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ART UNION OF LONDON (By Royal Charter).—The SUBSCRIPTION LISTS WILL CLOSE 31st Instant. SPECIMENS of the Two Prints to be given to every Subscriber may be seen at the Office—viz., The Surrender Of Calais," a work of national and historical interest, by li. ROBIN SON, after 11. E. Selnus ; and " Christ Led to Crucißxion." In addi tion to the above Two Prints, each prizeholder will be entitled to select for himself a work of Art from one of the public Exhibitions. GEORGE GODWIN, Honorary LEWIS POCOCK, 5 Secretaries. 444, West Strand, March 8, 1853. THE EBRO CANALISATION COMPANY. The Shareholders in England are respectfully reminded that the second Instalment of 41. per share is now in course of payment, subject to a deduction of Six Months' Interest, at the rate of 4 per Cent. per Annnum, upon the original deposit of 4/. per share. Inte rest will be charged on any payments in arro'r after 31st March next. . By order of the Directors. C. STEWART, Secretary , 4, Adam's Court, Old Broad-street, 28th Feb., 1853. EAST and WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY'. The DIRECTORS hereby Give Notice, that it is intendec (unless the charges shall have been previously paid) to sell, 01 the 11th April next, such WINEq, RUM, and other SPIRITS, a: from the length of deposit, or depreciated quality. are not considere( to be worth the charges thereon. and that sundry parcels for whirl; Warrants have been issued will be Included in such sale. A List of all the Goods may be seen at this House. GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock House, • Silliter-square, March 1, 1853. ANTWERP and ROTTERDAM RAILWAY COMPANY.—NOTICE IS HEUMW GrttN, That interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per arnum for the fialf•year ending 31st Marct, 1853, will he PAYABLE on the ,SHARES of this Company on and after the 4th April next. •The Certificates must he left at the Offices of the Company inc Brussels or in London, or at the Bank of Messrs. Fould, Fould, OPPenhaim, and Company, in Paris, five daya previous to the deli very of the interest warrants. By order of the Boat d. W. MACKENZIE SHAW, Sec. 16. Canon-street, London, March 3, 1853. -NEW SOUTH WALES GOLD MINES. Office in London-16, Cornhill. Agent in Sydney—W. Davyes, Esq., Hunter-street, Sydney. The Committee have the pleasure of informing the shareholders that they have received specimens of auriferous quartz, taken from the Company's lands in the Hunter River district, and that upon subjecting them to analysis the following result is given:— ..Assay -office , 79, Hatton-garden, London, February, 1853. "The specimen of gold quartz assayed for the .New South Wales Gold Mining Company contains 14 ounces of fine gold to'the ton of 20 cwt. of quartz. (Signed) " JonNsort and MATTHEY." This return, at the price of gold at 4/. per ounce, must yield the most extraordinary results, and in making this communication the Committee have likewise the pleasure of stating, that of the freehold auriferous land now absolutely in their possession, they have entered into a conditional contract for the disposal of 500 acres on such terms as alone place this Company in a position equal to many others commanding a very high premium, and also that measures 01 the most active description, both here and at Sydney, are now in progress, by which the interests of the undertaking will be insured to the fullest extent. A detalled report will be shortly issued. By order of the Board, R. M. WESTMACOTT, F.G.S., Managing Director. • March 3, 1853. BANK OF ENGLAND, March 8, 1853. The Court of Directors of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England give notice, That a GENERAL COURT will be held at the Bank on THURS DAY. the 17th inst., at Twelve o'clock precisely, to consider of a DIVIDEND. Also that another General Court will be held at the Bank on Tuesday, the sth of April next, from Ten o'clock in the fore noon tin Four in the afternoon, for the election of a Governor and De- Puty-G wernor for thd year ensuing, which will be declared that evening ; and the same Court will be continued by adjournment, and held at the same place, and during the same hours, on Wednesday, the 6th April next for the election of twenty-four Directors, which Will also be one of the Quarterly General Courts appointed by the Charter, and the election of the twenty-four Directors will be de clared as soon as the scrutiny is over. Printed lists of the Proprietors having votes will be ready to be delivered at the Bank on Thursday, 24th Ad arch. - JOHN BENTLEY, Secretary. N.B By an Act passed in the 7th year of George the Third, no person will be entitled to vote at the said Election who shall not have been six calendar months possessed, in his own right, of the stock for which he shall then give his vote, unless the said Stock shall have been acquired or shall have come by bequest or by marriage, or by succepinn to an intestate's estate, or by the custom of the City of London, or by any deed of settlement after the death of any person who shall have been entitled far life to the dividends of such Stock. CONTRACT FOR HALF BOOTS AND BLACKING, Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-Place, sth March, 1853. (SHE Commissioners for executing the Office of L Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on THURSDAY, e 24th instant, at oNE o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and de livering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEPTFORD the Undermentioned Articles for the use of the Royal Marines, viz. : LADIES of delicate complexion, who suffer from exposure to cold winds and damp atmosphere, will find imme diate and soothing relief in the application of ROWLANDS' KALY DOR. It allays all irritation and tenderness of the skin, and renders it :oft, smooth, and pleasant; removes cutaneous disfigurements, freckles, and tau, and imparts a healthy and blooming appearance. Gentlemen, after shaving, will find it allay the irritability and smart in: pain, and render the skirt smooth and pleasant. Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its selection by Royalty and the several Courts throughout Europe, together with the elite of the aristocracy. Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle. ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL is a delightful/ 7 fragrant and transparent preparation for the Hair, and as an Invigorator and purifier beyond all precedent. Weakness. premature greyness, and tendency to fall off, are entirely prevented by its regular application. ROWLAND'S ODONTO, or PEARL DENTIFRIFICE, preserves and beautifies the Teeth, strengthens the Gums, and renders the Breath sweet and pure. - - - - - sold by A. Rowland and Son, 20, Hatton-gardens, London ; and by Chemists and Perfumers. NO ACT OF PARLIAMENT REQUIRED TO SETTLE{ THE BOTTLED BEER QUESTION. _ I_2J ARLE BROTHERS and CO. beg to inform the Public that they have made arrangements to Sell Bass's or .11lsopp's PALE ALE, and other Pale Ales of the first quality, Genuine DUBLIN STOUT, in Bottles manufactured expressly for th ,, m, containing the full IMPERIAL QUART and PINT MEA SURE, at the following prices : Bass's or Allsopp's best Pale Ales, at per dozen im- s. d. pedal quarts .. 8 0 Ditto ditto pints 4 6 Genuine Dublin Stout, warranted of the first quality— Per Dozen hnperial quarts .. .. 7 0 Ditto ditto pints .. .. 4 0 Earle Brothers and Co guarantee their Ales and Stout to bo of the finest quality, and earnestly invite the Public to avail themselves of the great saving they will make by honouring this firm with their patronage. • Earle Brothers and Co. call the attention of the Public to the im portant fact, that they are offering Three Gallons, that Is, One Dozen and a Half of the present miscalled Quarts and Pints, for a Lower Priee than the Public is now generally paying for Two Gallons, or One Dozen of precisely the same article, identical in quality, and brewed by the same eminent firms. The advantage to the Public is one-third more for the same price. The Public has loudly complained of the short measure it has been the practice of the dealers in Bottled Ileer to give. Earle 'Brothers and Co. offer the Public"a complete remedy, and respectfully Leg the Public to avail themselves of it. . TERMS, C ASII. e. Bottles charged per dozen, quarts .. • . d o . Ditto ditto pints .. .. 2 6 Full credit given for the bottles when returned. EARLE BROTIIERS and CO., Wine and Beer Merchants. 4, DUNCANNON-STREET, TRAFALGAR-SQUARE, LONDON. CITY I MPROVEMENTS. —What a change ! since the days of Chaucer and the Canterbury pilgrims ; then the trading metropolis of the universe had but few Business Houses, and a smal amount of trade. Look now at the increased popula tion, the intelligence and importance of all classes, which have claims in business before unknown. The purposes for which the gigantic Establishments of E. MOSES and SON were built have been Tully explained, and the manner in which business is there trans acted has proved " City improvements" highly satisfactory. These improvements E. MOSES and Son have carried b?yond the boundaries of the City, the same principles of business being pursued at their Branch, NEW OXFORD-STEEEI, corner of HART-STREET. The money saved by individuals and families by patronising each Branch of E. ilosas and Son's business has been regarded as the greatest im provement of all. The telegraphic wires, which will soon cones' each part of the City, is an improvement in the way of dispatch, and is illustrative of the speed and correctness manifested in all com mands given to E. MOSES and Son—whether these are for Attire, to measure or ready made—for Waterproof Clothing or the easiest and most fashionable Sporting Dress—for Overcoats, Wrappers, or Paletots—for Juvenile Clothing, in the newest styles—for Hosiery, Hats and Caps, or Boots and Shoes—the superior quality and econo mical charges at E. MOSES and SoN's is the greatest " City improve ment," for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Families. EMIGRATION. Emigrants from every part of the United Kingdom are meeting in London, to sail with the (nearly one hundred) vessels bound for the " Land of Gold" during the present month. For every Emigrant of these vast numbers suitability,t.rate Outfit is provided of E. MOSES and SON. The quality, and very low price ll articles re quired by Emigrants iiisures to E. MOSES and Sots the fi Tradesrst position as Outfitters for Ladies a id Gentlemen, Mer chants,men, Mechanics, Farmers, or Gold-diggings. A separate department is kept for Outfitting; and full lists of Outfits had on applicati for ladies and on , gentlem posten, w ith Ship sailing information, may be or free, to any part of the kingdom. CAUTION. —E. MOSES and SON reet having to guard the that sta t b h i s u h f in t t e r i a i des t m or a7 " .l l i t kie s ipatit.bellhcoaogdaoinfs,t,lapil=VlNl:etil the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for nied r obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as fellows : London City Establishment, 154. 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 94,86, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506,507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, B sh ra effi iito el r d d 3, hart-street, all communicating. • f l ir ra o n rk eh sh . i 3 re 6 ) , Branch, te. 19 aud. 20, Bridge-street. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned sel wi T th h o e ut E h s e ta s b it l a is t h io m n. ent A s l a l rgeooodlossaordefrmoarmkesd in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. Saturdays, when business is resumed till k, entitled The World's u Emigrant's Assistant, full list of prices, anl n a2 s p e oh, t ca l F roo r es i k, d u. a y o otnotasiuZt the on, A new 800 surement, may be had on application, or A handsome Almanac for the year ending the kingdom. pos d t if fr ec e t e ir to s for an yp f a a r n t ea o : 1853 can be had gra tis, on application. Id l'on parle Francais. tiler scricht man Deutsch. Qul si parla Italian°. Aqua se liable Espanol HALF BOOTS, BLACKING, Under Contracts for 12 Months certain, and further until the expira tion of 3 months' warning. The Conditions of the revised Contract, to which particular atten tion is called, may be seen at the said Office, and patterns of the articles at the Marine office, New-street, Spring-gardens, between the hours of 10 and 2. No Tender will be received alter One o'Clock, on the Day of Treaty, nor any hotieed, unless the Party attends, or an Agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, and bear In the left-hand corner the words " Tender for ," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a Lc tter signed by a responsible Person, engaging to become bound with the Person tendering, in the Sum of 2001. for the due performance of the Contract for Half Boots, and in the sum of 1001. for the Blacking. CONTRACT FOR ELM TIMBER. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, sth March, 1853. THE Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord high Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the sth April next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat With such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying her kaJesty's several Dockyards with 2,240 Loads of ENGLISH ELM TIMBER, and 10 ELM TREES for PUMPS, felled between the middle of November and the end of February last, and to be delivered at prices (including all carriage and other expenses), by the 31st December next. Tenders may be made for the supply of any one or more of the Yards or for the whole of them. A D istribution and a Form of the Tender may be obtained at the said °Moe. No Tender win be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor wbl - any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Elm Timber," and must also be delivered at Somerset place, accompanied _ b y a letter signed by two responsible persons, engag ing to become bound ` h the person tendering, in the sum of 11. per load for the duo performance of the Contract. ALLSOPP'S PALE OR LITTER ALE.- Messrs. S. ALLSOPP and SONS beg to Inform the TRADE that their celebrated ALES may be obtained in Casks of 18 Gallons and upwards, from tbe BREWERY, Burton-on-Trent ; and from the undermentioned Branch E King William-street, City; LIVERPOOL, at Cook-street; MANCHESTER, at Ducle-place ; DUDLEY, at the Burnt Tree ; GLASGOW, at 115, St. Vincent-street; DUBLIN, at Ulster Chambers, Dame-street; BIRMINGHAM, at Market-hall ; Messrs. ALLSOPP and SONS take the opportunity of announcing to PRIVATE FAMILIES that their ALES, so strongly recom mended by the medical profession, may be procured in DRAUGHT and BOTTLES GENUINE from all the most RESPECTABLE LICENSED VICTUALLERS, on " ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE" being specially asked for. When in bottle the genuineness of the label can be ascertained by Its having " ALLSOPP and SONS" written across it. MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medic al Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall. London, &c., &c. MAY 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 duced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis- Faaes known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience la 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 Unfruitful 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 consequences 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'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com 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 Ire.. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply ress arded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these 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 Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of ii., and advice and medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT should 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 coloured 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. riper Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; or free 0 3 r post for forty-two stamps, to any addr ess from the Author's resi uence, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. DR. CIILVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row , Carvalho, 147 . Fleet-street, Mann, 39, Cornhill. Price One Shilling each ; by POrit, Is 61. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Tim." CONTENTS :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Morenings—Ex tirsiuns about the Environs of London —The Parks, Lanes, Hills F orests, Fields, High-roads, and other p leasant places - Country Trips and Rambles—The Sea —London at Night —Evenings at Home Music —The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, .vest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. FRAGMENTS FROM THE FOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol. I. VISIT TO THE LAKES; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c. Tel. 11. THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. 111. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, "That threw score years and ten our course may run." A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner " - us l 7-debilitated health and enfeebled constitut on that ha rasses Young, besets the man of pleasure, businc.s or study, and em bitters old ago; with tables arid rulesfor the diet and physical regu „ ration of every-day life. IV. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, . .. . - Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." &Timm :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. Th‘t ad 'rent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, parra th'e, and retnediative. Advocacy of early marriages. THE MARRIAGE STATE. To be or not to be, that is the question." P Romustmx:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and roloe, on both sides, as to age temperament, comp l ex i on, an d jure to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Cases, defectiveness and its removal. Sterility audits convers i on . vases, & c , ,BR. J. CCrLVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. 1824 y ), Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic R e f eree i n t h ere matters. Price ls. each ; by post, Is. CA. vTo be h a d o f Sh erwoo d. 23, P a t ernos t er - row ; Carvalho, 147, eet-street ; M ann, 39, Cornhill; or of M. R. Culverwell, M.D., 1 1,. Aro 11-place, Regent-street, who may be consulted d a il y from "" 1 URI Five, and Seven till Nine. IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by IL RaiMere. 219, Regent-street, London. No I. Svo., in cloth, price Is. by post free, bs. 6d., ON TRUE•& FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, with the View; o the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the Generative System, or Sexual Hypochondrinsis. 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 nos-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his ower to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. "We uromised in a former number that we should recur to this w - wit, in order to exhibit its aim more clearly. The author lashes with great severity the impostors who make a livelihood by preying on the ciedulity of the public. The tribe of ' Quiet Symathisers,' m e dical Friends,' are met cilessly exposed ; and if thi s b oo k e l' o n i d ild find its way Into the hands of those who gaffer fr , m th com plaint of which it trefits, we are satisfied that many h indreds would he saved man needless suffering of Undy and mind, and what is of l es s importance, thoueh it is that which the quacks most prize— ...... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the etn of Cleating Spermatorrlea, and to place the treat cmpir teal sy_t n more rational and physioloeical basis. It is, therefore, motet upon 1 d " Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. prize— much roney. likely to do ` much goo . No. It. svo., in cloth, price Is. lid., by post free, 48., THE CrRE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on retie'. pies at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, In even its most Inveterate apparently Intractable Forms. BY F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. •' In Korn of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given tie history of a great many cases successfully treated, as had as any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which ho had operated. Such are cases ix., xi., xii., and xviii. No. ix. had res'sted, for a wasp pe a finally b t h period of twelve years, the treatment e l s iy x d v ilita . a t n io d n, xi a x n . d a tinenCl°tivraedtioT,assevmearint3Y,v*a*enedksc.oniipluitclett'ron of symptoms, of a more ag. gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet tit:, treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently successful." —Professor Liners on the Treatment of Stricture. . 18,864. NEW WORK ON INDIA. Now ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations , 21 5. , T RAVELS IN INDIA AND KASHMIR. By Baron SCHONBERG. " This account of a Journey through India and Kashmir will be read with considerable interest. Whatever came in his way worthy of record the author committed to writing, and the result is an cittertaintng nod instructive miscellany of inrormation on the coun try, its climate, its natural productions, its history, and antiquities ; and the character, the religion, and the social condition of its inha bitants. The remarks on these various topics possess additional interest, as the author views India And our rule over that country with the eye of an impartial observer."—John .Hurst an I illackett, Publishers, Successors to Ilenry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 13, (:rest Marlborough. street. NOTICE. ---13ITRKE'S PEERAGE and BABONETAGE fo'r 1553.—The New and Improved Edition of this important National Work, which has occupied the Author's attention for a conSiderkble time. is now almost completed, and will be ready for publication next month. The great care and the vast research rendered necessary by the Author's anxious desire to pro duce a still more perfect history of the Titled Classes than has yet been given, have retarded the appearance of the work, but it is con fidently hoped that the public will consider the delay more than com pensated for by the perfection of the forthcoming Edition. Published for Henry Colburn by his successors, Hurst and Tfialkett, 13,' Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. • • DEDICATED TO THE WOMEN OF ENGLAND. - Now ready:, demy Bvd., price 15s. bound in cloth, AN EXPOSITION of the LAWS RELATING • to the WOMEN' of ENGLAND, showing their Rights, Remedies, and Responsibilities in every Position of Life. By J. J. S. WHARTON, M.A., Barrister-at-law. Londonr Longman, Brown, • Green, and Longmans. ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY , Instituted, 1774, and supported solely by Voluntary Contribu- ti ens. Ills Grace the Duke of NORFOLK, E.M., and K.G., President. The Committee have the pleasure of announcing that the Seventy ninth ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of this Institution will he held In the FREEMASONS'-HALL, Great Queen-street, TO-MORROW (Thursday) ; The Right Hon. the Earl of Powls, V.P., in the chair. Dinner on Table at Half-past Five. Tickets, i/. each ;to be had at the offlce, 3, Trafalgar-square, or the Freemasons'-tavern, Great Queen street. Honorary Silver Medalions will be presented by the Chairman after the dinner. Since the commencement of the frost, above 100,000 persons have ventured on the Ice in the Parks, and 229 have been immersed and rescued by the Society's Icemen, and only one fatal accident occurred. Subscriptions and Donations thanklully received by Benjamin Hawes, Esq . Treasurer ; Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., Ceruhill ; Drum mond and Co., Charing-cross, bankers ; and at the Society's Office, 3, Trafalgar-square, by bth March, 1853. JOSEPH CHARLIER, Sec. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED, LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Came, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorathig properties enables the stomach to perfectly digeQt the food. The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurck-street, London, and 63 Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons. Messrs Cresse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. - • ' t t • ~"‘"‘ ) R A 4r . .r• 1. • • , 44:11 0 u r ' "%•1 0 - ' e 4 , sul , „ ; _ , . • • , „ 7•' s = , . t . A , 7 - " ; - . . - .' l / 4 .••••• +O4 . r * e ~ 4 4' x ' ' ir T • _-d LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1853. T HE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC JUNCTION COMPANY. Navigation through the Isthmus of Darien without Locks. . Notice is Hereby Given, that the Directors will proceed to an A llotmeat of Shares on TaURS DAY, the 17111. instant. J. ROBERTS BLACK, Secretary. 36, Moorgate-street, Bth March,'lBs3. NOTICE. TOINVENTORS, ARTISTS ' ANTI/ OTHERS. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU 'T'ION will be CLOSED after the sth of AIARCU until EASTER MONDAY, for the purpose of ER EcTING spae.oua NEW ROOMS for a PkIOTO , 4ItAPIIIC SCSI &c. .„. MODELS of MACHINERY, which will be described to to Visi. tors, WORKS of ART, &c., will be RECEIVED for EXHIBITION, free of expense to.the Depositors, until the 21st of MARCH. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- Lessee, CHARLES E. LAURENT, Otislow-house, Fulham road. 'Open Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, during, the week, "The Thistle," " shamrocu," " Carillonneur." and" Wind sor-castle" Waltzes, the "Chamoagne Galep," and "Marco Spada," "Le Cirque," and " Faridondaine" Quadrilles. Admission, • Is. Doors open at Half-past Eight; dancing to commence at Nine o'clock, and to terminate at Half-past Eleven. T" ARCTIC COMPANY.To belncorporated by Royal Charter, or Act of Parliament, with limited liability, as the " ROYAL ARCTIC COMPANY." For the purpose of carrying on Whale and other Fisheries, and for Mining and Colonising a certain tract of land in Davis Straits, under a grant from the Crowe. • Provisionally registered under the Act 7 and 8 Pict., c. 110. Capital, 200,0001; in 20,000 shares of 101. each; deposit, V. 10s. per share, to be returned in full in the event of a Charter, or Act of Par liameikt, not being obtained. (With power to increase capital,) TRUSTEES. Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., for London. George Duncan, Esq., M.P., for Dundee.• Sir John Campbell, K.C.H. DIREoTORS. Richard Maxwell Fox. Psq., M.P., Director of the General Screw Steam Navigation Company. George Lathom Browne, Esq., 61, Torrington-square, Director of the Upper India Railway. William Llogarth. Esq., merchant, Aberdeen. F. P. Bore, Esq., 3, Eccleston-terrace, Belgrave-square. (With power to add to their number.) GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT —Captain Penny, late Cbmmander (4 the . _ . . MY '.Lady Franklin and Sophia, Arctic Searching Expedition.' BROKERS—Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, 2, Royal Exchange . btlicrings. The objects- of this Corporation are the application of the powers of the auxiliary screw to whaling vessels, and the establishment of a fishing and mining colony in an inlet on the west side of Davis Straits, known as Northumberland Inlet, or Hogarth Sound, disco vered by Captain Penny, the Arctic Navigator, where the whales hunted front the other fishing grounds find refuge, and especially abound during the spring months, when the ice in Davis Straits effectually prevents any Vessel from approaching the coasts, and on the adjacent shores of which there is greatmineral wealth, especially plumbago (blackhead) In this inlet, lying in latitude 65 deg., longitude 65 deg., on the west coast of Davis Straits, and on the rich mineral land adjacent, her Majesty has been graciously pleased, under certain conditions, to grant to Captain Penny and his co-adventurers a lease of land and a right to trade, make settlements, work mines, and establish fisheries within its limits. The productiveness of the fishery in Northumberland Inlet was tested by Captain Penny, in the years 1844, 46, 47 ; and in 1851, twelve seamen, with only three boats, were landed from the Ameri can whaler " Maclellan" and killed no less than sixteen whales during the spring months, when Davis Straits were closed by the ice. Besides working the privileges conceded by the royal grant, which are confined to the inlet and its adjacent shores. the Company pro pose to engage in the Nova Zembla fisheries, commencing with two new screw steam whalers of 500 tons each, which the Company pro pose sending from Aberdeen in the spring months, the successful prosecution of which is guaranteed by the superintendence of Captain Penny, a successful whaling master of thirty-one years' standing, who will go out to the colony, and pass the first winter in the inlet. The whole of the expenses of Lease, Charter or Act of Parliament, and Registration will be borne by the promoters, and no call will be made without the consent of the Shareholders, or until a dividend has been declared. One-third of the capital having been already subscribed for (chiefly in Scotland), applications for the remaining shares may be made to the Secretary, William L. Hunt, Esq , 3, Cannon.street, City; or to the brokers, Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Royal Exchange buildings. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the Eastborne Union, Sussex, praying that the copies of the general orders issued from the Poor Law Board, may be for the future sent round to the different unions before they are transmitted to the Secretary of State, by whose ratification, at present they become law. Also a petition from the farmers attending different markets in Sussex, praying for the repeal of the malt tax; The Earl of EGLINTON presented a petition from the South Dublin Union, against the dissolution of Kil. niainham Union. Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a petition from Yorkshire against the Maynooth grant, and also praying for the inspection of nunneries. Their lordships then adjourned. COUNTY COURTS. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the merchants and traders of Margate, complaining of the expense, vexation, and delay occasioned by the present state of the administration of the bankruptcy law. The noble and learned lord said that the petitioners did not complain of the law itself, but of the great distance which they were obliged to travel to attend the courts ; and they prayed that the bill now before their lordships for vesting a bankruptcy jurisdiction in the county courts might be passed into law. He had also a petition, numerously signed, from the inhabitants of Brighton, to the same effect. It was impossible for him to present such petitions for extending the jurisdiction of the county courts without entreating the attention of their lordships and of her Majesty's Government to the immense importance of the system of local judicature. He would only mention one circumstance for the pur pose of illustrating the evils of the present system, and which, indeed, it required no argument— to prove. Of the 1,900 or 2,000 cases tried in the supreme courts in one year, sent by writs issuing from all the four courts of Westminster-hall, to be tried at all the circuits, including the circuits of London and Middlesex, more than one-half of the number were cases under 501., which was the extent of the county courts jurisdiction as the law at present stood, and con sequently more than one-half of those cases might be tried much more expeditiously and infinitely more cheaply in the county courts. How many cases did the county courts try between 201. and 501., to say nothing of the thousands and hundreds of thousands under 20/. ? Be tween 201. and 501.—the ground upon which the county courts might be said to come into competion with the supreme courts—there were somewhere about 6,000 cases tried in the county courts, as compared with 1,000 cases tried by the supreme courts under 50/. Anything more monstrous than the state of the law, or rather the administration of the law, in this respect, he could not conceive. The whole of the salaries of the judges of the supreme courts were now paid, and most properly paid, not by the suitors but by the consolidated fund. He thought it was the bounden duty of Parliament and the Government to provide for the expenses of the adminis tration of justice at the expense of the country at large. But in the county courts, where an immense amount of business was conducted, to the infinite relief of the suitors, instead of the country paying the expenses, the poor suitor paid, because he was less capable of paying. Being much less able to bear the burden, on that ac count the suitor in the county courts was saddled with the expense of the administration of justice. That was an anomaly to which he had often had occasion to call the attention of their lordships, but he hoped and trusted that he would not much longer have any occa sion to press it on the attention of Parliament and the Government, 174,0001. was extorted, he might say, from these poor suitors in the county courts, to pay the ex penses of those courts ; and besides that sum, they had to pay about 100,0001. more to the general fee fund, and there was even a surplus—which was even more mon strous and more anomalous still—and that surplus went into the consolidated fund. Lord COLCHESTER gave notice that on Monday next he would move for a return of the number of per sons who had passed the examination established for masters and mates of merchant vessels by the Board of Trade. use of metal of the proper quatty and value, do that there should be no depreciation in the coin. (Hear.) PASSENGERS PASSING TO FRANCE. Mr. JAS. MACGREGOR moved for a return of the annual number of passengers passing between this country and France, beginning with the year 1842, show ing the ports of embarkation and disembarkation, and the annual value of exports and imports to and from France during the same period. Agreed to. PUBLIC 'INCOME AND EXPENDITURE. Mr. W. WILLIAMS moved for an account of the public income and expenditure of the United Kingdom, in the years ending the sth day of January, 1851, 1852, and 1853, distinguishing the actual payments for the ex penses incurred in the collection and management of the revenue ; for the charges of the public debt (the termi nable annuities being valued by estimate), for the ex penses of the civil Government, the allowances to the Royal family and to his Majesty the King of the Bel gians, the establishment of the Lord Lieutenant of Ire land, the expenses of the two Houses of Parliament and ahe civil departments, the other pensions on the Consoli dated Fund, on the gross revenue, and the Civil List ; also the payments for the administra tion of Justice, diplomatic expenses, and on account of the sums voted for the army, navy, ordnance, and miscellaneous services, also public works, bounties, post-office, the quarantine. and, warehouse .establish ments, and all other payments not coming under any of the foregoing heads, with an appendix showing the several items composing each head of the account (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 485, of Ses sion 1852). Agreed to. RAILWAY MANAGEMENT. The Earl of MALMESBURY said that he wished to call the attention of the noble lord opposite to the sub ject of the better superintendence of railway manage ment, and he wished to refer to a letter which a gentle man of the name of Spence had addressed to the Board of Trade about the end of February last. Lord STANLEY (of Alderley) was understood to re quest the noble earl to postpone bringing forward the subject till another day. The Earl of MALMESBURY consented to postpone making his observations till Thursday. Their lordships then adjourned at half-past five o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. WIGTOWN BURGFIS ELECTION. The committee appointed to enquire into the petition against the return for these burghs was sworn in. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time and or dered to be committed :—Copper Miners' in England, and Londonderry Improvement. MALLOW ELECTION. The SPEAKER intimated that he had received a letter stating that it was not intended to proceed with the petition against the return for Mallow. PETITIONS. Mr. G. BUTT presented a petition from attorneys in Wales in favour of the repeal of annual certificate duty. Mr. FREWEN presented a* petition from Sussex against the admission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. SMYTH presented a petition from working men in York against opening the Crystal Palace on the Sunday. Similar petitions were presented by Col. SIBTHORP from members of the Established Church, and from Wesleyans and Dissenters. Mr. V. SMITH presented a petition from Cambridge praying for some measures to put a stop to bribery and corruption in that borough. Mr. HAYTER presented a petition from Cornwall in favour of the distribution of Parliamentary papers to literary and scientific societies. Mr. COLLIER presented a petition from Penzance, in favour of an ocean penny postage. Mr. LOCKHART presented a petition from Scotland against the grant to Maynooth. Mr. BASS presented a petition from Staffordshire in favour of the admission of Jews into Parliament. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION. Mr. V. SMITH gave notice that on an early day he should move an address to the Crown, for a commission to inquire into the corrupt practices at. the Cambridge election. PERJURY IN ELECTION COMMITTEES. Mr. L. KING, with the view of preventing perjury in election committees, gave notice that on Thursday , he should move a resolution to the effect, that the chair man of the Chatham Election Committee, having re ported that it was the opinion of the committee that there were strong grounds for believing that one of the witnesses while giving his evidence was guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury, the Attorney-General be instructed to prosecute such witness for perjury, and that the Attorney-General be instructed to prosecute in all cases where a committee reported that there was ground for believing that perjury had been committed. BRIDGENORTH ELECTION. Sir J. V. SHELLEY gave notice that on Thursday next he should present a petition from certain electors of Bridgnorth, complaining of the introduction of bribery treating and corruption generally, which took place not only at the last election, but at several former elections. ' BLACKBURN ELECTION. Mr. W. PATTEN gave notice that on Tuesday next he should move for a new writ for the borough of Black burn, in the room of the unseated member. METROPOLITAN DRAINAGE. Lord SEYMOUR apprehended that the bill, which stood for second reading to-morrow, under the titl e o f the Great London Drainage Bill, wa s th e same as that referred to the other night by the noble lord at the head of the Home Department, and he wished, therefore, to ask the noble lord whether the Government were' inclined to support the second reading of that bill. Lord PALMERSTON said he should certainly be disposed to support the second reading of the bill, as it was intended to carry out a great public work of vast importance to the metropolis, but of course in su pporting the second reading of the bill, it would only be with the view of having it referred to a committee, where its details might be examined. The principle of the bill was one which he thought the house ought in fact to encourage, but the details of course must be left for a committee to decide. • THE MINT IN AUSTRALIA. Mr. BASS wished to ask the Secretary to the Trea sury a question with regard to the gold coinage. Last night, the noble lord the member for the city of London, stated the Government were disposed to encourage the establishment of mints in Australia, and as there was great curiosity manifested out of doors upon this sub ject, he wishel t• ask what particular. colony Govern ment were disposed to make that concession to. Mr. WILSON said the Government had come to the conclusion that this was a question which much more depended upon the Colonies themselves than the Govern ment at home. Government however were disposed to afford every facility in their power for establishing mints that the colonies might require, but as yet only Sydney had applied for assistance in that way. The colonists had sent over 10,0001. for the purchase of the necessary machinery of a mint, and Government are now engaged in seeing that the money was properly laid out. With regard to the other colonies, Government were quite ready, upon the colonists consenting to bear the whole ex pense and to undertake that no part of the cost should t a n upon this country, to consent to the establishment o f 'c ants under such due regulations as should secure the IRISH PATRONAGE. Mr. J. FITZGERALD moved for a return of the names of the several persons who, since the Ist day of January, 1843, have bee n a pp o i n t e d to fill judicial offices, or the office of Attorney or Solicitor General, in any of her Majesty's colonial possessions, or in any of her Ma jesty's possessions in India, not being natives of India; with the title of the office, the salary and emoluments annexed thereto, and also distinguishing to which bar, whether English, Irish, Scotch, Colonial, or Indian, each person so appointed had previously belonged.— Agreed to. SHERIFF COURTS IN SCOTLAND. Mr. CRAUFURD rose to move for leave to bring in a bill for the more speedy and effectual administration of justice in the Sheriff Courts in Scotland, and stated that if he obtained leave to introduce the bill, he should propose after the second reading to refer the measure to that committee which he presumed would be ap pointed to investigate the bill brought in by his learned friend (the Lord Advocate), to which he entertained serious objections. The main feature of the bill which he (Mr. Craufurd) proposed was the abolition of the double system of sheriff substitutes and sheriffs. At present there was a cheap and expeditious process by which all debts up to 81. 6s. Bd. were recovered in the courts of the sheriff substitute, and he wished that the powers of those courts should be extended, with a sum mary and easy jurisdiction, not merely up to 121., as was proposed, but up to 351. or 50/„ while, in cases of consent, he would allow the court to exercise a summary jurisdiction even beyond that amount. (hear, hear.) He proposed to take away the present powers of appeal on matters of fact to a judge who had not heard the wit nesses, and knew nothing of the circumstances under which their evidence had been given, but the bill pro vided that there should be an appeal on points of law in all cases from 251., and then directly to the supreme courts. His bill would give more extensive jurisdiction to the sheriff substitute than he at present possessed. and would allow the issue of interdicts and injunctions. He proposed to raise the salaries of the judges, who were now exceedingly underpaid. The sheriffs of Scot land were not merely County Court judges, but exercised a large jurisdiction in general matters. They acted in bankruptcy and insolvency cases, as police magistrates, as criminal and civil judges, and their duties were very onerous and important. The bill which he sought to introduce took away the fees now payable in the registration courts, and the additional salary to be given to the sheriffs would be in lieu of those fees. He wished to return to the old Scottish system, and to make the sheriff a resident local judge. The last County Courts Act for England pre vented the County Court judges from acting profession ally, and why should an opposite system prevail in Scot land with regard to the sheriffs principal ? If they wished to secure an effective administration of justice, they must raise the status of the local judges. The position of the sheriff-substitute had been improved, and the best result had followed. He wished now to give a short summary remedy for the recovery of debts under 501., and to con solidate the offices of sheriff-substitute and sheriff-prin cipal, so as, out of the two officers, to make one good and effective judge. The bill brought forward by the Lord-Advocate for the reform of the Sheriff Courts of Scotland was, he admitted, a great improvement in many respects upon the present system, but the mode of pro cedure which he proposed to substitute was by no means equal to that of the English County Court system. He held in his hand a resolution agreed to at Glasgow, at a meeting of bankers, merchants, manufacturers, and others. The bill of the Lord-Advocate was admitted by those gentlemen to provide various useful alterations in the present system, but they expressed a strong opinion in favour of an abolition of the office of sheriff-principal. He believed, if the house would grant him a select com mittee, he should be able to substantiate every word of this resolution, and he trusted that the Government would accede to his motion. (Hear, hear.) Mr. JOHN MACGREGOR said that the subject of a reform in the Sheriff Courts engaged the serious atten tion of all Scotland, excepting, perhaps, Edinburgh. The present Sheriff Courts and th e i r local jurisdiction were a mere remnant of the ancient system which ex isted when judicial situations were heritable. The Lord- Advocate's was a good bill, but the house would never give satisfaction to Scotland until they did away with the system of non-resident sheriffs. The people of Scotland wanted local courts as nearly as possible upon the same plan as the county courts in England. The LORD-ADVOCATE, although he would not oppose the motion, or throw any obstruction in the way of the introduction of the bill, was of opinion that the hon. member had not adopted the most convenient mode of attaining the end which he professed so have in view. He (the Lord-Advocate) introduced a bill on the same subject early in the session, and fixed next Thurs day for its second reading, but, understanding that the Scotch members wished for further time in order to ascertain the feeling of the country with respect to the measure, it was his intention to postpone it to a more distant period. This would enable the Scotch members to follow their usual practice—and a wise one it was— of meeting together to discuss the various points of measures affecting their country, and of communicating to each other the opinions of their constituents. Having no object in view but to obtain the best measure on the subject for Scotland, he could not refuse to allow of the introduction of the hon. member's bill, since he declared that it contained provisions which, if adopted, would prove beneficial in their operation ; but at the same time—judging of the measure by the online which the hon. member had given of it, and the principles on which it was founded—he must avow it was not likely, when introduced, to obtain his support. It was incumbent on him to declare, plainly and unre servedly—and he would not d o so if spoke merely his own opinion —that, so far from thinking the hon. mem ber's bill a step in the direction of reform, he conceived it to be a retrograde and mischievous movement. (Hear, hear.) The system which tha hon gentleman wished to abolish was that of one judge having a cause with the right of appeal, by the parties, to another judge sitti ng in Edinburgh. Now, it was his (the Lord-Advocate's) opinion that this system had been of the greatest possi ble advantage to Scotland, and productive of extreme benefit. (Hear.) So far from thinking that the system of Scotch law merited the obloquy which some would attach to it, it was, in his opinion, more scientific and simple than that of England. The hon. member, while objecting to his (the Lord-Advocate's) measure as stop ping short of what was required, himself proposed a scheme which was obviously imperfect. The hon. mem ber would give summary jurisdiction in cases under 501., but in respect to cases above that value he made no pro vision. The hon. member's scheme was simply an inno vation, and not a reform, and he opposed it, first, be cause it would impair the judicial functions of the sheriff, while it struck at the very root of his administrative functions. (Hear, hear.) Never was anything more erroneous than the opinion that the office of sheriff was not usually held by good lawyers. Why, there had scarcely been a lawyer of eminence in Scotland who had not filled that office. (Hear.) Seven out of the thirteen existing judges and sheriffs ; so had the present and the late Solicitor-General, and most of their predecessors. It was said that the office was a sinecure. It was true that in some of the smaller counties there might not be much to do, but in the larger counties the sheriff underwent a considerable amount of onerous labour. The office was an important link in the whole ad ministrative system ; take it away, and you impaired I the strength of the whole chain of government. The Sheriff Court was as cheap, easy, and smooth an administrative machine as could be devised. (Hear, hear.) It was said that his measure would not satisfy the country. Now, he did not expect that a measure which made considerable changes and dealt with' many details would obtain universal concurrence ; but he had reason to think that it had been received with favour hitherto, and that it was likely to advance in the good opinion of the people of Scotland. Favourable re ports had been received from Edinburgh, and at a meet ing held in Dumfries a resolution had been passed in favour of the existing system of two judges. It was not his intention to surrender the character of a law reformer because he was not prepared to support the hon. mem ber's bill, and to sacrifice one of the most useful institu tions of the country. (Hear.) Mr. HUME cared nothing for the praises which the learned lord had lavished on the Sheriff Courts in Scot land. Head heard similar eulogiums passed on all the worst abuses of the Courts of Chancery. (Hear.) The Scotch lawyers were, he feared, behind those of the rest of the empire. (A. laugh.) The learned lord would have done well to imitate the late Solicitor-General for Ireland, who, in one of the most important speeches_iL,oi doll; law reform ever delivered in that house—(hear) declared his intention to pla ce th e people of Ireland, as ~~ x 7 [PRICE SD. regarded the administration of justice, on the same foot iny as the people of England. The . most earnest law reformers in Parliament were members connected with the profession. As regarded the learned 'lord's bill, he would find that the people of Scotland were opposed to it in the proportion of three to one. Mr. EWART was surprised at the resolution referred to by the noble lord as having been adopted at Dumfries, because he alwayS understood that the opinion of t he people in that part of Scotland was hostile t o th e preserii -system. It was impossible not to•admire in many re .tpects the Scotch law, but that was not the question here. What they had to consider was a special act of law re form, and the ciuestion was, why should they have two judges when one might do, and one of those non-resident ? (Loud cries of " Hear.") He did not gather from the Lord-Advocate whether it was his in tention to allow the present bill to go before a select committee, so that it might be considered concurrently with his own ; nor whether it would be competent to the committee to hear witnesses. With reference to the remuneration of the sheriffs, he must say the sheriff-sub stitute was in many cases very inadequately paid. In the district with which he was connected as a represen tative, great fatigue and labour were undergone by the sheriff-substitute, and he was, nevertheless, greatly un derpaid. In Ireland local judges had been appointed under the name of assistant-barristers ; in England County Court judges had also been appointed ; and it was desirable that the same principle should be carried out in Scotland. He would say generally that it was of importance to establish some degree of uniformity be tween the law of the three kingdoms ; and he was happy to believe that towards this " consummation so devoutly to be wished," facts as well as wishes were gradually tending. (Hear, hear.) Mr. F. MACKENZIE hoped the learned Lord-Ad vocate would not consent to the second reading of this bill, when that stage arrived, nor to its being sent to a select committee, there to be considered concurrently with his own. If - the bill went before a committee in that way, he would find the question involved in the greatest difficulties. He denied the accuracy of the as sertion that the sheriffs depute were sinecurists in Scot land, and he was satisfied that, if the present system of having two sheriffs was done away with, it would strike a blow at the civil and criminal jurisprudence of Scot land from which it would not soon recover. When hon. gentlemen spoke of the County Courts in England, he begged to remind them thet those courts were but a new experiment, and that it would be unwise to transfer to Scotland a principle which, for aught they knew, might at some future time be ab an d on ed i n E ng l an d. (Hear, hear.) Mr. FERGUS thought the law and practice of the two countries should be assimilated in all cases where it would be an improvement to do so ; but he could not help saying that a great deal of what had been brought forward by the hon. member for the kyr burghs was not improvement, but rash innovation. (Hear, hear.) Ho was not an Edinburgh lawyer, nor was he tainted with the prejudices of the profession, but, from long residence in Scotland, he was convinced that undoubted advantages arose from the appeal from the local judge to the judge in Edinburgh, and he should be sorry to see it abolished. (Hear, hear.) Whatever was done, he hoped this ap peal would still be maintained. Mr. WHITESIDE said the assistant-barristers in Ireland were not residents in the counties where they acted as judges. When they finished the civil and ' criminal business that came before them as judges, they were accustomed to return to their practice in the supe rior courts. (Hear, hear.) Lord DRUMLANRIG said that, with all due defer ence to the zeal of his hon. friend the member for Ayr, he considered he had not acted very judiciously in ask ing leave to bring in his bill at the present moment. The Lord Advocate, in his opinion, had outstepped the bounds of courtesy in giving his sanction to the intro duction of any such bill. There was, no doubt, great excitement in Scotland existing on this question. There was a fixed determination come to that some law reform must be adopted ; but surely it would establish a very awkward precedent if, when the Lord Advocate had not only brought in a bill, but had intimated his anxious de sire to meet the Scotch members in a body, to listen to their suggestions, to accept all practical advice from them, and from other interested parties in Scotland—it would surely establish a bad precedent if an inexpe rienced and new member were encouraged to come for ward in so inopportune a manner, and press on the house his own independent measure. (Hear, hear.) He was sure that the Scotch members, if they had been ap pealed to in a body, would have supported the Lord Advocate, had he been disposed to oppose the pre sent bill. (Hear.) The Lord Advocate had shown the greatest courtesy to all Scotch members, and he re gretted the member for Ayr had net had more experience, else he would have waited till the Scotch members had met, and until the Lord-Advocate had read his bill a second time. Alterations might be proposed in com mittee. As the member for Dumfriesshire he had seve ral suggestions to make. The convener and others in the county of Dumfries had taken a very strong and able lead in the call for law reform, and when the commis sioners of supply met in January last, at which meeting the resolutions were proposed which he (Lord Drumlan rig) had given that night to the Lord-Advocate to read, and which resolutions seemed so much to - surprise the hon. member for Ayr, there was a unanimous desire ex pressed that all parties should wait till after the Lord- Advocate had brought forward his hill ; they hoped that bill might be referred to a select committee ; but, what ever might be the difference of opinion as to whether two sheriffs or one should be maintained, or how far an extension of the Small Debts Court should be carried, he (Lord Druznlanrig) was certain no body of Scotchmen would approve of the fact of law reform being so prema turely taken out of the Lord-Advocates's hand and the case transferred to the mercies of an English lawyer. (Hear, hear.) He willingly acquitted the hon. member for Ayr of anything like want of courtesy to the Lord- Advocate, but he did not think his present step a judi cious one, and he also considered the present act a bad precedent. Mr. FORBES thought the learned lord was not entitled to find fault with the hon. member for Ayr for bringing in this bill, seeing he had an undoubted right to do so. He trusted the bill would be per mitted to go before a select committee. If the Go-' vernment refused this they would be much less liberal than their predecessors were in the case of the Irish tenant right bills._ Mr. J. PHILLIMORE said the bill of the Lord- Advocate involved this simple principle :—There was a judge in the county who heard the case, having the parties before him, and when an appeal took place he sent up the papers to a judge in Edinburgh, who did not hear the parties, but who decided upon the case. Was such a thing not a monster in jurisprudence ? (Hear, hear.) Mr. DUNLOP said, in Scotland they might boast that while, in England, no man could recover the smallest debt without coming to Westminster, they had for centuries enjoyed the privilege of recovering all debts in a cheap, easy, and simple, way. The County Courts in England were truly a borrowing from Scotland, ex tending in some degree the amount of jurisdiction ; and now they turned round, saying they would confer upon Scotland the boon of County Courts, as if nothing of the kind had existed before in that country. (Hear, hear.) The case was not exactly as it had been put by the hon. member for Dumfries, that in Scotland two judges were doing what one did in England. The sheriffs in Scot land were not only at the head of the police, but had to hear actions for debt, and almost every other class of action besides, so that there was an immense mass of business, and it would be impossible to give to them anything like the great extent that was consigned to the County Courts in England. (Hear, hear.) He could not agree with all that was laid down in the bill of the hon. member for Ayr ; nor, on the other hand, did the bill of the Lord-Advocate altogether meet his, views. He limited too much the small debt jurisdiction. There was, in his opinion, no reason why all sums above the small debt jurisdiction should not be dealt with in the same way. The present system was not what had been stated by an hon. gentleman opposite—that one judge heard the evidence and decided, , and that his judgment was reviewed by another judge who did not hear the evidence—for at present neither judge heard the evi dence, and it was all taken by examiners and reduced to writing and then brought before the sheriff. The Lord- Advocate's bill, however, did away with these written proofs, and in this respect effected a great improvement. (Hear, hear.) He should have preferred greatly leaving to the sheriff substitute the police and the summary jurisdiction, and that the sheriff principal should have all the other cases that came under his jurisdiction, making circuits to the places in which these cases ought to be tried. (Hear, hear.) It was a fact greatly in favour of the care and accuracy with which the sheriffs executed their functions, that out of 14,000 cases not more than 110 had been appealed against to the Court of Session. (Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL wished, before the discussion closed, to say a few words on the general principles in volved in the consideration of the question. There Wa s sno doubt that by local administration justi ce wa ob tained speedily and cheaply, but, if the administration of justice were entirely local, there was a danger that the judge would become too much connected with the p- locality, and likewise that, not havinri the means of a whi ch plying to.those higher sou rces of jurisprudence, were always supplied by th e great central courts of a country, he would be hardly able to give his decision in conformity with the opinions of the most enlightened judges. On th e o th er h and, if the stem dispensed by the c en t ra l courts, then were entirely n arose the evil of expense and delay. It was therefore desirable, if pos sible, to combine the advantages, and avo i d the disad vantages, of b o th these methods. ITThear.) different m o d es of effect ' \--ear, There ing Solicitor-G eneral for Ireland this object, an d the late had m en ti one d the plan adopted i n Ireland, where the gentlemen appointed as f . assistant-barristers continued to practice in the chief courts at Dublin, and were consequently alwaYl equal to the tra • nsaction of business in conformity vnth the Another principles of the highest tribunals of justice. mode, and eod was that as many thought a most happY a a w'llere adopted from ancient times in the n ttion, there was a local judge ver much co nne cted locality, and, to avoid the evil belo connected with a too exelusivelvayle°'e al of appeal to other d n aami point n e i d w stra i reference might be made in the w w ho practised in the persons called sheriffs-dePut4 ,0•'" higher courts, and, whatever :nigh as individual s , were generally allo of competent ability, and men who '4 6 411", the highest positions. (Hear, hear, it appeared, were combined in advantages of a cheap and epee Y a of justice and the dispensation ip , Then, if they were to judge of the syst4nsbiltitssillts_s the statement made by the hon. gentleman w elksi spoke, that out of 14,000 cases, no more than 110 h a d gone by appeal to the Court of Session, ought to grati fying to those who belonged to Scotland, or who took any interest in the Welfare of that part of the kingdom, s te (Hear, hear.) He was certainly s ur p r i se d t o fi n d t h at r t o h o e t re an w d er b e ra g n en ch tl , ema and n c w on h s o tru wis ct he a d n t e o nt c i ha rel n y ge ne t w system.the system It was said that these sheriff-deputes were sinecure of ficers. Was that the fact ! Could it be proved before any committee that those sheriffs received salary with out having any.causes brought before them, without giving legal opinions, and without performing any work ? He conceived that to be an assumption inconsistent with the facts of the case. It was certainly very desirable that all proposed amendments of the law 'should be well considered, and should the suggestions made by the last speake r be deemed conducive to the good administra tion of justice, no one would be more ready, after due consideration, to adept them than his learned friend. But, until he heard more convincing reasons, he should be loth to give his consent to make such a complete change in the Scotch syst em , which appeared to work beneficially, as th at contemplated by the bill now pro posed to be brought in. (Hear, hear.) • Mr. NAPIER should be. sorry that anything oc curred in that house tending to interfere with the local jurisdiction in Scotland ; and he trusted that the course would nob be taken of sending two bills irrecon cilable in principle to the same committee. Let there be a full discussion in the house, and let the house decide which principle should be adopted. He believed that the Scotch bar, as a body, supported the Lord-Advocate's bill, and, as at present advised, his opinion was in favour of the view taken by that learned lord. Mr. COWAN was satisfied that the people of Scot land would be much disappointed if the Lord-. Advocate did not consent to refer both bills to one select com mittee, and give the committee power to receive evi dence. (Hear, hear.) Mr. C. BRUCE trusted that the learned lord would not refer the bills to the same committee. He denied that the sheriffs-depute held sinecure offices, but de clared, on the contrary, that they had great and serious duties to discharge. Mr. DUNCAN said that the whole mercantile body in Scotland were almost unanimous in favour of doing away with the sheriffs-depute. He supported the sug gestion that both bills should be sent to the same com mittee. Mr. HASTIE (Glasgow) spoke in favour of the aboli tion of the functions of the sheriffs-depute and the sub stitution of local administration. After a few words from Mr. CRAUPURD in reply, leave was given to bring in the bill. THE NATIONAL GALLERY AND THE FINE ARTS. Colonel MITRE, in rising to move for a select committee to inquire into the management of the National Gallery, also to consider in what mode the collective monuments of antiquity and fine art possesssed by the nation might be most securely preserved, judiciously augmented, and ad vantageously exhibited to the public, said it might be in the recollection of many hon. members, that at an early part of the session his hon. friend the member for East Lothian had given notice of a motion similar to this, but his hon. friend was afterwards appointed to an office in the Administration, the duties of which precluded him from devoting to the subject so much attention as he could de sire, and for which his qualifications so well fitted him. Under these circumstances, his hon. friend had requested. him (Colonel Mure) to undertake the task, which he him self had been obliged to forego. The house would recollect that no longer ago than 1850 a committee of that house was engaged in a very similar course of investigation, and produced a report founded on a valuable body of evidence. That committee had been suggested, he believed, by the excitement that then prevailed in the public mind in con sequence of the injuries that were alleged to have been committed on several fine works in the National Gallery by a rash process of cleaning. His hon. friend's attention had been directed to the subject from the reappearance in the 'gallery of several other pictures after a like operation, and, similar as might be the objects of the former and of the committee he was now moving for, and short as might be the interval between them, there were various circum - stances which tended to justify or demand a renewal of inquiry at the present season. In the first place there could be no doubt that a very great advance had token place both in the state of public opihion and in the spirit of public discussion and speculation relative to the arts Ix - stitutions in this country since 1850. That, he believed,. was owing to the Great Exhibition, which had given a stimulus to every branch of art in the country; but, in the next place, although the committee of 1850 had gone care fully into the question of cleaning, they did not appear to have altogether exhausted the subject ; and in that remark he thought he was borne out by a passage in their report, in which they said : " With regard to the disputed question of cleaning and varnishing, the committee do not wish to express any opinion, but they refer to the evidence produced before them." It appeared to him to be very desirable, in the present in stance, that some distinct expression of opinion upon this particular point should emanate from the House of Com mons, in order to tranquillise the public mind, and assure them that the Legislature was not indifferent t• a sttlsjes in which it rejoiced to see the public take so strong and anxious an interest. (Hear, hear.) There were various other topics of considerable interest embodied in the form of the present motion, which it might be expected he should advert to, were it the object to raise any discussion upon the subject of the fine arts in general ; but that was not his object. What he had in view was simply to obtain a committee of the house on a subject of considerable extent and interest which the present state of the national and public opinion appeared to him to render at that moment peculiarly ripe for Parliamentary inquiry. (Hear, hear.) Mr: EWART, in seconding the motion, rejoiced that his hon. friend had not limit e d hi s mo ti on to the techniCal question of cleaning the pictures, but that he had extended it to the general question of getting for us a real National Gallery, which should comprise not pictures only, but works of antiquity, casts, and a variety of other specimens indispensable to the cultivation of the fine arts, and the want of which was a disgrace to the country. The ma nagement of the National Gallery had fluctuated in the most extraordinary manner between the trustees -and the Tresury, and he thought some other system should be adopted. He regretted that our collection was not extensive enough. The architect of the National Gal-• lery was asked, while he was building it, whether he had made any arrangements for sculpture as well as pic tures ; but his answer was, " No ; ' because the Minister of that day had not given him to understand that a gall er y of sculpture was to be combined with the gallery o f pictures. Where are the antiquities in the National Gal lery—where the specimens of mediaeval art ? Where the specimens of the beautiful drawings of the great masters? At the Louvre they had a collection of that kind, and in his opinion it was necessary that artists should have the means of tracing out the first conceptions of the great masters by their drawings. In connection with the Louvre, also, ther e was an establishment for tracing the outlines of the works of the great Ina vters, and such tracings, from the wo r k s o f Correggio Raphael, Michael Angelo, and other s , m i g ht b e purchased in Paris for 3f. or 4f. a-piece. In 1836 Mr. Woodburn ha offered to the country a collection of most indubitable drawings of the great masters, which had belonged to Sir T. Lawrence, and in the collection of which he had passed his life and injured his fortune, but the offer was never accepted, and the Consequence was that they were sold and dispersed. Some of them were sent to Bavaria, some to Holland, and some to Russia, while some remained in this country, and were to be found at the Taylor Museum at Oxford, where they were exhibited to the public in glass cases, so as not to be 'liable to any injury. In his opinion the appoint ment of the committee now moved for would be bene ficial, and he therefore hoped it would be agreed to by the house. Mr. B. WALL anxiously hoped that if this committee were appointed it would be the last ; for during 15 years they had had committees and commissions upon this sub ject, and he believed he stated the opinions of a great many out of doors, if not of a great many in that house, when he said there was an anxious desire on the part of the public that an early decision should be come to upon it. He hoped also the Government would inform the house in what posi tion they stood in reference to this subject ; for there had been so many committees and commissions upon it that there was a great contradiction in their reports, and the house was quite ignorant of what the wishes of the Government were, or what they thought would be the most satisfactory arrangement to the country. mmuemelibrrigreeLiondon, when For his own part, he thought that the committee of that house was little calculated to form a pre in per tho p e i n i on. s u te po p n ta th k : n su b b y je t c h t e , n an ob d le h l e or v d e ge he appointed a commission to inquire into it • upon that commission, -besides three most distill putting men, a professor of painting and the most * m 8 shed of the day. eminent chemist Mr. H. D. SEYMOUR said there w gene ral ; sion out of doors that some of the piet as e a b,..a ---- i.. — anPrea. in the process of cleaning, a n d he th erefore ------. -.. 1 1 spoiled subject to be inquired into. With wished that meat of the National Galle r y , h e respect to the manage ought to be taken out of the h did not think that it vested in the keeper of the ands of the trustees and control of some member of tie"acstiellea Pictures under the time might be regarded as Govern ment. The present this country, and he she , a crisis in the history o f . art in second report of the %A be glad to know whether the to be included i ,.... k , Mat Exhibition Commissioners was frewahire? " man motion of the hon. member for Ren- Sir G. STRICRLA.N more practieall D thought that it would have been been limited Y AND had the inquiries of the to the N •committee The rescue of the divine moo _ ational Gallery. • e , t a, of art there from the destroying process of what WAS c aleaclean ingw lone an object of vast in terest. as could sa , for himself, se a lf, that pictures which heretofore he had gazed at with delight were now trans formed by this process into objects of absolute disgust his eyes. • that the hon. gentle- Lord J. RUSSELL wa s of oPin"n was emi nently who had proposed this mo tion —and w ho • qualified to develop° i ts objects — had framed t he An•mAnit. (H e ar, hear.) However de sirable the settlement of t motion with great in - a- ,- l e vex ed question as to the clean ing of the wore other subjects of inquiry in pictures, thereless worthy of investigation. It • wi th art connection wi not t* n in his opinion, whether nt ques w th . was a very importa nt t tog er, with other monuments the pictures to be broug h t of art, might not i be so e them more co ulP e th an the pre sent xtended and diversified as to entitle t e l to the character of a national col lection National Gallery might be consi -1 It had a lways struck him that the Na tiered. (H ea ' w composed, was rather such a collec tions] GallerYp as n ow c omposed , . s . er r rich individual, selecting a number of fine tion as s ' :- for his own particular gratification, might works of art ether, than such a collection gather tog s hould have collected as a great nation together for its instruction and de light. (Hear, hear.) There were vast c numbers of drawi ngs and pi • t ur es belonging to the first beginnings of art which he should desire to have, as eminently valuable both to artists and to the general spectator, as illustrating the his tory of the art. (Hear, hear.) Whether it would be pos sible, considering the various titles under which our various collections of fine art monuments were held, at the British Museum, for example, and elsewhere, to com bine them, if considered desirable , into one great collection, he was not prepared then to say. Thi v „,, i the .important subjects which the a - one of to investigate. Re h a d committee would himself more than once 2 ;) COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a court was held for the dispatch of public business. The Lord MAYOR appointed the Bishop of Hereford and the Rev. Dr. Mortimer to preach the Easter ser mons at Christ Church. BROKERS AND PERSONS PRETENDING TO BE BROKERS. - - A discussion of some length took place upon the sub ject of the conduct of brokers, and the conduct of per sons pretending to be brokers, without having been re gularly admitted to the privilege, or having any right at all to visit the Stock Exchange. Alderman WIRE said, that unless the court determined to take the question up with a strong hand, it would be advisable to drop it altogether, and tell the public that the security for which they looked to that branch of the corporation for protection against plunder and imposi tion was a mere delusion. (Hear, hear.) Under the impression of the imperative necessity of affording aid to those who were in the habit of placing so much reliance upon men who transacted business in the Stock Ex change, he gave notice of motion, " That the names and addresses of all persons applying to this court to be ad mitted as brokers of this City be put up in some con spicuous place in the Guildhall, one week prior to the date of the holding of the court at which such applica tions are intended to be made ; and that the names of all persons who shall have been admitted at such bourt, and the names of any persons making such application and not being admitted, be advertised after each court." (Hear, hear.) Sir PETER LAURIE said the court were bound to pub lish the names of all persons who acted with culpable impropriety on the Stock Exchange, but they could not do so without being furnished with that information by those of their brethren who had the immediate means, arising from the nature of their business of becoming acquainted with the facts. (Hear.) Alderman HUNTER said that a searching investigation was necessary into the conduct of those who were in the habit of attending the Stock Exchange, and who were, he had been given to understand, of very miscellaneous habits and principles. Alderman HOOPER.—Am I to finderstand, then, that other persons than sworn brokers are admitted upon the Stock Exchange ? Sir R. W. CARDEN.--Certainly there are. There are brokers, and jobbers, and speculators and amateurs to be seen there. (Hear, hear.) I have frequently spoken of the fact, and complained of the constant peril to which the public were exposed, in consequence of the impression that all the persons who walkly boldly into that building are admitted brokers. lam in the habit of seeing men daily there who ought not to be allowed to be in afiy place in which honourable business is transacted. _ _ Sir PETER LAIIRIN.—Then why not let the Court of Aldermen know who they are ? Sir R. W. CARDBN—I do not exactly relish the impu tation of being an informer, under any circumstances. But that such is the state of the Stock Exchange every one who attends it knows to be beyond all question. Sir P. LAURIE—It appears that a son of the Church was powdered there some days ago by the members. Sir R. W. CARDEN—I am far from being an admirer of Lynch law, but I certainly am of opinion that the clergyman alluded to deserved the sort of welcome he received. The subject of brokerage and the admission of brokers was then referred to the committee of general purposes. The Court shortly afterwards adjourned. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (Front the Registrar-General's Report.) Though the weather has lttely assumed a milder cha racter, the high mortality that prevailed throughout last month discovers no abatement ; on the contrary it exhi bits a great increase. The deaths in London were 1,011 in the last week of January ; since that time they have steadily increased till the number registered in the week ending last Saturday, amounts to 1,427. The present return shows an increase of 83 above that of the week immediately preceding. Persons of all ages have suffered ; of the 1,427 who died, 573 were children under 15 years, 460 had attained that age, but were under 60, and 379 were 60 years old and upwards. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52 the average number of deaths was 1,045, which, if raised in proportion to increase of population, gives a mor tality of 1,150 for last week. The actual number, there fore, exceeds the estimated amount by 277. Taking the same three periods of life as .above, it appears that the mortality- of the young is 13 per cent., of the middle aged 22 per cent., and of the old 44 per cent., above the corrected average. wic h, the mean Last week th e births of 861 bo y s and 810 g irls were reg i s tered in London. T he avera g e number in ei g ht correspondingtheßoyala-eekos (1845-52)bservatory,Greenwich, was 1,469. en height of the barometer in the week was 26.663 in. The mean temperature of the week was 35 . 3 deg., which is 4.6 deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean daily temperature, which was 31.6 deg. on Tues day, when it was lowest, and was 8.4 deg. below the average, rose to 43 . 9 deg. on Saturday, or 41 deg. above It was below the average on every day athe average. * 9 deg. The word, w hich blew from the north or north -29•2 exc ept Saturday. The meandew point temperature wa s east 29 a t the beginning of the week, changed on Tuesday to south-West ;on Thursday it , again blew from north east, and at the end of the week returned to south-west. e N et ß o n f i a L in w a n i r g s a T t i o h n e ew days. The most m reportay THEb of G e xt°phvei:lettceSodl'imiEnmNirttitleCee°c ol'orn:rit:leileßosgfuabOjf. e advocate amalg amation of di oepxianinioinnsedh.avesobmeeen g a i r v e e i n n by the loefadainwgerlal-irlewguay lated competition, other s b c ( a ) m t o p n e t t i n o g junction lines ; of whilea intereststhird partya uniformconhne their k a i n p g p r o o f t l o t i l o i s e e r, r b a u i ltw to one and with each and the same system. The committee is expecte d to report in favour rather ays o n natirallyly which belongdgnot of the latter opinion, but under such stipulations and restrictions as will give the Board of Trade more liberty of action and greater power of interference than it at present possesses.—Morning Advertiser. SIX. 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