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EAST INDIA HOUSE, MAY. 4, 1853. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That the RATE of EXCHANGE at which they will receive Cash for Bills on Bengal and Madras will, from the present date, and until further notice, be 2s. o%d. the Company's rupee, and for bills on Bombay, 2x. Id. the Company's rupee. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. IMPERIAL BRAZILIAN MINING _ ASSOCIATION. Winchester House, April 14, 1853. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this Association will be held at the London Tavern, on the 28th day of May next, to receive the Report of the Directors. The chair will be taken at Two o'clock p.m. Precisely. At this Meeting the Election will take place of Two Direc torsF in the room of Geo. Thomas, Esq., decease d , an d P . N . J o h n son,sq., resign e d ; and of Two Auditors in the room of Samuel Biax 'and, Esq , deceased, and Abraham John Valpy, Esq., resigned. Proprietors desirous of becoming Candidates for the office of Directcr or Auditor are required by clause 39 of the Deed of Settlement to leave notice of such intention at the office of the Association at least fourteen days before the Election takes place. G. T. DUVAL, Managing Director. PURSUANT to an ORDER of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause, " HARVEY v. E uRROVirB," the Creditors of JAMES BURROWS, late of Bred field, in the county of Suffolk, Gentleman, deceased, who died in or about the month of April, 1849, are, by their Solicitors, on or before the 7th day of May 1853, to come In and prove their debts or claims, t t he Chambers of M as t er Humphrey, Southampton - buildings,hancery-lane, London, or in default thereof they will be peremp torily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. _ linuday, the 23d day of May, at twelve o'clock at noon, at the said Chambers, Is appointe4 for hearing and adjudicating upon the Claims. Dated thla 15th day of April, 1553. JAMES FLUKER, 10, Symond's Ins, London, FOR ROBERT GALSWORTHY, Ipswich. PATRON —II.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. n OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. — A. MUSICAL LECTURE by GEORGE BUCKLAND, afl, entitled SONGS and SONG-WRITERS, every Evening (except !Saturday) at Eight. pLec'ures.—By J. H. Pepper, Esq , on the Chemistry of Gun owder and Rocket Composition ; by Dr. Bachh °filter, on Pneumatics, In ~N.s h ich the Principl e o f th e Fl y ' s F oo t an d W a lki ng on th e C e ili ng f~ul be explained ; by M r . C r i spe, o n H eat, ill us t ra t e d by t w gigan effectors by which Cooking is effected at a distance of 100 feet flo it ra the fire: Adml/..4 ls.; Schools, and Children under Tea years of age, Half-price. THE 142 d NUMBER of the HYGEIST and Notice MEDICAL REFORMER for MAT contains an Important Ic e to all Invalids—Suggestions for a Clock to be used by Hygeian Agents, by Mr. Snashall, of Brighten — Letter from Mr. Hibbert of "" nc hester hi reference to th e Proposed Vaccination Act—Falsifica tions 0. ,. Food —Report from the Exeter Hygelan Dispensary of Cures tt by Diorison's Pills—Abscesses of Ten Years' standing, tir3. erforrned Mloelas—Small Pox in its most Aggravated Forms—Report of p rime Mee, agent for Brackley, &c. Office, 262, Strand, London. ld, or 2d. per post. May also be had at the British College of Health, New -road, London. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE AssuakisrdE COMPANY.' No. 11, Lombard-street, London. DIRECTORS. Tr iOMSON HAWKEY. Jun., Esq.. Chairman. Sir WALTER R. FARQUMAR, Bart., Deputy-Chairman. Renry Hulse Berens, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. John Martin,Esq., M.P. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Sir Mint. T. Farquhar, Bart. James Morris, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Menry Norman, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. Jo hn Labouchere, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. John Loch, Esq. Menry Vigne, Esq. A. W. Robarts, Esq. AUDITORS. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Lewis Lloyd, j un., Esq. John Henry Smith, Esq. SECRETARY—George Keys, Esq. ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. LIFE DEPARTMENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par ent, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of Mt out o ts, 'wit Participation of Profits. au next division of Profits will be ▪ r declared in June, 1855, when icinating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year A, the several past divisions of Profits made by this Company, the pro„?!Renar Bonuses added to the Policies from One-half the Per ucia amo y unted, on an average of the different ages, to about One added at Per Annum on the sums insured, and the total Bonuses poß at the Four Septennial Divisions exceeded 770,0001. and westG RISKS.—The Extra Premiums reqaired for the East Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the Unitedl States of America, have been materially reduced. Would 4LI D LlVES.—Persons who are not in such sound health as enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, i• ' o la,'re their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. Franted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro etta; nch Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have fl s .Q_ln each case a value not under 50/. atetiNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received gistered. T, NEW FEATURE IN LIFE ASSURANCE. 41 E DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, _ lB , New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. U ATITALL--ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS. The , TRUSTEES. Com '7' " 011 04irable the ord Viscount Drumlanrig, 31. P., P.C., 56 ~.. P roller of her Majesty's Household. L i` ,-;narles Price, Bart., 3, King William-street, London. __eat -General Sir W. R. Clayton. Bart, Gloucester-place, Portman 'Ware, and Marden-park, Surrey. ebah.„. DIRECTORS. 4,60 e— atHe:Ti c h e e , E Rlg sq h: Hon. the Viscount Drumlanrig, M.P., P.C., NoelP roller of her Majesty's Household. .... wley B arnes, Esq., 11, City-road, Finsbury. late 17th Lancers, Junior United Service Club. l i r er C°°cle, E. 1.1., Portland-terrace, Wandsworth, and Belvoir, St. Ste m :rA. Jersey, New —rack aall. Esq., 1, St. John's-gardens, Notting-hill, and 11 I,f. onesBTre, Lincoln's-Inn. Leiceu *D., Davies -street, Berkeley-square, and Lutterworth, oeort ershire. se, 4n°l • Egg. 15, Connaught-square, Hyde-park, and Tor jael kn Stan°r dabe. C. morgan aclean, Esq Harrow-on-the-Hill. 13 ,...avid e. ',!,111-, Berkel " y Gloucestershire. WIT-. p r Ole, E N., 32, e- Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square. - - ace W D. Esq ., 147, Leadenhall-street, and 8, Hyde-park- Ye r be s rt Andearte.w Riddell, D • canlan Esq., Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. 1. . 21 TT IlVer Sper in g ; i iP.,Pe .. r _Se our-street West, Connaught-square. '', J y es's-square. k 'l Bi g E A ,„ , AUDITORS. I'tgal f" ---"'" ' 2 6, Strand, Actuary and Secretary to the Medical, t ii4lll , and General Life Office. .reck j p °11 .,." , E_ki, Accountant, 3. Guildhall-chambers. Itzteil.'ine3--r4.l:s9altßrEa.sqnAd: Actuary to the Engineers and Masonle Life Manager of Times Assurance Company, Lud 81r c NATTiass. es 'Arle s price, Marryat, and Co., 3, Slng William-street, London. Sr k Hopkinson and Co., 3, Regeut-street. PHYSICIANS. ,7° , 18, Finsbury-place. ` , Milan, 21, Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square. • T. SURGEONS. Chapman, Esq., 16, Lower Seymour-street. Portman-square. • hael Teevan, Esq.. 44, Gloucester-place, Hyde-park-gardens. CONSULTING ACTUAAT. Francis G. P. Nelson, Esq., F.L.S. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Bill and Mathews St. Mary-axe. RESIDENT SECRETARY. Charles W. Bevan, Esq. . The public is respectfully invited to examine the principles of the Deposit System of Assurance, which is based upon tables calculated by. and is under the immediate supervision of, Francis G. P. Nelson, F.L.S., the Consulting Actuary to the Company. Comparative Tables to assure 5001 on death, by a person aged lyrenty next birthday, on the ORDINARY and on the DEPOSIT system Of Assurances. ON THE ORDINARY SYSTEM, No. 18,911.] NEW EDITION OF AYTOUN'S LAYS of the SCOTTISH CAVALIERS. On Monday will be published, in fcap. Bvo., a New Edition, being the SIXTH OF LAYS OF THE SCOTTISH CAVALIERS, By W. EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN. Price is. 6d. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. On Saturday, the 7th inst., wi 1 appear No. L, p rice 6d., of "THE PRESS."—Being a Weekly Paper, intended to fill an obvious void in Journalism, and to com bine, on an entirely new plan, Political, Literary, and Artistic Re sources. To be published every Saturday.—Office for Advertise ments, 110, Strand, London, where all communications should be sent, addressed to the Editor. To be had of all Newsagents. Money Orders for Subscriptions to be made payable to Mr. Alfred Pre. ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE.—I refer the learned to Baron Liebig, the temperate to Dr. Carpenter, invalids to the medical profession, and the robust to the best clubs of London for the merits of my stock of ALLSOPP'S ALE. The "Thirsty Soul " and "Constant Reader " of the " Times" I can also satisfy with my Imperial Measure. Bottles (quarts) • • • • .• • . 8s per dozen. Do. (pints) •• ••..•••• • • . ... Kilderkins (18 gallons).. • • .... HARRINGTUN PARKEI3, Beer-Merchant, 51, Pall-mall. IMPORT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by H. BaiMere, 219, Regent-street, London. No I. ye., in cloth, price Cs. by post free, ss. 6d., ON TRUE dr 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 Generative System, or Sexual Hypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD "Dr. Plckford 's known to English readers by his frequent practi :al contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the noa-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 rower to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 18M. "We promised In. a --former number that we. should recur to this work, M orderto exhibit its aim more clearly. The author lashes with great severity the imposters who make a livelihood by preying on the credulity of the public. The tribe of ' Quiet Symathisers,' and ' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who stiffer from th• com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many h mdreds would be raved 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 Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ,vtnt upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, Ikely to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. No. 11. Bvo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post free, 45., THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Princi. pies at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate and apparently Intractable Forms. BY F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. _ "In proof of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated. Such are cases ix., xi., xii., and xviii. No. ix. had res sted, for a period of twelve years, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally re noved in as many weeks. But cases xviii. and six. appear, both in duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet the treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently successful." —Professor Lizars on the Treatment of Stricture. THE INCOME TAX. SHOULD this portion of the Budget pass, Income Tax must be paid by millions now exempt ; yet it will then be useless to " look daggers " at the Tax, though many persons will regard it as a great" bore" for penetrating their pockets and their earnings —a character often given to other articles of daily consumption called Taxes. None needs waste flesh by useless re pinings, for the sacrifice may be easily and pleasantly survived by agreeable retrenchments, in which much is gained and nothing lost; and even if the Tax is paid, an annual gain may be accumulating, which will constitute a respectable fortune for Individuals and Families. This is one of the advantages derived from business transactions at the Aldgate and Minories or the New Oxford-street Establishments of E. MO3ES and SON, where Attire for Spring and Summer is now ready for inspection, uniting the ski 1 •f all countries in the manufacture of materials, and the talent of the best artists in the world in the construction of styles for Dr ess of the most elegant and seasonable description. The Spring and Summer Dress Suits, Paletots, and Overcoats, combine the efforts of the most talented cutters and the best work men in the world; they display a variety of materials and a correct ne-s in fit which cannot be found elsewhere. Sporting Dress, Liveries, Military or Naval Costumes, in styles and general adapta tion excelling all others. Juvenille Attire in magnitude of fabrics and diversity of patterns, all dis inetly prepared for this season, with skill, care, and experience, which remains unimitated. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, Boots and Shoes, &c., &c., &c.. in variety and superior quality, are presented by E. MOSES and SON at prices so much less than those charged elsewhere, that any description of tax may be paid, without any inconvenience, from advantages arising from pur chases made at the Establishments of E. MOSES and SON. TO EMIGRANTS. The opinion of the most experienced Colonists is that none should emigrate without a suitable Outfit ; if they do, they will become im patient at the loss of their customary comforts, and on that account may be unsuccessful and unhappy. The best and the most suitable Outfits are purchased for less money at E. MOSES and SON'S than at any other Establishment. The Goods are only such as are indis pensable, yet they arc all which will be required; the Clothing is every way suitable for the voyage, climate of the country, and the occupations of Emigrants. A separate Department is kept for Out fitting, and the lowest prices charged for every article. Merchants, captains, and others, should visit the Wholesale Department of E. MOSES and SON'S Establishment, where they may purchase Goods from which they will derive an amazing profit. Shipsailing information, and full Lists of Outfits for Ladies and Gentlemen, may be had on application, or post free to any part of the kingdom. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the nntradesman-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 or LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157. Minories, 83, 84,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, 3, Bart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 nd 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId 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 Herald of the Seasons," containing full lists of prices, our system of self•measurement, facts relative to Australia, advice to emigrants, &c., may be had on application, or post-free to any part of the kingdom. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1853 can be had gratis, on application. Id l'on parle Francais. Qui si parla Italiano. Hier spricht man Deutsch. Aqua se habla Espanol .The sum the ordinary The sum the JLife Offices would give MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF ordinary Life ,him if he were unable YOUTH AND MATURITY. Offices would 'to pay, or if he omitted At the His give him for to pay his current DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, end of policy , the surrender annual premium of Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of 1., Annual 4 ....__thirty at that or sale Si. 6s. 3d. after he has Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medic T , bliunt yearsvrhed age, ,of his policy,, paid into their coffers Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. t assure the party in case; after thirty 12491.78.6 d., and which ~, 5001. I is fifty 1 of years'payments they have had the use lir AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on 1 I years old, . death J amounting to of at compound %.l the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, Jhewillhave will be 2491.75. 6d. interest, or in resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro % paid into ' worth which theyhave the event of his death duced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema -4 the oflice. had the benefit one hour after such Lure decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis of at compound omission or inability cases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience *-- .........____ interest. to pay. in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist -- 21 8 1.6 little more existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous , 3. 341 1 2 49/. 73.6 d. 5001. , than 80/. NOTHING ._ Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri -..„ I perhaps 901. ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their ......_ endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. ....... —..-- ON THE DEPOSIT SYSTEM. Hun able t o pay, or not desirous of paying or omitting topay,thePo- Hey would still remain of its FULL value, 522/.28.7d.ti1l death, if 20 years after, no fur ther payment beingre quired. If however the party, from any cause, wished to cancel the Policy, he could not onlydraw out all heb as put In, viz., 2251., but 7 1.10 8 n A -m 225/. 5221.257 d 2871. 23. 9d, a certain bonus of 62/. 2s. 9d, in the bargain, which is more than one-fourth of the whole ofhis payments, or he could either draw out a part, 20/. or 50/., diminishing the Policy only by the assured value of the sum se drawn out at the age when withdrawn. See pagess and7in detailed pamphlet, by F. G. 2. Nelson, Esq. 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 consequences may be avoided, and above all, hat there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and s the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is tree. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply rem arded 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 must contain the fee of if., and advice and medicines can lee forwarded to any initials or address. It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT should first obtain a copy of his work on SELF-PRESERVATION. 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 excesses. 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. Viper Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; or free by pose for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's resi dence, 37, BEDFORD -SQUARE. LONDON, that a person the follow katTnii, Parison of these two tables it will be assurance can necire assure lag oci,4t n ovel system of DEPOSIT paid annually, he can system. „, % ...larg,,,, nt ages, viz., let. For a less sum, seen ceiv follow -2 i" s tint itt case of death r his PolleY he can re to lithe event of a desire to snrrende 1 which applies to all e a v g e e n a, ~,..,.-as 0,,,..._ example, -.ago ti na - ` 1 . 11 9. by the above e . than under the ordinary W latibilit ~,,, poll remains still his property, "al Innch as on the ordinary c s y Ystein• t payments ef th e Y °remission to pay, .-- ,r-- ease his curren 3rdly. I n the fot-'„,, 'Wile value as are, thong'. be c system, he ge ts increase or decrease the beiih n uMber of ye whereas on the ordinary tirliou, l ,' 4thly. Should he require to He can at any time, Rho" itiviO: f I lls Policy, he can do so at pleasure . itartto l e _ . a Le rtnight's notice, withdraw any part ith interest. After e lots wrnount of his previous payments and single payment, thre It t o r hara wn Part one year he can, by acyll up to the lit forelerall7 ti me un . afterward h s is r e als s e te h m i pe s he can at all time i s ut r y eg h u the Ilhittoinnenal savings by aT lVs b a y nn t ual e y xpenditure, with the fa t c he I same as ..-"" b a - I, °f ,_ l4 ,y,ing a fund to fly to in case of necess that _ c from g rn reater or even lete .7st e i . z! "itn this palpable advantage, more than mte su, "'', !toner, and in case of death his receivefamily however, I e can do no Itth „ ( funt ot his &Wings. In ordinary Life Offices lied the moment bs. e e ZnII, but his policy at once lapses or s ca t d of haying any h gets lute f4,,,nd to b y to Ws current premiums, and, ins ea to he pockets of his , 6 t . to fn..r.aid, an his hard-earned savings become forfeited - ors r l t e t " a n. Ole Misfortunes serve to benefit t auch unate co-assurers. which can be kid bt,4 831 tetll is too equitable and too striking to be overlooked ani , ,,,, i4 nelT assurance is the only system of assurance l are impar ttitti3, e.any recognised and adopted when the ''ni fer .'"va ssed, and benefits becom p e ri w aa ld ip el a y s et' to, greater Reaadvan than a bank because it allows fair rate diffused. It h a c rest in ea Depositor in ...rah , v. .. se Of withdrawal, and gives twice the amount a in the ‘isieo f d._-,6 v empany to the representatives of the 4, 'l'h, thus combining the ANTAGES OP In e as A RANK WITH TH E BENEFITS OF AN ASSURANCE COMPANY. 43'ster, ' "endovrrnent assurances the advantages 4isv ars still more striking. of the DEPOSI 4actTAGES OF THIS COMPANY 'UNDER THE ORDINA RY & h _To ila., ....., LIFE ASSURANCE BRANCH. -,,,,,01. „. ~, ,o prefer this branch Policies are granted from 20/. to 14,4' ev er! kno principle thereof. tejt tt ::. ,n all but thew orst stages of disease, and such as have been etito,3l_oY °ether Ofilees. are taken at rates equivalent to the pant- Cl atter a ra m ._ rom 501. and upwards granted on every kind of security, Ae''llr,sanal, on the most equitable terms to the borrower _ lioo. f ...`ga cr every description granted on very favourable terms. thaiipre,,,,, •, enure of a Policy.—ln case of Inability to pay the currant p re, the Directors will either purchlse the Policy at a fair rest eorr''.. Q ue. or give a new one in lieu theteof, I 5 per cent lute- Vehtei, u_.l.ll3eilding in amount to the whole of theessprevious payments detail been made. hit Ay:4, ProaPectuses with tables in tit; they illustration of the Be heQation-t7e„rn, and any further inform ~ em, Agents in the country, or to " i nn may be obtained on appli C HARLES W. BEVAN, Resident Secretary. 1"--Arents wanted in an parts of the World. D R. CIILVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sh erwoo d , 23, Paternoster-row , Carvalho, 47, Fleet-street , Mann, 39, Cornhill, Price One Shilling each ; by is 61. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. " Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time." CONTENTS:— EarIy Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—For rursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills Forests, Fields, Iligh.roads, and other pleasant places - Country Trips and Rambles—The Sea —London at Night—Evenings at Home Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., II FRAGMENTS FROM THE FOUNTAIN& Two Ws. Vol. I. VISIT 10 THE LAKES; SKETCH O F Eiyanjußon, &c. Vol: 11, TAR LAKES OF KIL D L u A R R L N It E z Y , ac ; R.EMINISCENcEs OF WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, " That three score years and ten our course may run." A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner. rously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution that harasses young. besets the man of pleasure, business or study, and em. hitters old age ; with tables and rulesfor the diet and physical regu. ►ation of every-day life. IT. THE PASSIONS. What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." SCBJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties oflicentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narra tive, and ramediative. Advocacy T of early marriages. THE MARRIAGE STATE. To be or not to be, thatis the question." TROGRAMME :--- Laws and obligations of nature, society, and yell gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age temperament, complexion, and figure. to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion, Cases, &c. By R. J. C CINERWELL, M.D. (1841),(1827), L.S.A. 24), Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in there matters. Price Is. each; by post, Is. 6d. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalbo, 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill; or of M. It. Culverwell, M.D.. 10, Arevii.place. 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PUBLIC JOURNALS. which we shall be allowed to use, either as to what Mr Disraeli's serious views may be, or as to the abilities and the information which he may have derived from nature and from study, for political life. It would be, just as reasonable to bid us look in the pages of that strange novel which the first Emperor Napoleon composed in early youth, for whatever knowledge and whatever capa city he could have possessed at that time, or acquired and improved afterwards. It would be even more rea sonable to tell us that we must consult the wild political pamphlet, which the same famous man produced and published while still loyal to the Republic, and which he ordered to be bought up and burned when he hnd deter mined to close the revolution, and to obey the general desire of the people that he should be their Emperor. It would be immeasurably more reasonable to go to Mr. Gladstone's own book on Church and State, written as a book of politics, not as a novel—written with the feel ings of manhood, not with those of boyhood—written to make opinions, not to give amusement ; and then to revile and reprobate Mr. Gladstone for the ideas con tained in that production, if they were assailable, and still his,—but much more for having changed or aban doned them (if he had), however erroneous. Goethe got rid, as he said himself, of the " perilous stuff" of his mind by writing his Werther ; and, indeed, wrote in that spirit once, in order that he might think in that spirit no more. But it is loss of time to answer the howl of personal enmity in the language of dispassionate reason. The party now in power are remarkable for cherishing several holy hatreds. Observe how consistent with themselves are the ob jectors to the political existence of Mr. Disraeli. Hav ing stigmatised his early literary profusions as things which it was digraceful to publish, they next tell us that he ought to have stuck to literature ; that he had ac quired in youth a fame which many able authors had not succeeded in gaining in their old age ; "that the world was very kind to him," &c. This was the un pardonable sin. He entered politics ; for this he is "a brava"--" a mercenary"—" a prostitute genius." His friends and supporters, and the great party who have accepted him into their foremost rank, are " a pirate crew." (Prom, the Times.) Mr. Gladstone's is not the only budget. The Regis trar-General makes up his account as regularly as the Chancellor of the Ei . chequer, and his figures, while equally inte res ti ng, are far more incontrovertible. It is curious, indeed, to observe how closely in some respects the two. statements are connect e d. The prosperity of the public finances is reflected immediately in the aspect of the public health and in the condition of public morals. We remember once to have seen a concordance or table of comparative statistics, carefully drawn out, and pre senting in parallel columns the price of bread and the number of criminal convictions in the several counties of England during a series of years, and we believe that the idea might be most instructively carried out with •very issue of th e R egistrar -General ' s returns. When taxation is evenly and justly distributed, to the emanci pation of industry, the relief of trade, and the encourage ment of enterprise ; when class legislation is set aside, and no party i n t erests are exclusively consulted, to the prejudice of others, then the country flourishes—mar riages and births increase and deaths diminish. Yet both accounts are liable to unexpected disturbance. A Chancellor of the Exchequer finds the savings of a twelve month consumed by a Kafir war, and now the Regis trar-General is compelled to record that the pleasing results of social prosperity have been seriously neutralised by the unparalleled character of the weather ! There is really a certain satisfaction in finding this staple topic of Englishmen exalted at last to the dignity of a scientific principl e . P eople have b een r i g h t, a f ter all, in talking so pe r p e t ua l ly about the weather. In th i s, as in other cases, instinct was in advance of intellect, and what was described as an impre ss i on was positively a fact. There is a plai n , di scern ib le connection between the na ture of the season and the state of public health—a connection, indeed, so strong that other„.ktluences appear to be fairly overpowered by 04 cirem4; atmo sphere. The past quarter;Tor instance:Might, according to all calculations, to have been unusually fortunate, and in some respects it was so, for the marriages were greatly in excess of any previous return, and the births showed little abatement from the established rate of progress. But, though `these events maintained them selves independently of the weather, others could not. " The increase of families," says Mr. Farr, " implies that the condition of the great body of the people is prosperous ; but the prosperity of a nation," he adds, "is sometimes overpowered by death, and it has hap pened that the mortality of the last three months has, notwithstanding the activity of trade, been unusually high, through the inclemency of the season, the preva lence of epidemics, and perhaps the partial destruction of the potato crop." On perusing the catalogue of the phenomena made accountable for these unfortunate consequences, we certainly experience a vivid impression of the strange ness of the season. The whole " meteorology of the quarter" was disturbed. We had temperature of ex traordinary height in January, and of lowness as re markable in February and March ; indeed, even April, although it does not enter into Mr. Farr's present ac count, was scarcely an improvement upon the m on th s preceding. To th e se chronic influences were added `extreme transitions of heat and cold; unusual falls of snow, hail, fogs, thunderstorms, lightnings, zodiacal lights, solar and lunar haloes, and auroras." Altogether, but with especial reference to " the depressed tempe rature of February and March," the deaths in the quarter are reported to exceed by 11,559 those of the corresponding quarter of 1852, and the " natural increase of the population," notwithstanding the progress of marriages and births, is less than it should be by some thing like 12,000. This, it must be admitted, is a most striking exemplification of what the weather can effect. Of the two other causes to which the Registrar- General ascribes a portion of these results it i s obvious that one—" the prevalence of epidemics"—i s in all pro bability nothing but a symptom of the atmospheric in fluence itself. The other—the partial failure of the potato—would operate more independently, but also, as we imagine, to a less extent. We have once b e f ore p u t on record the ex t raor di n ary importance which is now attached in sanitary science to the use of the potato as a common esculent. It appears that no single vegetable will supply the place of this root in the economy of the table, and that even wholesome bread is but a defective substitute. When, therefore, the crop of the year, so far failed as to raise the price per ton from 70s. in 1852 to 1275. 6d. in 1853, disuse of the potato succeeded ; and the consequence, as the Registrar-General presumes, Was a general prevalence of sickness. It is known, in deed, that after the first great failure of the crop, some years ago, an outbreak of scurvy ensued exactly like the epidemics seen on shipboard after similar privations. If all these premises are true, it follows that the destruc tion of the potato can scarcely be compensated by any general abundance of work or goodness of wages, and the crop, therefore, must acquire an extraordinary ira• portance in the eyes of sanitary economists. The report reads us the usual homily on the con nection between dirt and disease, and inculcates the standing moral of our obligations in this particular ; in fact, although the influence of season •as a morbific agency is less felt, comparatively, in towns than in the country, the defects of drainage, ventilation, and water supply more than counterbalance the difference, and leave the balance of mortality still against the former in the proportion of sto 4. The agencies of the atmo sphere are discernible in the increase of bronchitis, in fluenza, and diseases of the respiratory organs generally ; whereas it is in the old types of fever, in typhus, scarlatina, and small-pox, that the errors of human arrangement make themselves seen. The growing pre valence of the small-pox—that half-eradicated scourge of Britain, is noticed in many of the local reports, which bear at the same time a general testimony to the un doubted efficacy of the vaccine antidote ; but such are the prejudices of the poor, and so insufficient in many instances the medical supervision exercised, that the pre servative is neglected, and the fatal malady is left to an epidemical vigour. It will probably be in the recol lection of our readers that Lord Lyttelton, the other day, in introducing a bill upon this subject, showed that other countries, by the adoption of stringent rules, had succeeded in almost entirely ex ti r p a ti ng th e di sease which among ourselves has thus been permitted to revive. That there is no essential renewal of vitality in the pestilence itself is plain, for on the continent it has been effectually kept down ; in England alone it has been allowed to ga ther new strength by the neglect of those precautions which had been proved sufficient to disarm it. A general survey of the return shows us that the births for the whole quarter last year were, in exact numbers, 161,598. The annual proportion since 1843 has been 1 in 30, with an average for the winter quarter of 1 in 29, whereas in the present year the average has been 1 in 28. The deaths in the same period were 48,241, leaving a balance, when set against the above aggregate of births, of 43,357 in favour of the population. This balance, ac cording to the usual results, should be above 50,000, but has been reduced by the excess in the deaths previously mentioned. The mortality for a period of 10 years has averaged annually 3.252 per cent., and on t h e winter quarters 2 . 467 per cent., but this q u arter the percentage has risen to 2'620. Th e actual s t a tistics of the mar riages have not yet been quite completed, but they are known to be highly favourable, and we can only hope that the general " prosperity of the nation," which Mr. Farr so thankfully chronicles, may not in his next report be qualified by the defects of such a season as that from which we do at length appear to be now emerging. And is this the English of gentlemen who debate together Aheir.differences ? Is the language in which political 'controversy ought to be conducted, or even political censure conveyed I We are concerned for the effects to which this new and savage vein of discussion is leading ; and we blush for the brutal ferocity and vindictiveness which seem to be its sole possible cause. As for Mr. Disraeli, the right hon. gentleman is marvellously well able to defend himself. No man has been crushed so often, and survived. The light of no man's genius has been "extinguished" so often, and then flamed out brighter than before. No man has been'' ruined" so often, and then lived to triumph. This sort of crushing, of extinction, and of ruin is to be borne ; for somehow victory is behind. We have noticed it, ere now, in more cases than that of the right hon. gentleman, whose calumniators have, by the unmeasured violence of their abuse, called forth these remarks. (Prom the Morning Chronicle.) The trial of strength between parties is concluded, and, now that the question of the income tax is decided, the rest of the budget will probably be discussed with reference to the intrinsic merits of the scheme. The re solution on the legacy duties, which stands in the orders of the House of Commons for this evening, comes next in order ; and although objections to the extension of the burden will no doubt be suggested, it may be said that the principle of the measure has been virtually affirmed by'tho recent vote. The bill which must carry out the details of the new arrangement will necessarily contain provisions of a highly complicated nature ; but the resolution itself is both short and simple, and it will, in all probability, encounter little direct opposition. A new tax is rarely popular ; but, in the present instance, the Government enjoys the unusual good fortune of meeting the general feeling, at the same time that it provides for the maintenance of the revenue. Nor, in accurate as the public judgment frequently is on ques tions of financial expediency, can it be denied that there is reasonable ground for the satisfaction with which Mr. Gladstone's proposal has been received. Taxes on capital are, indeed, thoroughly vicious in theory, whether they are imposed annually in the form of a property tax such as that which Mr. Hume recommends, or at the uncertain intervals marked out by the casualty of death. But the Chancellor of the Exchequer found the legacy duty in existence ; and he could not afford to part with it when he was relinquishing other sources of revenue which involved still more serious inconveniences. It is impossible to reconcile the tax with strict economical principles ; but it is, fortunately, possible to make it more just by rendering it more productive. There are differences of opinion as to the expediency of an impost on property ; but little argument is neces sary to prove that, if it is levied at all, it ought to apply to all property alike. The popular, belief that the legacy duty gives a special exemption to land, neither correctly nor adequately represents the capricious effect of the existing law. Some of the largest real properties in the kingdom are technically regarded as personalty, and are therefore subject to the duty, un less they escape the burden by the mode in which they have been settled, or receive, as regards any surplus above a million sterling, the unreasonable favour of total exemption. On the other hand, settled property, in stock or moneyed income of any description, has hither to been wholly unaffected by a tax levied only on per sonalty which passed by will or i n h er it ance. Th 6 origi nal injustice of the arrangement has, no doubt, in course of time, been mitigated by that natural process of adjustment which constantly tends to correct all fiscal anomalies ; but it has still been left, to a great extent, to the choice of every owner of property, whether his suc cessors should pay the contribution to the public revenue which the law has established as a general rule. The proprietor of a landed estate brought himself within the purview of the tax whenever he directed a sale for the purpose of distribution among his descendants ; while, on the other hand, settlements and gifts have been daily executed with the express object of escaping the burden. All taxes are injurious, and most of them are un equal ; but there is no characteristic of an impost so ob jectionable as an arrangement which leaves the liability of the taxpayer to his own discretion. It is for finan ciers to determine where the burden shall be placed, and to take care that it shall lie where they have fixed it. Whenever the legislator offers an alternative be tween the payment of the tax and some other course of proceeding, he interferes with matters with which, in his fiscal capacity, he has no concern ; and, at the same time, he misses his immediate object of extracting money from individuals for the public benefit. The rea son for intercepting a portion of a bequest from a legatee is simple and perfectly intelligible—the State wants the money, and takes it where it can find it ; but Chan cellors of the Exchequer have no motive for promoting settlements, or for encouraging purchases of freeholds rather than investments in freehold property or in the funds. Even the rural financiers who set up turnpike gates have the good sense to fix side-bars at the by-lanes, and to forbid, under penalties, ingenious contrivances for taking circuitous routes through the fields. In the present instance, the property corresponds to the travel ler's horse or gig, and the appointed turnpike-gate is one which all must, sooner or later, pass through. The new system only provides that, while the traveller walks through the gate, he shall not evade the toll by sending his taxable vehicle round by the road which previous legislation had left open. If it is just that a legatee or next of kin should pay a percentage on the personalty to which he succeeds by will or under the Statute of Distributions, the heir at law can set up no reasonable claim of exemption en account of his land ; nor is the question substantially different where a reversioner of a settled estate comes into possession on the death of the previous holder. To the State it is, for all fiscal purposes, wholly indifferent whether a former proprietor thought fit to provide for the future maintenance of a family, or whether the suc cession has been determined by the will of the last pos sessor. In either case, there is an ownership ending with life, and if the frequency of deaths is assumed to be uniform, the burden on both properties will, on the average, be equal. The value of vested reversions will no doubt be affected by the charge to which they will be liable ; but no new tax can be imposed without an im mediate injury to the property from which it is to arise. The remainder-man will not, however, practically speak ing, suffer any greater infliction than that which will fall on the son or nephew who enjoys a reasonable certainty of succeeding to a family property. It is in cases less simple than that of ordinary inheri tance that the difficulty of legislation will be felt. As the various rates of charge on different degrees of con sanguinity are, with a slight alteration, to be maintained, it is evident that the Minister intends as far as possible to carry out the principle of the legacy duty, by extend ing it to all descriptions of property. Hitherto, how ever, it has always been easy to ascertain the relation between the legatee and the testator—not to mention the still simpler case of intestacy. The circumstance that particular estates were interposed between the ori ginal possessor and the eventual object of his bounty, offered no perplexity to the revenue officer. The nephew who succeeded to personalty on the cleath of the uncle's widow, paid duty as on a bequest from his near relative, and nob as reversioner to a stranger in blood. It will be more difficult, though by no means impossible, to deter mine, for the purposes of the new law, from whom the succession is in each instance to be traced. ( From the Morning Herald.) So it seems the supporters of Mr. Gladstone and of the Coalition have determined to try, by a grand con centric literary attack, to "write down" Mr. Disraeli. s c 6 b ui n y r g their n e They would t es t b y experiment the soundness o f a l ate poet's sayi ng , " th at no man could be written d own ex cept by hi mse lf." N o rule, they calculate without its exception ; m uc h may b e done by n a combined onslaught, muh y upo n e o l u mil ; o o t in my it ev overwhelming charge the Times, th ge Morning Chronicle, as e surrounded and ou t num b ered enemy. With such hopes, doubtless, and on so me suc h p l an , it is that we find the E d a f d al v l a s e s i m ultaneously u o l f ta ni ne a o n u y sl and a ho s t o f su b ordinate skirmis h ers , un d er cover o f their weightier metal, and closer battle, suddenly sus pending, so far as the late Chancellor of the Exchequer is concerned, all desultory operations, and directing in perfect concert, and at one and the same moment, efforts more strenuous than they had over before put forth against the credit and the influence, the personal character, and the political existence of one man. The worst of it is, for the purpose of the " writers down," that the invectives in question are too rabid to win the concurrence of the great mass of the people, without being brilliant enough to secure even their reluctant ad miration. Great passion, or rather, if we may be par doned the word, great impassionment, is, indeed, an in fectious thing, when some great and exciting excuse or provocation is shown, though but at half light. When, however, we behold a degree of animosity and of foam ing resentment exhibited' out of all proportion to any justification which either those who are thus transported condescend to allege, or wo are able to imagine, then we are rather disgusted and repelled than attracted. What, for instance, can be more pitiably ran corous than the grand accusation from which, as from a spring-head all the ch armin g e pithets of "degraded," "lost, " " demoralis ed ," " desperate," " catilinarian," ec &c., are drawn ? Our readers will start when we tell them that it is Mr. Dis raeli's friendship with Lord George Bentinck ! All that is most hateful and debased in the pretended affection of an intriguing and parasitical knave—all that is most helpless and contemptible in the dri vellin g con fidence of a brainless lord—these things, a nd these onl y , can be allowed to have brought two such men into intimacy. An intercourse arising out of a mutual esteem, regard, in life—and severed only by t hat untimel y and affl icting and trust—ripened by the idem v elle and the id em nolle death of the one friend , which the other mourned with so bitter a grief — des erved a different mention, a differ ent commentary. We envy not the mind of him who, on this subject, has nothing to tell us save that there was a wretch who (that he might some day clamber into order nobleman , and made a sycophant in political powe r ) looked about for a weak-minded, influ entialhimself to be the ruler of a dupe. But it seems Mr. Disraeli, when hardly emerged from boyhood, wrote an amusing novel, and in that work, produced at that age, we must look for the only proofs A correspondent of our own, whose letter we published a few days ago, points out the hardship which would result from adopting, as the ground of liability to the impost, the mere transfer of property by the death of the last possessor. In his own case, an annuity has been granted by certain legatees, in pursuance of a fa mily arrangement, to a stranger in blood who had a claim on their testator's estate. At the death of the annuitant, the fund from which it arises will, of course, revert to the granters ; but it would be evidently unjust to charge them with a payment of 10 per cent., as if for an inheritance. In this, as well as in many other cases which might be suggested, there is no insuperable diffi culty in discovering the principle on which the law ought to be framed ; but great skill and dexterity will be re quired to meet all the various and complicated contin gencies which will occur in practice. It will probably be necessary to provide, by penalties, that communication shall be made to the pr o p er depart ment whenever a liability to the tax is incurred ; and it i LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- Lessee, CHARLES E. LAURENT, Onskw-house, Fulham road. Open Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, during the week, "The Thistle," "Shamrock," "Rose," "Amine" "Gran ville!' "Loch Vogel," and "Windsor Castle" Waltzes; he "Napo leon" Galep; "Le Cirque" Quadrille; "The Gold Hawk' and "Juno" Polkas.— Admission, Is. Doors open at Half-past Eight; Dancing to commence at Nine o'clock, and terminate at Half-past Eleven. FFXCISE-OFFICE, in Old Broad-street. 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H. Shears, to to the Amphion, 36, screw•frigate, Devonport. PORTSMOUTH, Ann. 5. ARRIVAL OF THE DAUNTLESS. The sadly-to-be-remembered and ill-fated Dauntless 24 (screw), Captain Edward P. Halsted, arrived this afternoon at Spithead, last from Bermuda, which she left on the 9th of April. There is no news to report. We give, for the satisfaction of their friends, the list of officers who have come home in her. She saluted the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, which was duly returned from the Victory :—First Lieut. James W. Armstrong, Second Lieut. William H. Jones, Third Lieut. Sutton, Fourth Lieut. Edward Stubbs, Surgeon Alex. Wood cock, Paymaster James Biggs, Master Chas. Q. Parker, Chief Engineer George M. Burt, Assistant En gineer Mr. Saunders, Second Assistant Engineer Mr. Houghton ; Clerks, Messrs. Cullaway, Leecombe, and Hyde ; Lieut. Starr, Royal Marine Artillery ; Dr. Wal lace, assistant surgeon ; and 254 crew, all well ; also as passengers, Captain Arbuthnot, of the Royal Artillery, from Barbadoes ; and Mr. M'Donald, from Bermuda. Midshipmen—Messrs. Selby, Twiss, Blair, Hudson, O'Connell, and Brooke. She exchanged signals with the Lowestoff, steamer, on the 30th ult. (bound for Aus tralia), in lat. 48.8 N, long. 12.2 W ; desired to be re ported. Hove too off Plymouth on the 3d, at 3 a.m., to notice their arrival by electric telegraph ; but in conse quence of the heavy fog could get no communication with the shore. Left there at noon, and brought up at Spithead this day at 2 p.m. She comes into harbour to-morrow. Conflict 8 (screw), steamed out of harbour this morn ing for the purpose of trying her speed at the measured mile with her new boomerang propeller. Whether the boomerang was improperly cast we know not, but a weakness was evident from the fact that no sooner had she put herself on trial at the first turn than one of the blades gave way, and rendered her hors de combat. She returned into harbour a " lame duck." Encounter, 14 (screw), has turned the ship's company over to the Dryad, receiving-hulk (pro tem.), and will haul into the steam basin to unship her old boilers. The Imperieuse, 60, screw, Captain R. B. Watson, got up steam to-day. and took the commander in chief on board, Vice Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, who went out in the Sprightly, Master Commander Allen, to test her speed at the measured mile. The Carysfort, old 26, was taken in tow this morning by the Echo, steam-tug, with a party of Royal Artillery, to be moored off Hurst Castle, opposite the Needles passage, whilst improving ~the defences of the west entrance of the Isle of Wight. The Hastings, 72, Captain Francis W. Austen, is now a complete hulk, and will pay off nearly 50,000/. to morrow, to as good and efficient crew as ever came to this port. A fatal accident occurred on board this ship to a sergeant of Marines, who fell from the ship's side into one of the lumps, which caused his death. A second accident occurred on Monday to a man named Thomas Gringaid, who fell from aloft when in the act of unbolting the top, and received such severe injuries that his life is despaired of. MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL. Yesterday, the annual distribution of prizes to the successful students at this institution, took place at the hospital ; the Bishop of Oxford in the chair. Dr. Goodfellow, professor of forensic• medicine at the hospital, read a statement upon the condition and pros pects of the institution, showing that it was never in a more prosperous condition than at the present moment. The pupils who had gone through the examination had not only distinguished themselves by their industry and Went, but by their moral and gentle conduct ; and he was happy to say that the prizes had been seriously con tested and deservedly won. He trusted that the colle giate system of education would ere long be adopted at the institution, and he was quite sure that if the governors saw a favourable opportunity of recommending its adoption they would not hesitate to do so. The Bishop of Oxford then distributed the prizes in the order mentioned in the following list : Medicine—Prize, Mr. J. Burn ; Certificate, Mr. E. Vernon, Mr. W. Lucy. Surgery—Prize, Mr. H. C. Rose ; Certificate, Mr. R. H. Bakewell. Physiology—First prize, Mr. R. H. Bakewell; Second prize, Mr. H. Edsall ; Certificate, Mr. J. Burn. Anatomy—Prize, Mr. H. C. Rose ; Certificate, Mr. E. S. Collins, Mr. C. Hemming, Mr. L. S. Bruce, Mr. R. H. Bakewell, Mr. L. Herbert. Practical Anatomy—Prize, Mr. L. S. Bruce ; Certi• ficate, Mr. H. C. Rose, Mr. R. H. Bakewell ; !Eq., Mr. L. Herbert, Mr. C. Hemming, Mr. H. F. Marley, Mr. J. Plaskett. Chemistry—Prize, Mr. F. W. Clarke ; Certificate Mr. H. Edsall. Practical Chemistry—Prize, Mr. C. Hemming. Midwifery—Prize, Mr. L. Herbert ; Certificate, Mr. H. F. Marley, Mr. W. Deamer. Materia Medica-Ist Prize, Mr. W. Deamer; 2nd Prize, Mr. H. Stear. Forensic Medicine-Ist Prize, Mr. W. Lucy ; 2nd Prize, Mr. E. Vernon ; Certificate, Mr. C. Hemming ; Prize for Weekly Examination, Mr. H. C. Rose. Botany—Prize, Mr4C. R. C. Vigurs ; Certificate, Mr. L. S. Bruce ; Mr. J. Burn. Prize in Clinical Medicine—Mr. T. Dixon. Prize in C:mical Surgery-Ist Prize. Mr. H. C. Rose; 2d Prize, Mr. E. Vernon. Treasurer's Prize—Mr. H. C. Rose. General Certificates—Messrs. Robert Hall Bakewell, Lewis Stanhope Bruce, Joseph Burn, Francis Winter Clarke, William Deamer, Horatio Esdall, Charles Gray, Lloyd Herbert, John Husband, David King, David Mathias, Joshua Plaskett, Arthur Prince, William Bir ket, Proctor, Henry Cooper Rose, Henry Stear, Ed ward Vernon, Chambre R. C. Vigurs. The Right Rev. PRELATE then addressed some con gratulatory observations to the company upon the cir cumstances which had brought them together, and stated that he thought the suggestion which had been made respecting the collegiate system of education was worthy of all consideration, and any efforts that could be made to secure its adoption ought to be strongly persevered in. Thanks were voted to the Bishop of Oxford, and the proceedings terminated. COMMON LODGING-HOUSES.--Lord Shaftesbury has laid on the table of the House of Lords a bill which has been just printed for making further pro visions with re spect to common lodging-houses. It will be recollected that Captain Hay, the Police Commissioner, made a report on the operation of the Common Lodging-house Act in the metropolis ; and the object of the bill is to remedy some of the defects pointed out. Among the alterations, it is proposed that a conviction for a third offence shall disqualify a person from keeping a common lodging-house. Power is to be given to inspect common lodging-houses. All such places are to be registered before they are used. A certificate as to character may be required for common lodging-house keepers. Si c k persons may be removed from common lodging-houses, and compensation for loss of bedding, &C., is not to be Paid to offenders against the act. The term " common lodging-house" is to extend to other houses than at pre sent. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.—The annual general meeting of this society was held . yesterday at stated ort Exeter-hall that t ; h E e Earl receiptsS h a f t f e o s r b ut the y e yn earth air. e T m h a e r r e e h p 31, 1853 , exclusive of the Jubilee Fund, amounted to 1 09,1601. 10s. Bd., being an increase of 7111. 9s. 10d. on those of last year. The receipts applicable to the gene ral purposes of the society have amounted to 54,5871. lls. 6d., including 36,5231. 15s. 11d, free contributions from auxiliary societies, being an increase of 2,4221. 16s. 11d, on this item. The amount received for Bibles and Testaments was 54,5721. lOs. 2d., being an increase of 2,8071. 6s. sd. The issues of the society for the year were as follows :—From the depot at home 840,552 ; from depots abroad, 328,242 ; total, 1,168,794 ; being an increase of 14,152 over those of last year. The total issues of the society now amount to 26,571,103 copies. The expenditure during the past year amounted to 95,9301 tent. Os. 10d. The society i s under engagements to the ex of 5 5,239/. 38. 10d. The Jubilee Fund on this day exceeds 17,000/. On the motion of the Marquis of Chohnondeley, seconded by the Rev. B. Noel, the report was adopted with acclamation. Among the sub sequent speakers were Bishop M'llvaine, the Rev. Dr. M`Neile, the Rev, T. Binney, an d the Rev. F. Close. ~7/7 [PRICE SD. I may be found expedient to allow special exemptions where a reversion is received, not in the nature of an inheritance, but I the effect of a bona fide contract, determinable on death. It is, we presume, not intended to impose a tax on the purchase and sale of life annui ties, for a duty of 10 per cent, on the falling in of the reversion would effectually put a stop to such transac -1 tions. There can be no doubt that all these questions are under the careful consideration of the Government ; and although the details. of the new arrangement may be troublesome, the difficulty is not insurmountable. Parliament will be asked to decide that the principle of the existing legacy duty shall be maintained and ex tended to all realty and personalty, subject to a deduc tion in favour of rateable property. An estate in fee or for life, in lands and tenements, will be valued as a life estate, and any smaller interest at its actual value. The duty on rateable property will be levied in eight annual instalments, to be paid in full when there is an ownership in fee, but, in the case of any smaller estate, to cease if the possessor dies before the payments are completed. The outline of the plan is obviously just ; and it is reasonable to suppose that it will be equitably filled up. ( From the Morning Post.) Whether its self-imposed task be the ventilation of the rooms in which its businesss is transacted, or the purification of the members who constitute it, the House of Commons seems equally puzzled and baffled in its attempts to make up its mind as to the principles on which it should proceed. Six hundred and fifty-six gentlemen, with unlimited means at their disposal, and cramped by no scruples as to using them, have been for years suffering from icy draughts, and heated cur rents, such as are to be found nowhere save in fervid priestly descriptions of purgatory. They have dis cussed their miseries in the full conclave of a House, and have inquired into them by the more minute ma chinery of committees—yet their suffenng,tare unabated, their house unpurified— and they have still a new palace in which they can neither see, hear, nor breathe—and the only result is a status quo and a claim for an enor mous amount of compensation from the ventilator, who considers himself aggrieved by being disturbed in his experiments on the physique of his victims. We recom mend this illustration of the efficacy and economy of Parliamentary proceedings to the especial notice of Mr. William Williams. Nor has the house been a whit more fortunate in its attempts to purge itself of its moral impurities. The leader of the house, amidst cheers from all sides, has denounced the corrupt modes by which the Legislative Assembly of Great Britain has been got together—five and-twenty committees, with the assistance of a huge array of counsel learned in the law, have groped for days and weeks among the corruptions of constituencies —eighteen members have been reported to have been vicariously guilty of bribery, amidst the loud approba tion of the house, yet things are just as they were, and nobody has been punished for these high offences except Thomas Morgan, who has been sentenced to pay a fine of one shilling to the Queen ; while the discussions which take place whenever the issue or suspension of a writ is proposed, show that the house is just as far off as it was six months ago from any distinct perception as to the means which it should adopt for remedying the evils of which it so loudly complains, and into the particulars of which it so laboriously and expensively examines. Yet there is no lack of suggestions. Sir John Shelley, who appears to be bent, like Don Quixote, on the re dress of all wrongs and grievances, and tilts at them about as rationally, is for universal prosecutions, and deems the report of a committee indisputable ground for setting the Attorney-General in motion. Mr. Berkeley and the Manchester School take the opportunity of advertising the ballot; Lord John Russell utters grave denunciations, and insists upon commissions; and Mr. Drummond suggests that we should let the corrupt remain undisturbed in the enjoyment of their corruption, because society —at least political society—is a mass of corruption, and the more you stir it the more it stinks. For our own part, we do not see much virtue in any of these suggestions. As long as the law exists in its present form, and attaches to the offence of bribery such enormous and unreasonable pe nalties, prosecutions for its infraction will always be fu tile, because it is found impossible to induce juries to bring by conviction offenders under its disproportionate punishments. Nor will the inquiries of commissions have much useful result till the house places within their view, and that of the public, some practical conclusion to which their labours may visibly tend. Perhaps Mr. Drummond's suggestion may be practically adopted after all. The house seems, in truth, rather wearied of its profitless onslaughts on corruption. At any rate, neither the threats nor the actual proceedings of the house have, as yet, had any visible effect on the con stituencies ; for we observe that many of those which within this very session have been adjudged guilty, are likely to be again upon their trial. Mr. Drummond's amusing, but mischievous, speech, however, is calculated to do more harm among the people at large than corrupt elections in half the boroughs in England. It is calculated to do harm, because its ten dency is to produce an impression upon the popular mind that the whole of society is so thoroughly demoralised, and the motives which influence men in action, through out the governing classes, are of so corrupt and base a nature, that the practice among freemen and 101. house holders of bartering their votes for money shows pure by the side of them ; and that the only thing for which they should take shame to themselves is the smallness of the y price at which they permit themselves to be bought. Now, although we do not think very highly of the mate rials, in the gross, of which the Parliament of 1852 is con stituted, we have no hesitation in saying that Mr. Drummond's picture of the Legislature, and of political society, is distorted and untrue. What is the evil which Parliament is attempting to remedy, and what are the practices which its committees are seeking to punish ? The offence for which a mem ber and an elector are reported to the house does not re sult from the fact that the member gives, and the elec tor receives, a reward for faithful and zealous political services, nor from the circumstance that the one uses the influence which he has with the Government of the day, from an existence of relations between it and him self of a character similar to those which obtain between himself and the elector, in order to forward the views and interests of the latter. The essence of the offence is the existence of a corrupt bargain betwee n th e t wo parties to the t ransac ti on ; and, wever much men may be influenced in going into Parliament by the hope of obtaining, in return for their services to their party, preferment for themselves, or political influence for others, we honestly believe that there could rarely be found an instance of a corrupt bargain for a vote between a Government and any of its supporters. The division of political men into separate parties is a necessary con sequence of the representative system ; and to expect th a t those of a party who a tt a i n p ower and high place should not consider first in the disposal of patronage their own friends and supporters, or to find fault with them for doing it, is absurd and unreasonable. They have a per fect title to do so, as long as they so administer their patronage that the public service shall not suffer in the pleasuring of their allies. The most extravagant purist could hardly expect, if a blue ribbon fell to the disposal of Lord Aberdeen, that he should recommend her Ma jesty to bestow it upon Lord Derby, or that any which fell in during the tenure of office by the latter should have been given to Lord Grey, their being plenty of men among the supporters of each whose services and posi tion entitle them, on their own merits, to such a distinc• ;ion. As regards the case of Sir Frederic Smith which provoked the discussion and the speech of Mr. Drum mond, we must say that we do not think that there is a shadow of a pretence for the institution of a prosecu tion against him. We have just again read over the case of Greathead very carefully ; and if, as we are bound to conclude from their report, that was the only case in the minds of the committee when they decided that Sir Frederic Smith was not duly elected, we are strongly of opinion that their decision was an erroneous one. We fail to discover any evidence of the corrupt contract which is necessary to constitute bribery in the transactions between Sir Frederic Smith and the elector Greathead ; and from the very vague and feeble expla nations made in the house by the members of the com mittee, we are inclined to infer that the committee was in the same condition, and came to their decision rather under the influen6e, of comprehensive and puzzled im pressions than froth any clear and distinct perception of facts. (From the Daily News.) Once in three months there issues from Somerset house a document, very official in form, very full of figures, and written with a very complete contempt for style, but whichis nevertheless of great interest. The editor of this document is Mr. Farr, the contributors the various registrars, and the title the " Quarterly Re turn of Births, Marriages, and Deaths." It gives, in less than 50 pages, a return from every portion of Eng land and Wales : affording exact knowledge of all the weddings that take place, telling the precise number of new mortals who make their appearance, to fill up the gaps created by the doings of Death, and chronicling also the ravages of the Great Destroyer h i mself. The figures in these returns, indeed, afford a veracious mus ter roll of the nation — indicating where vacancies h ave been made by excessive mortality, where population has become more dense by excess of births, an d where prosperity and hope are indicated by the abundance of weddings. Yesterday, the document, tell ing all these particulars of the first qua r t er o f the present tion.yea year was lt issued,seeme that and t h i e t l agsitves fifteen much m c o u n r t i hs o i u s h i a n v f e o r v a i l i a t: nes sed more marriages than were ever beforelBs2 mA might be appears that to take place in a similar period in England,i,t dthe tGreathe GreatEx blivbeil d e l i ng ye Y a e r, a: e quarter is the favourite that in the three namedes country the Christmas . ninety-four thousand i t tinsr im uclta e yhlli for matrimonial alliances months after last harvesltvhaabtO 1 i ions of' flounces, rib -lopes, and fears went to bone, smiles, were iles j r o a k t e i s fie fl d u . tterin s make . up the complement ofgtiiat vast. host of weddings no arithmetic can tell, but one thing is at least proved b . y the . fact of so many p .spv.e agreeing to join their lot in life for better or tv r in e e e ,: ti l laich is that the country and indication tr t ee l l i ; e tea p ;b e lf o i os p rh l e nt a oh r a e itn n ds o iac w tai Y fitl y Prosperous. The weddings fac t , if they show nothing with growth of general s more unerring than this—that prosperity weddings grow—with ~iclov/pJr~ dlecline of general prosperity weddings dean ae. Young a dies who are fond of saying they " know nct , thing **at politics, and don't care for them," would pa ssiblyleel a little more interest in such matters if the , v knew how political struggles and conclusions,—by influencing the weal of the mass of the people,—influence i mtnediately those "interesting events" for which every fe male heart has at least some feeling. Free trade has rip ened many thousands of courtships into matrimony that, under the old system, would never have reached so happy a c li max. Protection, scanty employment, dear food, and celibacy ran together as certainly as free trade, plenty of work, cheap food, and weddings are now seen to be linked in happy combination. On this subject the precise array of figures becomes interesting.:— " 94,416 persons were married in the last quszter of the year 1852, the three 'months after harvest, the Christmas quarter, in which, according to the customs cif England, the greatest number of weddings are celebrated. This number, however, exceeds the numb ers i n the c or r e sp o nd. ing quarter of any previous year; and if the whole year is taken, it shows a proportional 'exces4. There were 158,439 marriages in the year 1852, 153,740 in 1851, and, only ten years ago, 118.825 in the year 1842. The marriages in the five years 183842 were 605,219, in the five years 1848.52 they were 745,030. The marriages in England from 1843 to 1852 were at such a rate that 1 in 60 people married, annually ; the proportion in 1852 was 1 in 57 ; while in the last quarter of the year 1852 it was lin 48. The in crease is greatest in London, where 7,101 marriages took place in the last quarter of 1852." Seven thousand one hundred and one marr►ages is three months in one city is indeed a startling fact, that goes far towards solving the riddle often propounded in London —" Where do all the people come from to oc cupy the thousands of new houses ? ' The registrar's next summary of numbers gives further information bearing on the same point. It refers to the consequences of matrimony. "161,598 births were registered in the quarter ending March 31, 1853. The number is slightly less than the number registered in the corresponding quarter of the year r . 1852, but in excess of the number registered in the winters? of any previous years. The greatest number of births is registered generally in the sprthg, but in 1852 it happened exceptionally that the births in the winter exceeded the births in the spring quarter. The annual proportion of births since 1843 has been 1 in 30; in the winter quarter the average rate is 1 in 29 ; in the winter quarter of the present year it has been 1 in 28." The more the merrier. Whilst we have plenty of pro fitable employment for the people, and a good supply of food, and a great outpouring of emigrants, this abundant crop of new human arrivals need snake no heart sad. The total addition to the population during - the winter quarter was 43,357—the births being 161,593 to 118,241 deaths. The mortality was unusually severe ; in conse quence, apparently, of the very cold and wet treather we have suffered. But for this the addition to our total numbers would (it is estimated) have been about 12,000 greater. " Emigration," says the repo r t, " still rolls on, and in the winter 57,729 persons left the ports of the United Kingdom at which there are Government they be p emigration agents.' The L g i r v e e a r t pe b e u l lk , a o n f d vtheseery manyseekers ofof new homes sa iled from May y re th in them were, u of c t o h u e rs N e. e n w at l i v ve o s rl o d f Ireland. aswenow M Old ! ( From the Morning Advertiser. ) The manner in which Lord Palmerston has received the deputation which has just waited on his Lordship, respecting the City Terminus and the improvements connected with it, is such as to afford additional encour agement to those who are engaged in this most impor tant undertaking, and whose project we hope to see re alised with all possible expedition. The Home Secretary has stated that, from personal feeling, as well as from a sense of official duty, he shall be happy to do all in his power to promote the great work, the claims of which have been urged on his atten tion, and which he has pronounced to be worthy of the support of Government. When, therefore, the whole undertaking, in its several branches, shall await the de cision of the different departments to which it will be referred—the railway at the Board of the Trade, the pro posed street improvements at the Office of Works—it may be confidently expected that in each of these de partments there will be that degree of favourable atten tion which will result in accordance with the wishes o the promoters. The great project under consideration is not one of merely local interest, or one the prosperity of which is to be desired simply for the sake of advancing the inter ests of a particular company. The plan embraces an object of national interest, which, when it is realised, will tend most materially to the comfort of the inhabi tants of London, and to the prosperity of our commer cial and industrial interests, to a greater extent than is, perhaps, at present apprehended. As was observed by Mr. Raikes Currie, in his ad dress to the Home Secretary, by the plan proposed 10,000 persons will be daily conveyed by this great iron highway, composed of four double lines, to stations in Farringdon-street. Passengers, instead of losing a deal of time in travelling from the London termini, on the north side of the town, to the centre of London, will be cheaply and expeditiously conveyed by rail, in a well lighted and well ventilated subway, to within a walking distance of their places of destination. Every one who is free from prejudice, and from the influence of some opposing interests, so that he can form an honest and independent judgment on this great question, must per ceive that the Central Terminus will supply a great want in the railway system. and must earnestly depre cate any opposition or indifference which may tend to deprive the community of the advantages which are now placed within their reach. If it had been necessary, as we hope it will now be un necessary, after the manner in which Lord Palmerston has pronounced on the subject, it would have been very easy for the company to have obtained the popular sup port to their measure in the form of memorials, or peti tions signed by the multitudes on whom this popular scheme, when realised, will confer the greatest advan t iges. We refer particularly to the advantage which will be conferred on thousands of persons who are now obliged to live shut up in the central parts of the metropolis, owing to the time which would be consumed in going to and fro from the distant railway termini, and the incon venient expense of even a short journey along any of the lines. These imp(ditr ants to the enjoyment of fresh air from day to day will be removed by the carrying out of Mr. Pearson's plan, which will give the inhabitants the benefit of cheap, frequent, and punctual trains, which the daily travelling of such masses of the migratory po pulation entitle them to expect. It has always been held out as an inducement to the support of the plan under consideration, that " it will extend to thousands of small shopkeepers, clerks, me chanics, artisans, porters, and others employed in the city, the opportunity of occupying comfortable dwellings in healthful situations, for less money than they now pay, in pestilent situations, for wretched rooms, unfit for human habitatio n ." W e are g l ad to observe that this feature of the design is constantly kept in view, and that it was brought under the notice of Lord Palmerston by Mr. Currie, in the recent interview with his lordship. For this reason it is that the proposed work, apart from the interest it has as a great commercial specula tion, assumes the high character of a great instrument, one of the greatest in the work of sanitary reform, and is regarded also as a valuable contribution to the good cause of the moral elevation of society. Therefore is it that " philanthropists and sanitary reformers, clergymen and medical men, and laymen who take a deep interest in these subjects," have so promptly come forward to second this scheme, and desire its success, as one most important means of aiding their efforts to advance the best interests of their fellow-men. The subject becomes very important in relation to the sanitary state of London, as it will admit of an arrange- ment which is growing every day increasingly urgent in connection with the interment of the dead, and which has not escaped the attenti©n of those by whom the comprehensive arrangements of this well-concocted plan have been made. . Among those who composed the late deputation to the Home Secretary we observe there were representa t tives from some of the leading commercial houses in the . City, and whose motives for the support of the under , taking are founded on facts of a most interesting and gratifying character. We refer to the statements of Mr. Lowry, Mr. Leaf, and other gentlemen, relative to the necessity which they feel for the adoption of some means of giving relief to the crowded thoroughfares in the central parts of London. The former gentleman observed that by the Free trade measures the manufactures of foreign countries in cottons, linens, and woollens are admitted into this country, the immediate consequence of which has been largely to increase the general mercantile business of the City, where the productions of all foreign nations are brought into immediate competition with the pro ductions of this country. The present state of the streets is found to be utterly inadequate to the require ikinwTiaettnphhyeui rs o sso t , h a titi other sniedr a,r towns. astboltat eoli opportunities pct g r e a t require ments of the extended commerce of the City which, a s far as the higher class of the textile fahricsitre concerned, supported by is the market not only of England but of the world. the present pro- Mr. Leaf states that the crowded state of the streets a theirdßa p o Both he conviction these to meet gentlemen,e e tthattthis is growing forms a serious obstruction to business, and increases the difficulty which the London people feel in competing e the City warehousemen and shop keepers of transacting their business venience , uarters, we find that the arguments project seeare cumulative, and it with success. t is o the Govefrnment in so able a manner that n i n o wiwe favoursenotfe presented as to secure the promise o affords us great satisfaction to support which was that they have been wanted to crown the undertaking • success. F with F Ta li p T e F r U s Lo nDpso.sksTens; p o n f T u property)esd ay went t a t i o n at namedthe Swan Steel ß Inn, Bolsover, where he had a quantity of drink, and on this occasion, as he had done several times before, refused to go home. He was, therefore, left asleep in a chair. There was a fire in the room, which had a guard before it two or three feet high. On the landlordfcoming down stairs about four o'clock in the morning, he was horror-struck to see the poor fellow leaning over the bar and burning. All his clothes which the fire could reach were destroyed, and a hole, which exposed the intestines, had also been burnt in his side next to the grate. The family were not disturbed in the slightest manner during the night, and the unfortunate man was quite dead when discovered. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—A shocking fatality occurred at Salford . on Tee3day. A b o y was r id ing upon a car t containing number of heavy b arre l s o f a l e , an d one of these slipping, fell to the ground, taking with it the un fortunate lad, and a second falling immediately after caught his head, before h e cou ld rise, s and crushed him to death on the spot. The driver of the cart, who was in a state of intoxication behind the vehicle, has been committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter, as had he been at his horse's bead guiding it, the 4cciderit would not have happened. ANCHOR ASSURANCE COMPANY, 67, Cheapside, London. For the younger ages the premiums of Life Assurance required by this Company will be fond Liwer than those of most other offices; w•h'le the bonus additions that are periodically made from the Com pany's pronti tend still further to lessen the cost of assurance. Life annuities are granted by the Company on equitable terms. 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