The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-21 00:00:00

11 ANK OF DEPOSIT, 7, St. Marten's-place, Trafalgar-square, London. bP. lilies desirous of Investing Money are requested to examine the aPlan of this Instir talon, by which a h i gh Rat e of Interest may be %A with perf vet security. In terest payahle in January and July. PE LER MORRISON, Managing Director. Prospectuses free on application. iTIONAL PROVINCIAL FIRE OFFICE, :Cc ,I, 127, CHEAPSIDK , LOND°N. .lice 3 hereby given, that in consequence of the numerous aP,..PI c ations which have been received from many influentia , and Nv . I thy pet 'sons. for allotme rs excferinc the whole of the shares giemaiu ing is disposed w, the. Directors will, on if e sth 0' 'TO t,e4.r.tt next. tin thy CLO T Sri Alt , att. r which no fur ° applica do s can be received The D.rectors wilt, however, Preeeet to co sides any avlic 'dons which in ~ v he made in the P. ea "tin e, wilt , the view of d• tributing them in '.ucti propor iotts t :monk:* such persons as may be c•ondu ive to the interests of the COnt, By order or Board, ,E1)3111Su CLENCH, !,eer,tary, Es ltember 19th, 1853. N ATIONAL PROVI NCI AL LIFE OFFICE, 127, CHEAPS IDE, LONDON. theic't, ice is hereby given, that pursuant to a Resolution passed at •C-leneral Meeting of the Proprietors and A.isured Mern ar, the London Tavern, on the Sth instant, a Di% ideod after I tt a i .e rate of six PEN CENT PF.R ANNPNI, was declared noon -11 1) capitol; and notice is hereby farther given that the D e ''d end Warrants may he received at this mike, on and after the 22d lrostant, between vie hours of 11 ar, i 3 o'cloe',. EDMUND CLENCH, Secretary. September 14th, .853, RATIONAL PROVINCIAL FIRE OFFICE, 127, CH ~APSIDE. Subscribed Capital, 4Quarter of a 'Ninon. The advantage or insuring in this office is the Annual Returns or one-half the entire profits no t oe in,ared, whilst the same amount or security given by other offices. is afforded, and a fully subscribed and ample paid up capital. The principle of divid ng the r,roflts between the Proprietors asd the In ured is being daily recognised, and has secured for this office It large ti , ,d rap'dly increasing ousiress. Claims promptly and liberally settled. EuINIUND CLENCH, Secretary. ----___ VISIT of the EIIvIPEROR and EMPRESS of 'the FRENCH to LAIS, on the 26th inst., and to Boulovne °T I the 27th and 28th.—SOUTH. EAST- RN R AILWAY.—An Ex- Ares- Train, in connection with a fast steamer, leaves the London ,bridge Terminus for every day, at 8.10 a.m., the passengers "Y whi-h helve in Calais at about one o'clrck In the afternoon. The Tidal Trains for the Boulogne steamer fr.nd Fo kestone will kave the London-bridge Terminus at 11.30 a.m. on the 26th inst., and 1.45 p.m. on the 27th. / 3 y the above trains and steamers the journey from London to /analogue, or London to Calais, is performed in rive hours. G, S. tiERBERT, Secretary. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY of CANADA. Notice , s Herei.y Given, That ne Holders of Shares in the OR AND TRUNK R kILWAY CO ',; PANY of CANADA, who are esirons of paying up in advance or, the Deb 'Mures allatted to them, WIII be at liberty to do so on the present ation of their > crip Certifi cates at Messrs Glyn, 111 , 11 s, and Co , No 67, Lombard-street All such payments will bear interest at tit , . rate of 6 per cent. from the date of payment, and the Certificates wi 1 be exchanged for ' Debentures when the same art received from Canada. By Order of the Board. w:11. CIIAPMAN. Office of the Grand Trunk Railway Co. of Canada, 3, Leadenhall- , tre et, 3d ~ ept , 1853 THE HARBIYt GER, for PORT PHILIP and SYDNEY. , The Directm , of the General 'crew Steam Shipping Compan y hereby give notice to passengers and ship ers by the HARBINGER, tha t she will SAIL from Southampton. for Port Philip and Sydney, on NYEDNESD :tY, the sth of October nest. Cargo must be for 'warded to Southampton not later than the Ist of th.:. month; specie a nd Parcels will be received up to the 4th. Pot freight and passage apply at the Company's Offices, 1, Ade laide -place, London-bridge. c . 11 13 —The Ha , binger, on her last voyage, reached Port Philip in da) a from England. LA.IIRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL Rooms, (Lessee, CHAS. C. LAURENT, Onslow-housFulham-road). -- The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SE SON, c. will continue open every evening, with L ACRE LE BR ATE I) s Ailm , ssion, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ; bancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter “inate at half-past 11. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND LIFE ASSURA NC SOCIETY. lnst toted A.D. 1815. Heal Office—Edinburgh, 5, St Anthew square. Accumulated and Invested Cap tal upwards of £2,550,010 Annual Revenue upwards 0f................ 330,C00 __The Reports upon the recent Investigation into 'he Society's and of the proceedings at the Ann sal Meeting, are now re ady, and may be had tn application at any of the Society's genees or at the He d Ofll e There may also be had, on apilication, a pamphlet which has been recwitly prepared, co taming an account of the Original His tory and Present Position of the Society. oHN MAC KENZ lE, Mar ager. WM. LINDE'AY, Secretary. LONDON HONORARY BOARD. 'George Young, Esq., Mark-lane. Charles Edward Pollock, Esq., Barrister, Temple. David Hill, Esq., East India House. John Murray, Esq., Publisher, Albemarle-street. Samuel Laing, Esq., M.P. Sir John Thomas rtri,:gs. Admiralty. Leonard Homer, Esq., Home .office. John Taylor, jun , Esq., C. E , Queen -Street-place. Agent—Hugh VI Kean Office-4, Royal Exchange-buildings. SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. To Secretaries of Public Institutions, Clerks, Station Masters, Rail way Officials, Bankers' Clerks, Travellers, and Others. TIMES LIFE ASSURANCE and GUARAN TEE CQMPANY, 32, Ludgate-hill London. Incorporated under 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110, CHARLES HINDLEY, Esq, HONO M R ARY PRESIDENTS. J AMES KERSH . AW, P. Dartmouth-house, Westminster. Esq., M.P., Stockport. TarsTEEs. asittnes Alexander Douglas. Esq., l l, Queen -square. Ambrose Moore, Esq., Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-sqUare. James Nisbet, Esq., B erners-street, Oxford-street. CHAIRMAN —The lion. Francis Villiers, Berkeley-square. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN - James Wyld, Esq., Charing-cross. " The Times " Company affords guarantee to persons requiring the same at thelowest pos.lble rate, and divides four-fiths of the profits. Thus, by applying the jus , ly popular principle of mutuality to public guarantee, the pri-miums, instead o being a tax upon honesty, be come a means of saving and investment. Rates—From 7s. 6d. u wards. .No charge for stamps or extra Charges. An allowan ce made in the guarantee premium, where a life assurance and guarantee are Combined. LIFE ASSURANC''. Life assurance, annuit,es, and endowments. Payments taken 'tenthly as well as quarterly, 84 , .. Policies indisputable, save in ease+ of fraud. Arriv,gements can be male with ths office to pre vent the loss of a Maley where the asoired is unable, tram temporal') etabarrassment, to keep up the payments. H B. SHERIDAN, Manager. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. HONORARY PRESIDENTS. Lord Elphinstone Lord Belhaven and Stanton William Carnahan, Esq., of Tillichewan. Earl of Ceurtown Earl Leven and Melville Earl of Norbury Viscount Falkland LONDON BOARD. CHARLES GRAHAM, Esq., F.S.A., Chairman. CHARLES DOWNES, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Blair Avarne, Esq. J. G. Henriques, Esq. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident A. H. Macdougall, Esq. Charles Berwick Curtis, Esq. F. C. Malt'amt. Es , 4 illiam Fairlie, Esq. William Raiiton, Esq. 4 ". Q. Henriques, Esq. Thomas Thorby, Esq , F.S.A. MEDICAL OFFICER, Arthur H. Hassan, Esq., M.D., The bonus added to policies t "ftember, 1847, is as follows : 8, Bennett-street, St. James's. rom March. 1834. to the 3' Slut Ault added GO ; Sara added to . Sum payat , e Usared : Time A.Bsureo Polley 'nlB4l Polleyin 1848 at. Death. 4 . In 000 .13 year* 10 ths .£683 6 8 £787 10 0 £ 6470 16 8 . 5 - 1000 7 years .. .. 157 10 0 1157 10 0 5 00 1 year 1 .. - 11 5 0 511 5 0 us * Elssm,E.—At the commencement of the year 1841 a person aged r n rtY took out a Policy for 1,0001.. the Annual P tyrn nt ior which 4' 41 . Is. Bd.; in 1847 he had paid in Premiums 168/. 1 Is. 8d • but Profits being 214 per cent. per annum on the sum insured (which ; 2/. os. per annum fi , r each 1,0001.), he had 157/. 10s. added to the "eY, I almost as much as the Premiums paid. The Premiums, nevertheless. are on the most moderate scale, and :WY one-half need be paid for the first five years when the In `llranceis for Life. ~..P•Very information will be afforded on application to the Resident Director. TO THE LADIES.—The powerful influence of the sun on the skin and complexion at this period of the be ar calls for increased attention in preserving the i r delicacy and utY. The most pleasing and effectual specific for this desirable object is ROWLANDS' KALY DOR, deervedly established in Royal and public t ,vour and estimation. is application neutraPses the effects of atmosphere, and induces that i t e l al th9 action of the minute secret° , y vessels of the skin, by which 8 delicacy and beauty are so essentially promoted Freckles, Tart, ,?PU, Pimples, and Discolourations are eradicated by the application h Kalydor, and give place to a healthy clearness and trans ;rency of complexion. Lades travelling or taking ut-door 'exer „," will find it diffuse a grateful and refres Mg feeling, dispelling the 'mild of langour and relaxation, allaying all heat and it stability, aid immediately affoi ding the pleasing sensation attending restores t - "tieliY and healthful state of the s kin. In cases of sunburn,st, ft — "ga of insects, or incidental inflammation , its virtues have long b' o T ti eztensively been acknowledged.—Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per tr e AUTlos.—The words "Rowlands' Kalydor" are on the wrapper h bottle, and heir signature, " A Rowland and Sons, 20. wa n "'garden, I ondon," in red ink at foot. Sold by them and by Chemists and Perfumers. BUSY ALL THE YEAR ABOUT. A S MERCHANT TAILORS, CLOTHIERS, o u , HOSIERS, HATTERs, BOOT and SHOE st t t irrITTERS, on a larger scalA thin any ot er House in the wor d. asy 4:li no fact sot lain as that E. MOSES and SON must be " b s,„`Qe year abo" 1 4 .,noeyer undertakes to notice the care, diligence and talent E. wi r ," l i Pa and SoN exercise in providing the greatest novelties in every I' el e, and in securing to the public the most superi r icoods, at the si will understand how they are " busy all the year qt.llteP „prices, ereres,r henever the seasons turn, and chaming weather renders change of first importsnce to all classes, including spo rtsmen, bu , sii.iep ;Z e n, me c h an i cs, an d a ll o thers, then the am lest Stock. seiect in e n i ci te LiaLs and unequal . d in workmanship, is presenteby E Mti Ye""a. who for the completion of this purpose, are a " bus‘ all the abOtn " () f Captains, Merchants, Shippers, and Fmtgrants, the . gigantic Ito "ale Department of E. M osEs and Sores Establishment is aiw ay s able for the se!ection of the superi r miality of which is th en e qtown in all parts of the world, and the low prices charged for te, et suitable artiel s render them the most lucrative investments 1 . 4 7. be*sons emigrating or trading to the for whose inte -141X• m 08E8 and e,osi are " busy all the y..ar about." n _ e s hip Bailing •nformation and full lists of Outfits for Ladies c A Mltlemen, may be had on application, or post tree. "ON. —R. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the ;lic against imposition. having learned that the untradesman-like the sa ° 2 "of " Being connected with heir Establishment , " or It's obvi o concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for lat reasons, they beg to state that they have ▪ C ONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, L:nelndonexcept their own Establishments, as follows 114 ,R , 'ion City Establ, 154, 155, 156 and 157, inories s 2 and 86, Aldgate ishinent , opposite the Church , g all communMicating., 83, West-end Branch, 506,507, 508, New Oxford -street, 1, 2 B▪ rad ford 3 . Hart-street, all con.mnnicating. (Yorkshire) Branch, 1 9 and 20 , Bridge-street. e Colonial Meld Branch. 36, s'antate. Branch, Melbou ne, Austra`la. fakers, Tailors, Clothiers, Batters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe and General Outfitters for 1 adies and Gentlemen. sx.izechies-t0:0 TART —Should any article not give satisfaction, it willbe alth e anged if desired, or, if preferred, tha money will be returned „, ut hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lo west rn which no abatement can be made. iA E stablitshments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdaysn when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. O f Prle e : Boo k. "The Herald of the Seasons.' containing full lists ad e 9, our system of self measurement, facts relative to Australia, 44y part o ena ft l h gr e a i f i rc ig, tc m . 4. may be had on application. or post-free to A oft a Msorrie Almanac to. , • y e ar ending 18 5 3 can he had gratis, lei • vn Parle Francais. Qui si parla as ; Ki er et richt man ", Aqua se ha' 'is Esnatiot 4,01,4411 roarza k s Wa n ted. Apply ally morning from 10 to 12 le to -dg, I a dvance 61. Oats to 2s per and Peas ,etvrith a vared be activity, ; up st a n Lds sales. 463 )th dearer. qtreAll" 3 s to 40 3 44s t 3 460 40s tr. 448 00s to 00 9 00s to 000 L 853. Id y farmer s, trav 3 ga n " 4s a dvanc e i t the PIO a ra ndere te r. Been!. 1 L Egyp tian in extend a dvance ;ended sale. A. t ek 3b K • . to 4- 4 8 to v, "... 42 t° 4 7 -- tO --.. nd o 40 t„,,„, 44 Per 1 7, 10d to Oi Ds Od 91 Os Os Od to 0 1 431 Os t o 00 to gd to v OOO 00s to 00 00s t.,°,00 91 to .v 6d to 00 , " a -• Id to 0 01 j ; d • raP e°9 r e OCI ; bag pd 5 Od to 30 urrency. od--20 at° )d-2 0 cl°' Od-16 do. 3 , 1 __ do. Dd pot c v4' od; Stra, QQs i r e% 4s Od "„ 631 s Od to 8s t. 2s 6d per s ev'ii . art , 4/ 17 , 0 0 B°4; a S v trlt e7 ou.odtA ers, 3 ' s ec t to en loaf, "' a to tter, 1 ef, Mea t .1 IO Park , sh, No wl Z000; ;s, 00s w. n go, , 0 Od ; 00 9 Zs ; Cu l°l ' enial ga per 0wt•,.,,, 0 , 31. per v -381. to 441. 1 c;., 4 3' ° reit I * _Bar, cwt. -41°P°' r brl.—G°4 :RDAY• ••• .• • 29 -3° .•' ''.. 540 , .... •• , .•••• •• 444 •••• • • • 1 0, •••• • •' VI •••• • •• 537. ••••• • • 10 . .. .. .. sight • • • • • •• .lON, pas 9 ;ar5..43 1 , 7 , n.. 0 5 " Off .••• 0 0 0 IT. 0 6 DO •• natal r00t4116 -----'"'" WO' Its dtq o j, Ei... gach *ll Sept. 0 tied• A. •• ipto l3 loot. 6 t.: ej jri FD C9r f ,Vt. . qePt I , Oct. ° patlY 6 pet. I Oct' 16 0 Sept' sept• n. 960A1 S toll O „ C• ip ' t 1 L O,/ SeP. '• •• • s e pt pton A' .et • •• T*ic e 6 pton• 3e P pton P ct. I 0' ...• i Ves i pwri o g c o tiottl p •ton • • Oct .o . 10 p v ,t, m e n o ta ed • rs' iC r • 6 c ptoo t 1 . )t0 s 11 . goCtCeit, Sept' Oc t " - 0 , t iOtt . o oP 51 soP" 0 A 543 1 1P- e a re,o sePr -W 0 Sept' `" Oct" 3toril",/ . tte mat is co s k. t the Cu e d clispfhtel Blatts rcif : vife prf tre el udlor ° o ll°' ies iNi et tet t 0 or ......." ....'****.l*. by tl e bo , i liza , - 4 :ay, Re a by 0 f Main ..--"' , - VAralo r iT o old it r ooPt irqu s t fo 1 1 ,° 84 ae, Main;ortir )hn n r 7 1 ' job° to Sir' 7 4' John '" (3 0' bieloV °°cl' yOOl l O9 e No. 40 1 coup ipton : . v• •• th .• Iptoni iptolll ipton iptOn No. 19,080.] NEW' MONTIL.Y WORK BY W. M. TIIACKERAY, with Nils tr,tio-s by I , IC11A111) DOYLE. On the Ist October will be publi,hed, Price On- Shillin4, with Illus . V tra ons on steel and , vi.od by liICHARD DOYLE, No. I. of THE NEWCOMES. Memoirs of a Most Respectabl.: Farlly. I , .ditud by ARTHUR PENDENNIS, Esq. 'tendon: Bradbury and E‘ans, 11, 11 ,, UVe ie strew. HR. 11. PRINCE ALBERT.- • See the " LEADER" Newspaper of SATURDAY, Sept. 3d, No. l8'), price 6d. —To be had of all News Agents, or direct from the Publish r, at 7, Wellington-street, Strand. .• 11E EARL OF ABERDEEN._ the LEADE New paper of SATITtsDAY, Sept. WO, No. 181, pricy 6d.—To be Lad of all sews Agents, or direct trom the Pobli>Ler, at 7, Well ngton-street, Strand. EARL OF CLARENDON, K.G., G.C.B. It See the "LEADER" Newspaper or SATURDAY last, Sept. 17th, No. 182, price 6d —lO he had of all News Agents, or direct from the rublishe , et 7, Wellington-street, Strand. THE DUKE OF ARGYLL. See the " LEADER" Newspaper of SATURDAY next, S'ept. 24th, No. 183, price 6d.—To be had of all News Agents, or direct irons the Publisher, at 7, Wellington street, Strand. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, consisting of more than 700 Models, IS NOW OPEN, at toe Portland Ga;lery, Regent-street, opposite the Polytechnic, every day except Friday, from 11 till 5, and from 7 till 10, for gentlemen only ; on Fridays, however, the Morning Exhibition for gentlemen will close at 2 o'clock, when Ladies only will be admitted until 5 o'clock. Leach will Lecture at 12, 2, 4, and in the Evening at a quarter to 8 o'clock ; and for ladies by Mrs. Leach Admission—One > Milling. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON - H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. CHANGE of the LECTURE on " THE THAMES." The SECOND PART of an HISTORICAL LECTURE on "THE THAMES," from its Source to its Estuary, by GEORGE BUCKLAND, h sq., assisted by bliss Blanche Younge, with NEW SO'GS and NEW D'S , OLVING CEN ERY, on Tuesdays and Fridays at four o'clock, and eve. y Evening except Saturday at ine. LECTURES.— By J H. Pepper, Esq.: On PEIOT , GRAPHY, with IllustrationA, Mornings and Evenings By Pr. flachhoffner On ELEC i 110-GILDING and -4LVERING. The LANCASHIRE SEWING MACHINE exhibited In Use and explained Daily. Open Mornings and Evenings %dmission, Is.; Schools, and Children un ler Ten years of age Half-price. ,11 INING INVESTMENT.-Mr. JOHN S. A.v All LANE, Minim: Aget:t 32, Poultry, London. offers his .ervices to partios wishing to embark in Mining enterprise, to aid them in the selection of the so , ndest as well as the most pro mising un. 7 errakings At the pres nt time, when depreciation has probably gone to the fartM st extent, and when so rraby safe and vali.n.bl, share, are so much below their intrinsic value, an invest ment w , uld douhtless he attended by immense profits as soon as a re-action take, plaee, which may be near at hand. All instructions nromAly attended to. METROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. No. 3, Princes•street, Bank. The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums tall due on the sth of October next, that the same must be PAID within Thirty days from that date The Premiums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October, either of which several days constitutes the commencement of the year to Members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So ciety as Members on the sth of October next, should appear or lodge their proposals at the office on or before that day. This Society, for Mutual ant General Assurance, appropriates the whole of its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives for the whole term of lite as Members of the Society. For the year ending the sth of April, 1854, an abatement of 51 per cent. has been declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five Years' standing and upwards. RICHARD HEATHFIELD, Superintendent. Princes-street, Bank, , ept. 8, 1853. EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY.-A C , •rtain Cure f r Cancer, &c. —To Dr. RATCHELOURh.isbeen counnunicated (from abroad) one o• the most astoun ins; discoveries of our a,,e. By an external application, with u pain, c inters even in the last stitfe are c ,mplet( ly era fatted, white swellings, enlarged. , tiff, and contracted joints, rheumatism, tic doloreux, lu r.bogo, fisiula, piles, corms, spinal com;daints, and neuralgic pains an , cured by 31 , jor's Synovitic 1 oticn, as modified for the I.uman subject by Dr. Batchelour, M D., M. R. , .S E.. M.C..4.C. Dr. Batche'our may be seen at No 12, Finsb ry place, South, Finsbury.square, from 12 till 3 ; and at Mr. Watts', drulgist, No. 17, Strand, every Tuesday and Friday, from 3to 5. For cancers, Dr. Batchelour must be con sulted ; but for the other complaints the Lotion may be applied by invalids themselves. The Lotion is sold in botles at I ls. and 225. each, at No. 12, Finsbury-place ; and at Mr. Watts', 17, Strand. Orders to be pre-paid, IR WILLIAM BURNETT'S DISINFECTING FLUID.—The best Concentrated "CHLORIDE OF ZINC." — Great Reduction of Price.—The merits of this Fluid, invented by Sir W. Burnett, M.D . F.R S., &c., &c., for the Disinfection of Sick Rooms, Clothing, Linen, &c.; the prevention o , Contagion ; the preservation of Animal Matter from Putrescence; the purification of Bilgewater, Cesspools, Drains, Water Closets, &c , are now so well known to the puolic as to render comment unnecessary. Sold at the Office, 18, Cannon-street, City, London, and by Che mists, Shipping Agents, and other; throughout the United Kingch m, in Imperial Quart Bottles at 2s. 6d.; in Pints at Is. 3d.; in Half- Pints at 9d. , and in bulk at 6s. per Gallon. cAUI 10 N BE WARE OF IM IT ATIONS .—The only genuine D'sinfect int' Fluid is s.-Pled over the cork with the inscription, " Sir Wm. Burnett's Disinfecting Fluid," and accompanied with nume rous Testimonials of the highest order, and instructions for its use. THE BEST and CHEAPEST DISIN FECTIN Fi UID is CREW'S I\IPIIOVED CHLORIDE of ZlNt', for the purification of Dwelling-houses Stables, Dog Ken nels, Ship's H ilds, Cesspools, /rains, w ater-closets, &c. ; the Disin fection of Sick R. ioms, Clothing, Linen, and for the Prevention of Contagion. Chloride of Zinc, as the best Disinfecting and purifying agent, is now eiiitablished beyond all doubt. It is perfectly harmless in its application and Innozious In itself. The high pr ce it which it has hithertit been sold has prevented its general use ; to obviate this obstacle to its universal ap lication as a disin'ecting and purifying agent, the present ntitufaeturer, who was many years with Sir W. Burnett's Company, has arranged to supply the public with concen trated Chloride of Zinc in its greatest purity and at the lowest price. It is sold by a'l4'hemists and Shin Agents in the United Ki,ig dom, in Imperial Quart Bottles at 2s. 6d. each, and in larger ves,els at tis. per “allon. Each Bottle will be accompanied with instructions for its dilution ~nd use. Conce trated Chloride of Zinc in use may be diluted with 200 times its quantity of water. Orders executed by the sole Agents, Messrs. Drew, Heyward, and Barron, Bush-lane, Cannon street. Manufactuted at H. G. GRAY'S, Commercial Wharf, Mile End, London. QURGEON HENRY HAMILTON, Twenty eiLfht years in London practice, will REMOVE any CASE of a PRIVATE NATURE Wore charge e made for edicine. In all f ema l e complaints requiring prac,ical b 1)1 ofessional m sk•11, Surgeon Hamilton will guarantee a successful issue, or no expense will be incurred by the patient. Medicine can be sent to any part of the realm, securely packed, on receipt of particulars. Ladles and gen tlemen consulting by letter must enclose the usual fee, when they wll he treated with by return of post Hours for personal visits fimm Ten till Four, and fr om ix till Nine daily. Ad No. 3, King William-street, Strand, London. Medicine to country pa tients, 1/. MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND M ATURITY. FsOteLo lmi D„ndo -eSrQsi Hospital SQUARE, nre Medical r D st O ty N o , I 0 ) 1. c R : i t iv. \ r h e: E d Honorary LA'MERT, 37. BD e u r a E t i, e f d dins th society, Licentiate of Apoth e c aries' L o ndon, &c., &c. e 11, 1 AY be consulted, persona ll y , or by letter, on . the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, esulting from juvenile irregit arities and excesses, which have pro weed more misery , n youth, degradation in manhood, and orema nre decay at al! stares of life , than p erha p s any other class of dis eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience in the treatment of these diseases his proved that th , re are in exist aire secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in xistence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfrultilil Marri- Impotency, Local and Constitution Weakness, and their sndless modifications owe their almost e itire a. origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its con equenc es may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is iree. In selecting thi, department of practice, he has been amply ren arded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of li., and advice and medicines can he forwarded to any initials or address. It is desira'sle that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MEItT should first obtain a copy of his work on SELF TRES!. RVATION. A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct description of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, Trench, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Stogie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; or free by post for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's resi dence. 37. REDFOILD-.QUARZ. LONDON. TAKE NOTICE! MESSRS. R. & L. PERRY & cO. CONTINUE TO BE CONSULTED AS USU‘L, AT 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET, LONDON, ON TIIE SECRET CAUSER OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE ENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—FiWeth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. New Edition, emerged to 204 pages, price 2s. 64., by post, from the i,stablishment, 31 6d. in stamps, r-im SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, exces sive indulgence, the consequences of infection , or produced the abuse b o y f me rcury, with directions tor the use of the preventive lotion l o wed by observation s o n Marriage, and the disqualifications W ° h ' ich prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L PERRY and CO., consulti n g Sur g eons. 19, Berners-street, Oxford: street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster row, and gold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Orford-street; Giir don, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, Farrini.doi -street; W. 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Baker, announced the result f the poll to be a very large majority in f your of the offer of the Great Western Railway Company of 31 Fer cent and halt profits Mr Scott stated, that, having ascertained the sentiments of so large a majority of the Shareholders to be favourable to an alliance with the Great Western Railway Company, he should henceforth use his utmost influence and exet tions to secure the passing of an Act of Par liament to confirm the agreement with the Great West rn Railway Company upon the terms now offered— vtz., 31 per cent. and half the surplus profits. It was then unanimously resolved, That the offer made by the Great Western Railway Company of 31 per cent. a❑d half the surplus profits be and it is hereby accepted by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Company, and power is given to the birectors to carry the same into effect. By order. THOS. HALL, Secretary. Wolverhampton, Sept. 20,1853. ROYAL DANISH RAILWAY- FIRST SECTION.—SECOND CALL of 31. per Share, making 91. paio.—Notice is hereby given, that the Second Call of 31. per Share will he d on the Ist October. Shareholders will be required to deposit their Certificates of Shares at the Offices of the Company, 84, King William-street, on or after the 25th instant, between the hours of ten and two o'clock, when a Call Letter will be delivered Upon production of the Bankers' receipt at the Offices of the Company, the Certificates will be returned, with the Call endorsed thereon as paid. Shareholders are reminded that Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. will be charged on all Calls in arrear after the Ist October. By order, C. MOLLER, Secretary. Dated 9th Sept., 1853. ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE, in Casks of 18 Gal lons, 305.; and in full sized Bottles, Imperial Measure only, ty wuich the Public gain one-third--- Quart 5................• . • Bs. per dozen. 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To be omit iined through Barclay, :-uttou, Sanger, &c., or any re spectable medtci•.e vendor, in bottles at Is. 1%c1., Is. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each. Wholesale depot, Bohemia-place, Hackney. ♦ NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 20. The Conflict, 8, screw-corvette, will be taken out to Stokes Bay again to-morrow, for screw trials, by Lieut. Clarke, of the Dragon, (First Lieutenant of the Blen heim), at 10 a.m. . The Sprightly tender, Acting Master George Allen commanding, left this afternoon for Plymouth, to trans fer supernumeraries for the Mediterranean fleet to one of the ships in Plymouth Sound ordered to that station. The Dragon, 6, paddle-frigate, fitting out as the depot ship of the steam reserve at this port, will be ready for trial at the measured mile about this day week. The Barracouta, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander George Parker, went to Spithead to-day to take in her powder, &c., prior to proceeding on foreign service. The Stromboli, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Hall, completed the adjustment of her compasses to-day, and is ready to go to Spithead. The Encounter, 14, Captain O'Callaghan, is to receive a new set of rigging. The Fairy Royal yacht, Master-Commander Welch, went into the graving slip to-day to unship Scott's screw. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 19. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, after at tending divine service in the dockyard chapel yesterday, left in the afternoon in the Black Eagle steamer for Falmouth. The crew of her Majesty's screw steamship St. Jean d'Acre, 100, Captain the Hon. H. Keppel, were paid advanced wages to-day, and she is expected to sail to morrow for Queenstown. The frigate Leander, 50, Captain G. St. Vincent King, was towed to-day by the Avon and Confiance steam vessels from Hamoaze into the Sound. The brig Philomel, 8, sailed at 9 this morning for the coast of Africa. The Avon steamer returned from Pembroke at 9 p.m. on Saturday with caulkers, who have finished the Caesar, WOOLWICH, SEPT. 20. APPOINTMENTS. Master John P. P. Warren (1843) to the Leander, 50, at Devonport. Surgeon Fysher Negus (1848), to the Stromboli, pad dle-wheel steam sloop, at Portsmouth. Assistant-Surgeon William Patrick (1847), from the Victory, flag-ship, to the Excellent, gunnery ship, at Portsmouth. The Monkey steam vessel went up the river to-day to Deptford to tow the Sarah, of South Shields, recently injured by the Vulcan, screw steamship, to Woolwich, to have old masts and rigging equal to what her own masts and rigging were previously ; the Admiralty hav ing decided that the necessary repairs to the vessel should be made at this yard, which was agreed to by her owners. ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES ADAM, K.C.8.--The remains of Admiral Sir Charles Adam, late Governor of Green wich Hospital, were yesterday borne to the grave by the sorrowing veterans of that noble institution. The notices of this gallant officer have hitherto been confined by our contemporaries to his career in the navy. There great rewards hold out a stimulus to acts of daring by men in the prime of life. But in Greenwich Hospital, to the governorship of which no man attains until the evening of life, and when a disinclination to exertion may well be deemed excusable, inward self-satisfaction is the only reward for a conscientious discharge of the duties of that post. This satisfaction Sir Charles Adam ought to have enjoyed in the highest degree, if an unwearied and persevering endeavour to benefit the whole establishment could confer it. All guard-duty by day and night, formerly so harassing to the old men, has been abolished, and the lodging, clothings and diet of both pensioners and boys improved. He was indefatigable in inspecting the wards—no trifling labour in that extensive and lofty building- mingling with the pensioners, and addressing them in so kind and affable a. manner that the most diffident were encouraged to com municate their little grievances, which, when able, he at once redressed. Nor was Sir Charles Adam less actively interested in the welfare of the schools, and during the periodical examinations by the Government inspector he was daily to be seen in the class-room--an intention most inciting to the masters as well as their scholars. It is difficult to say in what department of the institution the decease of Sir Charles will be most deplored, and it is only to be hoped that this great loss to the establish ment may be in some degree alleviated by the appoint ment of a worthy successor. THE RETIRED FLAG OFFICERS OF SEPTEMBER, 1846. —We believe it was understood at the last re-arrange• ment of the flag-list, that as the flag officers on reserved half-pay were to progress in their grades of flag rank, as they would have taken th eir turn for promotion if they had remained on the active list ; so the senior cap tains who accepted the retired flag rank under the Order in Council of 1846, should also advance in their titles according to their seniority, with those on then active list. Under these circumstances, then, our pected and venerable neighbour, Rear-Admiral Wilkes Mau rice, the senior of the retired list of admirals becomes entitled to his promotion to the rank of vice-admiral without any increase of pay, our gallant friend being senior as a captain to our esteemed fellow-townsman, Vice-Admiral Arthur, C. 8., who has attained his pre sent rank on the death of Admiral Sir Charles Adam. — Plymouth , Mail. FLAG CAPTAIN ON THE BRAZILS STATION.—We hear that Captain Thomas Harvey (1848) will succeed Capt. St. Leger Cannon in the Centaur as flag captain to the commander-in-chief, Rear-Admiral Henderson, C. 8., on the south-east coast of America station. Captain Cannon has invalided.—Plymouth Mail. BAENSTAPLE corrupt BRIBERY practices whichC o mNt 1 s h S a i Ov have . p — rev Th ail e ed ah t inquiryt into e election for the bor ou g h at Barnsta p le, terminated on Sa turday, after a protr acted sittin g of 16 da y s. There has been a good de al of briber y p roved on the part of the the agents of the Tory candidat es at the last election, and the last few days have be en occu p ied b y the Court in examin ing a number of witnesses who had received 6/. a-piece for their votes. The inquiry has also been distinguished by some shameful instances of perjury, and an incident of a very painful nature. It was elicited that a family of the name of Gaydon, numbering 12 voters, had received 6/. each for their votes. One of them, a respectable silver smith, at first denied strongly, on oath, but afterwards, on his brother being sent for from London to confront him, he was constrained to admit it. One•of the Gay dons, a mason, aged 80, attempted to commit suicide on Friday. The old man was afraid of being summoned before the commissioners, as his name was on the list as one who had received a bribe. He had denied that he had accepted money for his vote as alleged before the committee of the House of Commons, and when he heard that he was to be called up before the commis sioners he cut his throat, but fortunately it was dis covered in time to avert an immediately fatal result to his rash action, and it is hoped that he will ultimately recover. There were several instances of shameful per jury, and the revelations were altogether of a most dis tressing and disgusting nature. THE GREAT BRITAIN.—A letter has reached us dated St. Vincent, August 24, signed by Mr. Henry Davie s , on behalf of the passengers to Australi a b y th e G rea t Britain, in which they express their entire satisfaction with the attention of Captain Matthews and his officers to the comforts of the passengers, and with the quality and quantity of the provisions. The writer also praises the arrangements made by Messrs. Gibbs Bright, and Co. for the Eagle line of packets to Austra lia. LORD JOHN RUSSELL AT GREENOCK. ( Prom the Times.) • Great men are never so great as in the holydays. Either they are sent for fifteen hundred miles from Rome, or five hundred miles from the Highlands ; or the quiet little nook in which they try to hide I themselves becomes thefocus of a million wondering eyes, and every town within 50 miles insists on feting and addressing them. The good people of Greenock have succeeded in drawing Lord John Russell, and obtaining a good sight of the man whose speeches they have read, whose life they admire, and whom most of them have hitherto been left to imagine as well as they can. A prima donna was once seized in transitu by the population of a small city, and compelled to sing her b es t songs with what grace she could ; and Lord John Russell has literally said his last things and shown his best points to the people of Greenock. For a compendium of his life and his policy in one brief performance, really it was a very good exhibition. Conversant as we are with Lord John Russell's strong points, we really don't know one that he omitted or failed to do justice to ; so, his spectators and hearers on this interesting occasion may congratulate them selves on having seen the whole man, the great orator and political chief in all his phases, as Parliamentary, municipal, commercial, and general Reformer, an d now l ea di ng th e re presentatives of a fr ee people and a grea t n ati on . When a man has been before the world a whole generation, and introduced important bills into Parliament before half his present audience were born, what can he say that shall be really new, or even peculiarly appropriate to the occasion ? Hap pily, the ever-varying situation of affairs always leaves some room for novelty. There is always something new, even if it be only an old thing in a new guise. The sun is never in exactly the same place in the skies that h e h as b een i n b e f ore s i nce the creation of the wo r ld ; an d so i t happens, for tunately, or unfortunately in some respects, that Lord John Russell could never have said before, with equal propriety, what he said on Monday, from the platform of the Mid-Church at Greenock, to a large congregation of Provosts, Sheriffs, Baillies, Councillors, Water - trustees, Town-clerks, Procurators, Chamberlains, and well-dressed gen tlemen and ladies. Perhaps the peculiarities of the present state of affairs may be summed up in three heads—the approach of a new measure of Parliamentary Re form ; the necessity of a good many social and material reforms, rendered more imperative just now by the rapid increase and crowding of our great cities ; and the still ugly look of affairs in Eastern Europe. Lord John Russell has addressed himself to all these points with so much of his cha racteristic simplicity, clearness, and strength, that, even while we feel a shade of difference, we cannot help admiring. With regard t o the first, Lord John betrays all his old paternal affection for his Reform Act, and his unwillingness to see it supplanted by a more vigorous measure or one con taining any new principle. He takes care to bring out in full light the work of the last twenty years—that is of the Reformed Parliament ; its very great but quiet improvements, its increasing triumph over party, the growing agreement of public men, and the security which seems to be obtained that no measure necessary for the public welfare can now be successfully resisted. This seems as much as to say, " Here is a legislative or gan sufficient for the purpose ; it has given you all you want, and continues to do so, with ever increasing honesty and certainty ; it reflects the people, and so long as they are true to themselves it will be true to them." Are we far wrong in see ing through this a slight natural yearning for the admirable status quo of our constitution ? Does not Lord John feel that affection for the present House of Commons, with all its faults, which prompts a natural parent to resent the interference of a neighbour in the education and even the ne cessary correction of his offspring ? No father, no mother, ever yet tolerated the hand of the stranger on her child. Casually, and by the way, Lord John says it—but backhanders are always the strongest blows—" It would be difficult, per haps, to find a time in the history of any country when so many measures of importance have been obtained, without convulsion and without revolu tion, as have been obtained and established in this country since 1833." Who does not see the pater nal hand in this epitaph over the future grave of the Reformed House of Commons ? But then comes the timely admission that there is a world of reforms still to be done. The diffi culty is skilfully brought in as itself a result and proof of the success which has attended recent le gislation :—" Unfortunately, the very increase of civilisation the very gathering together of popu lations, which are the proofs of industry, of com merce, of flourishing manufactures, and increased trade these things bring with them attendant evils." Here are masses of deep ignorance in crowded dwellings that neither the light of the sun nor that of the heaven above seems to penetrate, neither sweet air nor wholesome knowledge to per vade. Air, health, schools, and other wants of the many, are now occupying the same place as objects of patriotism that constitutional reform did in the last generation. They seem rather tame stuff to the men who have listened to Fox, to Erskine, to Romilly, or even to the northern Gamaliel, at whose feet Lord John Russell learnt his first les sons. But, as the Nimrods of other days would now have to content themselves with very small game, so our great reformers must condescend to clean and to scour, to open windows, to " teach the young idea to shoot," and busy them selves in alternately wielding the besom and the pen. But here again comes another difficulty. We are a free people, a constitutional people, with a fancy for local management, and a jealousy of centralisation. Many an Irishman would rather die in dirt and tobacco than live in clean linen and whitewash. That is our case. We would rather go on as we now do, with stupid and obstinate parish vestries which we never go near, and with our courts full of cholera and juvenile pickpockets, than submit to official pedagogues and sanitary re formers. An Emperor might level our rookeries and our understandings with streets and new roads to knowledge ; but in England we choose to do these things ourselves, at our own leisure, and are not over-anxious to do them at all. So they seem likely to wait the leisure of the next generation. Lord John Russell, however, hopes otherwise. He sets all this down as the work of the Legislature ; perhaps with the thought in his own breast that the House of Commons would do much more wisely to attend to these matters, instead of troubling itself with a suicidal attempt at self-re generation. Then comes the third topic of the day, to which Lord John alludes quietly, cautiously, and yet boldly. We are a great nation, and profess to stand our ground against all the world. But that boast is hollow and armament is wasted if we allow our opinion and our friendship to go for nothing in the general affairs of the world. Important as domestic questions may be, "it is also to be con sidered," says Lord John, "and I trust we shall none of us forget, that this country holds an im portant position among the nations of the world. It is not once but many times she has stood for ward to resist oppression, to maintain the indepen dence of weaker nations, to preserve to the general family of nations that freedom, that power of go verning themselves, of which others have sought to deprive them. I trust that character will not be forgotten, will not be abandoned by a nation which is now stronger in means, which is more populous, more wealthy than she has been at any former period." In this m anl y and becoming strain his lordship continued, with ever-increasing ap plause as he went on ; so that we are to conclude the good citizens of Gree nock are quite pr e p are d , if necessary, to incur the risks of war for the cause of justice and their country's honour. Altogether Lord John Russell has turned to very good ac count the civilities of his northern friends. It is not impossible that from the banks of the Clyde a few salutary thoughts may reach the more magni ficent quays of the Neva, and be all the more im pressive for not being wrapt up in the sacred lan guage of diplomacy. Or, even if the Minister's words should be set down as a matter of course, not so will the energetic response of the assembled citizens. MR. CHARLES DICKENS.—This popular novelist, in a letter to the Times, dated Boulogne, Sept. 18th, says : " I observe two statements from a country paper, copied into your columns of Saturday last, and therefore made important. They represent me as having availed myself of the experiences of that excellent police-officer, Mr. Inspector Field, in Bleak, House, and also as having un dertaken to write the said excellent officer's biography. Allow me to assure you that, amid all the news in the Times, I found nothing more entirely and completely new to me than these two pieces of intelligence." DIVISIONS OF THE 110IISE.—From one of Mr. Brother ton's returns, just printed, it appears that the number of divisions on public bills in the last session was 179 before.midnight, and 61 after ; and that 17 divisions took place on private bills before midnight. The total num ber of divisions in the session of 1852.3 was 251. OUR COMMERCIAL PROSPECTS. The unsettled state of the Russo-Turkish ques tion, the known failure of the crops, the continuous fall in the funds, and the weekly drain of gold from the cellars of the Bank of England, are the absorb ing topics of conversation in commercial circles. Notwithstanding the enormous supplies of gold from Gilifornia and Australia, whose nines were unknown in 1846, our present metallic assets only exceed those of that year by the paltry sum of 147,2201., for on the 12th September, 1846, the Bank held 16,353,846/., and on last Saturday 16,500,0681. The drain has continued without in termission since the 2d of July, the average weekly decrease being 216,5221., the aggregate during that period amounting to 2,165,221!. Hence the rise in the rate of discounts, and as no immediate cessa - tion in the efflux is expected, it is highly probable that the rate will be still further increased. Whe ther we are to have a renewal of the disasters of 1847, or are fated to escape the desolating scourge of panic, we venture not to predict ; but it may be well to remind our readers that in that most cala mitous year from 250 to 300 millions were sacrificed in order to recover from foreigners some four mil lions of sovers which had been exported. This was the practical result of our monetary legislation, and that legislation still remains in full force. The active circulation of Bank notes at the last return was 22,465,945 ; in other words, these notes were in the hands of the public, and to that amount the public were creditors of the Bank. Now what bad the Bank in gold to redeem these promises to pay on demand ? Just 16,162,6401. ; the deficiency therefore was 6,303,3051., so that of the theory propounded by the bullionists, on which the Act of 1844 is based, were ho nestly acted'upon, the Bank - would at this moment' be insolvent, since it could not redeem its promises in the precious metal. When Sir Robert Peel in troduced this measure he made the following re marks :--'• The whole foundation of my measure rests on the assumption that, according to practice, according to law, according to the ancient mone tary policy of this country, the meaning of a pound is neither more nor less than a certain quantity of gold, with a mark upon it to determine its weight and fineness ; and that the engagement to pay a pound means nothing, and can mean nothing else, than to pay to the holder on demand, when he de mands it, a definite quantity of the precious metals." In the terms of this definition it is clear that the Bank is now insolvent ; but Sir Robert Peel dis carded his own definition when he began to legis late. It so happened that the . country owed the Bank of England eleven millions of permanent debt, and always required advances to the extent of three millions on Exchequer bills, so that the permanent and floating debt amounted to fourteen millions. Now against that amount the Bank is allowed by the Act of 1844 to issue notes without any metallic basis whatever ; it is only when that sum is exceeded that it is bound to hold bullion in its cellars. The whole scheme is composite andl contradictory ; it asserts a principle only to violate it, and repudiates in practice what it affirms in theory. If the Legislature had not intended to mys tify the subject, it ought to have decreed that the inconvertible not es s h ou ld h ave on th e i r f ace some distinctive mark, so that the public might know that promises to pay on fourteen millions of notes were mere moonshine. The rule laid down by Lord Over stone. that the notes are to contract or expand as bul lion leaves or enter s th e co ff ers o f th e B an k wou ld b e rational if the whole circulation were based on the theory ; but it is absolutely absurd in a mixed currency partly convertible and partly inconver tible. The ruled laid down by the Bank itself for raising and lowering discounts is not based on national policy, but is determined altogether by the pecu niary interests of that establishment. In the Lords' Report on Commercial Distress, referring to the panic of 1847, it is stated that the earlier practice of the Bank of England had been to discount at a rate nearly fixed and uniform. From 1704 to the 16th May, 1839, this rate never exceeded five, nor was less than four, per cent. In the pressure of 1839, the rate was raised for some months to six per cent., but it was reduced to five per cent. in January, 1840, and remained at four to five per cent., as before, till after passing the 7th and Bth Vict. cap. 32, which is the Bank Charter Act of 1844. During this long period the object was to ensure steadiness in the value of money, and avoid violent fluctuations. Now this rule was abandoned after the monetary legislation of 1844, and the fol lowing explanation, given by the Governor of the Bank, is printed in the Lords' Report : " In regulating the rate of interest we look, of course, to the state of the reserve. We are either to increase or diminish the amount of the reserve, as may be re quired, by raising or lowering the rate of interest, or by the sale or purchase of securities. Supposing the de mand upon the Bank, for instance, was considerable, and more than the Bank were able to afford, it would be necessary to put up the rate of interest. On the - other hand, if the reserve of the Bank was increasing, and it was not thought advisable to purchase securities, naturally the rate would be put down. The putting up or the lowering the rate would be guided by the state of the reserve, reference being had to the rate of interest in the market." It is evident that such a system is hostile to the best interests of commerce, as the whole trade of the country is made subordinate to the profits of a privileged corporation. By raising or lowering discounts at its caprice, the Bank can lower or raise prices generally, and thus derange the whole business of the country, just as it may operate on the dividends of its own shareholders. Now it transpired in evidence before the Lords' Committee that during the railway mania the Bank invested 2,481,0001. in railway securities ; and when the Governor and Deputy-Governor were asked by the Committee what, in their judgment, were the causes of the distress, they answered, " One of the causes of it is, that many of those parties have been dealing in railway shares. The capital which they ought to have kept in their business they have put out in expectation of realising at a profit, but rail way shares have become nearly unsaleable, and their capital has been locked up." So here we find the Bank assisting to create the very mischief of which the Governors afterwards complained. So long as they made a profit for their establishment they encouraged the speculation ; but when the profit ceased, they turned round and set up a lachrymose whine about overtrading. The Bank has av owe d th at the state of the re serve determines their conduct in fixing the rate of discount. The management therefore is based on selfishness. When the reserve is large, it dis counts freely even a t 2 per cent., and thus en courages traders to extend their business. An abundance of money raises prices, merchants be come enterprisi ng , an d b ot h profits and wages are remunerating. The condition of all classes is im proved, and the population is loyal and orderly. This is a state of things that wisdom would per petuate ; but it is always of short duration, for, with risin g pr i ces, a new ir el o ement t is in introduc g ed which actuced which pr even t s the Bank on the res erve po li cy. Foreigne m c rs on then begin to take gold in payment of what is due to them in stead of manufactures, and the Bank puts on the screw. As in the first case it lowered discounts to employ its reserve at a profit, so now it raises dis counts to check the escape of its bullion. Thus the Bank causes prosperity or adversity at its plea sure, and the whole trading community are at the mercy of the establishment. Now we are very far from saying that the Bank is wholly or solely to blame for these commercial derangements ; for the Bank itself is coerced by the stringency of the act of 1844, and may b e bankrupt with millions in its coffers—a fact that would be incredible had it not been proved in evidence. This is owing to the separation between the Issue and Banking De partments. For instance, in October, 1847, when the panic was at its height, the Bank had only 1,600,0001. in the banking department to meet its liabilities, while the total deposits were 14 , 5 00,000/., the deposits of the London bankers being more than 2,000,0001. at that time. The Governor was asked, in reference to these facts, " if anybody had called upon you for anything beyond that million and a half, you must have stopped payment ?" " Yes we must." " Nevertheless," added the Governor, "we should have had 8 ,500,000/. in our vaults." We have little evidence here of Par liamentary wisdom, for the Bank was solvent in one room and insolvent in another in the same building. Nothing saved it from destruction but the Treasury Minute, which suspended the Act of so Parliament that had caused all the mischief. Now in reference to our commercial prospects our r gold far as they are affected by the contra c ti on of the cu rrency and the rise in o d f i o s r c e o i u g n n t e s r , s th ta is ke i m p important question hoods arises—Why oi d n payment of th e commodi tiesinste a d o f o ur g they sell to us ? Of course this is not done there must be a st rong mot i ve for i c t apiu ;rthiciostsly ; then is the point to be explained, for it involves the best interests of all who live on wages and profits. It is easy to distinguish between the intrinsic value of commodities and their taxation value. to the labour ex- The former is strictly limited RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. The adjourned meeting of the shareholders was held yesterday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of hear ing the result of the poll on the offer, made by the Great Western Company, and discussed at the special meeting held on the 14th. The chair was taken by Mr. Hill. Mr. SCOTT, one of the scrutineers, stated that there had not been time to examine the proxies, and moved an adjournment to the 30th inst. Mr. BAKER, another scrutineer, confirmed Mr. Scott's statement. A conversation ensued, in the course of which Mr. Scott intimated that, as far as he could judge, there was a very general assent on the part of the shareholders to the proposition made to them. Mr. SAUNDERS, secretary of the Great Western Com pany, deprecated delay as tending to prolong the contest ; and asked whether two or three hours would not suffice to enable the scrutineers to complete their task ? Mr. SCOTT said he thought that if the meeting were adjourned till three o'clock, the scrutineers would then be able to speak more specifically. The meeting was accordingly adjourned till that hour. At three o'clock the shareholders re-assembled, Mr. I Hill again in the chair. Mr. SCOTT said the scrutineers had nothing positive to announce. He was happy to report, however, that so far as they had been able to proceed, there appeared to be a majority in favour of the offer of the Great Wes tern Company ; and he was bound to add that from communications be had had with shareholders, he in ferred that the real majority, as indicated by the general expression of feeling, was considerably larger than it ap peared on the votes. This being so, he, for one, had decidedly made up his mind to adopt the opinion of the shareholders. (Cheers.) He wished to express his entire reliance on the honour and good faith of the Great Wes tern Company ; and he hoped they would carry out their proposal in the open and candid manner in which it ap peared to have been made. Relying upon this more than on anything that was written, he looked forward to the future, sanguine that the prosperity of the railway was from that day secured. In reply to questions, Mr. SCOTT stated that the terms . e_GreikWaptank._ offer were a guaranteed dividend of . 4 . per cent, front the Ist of January, 1854, together with half the surplus profits ; and that it had been arranged that the six di rectors, who would, in the ordinary course, retire by rotation at the meeting on the 30th inst., should not offer themselves for re-election, but that others should be chosen in their stead. Mr. KENNEDY wished to know whether, in case the Great Western Company failed to obtain a bill in the next session, it would renew the application in succeed ing sessions, until one had been obtained. One or two other proprietors having asked for infor mation on this point, The CHArnmert said the shareholders had the guaran tee of the Great Western Company, which would con tinue till the bill was obtained. A PROPRIETOR believed the company would not be Et Te a h r e ) e It t ru e m o u A I N d t n h o e t e legally ds b ti e h pa p te a r i t d h able to obtain th e 3i per cent. until the bill was passed. .ceenoffcereamdadheabey the Great Western Comp any surplus profits be accepted, and that power be given to the directors to take steps for carrying it into effect. This motion was seconded by Mr. MArarrs. After a short discussion, it was put and carried unani mously. The CHAIRMAN observed that the warfare was now ended, and he hoped the proceedings of the company would in future be marked by peace and good will. The meeting then separated. It ought to be mentioned that no numbers were an nounced and none could be obtained. All that could be ascertained on the subject was that there was a con siderable majority in favour of the offer of the Great Western Company. LONDONDERRY AND COLERAINE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, Coleman-street-buildings, Moor gate-street ; Captain Warren in the chair. Mr. HEMMING, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the railway was opened throughout, from Londonderry to Coleraine, on the 18th of July last, the main line being 33 miles, and the branch to Newtown- Limavady three miles, giving a total length of 36 miles. The passenger traffic has already given very satisfactory results, while from the character of the line—presenting, as it does, scenery unsurpassed by any railway in the United Kingdom —and from the fact of the Giant's Causeway being within nine miles of Coleraine, the di rectors confidently anticipate that, independently of the ordinary passenger trade for business purposes, there will annually be a large receipt from pleasure and tourist traffic. The bill for the extension line from Coleraine to Castle-Dawson, as approved by the proprietors, has passed into law. The worshipful the Ironmongers' Company of London, the owners of a considerable length of property upon the extension, having agreed to give their land upon terms most liberal on their part, and highly advantageous to this company, the directors have made all necessary arrangements for at once proceeding with the first section of the line—namely, from Coleraine -to Agivey-bridge, a length o f 74- miles, having in the meanrinurfiken upon themseTies the responsibility of the purchase of land. The Castle-Dawson Extension will give a through communication between London derry and Belfast, securing a future direct outlet from Coleraine to Dublin, and opening up the Valley of the Bann, and almost the entire length of the county to the port and city of Londonderry. The directors propose to bring upon the line the traffic of an important portion of the county of Donegal by means of a branch line of three miles in length, from the Magilligan station to the point of land at the entrance of Lough Foyle. Sir H. H. Bruce, Bart., the owner of the property through which this branch passes, hav ing given the necessary land on liberal terms, the works have been commenced, and, being of an extremely light and inexpensive character, a very short time will suffice for their completion. By means of this branch a large traffic may be anticipated from the immense district of Innishowen. The eligible sites for watering-places on the main line and on the Donegal shore, and the inex haustible deep sea fisheries along this portion of the coast, may be expected, in addition to the large salmon fisheries of the Foyle and the Rann, to add considerably to the traffic. The capital account to the 30th of June last showed that 468,1681. had been received, and 465,1241. expended, leaving a balance of 3,0441. The revenue account for the half-year ending the 30th of June showed that 1,8861. had been received on 19 miles of the line from Londonderry to Newtown Limavady, and 1,5011. expended, leaving a balance of 3841. Out of this is deducted 651.; the balance against revenue at the last account, leaving a balance in favour of revenue of 3191. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, re-elect ing Captain Warren, Mr. G. Tyrrell, and Mr. P. Gil mour the retiring directors, and Mr. H. P. Fuller, the retiring auditor. On the motion of Mr. WALEY, a cordial vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman and directors ; and, on the motion of another proprietor, a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Hemming, the secretary for his exer tions in promoting the interests of the company. ST. HELEN'S. A special meeting of this company was held on Mon day, at the railway station, St. Helen's, to authorise the conversion of shares into consolidated stocks. Mr. Gilbert Greenall, M.P., presided. _ _ The CHAIRMAN said he believed that in the consolida tion of their stock there would be very great conveni ence ; and in respect of the 5 per cent. preference shares very great convenience and advantage were evident to all of them. He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that the various shares of the company be consolidated into the following general capital stocks : Class A, ordinary consolidated stock, 316,800/.; class B, 5 per cent. consolidated stock, 1 44,0001.; class C, 6 per cent. consolidated stock, 125,250/.; class D, 41 per cent. consolidated stock, 58,875/. ; and that the same be registered in the n ames o f the several existing proprietors of the abovementioned shares in the proportion defined by the act, 1853. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. A. STOCK, the resolution was carried unanimously, and the meeting separated. PR _ OJECTED SOUTH WALES LINES. There is every probability that the rich coal fields and quarries of Carmarthenshire, with the minerals of Car diganshire, will be thrown open by the formation of a line from Carmarthen to Cardigan. The landowners and the wealthy persons in the two counties have promised to support the line, and several meetings have been held, when most favourable opinions were expressed. The South Wales have expressed their approbation, as it will prove an important feeder to their trunk line. Several branches will be formed. Several schemes for a line between Milford Haven and Manchester and the north are mooted, and it is said that the London and North- Western and the Great Western Railway Companies will both go to Parliament for powers for constructing one on the narrow and the other on the broad gauge plan. NEW OMNIBUS LlCENSES.—Yesterday the metropo litan omnibuses were under inspection, by order of the police commissioners under the new act, as a prelimi nary proceeding to the granting of new licenses next month. Some improvements have been already ordered, and in a short time a better description of vehicles will appear. It is, however, expected that the number of omnibuses will be diminished ; it is rumoured that as many as 200 will be taken off the roads by the proprie tors, as the omnibus business is a losing speculation. By the expiration of the present licenses, several sales of omnibuses and horses will take place. Under the new law the police commissioners are empowered to see that proper horses as well as omnibuses are provided for the benefit of the public. SANITARY CONDITION OF COMMON LODGING -HOUSES. Under the new act on common lodging-houses, several sanitary regulations can be enforced, which should be adopted as precautionary measures against the cholera. A better supply of water can be obtained, the purifying of the places, and the immediate removal of the sick to hospitals and proper places. The common lodging houses in the metropolis give shelter to great numbers, and they are the abodes of wretchedness and vice. The poor creatures issue from them, and are to be regarded with compassion. These places have been visited, aa appears by the parliamentary reports, and etill requir§ much consideration. i PRICE SD. pended in their production, and which labour they embody or condense ; but the latter implies that some tax has been imposed on labour when en gaged in the act of production. Now suppose that two sets of workmen are engaged on the same fabric; that in th e one case th raw material pays no duty whatever to the Government, and that no tax whatever is imposed on the food, clothing, or lodging of the workmen ' • under these conditions the fabric can b e so ld f or its intrinsic value, or what means the same for its barter price. Now further suppose th a t the thing, other set of workmen have to pay duty on the raw material, and a tax on their food, clothing, and lodging, these latter, it is clear, cannot sell for mere intrinsic value ; they are entitled to something more, and that something morn is precisely the amount they have paid in taxation. In the first case, prices are said to be low ; in the second, they are said to be dear. Of course among ourselves no such difference can exist as we have assumed, since all our working classes are placed on a level, and are subjected to one uniform law. We have only stated the dis tinction hypothetically, to illustrate the nature of the argument. In this country we are all subject to indirect taxation. Therefore, when prices are low, that is when they ra nge at the barter level, the condition of the working classes is miserable, for they pay a tax which they cannot recover from those who con sumestheciaut e i n s t w ly he a n re t i h n ey co ra m n f g or e ta a b t their products ; but when prices are high, working clastses do recover that taxation, and con letheeiretaunixa:tianondelejeosh:Tlq,:butehuieshsiees: prosperous state is always enjoyed for a short period before a monetary panic, but it ceases so soon as t it horemarksen prforeignerpropounded—Why npremised, begins_ wwhe t y o s abstractdhe fo nricy our en g take answerol lion instead of our fabrics ? According to our monetary legislation the price of gold in our coinage is fixed, and fixed at the barter price ; consequently, when commodities rise in our home markets to the taxation level, they become dearer than gold ; it is in this state of things that the foreigner prefers payment in cheap gold rather than in dear goods. He sells in our dear market, but he will not buy in our dear market. Suppose that wheat risen from forty to sixty shillings in Mark-lane, then the foreigner gets three sovereigns instead of two ; but all other goods have risen in the same proportion, and he refuses to buy. He can supply himself on the continent with what he wants for two sovereigns, and thus has a clear surplus of one sovereign. Thus it is that our monetary legislation offers him a premium to abstract our bullion ; then discounts rise, the currency is contracted, and prices fall from the taxation to the barter level ; this is the lesson taught us by the history of panics in 1825, in 1837, in 1839, and in 1847 ; and we appear to be on the eve of another, from which nothing can save us but Australia, and even the casual arrival of the Kent and Marco Polo, with nearly half a million of gold, may not deter the Bank from raising discounts to five per cent. About two months since the Times printed an objurgatory article, complaining that the Austra lian markets were naked of goods, and reproaching our merchants and manufacturers with remissness. Now the same journal urges the Bank to check this trade by contracting the currency. Russia wants gold to prosecute its infamous crusade against Turkey, and drains it away from us in exchange for her wheat ; and, therefore, we are to suspend, the production of necessaries for Sydney and Mel bourne. We are afraid to send our fleet into the Dardanelles, lest Nicholas should sell out the funds he holds in our consols and in the French and Dutch securities. These several sums amount to 4,600,0001., according to the official report of the Russian Minister of Finance, printed in the Alge meine Zeitung in 1847. How truly does our pre sent humiliating position justify the prediction of the Marquis of Titchfield, in the speech he de livered in the House of Commons on the 11th June, 1823, when he explained the mistaken views on which the Act of 1819 was passed, and the evil effects of that measure. We quote the following passage, which is pertinent to the present crisis of the Turco-Russian question : "It was impossible to mention the general subject of war without referring to the state of things on the con tinent, since that had the most intimate connection pos sible with the present discussion ; for upon Mr. Peel's bill depended the question whether the Influence of England should be evszthing2r saklijpg 4 4 alt r on.lba n , continent. But, perhaps, there was still a greater mis chief behind, which was the knowledge on the continent that financial embarrassment was the real key to our present policy, and the encouragement which that reflec tion held out for wicked and ambitious enterprises. The whole history of England, and the well-known character of its people, marked at once, to every foreign govern ment, that nothing but financial considerations could have restrained the impulse every true Englishman felt on the promulgation of the horrid sentiments in the French king's speech to the Chambers. They all knew full well that there was but one check to that impulse -600,000,0001. of debt borrowed in one currency and to be paid in another. The state of our finances had been perfectly understood from that instant, and had become a matter of congratulation to the despot, and of grief and dismay to the oppressed." Since that speech was uttered we have seen Poland obliterated from the map of Europe, by the extinction of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw—the free city of Cracow handed over to the despotism of Austria the rising li berties of Italy extinguished by French bayo nets in Rome, and Hungary abandoned in her generous struggle for freedom. Now Russia sets us at defiance, and insults us by declaring in a hypocritical and mendacious manifesto that the fact of fortifying the capital of Moldavia and Wal lachia, garrisoning the whole country with troops, and depriving the Hospodars of their authority, is simply a pacific occupation ; and to add injury to insult, the Czar permits the Sulina canal to be choked, that he may deprive us of supplies of Da nubian corn, and raise the price of bread to our people. Such is one of the phases of the currency question in its purely political aspects involving our national dishonour. The Czar is now neutralising, as far as he can, the benefits we ought to receive from the repeal of the Corn-laws. Let all who live by honest labour prepare for a season of adversity, for with out employment there can be no wages, and when discounts rise the power of giving employment is weakened, and when they become excessive are paralysed. Let them carefully ponder over the bitter satire which Mr. Cayley embodied in an amendment to one of the clauses of the report drawn up by Sir Charles Wood when Chancellor of the Chancellor : " It would greatly tend, in the opinion of your com mittee, to the safety of the public, if there should pre vail among the mercantile and working classes of the community, a clear perception of the position in which they stand under the act of 1844. That they should distinctly understand that when the gold is exhausted in the coffers of the Bank, every merchant and manufac turer is to suspend his operations, and every artisan and labourer is to remain idle, without work and without wages, until the gold be restored to the coffers of the Bank." Of course this amendment was rejected, for it would have completely exposed the fraud ; but we reproduce it, as a warning and an instruction to the working classes. _ ALADDIN. P.S.--Since this article was in type, our expec tation has been verified. On Thursday the Bank raised the discount to four-and-a-half per cent. LORD BROUGHAM'S LAW REFORMS. ( From the Press. ) After a public career of more than half a century, and upwards of 40 years of stormy Parliamentary life, Lord Brougham finds himself, by the univer sal consent of his most distinguished contem poraries, entrusted with the duty of carrying out a class of reforms touching more closely than any others the welfare of his countrymen. A repub lication by Ridgway of two speeches by Lord Brougham in the House of Lords in July last, re minds us forcibly of his services as a Law Reformer. A quarter of a century ago he made his memorable speech on the abuses in the administration of the law : he now finds adopted nearly all the suggestions he then made, and most of them he has had the crowning satisfaction of passing into law. To Lord Brougham we owe the awaken ing of the public mind to evils the existence of which had been detected by philosophers, though they had not then been exposed by publicists. Still more are we indebted to him for the marvel lous energy and perseverance of his efforts to era dicate those evils. His war with the abuses of Chancery ; his changes in the law and practice of bankruptcy ; and generally his successful efforts to simplify legal procedure—these, although they have produced results as universal as they are bene ficial, yield in importance and value to that great reform which " brings justice home to every man's door,"—the County Courts Act. If Lord Brougham had done no more than this, it would have been enough for his fame. He is sensible, however, that much must be done, even to render this measure perfect ; and thus we find him still aiming at further Improvements ere yet he can feel his task ~ T ~~ hia and ler hia h ~' fu ~. I i I