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-5; , X - shoo of the lers from a )f samples, d after the 1 in wheat, oh. Flour per barrel• atee. 1331.' declined 2d [noted is to obtainable of Wheat. ad, whicb, .ansed sales 'ully is per lv, and all les of poi 311 QUARTItg. . 36s to 3SB 50s to !.•.'s 4Ss to d" • 00s to 00s 005 to 003 853. 6d Od •s but they which there st Tuesday An e aceed• is of spring nil the salno g. 6 ' tck 50 to 51 52 to 54 ... 44 to rch- to --- Lnu 40 to 4 1 • Per Too. ; 6d tooo loo6 Os Od 91 15 6 Os Od to 0/ 0 6 Os to 00 1 O . is Od to 0 0 ' 60s to 00s .. 00s to ON 9/ to 10 105 s 6d to Os 0 ` .4 0000 irm at 1 0 ! 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W , . 16 'n 'No'. 96 'n.iov. 922 o oir v: 16 nk0v_...,./. 16 - f it A Ind i l td / patcil nd r i " :fords-eyelesC iich oh ,ea be e ra ec. 2rl _, of isy ed rerf se r0 °13 ,. 11 • 0. 2 311 • t, V .t.°ll. wife of :. Den ny. 9 S t. I'd. -----"/ gr• o obt' n ly isay ), J sr le e" Ches h— ' ;ery F. ain i.it rd' oore' 4 si l • •Jo- ,I,vii‘oux7st terso itil ' , ortniA lr 0, MO' 1010, 1 1, 6 galti WILL SHORTLY CLOSE.-DR. KHAN'S t ree , ATOMICAL MUSEUM, Portland Gallery, Regent penapi,oPPosite the Polytechnic —Open for Gentlem,n duly at the flrs, excepting on Wednesdays and Fridays, from Two to fc, "'ling which hours Ladies only are admitted. Explana r ttissi o ,„"' nl en by Dr. Leach, and for Ladies by Mrs. Leach. tions Ad is. 1 4 41 TRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, CHAS. C. LAURENT, O ns l ow -house, Ftliaam-road). N ; above Rooms ' are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON, et LE Will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S 41 tein ''ATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ; "g o Commence at 9 o'clock, and ter ..inate at half-past 11. O YAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON-H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. CLASS LECTURES. ofw J A. PEPPER will commence TWO SEPARATE COURSES tkE ot Tve Lectures each on PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY in the 4 % „ A ,, T ORT on MONDAY, December the sth, at Eleven o'clock Fe'' on the Evening of the same day at a quarter to Nine. for e ach , Course, including use of A.ppAratus, Three Guineas. dell' T WO SEPARATE CLASSES on PHOTOGRAPHY, each , t ocot n —g Six Practical Lectures on the Paper and Glass Processes, 4 4111 t rioe December let, at Eleven o'clock in the Morning, and Fee r venbags at Eight o'clock. CL or each Course, Three Guineas. PiJ SS E B on MATHEMATICS by Mr. SU . ALLE . Y (a Graduate in the Mathematical honours 01 the University of Cambridge) Mor, - Dss, the 28th inst., at Eight p.m. One Guinea per. Month. OYSTERS—TO EPICURES. QtrEENBOROUGH and FAVERSHAM NA LIVE 01';TI-.RS. 7 itost a^ceptable P?eseat at this season of the year is a Barre tit estd NATIVE OYSTERS, NI , dch ar, to be obtained at SCOTT'S 5 ,,T Y •AT ER WAREHOUSE, 18 , Coventry. street, Pi ccad Hy, 'cl•Per Barrel, warranted to weigh I flbs. ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF PALE ALE. RE Principal Firms of Burton having advanced 1 8 , the price of EAST INDIA P ‘LE ALE 6s. per barrel, t1a 4 : 1, . TETLEY and SON think it necessary to inform their friends eY do not intend to alter the prise of their Ales on orders ' r ed before Christmas neat. The quality and condition shall be Tn as to maintain the character it has heretof , re sustained. hrewery, Leeds; City Stores, 26, Crosby hall Chambers. et. 24, 1853 riE ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. Tito (Consolidation of the Stock of the Royal Exchange Issurance tha r ,„ 4B s and Goods from Fire, with the Stock of the Royal Ex 'V Assurance ; Royal Exchange Assurance to exercise powers iltti t ; 4 Corporations, and of the Royal Exchange Assurance Company;A 41,11,,Colnpany, and Royal Exchange Assurance Loan Powers, and Amendment of Acts.) , t 4 IC IS HEREBY GIYIBN, That an application is intended .tad in the ensuing session of Parliament , for leave to bring bi n ANNII, - of a the Royalmal2amate Exchange and consolAssur-h nldate te ee ca ofpitHou,s andal-stock of thGoods e cor- 11.4 qlk t ire, with the capital•stock cf th e cor p oration of the Ro y al E x- Be ` Assurance ; and to enable such last named corporation to a use all the powers which are at present exercised by the two r ations and the Royal Exchange Assurance Annuity Company, 114 e Royal Exchan^e Assurance Loan Company, respectively; tie' confer additional powers on the Royal Exchange Assurance , alter their existing powers for effecting insurances, purchasing, or granting annuities, reversionary inter sts, and the like, 1 / 4 44 .4 a and investment of the corporation funds, the purchase of and otherwise, with respect to the prope ty, revenues, and Ati i i' o 6 of the said corporations ; and to enable the Royal Exchange tlh r anee to purchase the business and assume the liabilities of any t l ll, urance or Reversionary Interest Company, and to repeal or r i c „. certain of the provisions of the local and personal acts, 33d M., chapter 14 ; and 6th George IV., chapter 37 ; and of the al acts and charte-s therein recited, and of any other act or to the said corporations, or either of them. rt, t v'es of the proposed bill will be deposited in the Private Bil - 44 ° f the House of Commons, on or before the 31st day of Decem h_ l lext '4t ed . tills 15th day of November, 1853. RICKARDS and SON, Solicitors for the Bill. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE, Royal Exchange, Nov. 23, 1853. 4Th' COURT of DIREC fORA of the ROYAL EXCHANGE A NCE do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that their TRANS zOOKs will be SHUT from TUESDAY, the 6th of hi ke fiber next, to THCRSDAY, the sth of January follow that the ANNUAL GENERAL COURT appoin'ed by tlik 'barter will be holden at their office on the Royal Ex tZ, on WEDNESDAY, the 21st of December, at 12 o'clock h ; that a Dividend will be considered of at the saidsourt ; th at the draft of a bill intended to be introduced into Parlia t i 4 the session of 1854 will be submitted for adoption. ALEX. GREEN, Secretary. GENERAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY. 4. 4 . ` 3° lslonally Registered, and to be Incorporated by Royal Charter SQ St Parliament, for the Guarantee against Losses arising from 6„, ries, Forgeries, Frauds, Debts, Insolvency, Fire, and Non-pay of Rent. h t4 ,..f_e_ Assurance is also effected on improved and safe principles. Yl4ll , 5 00,0001. (with power to increase to 1,000,0001.) in 100,000 shares of Si. each ; deposit, 11. per share. Offices—Cannon street West, London. SOLIcITORS —Messrs. Humphreys, Son, and Morgan. SEctLETA.RY—William 11. Longmore, Esq. 01 7 Company has been eqablished the purpose of combining Od e e . ?Ike, and concentrating under c for rie management, the various 11,7 in Which the prirchde of Insurance is capable of being applied. 144 nosiness of the General Indemnity lnsurance Company coin- It t all the forms of Insurance a, present in acci n, and includes 1.1 ) , new and important lea ures not previously brou g ht before the e• These are divided between its t..ree mam departments in the I„ W ing manver:— Insurance aping Robberies, Forgeries, Frauds, &c. NI, Insurance against Losses by bad Debts and gu rantee of Rents. Debts and Rents without 111,44%?tdeepeartment incluadesetohmemCiossilieo n. ct Insolvent en T e h f e winding-up of Bankrupt k 41 1 .1 ' e a n t t Estates, and , and advances to Assurers , on the securit y of v':•a li s sed assets not immediately available for the purchase and sale Fire and Life Insurance in all its branches. Insurances to Lttgagers' providing for re-payment of mortgage-money; An elcas and Loans to Policy-holders on real and personal security. Fire Department includes a new feature of considerable import- Insurance against loss of Business Profits in consequence of 'lll, l ll ' 4 E l th of these Departments a special Prospectus is prepared, to yt ,e'e inthlic are referred for the minute details. th e ' l ?llations for Shares and other information to be addressed Cretary. se 9, in 2,400 imperial octavo pages, price 365., with Map corrected from recent Surveys, t b° ST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for ,841 0 ,, 18 54, The work is printed in entirely new type from the Na and Glasgow Letter Foundry, and has been so greatly ex ltQl:hat th e "Street Directory' contains 13'1,842 distinct names Zilci,;lekese will be - Tonna correc ly classified in la the other i n —. , 'vinous, Ciiniiiiercla l , 'trades, taw, and Co all of which gre t ZVased in proportion to the . great extension of the " Street ~ 6 Post Office Directory has long been the wonder of the pub • Werld, a monument of private enterpr ise and ingenious labour Mir without parallel."—Morning Herald. Nov. 4, 1853. kkhraittersea, Bow, Brixton, Brotr ley (Middlesex), Camberwell, 4 114 3 ,ttge Heath, Clapham-road, Dalston, Deptford, Hackney, Hol 'Nig t oad, Kentish-town, Kingsland, New-cross, South Lameth, ktoerd, wandsworth-road, &c., &c., are essentially parts of b ' the t taetropolie,' and, as such, should obviously be included in any li, k n t.Y of London. ... In the ' Post-office Directory,' there ‘lo2l inhabitants of these places appear in all the alphabetical bk ik r that the residence and calling of any one can be instantly 14 14 4 , 1 111 whatever part o: the suburbs he may be lodged. This 1114 4 . the work one of the most useful that can be possibly ima s 4er . la, any purpose of metropolitan life." —Observer, Nov. 13, 1853 NeiZe Indices are very numerous, and immensely facilitate refer thek; various sub-divisions of the book." —Morning Advertiser, k , 4l l l ) er 4, 1853. -‘ ,mine of useful and entertaining knowledge."—Daily News .'ih_ear 17, 1853. rilf..7eves much praise for the accuracy which pervades it, and for -se'leas of the information."—Morning Chronicle, November 4, it s ti - o t k "le eOmpletest Directory yet produced, both as regards classift • and typographical execution."—lllustrated News, November I t ai l r i L i t be true, as all our readers will be ready to admit, that elltlt ee lan country like England, and no place like London, it is a ViaSistent climax to add, and no guide book like the "Post 4:ll,,u l rectory."—John Bull, November 5, 1853. — le of the most remarkable and useful works of the age."— k l / 4 1&S Journal, November 5, 1853. 1.,-,:sa monster volume is a per:ect desideratum for the office and -4'Bllting-house,"—Mining Journal, November 5, 1853. 11 ,Ar t66 ,_tlY increased in size by the introduction of a large number 1.17` 11 in the suburbs."—Weekly Dispatch, November 5, 1853. rii .- 6 edition of this wonderful work has, to speak commerciallY, 'lllB - Varged some ten or fi,teen per cent."—Spectator, November i lik . tot . 3 / 44 ea no insignificant idea of the wonders of a city that de s kleh a work to register its multifari ous contents."—Atlas, 4 ;,,, 18 53. :ettZ e tiehole information has iron brought up with great care AND 'Niel . to the 19th of September."— Sunday Times, November , m : n ik e), w °tiee of this gigantic volume, proportioned to its size and -e i l i. oi.. nuld occupy our whole piper—we say its size and value, for L., 4 . 6:1 4 , perfectly equal measure."—Standard, Nov. 7, 1853. Ot e - n r_ulY the Messrs. Kelly and Co. had actually distanced the Vocr'prising of their competitors. They have new rendered it Vela for any other compiler to dreem of emulating their ex a: It: s 'arY enterprlse."—Sun, November 7, 1853. %f f p., ln arvellous accuracy and minuteness of detail, fills one with ''. 11 tnent."— Morning Post, November 7, 1853. • It ,t 6 annual miracle appears again."—Globe, Nov. 8, 1853. .1 t itt .! Unrivalled —indeed quite unapproached by any competitor K l itr,e seen."—Examiner, Nov. 12, 1853. n t ;z7a a gentleman of our acquaintance stating to us that the two w ..._ nders of the age are the electric telegraph and chloroform, ?pr y induced to observe that there was yet a third, and that — , o; 7 post-office London Directory." —Bell's Weekly Messenger, 4 ' l2 , 1853 ) 1114 ° t t ' he accuracy of the Court Directory, we can ourselves speak 60 1111denee."—Court Journal, Nov. 12, 1853. \*, Most valuable, commodious, and almost indispensable work." ilklY Times, Nov. 13, 1853. 1 '14 1 , 4 e biggest as well as the best book of our acquaintance." — 4, , Nov. 19, 1853. 11 1s4 o irrould be quite superfluous for us to dwell at length upon the ii r excellence of this work."—Economist , Nov. 19, 1853 . %Wes no rival in the publishing world."—Britannia, Nov. 19, bllt t Z t , B4 , volume before us far surpasses in bulk, weight, and corn. any that has appeared before."—Literary Gazette, Nov. 5 4 \_ "4 > told Co., 19 and 20, Old Boswell Court, and all Booksellers. k i 4 Or LISH ASSISTANCE DURING THE N kl4l PRESENT WAR. ttptz;"t all the readers of the daily papers are puzzled to make Position and prospects of the combatints, but English inter -14%, lisj enough be required. The elements of the p resent war are %slts e n ° ll Bh in the City and in the country. The grand northern k141.14t lions his hostilities, and opened a regular siege on the `,..'° 1.1 11 of the British subjects, by Fogs, Damp, Rain, and Frost, VZ_to i el consolidated masses, or dispersed in irregular troops under , P a nd of General Winter. To meet these inhospitable in 11siZse,„—* MOSES and SON have marshaled an in omparable army .4 5 Paletoss, Wrappers, &c., &c., of sufficient force to 4 0 411 14 `ue antagonistic influence of the elements, and to' act as eotrifort Guards on unnumbered thousands; and the re )l;9o4,trtillery of their strong, neat , and substantially-made Win 111:ers72 'Vests, rheumatics Trousers, will entirely subdue the capturing ~ , 1 colds, whose penal settlements a re rh.matics and all the )I(loa,, W inter Season. n army of reserve is just made up by and SON for sale at their Establishment and West-end i e c onsisting of Oxford Blues, Greys, and Mixtures of the most 14 1 7 1 : fr tm ."'onable, and serviceable materials, associated with the 414 ki l onable and accomplished workmanship ; and millions of /tlll,l4,, a , n trY, in Children's and Youths' Attire, most magnificently N it ce `'e rear of Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-three. Victory litZtisoll4ated by the best Understandings which ever existed kes p . n ate i °l Boots and Shoes of unparalleled quality and cheapness; ,ti vp.,P jug of these victorious powers will be at the establish % ris J l O 'ES and SON, the largest, best, and cheapest stock s ..11:1britUaPS being prepared for the purpose. The event will Ot e t „ - - by a vast selection of Hosiery Goo ds, Furs, Shawls, • ei~ _ , &e., &c. • and in superabunJant satisfaction every " Long live the Queen, and prosperity to all her 41._ 11114 1 11110 MOSES and SON regret having to guard the .• "coci*" sl imposition having learned that the untradesman-like 4 %1,37;is : o f : Being connected with their Establishment," or te e cill," has been resorted to in many instances, and for voZnk, they beg to state that they have 0 4404 . ' 41 01.1 wITR ANY OTHER ROUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, .s.gs ZePt.their own Establishments, as follows : Zlus i t 8 . , 7 Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. g i ,.,(1 a • , ,,eat-e nd Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, I, 2 C 4 ror'e.. ar t - street, all communicating. %101'11sid Branch, Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. R ir r ncil, 36, Pargate. „`nch, M. lbou-ne, Australia. ilis s ,„" t akes: ail cr' Clothiers, Hatters, Rogers, Furriers, Boot and ksiZ,::tl.oo/;;;':01:.Gleneral Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. 14 tho n tod 1 4 , 41 ° - Bhould any article nth give satisfaction, it will be kit s tth- desired, or, If preferrede money will be returned All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest ktisr a tstabt e h ID) abatement can be made. sish e - ' n 'enta are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on b le 1 / 4 7 tt ook business is resumed till 12 o'clock. 1 14ta The Epitome of Comfort and Economy," contain . so Ad on i"" , e, our system of self-mealurement, Stc., &c., va, - xis ora . itAolication, or post-free. I .,cti o : Almanac for t e year ending 1853 can be had gratis, - . 1 1% ". %he a trim „ ll DUI, ' Francais. Qui si parla Italian. MIA Deutsch. Aiwa 0 habla Espoo . _.,,,,~ WAY. No. 19,090.] MR. BARTLETT'S NEW WORK. On December 5, superior royal, price 12 5. , ne atl y bound, THE PILGRIM FATHERS ; or, the F ounders of New England in the reign of James I. By W. 11. BART- L r.TT, author or " F orty Days in the Desert," &c. With Twenty- Eight Illustrations on Steel, 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 CUM MING, 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., cloth, antique, CHERRY AND VIOLET ; a Tale of the Great Plague. Uniform with " Edward Osborne," Scc. Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co., 25, Paternoster-row. On D'cember sth, in post Bv^., price Gs.. cloth, gilt, AUTOBIOGRAPHY of WILLIAM JERDAN; with his Literary, Political, and social Reminiscences and C rrespondence, during the last Forty Years. Volume IV., com pleting the Work, with a Portrait of Sir E. E. Lytton, and View of Rnebworth. Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co., 25, Paternoster-row. New and Cheaper Fdition, complete In I Vol., medium Bvo., handsomely bound and gilt, price U. Is., PILGRIMAGES to ENGLISH SHRINES. By Mrs. S. C. HALL. With Notes and Illustrations. By F. W. Fairholt, Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co., 25, Paternoster-row. VOL. I. OF LAMARTINE'S HISTORY OF TETE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY (1789) will be published in a few days, Brice 6s. Yfzetelly and Company, 1 35, Feet-steeet. And all Booksellers, Libraries, and Railway Stations. 71/FAJOR'S SYNOVITIC LOTION,,Rsbnc4i, iffit by Dr. BatnOitf: sons may be seen at 1)r. Batche!our's, 12, Finsbury-place South, Finsbury-square. CANCER from Mrs. Brown, 2, Bevis-marks, City; Mrs. Wilton, 24, De Beauvoir-terrace, Kingsland; Mrs. Tiping, Houton-place, Epsom. WHITE SWELLING from Mrs. Stevens, at Messrs. Berens & Co.'s, 33, St. Paul's-churchyard. SPINAL COIIPLAINT : from Mr. Price, 23, Brick-lane, Spital fields ; Mr. W. Knight, Faversham. RHEUM/at from Mr. P. Smart, Somerset-place, Rotherhithe. SCALD HEAD: From Mr. Carter, 35, Kingsland-read. Dr. Batchelour is acting in unison with Mr. Major, the inventor of the loci n, the most wonderful medicinal agent of modern times. The lotion, with directions for use, is sold at 12, Finsbury-place South, Finsbur3 - -square, and at George Watts', 17, Strand, in bottles I Is, and 225. 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 Sons, 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 PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. The tollowing testimonial is another proof of the great efficacy of this medicine : " Winchmore Hill, Middlesex, April 16, 1851. Sir,—ln considerati , n 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. had long preys ugly been afflicted with headache and indigestion, but a friend having induced me to make a trial of Frampton's Pills, I 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 Netter 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, yours respectfully, THOMAS PROVINCE. " To Mr. T. Front, 229, Strand, London. 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 ; they unite he recommendation of a mild operation with the most successful 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 Pront, 229, Strand, London,"on the Government Stamp. Price 18.13 , 4 d. 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—(John Lofts, jun.) The Hygeist-office Regent-street, 65 • • Mr. Field Park-place, 1, Mile End-road— Mr. Lofts Oxford-street, 63 ...... •• • Dietrichsen&Hannay,perfumers New-road, 20, St. George's East • • ... .• Mr. J. Baines Watling-street, 55•• .... •• • • Mrs. Dare Townshend-street, 8, Old Kent road •••••••• • • .. •• • ..... Mrs. Foulser Tottenham-court-road, 128.... Mr. Rayner Walham Green Mrs. Marchant Brentford (Post-office) •• .. Mr. Norbury Clapham ••..• • .. Mr. Batten's Library Great Chart-street, 53, East road, Hoxton .. • • ...... • • Mrs. Dinmore Cornhill, 68 ................ Mr. R. Johnstone, perfumer, &c. High Holborn, 90.... • • ...... Mr. Pullen._ - Deptford -• • • • ... Mr. P,rritt, booksellei 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 ss. by post free, ss. 6d. ()N TRUE UthEe View & FAL to t S he E Co S rr P ecti of read Eon ATdOe.sßßillp Errors A' 'n relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the Generative System, or Sexual Hypochondriasis. Translated (tom the German of Dr. PICKFORD "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi c3.l contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the nova-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall letect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his ower to correct." —London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. The tribe of 'Quiet Sympa t hisers,' and • M edical Friends,'are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book lould find its way into the hands of those who suffer tram 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 'ess importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat iwmt upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore likely to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. 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 2e. 6d., by post, from the Establishment, 3s. Gd. in stamps, - - THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on 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 R. 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, Farringdoh-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Row Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, GB, Cornhlll. 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 Explanator) 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 TV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V. 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Hughes, H. W., Esq. .. 0 0 Hurry, Edward, Esq. .. 1 1 0 Hutchinson, Col. H. .. 1 0 0 Hutchinson, Hon. R. H. 1 0 0 Ick, Rev. W. H., 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 Jesse, Captain .. I I 6 Johnstone, Colonel Oleo. 1 1 0 Kaler, E. Esq. .. 0 William, Esq.. 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 Addington, H. U., Esq. 5 0 0 Aitchison, Captain .. 3 3 0 Alston, Mr. A. H. (Phoenix) .. 2 0 0 Angerstein, Col. J. J. W. 5 0 0 Anonymous, Llanelly, per `•The Times" news- 1 0 the Gun-room officers, one day's pay .. .. 2 16 6 Arrowsmith, John, Esq., F.R.G.S. 3 0 0 A ritin, Captain Horatio T., C.B. .. 2 2 0 Bacon, Thomas, Esq. .. 1 0 0 Baillie, Alex., Esq. .. 5 0 0 Baillie, David, Esq., 1.R.5., 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, Sr Geo., Batt 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.X., F.R.G.S. .. 1 1 0 Beechy, Captain W. F., R.N., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. 1 1 0 Bell, J. D., Esq. .. 1 1 0 Best, Capt. Hon. Thos. 1 1 0 Biggs, J , Esq. .. .. 2 2 0 Bird, Win, Wilberforce, Esq., F.R.G.S. .. 5 0 0 Blair, Lieut.-Col. W. H. S. .. • . 5 0 0 Borland, Dr., Inspector- Gen. of Army Hospitals 1 1 0 Bowles, Vice-Admiral Wm., C. 11., F.R.G.S. 5 0 0 Bourdin, M. .. 1 1 0 Boyd, Mark, Esq. .. 2 2 0 Bracebridge, C. R., Esq., G.S. .. • . 1 1 0 Breadalbane, Marquis of, R.T , F.R.G.S. 20 0 0 Brent, Geo. S. Esq., De puty coroner for Mid dlesex, F.R.G.S 0 5 0 Brisbane, General Sir Thos.M.,Bart.,G.C.B., G.It.G.S. .. 5 0 0 Brock, Capt. Thos., R.N. 0 10 0 Brockedon, Wm., Esq., .. 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.G.S. .. 5 0 0 Browne, Major-General Sir Henry, K.C.11. .. 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 0I 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 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 Cherinside, Capt., B.A. 1 1 0 Clarendon, the arl of, K.G., .. 25 0 0 Clerk, W., Esq... •• 1 1 0 Clive, Hon.Robert,M.P., F.R.G.S. .. 20 0 Coffin. Capt. Crawford.. 1 0 0 Colchester, the Right Hon Lord. CaPt.R.N., F.P..G St- -- 5 0 0 Collier, C., Esq... .. 2 2 0 Combo, Harvey, Esq. .. 5 0 0 Commerill, Lieut., R.N. 10 0 0 Cooke, Commr. J., R.N. 1 1 0 Cooke, C. Chidley, Esq., F.R.G.S. .. .. 1 1 0 Copley, Sir J. W., Balt, .. 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 8., 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., • 1 0 0 Dilke, C. Wentworth, Esq., F.R.G.S. .. 5 5 0 Dilke, C. W., Esq., G.S. .. 3 3 0 Dobinson, Wm., Esq. 1 1 0 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 Dowue, The Viscount F.R.G.S. .. 10 0 0 Drake, Capt. John, R.N. 1 0 0 Drummond, Mr. (Phoe nix) .. •• .. 010 0 Duff Gordon and Co .. 2 2 0 Duncombe, Hon. Ar., R.N. .. .. 5 0 0 Dundas, the Right Hon. Sir David, F.R.G.S. 5 0 0 Durkin, H., Esq., • . 1 1 0 Edgell, Capt., R.N. • • 1 1 0 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. (['hcenix) .. 2 0 0 Evans, D. M., Esq. .. 1 1 0 Evans, Capt. G., R.N... 1 0 0 Easley & Boyes, Messrs, 2 2 0 Farley, Wm., Esq., Mas ter, R.N., Newton Abbott .. Faraday, M., - F.R.S. .. 2 0 0 Farrer, Jag. Wm., Esq., 2 0 0 Fawckner, Mr. (Phoenix) 0 10 0 Fayrer, Cons. Robt. R.N. 1 00 Esq., _ _ _ 1 0 0 Ferguson, R., Esq. 1 0 0 Fitzroy, Capt. R., R.N , F.R.S., F R.G.S 2 0 0 Forster, John, Esq., M.P 5 5 0 Fowler, R.N , Esq.,M.A. F.R.G.S. ...... 1 1 0 Franklin, Lady...... 25 0 0 Gage, Admiral Sir Wm. IL, G.C.H., K.C.8., F.R.G.S. .. • • • • Gassiott, J. P., Esq , G'ell, Mrs.• •• • . • 1 1 0 Glocester and Bristol, Bishop of.. • • • • • • Glyn, G.C., Esq., M.P lO 0 0 Gordon, Capt. G. T., R.N. 1 1 0 Gordon, 11. G., Esq. • • Gore, Rev. George 1 1 0 Gowen, J. R., Esq , F R.G.S. .... • • • • . 2 2 0 Graham, Right Hon. Sir James, Bart, M.P., F.R.S., F R.G.S.• • • 25 0 0 Graham, Prof., F.R.S 3 3 0 Grattan, T. C., Esq 1 0 Griffith, C. Darby ...• Grosso, Mr. R.... • • .... 2 0 0 Gurney, Miss Anna, of N. Repps 5 0 01 Haden, F.S., Esq 2 2 0 Hakin, Commander, C.L. 1 0 0 Raiford, Rev. Thomas, M.A., F R.G.S. 5 0 0 Halkett, P.A ,Esq., R.N 2O 0 0 F.R S., F.R.G.S 1 1 0 Hamilton,ll Harker, a aaF F aß r n . . t t G S a ls, r k. sarEi Capt. aT o . P h Rl 0 :: el•sw: (Phoenix) I RR: NITA .. • ••• 521 021 0: Harposel, F. R.. Esq. 0 1 11 1 1 0 11 0 0 00 Harris, G. F., Esq,, Hawley - , Mr. (Phoenix) Hay, John H., Esq. • • 3 3 0 H.E. 1 1 0 Herbert, Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas, M.P., K.C.8., F.R.G.S. • • 5 0 0 Hi c ks, J , Esq., M.R.I. 1 1 0 Hiagins, M. J., Esq. Hills, Mr. (Phcenix) Hobbs J. S., Esq , •• 1 1 0 F.R.G.S.Holland, Sir H., M.D., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. •• 5 5 0 Holman, Dr. (P/KeHlx) • • 2 0 0 Hopkinson, W., Esq. • • 0 10 0 Ditto for the family 0 10 0 1 0 0 Horner, Rev. J. M. How, HHouEwd : isd a wo r ena d n de C R s a t p p . t t. h n. jotn..:. Lord do 10 011 000 Kmfdtzen, Gorgan, Laird, M'Gregor, Esq., F.R.G.S. 0 0 Lansdowne, the Marquis of .. • • .. 20 00 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 T.lndsay, H. H., Esq. .. 1 1 0 Lloyd, —, Esq. .. 1 1 0 Lloyd, T. Davies, F,sq. 1 1 0 Londesborough, Lord, 5 0 0 F.R.S., F.h.O.S. .. 25 0 0 Luce, J. T., Esq. •• 1 0 0 M'Cormlck,Dr.(Phtenix) 2 0 0 M`Donnell, Mr. (Phoenix) 1 0 0 Maitland, Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Anthony 5 0 0 Majendie, Ashuret, Esq., F.G.S. .. • • 5 0 9 Majendie, Mrs. Ashurst 1 0 0 Malmesbury, the Earl of S 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. • • 0 5 0 ..50 o 0 Martin, Rer. J. F.R.G.S. .. • • I 1 0 bierivale, Berman, Esq„ F.R.G.S. Mills, E. W., Esq. Milne, Alex,, Esq., •• 2 0 0 .. 10 0 0 P.R.G.S. .. 2 0 0 Mocatta, F. D., Esq„ F R.G.S. .. .. 1 1 0 Molyneux, Commander W. 11. • • • • 1 1 0 Moore, Major A. .. 5 0 0 Moorsom, Rear-Admiral 1 1 0 Moraut, George, Esq. 2 2 0 Morgan, Lieut. W. G. H., R.N., H.M.S.,Pre sident . • • ..5 0 0 Mundy, Admiral Sir George, K.C.B. .. 5 0 0 Murray, John, Esq., F.R.G.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 i 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. S.S., F.R.G.5... 25 0 0 Owen, Mr. (Pheenix) .. 0 10 0 Paget, Captain Lord Clarence, R.N. .. 5 0 0 Pakington, Right Hon. Sir .1" Bart M P .: 5 0 0 Pallinson, ILL., F.R.S. 5 5 0 Palmer, Mr. (Phoenix).. 0 is 0 Parish, Sir Woodbine, K.C.11., F.R.G.S. .. 5 5 0 Parker, Capt. John .. 1 0 0 Parr, T. Clements, Esq. 2 2 0 Parry, Rear-Admiral Sir E., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. .. 3 3 0 Pasley, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Chas., R.E., K.C.8., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. .. 5 0 0 Pasley, Capt. Sir T. S., _ _ _ 1 0 0 Peacockc, Colonel T. .. 5 5 0 Pearce, Stephen, Esq. .. 2 0 0 Perigal, F., Esq... .. 1 1 0 Potrio, Sarnoel, Earl. . 9 0 Phillips, T. J., Esq. .. 1 1 0 Phoenix, H. M. steamer (ship's crew) .. .. 2 3 7 Pinhorn, W., Esq. •• 1 1 0 Playfair, 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 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 Pynn, Major-General Sir Henry 5 0 0 Radstock, Rear-Admiral Lord,C.B , F.R.G 5... 3 3 0 Ramadan, Frank, Esq... 1 1 0 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. G. C., 8.D., F.R G.S. • • 1 0 0 Renwick, Mr. (Phcenix) 0 10 0 Rich, Commr. H., R.N. 1 1 0 Richards, Mr. (rhcenix) 1 0 0 Rodger, W., Esq. 2 2 0 Roget, Dr. P. M., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. .: 1 1 0 Roscow, Commander .. 1 0 0 Rous, Rear-Admiral the Ron. U. J., F.R.G.S. 10 otl Royal Artillery(Non•com- assioned 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., 17 ; F.R.S., F.R. 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NOTIC 'ls HEREBY GIVEN, Th a t a Special General Meeting of the Proprietors of the Birmingham Water Works will be holden at the OfP,ces of the Company, Paradise-street, Birmingham, on FRIDAY, the 23d day of December next, at Eleven o'Clock to the forenoon, when the Bill, for leave to bring which into Parliament !tpplication is intended to be made in the ensuing session, will be submitted to the Proprietors for their approval. By order of the Directors. ' ARNOLD &- WELCH, Solicitors to the Company, Birmingham, Nov. 30, 1853. WINE and BRANDY, of a genuine and excellent character. MESSRS. BULLOCK are directed to include in their PERIODIC AL FURNITURE SALE, NEXT SATURDAY, at their Rooms, 211, High Holborn, about 120 dozen of various WlNES—viz., crusted Port, some yearn in bottle, gold colour and pale Sherry, West India Madeira, Claret, and Lachrymw 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 FISE3.-100 REAL YAR MOUTH BLOATERS for 65., package included. The above forwarded to all parts on receipt of penny postage sumps, or Post office order (preferred), f or t h e amount.—Addrels, THOMAS LETTIS, Jun., Fish Curer, Great Yarmouth. T HE HOME COUNTIES AND METRO. POLITAN FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. Office-14, Chatham-place, Blackfriars Members enrolled Daily. Office hours 10 to on Thursday eveninge from 7 to 9. PRESIDENT. Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, M.P. VICE•PRESIDE NTS. Apsley Pellatt, Esq., M.P. William Ewart, Esq,, TRIISTEEs. Apsley Pellatt, Esq., M.P. William Ewart, 'Dab, M.P. John Williams, Esq. Shares, £3O each. Entrance Fee Is. Sub3Crlptior, One Shilling per Share Weekly. The Directors call special attention to the class of estates that are purchased for allotment amongst the members of society. Tile one at Wood-green (now almostallotted) uctnowl4lge,3 to be cute vrthe ntnst eligible for bmlaing ptirpoS.ts yet distributtd by any Land Society; and a further purchase in Wimbledon-park .hae just been effected, fully equal, if not superie,r, to the one at W:5011-green, ad mirably adapted for first class villas. There is now an opportunity, either by paying up Shikres, or taking them, to get Ballot-rights of acquiring plots ou this highly eligible and profitable estate. Ballots take place Monthly. Office —l4, Chatham-place, Bl ac kfriar HENßY KNIGHT, Secretary.s. THOMAS SALT and CO., EAST INDIA PALE ALE BREWERS, BURTON-ON-TRENT. STORES. London-- ~.. •.. 22, Hungerford-wharf. Liverpool Manchester •••••• 37, Brown-street. Birmingham Bristol Back Hall, Baldwin-street. Nottingham 14, Milton-street. Dublin .. .......... .. 4, Crown-alley. Edinburgh ......• .... 17, Downie-place. Dundee • • 13, New Inn Entry, Illgh-street. 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 Med wa y on -account of certain representati ons 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--I have no data by which to compare what its state is with what it was. The Chairman—Eave 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 I 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 your 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 th a t more h as b een 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 accordingly 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 recommendations 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 none of the recommendations bo 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 el , nsils td removed, because they claim the material of which they are composed for ballast. The Admix...Hy isZottu hare 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 of dis pute with whom the duty lies of removing the shoals near the port of London ? C4tain Bullock—Certainly. There is no comparison between the state of the river Thames and the Medway. The Thames has been embanked throughout its course 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 lowered 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 Near** 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 lersbury, 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 ? Mr. Whistler—l hardly think there arc. 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, he 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_munities 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 101. 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 f ew 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 regard to the General Steam Navigation Company, it runs its 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 heads 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 abl e t o s t eer 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 th a t 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 wh o now com . plain of the Lordpilkor's show happened to be elected, they ought. to be fined if they refused to serve. The consolidated rates of the City, which are applied for the purposes of the sewers, are very heavy and excessive ; and, generally, a greater control over the finances of the City is necessary. This object would be accomplished by doing away with the freedom, and by bringing into the council gentlemen who have hitherto.stood aloof from it. In the city of London, and I 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 tho :anie manner as those of the House of Commons. It is presided over by the Lord Mayor, wh o t a k es th e vo t es 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 forethem 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 minutes are. The rules of 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 200 g. 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 thei r di n n er h our h as 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 It., 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 he 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 ritions the Minister of the day found his support fall sway 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 tho 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 ought to 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. tkp same..inanner as with the rest' of the metropolis ? , Mr. Rogers—l can only say that there are charters _ • • , •1 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 611;;;:a7,1—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 net 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 ras now addressing. The Chairman—State to us generally what you conceive to be the 4efects of the present system. Mr. Hickson—The object I have always had in view has not been sq 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 reductio ad a,bsurdunt 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 Qxhi 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 fewmoments' attention to the accounts of any large municipalityo the on tne Continent, or in this country since the passing . Mu nicipal Reform Act. The account of the Cit y estates re lates principaliy to rents collected from real property in possession of the corporation, and to the dues • which together come proceeds of the 4d coal duty, and of the market this year to about 200,000 1 . When tion said the was last sitting, the officers of the corpora 'the royal commission drove a distinction capacity was 150,000/. ; and they were orat e in come for which the City was answerableew in a corporate not sufficiently on (re specting which the commissioners; responsiblecalled &li tho s corporate y administer s a ternnder acts of estates, for which they. _l i r: their guard) between what they commissioners, who This • wof the case made great impression Parliament. vie body, and the funds which t therefore on the minds of the 19conimi management Of that passed very lightly over the _ of the City's d for which specific acts of Parliament fun d re irted that the income of n i had been passed, ' the cor- At that time it was perfe c tly 148, 111 • poration was 3' the known to the officers of corporation and others who took an active p former tionconsidered of London ought to financially respon sible for an income, from all sources, of something like 600,000/. per annum,. instead of 148,000/. When Lord Brougham stated the income of the City at 600,0001. in the House of Lords, the statement was received with shouts of incredulity, and that noble and learned lord was afterwards waited upon and told that it was nothing of the kind, and that the corporate estates only yielded 150,000 1 . 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 misapprehension 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 ai is, for instance, the Lord Mayor, who it a ppears, , i . s . p d out of the City cash 6,0001. a year, and persoajllstrekial superficial view would conclude that that was hat he receives Mayor's income. But in addition to t making the real 2,0001. in fees at the Mansion-house , t at all appear in the j salary 8,0001; but this 2,000/, does no 'L ain the office of accounts of the City es t a t e . Then, again, b t h ut 1 000/. a year ; u t ere City tradesman is worth and it Il ly appears that he re is no account of this sum, and it o then 251., and several ceives first 61., then Si., then 141., andclerks' coin. such like sums. The report of the officers' ce n rs marchast, last, gave mittee, presented to the corpo.ratio i emoluments, as re ' the total amount of fixed salaries and turned by the different officers themselves, at . 55,0001. a e Now, this statement is in every respect incomplete. year. Now, neither the salary nor emoluments of the Lord Mayor. Take another branch of the expenditure. The City commissioner of police receives 1,000/ a year, but 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 met era, 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 torneys' clerks State officers :—the Lord Mayor, chamber lain, sheriffs, yeomen, trumpeters, 24,187 2 9 Officers of cust oms 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, beadle s , I r i s h Society, -- port of London, &c ....... : ......... 9,653 5 3 980 19 10 This return even was incompl e t e a t the time it 2llo, was made. It has been generally supposed that things have been much improved in this respect since 1835 ; but this impression is erroneous. Since that time some offices have been abo lished, and some uew 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 70,000/. 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. Now 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 myself 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 • because the salary of the chamb er l a i n , f or i nstance, is 2,5001., but there is a further sum paid of 2,100/. 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 ceitain fees, and over and above all that there • is as much more for the expenses of the offices andfor stationary as would be 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 muni 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/. 68.3 d., including 8,7371.195. 3d. for police, and 1,259/. 17s. 4d. for salaries and allowances. The Leeds account does not include paving, cleansing, lighting, and. poor-rates ' • but the accounts which I also hand in of th e ( p ar i s h o f 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 154696, the inhdbited houses 15,826, and the area 1,490 acres (which is twice the area of the city of L on d on , w hi c h i s di v id e d into ild different parishes). The total expenditure of St. Marylebone is 148,5301. 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 : 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. ; ld. dittO, '••• 14,297/.175. Gd 185,,448 1,0! 9 Market dues ‘40,r98 0 11 Street tolls, as farmed, 5,810/. ; contrac-• tors' profit (say one-quarter), 1,450!. Corn duos— :40 ,,, ~...,1\ and the father loans secured u p o tax since 1 4 03 ; prospective receipts of the Bd. coal tax are as followel,.._A\4 For New Belton-street, Long-acre ; New fiord- '''';' 3 ,' 7, e!' •- . Z street, and New-street from London D tito ' .'"-'7 . ,;,:ii- I' Spitalfields Ditto ...................................................... ...: 100,900 , -4, ....<(,-*/ Coventry-street to Long-acre, East Smithfield --- ,.;.‘"A-' ,l * .-." Rosemary-lane, and in aid of improvements in Ere. ;i, S Southwark and Westminster - --, For ditto and general improvements 116,000 New street in Southwark Victoria-street, Westminst er New Farringdon-street to Coppice-row BB,OOO (Act 13th and 14th Viet., c. 103.) 2753,000 It has been said that the proceeds of the ld. 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 id. coal tax is paid to the Board of 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 in consti tuting a municipality over the whole of London for such taxes as the coal tax and the like. I think the proceeds 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-bridge, 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 them 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 o f th e plan of Sir Christopher Wren for improving the City after the great fire, because it was owing to the obstructiveness of the corporation that London, instead of being the 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-bridge. With regard to the conservancy of the Thames, my belief, as a pr e tty cons id era bl e tr a veller, is that there i s 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 b of ey th on e d r: v t e h r e , n s e ta ar ir. Lsondlsonh-ebso buildingsridgwhich ar projected divid t ed wely p e a r ly t 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 haying 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 inhabitants of London. With respect to the poor-law administration of the City, M r . Hickson said he thought the three existing union s i nto 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 pass ing of the new Poor-law, 300,0001. 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 account of the money expended in the re lief of the poor, in the undermentioned districts, for the years ending Lady-day, 1848, and Lady-day, 1852, would illustrate this point : Three City Unions exclusive of Pa St. Marylebone. Lambeth. rochial Expen- P. 157,696. P., 139,325. diture. P., 129,128. 1848. 1852. 1848. 1852. 1848. 1852. £93,781 £78,739.k53,524 £47,731 £46,751 £33,923 The commissioners then adjourned the inquiry till mat day. "‘t 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, Bsq., (SecretarY to• the - American Legation), ex-Sheiiffs Cioll 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, R. 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. Rans ford, including Misses Ransford and Ey les, Mr. Ransford, jun., and Mr. Cranford, the latter being a pupil of the la mented Mr. Wilson ; and, from the creditable appear ance he made last night, he is well entitled to be his 'Successor. The company was numerous and respectable, and Chu. subscriptions in the evening, whi c h amounted. to . about, 30 01 4cw&C rather.abdve the. a'verage of the anntiarcOn tribntions. After the usual loyal toasts had been proposed and w drank with g reat 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.) Al 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, he declined again accepting public-office, which he said was neither suited to hi s t astes nor to his habits. Soon afterwards the Mexican war broke out, and his native state of New Hampshire was required to raise nerd, wo p bm a e n pr y ae N yi‘ v f a rm s p r a ai iepr s nc e . d evar i te n e. s t a i h d e e d small a n regimentdt town w b o e n f ofN soldiers. e enlistedw C i n o n A t c h o at wsoaaldieelre.cfeßdecinapgtwain ellO-kfnthoNeviotmopnn and being equally his fellow-townsmen, well-known to the regiment of which that company was a portion, he was chosen colonel. The circumstance of a gentleman who had declined the office of Attorney- General, with a seat in the Cabinet, having enlisted as a private soldier, soon attracted attention, and the President, not to be behind hand in rewarding this act of patriotism, named him a general of brigade. He went to M ex i co, and there performed his duties in such a manner as won for him the commendations of the Co mmander-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 W o th ers p oon , a clergyman, and James Wilson, a lawyer, signed the declaration of indepen dence ; that th e c o ns tit u tio n o f the Union_s_vaarj.drawn up by the latter, in conjunction with Mr. dirn, who Court Wilso o n f was the onewas afterwardsof the first members Presidentf; the e d stuhpartemMer. M United States, who were remarkable not more for the f were the only bad ges their long black gowns, which learning and ability of their adjudications than or (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed "The The Scottish proposedof office worn by civilians in America. so early as the time institution of an old date, and that by Hospi tal" amidst much cheering, and stated that it was an royalty, though that patronage took the odd shape of of Charles IL it had been patronise d d placing three knights baronetages for sale atthe dis posal of the managers for the benefit of its funds, two Scottish baronetages, producing 300 guineas each , and selling for 5001. (Laughter.) He had inquired carefully an English baronetage contrary, he must say, to into the funds of the institution, experience of some oth er ex and he had found— charities—that the funds were well and faithfully ex pended ; and he had, kindest attention of the company. The LORD MAYO P ropos ed com mending it to the therefore, great pleasure in "The Health of Si r Ro derick— bison " in connection with the science o f and in handsome terms alluded to his havi ng seetndivr and been the first to intimate, prior to all experiment, that to be found in South Aust ra li a. gold was M RCHISON returned thanks, and said th a t having visited the Ural mount a i ns h e was led to believe, from the specimens of m i neralogy sent home w R aS OD Iik EB e I I C y S u from Australia, that the strata were the same in both districts, and that gold would therefore be found in one as well as the other. He had proved a true prophet in this ' • and he now begged t o remind his Scottish friends that he had never said, and that he did not believe, that sufficient gold would be found in Scotland to repay the expense of the search. (Hear, h ear .) Wi th respect to the science of Scotland, he was wholly incompetent to speak. Even in his own department of geology, he was wholly incapable to do justice to his friend and country man Lyell, or to a native of his own county—a man who was known, or ought to be known, to every one in the room—the genius of the old red sandstone, Hugh Miller. (Great applause.) He 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 Fairhurn, who had died within the last few months, and had left him (Sir Roderick) his executor, had bequeathed is the Scottish Hospital the sum of 5001. (Hear, hear.) Several other toasts were proposed, after which the commenced tables were cleared away, and the dancing gallery during the dinner now joined t e co with great vigour. Several ladies whoh had been in the pay. THE ADULTERATION OF COFFEN.—Yesterday, at the Court of Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Edward Alfred Marsh, No. 103, Long-lane, Bermondsey ; William Primmer, 104, High-street,. Wapping ; Alf re d . D enn i s , Church-street, Hackney ; Burnard, 104, Wentworth -place, Shoreditch ; William N ewman, 23 , Little Bell-alley, City ; and James Morris, 128, H oun d: - ditch, were each fined 10 /. for selling coffee adulterated with chioory as pure coffee. The extent of the aduls teration varied from 9 to 43 per cent. i // ;260 0 0 Groundage and water bailliage, 1,131/. lle. 3d. ; metage duty, 9,5961. 7s, 83. tThe above are at the rate of ld. per quarter—add 4d. more for porterage, holdage, lastage, &c., the gross charge for which is 5d., 42,911/. 155.,8d.) 53,639 14 7 Fruit, potatoe, oyster Metages, and sun• dry dues— Estimate E.om varioto - returns, 15,000/. ; profits of one fruit meter's place (see .a.t e ggei sa Sundry Corporation charges-- Weights and measures, 76/. Bs. ; brokers' rents, 3,756/. ; freedom fines, 8401.135. 4d; sheriffs' fines, 1,200/. ; fees on ditto, 26/. 13s Fees to officers of the corporation, exclu sive of metage charges (estimate) Freedom and livery fines to the trading companies, necessary to the right of voting in Common Hall (estimate) Loss to the public by the exclusive privi leges of town carmen, Thames water men, and others , 15, 1356 7' 5 5,39914 4 30,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 Total of indirect taxation £333,702 8 0 LOCAL RATES. Sewers rate Paving, lighting, and cleansing , Police rate, 44,298/. 2s. ; one-fourth from City estate, 11,074/. 108.6 d Trophy tax for militia, &c. (the last rate of 2d. should produce 8,0001.), say Poor rate (gross receipts)— City Union, 51,647/. Bs. ; East London Union, 20,963/. 19s. ; West London ditto, 15,848/. .• Ward rate (Id.) estimate Church rates, tithes, and Easter offerings— St. Dunstan's Church rates for 1852, Is. 10d. in the pound, estimate for 110 70,000 0 0 parishes, containing 80 churches £19,526 2 6 60,263 3 0 33,223 U 6 2,000 0 0 88,475 7 0 4,000 0 0 Total of local rates —2277,488 9 0 TRUSTS ESTATES FOR PUBLIC AND CHARITABLE OBJECTS. Real estate of the London Corporation, including fines for losses 299,112 4 7 Bridge-house estate As reported Parochial charities 38,703 8 6 by charity Charities administered by comm i s - chartered companies 85,685 18 5 sioners in Five royal hospitals 128,763 15 5 1836. Sundry charity estates Estimate for increased value since 1833 of the property represented by the last f o ur items, 10 per cent 25,000 0 0 Total of trust estates i:427,585 14 10 PORT OF LONDON. River tolls collected by the corporation, 8,3771. 17s. 2d.; tonnage (estimate), 15,0001. ; pilot licences, ballastage charges, lighthouse dues, &c., collected by the Trinity House Corporation ; es_ 45,0001 timate for the river, R 1,107,154 9 0 Population of the City, 129,128 ; area, 600 acres ; inha bited houses, 14,693 ; rental to the police rate, 1,020,0001.; number of parishes within the walls, 97 ; without the walls, 13 ; ex-parochial inns of court, 13 ; wards, 25 ; but includ ing Bridge Without, 26. The Chairman —You call the tithes paid to the clergyman of the parish part of the City revenues ? 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 p rac ti ce i n o th er municipalities for parochial charities to be included n the municipal accounts ? h Mr. Hickson—l believe it is the practice in many bo roughs ; and it would be a great improvement if it were general. - 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 bodies? Mr. Hickson—Exactly so, with the view of illustrating propositions of my own respecting municipal g overnm ent, and the extent of the mumcip!. l 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 heYcn,_d the City. Now, the facts of the case are these. Here is a statement of the loans secured on the Bd. coal t ax 12 ° - tween the years 1831 and 1853 Remaining part of 95,0001. for debtors' prison £l,OOO Ditto of 5,0001. for Moorfields l,OOO Ditto of 80,0001. for site of New Post-office 68 , 100 London-bridge approaches Removal of Fleet-market Improving the site of Royal Exchange 150,000 Ditto New Farringdon-street \ 25,000 t 1,535,600 The whole of these improvements were made in the city of London exclusively, and, with the exception of the Pod office' were administered by the officers of the c or p 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 re p a y m ent of the principal have ab sor b e d Very nearly the whole of the revenue created by the 84. t ax. Mr. C. Lewis—Take the year 1852 ; how much of the produce of the Bd. coal tax in th a t year was absorbed by i 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 apprehend it is not the question at all. Mr. C. Lewis—The tax produces 138,0001, a year,;and you do not know how much of that goes to the Board of Works? Mr. Hickson—l d o not. I believe, however, that an in creasing payment i s ma d e to the Government 1,500,000/. has been expend e d on t h e City, and secured on the Bd. coal • t