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THOMAS HOOD'S GRAVE.—At a General Meeting of the Subscribers to the HOOD MEMORIAL, held Dec. 2d. at the Whittington Club, it was resolved that the Subscrip tion List be CLOSED on the Ist of February, 1853, and Miss ELIZA COOK, Ma. MURDO YOUNG, and Ma. JOHN WATKINS, were appointed Trustees to the Fund. The amounts subscribed are deposited at interest in the London and Commercial Bank. Contribations are received by Mr. William Strudwicke, at the Whittington Club, Strand ; by Miss Eliza Cook, Treasurer, 54 Great Ormonde-street, Bloomsbury; awl by Mr. John Watkins Hon. Sec., 34, Parliament-street. Among the subscribers are the following • Ills Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.G.........X25 0 8 The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, MP. 5 0 0 The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P ••..• • • • •• • • 5 0 0 The Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, M.P.•••••••• .• • 5 0 0 Sir William Frazer, Bart.• •.. ...... A 0 0 Janies Harmer, Esq.... ••••• • •• • • ....... • 50 0 John Macgregor, Esq., m.p . 5 5 0 0 0 Arnold Rogers, Esq. .• • • • • • • • • • • • 5 • 5 0 0 Richard Dawson, Esq., 5 5 05 0 George Peabody, Esq..• •••••••••• • • • • • -" • • • A 0 0 Edward Moorman, Esq..• • •• • • .. 5 5 0 David Salomons, Esq.. •••. • • • ... • ° ... ••• " • • „ 0 Messrs Spalding and Hodge..... •• -• •• ...... • 5 Miss . Eliza Cook .• .. ...... . • • Proceeds of an " Evening with Hood" at the Whittington Club... .. • • ••••• • • • • ....... 8 8 0 Murdo Young, Esq., and family . ••••••• • • • • • 4 4 0 Samuel Rogers, Esq.- ••• • • • "" " .... •• • 3 0 0 C. W. Dilke, Esq... •••••••••"• ' • • • • ' • • • • 3 3 0 Charles Lushington, ......................3•• 3 0 0 Elias Davis, EXt••• ••• ....... '••'•'•" • • • • • • • • 3 3 0 The Right Hon. the Earl of Ellesmere •• • • 2 0 " Th e Right Hon. Lord Jo hn Mann ers , M.P...... 2 0 0 Sir James Duke. Bart., M.? •• • • • 2 2 0 R. Monckton Wines, Esq., M.P ••.•• • • • • 2 0 0 B. W. Procter, Esq., (Barry Cornwall) Douglas Jerrold, Esq.... 2 2 0 Rowland Hill, Esq., General Post-office . ...... . 2 2 0 C. Mackay, Esq., LL.D. 2 2 n C. W. Dilke, jun., Esq.... •• •• •••••••• •• •• " 2 0 Edward iloxon, •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 2 2 0 James Coppock, Esq.. . • Rev. Thos. Wilkinson, Durham ... • .• • 2 2 0 jas. Wyld, Esq., and family .••• • • • ...... 2 0 0 Mrs. Theodore Martin (Miss Helen Follett) .... 2 2 0 A few Young Men at Simplcfn and Marshall's.. 1 5 6 Nine half crowns from Manchester.... •. • 1 2 6 The Bight Hon. the Earl of Car1i51e.......... 1 1 0 The Right lion. the Eari of St. Germans • • •••• 1 1 0 The Right lion. Lord Brougham ••..•••• • • -• • • 1 0 0 The Right Hon. Lord Dadley Stuart, M.P. ~ 1 1 0 The Hon. and Rev. S. G. Osborne •• • ...... ••• • • 1 0 0 Alfred Tennyson, Esq. (Poet Laureate)..... •... 1 1 0 Lady Sandys ••• • • • •••••• • • • • • ..... • 1 1 0 W. M. 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Blanchard' , • Esq.. ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 0 10 6 A few Poor Needlewomen........ ...... 0 10 Frederick llogg. EFg. ...... •••• • • • • 010 6 W. C. Bennett. E.g... .•••• • • • • • • • • •• • 010 0 Christopher Cook ..... .••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 0 10 0 MissEbsworth ...... •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 5 0 W. H. Somerton, Esq... .•••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 0 5 0 F. Adams .. ...... • • .... ...... .. •• • • 0 5 0 F. W. Adams .. ••• • • • .... ••• • • • ....... •• • 0 5 0 E. B. Tripp •• •• •• .. •"• •••• •• ' • Charles F Ivens .. W. Rumsey .. • • • •• •••• • • • ....... ••• • •• F. 1.4, Dowty • • ........ ........ • • O 5 6 O s 0 O 5 0 O 5 0 O 5 0 F. Vi., of 0 - xford ........ ••••••••••• • • • •• • • • • 0 5 0 In other sums .......• ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • •1182 19 0 £390 19 8 Future subscriptions will he announced in The Times and other papers. Every subscriber's name will appear in Eliza Cook's Jour nal. JOHN WATKINS, Hon. Sec. LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's, Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, Onslow House, Brompton-road, Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament, of 25th George 11. n every evening with Laurent's Celebrated Band. Principal Aston, M. Boulcour. Admli SHILLING. Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock. Y Dancing to contineilaa at Nine. and terminate at Half-past Eleven precisely. PATRON-H R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. ENTIRELY NEW EXHIBITION. —An OPTICAL and MUSICAL ILLUSTRATION of " A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM," the Words from Shakspere, the Music by Horn, Stevens, Bishop, H. Buckland, and Dr. Cooke, Mornings and Evenings.—LECTURES by J. H. Pepper, Esq., on the endless AMUSEMENTS of CHEMISTRY, adapted to a Juvenile Audi ence; by Dr. Bachhoffner. on the PHILOSOPHY of SCIENTIFIC RECREATION; by Mr. Crispe, on BALLOONING and the PRO SPECTS of. AERIAL NAVIGATION, illustrated by a beautiful Model of POITEVIN'S PAR 4.CHUTE, GREEN'S GUIDE ROPE, DIAGRAMS.— DISSOLVING VIEWS, including Day and Night Viewi of WALMER CASTLE, WALMER CHURCH, Ste. Sc and _Children under ten years of age, Admission, 10. ; half-price. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. A Certain Remedy for disorders of the Pulmonary n n Redundancy of phi - Organs 1n Difficulty . of Breathing—l - egm—ta Incipien t ef fi cac y, In Asthma , an d in Winter Cough, the e y - Consumption (of which Cough is the Most positive indication) ti iv are of unerring have never bees known to fail. Prepared and sold in boxes, Is. 04d., and tins, 2s. 9d., 48. 6d., a nd 10s. 6d. each, by Thomas Keating, Chemist, &c., N o . 7 9, 8 . i: au r s Churchyard, London. Sold Retail by all Druggists . Nov., 1849. and Patent Medi cin e Venders in the Kingdom. IMPORTANT TO SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS, • " St. Paul's Cathedral, 30th " Sir,--I have much pleasure in recommending your I.ezenges t o those who may be distressed with hoarseness. They have afforded me relief on several occasions when scarcely able to Sing fro m effects of Catarrh• I think they would be very useful to clergym en, the barristers, and public orators.—l am, Sir, yours faithfully, " Tnosfas FcaNcis, Vicar Choral. " To 31r. Xeating." --------- TWO EMPIRES OF TIME. Tits PAST AND TILE PRESENT, THE OLD YEAR AND THE ig Ew. GLANCING back th ro ugh the year 1852, E. MOSES and SONS acknowledge duty to discharge to them highly _.,___ have to an amount ot gratifying ; M ir, P a tronage on demonstrates the established convic tiontheir Establishmeut and its branches which exceeds the p oss i b i lity of enumeration, and fully of the superiority of their system of on the .Public mind , Business, and the general excellencies of their Goods. This in creaseof public favour will n ever be disregarded b y R. MOSES and ON but will form a stimulant to still greater efforts, where Pos s ibility will permit, and to fresh enterprises where these can Procure the best, the most fashionable, and the most season a b le ma terials for every des cri p tion of Dress, with which they always asso ciate the most artistic, the neatest, and soundest workmanship. The appointment of a distinct class of Artists to each style of attire, has produced a fit universally famed for correctness and coin fort, and in the manufacture (St Garments for every station and pro fession in soqiety ; for Sportsmen, Juveniles, and Mechanics ; th e most unffinchin: regard will continue to be paid, the highest order of materials and workmanship, and the lowest possible charges w i ll furnish additibnal attractions for thousands. A degree of patronage unparalleled has been bestowed on the Ready-made Clothing Depart ment, which tt has always been their ceaseless assiduity to render superior to that of any Establishment in the Kingdom, that every person may be supplied at any moment to them convenient, with a Style of Attire agreeable to their wishes, displaying the first order of Materials and Workmanship, accompanied by a Fit superior to the Bespoke Goods which may be hid elsewhere. The Hat and Cap Branc h has ex hibited an impetus in the progress of Business, whi ch has rendered it the Crowning Emporium for all the subjects of our Mighty EMPlre• and Ge d ntlemen's Hosiery Section, on which the great est has been employed, has been The Ladies' _. and est care, 'noir:3 l .o , at unprecedented encouragement; and the world-wide tended withh iifsea and Son have rendered it the Depot for every connection of E. novelty through every es ason• year' a new field has been opened for enterprise During the Past ..„,,, of wealth has been discovered and industry ; a s°ll'" i the most sanguine, and has has superseded the calculations been an impor tant branch of E. Mosesand- of than fiction ; thoughpavnede the revelation of truth more asw ral Outfitting has always or the new requirements Son's business , and has through a serieil of years been available f ents of a at the Estab- Emigrants to all parts of the world, yet large porton of the population have abilities possessed most compre. henslve manner by the,Octtlitting cap lishment of E. Moses aifd Son ; their Wholesale business affording facilities of themost momen tous order, and the unity of the largest 1 stock of Hosiery, Boots and Shoes, & c.,knwn an d practical gsc., ever o • have proved in the highest sense advantageous : the ir thorough ac quaintance with the goods required fo r an y voyage or climate , and by ... I in ation form every class of Emigrants, Ladies or Gen tlemen; their reacuness to afford assistance, and gratuitously to give al l necesaftrY ni as Out. to all intending Emigrants, has given a popularity to the co litters, which has eclipsed all others ; and that e ver y 'night be possessed by Emigrants, they have kept a separateDePree. nvenie_ L nee . went for Outfitting, conveniently communicating w ith the other tions of their great commercial Emporium. of entering upon the Empire of the year 1853, it is the intention trade Moses and Son to give each branch of their daily increas in g Establishment their e their minute, practical, and undeviating attention that torieslViinent and its branches may continue the national deposi kill • the t novelty and fashion, the recherche of taste and s , magazine of articles o r utility and comfort ; the assemblage of every order of attention t Goode all required at home or abroad; that punctuality and class of artiele 11 commands and that quality and economy in every extending th: may give them the opportunity, and the pleasure of classes through benefits of their great commercial facilities to all ging th :n w t the kingdoms of the world. Indul far to exceed their armest hopes of being able, as the year progresses, remain at Ro me. Professions, and to help on the comfort of all who _ and all who Emigrate, E. Moms and SON earnestly ll' neclAc iet r.dially wi sh all their Friends and Patrons A HAPPY NEW CAUTION.—E. Most S and SON regret having t pu bli c against ImPosition withne that the untrad o es% fa l se hood of "Bein g ~, ' guard the the same concern," has a b l e ee en ted their Establishment," or " It's obvious reasons, they beg to state g r t er t rted to in many instances, and for No CONNEXION WITH AN, e that they have tIitrfOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, OT except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154,•1 6 , 5, 156, and 157, 84,85, and 86, Aldgate, oPPosite the 506, 507, 1rch, all communicating. Minories, 83 08, New Oxford-street, 1,2, London West-end Branch, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, B _,_, Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. ""ge - street. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Rosters, Furriers, Boot an d Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for me Ladies and Gentl emen. exchangedNdesired, —Shouldor, if prefericr any artthe giv satisfaction, it will b e plain 'without hesitation. All goods are marked in price, from which no abatement can be made. ) F riday to suns e t on The Establishments are closed from sunset Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, entitled "The World's Pharos," containing the I Emigrant's Assistant, full list of prices, and directions for self-mea surement, may be had on application, or post - fre e the kingdom. ee , to any p art of . A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1853 can be had on application. , gratis s ! Id Pon Pule Francais. Qul si parts Itali an°. I Hier stricht man Deutsch. Aqua se habla Espanol SUBMARINE and EUROPEAN TELE GRAPH COMPANIES. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that MESSAGES between LONDON and DOVER are forwarded, through the above Companies, from the offices, No. 30, Cornhill, London, and Clarence-place, i over. Messages for the CONTINENT are FORWARDED from the Offices, No. 30, Cornhill, London. By order of the Board. G. L. PARROTT, Secretary. 30, Cornhill, Jan. 3, 1853. ALBION GOLD MINING COMPANY, for working the Gold Mines on Burns' Creek, and the Quartz Gold Veins, under a Conveyance in Fee-simple, of 1,000 acres, near Quartzburgh, Mariposa, California. Capital, £lOO,OOO, in 100,000 Shares of £1 each, to be paid up in ful without further liability. On the Cost Book system, requiring no deed of settlement. Neither the directors nor any co -adventurers will have power to contract debts to bind this Company in California, there being a law against it in that State. TRUSTEES. Marquess of Donegan, O.C.A. and P.C.—Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P DIRECTORS. Sir ROBERT PRICE, Bart., M.P., Foxley-park, Herefordshire, and Stratton-street, Piccadilly, Chairman. The Most Hon. the Marquess of Donegall, G.C.H. and P.C., (Lord- Lieutenant of the County of Antrim) Ormean-park, Antrim, and 6, Portland-place. Serjeant Francis S. Murphy, M.P., 3, Serjeant's-inn. Matthew Crawford, Esq., 8.A.L., Middle Temple, and Haverstock. hill, Hampstead. Henry W. Wood, Esq., Britton Ferry, Glamorgan.shire. BANKERS. Messrs. Price, Marryat, and Co., 3, King William-street, City. Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., 43, Charing-cross. CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER.—David T. Ansted, Esq., F.A.S, and F.G S., Professor of Geology, King's College. SECRETARY.—George Jackson, Esq. OFFICES.-3, Copthall-buildings, Bank. Applications for shares to be made in the usual form to the Serretary, at the Company's Offices, where prospectuses may be obtained. FORM OP APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Albion Gold Mining Company. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of one pound sterling each in the above undertaking, the whole of which, or any less number that may be allotted to me, I hereby agree to accept, and when required, to pay the amoant thereon, and subscribe the cost book of the Company. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name• - • • • • • • • • • • • • great Reference .... • • .. The Directors have pleasure in stating that they continue to entertain undiminished confidence in the full success of this under taking. By order of the Board, GEORGE JACKSON, Secretary. 3, Copthall-buildino, Bank, Dec, 31, 1852. ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET INFIRMITEES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. . In French, English, German, Dinah, Spanish, and Italian, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 64., or post-free, for Forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; an Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions of Marriage, in all the bearings in which that important subject affects the health and happiness of Man, with its Disqualifications and Impe diments, tracing their origin to the effects of juvenile solitary habits, youthful excess, trop , ,cal climates, or close study ; followed by prac tical remarks, foicaded on twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Rervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, Syphilis, and all disea.scis of the Urinary and Generative System. Il lustrated by SO coloured Engravings, on the Anatomy of the Repro ductive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary if nnber of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apoth a :stiles' Hall, London, &c., &c. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful consequences resulting from irregularities and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease 'known to modern pathologists. The treatment adopted is founded on experience gained in the most celebrated schools of medicine 1 ,oth in this country and in continental Europe. The results of the kn owledge thus acquired are here condensed under the personal superv 4 Lsion of Dr. La'Mert, himself one of the few egally qualified physicians who have devoted their whole and un divided studies to this important branch of medical science. In short, every peculiarity rel sting to the treatment of the diseases incidental to the generative system, and the means of immediate re li e f and ultimate cure are duacribed in detail. The professional reputation of Dr. La'Mert, wbo. has taken the most distinguished medical and academic honour*: at home and abroad, is in itself a sufficient guarantee that thoeie who may place themselves under his care will, in every instance, meet with that delicate consideration and nviolable secrecy wtdch are so requisite in the treatment of these ages. Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Titchborne•street, Haymarket ; Mann,, 23, Cornhill ; or free by post for forty-two amps, from the author, who may be consulted personally, or by daily. from Ten till Two, and from Six till Eight. QITRGEON HENRY HAMILTON, Member of 1 3 the Royal College of England, twenty-eight years in London practice, will remove any case of a private nature before charge be madefor medicine to. those attending. In cases arising from debility. nervousness, scrofula, pains is the back, lumbago, affections of the kidneys, infirrndities of youth and maturity, or any case re quiring practical professional still, Surgeon Hamilton decidedly states that no case 'within reach of human aid shall leave him un cured. Ladies and. Gentlemen who prefer consulting by letter, en closing a fee or 10s, 6d., with a detail of their complaint, will be answered by return of post. Surgeon Hamilton attends for personal consultation from 9 1111 2, and from 5 till 9, daily. Post orders pay able at Charing•cross post-office, to HENRY Hlmuire ,3, King william-street. West. Strand, London. IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just, published,. by H. Banner°, 219, Regent-street, London. No I. Bvo., in cloth, price Ss. by post free, ss. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHIEA, 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 Hypochondrimis. Translated'. from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. "Dr. Pickford is :known to English readers by his frequent practi -2al contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs a:3, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his avower to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851, "We promised in a former number that we should recur to this work, in order to uxhibit its aim more clearly. The author lashes with great severity the impostors who make a livelihood by preying on the credulity of the public. The tribe of ' Quiet Symathisers,' and Medical Fri, mds,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could find its way !into the hands of those who stiffer from tli com plaint of which it t rests, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much nee Bless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, t. hough it is that which the quacks most prize— much money . . This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system ot` treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much gcsod."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. No. 11. am, ins cloth, price 30. 6(1., by post free, 45., THE CURE OF 13TRICTITRE OF TIIE URETHRA, on Princi ples at once Safe, and Efficient, in even Its most Inveterate and apparently Int rs.ctable Forms. BY F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. "In proof of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given the history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad as any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated. Such are cases ix., xi., xil., and xviii. No. ix. had resisted, for a period of twelve yours, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally removed in as martr weeks. But cases xviii. and xix. appear, both in duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag gravated eharactor than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet th: , treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently saccessfhl." — Professor Lizarsi on the Treatment of Stricture. DR- CIILVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvaiho, 147. Fleet -street ;, Mann, 39, Cornhill. Price One Shilling each ;by post, is 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time." 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SUBJECT :—Licf.o.'s pilgri m age, from infancy to old age. The ad vent of the pass' OYIS. Chastity and its infrin gem ations ent. graphic, The casua narra lties o fll cen ti ou sness and dissipation, with illustr , tive, and remedi %five. Advocacy of early marriages. V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. "T o be or not to be. that is the question." PRoonestitE :- —Laws and obligations of nature, society, and. reli gion regarding n larriage, to be observed by either sex. Time ad choice, on both sides , as to ag e temperament, complexion, and them figure, to secure. healthy offspring , with the art of rearing . Physical defectil reness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, &c. P.. r By (lon CHI NERIVELL, M.D. (1841), M.B.C.S. (1 827 ) , Twen' y-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these matters. Rec, mtion hours daily till Five. Evenings, Saved till D 'in e • 10, Arg place, Regent•stroot. 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CONTENTS :—I. Retrospect of the Literature of the Quarter.— 11. Moore's Memoirs, Journal, and Correspondence.—lll. Thackeray and the Age of Queen Anne.—lV. Smatterers in Oriental Literature. —V. Falsifications of Food.—Vl. Whimwams and Opinions of Sir Archibald Alison, Bart.—Vll. India: How THE HINDU TnaALL IS RIILED.—VIII. Anecdotes of Wellington, &c.—Present Condition of Dt edical Science.—Together with separate Reviews of every Book of any interest published in America, France, or Germany during the past Quarter. Hookham's, 16, Old Bond-street. THE ABERDEEN MINISTRY. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Times.l,' A good deal of admiration has been lavished on the facility with which Aberdeen, Palmerston, Rus sell, Graham, and Gladstone finds themselves able to meet at one Council Table. ,The public were certainly aware that, in these higher regions, men had more perfect mastery over their opinions, their personal feelings, and even their very recollections, than in the more fervid sphere of vulgar partisan ship. But, somehow or other, the men in this case had come to be regarded a s downright natural op posites as incapable of agreei ng as ice an d fl ames ; so speculation was speedily at work, suggesting the occasions and topics that would inevitably blow up this great coalition. Meanwhile, under the cover of these official magnates, the Most remarkable member of the new Cabinet almost escaped without remark. Sir William Molesworth, the out-and out Radical Reforrger, the advocate of the ballot, of " complete religious equality," and the annual censor of our colonial policy, became the col league of Conservatives, Whigs, high churchmen, and old stagers nearly half-a-century in office, as if it were the most natural thing in the world. That the fine shades of difference that separated the chiefs should be got over was very wonderful indeed ; not so that the inter val which separates them all from a Radical Re former should disappear in one moment. How is this ? How comes it to pass thal. : a nva, who, had 1104 ot been cast in the neighbouring metropolis, would long ere this have been a member of a provi sional Government, and at this moment probably in exile, can here become at once a member of a moderate Government, and that, as we have said, without exciting any remark. Nobody predicts, with horror, that Sir William's theories will be thrown to the wind, and himself swamped in the mud of office ; or, on the other hand, that he will break up the Government. Nay, favoured, it would be said, by the blindness or negligence of the public, the great philosophical reformer goes to his borough for re-election. It is a populous borough, a democratic borough, and without a single member of the aristocracy residing in it. Tooley-street is there, and many other scenes of plebeian debate. Its constituency may be termed a pure democracy, we are told, for real household suffrage is there, the number of electors being nearly equal to the number of houses. By such a constituency this Radical Reformer, after accepting office under Lord Aberdeen, is returned, not only without opposition, but even with immense and unanimous congratula tion. The question we set out with was, why this strange combination of political opposite does not so much as excite the least surprise ? The answer is found in the very simple statement of Sir William Molesworth, echoed by his friends, and practically adopted by the 10,000 electors of Southwark, that the right hon. baronet will do a great deal more good in the Cabinet than out of it. Out of office all that Sir William has done, or can do, is occasionally to review our colonial policy, exposing numberless evils in very powerful language, and propounding sound theories in a very uncompromising 'tone. He has invariably been met with the answer that the evils could not be helped, and the theories did not apply, and so the matter ended for the mo ment. Sir William made a strong ease, and the Under-Secretary replied that it was too strong a one. Sir William was told that his views were not practical, and the Under-Secretary was not at all concerned to reduce them to a practical form. . . This unsatisfactory exhibition might have been re peated year by year to the end of the chapter ; and in other countries and other times it would have been so repeated. Just now, however, we are beginning to see the folly of this perpetual antagonism be tween theory and practice. We are beginning to understand that it will not do to protect official practice from just correction, and drive sound theory to impracticable extremes, and we therefore bring the two in combination. We invite the theo rist to step into office, and help to set his theories to work. It is very true that Sir W. Molesworth is not in the Colonial-office, and that he will not be called on to test his principles immediately. But he is placed in a position where he may tender his advice on every possible colonial question, and where his general consent will be required to the course actually taken. That is quite as much as a sensible theorist would desire. His p resen t position, as compared with that out of office, will make just the difference between the possi bility and the impossibility of conference between philosophy and practice, if that deserves to be called practice which is often little more than the obstinacy of officials. We have seen how the matter has stood hitherto ' so long as Sir William M opportunity or occupation than t o ma k e a telling speech once or twice a year on oles our colonial woh had no better admin istration, and publish it in the form of a pamphlet. Let us see how the matter will stand now. When the next colonial difficulty comes before the Cabi net—when some flourishing colony demands the entire control over its revenue, the appointment of purely representative Government, or any other all its public functionaries, the sale of its land, a reasonable object of colonial am bi tion—S i r Wil liam will be called on to advise, and to recommend the concession or the denial of the demand, or any other course that may be proposed. Now, if; on the one hand, the cause of the colonists and the cause of liberty and progress will g Wil liam a good and influenti a l vote, so, on the other hand, he will probably gi ve ain in Sir more deliberation to that vote than he would to every word in an Op position speech, or every flourish of his pen in a declamatory pamphlet. Re will probably think rather more about the act ua l consequences of the proposed measure than he would about the effect of a telling sentence, a brilli ant antithesis, a highly wrought picture, or a bold anticipationit was out of Sir William's p ower to offer just that sort of advice which w ou l d haveb . een H o it f he r r e to al utility. Had his opinion b een asked on this or would that havepoint, the been only that he h e cou ld h ave ma d e he and where, declined to advise where he w a sn h o et could regularly ne t engagedassist conse quently in carrying out his advice. On the other hand, it was absolutely necessary to state his case, in an appeal to the Legislature and the people--all the appeal hitherto allowed him —in the broadest and most striking characters. Compromise, qualification of allsorts, through are all: out of place process of making his cause kno wn . C on f esse dl y, sgn in gtac, the preliminary t in the application of the soundest p r i nc i p l es th ere whenm oderation,i a man is great difficulty, and with that difficulty the phi losopher will not embarrass himself while he is in culcating the first principles of his science. Why should he volunteer limitations and considerations of prudence which could not succeed in purchasing the approbation of office, but would sink the theory in the dull understanding of the people ? There is no longer this gulf between the Minister and the philosopher. Sir William Molesworth can now consult on the best practical moans for giving safe and lasting effect to his views of colonial self government. This opportunity of allying theory and practice, or rather giving theory the means of adapting itself to the actual state of things, we owe to that patriotism which has merged all consi derations of party or self in the common pursuit of the public good. Without a " coalition" Ministry, Sir William Molesworth would, probably, never have done more than make long speeches to be ad mired and disregarded. (From the Morning Herald.) We have great pleasure in stating that our readers will find in another part of our paper an advertisement announcing a fact for which we were unprepared—namely, that it has been decided on nominating the Marquis of Chandos as a repre sentative for the University of Oxford on Tuesday (to-morrow), when the poll will be kept open till the latest possible hour. We need hardly add, that we most earnestly and most respectfully en treat all members of Convocation, who take an interest in the character and welfare of the Uni versity, to throw aside for the moment considera tions of private convenience, and to attend at Oxford on Tuesday next. Whilst upon this subject, we copy, with pleasure, a letter that appeared in the Standard of Saturday, and are glad to find that Mr. Gladstone's late tortuous conduct is likely, if good feeling and moderation prevail, to bring back many members of the University to our cause, whom the course of events, or perhaps the failings of temper, to which all men are liable, may have led further than they originally intended. For ourselves, we would wish to say, that although the Morning Herald has been stigmatised as " Evangelical," " Low Church," &c., &c., we have never been of any extreme party ; we have endeavoured to advocate, feebly perhaps, moderate High Church principles ; wo have always sincerely deplored the schism which has taken place in the University of Oxford, and we will even go further than this—that we have ever believed the Oxford Tracts were originally commenced with the best views ; but when we have said thus much, we cannot help adding, that al though many good and clever men—aye, many sin cere Protestants, may at one time have given their support to thes e tracts, yet the course pursued by some of the writers has been productive of the most serious and alarming results—many of the most prominent of them having actually gone over to the Church of Rome. We have, therefore, thought it our duty strenuously, and by all means in our power, to use the influence •we possess as public journalists against the extreme views of those vulgarly called " Tractarians." We take this opportunity—and we think it a good opportunity—of saying that nothing would give us greater satisfaction than to see the existing schism amongst Churchmen at an end, and no effort on our part shall be wanting to produce this de sirable result. The following is the letter to which we have be fore alluded : " TO THE EDITOR OF THE STANDARD. " Sir ' —Although opposed in many points, yet I ven ture to address you on the present occasion, thinking that the time has now arrived for a closer union and bet ter understanding between men of different views, who may still be attached to the English Church. The attempt of an individual may seem Quixotic, but if it be right, the tiny spark will soon communicate itself, and a blaze spring up. " The ill-disguised vexation and annoyance displayed by the future Drummer of the Pope's Brass Band,' the traitorous Times, at the straightforward letter of Arch deacon Denison to the Peelite Gladstone, proves more than ever the necessity of union at the present moment. That letter will show the opponents at Oxford that the opportunity has now come, when, by a combined move ment, the oracle's pet may be dismissed in the same manner as his Protean prototype of old. Hine illce la ch,rymce. Hence the affected ridicule, hence the ill concealed hatred and rancour. But the Times may depend upon it that a large body of the clergy will not be bullied into submission to the present conglomeration of opposites by such means. " There are many, like myself, High Churchmen, but anti-Romanisers, who would be ready to unite with the more moderate Evangelicals against Popish insolence, and Popish plots. " Atthe time of the Papal aggression, I stood almost alone at Southwark, and denounced the dastardly con duct' of Lord John, in his far-famed Durham letter. I saw then that it was a cowardly attempt to shift the blame from his own shoulders to that of others, and to implicate, if possible, the whole of the High Church party (who were known to be opposed to Whig notions) in the doings of the Romanisers and ultra-Tractarians. I showed, moreover, perhaps with more zeal than discre tion or ability, that the majority of that school had ema nated originally from the ultra-Low Church. But a large body of the latter, contrary, tas I knew, to the advice of some of the best and earnest men among themselves, were bent upon following in the minister's track . ; and, instead of joining in points upon which we could all agree, determined upon gaining an ultra-Protestant victory, thereby placing the Church beneath the heel of the Government. A similar course was adopted through the country. Ido not say this by way of reproach or retaliation. Many, I believe, have since regretted a line of conduct calculated to estrange their brethren, and in reality do the work of Rome. They have also seen the hollowness and insin cerity of the much-lauded letter by the " boy who chalked up 'No Popery,' and then ran away ;" and they would gladly join such High Churchmen as they could trust in opposing the continuance of the Papal sup porters in power. " Now it does appear to me that the opportunity which was then lost might now be revived, and that if such men as Archdeacon Denison, Dr. Spry, and others of a similar cast of mind, were conciliated instead of being abused and often misrepresented by the so-called Protestant party, that a real blow and heavy discou ragement' might eventually be struck at the present semi-Popish, semi-Presbyterian administration. At all events, Mr. Gladstone might be ousted with the greatest possible ease from Oxford. Begging to apologise for this liberty, I remain, sir, your obedient servant, ' Lambeth, Dec. 30, 1852." " J. GILLMAN. (From the Morning Advertiser) Now that the Aberdeen Administration is fairly formed, we are willing to give it, what it has a ' right to expect—a fair trial. If it survive for some time, and bring forward really liberal measures, it ' shall have our heartiest support ; but we must say that our convictions of the impossibility of its hold ing long together remain as strong as they were at first. If, indeed, there be any difference, it is that those convictions are stronger than ever. We have never supposed that the great danger which the Aberdeen Administration would have to en.: counter would arise from external attacks. It is not from the assaults of the Opposition that their perils—if to perils they are to be exposed—will pro ceed. The danger is to be apprehended from within. It will spring from dissensions among themselves. The friends of the Coalition Cabinet dwell with ex ultation on their superior administrative ability. We have never questioned it. We have, on the contrary, been, from the first, forward to admit ' that they are the most talented ministry, taking them as a whole, which the present race of public men could furnish. But that will prove one of the main dangers to which they will be ex posed. The majority of the Aberdeen Cabinet are too able—too clever by a great deal—to agree among themselves. All will be striving for the mastery. Lord John Russell, we all know, was the Prime Minister. Lord Palmerston was master of the situation, and had he stood aloof for a few months, he would, most surely, have been sent for by . the Queen to form another Ministry. The Duke of Newcastle, it is well known in the best informed political circles, most confidently expected to be summoned into the presence of her Majesty to receive her Majesty's commands to un dertake the construction of a new Cabinet. Sir James Graham, it is well understood, is equally ambitious of the Premiership. Nor does Mr. Gladstone deem himself without pretensions to that high office. With, therefore, at least five or six members of the Ministry, all regarding themselves as qualified to fill the post of Premier, it is not by any means probable that there will be that har mony of feeling and unison of action which are in dispensable to the stability of the new Cabinet. Nor must it be forgotten that Lord Aberdeen is not the man to keep in check the jealousies of the leading members of his Cabinet. There does not attach such a prestige to his name as will overawe or keep them in order. He is not the disciplinarian that Sir Robert Peel was. He is a soft, easy man, grievously lacking the decision of character and energy of purpose which a person in his position ought to possess. We are not, therefore, to expect that he will crush any disposition to quarrel among themselves, which he may discern among his col leagues, while that disposition is in an incipient state. It is on these grounds that we do not expect a long life to the Coalition Cabinet. The event will show whether or not our anticipations are correct. We are willing to wait until the verdict of actual facts has decided the matter. In the meantime, the country would have MA greater confidence in the popular tendencies of the Aberdeen Ministry had there been a greater infu sion of the Liberal element in its composition. Why is there only one man in the Cabinet who be longs to the class of politicians called Independent Liberals ? Why, of all men in the world, if only one such person was to be received into the new Cabinet, was Sir William Molesworth the person so selected ? His Liberalism has never been with out its drawbacks. He has systematically treated his constituents with a superciliousness of manner which few constituencies would have brooked. He is by nature, and taste, and habits an aristocrat. Beyond the fact that he has voted for certain popu lar measures, we do "not see what pretensions he has to the character of a Liberal at all. He has never manifested any sympathy with either of the great popular movements which have taken place since his introduction into public life. Who ever saw him on the platform at public meetings in fa vour of Parliamentary Reform ? Who ever heard his voice in behalf of Free Trade, when the mighty agitation in favour of unrestricted competition was being carried on under the auspices of the Anti- Corn-law League ? We know of no man profess ing to be an Independent Liberal to whom the po pular cause is less indebted than to Sir William Molesworth. Had Lord Aberdeen been sincere in his profes sions of a determination to carry on his Govern ment on really popular principles, there are two men to whom, as if by a sort of instinct, he would have offered seats in the Cabinet. To these two men Lord Aberdeen owes his present position as Prime Minister. Need we mention their names ? Every one, we are sure, will at once perceive that we refer to Mr. Cobden and Mr. Villiers. To the latter gentleman the country is indebted for having originated the opposition to the corn laws. Year after year he brought forward a motion for the re peal of those laws, amidst circumstances of dis couragement, arising from the ignorance and apathy of the public mind on the subject, which would have crushed the energies, and paralysed the efforts, o f a man of less firmness' of purpose We doubt if there was then another man in the House of Commons who would have persevered with a yearly anti-corn law motion, in the face of EPRICE SD. so much that was calculated to discourage and t° deter from the prosecution of his object. In the course of time,. appeared Mr. Cobden, a s the master spirit of the Anti-Corn-Law League. While Mr. Villiers was prosecuting, with grow ing success, an agitation against the bread ta x within the walls of Parliament, Mr. Cobden carried on a vigorous assault, out of doors, on the citanel of monopoly. Between the conjoint efforts of the two, aided by other zealous fellow-labourers, and at last receiving the cordial co-operation of Sir Robert Peel, the anti-corn-law agitation was crowned with success. Trade in the people's food was proclaimed to be free, after the lapse of a brief period to give time to prepare for the transition. Mr. Cobden and Mr. Villiers, then, are the real authors of that free-trade policy which has destroyed the Derby Cabinet, and paved the way for the ad vent of an Aberdeen Administration. From a feel ing of gratitude, therefore, if from no other consi deration, these gentlemen ought to have been among the first to whom Lord Aberdeen offered seats in his Cabinet. But, besides their claims on the score of their distinguished services to the cause of free trade in particular, and to that of popular progress in gene ral, they are mei whose intelligence, integrity, and capacity would render them an acquisition to any Government. And yet neither of their names is to be found in the list of the new Ministry. It is true that an indirect intimation was made to Mr. Cobden, that a place would be found for him in the Government, but without a seat in the Cabinet. The hon. gentleman very properly spurned the offer, and expressed - his indignation at the unbecoming manner in which it was made. Mr. Villiers also has had office offered to him, and accepted it ; but that office is not one commensurate, either in its importance or its emoluments, with the abilities and the services of the hon. gentleman. There is not a man in the House of Commons more entitled to a seat in the Cabinet than the member for Wolverhampton ; and we do trust that the tardy act of justice will yet be done both to him and Mr. Cobden, of offering them seats at the Council table, unclogged with any conditions which, as honour able, independent men they could not accept. If Lord Aberdeen will only do this, and do it under the circumstances we have indicated, we shall re gard it as a most favourable augury for the pro gressive policy and perpetuity of his Administration NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The new First Lord of the Admiralty has been re elected for the borough of Carlisle, and the Hon. W. Cowper has been re-elected for the borough of Hertford. The patent formally constituting the new board under Sir James Graham's presidency will not be ready for a few days, perhaps not until the end of the week. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 2. THE SCREW THREE-DECKER MARLBOROUGH.—The " ways" are preparing for the launching of the after body of this new line-of-battle ship. The same interest ing operation will be performed as on the screw line-of battle ship Duke of Wellington—namely, the cutting the ship in halves, launching the after part some 30 feet, and then building and filling up the middle—thereby increasing her tonnage to nearly 4,000 ; a screw-propel ler will be added, and she will be in all respects a sister ship to the Duke. It will not be many days before this gigantic operation takes place, under the immediate di rection of Mr. Abether, the master shipwright of this yard, and who was so eminently successful in carrying out the views of the Admiralty in making such altera tion on the before-named line-of-battle ship. The Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, has engaged a most effi c i en t an d first rate private band, and has given orders for a very becoming uniform, to Mr. Mitchell, naval outfitter, of the High-street. J3ulldog, 6, steam-sloop, went out of harbour at ten a.m. yesterday, to the measured mile at Stoke's Bay, for the purpose of proving her engines, and returned at three p.m. Plumper, 12, screw steam-sloop, Commander Nolloth, is alongside the King's-stairs-jetty, and will be paid off the latter end of the week. Medea, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Commander J. C. Bailey, is alongside the jetty taking in stores. London, 92, Captain Mundy, has hauled out of the basin into the stream, where she will remain until the Simoom, 18, iron screw-troop-ship, vacates the guard ship moorings on the Gosport side of the harbour. Pallas, 50, Russian frigate, is still alongside her hulk up Portsmouth harbour. Furious, 16, steam-frigate, Captain Loring, and Basi lisk, 6, steam-sloop, Commander the Hon. F. Egerton, are nearly in an efficient state for active service. Swift, 6, brig, Commander W. C. Aldham, is hourly expected at Spithead, and will bring treasure consigned to the Messrs. Emmanuel, freight agents at this port. The foreign ship, Beethoven, Captain Erichs, which drove ashore during the gale of last Sunday night, and released from her perilous position by her Majesty's steam-sloop Fury, is being placed on Mr. White s patent slip, to examine the injury she sustained from some few heavy shocks she received on touching the ground. Avon, steam dispatch vessel, has just made her num ber at Spithead. The Penelope steam-frigate, Captain Lyster, flag of Rear-Admiral Bruce, commanding the squadron on the West Coast of Africa ; the Prometheus steam sloop, Commander Phillips ; and the Teazer, Second-Master M`Kenzie, were at anchor off Whydah on the 19th of November. The - Commander of the Prometheus was about to proceed on a mission to Abbeokuta. It was reported that Kosoko was collecting men, ammuni tion, &c., at Jabbo to make an attack on Lagos. Akatoo, the King, placed on the throne by us at Lagos, is a poor imbecile old man, and consequently trade was very dull there. The Prometheus con tinued sickly. The spirits of her crew were a little raised at the report of her coming home the following month (December.) The Cygnet, 6, Commander White, was at anchor off Lagos on the 14th of November. The Britomart, 12, Commander Ileseltine, sailed from Lagos for Fernando Po on the 16th of November, with Mr. Fraser, Vice-Consul, to bring his furniture, &c., to La gos, where he is to take up his residence. The Myrmidon iron tender, Lieut. W. K. Jolliffe, sailed fro m L agos on the 17th of November, with Mr. Beecroft, Consul, to make his annual visit up the rivers. There was not the slightest vestige of the slave trade left in the Bights. Rear-Admiral Bruce's time as Commander-in-Chief on the west coast of Africa station will, it is believed, be extended for another year . , though upon what grounds we are uninformed. The Russian Admiral Pontiatine has presented the sum of 351. to the shipwrights who have been at work on the Pallas frigate during her repairs in this dockyard. The distribution took place yesterday. Bull Dog, 6, steam-sloop, was taken out of harbour yesterday morning to try her engines, and returned to mooring after the trial. The following squadron is now in commission at this port, and presents, externally, the semblance of a power ful and effective force : Ships. Victory, Captain Shepherd, flag of Vice-Admiral 1 3.01. Sir T. Cochrane, K.C.8., Commander-in-chief j Neptune, Captain E. H. Scott, flag of Rear-Admiral } 120 A. Fanshawe, C. 8., second in command Prince Regent, Captain Hutton,-lag of Rear-Ad- } 9O miral Corry. Rodney, Captain Graham, C.B. 92 London, Captain Mundy 9O Vengeance, Captain Lord Edward Russell B4 Blenheim, Captain Henderson, C.B. 6O Phaeton, Captain George Elliot 5O Leander, Captain King 5O Arrogant, Captain Fremantle 46 Excellent, Captain Chads, C.B. 46 Victoria and Albert, Captain Crispin, pendant (,f t 2 Commodore Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.H. j Sidon, Captain Goldsmith 22 Odin, Captain F. Scott l6 Leopard, Captain Giffard l6 Encounter, Captain O'Callaghan l4 Simoom, Captain Kingcome lB Furious, Captain Loring l6 Plumper, Commander. Nolloth ll Fury, Commander Tatham 6 Basilisk, Commander the Hon. F. Egerton 6 Rolla, Lieutenant Fenwick 6 Guns Besides these, there are the yachts Fairy, Master- Commander Welsh ; Elfin, Acting-Master Balliston ; Fanny, Second-Master Scarlett ; Portsmouth, Master- Commander Read ; the Fire Queen, Master-Commander Paul, &c. SHEERNESS, JAN. 2. Her Majesty's ship Ocean was taken into the fitting basin on Friday, the 31st ult. Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, of her Majesty's ship Waterloo, of 120 guns, on the 31st ult., mustered the officers and crews of the following ships in commis sion here - viz., the Monarch, 84, guard ship of ordinary, Captain Charles Hope ; the screw steam guard-ship Horatio, of 24 guns, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie ; the screw steam-frigate Amphion, of 34 guns, Captain Charles G. E. Patey ; the paddle wheel steam-sloop Barracouta, of 6 guns, Commander George Parker ; the Rattlesnake, 8 guns, Commander Henry Trollope ; and the Waterloo, 120 guns. The following commissions have arrived here for her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Amphion—viz., Second Master Arthur F. Boxer, 11th of February, 1852, and Lieutenant Charles S. Dunbar, Ist of April, 1847. For her Majesty's ship Rattlesnake :—Second Master Chris topher R. B. Wilkinson, 12th of June, 1849, and Mr. William R. Hobson, mate. 14th October, 1852. For her M a j es t y ' s steam Williams,rd-ship Horatio, additional Master M r . George W 11th November, 1851. For her Majesty's paddlewheel steam sloop Barracouta : Surgeon Mr. Arthur W. W. Babington, 31st of March, son, 1851. Assi s t an t-S urgeon (acting) Mr. J. M. Iron son, his commission t o th is s l oo p yesterday, the Her Majesty's screw steam sloop Miranda, 14 guns and 250-horse power, will be completely rigged and ready for the pendant in the course of next week. Her Majesty's iron paddlewheel steamvessel Lizard RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.-PROPOSED EXTENSION FROM DORCHESTER TO EXETER. The South-Western board discussed, at some length, we understand, on Friday, the following propositions for extending the Southampton and Dorchester line to Exeter : " The promoters of the coast railway offered to take up shares, and subscribe all the remainder of the capital required by Parliament beyond a subscription of 300,0001., to be made by the South-Western board pro visionally. "To take the necessary steps for going before the Committee of Standing Orders without rendering the board, or the South-Western Company, liable for any expense. " To limit the capital not to exceed 750,0001., includ ing all expenses, for the 561 miles. " To pay a rent of 4 per cent. on that capital for 7 years after opening. " The South-Western board to subscribe provisionally 300,0001. to the coast line. "To work the line at 40 per cent, on the receipts, if equal to those on the present Dorchester line per mile ; and if less, then to work at 33 per cent. "To have the power of withdrawing the subscription at once without any costs incurred, if the proprietors should not confirm itat the next meeting." It is stated that the board came to the determination not to accede to the propositions. It will be recollected that the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Compa nies are applying to Parliament for powers to construct a line which will, practically, give a coast line between Dorchester and Exeter. NEW RAILWAYS OPENED IN THE YEAR 1852. The following railways were opened in England and Wales. : Bangor and Carnarvon, July 1, from Bangor to Car narvon, 10 miles. Great Northern (Towns' line), July 15, from Peter borough to Retford, 591 miles. Great Western, Oct. 1, Birmingham and Oxford Junc tion, 551 miles. London and North-Western, July 1, the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley line, 13 miles. London and gouth-Western, July 28, branch to Alton, 9 miles. Leeds Northern, June 2, extension from near Leeds to Stockton, 29 miles. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, May 27, Great Grimsby Docks. Monmouthshire, July 14, Newport and Pontypool line, 20 miles. North and South-Western, November, 31 miles, from Willesden to Brantford. North Staffordshire, May 1, branch to Ashbourne, 10 miles. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, May 1, from Evesham to Stourbridge, 36 miles ; Stoke to Droitwich, 4 miles. Dec. 13, Stourbridge to Dudley, 5I miles -45& miles. South Eastern, Jan. 31,- from. Roberts-bridge to Battle and Hastings, 12 miles. South Wales, July 20, Chepstow-bridge and 2 miles of railway. October, from Swansea to Carmarthen, 30i miles—total, 324 miles. St. Helen's, branch to the Gaarston Docks, 2 miles. Shrewsbury and Hereford, Feb. 26, from Shrewsbury to Ludlow, 28 miles. West Cornwall, March 11, from Hayle to Penzance, 7f miles ; August 25, from Rearuth to Truro, 9 miles— total 161 miles. Whitehaven and Furness, September, about 1 mile of railway and the tunnel under \ Vhitehaven. Vale of Neath, April, bra ach to Baglan Bay, 21 miles. SCOTCH RAILWAYS. Morayshire, August 16, fro= Elgin to Lossiemouth, 6 miles. St. Andrew's, July 1, from the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee lin e t o St. Andrew's, 44 miles. Stirling and Dumferraline, Jia ly 1, Alloa to Stirling 7 miles. IRISH RAIL - WAYS. Dublin and Belfast Junction, Jan, 6, from Armagh road, near Newry, to Portadown, 16i miles ; June 3, Wellington-inn, to the Armagh-road, 6 miles, making 22i miles. With the exception of the Boyne viaduct, the line is completed. Londonderry and Enniskillen, Feb. 9, from Strabane to Newton Stewart, 10 miles ; Sept. 10, from Newton Stewart to Omagh, 10 ; together 20 miles. Londonderry and Coleraine, Dec. 20, from London derry to Newtownlimavady, 18f miles. Waterford and Kilkenny, December, from Jerpoint to Dunkitt, 164 miles. Waterford and Limerick, Maby 1, Tipperary to Clon mel 25 miles. The aggregate length of railway opened in England and Wales during 1852, was 3 4.91 miles ; in Scotland, 17i miles : and in Ireland, 103 miles—Total, 4691 miles. —Herapath's Journal. RAILWAY TRAM PIC IN 1852. It appears that the gross rec oipts of railways in the United Kingdom for the year 1852 have amounted to _ _ 15,543,6101:, being at the rate of 2,1181. per mile per annum. With regard :to the traffic returns published weekly, they show a progressive increase during the past 11 years. In the year 1;842 they amounted to 4,341,7811. ; in 1843, to 4, 842,6501. ; 1844, to 5,610,980/. ; in 1845, to 6,609,230/. ; in 1846, to 7,689,870/. ; in. 1847, to 8,97 5,6711. ; in 1848, to 10,059,0001. ; in 1849, to 11,013,8201. ; in 1850, to 12,757,9851. ; in 1851, to 14,507,910/. ; and in 1852, to 15,543,6101. The capital expended on the rail ways of which the traffic is published weekly, amounted in July 1842, to 52,380,100/. ; in 1843, to 57,635,0001. ; in 1844, to C 3,489,100/. ; in 1845, to 71,647,0001. ; in 1846, to 83,165,100/. ; in 1847, to 109,528,000/. ; in 1848, to 148,200,0001. ; in 1849, to 181,000,000/. ; in 1850, to 219,762,700/. ; in 1851, to 229,175,2301. ; and in 1852, to 39,967,453/. The ex penditure on those new and old lines, the traffic returns of which are not published woekly, amounts to about 8,626,1001., making, with the 39,967,453/., a total of 248,593,5531. expended on 7,338 miles of railway, being at the rate of 33,879/. per mile. Deducting 45 per cent. for working expenses from the* gross receipts of 1852, will leave for interest and divid.Aend 8,548,9851. ; which on the capital expended would be at the rate of 3-44 per cent. per annum. It is probable that the amount to be divided among the holders of railway shares, bonds, and debentures, after the next half-yearly meetings in February, will not be less than 4,500,000/. A HEARTLESS SWINDLER.—A. young femme eltambre, named Bulot, appeared yesterday (Thursday) before the Tribunal of Correctional Police to complain of a young man named Legagneux, for having swindled her. She had, it appeared, put an advertisement in a news paper for a place, and as a proof of her respectability, had imprudently made known that she was possessed of 1,600 francs in Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock, of 880 francs in the Savings' Bank, and of 1000 francs in cash. Legagneux went to her, and, representing him self as a physician just commencing business, proposed to her to be his housekeeper, at a liberal salary. She consented, and at his request advanced him 1000 francs. He made love to her, and promised her marriage. He thereby persuaded her to sell her stock and withdraw her money from the Savings Bank. He then, on dif ferent pretexts, got the whole of it from her. At length the poor girl found that he had employed the money i n establishing a young wom an i n business, and in paying his tradesmen's bills ' • she also found, w h a t was s till more mortifying, that he was married. Seeing clearly that she was swindled, she laid a complaint to the po lice, and he was arrested. It was then discovered that he had previously been condemned to three years' im prisonment for forgery, and to six months' imprisonment for swindling. The tribunal sentenced him to two years' imprisonment.—Galignani.. SUPPLY OF WATER IN LONDON AND PARlS.—Whilst in London the supply of water to the population is about 112 quarts per day a head, in Paris it is only 60—and of that quantity a great part is allowed to flow in the streets. Water, too, is very unequally distributed in the different quarters ; thus, in the 12th arrondissement, where the streets are very narrow and dirty, there is one borne Fontaine (a small fountain destined principally for washing the gutters), for every 35,000 square yards, whilst in the 4th, 6th, Bth, and 9th arrondissements there is one for from 3,000 to 9,000 yards. In the Ist arrondissement, in which the streets are wide and airy, there are 312 such fountains ; but in the 12th there are only 120 to 182 streets. , t,,, 6 ' - -- - ) WOOLWICH, JAN. 1. lAPPOINTMENTS. Clerks.—Charles A. Goodyer (1850), from the Win chester, 50, flag ship on the East India station to the London, 90, at Portsmouth ; Charles W. Harris (1849), from the St. George, 120, guard ship in ordinary at De vonport, to the Imp4rieuse, 50, screw steam-frigate, at Woolwich ; Edwin Harris (1851), to the St. George, vice Charles W. Harris. The Imperieuse, 50, screw steam frigate, Captain H. B. Watson, C. 8., had a number of hands put upon her on Thursday and Friday to copper her bottom, it being desirable to have that done before she was taken out of dock. The task of coppering her bottom having been accomplished in a very short time, she was taken out of dock this afternoon, and is now ready in the basin to get her steam up on Monday to try her engines, of 350- horse power, with screw propeller, b y John Penn and Son. The Firebrand steam frigate, Captain Hyde Parker, has now so far completed her crew as to be only short of the following ratings, all the others being filled up : —One captain of the hold, two carpenter's mates two carpenter's crew ( s hip wr i g ht s ), one cau lke r 's mate, one yeoman of signals, one ropemaker, three captains of tops (first class petty officers), one captain's coxswain, two captains of mast, one ship's cook, one sailmaker's mate, and one sailmaker. The Resistance troop ship, Master Commander Brad shaw, had her crew paid down on Wednesday last, and they obtained a fortnight's leave of absence. The Mega ra steam frigate, Commander J. 0. John son, was taken into dock on Thursday afternoon. MANNING THE SHIPS FOR TRANSPORT SERVICE.-011 Saturday, the Admiralty (in pursuance of a resolution to promote the employment and consequent growth of sea men for the merchant service, and for national use in time of need) 'gave notice to the merchants and ship owners on 'Change, that on all future occasions of hiring ships for the conveyance of troops, four men would be required for every 100 tons of the vessel taken up, and for the transport of convicts, nine men for every 200 tons, in addition to two boys for each ship —one half the crew to be composed of able seamen before the mast, the remainder to consist of officers and ordinary seamen, who had been at sea before. FRENCH SCREW LINE-OF-BATTLE SHIPS.—The follow ing from the Phare de la Loire will recommend itself to the careful attention of the new Board of Admiralty : For some time past the establishment of the Indret has been manufacturing steam-engines for vessels in different ports. One has been sent to Lorient for the Jean Bart, and one to Cherbourg for the Marceau. At this mo ment, also, experiments are making on the Montebello, at Toulon, with an engine of 160-horse poWer from In dret, intended as an auxiliary for first-class sailing-ships to leave port without the necessity of being towed. An engine of 450-horse power is about to leave Indret for the Austerlitz, at Cherbourg. In construction there is one of 400-horse power for the Assas, which is building at Rochfort ; one of 650-horse power for the Ulm, which is building at the same port ; and one of 400-horse power for the Phltdton, which is building at Cherbourg. To these we must add a machine of 1,200-horse power which the Minister of Marine has just ordered for the Bretagne, which is to be built at Brest." THE LIVERPOOL SHIPPING TRADE IN 1852. The following is Messrs. Tonge and Company's annual circular : In conformity with our usual custom at this season, we have the pleasure to hand you our annual statement of the business done in the sale of ships at this port for the year past, and on no occasion have we been able to report so favourably—both of the amount of tonnage sold, and the prices that have been obtained. In one of our recent circulars we took occasion to state, that a period of unusual prosperity in the shipping interest of this country might shortly be looked for, and most fully have our anticipations been realised. Prices of colonial ships having advanced fully 17 per cent. since then, and with a continuing tendency upwards ; while stocks have been reduced to 48 sail, against 76 in 1852, and 82 in 1851, without any immediate supplies being expected. We have great pleasure in noticing a marked improve ment both in the model, material, and finish of Cana dian ships, the majority of which have been constructed to class six or seven years, and to which a decided pre ference is given by buyers over spruce ships, or those classing but four or five years, even at a very increased price. Among those that have arrived within the last eight months, will be found some as fine models of naval architecture as ever have been produced—combining in reality (from having great length of floor and fine ends) both carrying and sailing qualities of no ordinary kind. This advance in prices we do not mean to apply so much to British-built vessels, for though a larger busi ness has been done in them this year than last, we can not advise much, if any, increase in price. Our quota tions for 1852, therefore, remain unaltered. New co lonial ships, to class seven years A 1, must be quoted at 61. 15s. to 8/. 10s. per ton ; those classing six years Al, at 61. to 71. 10a. ; five years, Si. 10s. to 7/. St. John's, Miramichi, and Quebec build, to class four years, are worth from Si. to 61. per ton ; those built at the lower ports of same class, are worth from 4/. 10s. to Si. 10s. per ton. Large secondhand ships with or without class have also been in much demand, in anticipation of an advance in cotton and timber freights. The enormous emigration to Australia has mainly contributed to this advance, besides which, freights generally are very much better for the larger class of ships. Within the last two months, several small craft, vary ing from 180 to 260 tons register, and of light draft of water, which enables them to go direct to the port of discharge, have been purchased for the Australian trade, at full prices. This prosperous state of things, we believe, will con tinue for twelve months,—or it may be somewhat longer —when, perhaps, it is not too much to expect some means will have been found for freeing a large number f those ships that are now lying unmanned and incapa ble, at the various Australian ports, amounting, by the last return, to 200 sail, equal to about 100,000 tons, and which, when freed, will return upon our market about the same time the large fleet of colonial ships now in the course of construction will have found their way here, and which bear a proportion of five to three over those built in 1852, and five to four in 1851. The number of new vessels that have come into Liver pool within the year and sold is 120, equal to 50,000 tons. The number of ships launched and in the course of t construction in our p or t thi s year i s 39, computed at 15,000 15,000 tons, a ga i ns t 23 , computed at 9,20 0 i n 1851. The number of steamers built and in the course of con struction here amount to 13, equal to 4,050 tons. The number of foreign vessels that have changed hands in Liverpool since the passing of the New Ma r i ne Act in 1850, and registered by British owners, amount to 11, equal to 5,000 tons. As regards iron-built sailing vessels, the most remark able feature of our trade is the very increasing favour they are growing into, and which are now occupying the builders both here, in the Clyde, Newcastle, and else where, to an unprecedented extent. There is no doubt but if some anti-fouling composition were discovered— which while it would keep the bottom clean would also preserve the iron—its use would, in a very great degree, for the merchant service, be preferred to wood for ship building purposes ; the cost of a first-rate iron and wood built ship being somewhat in favour of the former, and p let which for sea may be quoted at 141. 10s. to 151. per ton, com e. and her Majesty's paddlewheel steam vessel Cuckoo are making good defects preparatory to their proceedg to the seaports on the east coast of England and Scotland to procure seamen for the Royal Navy. A general survey and transfer of stores commenced yesterday on board of all ships in commission here, in consequence of the new Admiralty instructions relative to paymasters in her Majesty's navy. All stores will still remain under charge of the respective officers—viz., master, gunner, carpenter, and boatswain. The most imperative part of the paymaster's duty will now be to see that true copies from the rough books are duly en tered, and returns made at certain periods to the proper authorities. The entire responsibility for the expendi ture of stores will rest with the respective officers issuing such stores. HARMONIC UNION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. u th n e io p n a!ze t r h s at Sin,—Having obse rve d in the reports given in one oi of t the h er e fi a r r s et performancewohfi which t e e n H d a th r - n tw m o ni o c f injure the professional reputation of Mr. Morgan (their organist) in the opinion of the public, especially such portion as were not present at the performance, in jus tice to him, I trust you will not refd sp for these f ew li nes in your valuable colu use mns to to fin correct the unfavourable influence it may otherwise produce. I think it will only be necessary to state that I was pre sent with a friend at the performance of " Joseph," and was afterwards standing with my friend near the carriage entrance of Exeter-ball, when Mr. C. H ors l ey (th e com poser of th e Oratorio), after shaking hands with 1 1 5 %f_ o r r - Morgan, said, in our hearing, "A thousand thankf the manner in which you performed your part this even ing," and further expressed his desire that Morga n M e r r . mannenf ' should preside at the organ at any future erf also the Oratorio. Mr. Benedict (the conductor) erforman com plimented him for the efficiency of hi cr s e P of the merits Mr. Horsley must surely be a better judge o f his and adequacy of the organist in the ees performanceoone or two own Oratorio than even the musical help i thinking their f papers I could name, and I cannotto call the attention ) ' t • therefore I beg stated, if you will remarks unjust , facts I have justice the musical public to the act of to a pro as 'Ln . kindly allow their insertion, as he must do, to a certain ex fessional man, depending, opinion. When I recollect the tent, so much on public received in Exeter-hall on the trentend,ous applause occasion of his perform ing a solo to a cr ow d e d assembly, and although (according to the opinion of th e l ate vice cr d S Harmonic S oc i ety) I the audienc e th an h e eated had seen since Mendelssohn was among them —when I also recoll ec t that no notice w as taken of it by any of papers . th sca rcely save yo ur own —I cannot think the mu sical reporters for the p ress have treated Mr. Morgan fairly ; and as I know he is considered (by the very beat judges) possessed of extraordinary talent, your in serting the above remarks will, I think, be no more than an act of justice to him. —I have the honour to remain, Sir, your obedient servant, Dec. 27, 1852. P•S•--I enclose A LOVER OF JUSTICE. 7ou lII'