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COUNTRY COTTAGE, the s for a Permanency, b 3 Lady -day or Midsummer, en any of 3f a B°f:fill-Eastern branches, within twenty miles ofLondmi and three ro oms • oft, containing at least two good ,itting and four or five bed with chai&-house and stable attached. An old-fashioned .187 or F arm - house would , eit, and a small quantity of pasture tff_clesirable, th oug h not essential. A retired situ , tion not ob• wi th to, but a dry soil a n d goo d wa t er i n li s pe nsa bl e . Address, " lu ll Particulars, to M. T. Y., 33, Bry dges-street, Covent-garden. • '~ `~ Aug some' hale being 2s per „tlr• rm Lou ;ion. ol d Oa new 583 to . grinding, 705; oats, 470 to 493; 9, tick, 4C; s to 41s. trade VISS. noley f all ce. No ir and mot labia at 1$ 763 to SO; 32s ; bE.) O9, 58s ; Pet* 0., roceired ports, from 8 I A iuo 18 82 ids of gr ,, :• L o at, aLd 16 B ea:is. 1 es od Os oa 1 0 , el bo 40s od• arl . et 1, &c. s . d • 0 .......... .......... ........ • ; . 5 . ?, .......... 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I T iDec• 9° rrncert fild Dee. 179 1 6 ...• D ec ' 20 Epton roc. 1 6 .ptownee• pton 1 6 pton e c * 26 .. 114 O v ' 16 pion Vi c ' 26 2.10. 1.. 26 0 pton pton A iDec• 16 .• •• s c. ptoniP_f_ ,1 .„ e datli Twicer Pton Dec. ,frm ilea jan• y o n.” pee. 11 Pee* 0 llee 1 9 pee• ed el 'pee. it , 1) 0 ' ( 2 8 !Dee' De Ig' )ton JO' /2 .•••Pfie.;.6 l )tori A talo o rts, p ll o ee ';/ 6 )wn Pe e : ed )ton Nov' $2 llee' ,tou 'O 3 Eton thoJodi' tto dispatch $t a ' t b d aoure 0 0. ,p nt arks° go. r ot* the 1)° el' L ding eft be will lie tb e „, some ta l:ev' o ana riPb e ttle P?",„toof v on, ( o r Ne e a ep osit o y st• he ;3 10 on t h e t rO t to YE; Otivk oys t iriv i 1 10 1 t 10 5 ,y or° „ ro s 0 , 53 f l og' it, to ''a q' tj erY, 11 , 0 i2e $ b the 3 iSr.f °ea. r e , eir °if° . 5.,,b184°' tho 9131 the fi fe °, r , l "• 6 e 0 youl orb , 411 1 , 0 01 1 : 4 ; to Viet° oipt IrAle'' of rd Ye - tho r,, 13,01 1101 „ the svlf® 'de, 0 , ; ic ider o f 030 - I° <‘,,e ri sr i;vauti lETRERLANDS LAND ENCLOSURE COMPANY. E 3 ;01 ' Sit HEREBY GIVEN, that the E ftTRTH INSTAL on ''' ~`,7 11 Per Share (waking hi. in all), will become PAYABLE s h re Tirea of this; 'ompartv on the 30th December next. of v a ssrB Q i -ders are requested to pay the same at the banking-house must M asterman and Co., Nicholas-lane, London, whose receipt Third and beeper Edition, in 2 vols. 165., Compa4it-ervyards be present e d w ith th e s h ares a t th e o ffi ces o f the E VE LATI ON S OF . SIB ER,IA. the eon ! , i n order that the amount of the call may be endorsed By a BANISHED LADY. • " A thbrougely good book. 'lt cannot be read by too many people.' —Dickens' Household Words. " This interestinz work gives a most valuable insight into the terra recognita of Russian despotisnr"—Oaily News. " A very entertaining and useful book. It is the most perfect picttu e of life in Siberia that his yet beeu drawn."—Post. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers (successors to Henry Colburn), 13, Great Marlborough-street. No. 19,107.] By order of the Board, 3 GEO. FASSOIS Secretary. ' Adelai de - place, London-bridge, 26th Nov., 1853. LONDO N AND NORTH-WESTERN and MIDLAND RAILWAYS. CHRISTM IS HOLIDAYS. t Wit deIKETS issued on SATURDAY, the 24th instant, and in ditys, will be available until TUESDAY, the 27th instant. By order. General Manager's Office. Easton Station, 12th December, 1853. OUTHWARK BRIDGE.—Notice is Hereby L.Y Given, that a DIVIDEND will be PAYABLE, on the 16th of Janu iry, to the Proprietors of the New Shares, and to the Sub scribers of the 131. * advanced oa the Old Share of the Southwark Bridge, and th it the Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the V, th inst., until the 16th of January next. JAMES LEITH, Secretary. Office, Queen.street-place, Dec. 20, 1853. MARK HUISH, 14 0 INDO N & SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. CEIRIATIVIAR HOLIDAYS. Olt )i ARY DOUBLE JOITItY.EY TICKETS issued at ALL 1).„ ' on SATURDAY, 2 Ith, and SUNDAY, 25th inst., will (29tnill-thle for the Return Journey until the following Thursday 'ut) inclusive. ?Et , / AL lIETI.`RN TICKET; at Single Fares (with the addi at 1 17 , a ynan booking fee), are issued every Saturday and Sunday, clay80:00lr below Wo IN, ',trio() and Valixhad •itations, to WIND 3,./R, and also to all king, and are available for return on either of these the following.monday. PERFECT FREEDOM from COUGHS in 10 Minutes after use is insured by Dr. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFER; they will give instant relief, and a rapid cure of asthma, coughs, and all disorders of the breath and lungs. They have a most pleasant taste. Price Is. lid., 2s. 91, and I Is. per box. Sold by all Chemists. B ELLOT TEST NAMES OF S (Received at the apartments of Waterloo-place, Sir Roderick I. Murchi son, D.rj.;,., M.A., F R.S., Chairman £25 0 0 Aberdeen, the Earl of, K.T., M.A., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. 25 0 0 Acland, Sir Thomas I)., Bart., M.P., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. .5 0 0 Acilington, H. U., Esq. 5 0 0 Aitchison, Captain .. 3,3 0 Aist.en, Mr. A. H. •(Phcenix) IMONIAL FUND. lUBSC HIRERS. the Royal Geographical Society, , up to Nov. 21.). Hughes, H. W., Esq. •• LI 0 0 Hurry, Edward, Esq. .. 1 1 0 Hutchinson, Col. H. .. 1 0 0 Hutchinson. Hon. R. H. 1 0 0 Ick, Rev. W.. 13., Sygles thorpe 1 0 0 Inzlefleld, Capt. E.. A., R.N., F. 11.5., F.R.G.S. 5 0 0 Inglis, Sir R. IT., Bart., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. 5 0 0 Irving, Dr. E. G., R.N , . .•• 0 5 0 Irving, Thomas, E,q., F 0 5 0 By order. ARCED. SCOr T, Traffic Manager. Station, 15th Dec;, 1853. .. 2 0 0 Angers . pin, Col. J. J. W. 5_ 0.-0 Anonym als, per' 'rhe Times" news paper .. .. 1 0 0 Archer, H. 31.3., Com man ler Strange and the Gun-room officers, one day's pay • • .. 3 16 6 Arrowsmith, John, Esq., F.R.G. .. 3 0 0 nstin, Captain Horatio T., C.B. Bacon, Thomas, Esq. . Baillie, Alex., Esq. Bailie, David, F.R.S., Baker, Capt. Thomas, H.C.S. .. 1 1 0 Barnett, Capt. Edward, R. 5 . ., F.R.G.S. .. 1 0 0 Barrow, Sir Geo., Bart. 5 0 0 Barrow, Henry, Esq. .. 1 1 0 Barrow, John, Esq., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. .. 20 0 0 Beaufort, Rear-Admiral Sir F., K.O 8., F.R.S , F.R.G.S. • .. Becher, Captain A. 8., R.N F.R.ii.S. Beechy, Captain W. F., R.N., F.R.S.,F.R.G.S. 1 Bell, J. D., Esq. .. 1 1 0 Best, Capt. Hon. Thos. 1 1 0 Riggs, J , Esq. .. .. 2 2 0 Bird, Win, Wilberforce, Esq., F.R.G,t. .. 5 0 0 Blair, Leut.-Col. W. H. S. . .. 5 0 0 Jesse, Gtptain 1 1 0. Joh , 'stop e, ColiMer Geo. 1 1 0 Kaler, E., Esq. .. 1 1 0 Kennedy, William, Esq., of the fsabel . 5 0 0 Knudtzen, (organ, Esq. 5 0 0 Laird, M'Gregor, Esq., F.R.G.S. Lansdowne, the Marquis . 20 0 0 5 0 0 of .. Lee, Thomas, Esq., F.R.G.S. . 1 0 0 reigh, Right Hon.'T. P. 10_ 0 0 Levesque, Peter, Esq., F.R.G.S. • . .. 10 0 0 ,Lindsay, H. H., Esq. .. 1 1 0 Lloyd, —, Esq. .. 1 1 0 Lloyd, T. Davies Esq. 1 1 0 Loudesborough, F.R.S., F.R G.S. .. 25 0 0 Luce, J. T., Esq. .. 1 0 0 M'Cormick,l/r, (Phoenix) 2 0 8 M‘Donnell. Mr. (Phcenix) 1 0 0 Maitland, Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir. Anthony 5 0 0 Majendie, Ashurst, Esq., F G.S. .. 5 0 43 Majendie, Mrs. Ashurst 1 0 0 Malmesbury, the Earl of 5 0 0 Mangles, Capt. J., R.N., F R.S., .. 5 0 0 Manson, Mr. Donald (Phoenix) .. Mare, C. J , Martin, Rev. J. W., , • • •• 1 I 0 Merivale, Herman, Esq,, ' F.R.G.S I 0 0 5 -0 0 Esq., •• . 5 00 10 0 0 •110 .. o 5 0 50 00 Borland, Dr., Inspector- Gen. of A rmy Hospitals 1 1 0 Bowles, Vice-Admiral. Wm., C.B , F.R.G.S. 5 0 0 Bourdin, M. .. • • 1 1 0 lioyd, Mark, Esq. .. 2 2 0 Bracebridge, C. R., Esq., F.R G.S. • • 1 1 0 Breadalbane, Marquis of, K.T , F.R.S., F.R.G.S. 20 0 0 Brent, Geo. S. Esq., De puty ,:oroner for Mid dlesex, F. it.'4.S Brisbane, General Sir Thos. M.,8art.,G.0.8., G.R.G.S. .. 5 0 Brock, Capt. Thos., R.N. 0 10 Br )ckedon, Wm., Esq:, F.R.S , F.R.G S. .. 0 0 Brooking, T. H., Esq., F.R.G.S. ,„ 5 0 0 Brown, John, Esq., F.R.G.S. • - Brown, R , Esq., D.C.L., F.RA, .- 5 0 0 Browne, Major-General Sir Henry, K.C.H. .. 2 0 0 Buckingham, Silk, Esq., F.R G.S. .. 1 1 0 Buckley, Lady Catherine 2 0 0 Calder, Alexander, Esq. 2 2 0 Campbell, Captain, F.A., R.N. .. 1 1 0 Campbell, Lieut.-Colonel N., F.R,G.S. •• 2 2 0 Campbell, Major-Gene ral P., R.A. .. 2 0 0 Carr, Commr, Washing- :. 2 0 0 .. 10 0 0 Mills, E. W., Esq Milne, Alex., Esq., .. 2 0 0 Moca'ta, F• : D., Esq„ F 1 1 0 Molyneux, • Commander W. H. • • 1 1 0 Moore, Major A. • • 5 0 0 Moorsom, Rear-Admiral 1 1 0 Morant, George, Esq. 2 2 0 Morgan, Lieut. W. G. 11. N., 11.M.S , Pre sident • • .. 5 0 0 Mundy, Admirid Sir George, K.C.B. .. 5 0 0 Murray, John, Esq., F.R.Ci.S. .. • • 10 10 0 Norcliffe, Colonel .. 1 1 0 Ommaney, Capt. E., R.N., F.R.G. S. 2 2 0 Ommaney, M. C., Esq. 1 1 0 Otway, Commander Rob. Jocelyn, R.N. .. 10 0 0 Otway, Sir George, Bart. 1 1 0 Outram, Sir Benjamin, C. 8., F.R S., F.R.G.S. 5 5 0 Ouvry, Frederick, Esq. 1 1 0 Overstone, Lord, M.A., Pres. 4.5.,F.R.G.5... 25 0 0 Owen, Mr. ncenix) .0. 10 0 Paget, Captain LOrd Clarence, R.N. • • 5 0 0 Pakington, Right Hon. Sir J , Bart., M.P., F.R.G.S. • • 5 0 0 Pallinson, H.L., F.R.S. _5 5 0 Palmer, Mr. (Phoenix.) 0 10 0 Parish, Sir Woodbine, 0 5 0 5 5 0 ton, ILN, F.R.G.S. 7. 1 0 0 Carr, A , Esq , of Paris 1 0 0 C. C., per Hoare and Co. 5 0 a Chamberlain, Commr... 1 1 0 Charier ood, Capt. .. 1 1 0 Cherinsile, Capt., R.A. 1 1 0 Clarendoe, the Earl of, K.G., F.R.G.S. .. 25 0 0 Clerk, W., Esq. .. • . 1 1 0 Clive, Hon. Robert,M.P., F.R.G S. .. • .. 20 0 0 Coffin. Capt. Crawford.. 1 ,0 0 Colchester, the Right Hon Lord, Capt. R.N., 1) C.L., F.R.G S. .. 5 0 0 Collier, C., E• q. .. 2 2 0 Combe, Harvey, Esq. .. 5 0 0 Commerill, Lieut., R.N. 10 0 0 Cooke, Commr. J., R.N. 1 1 0 Cooke. C. Cbidley, Esq., F.R.G.S. .. • . 1 1 0 Copley. Sir J. W., Bart., F.R.G.S. .. 25 0 0 Cotton, Capt. H. E., R.N. 2 0 0 Cracroft, Miss Sophia 2 0 0 Cracroft, Capt. R.N., F.R.G.S. 1 0 0 Cracroft, Mrs. Peter 2 0 0 Critigie, Capt Robert .. 1 0 0 Cresswell, Lieut., R.N... 2 0 . 0 Cumming K., Esq. .. 0 5 0 1 Davis, Sir J. F., Bart., F.R.S., F. it.G,S. Delafield, W., Esq K.C.H., .. 5 5 0 Parker, Capt. John .. I 0 0 Parr, T. Clements, Esq. 2 2 Parry, Rear-Admiral Sir E., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. Pasiey, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Chas., R.E., K.C.8., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. • . 5 0 0 Pasley, Capt. Sir T. S., . Bart.. R.N. .. 1 0 0 Pegeocke, Colonel T. .. 5 5 0 Pearce, Stephen, Esq... 2 0 1, Perigal, F., Esq. .. 1 1 0 Petrie, Samuel, Esq. .. 2 0 Phillips, T. J., .Esq. •• 1 1 0 Phcenix, 11. M. steamer (shin's crew) .. 2 3 7 Pinhorn, W., Esq. •• 1 1 0 Playfair, Dr. Lyon, C. 8., F.R.5... 2 2 0 Pole, Major .. • • 1 1 0 Ponza, Charles, Esq. .. 3 3 0 Portlock, Lieut.-Colonel J. E., F.R.S., F.R.G.4. 1 1 0 Pottinger, Lieut.-Col. W. 1 1 0 Fowles, J. D., Esq. .. 10 0 0 Prescott, Rear-Admiral Henry, C.B. .. 2 2 0 Probyn, Capt. G., R. N... 1 1 0 ynn, Major-General Sir Henry .. 5 0 0 RAdstoek, Rear-Admiral Lord,C.B , F.R.G S. 3 3 0 3 3 0 • • 5 0 0 • • 5 0 0 Denman, Capt. the Hon. J., R. N F.R.G.S. • • 2 0 0 Devonshire, Duke of .. 25 0 0 Dickinson, F. 1 - 1., Esq., F.R.G.S. 1 0 0 Dilke, C. Wentworth, Esq., F.R.G.S. .. 5 5 0 Dilke, C. W., Esq., - F.R.G.S. Dobinson, Wm., Esq Douglas, J. Stoddart, Esq. .. • • . 10 10 0 Douglas, Col. Monteith, C.B. •• •• 20 0 0 Dover, J. W., Esq„ F.R.G.S. • • .. 5 0 0 Downe, The Viscount F.R.G.S• ' • • " 10 0 0 Drake, Capt. John, R.N. 1 0 0 Drummond, Sir. (Phca nix) • • •• •• 0 10 0 Duff i;ordon and Co .. 2 2 . 0 Duncombe, Hon. Ar., R.N. .. • . .. 5 0 0 Dundas, the Right lion. Sir David, F.R.G.S. • • 5 0 0 Durkin, El., Esq., • • 1 1 0 Edgell, Cant., R.N. • • 1 1 0 Edwards, Capt. H. • - 2 2 0 Eliott, Capt Geo. Angs, R.N. .. .. • • 1 0 0 Rams , len, Frank, Esq Raper, Henry, Esq.,R.N., F.R.G.S. • • .. 1 0 0 R: D. 1 0 0 Registrar-General of Seamen • .. 1 1 0 Renouard, Rev. 3. C., B.D ',.F.R G.S. • • 1 0 0 Renwick. Mr. (Phoenix), 0 10 0 Rich, Come. H., R.N. 1 • 1 0 Richards, %tr. (rhmnix) 1 0 0 Rodger, W., Esq. •- 2 2 0 Roget, Dr. P. M., F.R.S., .• Roscow, Commander I Botts,. Rear-Admiral the Hon. H. J., F.R.G.S. 10 0 0 Royal Artillery(Nonsccn missioned Officers em. played in Col. Sabine's office). One da)'s pay 2 10 0 Russell, Lord John, F.R.S., F.R.G S. .. Russell, J. Watts, Esq. e D.C.L ; 7 , F.R.S., F.R. G.S. • • • • • . 3 3 0 Sabine, Colonel Edward, R.A ,F.R S., F.R G.S. 5 0 0 Sainsbury, J., Esq , " the Collectotrand Prop' ic tor of the Napoleon 1 1 0 3 3 0 • • 1 1 0 .. 1 1 0 1 0 0 '2O o 0 Ellesmere, the Earl of D.C.L., Pres. Royal _ Museum" •• •• 10 10 0 Do., towards the family Geographical Society 25 0 0 fund •• • • • ••10 10 0 Elliott, Lieut., R.N. St. David's, Bishop of .. 5 0 0 (Phoenix) 2 0 0 Salomons, Mr. Alderman Evans, D. M., Esq. 1 1 0 David, F.R.G.S. .. 25 0 0 Evans, Capt. G RS 1 0 0 Sandwith, Lieut.-Gen., Eat ley & Boyes. Messrs. 2 2 0 F.R.G.S. • • 1 1 0 Farley, Wm., Esq., Mas- Saurin, 'Rear-Admiral ter, R.N., Newton Edward t• • •• • 2 0 0 Abbott .. • • 1 0 0 Sewell, Fox, and Sewell, Faraday, M., Esq., Messrs. • • .. 3 3 0 F.R.S. 2 0 0 fiimpkinson, Lady .. 1 1 0 Farrer, Jas. Wm., Esq , 2 0 0 Simpkinson, J. M., Esq. 5 0 0 Fawckner, Air. (Phoenix) 0 10 0 Slide, Felix, Esq. • • 5 0 0 Fayrer, Com. Robt. R.N. Smith, Newman, Esq... 2 0 0 F R.G.S. 1 0 0 Smith, E. Osborne, Esq., Ferguson, it., Esq. 1 0 0 F.R.G.S. .. • • 1 1 0 Fitzroy, Capt. It., R.N , Smyth, Rear-Admiral F.R.S., F R.G S 2 0 0 W.H., K.4.F., D.C.L., Forster, John, Esq., M.P. 5 5 0 F.R G 5... 1 0 0 Fowler, RN , Esq., M.A. Sothby, Capt. E. S 1 0 0 F.R.G.5... • ..... •• • • 1 1 0 Spence, William, Esq , Franklin, Lady ..... .... 25 0 0 F.R.G . . . Gage, Admiral Sir Wm. Spencer, Rear 7 Adm. the H., G.C.H., K.C.8., Earl, K.G.,C.8.,F.R.5, 25 CI 0 F.R.G.S. • ..... 50 0 Stanton, George, Esq 1 I`o Gassiott, J. P., Esq., Stanton, Mr. (Pboenix) '2 0 0 F.R.5....... • 5 5 0 Stanton, C. EL Esq • ... • 0 10 0. Gell, Mrs 1 1 0 Staunton, Sir G. T., Bt. 5 00' Glocester and • Bristol, Steele, Lieut.-Col. Thos., Bishop of.. • • ........ 5 00, F R G. 5.... Glyn, G.C„ Esq., M.P.. 10 0 0 Stirling,Reav-Adm.SirJ 1 0 0 Gordon, Capt. G. T.,R.N. 1 1 0 Stokes, Capt. J. Lort, Gordon, H.G., Esq. .... 2 2 0 R.N., F.R.G.S. 1 1 0 Gore, Rev. George.. .• • 1 1 0 Sykes, Vice-Adm. John 2 0 0 Gowen, J. R., George...... , Tatham, Corn. Edward 1 1 0 F Ras. . ..... 2 2 0 Th omas , Vice Admiral Graham, Right Hon. Sir Richard ••.. • • ••• • • 3 0 0 James. Bart, M.P., Thompson, Capt. J. T. F.R.S., F R.G.S• •.•• • 25 0 0 Rs, ..... ......... 1 1 0 Graham, Prof., F R. 5... 3 3 0 Telver,.S , Esq... •• .. Grattan, T. C., Esq.. 1 1. 0 Toavnshend, J. V. s.,Esq 1 1 0 Griffith, C. Darby lO 0 0 Towry, G. E., Esq , Grosso, Mr.'lt••• •• • • Gurney, Miss Anna, of Tremeuhere, Seymour, N. Repps.• •• • • Haden, F.S., Fsq 2 2 0 Trevelyarf, Sir W. C., Hakin, Commander, C.L. 1 0 Bart., M.A. F.R.G.S. 5 0 0 Halford, Rev. Thomas, • . Tudor, Henry, Esq.. . 2 2 0 F Re, Capt. W. H., ! Turner, Henry, E5q..... 5 0 0 F.R.S~ F.R.G.S• • Hamilton, Capt. W. A. IVaughan, Col. With'. .. 1 1 0 8., F.R.G.S. Hanewck, E. T., Esq. Hand, Capt. G.. R.N , Vyner, Robert, Esq. 5 0 0 F.R S. 1 I 0 Waite, J. C. Esq 1 1 0 Harker, Rev. G. 1 1 0 Waley, S. W., E , q. .. 1 1 0 Harposei, F. R., Esq. :Harris, Mr. (Phoenix) Harris. G. F., E sq H.C.s., .. 2 2 0 F.R.G.S. 1 1 01 Washington, Capt. John Hawley, Mr.(l hoenix) Hay, John H., Esq, 33 0 Weld, C. R.. Esq., • • 1 1 0 H. E * •• •. 1 1 0 West, Admiral Sir John 50 0 Herbert, Rear-Admiral Whiston,'Rev. Robert .. 1 1 0 Sir Thomas, M.P., K.C.8.. Bag. 2 2 0 2 2 0 Hicks, J, Esti M.R.F. 1 1 0 wilkinson. Norman, Esq. I I 0 Higgins, M. J., Esq. Hills, 31r. (Phoenix) Hobbs, J. S., Esq , F.R.GS 1 1 0 • • 1 1 0 Willich, Chas. M., Esq., Holland, Sir H., F.R.G.S. 1 1 0 F R.S., F.R.G.S. • • 5 5 0 Winslow, l Dr. Forbes, Holman, Dr. (Phoenix) Hopkinson, W., Esq. Ditto for the family Horner, Rev. J. M. Howard, Capt. the Hon. ' Young, T., Esq., F.G.S. 5 0 0 Edward 1 1 0 Younghusband, Captain Howden, Rt. Hon. Lord 10 0 0 F.R S. . Hudson, Capt. J., R.N. 1 1 C 5 00 .. 1 0 0 . . Subscriptions are received by Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, ancTCo , 54, Lombard•street; Bouverie, Murdock, and Co., 11, Haymarket ; Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street: Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand ; Messrs. Drummond and Co., 49, ('haring-crow ; Messrs. Ommanney and Co , 40, Charing-Cross ; Cocks, Bidduiph, and Co., 43; Charing-cross (Treasurers); and at the apartments of th Royal Geographical Society, 3, Waterloo -place. Cardigan R diway and Company. to rne AIL- shares in Nur% t1 e , 4 1 ,. 1. that, or any less num . , . e this ':twl pay the deposit of 11. Is. .calls on, awl sign the paniamentary an 1 subScribers' agree tent when required by you. , !553. Name in full .......... •• .. • • •• • Profession ........ •••• •• . • • • !' • . Reference .•• •• Unle OWEN ROWE'N, Secretary " Of the liorni,,ny, hr,aine ,, ,lle-street, London. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS, For orphan and Necessitous Children, Wanstead. P UESIDENT JOHN MAtsTERMAN, Esq., M.P. kov: NZNUAL DINNER to ce'ebrate the Foundation of the tlyfllanted Institution, will be held at the London Tavern, on 11: 1) AY, the 27th inst., at _Fire o'clock precisely. of L o `' Right Hon: the LORD MAYOR (supported by the Sheriffs i . : (1 ° 1 1 and ddl(sex) Mil preside. 8 4 e*-8 , One Guinea each, to be obtained from any of the 2; 118 . or at the Off ce.s, 81, Cheapside. bee 1853. " ALFRED LENCH SAUL, See. V °l4 -MERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS, • for Orphan anSI Necessitous Children, Wanstead. P RESIDENT—JOHN MASTERMAN, Esq., M.P. des TRUSTEES. 's e ek, Esq., Eastcheap I Hananiah Teape, Esq , Aldgate Robert Clarke, fun., Esq. tll4l T RiASURER—George Moore, Esq , Bow Church-yard. -'IIt ANT Op THE 0 kRD OF MANAGEMENT—Roht. Wilcxson, Esq. , HONORARY SECRETARY—Ge , mgc , Lawrence, Esq. ;Wen is h ere b y g i ven , th a t a HALF-YEARLY GENERAL dop Of the Governors of this Institution will be hel at . the Lon ny 'n vein, Bisho Asgate-street, in th , City of London, on WEONEs- Rec,;,, i 'un 28th December instant. at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon e 13 9, , or the purpose of receiving the Half-yearly Report from „ " r d of Management and the Auditors. to consider and decide tqotien of Mr Blake of which due notice has been given, 4 1, att, entertain dis . cuss, and determine al such other questions and k eltti„ 'l „ as may ' be authorised and required by the rules of the Fl "gni. to be brought before the Court ALFRED LENCH SAUL, Sec. 'nettpside, Dec. 20, 1853 t I IttISTMAS GIFTS.—It is truly said that ~li k rev things form a more welcome Present than an elegant th tir a Mantle, or Silk Dress, than can now be obtained at half „ Zets s i ; 7 l4 value, owing to the Retirement of Mr. Merrett, and MI lilaCY for an immediate SELLING OFF. Every article is marked ziirt, 4 iigoires, and 'will fully sustain the high reputation enjoyed 4 eg g a st re quarter London. of a century by Warwick House, 142 arid 144, \r....tet VartISTMAS SHOW, at CLAYWORTH, vvi t 7 5, olt OONG k.I:KCTTItCH-iTREE.- -The Class Prize K I cl - CAPONS, EI weghing 221 b. per pair, First and the massive l teh r n . 41 1 Rox presented to the lireeder, and the Gold Medal to the , Gentlemen 'equirieg Presents will find this the cheapest 'Li Lon ion.—Corner of Leadenh all-market. MOST CERTAIN PREVENTION OF CHOLERA YET DISCOVERED. PUIITHER GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE. 1 1 , E WS'S DISINFECTING FLUID is the „OCri, /lest and cheapest.—The Improved Chloride of Zinc for the k;t 4 , ',,eatioii of Dwelling-houses Stable 4, Dog Kennels, Ship's Holds, enis Orains, water-closets, &c.; the Disinfection of Sick 1 , 1 1 4, , Clothing, Linen, and for the Prevontion of Contagion. 44„ t e extraor.iinary power of this Disinfecting and purifying Ps, "a now ackilowle'dged, and i is use recommended by the College iertYsi s eians. Unlike the action of many other nfectant., it ierq' B as noxious smells, and is itself centless The manufactu ~Lhe titj d „niz destroyed a monopoly fiisiered by the' ftse assumption of itati o f a riatent, has to warn the public .against all spurious ~liiset,,4 l4. Each Bottle of Crews's Disinfecting Fluid contains a keon; e( nleentrated solution of Chloride of Zinc, which may be (1 ,, f 0r use with 210 times its bulk of water. Vide Instructions . jt.k",, , a n, Yin.; each bottle. t, a.l Chemists and Shin, in , .; Agents in the United King -4114. o nnerial Quarts a 2s. ;in pints, Is. ; half pints, at 6d., and .4,!er vesbels ss. per Gallon. ko ll.4 ts— Messrs. Drew, Heyward, and Barron, Bush-lane, Can , 4 eet: ' o ll,C 4 faetured .at H. G. GRAY'S, Commercial Wharf, Mile End, "s Jost SECOND EDITMN.--WITH' ADDITIONS. „, DUblished, Svo., in cloth, price ss. by post Ire% ss. 6d. `N TRUER FALSE SPEnMATORRH(EA, 01,, wit', the View to the Correction of' wide-spread Errors ke r ,,,,? ,1 to the Treatmest and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the System, 3r Sexual Hypochondriasis. 'translated from 'he Oerman of Dr. PICKFORD i , oi'lokford is.known to English readers by his frequent practi ,,'lA r itaLtions to German medical literature. This is the first inferins'irs that he lias addrelsed himself to the non-medi ,lk.-`,, e r. We trtixt this may fiat be the last, If he shall , eteet any L.l4),iltally flagrant evil which it may be In his wer to correct." Medical Gazette, 'May in: NM. The tribe of 'Quiet Spivs pj.4,l(l Medical Friends,' are merellessly exposed ; and if this book Its way Into the han Is of those who coffer from the corn which it treats, we are satisfied that manyhundreds would ktueh needless suffering of which and mind, and what is of ,riortance, thoddh it is that the quacks most prize— .... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the of '-'n a mrational Sperm h y :t io o l r o rllce c : l , b a % n a d is to p l l t a i c s e tthheerterfeoarte -40 much ore gooti ? . ,f and l eai, alCircu g lar, . Tune . l6, 1852. London: H, Ralliere, 219, Regent-street. MED ICAL 3, ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF L ig t YOUTH AND MATURITY. Nit;,' l4 MITI , ' I I A' MERT 87 BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, . It'll* ° I Medie ' in ' t; and Matriculated ' l Member of the University of 4 11, 4 . 1tr 8h, flOn4ary Member of the London Hospital Medical L Y -- Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. NY be. consulted, personally, or by letter, on „, the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, 6, 4 %1 ng from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro ti7s etore misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ltii .; c4 3' at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of elis i,ll4'"vn to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience iii j e atnient of these diseases has proved that there are in exist- L I,;te„Cret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in t k ' l '3l 6 *, c , 6 . traceable. to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous t 6 ', l li various Corms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marti 41e;,41Potency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their 1 1 ' 1 1 1 Itl odilications owe their almost entire origin. li t. ~,4 l ioniolutely necessary that all men should know that there are th',"i‘ri t , - ': of personal management which cannot be violated without l a he v ',, krtevons penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed 1; 1 1.4" 5 3 7 of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties t h ,,lll,:ilti g at e d, how the sting of their bitterness oi may be removed ve , l l tl l , l ,,ttle evil and its on - equenc es may be avded, and abo all, h 4 llR e Le Is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional 111W,.,°/ 1 t to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. 11, 4 11 . 'lt LA'MERT his for a long. series of years been engaged w" , l46,'Xtensiv e practice in the treatment of these delicate corn lii,the i 4 lld. is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless k.,,,%40t1ts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had Ijtti o , cl ence, thrOugh the medium of the public press, to direct t6t• to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is It: ~" 4 l lM . 4 B 4lecting thi i department of practice, he has been amply 4 - 4 ,tti t ,, t) V the great success that has attended his efforts in the ti t i;ni „'" Of these cases, which are too generally confided to the ti! ' ~"tikt,'Nualifled and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated 11,'"eip'oxis assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues A 4, 14„ a telit notrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who , I, t . 3,,,,," Induced to place faith in their pretensions. ttl t ill 1,:", ( ' for consultation .laily from Eleven till Two, and from '41,1,11.tht. All letters must contain the fee of 1/., and advice and ko m i a : Can, be . forwarded to any initials or address. Crud q 64I IrstIle that patients wishing to consult Dr. LAWEET t . rat obtain a copy of his work on , C lelj!dic ai SELF-pRESERYATION Nl4Afi :t realise On the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and It 11 1 N 't t 3 bebility illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and des 'N- la cl etail ' .disorders k the various resulting front secret habits and .The perusal of this treatise will assist in the cort . ect ~qt,;,, h , 4` of their cases, and may he had, price 2s 6d, in English, t,'liii i *l4 re; '„ 1 2, 4 , 1111 t, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper :) 4 3;1.4' . ..1 Co., 23 Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; eats4l i i ; rnhill • ' Storie Titehborne-fttreet, Haymarket ;or free ~ ..i . r , f° rtY-two stamp ' s, to any address from the Author's rest _ . nE OPOR.D.SOLYARE LONDON. L "k t , • t -v-aTRAORDINARY CHRISTMAS.— tri l ;Ls for ht at Christmas that Turkes other land and "I's for first time since they werehatchd, become pas -410,, fail in mute complacency ; the end of their journey is to So" l4 tt c i.'" a h6 first and last •ime idtheir own gravy, as a prelude to lit,%, B to l n c4 ,, s sion en the affairs ' of Turkey. Such presents for Christ- ZNl t jai e b - Has rendered necessary, but the most satisfactory pre 6, 1 .11 gu, parents and guardians can make to Young Gentlemen is a 7tiata'ta,sofitttire from the universally celebrated . N:stablishment of t ,,NNii ; its superior quality is guaranteed, its cut and ,N th aw e'Aly unrivalled, its design specially denotes the care and Nve h , ° f in the greatest variety of Dress ever presented, Its i x otu.''' o urability has long been the wonder and admiration of 1011ii-Z,'tbd there is nothing more extraordinary than the very 14; ol i i;" Prices eharzed by E. MOSES and is for Juvenile Drexs. 14 Qr 1' tts r °ecasi ° ll 4l3 7 that Christmas day is on Sunday, but that t,,N,ta.avourable as any for appearing in the most gentlemanly t `p. e a Winter Dress, Hats Caps &c., which were ever displayed; yEa• l' ' a g l ,„tifb , ent stock is prepared expressly for Chr;stinas by ~„„ nen d anv time betwe this da and the 25 "adY.a Gentlem in, Youth or Child y in the City, o th r De- out well fitted with Christina ' s Attire of the most splendid !fe \Veariishe l etunfortable order at E MOSES and SON'S Establishment, , t 11 ; - tt c nd Branch. Let Christmas come soon as it may, they Vik r t try 'with al! their patrons a merry Christmas, and to make , 4t M e rior articles at cons d era bl y l ower pr i ces th an are a R 4 i. J. - - E. 51 0SEt, and SON regret having to guard the et 41e,;1401 ,t-',l;lrnPosition,havinc learned that the untradesman-like /te le _ icelleinc connected with 'heir Establishment," or " It's 44.0,,c,,,,,:wi5er,.1,i1"ehyas been resorted to in many instances, and lot beg to ,state that they r_ • WITH ANY OTRFR HOUSE IN On OUT OF LONDON, I.a.',l,lo,'e'T.e.ptiptcir ow n E stab l ishme n ts, as follows :-- t a „ ari d abl ishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 83, i litigate. opposite the Church, all communicating. d 3 w"t-e nd itran,h, 506,507, 504, New Oxford atreet, 1, 2 c?fo'ra' -_str?et, conamunicating. ,„4 ,,M rksture) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-s - treet. . 1 . 71- 114 , - ;-;r a atieh, 36. rargate. Yranneb.lVklbourne, Australia. Ikptlek w . ss _2,- %Clothiers, flatters, floaters, Furriers, Boot and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. gQ1:1 trduesireS,P)otard, fee t ry article not give satisfaction, it will be preferred, the money will be returned „ o cr pt , •neMhi goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest 1 4 F in which a are can be made. Ape t yß u ments are closed Ohm sunset Friday to sunset on len business is kz pook, The resumed till 12 o' c l oc k . lists . ,r priees,..pirtosmye,toenif oComfortsef.atnndeaEsueroenionm2;,:sewon.,tBra,en-, 41 1' ad aPPlieati o o u n bk. on p an _ or post-free. " 41 rancab. auttt Deutsch. Qui si parla Aqua se habla Espano F i.i. eAtRMARTHEN and CARDrGAN RAIL- (' , Alp A t ', l ? and CARDIfiAN HARR JUR IMPROV!4IENT take 1,." '.—Notir•e is 'lerehy (liven, that the ALLOTMENT will 41,, t i i 7ce on the 21st inst , t • which periol APPLIC , TIONIS for ithi l ' - ' 8 in the a ouve'Co 1p ,ny will be received! in the following : to the D irectors or .tlia,Carniarthen tnd Cardigan R dlway and • rends ' ardigan flarlusWirnProvement Company. thiocA enie n ,— l request that you will .11ot t•• me shares in btr thl rl : a' l .l , ' ; aid I twreby a:.ree to tak,, that, or any less num- Per "',,- "• Ire rn me, •Y be allottedand to pay the deposit. of hi. Is. er,„. 2,.... .. -• _. to LONDON, WEDN HANDSOME GIFT-BOOK.-MEMORIAL OF THE GREAT _ - EXHIBITION. In Four Handsome Volumes, cloth lettered, gilt edges, price Four Guineas, including tne Supplementary Volume, • THE OFFICIAL DESCRIPTIVE and ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE of the GREAT EXHIBI TION of the WORKS of INDUSTRY of all NATIONS, 1651. "Every branch of science, art, and industry is here fully and effi ciently represented."—Morning Herald. " The Exhibition has lived its allotted time, and died; but this catalogue is the sum et the thoughts and truths to which it has given birth—and which form the intellectual ground whereon the generations that we are not to see must build."—Athenaeum. " Long after the rare and curious contents of the Crystal Palace have been scattered over the world, this work will be valued as a memento and reflex of that marvellous collection."—Atlas. A few Impressions remaining of the Imperial 4te. Edition, printed for the Royal Commissioners, to be by them presented to Foreignt Governments, &c., are now on sale, cloth lettered, pri4A.tw,Stity Guineas. London : Office at Spicer Brothers, 19, New Bridge-stree Blackiriars. ATKINSON and COMPANY, CABINET MAAfFACTURERS, UPHOLSTERERS, and CA RVET WAREHOUSEMEN. 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster bridge-road, Lambeth, London. ATKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPERS, SILK MERCERS, LACEMEN, &c, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster-bridge-road, Lambeth, London.—Shawls, Furs, Mantles, Family Mourning, &c. EXPORTERS to AUSTRALIA, EAST _LAIN DIES, CAPE, Br4.—Genuine YARMOUTH BLO A. 17E4S.— For terms apply to THOMAS LETTIS, Fish Merchant, Great Yarmouth A LLSOPP'S INDIA PALE ALE, AI - 31 : PARKER and TWINING (late Harrington Parker), PALL-MALL, are now delivering the Oc.ober brewing in casks of 18 gallons and up wards. -- • It R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, 4:v_i_ TO-NIG iI T (WEDNESDAY), and EVERY EVENING (ex cept Saturda) ) at Eight; and TUESDAY, 'I HURQJAY, and SA TURDAY MORNINGS, at Two. Stalls, 35., which can be taken from a plan at the box office, every day, from Eleven to Fonr ; Area, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly: LAU RENT' S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, Cass. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fu.nam-road), The above Rooms aria now OPEN FOR. THE SEASON. aria will continue open every evening, ' with LAURENT'S I•ELERRATED BAND. Admission, la. Doors open at half-past 8 ; Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter ideate at half-past 11. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.R.H. PRI sICE ALBERT. FIR,T EXHIBITION of PIIO IDGRAP RIC PICTURES MAGNI FIED about 40,"00 times on the Disc, with the DISiOLVING VIEW , ,, daily at One o'clock and a Quartur-past Four. LECTUREA by Dr. BACIIOFFNER on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH' LECTURE by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., on Chemistry. An DISTORICAL and MUSICAL. LECTURE, illustrated with DISSOLVING 'CENERY, entitled " The ROAD, the RIVER, and the RAM? by J. E. CARPENTER, Esq. (the popular Author and Song Writer) assist;d by 'Ass Blanche Younge, every evening, except Saturd.ty, at Nine o'clock, Open Morninws and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools and Childr , n under Ten years of age, half-price. - TO• MORROW EVENINq LONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. EXETER HALL. President, Rev. B. S. F. Finch. On the Tit UR; DAY' before Christmas Day,. Dec. 22d, Handel's acred Ora torio " MESSIAH." Principal Vocalists—Mrs. Sunderland, Miss (trace Alleysie, Miss Dolby, miss M. Wells, Mr. Lockey, and Mr Lawler. The Band and Chorus will consist of nearly 800 performers, numbers being required to give the proper effect to Handel's music. Conductor, Mr Surman (Founder of the Exeter Hall Oratorios) Single tickets, 3s , 55., and lOs. 6d. The Annual Subscription to the Society is one, two, or three guineas. Members and Subscribers now joining shall be entitled to Four Tickets for this performance. Re served Seat subscriners of two or three guineas, will be presented by the Conductor with a copy of the viessiah. Only Office, 9, Exeter Hall. Boob, of the Words with 16 pages of the music of the Ora torio 6d each. 1 1 0 the CHARITABLE.—Members of Societies and others, now preparing their customary gifts to the Poor at this inclement season, are advised that F LANNE LS, BLANKETS, and all similar materials, calculated to give not merely an „empty appearance, but the actual warmth and usefulness intended by benevolent donors ; such are SELLING OFF at a great reduction from their actual value, in consequence of the recent dissolution of Partnership, at Warwick House, 142 and 144, Regent-street. DECAYED TEETH AND TOOTHACHE.- Patronise' by Her Majesty ann• H.R.H. Prince Albert.—Mr, HOWARD'S PATENT WHITE SUCCEOANEUM for stopping Decayed Teeth, however large the cavity. It is placed in the toceli in a soft state, without any pressure or pain, soon becomes as hard as enamel, and remains ba the tooth many years. Full,directions for use are enclosed. Sold by Savory, 220, Regent-street ; Sanger, 150, and Hannay, 63, Oxfor 1-street t and at 17, George-street, Hanover-square, and all medicine vendors in the kingdom. Price 2s. 6d. DELETERIOUS CONFECTIONARY.—Many children having been poisoned by eating the ornaments of tv, elah cakes, in consequence of the general use of mineral colours by confectioners, Messrs. PURSSELL, 78, CornhilL near the Ex change, have introduced an entirely novel method of DECORATING their CAKES with FRENCH RON RONS, &c., of delicious flavour; the colours, being prepared solely from veaetables,are quite harmless Ornamented cakes of every variety, suitable for country presents, new year's gifts, &c. A great variety of fancy French and Swiss pastry, Mince pies, &c —Messrs. Purssell, 78, Cornhid, near the Ex change way, SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Instituted A.D. 1815. Head Office—Edinburgh, 5, St. Andrew-square. PROPOSAL: for ASSURANCE, in order to sec❑re right of entry upon the books for the current year, must be lodged at the Head Office, or at one of the Agencies, on or before SATURDAY, the 31st curt. JOHN MACKENZIE, Macager. Wx. LINDESAY, Secretary. 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 Briggs. Admiralty. Leonard Horner, Esq., Home-office. John Taylor, jun., Esq., C.E., Queen-street-place. Central Office in London-4, Royal Exchange-buildings. Agent—Hugh 5-{Kean, Districts Agents in London. Benton Seeley, Hanover-street, Regent-street. Ferdinani Hutt, Marshall's Trust Office, 13, King-street, South wark. CAB QUERIES. Yesterday a gentleman in the laudable pursuit of knowledge looked in upon Mr. Bingham, the sitting magistrate at Marlborough-street police court, with a written paper in his hand, which he stated contained several questions in relation to the new Cab act which he begged to have answered, not only for his own in formation,, but for the guidance of the public generally. The questions were read seriatim by Mr. Bishop, the magistrates' clerk :- 1. Was a cabdriver, on reachin g his destination, bound to ring at the bell or knock at the door if re quired to do so by his fare ? Mr. Bingham thought not. It was only a matter of courtesy to do so. 2. Was a cabdriver, on being hired, bound to open and shut the door of his cab to let in and out his fare ? Mr. Bingham considered he was, for he thought that, if a cabdriver refused to do so, the refusal might be con strued to come within the meaning of misconduct. 3. Was a cabdriver bound to deliver the ticket at the time the fare hired the cab, or might he deliver it during any period of the journey ? Mr. Bingham was aware that the commissioners of police were in favour of the reading of the clause which compelled cabmen to give the ticket at the time of the hiring, and was also aware that some magistrates had decided that any time during the journey to give the ticket was a sufficient compliance with the act. For his own part. he should be reluctant to convict in a case where a driver was summoned for not giving a ticket at the time of hiring, but who proved that he had given the ticket some time during the journey. Without giving any positive opinion on the question, he would say that he thought it would be more generally conveni ent if the ticket were given when the hiring commenced. 4. Was a cabman required to put his name and ad dress on the ticket ? Mr. Bingham said the law did not require him to do so ; but the driver's address could always be had at Scotland-yard. The gentleman thanked the magistrate and retired. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. At the Mansion-house yesterday, the Lord Mayor, on taking his seat in the justice-room, said that, in compli ance with the wishes so generally expressed, that Monday next should be kept as a holiday, he had written a few days since to Lord Palmerston, who was then Secretary of State for the Home Department, requesting to be in formed whether it was the intention of Government to observe that day in the manner adapted to the public expectation. To the communication he had transmitted to the noble lord he had received the following reply : " Whitehall, Dec. 19, 1853. "My Lord,—l am directed by Viscount Palmerston to acknowledge the receipt of your lordship's note of the 14th inst., in reference to the proposal that Monday, December the 26th, should be observed as a general holiday, in con sequence of Christmas-day falling this year on Sunday ; and I am to state that, as regards the city of London, the question is one as to which the feelings and opinions of the mercantile body would probably ha ye a main influence on your lordship's decision. With resr sect to the public offices of the Government, when Christm: as-day falls on a week day, it is made a holiday, in order to enable the persons employed in those departments to attend to the religious observances belonging to that day ; but as in the present year those observances will have been duly attended to on the Sunday, the 25th, there does not appear to Lord Pal inerstm to be any good reason wbLy the public service of the country should be stayed and impeded by a holiday iu the Government offices on Monday, the 26th December, when there will be no religious obsorvances to attend to.— have the honour to be, my lord, ;,Your lordship's obedient servant, " H. WADDINGTON." The Lord Mayor, after having. read the letter, said that, whilst he regretted that tl ie Government should not have met the almost universa fly expressed desire for making the day a Government holiday, he felt persuaded that it would still be observed as one by mercantile firms and others within the City, and generally through out the metropolis, but that. he felt some difficulty in issuing out any general order on the Subject beyond the expression of his own opinion; SDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1853. CHRISTMAS DAY. - If there be one stronger impulse than another in the English breast it is the desire that the whole human race on Christmas-day should par take of plumpudding. This savoury compound, of " equal parts of Malaga raisins, currants, suet Chopped fine, sweetmeats, and bread crumbs," is the very foundation of Anglo-Saxon , civilization. We shut a man and his wife up in a workhouse— carefully separating them--for twelve months, but on Christmas-day we give to each of them a large wedge of plumpudding as a set-off against the discomfort of the year. The country squire causes his, servants' hall to be decorated with Holly-sprigs, ruddy with their cheerful fruit, and bunches of mistletoe more sparsely intermingled ; and the " establishment," atter partaking of plumpudding, " threads the mazy dance " we believe the phrase is a correct one—the lady of the mansion leading the ball. The Sovereign of these broad realms is not unconscious of the influence of the genial season, while the poorest of her subjects may on Christmas-eve be seen standing outside a pawnbroker's shop with three flat irons, an ancient engraving figurative of a harvest-home and her husband's Sunday wai.stcoat--all of which goods and chattels she is prepared to make over to the usurer by way of mortgage, that she may obtain the needful purchase money for the ingredients of her Christmas pudding. The soldiers and sailors of Queen Victoria eat their Christmas pudding to a man ; it is the necessary condition of our national safety. Crime even is pampered for the moment, and indulged with gastronomic emotions. The wheel stands still and the crank forgets to revolve ; indeed, we know not what' degree of moral turpi tude would, to the apprehension of a true English man; justify the deprivation of a plumpudding on Christmas-day. This we take to be the absolute and simple truth. ,We would therefore take thii opportunity of hinting to all our friends and readers that there are certain persons to be found in this metropolis who may not, perhaps, be in a position to , enjoy, themselves to any very rap turous extent on Christmas-day. , It is so in all seasons of festivity. A day of rejoicing to some is a day of bitterness to others, and all the more so, perhaps, from the consciousness that their own grief and suffering is even more than usually out of place, jarring and discordant. To most of us—we hope so, at least —Christmas - day means the glad gathering of familiar faces of parents, of children, of friends—it means cheer ful rooms with crackling faggots and blazing fires, well-furnished boards, and ringing laughter— it means turkeys and sirloins—plumpudding,s, of course, with genial sprigs of holly stuck into their tops—snapdragons, blue-flames, and conjuror's tricks. Alas ! that it should mean to others the dry arch and the checked sob—the scanty gown'• pressed lightly over the shivering frame . of a dying child—the hurried and irregular progress through lighted streets ; nothing but fog, chill, starvation, and policemen without : nothing but mirth and abundance within. It is an awful truth that in London such contrasts are to be seen every day and every night by the careful observer ; but the persons who are so afflicted are not the sharp-sighted " poor blind," the epileptic practi tioners, the shoeless lads from Ipswich ; in a word, the regular rank and file of London mendicancy. Good Samaritan,.-beware Of these ! The affliction exists ; it is real • it haunts th e streets, ay, and the imagination of ;hose who know of its existence and desire to alleviate it. The question is, how i.; the stream of benevolence to be so directed that its current may not flow away ? We wish to help the poor, but we have not the slight es t - wish to Contribute to: a tipsy, not" to say beastly drunken jollification, at the Three Jolly Post boys in Clerkenwell, or at a " slap:bang " shop in the back streets of Westminster. We think we can give the charitably disposed some good counsel, and therefore it is that we take this subject up again to-day. In the first place, we would renew our former caution. From the hardened importunate beggar let every reasonable being turn aside. It is, unfortunately, impossible to give the poor children a good dinner all round, and the parents, real or putative, a most excellent whipping ;so in impossibilities we must needs turn aside. It should, however, be remembered that, although a casual passenger through the streets of London cannot distinguish between the cases of real and fictitious suffering, there are those who can. There is not a police magistr a t e i n London who has not every day to listen to tales of distress in its most appalling form, which he knows to be real • for at a police-court imposture is impossible. What can he dog If he were to give away .the whole amount of his salary over and over again in the course of the year, it would not, in point of fact, meet the exigencies of the case. Many of the London magistrates do bestow, from their own private sources, on these poor suitors far more than the amount of their income would justify ; but all the relief they can give is but as a drop of water in the sea. Their only help is derived from the poor box of the pOlice-court, and it is to this fact we would direct the attention of all benevolent per sons. Let them be quite sure that every pound —every shilling —every farthing, which they may, send as a donation to any of the poor-boxes of any of the police-courts will be applied to the relief of misery of the most fearful description. The hu-f mane and intelligent gentlemen who preside over, these courts will not shrink from the trouble of see-; ing the alms well bestowed. Let us add that it is' ftr better to leave the distribution to the discretion: of the magistrate than to forward subscriptions for the relief of a particular case. It almost invariably happens that donations in money pour in for some particular prisoner whose case may abound iii striking or dramatic points. There is nothing ed prosaic as the poor man's usual tale of starvation and sickness, and in nine cases out of ten it is suf fered to pass unnoticed. The magistrate gives the commonplace sufferer half-a-crown from the poor- , box, and perhaps another from his own pocket ; iii consideration of which gift he will probably walk home himself through the wet, or suffer his little boy to go without the Noah's ark which that young gentleman had not unreasonably looked for, by way of surprise, on or about Christmas day next ensuing; The stern Minos of Bow-street or Marlborough; street is'obliged to'do sums in his head, and to ac T quiesce in disagreeable results. We have pointed out the poor box of the police; court as a most certain ally to the benevolent in the cause of real charity. They should conside4 hoed great a matter it is to secure an almoner wh4 knows what he is - about, and who will not suffer their gifts to be diverted from their true intent. The magistrate, be it remembered is an unpaid almoner. It is f rom t hi s consider ation, indirectly, tha: we confess we do not look altogether with out suspicion en the benevolent societies, who waste so much of their funds on collection, distri bution, arc. There must be a secretary on so liberal a scale of remuneration that he can keep up Polyanthus-cottage, St. John's-wood, in a condi tion of suitable splendour, and his wife has a weak ness for charitable t e a-parties, which involv e a con siderable outlay in sponge-cakes. Then there must be a board-room, and expenses for firing, printing, &c. Above all, the True Samaritans must have their annual whitebait dinner at Greenwich, while, without the usual ball at the Eyre Arms, the Charitable Twaddlers' Association would fall to the ground. It is best when the money given by the opulent passes into the hands of the poor without deduction, or without suspicion of jobbery of any kind.—Times. ANGLO-MEXICAN MINT COMPA NY. — Yesterday a spe cial general meeting of the proprietors was held for the purpose of communicating the particulars of the new contract which had been obtained from the Supreme Government of Mexico for the mints of Guanaxualo and Facatecas. The chairman stated that the sum of 730,000 dollars had been advanced to the Government as a loan at 6 per cent., on the security of the rent ,pay able by the company to the Government for the two mints in question ; that the rent would amount to front 90,000 to 100,000 dollars annually, and that this sum would secure the repayment of the loan and interest within the term of years granted under the contract. That such term of years would expire at the end of 1866, and that the conditions of the contract, although varying in some particulars from the present contract, would secure to the company the same scale of profit which they bad hitherto enjoyed. Resolutions were then passed to increase the capital of the company from its present paid-up amount of 125,0001. to 200,0001., the additional 75,0001. to be raised by the transfer and capitalisation of 50,000/. from the company's reserved fund, and by calling up the 25,000/. remaining unpaid on the half-shares of the company% The meeting ter• urinated with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY.—This com pany having notified their desire to borrow yesterday a large sum on their debentures for five years at 44 per cent., the whole amount was readily taken. AUSTRALIAN GOLD.—The 800,0001. of Australian gold announced last week by the Victoria was sent up yes terday, and was delivered to the seueral consignees to day. A portion will be sold for exportation, and the remainder iwill' go into the Bank. • MINISTERIAL DIFFICULTIES. (Prom the Daily News. ) The clubs and coteries are of course still busily speculating about the present coliditioLt or the Cabi net, and the prospect which Ministers have of meet ing Parliament with success. The interest taken b a y ze the tte d b u a l k s H o f e t m li e e n s a e t e i r o e n ta a r b y o i u s t v w e h ry o ss ma r e ll i n a l d l 3 e - e d b e , when compared with the vivid excitement of poli tical "sets" under similar circumstances. The na tion, as a whole, does not greatly care whether or no Lord This is in ; or Lord That is out, so lour , as the work of the Government goes on, the character of the country is kept up, and the prosperity of the people is not checked. With the coteries a vacancy in any such post as the Home-office is a totally dif ferent thing—a thing to keep place-holders in anxiety and place-seekers at a white heat of expectation till the name of the new official really appears in the London Gazette. The question of " Who may come in ?" means to them, also, who may be taken in with him, and what are the future chances of a special policy, and the hopes of a group of would be ministers and other placemen. Hence the fervour with which rumours pass from month to mouth, and from club to club. Yesterday, the Carlton had the honour of being declared parent to a rumour that Mr. Gladstone was about to resign ; but, like most Carlton rumours, it met a very cool reception. It was endorsed chiefly by those who declared that the entire Cabinet is in those early throes which usually betoken a final dissolution. The adherents of Lord Palmerston are naturally ready to lend ear to all such gossip, and to give it full currency. Al ready these same politicians find a very ready hear ing from all to whom change is distasteful. If the Coalition are found to be really in a mood for Re form, every representative of a rotten borough will, of course, be keenly on the look out for a good excuse' why he should vote against a Cabinet with a Reform Bill in its .Ministerial pocket. Even now the anti-Reform steam is being got up. Whilst the bill is out of sight, who knows what seats may be lost ? what legislators disturbed ? what little quiet borough nests may be rumpled ? what vested interests in corruption be disturbed ? With his 'keen nose to the chance of future high office, the. ex-Home Secretary when he contem plated resignation could scarcely overlook the chances of future-division lists when the present House of Commons are called to vote upon a mea sure or to deal with a Ministry pledged to Parlia mentary improvement and electoral, extension. He could scarcely have been unmindful of this when (if the story is true) he wrote to Lord Aberdeen to object to the Cabinet measure on Refiwm, and to ask for modifications. lend - he might—when he reeeived the alleged reply of the Premier, saying modifications were not requisite—he might let us imagine, have been screwed to resignation pitch, by the thought that with a seat in opposition he might secure a chance of winning to his side allthose who shudder at reform. His friends say he has no such prospects, but the reply is suggested by the fact chronicled in the " Court Circular," that on his re signation the ex-Home Secretary went at once to take counsel with Lord Lansdowne, who is also inimical to parliamentary chang es . Virhy go to Bowood unless he wanted to upset the Cabinet coach ? And more. It is now said said that he wrote a letter complimenting Lord Clarendon on his foreign policy—the policy on the Turco-Russian quarrel. Can this be true ? And if so, why did he do that if he had no desire to disturb the colleagues he had left ? Did he do these things or did he not ? If he did, what can be the explanation other than that he desires to pave the way for the time when the disruption of the present Cabinet shall seem to open a channel by which he may himself" be at the head of a party in Downing-street, with Derbyite colleagues and a reactionary policy ? Lord Lans downe,' with all his former liberal leanings, was known, from growing years and sedate objections to change, to be an unwilling party to parliamen tary alterations. He was, so to speak, known to be shaldng. Lord Clarendon might also be re garded as not very cordially bent on schemes of parliamentary alterations. He was, so to speak, known to be shaking. Lord Clarendon might also be regarded as, not very cordially bent on schemes of parliamentary alterations, unless these changes were sure to give new popularity to their origina tors. If then, he had no ulteri or v i ews , w hy did Lord Palmerston run to visit the one, and hasten to compliment the other ? We liave no desire to do any sort of injustice to any one of the statesmen in or out of office whose names are identified with recent changes We have neither ministerial patronage nor ministerial lean ings. But on behalf of the public at large—" Our Party"—let us ask the friends of Lord Palmerston to speak out, and give his reasons for leaving a Ministry with whom he has so long been acting. If errors creep into journals when discussing these things from deficient information, it is not the fault of journalists. With them publicity is the only motto. The secresy—parent of error—is all on the side of the officials. If Lord Palmerston will ex plain his opinions on reform the public will then be able to 'appreciate them. If he will give up his views on Eastern policy the public can judge of their merit. If he did not compliment Lord Claren don on the Conduct of the Eastern affair, it will be easy to say so. With the " materials for thinking" which explanations from Lord Palmerston might afford the nation would be able to judge how far he has been right in this matter—how far his suppor ters are correct in the views they put forth—and how far the ex-Home Secretary may be fit for that higher position in office to which some theorists regard him as an aspirant. He would, moreover set clubs and coteries at rest, and reheve them and the coun try from the present flood of (it may be) baseless rumours which besets us. That Lord Aberdeen must resign if this country should come to blows with Russia there can be little doubt. Like Lord Lansdowne he is far ad vanced iu life ; like that noble lord he may be wil ling to " stop a little longer" if his friends urge him strongly "to do so for their sakes." But the two strong reasons for his resignation can scarcely be overcome—his belief in Russia and the need for a vigorous Minister during anything like serious war. If faith is truly kept with the Turks, out h Lord Aberdeen must surely go, though he can scarcely be expected to take any step towards re signation until he has had an opportunity of making an explanation to Parliament. The ses sion is, however, at hand, and it may happen that to make things pleasant we may find Lord Lansdowne, like Lord Aberdeen, waiting for the gathering in St. Stephen's before either the one or the other takes any formal steps for interfering with the Ministerial status quo. Every Reformer throughout the country will be quite ready to admit that the present Cabinet has given us many acceptable measures. The succes sions duty, the repeal of the soap tax, the abolition of advertisement duties, the promise to bring all the money collected by taxation within the con trol of Parliament, the instalments of customs improvements, the penny Receipt Stamp Act, the Charitable Trusts Act, the settlement of the Canada clergy reserves vexation--all these are in their • way things for which the Cabinet, as a whole, is entitled to great credit, and to much future support. When the moment comes for the modi fication cf that Cabinet, these instalments of im provement must of course all be remembered in favour of the Aberdeen Ministry ; and if one or two resignations should come, the question will be, whether the whole party should be upset, or whe ther the measures really • carried' during the last session, and the promise of a real measure of fur ther Reform, are sufficient guarantees of good in tention to justify the country in prolonging their confidence in men who have done so much and pro mise so much more, or whether a clever Parliamen tary tactician should be allowed a chance of resolv ing the whole existing staff into its original elements, in order that from its ruins he may construct a raft which shall bear him into the high place which his friends declare him best fitted to fill. The wedge that will finally split up the Cabinet—if it is split up—will, of course, be its Eastern policy. The man to drive it home, if it is so driven, will be Lord Palmerston. "No Coalition Reform Bill " and " War, war," being the probable battle-cries. ENFIELD.- -THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.— Last evening a meeting of the inhabitants of Enfield was held in the Assembly-rooms of the King's Head Tavern, to hear an explanation of the principles and plan of this society, and of the scheme of allotment of the Enfield estate, to be a2tlotted on the 4th of January next. A deputation, consisting of Mr. R. N. Fowler, the banker, member of the executive committee, Mr. C. G. Lewis, Mr. Morgan, and Mr. Gruneisen, the secretary, at tended. Dr. Millar, of Enfield, presided. Mr. Fowler addressed the meeting in explanation of the principles and general plan of the society. Mr. C. G: Lewis also addressed the meeting in explanation of the details of the society. Mr. Morgan, the surveyor, stated that, if pro per applicatiot i were made to the Eastern Counties Rail way Company, every person building a house of the value of 501. per anztuin would have a free pass on the line for the perid 04 years, . [PRICE SD. CITY OP LONDON COMMISSION. The Royal Commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of the City corporation re-assembled yesterday, at the official residence of the Premier, after an adjournment from Friday, the 9th instant, and resumed their investiga tion. The Commissioners present were—the Right Hon. Mr. Labouchere (the chairman), Sir John Patteson, and Mr. Cornwall Lewis. The first witness examined was Mr. Samuel Hopwood, clerk to the Commissioners of Paving of St. Andrew's Hol born, and St. George the Martyr, who stated that' he at tended by the direction of the Commissioners of Paving, to complain of the street tolls levied by the City corpora tion on ail carts of non-freemen entering the City. The traders in his district, when they fetched their goods from the warehouses in the City to their own premises, or when they delivered them to their customers, were liable to these City toll s , w hi ch were exacted several Times in a single Iday. The cart of the poor laundress on entering the City had to pay like the rest ; and when the corporation was petitioned on the subject, they refused all redress. The other part s o f the metropolis had to maintain their streets , 1 in proper rep a i r a t the expense of the ratepayers of the district, without exacting any tax from carts passing through the m , an d h e did not see why a different rule ought to apply to the City. Mr. Ambrose Moore examined —I was a silk manufac turer, and resident in the city of London for about 40 years, but retired from b us i ness six years a go . l am s till a free man and liveryman ofthe City. The Chairman—Are there any points with reference to this inquiry to which you do desire to call our ,attention. Mr. Moore There ar e , b u t th ey are points relating not so much to the details as t o th e general outline of the cor poration.no My feeling is that it wou ld b e wrong to abolish the corporation, or to attempt to unite it with the other me tropolitan districts ; but whatever course might be pursued with regard to the creation of a new corporation, I see no reason why the old City should be deprived of any of its privileges which are applicable to the present time, and such as are not injurious to the general interests of the public. The Chairman—You mean that you would be sorry to see the City deprived of its municipal institutions, or to see them merged into municipal institutions for the whole of London ? Mr. Moore—l do ; and I think that a general confede ration of metropolitan corporations would be inexpedient, and would be inconvenient to the Government itself. Again, I have been connected with the borough of Mary lebone; and I cannot see any a d va ntage which that borough would from being incorporated, and it would be inconvenient to the Government, if the control of the police af Marylebone, for instance, were in the hands of a local body. . . The Chairman —But .it does not follow if Marylebone were incorporated into a separate municipality, that that municipality would have the control of the police? Mr. Moore—Certainly not, but I believe such a munici pality would complain if it had not the same powers con ceded to it as the borough corporations throughout the country possess in regard to police and the like. The Chairman—Does not the existing law already ena ble the parliamentary boroughs of the metropolis to obtain charters of incorporation, if therchoose at any time to apply to Parliament for them ? Mr. Moore—No doubt of it, but lam still of opinion that it would be inexpedient that they should be municipally in corporated. With respect to the City police, 'I think that it is very well managed at present, an d therefore Lknow of no reason why the City should be depriied of the privilege of managing its Own police, as well as of other of its ancient privileges. Again, no doubt the City magistracy is an ano maly, but it is an ancient privilee ' e which h as never b een abused. The City magistracy has done honour to itself, and I believe the general impression i s th a t it has very well administeredjustice. Whilst the City continues to elect its own magistrates they ought to be elected for life— the election Of the magistrates of London periodically would be very injudicious ; and whether the aldermen are to continue magistrates or not, I would have them chosen for life, because the Court of Aldermen is a very useful body, and they have other duties to perform which render it desirable that they should be independent men. The Chairman—With regard to the municipal constitu ency in the city' of London, do you see any objection to ap plying to the City the same municipal franchise as that which prevails over the rest of the country? Mr. Moore—My own opinion is that it would be prefer able, for the sake of simplicity, and for other reasons, that whatever is the parliamentary franchise in the City, the same should be the franchise for the municipal electors. I would assimilate the two, If the parliamentary franchise is good in the one case it is good in the other. The Chairman —Have you considered the privileges of the City with regard to the trade of London—are they ad vantageous? Mr. Moore—They are no longer advantageous under the circumstances of the present times. I would abolish the City tolls levied on carts, because they are a needless to terference with th e traffic of the City, although I do not see that there is any very great hardship in them. The City metage and every restriction upon the freedom of trade I would abolish, I would also sweep away the ex clusive privileges of trading enjoyed by freemen. The Chairman—Have you ever been connected personally with the corporation ? Mr. Moore—No, I have not, but I have paid consider able attention to the City elections. . Mr. C. Lewis—What is your opinion with regard to the wards of the City ? Mr. Moore—l think the wards are now very unequal, and that they ought to be rendered more equal. The smaller wards might be amalgamated, and the larger ones divided into two or more. The wards of Bassishaw and Coleman-street, for instance, might be added to gether, and that of Farri ng d on Without might be di vided into three separate wards. This would leave the ward boundaries in a great measure undisturbed, and would overcome some difficulties with regard to the ward Charities. r would have one alderman and from three to five common councilmen for each ward. This would re duce the Common Council from 206 to 100 members. The country corporations have one alderman to three council lors, but in London, where there is more business to be done, I would have an average of four common councilmen to one alderman. I would have the aldermen of the City continued as magistrates and elected for life, but remove able for a proper cause. I would have the Lord Mayor elected by the Common Hall, from the aldermen who have filled the office of sheriff. The sheriff of Middlesex ought not to be appointed by the citizens of London, but by the Crown, the same as the sheriffs of other counties. I would still have the sheriff of London elected by the Common hall. The Lord Mayor has the power of nominating to the office of sheriff; but this privilege I would transfer to the Court of Aldermen, and require notice to be p u bli c ly given of the nominations made. I would retain the fine imposed upon persons refusing to serve as sheriff, but I would put an end to the practice which has existed of putting up candidates who are unwilling to serve merely for the purpose of exacting the fine from th em . I would have the electors in the Common-hall assimilated to the electoral body for choosing members of Parliament. The said elections ought not to last more than one day. I would have the election of chamberlain placed in the hands of the Common Council, and not of the general constituent body. I would allow the Court of Alderman to continue as a se parate court. It is generally a respectable and independent body, although, perhaps, there are not so many of the highest class among its members as might be desirable. I would have the Court of Aldermen elect the recorder, subject to the approbation of the Crown. I would put in the power of the Court of Aldermen to appoint one or two police magistrates in the City. The effect of this would be that an alderman who did not wish to act as a magistrate would' not be compelled to do so. He would, therefore, occupy the same position as a borough justice in a place where there is a stipendiary magistrate. At the same time, I would retain to the alderman his power to act as a magistrate if he thought fit •, and if this c h ange were effected, so as to relieve those aldermen who had no time or inclination for the exercise of their judicial functions, I think that many merchants in the City, who were now deterred by the magisterial duties attached to the office, would not be any longer unwilling to serve as aldermen. I would have the salarie s o f th e police magistrates fixed by the Common Council, and the appointments made subject to the approval of the S ecre t ary of State. Ido not know of any authorit t y over or control th a t cou ld be placed the brokers of the City which would be better than that exer died by the Court of Aldermen. Ido not say the regula tions of that court with regard to the brokers are as good as they might be. I would reduce the rent charged by the City to the brokers. The Court of Aldermen institute pro secutions against brokers for fraud, and my belief is that the supervision. they exercise affords a security to the public. The committee of the Stock Exchange only ex clude members from their body in cases of default or mis conduct, which is a private process, and unlike that which takes place before the Court of Aldermen, who are inde pendent men, an d w illh ave cases fully and publicly inquired into. It is well known that a higher class of members at present refuse to join the corporation of the City and fill its offices. The reason why this is the case I believe is because the repre sen t a ti ve b o dy i s t o o numerous, too antiquated in form, too political in its conduct, and because a very inefficient class of persons belong to it. If you were to reduce the number of members, and simplify the forms, I believe that more respecta ble men would not object to,connect themselves with the corporation. I can see no reason why the upper classes in t'he City Should think it beneath them to attend to the public interests of the City,' when we find that in Liver pool and other large towns the leading men take part in the affairs of their respective municipalities. The Chairnian—Do you think that the pageantry in the city of London has any influqnce in deterring eminent merchants from accepting corporate offices? Mr. Moore—l do not know that a man of intelligence , acting as Lord Mayor, would wish to see men in armour riding before , him. I am not, however, for altogether abolishing the Lord Mayor's show, but for introducing to m of superior cultivation and taste, who would improve it. The Chairman—Then you thi n k th a t th e s h o w might be better got up ? (A laugh.) - Mr. Moore—Yes. I thi n k th e prac ti ce o f t ma gistrate of such a city p rocee di ng in pu blic toyil7 chief e stminster to receive the a pp ro b a ti on of the C ro wn on his I a Plmay inent, is a cere mony f ar from u would not aboli s h it a lt oge th er; nsoei!Zs : and, therefore,onld les any manxactly have the Lord M a y or d ress i n th e sa me manner as would do when merely going to c hurch. A higher class of men', if they were induced to take s the office, would soon a t present existing in th e pro correct all the errors of-bld arrangements of the procession. I would not abolish th e annual banquet at the G u ildhall. lam in favour of the mainienance of a decent splendour, and even a magnificent hospitality by the cbief magistrate of the metropolis of this empire. The dinners connected with th e comm i ttees of the sorporati en, I consider, are too n umerous. With respect s 4. s th e c onservancy of the Thame s , T thi n k the cor n pora tion, however well-meaning, are not properly qualified fur the discharge of such functions, and I would vest them in the Crown. Mr. C. Lewis—You said that you saw.no advantage wh i c h Marylebone, or the other Parliamentary boroughs o f the metropolis, could derive from the extension of municipal institutions. Do you think that the City de rives any great benefit from its present institutions? Mr. Moore—l think it does derive advantage from its institutions, but that advantage might'be increased if its institutions were improved. .1 , Mr. C. Lewis—Tell us what advantage the City derives which Marylebone and the other boroughs might not derive 1 , i'3 from those institutions? . , '1 % . Air. Aire -ra gq.it chiefly on the gromul of 404t 4 an,4:, • 8 &.- --, u /‘ -- 12t- - t? . ~, :,.! ;‘•;ii,.., 1 , 2! i f t X ,lence which would b e d one to the feelings et V.,‘--:\'., ,4 4 —4 ~i 'i )i. ..-.-; j a and the great revulsion wh is ich in :n a l l d ly e:s s a pe e Z,, I dv - V-t - i''':_ r 7 , , 1--- ' :;- . , „ -`, ,Y their ancient institutions were to be abolished. The man 1--.v.ii.h:4'/'''" in which business is done in the City peculiar, and has grown up in gradual adaptation to its 1 - 4 .Pellijta municipal institutions. I am, therefore, for improving, and not far revolutionising those institutions. With re gard, however, to the rest of the metropolis, this being the seat of (government, there are' many thin gs w hi ch are done by the Gover nme nt which are not done by it in the • other towns and boroughs of the kingdom. It oondu atm thtlpoliee„ and manages the sewers and other branches of metropolitan local administration, for instance. The Chairman—Do you think that no evil arises in the metropolis from the clashing and collision of the numerous local boards which exist within it? Mr. Moore—lf there be, I would obviate it by remodel ling these boards. I feel satisfied that if local municipali ties were to be given to 2,500,000 people, and they were to form a confederation, they might occasion great inconve nience to the Government of the day. Mr. C. Lewis—Then we are to understand you to say that because this is the seat of Government you would not establish municipalities where they do not exist, but that you would continue those of the City because they do exist ? Mr. Moore—Yes ; and because of the feelings of the in habitants. Mr. C. Lewis—But you would retain thEfm in the City rather because they exist there than because they are beneficial ? Mr. Moore—l would do it for both reasons. I think it beneficial, for instance, that the administration of justice should be in the hands of men of business, experience, and independence, like the City aldermen, rather than in the hands of mere lawyers like the stipendiary magistrates. Mr. C. Lewis —But you proposed that the City police courts should be filled with stipendiary magistrates? Mr. Moore—Yes, but not to the exclusion of the alder men ; and even the paid magistrates I propose might be members of the Court of Aldermen. Mr. C. Lewis—ls that all the advantage the City derives, independent of the ancient custom and habit you speak of ? Mr. Moore—When you take away the police, the magis tracy, and the sewers from the local bodies, as you do in the rest of the metropolis, the re would hardly be anything left for a municipality except ancient custom. Mr. C. - Lewis—Then you would preserve the City cor poration rather because it is an existing institution than because it - is a good institution ? Mr. Moore—lt may not be a perfect institution, but I do not say it is a bad institution ; and I can see no reasou why the old privileges of the City shotild be taken away' as from l t l h t e h p e oli e ce xia . ting City yor Mr. c i t, .s such, Lewis—But instance,lt i police an old institution, which has, I believe, only been fifteen years in existence? Mr. Moore—Yes ; but the old constables were formerly appointed by the wards, and were under the authority of the corporation in some way. Mr. C. Lewis —Do you see any reason for preserving a separate board of sewers in the City? Mr. Moore—No, unless it be that the corporation should be allowed to continue to manage its own affairs where it has managed them we ll , which I believe to be the case with regard to the City sewers. Mr. C. Lewis—Then, according to your view, the City• would be the only municipal body in the metropolis? Mr. Moore—lt would, Mr. C. Lewis—Then, under these circumstances, would not the chief magistrate and the corporation of the City remain, as at present, to a considerable extent the repre sentatives of the entire metropolis for municipal purposes ? Mr. Moore—l dare say that in Paris or at St. Peters burgh it might be considered so but that could not be the case in this country. I don't see that the Lord Mayor has anything to do with the rest of the metropolis, than per haps to take the chair at some public meeting, which, in fact, is rather beneficial than otherwise. Mr. C. Lewis—But does the City corporation represent the metropolis ? Mr. Moore—No, it does not. The Chairman—What is your view of the relation be tween the City and Southwark ? Mr. Moore—l would sever the anomalous connection which new subsists between Southwark and the city of London. With regard to the 4d. coal tax, Ido not see why the city of London should be entrusted with the ad ministration of affairs beyond its own boundaries, or have the power to tax the inhabitants of the metropolis gener ally for purely local purposes. . The witness then withdrew. , Mr. Edward Wilson examined.—He had been a silk manufacturer in the ward of CriMegate Within, and re presented that ward in the Court of Common Council be tween the years 1832 and 1839, and took a very active part in the affairs of the corporation. He was a member of the committee of the Common Council, which was moved for by Mr. Williams, the present M.P. for Lambeth, to inquire into the salaries and emoluments of the officers of the corporation. That committee agreed to a report, which stated that the expenses of the offic e of Lord Mayor amounted to 25,000/. per annum. 'He wished to state that there was a fallacy involved in that calculation, which was afterwards pointed out by resolutions of the Court of Common Council, passed in March, 1836. The mis take arose from the original cost of the site and the build ing of the Mansion-house having been calculated at a per centage, and then debited as part of the annual expenses of the Lord Mayor's office. He had drawn up an outline of certain suggestions, the adoption of which he thought would improve the constitution of the City corporation. They were to the following effect. He would propose that the corporation should consist of the Lord Mayor, from 20 to 25 aldermen, and no less than 100 common councillors —that the wards should be equalised as to size, regard being had to population, &c.— that there El could be as many wards as alderman —that the Lord Mayor should be elected from the aldermen by the whole constituency—that one alderman and an equal division of councilmen should be elected by each ward—the assumed veto of the Lord Mayor and aldermen on the choice of aldermen should be abolished--the Lord Mayor should be elected annually, and the aldermen f or lif e —th e councillors and all other officers should be annually elected—that there should be no money qualification for the offices of Lord Mayor, aldermen, or common councilmen ; but that there should be a penalty impose 1 on any one who, having been an in solvent, bankrupt, or guilty of fraud, -hould be found voting, or acting in either capacity. The Chamberlain should bo elected by the electors ; auditors, not being members of the corporation, should be annua'ly appointed by the corporate body. The electors should consist of the Parliamentary constituency, and the aldermen and coun cillors in each ward should make out and publish annually a list of voters for each ward, and the poll should be limited to one day. The corporate body should arrange lists and voting places for the election of Lord Mayor, Chamberlain. drc., the poll to be limited to one day in these cases also. The Lord Mayor and aldermen should have the administration of justice in the City, and the charge of the prisons, .and should draw on the City's cash for an agreed sum of money annually for that pur pose ; nothing beyond that sum to he expended without the sanction of the Court of Lord Mayor, aldermen, and councillors. The controul of the City's cash should be vested in the corporate body. The necessity of being free of the City, or of any municipal company or companies, for pur poses of trade, should be abolished. A commissioner should be appointed to try appeals against th e d ec i s i ons of the ' Navicration Committee. The trade upon th e r i ver should be as free as air, but in order to prevent accidents and to preserve the river, there should be some control exercised over it. Mr. Wilson then proceeded to say that he thought the Navigation Committee had hitherto performed its du ties efficiently. He was of opinion that the corporate ac counts were extremely clear and easy to be understood. It would be easy to suggest othe r modes of keeping the ac ' counts, but abst, which was regularly published, was almost perfect. The funds of the City proper were really very small, and not above 150,000/. a year and so much of this amount was absorbed by the administration of justice, the police, and the like, that really very little was left to be dealt with by the City. With regard to the coal tax, he thought its Proceeds had been expended for the benefit of the metropolis at large. Such gigantic works as the rebuilding of London-bridge, which were for the advantage of the whole metropolis, could not fairly be charged to tha expense of the City alone • , and for improve ments of that character he did not think a general im provement rate would be a more equitable impost than the coal tax. The City were extremely good landlords in the management of their corporate estats. Mr. M. Sayward examined— He said that he was the secre tary to a life assurance office, at Chatham-place, Blackt riars bridge, and his object in appearing before the commissioners jurisdictionof police in the metropolis. The office with was to point out the disadvantages arising from the double which he was connected, which was situated on the west side yard that was the property of another party, was b ro k en into and robbed in the latter part of the year 1849, the thieves having obtained an entrance by means of the coal yard to which he had referred. This coal-yard was ap proachable by a causeway of a hundred yards wide, which was left at the margin of the river by the recession of the tide, and which, although it extended all the way from London-bridge to the Temple, along the water's edge, was left entirely exposed to gangs of thieves, who roamed at large there,during the low tides without' any let or te hin drance from the police, and who committed frequent predations. Indeed, there was hardly marauders. along the City side of the river's bank wh a ic c h o ici l a n d i n& been broken into and plundered by these unchecked go He had therefore brought the subject ofthe exposed 1 :f the sta t et3, of this water-side hardway before the attention corporation, in connection with the f robberyhis ffi with the been committed upon the premises ° d r the protection t of 0 __ oe which bad view of inducing them to place it u nder had cee ,. , ,,_____,_ the police ; but the City authorial) _h . o d u l P ru,,buy comply with his request (in which his p e e fohnbtraryrs contrary, recommended " recommended memo rial, joined him), and had, on th the coal-yard at the rear, to employ a private watchmanto the office where the burglary him, in a letter written bytlie in ir _officer, Mr. Merewether, although it did not belo ng office, of course, contributed its share was committed. The rates the City, but was refused the protec tionHe understood that the City authorities t oth of e police th e i pole , r i i c e .. un aliction of their police stopped t th e said and didnotextend to the stopped a t a the ever dry at low water. Failing in his Lip pin i c,. tthoahftithilgie,i;as tide, ri"r placationYi t o the City, he had next applied for redress to g e tmpolitari Commissioners of Police, Who ' h the not jurisdi c ti on over the City p o l• they had lee, ye the hd , alth t eug c ontrol of the Thames police ; but as this force only wa tch at ed afloat, he also failed i n a t taining his object in th quarter. He understood that the metropolitan police watched that portion of the river side left dry by the re but t h e of the tide whi c h was within their jurisdiction, City police did not, The case which he had laid before the commissioners illustrated the evil of a divided police jurisdiction in the metropolis, and he considered it desirable that the police of the City should be placed under the same authority in this respect as the rest of the metropolis, Mr. Henry Roy appeared to call attention to the City privileges in connection with the Stock Exchange. Re thought the corporation did not enforce its regulations id respect to the sworn brokers of the City with sufficient stringency. The Stock Exchange was entirely ii private association, and w h a t h e w i s h e d t h e Ci ty c orporation to was, to p reven t th e committee of the Stoc k Exchange xa from r s nu d t at rendering the Exchang e a cl os e market, which it was present. He thought the license of the corporation o ug htto be suffici en t t o a d m it a sworn broker to carry on busi ness in the Stock Exchange, without any restriction being imposed by the regulations of the Stock Exchange com mittee. The whole of the witnesses as yet summoned having been examined, The Chairman said that the commissioners now proposed to adjourn the commission until the 11th of January, when they would probably enter upon the examination of wit nesses connected with the corporation. They would not sit again before the above date unless they should find it expedient to examine some other witnesses whom they w ere not at present aware of, and in that case due notice would be given of their intention to meet. But, as at present advised, the commissioners would not sit again till the 11th of January, and then they would proceed to ex amine the officers of the corporation. The inquiry was then adjourned accordingly. I g