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" ' f - 4 - :%V i' '' ' '' ''''' /` l g r' ' V '447 ' ' ' t !linV I V° • n hOIT ----__:_'::___ . a ir> 33 's,,- 1 1 4 1 ": : 1 /),,, Jim - SY A, •2 lIAILEYBU.RY COLLEGE. ..0........... . --.., , --.- S U N LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Londe's. -....--"'". 811411 E OF PROFIT INCREASED FROM OXE-HALF TO FOUR-FIFTHS. Policies effected with this Society after Midsummer, 1850, and re -I.3nal.onlng in force at each Septennial period of division, will PARTIC l a. -2 IN FOUR -FIFTHS of the Net Profits of the Society aecru our fam ke izzer Midsummer, 1850, in proportion to their contributions to Ando /T e nts, and according to the conditions contained in the ... e Y s Prospectus. °la - 41 . 1 Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives are tower sa 553 1 d * rerun than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers dition Y protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in ad -scl 484 - 6a ",.., to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of tea os --mi„. 211 se nd Polley p ros Sump s paid by the Office. rs., , ee ls y_ Pectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, ri., w v 1,4 277 °° ,`,4" aclon, or of any of the Agents of the Society. '' g 9 op. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. rs., - ---- 7.12th0 3-12t 11 ' GENERAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE B.l2ths COMPANY. 1.120 ^Prelim ....r A onally Registered, and to be Incorporated by Royal Charter men of Parliament, for the Guarantee against Losses arising from :C. 3 . ries, Forgeries, Frauds, Debts, Insolvency, Fire, and Non-pay t of Rent. , 3:; ent pri ce pliife: o,c 1 5 s o sura oo. nc i e is also effected on improved and safe minciples. 15 811 dow C atal 13.,r1e f (with rower to increase to 1 , 000 , 0001 . ) in 100,000 up. , '"` shares of 51. each; deposit, 1L per share. 1 110'411, t Offices-Cannon street West, London. top, curt SOLICITORS-Messrs. Humphreys, Son, and Morgan. )I . ice. This c SECRETARY - William H. Longmore, Esq. in f e rior. 1n p i nes C o mpany has been established for the purpose of combining 34, Oa bloP Office, and concentrating under one management, the various 1`2 3 , i 3 .„,_ e s e in which the principle of Insurance is capable of being applied. rri.os business of the General Indemnity fnsursnce Company corn - - 0 55 "'" r unlblesei h all the the forms of Insurance at present in action, and includes ~ i Os Ll' and important features not previously brought before the ..... r e ,,_ e. These are divided between its three main departments in the Ining mailmen `,4..t. I nsurance against Robberies, Forgeries, Frauds, &c. (T ` h ':. Insurance against Losses by had Debts and gu'rantee of Rents. g e ..1 8 department includes the Collect on of Debts and Rents without ~'altee, s 03; anyatee, at a moderate commission. The winding-up of Bankrupt 1 to 20 1 41)lbs P er bt ; I n solvent Estates and advances to Assurers, on the security of eal loed assets not immediately available for the purchase and sale ihel ; lariell cf,Estates. i 50a d t° 3c..„, od, 1, 34 . Fire and Life Insurance in all its branches. Insurances to ...ort ge ,„__ ci to uv ' 11. n h i ti st - s, providing for re-payment of mortgage-money; An )a per b ° 11 ; T.. Fuld Loans to Policy-holders on real and personal security. me Fire ti e f per I an,. I partment includes a new feature of considerable import -Bee t 04; fid t•° °` ?ire. nsuranco against loss of Business Profits in consequence of ,o, , od; od to ~ „, . va , . whi Fo r each of these Departmeas a special Prospectus is prepared, to 3d to Os , ach the Pablic are referred for the minute details. 9d to l' dr Op l ications for Shares, Prospectuses, and Agencies, to be ad '; to 6a W e,osed to the Secretary. t. -•- 0, oj ditto, .' ',gents acted in all parts of the Kingdom. • d, . tut kert 3 dd ' b utter s al ' J R ITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE to ON ..7,., ' COMPANY. olesale I,'"-,' • d ; P ° 7: I, Princes-street, Bank, London. 1 n. o u, Established August 1, 1837. Oci to ''' pen•id aton e, Em powered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Vict., cap. 9 . Policies issued free of stamp duty. Colonm •.„., DIRECTORS. -; .. ,, BERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park, CRAIRMAN 15 ,1 for s - 11 William Bardgett, Esq., 149, Fenchurch-street. , Ni l , OF 11 ~, g o. ueorge Bevingt , n, Esq., Neckinger Mills, Bermondsey. - r‘ ,.. r t • eiol P irt . gs CockeriP, Esq., Shadwell and Twickenham. fictilt °' sj • 40i '' ' George Cohen, Esq., sq., Shacklewell. tis to d Esq , White Hart-court, Lombard-street. , e ' Id • rg -ge ers' J ohn Drewett, Esq., 50, Cornhill. 5 o'a ; 1 A,,, 6 3 Erasmus Robert Foster, Esq., 1, Princes-street, Bank. s Od to 3 `"' H . S. Girdler, Esq., 7, Tokenhouse-yarde Lt. L. Smale, Esq., Doctor's-commons. STANDING COUNSEL. H. Bellenden Ker, Esq., 8, Old-square, Lincoln's-inn. PPI• of r/S* It SOLICITORS. '" • em... ---"•.. li`Lcod and Steuning, 16, London-street, Fenchurch - s treet. Aty and qt: f W e " ' ) 4 BANKERS. ur o ens easra. Dimsdale, Drewett, Fowlers, and Barnard, 50, Cornhill. condor , ' - Vs Th e ii l- tt - e . 7s od 0 „ to he marked testimony in favour of life assurance evinced by the iwtalature in the exemption from Income tax of the premiums raid ts, l le v" 5S Oatd° 4 benefit of a surviving family, is deserving the most serious g. t, ntion ot all classes ; not only on account ot the actual saving, ut on account of the h'gh estimation in which it provesthat the eo`eol of life assurance gene rally is held by the Government of the e ntry .. . . In 3 'l6 l 'i. ~.,. creasing gates of Premium, especially useful to creditors for se -1111g s Debts. . elf Premiums, only, required during first seven years. vssurances payable during Die. rrovision, during minority, for Orphans. • •if: srk et mar 111 1 a BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Asa repo „ t Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. 're (CV''' . Pro ii „i , f).._ fits divided annually. nian - ,, 'S 7, , W er niums computed for every three months' difference of age. es 13 g'i , credit' l4l f - assurances on a new lan eculiarl advantageous to holders.P"cplan es, ourio: Y 131.,..5.t_the last nnual General Meeting a reduction of 30 per cent. was d N . ° l4h and ire ' Gincolnshirt '''. he the current year's premium on all participating policies. --- South•Es' (l ' l toratErAßT.) ---.......___ (surrusE.) ----- Half Whole Premium premium Half Quer- First for Re- Age. Annual Yearly terly •as largo , An a Seven mainder premium Pre- Pre -Black bt l3 ,, P , Years. of Life. mium. mice. rksbire,6v,' ....... —I .! . --_- - er, Shed , si £ a d. £ s . d . Years. Months £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. •ao 1 • Dover, ' : 4,, . 1 9 2 3 6 30 0 2 7 3 1 4 :2 0 12 3 8 ;; lB 4 3 2 7 6 1 4 41 012 4 a, 3 2 61 4 5 0, 6 2 710 I 4 60 12 5 "" 3 6 81 613 41 9 5 8 2 1 4 8 1 0 . 12 6 ....,........ nd Biruling E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. were a toms ' ANDREW FRANCIS,' Secretary. .....__ verhanilPtdili London au LIFE ASSURANCE. itto Eigh tb* REPORT of the SELECT COMMITTEE of the HOUSE tr by, htiY er'' ' 7 COMMONS, and the DEPOSIT SYSTEM-the New and and Feature of Life Assurance adopted by The DEPOSIT '''', ll GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. "I'm following is an extract from the Report of the Select Com- Mitte e , ~.` THE OBJECTS Which persons HAVE IN VIEW IN EFFECTING IN rn CountPT, s ao — ,..„„L o sa upon their lives, are GENERALLY OF AN IMPORTANT AND 64i ; Y of ' - -L. character, viz., the PROVISION FOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS Era, t ho death oetheir NATURAL PROTECTORS ; unlike any ordinary biscretion of trade, a CONTRACT ONCE ENTERED INTO CANNOT BE ° Mee t a ,, tn , OR ABANDONED, if doubts of the stability of an ..- 444t0f th efutird'e arise, WITHOUT • SACRIFICE OF PREMIUMS PAID IN " Le es att e ari d the necessity of effecting new policies in other reased rates of premium, owing to the greater age in IiAP PT Dtre... 4 ' Persons are thus placed in the ANXIOUS AND UN ..,-ItEmiums T a lA• OF BEING COMPELLED TO PERSEVERE IN PAYING ral Post-oV e w the RO3l YEAR TO TEAR, With SOME suspicion and doubt as kw._ _Ultimate advantage of doing to, OR OF INCURRING TIM SE ______--.----- BU S T LOSS Wllicu, UNDER THE MOST FAVOURABLE CIRCUMSTANCES, On : TTEND TELE ABANDONMENT OR SALE OF A POLICY." al 11110, 1.• I°, f i .._.th e DEPOSIT SYSTEM A person is NOT " COMPELLED" to pay ;Lit - TM TO YEAR." and he does not, if desirous of .. ABANDON ;I. Fot' an'" .....--- ,;:1 .. his Policy, incur any '• amnions Loss," but, on the contrary, ho --- ,7 1 ._.3* pay such amounts, and at such times as he may find most con , . Each 11:° ''olent ; he can stop paying whenever he pleases, and ho can with :l:MY the whole or part of his premiums. If the whole be with ... Dec. 21 1, 4 ~ ,vn the Policy is cancelled ; if part only, then the value of the ° lm'Y is diminished by the assured value of the part withdrawn. to, it '',2 3 , aged 20, opens a depos i t p olic y with a p a y ment of 51., which ai, .-s 1 be aeon he Increases from time to time, and occasionally Dec. 17 -u lmoltes. . .‘ .. Dec. 10 ..„ 1 PI il ... eet , ' •00-.cnoconcici , oct-.tz....0 Pee. 9 0 1 VI ...1 l' -. "" c0)...01-.C7C4., 'D='"":"""'........... ... tOl▪ iirCC. 2 , . ,, t 0 oil Dee. 6 1 ti t 41:;;;47-T.4..4. ,-01. 122% ,:, .. " E , . iii;oly 4 , . c ,„,..„ ~,,.., ..:: VCA 1•••• 1... LO t un. 'Deo. l i ' te I) I 4.:: „.1 , cs ...., .- ' , al Iflec. 1 6 ' I q .rs A .P. ,au, v.ov -. cc , t• 1 1° :r., "' a ' "V. .. (Nov. 26 .14 2 'ii .on'Dec. 1 6 °P g.a givill.zA 4 2 I;sg gra; R ..INov. 26 . ~:, ~, „INov. 2a ct , E 00 ..1 _ _l 9 c, . ... m 2 i 4 on Tu.T1 1 ,. ,- a o f , it t-- 0 , 14 co on i Dec. lo .4 1 ... tisg. ' , HI' 111 1 1 A z ,W L'4 in •-• IA 0 On Dec. 2 0 1 - . a ..... , 0 ___________ .. ~,,,,.,„,,,o . , .... c.. .C 1 . C.l ..1 en 10. WO e. N. • Twice !" 0 . hi -a on Deo. •4 t on Dec. 16 , n; 4 4,:-.c•‘ .. -. .- .a . ..M.1.,.0 , 0, ~ TOPS. SO P AO 0 oil Jan. 1 2 . 1 izi mi c ,... .:zowt It • St 0.1.10 ' 7, t, 6Q. eitto , r , "s' 2 G . "' - .... ........ lc, on rec. I;; ; 1 r..) q„ on Dec 17 0 C.) 0 . 'Dec. 9° ---- O. I .:IDCO. 19 k • 8 4 ..IT—cedagi c. . . c.‘ ... 4 - 1 . t. ' p on !Dec. 1 6 6 RV, I i)n Wee. - .. 1 OM 29 PLI I • •,..: : :8 :.-:'" :o •......2 • • Fq 4 . ..1 CI C, .. ,00 . c i ~ c 4 e . VD . . •• Dec. 1 0 . •-• .--' • ... s , • ..,. d-. 0., . 72 4 , 'el ' •.0 7 - I .?.'S do.. 05, 2 „0. 0 ,"; 0 gt.... —_ .. N0v. 26 hl .-.41,0w.t...Ae1..0,1Am on Jan. 1 . ,...._ 12 .4, i . •0 g 0.. . .. .. . Inalf I Whole I Half Quar i Premium premium ~7 First for Re- Age. Annual Yearly erly Seven mainder premium Pre- Pre- Years. of Life. mium. minus. ......... - -I - ,---.. 30 £ 8 d. X 8. d. Years. Months X 8. d. X s. d. A a. d. 40 ' 1 9 2 3 6 30 0 2 7 3 1 4'2 0 12 3 80 18 4 3 2 7 6 1 4 41 012 4 30 2 2 61 4 5 0, 6 2 710 1 4 61 012 5 3 6 81 613 41 9 t 8 2 1 4 8, 012 6 -,......._ • . DJoly P. • _ on . IDec. 1 L l I t .004..0 MN =VM 1....c.0 it. un Dec. 1 6 Cci „ ,i c .... ...- v ....0 Jr..m. wm. . .. fNov, 26 c,, • 4 .cltt cciuPv"' -. .•••••••• -. on 'Dec. 1 6 "'NOV* 26 1 1 0 g o =4 '4V: ..... 'CI rg ...0 .NM NVM . C 4 ..1NOV• 2 14 0 1 .1 _ 110 , •' i.i Q , ca ''. re on Tu. T g l 4 if 4 . . co oopec• 1 6 c., ' , l 5-• ce. 4 c'4 -lII' il —III m ..6..1„0 LI. • Az 4 .. .V:9‘... s n In cl 01 , .... 0 on Dec. 2 , ' g .. Twic 0 46 / Li L. 2 --,------- • TW l C ed , ! 111 Z ''l ' a -si c, •-• ac . . . at, 0 nO 0 . N. VM on Deo. . 4 o c,...! ti i • -• • U ~.; 1 4 gt.g .41 , - , 7."2nn..., g .- , , mooenia . N . I M.,. , 0, on Dec. 16 e t! ° .. Toes. v io 4 6 on Jan. 1 , -a ',v.'. mi ~. mon.ibo g .....„,„ 0 .. ....3, oil Pee. 1 . 6 ti) 4 6.23 c f rzco-02 w• -........-. 1 c.• -I c..) •; 7 4 on Dec li o c..) . . .. !D ec , 90 _______ cJ .. (Deo. 1 , 9 „y i l ..' • „. IT .vicou••• • 4 N ." 0 1 . 4 •••• on Dec. 1 6 tzl A t , ' 1• on (Dee. 16 . -- . I -- .. Dee. 0 A : : : • * : . • •,,.., . . . ; ~; • V. • : d, : '• g 1.- .z a ; a, ~ -. .- c ., .. Dec. 16 • •;•••,. 4 .,..z .... ., ?„,.. .. . • 7.1 1 . .F . s6 l ,43 ' ligl O?g i t • Nov. 26 itl ~; A ,4,0444ftAe1.. , AAwA mJsm. l t . et, ••c• ..-: ,- -. ~. .• bee. 1! 4. . . ..n.n .. . . . . . =° °° on Dec. lu "--.__________.. .., .... le jl.ll wens' s) v l iiiis A n .. Dec 1 ! i all ~---, •••• in 10 years, has saved and invested at different inter. on Dec. 1. 1 4 ,.,ca., v „ - ' 6 , 11 s sums amounting to 971., by which he had been Insured On DEC 16 - .1, Is m . - ,,,.° 1 death for 2601 12s 7d ; but A B requires 92/. ; he draws .. Nov. 21; :i i ‘ s differe'Lno.tit, and diminishes .. the value of his Policy by 601. Bs. 3d. .. , Dec. 13 I); 4,1 a,,,,,‘ times , ~ leaving him in case of death a Policy for 2001. .. Dec. 12 - 41 1 4 41 . 0 " u u y ri . ng his life a fund of 751. to draw out at any time, in on l Dec. lu I 16 'COPP, Pp cl aim settled by the Deposit and General Life Assurance g 'nt Es 4„was upon a deposit of 101. which a parent made for each on Dec. o:•vit,,, .....dren, instead of adding it to an account they bad at the I ,„ 3 ltee Bank. One of them died a few days after the 101. was de 'na- ils will ',° , '" , lt V oli a nd the father r ece i v ed 341. 65., being the amount of the De be India $2: spatcho 15 m,,, tl uDros in „ EXAMPLE No. 2. lo -4 8, a n ,° .1.• B, aged 23, when he opens a Deposit Policy hqs the tae ea ,-, continues VOLUNTARILY to pay the same sum every year ‘"--------- 11: ay as he is COMPELLED to do in the ordinary system. tufactul erg i id t h er e s Year. Age. a fair d i e ' ecteu• i' 1 1 •Zi......." -- --•••-- £ X. is. d. s e.,..p '' 444 ...... ------". 18 ••18 • lab* ... ••• - - 23 49 6 6 )RAG O 14 5 ".• . • .. ••••• • . . . . lB 48 16 0 T.3l B s f OIN , 140 4 ...... • •• •• .... 25 1 8 47 18 0 t e ch Llr ar 'l ' 1%•• .. .... ••.. .. 26 18 47 4 6 a s 1.40 ... • .... ••• • .. 27 18 46 10 6 lave c _ 184 1 4'•......** ..... . 28 18 45 17 6 curabe, e! . unte. ....*** ....... .. 29 18 45 4 0 Ds V d ~ o f 18 44 10 6 eatiriele , 18 43 17 6 thorit 5 . ,11 e 18 43 4 0 these rill% ••••• , 1 484 , •.. .. 33 ning P 3rt i IN: ......... 90 206 7 6 37 ) course 0 701IC bed for 1 • •'• .... 470 • • • .. .. - 38 iy all drag . 14 11,... •• .......***. 90 190 4 6 ,to ••.. : • .... . 425 [lent, 2 14, 4 414 . •••• •••• 43 ' • ... . . .. 72 141 3 0 46 _______....... l 8 1 4 3 ____ ______-- 432 1,000 4 0 1 4 ;10 . '''••• . •• 17 iBC.. 108 194 13 6 he wifa ° I 14 A1 ••• •••... 53 0 52 f ir tsi . •. 90 147 18 6 he wi f° to 15 "•• .. ..... •... 57 S 58 • ..„. 108 182 10 6 Res'. 1)r. -- ---,_------.. _ 11• '-'- : - .... -- "."----._ 738 1,525 0 6 ifiddleOn. ley it Drerni o till A.B. is 46 years ei ii orah lai., i) ra or Hu . comme ncing at 23 years of age, and paid upon 3 'te, *l ll sr , ollcy (As IT MUST Be) yearevery o o CI but if A B lives 17 tits lon. cur e the same sum, viz., - payments s s l or '° insurance) his Deposit Policy, for Inu ' ~4 , 4 t.i.r (which is the probable durationl" of_li_fe_a a t me the time he .64. eo or 't he b. dlnar Y Policy of 1,0001„ will have increased to 1,5251. - "Rht ti , TRUSTEES. lit ol4Dtr un ourable the Lord Viscount DrUnilanrigl M.P., P.C., ic1iPq0,,..4 oiler of her Majesty's Household. kt..4 4er 0.1 Sir W. Clayton, Bart., 79, Gloucester -place, Port vi_Ohmi:are. ve..,,t4oZrice, Bart., Banker, London. 11 1 41 AYscough, Prospect House, Southampton. e Itl iltit U CHAIRMAN. OH. the Lord Viseount Drumlanrig, M.P., P.C ., Comp troller of her Majesty's Househ o ld . • Geo DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN. - rife Coode, Esq., Victoria-street, Belgravia. CONSULTING ACTUARY. It. 11. Francis G. P. Neison. Esq., F.L.S. STANDING COUNSEL. h Atlnu r ''' , 'der, E s M.P., Recorder of Bristol, Counsel to the ' kalin tatt3 ' , and q'Q . C., i l . --. 1t.,.. Jude- ug Advocate of the Fleet. , er ~,..) — 4, Q.O M p Lincoln's-inn. to nice N•" ••• do. Mg , 0, 18, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. ciinnutities ! r anted at 5 per cent. on real or personal security. p e 'l bq o . Most favourable terms. Diseased lives and lives de the or P ros they iy, to uftlees accepted at equitable rates. cr us es cen, t_ D and further information apply to the agents in C. W. Bevan, Resident Secretary. kik... 4611 U wanted in all parts of the United Kingdom. 14.1448140 4 1 091 Offo4l o 3d On the very An. ni ,„ onlY dale, near the I ° l 4 tdsor, an son 0 f Iv t t o Sarah adingtorr irs ,.hall, d 67. d, Agnes, 3 yr, LUCY' f L e Y t°ll' to of her NONG' 0 .112, noti Of No. 19,100 d 31ETROPOLITAN LIFE -ASSURANCE SOCIETY. No. 3, Princes-street, Bank. The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums fall due on the sth of January next, that the same must be PAID within Thirty days from that date. The Premiums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October, either of which several days constitutes the commencement of the year to Members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So ciety as Members on the sth of January next, should appear or lodge their proposals at the office on or befor e that day. for Mutual an d General Assurance, appropriates the Thl s Society, whole of its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives for the whole term of life as Members of the Society. For the year ending the sth of April, 1854, an abatement of 51 per cent, has been declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five Years' standing and upwards. RICHARD HEITLIFIELD, Superintendent. Princes-street, Bank, Dec. 8, 1853. ENGINEERS, MASONIC ASSURANCE SO AND NI CIETY.VERSAL MUTUAL LIFE HEAD OFFICE, 345, STRAND, LONDON. BONUS. ' • NOTICE. —A DIVISION of PROFITS will take place at the end of the year 1854. All personswho have paid two Annual Premiums will be entitled to share therein: Policies to participate in the Bonus must therefore be effected in the course of this year. ABATEMENT IN INCOME-TAX. Every person assured in this Society is entitled to have the amount of the annual premium paid for assurance, or for a deferred annuity on his own life, or the life of his wile, " deducted from any profits or gains in respect to which he shall be liable to be assessed union either of the Schedules D unit E of the Income-tax Act. Advantages offered by this Society : Pelicie. issued free of Stamp Ditty. Assignments of Policies registered free of charge. Premiums Payable Half-Yearly, Quarterly, or Monthly. Credit given for half the Bremiums. A liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents on the intro duction of Policies. _ ANTIIONY PECK, 31. A , Assistant Actuary. THE LONDON IIOrSPIITABLE - LIFE POLICY COMPANY, 72, Lombard-street. TRUSTEES. J. Campbell Renton, Esq. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. I Richard Malin!, Esq., Q.C., M.P. James Fuller Maddox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. William Adams, Esq., Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square. John Atkins, Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street. Henry Augustus isevan, Esq., John-street, America-square. John Onngerfield, Esq., Craven-street. strand. R. Henry Furman, Esq., Ordnance, Pall-Mall. John Hamilton, Esq , Alfred-place, Thutlow-square. John Matthews. Esq., Arthur-street West, City. C. OCIRNiUS Parnell, Esq.. Norfolk-street. lark-lane. William Williams, Esq., Rood-lane, Fenchurch-street. PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD. 24, Connaught-terrace, Edgware-road. The Rev. James Shergold ttoone, A.M., Stanhope-street, Hyde-park Captain Creed, Bediord-square. and St. Alhans. Roger Gadsden, Esq., Maida-hill West, and Bedford-row. Charles Pemberton, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde - park , and Lin- coin's-inn-fields. - George Y.Robson, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Ilya-park, and New- square, Lincoln's-inn.' IV. IL Trinder, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row. SECRETARY- Chas. Hoghton, ESQ. The policies of this Company being indisputable, form FAMILY PROVISIONS and NEGOTIABLE S ECUR IT I E it, for their validity is not dependent. as in the case of ordinary policies, upon the import of previous reports and other documents. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. THE HOME COUNTIES AND METRO POLITAN" FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. Office-14, Chatham-place, Blackfriars. Members enrolled Daily. Office hours 10 to 4—and on Thursday eveninge from 7 to 9. PRESIDENT. Lord Dudley Ctmtts Stuart, M.P. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Apsloy PeHatt, Esq., M.P. William Ewart, Esq., M.P. TRUSTEES. Apsicy Pcilatt, Esq., M.P. William Ewart, Esq., M.P. John Williams, Esq. Shares. £3O each. Entsance Fee Is. Subscription, Ono Shilling per Share Weekly. The Directors call special attention to the class of estates that are purchased for allotment amongst the members of this society. The one at Wood-green (now almost allotted) is acknowledged to be one of the most eligible for building purposes yet distributed by any Lund Society; and a further purchase in Wimbledon-park has just been effected, fully equal, if not superior, to the one at Wood-green, ad mirably adapted for first class villas. There is now an opportunity, either by paying up Shares, or taking them, to get Ballot-rights of acquiring plots on this highly eligible and profitable estate. Ballots take place Monthly. HENRY KNIGHT, Secretary. Offico-14. Chatham-place, Dlacktriars. CI ORNWALL RAILWAY. kJ NOTICE OF CALL. Sixth Call-21. per 201. Share—making 12/. paid up. NOTICE IS lIERKIiir GIVEN, That the Directors of the CORN WALL RAILWAY COMPANY have this day made a CALL of 21. per 201. share upon the respective Shareholders in the said Company, and have appointed such Call to be paid on the 10th day of January next, to either of the un iermentioned Bankers, namely : Messrs. GLYN', MILLS, and Co , Lombard-street, London. Messrs. I'ILASIDS and Co., Fleet-street, London. Messrs. TWEEDY, WILLIAMS, and Co., Truro, Falmouth, and Itedruth, Cornwall, and the several Shareholders in the said Company aro hereby re quired to pay such Call. By order of the Directors!, WM. 11. BOND, secretary. Dated Truro, Nov. 11, 1853. Interest at the rate of 334 per cent. on Calls paid up will be allowed from the date of payment, free of income-tax. All interest will cease from the date of the call being made paya ble, on the whole amount paid up, until the said call be paid ; and a charge of 41. per cent. will be made by the Bankers on the unpaid call for the time the said call remains in arrear. N.B.—The interest due to the 29th September last is in course o payment. G R A No other Packets The Packets eat FRO] VESEND S TAR PACKET S. call at the Grays, Greenhltho, and Pudica Piers. I at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting) K TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WELK DAYS. SUNDAYS. 4) ; °Aa r e! 1 .s- ' I 1 .I 4 + •c i Tlrne. A 1 g s g . 4 s v i i . Z 8 . r '' 1 g a ......__. 7 _ _ ____ _ ...... ..._ ___ % ___. _ ____ .- __ 1111.814 11% t 9 -- 134 . ,-.. 11% -- —3% • 3,, 5 Saturdays only Direct Trains from the Boats marked 1" Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London Omnil every qi BRUNS. Tra' buses Luarte: Lins from , from Fen, T of an hot !IC WHAR: ing Trains F, BLACKWALL, from the Fenchurc , on the arrival of the (01- :h-street Station. SUNDAYS. WIC; lowi Fen church Street. 4:e IN - 10% - 124 - 214 - 3% - :XX D AVM, 5 d fi 4, - I - Passages marked * are run direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or from Gravesend and London.... .....• 10d. .. Is. 2d. „ Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. •• Os. 10d. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, si. Os. •, Six Months, 31. Os.; Three Months, it. Os. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Nov. 17. 1863. SECOND EDITION.—WITII ADDITIONS. Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free. ss. 6d. (IN TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the Gsnerative System, or Sexual Hypochondrlasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD "Dr. Pickford 's known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his cower to correct." —London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. The tribe of 'Quiet Sympa htsers,'and Medical Friends,'are mercilessly exposed; arid if this book could find its way into the hands of those who stiffer from the com plaint of which It treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds ...add be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money...... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhrea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore likely to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16. 1852. London: 11. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. ULTIMATUM of the CATTLE SHOW. — The Cattle Sbew has this year been marked by a far greater degree of utility than usual, the object of the Ariculturist seems to be the cultivation of a really useful business. It has also been dis covered by thousands of visitors to the City that the magnitude and elaborate architecture of the East and West-end Establishments of E. MOSES and SON is the result of unparalleled commercial con nexions. and that their business is the most accomplishel record o its ste and fashion, having the most practical application, at every season, the most advantageous selection may be made from their Unrivalled Stock, and orders for Dress are attended with more correctness, despatch, and economy than at any other house. The preparations for the ensuing vacations are on an extraordinary scale of grandeur and utility, and Young Gentlemen's Attire ordered or purchased at E. MosEs and Sox's possesses many desirable improvements, which are apparent in the novelty of the materials and the New Mode of Cutting discovered by E. MOSES and Sox, from which a perfect and comfortable Fit is insured, but the most econonsical prices are charged. The most Comfortable Overcoats find the Warmest and most Gentle manly Winter Attire is present by E. MosEs and Sox. The Hosiery and ',wiles Dress Departments are replenished with an in terminable variety of new, rich, and useful articles, in which superior quality and cheapness is surprisingly combined and Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, &c &c show the inimitable advantages derived from purchasing at E. MOSES and Sox's. The Vast Stock in the Wholesale Department offers t) captains, merchants, and emigrants opportunities in selection not to be found elsewhere. that class of goods being prepared from a perfect knowledge of the present state of the markets abroad, and in accordance with the requirements cf every class of emigrants. The remarkably low prices charged by E. MOSES and Sox are a source of great profit to all purchasers. Ship-sailing information and full lists of Outfits for Ladles and Gentlemen may be had on application, or pat frce. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition,having learned that the untradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many Instances, and for 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, Mincaies, 83, 84,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 and 3, Hart-street. all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36. Fugate. Colonial Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailor Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentler nen. IMPORTANT. --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 abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book. " The Epitome of Comfort and Economy," contain ng full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, &c., may be had on application, or post-free. Tel Von parle Francais. Qui si parla Italian°. Xl* liPos4s ama Dent#ol2! _ Aqua tae 441.*1 Efv,no LONDON, TUESDAY EVENI - G, DECEMBER 13, 1853. CHRISTMAS PRESENT. Now ready, Tenth Edition, with Fifteen Illustrations, 103. 6&, T HE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. By ELIOT WARBURTON. "A book calculated to prove snore practically useful was never penned than "The Crescent and the Cross,"—a work which sur passes all others In its homage for the sublime and its love for the beautiful in those famsus regions consecrated to everlasting humor tal ity."—Sun . • . Published for Henry Colburn, by his successors, Hurst and Blacett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TIIE BOOK OF BEAUTY FOE 1854. Just ready, clotl► gilt, 21s. ; coloured plates, 425. ... . . THE. COURT ALBUM ; or, Book of Beauty for 1854. A series of portraits of the Female Aristocracy, from draiyitigs by the best artists. With Biographical and Histori cal Memoirs. _ . . David Bogue, Fleet-street. lIEATIFS KEEPSAKE FOR 1854. Just ready, price 215., elegantly bound, 'THE KEEPSAKE fok 1854.. Edited by Miss 1_ POWER; with contributions by the most poou l,r writers. The Plates engrared under tile superintendence of Mr. FR EDE KICK HEATH, David Bogue, Fleet-street PRESENT BOOKS FOR BOYS. 11:W YOUNG VOYAGEURS ; or, Adventures in the FUR COUNTRIES of the FA' NORTH. By Captain MAYNE REID. (Author of "The Boy•Henters," &c.) With Twelve Illustrations by William Harvey. Fcap. 7s. " A capital book for a Christmas present, a New-Year'c gift, or a keepsake at any szason."- Epectator. 1,. THE DESERT HOME ; or, the ENGLISH FAMILY ROBINSON. By Captain MAYNE REID. With Twelvo Illustrations by William Ilarvoy. Third Edition. Fcap. 7s. cloth. . • . THE SOY-HUNTERS ; or, Adventures in SEARCH of a WHITE BUFFALO. By Captain MAYNE REID. With Twelve Illustrations by William Harvey. Third Edi tion. Fcap. 7s. cloth. ,v. FOOT -PRINTS of FAMOUS MEN. Biography for Boys. By J. G. EDGAR (Author of " The BOyhood of Great Men"). With Eight Illustrations by Birket Foster. , Fcap. 3s. 6d. cloth. v. 'THE 'BOYHOOD OF GREAT MEN. By J. G. EDGAR. With Eight Engravings by BIRKET FOSTER. Second Edition. Imp , 3s. 6d. cloth. VI. PARLOUR MAGIC. New Edition, revised and enlarged, with the addition of several Tricks from the Performances of Messrs. Houdin, Robin, &c. 43. 6d. cloth. THE BOY'S OWN BOOK. A completo Encyc'opmdia of all the Diversions—Athletic, Scientific, and Recreative—of Boyhood and Youth. New Fdition, greatly enlarged, with Numerous additional Engravings. 813. 6d. cloth. . . David Bogue, Fleet street, AMUSEMENT FOR CHRISTMAS PARTIES. ROUND GAMES FOR ALL PARTIES. A Collection of the greatest variety of Family Amusements or the Fireside or Pic-nie, Games of Action, Games of Memory, Catch Games, Games requiring the exercise of fancy, intelligence, and imagination, directions for crying forfeits, &c. ss. cloth, gilt. ACTING CHARADES; or, Deeds, not Words. A Christmas Game to make a Long Evening Short.. ny the BROTiIERS MAYLIE W. New Edition, profusely illustrated, ss. cloth. 111. ACRACKER BON-BON for CHRISTMAS PARTIES; consisting of Christmas Pieces for Private Re presentation, and other Seasonable matter, in Prose and Verse: By ROBERT B. BROUGH. Illustrated by Iltsz. 3s. 6d. cloth. David Bogue, Fleet-street. ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FOR PRESENTS. In Fcap Bvo, price 55., cloth gilt, ORIENTAL FAIRY TALES ; or, Fancy's Wanderings in the East. With 34 Illustrations by W. Harvey. "One of the prettiest books that has been published for a long time. The Tales are quite equal, if not superior to those of the far-famed Hans Andersen. There is little d•ubt it will be generally chosen as a book for the coming holidays." Post 8 vo, price Bs. 6d., cloth gilt, WOOD'S NATURAL HISTORY. Illustrated with 450 Engravings, designed expressly for this work by W. Harvey, forming the most correct and beautifully illustrated volume that has appeared. Price 45., cloth gilt, A NCIENT CITIES of the WORLD, in their .r 1 Glory and their Desolation. By the Rev. T. A. BUCKLEY. 8 Illustrations. " Neatly illustrated and carefully written : it is ' the book' to put into the hands of everyone." Price Is , cloth gilt, . GREAT CITIES of the MIDDLE AGES ; or, The Landmarks of European Civilisation. Historical Sketches. By the Rev. T. A. BUCKLEY. With Illustrations by W. Harvey. Pike 4s. 6d., cloth gilt, BATTLES of the BRITISH ARMY. By CHARLES MACFARLANE. Illustrated by W. Harvey. A nar rative of the Conflicts in which oar Armies have been engaged from Crecy to Aliwal and Sobraon. In 1 thick vol.. price 7s. 6d., cloth gilt. RABIAN NIGHTS' (The) ENTERTAIN UL. MEETS. A new and thoroughly-revised Edition, with large Engravin g s from ll:ustrations by Harvey. London : Geor g e Rontled g e and Co., 2, Farringdon-street. Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free 6s. THE PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL TREAT MENT of STRICTURE of the URETHRA, in all its Varie ties and Complications. With Practical Observations on the Use and Abuse of Urethral Instruments. The whole illustrated by numeroas cases, showing that this disease may be success, ully treated by means at once simple and sate, even in its most inveterate and apparently intractable fermi. By F. B. COURTENtY, M R.C.S.E. "We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of stricture during the last 20 years ha., equalled, if indeed it has not surpassed, that of any of his contemporaries, and we know of no man to whose care we would with greater confidence entrust the treatment of 'a severe case of stricture of the urethra."—Medical Circular, July 27, 1853. H. ltailliere, 219, Regent-street. THOMAS SALT and CO., EAST INDIA PALE ALE BREWERS, BURTON-ON-TRENT. STOR 4S. London.• •• .. 22, Hungerford-Whad. Liverpool ...... •• •• 52, Henry-street. Manchester •• .• •• .... 37, Brown-street. Birmingham 2634, Bull-street. Bristol ....•• ........ Back Hall, Baldwin-street. Nottingham •• •• .. 14, Milton-street. Dublin ...... 4, Crown-alley. Edinburgh • .. 17, Downie-place. Dundee .............. 13, New Inn Entry, High-street. CONTRACT FOR COALS FOR BERMUDA. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, Dec. 8, 1853. THE Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the 27th instant, at One o'clock, they will bo ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and deli vering into store at her Majesty's Navalyard at Bermuda - - - 1,200 Tons of SOUT a WALES COALS, fit for the service of her Majesty's steam-vessels. A Form of the Tender may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly autho rised in writing. Every tender must bo addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Coals," and mast also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a Letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 5001. for the duo perform ance of the Contract. A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH. MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, FLEET-STREET, has introduced an ENTIRELY. NEW DESCRIPTION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth, As not to be distinguished from the originals by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the ex traction of roots, or any painful operation, and will suppDrt and pre servo teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mas tication. 52, FLEET-STREET.—At home from Ten till Five. 114AJOR'S SYNOVITIC LOTION as modifie d by Dr. Batchelour. Testimonials from the following per sona may be seen at Dr. Batcheiour's, 12, Finsbury-place tSouth, Finsbury-square. CANCER: from Mrs. Brown, 2, Bevis-marks, City ; Mrs. Wilton, 24, Do Beauvoir-terrace, Kingsland ; Mrs. Tiping, Houton-place, Epsom. WHITE SWELLING: from Mrs. Stevens. at Messrs. Berens & Co 'a 33 'it Paul's-churchyard. SPINAL COMPLAINT: from Mr. Price, 23, Brick-lane, Spital fields ; Mr. W. Knight, Faversham. RHEUMATISM : from Mr. P. Smart, Somerset-place, Rotherhithe. SCALD HEAD: From Mr. Carter, 38, Elngsland-road. Dr. Batchelour is acting in unison with Mr. Major, the inventor of the lotion, the most wonderful medicinal agent of modern times. The lotion, with directions for use, is sold at 12, Finsbury-place South, Finsbury-square, and at George Watts', 17, Strand, in bottles I Is. and 22e. each. MEDICAL ADVICE TH ON AND THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF Y. ___ DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society. Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall. London, & e., Etc. MAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro duced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist once secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitfld 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 removed, and how the evil and its consequenc es may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of thehypocritical 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 this department of practice, he has been amply rewarded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight. All letters mast contain the fee of l 1., and advice and medicines can bo forwarded to any initials or address. It 13 desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT should first obtain a copy of his work on - - SELF -PRE SERVATION. A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and exce sses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct description of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper Brothers.a.nd Co., 23, Paternoster-row; .llannay, 63, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Storle, Titchbome-street, Ilaymarket ; or free by - pat for forty-two stamps, to any oaten from the.Autti9fB rebi deuce, 37, Duaro3D-9QuARA LONDON. QT. GEORGE'S . CHESS CLUB.—The MEMBERS of this CLUB are requested to observe that a GENRAL MEETING Will be' held at No. 53, St. James's-street, on F IDAY next, the 16th init at 4 o'clock p in. ►THREEPENNY ILLUSTRATED NEWS PAPEI3.—" THE ILLUSTIUTED TIMES."—A Family Newspaper for Town and Country.—No. I. of this Journal, contain ing all the Xew3 of the Week, and enriched with numerous beautinil Engravings, will appear next Saturday, Dec. 17. Price Threepence stamped.—Office, 113, Strand. Order of all newsvenders. VTSHORTLY CLOSE.--DR. KHAN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Portland Gallery, Regent street, opposite the Polytechnic.—Open for Gentlemen daily at the usual hours, excepting on Wednesdays and Fridays, from Two to Fire, during which hours Ladies only are admitted. Explanations for Gentlemen by Dr. Leach, and for Ladies by Mrs. Leach. Ad mission, Is. WEDNESDAY EVEEVENING CONCERTS, ENETE HALL. On the 14th December will be performed selections from WILLIAM TELL. A New MS. MARCH, the LAST COMPOSITION of ROSSINI, written expressly for the (num) SULTAN. To give effect to this extract dhutry work TWO distinct MILITARY BANDS I+ill be added to the Orchestra. Alter which, Signe of the most popular - COMPOSITIONS OF Mr. BENEDICT. To conclude with Music of a Li;ht and Miscellaneous charactir from eminent ENGLISH COMPOSERS. Principal Vocalists: —Madame Amedei, Miss Stabbach, the Misses Brougham, !Mlle. Annie De Lara, Miss Chipp, Mr. George Perren, Mr. Young, Mr. Weiss, &c. Grand Pianoforte, MADAME DE BARRY. BAND—SEVENTY-T +VO PERFORMERS. Conductors, Mr. BENEDICT and IIERR MEYER LUTZ. Leader, Mr. Thirlwall ; Director of the Music, Mr. Box : Chorus Master, Mr. Smythsan ; Managing Director, Mr.„4llllrou Willott. Programmes ami Tickets to be had at the Hall. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. FIR ,T EXHIBITION - of PtIOTOGRAPIIIC PICTURES MAGNI FIED about 40000 times on the Disc, with the DISSOLVING VIEWS, daily at One o'clock and a Quarter-past Four. LECTURES by Dr. BACHOFFXER on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC TELEGaAPH LECTURE by J. 11. PEPPER, Esq., on Chemistry. An HISTORICAL and MUSICAL LECTURE, illustrated with DISSOLVING 'CENERY, entitled " The ROAD, the RIVER, and the RAIL," by J. E. CARPENTER, Esq. (the popular Author and Song Writer) assisted by Miss Blanche Yottnge, every evening, except Saturday, at Nine o'clock. Open Month= and Evenings. Admission, is ; Schools and Childr.n under Ten years of age, Half-price. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, CHAS. C. LAURENT. Onslow-house, Fmaam-road), —The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8; Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and teradnate at half-past 11. MR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC .13-1/L TO-NIGHT (TUESDAY), and EVERY EVENING (ex cept Saturday) at Eight; TUESDAY and SATURDAY MORNINGS, at Two. Stalls, 35., which can be taken from a plan at the box office, every dry, from Eleven to Four; Area, 25.; Gallery, Is. Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. ATKINSON and COMPANY, CABINET MANUFACT'URERQ, UPHOLSTERERS, and CARPET WAREEIOUAEMEN, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster bridge-road, Lambeth, London. .ATKINSON arid CO' I.PANY, DRAPERS, SILK MERCERS, LACEM +, &c., 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster -bridge-road, LI:111)0th, London.—Shawls, Furs, Mantles, Family Mourning, &c. THE WELLINGTON (late Crockford's) CLUB HOUSE, entrance 20 Piccadilly. Gentlemen visiting Lon don can dine in the Splendid Dining Rooms of this celebrated esta blishment at a very moderate scale of charges. The Dining Room is the largest in London ; the Cooking first:rate ; stud the choicest Wines are supplied in the Imperial measure. Reading and Smoking rooms aro open for the accammodation of gentlemen after dinner. TO the NOBILITY and PATRONS of WAR WICR-HOUSE, Regent-street.—The SELLING OFF will COMMENCE at Ten o'clock each morning after this announcement, and great bargains will necessarily be offered in Silks, Shawls, Dresses, and Mantles. The dissolution of partnership compels an immediate sale, how ever great the loss and it is deemed to be but proper that this early information should be given to those who, for a quarter of a century, have been accustomed to nonour this establishment with their patron age.-142 and 144, Regent-street. THE RECENT FOGS-FOURTEEN VESSELS WRECKED. The dense fogs that have recently prevailed in Lon don appear not only to have extended over the entire length and breadth of the country, but to the whole of the continental countries, and to a great distance at sea, where it occasioned many serious and fatal shipwrecks. Among the many that have been reported at Lloyd's are the following : The barque Norfolk, Captain Beckham, from Shields for London, with 550 tons of coals, got on to the rocks at Flamborough Head, on .Tuesday night last, where, in the course of the following morning, she slid off, and went down broadside into deep water. A dense fog prevailed the whole night. The crew took to the boats, and thus saved their lives. The loss of the ship and cargo is estimated at upwards of 6,0001. On the same night a collision happened off the same coast, the Dudgeon Light SS, distant about 15 miles, between the brig Lily, Mr. Torode, master, bound to Guernsey, from Newcastle, and the schooner Industry, from Southampton. The accident was of that violent character as to sink the latter-named vessel, the crew having just time to save themselves. Off Keiss, near Wick, on the same night, the brig Sisters, Mr. Cowie, of Portgordon, got ashore and be come a complete•wreck. Another vessel is supposed to have been lost, the schooner Primrose, of Lossiemouth, from London, in ballast. She was bound for the Baltic, and the owners are apprehensive that she foundered, and that every soul on board met with a watery grave. Between Southwold and Sunderland, no fewer than 12 coasting vessels, colliers, belonging to the Tyne, Stockton, and Hartlepool, were wrecked. The whole of them were attributed to the fog. In the course of Satur day other losses were posted at Lloyd's. The British ship, Lady Bulwer, Captain Thomas Tobin, bound to Quebec, 1,100 tons burden, with 200 emigrants, foundered in 60 fathoms of water off Moose pecca Island, on the night of the 9th of last month. All on board were saved by the boats. She belonged to the Black Ball Liverpool lino of packets, and was in sured for 10,0001. On Saturday, the ship Walter, Captain Heath, bound to Fayal, was reported lost. She had upwards of 70 passengers on board, who, it is feared. all perished. LONDON COMMISSIONERS TO ADMINISTER OATHS 1N CHANCERY. The Right Honourable Robert Monsey, Lord Cran worth, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, by virtue of an act passed in the session of Parliament holden in the 16th and 17th years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act relating to the ap pointment of persons to Administer Oaths in Chancery, and to take Affidavits, made for purposes connected with registration," and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, has been pleased to appoint the following practising solicitors, whose place of business is within ten miles from Lincoln's-inn-hall, to be London commissioners to administer oaths in Chancery, so long as they shall continue tot practise as solicitors within such ten miles as aforesaid : George Herbert Kinderley, 6, 'New-square, Lincoln's inn (President of the Incorporated Law Society, U.K.) John James Joseph Sudlow, 38, Bedford-row (Vice President). Benjamin Austen, 4, Raymond-buildings, Gray's-inn. Edward Savage Bailey, 6, Berners-street, Oxford-street. Keith Barnes, 7, Spring-gardens, Westminster. Thomas Clarke, Ordnance-office, Pall-mall. Wm. Strickland Cookson, 6, New-square, Lincoln's-inn. John Coverdale, 4, Bedford-row. William Loxham Farrer, 66, Lincoln's-inn-fields. John Swarbreck Gregory, 1, Bedford-row. Richard Harrison, 2, Gray's-inn-square. Bryan Holme, 10, New-inn. Henry Lake, 10, New-square, Lincoln's-inn. Germain Lavie, 8, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. Edward Lawford, Drapers' Hall, Throgmorton-street. James Leman, 51, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Joseph Maynard, 57, Coleman-street, City. William Henry Palmer, 24, Bedford-row. Edward Rowland Pickering, 4, Stone-buildings, Lin coln's-inn. William Sharpe, 41, Bedford-row. William Tooke, 39, Bedford-row. William Williams, 32, Lincoln's-inn-fields. John Young, 6, Size-lane, Bucklersbury. (Members of the Council.) Robert Maugham, Law Society's Hall, Chancery-lane (Secretary). Dated the 6th day of December, 1853. ROBERT MAUGHAM, Registrar of Solicitors. MARYLEBONE PERU LIBRARY, 27, GLOUCESTER PLACE, NEW -ROAD.—The first free library established in the metropolis will, we are informed, be opened in January, 1854 ; its doors will be opened gratuitously to the public from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., thus enabling all classes to a va il th emse l ves of itsadvantages, which we have no doubt they , will readily do, as the collection of books is such as to gratify the taste of a large variety of readers. PRECINCT OF S, T. ANN, BLACKFRIARS.—The inhabi tants of the precinct are desired to take notice that a precinct meeting will be held at the School-house in Church entry, on Wednesday next, the 14th day of De cember inst., at 7 o'clock in the evening precisely, for the purpose of returning ward officers for the year en suing, and on other busi ness , D a t e d thi s 10th cloy of I Dec, 1853.—J. S. NZWBON, vestry Clerk. INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITIES. We remember a favourite quotation of Thomas Carlyle's used to be, " It never smokes but there's a fire." The aphorism appears to be an unhappy orphan, having neither father nor mother, and pro bably adopted by the peripatetic philosopher of Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, out of - charity. At first sight the proposition looks as obvious as the nose on one's face ; but Mr. Cowell can prove to us that it is all a mistake. To say nothing of a bottle of smoke, it is pretty certain that the operatives of Lancashire have centrived to render the atmosphere abundantly fuliginous without the accompaniment of either light or heat. The genius of Palmerston has not yet reached Preston or Blackburn. Spin ners and piecers have not yet learnt to consume their own smoke. It rolls in volumes of misty muddle 'over the whole country, tending only to make darkness visible—we might continue the allusion, and add, that it " serves only to discover sights of woe." Families in Dorset, Devon, and Wilts, toil in contentment on 10s. or 12s. per week; but in Lancashire and Cheshire they had rather be idle and beg than put up with 30s. or 40s. We think we detect them in the metropolis at every turn of the street, hungering along and whispering their wants, " for to beg they are ashamed," as well they may be. That contrast of town and country, of the plough and the shuttle, is remark able. Is there not in the atmosphere of the fac tory, of the huge upstart smoky town, with no rural scenery within available reach, with a huge shifting Babel population, and altogether sophisti cated accessories and pursuits, surrounded with the vicious blandishments of a spurious civilisation, that in place of ministering to the sober utilities and ingenious conveniencies of life, feeds only with the noisome garbage of artificial appetencies— Like a sick man's appetite, Which most affects what would increase his evil is there, we repeat, not something in the very call ing and life of the factory only too obviously cal culated to foster diseased fancies, and brood over imaginary wrongs ? In London here, even the middle classes, who throw themselves into the work of the counting-house, and live in an ether of town and toil, confinement and thought, get diseased in mind—how much more the artisan, oscillating between .his factory and his court or alley. Before Peterloo and since, these men have never been at rest, except when they have been exhausted to prostration by the self-imposed priva tions of their mutinies. Socialism, Chartism, Ludditism, Republicanism, short time, exclusion of women and children from work, and we know not how many vagaries beside, have had their turn as each dog has his day. But the sum of the whole . is caromc restlessness and discontent—be the times 1 prosperous or disastrous. Sometimes it takes out plugs and breaks machines ' sometimes mobs guardianp and beadles of " Poor Law Basfiles ;" now it flies to emigration, or affects communism ; again it arms itself with the Chartist pike, drills at midnight, proposes a sacred month of abstinence from taxable commodities, and doesn't do it, be cause appetite is stronger than even fanaticism. To-day, it tries to get up barricades, street pick pocket mobs, and schemes to force the Bank of England, to set fire to London ; and to-morrow it turns out, strikes, guts a town, and demolishes a factory. The minute, sedentary, monotonous em ployment, aggravated in its effects on the nervous system by an artificial atmosphere, and a perhaps dangerous and promiscuous proximity of the sexes, by tobacco and opium, or laudanum, helped by beer or gin in the discussion society, or the music saloons and deepened by penny novels, and worse trash about " pampered menials" and " minions" and " haughty aristocrats," and " liberty, equality, fraternity," fully prepare the shattered mind for the O'Connors, and O'Briens, and Newtons, and Cowells ; and now, by way of something fresh," we are treated to the proposal of a " labour Parlia ment," whose chief object shall be to collect a fund, and—to see what we shall see. Parliament is literally a place of parley—of talk—a " jawing house," as Sir Isaac Coffin termed it ; labour is to do—to work. What have these in common ? Will the talkers be the workers ? No. The young will be the dupes ; the old, quiet, steady, will be the victims of romantic enthusiasts or designing glib loafers, who will excite the inexperienced, and terrify the sober-minded into passive concurrence. A " Labour Parliament !" Why not a cheese ! monger's or greengrocer's, or distressed curate's, or hungry poet's Parliament? There was a Chartist Parliament, called a Convention, pretending to have elected itself in some such way as now pro posed. It had delegates, and met in Bolt-court. Did it get the Charter ? Did it not annually dis appear when the weekly remittance stopped, and the beer was done ! What will a labour Parliament do when it meets ? Once upon a time wages were fixed by act of Parliament or municipal edicts. The price of beer and bread and beef were also " settled by authority." Who should, and who should not, work at certain handicrafts—who, and how many, should be apprentices and journeymen in each trade, were determined by charters and guilds. That was done when men were serfs—in the dark ages. Much of our civilisation has been made up of get ting rid of these barbarisms and slaveries--and here are our operatives, proposing to roll back the tide of time and light, and go back to the dispensation of fettered capital and shackled labour ! We repeat the q . ueeion—will the proposed Sanhedrim of wiseacres make the horse drink as well as go to the water. They may decree good wages and constant employment— six days' pay for four days' work—" don't they wish they may get it ?" Suppose their edicts had the force of an Act of Parliament. Could a statute of the realm itself regulate the voluntary and free en gagements of employers and employed 7 Would capital submit to the tyranny ?—could trade sur vive the restriction ?—would the laws of production sustain the shock of the interference with their in exorable decrees 7 God's own Parliament has long ago legislated for labour and capital. All human meddle%omeness with those laws of political eco nomy which aro engraved in the heart of human society and on the face of nature, is mere presump tion, quackery, unmixed evil. Should it succeed in temporarily thwarting the inevitable course of that relationship which Providence has established betwixt employer and employed, and in substitut ing for free exchange and unrestricted liberty of contract the notions of Newton or the crotchets of Cowell, it would most deeply injure those for whose fitncied benefit the interposition was devised. The defiance of the scheme of Providence could not possibly last, and to obey and conform to the statutes which heaven itself has made, requires no aid or direction from mere human law-makers, whether they be seated at St. Stephen's or at Manchester. It is in quite another direction that our energies and perspicacity should be turned. We should rather fix our capacities upon the inves tigation of those acts of human, especially lawyer stupidity, which have emulated the nonsense of the proposed Labour Parliament, by overlaying the instincts of mankind and the voluntary action of society with the folly of what is facetiously termed jurisprudence. These " turn-outs" are, after all, only caricaturing the silly example of their betters. Why is the trade in land restricted and fettered? Why is not money made a free article of commerce, without Bullion Acts and Bank of England Char ters of Manopoly ? Why does it require Acts of Parliament or Royal Charters to surround volun tary commercial associations with the natural rights of trade ? Why is a sleeping partner in a firm whose name has never been disclosed, and whose credit has never been interposed to encourage cre ditors in trusting it, to be made liable to his last shilling, for the debts of those upon whose respon sibility solely the trust w as g i ven ? Why is one partner to be made univ ersa ll y li a b le for the trans actions of another partner, whether these really ' form part of the legitimate business of the concern or not ? Why is partnership en, commanditg not permitted ? There is nothing on our statute-books on the subject. The most important of our laws have all been made without any consultation with the people, or their representatives, by solemn en tlemen in horsehair wigs at Westminster-hall. 1 - 14 e real workers in this country want the aid of 'its capitalists, and cannot obtain it, b ecause they can; not get their li a bilit y restricted to the amount of their investment, but incur an universal liab l Z for the solven c y of the concern to which they p with it. Nor can the workers enter into p. one another, with the privilege of res-tlrrintedrlitahbeillty- Why is it that theinventor, the mechanician,edde pent all pro jector, remains a poor devil, a wrsetcrow into million his life, while sordid numskull g of their brains, and , aires, by availing themselves vending their discoveriesuisn their productive shape ? cannot enter into part- It is because the n_ nership with them 'without the risk of ruin by the con G s o um ov n e i r at : absence of all restrictioLiooofkliaatbiltihtye. wholesale wa relum se. tact© and skill shownin the ribbons, the lace, the sh a wls. These are the chief causes of their sale ; Y velvets, the et who gets the profit ? Not the ar tist nor the designer— not the pattern dralifer or di sc overer. . They are in the garret beating the ra ts off f ro m the cheese, or the mouse out of their m ilk jug, while the produce of their genius is [ PRICE SD, making fat the. dull-eyed capitalist, rendered so did and selfish by the profits of vicarious ability. The working men propose to form industrial com munities, and are stopped by this law of partner ship. We believe that their theory is inherently vicious, that in practice it has failed, will, and must fail. But we demand liberty of action for them. If sanguine, humane, or generous capital ists are disposed to lend their money on condition of sharing profits, it is a scandal to the law to prevent the marriage on equal terms of money-and merit. Every saving is now sent to the Stock Exchange, because it cannot be employed in legi timate trade as a joint adventure with the regular merchant. Our commerce might be greatly ex tended, and our manufactures made more produc tive of profit to the operative classes were limited Liability to enable those who now invest their means in railways or mines to become partners in trading profits, without running the hazard of total ruin. We have but touched on a subject demanding en larged discussion. But it is clear that the com munity are not in a condition to preach to the working ma n , free trade tions upon so long as it places re.stric• the contract of voluntary partnership. —Weekly Dispatch. IRE COLONY OP VICTORIA. The i Ltelli -0 In .gence whichhas just reac h e d us by the Victoria from Australia is of extreme interest. In order fully to appreciate its importance we must recall a few facts intimately connect e d w i t h each other, though separated by considerable intervals of time. Our readers will remember that immedi ately on the discovery of the goldfields in May, 1851, we lost no time in warning the Government of the dangers with which a discovery apparently so full of promise was fraught. We showed that a large number of men of Lawless habits and des perate character would be drawn together by the common attraction of the goldfields ; that they would learn from their numbers the secret of their own strength ; and that if they had the will they would certainly have the power to dictate their own terms to the executive Government. We urged an increase of the police to defend public property and enforce obedience to the law, and we pointed out that it was the duty of the Government not to allow the rich golden deposits—the un doubted property of the public—to be rifled by the first corner for a consideration scarcely more than nominal. How well subsequent events have justi fied our foresight is now, unhappily, only too ap parent. On the 7th of May, 1852, we recorded with shame and indignation that Mr. Latrobe, the Governor of Port Philip, having announced his intention of raising the license fee from thirty shillings to three pounds a-month, the miners assembled together to the number of a thousand, and passed a resolution pledging themselves to protect any miner against whom the fee might be sought to be enforced. The Government g ave way without a strug g l e , an d th e miners were for a moment satisfied ; but we took occasion to observe that after such a concession the authority of a Government is gone, its weakness is confessed, and it only exists by the sufferance of a lawless multitude, to whom it has taught the terrible secret of their own strength. The same will which repealed with a breath the reasonable demand of Government can break through other restrictions. There are no longer two parties to the contract between the gold-seeker and the Government. They take as much and pay as little as they please. The evil is only in its commence ment. As these persons have met together by no concert, some time must elapse before they can be brought to act in unison, but every day brings us nearer to such a result. We have not forgotten the ridicule with which these opinions were received by our contemporaries of the English press, or the abuse levelled at them in the colony. We 'have waited for time to do us justice, and that time has come at least as soon as we expected. Instead of the police being made really efficient, it seems, through a mistaken and most prodigal economy, to have been allowed to fall into absolute contempt. The inadequacy of salaries caused the best officers and men to resign, and they were replaced by per sons morally and physically unfit for the duty. The diggers became enlightened, as we predicted they would be, as to the secret of their own strength, and also as to the weakness of the body which pro fessed to control them. They were not slow to profit by the lesson. In June arid July of this year meetings were held denouncing the license fee, and agreeing to a . memorial to the Governor praying for its reduction to ten shillings. At these meetings the most sanguinary threats were uttered, and one of them concluded with an attack on the police, who fled from it in terror. On the Ist of August the deputation waited on the Governor with a memorial, signed by seven thousand miners, requiring the immediate reduction of the license fee, as established by law, from thirty to ten shil lings. Mr. Latrobe answered, "What you ask me is impossible ; I cannot destroy the law ; I am sworn to do my duty, and am prepared for any thing. While the license fee is law it must be observed ; there are other and more important interests than the gold-diggers' to be considered." This answer brought matters to a crisis. The miners assembled with flags and agreed to pay no more than ten shillings license fee, and to appoint a deputation to tender that sum to the Commis sioner. In answer to this demonstration Mr. Latrobe published a letter, already commented on in these columns, in which he argued the matter in dispute with calmness and ability. On the 28th of August a tumultuous meeting was held at Ben digo, and the ten shillings, in full payment for licenses, tendered to and refused by the Commis sioner. Guns were fired, a badge of resistance, a red riband, was adopted, the miners abstained from taking out licenses for the next month, and separated after announcing their intention to re assemble on the Ist of September. They had no occasion to do so ; on the 30th day of that very August, on the Ist of which Mr. Latrobe had so emphatically refused to lower the license fee, the Legislative Council of Victoria , met, and it was thus that a panic-striken Governor addressed a craven Legislature :—"The objections to the present license fee, and' the practical difficulties in the way of collecting it, have forced themselv es latterly so forcibly upon m e th a t I am disposed to propose to you its total abolition, merely reserving a registration fee for police A loss of revenue to a l arge amount will thus be incurred, which I propose to supply by a revision of the tariff, including a n export duty on On the Ist of Septemb er th e gum trees at the ge g l o d hl ." - fields were placarded with notices of the intentions of the ,Government, but drawn up in such abject terror that of two documents, prepared on the same day, one asserted an d th e other denied that the license for the current month would be collected. A hurried committee of the Legislative Council recommended, as a matter of urgency, th e passing of a temporary act, fi x i ng the license fee at forty shillings for the remaining three months of the year —a sum which, after the declaration of the Gover nor, will, of course, never be collected, and can only be consid ere d as a decent prelude to allowing the tax to drop altogether. Thus, then, has one of our most unfavourablel predictions been more than realis ed ;tie Govern- ment of Vict or i a i s h um bled in the dust before a lawless mob ; the reign of order and the supremacy of the law are a t an n 1 mining population, th e e c ; With regard to the publicl,e—a cowardly Legis lature property is aban doned to uncontrolled li in e n e n e o t are s forced multitude, to iwAituti lature and a r ecreant G ) register the edicts of al1111:1:1-teerrnog ti and the sufferance. As was the ons s till left to the colony exist avowedly aueigiteil the attempt to increase case when they the miners fora moment are satis fied, license feeshort-lived tranquillity is procured. fied, and who s h a a ll s ay how long that tranquillity shall But ,„• long will those who refuse to pay a last ? public property which they compensation for . the appro priate submit to pay it . indirectly .. in the form a ppr of an export duty ? What injustice can be greater than to impede the operations of commerce merce and th e acquisition of the necessaries of life, in order to grant perfect impunity to a class already in pos session of incredible riches ? And what greater aggravation of this injustice can there be than the consideration that it is inflicted under the dictation of violence and the influence of terror ? Of course, the abandonment of the license fee in Victoria will draw after it its abolition in New South Wales, and just at the moment when an increased revenue is required the colonies will find themselves stripped of that they already possess. We are weary of the part of Cassandra, but if this plague can be ar rested the Home GoYerriment ought not to lose one moment in taking the most efficient and coercive measures for the purpose ; and, if it cannot, they had better surrender a government they administer h C ley administer under the dictation of a Mob comprising in its numbers the most desperate of adventurers and the vilest of criminals.—Tirnes. The shipments of specie by the General Screw steamer Calcutta amount to 31,Q.00/. of which "26,000/. is gOld for the Mauritius, and 5,000/, silver for Madras. The hAlf yearly examination at this College took place yesterday, and, as ti,sua,l-. upon similar 'occasions, the directors of the Company and a large party of friends went down by special train, shortly after 10 o'clock, from the Shoreditch terminus,,to witness the proceedings. Among those who attended were Mr. Russell Ellice, the chairman ; Major Oliphant, the deputy-chairman ; Mr. Masterman, M.P. ; Mr. W. 8.. Bayley, Mr. J. Shep herd, Mr. W. H. C. Plowden, Mr. F.Jacnaughten Major J. A. M oore , Mr. J. Astell,J. p r i k , en ' Mr. D. C. Majoribanks, M.P., Sir H. Wille oz k, M r. C. Whiteman, Sir T. Currie, Lieutenant-Col one l Mel ville, Colonel Sir Colin Campbell, K.C.8., the Rev. R. M. Master, Mr. T. Masterman, Mr. Henry Kemble, Colonel Alexander, Colonel Ovans, the Hon. J. C. Erskine, Lieutenant-Colonel Abbott, Major French, Captain Evans, Mr. T. N. Waterfield, Mr. G. W. Nor man, Major Turner, Captain Mangles, and the Rev. C. B. Elliott. Some interest attached to the occasion as being the last under the old nomination system, for the act, passed last session, which throw s th e C o ll ege o p en to competition, and abolishes the patronage of the direc tors with reference to the civil service of India, comes into operation next year. The following is the list of medals, prizes, and other honourable distinctions awarded to students leaving Col lege this term. Mangles 7 -highly distinguished, with medal in classics ; ditto Persian, prize in Sanscrit. Trotter—highly distinguished, with medal in political economy and history ; prize in classics, ditto Hindustani. Master —highly distinguished, with medal in law ; do. Teloogoo. Proi)yn—highly distinguished, with medal in mathe• maties. C. P. Elliott—highly distinguished, with prize in Hindi. Skinner—highly distinguished, with prize in Persian. Moriarty, Gonne, H. S. Alexander, G. W. Elliott, Magniac, and Anderson —highly distinguished. Webster—passed with great credit. The prizes and other honourable distinctions of students remaining in college, December, 1853, are as follows : OYSTERS-TO EPICURES. QUEENBOROUGET and FAVERSHAM NATIVE OYSTERS. Ti, 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, IS, Coventry-street, Piccadilly, at ss. 6d.per Barrel, warranted to weigh 141bs. TUIRD TERN. Bambridge—highly distinguished, with prize in poli tical economy and history ; ditto Sanscrit. Nforris—highly distinguished, with prize in mathe matics ; ditto Teloogoo. R. G. Melvill—highly distinguished, with prize in law ; ditto Persian. Hunter--highly distinguished, with prize in Hindus tani. Gordan highly distinguished, with prize in Hin dustani. Waterfield—li ighly distinguished, with prize in classics. Simeon, Martin, W. Lane, Sheppard, Coghlan, Boaan quet, Hall, and Larpent—highly distinguished. Robinson, Fairfax, Thornhill, and Wyneh passed with great credit. SECOND TERM. ivlgNeile—highly distinguished, with prize in mathema tics, political economy and history, law, and Sanscrit. Clifford—highly distinguished, with prize in Persian. M`Kenzie—highly distinguished, with prize in Sanscrit. Harrison—highly distinguished, with prize in classics. Thomas C. Lane, Boswell, W. Robertson„T. C. Col vin, Arbuthnot, Crawford, and Crawford —highly dis- Smith, Paynter, Lindsay, and W. W. Robertson— passed with great credit. FIRST TERM. M. Melvill—highly distinguished, with prize in clas sics, mathematics, law, and for the best English essay. Browne—highly distinguished, with prize in Sanscrit. Sharpe, G. N. Barlow, Cockerell, J. H. P. Ward, Nesbet, Carr, Lyall, Kindersley, Prinsep, H ooper, E. Colvin, Macgregor, and C. J. Daniell--highly distin ,guished. R. W. Barlow, Coulson, Borradaile, Grant, Reid, and Thompson, passed with great credit. The rank of students leaving college, December, 1853, is for— BENGAL. First class-1. Mangles ;2. Trotter ;3. Probyn ;4. C. P. Elliott ; 5. Skinner. Second class-6. Magniac ;7. Anderson ;8. Webster; 9. Daniell. No third class. MADRAS. First class-1. Master. Second class-2. Alexander ; 3. E. J. Elliott. No third class. BOMBAY. First class-1. Moriarty. -- Second class-2. Gonne ; 3. G. W. Elliot. No third class. As will be seen from this list the prize for the best English essay was won by Mr. Melville, a son of the principal, It treated of the exclusive policy of China and Japan, as affected by the maxims of international law ; and, as the effort of a student in his first term, was a meritorious production. Mr. Melvin, according to custom, read it to the directors. Mr. Mangles and Mr. 'Master also read their prize translations in Persian and Treloogoo. After presenting to the different successful competitors the marks of distinction awarded to them by their professors, The CHAIRMAN rose and addressed the students.— Time, he said, flew so fast, that it seemed but yest er d a y since he had last performed that duty, which was one that afforded no scope for variety of treatment. He ex pressed his high gratification, and that of the directors, at the report which they had received from the Princi pal, as to the conduct of the students during the past term. Those who were about to leave the College for India he desired to remind that the service upon which they were about to enter was second to'none in import ance, and that, in it, their future success would depend upon their own'behaviour, their merits, and acquire ments. The country to which they were about to pro ceed was one inhabited by races differing from them in religion, in language, and manners, but whose minds were now awakening from the apathy in which they had hitherto been plunged, and who were making rapid ad vances in European knowledge. He exhorted them to respect the religious prejudices of the natives, to regard their feelings, which were as sensitive as ours, and to give them no just cause of offence. Though far absent from home, the character •and'condtlct of the civil ser vants of the company were now jealously watched, for the facilities of communication were now so great that the eyes of all intelligent and thoughtful men were directed to the Government of India. As olEcialS of that Government, therefore, they must strive to attain excellence, and not be satisfied with mediocrity. The best situations there would, under the influence of competition, be_ filled by. the best men, and- if they did not exert themselves,_ they would be outstripped by the natives, who as he had said were Making rapid advance in intelligence. I necessary for him to caution them againsttwas hardly descending froni.the high character which they ought to maintain, b il y ,i i l n l c ig u e rr d ing th d em ebt to b ,. e run p n r i i i n d g e into any extravag.,ance. habitq.,as the b es t pr e ser vativentboat n h d of m t o h d e e ir ra l t )o e d i i n ly th a e n ir a mental vigour. Those who again returned to the Col le re to resume th e i r studies he trusted would avail them selves of the oppOrtunities there afforded them, so that when they entered oil . pui file life they might prove ade quate to the discharge of their important ,duties, and justify• the confidence which the Company-reposed in them. (Cheers.) At the close of the proceedings the directors and their friend s p artook of a sumptuous luncheon in the hall of the College. Here the Chairman proposed in flattering terms "the health of the Principal and ...)rofessors." The Rev. Dr.- Melvill, in acknowledging this compliment, took occasion to express his confidence that under the new system of competition .Haileybury would be found 'equal to the task of educating for the civil service of India. The nomination system, however, be maintained, bad answered well, and the directors, in the exercise ef. notot neglected the permanent inte reststiei po of t o r u o r n a e g m e p , i re had in he East. i n illustrated which i indicate the t e pri ea That some change was req uisite in the mode of supply ingae i servants c ilv.siltpublished b fo a v r o ln e d , lais forcibly names the "1 b • pretty clearly how muc h famil y c o nsiderations have con trolled II the appointments to fil 9' n 1 y. ABROGATION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE SUPERANNUATION 111 IND. We have heard that it is in the contemplation of the Government to so far meet the wishes of their employees in the Civil Service, in regard to the irksome mode of collecting the Superannuation Fund, as to abandon the tax now levied in the shape of a five per cent. deduction from the salaries of the clerks, and to grant the super annuation allowance without longer making deductions from any salaries whatever. The proposed arrangement to the above effect has, we understand, been received by the clerks generally with feelings of satisfaction, as a boon that '*ill relieve them from an oppressive dead weight upon their incomes, and a tax that has pressed the more heavily since it has, been exercised in conjunction with the income-tax. - According to an estimate that has been:formed upon the best grounds for calculation, the Government, has received about 800,0001. from the e-41)146es of th e Ci v i l Service But large as this sum is, and notwithstanding that it has arisen from a compelled contribution, the rule has always been, in granting supemnnuations, to 'limit the benefits of the fund to the life of the clerk s uperannuated. Now the expected abandonment by Government of the five per cent. deduction from salaries will at least afford the clerks an excellent opportunity of applying the sum saved to a desid era t um they have long sought for : viz.. the formation of some provision for their wives and fami lies by investment, in case of the former's decease. — Correspondent of the Morning Advertiser. printed a return,; procured ROUSH 0 - 1` COMMONS . procuredb Mr. — There w . ye m st . e p roa4 the number Brotherton,as of motions y made before the orders of the day and notices have been disposed of, or in any com mittee of the whole house, in the last five years. The business of the last session, as described, numbered 83 motions, consisting of the following :—That the house do now adjourn, 21 ; of which 7 were withdrawn, 6 negatived, 1 agreed to, and 7 divided upon. That a de bate be now adjourned, 33 ; of which 5 were withdrawn, 12 negatived,-3 agreed to, and 13 divided upon.' That the chairman of a committee of the whole house do re- port progress numbered 23 ; of which S were withdrawn, '8 negatived, 1 agreed to, and 6 divided upon. That the chairman do now leave the chair were in number 6 ; 1- was withdrawn, 4 negatived, and 1 divided upon— making the total of the whole 83. In the session of 1849 -the total motions numbered 42 ; in 1850, 86 : i n 1851, 74 : and in 1852, 39. The motion of the adjourn ineat.,of the house " to Monday next, or any future day,". are omitted, as . few instance s had only ocurred in the .- lasE#Ve y e ars where that question had been objected to or discussed. E-.:. I cs. Fen church Street 6 I