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WILL SHORTLY CLOSE.-DR. KHAN'S ANATOMICANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Portland Gallery, Regent- It 17'stuti bows:, excepting the Polytechnic.—Open for Gentlemep da il y at the M's, exCepting on Wednesdays and Frida y s, from Two to ~ uurb4g which hours Ladies only are admitted. Explanations nentletnen by Dr. Leach, and for Ladies by Mrs. Leach. Ad -14181014 Is. hArRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, ( 1 . 1 " 9 • 1 1, thus. C. Lauestrr, Onslow-housP, Flbaam road). our e above Rooms are now OPEN FOIL THE SEASON, will continue' open every evening, with L ALT RE \ TZD. RAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 to commence at 9 o'clock, and teridnate atthalf-Past 11. JOYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON-H.R.EL PRIvCE ALBERT. CLASS LECTURES. ••. r • 11. PEPPER will commen le TWO SEPARATE COURsES of EATwelve Lectures each on PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY in the ORATORY on MONDAY, December the sth, at Eleven o'clock and on the Evening of the same day at a quarer to Nine. Fee for each Course, including me of Apparatus, Three Guineas. Ate, TWO SEPARATE CLASSES on PHOTOGRAPHY, each Six Practical Lectures on the Paper and Glass Processes, coMmence December Ist, at Eleven o'clock in the Morning, and e Evenings at Eight o'clock. 'ye for eachConrse, Three Guineas. rELASSEs on MATHEMATICS by Mr. SMALLEY (a Graduate 'n Class Mathematical honours of the University of Cambridge) "roluencing MONDAY, tit: 28th inst., at Eight p.m. Teats. One Guinea per Month. OYSTERS-TO EPIC ITRES. UEEN B 0 ROU G H and FAVERSHAM NA LIVE ()TATER& t'.6 most acceptable Preseat at this season of the year is a Barre °u , ti best NATIVE OYSTERS, which are to be obt ained at SCOTT'S Zisibrated OYSTER WAREHOUSE, 18, Coventry-street, Piccadilly, Barrel, warranted to weigh 141bs. ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF PALE ALE. THE Principal Firms of Burton having advanced i t _ the price of EAST INDIA PA LE ALE 6 s. per barr el, narsi. TETLEY and SON think it necessary to inform their friends fat, they do not intend to alter the price of their Ales on orders ;rift, ed before Christmas next. The quality and condition shall be --"' as to maintain the character it has heretofore sustained. I Tat Brewery, Leeds ; City Stores, 26, Crosby hall Chambers. Oct. 24, 1853. THE ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. , (Consolidation of the Stock of the Royal Exchange A ssurance Houses and Goods from Fire, kith the Stock of the Ro y al Ex 'ngeg,____ Assurance ; Royal Exchange Assurance to exercise p o wer s l 'a_ill Corporations, and of the Royal Exchange Assurance An -I;COlaips.ny, and loyal Exchange Assurance Loan Company; NOTICE -- uonarPoWera aud Amendment. Acts,) - 1 0 1 1 :TICE D 4 HEREBY GIVEN, That an application is intended made in the ensuing session of Parliament, for leave to bring n bill to amalfamate and consol date the capital-stock of the cor- Zition of the Royal Exchange A ssur . nce of Houses and Goods -, Z5 Fire, with the capital-stock t,f the corporation of the Royal Ex ."l4ge Assurance; and to enable such las t named cor p oration to , ercise all the powers which are at present exercised by the two 4 *Porations and the Royal Exchange Assur ance Annuit y Com p an y , .., , 4 the Royal Exchaire Assurance Loan Company, respectively; - .Q to confer additional powers on the R o y al Exchan g e Assurance, ~.d to alter their existing powers for effecting insurances, purchasing, _lls or granting annuities, reversi o a ar y inter ate , and the like, Z loan and investment of the corporation funds, the purchase of , and otherwise, with respect to the prop e t y , revenues, and ir,, 7 , alness of the said corporations ; and to enable the Royal Exchange :,4rance to purchase the business and assume the liabilities of any Ab er Insurance or Reversionary Interest Company, and to repeal or ; m end certain of the provisions of the local and persona l acts, 33d wee 111., chapter 14 ; and 6th George IV., chapter 37 ; and of the ▪ "al acts and charters therein recited, and of any other act or , relating to the said corporations , or either of t h em. ~;°Plee of the proposed bill will be deposited in the P r iv a te Bil - inee of the House of Commons, on or before the 31 st day of Discern ..°l"next , . 'Ated this 15th day of November, 1853. RICHARDS and SON, Solicitors for the Bill. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE, Royal Exchange. Nov. 23, 1853. The COURT of DIRECTORS of the ROYAL EXCHANGE f;ZURANCE do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that their TRANS hr6 BOOKS will be SHUT from TUESDAY, the 6th of iiietaber next, to THURSDAY , the s th o f J anuar y follow -141,1 that the ANNUAL GENERAL COURT appoin t ed by tht Charter will be holden at their office on the Royal Ex on WEDNESDAY, the 21st of December, at 12 'clock ; that a Dividend will be considered of at the said court; Wit the draft of a bill intended to be introduced into Parlia -`eht in the session of 1854 will be submitted for adoption. ALEX. GREEN, Secretary. GENERAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE CO3l PA NY. Pro Or A visionally Registered, and to be Incorpirated by Royal Charter It o i ) ' ‘ t. Of Parliament, far the Guarantee against Losses arising from ue ries, Forgeries, Frauds, Debts, Insolvency, Fire, and Non-pay- Lifent Of Rent. e Assurance is also effected on improved and safe principles. 41 ta, 500,0001. (with power to increase to 1,000.0001.) in 100,000 shares of 51. each ; deposit, 1/. per share. Offices—Cannon .treet West, London. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Humphreys, Son, and Morgan. SECRETARY—WiIIiam H. Longmore, Esq. This Company has been e'itablisbed for the purpose of combining o des office, and concentrating under one management , the v a ri o u s Zee in which the prirciule of Insurance is capable of being applied. 1, 44 e business of the General Indemnity Insurance Company corn 1107,nee all th and im portant rms of Insurance presen:,' in ii.n, and includes I Q new and important ea urea not previously brought before the t o e• These are divided between its t. ree main departmen t s in the i ° ! 7 ing Irsurance against Robberies, Forgeries, Frauds, Bcc. (1,4 2 d , I nsurance aga i ns t Los, es by bad Debts and gu , rantee o f Rents. 14 . department includes the Collection of Debts and Rents without -rantee, at a moderate commiss ion. The winding-up of Bankrupt a wn nsolvent Estates, and advances to Assurers, on the security of '"realised assets not immediately available for the purchase and sale Estates. ) ,3d. Fire and Life Insurance in all its branches. Insurances to ,ortg er a. providing for re - paym ent of mortgage-money; An- Vties and. Loans to Policy-holders on real and personal security. lie Fire Department includes a new feature of considerable import hee. Insurance against loss of Business Profits in consequence of re. uf,For each of these Departments a special Prospectus is prepared, to 4 11 the pitblic are referred for the minute details. ic e a t t ary ion . s for Shares and other information to be addressed 411411 %1111w1aw.1 1 400 lmpavi.f_octavo pages, Price 365., With Map -r, corrected from recent Surveys, it g SST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for tsc o , s lB s4. The work is printed in entirely new type from the tem„," and Glasgow Letter Foundry, and has been so greatly ex et ea. that the " Street Directory" contains 135,842 distinct names ~sM; these will be found correc ly classified in an the other *re Dal divisions, Comenercia , , Trades, Law, and Court, all of which b h i ncreased in proportion to the great extension of the " Street 7,7,t0ry. uihe Fost Office Directoiy has long been the wonder of the pub- V 4 0,7 wend, a monament of private enterprise and ingenious labour pub -11))e,• Without parallel."—Moraing Herald. Nov. 4, 1853. 11, t rattersea, Bow, Brixton, Bro ley (Middlesex), Camberwell, 1 0.0 14I dge Heath, Clapham-road, Dalston, Deptford, Hackney, Hol litr-Y-road, Kenti-th-town, Kingsland, NeW-CrOSS, South Labeth, Zforfi, wandsworth-road, &c., &c., are essentially parts o f ' the Metropolis,' and, as such, should ob viousl y be included in any lizte: et° rY of London. ... In the Post-office Directory,' there -144 me inhabitants of these pla.c2s appear in all th e al p habetical 1 44 0 that the residence and calling of a n y one can be instantly lebd. In whatever part of the suburbs he may be lodged. the work one of the most useful that can be possibly irna 47fer any purpose of metropolitan life." —Observer, Nov. 13, 1853 indices are very numerous, and immensely facilitate refer -Ift; ' 0 the 'various sub-divisions of the book." —Morning Advertiser, is t tn, ber 4, 1853. k,: , Mine of useful and entertaining knowledge."—Daily News knowledge" — , 17, 1833. the Deserves much praise for the accuracy which pervades it, and for ii mess of the information." —Morning Chronicle, November 4, et " The completest Directory yet produced, both as regards classill 4, 1 7 and typographical execution."—lllustrated News, November Nsa. th,,z( it be true, as all our readers will be ready to admit, that a is no country like England, and no place like London, it is a 001,, ~_onsistent climax to add , and no guide book like the "Post '"Loirectory."—John Bull, November 5, 1853 . kl l ' n e of the most remarkab'e and useful works of the a g e."— . Path' s Journal, November 5, 1853. wit c ,"; 1 48 monster volume is a per:ect des:deretum for the office and enting-bouse."—Mining Jowly', November 5, 1853. tif , ,, , :eatly increased in size by the introduction of a large number 144: - ;,t. in the subarbs."—Wcekly Dispatch, November 5, 1853. A T . ! edition of this wonderful. work has, to speak commercially, ".Is6;i l arged some ten or fLteen per cent."—Spectator, November he. kik, (L i ves no insignificant idea of the wonders of a city that de -11.4. such a work to register its multifarious contents."—Atlas, ;t, 1 853. St l V.ewhole infOrmation has b^2n brought up with great care AND N i lii 6 .`c'T to the 19th of September."— Sunday Times, November A . hlu u notice of this gigantic volume, proportioned to its size and 4 ty v puld occupy our whole paper —we s a y its size and value, for 'Told a perfectly equal measure."—Standard, Nov. 7, 1853. Zost e "eady the Messrs. Kel y and Co. had actually distanced the "RbliterPrising of their competitors. They have now rendered it t nta t ierous for any other compiler to &cern of emulating their ex- N n arY enterprise."—Sun, November 7, 1853. 70bi„mnarvellous accuracy and minuteness of detail, fills one with I /,'"lnent."—Morning Post, November 7, 1853. annual miracle appears again."—Globe, Nov. 8, 1853. wth, it i Unrivalled—indeed quite unapproached by any competitor fi v e seen ."— Examiner , Nov. 12, 1853. btakt _kin a gentleman of our acquaintance stating to us that the two Zit % ~,e w r i anders of the age are the electric telegraph and chloroform, enders to observe that there was vet a third, and that— • rost-office London Directory."—Bell's Weekly Messenger, pitbop. 1853. e :he accuracy of the Court Directory, we can ourselves speak '• nfidence."—Court Journal Nov. 12, 1853. ` , 50 i , 1 , 5 1p5t valuable, commod'ous , and almost indispensable work." K -- 1 Y Times, Nov. 13, 1 853 . • Th e biggest as well as the best book of ou r ac q uaintance." , c h,Nov. 19, 1853. 4 I t Would be quite superfluous for us to dwell at length upon the excellence of this work."—Economist, Nov. 19, 1853. Vas no rival in the publishing world."—Britannia, Nov. 19, blCe volume before us far surpa s se s in bulk, weight, and corn ,qsa. ells any that has appeared before." —Literary Gazette, Nov. 5, & ( ! l Y and Co., 19 and 20, Old Boswell Court, and all Booksellers. ASSISTANCE DURING THE t„,41r 00 ,_ PRESENT WAR. t hn e i t ,o ll l l . the readers of Hi daily papers are puzzled to make Zrpt,: tion and prospects o' the combat ints, but English inter talPfibiam_ at be equired. The elements of the present war are tu t , _,erfough in the City and in the country. The grand northern b l atti tl relared his hostilities, and opened a reg ular siege on the th,ln t of the British subjects, by Fogs , Da m p , Rain, and Frost, ,'',eirrn,lconsolidated masses, or dispersed in irregular troops under Varld of neral Winter. To meet the - e inhospitable in- IdOSES Ge and SON have marshaled an in omparable army ti t troy Paletots, NP , rappers, &c., &c., of sufficient force to ;t ild 'ue antagonistic influence of the elements, and to act as I,Zerted comfort Gua,ds on unnumbered thousands; a nd the re kttovertillery of their strong , neat , a nd substantiall y -made W in .': Vests, and Trousers , will e ntirel y subdue the capturing k t c. colds, who e penal settlements are umatics and all the )t ) . c la VVinter Season. II army of reserve is Just made up by and SON for sale at their Establishment and West-end 0, i ' le c onsisting of oxford Blues, Greys, and Mixtures of the most and serviceable materials, associated with the b ltil tQ a tonable at d accomplished workmanship ; an i millions of " be It111 1 !114, t , i rY. in Children's and Youths' Atti andreFifty-three., mostmagnificently e rear of Ei g ht ee n Hundred mag Victory Itteto ek ne olislated by the best UtOersta ndin g s which ever existed hitthtitte-r°f Boots and Ahoes of unparalle l e d q uality and cheapness ; f4fl to o of these victorious powers will be at the establish , ,et w tts aIO , ES and SON, the largest, best, and cheapest stoc Letei,tbra-teaPs being prepared for the purpose. The event t will Let 7 , by a vast selection of Hosiery Goods, Furs, Shawls, "eoj,_`Xcl a s Z e s &c., &c. ; and in supera bundant sa; isfaction ll every her " Long live the Queen, an d prosperity to a t h o vi ll e7t i L lq - - E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the ,„ .q e 6,.°otroi"Vmposition, having learned that the untradesman - like "Vvr% eo Being connected with heir Establishment," or " It's tq , „ r u L c erfl," has been resorted to in many instances, and for vc x :v_nes they beg to state that they have o %d e. ,aloN WITH ANY OTHER 110CSE IN oa gin OF LONDON, 9 4 6 Oh i teeJl their own Establishments, as follOws : /,akisilty Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, or t Aldgate, opposite the Church , a ll communicating. lied a -cat-end Branch 506 507, 508, New Oxford street , 1, 2 thedfo,4 .e art-street, all co . mm ' uniating. tonald Icrorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. ,ranch, 36, Far.rate. veh m r anch, M , lbou . ne, Australia. j)thlktakejallo-'> Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and pR and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. A NT. —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be th esit oesired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned litk ti 'Otti Ma ori. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest F m no abatement can be made. 41 1 ...2•8,,r_ornents are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Aar 11 00 ;:nbnsiness is resumed till 12 o'clock. "qtt i The Epitome of Comfort and Economy," contain /,411_,4.4 o ' n f _Prices, our system of self - meas urement, &c., &c., uso ble application, or post-free. Ali nahac for year ending 1853 can be had gratis, i tier Darla Is t ht amide. man Deutsch. Qui si Darla Italian°. AQUA so habla Espano MEDICAL AD VICE 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 Medical soeiety, 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 bleed more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist ence secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifi ca tions 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 con4equene es may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of phical infirmity or flinctional ys derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged n 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 see. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply es , arded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the are 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 1/., and advice and medicines can he 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. k Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and generative Debility , illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and des sribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct iescription of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German. of Messrs. Piper Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Storie, Titchhorne-street, Haymarket; or free by ,ost for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's resi dence, 37, BEDFOaD-BcitiAliE LONDON. .. ...11..... :ET- ptious is L 6 stones [ toss6d. stone. Leal, each A 21. 20, 25 btraesb. e ye tallial" ad second cet. Ba r. Gond, and Third. i 1 380 TI 1 i 29. i 1 I 1 — 2, rs —. ° 1 1 'dance, and nit to * r e ' r ilea Were ov. 29. which was Jid all were intion troll' rket :-- &c. 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W a in ne.' o ref ° br von, o f ESq., sirirb?,t2 bokiestY"° 35,-- ;pester, ag a t and 0131.1 1 „,,, 1, rector os BovProsd, Altilb3;o public, of Beckfrillrg.rll444. eldest dough Soul gent dauglater 4,5* g • " I:l sdovrn e-cirellOe.7,"" the Recd' pa rish, Ol Jo 7t, 11 , -.1 : 1 : dge• s, gra uu.g, RDO yt the , 0.1 t O ll4l r- s. a. an a 1ne...,, what rt tched. 001 ••• • 00l ... sof• ° , Pee. 1 No. 19,090.] MR. BARTLETT'S NE* WORK. On December 5, superior royal, price 125. , nea tl y bound, THE PILGRIM FATHERS ; or, the Four. tiers of New Englanil in the reign of James I. By W. H. BART- L TT. author or " P orty Days i i the Deiert," Ste. With Twenty- Eight Illustrations on Stec', and numerous Woodcuts. Arthur Hall, Virtue; and Co ; 2 , , Paternoster-row. NEW WORK BY REV. DR. CUMMING. On December 5, in fcap., price 2s. d., cloth, CHRIST OUR PASSOVER. By Rev. JOHN CUMMING, D.D. Uniform with the" Finger of God." Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co., 25, Paternoster-row. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF "MARY POWELL." This day is published, price 7s. 6d., c'oth, antique, CHERRY AND VIOLET ; a Tale of the Great Plague. Uniform with " Edward Osborne," &c. Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co., 25, Paternoster-row. On December sth, in post Bvo., price 65., cloth, gilt , AUTOBIOGRAPHY of WILLIAM JERDAN; with his Literary, Political, and Social Reminiscences and C,rrespondence, during the last Forty Team Volume IV., corn oleting the Work, with a Portrait of Sir E. B. Lytton, and View of Knebworth. Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co., 25, Paternoster row. New and Cheaper Edition, complete Ia I Vol., medium Bvo., handsomely bound and gilt, nriee IL Is., PILGRIMAGES to ENGLISH SHRINES. fly Mrs. S. C. HALL. With Notes and Illustrations. By F. W. Fairholt, Arthur Hail, Virtue and Co., 25, Paternoster-row. VOL. I. OF LAIVIARTINE'S HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY (1789) will be published in a few days, nice 6s. Vizetelly and Company, 135, Fleet,steeet. Ana all 1 001 0,0, Tik.Wrildes. *COPP' _ M A b . T y O D R , 'S Batl elour SYNOVITIC estini LOTION as Testimonials nI the following per sons may be seen at Ur. Ratchelonr's, 12, Finsbury-place South, Finsbury-square. CANCER : from Mrs. Brown, 2, Bevis-marks, City; Mrs Wilton, 24, De Beauvoir-terrace, Kingsland ; Mrs. Tiping, Hoxton-place, Epsom. WHITE SWELLING: from Mrs. Stevens. at Messrs. Berens & Co.'s. 32, St. Paul's-churchyard. SPINAL COMPLAINT : from Mr. Price, 23, Brick-lane, Spital fields: Mr. W. Knight, Faversham. RHEUMATISM : from Mr. P. Smart, Somerset-place, Rotherhithe. &CALD HEAD: From Mr. Carter, 38, Kingsland-road. Dr. Batcbelour is acting in unison with Mr. Major, the inventor of the loti , n, the most wonderful medicinal agent of modern times. The lotion, with directions for use, is sold at 12, Finsbury-place South, Finsbury-square, and at George Watts', 17, Strand, in bottles I Is. and 22a. each. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA. and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and a:. Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup. Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly dige-t the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68 Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Scns, Messrs. Crosse 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 PEBRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. LIRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. The following testimoniai is another proof of the great efficacy of this medicine : . _ " Wirichmore Hill, Middlesex, April 16, 1851. " Sir,—ln consideration of the great benefit I have derived from taking Frampton's Pill of Health, I feel it a duty that I owe to you and the public to send you the following statement. For upwards of nine years I have experienced the efficacy of this excellent medicine. I had long previ.nsly been afflicted with headache and indigestion, but a friend having induced me to make a trial of Frampton's Pills, now inform you that a few doses gave me great relief ; and during this long period of time I have taken them in preference to any other medicine ; and I have the happiness of saying that I never had a t‘etter state of health, which I attribute to Frampton's Pills. I beg further to add, that this medicine is in general use by my family, and we know of nothing to equal it. "I am, Sir, yoars respectfully, THOMAS PROVINCE. " To Mr. T. Pront, 229, Strand, LoAon. This excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels, and is a pleasant, safe, easy aperient ; tkey unite he recommendation of a mild operation with the most essful effect, and require no re straint of diet or confinement during their use. .- Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Front, 229, Strand, London,"on the Government stamp. • Price le. I;4d. and 2s. 9d. per box. B RITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH, Hamilton-place, New-road, London. The following Is a LIST of AGENTS for the sale of MORISON'S PILLS, the Vegetable Universal Medicine, in London and its vicinity : Strand, 262—(,Tohn Lofts, jun.) The Hygeist-office Regent-street, 65 .. • • Mr. Field Park-place, 1, Mile End-road .• Mr. Lofts Oxford-street, 63 •••••• • • • • .. Dietrichsen& Hannay,perfamers New-road, 20, St. George's East • • • • .• • • Mr. J. Baines Watling-street, 55 • • Mrs. Dare Townshend-street, 8, Old Kent road • • • ••• • • • Mrs. Fonlser Tottenham-court-road, 128.... Mr. Rayner Walham Green .. Brentford (Pontiodlee)-........ Mr. Norbnry Clapham •• • • .... • • •• .. Mr. Batten's Library Great Chart-street, 53, East road, floston .. • • ........ Mrs. Dinmore Cornhill, 68 .......... ...... Mr. R. Johnstone, perfumer, &c. High Holborn, 90.... • • ...... Mr. Pullen. Deptford .. •. • . .. Mr. Perritt, bookseller Staines ••.. • • •• • • .......... Mr. Norris's Library Poplar, High-street ••.• • • • Mr. Edmunds Finsbury Market, 3, North-street Mr. Sage Paddington-green, 22, Hermit age-street • .••.• •• • .. Mr. Wm. Winn Croydon.... • • .. • • • • Mr. D. Wilson, grocer. See that the words " Morison's Universal Medicines" are on the Government stamp, in white letters on a red ground. The Medicine may also be had of the agents in every town throughout the kingdom. SECOND EDITION.—WITH ADDITIONS. Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d. ) N TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors n relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the Generative System, or Sexual Hypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD "Dr. Bickford '.s known to English readers by his frequent practi cll contributions to German medical literature. This is the first t me. he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the nos-medi eel reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall tetect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his •ower to correct." —London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. The tribeof 'Quiet Sympa thisers,' and Medical Friends,'are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book wuld find its way into the hands of those who stiffer fr m the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would oe saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of , es s importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much m0ney...... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore likely to do much good."—MedieM Circular. Juno 16, 1852. London: 11. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. ON THE SECRETND CAUSES OF SELF-ACED HOPES QUIRED MISERIES A DISAPPOINT. THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fiftieth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the Establishment, So. 6d. in stamps, rIiMIE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on ll the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol lowed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By It. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster row, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Gor don, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, Farrinedori-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Bow Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; It Johnson, 68, Cornhill. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductiv organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav ings. PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V.'s devoted to the consideration of marriage and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL BALE OF SYRI ACUM is exclusively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11s and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptona, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, Ils. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and Ils. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic Inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, ii. A minute detail of the case is required : age, habits, and posi tion in society. 5/. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish ment only, by which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, arc in attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon don, from Eleven till Two. and Five to Eight; on Saul:7 from Eleven to One. • ,(..) f t, Z,•`' . /;7 ,--- •, • r" --- ;-,., . . ~//_ az2/ 1 -i...--,---/ - i.az since _ ' eill T - -W • probpctiVe , 64 For N e w F ' "C2' t, ?.,-. . , street, 2" .0.17 t • , = ,A, A ~.- , _ 34 .* , , C‘)."- 4 1 oe K 1---,,,,<. .7e. - e• - , 4., N .., , _ ..\ r : ,_ ,- t ... - '0 0... :4 1ii ,'; coo s 0 . . fr. , c ,A ..:, ),,,.., * 70 : , 1144 1 , 11r:1° `: .1 .... , LI4 ) It . "nitalfi( ____--,-- •-- ( t• ?'' ----. • r• ~ ~,,x „, ~ ' -. . P , ')l` . , ( 4#lllllllllll# 106 . ' 'I • ' 7 " n- ,f 7 -- ••,~, 4.0. t i .. p. -.., . - - 4,4 , , - 446., - e 4 Z* 4 . • 4% xo- ..---4 bidir''— „i A idg.l4/011k. . 4 - :7 vt.4.°17111741F'"'1111:76 Or 1 , 0 , 2 .1;7k11101‘);': s " . • 1 ',` it ,1 456 ,4 t 4 '; „ , ,, ,,b,, / ' '',.,, sts. , .....,_-_ _ _--4-,_,_ , ' } - 7) -koris ,--• fit / ; Qvikto , -Di VAI I "-.=.-' "'z -:•,,--.,%, . '"/ ,'• ' .: -',' AI-.3170 -- ..,, 4 ~, .. r PRICE SD. his salary is also omitted from the account. Take another branch. The City district surveyors, whose fees are con siderable, are omitted ; and with regard to the office of the me! ers, the charges generally are omitted. In fact, from the return of salaries and fees of officers, a total of no less a sum than 50,0001. is entirely omitted. Here is au estimate based also upon the returns of the officers them selves in the year 1833 : PATRONAGE OF THE LONDON CORPORATION. A statement of the cost to the public, in the year 1833, of the officers and clerks of the London corporation, in sa laries, fees, and office allowances, from returns signed by the officers themselves, and presented by them to the reve nue committee of the Court of Common Council in 1835: Legal staff, consisting of appointments held by solicitors, barristers, proctors, and at- £38,067 19 6 torneys' clerks State officers :—the Lord Mayor, chamber ' lain, sheriffs, yeomen, trumpeters, &c.... 24,187 2 9 Officers of customs and market dues 29,338 12 8 Officers of city gaols 4,330 7 2 Officers of public works 5,403 12 5 Miscellaneous officers, including hall keepers, beadles, Irish Society, port of London, &c 9,653 5 3 £110,980 19 10 This return even was inc om pl e t e at the time it was ma d e. It has been generally supp ose d th at things have been muc h improved in this respect sinc e 1835 ; but this impression is erroneous. Since that time some offices have been abo lished, and some new ones created, and in some instances compensation salaries have been paid in lieu of fees which did not pass through the City accounts. In 1835 the fees of officers amounted to 70,0001. a year, which did not at all pass through the City accounts. The Chairman—Do you include metage dues ? Mr. Hickson—l mean fees as distinct from dues. N ow those fees are considerably reduced, and there have been some attempts made at consolidation, but altogether the amount of salaries and fees, as far as I can satisfy m y se lf on The subject, is at present not less, but in fact considerably more than it was in 1835. I cannot undertake to state the exact amount, but my belief is, that 120,0001. is much within the mark for the present salaries and emoluments of the officers of the corporation. These sums sometimes pass into the hands of the chamberlain and appear in the City accounts, but that is not the general rule. The ques tion of compensation to officers is one of the firstlwhich the commissioners will be called on to decide, because it is very hard to call on the members and officers of any body to make a case against themselves. In procuring returns, the amount of each officer's salary and emoluments does not represent the whole case ; it is necessary to obtain also the amount of the expenses of each office • b e cause the salary of the chamberlain, for instance, is 2,5001., but there is a further sum paid of 2,1001. a-year for the chief clerk and the under clerks, who practically do the real work of the office. So, again, with the case of the town clerk, whose salary and fees amount to 1,8921., but thereis a fur ther charge for office expenses of 2,7801., showing the total expense of the town clerk's office to be really 4,6791. The same rule applies more or less to all the other officers of the corporation. There is generally a salary to each officer, then certain fees, and over and above all that there is as much more for the expenses of the officesandfor stationary as would bo considered sufficient in any other municipality in the kingdom for salaries and all extras. I think it de sirable to put in an abstract of the accounts of the munl cipality of Leeds by way of comparison. The population of Leeds amounts to 172,270, and the inhabited houses to 12,805. The total municipal expenses for the year ending Sept. 1, 1853, for the boroughof Leeds were 17,603/. 65.3 d., including 8,7371.195. 3d. for police, and 1,2591. 17s. 4d. for salaries and allowances. The Leeds account does not include paving, cleansin lighting , and poor-rates ; but the accounts which also hand in of the parish of St. Marylebone em brace each of those charges. The accounts of St. Maryle bone are remarkably comprehensive, as the vestry has greater powers than the city of London, and possesses the management of seven different churches and chapels, receives the pews-rents, pay the ministers and lecturer, their stipends and visitation fees out of the general fund, also administers the poor-rates of that extensive parish. The population of the parish of St. Marylebone is 157,696, the inhabited houses 15,826, and the area 1,490 acres (which is twice the area of the city of London, which is divided into 110 different parishes). The total expenditure of St. Marylebone is 148,530/. The expense of police (although the area watched is double that of the city) is less by one half than it is in the city. I will now lay before the com missioners an account of the city revenues. It is as follows : LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1853. PRIZE CATTLE SHOW of the SMITHFIELD CLUB.--The ANNUAL EXHIBITION of Prize Cattle, Seeds Roots, Implements, Scc., commences on TUESDAY Morning and closes on Friday Evening, 6th, 7th, Bth, and 9th Deeember—Bazaar King-street and Baler-street Open from daylight till nine hi the evening, 4.amittance, One Shilling. yrn. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC WILL OMIT for the SEASON on MONDAY EVENING, December 5. Stalls can now be secured (without any extra charge) at the Box-Office, Egyptian Hall, every day between Eleven and Four. ATKINSON and COMPANY, CABINET MA. SVFACTURERS, UPHOLSTERERS, and CARPET WAREHOOsEME N. 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster bridge-road, Lambeth, London. ATKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPERS, SILK MERCERS, LACEMEN, &e., 69, 70, 71, 72, 73,. 74, and 75, Westminster-bridge-road, Lambeth, London.—Shawls, Furs, Mantles, Family Mourning. &c. B ELLOT TESTIMONIAL FUND. NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS. (Receivei at the apartments of the Royal Geographical Society, Waterloo-place, up to Nov. 21.) Sir Roderick I. Murchi son, D.C.L., M.A., F.R.S., V.P.R.G.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 D., Bart., M.P., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. •• 5 0 0 Addington, H. U., Esq. 5 0 0 Aitchison, Captain .. 3 3 0 Alston, Mr. A. H. (Placenli) .• •• Angerinein,,Col.4,4. Anonytnoui, per `•The Times" news• paper .. • . 1 0 0 Archer, H.M.S., Com mander Strange and the Gun-room officers, one day's pay .. 3 16 6 Arrowemith, John, Esq., F.R.G.S. .. 3 0 0 A ustin, Captain Horatio T., C.B. .. 2 2 0 Bacon, Thomas, Esq. .. 1 0 0 Baillie, Alex., Esq. .. 5 0 0 Baillie, David, Esq., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. .. 5 0 0 Baker, Capt. Thomas, H.C.S. 1 1 0 Barnett, Capt. Edward, R. N 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. .. 10 0 0 Becher, Captain A. 8., R.N., F.R.G.S. .. 1 1 0 Beechy, Captain W. P., R.N., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. 1 1 0 Bell, J. D., Esq. .. 1 1 0 [lest, Capt. Ron. Thos. 1 1 0 Biggs, J , Esq. .. .. 2 2 0 Bird, Wrn, Wilberforce, Esq., F.R.G.S. .. 5 0 0 Blair, Lieut.-Col. W. H. S. .. 5 0 0 2 00 5 0 0 Hughes, H. W., Esq. • . XI 0 0 Hurry, Edward, Esq. .. 1 1 0 Hutchinson, Col. H. .. 1 0 0 Hutchinson, Hon. R. H. 1 0 0 Ick, Rev. W. R., Sygles thorpe 1 0 0 Inglefield, Capt. E. A., R.N., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. 5 0 0 Inglis, Sir R. H., Bart., M.P.,F.R.5., F.R.G.S. 5 0 0 Irving, Dr. E. G., R.N , F.R.G.S. 0 5 0 Irving, Thomas, Esq., F.R.G.S. 0 5 0 Borland, Dr., Inspector- Gen. ofA nny Hospitals 1 1 0 Bowles, Vice-Admiral Wm., C. 8., F.R.G.S. 5 0 0 Bourdin, M. .. 1 1 0 Boyd, Mark, Esq. .. 2 2 0 Bracebridge, C. R., Esq F.lt G.S. 1 I 0 Bread al bane, Marquis of, K.T , F.R.S., F.R.G.S. 20 0 0 Brent, Geo. S. Esq., De puty Coroner tor Mid • dlesex, .. 0 5 0 Brisbane, General Sir Thos M.,8art.,G.C.8., G.R.G.S. • • .. 5 0 0 Brock, Capt. Thcs., R.N. 0 10 0 Brockedon, Wm., Esq., 1.R.5., .. 5 0 0 Brooking, T. H., Esq., F.R.G.S. .. 5 0 0 Brown, John, Esq., F.R.G.S. .. 5 5 0 Brown, R , Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. .. 5 0 0 Browne, Major• General Sir Henry, K.C.H. . 2 0 0 Buckingham, J. 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. .. • • .. I I 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 ton, R.N., F.R.G.S. - 1 0 0 Carr, A., Esq , of Paris 1 0 0 C. C., per Hoare and Co. 5 0 0 Chamberlain, Commr... 1 1 0 Charlewood, Capt. .. 1 1 0 Chermsicle, Capt., R.A. 1 1 0 Clarendon, the Earl of, E.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., D.C.L., F.R•G S. .. 5 0 0 Collier, C., E.g... .. 2 2 0 Combe, Harvey, Esq. .. 5 0 0 Commerill, Lieut., R.N. 10 0 0 Cooke, Commr. J., R.N. 1 1 0 Coote, C. Chidley, 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 Craigie, Capt Robert 1 0 0 Cresswell, Lieut., R.N... 2 0 0 Cumming IL, Esq. .. 0 5 0 Davis, Sir J. F., Bart., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. .. 5 0 0 Delafield, W., Esq. 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. H., Esq., F.R.G.S. • • • • 1 0 0 Dilke, C. Wentworth, Esq., F.R.G.S. .. 5 5 0 Dilke, C. W., Esq., F.lt GS. • • • • 3 3 0 Dobinson, Wm., Esq. •• 1 1 0 Douglas, J. Stoddart, .• . 10 10 0 Esq. Douglas, Col. Monteith, C.B. .• • • 20 0 0 Dover, J. W., Esq,, F.R.G.S. • • • • 50 0i Downe, The Vis:ount F.R.G.S. lO 0 0 I)rake, Capt. John, R.N 1 0 0 Drummond, Mr. (Plica nix) .. 010 0 Duff Cordon and Co 2 2 0 Duncombe, Hon. Ar., R.N. .. 5 0 0 Dundas, the Right Hon Sir David,F.R.G.S. 0 0 Durkin, H., Esq., 1 1 0 Edgell, Capt., R.N. 1 1 0 1 1 Edwards, Capt. H. 2 2 0 Eliott, Capt. Geo. Angs, R.N. .. • . 1 0 0 Ellesmere, the Earl of D.C.L., Pres. Royal Geographical Society 25 0 0 Elliott, Lieut., R.N. (Phcenix) 2 0 0 Evans, D. M., Esq. 1 1 0 Evans, Capt. G., R.N. • • 1 0 0 Fax ley & Boyes, Messrs. 2 2 0 Farley, Wm., Esq., Mas ter, R.N., Newton Abbott .• • • 1 0 0 Faraday, M., Esq , F.R.S. 2 0 0 Fairer, Jas. Win., Esq , 2 0 0 Fawckner, Mr. (Phoenix) 0 10 0 Fayrer, Com. Robt. R.N. F R.G.S. • • 1 0 0 Ferguson, R., Esq. 1 0 0 Fitzroy, Capt. R., R.N , F.R.S., F R.G.S 2 e 0 Forster, John, Esq., M.P. 5 5 0 Fowler, R N , Esq., M.A. F.R.G.S. .. •• • • Franklin, Lady 25 0 0 Gage, Admiral Sir Wm. IT., G.C.11., K.C.8., F.R.G.S.• 5 0 0 Gassiott, J. P., Esq , Gell, Mrs 1 1 0 Glocester and Bristol, Bishop .•.. • ..... 0 0 Glyn, G.C., Esq., M.P.. 10 0 0 Gordon, Capt. G. T., R.N. 1 1 0 0 Gordon, 11. G., Esq. •• .. 2 2 0 Gore, Rev. George.. .... 1 1 0 Gowen, J. R., Esq , Graham, Right Hon. Sir James, Bart, M.P., F. R.S., F R.G.S• ••• .. 25 0 01 Graham, Prof., F.R.S.• • 3 3 0 Grattan, T. C., E5q..... 101 1 0 102 0 0 0 0 G Gurney, r i ro ffi ss t o, 3e 11C i m r. . D i ß s s Anna, of N. ltepps •••••• • • • • • • 5 0 O i Haden, F.S., Esq... •• . • 2 20 , Hakin, Commander, C.L. 1 00! Halford, Rev. Thomas, M , F R.G.S. • • .... 5 0 0 Hallett, P.A.,Esq., R.N. 20 0 0 Hal , , Capt. W. H., R.N., KR S., Fit G.S ••• • .. 1 1 0 Hamilton, Capt. W. A. B:, R.N., F.R.G.S. .. 5 0 0 Hancock, E. T., Esq. .. 2 2 0 Hand, Capt. G.. R.N., F.R S. 1 1 0 Harker, Rev. G. • . .. 1 1 0 Harposel, F. R., Esq. 1 1 0 Harris, Mr. (Phoenix) .. 0 10 0 Harris. G. F., Esq., _ _ _ BIRMINGHAM WATER WORKS. NOTICE Ts HEREBY Grant, That a Special General Meeting of the Proprietors of the Birmingham Water Works will be holden at the Offices of the Company, Paradise.street, Birmingham, on FRIDAY, the 23d day of December next, at Eleven o'Clocit in the forenoon, when the Bill, for leave to bring which into Parliament apelication is intended to be made in the ensuing session, will be submitted to the Proprietors for their approval. By order of the Directors. ARNOLD & WELCII, Solicitors to the Company, Birmingham,•Nov. 30, 1.853. WINE and BRANDY, of a genuine and excellent character. MESSRS. BULLOCK are directed to include In their PERIODIC L FURNITURE SALE, NEXT SATURDAY, at their Rooms, 211, High Holborn. about 120 dozen of various WlNES—viz., crusted Port, some years in bottle, gold colour and pale Sherry, West India Madeira, Claret, and Lachrymaz Christi ; also a few cases of pale French Brandy. Sample bottles (on payment) and catalogues (gratis) may be had two days prior. 'TO LOVERS of FISEL---100 REAL YAR i_ MOUTH BLOATERS for 65., package ineluded. The above forwarded to all parts on receipt of penny postage stamps, or Post office order (preferred), for the amount.—Address, THOMAS LETTIS, Jun., Fish Carer, Great Yarmouth. THE HOME COUNTIES AND METRO POLITAN FREEHOLD LAKD SOCIETY. Office-14. Chatham-place, lacktriars. Members enrolled Daily. Office hours 10 to 4—and on Thursday eveninge from 7 to 9. PRESIDENT. Lord Dudley Ceutta Stuart, M.P. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Apsley Pellatt, Esq., M.P. William Ex art, Esq., M.P. TRUSTEES. Apsley Pellatt, Esq., M.P. William Ewart, Esq., M.P. John Williams, Esq, Shares, £3O each. Entrance Fie lat,.4obscriptlon, One Shilling per Share Weekly- . The Directors call special attention to the class of estates that are purchased for allotment amongst the members of this society. The one at Wood-green (now almost allotted) is acknowledged to be one of the most eligible for building purposes yet distributed by any Land Society; and a further purchase in Wimbledon-park has Just been effected, fully equal, if not superior, to the one at Wood-green, ad mirably adapted for first class villas. There is now an opportunity, either by paying up Shares, or taking them, to get Ballot-rights of acquiring plots on this highly eligible and profitable estate. Ballots take place Monthly. HENRY KNIGHT, Secretary. Office-14. Chatham-place, Blackfriars. THOMAS SALT and CO., EAST INDIA PALE ALE BREWERS, BURTON-ON-TRENT, STORES. London.... •.....•... 22, Ilmigerford-wharf. Liverpool 52, Henry-street, Manchester .......... 37, Brown-street. Birmingham ..... 26%, Bull-street. Bristol -street. Nottingham 14, Milton-street. Dublin 4, Crown-alley. Edinburgh ..... 17, Downie-place. Dundee 13, New Inn Entry, High-street. they ought to b e fi ne d if th ey refused to serve. h T e h a e v y c a o n n d s o e l i x d e a e t s e a c i l v e . r a a t e n, s d g o e f ner t a h ll e y, Ci a ty g , reater which a o n toeapplied for the purp oses o f th e sewers, are very over the finances of 'the City is n ecessary . Thi s o bj ec t would be accomplished by doing awa y w ith th e free d om, and by bringing into the coun c il gen tl emen w h o h ave hitherto tool aloof from it. In th e c it y o f L on d on, an d cr r l 1 speak from positive knowledge, we have not water suffi cient. The supply is, however, good enough in quality, and is from the New River. It is a disgrace to the city of London that we have not better markets. Liverpool and Manchester have far outdone the City in this respect. Leadenhall and Newgate markets especially are in a very shameful condition. The livery companies should under go great alterations. The Chairman—We are not authorised to enter into that subject. Mr. Thomas Rogers was the next witness examined. He stated, I am a solicitor, practising in the city of London, and have been so for thirty years. I was once a common councilman, but do not hold that office now. I am a livery man of the Spectacle-makers' Company. With regard to the working of the corporation, I may say that its pro ceedings are conducted very much in the t•ame manner as those of the House of Commons. It is presided over by the Lord Mayor, who takes the votes in the divisions, and acts of the council are passed from time to time, when such legislation is necessary. Some time ago such an act was passed, reducing the number of the members of the common council from 240 to 206 or 203, I served on two committees myself when I was a member of the corpora tion. Those committees were the corn, coal, and finance committee, and the committee for general purposes. The committees can call any paid officer of the corporation be fore:them to assist their deliberations. The navigation committee, although they have no merchants among them, are assisted by the harbour-masters. The committees are also advised on legal questions by the town-clerk, the City solicitor, and the City conveyancer. Their meetings are held with closed doors, and their divisions are not pub lished, but their - naiads acre. The ruiesOf the court re quire a member to have served two years on a committee before he can be elected as its chairman. I myself re ceived no allowance while I served on the committees. 2001. was, however, voted to the general purposes commit tee, and another 2001. to the corn, coal, and finance com mittee. The chairman allows five minutes after the hour of meeting to elapse for the members to arrive, and after that time all members coming in late are excluded from the monthly dinners. There is only one dinner a month, and the committee meet four or five times between each dinner. Mr. C. Lewis—Do you think the dinner system a good one for these committees ? Mr. Rogers—l do. It tends to bring men of various kinds to act on the committee who otherwise would not do so. Many persons who are engaged in business leave their private concerns to attend the committees, where they remain long after their dinner hour has passed. The chairman of a committee has a right 'to invite two friends to these dinners of the committee. Mr. C. Lewis—ls the attendance at the committees greater than usual on the day when there are dinners? Mr. Rogers—No doubt of it. The committees produce blue-books which would not disgrace Parliament. The aldermen have the conduct of the various wards, where they set an admirable example of public charity. In my own ward, if Alderman Copeland has given away 1/., I believe he has given away 10,000/. The Chairman—You mean that these are private chari ties ? Mr. Rogers—Yes. The magisterial duties of the alder men are satisfactorily performed. They are assisted on the bench by professional assessors, and they attend for three months in the year a very good school, sitting as they do on the bench with the Queen's judges at the Cen tral Criminal Court. They have greater opportunities than country magistrates for qualifying themselves for the proper discharge of their judicial duties. The ability displayed by Alderman Gibbs, when he presided at the Mansion-house was most admirable, and it was delight ful to see the rapid manner in which lie seized at a glance on the salient points of the case. I believe that the aldermen cannot legally be superseded in their ma gisterial functions. By a charter of Edward IV., the Lord Mayor and aldermen are constituted judges of Oyer and Terminer. During Lord Melbourne's ad ministration, the Government of the day brought in a bill for the purpose of incorporating the City police in the general metropolitan police system. The City objected to the measure, petitioned against it, and set themselves strenously to oppose it. With this view they stationed the town clerk in Palace-yard, gave him a large body of their assistants, and instructed him to commu nicate with every corporation in the kingdom. The con sequence was that by the influence of the country corpo rations the Minister of the day found his support fall away like a rope of sand, and the measure was therefore abandoned. Mr. C. Lewis—What was the representation that was made to the country magistrates by the town clerk ? Mr. Rogers—That an attempt was being made to strip them of part of their functions as justices of the peace. Mr. C. Lewis—How did the country corporations in fluence the Government ? _ Mr. Rogers—lt is not for me to say how it was done, but it was done. We all know how country corporations influence members of Parliament. There is a sort of free masonry that goes on. The Chairman—ls there anything in point of principle which'otgbt ti) deter the Legislature, if it thinks it would be for the public advantage, from dealing with the city of London, as regards the magistracy and the police, in the same manner as with the rest of the metropolis ? Mr. Rogers—l can only say that there are charters which forbid it. The Chairman—But were there not also charters in the case of the country corporations when they were dealt with by the Municipal Reform Act ? Mr. Rogers—No ; or at least there were none going further back than the reign of Charles. The Chairman—Well, but do you mean to say that a charter of King Edward is more to be respected than one of King Charles ? Mr. Rogers—Yes, because there is longer usage. The Chairman—We will not discuss the point. That will do. The next witness examined was Mr. W. E. Hickson, who stated that he was the author of various articles in the Westminster Review (which had been reprinted and published as pamphlets) treating of the sub ject of the corporation of the city of London and municipal institutions for the metropolis generally—a question to which he had devoted great attention. He had been once commercially connected with the City, but he was not now and had not been for nearly 15 years. He was, however, still a ratepayer of the parish of St. Dunstan's, Fleet-street, the heavy local rates connected with which painfully re minded him every year of the necessity for such a commis sion as he was now addressing. The Chairman—State to us generally what you conceive to be the defects of the present system. Mr. Hickson—The object I have always had in view has not been so much to make out a case against the corpora tion of London as to demonstrate the necessity for a bet ter system of local government for the city of London, and for the City in its relation to the whole metropolitan con stituency. Ido not believe that any general charge of personal corruption can apply to the members of either the Court of Common Council or the Court of Aldermen, which may be regarded as a fair average of the middle class of Great Britain and Ireland. The real gist of the matter is that we are eaten up in the City with establish ment expenses. The system of divided management and conflicting jurisdictions has been carried out in the City to the redzkt io ad absurdum and the remedy does not lie in the reform of individual cases of corruption and abuse, but in a consolidation of useless expenses and a general simplification. The case is like that of a man who, having a large property left to him, should call in all his neigh bours to assist him in the management of it, and at the end of the year he finds very little remaining for himself as the proprietor, and even perhaps a heavy bill for ex penses brought in against him. Ido not believe there is a single city in the world, except the city of London, where the local burdens ought to be so light, but where they are so overwhelming as they are at the present moment. I say this with reference to the direct taxation, in the shape of local rates, and also in reference to the indirect taxa tion, and to the immense trust estates, which ought to be available for municipal objects. In the mode of keeping the accounts the same system of divided management exhi bits itself. No persons who have not studied the subject for years can at all get a comprehensive view of the financial affairs of the corporation of the city of London, such as can be easily obtained by devoting a few moments' attention to the accounts of any large municipality on the Continent, or in this country since the passing of the Mu nicipal Reform Act. The account of the City estates re lates principaliy to rents collected from real property in possession of the corporation, and to the proceeds of the 4d coal duty, and of the market dues ' • which together come this year to about 200,0001. When the royal commission was last sitting, the officers of the corporation said the in come fur which the City was answerable in a corporate capacity was 150,000/. ; and they drew a distinction (re specting which the commissioners were not sufficiently on their guard) between what they called the corporate estates, for which they were responsible as a corporate body, and the funds which they administer under acts of Parliament. This view of the case made a great impression on the minds of the last commissioners, who therefore passed very lightly over the management of that portion of the City's funds for which specific acts of Parliament had been passed, and reported that the income of the cor poration was only 148,000/. At that time it was perfectly known to the of f ic ers of the cor p oratio n and others who took an active part in the former inquiry that the corpora tion of London oug ht to be considere d financially respon sible for an inco me, from all sour ces , of something 600,0001. per an num, instead of 148 ,0001. When Lord Brougham stated the income of the City at 600,0001. in the e s e e itl tae i ta v mer e s,na d esod w nl i lv t e h nothing rdyielded shouts w oafs H e f o i u n s n e r e o d f n t o y r d , s , and nt the e that e n m e(nio e er p n tho t loledr w a eata that a( received upon arl ite th l a tth theaf te r k w i n a r d d , s 150,000/. a year. The consequence was that the City reformers have since that time lain under the stigma of having grossly exaggerated the receipts of the cor poration ; whereas the misapp re h ens i on arises from the minute subdivision of the accounts, owing to which even the members of the corporation themselves know nothing of the matter. 'Upwards of sixty different accounts pass through the Chamberlain's office, and this is the cause of the immense discrepancy between the statements of the corporate income made out of doors and those made by the corporate officers. In the City estate accounts there is scarcely an item which is not calculated to mislead. Be ginning with the legal and establishment expenses, there is, for instance, the Lord Mayor, who it appears, is paid out Qf the City cash 6,0001. a year, and persons taking a superficial view would conclude that that was all the Lord Mayor's income. But in addition to that ho receives e o 2,0001. in fees at the Mansion - ho use, making the real salary 8,0001; but this 2,00 01 . does not at all appear ffice in the accounts of the City estate. Then, again, th City tradesman is worth about 1,0001. a year ; but there is no account of this sum, and it only a pp ears that he re ceives first 61., then Si., then 1 4 /., then 25/., and several such like sums. s. The report of the officers' and clerks' com mittee, presented to the corpoption in March last, gave the total amount of fixed salaries and emoluments, as re turned by the different officers themselves, at 55,000/. a year. Now, this sta tement is in every respect incomplete. It contains neither the salar y nor emoluments of the Lord Mayor. Tke a nother branch of the expenditure. City commissioner of p o lice receives 1,000/ a year, but CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION. The Royal Commissioners re-assembled yesterday, in the offices of the Treasury, Downing-street, and resumed their investigation into the state of the City corporation, Com missioners present : Right Hon. Mr. Labouchere (the chair man) and Mr. Cornewall Lewis. The first witness called at this sitting was— Captain F. Bullock, R.N., who stated that he had been employed by the Board of Admiralty to survey the rivers Thames and Medway, and held that appointment from the year 1830 to 1853. I re-surveyed the Medway on account of certain representations which had been made to the Ad miralty by Mr. Gooden. The Chairman—What is your opinion of the condition of the Thames ? Captain Bullock—l have no data by which to compare what its state is with what it was. The Chairman—Have you any means of knowing whether the duties of conservancy have or have not been efficiently discharged ? Captain Bullock—l do not know what are the duties of the corporation, and therefore cannot give an opinion. Mr. C. Lewis—Can you describe the actual state , of the river with respect to the navigation ? Captain Bullock—There are many shoals in the river which have not been removed, and which cause an obstruc tion to the navigation, if that is the object of yip= ques tion. Having been called before a previous committee, I understood that the City had no power to remove the shoals ; and I must say that more has been done for the river by the City in this generation than has been done before, because I was certainly employed under the direc tion of the solicitor of the corporation to report on the best means of improving the River Thames. I accordi ugly ex amined the river in 1842 with Mr. Walker, and. I now hand in a copy of my report. The Chairman—Do yon know if the recommendetions of of your report were carried out? Captain Bullock—They were not, and for this reason. A bill was introduced into Parliament in 1845-6 for the pur pose of carrying out my recommendations, but the ?measure was opposed and thrown out. . The Chairman—Could norn of theirecolimendations be carried out without an act of Parliament? Captain Bullock—l believe the City had not the power, nor would the Trinity Board have allowed the shoals to be removed, because they claim the material of which they are composed for ballast. The Admiralty alone have power to remove the shoals, and I do not know but that it would have opposed the work. The Chairman—Do you mean that it is a matter . 0 f dis. pute with whom the duty lies of removing the she near the port of London ? Captain Bullock—Certainly. There is no comparison between the state of the river Thames and the tiedway. The Thames has been embanked throughout its comae from time immemorial, and protected by acts of Parliament ; but the Medway, on the contrary, runs between marshes, and the land on these marshes is gradually being towered more and more every year. Mr. C. Lewis—Are there no traces of there ever having been an embankment of the Medway ? Captain Bullock—Yes ; but now it is all broken down, and the cost of repairing it would be enormous. The Chairman—ls the navigation of the Medway gra dually becoming worse ? Captain Bullock—Oh, no ; the navigation is perfect. We have found no fault with it for some years; 'but it is on the banks and the unprotected marsh lands that the injury has been done. These marsh lands are private property. I have no particular knowledge on the sub ject of the signal lights which the Admiralty and the cor poration of London require steam-vessels to display on the river Thames. The witness then withdrew. Mr. Frederick Whistler, wine importer, Size-lane, Buck lersbnry, said that he had carried on business in that neighbourhood for forty-six years, and was a freeman and liveryman of the Merchant Tailors' Company. He had often been requested to become a Common Councilman, and an alderman's gown had been offered to him, but he had never been able to spare time to undertake the office. The Chairman—Are there any points connected with your trade on which you wish to speak of the conduct of the corporation ? Whistler—l hardly think there are. There are cer tainly what are called the orphans' dues, amounting to 2s. 4d. on every pipe of wine, levied by the corporation, and to which I make no objection, but it is one of the sources of the City revenue as well as the metage which has been so often referred to. This metage on a small package sometimes amounts to 2d., and when I once ap plied to the City Solicitor to know if there was any tariff for the guidance of the meters, I was referred by him to the meter. The meter told me that there was only an old Act of James 11., and said that, as the coasting trade had to pay 2d. for every sack of potatoes, ho did not think the importers of foreign goods had any right to complain of the metage levied from them. I come here with a desire that the City Corporation may have justice done to it, differing with many witnesses who have preceded me, but who I have no doubt stated their own sincere convictions. I think it would be a great injustice to sweep away the rights and in_inunities of the City. Great reform is, no doubt, wanted. Improvement in the City goes on at a very slow pace. Another bridge is particularly necessary at present, and if the corporation does not come to a de cision on that point soon the traffic—which has for a long time been over-crowded—will be brought to a total stand still. I wish to bear testimony to the excellent arrange ments of the present City police force. Under the system of the old watchmen I used to pay 10/. per annum, but under the present night and day police—which is a most effective force—the cost is reduced to 51. There are no shoals in the river Thames which ought to be particularly complained of. There is one at Limenouse Reach, where the bank runs far into the river; but the City, a few years ago, instead of allowing a fleet of colliers to remain close together, had them distributed into twos and threes, and there is a very free navigation now. With r itsegard to the General Steam Navigation Company, it runs large ships sometimes even at low water ; but it ought not to expect to be able to bring up its heavy ships when the tide is so low. I think the regulation of the City requir ing ships to have a light at the bowsprit beads is very com mendable, as the Admiralty only orders lights to be placed on the paddle-wheels and at the mast-head. Therefore I only regret that the City has not prosecuted, in order to enforce its regulation. The Chairman—You are not a ship owner yourself, are you ? Mr. Whistler—No, but I have a good deal to do with shipping. Complaints have been made that there are not sufficient lightermen or enough small craft in the river for unloading, but the fact is that there are upwards of 6,000 licensed and qualified men who have served their time on the water, and they are able to steer the craft. It is ne cessary that these men should know the currents and shoals, and the general course of the river, and I believe it is understood at Lloyd's that if loss arises through their ignorance, the underwriters are not liable for it. With respect to the City magistracy, I have never heard of a complaint against the manner in which the aldermen exer cise their judicial functions during the whole 46 years I have lived in the City. Their fitness as magistrates has been eulogised by the highest judges of the land. With all respect to the country justices, they could not be com pared with aldermen who had resided for years in London. At the same time, aldermen being elected for life, if their private affairs fell into a dilapidated condition, they re mained magistrates, dispensing justice to their fellow men when they might themselves be under the lash of the law. Great complaints are made that there is not a higher class of persons in the Common Council, and it is to be la mented that the fact is so. At the same time, there are many tradesmen there who, although not so wealthy as some of the great merchants, yet are equally respectable ; and the freedom of the City being obtainable at a mere nominal expense, it is surprising that the great merchants have not paid so small a sum, and rendered themselves eligible for the Common Council. However, they do not take that course, and as it is desirable that the corporation should contain an admixture of members from different positions in life, there is hardly any other mode of attain ing that end than by abolishing the system of taking up the freedom, and assimilating the municipal franchise to the parliamentary. Then, if those gentlemen who now com plain of the Lord - Mayor's show happened to be elected, CITY REVENUES. An account, and in part an approximate estimate of the sums collected for public and charitable objects by dif ferent local bodies within the city of London, for the year, 1852: INDIRECT TAXATION. 4d. duty on coals (net), 57,5911. 10s. ; Bd. ditto, 113,5591. 3s. 3d. ; hi. ditto, 14,297/. 17s. 6d 2185,448 10 9 Market dues 20,598 0 11 Street tolls, as fanned, 5,8101. ; contrac tors' profit (say one-quarter), 1,4501 7,260 0 0 Corn dues— Groundage and water bailliage, 1,1311. 11s. 3d. ; metage duty, 9,5961. 7s. B{l. k The above are at the rate of ld. per quarter—add 4d. more for porterage, holdage, lastage, &c., the gross charge for which is 5d., 42,9111. 15s. 81) 53,039 14 7 Fruit, potatoe, oyster Metages, and sun- dry dues— Estimate from various returns, 15,0001.; profits of one fruit meter's place (see city estate account), 8561. 7s. 5d 15,856 7 5 Sundry Corporation charges— Weights and measures, 761. Bs. ; brokers' rents, 3,756/. ; freedom fines, 8401.135. 4d; sheriffs' fines, 1,2001. ; fees on ditto, 261. 13s 5,899 14 4 Fees to officers of the corporation, exclu sive of metage charges (estimate) 30,000 0 0 Freedom and livery fines to the trading companies, necessary to the right of voting in Common Hall (estimate) 5,000 0 0 Loss to the public by the exclusive privi leges of town carmen, Thames water men, and others Total of indirect taxation £333,702 8 0 LOCAL RATES. Sewers rate v £19,526 2 6 Paving, lighting, and cleansing , 60,263 8 0 Police rate, 44,2981. 2s. ; one-fourth from City estate, 11,0741. 108.6 d. Trophy tax for militia, &c. (the last rate of 2d. should produce 8,0001.), say 2,000 0 0 Poor rate (gross rectipts)— City Union, 51,6471. Bs. ; East Loudon Union, 20 , 9631. 19s. ; West London ditto, 15,816/ 88,47.' 7 0 Ward rate (Id.) estimate 4,000 0 0 Church rates, tithes, and Easter offerings— St. Dunstan's Church rates for 1852, 18. 10d. in the pound, estimate for 110 parishes, containing 80 churches 70,000 0 0 ----_ Total of local rates £277,488 9 0 TRUSTS ESTATES FOR PUBLIC AND CHARITABLE OBJECTS. Real estate of the London Corporation, including fines for losses £99,112 4 7 nridge•house estate 47,021 18 4 As reported Parochial charities 38,703 S 6 by charity Charities administered by commis- chartered companies 85,685 18 5 sinners in Five royal hospitals 1836. Sundry charity estates Estimate for increased value since 1833 of the property represented by the last four items, 10 per cent 25,000 0 e Total of trust estates £427,585 14 10 PORT OF LONDON. River tolls collected by the corporation, 8,3771. 17s. 2d.; tonnage (estimate), 15,000/.. ; pilot licences, ballastage charges, lighthouse dues, Sc., collected by the Trinity House Corporation ; es timate for the river, 45,0001 £G8,377 17 2 number l o e p xeh u i.o.p l uoaaftsrei ex-parochial hri 4as f cioe t i, h ns 3eiwl inns within enl , ot o ett 0,,w11t2,ah381 walls, ,pl a 9vo r i e ire; a de , w : l, 600 i l a215 1 e : ; a u 7 1 cl ioti e 5 th2 s t oe : 9 inha bitedof ing Th ß e ri c d i g ia e ir l m Vi a t u ltu y t, o 2 ll 6. of the parish part of the Mr. Hickson—l include them for this reason, that they are embraced in the accounts of the neighbouring parish of St. Marylebone ; and in other municipalities they are com monly included in the municipal accounts. Mr. C. Lewis —Is it the practice in other municipalities for parochial charities to be included n the municipal accounts ?, Mr. Hickson—l believe it is the practice in many bo roughs ; and it would be a great improvement if it were general. call e t t y h the revenuestithes p a ? i d to th e clergyman of - Mr. C. Lewis—Your object in making out your estimate is to collect all the local revenues raised within the precincts of the city of London, whether they can be said properly to be the revenues of the corporation or of other b o dies ? Mr. Hickson—Exactly so, with the view of illustrating propositions of my own respecting municipal government, and the extent of the municipal jurisdiction which ought to be given to a new body. 'With regard to the applica tion of the receipts of the coal duty misapprehension ap pears to prevail. It has been said that the proceeds of the Bd. duty has been spent in metropolitan improvements at the West-end, and other parts of the metropolis beyond the City. Now, the facts of the case are these. Sere is a statement of the loans secured on the Bd. coal tax be tween the years 1831 and 1853 : Remaining part of 95,000/. for debtors' prison £l,OOO 1,000 Ditto of 5,000/. for Moorfields ..................... 68,100 Ditto of 80,000/. for site of New Post-office... London-bridge approaches ........................... 1,000,000 250,000 Removal of Fleet-market ........................... Improving the site of Royal Exchange ......... 150,000 Ditt0....................................................... 40,000 New Farringdon-street ............................... 25,000 £1,535,600 The whole of these improvements were made in the city of London exclusively, and , with the exception of th e Post office were administered by the officers of the corp ora ti on. And 'the whole of the loans obtained for the execution of them have not been fully paid off yet. The interest and repayment of the principal have absorbed very nearly the whole of the revenue created by the Bd. tax. Mr. C. Lewis—Take the year 1852 ; how much of the produce of the Bd. coal tax in that year was absorbed by the city improvements. Mr. Hickson—The question lam not prepared to answer without taking time. Mr. C. Lewis—But that is the real question, is it not? Mr. Hickson—l appreh en d i t is not the question a at Mr. C. Lewis—The t ax produces 138,0 001. year, and you do not know how much of that goes to the Board of Works ? Mr. Hickson—l do not. I believe, however, that an in creasing payment is ma d e to the Government, 1 , 500 , 0001 . has been expended on the City, and secured an the W. coal Jesse ) Oiktain Csliinei Geo. Haler, E., Esq. .. 1 1 0 Kennedy, William, Esq., 0. 1 1 - of the Isabel 5 0 Knudtzen, Gorgan, Esq. 5 0 0 Laird, M`Gregor, Esq., F.R.G.S. .. 5 0 0 Lansdowne, the Marquis . . of .. .• .. 20 0 0 Lee, Thomas, Esq., F.R.G.S. •• .. 1 0 0 Leigh, Right Hon. T. P. 10 0 0 Levesque, Peter, Esq., F.R.G.S. • • •• 10 0 0 Lindsay, H. H., _ Lloyd, —, Esq. .. 1 1 0 Lloyd, T. Davies, Esq. 1 1 0 Londesborough, Lord, F.R.S., F.R.G.S. .. 25 0 0 Luce, J. T., Esq. .. 1 0 0 M'Cormick, Dr. (Pheenlx) 2 0 8 M`Donnell Mr. (Pheenix) 1 0 0 Maitland, Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Anthony 5 0 0 Majendie, Ashnrst, Esq., F.G.S. • • • • .. 5 0 • Majendie, Mrs. Ashurst 1 0 0 Malmesbury, the Earl of 5 0 0 Mangles, Capt. J., R.N., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. • • 5 0 0 Manson, Mr. Donald (Phoenix) • • Mare, C. J., Esq. Martin, Rev. J. W., F.R.G.S. • • •• 1 1 0 Merivale, Herman, Esq„ F.R.G.S. • • •• 2 0 0 Mills, E. W., Esq. .. 10 0 0 Milne, Alex., Esq., F.R.G.S. • • .. 2 0 0 Mocatta, F. D., Esq„ F R.G.S. • • .. 1 1 0 Molyneux, Commander W.H. .. 1 1 0 Moore, Major A. .. 5 0 0 Moorsom, Rear-Admiral 1 I 0 Morant, George, Esq. 2 2 0 Morgan, Lieut. W. G. H., R.N., 11.5.1. 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R.N. .. 1 0 0 Peacocke, Colonel T. .. 5 5 0 Pearce, Stephen, Esq. 2 0 0 Perigal, F., Esq... .. 1 1 0 Petrie, Samuel, Esq. .. 2 2 0 Phillips, T. J., Esq. • • 1 1 0 Phoenix, H. M. steamer (shin's crew) .. .. 2 3 7 Pinhorn, W., Esq. .. 1 1 0 Play fair, Dr. Lyon, C. 8., F.R.S. .. 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.S. 1 1 0 Pottiuger, 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 Pynn, Major-General Sir Henry .. Radstock, Rear-Admiral Lord,C.B , F.R.G 5... 3 3 0 Ramsden, Frank, Esq... 1 1 0 Raper, Henry, Esq.,R.N., F.R.G.S. • • .. 1 0 0 It. D. 1 0 0 Registrar-General of Seamen Renoaard, Rev. •G. C., B.D , F.R G.S. .. 1 0 0 Renwick. Mr. (Phoenix) 0 10 0 Rich, Comnar. H., R.N. 1 1 0 Richards, Mr. (Phoenix) 1 0 0 Rodger, W., Esq. .. 2 2 0 Roget, Dr. P. 31., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. 1 1 0 Roscow, Commander .. 1 0 0 Rous, Rear-Admiral the lion. H. J., F.R.G.S. 10 0 0 Royal Artillery(Non • com missioned Officers em ployed in Col. Sabine's office). One day's pay 2 10 0 Russell, Lord John, M.P., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. .. 20 0 0 Russell, J. Watts, Esq., D .C.L ,'": 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 Collector and Proprie tor of the Napoleon Museum" • • lO 10 0 Do., towards the family fund • • .. lO 10 0 St. David's, Bishop of 5 0 0 Salomons, Mr.Aiderman David, F.R G.S. 25 0 0 S andwith, Lieut.-Gen., F.R.G.S. • • 1 1 0 Saurin, Rear-Admiral Edward • • 2 0 0 Sewell, Fox, and Sewell, Messrs. 3 3 0 Simpkinson, Lady 1 1 0 Simpkinson, J. M., Esq 5 0 0 Slade, Felix, Esq. 5 0 0 Smith, Newman, Esq 2 0 0 Smith, E. Osborne, Esq , F.R.G.S. • • 1 1 0 Smyth, Rear-Admiral W.H., K.S.F., D.C.L., F.R GS. 1 0 0 SothY, Capt. E. S 1 0 0 Spence, William, Esq , F.R.G.S 5 0 0 Spencer, Rear-Adm. the Earl, K.G.,C.8.,F.R.5, 25 0 0 Stanton, George, Esq.' 1 1 0 Stanton, Mr. (Phoenix), 2 0 0 Stanton, C. EL Esq • Staunton, Sir G. T., Bt. 5 0 0 Steele, Lieut.-Col. Thos., ;eq. .. .. 0 5 0 .. 50 00 5 00 1 1 0 F I t'G.S. ••• • • • • 2 2 0 Stirling,Rear-Adm.SirJ. 1 0 0 Stokes, Capt. J. Lort, R N., F.R.G.S. 1 1 0 Sykes, Vice-Adm. John 2 0 0 Tatham, Com. Edward 1 I 0 Thomaa, Vice Admiral Richard ........ •• • • 3 0 0 Thompson, Capt. J. T 1 1 0 Telver, S , Esq 1 1 0 Townshend, J. V. S., Egq I 1 0 Towry, G. E., Esq., F R.G 5... .. .. Tremenhere, Seymour, Esci. ••• • • • 1 1 0 Trevelyan, Sir W. C., Bart., M.A. F.R.G.S. 5 0 0 Tudor, Henry, Esq 2 2 0 Tudor, Edward Owen, Esq., F G.S 2 2 0 Turner, Henry, E5q..... 5 0 0 Urquhart, James, Esq. 2 2 0 Vaughan. Col. Wright .. 1 1 0 Vernon, John, Esq. . 25 0 0 " ViTent les Bellots" • • 2 0 0 Vyner, Robert, Esq. • • 5 0 0 Waite, J. C.. Esq. .. 11 0 Waley, S.W., Esq. • • 1 1 0 Walker, Capt. Robertson 2 2 0 Walker. Captain W. H., H.C.S., F.R.G.S. • • 2 2 Washington, Capt. John R.N., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. 2 2 0 Weld, C. R., Esq.. •• 11 0 West, Admiral Sir John 5 0 0 Whiston, Rev. Robert .• 1 1 0 Wilkinson, Conrad, Esq. 2 2 0 Wilkinson, Horace, Esq. 2 2 0 vilkinson, Norman,Wilkinson, Esq 1 I 0 0 A. ill' ams Rev. D., D.C.L., F.R.G.B. •• .. 1 1 0 Wiilich, Chas. M., Esq., F.R.G.S. • • .. 1 1 0 Winslow,! Dr. Forbes, D.C.L. .. 3 0 0 Wood, Sir W. P. .. 5 0 0 Wynniatt, Lieutenant (Phoenix) .. 2 0 0 Young, T., Esq., F.G.S. 5 0 0 Younghusband, Captain R.A., F.R S. F.R.G.S. • • • • 1 1 0 Hawley, Mr. (Phoenix) .. 2 0 0 Hay, John H., Esq. .. 3 3 0 H.E. • • • • • • 1 1 0 Herbert, Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas, M.P., R.C.8., F.R.G.S. .. 5 0 0 Hicks, J , Esq , M.R.I. 1 1 0 Higgins, M. J., Esq. .. 5 0 0 Hills, Mr. (Phoenix) .. 1 0 0 Hobbs, J. S., Esq., •• • • 1 1 0 Holland, Sir H., M.D., F R.S., F.R.G.S. 5 5 0 Holman, Dr. (Phoenix) • • 2 0 0 H o pkinson, W., Esq. • • 0 10 0 Ditto for the family .. 010 0 Horner, Rev. J. M. .. 1 0 0 Howard, Capt. the Hon. Edward .• ••1 1 0 Howden, Rt. Hon. Lord 10 0 0 H u dson, Capt. J., R.N. 1 1 0 Subscriptions are received by Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 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, Charing-cross ; Messrs. Ornmanney and Co , 40, Charing-Cross ; Cocks, Blddulph, and Co., 43, Charing-cross (Treasurers) ; and at the apartmentS 01 ' the Royal Geographical Society, 3, Waterloo -place. .. 1 00 7 , - -77 1831; and the further loans eeenreil upon the , ye receipts of the &I. coal tax are as follows : Belton-street, Long-acrd ; New Oxford and New-street from London Docks to Spi, ells Ditto Coventry-street to Long•acre, East Smithfield to Rosemary-lane, and in aid of improvements in Southwark and Westminster For ditto and general improvements New street in Southwark Victoria-street, Westminster New Faningdon-street to Coppice-row 189,000 U 6,000 30,000 30,000 88,000 (Act 13th and 14th Viet., c. 103.) 5.753,000 It has been said that the proceeds of the 1.1. coal tax are devoted to the expenses of collection, but that also is a mistake. A portion of the 4d. and Bd. taxes is stopped in its transit for the expenses of collection • and the pro ceeds of the ld. coal tax is paid to the Board Works for general metropolitan improvements. The Chairman—Have you any scheme which you wish to lay before the commission embodying the alterations which you would suggest in the constitution of the cor poration ? Mr. Hickson—l would rather come to the subject, of a scheme by and bye. 1 believe that the only check upon the abuses of local administration would be found leconati. tuting a municipality over the whole of Louden, 4o' such taxes as the coal tax and the like. I think the pomp& of the coal tax have not been properly applied as regards the me tropolis at large. For instance, the improvements in Can non-street may be advantageous for the City itself ; but the plan is not framed with a view to the interests of the whole metropolis. A main artery for the metropolitan traffic ought to have begun at Cannon-street and London-bride, going on by a new embankment on the north side of the river by. Blackfriars-bridge direct to Charing-cross, thus avoiding St. Paul's -churchyard and the acclivity at Lud gate-hill. The city of London extends over only one twelfth part of the whole covered area of London. Mr. C. Lewis—But there are certain matters in which the City represents the whole metropolis, are there not — such as the conservancy of the river, the hospitality of the Lord Mayor, and the administration of the coal dues? Mr. Hickson—The City claims to act in such a manner, but such functions ought to be taken away from the local government of the City, and transferred to a new general metropolitan municipality. I wish to put in a copy of the plan of Sir Christopher Wren for improving the City after the great fire, because it was owing to the obstructivenese_ of the corporation that London, instead of being th e first city in the world with reference to construction, is now the wilderness of entangled lanes and alleys which it at Present is, requiring millions to be spent in bringing it into the state in which it ought originally to have been placed. This plan shows a broad embankment for the use of the public, forty feet wide, along the north bank of the river from London-b r id ge . With regard to' the conservancy of the 'Thames, iny belief, as a pretty considerable traveller, is that there is no river in Europe the banks of which are left in so disgraceful a state as those of the Thames. In 1850 certain buildings were allowed to be constructed on the south side of the river, near London-bridge, which projected twelve feet beyond the stairs. These buildings and divided partly into warehouses and partly into chambers; they interfere with the embankment of that side of the river, and ought never to have been permitted by any corporation having charge of such matters.' In other capitals the inhabitants value the walks on the banks of the rivers • and the same would be the case with the inhabit an t s of London.' With respect to the poor-law administration of the City, Mr. Hickson said he thought the three existi ng unions into' which the City was now divided ought to have been con solidated, and the corporation required to appoint the board of guardians. The sub-division which has been practised he believed had cost the citizens, since the pe w ing of the new Poor-law, 300,000/. more -than a separate union would have done. The three workhouses in the City are the City of London Union, the West London Union, and the East London Union. The following,accotmt of the money expended in the re lief of the poor, in the undermentioned districts, for the rears ending Lady-day, 1848, and Lady-day,' 1852, would illustrate this point : Three City Unions exclusive of Pa- St. Marylobone. Labetb. rochial Expen •7 157 , 696 . P ., '139,325. diture. P., 129,128. 1848. 1832. 1848. 1852. 1848. I 1852. £93,781 £ 78,739 £53,524 £ 47,731 246,751 1'33,923 The commissioners then adjourned the inquiry till neat (lay. SAINT ANDREW'S DAY. Yesterday being Scotland's patron saint day, the sub ' scribers and friends of the Scottish Hospital dined toge ther at the London Tavern. A large number was present, and the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presided, supported by. Sir Roderick Murchison, Sir John Forbes, P. F. Robertson, M.P., the Hon. Major Dalzell, Col. Allan, T. Maclean, Colonel Niel Campbell, Mr. Sechles, Esq. (Secretary to the American Legation), ex-Sheriffs Croll and Cotterell, Captain H. H. Lindsay, Messrs. William Stuart Forbes, David Dewar, George Bain, Major Adair (the indefatigable Secretary of the Institu tion), James Thompson, H. M. Phillips, J. B. Allan, John Mason, and Duncan Sinclair. The room was tastefully hung with heraldic emblems, flags, and various clan tartans. The pipers and band of the Caledonian Asylum played pibrochs and marches during dinner, and the musical arrangements were conducted by Mr. Rana ford, including Misses Ransford and Eyles, Mr. Ransford, jun., and Mr. Cranford, the latter being a pupil of theta mented Mr. Wilson ; and, from the creditable appear ance he made last night, he is well entitled to be his I successor. The company_wasnurmsrous and respectable, and the subscriptions in the evening, which amounted to about 3001., were rather above the average of the annual con tributions. After the usual loyal toasts had been proposed and drank with great enthusiasm, The LORD MAYOR proposed " The President of the United States," stating that the American Minister was unhappily prevented from being present, but that they had present an excellent substitute in Mr. Sechles, the Secretary to the American Legation. (Applause.) Mr. SECHLES apologised for the absence of Mr. Buchanan, the American Minister, who boasted of a Scottish ancestry. (Applause.) As they had been good enough to drink the health of the citizen President of the United States, he would remark that that officer was a true and just exemplification of the working of their in stitutions. His father, who was an officer in the war of independence, left his son, as most American boys are left, to look out for himself. (Applause.) With an ordinary education, and ordinary opportunities he en tered the legal profession, and by his perseverance, assiduity, and application he aequired such a position at the bar that he was called upon to transfer his services for a brief period to the councils of the Republic. But not liking public life, he soon returned to his native state of New Hampshire, and though, in 1846, he was offered a seat in President Polk's cabinet as Attorney- General, General, lie declined again accepting public-office, which e • he said was neither suited to his tastes n or to hi:habits, war w a b s r o r k e l e u o i r u e t d , t a e n d r a h i s i s e Mexican n hire native a f s t ta e r t w e a o r f t t e h w e , a regiment of soldiers. A company the small town of New Concord, where Mr. Pierce was raised in re sided, and lie enlisted i n th at soldier. Being well-k nown company .as a private to his fellow-townsmen, he was elected captain of the company, well-known to th e regiment-of which and being equally a portion, ne that Th company was he was chosen colonel. The cwutaol. ee of o a gentlem an w h o had declined the Attorney- General, fficeofcn with a seat i n . the Cabinet, having enlisted as aprivate soldi er, soon attracted attention, and the ?resident, not to be behind hand in rewarding this act of Patriotism, named him a general of brigade. He went to Mexico, and there performed his duties in such a manner as won for him the commendations of the Commander-in-Chief ; and in 1852 he was chosen Pre sident of the United States. (Applause.) The honour able gentleman went on to state that two natives of Scotland, John Wotherspoon, a clergyman, and .Tames Wilson, a lawyer, signed the declaration of indepen dence ; that the constitution of the Union was drawn up by the latter, in conjunction with Mr. Madison, who was afterwards President ; and that Mr. Wilson was one of the first members of the Supreme Court of the United States, who were remarkable not more for the learning and ability of their adjudications than for their long black gowns, w hich were the only badges of office worn by civilians in America. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Scottish Hospi tal" amidst much cheering, and stated that it was an institution of an old date, and that so early as the time of Charles 11. it had been patronised by royalty, though that patronage took the odd shape of placing at the dis posal of the managers th re e knights baronetages for sale for the benefit of its funds, two Scottish baronetages, producing 300 guineas each, and an Unglish baronetage selling for 5001. (Laughter.) He had inquired carefully into the funds of the institution, and he had found— contrary, he must say, to his experience of some other charities—that the funds were well and faithfully ex pended ; and he had, therefore, great pleasure in eto y. com mending it to the kindest attent , n The LORD MAYOR proposed 1 T he Health of Sir Ro " in connection with the science of derick Murchison, Scotland, and in handsome terms alluded to.his having been the first to intimate, prior to all experiment, that gold was likely to be found in South Australia. Sir RODERICK MURCHISON returned thanks, and said that having visited the Ural mountains he was led to believe, from the specimens of mineralogy sent home from Australia, that the strata were the sane in both districts, and that gold would therefore be found in one as well as the other. He had proved a true this • and lie now begged to r em i n d hi s prophet i n ' Scottish friends that did he had never said, and th a t h e s ufficient gold would be fou n d in not believe, that Scotland to repay the expense of the search. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the science of Scotland, he was wholly incompetent to speak. Even in his own department of geology, he was wholly incapable t o do justice to his friend and country man Lyell, or to a n • ative of his own county—a man who was known, or ought to be'k nown, to every one in the room—the genius of the old red sandstone, Hugh Miller. (Great appl ause. ) H e would far rather turn to other . subjects, and he had therefore to announce to the society that an uncle of his own, General Sir Alexander Mac kenzie, of Fairburn, who had died within the last few Months, and had left him (Sir Roderick) his executor, had bequeathed to the Scottish Hospital the sum of 5001. (Hear, hear.) Several other toasts were proposed, after which the tables were cleared away, and the dancing commenced with great vigour. Several ladies who had been in the gallery during the dinner now joined the company. THE ADULTERATION OF COFFEE.—Yesterday, at the Court of Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Edward Alfred Marsh, No. 103, Long-lane, Bermondsey ; William Primmer, 104, High-street, Wapping ; Alfred Dennis, Church-street, Hackney ; William Burnard,lo4, Wentworth -place, Shoreditch ; William Newman; 23, Little Bell -alley, City ; and James Morris, 128, Hounds• ditch, were each fined 101. for selling coffee adulterated with chicory as pure coffee. The extent of tle ti - dul. teration varied from 9 to 43 per cent. 4; .i'v A twp,4o-54'," _