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FITRNISIIED HOUSE at HOLLOWAY, con y ining seven Rooms, with Fore Court In front, and Garden, kid bY the 1110-th or Year, at a Low Rent. For partieul der,rodew, e nquire on the premises No. 2.1. William-street, Cam ay. Omnibuses to and fr..m every 5 minutes. GRtAT WESTERN RAITjW:A. - y...... bay. enRISTMAS l IOLIDAYS--11ETURN TICKEVS'for FOUR TiL.2: --Tickets Issued on the 24th, 25111, 25th, and 27th inst., will sble for the return M journey on either day. clill,3loa, Dec, 15 , 1853. ,INETTIERLANDS LAND ENCLOSURE I, l °l'leF Is coml'A t NY. 4 a i - or't HE GI that the . FOURTH INSTAL '°"t4e ghat i. Per Share (making? all), will become PAYABLE t Qtar,b oh r 01111 Is r ompaiw oil the th December nex. °N es __ __era; arc regtutsted to tray the same at thebanking-house bui st .7 1 .!. Masiterwan and Co., .iicholas-latie, London,whorer,ceipt coni,,.‘._.,erty. awls .% Presented with the shares at the odicTs of the t4 e1 , 80 "7 . .), In order, that the amount of the call may be endorsed • By order of the Board, klejai d lAce GEO. FASSON, Secretary. London-bridge, 26th Nov., 1853. °Friel: ORDNA.NCE,..I6th Decemher, 1853. tird Principal ()dicers of Her Majesty's AtTel.,,nance do Hereby Give Notice. Hitt they will SE LL by weileek ")'', at the Tower, on THURSDAY, the 22d instantat i 1 eieagi sti in the forenoon precis , •lv sundry Lots of OLD STORES, 1143 1ta °r Great Coals, Clothing, ' Serge •uttincs, Ela;lpetre iltilldin''oitte'r !tars, Book ' Cases, lk ' s Copper, Iron, Tools of sorts, be 4 2. 4. aterials, and va . rioas , other , articles, the whole of which 10 tat 4 v iewed at the 'rower, three days previous to the sale, fron unon application to the Stor e keeper's Office at that .Ripe,,"ere catalogues of the lots and conditions of the sale will be BY tC O those persons who may apply for the same. order of the Board. G. BUTLER, SeentarY. 1 ,1 10 1 , 3 e Peremptorily SOLD, pursuant to an Order ""kicoZ,, tb e High Court or Chancery made In a cause Meech T. °T I Wednesday, ' the llth - day of January, 1854, at 12 4' n ' ,o ll, at the Auctio Mart, in the City of London, by 4tAsiti egstb v o ild R. KEMP, the persons appointed for that purpose, a LWest. .S.IEitiSUA,GE and DWELLING-HOt YELLING-HOUSE, situate i'Atta "(Mare, St. Geoigflelds, in the parish of St. George 1,, „, ar ki in the county of Surrey. The property is held under iul h ated the sth day of March, 1791, for a term of 91 years, Lb° . lt • eleven days, commencing from the 29th day of Septeniber, litt •T: ground rent of 51. ss. per alumni, now ht the occupatan of I "rha Williams, the tenant thereof, at the annual rent of 451. a telar e ted Part' • • Q 'ciders and conditions of sale may be had gratis of tv,'"ltrow e gorY, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, B . •d -•e04,1, Holborn of Mr. E. J. Jennings, 1, Mitre-court Buildings, hi re ' . °I Messrs. Cox and Warden, solicitors, Beaminster, Do!. Atier, B l ,af Messrs. Kemp, auctioreers and valuers, Judd-street, St. d ' i ddlesex ; and at the place of sale. bitt GREber, GORY, FAULKNER, and Co. the loth d ay of De cem 1853. EAST INDIA HOUSE, the 14th DEC., 1853. [ll,- COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST t o m , ONIVANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, 1;,7 Qua rt r° Prietor of East India Stock has given notice that at i7irl at t ,e i rly G eneral Court of the said Company, appointed to be _r House in Leadenhall-street, on WE uNESDAY, the T it j t he will submit the following motion, viz.:— Zent of /,,,ples of all corr es p on d ence b e t ween th e S upreme Covern !?, ig l rua and the President at llyderabad in the years 1816, .7.1 8 11 2 . • 18 19 relative to the contingent force which his Highness ..(11„_ 4 41 h n , r, - " , ry ". engaged to maintain, and to the strength of the sub i',4lll.l te Which the British Government had pledged itself to b;1 11 . 1. 18 Highness the Nizam, be laid before this Court, together pi 4;; 0 7 of all sub sequent correspondence relative to demands that da d " Ins Highness f or t h e payment of the said contingent. " alp,_ wait "" follanother Proprietor has given notice of his intention to owing motion, viz. Oari. s gAt th e _, Court of Directors d o ' l ay b efore the Propr i e t ors th e ;felt Ithatilenee shewing the grounds of the removal of Messrs. Ti °ll ll(l,,Geyt from the Sudder Court of Bombay, and the re moval.'. he rejectlun of the appeal of those gentlemen against 4.u0 . our market BUSS b2g O A , 47g Ai v' 42s u" 279 sold 7 17 s old s 4 15 s°la rm..: 61 sold 10-12ths 9-12ths 4-12ths 4.l2tba C. 15. cut price 1. 8 ) 8d v p, cur y on the toP lore st sole top, cu rrent e. • :Inferior. 38s th .l 135 255 vu„,., 383 "' to. Tis 63 - ; d, 4f ilbs slid • • bll' ed, 68a 0,1 to Id tA 68 $ Od -Bet 1, per,„ to .5d to 64 ; B °a l ; 3c11, - ,o Os ; , 9ttoltit; (11 air, is diitto, 5 6d Ll'd • tur tels ' [s Oa • buttes s to bo3 od; ioiesae 6f, 4a ; P°,;; Oct ty Os t' e s aperi al sto n. 36s to 40 Od; seed: Oa ; 6s Cld ; Os •Od to 405". 7d. T S. el 7 few °lv o a vo unueci 'storday'• 65 71:1, hire, to 1 ; seen) our sales 16. vas, 191' 0 01 sec. finnan easing d, 0 were on° 1,. (5/ 0 ir e market ye. ,y, thoug h j 2 ) 0 0 tnil ec ided 0 viP : 10 an( l 00 ransactiolia, res, 6Se ; ibi lull and Se A 1* ,f Irelexu, 0 6-li ; Xi lLsl.ll ' 6, Limerick eneral Po.t.oVe ,pw Dec. 9! 1 1 Dec. 0 Dec. Fn ,oo Dec cel6 rec. , 6 Dec. ipaily 6 I Dee' 1 1 6 LPeo• 0 Nov , , 6 L, De c' what chec mptn , mpfn. , o 1 inpton nipton' mptcn !npt,in mptonj ith ..1 5 ° c , r ) 96 F 0 mploniTg•c e l mptoticArrl' , • .. .• I T I : e?::.:1 1 4'6 ; : Dec. no npton Dee• npton All Kid npton ll ' VIO r ' oa . ~ Tipton Pec , 0 nptonfi r 7 qo ~.. • • ; ed W:. IT°7:cltr a npton D e ': 16 nptAn 1 9" 0 ltll .. Pe°. alp ton ith .• 1 • 16 npton JO' 29 11)e: 61 npton ! Ar ril oin , art ports 43 Ives. 6 npto▪ n'Pgi . yed. npton v Jo . 0 Dee' 0 Pee:ol uptoniAo n ptoll i A rrife > ,c 1 mails 1'; of the In lit disPatelle .'"~ ~ r the l''''' 'II. „ Of ) Of 31r. 01, Y h r. ° i f atttig-_,,, t4 0 00 D iven 6, idles°%ire , -,,,v, —croft' 'Tboahill' ni pioll" 00 , l in the e 0 0 1 3 / ow la te gor sliza BiP ° ' P l ' OV S V a f 601 „„..______ n,,,,,,, ta t) , Tii -i-A , S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. Of th, e f ollowing testimonial is another proof of the great effl ~ , -4 Medicine:— test:Ur,... 4,,acquainting"ls7, New B o nd- s t ree t, L on d o n, October 12, 1850. 4 fi e ltee t s ',,, a cquainting you with the great benefit which I have ex he th at VY taking BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, 9 that b l ant but performing a duty to that portion of the public b l `‘bot tt i” yease tt9 ty Y ilitt id „ Weo tY since I was first attacked by rheumatic gout B h., q tit,: and feet. I had previously been subjected to every ye- Vh, ti ‘",„_•te, having served in Canada in the 19th Dragoons, and eat th e is toter Sir John Moore, In the 18th Hussars. I always pro -1111413, s uit u n es! medical aid, without obtaining any essential relief, 9,,f thi s s can be appreciated only by those who know some ise4st , di sease. L ll 't NT,' ! ti ring one of those paroxysms, between twelve and thir see "ti 'go: that I was recommended to try BLAIR'S PILLS. I h, Oal)be ht kovi h. i . Procuring a box, and before I had taken that quantity op". "tt entirely ceased, and in a few days I was in perfect k i Na t. ,., c4o t at Itrs,, ll- „ . - moment, whenever I feel any symptoms of the dis koo ss a - 1„' 10 8, I have Instant recourse to this medicine, which to ' 9 la„.„_" , I - ,,'"ahle, that were it not that the days of magic have i tresc, es: l l' ,l d certainly attribute the relief I obtain to that cause. t e , t el lt °4 _ reioice t o sa y th a t m y h ea lth has not in any degree suf -1141,' I 4°19 the coetrary I believe the tendency of BLAIR'S PILLS ki Av e s Iniprovemnt. Ways L rn e eomended the Pills to many friends, and the result ' e n of the most gratifying character. " I am, Sir, yours respectfully, "GARRET FOSTER GILL. t ti ' Pe tt 'el r. l' rotlt, 229 Strand." k ld e Lt!ts I _elescri tion " f Goui and Rheumatism, Sciatica, Tic-dolo- N;S' 0 , lll P .Alit' ° S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS are a . 'llb' e lte, l — „ r aodY • contain neither mercury, opium, nor any other Ogler e th :ng, require no care whatever in their use, and ter ra .M, I s t_b3 , .1, 0 and complete safety have not their equal in the world. B ette s, °lnas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and all respectable No 'tt, i;elltiors. Pr ce Is 9d per box. '''vt„, l ;; l ' A lß'S GuuT and RHEITMATIC PILLS, and observe \"'lle t ; .4 s Prout 229, Strand, London," is impressed upon the , „.......t ..... , :tat im ' 4 e9t RECcoc r) ( Isi l ' , 'P'the , i, BvoE,"iinTerth,'—`rvielerrisl, by ADDITIONS. p,,,tiree 5s . 6d. le 014 ii Wit E FALSE SPEIMATOR , RHCEA, -is or t - the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors t to th ~ -4 'e s i ,. 0 Treatment and Care of Sufferers from Debility of the tolls Tia n ' ;,' t em, at' Sexual Hypochondriasis. t( sell s el iPi et to tra,t,,sa from 'he German of Dr. PICKFORD c,r), h e ttbl ati „ ' A known to English readers by his frequent practis 004 hub t ,,,,.` 41, to German medical literature. This is the first •,' l tt tl '. -;°' 0 9, that he has addressed himself to the non-rnedi hiNlaalb, . 0 trust thi‘ may not be the last, if he shall , etect any . % ,,44,, , ;' , 1 kl4grant evil which it may be in his sower to correct " Dot n„ k ila M e al,,, Gs.zette, May V, 1851. The tribeof 'Quiet Sympa be-olt e Tt its "ooleal Friends,'are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book Is i t tlts„ Wh i ,V(aY Into the hands of those who suffer from the corn pi't e s l , It ole ` i , it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would :kii h ! , 'Ort a.z . needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of tti„,pirL ( ', l ls3,: CC . though it is that which the quacks most prize— lik'at t ig.,,r Sy,' • • • . This v o l um e is we ll q u a lified to put an end to the 9 4 , i roh t , "e trl of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ,' tipTiattlore rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore uel, good."—Medical Circular, .Tune 16. 1852. L ondon: 11. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. kis Ihs Liti, A„. • L .A. s , ' — . VICE ON TTIE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF 1.4) 1 . ) 44,, YOUTH AND MATURITY. 1, of 'ma i , . LA. , ME RT 37 BEDFORO-SQUARE, LONDON, 4 R °^4' 4 gl.l — ,Thes and Matriculated ,' Member of the University of h ~14' h onorary Member of the London Hospital Medical ky Cntlat e Of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. 11 1 , 1 „ L tith i Ple , it e , consulted, personally or by letter, on tt t ,;N -" fre n , 'ett. disorders of the nervous and generative system, NZa e ,;::ors 14"avenile irregularities and excessess, which have pro le 4, ki t , at ail e .. 3 ' 1 11 Youth, degradation in manhood, and prema -91,e t,.,Wts t o ,2‘aZeS of life, than perhaps any other class of dis ekr ‘eo,7ate,o,:2lo(tern pathologists. Long and practical experience ti4le t , i '_et c: 4 or these diseases has proved that th , re are in exist sttlitt),`9, tr a Zis Of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in Alllitto / t ; i v aris ue A e to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous es Pet en forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfrultfld Maria- Ihi l lls: h odtt e e n 3 ,: Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their llt,e l Dl, - kitis t ,7,„ eo3 owe their almost entire origin. I tyrit.of e'-', n ecessary that all men should know that there are k gb heyt d grievArsanal management which cannot be violated without b , 11 4 . I, lls i 1, 1 1 3, o rl i S Penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed s_ th ttt?* ib itt gatePr std rt'ate self-indulgence, how these penalties ~,, , e, a ,_.te en , ~ o w the sting of their bitterness may he removed, 41511.7 is se ar j e t i ld its eon equenc es may be avoided, and above all, I I ria tto , 'Y anY decree of physical infirmity or functional 14 41 4 , vhi e h the t. al es ,ek t ._ A r d ,,,... timely aid of science cannot apply a cu o re d . i l rts,_' 4 . s,..'Tsiv a .2': -.4 ct has for a long series of years been engaged I to t ..KI t, t he Practice in the treatment of these delicate corn ett:o4;l4Na WY legally re titi ( len " ( I ens/. of t%, • °1 :1 s e %. throu'.l, qualified Physician who, regardless the hypocritical and mock-modest, has . had I th, th. 14 ty the,, e the fee 4 e4 4, , ,eetinig t r i t rind) , l. s medium of the public press, to direct evils, from which no grade of society is i t's „ern 4 Bib ere l a , c ee . artment of practice, he has been amply t hi kk 1 0410 th e „ „ i success that has attended his efforts in the i tk th tir tte ns, alie" aiid es, ,, wlpelt are too generally confided to the V i tt Ottet:,,, u itted faseli,„.l"ram ernoirics, who, with their pirated irt ht 7 tod 00-qr,,,,s foreign 'ns and titles, and pretended virtues ik k itti ll ettle ji kehttb.rUczott_n.._toupitl ic t ieo"niYaet,ti Inflict ed heir s p r r i o e u t e s n isioju n r . y . on those who from Eleven till Two, and from 21411 he ,Lletters must 3' tlf l , l 7, , r it b ie Tlwarded to aner address.intaiinaltshoerfee land advice and It. 'Ob tat at Patients tc‘tl t n a cop y of hiswishing to consult Dr. LA'AIEtT k1 41 "4 41 Tr • 8 ELF• , s work on bt. Iv o ..eati s , 0 _ ~ .4. RE SERVATION. e te z, . e u ti rmi i ,..._ , atuttite Philoso fifty Marriage and Nervous and . % 01.1 -. ' u_ ti the by coloured engravings, and des llteo,,, e i , ~T,he p eru 7, 0_ Isoniers resulting fro, secret habits and Loti l l !,, p g ai l li tpai r ea 7 si, r this treatise will assist in the correct and_lasay be had, price. 2a 6d, in English, k74,tt,3 9 kil t l r , l . ' !'uteti: wa tt c . Q orn ,:, 2d, p aterri ' o " , " t , an, or German, of Messrs. 1 . .er 4 4. j u t forCul ; Stolle i e ' "row t Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; 7) 4.....'n'tW0 stamp's ,itchborne-street, Haymarket ; or free ".°41)75,0 ' ° anY address from the Author's rest -414 140NDoel, No. 19,105.] THE SECOND VOLUME of LORD HOL LAND'S MEMOIRS of the WHIG PARTY will be published early In January, in post Svo. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longthans. 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W:, Bart., F.R.G.S. • • .. 25 0 0 Cotton, Capt. 11. 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. R., Esq. 0 5 0 Davis, Sir J. F., Bart , F.R.S., F.R.G.S. • • 5 0 0 Detatield, W., Esq. • • 5 0 0 Denman, Capt. the Hon. J., R.N , F.R.G.S. • • 2 0 0 Devonshire, Duke of 25 0 0 Dickinson, F. H., Esq , F.R.G.S. • • • • 1 0 0 Dilke, C. Wentworth, Esq., F.R.G.S. 5 5 0 Dilke, C. W., Esq., F.Il GS. • • • • 3 3 0 Dobinson, Wm., Esq. 1 1 0 Douglas, T. Stoddart, . 10 10 0 Esq. Douglas, Col. Monteith, C.B. .. • • •• 20 0 0 Dover, J. W., Esq„ F.R.G.S. • • • 5 0 0 Downe, The Viscount F.R.a.s. •• 10 0 0 Drake, Capt. John, R.N. 1 0 0 Druminond, Mr. (Plice nix) • • • • • • 010 0 Duff .lordon and Co 2 2 0 Duncombe, Hon. Ar , R.N. • • • • 5 0 0 Dundas, the Right lion. Sir David, F.R.G.S. • • 5 0 0 Durkin, El., Esq., • • 1 1 0 Edgcll, Cast., R.N. • • 1 1 0 Edwards, Capt. H. • • 2 2 0 Eliott, Capt Geo. Angs, R.N. .. • • • • 1 0 0 Ellesmere, the Fa - 1 of D.C. G., Pres. Royal Geographical Society 25 0 0 Elliott, Lieut., R.N. (Plicenix) 2 0 0 Evans, D. M., Esq. 1 1 0 Evans, Cant. G , R.N 1 0 0 Fat ley & Boyes, Messrs 2 2 0 Farley, Wm., Esq., Mas ter, R.N., Newton Abbott .. • • 1 0 0 Faraday, M., Esq , F.R.S. 2 0 0 Farrer, Jas. Win., Esq , 2 0 0 Fawckner, Mr (Phrenix) 0 10 0 Fayrer, Com. Robt. FR.G.S. • • 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. 11., i;.C.H., K.O 8., GasAiott, J. P., Esq., F.R.S. ........ ...... 5 5 0 Gell, Mrs .••• • • . • 1 1 0 Glocester and Bristol, Bishop of.. Glcn, G.C., Esq., M.P lO 0 0 Gordon, Capt. G.T., R.N 1 1 0 Gordon, 11. G., F:sq • • Gore, Rev. George Gowen, J. R., Esq , R.G.•:,• 2 2 0 Graham, Right Hon. Sir James. Bart, M.P., F.R.S., F R.G.S ••• • • • 25 0 0 Graham, Prof., '.11.5 3 3 0 Grattsn, T. C., Esq . 1 1 Griffith, C. Harty ••• • •• 10 0 0 Grosso. Mr. R.• .• • • Gurney, Miss Anna, of N. RePP , ••• • • • •• • • 5 0 0 Haden, F.S., Esq.. •• • Makin, Commander, C.L 1 0 0 Raiford, Rev. Thomas, MA,FRG.S.•••••• 5 00 Halkett, P.A ,Esq., R.N. 20 0 0 lla, Capt. W. H., R.N., F.II S., 1r 11 (LS •• .. 1 10 t Capt. W. A. 8., R.N.., F.R.G.S. Hancock, E. T., Esq. 2 2 0 Hand, Capt. G., R.N., F.RS. 1 1 0 Harker, Rev. G. • • • • 1 1 0 Har,,osel, F. R.. Esq. Harris, Mr. (Phoenix) 0 10 0 Harris, G. F., Esq , F.R.G.S. • • Hawley, :Mr.( Phcenix) II ay, John H., Esq. 11. E. . • • • • Herbert, Rear-Admiral Fir Thomas, M.P., K.C.8., s',It.G.S. • • 5 0 0 Hicks, J , Esq , M.R.I. 1 1 0 llicuins, t 1 J., Esq. • • 5 0 0 Hill, Mr. (Flicenix) 110b' ,, , J. S., Esq F. R.G .S. •• • • 1 1 0 H,dland, Sir H., M.D., U.S., F.R.G.S. Holman, Dr. (Plicenix) • • 2 0 0 , H o pkinson, W.. Esq. • • 0 10 0 Ditto for the family .. 010 0 Homer, Rev. J. M. • • 1 0 0 Howard, Capt. the Hon. E d war d .. 1 1 0 Howden, Rt. Hon. Lord 10 0 0 _ _ _ Hudson, Capt. J., R.N. 1 lel Subscriptions are received by Messrs. Bare' ay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombar.l- street ; Bouverie, Murdock, and Co., 11. Haymarket ; Messrs. Glyn, Mills. and Co , 67, Lombard-street : Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand ; AiesarS. Drummond and Co., 49, , haring-cross ; Messrs. Ommanney and Co , 40, • haring-Cross ; Cocks, Biddulph, and Ce., 43, Charing-cross (Treasurers); and at the apartments Of Ite 11070,1 Geographical society, a, yrAterloo-place. Mills, E. W., Esq. .. 10 0 0 Aline, Alex., Esq., _ _ F. R.G. .. 2 00 Mocatta, F. D., F 1 1 0 Molyneux, Commander w. n .. 1 1 0 Moore, Major A. •• 5 0 0 Xfoorsom, Rear-Admiral 1 1 0 Morant, George, Esq. 2 2 0 Morgan, Lieut. W. G. H., R.N., ti.M.S , Pre- sident • • .. 5 0 0 Mundy, . Admiral Sir George, K.C.B. .. 5 0 0 Murray, John, Esq., F.R.G.S. :." io 10 o Norcliffe, Colonel .• 1 1 0 Ommaney, Capt. E., _ _ _ R.N., F.R. G. .. 2 2 0 Ommaney, M. C., Esq. 1 1 0 Otway, Commander Rob. Jocelyn, R.N. .. 10 0 0 Otway, Sic George, Bart, I 1 0 Outram, Sir Benjamin, C.8.,F.R S., F.E.O.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. eFhcenix.) .. 0 10 0 Paget, Captain Lord Clarence, R.N. • • 5 0 0 Pakington, Right lion. _ _ Sir d., Bart., M.P., F.R.G.S. ••• • • 5 0 0 PaUnison, ILL., F.R.S. 5 5 0 Palmer, Mr. (Phoenix) 0 10 0 Parish, Sir Woodbine, 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.l , K.C.8., F.R S., F.R.G.S. S 0 0 Pasley, Capt. Sir T. S., Bart.. R.N. .. 1 0 0 Peacocke, Colonel T 5 5 0 Pearce, Stephen, Esq. •• 2 0 0 Pe rigai, .. 1 1 0 Petrie, Samuel, Esq. .. 2 2 0 Phillips, T. J., Esq. -. 1 1 0 Phoenix, 11. M. steamer (shio's crew) Pinhorn, W., Esq. .. 2 3 7 •• 1 1 0 Playfair, Dr. LyOn, C. 8., . 2 2 0 'Pole., Major .. I 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 Powles, J. D., Esq. .. 10 0 0 Pre: cott, Rear-Admiral _ _ Henry, C.B. • • .. 2 2 0 •Probyn, Capt. G., R.N.• • 1 1 0 Pynn, Major-General Sir Henry .•b 0 0 Radstock, Rear-Admiral Lord,C.B , F.R.G S. • • 3 3 0 Ramsdell, Frank, Esq... 1 1 0 Raper, Henry, Esq.,R.N., F R.G.S. • • .. 1 0 0 R 1).... - • • 1 00 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. (Pho3nix) 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 I lions, Rear-Admiral the Hon. H. J , F.R.G.S. 10 0 0 Royal artilh ry(Non com , missioned fticers em ployed In Col. Sabine!s office). One da% 's pay 2 10 0 Russell, Lord John, M.P., F.R.S., F.R.G S. .. 20 0 0 Russell, J. Watts, Esq., D .C.L , F.R.S., F.R. G.i. • • • • .. 3 3 0 Sabine, Colonel Edward, R.A ,F.lt i., r.R G.S. 5 0 0 Sainsbury, J., Esq , " the Collector and Proprie tor of the Napoleon Museum" • • .. 10 10 0 Do., towards the family _ _ fund • • •• .. 10 10 0 Sr. David's, Bishop of .. 5 0 0 Salomons, Mr. Alderman David, F.R G.S. .. 25 0 0 *and with Lieut.-Gen., F.R.G.S. • • .. 1 1 0 Saurin, Rear-Admiral _ _ _ Edward • • • • 2 0 0 Sewell, Fox, and Sewell, Messrs .: 3 3 0 Simpkinson, Lady .. 1 1 0 Simpkinson, J. M., Esq. 5 0 0 Slade, Felix, Esq. .. 5 0 0 Smith, Newman, Esq... 2 0 0 Smith, K. Osborne, Esq , F.R.G.S. • • • • 1 1 0 Smyth, Rear-Admiral W.H., K.S.F., D.C.L., F.R GS. 1 0 0 Soth , y, Capt. E. S. • • ... 1 0 0 Spence, William, Esq., F.R.G.5............. 5 0 0 Spencer, Rear-Adm. the Earl, K.G.,C.8.,F.R.5, 25 0 0 Stanton, George, Esq.. • 1 1 0 Stanton, Mr. (Pi.renix).. 2 0 0 Stanton, C. H. Esq •• .. • 0 10 0 Staunton, Sir G. T., Bt. 5 0 0 Steele, Lieut.-Col. Thos., F R G.S. ••• • • • .. 2 2 0 •• Stirliiig,Rear-Adm.Sir.T. 1 0 0 Stokes, Capt. J. Lort, R N., F.R.G.S. 1 1 0 Sykes, Vice-Adm. John 2 0 0 Tatham, Com. Edward 1 1 0 rhomas, Vice Admiral Richard ••..•.• • • • • • 3 0 0 Th om pson, Capt. J. T. • Telver, S , E5q......... 1 1 0 Townshend, J. V. S., En 1 1 0 Towry, G. E., Esq , F R.G S. .... • .. • • 1 10 0 Tremeuliere, Seymour, Trevelyan, Sir W. C., Bart., M.A. F.R.G.S. 5 0 0 Tudor, Henry, Esti • • • 2 2 0 Tudor, Edward Owen, Esq., F.R.G.S ...... 2 2 0 Turner, Henry, E5q..... 5 0 0 Urquhart, Jame.•, Esq. 2 2 0 Vaughan. Col. Wright 1 1 0 Vernon, John, Esq. 25 0 0 " Vivent les Bellots" 2 0 0 Vyner, Robert, Esq. .. 5 0 0 Waite, J. C.. Esq. .. 1 1 0 S. W., Eiq. .. 1 1 0 Walker, Capt. Robertson 2 2 0 Walker, Captain W. IL, 11.C.5., . .. 2 2 0 WaAtington, Capt. John R.N., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. 2 2 0 Weld, C. R , Esq., .. 1 I 0 _ . . . West, Admiral Sir John 5 0 0 Whiston, Rev. Robert .. 1 1 0 Wilkinson, Conrad, Esq. 2 2 0 Wilkinson, Horace, Esq. 2 2 0 , cllkinson, Norman, Esq. 1 1 0 Wilkinson, William, Esq. 1 1 0 i'liams FRGS. .. .. 1 1 0 Willich, Chu. M., Esq., F.R.G.S. .. • . 1 1 0 Winslow, f Dr. Forbes, D.C.L. .. .: 3 0 0 Wood, Sir W. P. b 0 0 Wynniatt, Lieutenant (Mania) .. 2 0 0 Young, T., Esq., F.G.S. 5 0 0 Younghusband, Captain R.A., F.R S. 1 0 0 . .:..., ~,..;,....,4. ..,___, . . .. . , . , . 0 , .;:' I.': / f ,r.I !I ,' ,7 •C, ! . .40: .„ ,- *l4` til l ► t -- 41 - . ! before us, and it will be hard if , 1 . V vt„, . 4 1 °4 ..,,- ' -- _____ .e• 4 • las it surely will be if the presei __,,, . i ., 15 ,if , , eelf t 4 .... „ t. c . .* . 7 , -, 44i. ,..1) -1)111 5 ,..- 0 ,, - - ;:u - - - - - ,: .‘ 4 \ ,,,.... ri , 0.-, ri -.. t. s s,,, , , ~,,, .„ . O Xl • • \'t .4.. ( I'4 0 4 §, ' r fj I', i' i (e,, z4t ,. ... . ~, ~ 2 :. A . 1 4 00411i, 0 Are. 1i.a%=:.% t 4 /,''' t ''''. )k : '%.,'), ' ' I • l l tained, thus letting our treas - in 'A 4 ::.- ''" :e ~.. f ' t . - - - - . 1 if fully developed, would exceed \- :; a- 1 .." 14 ., •, - •••••24... g t .. - • tik:l-:z ? ,__- 7 ,;,,, ).-',- ;... ip. 4.1 44, 4 ‘ • • •;. , ‘ ll ; a do _ o , 4 ' yet witnessed. —_ .. *l' - -oss 0 , , 1., ' ' -- -"' - '4,..-1 Ez. - 1 / , rt. itor , •1s 0 11 4 ' . --, P 4.- N-• .: .4 ~ - ••V 7N . •••; r f .7 • •• 0-• "T' W. '' ll ll )i f;t l ' ;:-;••••!---, .v.gp, -',V , lot -"t 1 b Ito - •' ' -, Ann [PRicE SD• AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, Sept. 19.—The discussion on the Con stitution Ad, which during the past two mouths has excited so much of the public attention; almost sharing it with the list of imports and the gold re turns, is suspended for a time. According to the suggestion of Mr. Wentworth, the leader of the Government party, the second reading of the bill was not to pledge the Council to an absolute accept ance of its provisions, but was only to be taken as affirming the principle that the future Legislature shall consist of two Chambers. Whether the Upper House is to be elected, or nominated by the Crown, it was proposed should be left an open question till the opinion of the inhabitants of the colony at large had been fully ascertained. With this reservation the bill was read a second time. on withthe A l 2 ls d thlo o er f September,totandeiro umratnsue adjournments,' etssfffro the a , 171. debate ed3eys s is , ob ytnhaahta have e majority o lasted, nly had months, 4assumed t o b 8 Darvall, that it be read a second time that day 6 a local importance. The as the gold fields a fee of 10s. a-month :3:lll3ppioeavridaendee some but throughout all the demonstratn s the . k ' of the miners had expressed the readin s e p ss o of the men to pay einltaesr'a.thheer rejected.amendment alarming alterations were made in the mode of collecting it. But from unconditional resistance of. the demand, Mr. Latrobe has gone to the other oxtreme on ceded more -than was asked, and deprived the pro vince of some 700,0001. of annual revenue at a streke. It was, of course, impossible'to collect such a tax, among such a peculiar population at the p o i n t of the bayonet ; -but the offer of the diggers them. selves, by which a third of that large revenue would have been saved, was at least worth listening to. How the lois is to be supplied is not yet known. It is believed here that an export duty on the gold raised will be attemped to be levied ; but two years ago, that mode of raising a revenue was discussed and condemned by the Council of Victoria as im practicable. It would be extensively evaded, would obstruct mercantile transactions, and, above all, unless adopted in 'this colony also, would merely make Sydney the shipping port for all the gold now sent direct from Melbourne. The abolition of the fee, though announced by Governor Latrobe, will not be immediate ; till the necessary act can be passed, a fee of 40s. is to be collected, which will be considered as payment for the license for three months ; at the expiration of that period, unless an equally sudden change of policy occurs, no pay ment except a small fee to secure a kind of rough registration of the population will be required. Here the Gold Regulations Committee will not, it is understood, go beyond a recommendation that the fee be reduced to 10s. a month. And probably the Council of Victoria, before the next three months expire, will modify the Governor's pro posal, which is marked by haste, if not panic, to the same extent. • There have been some brilliant accounts from the Ballarat gold fields during the past 10 days, which are thus stated by the Geelong Advertiser : " Our intelligence from the scene of the last great discovery is up to Wednesday morning. We are now enabled to give more precise information respecting - the'alleged ' table' of gold, of which in formation was expressed to his Excellency in Mel bourne. The stratum of gold is, in reality, a ' basin,' not a table. Heretofore the gold has been traced in veins and pockets. Now it is found in an immense circular patch, or muster pocket, and already about a dozen holes have been sunk into it, every one of which has hit. So uniform is this rich stratum, that its value, wherever tested, has been found to range from 1,2001. to 2,0001. per superficial. foot. When the stratum was first reached, the little mounds of earth containing the gold had the appearince of a solid rock of the metal, but when handled it broke into a mass of dust and nuggets. The 12 holes are known by the name of the ' jewellers' shops.' " The accounts from the other parts of Ballarat are, though not quite so wonderful, quite as gra tifying. At the gravel pits, the washing-stuff is of the unheard-of thickness of 13 feet, and it is an advantageous peculiarity of that field that the vein runs in a straight line. There is a new surfacing field at the back of the Canadian Gully, and at the Lagoon the surfacing still holds out, though it has been worked for several months. The Winter's Flat field has shared in the revival, and is yielding we 'l l The courses of the several veins remarkable for riebneQs are now well ascertained, and as tl:ey nearly all lead into the extensive flats stretching eight miles in length from Winter's Flat to Eureka, the eyes of the i experienced diggers are directed to this quarter, and numerous c!ainis have been in irked out, although there is no chance of sinking holes for several weeks, or until dry weather sets in. Should the expectations respecting these flats be realised, there will be room here for all the diggers in Victoria. " The best proof of the general prosperity of the Bal larat diggings is to be found in the fact that the lowest rate of wages on the ground is 21. per day, and many i are engaged in sinking at 3:. per day. The population rapidly augmenting, not in consequence of the late discoveries, but because of the steady prosperity which has been known to prevail for several weeks past. The latest discoveries have not yet had time to produce this effect." Later accounts slightly abated the sensation caused by the discovery of the " Basin." It is reached only after digging a shaft or hole 150 feet in depth, and appears to be limited to a compara tively small area, since parties working close tothe lucky finders of the deposit have been disappointed. This is constantly the case, and though there is no doubt the real wealth of the gold districts is un- , diminished, it is distributed so capriciously that the pursuit is a mere lottery. To dig down 150 feet and find nothing must be a severe trial. The Bal larat news has thrown the other diggings into the , shade ; the above find occurring just as the spring migration to the gold fields was commencing, has directed the movement southward. The coasting steamers to Melbourne aro crowded with passen gers, and overloaded with baggage. The summer promises to be a very busy one ; a large increase in the gold returns during the next four months may be expected. The price of gold, however, has slightly fallen in Melbourne, in consequence of the uncertainty felt as to the imposition of an export duty. The decline is about 2s. per oz. It has caused a similar, but slighter, decline in Sydney. The following- is from the last Sydney Gold Circular:— " Parties are not inclined to purchase at present high rates, anticipating still a greater reduction at Port Phi lip ; the cause of so sudden a fall was occasioned by the belief that G overnment would enforce at once the export duty. Thi s ma tt er now b eing set at rest, and a large amount being purchased for the Victoria, the price will no doubt reach former rates. It is also fully anticipated that now the Oriental Company have reduced the freight, and also insurance, a large quantity will no doubt be shipped by that route, as also Chi na and India, exchange now being ve r y high there. The news from Victoria still speaks highly of the large yields at Ballarat. The uncertain state of the Government as regards fee, and vacillating conduct of the Governor and Coun cil, keep the miners dissatisfied, and will yet be the caur t the license of an outbreak, if something definite is not settled well as i is a great pity for the welfare of this country, Victoria, that this great interest is not more for the and such a registration fee exacted as. re as well &Ist for g what is re protection of life and property, ag nacte d with the gold quired for other expenses p fields. The news from the e spreading over the purely connected mentions of large numbers daily accruing country, and it is fully Manticipatedn that at Mitta Mitts richness. The Cali fornians large field will be found of at the northern di g gings are showing the anticipatedbene fits at the Rocky River a fits of sluicing. It is be tken out. The escorts brought large amount will the Turon, 425 ounces 5 dwts. down this week , fromt 241 ounces 1 dwt. 8 grains ; from Bathurs , Meroo, 306 6 grains ; 389 ounces 1 1 dwt. from from Tambaroora, 1R sins • from Mudge:, 32 ounces 17 15 dwt grains ounces 10 dwt. 12 grains ; ounces idwood, 387 dwt. ; from. Bra ounces. Total, 1,998 ounces 11 dwt. Mines 216 this the many samples of gold have been offered A groat from new week not state. the energies of ~ With a continuation of fine weather , the Turon miners are again called frq into en play, and un dauntedodirectly a cods, by the disappointment and eutfl 1 'lnge shows itself, they fall to with a determination that deserves success. From the source of the river to Macquarie, detached parties are its junction with the trying the ground, work but the numbers at are not sufficient fairly to prove it. This last week there has been a rush towards the Eagar Bark and Keenan's, and some rather numerous parties are tunnelling in the face of almost perpendicular ranges near the Big Oakey, pro ducing sor 6 ounces per day. At the back of the town ship of Sofala, where at the close of the autumn some rich claims were being worked, the owners are again cutting a race ; surely these men ought to know how they stand in respect of the licence fee, which by state ments in the public press has been variously reported as reduced first to 205., and' next to 103. per month. It would not be too much to expect to let the public really know their intention, for no legislation on the subject woultk do more injury than this delay, and the sufferers from it will think they are little cared for by those en trusted with the management of their affairs. It is not to be wondered that the Port Philip miners demand to be represented, no t ing h ow little one great interest Icares for the welfare of the rest. The dry season is now /_/ another should be lost, 3nt monthly fee is main ,res remain hidden, which, ' anything the world has The Stratford, to which the June mails were en trusted under the new arrangement of a special contract for the voyage, arrived here yest er d ay, after a passage of 106 days from London, instead of 82. The public despair of ever seeing the Post office authorities succeed in what they undertake, even by accident. By the overland route we have news to the middle of July, and after it come lum bering the letters for May. The Australian Royal Mail steamer Victoria, the first vessel of that ,un lucky company that came out after the contract rwas withdrawn, made the quickest voyage by the Cape routa that has yet been accomplished. But the mischief has been done by the previous failures, and Confidence cannot easily be created. The mer chants now depend principally on the overland route, though the communication is only once in two months ; what may arrive or depart in the in terval is all a chance. Two steamers sometimes leave for: FAneland within 24 hours of each other, as is the case to-day ; the Victoria sailed yesterday, and the Shanghai leaves this afternoon : one of them is comparatively useless, as they must carry the same dates ; if sailing at an interval of 10 days or a fortnight, the accommodation would be in valuable. By another felicitous arrangement, the Shanghai sails before the mail by the Stratford has been delivered, and all the letters for May must remain unanswered for a month. January, Febtuary, and Marth„.in former years, were our business months. During these months, the wool teams bore back into th e interior a twelve month's supply of rations, and with the exception of August and September, when extra stores were generally required for shearing, the intervening months were more or less without animation, ex cept when enli - rened, as they were occasionally, either by speculation, or by scarcity in the neigh bouring colonies. But on the whole the demand was comparatively limited, and by comparison with previous years might be calculated with tolerable accuracy. The improved condition of the colonists, and the amazing increase of population, have now vastly altered the demand and supply ; and upon taking a retrospect of the last six or nine months, it is surprising to observe the vast increase in the indi vidual consumption as far as it can be ascertained, as well as in the general improvement of the colony. g Cargoes of th e most hater°us merchandize from all part s h ave reachedag e o n od market, and sold readily at remunerating prices, in stant consumption. A slightandlull gone into market the marke has been perc e ptibl e d ur i ng the win oc casioned by the i mposs ibi lity of executing months, uting orders fine from the interi or . B u t w i th the weather trade is becoming more animated, and nearly all articles of merchandise are exchanging hands at remunerative rates. O ur s t oc k s on t h e whole are light, and unless importations vastly exceed any thing we have seen in former years, prices will still rule high. At no former period in the history of the colony have mercantile operations been con ducted with so much satisfaction as they are at the present moment. The del credere commission, charged by our merchants and agents, is so much net profit. Bond fide business transactions and punctuality in meet ing engagements have become so much the rule that speculation can scarcely be said to exist. Owing to the causes we have mentioned above, and large arrivals, the prices of brandy, draught ale, and bottled beer, and oilman's stores, have slightly declined. Brandy may now be bought, in large parcels, at from 10s. to 12s. 6d. per gallon ; draught ale, at 6/. to 8/. ; bottled ale, at 10s. to 12s. 6d. per dozen ; and oilmen's stores, at an ad vance of 50 per cent. upon invoice cost ; Port wino, fair quality, from 6s. to Bs. per gallon ; Marsala and Sherry, at kom ss. to Bs. per gallon. Eastern produce in demand, and stocks very low. Ship ments of flour, lumber, deals, furniture, d.7c., from America, have paid most handsomely of late. The stock of soft goods is now moderate, and by no means exceeds the immense and increasing demand. As a general rule, shippers of goods to this colony should be careful to select medium quality goods, as, although sometimes saleable, the demand for rare and expensive articles is comparatively limited. but inferior and cheap goods will scarcely pay the expense of transit. With new and remunerative gold fields opening in every direction, with thou sands of acres of unoccupied virgin land, with minerals cropping out of the most valuable descrip tion, with a climate the most salubrious in the world, and with the fact on record that thousands are daily enriching themselves and the colony by the most legitimate means of enterprise and indus try, we need scarcely say that we feel no appre hension of any change for the worse. In truth, our resources of wealth are yet all undeveloped, and our commerce can hardly be said to have made a commencement. It cannot be denied that gold mining in this ( colony has declined in its importance, as a branch of industry, partly owing to the superior attractions of Victoria, but chiefly in consequence of the ill concerted and tyrannical measures of the Legisla ture. At the same time, when the mining popula tion are not only allowed to leave the gold fields without any efforts of legislation to encourage their industrial pursuits, but are being driven away by harsh and temporizing treatment, new facts are every day disclosing themselves, to prove that our auriferous treasures are very widely diffused and richly deposited ; and the few parties', who steadily persevere, in the face of obstacles, are rewarded by very handsome gains. The total exports of gold from Sydney to the close of last week amounted to 1,435,815 ounces. The annexed are the present rates quoted, but dull :—Port Philip, guarranteed, 31. 17s. 3d. to 31. 17s. 6d. ; Ovens, ditto, 3/. 16s. 9d. to 3/. 17s. ; New South Wales, 3/. 15s. 6d. to 3/. 16s.—Times Correspondent. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1853. Second Editiori,post free on receipt of 4s , money or stamps, THE PERILS of MODERN QUACKERY ; with Special Reference to the Practices of those who fraudu lently allege that Spermatorrhesa is a Disease ; Remarks on Debility, Nervous Derangements, Mc., and invaluable Directions for acquiring Mental and Physical Vigour without medicine. Arthur Adamson, 153, Piccadilly. HANDSOME (SIFT-BOOK.-MEMORIAL OF TUE GREAT EXHIBII lON. In Four Handsome Volumes, cloth lettered, gilt edges, price Four Cubical. including the Supplementary Volume, .SHE OFFICIAL DESCRIPTIVE and ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE of the GREAT EXHIBI TION of.the WOIIKS of INDUSTRY of all NATIONS, 1851. " Every branch of science, art, and ind...stry is here fully and effi ciently represented."—Mo. ring Herald. " The Exhibition has lived ifs allotted time, and died; but this cAtalogite is the stun of the thoughts and truths to which I has given birth—and which form the intellectual ground whereon the generations that we are not to see must build."—Athenaeum. " Long after the rare and curious contents of the Crystal Palace have been scattered over the world, this work will be valued as a memento end reflex of that marvellous collection."—Atlas. . . _ A few Impress,ons remaining of the Imperial 4th. Edition, printed for the Royal Commissioners, to be by them presented to Foreign Governments, &c., are now on sale, cloth lettered, price Twenty Guineas. London : Office at Spicer Brothers, 19, New Bridge-street, Elacktriars. xi - R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, TO-NIGHT (MONDAY), and EVERY EVENING (ex cept Saturday) at Eight; and TUESDAY, 1 IlUttq3AY, and SA TURDAY MORNINGS, at Two. Stalls, as., which can be taken fron, a plan at the box office, every day, from Eleven to Four; Area, 2s. : Gallery, Is. Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.IIn PRINCE ALBERT. FIR,T EXHIBITION' Of PUOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES MAGNI ' FWD about 40, 1 '00 times on the Dias, with the DISSOLVING VIEWS, daily at On o'clock and a Quarter-past Four. LEcTuREs by Dr. P.AcnoFFNER on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT UNIVERSAI ELECTRIC TELECINAPH LECTURE by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., on Chemistry. An HI , ,TORICA.L and MUSICAL LECTURE, illustrated with DISSOLVING :-CEZ , TERY, entitled " The ROAD, the RIVER, an, the RAIL," by J. E. CARPENTER, Esq. (the popular Author and Song Writer) assisted by miss Blanche Younge, every evening, except Saturday, at Nine o'clock. Open Mornines and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools and Childrat under Ten years of age, Half-price. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE ROOMS, (Lessee, Cuss. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Finaam•road), The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT , CELEBRATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ; Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter ninate at half-past 11. ATKINSON and COMPANY, CABINET MANUFACTURERS, .UPHOLSTERERS, and CARPE WAREHOU , EME N 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster bridge-road, Lambeth, London. ATKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPERS, SILK MERCERS, LACEMEN, &e., 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74 and 75, IVestminster-bridge-road, Lambeth, London.—Shawls, Furs Mantles, Family Mourning, &c. EXPORTERS to AUSTRALIA, EAST IN DIES, EMT, &c.—Genuine YARMOUTH BLOA rERs.— For terms apply to Thomas LETTIS, Fish Merchant, Great Yarmouth. LLSOPP'S INDIA PALE ALE. PARKER and TWINING Gate Barrington Parker), SA, PALL-MALL, are now delivering the October brewing in casks of 18 gallons and up wards. DECAYED TEETH AND TOOTHACHE.- ratroni,so by Her Majesty and H.R Prince Albert.----Mr, HOWARD'S PATENT WHITE SUCCEDANEUM for stoppint Decayed Teeth, however large the cavity. It is placed in the tooth in a soft state, without any pressure or pain, soon becomes as hard as enamel, and remains in the tooth many years. Full direction , for use are enclosed. Sold by Savory, 220, Regent-street ; Sanger, 150, and Hannay, 63, Oxfor 1-street ; and at 17, George -street. Hanover-square, and all medicine vendors in the kingdom. Prici 2s. 6d. DELETERIOUS CON FECTIONARY. —Many children having been poisoned by eating the ornaments o; twelfth cakes, in consequence of the general use of mineral colour, by confectioners. Messrs. PURSSELL, 78,,,Cornhill, near the Ex change, have introduced an entirely novel method of DECORATING their CAKES with FRENCH BON hONS, &c., of delicious flavour the colours, being prepared solely from vuetables, are quite harmless Ornamented cakes of every va iety, suitable fur country present,, new year's gifts, &c.. A great variety of fancy F rench and Swis. pastry, mince pies, &c.—Messrs. Purssell, 78, Cornhill, near the Ex. change only. AN EXTRAORDINARY CHRISTMAS.- it is common at Christmas that Turkeys and other laud and water tribes, for the first time since they were hatched, become pas sengers by rail in mute complacency; the end of their journey is to swim, for the tlrst and last time, in their own gravy, as a prelude to the best discussion on the affairs of Turkey. Such presents for Chris' - mas custom has rendered necessary, but the most satisfactory pre sent which parents and guardians can make to Young Gentlemen is a stylish suit of attire from the universally celebrated Establishment et E. Moses and -ox ; its superior quality is guaranteed, its cut ane make is perfectly unrivalled, its design specially denotes the care and talent displayed in the greatest variety of Dress ever presented, it, comfort and durability has long been the wonder and admiration el every one, and there is nothing more extraordinary than the very economical prices charged by E. MOSES and Sots for Juvenile Dress. It is only occasionally that Christmas day is on Sunday, but that day is as favourable as any for appearing in the most gentlemanly Overcoats, Winter Dress, Ilats,Caps, &c., which were ever displayed; of these a magnificent stock is prepared expressly for Christmas b E. MOSES and Sox, and any time between this day and the 25th De cember, every Lady. Gentleman, Youth, or Child in the City, or out of it, may be well fitted with Christmas Attire of the most splendid and the most comfortable order at E. MOSES and Sox's Establishment, er its West End Branch. Let Christmas come soon as it may, the , are ready to wish all their patrons a merry Christmas, and to make it merry by superior articles at considerably lower prices than are charged elsewhere. CA UTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like Falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for osvious reasons, they beg to state that they have NO CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER. HOUSE IN OE OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 84,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36 Fargate. Colonial Branch, Mt lbou , ne, Australia. Merchant ratio... Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot ane Shoe 'fakers, and General Oatfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, If preferred, the money will be returne , without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, trom which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, 'the Epitome of Comfort and Economy," contain ing full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, &c., &c., may be had on application, or post-free. Ici I'on parle Francais. Qui si parla Italiano. (tier arrient man Deutsch. Anna re hahla Espa.,n Boseawsn, 70, fitting at Chatham for service as flag-ship of Rear,;;Admiral Arthur Fanshawe, C. 8., on the. North America and West India station. Commodore flenry Eden, supenntendent at this dock yard; returned from leave of absence to-day, and had his broad pendant hoisted in the Fisgard, flag-ship. Lieutenant Robertson, of the steam reserve, had charge of the duties afloat, and Mr. M‘Donald, Master- Attendant, the charge of the duties of the dockyard during the Commodore's absence on leave. Captain Edmund Heatheote (1853), Captain G. E. Patey (1846), Commander Samuel Morrish (1851), Com mander Henry C. Harston (1845), Commander J. C. Pitman (1842), and Lieutenant William Graham (1849), having completed a course of study of steam at the fac tory of Woolwich Dockyard, have sent in their exami nation papers, which were filled up on the 15th and 16th inst., and there are now vacancies fur a similar number of aficers to study steam, with one exception, announced in the appointments of to-day. The Melampus, 42, frigate, is under the shears in the basin, and to-day has completed taking on board the ma chinery, funnel, &c., with the exception of the screw propeller, for the Majestic, 80, and will be taken out on Monday and towed to Sheerness, where 'that fine Screw steam-ship, recently' launched at Chatham will be fitted with her engines•' of 4001orse power, by Maudslay, Sons, and Field, by whom they were manu factured. . , The Zephyr steam:vessel. returned to Woolwich yes terday evening, after delivering the ventilating tubes ;he conveyed to Sheerness, to be put. on board the Royal George. The Monkey steani-vessel. Second Master Syder combe, returned to Woolwich, after having towed the Tyne- store ship down the river, on her way to Ascen sion and Rio. The Alban, 4, paddle-wheet steam-Retniel, recently brought home from the West Indies to WOolwich, was taken out of dock to-day, after having her bottom newly covered with copper. The Onyx, Dover mail steam-packet, has been taken into the irvier basin to have her defects made good. The Lesmahagow timber-ship is at present unloading a fine cargo of pine timber from- Quebec, suitable for masts and spars. Some of the largest for masts are about 110 feet in length. Twenty convicts for hard work in the dockyard, and 34 convicts for the heavy work in the Royal Arsenal, have been sent to Woolwich during the week from Mill bank and Holloway prisons. THE UNITED STATES, THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. The Canada, from Boston, with the President's Message, arrived at Liverpool last night. She brings $700,000 in specie. The Message commences with thanksgiving for the general prosperity of the country, and states that the diplomatic relations with foreign Powers are essentially unchanged since last Congress. The pending questions with some of them arc in course of amicable adjustment. Negotiations are pending with England respect ing the fishery question, with a fair prospect of a favourable settlement for American fishermen. Embarrassing questions have also arisen with England respecting Central America. England proposes an amicable arrangement, and the Ameri can Minister in London is now negotiating. It re commends that a boundary line between the United States and the British Provinces in the north-west should be • traced and marked. The Message then reports that some progress has been . made in negotiating a treaty of comm erce and navigation with' France, announces that since last Congress no attempts have been made by un authorised expeditions within the United States against the Spanish colonies, and promises that, should any movement be made, all the *means at the President's command shall be vigorously exer cised to repress them. 'lt recommends the prompt payment of the Spanish claims in the case of the schooner Amistad. Respecting Kossta, it reports that after careful consideration the President had arrived at the conclusion that Kossta was seized at Smyrna il legally ; that he was wrongfully detained in an Austrian ship ; that at the time of seizure he was clothed with American nationality ; that the acts of the American officers under the circumstances were justifiable and fully approved, and compliance with the demands of Austria is declined. The principles maintained by the Secretary of State in the correspondence with Mr. Hulsemann will on all similar occasions be applied and enforced. The Message then briefly refers to the China and Japan expeditions, and to the boundary disputed with Mexico, the question remaining unsettled ; reports that the Minister at Brazil is instructed to endeavour to negotiate the treaty of navigation with the Amazons, and that the Chincha Islands dispute with Peru is in a fair ,way of settlement, Peru indemnifying the outraged parties. The Treasury surplus for the fiscal year is $32,000,000, with which $13,000,000 of the public debt has been paid, leaving the present debt $56,000,000. It recommends further progress in extinguishing the debt with the surplus; recommends a reduction of the tariff as the second best means of preventing a surplus ; reports the navy to be inefficient, and recommends improvement; recommends an increase in the army, especially on the frontiers • reports the Post-office revenue deficient $2,000,000, favours aiding the construction, of the Pacific Railway by all constitutional means, and concludes by briefly alluding to the death of Vice-President King. The cholera was committing great ravages at New Orleans. 214 died in one day. Mr. Linn Boyd had been elected Speaker of the House. The cotton market, on the sth, at New Orleans, was without animation, awaiting advices. The Europa had arrived out. The Governor of Cuba, apprehensive of another expedition, was adopting vigorous measures to pre vent it. The Money Market was dull, awaiting further advices from Europe. Little speculation had taken place. Erie Railroad shares were quoted at 80. Exchange firm, with fair demand. London, 109 i ;o 110. - The cotton market closed quietly, but firmly. Stock on sale light ; weight sale light. Flour was firmly held ' • little doing in freights t o Liverpool ; flour, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 7d. per barrel to London. Tobacco, 60s. per hhd. Letters from Mexico state that 200 armed men from San Francisco had landed at La Paz, Lower California, and taken possession of the town. The United States steamer Humboldt, in making for Halifax, ran ashore on the Sisters Rocks, about 12 miles from Halifax, and r ema i ne d. At last ac counts she was full of water, and had commenced going to pieces, and it was thought she would be a total loss. Crew and passengers saved. The Bremen ship Johannes, which sailed from Baltimore on the 16th ult. for London, put back on the Ist inst., having encountered a severe gale in the bay on the 25th, which tore away windlass, &c., and she had to return for repairs. The British ship Triton, at Charleston, from Liverpool, went off Scilly, on the 17th of October, experienced a heavy gale from S.W. to N.N.W., during which her maintopgallant mast and yards had to be cut away ; experienced heavy weather all the passage. The British barque Eliza, of Liverpool, from Calloa, bound for Baltimore with guano, went ashore on the beach 28 mil es sou th o f Cape enry on Nov. 28 ; vessel and cargo a total wreck, captain and crew saved ; chief officer drowned. The British barque Sovereign, of Lon don, for San Francisco, sunk off' the Falkland Islands' on the 17th of September, in lat. 48 S., 'long. 80 W. The crew to the number of 20 were saved on board the Danish brig Anna Cecilia, ar rived at Valparaiso on the Ist of October. The captain and three sailors were drowned in trying to save the ship's papers. The ship Victoria, from London, arrived at New York, had 50 deaths on the passage, and the Southampton, also from London, 15 deaths. The barque Walter R. Jones, from Philadelphia for London, had put into Baltimore leaky and with pumps choked. QUEBEC, DEC. 1. The winter season has fairly set in. The British ship Britannia, while at anchor off Quebec, ou the 28th ult., was cut through by ice and waterlogged ; she was towed to Wolfe's Cove. The British ship John Campbell had to ship her anchor to escape the ice, and was towed to the Cove. Captain Howell, of the British barque Elizabeth, which went ashore at Riviere de Loup, on the night of the 28th, reports nine British vessels ashore at Hare Island and River Side. One of these barques, the Mount Washington, has since passed Rivi6re de Loup in safety. Another bark, the British Queen, was surrounded by ice on the 28th, and the crew had abandoned her. 21 square-rigged vessels, of upwards of 12,000 tons, some were loaded, would probably have to winter in Quebec. Several had taken up winter berths on the 30th. The ships Wilson, J. K. L., and Waterlily, and brig Sutton, were also ashore at Hare Island. Several ships are reported ashore at Bic. OYSTERS-TO EPICURES. ITEENBOROUGH and FAVERSHAM NATIVE OYSTERS. T ,e most acceptable Present at this season or the year is a Barre of the best NATIVE OYSTERS, which are to be obtained at SCOTT'S Celebrated OYSTER WARE ROUSE, 18, Coventry-street, Piccadilly. at ss. 6d. per Barrel, warranted to weigh 141bs. ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF PALE ALE. THE Principal Firms of Burton having advanced the price of EAST INDIA YALE ALE 6s. per barrel. Messrs. TETLEY and SON think it necessary to inform their friend• that they do • not intend to alter the price of their Ales on order registered before Christmas next. The quality and condition shall be such as to maintain the character it has heretofore sustained. The Brewery, Leeds; City Stores, 26, Crosbyhall Chambers. Oct. 24, 1853. NAVAL INT ELLIGENCE. • PORTSMOUTH, DEO. 18. The Princess Royal, 91, screw-ship, Captain Lord Clarence Paget, crossed topsailyards yesterday. The Gladiator, 6, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, hauled under the shears in the steam-basin yesterday morning, and had her masts stepped, preparatory to being refitted to join the steam reserve. The Cmsar, 91, screw, will be undocked on Monday, and placed under the shears in the steam-factory basin, to ship the heavy portions of her machinery. The sailing sloop Helena, 16, is ordered to be brought down from the ordinary to-morrow, and prepared for docking and refit. The following Admiralty circular relative to engineer officers of the fleet has just been promulgated by the Port Admiral :—" Victory, in Portsmouth Harbour.— Standing Order.—The services of first and second class assistant-engineers being required, the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty have acquainted me that such assistant-engineers as may in other respects be eligible, are to be permitted to present themselves for examina tion if they belong to ships about to leave England, provided they have completed to within six months their period of service. They will thus, if they pass, be eligible for promotion when their full time is completed, instead of having to pass abroad, where frequently pass ing officers cannot be obtained ; and the same is hereby made known for general information accor dingly.— (Signed) T. J. COCHRANE, Vice-Admiral, Commander in- Chief." The Tyne store-transport, Master Commander Tucker, arrived at Spithead this morning, en, route from the Thames to Ascension, Rio, &c., with stores for the squadrons on those stations. The Seapark, convict ship, arrived at Spithead from the Thames this morning, to embark prisoners for Fre mantle penal settlement. The Frolic, 16, sailing sloop, Commander Nolloth, is ably manned, with the exception of a few petty officers and artificers, and is ready to go to Spithead. We are informed the James Watt, new 91-gun screw ship, at Devonport, will not be commissioned at present, but that the Cressy, 80 (new class sailing ship, adapted to a screw), will be the next screw line-of-battle ship commissioned. The Eurydice, 2G, sailing frigate, is not to be commis sioned at present, but returned to ordinary until wanted. The Dauntless, 31, screw-frigate, has nearly com pleted the stowage of her holds, and will make trials soon after Christmas at the measured mile in Stokes bay. The tw• steam-sloops ordered to Devonport hence, to ji,in the steam reserve at that port, having been delayed by alterations in the screw sloop Conflict, will not now go until after Christmas. WOOLWICH, DEC. 17. APPOINTMENTS. Captain George Knyvet Wilson (1848), to study steam at the factory at Woolwich Dockyard. Lieutenants.---Wm. Graham (1849), formerly serving in the Tortoise, 12, storeship, at the Island of Ascension, and during the last three months studying steam at the factory at Woolwich Dockyard, to the Blenheim, 60, screw steam guardship, at Portsmouth ; G. L. Sulivan, to the Vesuvius paddle wheel steam sloop. Chaplain Rev, Frederick J, M, Draw's. (1853) to the THE ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE. The seamen of the present day are greatly improved in intelligence compafed with those of any former period in the service of this country. Every new measure and every Admiralty circular is now carefully perused, and Seamen will not now enter to serve in the fleet until they fully comprehend the duty they are to perform, the re muneration they will receive, and the treatment they will experience on board the ships of war or war steamers in which they may have to serve on joining the Royal navy. A circular, No. 121, was recently issued, Mich has been much criticised by the seamen, and they framed certain questions relative to it for transmission to the Admiralty. Their lordships have instructed' their secre tary to answer the said questions, which has been done in the following " Circular No. 130. " Admiralty, Oct. 3. " Questions raised on Circular No. 121 by certain seamen of the fleet with their lordships' answers there to : • . _ . " Question 1. Whether men entering for continuous service would interfere with their entering for the Ex, cellent ? Whether men can now enter ?—Men entered for continuous service will be eligible to be received into the Excellent as seamen-gunners, in preference to those entered for limited service. The periods of service for the Excellent will terminate with the periods of con tinuous service. " 2. Whether three years' service in ship then in would reckon as part of 10 years' service, or other period ?—lt would not ; but men now in the service may enter for seven years, or under clause 4, page 5, circular 121, and receive the higher rates of pay and pensions from the age of 18. The time to be so served !mist reckon from the date of volunteering for continu ous service. The higher rates for petty time, when pensioned, can be given only to men who enter for 10 years, and serve for that period of continuous service. "3. Whether on paying off they would be allowed to join the guardship nearest their houses at the expiration of their leave ?—Continuous service men, when paid off, !nay choose the port to which they will return at the ex piration of their leave. Continuous service petty officers will retain the ratings of their class, but all such men will be sent to ships afterwards as tequired. " 4. Whether putting their names down for continuous service would make them liable to be draughted into other ships on the station, so as to be kept longer abroad ?—All men, whether entered for continuous or limited service, are- already liable to be draughted to other ships when the exigencies of the service require it ; but continuous service men will not in general be kept longer abroad than at present. "5. Whether any time served as boy, after the age of' 18, would reckon for pension ?—Time served in boy's rating, after the age of 18, will reckon as time for pen sions to continuous service men, and no others. " G. Whether continuous service men, on paying off, will receive all their wag es , ' or on l y a portion ?—Con tinuous service men on paying off will receive the whole of the wages due to them. " 7. Whether seamen on old system will require 7 or 14 years' service for coastguard 9 Seamen whether en• tered under the old or new system will in future require 10 years total service from the age of 18 to be eligible for the coastguard. " 8. \Ville on leave, after paying off, can a man volunteer for any particular ship ?—Continuous service men when on leave in England will not be entitled to volunteer for particular ships, but must return to the ships on which their names are borne. Facilities for exchange may be given when the service will admit. "9. Whether continuous service men before their service expires could enter for riggers in dockyard or Coastguard ?—Continuous service men may be discharged by special order to be entered as riggers in a dockyard, or to serve in the Coastguard, but in general they will be expected to complete their engagements. " 10. Seamen-gunners now serving as formerly, if they volunteer for continuous service, will they be re tained on the books of the Excellent, and can they volunteer for a second five years as seamen-gunners on the expiration of the first ? -Seamen-gunners now serving, and volunteering for continuous service, will be retained on the books of the Excellent until the expira tion of their periods of continuous service. "11. Whether any petty officer or seaman, who has less than 10 years to serve to complete 20, will he, if volunteering for continuous service, receive any increase of pension to what he would receive if remaining on the old system to complete 21 years ?—No increased rate of pensions will be given to men who do not enter for and complete 10 years' continuous service, but men now in the service, and entering for seven years longer, or under clause 4, page 5, circular 121, will be entitled to the pre sent rate of pension at the end of 20 years from the age of 18, instead of 21 years from the age of 20. " 12. A seaman having nine years' sea service and nine years' Coastguard service, will it reckon as 18 ye trs' full service ?—Nine years' sea service and nine years in the Coastguard will reckon as 18 years' service as time for pensions, but men entering the Coastguard only receive their pensions on being finally discharged from that service. " 13. Will seamen, not continuous service men, have the same privilege of entering the Coastguard service as fo,merly ?—The regulations for entry in the Coastguard will be the same for all men, and in future no men will be eligible with less than 10 years' service from the age of 18. "14. Whether clause 5, page 13, under head of pen sions, will include petty officers who have already served 13 years, and are only required to volunteer 7 years' further service ; and, if not, whether they will be obliged to volunteer for 10 years, so as to come under that scale ?—All men must enter for and complete 10 years' continuous service, to become entitled to the higher rates for petty time, unless disabled by hurts in the service during the time. " 15. Whether seamen-gunners, who may volunteer for 7 years' further service, will belong to the Excellent for that period, as at present, and return to her after being paid off from a ship I—Seamen -gunners who may volunteer for 7 years' further service, will be retained on the books of the Excellent till it expires, and from the date of volunteering. " 16. Whether apprentices are allowed to enter for general and continuous service !—Apprentices may enter for continuous service from the age of 18. " 17. Whether a man entering for continuous ser vice abroad can pass for a seaman-gunner, as formerly, receiving the increase of pay at once I—Continuous ser vice men may pass for seamen-gunners abroad, and will belong to the Excellent during their term of continuous service. " 18. Men from the Excellent wish to know if, on volunteering for a term of 10 or 7 years, they will be considered to belong to the Excellent for that time, and if service to commence at once or only when discharged from the Excellent ? — Seamen-gunners entered for five years may volunteer for continuous service without con tinuing to belong to the Excellent beyond the original 5 years, but should state their intention at the time of volunteering. " By command of their Lordships. " OSRNE. `'To all Com man d ers of her Majesty's ships and vessels,' GENTLEMAN KILLED BY THE EXPLOSION OF A GUN.— Yesterday afternoon a young man named James B. Lay expired in Cornelius Ward, Guy's Hospital, from the effects of injuries received under the following melan choly circumstances. Mr. Lay and a friend went out shooting in the neighbourhood of Beckenham, and as his friend was handing the gun to the deceased, by some means a branch of the hedge caught the trigger, and the piece went off, lodging the contents in his intestines. He was conveyed to the above valuable institution, Messrs. Byrkett and Wilbe, the surgeons, were unre mitting in their attentions, until death terminated his sufferings, • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Arrived at New York.—The Curlew steamer, from Glasgow—the Europa steamer, from Liverpool -- the Wabash, from Bristol —the Northumberland, from Southampton —the Victoria and Hydra, from London— the Underwriter, the Princeston, the Manhattan, the Universe, the Cambria, and the Sarah G. Hyde, from Liverpool—the Moses Taylor, from Glasgow the Albert Franklin, from Newcastle, the Samuel Badger, from Havre—and the Eglantine, from Marseilles. Arrived at Boston.— The Clare, from Ardrossan. At Baltimore.—The J. J. Cobb, from London —the Paladin and the Emma, from Liverpool—the Delta, from Bremen. At Charleston.—The Pudoyona, from Lancaster —the Triton, from Liverpool. At New Orleans.—The Carrick and Undine, from Liverpool—the Athens, the Medora, and the European, -from Havre—the Falcon, from Hamburgh. At Norfolk.—The Miltiades, from Liverpool. At Philadelphia.—The Pegnot, from Liverpool. At Mobile.—The Admittance, from Liverpool. At Portland. —The Panta, from Whitehaven. At Wilmington.—The Esther Ann, from Newport. Put into Halifax on the sth inst., the screw-st earner Andes, from Liverpool, short of coals. ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAIL wAr.—On Friday night, as a pilot engine was proceed ing on this line from Retford station to the south, it en countered an engine of an empty mineral train just as it was issuing from a siding near Grantham. The shock r badly hurt, while his engine was so much dameg n ec l was violent, and the driver of the latter train was rather that it had to be taken to the locomotive works at for thordugh repair. On Saturday evening, at airing the o'clock, as the workmen were engaged in if t i re n g P apparatus line, they inadvertently left the heavy l over the up of the crane they were using suspended with this, and the line. A goods train came in contact the line. Both lines concussion threw two trucks off trains both were now blockel up, and passengerthee oan f hour and a half ways were delayed for upwards °f i got off the line near 1 The same evening a go o e ds tr t: s c at that point also for Newark, obstructing th some time. N FROM SOUTHAMPTON. GOVERNMENT GR ATIO GOVERNMENT EMI vessel of 466 tons, belonging to Doncaster ° about 8 The IlooghlY, fine for Portland Bay, having on i past five in the afternoon,Government emigrants. The emigrants onlyar board2o ad afternoon, and the ship came into dock and Eldridge, left on Friday, at nalf y Y mbarked the emigrants and their lug " Wednescia " ' e the time stated, thus showing the ad and left at guage, Vantage of Southampton as an emigration port. Messrs. Marshall 31-TuaersBh:ll THE PENINSULAR MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steamer Ib er i a, Captain G. Bradshaw, arriving at Southampton, on Saturday, with dates from Gibraltar to the Bth ; Cadiz, the 9th ; Lisbon, 11th, and Vigo, 12th inst. No communication could be affected with 0 the weather. porto in consequence of so u T t h i e i. _ l , ll_ria has - -- . and in the Channel. A encountered heavy gales from the won and north-west while crossing the Bay Lord Amon the passengers were de Tabley and Colonel Wylde, on their return front delivering letters of condolence at Lisbon on the occasion of the death of the Queen of Portugal. Both these gentlemen were landed by the Iberia off Cowes, and they proceeded at once to her Majesty at Osborne. On freight, the Iberia brings 15 packages specie, value 2,690/. ; 327 chests oranges, 28 boxes Tan gerine oranges, 482 boxes raisins, 143 boxes figs, 159 barrels, 192 half-barrels, 50 jars, and 11 boxes gra pes, 117 boxes eggs, and sundry merchandise: .The news from Lisbon brought by the Iberia• has been anticipated by the Great Western. From Gibraltar we have accounts to Bth inst. inclusive. The Sardinian frigate Eurydice, 19 days from Genoa, and 8 from Villafranca, bound to Ply mouth, arrived at Gibraltar on the Ist inst., anti left on the following day. Her Majesty's screw line-of-battle ship Agamemnon and another ship of the line, name unknown, passed the Straits of Gib raltar to the eastward on the 2d inst. A Prussian frigate and a sloop passed through the Straits in the same direction on the following day. Tbe: steamer British Queen, nine days from Naples and six from Malta, called at Gibraltar on the 4th inst. en route to Liverpool. On the sth the screw steamer Taurus, 16 days from Constantinople and 5A- from Malta, arrived and cleared for Liverpool. The screw-steamer Arabian, nine days from Liver pool, bound for Malta and Beyrout, and the City of London, seven days from Southampton, bou n - d . for Malta and Constantinople, arrived on the 6th inst. The British schooner Invincible, from Pa lermo, bound for Liverpool, was d r i ven close to Green Island on the sth inst. and days GibraltarThefromthe vorno Livorno, from Marseilles, for Liverpool, arrived '3t days inst. at Gibraltar, andtheir on the 7th. tinations. cleared for Liverpool, from Liverpool, for several des . Exchange on London at Spanish pillared dolla rs 90 days was quoted 52, 14 prem. EENWICII ll Or thel T modeaL. lately Gß been m a d e i —A nof furnishing change g t thed dinner meal e a r. meal to the inmates It has hitherto of the R o y a l H os pit a l a t Greenwich. boiled • been the practice t o give the pensioneie meat, eithe r beef it is n or mutton, daily for dinner, but now varied alternately with baked meat instead of boiled every day. Extensive baking apparatus has been erected in the kitchens of the building to effect this new i arrangement on the necessarily extensive scale required, 1 and the veterans are much pleased with the variety which is now by this means for the first time afforded to them. They are indebted for this improvement to the late Governor, Sir Charles Adam, who is spoken of by them with the most affectionate regard as one of the best and most considerate officers that ever filled the . office of Governor of this great national establishment. ID EA TH OF MRS. LATHAN BLACKER.--WC regret to announce the death of Mrs. Latham Blacker, of Glouces. ' ter-terrace, Hyde-park, London, the wife , We believe, of the solicitor to the Ex cise. The p oo r lady expired on Wednesday, after more than two months' severe suffer ing, from the injuries she received by the dreadful acci dent which occurred on the sth October last on thill Great Southern and Western Railway, JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. t.l S UANT to a D ecree o f the High Court 14, j ai R 4t ch,anc.ery, -madQ• in the causes of Turner and Wife t he and another, and Carter and Wife against Theed and the Crediti.rs of THOMAS WITHNA LL, late of Hilton, b 4 'arch 1y Of Hunti ng d on, fa rmer , w h o di e d in or about the month C nary' 1855, are. •by their so li c it Or s, oil 'or before the 23d day of 0- I ,,LiNiscome in and prove their debts or claims, at the be` h3 q4;V t -Vice-Chancellor. Sir Richard Torte Kindersley, No. 15, ereii:LXincolii's-inn. Middlesex, or in default thereof they will 111,7,tiqii Ploty excluded from . the benefit of the said Decree. Ik e * taie,/‘ 30th day of Jahuary„ 1854, at 12 o'clock at noon, at h elain, s 7arabers, -is appointed for hearitig and adjudicating upon - - ' l4 l 7tJl day of December; 1853. • 11. NETHERSOLE, Plaintiffs' Solicitor, 3, New-inn, Strand. kg k A l lb TRUNK RAILWAY. COMPANY of thr aZNADA.--Notice is Hereby Given, That the Directors hay- IL of 2/, ins. an-each and every share of the A Shares of, 01447 11 3'. and a CALL of IQ per cent. on.each class. of the De -93e ( omininy, Lonel , ier Lo at the Bank of Messrs. Glyn, Mils i ' ai t ( 'an , bard -street. !I el ) •alls are due on Monday, the 6th February, 1854. If not -gee, ! or be fore that date, interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per charged on those in arrear. tt chidesth'!e b h have the power of paying up the whole or a port l on " 41 Ivtu a reB in lull, and interest at the rate of 6 per cent, per an- Th e _lle allowed on all sums paid in anreipation of Calls. b e be qo;ectors further give notice, th.it by a recent Order in Council )08hed is of Canada, the Debentures of the Province will (. January next to those shareholders who shall pay to addi ti '„ 'Yu, Mills, and Co 51. per share (that is, 21. les. per share 0 " 11 to the Call now advertised) on each of their shares, and Atd. n . t he Debentin es of the Province to which' such shares are • By order of the Beard: • ' • 9, Le WILLIAM CHAPMAN, Secretary. ade nhall-street, London, Dec. 3, 1853. eA l° the NOBILITY and PATRONS of WAR „ Regent-street.—The ,SEL LIG OFF wil R c r - eE at Ten o'clock each morning after this a N nnouncement, l - 2at:; 4l, bargains will necessarily be offered in Silks, Shawls, (VI arid Mantles. `"er -41 StsolutIon of partnership compels an immediate sale, how lilife4'eat the loss, and it is deemed to be but proper that this early ,41,e ge,ration should be given to those who, for a quarter of a c e nt ur y, en accustomed to honour this establishment with their patron -142 and 144, Regent-street. • COST CERTAIN PREVENTION OF CHOLERA. YET DISCOVERED. FURTHER GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE. ‘ ll " S' S • DISINFECTING : FLUID is th e Istri est a , ficationblvellpi Cheaest.—e Improved Chloride of Zinc fbr the ng-hous Th es Stables, Dog Kennels, Ship's Holds., 13. Cothral"' water-clots, &c. ; the Disinfection of Sick kf t ; m e eu r 1 4', Linen, and for the Prevention of Contagion. ti • aorFlinary power of this Disinfecting and purifying - I,?, s ' w acknowledged, and its use recommended by the College V i ."1 1) 3 , 8!„7," s • Unlike the action of many other nfectants, it aalq i '' noxious smells, and is itself s centless. The manufactu lp; titl e 1. destroyed'a monopoly fostered by the false assumption of fi th ` t ati on ° : a Detect, has to warn the public against all spurious tie," ly Each Bottle of Crews's Disinfecting Fluid contains a kcieci .ceatrated solution of Chloride of Zinc, which may be ,'?rep a '''' 4 , 111 3. with 200 times its bulk of water. Vide Instructions 15 i i - 0 71 111 11 each bottle. 1p bY all Chemists and Shipping Agts in the United King- Pfter ; 41 'erial Quarts at 2s. ; in pints, Ise; half pints, at 6d., and Oeb t , euels at 55. per Hallon. jiatre'esj.B4essrs. Drew, Heyward, and Barron, Bash-lane, Can 'll4<tZactiired at 11. (I:GRAY'S, Commercial Wharf, Mile End, ~'C