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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, E beg to offer you our grateful acknowledg- Menti tor the honour you have conferred upon us by re elee,Ttb.lB us Into the Di rec ti on . 18 'ing that the Proprietors will ever find us deserving of the Ce they have repo; ed. in us, We have the honour to - be, With great respect, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, Your most obedient and very humble Servants, HENRY ALEXANDER. W. H. LESLIE MELVILLE. JAMES OLIPHANT. H. T. PRINOEP. JOHN SHEPHERD. TO TIIE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. nral' Ab lES AND G ENTLEMEN , jurlE proceedings of this day having terminated bir in the Election of Mr..D. C. Marjoribabks tor a se t in the :_ection of your affairs, have the honour to inform you, that it is 4 7 InY fixed deternthiation to proceed to the Ball t upon the first the honour which may occur, and t,) renew my earnest solicitation for of your support. Q u ' o t !_.! to assure you that the result of my canvass to this tlme,pin priin, remises of su,,port front a very large p ,o of those %% horn the election of 3ir. 1). ;.t Marioribsn rto ks has set free, ts my entertaining the most sanguine expectation of ruccess .7 next occasion. y o lt WI:1 he my duty again 3.,,41 ) P - oral, the grounds wi,r r nu 4 . - :`, and t this I trateild bcknowledf "`,l Personally receiy, d, 1 have the tonour to be, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, Your most obedient Ser,ant, FREDERIC 11.11LLETT to submit to your insrection, and I trusi upon vehleh I have ventured to Eo.ieli shall address myself without delay. gments of the kindness with which - I have — P I T 7 lacrl lrook-strect, Apr:ll3, !853. TO TILE PROPRIETOI:s OF E tSr INDIA STOCK. ANn GENTLEMEN, election of this day having terminated in hiinsolavour of Mr. Majorityanks. and Mr. Millett having declared road3' to proceed t.) the Poll on the next vacant y, I beg to ett . in ee to You that it is not my intention to oppose a gentl eman %vet entl Y qUalitled by his public services to take a part in the hment ' ° of India. I trust, howev e r, th a t hi s success w ill enable t neo l u I , : resent melf before you oir a succeeding occasion, when, f,„„g e d by he favourable reception which I have already met Ritl re, ocit Tln a large body of Proprietors, who have been pleased to " MY long end not undietingu'shed services in India, I look cuullt tic to a satisfactory result. I have the honour to be, LADLE; AND GENTLEMEN, Your most obedient Servant, 122, West bourne-terrace. 13th April, 1853. L. R. READ. A/PUNT CARBON CHARTERED COAL and IRON COMPANY. ......_. • Offices, 30, Backl ers b ury . tets 111-1112LP,IrectorIn thes hereby give Notice tha the AL LOTMENT 0' 1 4 , .. Mount Carbon Company is t COMPLETED. Al:ot f Bankers roefq Barnard; 50 7iteel to pay the amount of their subscriptions to andthe h .,C Mpany, megsrs_Dlmsdlle, Drewett, Fowler, or before ' t orrda, or to the Commercial Bank, Lothbuiy, on SalUrday next, the 16th instant. By Order of the BoarJ, Nted Apr:l 12, 1853. W. A. ROBBER, Sec. "Divide about the broad bride cake, Round about the b r id e ' s stake."—ltEx Jostsox. N v.. E L I DING BREAKFAST S BALL SUP ry , PER, and DINNERS, provided entire, in Town or Court recil"3: afessrs. PURSSELL, Cornhill, including Wine? of the most Att:'elle description, and use of Plate, Linen, China, Glass, and ro,,,ndance • Seats Tables, L'ghts, i , auctng hollands, and Instru t4r,t.,4l Mus ' ic ; Wei ' ldin.= lid Invitation Stationary, as in Paris; to r ." d gelt, Post or other; Le; an elegant assortment of Bride Cakes to ; el ection ; Di and srt and Evening Ices. A competent person sent kgt,!'„ e ive Orde•s and give ILstuctiouS as to the Management of hi" Laillinciits. thoZ e • -- Messrs. PUBSSELL have no other B us i ness P rem i ses except -` lil Cornhill, near the Royal Exchange. ti O RENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.— Ni d . l' E ssee, CHARLES E. LAURENT, Onslcw-house, Fulham the sv ~.'ren Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, during liN iv e s4 ", " The Thistle," " Shainroc,," "Rose," and "Amin." Vgi eri :, Ile "Napoleon" Galoo, "Le Cirque' Quadrille ; "La boors % 'Juno," and "Steeplechase" Polkas.— Admission, Is. te rrn iiepen at Ilalf-past Eight; tio commence at Nine o'clock, and ` ate at Ilalf-past Eleven. LOANS nit NTED. 'l4olThorr EXCHANGE ADVANCE FUND, 2, 4 uroad-str Adelphieet, -ter City.race, Strand, facing the r i ver; City Liraneh, 3, The Right Hon. Lord ERSKINE, Chairman. Loan s advanced, in sums of 10/. upwards. granted on a joint ;e_nissory note, repayabl by easy instalments, or on the deposit !!!!dri or other available securities. . 143 0 1 exchange cashed at obtained at of interest rrn ot applicatioa may be obtained at the Offices, or on forward % 12 Postage stamps. BROOKS, Secret ry. THENEW FEATURE IN LIFE ASSURANCE. DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE 18 ASSURANOE COMPANY, CAPiTAL--, New Bridge-street, Bhickfriar s . L ondon. ONE HUNDRED EcTOll.3 TH OUSAND FOUNDS. DIR %arillan—The Right Hon. the Vise-unt Drum ALP*, P.C., B.C,2lnptroller of her 3lajesty's liousehal. 9.lloWley Barnes, Esq., 11, Cit) J -road Finsbury iokleel Clarke, E sq , late 17th Lancers,Junior United Service .je Club . . tri e r C 'oode, Esq., Portl and-terrace, Wandsworth, and itev Ir, St g te lees, Je, 8,7 I' e wCracknall, E.g.. I, St. John's-g ar d ens, Notting hill, and 11, exv-sq .are,eeoiches, M. 0., Davies street, Berkeley-square, and Lutterworth, esterskire Lrg6 ye R 44x,tano E joesq., 15, Connaught-square, Ilyde-park, and Tcr , Srd.b Ire. tiojeder Maclean Esl„ Harrow-on-the-Hill. Wiui,, rn • hole• Esq., ' 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square. Itophia'ee ut:estuseP, 1., 147, Leadenhail-street, and 8, 1,13de-park brlr,t,4ndrew Riddell, Esq. Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. It ‘io ' is nia n, 21, Upper S eyrn ' our- street West, Connaught -Square. Perling, 14, St. Jarnes'a-square. i . 111,,, n AUDITORS. , l tittti ' 8 %. 126, St - and, Actuary and Secretary to the Medical, wiiii„,%liold General Lite "thee. 4 ', P tek, V ie s, Esq , Accountant, 3, Gull lhall-chambers. -41 , ' s q., 11. A., 'Actuary to the Engineers and Ala..con'c Life 344, Strand. Sit b IteBst:lr Price, Marryat, an ß d A r;o K ., 3;Eing William-street, London. 131. `,Pkinson and Co., 3, Regeir- street. ' Le *le t..., PHYSICIAN 3. br. sealiiiinshney.pl•tca '2l ' tip Per ' &3/nlone-street West, Connaught-square. Alich "a P r ' l 4n BUDGEONS. ll,ael T„va - .I 16, T, Lower Seymour street. Portman-square. 44, 43°1:acei'tcr-place. Ilyde-park-gardens. orisuLTlNo ACTUARY. t ' e S G. P. Neison, E q., P.L.S. INSPECTOR OF AGENCIES. Wi lUßnia ~,, F. P. N. strousbeer, Esq !vent STANDING COUNSEL. 'ngtOo Cooper, Esq., New-square, Lincoln's-inn. 11ec... SOLICITORS. ''... Bill and Mathews St. Mary-axe. RESIDENT SECRETARY. bethepo..,pllblio I, or Charles W. Bevan, Esq. by. 41; S Yste, or 'Pectittly invited to examine the principles of the /.41 9., b'l u nder th_ A ssurance . which is based upon tables calculated , Con, lithe Cons mediate supervision o', Francis (1. P. Nelson, Menty r t o ngTabli,s,ulti Actuary to the Company'. of ju3su nest hirthi a -8 se 5001 on death, by a person aged r . y , on the ORDINARY and on the DEPOSIT system ( : ) -N . Tin. — ORDINARY SYSTEM. i The sum the ordinary The Bum the Life oMces would give At the ordinary Lilt him if he were unable ni Offices would to Pay, or it he omit ed to Annual ,'' give hint for to pay his current .4 tee m _. iti t'S When PollOY the surrender annual prumium of end of at that' or sale - Si ca. 3d. after he has ti fri u , yea 4 .. 8 . re, . are, of his policy, p aid into their coffers the pal.), in •••••, Ow . ~. , ca se, after thirty .0 249/.7s Gd., and which ri,, years-iy lof Iyears'payments they have bad the use A old, , death I amounting Edo of at compoun liewillhave will be I 249/. 7s. 6d. In crest, or in 13 6 Paid into ' worth'which theyhave the event of his death i the office. 'had the benefit one hour after such . - of at compound omission o inability ..... • .----,—__ interest. to pay. I„________ i d 1.6e.3~~ little more ,2491.78.6 d 5001. than 8..1. NOTHING, perhaps 90/. • ON THE DEPOSIT SYSTEM. If ur abli , t o pay, or not desirous of paying or • omitting topay,thePo- Hey would still remain of its ruu. value, 5221.2s.7d.tilldeath, if 20 years of ter, no fur ther payment beingre quired. Ifhowever the party, from any cause, wished to cancel the Policy, he could not onlydraw out all hehas 0 7 1 put in, viz., 2251., but . 48 o il 2 . 5 /. 522/.257d 287/. 2s„ 9d. a certain bonus of 621. 2s. 9d. in the bargain, which is more than one-fourth of the whoie of his payments, or he could either draw out a part, 201. or 501., diminishing the Policy only by the assured value of the sum se drawn out at the age when withdrawn. See pagess and 7 in detailed pamphlet, by F. G. P. Nelson, Esq. _ On corn„„_----.----.".—*.7-----------._ comna,..;,. _„ ander th,-z7'. vr these two tables it will he seen that a person lag advantagesi sYStern of DEPOSIT assurance can secure the follow 2dly. In th 4 fit via., I st. For a le?s sum, underay.h can assure a l in case of death than the . ordinary syste i m. in nag co e event of a desire to surrender his Policy he can rece ve Taitzx tirn MPan Y. b3' the above example, which applies to all ages, Of In a b l i, es as much as on the ordinary , 3' or °Mission to pay, his ordinary-system, 3rdly. In the event o f the . policy remains still his property, for aris e value as it was, though he cease his current payments Zt4in"l"4tber of years; whereas on the ordinary system,decrase getse 6 .ou nt of Iv _ 1, Should he require l to es i e n r cr e as e Me can at any tim , ', ... Y Rivin g a ~.1 * Po leY, he can do so at p e . part from 11 up to the :ihol e . mrtnight's notice, withdraw any i terest. After he naa ...,,`Tleunt of his previous payments and with n y, urs, n ulralyn part one year he can, by a single paym , ent three even !ts f.,,,f!? 511 7 time afterwards. raise his policy to a greater or regulate D I,,;"'e" " amount ; and by this system he can at all tinv .fi r the bar,.,rnial savings by his annuli expenditure, with the facility me as in - 1 1," of haying a fund to fly to in case of necessity, the sa lete. rest f u an 4 With this palpable advantage, however, that he gets gu ll .... ot his savings. In ordinary Life Offices le can be e e ' i ng, but his policy at once lapses ors cancelled the moment len 4 ses to pay his current premiums, and, instead of having an t y bed ° ,flY to for aid, all his hat •bearned savings become forfeite f d hi o s ta„.,alety, and his misfortunes serve to benefit the pockets o itieeli, rtunate co-assurers. atm b l!_e aYstem is too e luitable and too striking to be h o i ve h rlooke h d e shi,e,..POSIT assurance is the only system of assurance i w s er c e i can mpar. lalivally recognised ald adopted when the princie con(e.lanvassed, and its palpable benefits become widely diffused It fair ;ate Of t ri ,'; greater advantages than a bank because it allows a h„,,_ , rest in case of withdrawal, and gives twice the amount in the ,;`,." .. es of the Company to the representatives of the Depositor in - . 4 v of death, thus combining the kr'VaNTA.GES OF A BANK WITH THE BENEFITS OF in ea u . AN ASSURANCE COMPANY. 'Yak— , _ are or endowment assurances the advantages of the DEPOSIT St ill More striking. -01ANTAGES OF THIS COMPANY UNDER THE ORDINARY To tv. LIFE ASSURANCE BRANCH. li.ooocose Who prefer this branch Policies are granted from 201. to Li.y.L. ( T ev erY known principle thereof. Neetel i ' , l all but the worst singes of disease, and such as have been i c/ 1 1, _..sey other Offices, are taken at rates equivalent to the part - 4 ; . an i s "e* h al _ from 501. and Upwards granted on every kind of security, josu_r Personal, on the most equitable terms to the borrower priZei;insL_lties of every description granted on very favourable terms. forfeiture of a . Follcy.—ln case of inability to pay the currant nyarinnla, the Directors will eitner purchase the Policy at a fair retiatValne, or give a new one in lieu thereof, less 5 per cent., inte- Vfidrtrestrondinz in amount to the whole of the previous payments 110,:r_t nave been made. _alled prospecruays with tables in further illustration of the Dc ,4o_ Voter:a, and any further information may be obtained on appli "ml to the Agents in the.country, or to 011.A.RLES W. BEVAN, Ikaident Secretary. ißczAgeLis wanted itt all parts of the World. No. 18,895.] PATRON-H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. —Mrs. Beecher Stowe's Popular Work on Slave , y Plus traced in an Optical Exhibition, with Vocal and Instrumental Music and New Dissolving Scenery, Morning and Evening. Lentil* es : By J. H. Pepper, Esq.—Half-hours with the Anc ent and Modern Chemis's ; by 1)1'. Bachhoffner, on Pneu.natieS, in which the Principle of the Fly's Foot and Walking on the Cei in; w ill be explained ; by Mr. Crispe, on Ericeson's Calm ic Engine. Adm!ssion, Is. ; Schools, and Children under Ten years of age, llalf•price. _ IL AGENTS.—Life Assurance Agents in any part of England may with advai.taze become Agents for - Fire Irslrance, and thereb , greatly extend their Life 1 t•im se. The Directors of the UNITY FIRE INSURANCE ASgOCIATION—an institution cstablishel on new and impott.tnt f rincink 5, and possess ing upwards of Two THOUSAND SHAREHOLDERS, whose DaMCS and address ,, s are published with the Prospectus—are ready to receive applications for Agencies, accompanied by referoact s. By looking over the List of Shareholders, applicants will probably find several to whom they are known. For terms, prospectuse), &c apply to THOMAS 11. B tYLIS, General Manager and Eeeretaty Chef Offices, 41, Pall Mall, London. .NORTH OF SPAIN RAILWAY. Bayonne, Ir un, St. Sebastian, Tolosa, Bilboa, Vitoria. Miranda, Briviesca, Burgos, Palencia, Valladolid, Avila, L'Escurial, Madrid. Capital 29,925,000 piastres. 315,000 shares of 95 piastres each for Spain, 500 francs for France, or 201. for England. Deposit 19 piastres in Spain, 160 francs in France, or 4/. hi England. One fifth of the capital has been subser bed in Spain, two-fifths In France, and two fifths remain for appropriation in England. President-1 he Duke De Riansares. Bankers in Paris—Messrs. Rothschild, Paris. Bankers in London—Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and Co.; the London and County Bank. Bankers in Bordeaux—Messrs. Ezpeleta et Fi's. Agents in London—Messrs. C. Devaux and Co., 62, King William street, City; to whom applications for shares may be made. The North of Spain Railway is about 685 kilometres, or 427 miles long, inc'uding the branch to the port of Bilboa. The projectors have already obtained the concession for 99 years, of the Spanish portion. which traverses a distance of 650 ki °metres, or 406 miles. They have paid 750,000 piastres (157,0001.), the caution money, and they are in actual treaty with the French Government for the section from Bayonne to the Spanish frontier ; the length of which is only 35 kilometresor 21 miles. The Spanish Govprnr, , --t irearantees to the Company, on a maxi mum ca„ital c: es (6,315,7891.), a inimmum interest of 7 per cent., in .tiling I per cent. to be applied to a sinking hind. The provinces and comn tines traversed by this railway, as well as the contigvous provinces and communes, have agreed to share with the overinnent the responsiblity of this guarantee. The Spanish Government, perceiving the great advantage which must result to the public revenue by the encouragement of railways, which .tevelop the various sources of national wealth, have faithfu ly adhered to the guarantees they have given ; and even in cases where companies have not been able to perform their engagements, the Government has returned to such companies, whether native or foreign, the entire sums paid as cautionary deposit. In o; der to secure to the shareholders in the North of Spain Rail way the full value of the guarantee of 6 per cent., and 1 per cent. sinking fund, a general contract has been already made for the pur chase of the land, the construction of the whole line, and for rolling stock, plant, &c., according to the requirements of the Government, at a price within the guaranteed capital. The contractor has depo sited 500,000 piastres or 105,2631., as a guarantee for tin due fulfil ment of the contract, and is to leave 5 percent. out of each certific ,te in the hands of the directors as a further security, until such reserves shall amount, to the sum deposited. The contract price cove - s all expenses incurred in surveys and otherwise np to the present time, and leaves a fund of about 10 per cs nt. of the capitol in, the hands of the directors, to meet the general expenses of the undertaking, and to pay interest at the rate of 5 per cent. pa* annum to the shareholders during the course of construc tion. The North of Spain Railway connects Madrid with several provin. cial chief towns, forming points of convergence of various high roods, such as Vitoria, where ~eren meat. Burgos, Valladolid, and Avila, are also the centres of similar streams of traffic. The North of Spaitillailway traverses most important industrial districts, such as the provinces of Biscay, Guipuzcoa, and Alava. It runs also through districts rich in wools, wines, and corn—districts producing much more than they can either consume, or at present, export • ana which, to gain access to the h ome an d f ore i gn markets, need only those iacilities of economical transport which this railway will provide. The North of Spain Railway will establish a thorough communi cation b tween the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Starting from Bayonne and Bi_boa it will proceed through Irma, St. Sebastian, To osa, and Vitoria tb Miranda At Miranda it reaches the river Ebro, which is now being canalised down to the port of Alfaques, on the shores of the N; ed .terranean. At Madrid also it will be placed in communication with the great line of railway now in course of constructon between the capital and Valencia. Another very important feature or this great undertaking is that at Valladolid it will reach the river Douro, which runs to Opo:to ; and lastly. at Madrid, it will be brought into connexion with the Aratjuez Railway, which wall be continued first to Badajoz to met the Portuguese hire to Lisbon, next to Cordova, and - thence to Seville and Cadiz. To e•timate the advantages which such data promise to the North of Spain itailway, the distinction between spanteh, English, and French railways must be kept in view. First, —The cost of construction is greater in England or France, because laud is of a higher value than in Spain. Labour is much dearer in England and its France than in Spain. Bails :vs° and engines bear in France a ptice somewhat extravagantly high, in consequence of the protection given to home industry, wht.st into Spain they are imported from England free of duty.. Seconds , -The return from railways in England or France are of much slower development than in Spain, because in the fotmer countries railways have to compete• with already existing and long established means of conveyance, whilst in Spain railwayr, from the moment of their opening, absorb the %hole of the traffic. The returns are less profitable in England and France than in Span, because they can be secured only by incessant reductions upon the tariffs of the numerous competing means of transport; whi st in Spain the tariffs will, to a certainty, be largely remune rative, since they can rcasotably bu fixed at 50, 100, and even 200 per cent. above the Engl sh and French tariffs, and still remain much cheaper than the old means of transport, and be accordingly appreciated. These distinctions are well founded, and have received confirma tion from the results of all the existing railways in :vain; hence the Railway Company from Valencia to Akira has een compelled, after a few months' traffi-, to double the robing stock, which had been estimated sufficient for several years. Upon the line from Langreo, in the Asturias, the exorbitant tariff of 2 t centimes per kilometre and per ton sufficed to put down all competing means of trail Toning the coal of the basin of Soma to she port of Gijon ; and, lastly, the line from Madrid to Aranjuez, on y 51 kilometres lung, and which runs to no centre of production or commerce, had in 1852. the first year or its working, a traffic of 300,u00 passengers, and 110,000 lons of mere andise. he estimates of the receipts to be expected from th's line have been framed under the special superintendence of the provincial, con-ular, and municipal corporstions of Biscay. end establish upon the existing traffic an inimeditue return of 5,150,000 piast. es, or 1,08 ;tlO/., which, after deducting 45 ter cent. for wore ing ex , doses, leaves a net profit upon the capital of the Company of to per cent. This estimate, however, is wholly irrespective f the in crease which impr.,ved means of transport invariably ensures. The Board of Direction will be nominated in the statutes of the U. mpany, and will consist of eiAht Spanish, four French, and tin ce English Directors. Three French Directors have teen appointed, viz.:— M. Ardouin, banker, Paris, 11. De Git 'maid', Paris, and M De Ezpeleta, Paris and Bordeaux. London, April 9, 1853. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. North of Spain Railway Company. To Messrs. C. Devaux and Co. Gentlemen, request you to allot me shares in the above undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the said shares, or any less number you may allot me, and to pay the sum of U. on each share al.otted, at the time to be specified in your letter of allotment Dated this day d 185 Re. id enee •.••••••••••.••••• Profession. NORTH OF SPAIN RAlLWAY.—Applica tions for Snares in this Company may be made to Messrs. C. Devonx &co , King William-Street, City. 13th April, 1853. iMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Ju; published, by 11. Rainier% 419, Regent-street, London. No I. 8 vo., In cloth, price 58. oy post free, Ss. 6d., 1 - 1 N TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA; A Y with the View to the C orrect i on of wide-spread Error* , n relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the enerative System, 1r Sexual Ilypochondriasis. Translated from 'he German of Dr. PICKFORD • - • Dr. Ficktore 'a known to English readers by his frequent practi ial contribution:. to German medical literature, This is the first rime, he informs us, that be has addressed himself to the non-medi :al reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall letect any other equally flagrant el4l which it may be in irib ower to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. "We tronbsed in a former number that we should recur to this wprlr, in order to exhibit its aim more clearly. The author lashes with great severity the impostors wi.co niake a livelihood by preying on the credulity of the public. The tribe of ' Quiet Symathisers,• and • Medical Friends,' are mei ci'essh exposed; arid if ails book :odd find its way into the hands of those who suffer from th com plaint of which it tre•itst, we are satisfied that msny lundreds would ue saved much needless strife lng tit body and mind, and what is of ess importance, th .ugh it is that which the quacks most prize— quich t oney ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the mpincal -ystem of treating Stiermatorrhcea, and to place the treat "wit upon a more rational and ph) siological basis. It is, therefore, to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. No. 11. Bvo., In cloth, price 3s 6d., by post free, 43., THE CURE OF ATILICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Princi. pies at once Simple, Bate, and Efficient, In even Its most Inveterate and eppareuty Intractable Foims. BY F. B. COURTENAY, _ _ Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 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The court was crowded to excess. The case consists of an action brought by M. Olympe and M. Onesippe Aguado, shareholders in the Constitutionnel, against M. Veron and M. Mires, for the purpose of having the sale of that journal made by the former to the latter declared null, and of an action brought by M. Adamole and M. Foucalt, also shareholders, against M. Veron alone, for the purpose of obtaining a division among all the share holders of 1,900,0001., the total sum paid by M. Mires, in stead of 720,0001., which alone had been divided among them. To both these actions M. Veron raised the prelimi nary objection that the Tribunal had no jurisdiction, but that they ought to be sent before arbitrators. M. Paillet appeared for M. Veron. He commenced by sayin g that M. Veron ard en tly d es i re d th a t th e case s h ou ld be publicly heard, but that the nature of it, and regard for the interests of others, required him to demand that it should be sent before arbitrators, and be gone into with closed doors. He then proceeded to describe the situation of the Constitutionnd. That journal, he said, was in 1844 purchased by M. Veron and 14 other persons for 432,500 f., and they formed a new company for carrying it on. The number of shares was fixed at 180, and the value of each at 3,000 f. The shares wore divided among the persons in pro portion to their interest in the old company. M. Wren was appointed sole manager (yerant) and a b so l u t e master of the journal. He alone d power to trace the political line it should follow, to choose the personnel, and to modify the form and price. The further power was given to him of making over any portion of his authority to any shareholder he might select. But, on the other hand, he was, in certain cases, rendered responsible for loss es , if any, to the amount of 200,000 f., and was to be the holder of at least 12 shares. To cover these losses, M. Veron was entitled to take half the profits, and when there were no losses his share in the profits was to be one-third. A committee of 7 sharehold ers was to watch over the interests of the journal, and the by-laws enacted that general assemblies of the shareholders should be invested with the power of snaking decisions which should be binding on all the ether shareholders. though absent; also, that any dispute which might arise with respect to the company, or to the liquidation of it, should be judged by three arbitrators nominated by the parties, or, in default of their doing so in a week, by the Tribunal of Commerce. The Constitutionnel, thus consti tuted, had different vicissitudes of fortune. In 1847 there was a loss of 290,090 f., and M. Veron took it on himself. He might then, by the statutes, have resigned the man agement, but he did not do so ; and before 1850 he had re covered the loss. From 1850 to 1852 his position became further removed. On the 31st of January, 1852, the Com mittee of Surveillance, in their report to the shareholders, stated that they were greatly indebted to him for his ser vices, and that his accounts were admirably kept. In 1847 M. Veron sold M. de Horny, for 100,090 f., the half of his part in the management of the journal, and this fact was of importance in the events which followed. In 1852 the fortune of the Constitutionnel changed ; the paper had to submit to severe financial and political trials. The Moni teur reduced its price from 120 f. to 401. a year, and this formed a disastrous competition for the Constitutionnel, both financially and politically. And this was not all ; the Pays, which was on the same side in politics, also reduced its price to 401. To these causes of ruin another was added. The Constitutionnel published an article on Bel gium, which created a profound sensation in the diplo matic circles and among the public. Called on for ex dil e e gi r v s l e a d t io i n t s o inspirationthe s from a p r l a m eadtt ex planations, ehn the Government highest mm statede sources.nt t h wa tThe m bnat ra elw ense power over the jour nals, and in virtue of it a " warning" was given to the Constitutionnel. It persisted in its statement, and a second " warning" was given. After that it might have been said that the existence of the journal hung on a thread, as it was liable to be suppressed at any moment, not by the Chief of the State, but by one of the Ministers. Its shares consequently upon became necessary and on the 19th of August M. Veron convoked the share we re tb almost ost something without v eb al e u u t b l e t t d h e e e r e e : share holders, and exposed to them the rea l state o f the enter prise. He represented that it would be impossible to sup port the competition of the Noniteur and the Pays by adopting the same price as they had done, and he proposed a reduction to 32f. That was a bold and able measure—it was a coup d'etat. At that price a large increase of sub scribers was to be expected. 10,090 subscribers had been lost in the course of a short time, and they would no doubt come back again, while many others who looked more to the price of a newspaper than the quality of its contents would no doubt be obtained. But unfortunately at that price there was a loss on each subscriber. However, a con siderable increase of revenue was to be expected from the increase of publicity. The reduction of the price to 32f. was of no importance to the Moniteur, the Government organ, but it was a terrible blow to the Pays. The conse quence,vms that the proprietor of the latter journal was obliged to endeavour to come to an understanding with v th e e ren C , on a s n t rth i e nne la i t . ter 3 g r a • vMe Mires s s account of th lyw e e i n n t te th rvi M ew . in a inemoire which he had published :—" c Di, Mires' said I distinctly, a l mos t b e f ore a ll ow i ng him to sit down, will you sell me the Pays? or will you consent to adopt by a common accord the same subscription for the Pays and the Constitution net We are making a competition of cheapness which cannot last ; lot us come to an understanding and live as brethren instead of living as ene - nies." I shall be delighted,' answered M. Mites ; The Pct:fs even at 40f., is a heavy burden to me; but I am not free ; I mnnot give you a definitive reply to-day." To-morrow, then.' The next day M. Mires came to me and said, I cannot sell you the Pays, and I cannot even put an end to the compe tition in cheapness with the Constitutionnd.' Surprised, I asked him the explanation of the enigma. Be calm,' said he, have not concluded—li s t en t o me to the end. I cannot sell you the Pays, but I can purchase the Consti tutionnel from you.' The Constituttonne/,' I answered, is not exclusively my property, and you will never be able to buy it. The proprietorship of the Constitationnel is divided into two distinct parts ; the commandite and the yerance ; the contmandite consists of 180 shares, and the :yerance - is divided into two parts, represented by the Count de Morny and myself, M. de Moray having pur chased from me for 1C0,003f. the half of all the rights and all the powers which the bye-laws confer on me as gerant. I cannot do anything as gerant without the approbation of M. de Morny, nor can he do anything without me. But,' I added, ' what would become of me without the Canstitu tionnel ? I like work, anxiety, and embarrassment. It is only at rare intervals that I complain of embarrassment. If I leave Paris and my affairs, at the end of 21 hours I feel t w h i e ll w h a e n n t e o o f h o s c t c ao up le at t i a andyon,enn n gladlya respect, resume M. m my res, harness. I but my desire is that you shall not remove me from the Consti- tutionnd, even on conditi on o f paying Pie a million.' M. Mires ' however, insi s t e d, an d I then told him t h a t th e fi rs t step he had to take was to see Count de Morny. I added that it would not be becoming in me to estimate the price which M. de Morny would require for his share in the management, the greatest reserve on such a point being necessary. M. Mires, as an active, enterprising man, said at.once—' I will see you again to-morrow, and I will now gd to M. de Morny.' The next day he arrived triumphant. ' tverything is concluded with M. de Morny,' said he; `for hia half of the gerance I am to give him 500,000 f. It will thus be seen that, without any intervention of mine, with out my saying a word, the value of the gerance of the Con stitutionnel was fixed. I had no observation to make, but, more surprised than satified, I said to M. Mires--` You are not at the end o f your difficulties. You must come to caonmumnidtteersetthandreincegivweiythou ?, the , I prefer,'shareholdarssa,id.whheo, a re repre sented by the Co mm itt ee o f Surveillance. Sha ll I as k the shall communicate to the m my propos iti ons . The ' ctoiratmyer dite of the Ca;:stitutionnel consists of 180 shares ; flow shares cost only 2,500 f., though they were issued at the nominal capital of 3,009 f.; 180 times 3,C?Of. make 540,009 f., —propose, in my name, 510,030 f. for the shares.' I re marked that 3,000 f. per share would perhaps be considered too little ; that the Committee of Surveillance was suspi cious and exacting, and that it had already brought an action against me. Thereupon M. Mires, without hesita tion, said, 'offer;Lhem 4,000 f., and that will make 720,000 f., although I know well that no share could now be sold even for 1,000 f." The 2n6ruoz:re then went on to state, that M. Veron, after again representing to the committee the situation of the journal, and the impossibility of con tinuing, without enormous losses, the competition with the Pays and the Noniteur, which had been commenced, com municated to them the proposition of M. Mires. Although (the learned gentleman remarked) the shareholders had no concern with the terms on which he might treat respecting the gerance, M. Ve ron t o ld t h e com mittee that he also should leave the Constitutionnel in the event of their sellin g it to M. Mires. The committee received the overtures favourably, and when they were communicated to the shareholders, the holders of 171 shares out of the 189 con sented to accept them. No general assembly of the share holders was, however, called, as the formalities necessitated by such a meeting would have caused a delay of three months. Of the nine shares which did not figure in the asth o e t li h s e t n o t f n adhesions, three dthsirxeetebetlhoengfeadmitiox M. Aguado. The wThheo con sentwasfsMha.reOsdeifotmweasssrcs.onAsgidneardeed formed but an impercep f. the go-awe arose tible part of their fortune, he thought they be considered make no objection. The negotiation then o might ., nearly concluded ; the question Have I ? you_ . be tween M. Veron and M. Mires. understanding with M. de Morny?" . said NI y - n. " I have," answered M. Mires : " I am to give him 500,000 f. than those M. Veron, "I do not seek for other conditions But I must remark that he is only for his half of the management." " Weil answered M. de Moray has accepted. Bu to the Constitutionnel ; On this the power. account I expenses of representation, am allowed 12,000 f. a-year for responsibility,nominally e I a m reallyi gam s so—that writer.h at I have a a v m e n th o e t g l ed sh te al g l i l v o e so ni t y hem. o an bl d i that, out of the 180 00)f. and I can prove from the books of journal, , the I allowed annually for the literary expenses,,_ receive 10,000 f. It is, then, 22,09 W. a-year which I shall treated the have to lose." M. Mires, who operations, said, " What a man accustomed to important at I offer you therefore 180,000 f. as you say is perfectly jest. " An arrangement was come to an indemnity on that score. m. Mires himself. As to the on the basis thus fixed by articles M aforeronvoetri i n I and a formal deed of sale shareholders, they were delighted;ben The fact of the sale was was signed on the 17th of Novena and more than in the announced very ostentatiously, Constitutionne ; so / that there was no secrecy, and, if any of the shareholders had en t er tained objections, that w as th e The them. shareholders were paid, mo ment to have made 'd a nd DI. Veron was paid. The s a l e ; M. de Morny was pal, d. But on the 29th of Jan uar y, in short, was complete t in an opposition to it. Why they 1853, Messrs. Aguado put had done so was a problem which M. Veron could not l so ve. i It could not be on account of money, as they had no t deigned to receive thedividends due to the m f rom th e Constitutionnel, and several thousand francs we re now s tanding to their credit in the books. They reproached M. Veron with having exceeded his powers as a gerant, and they accordingly dema n ded that the sale o f th e p a p er should be annulled , and that 65,500 f. should be paid them; as the price of a share in the first company of the Conti; t u tionnd. As to M. Adamo they who held four shares, and: M. Foucalt, who held two, did notdemand the nul no lity of the sale, for they had consented to; it but they re- l ' qu'red that the 1,180,000 f. paid for the gerance should be divided among all the shareholders. These two preten sionsli were contradictory, and be should be able to show, when the case was gone into on its Ixierits, that they were of no weight. But, for the moment, the sole question was, as to whether the ii:bunal could entertain the case. He repeated his former observation, that if M. Veron could gratify his own wishes, he would not object to its jurisdic tion in the matter. But he was obliged to object on legal grounds, as, in the event of a decision being given against him, he would have to proceed against M. de Moray and M. Mires ; and they might reproach him with having con sented to have the case tried by an incompetent tribunal. Article 51 of the Code de Commerce was very clear in say ing that this was one of the cases which ought to be sent before arbitrators ; and a clause in the bye-laws of the company of the Constitutionnel said the same thing. The question in dispute was essentially one between partners, and it ought to be treated in the same way as all such questions were. It was, too, a mere commercial one, being relative to a sale and purchase ; -and on that ground also it ought to be sent bo. ore arbtrators, or-at least before the Tribunal of Commerce. M. Chaix d'Est-Ange, advocate for M. Mires, said that he was anxious to explain that that gentleman had not, as might be assumed from what had been said, made a bad operation in purchasing the Coneitutionnel at the rate of 4,000 f. a share, with 500,0001. to M. de Moray, and 680,000 f. to M. Veron. He had not made a bad bargain. because he know that he could get rid of the two " warn ing, " that had been given to the journal ; that he could raise, not only its subscription, but that of the Pays, and so check the ruin with which it was menaced at 32f.; and that, as it had 44,000 subscribers, there was reason to hope that he could increase the number of advertisements, which had been done. As to the technical objection which had been raised, he supported it; but it was not necessary to add anything to the argumentofli. Paillat. M. Hebert then proceeded to address the court for Messrs. Aguado. He would not, he said, stop to inquire if the other side were, as they alleged, rather anxious than otherwise that the case should be gone publicly into ; but he believed that they knew perfectly well that the tribunal was fully competent to entertain it, though they had pleaded the contrary. It was necessary to go a little into the acts, to enable the Tribunal to judge of the question raised. According to his adversaries, what M. Veron had done was the simplest thing in the world—he had acted for the com mon interest, and it was ingratitndenot to heap eulogiums upon him. But when he was told that he had not the right to sell a common property, he replied that the ques tion was one between p ar t ners , an d as such o ught to b e discussed in the dark before a tribunal of arbitrators. His clients saw the matter in quite a different light. They considered themselves co-proprietors of an accredited news paper, represented by a man who was not only the manager of it, and of the common interests, but, as he had stated mor i n uso:. tt no o h ye i osvfbem even propertyo m o n\vi ir ne e lg o consultingt o t tr h h e atlhttg them, guardian of w. t o dh f yt the hhnn ed(guardian, portion ei uir d t elivered of h f rite e d wcps p oi uat r mhmi o d: - he had given to a friend 500,000 f., and had kept 680,000 f. himself. Besides that, he and his friend had taken 174,000 f. for shares held by them ; so that there only remained 543,000 f. to divide among the other share holders. The portion which fell to Messrs. Aguado in that sum was not more than 24,0301., and that for shares which had originally cost 65,500 f. They accordingly contended that a sale of property which produced such results ought to be annulled ; and he submitted that the tribunal was the sole judge in matters relative to property. The learned advocate then went on to remark that it was strange that M. Veron, who, in the menwire he had published, had in troduced a great many irrelevant matters—one of them an account of a visit he had made to one of the Messrs. Aguado, respecting his examination for the degree of bachelor of letters—had not attempted to prove that he could legiti mately dispose of the property in question ; nor attempted to explain how it happened that, when he had only 31 shares out of 180, he should receive 680,000 f. out of the purchase-Money of 1,900,0031., and should give 500,000 f. to a friend for what by his own avowal had cost that friend only 100,000 f. Was not he warranted in saying, in presence of such figures, that it was not a sale which M. Veron had effected, but a confiscation ? The learned gentleman then gave a history of M. Veron's connexion with the Aguado family. It had commenced by the late M. Aguado, the father of his clients, having advanced him 300,000 f. for the caution-money which he had had to deposit as director of the Opera, and in return for that M. Veron had allowed him a box gratis. Subsequently, in 1838, M. Veron wrote a modest letter to M. Aguado, to ask him to assist him in purchasing two shares in the Constitutionnel. M. Aguado gave 65,500 f. for one of them, but allowed it to stand in M. Veron's name. In the changes which subso quently took place the share was represented by new ones, bearing M. Aguado's name. In consequence of these changes, M. - Wren became entrusted with the sole management f and control over the journal ; but his powers were not so extensive as had been represented. Thus, they were limited with respect to all that concerned the pro perty, the capital, and the common interest of the share holders ; and his administration was placed under a Com mittee of Surveillance, which committee shared with him the right of convoking general assemblies of shareholders. This being so, it was impossible that he could have the right to sell the journal without the authorisation of a general assembly of the shareholders ; at all events, it was im possible that out of the price of sale he could justly take 580,000 f. for himself • give 500,000 f. to M. de Morny, and reserve only 24,000 f. for Messrs. Aguado. The learned advocate then went on to contend that M. Veron, in order to wring from the Committee of Surveillance its consent to the sale; had represented the situation of the journal as much more grave than it really was, and had spoken of the two " warnings" it had received as likely to be perfectly ruinous to it, though he knew that they were without danger, as the articles which had called for them had been written by M. Granier de Cassagnac, and that gentleman was to remain attached to the journal under its new pro prietors ; also, that he knew the " warnings" were to be revoked on the establishment of the Empire, which was near at hand. There was no necessity, he asserted, for the reduction of the price to 32f., as the Pays was not a very formidable rival, and as the Constitutionnel then had up wards of 40,00) subscribers, while the Pays had . only 10,000. Nor was it true, as had been stated, that the shares of that paper were at that time unsaleable, as 31. Faucher had sold several for 4.C30f. each. All these facts caused several of the shareholders to make a formal pro test against the sale of the journal on the conditions pro posed. _ _ The Tribunal, at this stage of the proceedings, rose, owing to the lateness of the hour ; and it fixed the further hearing of the cause for Saturday next. M. Hebert will then resume his pleading for MM. Aguado. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-APRIL 13. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) COUNTY ELECTIONS POLLS (SCOTLAND) BILL. Clause 2 (Sheriff with consent of Lord-Advocate, to in crease or alter number and arrangement of polling places) : —Amendment proposed, in page 1, lines 14 and 15, to leave out the words, "with consent of her Majesty's Advocate for Scotland for the time being :"—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the clause :" —The committee divided; ayes 64, noes 53. MAJORITY—AYES, 64. Alcock, Thomas Hadfield, George Power, N. Anderson, Sir James Hayter, W. G. Russell, Lord J. A ther ton, Win. Herbert, Sidney Sawlc, C. B. G. Brand, 11. Hervey, Lord Alfred Scobell, Capt. Isrotterton, J. Heyworth, L. Smith, It. V Browne, V. Hushes, W. B. Stanley, Hn. W. 0. Bynr, G. H. Charles Hume, J. Stapleton, John Chambers, T. Ingham, Robert Strickland, Sir G. Cockburn, Sir A. Johnstone, James Strut', Rt. lion. E. Craufurd, E. H. J. F'ng, P. J. Tancred, Henry Wm. Crook, J. Kingscote, R. N. F. Thompson, G. Crossley, F. . Langston, J. H. Towneley, C. Dashwood, Sir G. 11. Lockhart, A. E. Whalley, G. Drummond, Henry M'Taggart, Sir J. Whatman, J. Duncan, George Milligan, R. Wilkinson, W. Dundas, F. Mills, T. Wilmington, Sir T. E Dunlop, A. Monck, Lord Wise, J. A. Evans, William If , oncrieff, J. Wyndham, W. E wart, William Moreton, Lord Fergus, J. Mu'grave, Earl Fitzgerald, J. D. Non eys, Lord Fitz% ll'iam, G. W. Oliveira, Benjamin Elliot, John Grosvenor, Lord R. Phillitnore, J. G. Klnnatrd, A. F. TELLZB.S. MINORITY—NOES, 53. Annesley, Earl of Creenall, G. I elmer, Robert Arbutimbtt, General Ha'ford, t-ir H. ltepton, G. W. J. Arkwright, G. Bar court, Colonel Rushout, Captain ROM James Hayes, Sir Edmund Smljth, Sir W. Barrow, W. H. Heneage, G. IL W. Smith, W. M. Bentinck, Lord H. Perbert, Sir Thomas Spooner, R. Campbell, Sir Arch. Hotham, Lord Stanhope, James B. Ca'nae, Sir J. R. Trion, Samuel Thesiger, Sir F. ChriatnphPr. R. Adam Kelly, Sir F. Tr &lope, Sir J. Duckworth, Sir J. Klatchbun, Wm. F. Vansittart, George 111 , Dundas, G. Lockhart, W. Waddington, H. Dunne, Col. Lovaine, Lord Welby, Sir G. E. Egerton, Edward It acartney, G. Whitmore, Henry Evelyn, W. J. Maegre:or, Jag. Far,tham, E. B. Niles, W. Fellowes, Edward Michell, W. Fraser, Sir W. A. Napier ' Joseph Freshfleld, J. W. Oakes, J. H. P. Gordon, A dtr'ral Ossulston, Lord Mackenzie, W. F Granby, Marquis of Backe, C. William Blair, Colonel TELLERS. Clause 4 (Poll to be kept open only one day) :—Amend ment proposed, in page 3, line 19, to leave out the words " shall be directed to begin on a Monday or :" —Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the clause :"—The committee divided ; ayes 61, noes 71. • MINORITY—AYES: 61. Anderson, Sir James Fraser, Sir W. A. Moreton, Lord Baines, M. T. Fre..,hfield, J. liostyn, E. M. Baird, J +mos Grosvenor, Lord Mulgrave, Earl Barrow, Win. H. Hadfield, George Ossulston, Lord it , nbow, John Harcourt, Col. Palmerston, Via, litotlierton, Joseph Hayter, W. G. Fame, R. Byruz, G. H. C. Herbert, Sir Thomas Russell, LordJ. Campbell, Sir A. Hervey, Lord Alfred Sawle, C. B. G. Chambers, Thomas Johnstone, James Spooner. Richard Charteris, F. Kingscote, R. N. F. Stanhope, J. B. Cranford, E. Langston, N. G. Thesiger, Sir F. CrosslPy, Frank Lemon, Sir C. Thompson, George Drummond, H. Lockhart, A. E. Whalley, G. 11. Duncan, G. Lockhart, W. WP tmo:e. H. Dundas, G. Luce, T. Wise, John A. Dandas, F. Mae, Colonel Wyndham. William Dunlop, A. Milligan, Robert Young, Sir John Ev.ns, W. Mills, T. Ewart, William lklitchell, W. Fergus, John Moncreiff, James FLzrov, llon. H. Monsell, William Elliot, J. E . Forster, C. Montgomery, Sir G. Kfunainl, A F. MAJORITY—NOES, 71. Alcock, Thorns's Fltzge.ald, G. Phlllimorc, J. Anne.lcy, EArl Forster, M. Smijth, Sir W. Arbuthnot, Gen. French, Fitzstephen Smith, tt. A rkwright, O. Fuller, Angus u. E. Smith, Wm. H Ball, John Gordon, .% dmiral Staple: on. J. Benti-ck, Lord H. Gianhy, Ma quis Strickland, Sir G Blair, Colonel Herbert, Sidney Struts, Edward Brand, H. Hey worth, La , . relics TomUne, G. Brown, V. Hoth am, Lord Towneley, C. Brown, W. Ilitzhcs, W. B. Trollope, sir J. Bock, Lewis W. Kelly, Sir F. Turner, C. Carnac, Sir J. It. K natchbull, W. F. Tynte, Col. C. J. Christopher, It. A. Lewis. Sir T. Vansittart, G. 11. Cllntoo, Lord C. P. Lowe, R. Vivian, J. H. Cockburn, Sir Alex. Macartney, G. Waddington, H. S. Crook, J. Mackenzie, W F. Walcot, Adm. Dashwood, Sir G. Macgregor, James Welby, Sir 0. Davison, It. APTaggart, Sir J. Whatman,JlllllCB Dunne, Mic ha 1 Mile.s, W. Wilkinson, W. A. Egerton, E. Molesworth, Sir W. Wilson, James Evelyn, W. V. onck, Viscount Winniugton, Sir T. Farnham, E. Basil Napier, J. Feilden, M. Norreys, Lord TELLZIIII. Fellowes, Edward Oakes, J. H. Hume, J. Etzgerald, ,Y. , Pauke Chula W. Athorkru, win, TELLERS. MEET/NGS. Meetings will (D.V•) be held on Monday evening, May the 2d, in the Inf.nt School, Camberwell New-road. On Tueoday evening, May the 10th, in the National School-room, Dutton stre t (Cromer-street), off Regent-square. On Wednesday evening, May the 11th, at Clerkenwell. On Thursday evening, May the 12th, in the Infant School-room, ,Richmond-street (Lies nt Grove), St. John's-wood. 14, Exettr hall, 13th April, 1853. THE CHANGES ANTICIPATED NEED not be either national, ministerial, or social ; for changes in the season, in the habits and require • ments of every person in society, are certain. Such changes are anticipated by E. MOSES and SON, and their magnificent business is more than equal to any demand—single articles of attire, corn_ pieta suits of every article of dress for thousands of families, being p ovided in the greatest variety and abundance, and may be had with the greatest dispatch and economy. Any part cular order of clothing desired by gentlemen and their Sons may be obtained at E. MOSES and SON'S, in the most fashionable material, the most artistic cut, and comfortable fit, the best workmanefip, and the lowest prices. SPORTING DRESS. LIVERIES, full equipment for every station in our great Military and Naval institution*, are made with greater uniformity, more elaborate finish, and at much lower charges than at any other house. Ladies and Gentlemen are politely invited to inspect E. MOSES and SON'S Hosiery and General Clothing Department, and are assured that all the elegancies novelties in the word are offe - ed at conside 'ably lower pt ices than less fashion able goods are charged elsewhere. MECHANICS' DRESS, and every description of Hats and Caps, and the largest and best LISS rtment of Boots and Shoes, are presented by E. MOSES and SON at the most economical prices Enligrallti, at a small c , st, may provide themselves with outfits, which will administer to their comforts in thousands of ways dueng their voyage and after their arrival, but they can only do so at E. MOSES and SON'S. Small or large investments at E. MOSES and SON'S Wholesale Department are productive of the most certain, speedy, and lucrative returns, to parties embarking tor Australia, where E. MOSES and SON'S Clothing has attained the highest degree of celebrity. Cabin passengers, gent ellen of Ail professions, mechanics, farmers, or gold. divers, are provided with all the goods and clothing they will require by E. MOSES and SON at wholesale prices. Shipsailing information, and full lists of outfits for ladies and gentle- men, may be had on applicat on, or post free to any part of the kingdom. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public agafinst imposition, having learned that the ontradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with heir Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR 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, 2, Ilart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 nd 20, Bridge-street, • Sheffield Branch, 36; Vargette. Merchant Tailors, ClothieTrs, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPOR TANT —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, trom which no aba meat 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, entitled " The World's Pharos," containing the Emigrant's Assistant, full list of prices, and directions tor self mea surement, may be had on application, or post-free, to any part of the kingdom. A hand.ome Almanac for t o year ending 1853 can be bad gratis, on application. lei l'on park Franca's. • tiler sr richt man Deti Qui si parla Italiano. Aqua se ha.,la Espanol H AND MATURITY. Fon.esrgour i t h ß e E LT , MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE sEcrtEr INFIRMITIES OF YOUT r i i , i o ve N , D si O y N o , C p o e R t . 43 r S o A f 11 Medicine, UE r'.A ' an E d 1 1% 1' r 3 i 7 e , B fated ED Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the Londo, Hospital Medic Society, Licentiate ofepotli personally, aries' Hall, London, &c., &c. AY beconsulted, or by letter, OD v a the va , ionOdisolders of the nervous and generative system, resulting nom Juvenile irregu :irides and excusers, which have pro duced more misery it youth, degradation in ' and m' ture decay at an staues c.f life, than perhaps any other class of di ' s ' Cases kivuvit to modern path,Pogists. Long and practical experience in the treatment of these diseases h4s , proved that there are In exh-t. en .e secret causes of self -acquired inhei les and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various iorms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be remove:l, and how the evil and its con equences may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and s the only legally qualified rhysician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is free. In selecting thi• department of practice, he has been amply re. arded by the great success that has attended his eilorts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation, daily from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of l/., and aivice and medicines can he forwarded to any initials or address. It 13 desira' le tivt otients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT should first obtain a copy of his work on SELF-PRESERVATION.: A Medical Treatise on the nillosophy of Marriage, and Nervous and Generative Debilit, , illustrated by fifty coloured engravings, and des. cribbtg in detail the various disorders resulting fro'n secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct descr.ption of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Pipet Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Mann, 39, Conthill ; Storie, Tttchborne.street, Haymarket; or fret oy pos; for forty-two stamps, to any addreS3 from the Author's resi dence, 37. IsEueeee-seueuE, LONDON. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART. bymthee f ß ol o l a o r w d in o g f T important minute has just been issued to ? r e s y ub L i o u r i d tt s e t d ak to e P in a t cli c a o m n e s n id t e f ra or ti aff on or t d h i e ng schools of art during the year ending the 31st of March , 1854. e s a t i i d m to a t t e h s e aboutllocal "At the establishment of the schools it was understood that a Government grant was promised for a limited period of three years, upon the condition that a sum equivalent to it was raised in the locality, and in the expectation that 'after three years the schools would be so established and supported as not to require any further assistance froni Go vernment. These expectations have not been fulfilled ; but, on the contrary, the tendency of the system, until very lately, has been to encourage =creased reliance on Government aid, rather than upon the value of the instruc tion or local exertions, and has been found adverse to eco nomy. My Lords are of opinion, that by more judicious arrangement it may be possible greatly to increase the ad vantages which now result from the outlay of so large a sum of public money; and while they do not propose to withdraw grants from the places which now receive them, they are desirous to introduce a system of greater efficiency and economy, by which the independence of the local bodies may be increased, and the objects of the Parlia mentary vote more adequately attained. My Lords desire to relieve the localities altogether from the obli gation to raise a sum equivalent to the Parliamentary vote, and instead to leave the whole general manage ment, and the control of the cost of it, entirely to the local committees. In future, the local committees will not be required to return to this board any ac count of their local expenditure, or of any receipts from subscriptions or donation ; each local committee will, therefore, determine for itself what premises shall be used —subject, of course, to their being considered by my Lords as suitable for the pus-poses of instruction—what rent shall be paid, what furniture provided, what managing officers, servants, &c., shall be engaged, and what shall be the cost of general management. " My Lords, on their part, propose to confine the Par liamentary grants wholly to the promotion of instruction, and even in this point to exercise control only so long as the local committee elects to receive the Parliamentary aid. Their Lordships would view it as the highest mark of the progress and success of art education, in any locality to find that the committee preferred independence of the communication m e A r mu n s n m at ihsc e tea n e grant t t rfiseoen;B altogether. " My Lords will require that the Parliamentary.grant for the year ending the 31st of March, 1854, should be paid to the following objects :—the present masters' salaries ; an increase of masters where necessary, especially for affording t s ehry apportion p i instruction nrgdsu t, uettd ht:eopnggrant students ipublicn holding schools, scholarships public te ts ,c bothh er s ;filanlodealto and d metropolitan schools : and to students in training to be comeNprpaid it dh l ecturesbt the ePel local se committees, iMe students e g S may fortea m e teaching. n i ! 0 . r d As willf t a tl n y t toofytthheesegrraertsptsecfutimveisihteemd by s. Parliament, be considered as , and partly of the funds raised in towards instruction ;anldBs3, . o the will require as a conditio aid that an equitableray Lords portionf receiving ofiie any Parliamentary fees shall be applied the letter of the 30th of Junin,ea,cleBors(2lanwceht.Nevhithhatshbeieremnminute of the 28th of January, Treasury, sanc tionedreasu r y b , y t h t ehye proposeL or ds thatseeh Commissioners porti 0 n o f 0 fher the fees and for the reasons given in Majesty's shall be paid to the master or masters of the school as part of their income. ` IiENRY COLE, Secretary,. [PRICE SD. HAC'SNEY CARRIAGES. (From the Morning Chronicle.) IL On Tuesday night, Mr. Fitzroy gave notice of a ill for the better regulation of Hackney Carriages lin the metropolis. The evils, however, connected with the ordinary and cheaper carriages plying for hire in and about cities, are not confined to Lon don. Wherever the thing is, its abuse co-exists. Fiacre, cabriolet, droschsky, vigilante —or what ever else it may be called—it invariably brings with it, in every city of the world, oaths, swindling, abuse, ext or ti on, violence, fraud, injustice, and most of the other evils of Pandora's box. What is true of the cab is, to a considerable extent, true of the omnibus ; and the law of rapine which rules over terrestial locomotion governs the river no less than the roadstead. Why this strange social phenomenon ? Why should travellin g be subject to this fate ? Why . should the wayfarine• man, on sea or on shore, in street or i n harbour', be reck oned a legitimate prey to cabmen, boatmen, and porters, as caravans are to the Bedouins ? How comes it that our highly civilised state of society has not yet, in this matter, emerged from barba rism ? And how is it that this social vice espe cially infests travelling ? What is the subtle con nexion between hiring the means of transit and being, ex necessitate rei, robbed? What is there which makes a journey and cheating inseparable ? How is it that society resigns itself, almost without a struggle, to the caprice and tyranny of that com pound of beer and blasphemy, extortion and obscenity—the true British cabman. We are well aware that this is no new thing. Long before the Spectator's time, the slang an'l swindling of the river were notorious. We do ni,t deny. that the Cadiz and Neapolitan boatman, or the. Venetian gondoliers, will outswindle and out swear their brethren at Dover or Gravesend. But the antiquarian inveteracy or the oecumenical ex tent of a nuisance ought to be a reason for resist ance rather than for patience. It is not so, how ever, in England. All that is needed to conse crate an abuse among us is its largeness—its daily occurrence—its universal impact. We are despe rately active about securing the purity of articles that are consumed by one person in a million ' - but to pestiferous air and p o i sone d water, we, in Lon don at least, submit with very inarticulate mur murs. A nation is convulsed if a foreign ecclesi astic calls himself Bishop of this place, or Arch bishop of that ; but the millions who inhabit this great city passively permit their health to be in jured, and their property to be destroyed, to the value of thousands of pounds per day, only because it is nobody's business to enforce the Smoke Con suming Act. So it is with cabs. Everybody is a rider in cabs, and everybody feels that the cab driver is the na tural enemy of the whole human race. He is a sort of Fate. Nobody hires a cab but with the certainty of being cheated. The evil haunts every family, and infests the daily necessities of life. Wherever we ride—to church or theatre, to wed ding or funeral, to a meeting of creditors or to a ball —one dark pall of misery, one grim anticipa tion of robbery, hangs over the journey. London streets are as Finchley-common and as Hounslow heath—Stand and deliver is the rule of the road. The moment the door is shut on the pensive travel ler, he begins settling whether he shall play the fool or the hero—whether he shall sacrifice his money or his peace. His only choice lies between being swindled and savagely abused. Sometimes, as in the case of women, the hirers gets both bullied and cheated. And all this, we must say, is mainly our own fault. Vicious customs, and our own criminal weakness, have made the cab driver the savage and robber that he is. Such has ever been the history of a social evil, until it got to be so monstrous that society avenged itself by a revolution. Fees to ser vants grew into a tax, and into so monstrous a one that either society itself or the nuisance had to be abated—either vails or visiting must cease. It is with cabs as it was with the extinct tyranny of flunkies. The evil has reached its zenith. A necessary of London life is turned into a curse. All the middle classes are interested in Mr. Fitzroy's proposition ; and it will be our own fault if we sub mit any longer to the continuance of the cab nuis ance. When, some twenty or five-and-twenty years ago, cabs became the regular form of hackney? carriages, their fares were apportioned to their cost 4 Now that every other necessary of life has falhin, more than one-fourth inoalue there is no ren7goir why cabs should ma i n t a i n charges which were ample enough a quarter of a century ago. Six pence a mile in 1853 is more than eightpence a mile was in 1830, considering the difference in the price of horse-flesh, horse-keep, and carriages. Nor must the active competition of the omnibuses be forgotten in settling a new tariff for hackney-car ria,,o hire. Free. trade must penetrate into the caawner's yard, as well as into the farmer's. We see no cause why the undue profits which we deny to the grower of corn, the breeder of horses, and the carriage builder, should be intercepted from the public savings in order t o i ncrease th e consumption of beer, 'bacey, and black guar di sm a t t h e public house oining the cab-stand. For we must not forget that the cab nuisance is an offence against public morality, as well as au engine of grinding extortion. If cabowners could be taught common sense, they would see that it is their interest to prevent the overcharges and savagery of their representatives, the drivers. Cabs, if clean, and driven by men who are neither extortioners nor reprobates, might double their earnings. As it is, people are often driven to a sweltering omnibus or a fatiguing walk, in sheer despair of receiving civility or honesty in cabs. And the unprotected middle-rank women— all ladies, in fact, below the rank of " carriage folks" —are driven to choose between staying at home and a ruinous " clarence for the day." The remedies, we maintain, are, if not easy, at least at tainable ; but we must begin with ascertaining the causes of the unpopularity of cabs. These are, first, the eightpenny fares, and next, the system of sub-letting. From the days of revenue-farming to those of Irish encumbered landlordism, middlemen have been a curse to the public. The fares may be easily settled ; but the sub-letting can only be kept in check by a most resolute co-operation on the part of the public, together with new and strin gent regulations against extortion. We are per fectly aware that solitary attempts to remedy the evil have failed—the drivers have combined alike against the sixpenny cabs and against the me chanical devices for measuring distances. Judg ing from our own experience, we should say that the most available reform would be to cheapen and facilitate complaints against the drivers. Who can afford the time, the temper, and the strength re quisite to complete a successful complaint against a cabman, in face of the misery and delay inseparable from a visit to a police -court ? But why not try cheap and summary justice ? An es pecial court for offences against the Hackney Car riage Act, with the power of levying higher penal ties than those at present imposed, may be worth thinking of. Again, let there be a remedy against the owner as well as against the driver. An owner whose drivers are " unfortunate" enough to be frequently " had up " might be made per sonally responsible ; and his license as well as the driver's, might be suspended. As prevention, however, is better than cure, we should do well to provide facilities for ob viating extortion which either do not at present exist, or are only very partially available. The Commissioners might publish tables of fares differently arranged from any now in use, which would be of great local utility, and which would find a large public s a le. These tables might ben separate series, so that there might be one marking i distances from every authorised stand. Fia the Charing-cross or the Farringdon-street ° s n e l r F ies might register at least 500 distances in every direc tion ; and thus, as is found in the case of the railway stations, a great approximation to ascertaining the distance travelled would be secured. And this re minds us of the secret cause of the sA hirer lie is disinclination of the public to vindicate their ownright feels pretty confident thatcheated ; but, being really, ignorant of the distance—say between Dal ston-Ine and Bloomsbury-square—he generally pays double, simply because he cannot extemporise anything better than the merest guess at the real fare. And then his doubts prevent him from tak ing out a summons. Why should there not be an office especially dedicated to inquiries, where, for the fee of a penny, the victim may ascertain the legal fare ? In a very short time, almost every conceivable distance could be registered within threepence ; and with a court specifically consti tuted for adjudicating on cab offences, a complaint might be present e d and decided at the' cost of one tenth of the present difficulty and annoyance. Anyhow, it is the plain duty of the Legislature to interfere. Means of cheap, speedy, and decently comfortable locomotion are as necessary to the ac tive, economical, an d san i tary working of our social system, as is a fair supply of water and gas. The State charges itself with the duty of compelling at tention to public morality and safety ; and mora lity, comfort, business,.and health are alike inter fered with by the present condition of the hackney- Carriage trade, The existing law has failed, and it PAPAL DOMINATION. (From the Times.) Among the causes of the Reformation in this country, none was more powerful than the indig nation of a high-spirited nation at the practice of what were termed Appeals to Rome, which in voked the jurisdiction of a foreign Court to decide questions of sacred and vital interest to the welfare of a free and independent community. Among the blessings of the Reformation none is to this day more earnestly cherished than the proud conscious ness that we are in spiritual as well as in temporal concerns a self-governed people, and that our insti tutions in Church and State recognise no authority which is alien to the British nation. But though mere than three centuries have elapsed since the Statute of Appeals of Henry VIII. released us for ever from that bondage into which the people of England will fall no more, yet to this hour we may see on the other side of the Channel this power asserted, this jurisdiction excnised, these man dates obeyed, to an extent which is absolutely incredible among a people like that of France. We revert to the subject because it illustrates in a very striking manner the constant policy of Rome whenever it finds a country plunged iu such a state of torpor as to offer no resistance to its claims, and the Apostolical Letter of the Pope, addressed to the Cardinals and other prelates of France, is certainly an extraordinary example of what the nation may be led under certain circumstances to endure. The controversy which led to this interposition of the authority of the See of Rome was kindled by . the intemperate zeal of the writers in a Roman Ca tholic periodical called l' Univers. These gentlemen, who were for the most part laymen, assumed in the name of th e hi ghest Ultramontane doctrines a spe cies of censorship over the bishops and clergy of France. They attacked the moderate party in that Church with extreme virulence on all occasions, they professed absolute intolerance, and boldly claimed un mitigated domination. On the fertile subject of edu cation, confined, of course, to sacerdotal hands, they , supported the proposition,of a. certain AbbeGaume, 7 who has, entered the lists against all classical studies, maintaining that the early G reek and Latin Fathers were the best authorities that could befollowed in the study of antiquity. The influence acquired by this paper is such that it attacked and supplanted the authority of the bishops in their dioceses ; and the Archbishop of Paris at. last resolved to try his strength against it by prohibiting his clergy and their flocks from contributing to or reading ajour nal of a character so hostile to his own influence. From this decision M. Louis Veuillot, the principel editor, appealed in person to Rome. In less than a month he obtained all he wanted, for it was not difficult to convince the Pope that the expressions complained of by the French prelates were, in fact, marks of homage to his own superior authority, and, accordingly, the Letter Apostolical, which we publish • elsewhere, has appeared in M. Veuillot's favour. The Archbishop of Paris at once confesses himself entirely vanquished, and withdraws the in terdict he had placed on these publications in his diocese ' - and the edit or o f th e U n ivers, who is a sort of Mr. Lucas in his way, triumphs in the name of the Church over the metropolitan, and-in the name of the Vatican over N6tre Dame. • The Pope commences this singular effusion by an elaborate panegyric on the French clergy, and he may boast, with some reason, that it is long since any branch of the Romish Church has been more absolute in its pretensions at home, or more entirely subject to the arbitrary will of Rome. He congratulates the clergy of France on the restora tion of their provincial councils, on the introduc- . tion of the Romish liturgy in several dioceses where it had never been used, and especially on the signal devotion to Mother Church of ' our 1 very dear son in Jesus Christ, Napoleon, Emperor of the. French, by whose care the Church enjoys entire peace, tranquillity, and real protection." Whatever may be the value of this devout protec tion, we may judge of the peace and tranquillity of the Church in France by the fact that this very mandate has been called forth by a dispute of uncommon violence, and that the imme diate consequence of it is not merely to condemn but to humiliate the Archbishop of Paris in the exercise of his legitimate pastoral authority. The protecting care of Louis Napoleon would have been far more effectually dis played towards the Church if his Government had refused, according to the undoubted maxims of the French law, to allow such a brief to have any vali dity or authority in the Empire, and had deter mined to repudiate the claims of the Papacy to in- • ,terfere in a question of national an d ecc l es i as ti ca l tr policy. For the Pope's letter does not stop here. - It procQeds to lay down express directions for the guidance of the clergy on the great question of edu cation, and it so far adopts the propositions of M. Gaume that it recommends the study of " the ex cellent works of the holy Fathers and of the most celebrated heathen writers, after they have been care fully expurgated." But the principal object of the letter is to recommend to the especial predilection of the French bishops those identical writers who have devoted their lives to the defence of the righ's of the holy See, the same being the very men whom several of these bishops had just condemned. "Fi delity to the holy See, and most perfect obedience to all that it teaches, establishes, and decrees," is the one quality which includes all the other Chris tian virtues, and it is not wonderful if, tried by such a test, M. Veuillot and his colleagues far out weigh the testimony of prelates who have not yet wholly forgotten what is due to the episcopate and the Church of their country. Pius IX. is a revolutionary Pontiff. His reign will be remembered hereafter as that of a Pope in whom the idea of established legal rights and tra ditions never weighed for an instant against the impulses of his own arbitrary authority ; for no Pope was ever so deficient in the first quality of the Roman See--its surpassing caution. But whether he lets loose Cicerovacchio and the mob of Rome, or affects to abolish by a decree the ancient hierarchy of the Church of England, or treats the prelates of France as if they were the mere creatures of his power, Pius IX. manifests the same utter unconsciousness of the elements he has to deal with. Within the last few days it is said that he has definitively refused to crown Louis Napoleon, though even if that act had depended on his own will he would probably have performed it, with an utter disregard of the rights attached to the French Crown and the violated liberties of the nation. But he follows up this refusal, which is in itself not very flattering to a Ruler whose army is at this moment in possession of the Papal dominions, by a manifesto such as no previous Government of France has endured. It asserts in the most absolute terms the entire inde pendence of the Church in France on the unlimited authority of Rome. It purposely limits every allusion to the laws and liberties of that Church, and to the treaty which binds it to the State. It condemns in terms a book recently published in defence of the Gallican doctrines based on the common law of the nation ; and it lavishes adula lation on the Government on the ground that it has sacrificed the independence of the Church. These Ultramontane opinions, these arrogant pretensions of a foreign and irresponsible Court, are no es sential part of the Roman Catholic religion. On the contrary, they have been successfully re sisted by tike most illustrious me'mbers of that Uhurch, and they have not been asserted by thy wisest of its Pontiffs. This spiritual despotism, which threatens to enfold the world in mediaeval obscurity, and to realise that idea of one uniform tyranny over the mind of man which even the Middle Ages did not achieve, may accord for a time with the strange political apathy and subjection into which the greatest nations of Europe have fallen. But the Church of Rome never committed a more signal error than that of allying itself to such Powers as these ; and even in the pr esen t state of the world, when every other form of oppo sition is suspended, we are much mistaken if the ancient rights of the Galilean Church will be sacri ficed and abandoned without a defender. Exoriare cdiquis ! Even the pr esen t F rench Government can scarcely think that it is interested in abetting the subversion of the only party in the Church upon which it can rely on national grounds ; and • the publication of such a mandate is in itself a vio lation of the right hitherto exercised by the State to sanction and control all the communications addressed by the See of Rome to its subjects. AMWAY TRAFFIC' RETURNS. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return fel the week ending April 3, 1853 (283 miles) £14,425 10 0 Corresponding week last year (2411 miles) 11,268 14 4 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending April 10, 1853.... ,C 18,220 14 4 Corresponding week last year 17,405 17 10 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for railway and steam-boats for the week ending April 10. 1853 Corresponding week last year :23,202 12 6 2,586 17 7 Increase in 1853 £6ls 14 11 CORN AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending April 9, 1853 £235 6 9 Corresponding week last year 172 3 5 THE BUTTER TRADE AT CORK. -On Monday the butter market opened at the Cork Weigh House, after the usual annual vacation, and at a figure highly en couraging to dairy farmers. Cant, 110 s., first quality ; currency, 101 s. for ditto. In addition to this high price which may be set down at is. per lb., there are no stocks hi the hands of dealers in either this or tho 14min market. 16, 11, x' 2S, I°l ' lat. 44 e b. 16 25, 111 ' 34 214 o ~''i d ~~, 25, ~~ 'of. / tO 0 0; p it °40.: