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Old-square, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or in default thereof ecree be be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Tue s d a t os ar, the 13th day of December, 1853, at 12 o'clock at 'Soot 4 2 ,—"" ° Bald Chambers, is appointed for bearing and adjudicating , vll the claims.—Dated this 7th day of November, 1853. FREDK. ERd. EDWARDS, Chief Clerk. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY of CANADA. Notice is hereby given not the Interest accruin on the oseP2sits on the Shares of this Company, from the 3d May last to dcl instant, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, will be payable vii_and after the I sth intant. ,„iaeh Bolder of Scrip s Certificates will be requirel to deposit same ;iirttentl:e undersigned, and they will be returned in three days Co rn ' w- rcis+ with a Warrant for the Interest on the Bankers of the Pany, mi .,. interest accruing between the 3d instant and theist Tanuary will be in c l u d e d in the payment of lutertst due on the Ist July, oer of the Board. WM. ice of the Grand Trunk Railway Co. of Cauaia, CHAPMAN, 2, Leadenhall-street, 9th liov., 1853. TO EPICURES. QU and FAVERSHAM NATIVE tiViT EES. Th e of th 'Mot acceptable Present at this season of the year is a Ba-re CAI: best ' NATIVE OYSTERS, which are to be obtained at SCOTT'S 41 strated OYSTER IVARE ROUSE, 18, Coventry-street, Piccadilly, s` l •Per Barrel, warranted to we gh 141bs. Tir 0 LOVERS o f FISH.-100 REAL YAR m _oliTu BLOATERS; for 6s , package included. The above Olfa ce — 'd to al parts on receipt of penny postage stamps, or Post za„..prder (preferred), ! or the amoun t . —Add ress , THOMAS ...1 " :I :Ss Jun., Fish Curer, Great Yarmouth. A . IZINSON and COMPANY, CABINET : E l ‘ l l. - i N;74.guigll 7 g o , 7 yp 7 1 2 10 , t 7 .. 3 5T 7 F. 4 R 2 7 4 5 175 CARPETan i d yesm t in ste r " a d Lambeth, London. ATKINSON and COAIPAXY, DRAPERS, 4, 07 , SILK MERCERS, LACEMEN, &c., 69. 70, 71, 72, 7, 74, Atat u ' e , _ Ar estininster-bridge-road, Lambeth, London.—Shawis, Fars, ', Family Mourning, &c. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL Rooms, , Th (Le9Bee, CELAS. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham-road). and e above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON, CtL t ,l lll continno open every evening, with L MIRE T'S Da. no rqt&TED BAND. Admission Is. Doors opeo at half-past 8 ; io commence at 9 o'clok, :Ind ter ninatc at haif-past 11. n oyA.L POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Att PATRON —11.R.11. PRINCE ALBERT. t est - NTIREL NEW IfF3Toßic AL and MUSICAL LECTURE, the r 'jed with DISSOLVING SCENERY, entitled. " The ROAD, Doej tl VEß, and the R.Am," by J. E. CARPENTER. Esq., (the louir Author and Song Writer), assisted by Miss BLANC RE tti.,._ ll4 E, who will sing several New Songs and Ballads, written ,at leT-43„ IY, for her by Mr. Carpenter, every Evening, except Saturday, TAipu,! o'clock, in addition to the GENERAL EXHIBITION and Ca03);'1) LECTURES of the Institutirm. n Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools, and en under Ten years of age Half-price. CONTRACTS FOR FRESH BEEF. /32 Partment of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, Nov. 8, 1853. E Commissioners for Executing the Office of atm Tligh Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain beco -rel and, do hereby give notice, that on THURSDAY, the Ist Inber next,ist One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with aepa r ,. - ._' r sons as may be willing to Contract for supplying (under ‘e Contracts) all such quantities of k av FRESII BEEF at th d 'm demanded for the use of her Majesty's Ships and Vessels 10,,e fbotollowing days i plac, sncluded, , from the Ist January to the 31st December, "to h c bath a , cowe3 ' Iwrt eellock rneey and Jersey. ` u gstewn and Dublin, -Lem, v ow e . of the Contracts to be sublet, and the Contracts for Deptford, oir t L w 10 1, Chatham. and Sheerness to be taken by persons residing terms snot, and the Cattle for Chatham and Sheerness to be slaugh ::! on the spot. th e Parties about to Tender are particularly desired to read atten tith! the Conditions of the Revised Contracts, which may be seen Vi et : - . r at this office, or on application to the Superintendents of the tto,,`, 4 . al lilig Establishments at Deptford and Gosport ; the Superin hetlits of her Majesty's Dockyards at Woolwich, Chatham, Sheer in and Pembroke ; the Agent for the Victualling at llaulbowline ; q:._Attent for Transports to at Leith ; the Secretary to the Postmaster- Dublin or the Collectors of her Majesty's Custo:ns at of the other places. Eve ry Tender must specify the price in words at length, and no er von be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, and X_ Party, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing, must W? nd at this o ffi ce , on S a t ur d ay , th e 3 r d D ecem b e r next, at One ' L eek, to learn the result of his tender. el 7 Tender must be delivered at the above Office, and be ac 4ttnPanied by a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, s ‘ ernerset-place, and signed by two responsible persons, engaging In n ee-erne bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 1,5001., .the du e performance of each or the contracts for Sheerness, Ch atham, and Gosport ; and in the sum of 5001. for each of the I>ttlers. Milford and Pembroke, Queenstown and Kinsale, Sheerness, Dept t ord to London-bridge, in clusive, Woolwich to Gravesend, both inclusive. SIR WILLI AM BIJRNE TT ' S DISINFECTING FLUID.—The best Concentrated "CHLORIDE OF ZINC."— , rent Reduction of Price.—The merits of this Fluid, invented by 1 ,!,r W. Burnett, M.D , F.R S., &c., &c., for the Disinfection of Sick toms, Clothing, Linen, &c. ; the prevention of Contagion ; the ~ , t iervalion of Animal Matter from Putrescence the purification of I t gewater, Cesspools, Drains, Water Closets, 8:4 , are now so wel 4 ) , 1 1 to the public as to render comment unnecessary. ( 1 at the 011 ice, 18, Cannon-street, City, London, and by Che t,tlf:.: Shipping Agents, and others throughout the United Kingdom, Quart Bottles at 2s. 6d.; in Pints at Is. 3d.; in Half , ,O,t 9d. • nd in bulk at 6s. per Gallon. , b 'ilsk LlPN ' .— a BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.—The only genuine i," 411 1‘ Fluid is sealed over the cork with the inscription, " Sir utig , 1 1'tirnett's Disinfecting Fluid," an 4 accompanied witnume `,..„,:e_stirtionials of the highest order, and instructions forts use. SECOND EDITION.—WITH ADDITIONS. lit f Published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d. ” I l TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORREICEA, i n #, With the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the alias System, or Sexual Hypochondrissis. 4t, Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD ,„ 1. • rickford ts known to English readers by his frequent practi- Vit e . " alt ributions to German medical literature. This is the first tal,„' h e informs us, that he has addressed himself to the nou-mecli ttll,r'ar. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall tetect any ,to,tqually flagrant evil which it may be in his +ower to correct." tht kr ." e lon edlcal Gazette. May 30, 1851. The tribe of Quiet Syma '43lll4-3:412,11 Medical Friends,'are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book to aillt„ u .o its way Into the hands•of those who suffer from the coin 4;g Which it treats ' we are satisfied that many hundreds would leay i ns .ed Much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of & 4 11cCD 0 rtance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— ati,inraoneY......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the ~b 1^ 174 „ e at system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat 'Aely ‘si 4?" a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, do much good."—Madical Circular, June 16, 1852. London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. Pr 9 „, ° MMERCE THE BON ) OF PEACE TO EUROPE. A indissoluble union, the chain of trade, has * ,.„ 4 r f .,,, urr sed, must be a preventative of the horrors and losses of fie The Military and Naval Institutions of this coun t try an s d erv se e cu a . 'lty oi.Tottant purpose in the maintenance of the digni 7' a ,p a ers ' n e nation; but our trade is the active energy which keeps 'och . I Theetion of the most peaceful and beneficial character. To Ittemi'esults the universal business of E. MOSES and . SON,has_ I t h 31. c ontributed , and while it has become a world-wide benefit, F aa „U ale, 1, - ni - Prey d the greatest advantage to Indlvidualsandto ~11,,,,?. The vast Stock of WINTER CLOTHING, Hats,, Caps, , ike -", F&c &c show the productions of every wintry in SZtrorla Aga ' r as " materials are concerned, and in make and style Itlie,, the most distingnisoed skill, and the most practical acquaint !en_ b Wi t , .th business It is the determinationMOSES and S , ON ZWT/V„ h o Winter . Season to fu Dish the best and CHEAPEST :144 - , , , dlatingifshed by superiority of workmanship, and )(lit 'Nein fo r all class , s—for the Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry, for 1I 0- Itiftia l Gentlemen, Travellers, at.d Sportsmen ; echanics ,71oc u cilrers; for Adults, Youths, and Children. The are also 4 lale' ,l that the distinction shall always be retained by their Eatab le f b in" , the most complete, the , oatits west-end Branch 0 ~ 4 ' ). 4 e, a ' a e qoplished, the most fashionabl . e, and he , cheapest Tailor , Th e genersl Outfitting Emporiums in the untverse. ZON gigantic wholesale business conducted by E. MOSES and -Kh„ , i _ ~..--0,0 4, ,,_ n every respect beneficial to Me. chants, Shippers, and 1 t re,,,;',!‘ The goods are made to suit the country for which they .711. i . nured, and are appropriate for the season when they will 11 el• e h T heY arc far better and considerably cheaper than at any 4 1 111 n4ge • nqrattLtiirs of Outfits for Ladies and . Gentlemen, and ship-sailing b ,,k1,1,./T. r .,' 13 . may be had on application or post free. Lmolie °N. —E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the Zeleh,, - "c„,iiinst imposition having learned that the untradesman-like `oe ,"ullßeing con; ected with their Establishment," or 4441 ii - 7, e e°r lcern,” has been resorted to in many instances, and for It o ° „,-- reasons, they beg to sate that they have 'OINEXION WITH ANY OTTER HOUSE IN OB OHT OF LONDON, ctoto, eZeept their own Establishments, as follows : ` 1, ,g5 on City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, and„ 8 6, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. a r 4 West-end Branch, 506,507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 ttra":: 8 , Hart -street, all communicating. gi l "m a ._ rd (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. to7oeld Branch, 36, Fugate. ..),t a ._' 4ll lal Branch, 51 , lboutne, Australia. l 'ile,7liant Tailor Clothiers, Flatters, Floaters, Furriers, Boot and tudekers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. Ike, CYIITANT —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will Tfith -w ged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned ,i,t:tit hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest a , I liV r orn which no abatement can be made. 'sk i ; Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on t 4 :LYN when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. , ' ll g Ito . '" Roo. Epitome of Comfort and Economy,' contain tiley be - , !Ists af prices, our system of self-measurement, &c., &c. a had on application, or post-free. -m ---'. Al for t e year ending 1853 can be had gratis, a m.i _ ine manac li lel a"(111. Ili P on Paris Francais. .............! erricht man Deutsch. taili si pada Italian°. Aqua se habit' Espano ---- kt il y -CAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF i N t. s YOUTH AND MATURITY. "otter-41.1MEL LA.9IIERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, ttun-yiAttetedeineltiat, and Matriculated Member of the University of al msl utigh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medic Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. 4 -Y be consulted, personally, or by letter, on Il:tiltin g - 7 r e various disorders of the nervous and generative system, t i ed m ore °ln Juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro- In . .. dee lsery in youth, degradation in manhood and prfema ren k4 ..r at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class o dis es tlt e tr. wento pathologists. Long and practical experience Ll-et ne,: of these diseases has proved that there are in exis,- istene'etiauses of self- acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in ell%nit e.aceable to certain perniCious habits, to which Nervous 3., vario el l t Ir e US to of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitflil Marri- Gle, Dst iii;t4 h ei : ea rn i ,,,,,. ° Z3 y ', n Lo ece c s a s l ar a y nd Constitutional Weakness, and their D is Itt; - ` t oeations owe their almost entire origin. that all men should know that there are te e ttrrl iu „ ° t Personal management which cannot be violated without 1 3 , 4 hemir.evons penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed 41 ,be NI, 0f i nconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties I.li,geitv th.'galed how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, de i .,..." Loss e t s' evil and its consennenc es may be avoided, and above all, iStt,gem, ''eßreely any degree of physical infirmity or functional Irl tiCzo i l l t to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure Plm',2 ex t e --T ,AA-XEIII has for a long series of years been engaged or t T s Ls, the practice in the treatment of these delicate cam t/I,T) a ut ., i the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless d ten nee envy of thehypocritical and mock-modest, has had tree Lion tot ~, through the medium of the public press, to direct s,„,_ jn selecting...se enors departmentm which no grade of society is D4IOI A un t no! _t_hese cases, ts e rded t ; this of practice, he has been amply „...att n , 7 the great suc that has attended his efforts in the or t,'eatie ri l" which are too generally confided to . the alined and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated k is gsi r ,at_,_„.trt.sumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues .t bee% no have inflicted serious injury on those who Rt. 's. h„,11 Induced to place faith in their pretensions. 1,,, 1 tilltist„for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Min e , 't• All letters must contain the fee of 1/., and advice and i l ,' ) ._, t ta r ~Trolt.e forwarded to any initials or address. 14 t1 first '`' l e that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT obtai n Al t a copy of his work on min tr SELF •PRESERVATION. t ..,, _re at i._ _ unt o , Quve Dentine on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and ex, e ;4l In det,Y various by fifty-coloured engravings, and des tle,,,,es. T T. the disorders resulting from secret habits and 1 , ,, ' , Pito n 'te perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct hrotieh, s pa n their cases, and may be had, price 22 Gd, in English, ka,, the t's •ans- I nt botch, Italian, or Germ ' an, of Messrs. Piper b., rl 3 , 3 „,- Co' 23, Paternoster row; Hannay, 63, Oxford -street • met, f or s iL r n I , iI I ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; or free - "i a 7 t5 ,„„......._ - -Y-two stamps, to any address from the Author's rebi wiwilQuazi, Lowpow. Oct. 14. lip, Sept. 28, (Aland, and a ). 7,082, from 30, lat 9 N., tong. 23 W. 1, lat. 7 N., )t. 23, on the 11ARSET- descriptions in Le of 16 stones ~ 5s 6(.1 to 7e. per stone• Nov. 8. oatmeal, eat► :-1 at 2/. fat q . ov. 7. no 0-s oatmeal, ,;,•' ny des were oa ; second cus cond. Tbi s 9d 35s s (3d 31s i s Od -0 i s s Od —0 Od s Od market :-- md, &C. Tees ..... . r Hartley 1 .......... ..- iracite.....,'"o, . 26. tot red ice 6 P T o. irkenhead , Cr' nhead), IS ; ; East P cio 654, cares), nth Easter r business, ol d Mancheste r Is 21A ; po 4 . • 1, 27 i • L ee 3tock,'lo3i. . anion— n clo- amount Of br 0 1 lower. IJ° 0 4 Slirovsbllli flat Mark et : 1 1 is no ch sl3g o ve' there were 01 he openil 4 ',o 4 were trans.- General rost•°' __----- - '' -- r, n what , I , V a rtil 'ort ~ .10 4 ' atchect. —l ‘, —faho' pool .••, loriv 4 'PO I ... 140 .16. tarriPtD" tainPti"' r •••••• l i pec• 4 1101. 30 pool . • • ouch •• UneCrtillll' soir• 5 7 Nov o pl. • Nov. 16 ,boo' 16 1 4 ° °. .n; 16 NOV. SOY. Ampton anipton amp:on, ouch amptOn MU! mth ampton ampton 1 501. °fist ru. 1 6 Nov. 1 0 goT• soy.' Teo „ Tsfic 501# amp ton ampton ampton 'goy. s l6 ot , 1ve 5. 1 pee• of g 0 0 ' 1 6 Nov' 2 0 TO 1 6 No v ' 1 0 , , Nev 0 '6 Col' 1 6 Nov' 1 6 Nov' 6 s ampton amptOn' aimpton ead .• ampton ampton mth nith • • sunpton amptonl is port impton tmpton uth .. •••••• sof. ° :Of' I De c ' 11 So°' 16 sof' upce jR sov• Nov' 1 6 Niol'• 5 6 sof• sof• 1 $ sof. 1 6 mp, 4 to 0 111, 0 he trails die 0.11 t of the " D eel ie dispftte a Lent st l j e t. e ract Miff ' --A the 6 6 1 )6 cca r Sir, s o, S :d rae t if ° ctP euree — „, e o e' :, La ears sg°Ptoge or weel‘ B „tbe r 4if 60 1eg3111,- e Wh ie' ol lt USe cured• - ;0 1). )V103?"° „Beget , J. ba yde.P sT '' 1 , 3 f a of IVi .10" t. garqic , on o f A no el e ono f i;or os (2° § Ol e P°' ti , g ton, Be o- fi 00 5, hoof e E4econ. lark. 1 06 ' 4 ; Y ea e lde ci s f ,eaey C 1,5 re , Esq" tIO t g e ' isav ° ri• i{e of . S. ;Ess, es. job ° )oyon, --- ) yOI2, i I s T ° ' l : e ic e, ° Lmptonl liver. ETS. 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Now publishing to Subscribers, in 2,400 imperial octavo pages, price 305., with Map corrected from recent Surveys, POST -OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1851. The work is printed in entirely new type from the Caslon and Glasgow Letter Foundry, and has been so greatly ex tended, that the "Street Directory" contains 13'1,842 distinct names or firms; these will be found correctly classified in all the other principal divisions, Commercial, Trades, Law, and Court, all of which are increased in proportion to the great extension of the " Street Directory." _ _ - - . _ Battersea, Bow, Brixton, Bromley (Middlesex), Camberwell, Cambridge Heath, Clapham-road, Dalston, Deptford, Hackney, Hol loway-road, Kentish-town, Kingsland, New-cross, South Lambeth, Stratford, Wandsworth road, &c., &c., are essentially parts of "the great metropolis," and should obviously be so treated in any Directory of London. In the " Post-office Directory" the inhabitants of these places appear in all the alphabetical lists, so thlt the residence and calling of any one can be instantly traced in whatever part of the suburbs lie may be located. Had the residents in these localities been segregated from all the others, and each published ONLY in a separate list, it would obviously have been impossible to discover the address or calling of any person residing in the environs of London. " The Feist Otfice Directory has long been the wonder of the pub lishing wend, a monument of private enterprise and ingenious labour wholly without parallel."—Morning Herald, Nov. 4, 1853. "The recentness of the compilation in its several departments is really astonishing. The indices are very numerous, and immensely facilitate reference to the various sub-divisions of the book. There is a Street Index, a Trades Index, a Law Index, a Postal Index, a Parliamentary Index, besides the General Index at the beginning." —Morning Advertiser, November 4, 1853. "The work deserves much praise for the accuracy which pervades it, and for the lateness of the information which it affords. —Morn ing Chronicle, November 4, 1853. " Altogether this is by far the completest Directory yet produced, both as regards clmsidcation and typographical execution." illus trated News, November 5, 1853. " The difference between this and former editions of the Directory does not consist in mere enlargements ; various important additions have been made. If it be true, as all our readers will be ready to admit, that there is no country like England, and no place like Lon don, it is a most consistent climax to add, and no guide book like the "Post Office Directory."—John Bull, November 5, 1853. 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They have now rendered it preposterous for any other compiler to dream of emulating their ex aordivary enterprise."—Sun, November 7, 1853. e " Its marvellous accuracy and minuteness of detail, fills one with astonishment"— Morning Post, November 7, 1853 . " This annual miracle appears again."—Globe, Nov. 8, 1853." Kelly and Co., 13 and 20, Old Boswell Court, and all Booksellers. ELECTION OF MAYORS.-Mr. John Buck Lloyd was unanimously elected, at the first meeting of the town council yesterday, mayor of Liverpool for the ensuing year. Mr. Lloyd is a solicitor in extensive practice, a strong Conservative in politics, and the chairman of the committee who have the completion of St. George's Hall under their charge. It is understood that the present mayor will use his utmost efforts to secure the finishing of that edifice ere the visit of the British Association next year. Alderman Baldwin was yesterday unanimously elected mayor of Birmingham for the ensuing year ; and in the evening a banquet, attended by a numerous and influential body of residents of the town and neighbourhood, was given at Dee's Royal Hotel to Alderman Hawkes, the ex-mayor, upon his retirement from office. For Manchester, Mr. Ben jamin Nichols, and for Salford, Mr. Wm. Ross were elected without opposition. Yesterday the Southamp ton town council met at the Audit-house for the purpose of electing a fit and proper person to fill the office of mayor for the ensuing year ; also to elect aldermen, &c. Mr. J. T. Tucker was proposed on behalf of the Liberal portion of the council, whilst Captain Breton occupied the attention of the Conservatives. The latter gentle man's name having been put as an amendment, the fol lowing division took place :—For Breton, 14 ; against, 22 ; neutral, 2. For Tucker, 23 ; against, 12 ; neutral, 3. Majority for Tucker, 11. The following aldermen were next re-elected to the various wards :—Messrs. Allen, Palk, Biendluce, Brooks, and Stace. Mr. C. Deja was appointed senior bailiff for the ensuing year, and Mr. T. Wolferstan, junior, ditto. SHOEBURYNESS LONG - RANGE.—The quiet and pictur esque parish of Shoebury, in this county, is fast rising in importance by the introduction of what is called the long range practice batteries, and temporary barracks have been erected, and two companies of the Royal Ar tillery, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Lake, have been stationed there during the summer. On Friday, the 4th inst., Lord Raglan, the Master-General of the Ordnance, accompanied by Colonels Chalmer, Pickering, and Cater, came down from Woolwich in a Government steamer to try the elliptical shot and Lan caster's gun versus the eccentric ditto. We have not heard the result, but the day passed off without a recur rence of the accidents which marked a similar trial during the summer. The troops are healthy, and will soon go into winter quarter. Should the general esti mate for the erection of permanent barracks be car ried out by Government, Shoebury will present one of the most attractive features in this county, as it com mands an uninterrupted range of five miles of sand for experimental practice, and about the same extent of beach.—Essex _Herald. HORRIBLE SCENE.—At an execution of four criminals in Mexico, on the 24th September, a shocking addition was made to the sufferings of one of the criminals. Three were garotted with the accustomed readiness, but on the executioners endeavouring to perform the last func tions on the fourth, the machinery could not be made to work. For some minutes endeavours to force it to do so were made, but in vain, and finally the unfortunate victim was obliged to be released from the chair, to gaze on the corpses of his fellow sufferers, while one of them was lifted out to make room for him, and, finally to take his seat in the chair thus vacated, there to undergo his sentence. This was the secend time, of late, that, a simi lar shocking scene has been witnessed in. Mexico - THE LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY. ( From the Morning Chronicle) At the special meeting of the prop tors of the South-Western Railway whi c h i s t o e held on ri, a Tuesday next, a very importa n t re p or will be sub mitted by the directors for the approbaition of their constituents. It will then be seen Whether the shareholders , are willing honourably to fulfil the guarantee publicly given by their chairman—in compliance with resolutions passed by an over whelming majority at their meeting in May last — on the faith of which the progress of the Devon and Dorset Railway Bill was arrested by the ad verse report of the commiteee to whose considera tion it had been referred. We might not, however, think it necessary to draw public attention to the subject, if we were not convinced that it is one in which national interests are far more seriously in volved than they have been in any previous battle of the gauges. We can most sincerely disclaim all hostility to the Great Western Railway Company ; and although, sheltering ourselves under the autho rity of Lord Hardinge, we may venture to pro nounce the origal laying down of the broad gauge " a national calamity," we should nevertheless regret to see its shareholders deprived, by reck less or unreasonable competition, - of the return they may fairly eipect for their investments. On the other hand, attempts at nii)nopoly—which, for the sake of 'the , public„ mnst'al ways be watched with a vigilant eye—require rice be resisted with more than ordinary vigour- in:the-case , of a Com pany the peculiarity Of whoie gauge, as it prevents their working in: harmony with the lines which already occupy the greater part - a the kingdom, must necessarily occisiort - gKat inconvenience and delay at every point of contact. These evils are sensibly felt by passengers—they are, far greater in the case of heavy goods— but they are 'greatest of all when the passengers are soldiers, -and the heavy goods artillery or other munitions of war. On this ground we are justified in terming the ques tion one of national importance • and had it not vitally affected public interests, there would have been no necessity for the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Palmerston, Mr. Sidney B.erbert, Sir James Graham, and Lord Malmesbury, to assist the Committee in arriving at their determination. In order to render the subject clearly intelligible to those who have not studied it, we must say a few words as to the extent of railway communica tion already existing in England, because upon this the whole question really turns. It is true that the present controversy is principally as to the gauge to be adopted along a small portion of the southern coast, from Dorchester to Exeter ; and were those towns isolated, and likely to re main isolated, from others, it would be a matter of comparative indifference how their union might be effected. The facts, however, are very dif ferent. From every district in the north of Eng land, from every important town, from every mili tary station, railways converge to the metropolis, and all these are on the narrow gauge. Passing from London along the coast, we have uninter rupted railway communication to Chatham through Woolwich—again from Canterbury to Deal, and again from Dover to Dorchester—the extreme dis tance from the shore being about ten miles, but the average very considerably less , and all these lines also are on the narrow gauge. At Ashford, Lewes, Hastings, Brighton, and Southampton, other rail ways radiating from London—each of them con structed on the same gauge—meet this coast line ; and the point especially to be noticed is, that ten out of the twelve main depots of troops in England are thus brought into immediate communication. Movements between Weedon, Windsor, Wool wich, London, Chatham, Dover, Chichester, Portsmouth, Brighton, and Dorchester, may be ' effected without any change of gauge. Portland is not far from Dorchester, with which it may easily be brought into connection ; but Exeter has no coast line to the east, and transit from that city to any one .of the places which we have mentioned (except London) cannot be effected without a long detour, and a break of gauge in addition. It may, perhaps, be thought that, in speaking of the connection which exists between the northern and southern lines, we are overlooking the distance ' between the different metropolitan stations, and the time which must be lost in transhipment ; but although this consideration possesses some import ance, it must be remembered that, in many cases, the short line from Brentford to Kilburn entirely obviates the necessity of passing - through London, and similar facilities might easily be afforded in other directions. The substance of the case, then, is, that we have a network of narrow gauge railways, extending, with scarcely an interruption, over the whole north ern half of the island, over all the south-eastern ' part, and along the southern coast from Dover to Dorchester. At Exeter, about fifty miles from the western extremity of the narrow gauge, its rival furnishes a coast line to Plymouth ; and it may, perhaps, at some future time, be able to go further westward, notwithstanding the obstacles which im pede its progress. There is no immediate occasion to suggest any interference with the South Devon Company in their enjoyment of this territory— though it might have been well if they could have avoided such close proximity to the sea, and the comfort of travellers would have been greater if the line had been originally constructed for locomotives, and not on the atmospheric principle. It may be too late to remedy past errors ; but, if we are will ing to act on the advice of those most competent to give it, we shall avoid them in future. Lord Maimesbury informed the committee that it was the Duke of Wellington's decided opinion that a coastline ought to be kept, as far as practicable, at a distance of about seven miles from the sea—that space being requisite to secure it both against na tural encroachments and against the risk of surprise by a hostile force. Among our past errors we must also, as we have already observed, include the va riety of gauge, which must necessarily occasion an interruption to the facility of transit at some point or other on the southern coast. The inconvenience of such a break, in the transmission of artillery, was forcibly urged upon the committee by Lord Hardinge :—" A field battery of six guns would require an hour and a half to tranship, for they must have a very large number of carriages ; it would require, probably, three trains—that is to say, sixty carriages and three engines—to carry so small a force as six field guns, because there would be above 100 men and 100 horses, and therefore a transhipment would be very embarrassing." As to the necessity of filling up, with as little delay as possible, the hiatus which at present exists in our lino of communication on the southern coast, there can hardly be two opinions; and the simple question, is, therefore, whether the break of gauge, since such there unhappily must be, shall be at Dorchester or at Exeter. We must here warn the partizans of the Great Western Company that this question is not to be decided by consider ations of private interest. The security of the country in the hour of danger is not to be hazarded for the sake of gratifying or thwarting one com pany or another ; and the House of Commons has already evinced its determination to act on this principle. We have shown that, by an extension of the narrow gauge to Exeter, every one of the twelve stations specified by the Secretary-at-War, in his evidence, as the principal military depots in England, will be brought into close connection ; and we look in vain for any such advantage from a broad-gauge line. If we refer to the evidence of those most competent to represent the interests of the public, we find the high authority.to whom we have just alluded stating that he "would rather have a narrow-gauge line ;" and we learn further that he is impressed with the importa t nce, in a mi litary point of view, of direct communication be tween Salisbury and Exeter, which, does not at present exist. The Secretary-at-War expressed a strong opinion that, " if there is to be a break of gauge, the further it can be got to the westward the better, and that the line proposed by the Great Western would have seriously interfered with the principle which it is essential to carry out. Sir James Graham, the representative of the Ad miralty, after consultation with naval authorities, arrived at precisely the same conclusion; and Lord Palmerston added to the views of his colleagues the weight of his practical knowledge , . It would be needless to argue this part of the question further ; but we must not forget that it may probably be urged that the shareholders of the South-Western cannot fairly be called upon to sacrifice their own intdests for the good of the country. And it is 44? doubt true, that as , the nation has wisely 1,1)i stained from making railroads for itself, inditiduals must, as a general rule, make them t r let them alone, as they may think most for thbi own advan tage. There are, however, exceptio to this rule, and the present case is one of the for all the opinions which we have quoted we e pronounced on the assumption that, if the saniOn of Parlia ment were withheld from the prggsed line, a narrow gauge railway would be eons Oucted with , out delay ; and these opinions, Aided with a direct pledge from the Chairman of the South- Western Railway, induced the committee to report against the bill. It is, therefore, by no means an open question whether an engagement thus dis tinctly entered into by the company, and already acted upon by the Legislature, should or should not be carried out, even at the risk of pecuniary loss. We hope, however, to take an opportunity of reverting to the subject before the meeting which is to take place on next Tuesday ; and we shall endeavour to show that no such loss need be apprehended, and that the pecuniary interests of the proprietors, as well as their reputation for good faith—which we presume they value in thei r cor porate as well as in theirindividual capacity—will sustain serious injury if they arrive at a decision in consistent with the report which is to be submitted for their confirmation. CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION. The Commissioners re-assembled at the Privy Council offices, Downing-street, yesterday, to continue their in quiry. Commissioners !present :—The Right Hon. M. Labouchere (chairman), Sir John Patteson, and Mr. Cornewall Lewis. The first witness examined at this sitting was Mr. Horatio Nelson Fisher, solicitor to the firm of Combe, Delafield, and Co., brewers, who stated that in the year 1833, the Messrs. Combe and Co. had leased from the Duchy of Lancaster what was called the Duchy IVharf, on the Thames, on the Westminster side of the `Waterloo-bridge, with a view to unship the malt and corn used by them in their brewery. They had used the wharf for this purpose for several years. They have large malting houses at Yarmouth, where they purchase barley, and convert it into malt, and then ship it in bulk from Yarmouth to London in their own vessels. Having for some time unloaded these cargoes of malt at this wharf, the City authorities, on the part of the fellowship of porters, at length made a claim to the right to land every particle of corn from the Messrs. Combe's ships, and to do so at a certain fixed charge. This the Messrs, Combe - ,:esisted, and in the month of October, 1835, a bill was. filed against them on behalf of the City and the fellowship of porters claiming this right. Still the Messrs. Combe, finding that they could get their malt landed at a very considerably cheaper rate than the fellowship porters demanded, refused to con sent to the exaction, and they accordingly put in an answer to the bill which had been filed against them. But before any further step was taken in the matter, another claim was made by the City, namely—they insisted on measuring the corn, although the Messrs. Combe did not require it to be measured, it being their own corn both when it was shipped and when It was landed. Still the City claimed the right to measure this corn,and to make what they called reasonable charges for so doing, Well, in consequence of the Messrs. Combe refusing to allow them to do this also, another suit was instituted against them by the corpo ration. In July, 1839, again another bill was filed against the Messrs. Combe by the corporation, for the purpose of enabling the City officials to take an account of the quantities of corn landed ; and to this bill the Messrs. Com be also filed an answer in March, 1840. The legal. advisers of the firm, thinking that an inspection of the, City documents would enable them to disprove the claim which the City had made upon their clients, filed a bill of discovery against the City, praying to be allowed to inspect the documents in question, as being necessary to their defence against the suit. The Messrs. Combo also filed a cross-bill in the porterage suit, and a bill of discovery in both the porterage and the metage suits. In January, 1841, the City put in an answer to the bill of discovery, which answer not being of a very direct or satisfactory nature, the Messrs. Combe were compelled to " except" to the City's first answer. The City then made another an swer ; but still the Mensys. Combe did not receive what they thought they had right to, and they were posi tively obliged to again " e xcept," and then they received a third answer from the Ci'ty. On that third answer the Messrs. Combe moved the Court to require the produc tion of these documents, a ad in June, 1842, Vice-Chan cellor Knight Bruce made an order directing that they should be allowed to inspect the documents which they had claimed. An appeßl to the Lord Chancellor was lodged by the City against the order of the Vice-Chan cellor, and the trial of the issues was postponed ; but the order of the Vice-Chancellor was confirmed by an order of Lord Lyndhurst. The City then appealed to the House of Lords, where the case still lies. Thus the original suit began in October, 1835, and we are now in the month of November, 18:.53, and the case is still un settled, being tied up in. the House of Lords on the appeal of the City. Sir John Patteson—And that appeal, you say, being on a collateral point ? Mr. Fisher—Yes ; and that point is the refusal of the City to produce documents in their possession. Mr. C. Lewis—What is you r idea of the general na ture of those documents ? Mr. Fisher—Some of them are charters and other papers in the archives of the City, which we think will show that the right of the City to make the claim in dispute is confined to the limits of the City merely, or confined to metage, as between seller and purchaser, where the metage may be very useful; but here the corn is our own corn, and does not require metage or por- teraz,e. Mr, C. Lewis--Are we to suppose that the City with holds documents on which it grounds a very extensive claim as regards the whole metropolis, and also beyond its precincts Mr. Fisher—Certainly ; their appeal to the House of Lords proves that. Mr. C. Lewis—The result of these proceedings is, I suppose, that the claim which the City snakes has not yet Leen enforced ? Mr. Fisher—lt has not. Mr. C. Lewis—You have not told us ►bout the other suits. Mr. Fisher—They are also delayed until we see the City documents. Mr. C. Lewis—Then the one suit hangs upon the other ? Mr. Fisher—lt does. Mr. C. Lewis—The City's claim, you say, is not con• fined to the limits of the City ? Mr. Fisher—No; it extend: over nearly 100 miles, or from Yantlet•creek to Staines. And you must remember that the premises of Messrs. Combe and Co. are not within the City—they are situated beyond Temple-bar. The Chairman—Can you tell us what has been the expense of these legal proceedings to the firm. ? Mr. Fisher—l believe they have cost about 2,0001. already to the Messrs. Combe—an amount of expense in litigation which might have swamped a smaller firm. According to interrogatories taken in the Court of Ex chequer, the rate of porterage, lastage, &c., charged by the City fellowship of porters is 3s. 2d. per ten quar ters of corn ; whereas the same work can be done by another class of porters at the charge of 3:ld. or 4d. per ten tons. The yearly charge which would be made by the City upon the Messrs. Combe, if the demand were com plied with, would amount to 1,0001. The case of the Messrs. Combo is one of great hardship and oppression, two vexatious actions, entailing very heavy expen se , having been instituted against them. Mr. C. Lewis—To what articles does the claim of the City apply ? Mr. Fisher—To coals, salt, corn, grain of all de scriptions, vegetables, apples, pears, plums, onions, and roots, and all descriptions of merchandise, measurable or to be measured, arriving , at the port of London or the shores of the Thames, for a considerable distance above and below the metropolis. Mr. Fisher then withdrew. Mr. Hubbard, governor of the Dank of England, was next examined. He stated that he had for a long time carried on the business of a merchant in the city of London, but had never resided within its limits. The Chairman—Have you ever had any connection with the corporation of the City ? Mr. Hubbard—No. The only way in which I am at all brought into contact with the City authorities is, that I have to apply every year for the Lord Mayor's order with regard to cargoes of merchandise, for which I pay ss. Gd. The Chairman—With respect to the service of the meters of corn, their charges, or the manner in which the metage is performed, have you found any reason to complain ? Mr. Hubbard--No. I have found reason to be satis fied ; but I have no means of instituting a comparison between the services or tho charges of the city porters and other porters. The Chairman—Have you directed your attention much to the constitution of the corporation ? Mr. Hubbard—Not much. The Chairman —Is it not the fact that the merchants of the City a bstain from connection with the corporation. Mr, Uubbard—l believe it is. 7- - ti 4. qualified and paid admireators of justice appoint yr '!: by the Crown. I think it would b e d es i ra bl e to ' k! A*: :" se r the existing connection between the corporation nd the trading companies of the City, as I see no ), 1 ,1 • dvantage in maintaining that connection. The accounts etvt + of the corporation certainly require revision —they ought to be fully investigated, audited, And laid before the public more intelligibly. As they stand at present (to use a common expression), no one can makd either head or tail of them. The mode of keeping the accounts is very complicated, and when I have often asked persons whom I thought competent to answer me, " What is the revenue of the city of London ?" nobody could tell me. The system of accounts adopted has grown complicated by the lapse of time and the course of events, and it is certainly susceptible of great improvement. The Chairman—Have you any other observations to address to the commissioners ? Mr. Dillon—Any one taking up the map of London, and looking to the boundaries of the city, would first conceive the idea that the area ought to be extended so as to embrace the whole metropolis, with its 2,000,000 and upwards of inhabitants. Now, a municipal body of tsuch gigantic proportions is open to very grave object tions. If in the hands of the Government it would be destructive of the rights of the inhabitants, and if left as a perfectly independent body it would be so powerful as on the other hand to he dangerous to the Govern ment. Again, the population of the metropolis was not at all homogeneous —the pursuits and the wants and necessities of different districts are very varied and diverse, and what was suited for Marylebone, for in stance, might not be at all adapted for the City. It would not be desirable suddenly and violently to destroy the corporation of the City ; but corporations might be given to the other metropatan districts, without their applying for them under the Charter Act. The Chairman—Do you mean that they should be compelled to receive municipal institutions whether they wished for them or not ? Mr. Dillon—l do ;it being a public advantage that there should be a species of federal boards established in the metropolis —one, for instance to take the manage. ment of the police ; another, that of the lightning, sew erage, and water supply of the whole community ; another, that of the Thames couservancy, including the port and the regulation of the trade and commerce of the City. For this purpose I would take from the City its present powers and privileges, and so exercise them as not to produce a sudden or dangerous effect. The City corporation, with all its abuses and defects, has promoted the interests and prosperity of the public and of the country at large. Therefore it would be with great hesitation that I should take anything out of its hands and place it in the hands of the centralised autho rity—the Government. The Chairman—Might not the joint action in the matters you have enumerated be obtained in the metro polis, without compelling the whole of London to ac cept municipal institutions ? Mr. Dillon—lt would be very desirable if there F IPRicE SD• The Chairman—What do you conceive to be the rea son for this ? Mr. Hubbard—l scarcely know, but I can say that I was once offered an alderman's gown, and I declined it for this reason. It occurred to me that the admi nistration of justice was too important and too solemn a duty to be undertaken unless a person had the proper education and sufficient time for the discharge of such a trust. I felt that it was incompatible with my position a 3 a merchant to go through the requisite training to fit me for the office, and I could not consent to run the risk of maladministering justice to myself, or adopt the only other alternative of leaving my judicial functions to the clerk, who might be very competent to exorcise them, but at the same time I would have to be respon sible for his decisions. The Chairman—lf the corporation of London were brought into closer resemblance to the corporation of Liverpool and the other great cities of the country, do you think there would still he the same indisposition on the part of the great merchants to accept municipal offices, such as that of the Lord Mayor, for instance ? Hr. Hubbard—l know so little of Liverpool that I cannot sufficiently judge. I only know that there is an indisposition to become aldermen among the leading merchants of London. The Chairman--Supposing it were not necessary to be an alderman to become lord mayor do you think the great merchants of the city of London would be averse to taking the office of chief magistrate, as a matter of public duty, for one year, and without having to go through the preliminary duties of an alderman ? Mr. Ilubard—lf the office were not connected with a 'sacred trust like that of the administration of jus tice, the case might be different ; but then, on that supposition, I do not know what the duties of the office would be—they might merely be to go through all the civic array and grandeur. The Chairman—The pageantry which now surrounds office of Lord Mayor I imagine is no inducement to a first-rate merchant to take the office ? Mr. Hubbard—lt is anything but attractive. Mr. C. Lewis—You must be aware of the constitu tion of the corporation, and of the manner in which it is administered—have 'you formed any opinion as to any defects which may exist in that body, or as to the mode of remedying them ? Mr. Hubbard—You are mistaken in your premises— I know nothing of the corporation. I only know one alderman slightly, who is a member of the Bank of Eng land—l mean Alderman Thompson ; and I have not learnt anything of their constitution or their admini stration. could. Mr. C. Lewis —According to your plan, the City would remain within its present limits as a city corpo ration,and the remaining portion of the metropolis wo uld be partitioned among several municipal bodies, such as the corporation of Finsbury, the corporation of Marylebone, &c. ? Mr. Dillon—Yes. Mr. C. Lewis —But you also said that, with regard o other regulations, it would be desirable to have separate boards, possessing a jurisdiction extending over the whole of the metropolis. Mr. Dillon—Yes. Mr. C. Lewis—Do you think that the police juris diction ought to extend over the whole of the metropo lis ; and not be longer divided into the City and metro• politan police respectively ? Mr. Dillon—Certainly. Mr. C. Lewis—Do you think it desirable that the sewerage should be placed under a single authority, and not under a board of sewers for the north side of the river, with the exception of the City, and another and distinct board for the City alone ? Mr. Dillon—Certainly. Mr. C. Lewis—What would you recommend with re spect to the lighting and paving ? Would you place them under parochial or municipal regulation, or would you place the paving and lighting of the metropolis under one board ? Mr. Dillon—l am afraid that I am leaving our cor poration nothing to do, but I confess that, seeing the inconvenience to the public consequent on the streets being opened at different places at one time, I think the paving and lighting also ought to be placed under one board. Mr. C. Lewis—The present supply of water for the metropolis is in the hands of several independent com panies—would you take it out of the hands of those companies, and place it under the municipalities, or under one board ? Mr. Dillon—l see no reason for taking the water supply out of the hands of private enterprise. I would heave it in the hands of the water companies. Mr. C. Lewis—You say that the magistracy ought to be chosen by the Ministers of the Crown ? Mr. Dillon—Yes. Mr. C. Lewis—Well, now, tell us what municipal functions would remain for the City corporation and the other corporations of the different metropolitan boroughs to discharge ? Mr. Dillon : I believe that the tendency of the view I take is, that I would alternately arrive at nearly the same result as those seek to attain who advocate a more extensive change ; but the difference between me and them is, that I am favourable to a more gradual mode of accomplishing nearly the same end as they desire. Mr. C. Lewis—ls the City corporation not possessed of a large amount of trust property, independent of the revenue from its rates, taxes, and dues ? Mr. Dillon—lt is. Mr. C. Lewis—Do you not think it would be a legi timate object, in improving the system of corporation, o endeavour to secure a good administration of thos Mr. C. Lewis--Then you have formed no opinion on the subject ? Mr- Hubbard—l have not. The witness then retired. The next witness called was Mr. John Dillon, of the firm of Morrison, Dillon, and Co., wholesale warehousemen, Fore-street, City, who stated that he had been a merchant in the City of Lon don for may years, but had never been connected with the corporation. The Chairman—• Have you formed any opinion on the constitution of the corporation ? Mr. Dillon—l feel convinced that the City corpora tion, if as perfect as man can make it, must be extended beyond the present area and limits of the City. Mr. C. Lewis—On what do you base that opinion ? Mr. Dillon—On the necessity of uniformity of plan with regard to the police for instance, in order that the powers of the police may not cease at Temple-bar. Then, with respect to sewerage, there ought to be some large and complete plan ; and there ought to be no conflicting jurisdiction on such important matters. I mention these as illustrations. The Chairman—Could there not be a uniform system of police and of sewerage without abolishing the munici pal functions of the City altogether ? Mr. Dillon--Decidedly. If I were asked whether I should propose a total abolition of the corporation, I should say decidedly not. It has existed from ancient times, and has gradually grown up and mixed itself with the manners and institutions of the City. It certainly retains many obsolete, some useless, and some objection able customs ; but I think it very far from desirable suddenly and entirely to do away with it. The re form of some of its institutions and the abolition of some offices are desirable ; and if municipal func tions_ were given to Finsbury, Marylebone, South wark, Lambeth, and the other metropolitan boroughs, you might have the means of hereafter—but not immediately—creating, out of this series of corpora. tions, boards for the management of sewerage and the police of the whole metropolis ; and all this without danger to the corporation of the city of London. The witness then proceeded to give evidence with regard to the manner in which freemen were enrolled 20 or 30 years ago, and also of the reduction which had been made of late years in the fees paid by the citizens on being admitted to civic privileges ; and he gave it as his opinion that a nominal fee should still be demanded from persons on taking up their freedom, such fee being only designed to cover he necessary e xpenses. The Chairman—Will you pass now to the next point if you please ? Mr. Dillon—With regard to the reluctance of the bankers and merchants of the City to accept office in the corporation, I think that too much stress is laid upon that circumstance when it is used as an argument for the total abolition or the thorough alteration of the corpo ration of the City. The corporation, no doubt, has many defects, and things in it which wore originally harmless, have by the lapse of time become obsolete and wrong ; • butl doubt the soundness of the argument based upon the non-accentanco of corporate offices by the leading merchants. Seine, the richest bankers and merchants in the City, had fathers and grand fathers who once served as aldermen and Lord Mayor ; and a large 'class of existing merchants, al , though they object to the system of the corporation, have prospered and amassed their fortunes under it. To some extent also the contempt cast upon municipal office in the City is simply an excuse for neglecting the duties attached to them ; , and I feel satisfied, whatever change you may make in the City corpo ration, and although you clear away all the nonsense of the Lord Mayor's Show, that the large bankers and merchants will still be re luctant to take office. I cannot explain why this is, but there is something peculiar about the city of London, the merchants of which have almost a na tional character, and this makes them devote their leisure time and direct their ambition to other objects —to the House of Commons, perhaps, or other places. With re spect to Chambers of Commerce, I have seen several attempts made—but all unsuccessfully made—in the city of London to establish such an institution. The example of other large ports has been quoted in support of the adoption of such a tribunal for the purposes of commerce; but for some reason or other, whether it be jealousy, a peculiar bent and turn of mind, or the largeness of the community, I cannot tell what, the leading men in the City have shown an indisposition to form such a combi nation. funds? Mr. Dillon—Yes, under public control, but not under the control of the Government. This trust property ought to be exclusively in the hands of the corporation itself. Mr. C. Lewis—Do you think that the property of the City ought to be applied to objects which are exclusively connected with the present area of the city, or that they can be legitimately applied to objects and purposes use ful to the metropolis at large ? Mr. Dillon—l do not think that it can be fairly ap plied to objects out of the City. Mr. C. Lewis—Do you think it possible to find ob jects within the limits of the City to which the whole might be applied T. Mr. Dillon—l do. Mr. C. Lewis—Give us an idea of such objects. Mr. Dillon—The widening of the streets, the improve ment of buildings, and the like. Mr. C. Lewis—Objects in the nature of public work s you mean ? Mr. Dillon—Yes. The Chairman—Have you any reason to complain o the trade regulations of the City, se far as your own business is concerned ? Mr. Dillon—l have not. The examination of this witness having been con cluded, the commission then adjourned till this da y (Friday). THE PACIFIC AUSTRALIAN ROUTE. The American The mail was . on thepapers receive d in London yesterday by the Atlantic Port Tucker,ilThe ship from Pcontain A u stralian intelligence received via Callao, which comes down to within four days of the dat es brought l conveyed k by C a t t , h eA a p rg a o i s na sailing ln ° Farnham vessel.Pot Philip.ii. Melbourne, Port Phili p , when ce she sailed of August, arriv ed at Call ao on the 29th 20th mouthß of September, --thus snaking the passage in thirty th e shortest on record. She came t -nin e days— the Shears, Off New Zealand, o the south war d o f 53.30 south, where she was drivenpassed the pa ra ll e l o f an easterly wind, which lasted steered to strike her original two days ; th ence s h e passed to the eastward of St. track to th e eas t war d ; the islands of Chin I St. Feli x I s l an d , an d ma d e becalmed t wo d csa on the 30th d ay ou t. Sh e was days off Callao. nor seen on th e No vessels were spoken passage. DEATH OF THE "the sleeping SLE EPING MAN.—Cornelius Vrooman, Clarkson, on Monday, died at his brother'residence, in ex hibition in New York the 17th of October. While on ex to w York he was taken which sick, . dand seemed induce a wakeful state for a short stupid condition, with intervals of pwakefulnesserso,then a until he was brought home on the 14th. He talked but very little, inquiring after his mother, who had been dead two years, his father and brothers, whom he ,seemed par tially to recognise. He complained of great internal heat, and soreness of his throat and stomach. On the morning of the day of his death he called for food, and ate a hearty meal, and from that time he seemed to be in pain until two o'clock, p.m., when be died without a struggle. His age was some 34 years.—Rochester De mocrat. CAUTION TO PASSIONATE PEOPLE.—On Saturday last an inquest was held in the board-room of the union workhouse, Wordsley, before W. H. Phillips, Esq., de puty coroner, upon the body of William Appleby, an inmate of the house. The day previous the deceased quarrelled with another inmate, named Perry, an d worked himself into such a violent fit of passion in con sequence, and while venting forth his rage he fell down, and instantly expired. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased died by the visitation of God, while in a i violent fit of passion.—, Waverhiampton Hera . /d, Mr. C. Lewis—Formerly the bankers and principal merchants resided within the City, but they live out of it now—does not that make a difference in the feeling with regard to accepting office ? Mr. Dillon—l think it does make a great difference. Mr. C. Lewis—Would they not naturally feel a greater interest in the local institutions of the City if they lived there than if they resided elsewhere ? Mr. Dillon—Yes ; I myself am an instance in illustra tion of your remark. Ido not live in the City now, but when I did so I took more interest in its affairs than I have done since. The Chairman—Will you go now to another point V Mr. Dillon—There are three distinct constituent bo , dies in the city of London , and I would suggest the pro priety of their number being reduced for the sake of simplicity with regard to political objects to one common constituency for all elections in the city of London. Mr. C. Lewis—Do you see any advantage in several of the principal office rs of the City being elected b y a l arge constituency ? Mr. Dillon — l th ink (although lam inclined t o libe ral views on such ma tters) that there is so metimes an a d van tage in such appointments being taken out of the popularesahasse constituency. to the magistracy, I hands of L ; rouche presume ? Mr. Dillon—Certainly. I think, however, election to the office of Chamberlain that th e the hands of the Common Hall. ought to be l e ft in Mr. C. Lewis—Are the elections in Common Hal generally corrupt ? Mr. Dillon—The contested elections are. The Lord Mayor is generally chosen from the aldermen by rota tion, and then there is no contest. I consider that the magisterial duties of the Lord Mayor and alder men ought to be placed in the hands of duly • / 7 1 ,4 $934 *lli 11% Is 4 Time. 'leis. tn)