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'a T ~• • . NrN ES C k.MERON, General Manager. pritlsh Rank, tokenhouse-Y=l. ESTER, , C t (,•0 1?-4 . ,i 8 i T , ER AND TIOLVTIEAP RAILWAI . -.1;14,, - ; . -u IC A TioN hwtweett t'; ti GLAND; hCOTtAND. ai,..1 x n ,,,..)::4, vi a HOLY H 11AD. iT titb ' e ,l l - , .. , IS 11}21:11:1;) - ts,p7EN, r ri ja r, on and Alt,: the Ist Dr•- 'Mt t ; i 1 453, th e T,,.. 3 , t0 ~„o k in , ,t aa ,,egeatents for l'assoners ti'llE s e e4Willati .exclitsivety 10 die EXPRE-a3 VESSELS of tho at 9 a .r ' , khd t 10.1.15( REA it 1.20)).L' ',". , .; - Y, which leave Kingstown ill., and Holyhead at 5.0 p.m. ~... (l ellera 1 x r Ftv order. O. P' 450 .`. 7-al:lager's Office, ( - )t es ttr, '24(11 fl`.. 1h53 PINGER ROYAL E.NCHANGE ASS - CRANCi 3 RT,II NO STOCK- London, 16t, r9 B Co . rporatimi having determined on a Re ilti•ar,,,,.'o,:tien of" One per Cent." in the rate of Premium ,c 4 l `'took and Utensils in Emiland anr'• Wales, Insurance , ,„"skpatf c : 4 dr prlperty may he effeeted accordingly through the - •d at ' .l C•Rents,.or at' the irChief Offices iu the Royal .Ex.e" - iarge, 0,29, a1:111. ALE X. GRE EN, Secret ar y. . OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, let Dec., 18 5 3. 1 1 Principal Ofilcrs of her Majesty's Ordnance , er y -0 hereby Bleb . 4Y'iseels, Metal, give nott 'e that a quantity of Blankets, Artil.. kk, lt ! i ng, Files, Harness , •-;erge Canvas and Leather Cnttitr.. ," : 4 ,teel, Tin, Shovels, Plank, 114, 5 ' , _ cords of Fir and 34 c ' ores of Firewood, Bale Eloops,.Sand ill, god the standing crop of Reeds, on the Ordnance Lamt beioe, Arsenal, will be SOLD by 'Public _Welton, in the Royal ! when, on THURSDAY, the Bth December , at I 1 the forenoon precisely. til esal e Y . B.7 ! e w.ed from 10 till 4 o'clock on the three days previous to er , 4 lala ft ' .014 0 - 'lbw be had at the Ordnance Office, Pall-mall ; To, er n; and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. . By order of the Board. O. BUTLER, sec. kr iti m .HUNDRED RIGHTS OF CHOICE ! 1 1 , 1 0 Is t nl. CONSERVATIVE LAND SOClETY.--On in Freemasons' Hall, after the tontine husineAs of the "rnerly and First Annual Meeting has been disposed of, at Publi c telock, VISCOUNT RANELAGH in the Chair, the Thirteenth u kit rb r „"fing for Rights of Choice on the Estate 4 f lolib uz "l.e Land Soctety, will take place. On this occasion ONE bought for the 4 ' 1 2 1 )1111as will he' drawn and FIFTY will be added to the +no ' A letedpShares f l o eken r Att . 'Ts By SENIORITY. ..11 uncomp the fZe Of th e', n 2 1,0 • Numbers, being placed in the Wheel, Drawing, will participate in the a dvantages thetOO trti e , rospectns'es Rules, and Plans of Estates, apply at the vf ll 0'1.'6, Norfolk-street:Strand, and to the agents of members, in ecßintry, CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. O ° °TTISR WIDOWS' FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Instituted A.D. 1815. ' le ad Office—Edinburgh, 5, St. Aadreiv-square. Ole 4141 SPECIAL NOTICE. " I, e of the Society are closed annual •Cn the c -Oa ABIIIRANCIS MOST THEREFORZ ly BE LODGED 3Ist the at 'nititi"'„, e e, or at one of the Agencies, on or before the 31st curt., " 'Re Applicant to be ranked as an entrant of this year. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. LINDESAY, Secretary. -."' Society's Policies are now issued w i t hout an y charge D duty. LONDON HONORARY BOARD. Cheri.ge Young, Esq„ e. es Edward Pollock, Mark-la Esq., n Barrister, Temple. H Job ill, Esq., East India House. s., II Murray, Esq., Publisher, Albemarle-street. O t euel Laing, Esq., M.P. ';'!Jobn Thomas Briegs, Admiralty. 7r, aard Horner, Esq., Home-office. 'oil Taylor, jun , Esq., C.E., Queen-street -place. Agent—Hugh M`Kean. Office-4, Royal Exchange-buildings. • , To be Incorporated by Act of Parliament. PROSPECTUS. 1 14- EXECUTOR and TRUSTEE COMPANY. Temporary Office—(No. 4) 71, Cornhill. Capital, 1,000,000/ , in 50,000 shares of 201. each. h t if aal (With power to increase.) ' nary deposit, 2s. per share (as restricted by the Act of Parliament). Provisionally Registered. ' te ., lIONOIiARY COUNCIL. Lee c Honourable Sir John Pattesen, late one of the Judges Of Eq v ;: u t, J o f Queen's Bench. . (lambier, late Chief Justice of Madras. ""'es Marshall, late Chief Justice of Ceylon. THE EXICUTIVE COUNCIL. le,l'reSidellt Me Right Han the Earl of ZETLAND. r resident—THOMAS EMERSON HEADLAII, Esq., Q.C., 30 , Lincoln's-inn-fields. tin.,Charnbers Esq., Q.O , .P., Child's-place, Temple. lark Esq. ' 5, Fig Tree-c court, Temple. 11kt5., 4401 d. Din ' M P. (Messrs. Bacon, Cobbold, and Co. , Bankers , .ph t • tittre, table,eotis Esq. 17, Westbourne-terrace. Z. F . , ' itDetr% Esq., 7, King's Bench-Walk, Temple. h r belane, Esq., 10, Eaton-place, South. 4 44 p ar greave, Esq., Langley House, Abbott s Langley, Vida. V Ab insd a ~'ard Ley, Esq., Bideford, North Devon. ~`tkry, . I. Dungall (late E.I C.S.), Fir-grove, North Brixton. iswtorri sq (late E.I C S ) Rockbeare-court, Exeter. Srg s ac Morels, F,sq., F ' lO, Mansfleld-street. k. 4 10r 6 i gorton, Esq., late Ad s, vo King's Ben ch-weate-General of Madras. +wells, E sq . IPPe Prowett, Esq., alk. (Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co.) (With power to add to their number.) 1 4.1,„ SECUTART—CharIes Twlgg, Esq., 71, Cornhlll. CRETAILY —Charles Hance, Esq., Mi tre Court ChankberS. Temple. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Cobbced and Patteson. Messrs. Fearon and Clabon. PROCTORS. Messrs. Rowdier and Bathurst. ti ttex k i . „*,. "nil. Shepherd, Middleton, and Bedford. ORE Moore and Carr, 61, Threadneedle-street. )Ns gocietkv 1114—Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co. R ospon ' s p i a, tided to supply a want long felt by the public, 'TaA...tlentary T i r a u S s tl t tu p t r ic ,p n er f t o y r . the Security and Management of illy the evils at present existing may he mentioned the great inehr e ee a e of many persons to undertake duties which involve much 7tee i d ropose a responsibility on their part, by no means in all ~aet,'ZMtle to their own acts ; the difficulty, on the creation a r,riee e , ..i!ie making of a will, of selecting persons who unite ability Zeetio„vrience with high character; and the delicacy, when such a tiets o , z e tan be made, of asking suitable persons to undertake bur -1'41_5 and thankless duties. 4. 7 N I ats so frequently incurred from the incapacity, inexperience, ~_‘atee n e aelity of trustees and executors—lhe numerous suits insti eLt4e Court of Chancery by or against persons acting in these 41 - 7 , and th vast accumulation of property in system.urt, fair h.'en—ets evidence of the defects of the present e te s ociety offers the care of a well-selected establishment, and 'lte e ritY of a subscribed capital of 1,000,00 01 ., of wh i c h 100,0001. It lie i will be paid up, and invested in Consols as a guarantee fund. Flu Undertake— eiZExecutorships la i t tz adl y -- -Trusteeshi S whether under wills, marriage settle er other similar instruments, for private individuals, or on t kily th e l public companies, or for.the.'benefit of charities, and gene 4:okittze`mrFlagernent of all descriptions o . trust property. rineiple upon which this Society is founded has . already been k t l a t Y, hY the Government. In the year 1838 a joint-stock corn -1,17ed the Board of Executors, was established at the Cape, l o r tee en u , e Year 1843 received letters of incorporation. The Board ' yrs 1,8 now in full operation, and answers in every respect tPesoectieations of its founders. t e St y will, for the benefit of children whose property is en titeno its management, grant, in a safe and legal manner, loans . i,:te e " e s, out of subscribed capital, instead of injuriously diminish ilick, er eeunt of property in trust ; such loans to be secured by tt .tles i 7 r assurance. In the same manner it will make advances to ii7etie or :t e Nvhose favonr bequests are made by wills, entrusted to its I f i`tie 4, 5 14, It will also receive, and effectually protect, by depo ,tltrty 'l•Ong fire-proof rooms, wills, title deeds, and other valuable 1,?„,e rietttest care will be taken to ensure strict privacy, both with )tikkt Property entrufted to the care of the society, and also lee et ret to property placed under its administration. Persons, Seth of i i , l , elieficially interested in property entrusted to the manage e_ern , e society, will have, at all times, reasonable access afforded ittene ,eriu_order that they may examine their own accounts. lb ke g of the functions of the Companwill be one of be et en important and valuable characteristics. It often happens e l 'atte e eohldividual, the friend and confidant of many persons, is i tt _tXlh t , s everal families. In the event of his death, it can scarcely t ro ` o elisk,'M that his heir or executor will assume such varied and tealtr e !,, re sPonsibilities. Each family, therefore, has to select a t e sxtor n — ',ee, and is frequently required to do so through the costly e n te,, ki er the Court of Chancery. To avoid such a necessity, and he be e a continuous executorship and trusteeship, applicat i o n v e , read. ete,, to Parliament for an act, the requisite notices for which N i% Te tt given. lietions of the Society are likely to prove extremely benefi -4 t t sel ngla nd ; bt they will be still more einently so in India. 00 4 ;:ti.00 of an u executor or trustee is there m extremely difficult; te ktie LaPplicable to the purposes of testamentary trusts is often iiifferent countries, and no individual possesses the means Oseastely and satisfactorily performing the duties of an executor. Cl e lee 4 l . lt iPte \therefore, have often necessarily been entrusted to `ge e te ,, l 'ses, or thrown upon the 'Administrator General, and, in ti ‘el ni `n known cases, much property has thereby been lost. te e — ; a nees where, om feeling or any other circumstances, par ,Prefer to repose specific or particular powers in any of . their tren t t hey will he at liberty' to do so, and yet derive the principal t i t Se ro lige secured by the operation of the :Society. Such persons, elehe re et ed, may fulfil their prescribed duty, and the Society will t iqle,r the other duties of the trust. Moreover, the solicitors of eit4l', e n Whose property is entrusted to the management of the So - V, at the request of the parties interested, ee appointed to 'eleqge the duties of solicitors with reterence to such property. Ip ee .? the control of the Society. Zee rdence with the provisions of the Joint Stock Companies 7,,i4'..itirther deposit will be required, in the fist instance, than 2s, • 01, e r e- It is anticipated that after the passing of the act, a call kr NI share will be made. Future instAments will be regulated 'N4I, netease of business, and advancing proal.,erity of the society, kA .. e ng a correeponding increase of the guarantee fends. Ne ee — ge.ll charge will be ma le upon the property administered by Ni; n lliany, as a remuneration for the security it affords. It is ed that one per cent. will be amply sufficient for this purpose. !he: capital paid up, with the exception of the deposit of 2s per Rem for preliminary expenses, will, in order to form a guarantee 'Nile immediately Divested in consols, and the shareholders will, Qedelhe com mencement, receive dividends on the sums sus invested, tin,"ltion to their share of the profits arising from the business e h aetea by the society. th e e se Profits are estimated at a large sum. In 1931, legacy dut y ?t ily,',,9nited Kingdom was paid on 49,402,3911. of personal estate Malt e_ su The F•uccee , OTl nuti-s Act will greatly augment the sums ch payments. If one fortieth of this amount of personal - 'I I Y p tssed through 'he hands of Vie society, and a similar *,rem f Titruweegliips wider settlements and deeds, and one per cen'. LteleZ e srged by the society, an animal Styr, of 21,000/. would be Ciitige Adding to this the dividends ••in the paid-up capital, and ti .g the expenses of the establishment, there would remain Ne n , anfficient to give a dividend of ten per cent. to the share -1,4,4 pe e n Paid-up capital of 250,000/. tsi,;'er Will be contained in the act for the appointment of audi i4PDlPe Government to examine the affairs of the Society. e;itions tor Shares may be addressed to Mr. Charles Twigg, eeeeerlit ° l k.L.,,b1, ILeers,( 1 the Society's offices ad); or to s. Moore and Carr, No. 61, Threneedle-street Messr , in the accompanying 'tr, ... th e FORM OF APPLICATION. P Lleeutiv e Council of the Fxecutor and Trustee Company. , • ' 185 , kh(l ek 'e to 1, allot me !al,l l -ereh„ Shares in the capital stock of this Society, the ~, - J undertake to pay the deposit of 2s. per share upon tt _ a ' ,,, - ', ,„ hares or any smaller number that may be allo ed an ' to - " 01 1 the ' f ' and to pay the calls when made, tfr, , allotment there° , '• e Q. eente thei deed of settlement of the Society when required Name in full ...... ........ Residence . ..... Place •of business. • ...... • ... • , Trade or pr0fe55i0n........... ireori i ., _ • etArn made to the Ruse of Commons, It appears that i l s ess'a stun th . fin 45;815,694/. paid 9,40 legacy duty and probate 5 9, 45,283,0701 . and in 1851, 42,3911., , Itt ßt _ ll gt(IOND EDITION.—WITH ADDITIONS. CI I4 P Bvo.. in cloth, price 55., by P°rF,, free, 68. 6d. R ISE & FALSE SPERMA v Errors n 11.4 7 /,!" the Mem to the Correction of wide-spread *litiv e %the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the 'YgicM, 1r Sexual Hypoehondriasis. p lA nstated from .17e G erman of Dr. PICKFORD ,ii known to English readers by his freque nt practi eei be I,7 frs tious to German'ilmedical literature. This is the first Nttter, QS, that he has addressed himself to the non-in t ed hn i; 'q,,,„ektti,d," trust this may s not be the last, if he shall th ietec z gsferaut evil whicltiVniay be in his ~ o wer co t a. t'slllAl 7 , , Ana. brli cel Gazette, Mac 30 1851. The tribe of 'Quiet Spiv k ' 4 •1141 F Mends,' are mercil essl y exposed ; and if this boo D efer it into the hands of those who suffer from the com igi.k,d, „ 1 ""cn it into Ncrii are satisfied that many hundreds would f ttsl,h'ulportileh llee dless ' suffering of body and mind, and what is o though it is that which th, quacks prize— -41 s v „.. s " ....This volume is well qualified to-put an dto the ni of treating Spe atorrhcea, and to placeahe treat -7 to do b lare rational an ' d physiological hula alll, thArefore ' halleh s reol4 Tdn:*iitrsausgdicali,;,Clircull9, itlifort.oetrel66l.Bs2. ,`~ LIJON , BatS 0111 • • I .• •• •• .•••• •- -i r. . - - • • r ZZ---- -7- e-d; -.) 6 .. Z: ... ...... , - 4 -- ri ( it i c a, ... ••• • alikt ... _ .. 40itc " , • 7 ~ , ,_ .......... * I* ‘--. ~ •of tb ' _ 4 • Wit ' ./ (4 .. 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Any body like the corporation might dis charge the duties of the conservancy if they appoint 3cl the proper officers and required them to do what was neces sary ; but I think the navigation committee of the crap°. ration, as composed of its present members, can hardly be suitable for the exercise of such functions, as they cannot be acqu inted with the circumstances of the then The absurdity of the City's claim to allow none but privileged watermcn to navigate barges on the Thames is further as a waterman without his ever appearing on the river, the would rem n e e d w i a i ni and he would be permitted to act without undergoing any illustrated by this fact, that I might have a son apprenticed examination whatever as to his efficiency. I think the Government can impress a certain number of watermen for the service of the royal navy, and upon that I believe the watermen found their claim. Mr. W. Edmund Hickson was then recalled, and his evi dence resumed from Wednesday last. He said that he stateuatresthewchiomehaohisetoonuierad apply pal government of the city of London. He would not occupy - the ti ne of the commission with any theory which might be applicable to a new st a t e of society, but rather consider how the existing evils might be most effectually overcome by gradual and Progressive transition, involving no sudden or violent change. The fir s t 'p t•Cal measure that he - would suggest was the rsrac introduction of the prin ciple of free trade into the city_ of - London , whic h had been applied pretty extensively to the t He would propose that the 14th clause res of the the country. the Municipal Reform Act of 1835 should be applied to o the city of Lon don, thereby abolishing every exclusive right to Jo tis any trade or employment within its li mits ; and if the commissioners should not be prepared to go any further • lYgetolletree mviuniewcoif the next session than merely to recommend the introdume tion of a short bill into Parliament embodying this singl e clause, he considered that they would deserve the thanks of the . , public. He would also propose the &mono:Won to the City of the first clause of the Municipal Ea.f m A c t , which abolishes all existing charters and preddifitiv e rights now held or claimed to be held by the municipal bodies to which the act refers. This would be an impor tant step in the right direction, and would put an end to all the vexatious litigation which has been going on for many years between the corporation ' and the Crown with reference to the conservancy of the river and the right to the soil of the shore. It would also meet the case of the fellowship porters, the watermen, the town carmen, meters, and others. The same sort of privileges as the Municipal Reform Act repealed were enjoyed previously to its passing by the other corporations of the country, but they were all abolished under the provisions of that , measure. This proposal would also deprive the City of the conservancy of the Thames, which is not a local, but a national concern ; and, until some better organisation is provided, he would suggest that the conservancy should be handed over to the Woods and Forests. He would have the compensation granted to municipal officers whose offices should be abolished regulated upon a 'liberal scale. The City claims the right of excluding the metropolitan police from the City side of Temple-bar, and even of prohi biting the Sovereign herself from passing through until the Lord Mayor permits. This system is very inconvenient. Under it gangs of thieves often remain in the City until they become known to the police, when they migrate into other districts west of the bar to practise their depreda tions. When they cannot stay there any longer with safety to themselves they return to their old quarters, where they have, perhaps, been forgotten by the police. If the commissioner were legislating for the whole metropolis and creating one metropolitan municipality, he would, even as reg ards the management of the police, introduce the popular element. The City police, he thought, should be amalgamated with that of the whole metropolis; but at the same time he conceived that the civic authorities should have the power of appointing a body of police or watch men, in addition, if it were considered necessary. The area of the City proper is one square mile and a half in ex tent, for which there is a police force of 500 men ; whilst the whole of the rest of the metropolis which extends to 700 square miles, has a force of only 5,600. The Chairman—Pass to the next subject, if you please. Mr. Hickson—The principle of the coal tax is very objec tionable. If a tax is imposed on coal at all, it ought to be levied at the pit's mouth, where the article is cheapest, and, if necessary, a drawback might be allowed on coal consumed in London. Mr. C. Lewis—How would a tax at the pit's mouth benefit the city of London? Mr. Hickson—l am not considering that. lam only dealing with the justice of the principle of the tax. When the food of the people has been liberated.from the weight of taxation, I think the next thing to be done would be to establish free trade in coal also, and exempt the fuel of the people from taxation, for it is also a necessary of life. The machinery for levying the tax is becoming every year more cumbrous and inefficient, and there is no proper mode of ascertaining how much of the tax is stopped in its progress into the public coffers. I calculate the amount of the loans still unpaid, which are secured upon the coal tax, at 750,0001.; and a penny rate over the whole metropolis, as a coal compensation tax, would produce 48,0001. annually, a sum which world be sufficient to pay the interest on the loans. The Chairman—Pass to the next point. Mr. Hickson—My view of municipal government is that, as far as that government is purely local, it should be left strictly and entirely in the hands of a local body. Lon,' corporations ought to have unlimited power to do as they please with their own local rates. but should possess no power to spend the money of other districts ; and every thing which the local corporations do ought to be required to be in accordance with the common laws of the land. The Legislature, of coin-se, should overrule all by-laws of independent corporations interfering with the general pub lic interest. Tf local municipalities were given to the dif ferent metropolitan districts, he would wish to see a central body created, which should be clothed with the power of overruling the sectional municipalities, so far as their de cisions were inconsistent with the general interest. With regard to the sewerage of the metropolis, for instance, he would have the arterial drainage managed by the metro litan commission, but the house drains and the minor de tails of sewerage in particular localities he would leave to the control of the district authority. Again, with regard to the paving, he would hand over the control of the main arteries of the metropolis to the central board, and the management of the side-streets and by-streets he would give to the district. The lighting he would entrust to the separate districts. Ho would also confer upon the new municipal board of the City the power of electing the board of guardians of the poor. It was well known that the new Poor-law Act had failed in its application to the City, the expenses at the present moment being conside rably greater than they were before the City was formed into three distinct unions. The Central Union in the City contains ninety-eight parishes. The average annual sum expended in the relief of the poor in the three years 1834, 1835, and 1836 (before the passing of the new Poor-law), was 59,110/. ; the population a t that time being 57,100. In the last three years, however, viz., 1850, 1851, and 1852 (since the passing of the abov e a ct), the annual average ex penditure was 88,4491., the population being only 55,908. There are no fewer than 101 elected guardians in the City Central Union, besides 15 ex officio; and altogether the three City unions have about 160 guardians. This is too groat a number, and it is difficult to find enough persons of the highest class to undertake the administration of the poor relief system. Another function which he would give to the now municipal council would be the consolidation of the numerous ecclesiastical jurisdictions within the City, which was divided into no less than 110 separate parishes. This he proposed in no desire to weaken or injure the Church. On the contrary, he believed that the bishop of the diocese would not refuse his sanction to such a mea sure. He would, therefore, invest the new municipal body with the power to confer with the ecclesiastical authorities, and, with their concurrence, to prepare for the approbation of Parliament a bill for the consolidation of the 110 exist ing parishes into a reduced number of districts. He would also invest them with power to assist, by a committee, the new charity commissioners in their investigations, and to prosecute, where nec ssarv, all parties committing a breach ine remodelling lined thet,opote copyr t m oy u n n l; yiatcbdioiemina admits ta l c se o lw n or s f atlt Poor-lawtelutearnya c le y irtsv o , ri f obu L fial o ti i n a d ael of o. of trust with regard to charity funds. With respect to the b m e o de would of be tion now adopted for electing boards of guardians, which r ew r fn e r d earn t s h coh e fi s sp y er s no tem of sending round votins , lists i to be confersua l p s o o n p all l e l t f l e o l t b b y e t a h y e st v e o rn ter o s f p(aesraiosndar a e tt u e n n c d le a r n t e h e e at Newte polling place. does not restrict the suffrages to residents alone votes, fi p A l le a let c d) e. ut H ep He now came to the subject of the various charter e d City companies and corpo ra ti ons w i thin the of London. was computed at the lo a w d e m s t i ni s t er e d estimate . Their private p,orioovait.e annum, rt p p e r r opey and it was in his opinion very de s p i e r rt ab y l e b t e llioano.s, titshaenud by legallyldbe,,bomit d o e n fi g n b e t d t t o o b w e ho m that pro- - The property of these companies had arisen from very heavy municipal fines which they formerly imposed, and those fines having been invested in the purchase of estates. The companies are oft en composed of very discordant mate. rials; and it was very desirable that the system of corruption now practised i n th em under the guise of eating and dnnk ing and good fellowship should be abolished, and a better mode of appropriating the funds adopted. Memb ers at tending the dinners sometimes found a Si. note under tohnelicri recommend in their report that another commisoej plates. He would suggest that the Commissioners f o tne City be issued specially to inquire into the state have upon it companies, and that that commission should ho would be some of the first law officers of the Crown, !,' legal branch of the competent to give an opinion on the i . of compelling subject. He would take away the P.? irweeedom and become ii s si l ' iould the citizens generally to take up air. Hill for South Austra liverymen of the companies. F t r i e system of voting suggested by representation of the mi. lia, which provides for the dnue ht to be ten alderman in nority. He thought theiriedebe elected by the Common the new council, who sho l the recommend the ni., by the whole constituent body. Council itself, anuleiasdildlignhot Concur in the and n-- - ,dit not to exceed 100 in num couninors 0u,,,., The common her. Ho would P Pe Se, also, that the mayor should be Would you make it obligatory that the The Chairman should be restricted to a member of the choice of ina”r ? Comm" Council I would. /Kr. Hickson — elected from the c r° mon Council. I do not think there can be any material afr. Hickson— . . I believe that is the - . to such a limitation. IVhy would you confine the choice in ipa the country. By 100 hs, and it works well in . ' ..' l Reform Act in other 1 . 3.u01n, ,, n i ga id down by the Munic have the best means of securing an intelligent choice. It does not follow that because a man is the wealthiest selected men electing one man from their own body you otbbiaTethetejoCiiiiirn manner?ise man in the district that he is the most eligible person to presideg over the et e : lati a iah n oyrel i gi n lbelio)oer t bfeo o lui lg b iha e rs . invidious, men of the standing of Baron Rothschild, or Mr. Thomas Baring for instance, might be verychawracelltegruinallii field for negotiating foreign loans, or for managing large e and practical intehtraotptehlis should trainingpc o r m a m a e e r a cl thati ability,a l transactions,would it best s fi a tn n et a : ee yet them a t rf not oyr tthba h e p a r l i a t m altehisN e i I w )e h e i s c t h ab l li m s d he b a ec i i n i made tli e mu nicipal c b i p e a fi l t duties.for civic Provided distinction. a m sin usually rich, or one of the magnates of 1.1 . ' district munici ould be regu lated according to the existing Those boroughs Atm& i n c , ~„, ` vrY 41201114 • • p se a g li g t e ie s s tie to n anomalous position, as con- in the eorporative o#elit"" of their population and number of representMives 'lotted to them ; and were, therefore, not likely-to be in t pm) E R in the measure of parliamentary reform whisk aovernment had promised, to introduce in the eostainvses,' sion. This point ho, therefore, thought ought to be - 4V , Nf served for future consideration. Mr. Hickson then withdrew. " 4 X Mr. Thomas Woodley t examined—l am a lsettgar carry.. ing on busin ess i n Aldgate High-street. Thert§iirelteween :•-•••° 30 and 40 slaughter-houses in my neighbourhoo d ,' + annoyed by a cl ass o f men w h o c l a i m , as freeineu of tho-Fr--- 1 14 4 4 City, the right to monopolise the whole of the trade. they ri s demand 2s. 6d. per bullock for slaughtering, which is very •"` high charge, and 30 per cont, more than I could get the work done for by other persons. They claim under an old by-law passed by the Court of Common Council, under which any one employing non-freemen in any business is liable to a fine of U. Actions were brought against me in the Lord Mayor's Court for not employing freemen, anct I was obliged to compromise the matter by taking up the freedoms of four of ray men. These men afterwards endeavoured to act as petty masters over me, and raised their charges to a higher rate than I paid them before I took up their freedoms ; and the effect of the system when the men lay out 61. or 71. of their own money in taking up their own freedoms is to make them have higher notions of themselves, and try to domineer over the masters. I think the members of the corporation are not favourable to the system, as when I was summoned a fourth time for employing a non-freeman, Sir John Key dismissed the case, on the ground that it originated in pure malice, one of my men who had left my service, knowing that I was liable to the penalty, having sought to enforce it against me. No such fine is exacted anywhere else that I am aware of ; but it is useless to defend an actionbrought against you in the Lord Mayor's Court, because it is almost always sure to be successful. The system is not enforced in Newgate-market ; it is only enforced in Whitechapel market. It is, I believe, capriciously applied, and is not extended to any other trade but ours. The privileged slaughterman can earn from 10s. to 12s. per day at their own rates. Thomas Pillow examined—l am a lighterman, carrying on business at Lower Thames-street, and also at Simon's wharf, Tooley-street. lam a member of the Watermen's Company, and one of the court of assistants of that body. The gentleman from Isleworth made a mistake with re gard to the Medway. We have no jurisdiction over that river ; and he has the same power of bringing his craft from that river, as he has of navigating his own vessel from the collieries in the north. Our freemen enjoy the exclu sive right to manage and navigate all craft and barges be tween Yantlet Creek and Staines ; but their right does not include the Medway. They enjoy this under act of Parlia ment and not under charter. We have no exclusive pri e j. leges extending over the loading or unloading of ships, they extend to the navigation of them only. Anybody, there fore, ca n em ploy his own servants i n loading and unloading. If a barge comes from a point below our company's juris diction, the owner can bring her to his own wharf without our intervention. I admit that the community would be be nefited by the throwing open of the trade. lam an advocate of free•trade principles, but if our privileges were abolished there would be no guarantee for the efficiency of the men employed on the river, and collisions would ensue, and the remedy would be worse than the disease. I would, how ever, prefer the abolition of the present system to its being continued exactly as it stand s now ; but there are changes which I could suggest, that would be very great improve ments. For in s t ance, i n our own act there are restrictions upon the employment of apprentices, which I think are very injurious. If a man has 12 barges, h two apprentices ; b u t if h e has 100 barges,h '7'. can only have e cannot have more than three apprentices. I would suggest that a man If the should tradehe were thrown open, I d o no t think ourl r ate s. would fall very much, or th a t th e present freemen would suffer much. I believe our men would still be employ ed. We are not connected with the c or p ora ti on, and have no political standing in the City. We have have at present 7,786 freemen of the Watermen's Company on our books. Our body is bound by act of Parliament to send a con tingent to the royal navy in certain cases, and if the Go vernment required it, we could be compelled to-morrow to supply 500 men for the fleet in the event of hostilities. In fact, if absolutely necessary, we can be compelled to serve her Majesty to the full extent of our whole number. At the breaking out of the last war we were called upon to supply 500 men. We have 1,680 apprentices, 800 of our number are master lightermen, and the number of barges and lighters registered is 5,107. The number of barges has increased slightly of late. Mr. Charles Brown examined--I am one of the rulers of the City fellowship porters. Our governing body consists of the present Lord Mayor, who is the governor, a deputy go vernor, twelve rulers of the b o dy, t wo corn ifters, a halt shifter, and a fruit shifter. The number of the fellowship is limited to 3,000 by an act of Common Council, but the actual number, I believe, is not more than 2,000. The body of the free fellowship porters of London, al though admitted to be a legal institution, is not a corpo ration in itself, but claims the right to this species of labour under the prescription of the corporation of Lon don. The body has existed from the time of Edward 1., and was originally created for the purpose of landing and delivering corn, salt, apples, pears, plums, onions, and every other other article in its nature naeasureable, entering the port of London between Yantlet Creek and Staines. Their wages are fixed from time to time by the Court of Com mon Council. They must be all citizens of London, and if they wish t o b e a p po i n t e d th ey must go through the ordeal of sending in an application to the Court of Rulers, and then waiting for their turn. The extent of the busi ness to he done varies. Only last week there was a large importation of potatoes, and the merchants memorialised the Lord Mayor, as governor, to app o i n t more porters to do the work, because the supernumeraries they had been obliged to employ had committed depredations, and the merchants were desirous to have the protection which is derived from the men being subject to the jurisdiction of the fellowship. A member of the fellowship must find two sureties in 401. each for his honesty and general good conduct. As a specimen of their charges, I may state that fellowship porters receive, when they are working oats, 2d. per quarter, which has to be di v id e d among as many men as are employed on the job—say seven or eight, as the case may be. Out of that sum they have to find. a " shift." For heavier grain—wheat, barley, peas, and tares—they receive 2:la. a quarter, and whatever charges may he sent in to the importers, the sum I have stated is all that the porters receive. Ido not think that the rate received by the fellowship is any higher than the market value of the services performed ; indeed, I believe it is considerably lower; and if the fellowship porters were re moved to-morrow, the corn trade would experience a difficulty in getting- their work done. Mr. C. Le;is—Then if their exclusive privileges were abolished, the porters would not be losers ? Mr. Brown—l believe they would actually get more money. The porters are compelled to take jobs at a loss. Their living is very precarious, and the small jobs, which form a large proportion of their work, do not pay. Com plaints have been made about their charge for landing potatoes ; but they only receive, for conveying, from the first, second, third, fourth, or fifth vessel in the tier to the shore, thrAe halfpence per sack. I took out my citizen ship by redemption, and paid 501. for it, and I have to com plain that the corporation takes the redemption fee from our class, but does not secure to us our exclusive privilege. I believe that there are about 100 of the fellowship who have paid as much as myself for their freedom. Before 1835 we were compelled to be freemen of a company. The corporation suffered the dock companies to take our labour away from us without our receiving compensation for the loss. With regard to the oyster dues, which, I under stand, have also been complained of, the fact is, it is not the importers, but the public who pay the porters for their labour. The porters are only paid ld. per peck for taking the oysters a certain distance ashore, andithree halfpence per peck for a greater distance ; and what profit there is beyond this all goes to the meters—the porters are only paid for work actually done. If any mistake or irregu larity occurs, the party to whom the oysters belong has only to apply at the Fellowship-hall, and the whole of his loss is at once made good to him. At the conclusion of this witness's examination, the com mission adjourned the inquiry until Friday next. --......___ rvt 4 , * - LON DON, S EVENING, DECEMBER 3 , 1853. N o . 19,092.1 GUILDHALL, Dec. 2, 1853.—The Committee for LETTING the CITY'S LAND will meet at Guildhall on WEDNESDAY; the 14th day of December instant, at one o'clock precisely, to receive TENDERS for LETTING, on leases fur 21 years from Christmas next, TWO HOUSES, Nos. 14 and 15, on the east side of Queenhithe. Further parit.ulars and Plans may seen, and Forms of Tender obtained at the Architect's office, Guildhall. This - itty, post 0., 5,9, E 4 .-1,54 ON 'AGRICVLT URE. By the late THOMAS GISBORNE, Esq., • - ' , Of Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire. I. ;Cattle and Sheep. 11. Agricultural Drainage 'ONTENTS : Ancient A gr icultural Liters tare. IV. High Farthing. .ihemkrle-street. THOS. SAUNDERS. Comptroller. John Murray; A' L.A_MARTINE'S CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY (1789), to oe completed hi Three Yols. uniform witii " THE at TORY OF TUE RESTORATION OF MONARCHY IN FAA: , OE." Vol. I- Price 65., will be Published on At ()inlay next, Deeember sih, Vizetelly and Company, 135, Fleet-street. 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T HE PRESS," No. 3 1 , This Day (Saturday), c ontains, among others —Preparations for' the European War—The Emperor of Russia and his pecuniary resources—Row a,,ism and its Defen :era —Strikes—the City ,Corporation--Report of the Medical Officer of the City Boarol of Health—Census of the Uni:ea States —Omer Pacha's despatch from Oltenitza—Corporitti,n Finance --Sketches of Radicals, No. H: The Fraternal Radical—Lord C-.r -lisle's Garter—Examination of Lord John Russell before the Cit. Corniniwon—Literature : Brown's Life of Southey—Arnold's Poems --Westgarth's Victoria —Keepsake--Court Album—Feathered Fa - vourites—Democritui in London —Wei den's Justice in India by W Jones—A. Crowquifl's Bundle of Crowquills - Spencer P. 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REPORT of the SELECT COMMITTEE of the HOUSE of COMMONS, and the DEPOSIT SYSTEM—the New and Important Feature of Life Assurance adopted by The DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. The following is an extract from the Report of the Select Com mittee : - " THE OBJECTS Which persons HAVE IN VIEW IN EFFECTING IN SURANCES upon their lives, are GENERALLY OF AN IMPORTANT AND SOLEMN character, viz., the PROVISION FOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS after the death of their NATURAL PROTECTORS; . unlike any ordinary transaction of trade, a CONTRACT ONCE ENTERED INTO CANNOT BE DISCHARGED OR ABANDONED, if doubts of the stability of an office should arise, WITHOUT ♦ SACRIFICE OF PREMIUMS PAID IN PAST YEARS, and the. necessity of effecting new policies in other offices at increased rates of premium, owing to the greater age of the assured ; persons are thus placed in the ANxious AND UN HAPPY DILEMMA OF BEING COMPELLED TO PERSEVERE IN PAYING PREMIUMS FROM YEAR TO YEAR, with SOME suspicion and doubt RS to the ultimate advantage of doing so, OR OF INCURRING THE SE RIOUS LOSS WHICH, UNDER THE MOST FAVOURABLE CIRCUMSTANCES, MUST ATTEND THE ABANDONMENT OR SALE OF A POLICY." On the DEPOSIT SYSTEM a person is NOT " COMPELLED" to pay from " YEAR TO YEAR," and he does not, if desirous of " ABANDON ING" his Policy, incur ally '• SERIOUS LOSS," but, on the contrary, lie may pay such amounts, and at such times as he may find most con venient; he can stop paying whenever he pleases, and he can with draw the whole or part of his premiums. If the whole be with drawn the Policy is cancelled ; if part only, then the value of the Policy is diminished by the assured value of the part withdrawn. A B, aged 20, opens a deposit policy with a payment of Si., which it will be seen he increases from time to time, and occasionally diminishes. BUILDING GROUND, Fenohurch-street.— The Committee for Letting the City's Lands will meet at all, on WEDNESDAY, the 14th day of December in , t., at One o'cock precisely, to receive TENDERS fcr LETTING, on building leases for 80 years froii, Christmas next, several PLOTS of ;EDIIN 0, on the south side of Fenchurch-street, between London treef and Mark-lane. Farther particulars, specifications, and plans ni; : y be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the Architect's Office, Guildhall. guildhall, Dec. 2,1853. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. PRIZE CATTLE SHOW of the SMITHFIELD CLUB.—The ANNUAL EXHIBITION of Prize Cattle, Seeds hoots, Implements, &c., commences on TUESDAY Morning and closes on Friday Evening, 6th, 7th, Bth, and 9th Deeember—Bazaar King-street and Baker-street Open from daylight till nine in the evening, admittance, One Shilling. OYSTERS—TO EPICURES. UEENBOROUGH and FAVERSHAM NATIVE OYSTERS. e most acceptable Present at this season of the year is a Barre of the best NATIVE OYSTERS, which are to be obtained at SCOTT'S Celebrated OYSTER WAREHOUSE, 18, Coventry-street, Piccadilly, ,t Sc 6d.per Barrel, warranted to weigh 1 4lbs. ATKINSON and COMPANY, CABINET MANUFACTURERS, UPHOLSTERERS, and CARPET xIIEHOUsEMEN, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster )ridge-road, Lambeth, London. A TKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPERS, sfll 11ERCERS, LACE - MEN, &c., 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westinitntee-brbige-road; Lambeth, London.—Shawls, Furs, Mantles, Family Mourning, &c. 1 - '0 LOVERS of FISH.-100 REAL YAR -1 MOUTH BLOATERS for 65., package ineluded. The above forwarded to all parts on receipt of penny postage stamps, or Post office order (preferred), for the amount.—Address, THOMAS LETTIS, Jun., Fish Curer, Great Yarmouth. TUR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC L WILL OPEN for the SEASON on MONDAY EVENING, December 5. Stalls can now be secured (without any extra charge) at the Box-Office, Egyptian Hall, every day between Eleven and Four. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON-H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. CLASS LECTURES. Mr. J. H. PEPPER will commence TWO SEPARATE COURSES of Twelve Lectures each on PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY in the LABORATORY on Mo:mar, December the sth, at Eleven o'clock a.m., and on the Evening of the same day at a quarter to Nine. Fee for each Course, including use of Apparatus, Three Guineas. Also, TWO SEPARATE CLASSES on PHOTOGRAPHY, each including Six Practical Lectures on the Paper and Glass Processes, to commence December Ist, at Eleven o'clock in the Morning, and in the Evenings at Eight o'clock. Fee for each Course, Three Guineas. CLASSES on MATHEMATICS by Mr. SMALLEY (a Graduate in First Class Mathematical honours of the University of Cambridge) commencing MONDAY, the 28th inst., at Eight p.m. Terms. One Guinea per Month. SOYER'S EXQUISITE SAUCES expressly sea soned to suit the Palate of Ladies or Gentlemen. SOYER'S Re lish for general purposes, and SOUR'S Aromatic Mustard. To be had of all grocers and Italian warehousemen ; and whole sale of Crosse and Blackwell, purveyors by appointment to her Majesty, 21, Soho-square, London. • Z . 00 ....m0m.m.N.m.. ,, ....i . 04' Co d M ~.. .... !.... M ~ F.-!2-- , BETTER LATE THAN NEVER," 5 tigi'.4 41:74.g!74.1v4g1:74%2§ LEWIS'S ALTERATIVE PILLS will be found. <42 ii.. 4 on trial, after every other means has failed , to cu re the most 0 te . u . 14 inveterate cases of Bilious clis:irder, Indigestion , and e ver y derange t4 0 .. '0 .... 0,, , 1=0 MN ...fen t ,,,, ; y e- men' of the Liver, Stomach, Kidneys, or Secretory system. They li. A •-• ' ,O " are entirety vegetable, and, while removing obstructions, purify the 2 .0 4gv ~i 0-'-7: 1' t' r. :19 vc " .T.! blood, clear, the complexion, relieve the chest of phlegm, strengthen ra .=-1 r.) la - a , the nerves, and restore tone to the whole system. Prepared and s,yr , r.... a, ~ c, r........ t,, . ~ 7 , O '' '" '''''''''''' ".. ''' Cs' N es sold by BENGSTON', HUISH, and Co., IA, Old Bond-street, price C. O ri: - ,:s 4 Is. 1 1 ,6 d., 25. 9d., 4s. 6d., &c , retail by all medicine vendors. Sent to -4 ..... by post on receipt of postaxe stamps. z M D 5 4 W ii • e''..t 42 d , i, 1-.. 01 1111 !‘ l .-' 00 111 c 0 'S SYNOVITIC LOTION as modified ..4 a = 4 CO c , ".- - - 8 Vi Aß b j y ° Dr. Batchelour. Testimonials from the following per t: sons may be seen at Dr. Batchelour's, 12 , Finsbury - p lace South, 4 cl . Finsbury-square. CANCER : from Mrs. Brown, 2, Bevis-marks, City ; Mrs. Wilton, 24. De Beauvoir-terrace, Kingsland ; Mrs. A 01 to V 07 el 04 01 G 4 el 4 -jj ••4 Tioing, Hoxton-place, Epsom. WHITE SWELLING : from Mrs. P O 1 § ~.' Stevens, at Messrs. Berens & Co.'s, 33, St. Paul's-churchyard. t H h" - ''' 4 ' — “ t CI "- g: '' A 2 '4'. 'f',. S S l'-' , 4P IV' AL COMPLAINT: from Mr. Price, 23, Brick-lane, S pital -0 ~, fields ; Mr. W. Knight, Faversham. RHEUMATISM : from Mr. P. Ts di t, {4 4 C.= Smart, Somerset-place, Rotherhithe. SCALD HEAD: From Mr. fi - Carter, 38, Kingsland-road. 2 .. „Cdp . one) h. Dr. Batchelour is acting in unison with Mr. Major, the inventor o cn —t: 4 1''' '''' ' 2 c ' l 4. ' -2 w r. 2 .=. --. 10 , of the lotion, the most wonderful medicinal agent of modern times. .4 ;) - a, z o The lotion, with directions for use, is sold at 12, Fi nsbur y - p lace ; a South, Finsbury-square, and at George Watts' , 17, St r a nd, in bottles I • 1 I s . and 225. each. , 1 -: 5 4 c+l .0 M 1 ?I - -- z ';'-t t .. 5 m N 0 0 00 W. Thus A B, in 10 years, has saved and invested at different intos. vats various sums amounting to 971., by which he had been insured In case of death for 2601. 12s. 7d.; but A B requires 221.; he draws this sum out, and diminishes the value of his Policy by 601. Bs. 3d. at different times, leaving him in case of death a Policy for 2001. 4s. 44., and during his life a fund of 751. to draw out at any time, in part or wholly. The first claim settled by the Deposit and General Life Assurance Come Uy was upon a deposit of 101. which a parent made for each of five children, instead of a•'ding it to an account they had at the Saviturs Bank. One of them died a few days after the 10/. was de posited, and the father received 341. 65., being the amount of the De posit Polley EXAMPLE No. 2. Supposing A B, aged 23, when he opens a Deposit Policy has the ans, and continues VOLUNTARILY to pay the same sum every year i me n the sane way as he is COMPELLED to do in the ordinary system. Year. Age. ------ -- X £. s. d. 23 18 49 6 6 24 18 48 16 0 26 1 8 47 18 0 26 18 47 4 6 18 46 10 6 1855.. •• ... ..... •• .. 27 18 45 17 6 1855.••••••••••••••• 28 18 45 4 0 1857...•..•• •••• .. •• 28 44 10 6 1858.. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 30 , 18 43 17 6 32 18 1859....•••••••••••• 3. 18 43 4 0 1861...• •• •• •••• ••• 33 ? 90 206 7 6 to 37 N 1865....•.. • ...... •• 38 90 190 4 6 to•• •• 42 72 141 3 0 to 46 ------ -____ 432 1,000 4 0 1875. ....... •••••••• 47 ? 108 194 13 6 k ' to 52 1481-•• •• ••••• • •• • • 53 ? 90 147 18 6 to 0 1485 •• •••• •• •••• 58 1885.. 108 182 10 6 to 63 1891.. ...... •••••••• _ . 738 1,525 6 6 The premium 0'1 , 4/. commencing at 23 years of age, and paid upon an ordinary Policy (As IT MUST BE) evey year till A.B. is B Buys 'ears old, will secure the same sum, 1 r ,004., hut if A 7 years loader (which is the proba'ile duration of life at the time he eflecte,(l the insurance) his Deposit Policy, for the same payments as for an ordittarY Policy of 1,000/„ will have increased to 1,525/. Cs. Gd. GEORGE REEVES, 3,4, and 5, POPES HEAD ALLEY, 19, CORNIIILL, LONDON, (nearly opposite the South Entrance to the Royal Exchange), being determined to supply the Public with the very best WINES and •'•PIR ITS, at the lowest remunerating prices, begs to submit the tol lowing list for their consideration:— WINES. Good Draught Ports and Sherries • • ...... 245. per dozen. Superior ditto ( , econd to none) Very fine Old Crusted Port, 4 years in 80tt1e.... 425. per dozen. Fine Old Sherry, Pale or Brown .......... 423. per dozen. SPIRITS Gin of the finest Quality, 9s. 6d., 103 Bd., and 12s. per gallon. Fine Old Jamaica Rums. 10s. 8d„ 125., and 16s. per gallon. Glenßret and Campbelton Whiskies, imported direct, 5 years old, and 5 over proof, 20s. per gallon. G. It. having purchased, previous to the rise, 50 Hogsheads of Martell's Pale and Brown Brandies, 4 and 5 years old, feels disposed to offer them at the Original Prices, taking no advantage of the Is. advance in the markets. 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" The volume before us far surpasses in bulk, weight, and com pleteness any that has appeared before."—Literary Gazette, Nov. 5, 1853. " Such a handbook of the polite, official, professional, and com mercial life of the greatest city in the world, as to demand unquali fied praise no less than universal admiration."—Shipping and Mer cantile Gazette, Nov. 5, 1853. o n e of the greatest wanders of this wonder-working age."— Church and State Gazette, Nov. 25, 1853. Kelly and Co., 19 and 20, Old Boswell Court, and all Booksellers. CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION. The commissioners re-assembled in the official residence of the Premier yesterday, and resumed their investigation. Commissioners present Right Hon. Mr. Lab:;uclaere (chairman) and Mr. Coruewall Lewis. The first witness examined was— _. . e fr e exercise o s e o f ry the ato s shores a o s f t t h o e i r m i v e l r y . That the y corporation t e h a l : se lately ies a and shores of the ri ver b eyond the powers of bailiff or con and of the to o m hold f the actspgroundf ownershipo a r soil of the over y er river, the and si in particular had taken upon themselves to make grants to parties possessed of wharfs or land on the banks of the river, and to other persons whom they thought fit, giving them license to embank the strand of the river between high and low water mark. It then stated the grant made to Mr. Cubitt, in May, 1843, already mentioned ; another grant made to the Atlas Insurance Company for an embankment at Rotherhithe, in April, 1843, for which the corporation received 2001, ; and a third grant made to Cor nelius Park in May, 1843, for an embankment at Battersea, for which the corporation received 101.; and it charged that the two last-mentioned embankments would be nuisances and obstructions to the navigation. It also alleged that the corporation had made a great many similar grants to other persons, and had received large sums of money for them, and it required a discovery and account of the same. The information required the corporation also to set forth, under what charter, letters patent, or other grant they claimed to be entitled to the soil, or to have had their title recognised or confirmed, and it concluded with praying that the rights of the Crown and of the corporation respec tively might be ascertained and declared by the decree of the Court, and that if it were necessary that issues at law should be tried, the same may be tried under the di rection of the Court ; and if it should appear that the cor poration had no title to the soil, that the grants to the other defendants might be declared null and void. The in formation also prayed on account of the fines, rents, and profits received by the corporation for licenses to embank, and that they might be decreed to pay the same to the Crown, and that the title of the Crown might be decreed and established to the avoiding multiplication of suits. The corporation have been loud in their complaints that the Crown has adopted an oppressive mode of proceeding in suing them in the Court of Chancery rather than in a court of law. It is the privilege of the Crown to sue in what court it pleases. In the present case, even if the right to a discovery had been waived, the question of title between the Crown and the corporation could not have been effectually tried in any other court than the COurt of Chancery, to which the equity jurisdiction of the Court of Exchequer had been transferred. An information of in trusion against the corporation of London, grounded upon their licenses to embank, could not have been sustained at law, for the licenses contained no grant of soil ; and if such informations had been filed against the grantees acting under them, although the grantees might have been evicted, the corporation, being no parties to the suit, would not have been bound by the results of them, and endless actions might have been tried without ever settling the question between the Crown and the corporation. In March, 1844, the corporation and the town clerk entered their appearance to the information. An unusual length of time was con ceded to them for answering the same, on the assurance of the City Solicitor that they would answer fully and com pletely. At length, on the sth of July, 1844, they put in both an answer and a demurrer, answering only so much of the information as charged that the licensed embank ments were nuisances, and demurring to all the rest of it, alleging that the Crown was not entitled to any relief in a court of equity, or to any discovery from the defendants concerning the other matters in the information mentioned. The demurrer was argued before the Master of the Rolls, in January, 1845, and on the 17th of April, 1845, his lordship overruled it. (8 Beavan, 270; Law Journal, vol. xiv., p. 305.) The corporation thereupon ap pealed to the House of Lords, and on the 26th of March, 1848, the House of Lords affirmed the judg ment of the Master of the Rolls. (1 H. L. Cas., 440.) In the month of July following the corporation put in a fur ther answer. The Attorney-General applied 'to the Court for leave to file exceptions to the answer as insufficient. The motion was opposed by the corporation, and by arrangement ordered to stand over till Michaelmas Term. The motion was heard, and an order made giving Nave to except. The exceptions were filed, and, in the usual course of practice, referred to the Master. The exceptions were argued, and on the 22d of December the Master al lowed them. The corporation appealed to the Master of the Rolls by way of exception to the Master's report. The case was argued during three days in the month of February, and on the 4th of April, 1849, the Master of the Rolls gave judgment, overruling the defendant's excep tions and confirming the Master's report with costs. (Law Journal Reports, vol. xviii., p. 3144 The corporation thereupon appealed to the Lord. Chancellor. The appeal was heard during several days in December, and on the 14th of January, 1850, the Lord Chancellor finally dis missed the appeal with costs. (Law Journal Reports, vol. .. . xix., p. 314.) After the judgment on their appeal the cor pbration put in a third answer, which was deemed to be still insufficient, and on the 26th of February the Attor ney-General obtained an order referring all the answers back to the Master upon the old exceptions. On the 6th of March, 1850, the Master made his report, finding the answers still insufficient. After three answers reported insufficient, the course of practice was to move for a seques tration against the defendants, and, notice of such motion having been given, the corporation at length, on the 19th of April, 1850, put in their fourth answer, setting forth in the first schedule a list of charters and documents which they claimed to be exempt from producing on the ground that they were evidence of their own title to the soil, and did not tend to prove the title of the Crown, anti in the second schedule minute books and presentments relating exclusively to the conservancy of the river. An order was made for the production of the last-mentioned documents. The examination of them was commenced on the 15th and continued till the 29th May, and the result of the examination made it expedient to amend the informa tion ; but I was advised first to prosecute further searches for ancient and other d Icumentary evidence bearing upon the points in controversy. Instructions were given to Mr. Fearnside, the keeper of land revenue records and enrol ments, and also to Mr. Hewlett, to make such further searches. Reports having been made by these two gentle men, which, though incomplete, were sufficient for the present purpose, I instructed counsel to prepare the amend ments required to be made in the information ; the purport of the amendments being, to place upon the record charges negativing the statements in the answers that the corpora tion had been immemorially seised of the bed and soil of the river, and that their title had been recognised or confirmed by Royal charters, and to show that any acts of ownership on which they might rely were attributable to their office of bailiff and conservator ; that their applica tion for, and acceptance of, charters was inconsistent with their alleged right by immemorial possession ; that other grants had been made, and acts of ownership exercised by various Sovereigns, acts of Parliament passed, and decrees made in courts of law or equity, also inconsistent with such alleged right ; and that the title of the Crown had been declared in various courts of law or equity, and evi denced by the returns to divers inquisitions in several reigns. The proposed amendments likewise alleged that the Court of Conservancy was a court held under and for the Sovereign, and showed that the matters in which the defendants had for some time past assumed to act as owners of the soil were matters which for merly they would have taken and ought to take cog nisance of as conservators of the river, and that the licenses in the information mentioned were granted by the corporation in violation of the duties of their office. In February, 1851, I applied to the Master, as re quired by the practice of the Court, for leave to amend the information. The corporation opposed the application, but the Master made the order. The information was amended and filed. The defendant then applied by motion to the Master of the Rolls to discharge the order, giving leave to amend the information, but the motion was re fused. The Solicitor-General did not press for costs, the defendants engaging not to present any further appeal. The defendants were not required to answer the amended information, but they were at liberty to answer if they pleased ; andon the 30th of April, 1851, they put in a fur ther answer, not making any new case, but still resting their title on immemorial possession and claiming a right to apply the proceeds of the shores and embankments to their own use. On the 3d of May, 1851, replication was filed, and the cause was at length brought to issue and ripe for the examination of witnesses. Since then about 200 ancient records have been proved in evidence on behalf of the Crown, and from 50 to 100 still remain to be procured from the various record offices. No evidence has yet been given ou the part of the defendants. In conclusion, I may state that the reports of Mr. Fearnside and Mr. Hewlett, containing merely an analysis of the documentary evidence in support of the title of the Crown, extend together to 420 brief sheets. The Chairman—When do you think that that cause will be decided? Mr. Pemberton—lt is impossible for any one to say. The corporation of London have not gone into any evidence at all, and it is likely they will apply for time. Mr. C. Lewis—How does the exercise of the right to the soil of the river stand now ? Does the City claim to exercise the same right over the soil of the Thames as it did before you filed your information, or is the right in abeyance? Mr. Pemberton -- The right is, in fact, in abeyance, but the corporation go on granting their licenses to embank, giving the Commissioners of Woods and Forests 14 days' notice before doing so. Mr. C. Lewis—Has the Crown exorcised a similar right ? Mr. Pemberton—l do not recollect any other case of the Crown doing so except in that of the embankment for the foundations of the New Houses of Parliament. We em banked there without any license from the City. We ad mit, however, that if a proposed embankment would be injurious to the navigation of the river, the corporation of the City have the right to stop it ; but the Crown in no way recognises their right to the soil of the river. The Crown does not dispute the right of the City to the con servancy—at least, I would qualify that statement by say ing that if the right be disputed at all it would be done by the Admiralty, and I do not represent that department. Mr. C. Lewis—Your case, then is, that the City are, and have been, from time immemorial, the c,onservatotrhtsheeojifurrtihse- river; but all the acts that they have Bono, and diction which they have exercised, have b een i n river. o Mr.ca pacity Pemberton—Yes of conservators course we say th a t th ey of ; the butf have exercised their power. T m h r o . m il i e t c n k ess ex th am en in w ed it_hd l re al- . a wharfi nger, an d carry on business at Isleworth. lam also a slate, lime, coal, and Thames.timber sea,an di have merchant, ,ivletbboeue gn b e innld various eo o ub w se n eo e nf r the hoonef long barges plying on the acquainted with the not allowed to carry goods up and down the river,because I have not been apprenticed to alice e \ a rmau If permittedns British il N, colonies, es . , I a i m grievance is, that I am not with other people's property, Ivhicli. absurd a regulation as if no man were to load myber e g a e: appears en u i t t o t e m ( to b l e to own a ship or to sail her to any part of the world P unless he had served his apprenticeship to the sea. Mr. C. Lewis—Do the licensed watermen charge a higher rate for their services than other persons would ? Mr. Be, k—l do not know that they do, because thew is considerable competition i n th e business, w hich lc e e s eg down the rate of freight, but that there wo uld be e , n g o r pe n I amount of business done if the trade we re thro feel per Chairfectl satisfied. ; ts to make as The y man—Have you any cemPla'n regards the conservancy of the river ? is, and, on account Mr. Beck—The river abounds in ''lloseo pu t to great ex of the shallowness of the wat er, we 'There is not a free pence in rigging out landin ,F.,' passage up to our wharves-gads u p the river to Islewortb, ton WI for conveying our g°, rov ing the navigation. In egtity charg,os us 23 . d. per and it expondsuo nioney u i'; does not do its duty as cons,. rva- fact, tile City coreu_ _ r% tors of the ThauL" . .„. au)) , De judged of from the fact e absurdity of their regulations a$ regards ray bun'av"" Mr. Edward Leigh Pemberton, who stated—l am solici• tor to the Board of Inland Revenue, and have held that appointment since 1830. The Chairman—ln that capacity have you become ac quinted with the nature of any disputes which have taken place between your office and the corporation of the city with regard to the soil and the conservancy of the Thames ? Mr. Pemberton—l have. The Chairman—State what you know with regard to that. Mr- Pemberton—l beg to state, in the first place, that I attend hero at the request of the commissioners, to afford such information as they may call for. It is now more than sixteen years since it first came to my knowledge that the corporation of London, who have long held the office of bailiff and conservator of the river Thames from Staines to Icrautlet had exercised acts of ownership on the soil and shores of the river quite beyond their jurisdiction as con servators, and amounting to encroachments on the property and prerogative rights of the Crown. The title of the cor poration to the conservancy, the nature of the office, and the duties and authorities appertaining to it, are stated in Lord Hale's treatise " De Jure Maria" ; Pars Prima, c. 5. In the spring of 1837 the Solicitor to the Admiralty called my attention to an act which had been passed in the ses sion of 1836, for making a Tier, wharf, and other works at Greenwich, which act contained.a clause directing payment of a fine and rent to the corporation of London for the liberty of digging foundations in the shore and bed of the river, and to a bill then in progress through the House of Commons for amending and extending the said act. The clause in question had been inserted without the knowledge of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Land Revenue, and as far as I could learn, without the sanction of the Treasury or the Board of Admiralty. By the direc tion of the Board of Land Revenue, and after correspond ence and interviews with the City authorities, clauses (eventually settled by the Attorney-General and the counsel of the corporation) sere introduced into the Green wich Pier Extension Bill, repealing so much of the former act as directed payment of rent to the City, and saving the rights of the Crown in respect of its property in the soil, and of the corporation of London in respect of their office of conservators of the river. The proceedings on the Greenwich Pier Extension Bill and the embankment re quired for the new Houses of Parliament, which happened at the same time, together led to my investigating the the claim of title to the bed and shores of the river, set up by the corporation of London. I collected all the materials I could at that time get togther embracing the published City charters and all the acts of ownership I could find to have been exercised on either side and laid a statement of them before the Attorney and Solicitor-General, the present Lord Chief Justice of England, and the Lord Chancellor. The law officers gave their opinion that the evidence in support of the title of the Crown greatly preponderated, and that none of the charters contained apt words for passing the soil, but they advised that the Crown should not voluntarily enter into litigation, but act as if its title was undoubted. Reports of proceedings in the court o f Common Councilhaving been published in the newspapers, by which it appeared that the corporation had granted, or were about to grant licenses to embank portions of the river, and that they were granting such licenses not merely in the character of consevatorse, but in the assumed characters of owners of the soil of full r iver, I wrote to the C: ty Solicitor for copies or ranted par ticulars of the licenses gra nted, or about to begran , by the corporation. I afterwards received from him a copy nof a license grant ed to Mr. Cubitt to make an embank , went in front of prem ises in his occupation the Isle of Dogs. This was the only license, of which a copy was sent to me, but it was in a printed form, and it was evident that similar licenses had been granted, or were about to be granted, to other persons. The license grant r h t e fully framed. It did not contain any actual to strand or soil of the river, but it pro essegrant full permission and authority to Mr. Cubitt to em an bank it, with a covenant that he should quietly hold the embankment without interruption by the corporation of London or any person claiming under them, The corporation were not described as conservators of the river, an th d there was nothing on the face of the instru ment to imply at they granted that license merely as conservators. On the contrary, it was so framed as to imply that they granted as owners of the soil, more especially as the grant was expressed to be made for a pecuniary consideration. By the order of the Board of Woods I consulted the Attorney and Solicitor-General (Sir Frederick Pollock and the late Sir William Follett) and they were of opinion that the claim of the ownership of the soil of the river being now openly made on the part of the corporation, and acts having been done by them in asser tion of the rights claimed, it was desirable that the ques tion between the Crown and the corporation should be set at rest, and that an information should be filed in the Court of Chancery against the corporation and the grantees of licenses to embank, praying that the rights of the Crown and of the corporation respectively might be ascertaned and declared, and that if it were necessary to determine such rights by issues at law, that such issues might be tried under the direction of the court. Accordingly, in Hilary Term, 1844, an information was filed by the At- torney-General in the Court of Chancery against the Cor poration of London and their town-clerk, and against Mr. Cubitt and several other persons to whom the corporation had granted licenses to make embankment obstructions of which were complained of as n u i sances and s to the navigation. The information stated that the Crown, by virtue of its prerogative, was seised of the ground and soil of the coasts and shores of the sea and of navi gable rivers, within the flux and reflux of the tide, and, throughout the kingdom,among others, of the river Thames, and had the right of empire and government over them ; th a t th e Corporation of London had for a very long period, by prescripti on or gr a nt front the Crown, held the o ffi ce of bailiff or conservator of the river Thames from Staines to Yantlot ; and that the duty the biff or conservator mss to see to the navigation of the river prevent n u i sances an d obstructions therein, and to regulate the fishing th ereo f ; b u t th a t h e did no t , b y vi r t ue of his office, acquire any estate or iaterest in the ground and sell TRUSTEES. The Right honourable the Lord Viscount Drumlanrig, p.r ilotnptrol ler of her !! , f tjesty's Household. Major-General Sir W. 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John Barrow, Queen's College, and the Rev. J. E. Earle, Oriel College, Pro fessor of Anglo-Saxon, were elected auditors, and the following gentlemen were elected members of the society: —Mr. ,T. Campbell Colquhoun, Trinity College ; Mr. James Percy Kane, Trinity College ; Mr. Charles Bowyer, Trinity College ; Mr. W. Jeffcocks, Worcester College ; Mr. J. Talbot, Christ Church ; Mr. R. Har rington Christ Church. Th e secretary, Mr. Ly g on, proposed a vote of thanks to the Principal of Bthrasenos Prin- e College, the president of the past ye, which e cipal ac knowledged, and the meeting adjourned. JIIRISPRUDENOR AND MODERN HISTORY.—SECOND PUBLIC, EXAMINATION. The following gentlemen, whose names are alphabeti cally arranged, offer themselves for examination in the school of jurisprudence and modern history, which com menced this morning, viz : Akinson, James A., Exeter i Hill, Nicholas Frank, New Barker, George W. Christ Holford, John H., Wadham Beesley, Edward S.,Waclhaml Jackson Henry M., Trinity Bode, G. C., Magd alen Hall King, Charles W., Trinity - Cocks, Henry 8., Exeter Longrigg, William, Queen' Maude, Thomas W.,Balliol Coleman, James, Oriel 3 Cookson, Charles H., Oriel Moore, Henry, Worcester Edwards Thos. H., Exeter Oldham, James, Trinity Eliot, William, Wadham Thorley, Gee. y, E., W a dh am Fanshawe, H. L., New Valentine, J. W., "licr e ib a ,„ — Gibbons, Frederick, Balliol Wilder, Frederick, N a Girtin, Thos. H.,Pembroke 1 Willey E. Fi. ( ew ' Guile, Charles . Wadham l Wilson WW. O. - p . : 1 $ 11 : 1 7 0 1 1 8 Harrison, L. J., 17nivers0..1 Woodhouse, T., S t . T _, , ' Joh n 'a THE NEW ACT ON BETTING-110IISES.—Thursday the new act on betting-houses came into operation, and it. is understood to be the intention of Government to en force the new law. Some projects have been started to continue betting-lists, such as selling pictures or form ing clubs, but when it is known that one-half of the penalties will go to the informers, the parties will ruu great danger if they attempt to evade the statute. Scot land is exempted from the act, and should it be neces sary, will be added in the next session of Parliament. The object of the act is not to interfere with horse-rae ing, but only to abolish betting-offices, than 700 h a d b een opened in the metropolis. Thereobe of which more I are 20 pro v i s i ons in the act. No house or office is t kept f or th e purpose of betting. Betting-offices . be considered as common g aming-hous it e i s i . A or without hard 1001., or six months' imprisonment, s w or occupiers of bet penalty toI labour, is to be imposed on own m er onths, imprisonment, tine-houses, and 501 or three on persons receiving ., oey d ou money so received may be paying money an on the event of any bet, c o o r nd tw iti o on m recovered. A penalty of 301., or exhibiting placards, months imprison reed on per penalties, with costs, ment, may be enforced The houses. , go to the or advertising betting and one-half to by distress, poor rates. An appeal may be recovered tiler to the Suspected houses informers, and the o rter Sessipus. to the Qua . is given may be searched. = i,843 496 645 2 ,383 2,215 8 i 3 2,2 35 3,623 • I