t'ee with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol lb,event'ebservations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which Illustrated by 104 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. t c ;...eet, 1 .. ,, 5 e tul CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford (10:' and ride n- Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster -1.°14 by Hannay 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Gor- Chi " e adenhall-street; 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, o 'Ater i re b-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhiy. a „,;ress of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive e t , Alrr is il t lustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. t reats of the consequences resulting from excessive in .flan, their lamentable effects on the system, producing bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative rho Aler I llustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. t reats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in treatment.lp secondary form, and contains explicit directions for j:* This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav- Mne/ 4*l. no m , "Mains a Remedy for the Prevention f Disease by a Aix T :Tion, b y which the o danger of infection is obviated. d i p f uev oled to the consideration of marriage and its duties. T ti et eri ti p.,unProductive union are also considered, and the whole "It COir' l37 and philosophically inquired inth. p,„ r earl„, wIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM Is exclusively employed I,4,4botti,'.nervous and sexual debility;impotence, &c., 11 s and 335. ZYtetl n Yt for The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic e Der ifYing the blood in cases of infection, secondary to r e. utions, and the abuse of mercury, • 1 Is. and 335. per ehr„ ) b eur, err Y'a Purifying Specific Fills, 23. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lie. _eertain remedy for gonorrhcea, gleet, stricture, and th,„ r4lf(jtirtion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, tr i ," 4 r,„,,'; e q detail st the case is required : age, habits, and posi art only. by 5 1. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish ,. at , y which the fee, N., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, 141. q. fr,...` e nclanee ' - -Y, at 19, thighßemers-sreet, Oxford-street, Lon ' to 0 4 - • e n Two, and Five to t; on Sunday from MEETING OF MANUFACTURERS AT PRESTON.—At a general meeting of the Masters' Association, held at the Bull Hotel, Preston, yesterday, (Friday,) it was re solved—" That whereas an advance of wages was offered to the operatives of Preston and the neighbourhood on the 19th day of August last, which offer was dic tated more by a desire to preserve the harmony and general good feeli n g that then prevailed in the town, than by anything in the state of trade warranting such advance ; and whereas the same has not been generally accepted by the operatives, through the in terference of the same mischievous and irresponsible parties who have been the cause of all the dis tress brought upon the town ; and whereas the prospects of the trade have materially altered for the worse : it is, therefore, the unanimous opinion of this meeting that whenever the time shall arrive for the re opening of the mills, the rate of wages shall be the same as was paid on or before the Ist of March last, subject, however, to such alterations as may be recommended by the committee in particular cases. That this meet ing, on its risin g , do adjourn to Thursday, the Ist of December next ;but that the committee be requested to call a meeting at an earlier period if they are of opinion that it would be conducive to the settlement of the question on the basis of the foregoing resolution ; provided also that they are satisfied that the general hod y of operatives are prepared to emancipate themselves from the dictation of parties who have an interest in prolonging the unfortunate dispute between the em ployers and the employed." OMER PACHA.—The Vienna Lloyd publishes some in teresting personal particulars respecting the Turkish Generalissimo. Omer Pacha, the writer says, is very much beloved by the soldiers, although he conforms very little to Mahometan customs—among other things, openly drinking wine at table. He has no harem, but one wife, an Austrian lady from Transylvania. He is a perfect gentleman, a noble horseman, and an indefatig able soldier. "COMMON COUNCIL. " Thursday, March 8, 1849. " Report of Consolidated Committee to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled. " We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, of your con solidated committee, to whom, on the 22d day of May, 1846, it was referred to confer with her Majesty's Govern ment and others upon such of the matters specially referred to the several committees as we may deem expedient, and to report thereon from time to time, do certify that, pend ing the progress of the negotiations had on the references to us with various departments of the Government, and also in the proceedings in Parliament during the last two sessions, it has appeared to your committee that the mo tiveS, and objects of the corporation have frequently been much misunderstood, to the great hindrance of your com mittee, and the embarrassment of the concerns entrusted to them, impeding materially the arrangements they were proposing with the Government and the Crown ; and that those inconveniences have, in a great degree, arisen from the imperfect publication of the reports of the proceedings of the corporation, by which means want of confidence was engendered, and misconception encouraged. " That the proceedings of most other corporate bodies, of public meetings and public transactions, are more fully reported and published than those of this corporation. Your committee therefore feel it incumbent upon them to report to this court those practical evils which their experience as committeemen and chairmen of the several committees has enabled them to point out, and to suggest, as the most efficient remedy for such evils, that provision should be made for more certain reports of the proceedings of the corporation and its courts, and a more systematic and periodical publication of them. "Your committee recommend that it should be referred to them to make temporary arrangements for these pur poses, and to report to this honourable court the provisions, if any, which they may think fit to suggest for permanent adoption. _ _ _ "All which we submit to the judgment of this honour able court. Dated this 23d day of February, 1849." [Here followthe names of 21 members of the consolidated committee, as signing the report.] At the foot of this document it is stated that " a motion having been made, and the question put, that the court do agree with the committee in the aforesaid report, it is resolved in the affirmative that the report be referred back to the committee to carry the same into execution." I believe that my statement went farther, to this effect— that the Court of Common Council sanctioned the alloca tion of 1,0001. a year to that purpose in 1849, and that it continued so to do up to this time, making the total sum 4,0001. which they had so expended. The Chairman—That is the statement which you made when you were last before the commission. Mr. Acland—And I was correct in my statement thus far. No such vote appears on the minutes of the proceed ings of the Court of Common Council—perhaps I should say no such vote was come to as a formal vote; but I as sert deliberately—and what I assert I shall be prepared to prove—that it was well understood by the consolidated committee that the court sanctioned them in expending not more than 1,0004 a year for that purpose. The Chairman—What do you mean by the statement that it was well understood that they were to spend a sum not exceeding 1,0001., unless some formal vote were come to empowering them to do so? Mr. Acland—l mean that the proceedings of the corpo ration of the city of London are—l think the only word I can use is—tricksy ; that there is very much of that un derstanding as regards the appropriation of funds for what some would call politic, but what I call sinister, purposes —purposes not to be recognised in public court where the press is. The Chairman—Your statement was that the sum of 4,0001. has been expended during the last four years, in sums paid to the various newspapers of this metropolis. What proof are you able to give us of such payments having been made ? Mr. Acland—l have endeavoured to correct my state ment as to the positive sum of 1,0001. being thus spent. That the consolidated committee was warranted in going to an expense not exceeding 1,0001., I re-assert. As to whether,they spent the whole of that sum, I am justified in assuming that they did. They have never published an account showing how much of it they have spent, and yet they yearly publish accounts purporting to be accounts of their receipts and expenditure. The Chairman—Was there any vote on the subject of authorising that expenditure ? Mr. Acland—The committee were to make such tempo rary arrangements as they should see fit, but if they made any permanent arrangements, they were to report to the court. Sir John Patteson—lf I understand you, there is no further trace of the court putting at the disposal of the committee any sum ? Mr. Acland—There is not ; but there is a subcommittee of the consolidated committee, and the sub-committee has always dealt with the vote as if it were a vote of 1,0001. — in figures and calculations, they have always treated it as a sum placed entirely at their disposal for such a purpose. The Chairman—How do you know that ? Mr. Acland—l do know it. The Chairman—But how ? Mr. Acland—l only hesitate upon the question to con sider how far without a breach of confidence I can say that I know it. But I see they have purchased newspapers, 300 at a time, according to their own admission, and that continuously. They have in their financial report an entry of 1,00001. under this heading :—" To Mr. Temple, hall keeper [avowedly the person who has dealt with the trans action of the newspapers], on account of disbursements of his office, consisting of the expense of assistance, watchmen, gazettes, newspapers, advertisements, candles, firewood, and various other petty expenses, in relation to the Guildhall, and the courts and offices connected there- with, 1,0001." This was in the year 1852, and it was stated at page 43 of their financial report, whilst in that same re port there appears an entry of 1001. to the same individual on account of advertising the letting of the City property ; and it will be remembered that advertising formed one of the items of the 1,0001. entry. There is also at page 56 of the same report this entry : -" To Joseph Temple on ac count of sundry disbursements and expenses connected with his office, 1501." There is no separate entry for the candles, unless it be in the sundry disbursements, nor is there any separate entry for firewood. In the year 1851 there is the same entry of 1,000/. under the same conglo merated statement of items, including candles, &c. In the year 1849 there was the same entry ; and in 1853 there was the same item, only it amounted to 1,2001. instead of 1,0001. Now the purchase of the papers is admitted, and there is no account of the purchase of them, except in that item of 1,0001. There is no account in any of those years of the expenditure of 1501., or any other sum, for news papers, except a similar entry of 1,0001. in the lump each year to the hall-keeper. The Chairman—l see, in the report of the proceedings of the Common Council yesterday, in the public papers, a statement of Mr. Wood on . this subject, in which he says that the moneys spent in buying copies of those news papers which have most fully reported the proceedings of the 'Common Council have not exceeded 1501. a year. Have you any reason to doubt the accuracy of that state ment ? Mr. Acland— None ; but I have every reason to doubt its accuracy in another sense. It is not denied that any other sum was spent on the press ; and the amount given for the purchase of newspapers I cannot know until they please to publish an account. They publish no other ac count except the item of 1,0001. in the lump, and without any details. The Chairman—But can you prove that payments to the newspapers of 1,0001. have been made, besides the 1501. spent in the purchase of the papers which reported the proceedings most fully. Mr. Acland—No, I cannot ; but the committee has always dealt with the vote as if they were at liberty to spend a sum not exceeding 1,0001. in this way. The con- , solidated committee once contemplated the publication of a corporate newspaper with the balance of 1,0001. They thought, also, of dealing with a sum of 9001. voted for the publication of the Old Bailey reports in the establishment of a newspaper of their own. The Chairman—Confining ourselves to what has actually been done, aro you prepared to say that more has been dote than is avowed by the officer connected with this ex penditure, viz., that, 1501. has been spent during the last four years in purchasing copies of the papers most fully re porting the corporation proceedings? Mr. Acland---It is difficult to get to know what a secret committee does; but it is not difficult to prove how they have treated this transaction—that they have not had the manliness to put it upon the face of their proceedings. They admit that they spent 1501. thus. Has it, then, ap peared Chairman—Your inanyof charge ftheiraccounta The now is that they do not Mr. Arland—The Court of Hustings I believe to be an ob solete court. The form of opening it is gone through it is true, but no actual business is done in it. The Sheriffs' CoUrt is very different from what it once was. When the County Courts Act was introduced, the city of London op posed, and successfully opposed, the inclusion of the City within its provisions.. Afterwards, however, public opinion became so strong, that the, corporation was com pelled to apply for the extension of the county-court sys tem to the City. That change has been effected, and the results have been most beneficial. The officers and clerks' committee have the management of • this' court, and they have a surplus of 1,0001. They have tedomthended large reductions in the scale of fees of that court, and it is be lieved that, even after these immense reductions, there will still be a surplus. The Lord Mayor's Court is a court against which there are many complaints with reference to foreign attachments. Foreigners complain that the procedure of this court islYrannical and oppres sive. . I think the judges of these courts should be chosen by the Crown. I now come to the criminal courts ; and first, as a preliminary, I take the magisterial courts. The aldermen are generally unlearned in the, law, and de pendent upon their clerks for legal direction. Their com mercial pursuits disqualify them for the exercise of j adicial functions. I should recommend that the magistrates of the City should be barristers of ' sufficient standing ; and all magistrates, in my opinion, ought t9l be appointed under the responsibility of the Govern*nt, and not by those between whom they have to administer justice. I think the judicial and magisterial offices of the City should be appointed by the Crown and paid by the corpo ration. The Recorder of the City is appointed by the Court of Aldermen. Ido not think the administration of justice has suffered in consequence of this mote of appoint ing the Recorder. Great credit is due to the Court of Aldermen for having selected for the office of Recorder a gentleman so talented, and of such high character, as Mr. Stuart Wortley, whom they elected without solicitation, although he was opposed to them in politics. At the same time, I should prefer that the Recorder should be chosen by the Crown, because I am opposed to making the city of London an exception to the system which prevails in the rest of the country. The name of alderman would always boa term of ridicule in the city of London. I don't, however, object to the name of alderman in Liver pool or Manchester. With regard to the Central Criminal Court, three distinct courts sit at the same time at the Old Bailey, and in the second and third courts the aldermen sit on the bench. I do not know whether the aldermen sit in the first court, at which the judges of the land pre side. I do not think that the aldermen ought to sit on the bench when their own commitments have t 134. be tried. The system of letting out the galleries of theJs courts to the public during the trials is highly objectionable, and very high fees, amounting in cases where great criminals are tried for their lives, sometimes to 11., are charged for places, in the same manner as if the court were a theatre, and a market is thus made of the prurient curiosity of the puilolic. The Lord Mayor and the sheriffs profit by these fees, which first go into the pocket of the door keeper, but he has to pay a rent for the right to charge the public for seats. I know that the present Recorder is strongly opposed to this system of letting out the seats. The corporation by its officers makes out the jury panels, and members of the Common Council often attend the courts in Guildhall to be selected for the special juries, and receive a guinea per day each for their services. The witness then gave evidence on the matter of the privileged companies of the City, and stated it as his opinion that their restrictions operated in juriously on trade and employment. The present division of the wards cannot be maintained, and I think it would be better that there should be no ward divition at all, as they encourage party feelings . and local jealousies and pre judices. Charities are sometimes left to particular wards, and sometimes to particular parishes, and ''' eat inconve nience arises in dispensing - these charitie s ,' m th e li m it s of the parishes and the wards not bei ng con rminous. The Chairman—We will pass now t o the ti on o f th e f ass police. Mr. Acland—l think the City police j • ce is well managed. The Chief Commissioner of Pollee is appointed by the corporation, but they do not much interfere with his management. At the same time I consider the control and direction of the police of the metropolis ought to be in the hands of the Government. The City police ought to be merged in the general system of metropolitan police ; and the whole ought to be homogeneous in its components. The city of London requires a greater number in propor tion to, its magnitude than the rest of the metropolis, be cause there are a large number of warehouses in the City which are left without anybody to watch them but the police during the greater portion of the 24 hours of the day. I now come to the port of London, and its trade. It is of the highest importance, in my opinion, to the com mercial interests of the port that the corporation should not remain the conservators of the Thames. The ancient charters enable the corporation to impose so many vexa tious restrictions and charges upon imports, that it is highly desirable that those charters should be abrogated, and the commerce of the port set free. The sum of 9,5001. charged for metage on corn imported (to which I alluded the other day) is nothing like the amount of duty annually exacted. The accounts of the corporation on this subject are utterly incomprehensible, and there are many imposts exacted by fruit meters, and a - host of innu merable vampires who fatten upon the commerce of the port, which are in no way exhibited in the accounts. With respect to the privileged brokers of the City, the effect of the corporation licensing provision brokers and stock brokers, is to give a fictitious position to a man who gives no sufficient security to the public against his malpractices. With respect to the several markets of the City, some are the private property of the corporation, and others are not. Those markets which really belong to them yield them a legitimate revenue ; but I submit that under the Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 346, the object of which. is to repeal and alter the several acts relating to Billings gate-market, the corporation have no power to levy any tolls except upon carts and ships bringing fish into that market. Nevertheless, the corporation illegally exacts 201. each from the 60 licensed fishmongers of Bil lingsgate. The Chairman—Has the question never been tried in a court of law ? Mr. Acland— No body of private individuals would go to law with the corporation of London. In appearing here as a volunteer witness, I boll the cat, and take the bull by the horns. It would be worse to oppose them in a court of law. Mr. Cornewall Lewis—The trading privileges in the city of London are very numerous and very various, are they not? Mr. Acland—They are. Mr. C, Lewis—Do you know of any one of those privi leges which you think it would be desirable to retain ? Mr. Acland—Not one. An exclusive trade privilege is always an injustice, and benefits the few to the injury of the many. The Chairman—ls there any other point to - which you desire to call the attention of the commissioners ? Mr. Acland—l wish to make a statement with regard to the elections at Common Hall. I alluded at the last sitting of the commissioners to the contest which took place in 1846, between Alderman Carroll and Alderman Thomas Wood, when great corruption prevailed. The greater pro portion of the bribery on that occasion took place on the side of Alderman Wood. I hold now in my hand a list of the names of persons who received bribes in Alderman Wood's interest. These persons should have been all li ver ymen ; and, assuming that they were so, I have ascertained the names of those who were still on the livery-list of the parliamentary register. I have drawn up this document for this reason, that if it should be the desire of the commissioners to receive further evidence of the extent of the corruption which is practised at these elections, you will have the names (together with the companies to which the parties belong) of hundreds of liverymen who, on the occasion I have stated, received bribes and polled on the days specified on the list. I also hold in my baud evidence with reference to the election of Alderman Brown, in 1844, to the office of chamberlain. Bribery is usual on all these occasions ; but I happen to have in my possession the originals of the receipts of some eleven or twelve of the parties who were actively engaged at Alderman Brown's election ; and as seven out of these eleven persons are still in existence, the commissioners have it in their power to call upon them to give evidence before this inquiry. The Chairman—Do you mean that these are persons who received sums of money for their votes ? Mr. Acland—They received bribes in the shape of at tendance money, at the rate of 10s, per day. Mr. Cornewall Lewis—They were a kind of sub-agents, were they not? Mr. Acland—They were " sub-sub-agents'? rather. The system is one of notorious and extensive bribery ; and if the commissioners have any doubt as to how the liverymen elect the corporate officers, I say here are the means of tasting the matter by original documents. Mr. Acland We have always kept aloof from newspaper quarrels. The squabbles of journalists have no interest for the public, and reflect no credit on the character of the Press ; and we prefer occupying our columns with matter of more importance and value than attacks on other newspapers or lauda tion of ourselves. But when a journal of standing and influence thinks proper to make an ostenta tious assertion of its own purity the vehicle of wholesale and indiscriminate insinuations against the integrity of its contemporaries it is due to ourseltes and to our readers that we should specifically repel and disprove the imputation. Yesterday Morning, the journal to which we refer thought it necessary to offer a formal denial of all participation in the venality with which the Lon don Press has been accused by a witness under ex amination before the Corporation Commissioners. For our own part, we considered that the accusation was sufficiently refuted by its absurdity and extra vagance, and we did not deem it requisite to assure the public that we were guiltless of having bartered our honesty for civic largesses. We do not, indeed, blame our contemporary for regarding the charge in a different light, and for supposing that his readers would be better satisfied with a solemn, protest than with simple silence ; but he might at least have abstained from putting the matter in such a shape as to compel others to follow his example. Not content with repudiating the accusation, he demands further inquiry, and asks " which of the London journals have received the bribes of the London Corporation in return for praise and support ?" After this public challenge, from a quarter where it might. be presumed that the character of the Press would not be wantonly aspersed, we can scarcely refuse the very simple task of self-expurgation. We beg, therefore, to state that on application to the City Hall-keeper—the functionary who is said to have been the medium of the alleged corrupt transactions—we have . obtained a return of the number of occasions on which purchases of copies of the different morning papers were made by him, under the directions of the Consolidated Commit tee, during the year for which a return was ordered by the Common Council on Thursday last—viz., from July, 1852, to July, 1853. And what is the result ? We find that while, during that period, our indignant contemporary was four times ho noured with the custom of the Corporation—we are very sure, without the slightest injury to the public virtue of which he so superfluously boasts— we have not on any single occasion had the good fortune to receive their patronage. Our publisher's books, so far as we are concerned, tell the same tale—on no occasion, from July, 1852, to th e p re - I sent time, has the Hall-keeper favoured this jour nal with his orders. The City Newsman assures us further that, neither in 1852 nor in 1853, was a copy of this journal bought for the Corporation ; and we ourselves have no knowledge that any copies were ever purchased. When we add that the object of the purchases which the Hall-keeper was instructed to make was merely to obtain copies of journals containing, not laudation of the Cor poration, but full reports of Corporation proceed ings, it will be seen that even this simple statement of facts is needless for our vindication. We must further state, that not only have we failed to obtain the patronage of the Corpora tion of London, but we have never even thought of securing their favours. We have never sought to please them by any other means than those which we employ for securing the approval of the rest of our countrymen. We have invariably dealt with our municipality, and with any question in which it might be concerned, as we have with every other public body and ques tion—with an exclusive reference to public rights and interests. If this journal has found favour with any of the functionaries of the City, the fact only proves that there are men east of Temple-bar —as there are many to the west of that respectable monument—who do not value praise except when it is merited, and who can submit to castigation when they are conscious that it is not undeserved. Such are the only readers for whom we write—the only public we care to please. The world has had ample means within the last few years of testing the truth of this assertion ; and whatever be its ?milts and failings, a journal which has never hesitated to oppose and resist even public opinion, when that opinion was unsupported by justice and common sense, will not be lightly suspected of dishonestly at tuning its sentiments in harmony with the wishes and aims of an insignificant section of the commu nity. Traders in politics may undoubtedly ima gine that a different course is better calculated to fill their coffers ; but the only commercial success which is valuable to honourable minds is that which is the final and tangible proof of the realisa tion of loftier aspirations. But, after all, it is a small thing to be able to re pudiate the charge of vulgar pecuniary bribery. Many other sinister influences may operate upon the mind of a journalist, which, if not as gross as that which tempts the 'lon g shore-man or the pot walloper, are no less base and contemptible in their nature, and equally effectual in their working. We are assured that the conductors of the daily press are as incapable as any judge or Minister of State of sullying their profession, or of bringing infamy upon themselves, by the acceptance of a bribe. But it is with shame and regret that we are compelled to doubt whether they are all invariably proof against other allurements. Some men who are deaf to the vulgar whisper of avarice are not, we fear, always equally insensible to the suggestions of a despicable " flunkeyism." They may not accept gold, but they may condescend to degrade them selves and their proft4sion by fawning upon the great, courting their siles, flattering their follies, or, perhaps, even pandering to their vices—all for the sake of an entrée to this mansion, an invitation to that dinner, or a card for some ball or political reunion. There are persons whose honesty may scorn a pile of sovereigns, but whose independence cannot stand the shock of titled patronage, and who yield their enraptured souls to the first passing civility of rank. For our own part, we hold that a journalist cannot too scrupulously obey the apostle's mandate, "0 wo no man any thing." The higher duties of our profession are, we believe, incompatible with the habit of dangling attendance on Ministers, or dunning them for favours. The journalist who respects himself and his work will make it a point of honour not to partake in any hospitalities, nor join in any festivities, to which he would not have be en in vited and welcomed irrespectively of ins public avocations ; for, even were there no better reason for declining such attentions, he will shrink from the fate which infallibly overtakes the toad-eating litterateur—the suavest courtesy to his face, and the bitterest ridicule behind his back. F rom City hospitalities, in particular, we have invariably stood aloof. We have never tasted the civic turtle with which our contemporary is so much disgusted. It has never been our lot even to darken the doors of the Mansion house, or the Guildhall, or any of the Companies' Halls, for we should have been ashamed to attack in the morning the hosts who had entertained us over-night. In a word—we say it not in vanity, but with honourable self -respect—no journal in existence owes less to what are called " great men" than the Morning Chronicle. We owe no favour to either Ministers or Mayors. We recognise no obli gation except that of unswerving fidelity to public rights and interests ; and every writer who honours our columns with his contributions can conscien tiously testify that his only instruction, upon all occasions, is to study the question before him without passion or prejudice, and to support un compromisingly the view which ho finds to be right. We claim freedom and independence for with ourselves, and we concede to all who labour _ us the rights which we assert on our ow n Such are our ideas of journalism. behalf. (Prom bite Tunes.) Mr. J. Wood has ingeniously contrived to com plete Mr. Acland's case against the Corporation for him. It appears that Mr. Acland is in much the same kind of difficulty as an advocate might be who should desire to bring home a case of bribery against the " sitting Member." The counsel may know perfectly well that it has rained 51. notes in a borough which, in its normal condition, was usually free from any such refreshing visitation. Voters in their evening walks have had little packets containing precisely two sovereigns slipped into their hands, and they have continued their walks, and ultimately voted on the right side. Lia bilities have not been enforced, arrears of taxes have been paid up by some benevolent genius, and nobody. wondered 4t such a result, for was it not elec - tion time ? Everybody is fully aware of the existence of ' bribery ; but, of course, there must be some difficulty in proving that which the guilty parties are at most pains to conceal. But some way or other murder will out. The air which floats over rotten boroughs and rotten corporations is pregnant with revelation. In the case of Par liamentary elections there are two points chiefly worthy of wonder—first, that every member is not unseated ; and, secondly, that any member is ever unseated. In other words, corruption is general—the difficulty of proving it dnormous. So, with the London Corporation in the present instance, it is astounding that the very stones in the Poultry and King-street do not rise up in witness against them ; on the other hand, so completely have they had all the sources of evidence under their own control, that it is still more marvellous that Aldermen and angels are not taken as synonymous expressions. But we have no kind of doubt that before the inquiry by the. Commission is concluded, by hook or by crook every point of their management and corruption will be brought to light, and that not through chan nels to which one might naturally have looked, but in unforeseen ways. In the case at present before us, who would ever hate supposed that a zealous Common Councilman, in the plenitude of his civic energy, should have jumped up in his place and made the requisite admissions, when there was some little difficulty in bringing the case home to the principals ? Mr. Wood tells us that the prac tice is to order 300 copies of the newspaper con taining the longest report of the proceedings of the civic court. The purchase is made under the authority of a report from the Consolidated Com mittee, which had been received by the Court, and acted upon by the instrumentality of the Hall keeper. The Town-elerk, on Thursday last, de clined furnishing our reporter with a copy of this document. We are bound to say that the refusal was made with all circumstances of courtesy ; but still the document was kept back. Here it is—at least, the most important part of it—as handed in by `Mr. Acland yesterday to the City Corporation Commission : " We, whose names are hereunto subscribed of your Consolidated CoNnittee to whom, on th e 22d d ay o f May, 1846, it was referred to confer with her Majesty's Government and others upon such of the matters speci ally referred to the several committees, as we may deem expedient, and to report thereon from time to time, do certify that, pending the progress of the negotiations had on the references to us with various departments of the Government, and also in the proceedings in Parlia ment during the last two sessions, it has appeared to your committee that the motive and objects of the Cor poration have frequently been much misunderstood, to the great hindrance of your committee and the embar rassment of the concerns intrusted to them, impeding materially the arrangements they were proposing with the Government and the Crown ; and that these incon veniences have in a g reat degree arisen from the imper fect publication of te reports of the proceedings of the Corporation, by which means want of confidence was engendered and misconception encouraged. That the proceedings of most other corporate bodies, of public meetings and public transactions, are more fully reported and published than tho se o f this Corporation." We believe we are not in error when we assume the document from which the above extract is taken to be identical with the one which was refused on Thursday by the Town-clerk on the application of our reporter. Now, mark this paper, the motives on which its authors profess to proceed, and the remedy they suggest for the evils pointed out. They tell the world that there is want of confidence and miscon ception between the public and the Government on the one hand, and the Corporation of London on the other. They complain that the objects of the Corporation have been misunderstood. They attribute these inconveniences !Ito the imperfect publication, to the garbling and mutilation, of the reports of their proceedings. Under these circum stances it was that the report of the Consolidated Committee was received and adopted. It was re ferred back to the committee to carry it into exe cution, and the system devised was that the hall keeper should be directed to purchase 300 copies of the journal which reported the civic courts at greatest length. It .certainly would have been rather a bold measure to place on record in plain. English such a resolution as this :—" As the Cor poration of London have suffered and are suffering much in public opinion from the attacks of the press, let some officer of the courts be directed to buy three hundred copies of any newspaper which may give the Corporation a good word. But the civic courts do not leave us altogether without a key by the help of which we may translate the offi cial language of the report into our simpler verna cular. Mr. J. Wood is Chairman of the Consoli dated Committee, and he was called upon on Thursday to speak to the point of the corruption exercised by the Corporation with regard to the newspapers. He appears to have twisted about for some time in the hands of his exa miners, but at length he made the important admission which we gave yesterday, and which we will here repeat, without apology, as the most valuable bit of evidence which has as yet ap peared upon the subject. " The impression upon many members' minds at the time," said Mr. Wood, " was that perhaps there should be sonic communication of a permanent character by which justice should be done to the conduct and character of gentlemen composing this Court." The scheme hit upon was to desire the hall-keeper to buy 300 copies of the newspaper which contained " the longest, the most voluminous" account of the pro ceedings of the civic courts. Meanwhile Mr. Acland has asked the Commis sion for a short delay, in order to complete the proof of his. statements. He perSists in saying that the Court sanctioned the expenditure of as Ilia. as 1,0001. a-year for the purpose of corrupting the Press ? but he does not say they spent th e w h o l e sum in that way. He hesitates in mentioning the sources from which he has derived his information, lest he should unawares be guilty of breach of con fidence. He asks for time to consider his position. He shows an entry for 1,0001. in favour of the officer who had to deal with the newspapers. This entry included other items besides newspapers, but then the other items are charged again elsewhere in other forms. Now, it is not for us to anticipate or to say how far Mr. Acland will be able to make out his case against the Corporation ; but this much is clear, that he is very confident in his assertions, and they are mad e w i t h regard to a subjectupon which every person connected with the press must feel the deepest interest for the credit of his pro fession. The only point at issue between Mr. Wood and Mr. Acland would appear to be one of degree. ( Prom the Morning Rerald.) Two of our contemporaries, the Morning Post and the Daily News, have thought it worth their while to notice,to deny, the statement made by a Mr. Adana, a nd , in his evidence before the London Corporation Commissioners, that, from 1849 down wards, a sum of 1,0001. p er annum had been allotted by the corporation for the purpose of rewarding or influencing the press. It did not occur to us that it would be in any way necessary for us to notice this very foolish statement, seeing that our readers would be well aware that the Morning Herald has never been the advocate, or one of the advocates, o f the corporation, and could not, therefore, have shared in any such reward or gratification. It turns out, however, that the whole story is a mere fiction. This was the most probable viewof the case from the beginning. For who was this Mr. Acland, the witness, that he should be especially cognisant of any of the secrets of the corporation ? He is not, nor ever has been, either alderman, or common councilman, or servant of the corporation. He has enjoyed no peculiar opportunities for be coming acquainted with the internal working of that body. He is merely a gentleman wh o i s read f ' o p r ay him ilismel;anyd to espouse any cause tha t will ' who comes forward n ow to ear n fame as " Secretary to the Cor poration Re some Ref orm So ciety." And his st or y abou t the " 1'" threea 000/, -yeablra"ciks mere ly the last imitation' of th e cro ws" which, in the progress of a story, grew out of the "something as black as a been originally stated. "OW" which. h a d The facts of the case Were briefly detailed, i n i open court, by some of the eadina corporation, the very ne x t members of the M o Anderton, and L w day t 'iyi w ,„„ r. Wood, Mr. in the Court of C omm° dm Taylor then stated, 1 Council, that there never had been any thousand a year expended. What had been don e was t "The co mm i ttee c thus frankly stated came to the con c l us i on t o di rect t h e hall-keep er , Without a reference to the name of the paper, or its politics, or otherwise, to look at the newspapers Such was the insignificant fact out of which this fine story of " 1,000/. a year spent in bribing the newspapers" was concocted. The only really dirty part of the story, as might be expected, is the use which the Times endeavours to make of the original story. After giving, as it could not help well doing, Mr. Wood's plain accoun of the matter—namely, that the hall-keeper of the corporation had orders to buy 300 copies of such papers as might contain the best reports of the pro ceedings of the corporation, the limes goes on to bluster as follows : "Mr. Acland has not named the guilty parties, he has not said who took the bribes ; but he has said who did not take them. God forbid that we should, there fore, wish to extend the blame to the conductors of all the other London journals. For their sakes, however, as well as for our own, we challenge further inquiry into this statement. It has been made without any seeking of ours, but it cannot be allowed to rest here. Which , of the London journals have received the bribes of the London corporation in return for praise and support ?" Of course, as far as we are concerned, the Times , may have as much inquiry as it likes. As we have given the London corporation neither " praise" nor " support," we shall hardly be .suspected of having been bribed to praise and support that body. But the dirtiness of the insinuation of the Times consists in this, that it puts into the witness's mouth what he did not say, and passes over the utter con tradiction of what he did say, given by Mr. Wood, • whose knowledge and veracity would outweighthree scores of Aclands. "A tho usan d a-year," saYs Mr. • Acland, " was set aside to influence the _news papers." "It is false," replies Mr. Wood, "that any 1000/. a year was voted, or that any 1,0001. a year was spent. Copies of such newspapers as gave full reports of the corporation proceedings were bought for actual use ; and in this way about 1501. a year was spent." That Mr. Acland's statement can stand, in the face of Mr. Wood's contradiction is impossible. But what does Mr. Wood's state- • menti amount (to, when taken as the substantive fact ? D oes th e Ti mes mean th e public to suppose, _ that the five morning papers of London, or any one of them, could be " bribed," or biassed, by the purchase of copies amounting in all to the trifling • = sum of 1501. year. We are sorry to have to give the Times another hint—which is, however, forced from us by its out rageous self-laudation as to this corporation story. We would say, then, that a censor, such as the Times assumes to be, should, at least, be impartial. The Times has pounced, with cat-like avidity on this absurd fition of M r . Acland's, imputing some sort of subornation of the press to the London cor poration Awhile, at the very same moment, it was deliberately shutting its eyes to a much greater attempt of the same kind in a totally different quarter. On the 26th of October the case of Mr. West brook was heard in the Bankruptcy Court, and in the hearing the history of a certain Islington Cattle Market Company came to light. For obvious reasons, we prefer to copy the report of the Daily , News, in which this paragraph appears : "There is a claim of 5,7301. on Messrs. Laurie and Attrce, of which 1,5001. will be credited and carried to incidental charges, whenever they render an account of the manner in which 150 ten pound (shares have been distributed among the members of the press, for which purpose they were placed in their hands." This report, we repeat, we copy from the Daily News ' • but the same fact was given in the report of the. Morning Chronicle, and also in that of the Morning lleraid. `The Times of the same day (Oct. 27) gives a report of the case, of equal length with the reports given in the Daily News, or Chronicle, or _Herald. But there is one remarkable difference: In the Times' report not one syllable is found about the " 150 shares appropriated to members of the press." This is unfortunate ; for it certainly gives the Times the appearance of not being impartial—of having one rule for the corporation, and a different and more lenient rule for other corrupters of public virtue. een 0 r ) a fry ) 2 ver, ; Fe tsv ; 1,2 )rth, share :idly Per, :AO No) :tb," Du Ito ess It tla rs, I; 9, 20 ; . • . 7iii 1 ' ; ingh all Avail c e )33 % 103,1 i' et tt ioi - I `` ',ions 0 Noel rs, 1 °; st-oil JO V 11 ue I igla n :11 31) )1'• V.: , r, 1 6 26 ,16% • .SS' 19 ed.i I 1111 ' 6 0 , I. l U 111 ivg f a 0 0 g o CJ' vrjr' at a 4 era , in t a' f ( j 1 11 I ~grti f°' t 6 I. 51 ' . . 4 e. ;et O i l , 1 5 1 , .TIZ u• r 4 t7s yit epo i 9.11 13 0 hey )1.2v ma /. NO ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF PALE ALE. THE Principal Firms of Burton having advanced the price of EAST INDIA PALE ALE 6s. per barrel, Messrs. TETLEY and SON think it necessary to inform their friends that they do .not intend to alter the price of theft Ales on orders registered before Christmas next. The quality and condition shall be such as to maintain the character it has heretofore sustained. The Brewery, Leeds ; City Stores, 26, Crosbyhall Chambers. Oct. 24, 1854. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND LIRE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Instituted A.D. 1815. Head Office—Edinburgh, 5, St. Andrew-square. SPECIAL NOTICE. ASSURANCES effected with this Society before the close of the current year (1853), will be entitled to rank at all future Divisiow of Profits as of a FULL YEAR'S STANDING! OVER THOSE DE LAYED TILL 1854. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. Wm. LINDESAY, Secretary. P.S.—This Society's Policies are now issued without way charge for stamp duty. LONDON HONORARY BOARD. George Young, Esq,, Mark-lane. Charles Edward Pollock, Esq., Barrister, Temple. David Hill, Esq., East India House. John Murray, Esq., Publisher, Albemarle-street. Samuel Laing, Esq., M.P. Sir John Thomas lirl_gs Admiralty. Leonard Horner, Esq., Home-office. John Taylor, jun., Esq., C : E , Queen-street-place. Agent—Hugh Si Kean. Office-4, Royal Exchange-buildings, GEORGE REEVES, 3,4, and 5, POPE'S HEAD ALLEY, 19, CORNHILL, LONDON, (pearly opposite the South Entrance to the Royal Exchange), being determined to supply the Public with the very best WINES and SPIRITS, at the lowest remunerating prices, begs to submit the to] lowing list for their consideration : WINES. Good Draught Ports and Sherries • • 245. per dozen. Superior ditto (second to none) Very fine Old Crusted Port, 4 years in 80tt1e.... 425. per dozen. Fine Old Sherry, Pale or Brown ........ •. 425. per dozen. SPIRITS Gin of the finest Quality, 9s. 6d., 10s. Bd., and 12s. per gallon. Fine Old Jamaica Rums, 10s. 8„ 125., and 16s. per gallon. Glenlivet and Campbelton Whiskies, imported direct, 5 years old, and 5 over proof, 20s. per gallon. G. R. having purchased, previous to the rise, 50 Hogsheads of Martell's Pale and Brown Brandies, 4 and 5 years old, feels disposed to offer them at the Original ertees, taking no advantage of the 3s. advance in the markets. Finest Pale Champagne BranJy...... •• 28s. per gallon. Coloured ditto .............. 2fis. per gallon. Hampers charged Is. per dozen, and bottles 2s. per dozen. REMITTA NOES in all cases to be made In advance, by Post office Order, or by Cheque payable In London. QIRWILLIAMBURNETT'S DISINFECTING FLUID.—The best Concentrated " CHLORIDE OF ZINC."— Great Redaction of Price.—The merits of this Fluid, invented by Sir W. Burnett, 11I.D . F.R.S., &c., &c., for the Disinfection of Sick Rooms, Clothing, Linen, &c.; the prevention of Contagion; the preservation of Animal Matter from Putrescence; the purification of Bilgewater, Cesspools, Drains, Water Closets, &c., are now so wel known to the public as to render comment unnecessary. Sold at the Office, 18, Cannon-street, City, London, and by Che mists, Shipping Agents, and others throughout the United Kingdom, hi Imperial Quart Bottles at 2s. 6d. ; in Pints at ls. 3d. ; in Half- Pints at 9d.; and in bulk at Os. per Gallon. CAUTION.—BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.—The only genuine Disinfecting Fluid is sealed over the cork with the inscription, " Sir Wm. Burnett's Disinfecting Fluid," and accompanied with nume rous Testimonials of the highest order, and instructions for Its use. SECOND EDITION.-WITII ADDITIONS. Just published, Svo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMA.TORRHCEA, with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors In relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the Uenerative System, or Sexual Hypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi :all reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his , over to correct." —London Medical Gazette. May 30, 1851. The tribe of Quiet Syma thlsers,' and Medical Friends,'are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could and its way into the hands of those who suffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat mlnt upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. MEDICAL AD VICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SCIUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall , London, &c., &c. mg.AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro _Weed more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist ence secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitfhl Marri ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are Principles of personal management which cannot be violated without Incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its con-equences may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure DOCTOR LA'AIERT has for a long series of years been engaged 'n an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate corn plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is tree. In selecting this department of practice, he has beets amply rewarded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of those cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from :ix till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 1/., and advice and medicines can he forwarded to any initials or address. It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MEItT hould first obtain a copy of his work on SELF-PRESERVATION. A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty-colocred engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist In the correct description of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhril ; Stofie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; or free by post for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's resi dence, 37 R LONDON. NAVAL IIVTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 4. Sir Edmund Lyons, the new 'commander-in-chief for the Mediterranean, arrived by the train this afternoon, and at once visited the port admiral, Sir Thomas John Cochrane, in the dockyard, accompanied by his secre tary and retinue. After which Sir Edmund,-with the port admiral, and attended by Captain M'Cleverty, with Flag-Lieutenant Hankey, called on Rear Admiral Superintendent Fanshawe in the office department. The Terrible, 21, paddle, Captain M'Cleverty, is not expected to . leave Spithead before Sunday. Lieut. Lumpley, W. Peyton, and Lieut. Thos. M. M. Wynward have been appointed first and second to the Frolic, 16, Commander Nolloth. The Frolic is making a good show in her rigging, and has already entered between 50 and 60 good men. They will have a picked crew, for men are offering in all directions; the difficulty is in refusing. The Dauntless, 33, screw, is ordered to have a thorough examination as to the cause of the stench arising from the interior of the after part ; it is almost unbearable the first thing in the morning, and we are glad to know that no exertion or pains will be spared to ascertain from what cause this effluvium arises, and with the chemical appliances at hand we doubt not but that the evil will be speedily remedied. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 4. Her Majesty's frigate President, 50, Captain Bur ridge, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Price, sailed at 7 a.m. yesterday for the South American station. The crew of the Madagascar, store depot, 44, was paid wages on Tuesday, and she was towed out of har bour by the Confiance and Pique steam-vessels. She sailed last evening for Rio Janeiro. WOOLWICH, Nov. 4. APPOINTMENTS: Paymaster John Colwell (1832), to the Agamemnon, 91, screw steam-ship, at Devonport. Mate at Portsmouth. Josih H. Hatchard (185 2), to the Frolic, 16, Midshipman Hon. A. K. IL Legge, the Diamond, 28, at Sheerness. Second Masters.— PROMOTIONS. Francis J. J ameson (1845), serving William W. in the Leop ar d, 18, paddle-whe e l s t eam -f r i gate, an d e (1845), to th rank of Masters. The following Kiddi chief engineers of the third class have been advanced to be engineers of the second class : George Weeks, chief engineer of the Slalom, 18, iron screw steam-troopship, employed on particular service. S'ampson - Harris, chief engineer of the Horatio, 24, screw steam -ship. Ma.srice, Johnson, chief enaineer of the Firebrand paddle-Wheel, steam frigate on the Mediterranean sta tion. William G. Wratten, chief engineer of the Styx paddle-wheel steam-sloop, on the East India station. The following shipwrights at Woolwich Dockyard have been promoted to be leading men, which will add is. per day to their pay :—George Leaper, Michael Hall, and Charles Sweet. Shipwright William Stone is appointed writer to Measurer. PEMBROKE, Nov. 4. The term of service as Captain-Superintendent, Sir Thomas' Pasley, expires next session, when it is conjectured the gallant captain will go to Chatham, to be succeeded at Pembroke by Captain Baynes, C.B. The town of Pembroke has been lighted with gas, and it is hoped that this invaluable agent will be ex tended to the dockyard without delay. The Saturn depot-ship, is to be paid off and re-com missioned ; a report however, is current that the haven is to be honoured w i th a guard-ship as at the other establishments. The Saturn would then be convert e d into an hospital shi p , and a fri g ate stationed in the haven instead. This arran g ement would be a most desirable one, as at present not a single gun is afloat for the defence of the invaluable property ou the shores Of the harbour. M es e , ld L h ib as rar r y e: foothtse OefchSahr:i Mn. EOBUCK, M.P.—The Mayor for li his inability to at but as my great object is now to take my place in the rule of conduct prescribed t , rigidly observe every shall be able to obtain nn o . me, by which lam told I all excitement is forbidden •wish. Among other things, my appearance at the; and I was blamed for making public meetings are cutlers' feast. All speaking and ordered to be as especially proscribed ; and lam mit." quiet and calm as my nature will per- EmIGRATION L FROM ing last week, L OCHABER.— On Tuesday even nearly a ochaber witnessed the depart ure o f eof he so d t golden shores the Lochi 1 r ef Australia. ns and These au were ghters all for from e property, and went under the auspices of the Highland and Is land • Emigration Society, their part theirexpenses, landlo r d p ay i ng t h e third of and cancelling all th e i r arrears of rent. There can be no better proof that emigration from parts of the Highlands is necessary than the fact thA these people have voluntary left possessions under one of the most indulgent landlords in the country. They found that even without paying rents they could only exist in misery and wretchedness, and they consequently determined to take advantage of the only alternative left them. Even this they could not have accomplished had they not been aided by the Highland and Island Emigration Society— a society deserving the support of all interested in the improvement and prosperity of the country.—lnvcritess Courier. SALE OF ARTILLERY BY AUCTION. —An extraordinary sale by auction took place last month at Jamaica, withi n the hail of the Government building, consisti ng o f " all the brass cannon and mortars" at present etistincr i n the citadels and fortresses of Panama, Porto Ilea, an d Chagres, by order of the governor, and is described as " excellent metal.