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-/ /(- _ i ___."?.." ./.---6 ,) r/ 2 I' IP- 7 - - -- -- - = -7 -------- 6 -- PiPtir___ c __, the police, leaving the second lienteilant, the b?iir - 4 , - 7 1_3 7 .:,,, 4-2' 4 : ,, officer, to appear ng,ainst her. -,.4:'g!,• . Z';' . - -1 , 1, .„ ;:.\ ) This mornirg I left Hoeg, Keeg, Blain, arm :.: ., •,,,, 4 1 r . 4 . ,),4 t ~.e .; c Ate(' with a small squadron of junks, having py A .. J ... 1 ,1.-4-..., 4 .47: .:::, , ,b ; flag flying, lying at anchor reeler W:-.:,Chow-ch0,w,41.:47:7-1— . t . 44 was desirous to send a proclamrtion which I had ree ‘ tiLvni.V4 - 5f41L,:'‘i 7 . 4 stating that "if any boats hoisting the rebel flag.nomenasd TA s any acts of piracy th e fl ag wou ld no t p ro tect them." Hat- , ; ing dono so, in proceeding through the Mandarin Channel, some junks were observed at anchor inside Ciiangpai Island, 1 . close iu the north-east corner. My pilot not being ac , .. quainted with the channel, I got a fisherman's boat to go ' up with one of the Chinamen that I had on board to see whether ~.. :,• .... I. ecognise his property. He shortly re- 4 turned on board, saying that his boat was there, and that the ether boats were pirates. I immediately stood in un dal. easy steam, when the pirates, seeing my intention, made sail and ran through the channel towards Wan-Chow - Chow. I fired a few shots at them, but they soon got un • der the cover of the land. Then, sending my boats after them, and running round outside the island, I had the satisfaction of driving them on shore and deetroying fi ve ,- Hung as well as liberating two market boats, with se v eral passen gers who had been in confi nement for several da y s. Th e re b e o c a a ts p , t a n nt have men a re sent s w t o h r e n m t° i n b i irons nono to of Hg Knnnger.s of th the owners fi r T ed h u os p e on pi o r u at r ical boa b ts o , a w ts had ithouta,llh o th w e rebel flags ever,doinga fl ny y flying, and , damage. • —I have, tic., 11 G. S. .N.ND, Captain. His Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, K.C.8., Commander-in• Chief. , c 5 •" • , f 4 ,- , , ~. 1 . ... . . ....._ . : -...--:. ;:. 7 :: ' - i ‘ . • _. _ _._ .._- _ -__ .. Al',, , . 1 . Fb l • .1 1V . wz .:‘ ,/kP t iiii . ;' o „g/H' '' ' '' 'ci i ii r : • .'•/7 v 1....." X Ili ; ;:--- ; A , 1 , 4,,,, , ,),,,. . cm. -11 4 . z. . 4 ---0- o:'' ' 1 ;...........", 1 „ - , _ _., • . t. ,. 4 t(i, .44_,,,,, , t,'*N,,jk' t ,i j i - -- - ... N . , _ .__ -'-i-1- 0 . , 14 ,,,,,,,_ ll' ..: ' s i • t ., \-,-__._,_ - . ♦ ~(~'. ......_ ----- mi lb it , , ,$ ) ...„.„..„.„_„„( „.., . .„..„ , . t...„..,,,..,...,,„„, ........ ~ ~.„,,,,,, ..... _..,,,,,,„..„,„.......,_,_,,,,,,, ~, „0 ~....„. ~ _ \,...„...._ , , ......,,......././i.::..4...„.„.,, ,„,i.,,, . ~ ~ t > i-t--- - t-t. VEST HAM DISTILLERY COMPANY. (Limited) No ICE TS DETIEFIN c7IV EN, That the works . of the above Distillery being near completion, the Directory will he ~ p en to re ceive Orders for FLA IN SPIRIT to be supplied in February. lue notice w,itl be sent round to the trade. THOMAS wEBB, Manager. Distillery, Wcst Ham, 315 t .Janaary, 1847. THE THAMES IRON WORKS and SHIP BUILDING COMPANY (Limited), Orchard-yard, Black- LON D , -SAI U tin Ite NI a JANUARY 31, 1857. ~„ 20,162.) [PotICB 4/). STAMPED D . S. Dykes, Esq John Ford, Esq. DIRECTORS. ohn Belk, Esq. I Thomas Henry Maudslay, Esq. Peter , Esq. The Directors of this Company arty now prepared to tender for the I3 nilding of Iron Ships of every tonnage and class, and for executing _ W orks of the largest character in wrought or cast iron, includ in g F orgings, Girders, Bridges, Roofs, Boilers, and all descriptions of Work of a t , lintlar character. The eapabil ties of the establishment and the magnitude of the Works enable the Directors to execute all orders entrusted to them With unequalled dispatch. _ . FURTHER DESPATC.HES •ROM THR • PERSIAN GULF. a 68-pounder shot: The ships returned to the Factory Creek on the sth. It has been reported that the Chinese authorities placed great confidence in the strength of the fort, backed as it was by the presence of a large body of troops. On the sth a seaman belonging to the Comus, and a private Royal Marine, of the Sybille, having, contrary to orders, strayed from their post in the Macao Fort to Honam Island, were attacked by some of the inhabitants of the village of Nan Pien. The marine was murdered, and his headcarried off ; the seaman jumped into the river, and was drowned. The next day I sent the Barracouta to the locality, and burnt the village, which was found deserted. I also issued a pro clamationrof which I enclose a copy, pointing out the cause of this punishment, and threatening the same conse quences should any Englishman loss his life in a similar PUBLICATIONS. MR. F. PEEL, M.P., ON 71IE INCOME TAX. rest by . the official statement which has , been made by a leading member of the Government. Tie noble lord at the head of the war Department has stated that the army esti mates for the coming year will be less than they were iu the first instance last year by no l ess a sum th an twenty millions of money. ( Appl ause .) L as t par s when the army estimates were fi rs t su b m itt e d' t o Parliament, th e y amounted to thirty-four millions of money. If you red uce that sum by twenty milli ons , it f o ll ow s ;hat the army esti mates of the comin g y ear w ill no t exce ed, fourteen millions of money. (Hear.) I know not whether there will be a corresponding reduction in the naval estimates, but that there will be a redu c ti on may be. reckoned upon wit h cer tainty ; and as th e Ch ance ll or o f th e E xc lequer has stated that the expenditu re o f th e coun t ry is mainly measur ed b y the expenditure f or th e army an d navy cervices , we h ave an answer to that preliminary question, a satisfacto r y an swer, that the expendit ure o f th e coun t r y will be greatly re luced ; and a s th a t i s th e case, I agree with you that as expenditure is reduced, as taxation can be remitted, the remission of that taxation should fall upon that tax which was specially raised for the purpose of bearing the extraor dinary expenses of the last two or three vars. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, the second of your resolutions deals with the subject in a more general way. You desireto reconstruct the tax. You say, I think, that a distinction ought to be made between permanent and precarious incorces. You think that if one rate is levied upon permanent income, another and a lower rate ought to be levied upon precarious incomes. (Hear.) Now this is a very difficult quastionf and if notice is to be paid to the opinions of men who have studied this question very deeply, if attention is due to those who have spoken and written upon this subject with authority, there are difficulties in the way of giving , effect to your desires which by no ,means are easy to surmount. I don't myself pretend to have any positive and decided opinion upon Now ready, in 1 vol., with Illustrations by the Author , 10 s. 6 d. , P EN AND PENCIL PICTURES. By THOMAS HOOD. "Few will have seen this hook announced without having a wish to welcome it. By his poetry and his prose Thomas Hood the second distinctly announces himselr to be his father's son."—Athenreum. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Si arlborough-street. Jannary,lBs7. By order of the Directors. JAS. PEMBROKE. R IaCKIN GHAMSFIIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. ... N OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that th ,. next ORDINARY \ L I F - TE ARLT MEETING of the Proprietors in the Buckingham thire Railway Comcany will be held at the Euston Station, London, °AritIDAY, the 29th Feb., 1857, at 11 o'clock a.m. Complete in 2 Volumes, PROFES. , OR JOHNSTON'S rHEMISTRY OF COMMON LIFE. With numerous Engravings on Wood, price I Is. 6d. " Johnston's book is a book for the people ; there is hardly a fact or a principle that it would not be for the benefit of tae richest as well as the poorest to know."— thenfeum. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. By order of the Board. HARRY VERNEY, Chairman. The Books kept for the Registration of Transfers of Stock will be Closed onthe 10th Feb., and will remain so until after the meeting. Offices of the Company, Euston-station, London, 80th Jan., 1857. manner. 8. The American ships of war completed the demolition of the Barrier Forts on the 6th, and- dropped down to Wbampoa. These forts were of enormous strength and solidity, being entirely built of large blocks of granite, with walls 9or 10 feet thick. They were heavily armed, many of the guns being 7 or 8 tons weight, with a bore of 13 inches; one brass 8 Ouch gun was over 21 feet long. THE Cheapest MAP of the LONDON POSTAL DISTRIC I'S. 26 Inches by 14. Price SLXPr:NCE plain, One Shilling coloured. Kelly a , d Co., 18 to 21, Old Boswell-court, St. Clement's, Strand, W.C. GREAT -WESTERN RAILWAY.- O TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this HALF- Com -I)ahY will be held in L on d on , pursuan t t o•act of Parl i ament, a t th e ?adding on Station, on FRIDAY, the 13th day of February next, at half-past 12 o'clock, for the election of four Directors in the place of Viscount Barrington, M. P., chairman of the Company; Lord Gateman, the Right Hon. Spencer II Walpole, M.P., and David Ogilvy, Esq., retiring by rotation, and for the other purposes of busi ness. ,c 0 Do qr. 'LIVING CELEBRITIES a Series of PROTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, by Msuu. and POLYBLANE The number for January contains E. M. WARD, Esq., R.A., with Memoir. Maull and Polyblank, 55, Graceehureh-street ; and all book and printsellers. The Levant arrived yesterday at Canton. 9. A party of 90 oscers and men, belonging to the Cal cutta, came up on the 7th to replace the Winchester's de tachment. The chair will be taken at I o'clock precisely. BARRINGTON, Chairman. Deput pr y-Chairman. Directors retiring are re-eligibllLe under the ovisicms of the Act. and, in compliance with a bye-law, notice must be given to the Secretary on or before the 30th day of January inst. of the names of any Proprietors who are to be nominated for election as Directors at the said half-yearly general meeting. The Transfer Books of all stock and shares will be closed on and from the 29th day of January instant, and will not be reopened until after the said half•yearly general meeting on the 13th day of Febru mkTe This day is published, THE RAMBLER , For FEBRUART, price, is. 6d. post free, CONTENTS T. The Catholic University : its Difficulties and Prospects. 11. Father Southwell and his Capture. 111. Notes of a Visit to the Coast of Albania. IV. Critics and the Fine Arts. V. Mem )rials of the Penal Laws. VI. Reviews:—The Rambler and the Dublin Review. VII. Modern Anglicanism —" The Union." VIII. Short Notices London : Burns and Lambert, 17, Portman•street. By order of the Board. P addington Station, Jan. 15, 18CHA57S. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary, +' HE price 2riticir Most frefild:lhellii i'drif;;;;' HE NATURAL REGENERATOR of the DIGESTIVE ORGANS, the STOMA CH, LIVER, NEN VES, LU • Gi, Sec., without Medicine, Galvanism, Electricity, inconve nience, and expense, by en easy, natural, pleasant, And infallible remedy, which saves fifty time* its cost in other mean 4 of Cure. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Proressor.pf Che mistry, Dr. Andrew fire; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Camp bell ; Dr. Dattiker; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of Castli. -Stuart ; M ajor-Gen. Thomas King, and. many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. at 061 REAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY •• co MPANT.,. Creation of 2,00041001. farther Capital. The Board of Directors hereby'intimate to the Shareholders of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company thSt the Hon. East India Company have sancti ned the raising of further capital in this Cot:n . „,412 1 to the extent of 2,000,0004, with interest guaranteed at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. has accordingly been resolved, pursuant to the act, to issue the ' 0 1 ,!" caPltal hare rateably among tho shareholders, in shares of 201 each, _, e new are to be give,* in virtue of every Two shares of 20/. ' 4 itie standing on the register of the Company on the 16th January per And the Board have, by such resolution, made a call of 24 ;7 share on every new 201. share so allotted (with the option to the areho der of paying up the whole 201.), whicli is hereby = declared payable at the Bank of Messrs. Heywood, Kennards, and Co., Lom bard-street, London, on or before the 26th day of February, 1857. Cir cular letters of allotment, w!th directions for payment, and !firms of Receipt, will be forwarded to the address of the several *liar eholders i_i t t he shareholders are her e by informed that share certificates, •if eft at the office a ft er no ti ce i s g i ven th a t th ey are rea dy f or d e livery, remain at the risk of the proprietors. C ONTRACTS FOR COCOA, RAISINS, AND TOBACCO. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset House, 28th Jaauary, 1857. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord high Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain :Pa I reland do hereby give notice, that on TUESDAY, he 10th eb ruary next, at One o'clock, they will be 'ready to treat with -uch f n egons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering her Majesty's Victualling stores at Deptford, Gosport, tuid Ply xaou th, the undermentioned Articles, viz.:— COPOI ..... Deptford titsma T08ACC0...... Gosport. Plymouth. When to be delivered. Tons. 1 Half of each in 3 weeks, and the re . mainder in 3 weeks after , wards, or ear • lier if prefer red by the party tender ing. Tons, t o Tons. Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the articles, but separate tenders must be made for each port, and no attention will be paid to any offers not so made, and their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the ten .ers are opened, of Contracting either for the whole, or for such part thereofonly as they Tatty deem tit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of selection. ' The articles to.be exempted from the customs' duties, and parties tendering are to state where they are lying. Samples of the Cocoa (not less than 21bs.), and of the Raisins (not less than albs. for each port), must be produced by the parties tender ing. Each Tether for Tobacco must specify the several trade marks and numbers, and the countries or places of its growth or produce, and a fresh drawn dock sample of each cask or package must be produced by the parties tendering, and any cask or package that is found not to be of the same mark, number, or quality as the sample tendered and accepted will be rejected by the officers. The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the con tracts have been decided. No tender will be received unless made on the printed firm pro vided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at titi said office, at the Victualling Yards at Gosport and Plymouth, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. The conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular atten tion is called, may be seen at the said office, at the Victualling Yards at.Closport and Tlyincuttla, and at Liverpool and Bristol. No tender will be received after One o'clock oft the day of treaty, and it will not be required that the - party temdertnger an agent on his behalf should attend at the office on the day of contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be comidunicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every tender must be addressedto the Secretary of the Admiralty. and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for and must also be delivered at Somerset House. SIR. HOWARD, 'surgeon - Dentist, 52 , Fleet street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI FICIAL TEETH ,Rxed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so Perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful Aeration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. INVESTMENTS in BRITISH MINES.—FuII particulars ofhe mot important Dividend and Prgressive Mines will be found t in the Fourth Edition of BRITISH o MINES CONSIDERED AS AN INVESTMENT, recently published by J. MURCHISON, Esq., F.G.S., F.S.S., price 3s. 6d.; by post. 4s. Mr. MURCHISON also publishes a QUARTERLY REVIEW of BRITISH MINING, giving the position and prOspects of the Mines at the end of each quarter, the dividends paid, &c. The Review for the quarter and the year ending 31st Dec. last con- Ulna a Map of the Camborne district, price Is. " The book will be found extremely valuable."—Observer. " A valuable little book."—Globe. "A valuable guide to investors."—Herapath. "A useful little volume."—Morniag Herald. "Of great value to capitalists."—Sunderland Times. " Parties requiring information on mining investments will find no better and safer instructor than Mr. Murchison."—Leeds Times. " One of the most valuable mining publications which has come under our notice, and contains more information than any other on the subject of which it treats."— Derby Telegraph. " To those who wish to invest capital in British Mines, this work is of the first importance."—Welshman. "This work enables the capitalist to invest on sound principles ; it is, in truth, an excellent guide."—Plymouth Journal. Copies of the above publications can be obtained at Mr. Murchison's otlices, 117, Bishopsgate-street Within, London ; and reliable infor- Mallon and advice will be given at any time to those who may re quire it. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, TO MARRIAGE. INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS GENERATIVE New and imp roved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Anato r aioal Coloured to on Steel, just published, price, free by post; I ~, THE SILENT FIEND : A Work the on the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, froraeffects of solitary Indulgence, infection, and the injurious Medical conse quences from the use of Mercury ; with observations on the obliga tions of marriage, and din•etions for obviating certain disqualifica tions. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Surgeons. Fold by Piper Brothefs, 23, Paternoster -row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger. 160, Ox ford-street ; and Gordon, 146, Lead. nhall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIA.CUM is employed to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is Purely balsamic ; its power in reinvigorating th e f rame in all cases ot nervous and sexual de bility, obstinate gleets, impotency, barrenness, and debilities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying success in thousands of cases. Price 1 Is, per bottle, or lour quan tities in one for 335., which saves 11s. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphi litic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recommended for any of the varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the skin, blotches on the bead and face, enlargements of the throat, tonsils, and uvula ; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &c. Its action is purely detersive, and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. Price 1 is. and 335. per bottle, also a saving Sills. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effec tual he remedy in all cas es of gonorrhcea, g'eet, stricture, and diseases Sold b of t urinary organs. Pri ce 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., an I I Is. per b ox . 140, Leadeny Barclay and Sons, Far r i ng d on - s t ree t ; D ar b y and Gosden, hall-street ; NV. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow -churchyard ; J. Sanger,W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard ; 15 1tg x r f and Oxford-street ; street ; Hannay and Dietrichsen, 63. and all Harding, 4, Cheapside ; Prout and Harsant, 229, Strand ; Medicine vendors throughout the United Kingdom. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. roa, LI co IND IGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, VER COMPLAINTS, COUG, ASTHMA CONSUMPTION, AND DEBILITY. NERVOUS, BILIOUS, AND DU BARRY'S delicious HEALTH-RESTOR ING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD saves fifty times its cost in of remedies, and cures the above complaints and their c r e q ua cea, such as hemorrhoidal affections, flatulency, &ten !, en, aclditY, heartburn, palpitation of the heart, nervous headaches, the pit neuralgia, deafness, noises in the head and ears, pains at _ .O pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, erysipelas, erup st ns of the skin, impurities and poverty of the blood, scrofula, droPsY, rheumatism , gout, nausea and sickness during pregnancy, after eating, o general, debility, in r at sea • low spirits, spasms, epileptic fits, spleen, paralysis tr society, involuntary bus 1 , quietude ' l h'ng mory, de'iiisrones7,,,diertsliike to , unfitness for study, loss of _me . choly, groundless go, blood to the head, exhaustion, moan best food for turns acid on the i f fear, w retchedness. It is, moreover, , b tvreakest the good liberal diet and invalids generally, as it never and restores the facitilitstomach, nor interferes with a imparts a healthy relish for lusch and dinner, to the most enfeebled! Of digestion and nervous and muscular energy ted Professor of Chem Supported by testimonials from the celebra vey, Dr. Campbell, D i r stry Ur Andrew Ure, Dr. Shorland, Dr .11ar- Stuart de Decies, the Gattiker, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Ingram, Lard other welf-known Dowagerindividul Countess of Castiestuart, and 50,000 ,whose health has been restored by this useful and economical diet, after all other means had been tried in s u ss for many celebrate all Pes of recovery abandoned. Analysis by the u.D.assf sor a Ph Leoxnadmorl, 24, Bloomsbury -square. -- •eluistrY Andrew Ure, / 4 .6, pure vegetablenV Du Barry's Revalenta .. I hereby certify, that having :Tut, perfectly who ea I find It to be a some, easily digestible, likely to promote teadlthy action o f th e stomach and bowels, and th ereby to c ounteract tion) constipation, and their nervous conse quence - a " PePsla (Indiges -1 ....... i ti cal Chemist." "Arsnasw ÜBE, M.D., F. 14.5., &o , A na ••"*".— 4‘..----- Ukase by the Emp eror of Russia • "Russian Consulate General, London. Dec. sent to ..-" 2,1847. 7 "The Consul-G eneral has been ordered to inform Messr.. Darr Du Barry and Co. that the Revalenta Arabica they Majesty the Emperor, has by imperial permission, been forwarded to the Minister of the Imperial Pah ce. Suitably packed for all climates, and with full Instructions. In canisters, Ilb 2s Od ; 21b 4s 6d ; 51b lis ; 121 b 228 ; super refined quality, Ilb 6 s ; 21b l ls ; 51b 22 s ; 101 b 33 5. The 101 b and 121 b c a m_ tors are for warded carriage free, en receipt of P ost -office order. Barry Du Barry and Co , 77, Regent-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co.. purveyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Gracechurch•street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 6k Cornhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street ; 55, Charing-cross; 54, Upper aker-atreet ; 63 and 150, Oxford-erect. IIVER. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, with New Costumes and various Novelties, Vocal and Cha racteristic, every evening (except zp.turday) at Eight. A NIORii- ING PERFORMANCE every SA.TURDAY, at Three. Private 'Boxes and Stalls may be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-office, Polyfraphic-hall, King William-street, Charing-cross. The hall has been entirely redecorated. t RGYLL ROOMS.--LA URENT'S CASINO , IS Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above elegan ooms are now open every evening for the winter season, with Laurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet•a-piston, M. :oulcourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that this fashionable place of resort ha 4 been entirely redecorated during, the recess. Doors open at half-past eight, coa.mence at nine. Adinis don One Shilling. DR - KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen )nly) from 10 till 10, containing upwards of one thousand models and preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in health and disease, the race of men, &c Lectures delivered at 12, 2,4, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery by Dr. Rants, at a quarter past 8 p.m. precisely. Admission, One shilling. Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan (gratis). VICE-CHANCELLOR KINDERSLEIS CIIOIIIE2S, Monday, the 19th day of .1 anuary, 1857. N the matter of the Joint-sto c k C o mp an i es I Wilding-up Acts, 1848 and 1849, and of the I rotestant Life and Fire Insurance Association. Vice-ChancellOr. Sir Richard Torin Rindersley, the Judge of the High Court of Chancery to whose Court this matter is attached, and by whose order the winding-up of the above-named association is proceeding; peremptorily orders that a 0441, Fourroculd- Tea Skil.. ip per share be made on all the Members and Contributories of this Association • and the said Judge farther peremptorily orders each Member and Contributory, on the eleventh day of February, 1857, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at No. 9, Bloomsbury-place, in the county of Middlesex, to pay to the Official Manager of this Association the balance, if any, which will be due from him aftar debiting his account in the books of the Association, with such call. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. WILLIAM KINSEY, Solicitor to the Official Manag-r, 9, Bloomsbury-place. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Brompton.—Secretary's Office, 167. Piccadilly.—This Institu ion has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor afflicted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, hccadiily, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted at the Erompton Establishment, for one month, and for a longer period if recommended by the edical officers. The number of per sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 cases each l ear. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, sufferint , under every form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits l of this Charity. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application to the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue this e'reat work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be paid to William Loxham Farrar, the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's inn-fields ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; and at the Secretary's Offices, 167, Piccadilly. _ By enter. W. J. COCKERELL, Secretary. OYAL• FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.—Founded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no re commendation is required. ()tiring the past month the following number received the benefits of this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal application Z Week ending 7th November 2,154 Ditto 14th November 2,043 Ditto 21st November.... • Ditto 28th November 2,309 9th and 30th November.... Total in November .... • • 8,747 of which 2,775 were new eases, the remainder (still under treat ment) having been admitted previously. The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the patients. Heavy expenses are Inevitably incurred in affording such eaten 'lye relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of ;he public. _ The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, early elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual ;eneral Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at ill times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, John Masterman, Esq., M P., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber ners-street ; Masterman and Co.; and at th e e Hospital. Clothing for the destitute pati ents will be thankfully ankfully received. By order. J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman. THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS. NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS. The weather since Sunday last has been intensely cold, I the mercury of the thermometer at the Royal Humane Society's Receiving-house, Hyde-park, being at night as low as 20°, just 12° below freezing point ; and it has scarcely risen, even in the sun during the middle of the day, above 33°. The barometer has varied from 29.90 to 29 93. The wind has been principal)/ in the north, and the weather is described by Mr. Williams, the super intendent of the Royal Humane Society, as being exceed ingly fine. The consequence has been that most of the ornamental waters in the different parks have been frozen ever, but the ice is at present far from being thick enough secretary, Humaneand Mr. Society, Williams, had to bear with any d egree of safety. Mr. Char li er, t h e printed the bills stucksuperintendent u o p f the Royal cau tioning the public from venturing upon the frozen sur faces. In spite, however, of the caution thus given, a vast number of persons insisted upon risking their lives by going upon the ice, and several serious accidents took place yesterday, one of which happened between one and two o'clock in the afternoon, on the long water near the bridge in Kensington-gardens, when the ice cracked, and five or six persons were instantly immersed in six feet of water. The men employed by the society immediately put off with breaker-ladders and other apparatus, and after considerable trouble they suc ceeder in rescuing three persons, named Hudson, of Smith-street, Chelsea ; Thomas Green, of the Strand ; and Thomas Foay, of the Vauxhall-bridge -road, Pimlico. The parties were forthwith conveyed to the society's receiving-house, whore they were promptly attended upon by Mr. Williams, and placed in warm baths. Fortunately, they recovered so as to be enabled to go to go to their respective homes. Notwithstandi ng this warning, the public would not be dissuaded from still rushing into further danger ; and, whilst a great the same water, number were sliding and skating upon a fearful break-up of the ice took place, and several per sons were seen struggling in the water at one time, and before the icemen could get to them some two or three sank in deep water ; but, after some time, they were rescued by the men, and taken to the receiving-houFe, where they obtained medical and other assistance, and they fortunately recovered. Several immersions took place in the other parks, but the cases were not of a serious character. Several persons standing on the bank in Kensington -gardens stated that there was one man still under the ice ; but, from the search since made by the Human e Society's men, there is good ground for supposing th a t t h e w h o l e o f t h e par ti e s immersed had been rescued. BURY, LANCASHIRE, JAN. 30. Last night an influential meeting was held in the As sembly Rooms for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning Parliament for a reduction of the income and property tax, and a more equitable and economical plan of •assessing and collecting the same. Mr. R. Walletr presided, and amongst those present was Mr. F. Peel, the member for the borough. After a code of resolutions con demnatory of the tax as at present constituted had been passed unanimously, the chairman called upon their mem ber to address the meeting. Mr. F. PEEL, 31. P., on rising, was received with loud cheers. Ile said—Gentlemen, having been informed that a meeting was to be held here for the purpose of consider ing the propriety of recommending certain reductions and alterations in regard to the income tax, and that there was a strong and general feeling pervading this constituency in regard to that subject, I certainly was desirous, if I could arrange it, of being present on this occasion, not 'with any intention of taking any part in the discussion which should take place, not with any hope that I could instruct those who are much better informed upon this subject than my self, but solely with the desire of hearing what your views were, and of making myself acquainted with your senti ments. (Hear, hear.) After, however, the allusions and appeals that have been made to me, and the ex pectation that has been expressed that I should say something in conclusion with regard to the general heads which have been touched upon by previous speakers, I feel that I can not maintain longer silence:this evening, but I will promise you that in the few remarks I will trouble you with I will confine myself strictly and exclusively) to the subject before you, and I will not attempt to draw your attention from it by the introduction of other and extrane ous topics. Under other circumstanced naight-hanwkem dispentostrasilatirtas Yea tragenerafirie!dfili;because the in terval which has elapsed since I lest met you has been considerable, so consideiable, indeed, that I should almost have Nit ashamed to refer to it, were I conscious that the time thal? I had not given to you had been devoted to seeking my own amusement, or, that I had neglected those public dirties charged to me, in consequence of the seat which I enjoy through your favour in the Xfibuse of Com mons. There is one consideration which at the outset pre sents itself to my mind in this matter highly honourable to yourselves, which has been but slightly adverted to by previous speakers. We are dealing with an iheome tax of sixteenpence in the pound, and so great •is the wealth of this conntrx; so general is the diffusion of that wealth, so large is ouF,papulation, and so many and so various the classes that., contribute, so easy the collection, I must say, and so prompt the payment, that an income tax of that rate brings into the exchequer of this country a sum of no less than 16 ,millions of revenue, and at . this moment we are under the imposition of a tax which is adding to our revenue at the rate to which I have referred. Now, gen tlemen, it is obvious, from the remarks which I have heard, that 'you entertain grave and serious objections to many arrangements connected with the amount, the im position, the‘constitution, and the 'mode of assessment and collection of this tax. It is clear that these views have not been hastily adopted by you, and I think that it re dounds to your honour that I, at least till this evening, was not aware that you had ever before given expression to these objections. And why ? Because you knew the Government of this country and the people of this country had been engaged in an arduous and severe struggle with a great empik And you knew that if the Government was to conduct that war in accordance with your own desires, with energy and enterprise, that it *as necessary you should furnisbroit with the means of doing so, and that there were no means so ready for the purpose as the impo sition of the income tax. I believe, therefore, that you have abstained till now from raising these objections, be cause you did not desire to impair the fruitfulness and the productiveness'of that tax by starting objections which would go to impair its efficiency, and to undermine, and possibly to render impossible, its maintenance. I say that this abstinence does you great credit, and entitles you, now that the war is over, when the pressure is taken off, when we have time to.'draw in our breath and survey our posi tion—it entitleiYou now, when you state,iu calm and mo derate expressiOn the objections that,you entertain to this tax—entitles you not only to a patient, but to an indulgent and most attentive hearing. I enter fully into your feel ings with regard to the first resolution that has, been sub mitted this evening. The questiOn may be presented to you in this way :--You consented when war broke out to the income tax being doubled. Your object in agreeing to that measure wail that the expenses of the war might be provided withouc resorting to that expedient of borrowitji, money; the faaile.a,uroise of which in times P-asst wad in . previous wars had accumulated s load of debt which has cost us, and which will cost our descendants after us, so dearly. (Cheers.) You know, farther, that when the war is over, and although yon may remove your armies and Beets from the scene of operation—although you may bring your forces home and disband them and send them to their respective homes—although you may stop the flow of fresh expenditure, you know perfectly well that after a war is over it is then that the expenses and charges are presented for final settlement and adjustment ; and that, therefore, for a certain period after the termination of a great strug gle, the expenditure of the country must be proceeding at an almost undiminished rate for a certain time in order that those expenses and outstanding charges may be ad justed. Therefore it was that you consented to this dupli cation of a rate at which the income tax had been previ ously assessed should be continued for a certain period after the war, and you concluded that a period of 12 months would suffice for that purpose ; you know that 12 months has expired since the treaty of peace was concluded, and therefore it is that you now urge that, irrespective of the language of any Act of Parliament, irrespective of the position which in virtue of that Act of Parliament the Go vernment may stand in, that they shall forego the continu ance of the tax at that rate, and shall be content to return to the rate which existed prior to the commencement of the war. Now, gentlemen, when the financial statement of 1853 was presented, the Chancellor of the Exchequer at that time anticipated the early termination of the income tax. lie fixed as the limit to it the year 1860, and he pro; posed that the rates at which the income tax should be levied in the interval between the year 1853 and the year 1860 should be reduced by a graduated scale according to certain periods of years within that interval. Under that arrangement, if that arrangement had subsisted, the in come tax from the Ist of April this year to the Ist April 1860, would only have been sd. in the pound, and in April 1860, it would have terminated altogether. No one at that time foresaw the storm which was gathering in the north—no one saw or knew how near was the approach of the calamity that was then impending ; but war followed, and when the war brake out a new arrangement was made with regard to the income tax, and in the year 1851 the income tax was doubled, and it was then enacted and pro- . vided by the law that the double rate of tax should con tinue for a year after the treaty of peace And if that had been all the enactment of the law upon the subject your views would have prevailed without any question whatever and in the month of April of this year the income tax would have returned to the rate at which it was before. You knew, however, that after our army had been landed in the Crimea, and after we had lost some ground in the course of the first winter, and there had been miscarriages and mis adventures, it was necessary to make increased exertions, and therefore it was in the month of April, 1855, that a further addition was made to the income tax. It was raised from 14d. to 16d. in the pound, and then it was provided that there should not only be an addition of 2d. in the pound, but that the previous addition of 7d. should con tinue, not as had been in the first instance provided, not for a year after the conclusion of the treaty of peace, but for the period of a year which should commence to by reckoned from that month of April which should first fol low after the conclusion of the treaty of peace. The Ist of April will be the present year, and the year for which the income tax was intended to continue was to be the year which,commences to run from the April in this year. That is the legal state of the question. You have urged, and properly so, that no advantage should be taken of this po sition. You think that a year is sufficient for the continu ance of this war rate or income tax to wind up all outstand ing accounts and charges , been fortunately anticipated by the Go vernment. (Cheers.) it:edu And never wasthere an occasion on whic h a char g e a g ainst a Government was so unfounded as that which has been made by one of the speakers upon the pres ent occasion. In regard to the question that it was ne cessar y that you should urge the Government in the cour se that it is proposed to take, the Chancellor of the Exchequer h as stated that it never entered his mind to take advantage of the act of Parli a ment, and that he never contemplated continuing the r a t e a t which the income tax should be assessed at 16d. in the pound, bOyond the let of April this year, and th a t if it were necessary th a t it s hould be con tinued, h e sh ou ld g i ve amp l e oppor t un it y t o th e public and to Parliament t o exerc i se th e i r own di scre ti on upon the subject, either t o gran t or w i t hh o l d i t as t h ey m i g ht then think best for th e pu bli c serv i ce. Therefore, as regar ds t t fit h inuar arxe further this taxation, eiisroi nn, portion proposition — it accordance. aoanpr od shall os f ii .hitoahnue.b thate and recommends ced our wish in this respect has t what be hat it m the ad was erate by a dr t eo wuehec theh we g first But resolution, u t that resolution are oredaction t b er fn ginoeseffoen to ctena the income tax should be levied f rom th e I s t o f April war. (Hear.) The questio n s h a ll there be a reduction of this particular tax,cannot be answered as has been very pro perly surmised by one speaker, un til we have the answer to be given to another question, which is this— Will the expenditure be reduced, and to what extent That is really the question upon which the whole tunas, And iu regard to that matter our minds have been set ati, this subject ; glajeat in eeeninebercemeeft io Amadei wfrat e our views were; but I vililtstete to ,yeii. what are some of the objections that have been made from time to time with regard to establishing a'difference of rating in respect to these two classes of permanent and precarious property. It has been asked in what consists the difference between permanent and precarious incomes. Is it not in ecepect of their durability? The income from permanent property will be the setae ten years hence as itis now, with very little trouble on the,part of its possessor, whilst the income derived from property that is invested in commer cial or mercantile speculations is due only in part to the possession of capital, but mainly to the skill and personal intelligence and ability of its possessor. But e then, it has been said that the income that is raised in the clause of a year is spent in tbe course of that year in the service upon which the money is raised, is spent in services which are of a permanent character, and the interest which persons have in the proper conduct of this service may fairly be measured by the income which they . receive for that year. That is one of the arguments that has been tised against the establishment of any distinction'between these kinds of pro perty. Do you recollect the speech made •in 1853 by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at that time ? At that time there had been a great agitation upon this very question, which had proceeded to greater lengths than' now. He made a speech upon this subject; unparalleled or unsur passed, for eloquence, range, and lucidity. And from the time that he delivered that speech, the agitation ceased and opposition was abandoned, and why ? Be cause he showetl•that under the income tax, as at presept levied, although not nominally, yet virtually, that very distinction exists which you seek to establish, and he asserted and proVed that now e :in the way in 'which the tax is at - present levied, if ; preoerious incomes contribute to the income tax at the rate of 7d, in the pound, in. comes of a permanent character, contiibute at the rate of 9d. in the pound, and he hid asserted that thole who had argued foe the establishment of a difference beteeeen these two kinds of property , had never contended fer f e vaster: difference than is rePresented - leY'the figures 7"and 9. He showed that this distinction existed, inasmuch as while in the case of precarious ineomes allowances of every kind were permitted to be , made, in the cas@ of permanent pro perty, although you are liable to charges for agency, for repairs, expenses, and outgoing of various descriptions, which reduce the net incomes none of those deductions were permitted to be,made in regard to the assessment for income tax; therefore virtually at this moment precarious incomes : Pay'at the rate of 7ci., in the pound, and 'perma nent incomes 'at the rate of 9d. 'in the pound. That was another reason why,uo differenge, of rate should be estab lished between these two descriptions of property. One other great difficulty I will mention. It is quite clear that all precarious incomes are derived in part from capital and in part from the skill, and intelligence Of the owners. Ca.pi ,tal of ever, / shcl44 lea , ,,,haege4 / 0 . 0.?„ Fp / este, but tunts i t i Vkailegiettselqa 7 a lO we,r old be tuarek 'Meanie " „e re rived from_ xis own personal skill and intelligence ; but then it would be necessary in the case of every contributor to the tax that the tax collector should know minutely the state of his circumstances—should know what part of his income was really due to his possession of capital, and what portion of it was due to his own ability and devotion to his business, and it was because it was foreseen that the endeavour to carry inquiry to this extent, to push investi gation in the case of private affairs up to the very hilt, would be so obnoxious and distasteful to the community that the attempt to effect such an object was abandoned; it was seen that under such an organisation of the tax it could not be long maintained, and therefore a different course was pursued. (Hear.) You must recollect that the income tax has never been considered a permanent part of the financial system of this country. It has always been considered as an expedient to be had recourse to in times of great emergency. I believe that is a proper policy to pursue. With regard to this tax, doubtless duect taxation has advantages over indirect, but the knowledge that we possess in our armoury of finance a weapon so formidable as the income tax, which, if put in force, can bring into our exchequer in the course of the year 10,000,000 1 . or 20,000,0001.; or 30,000,000 e, sufficient to swell our army and our forces to almost any extent we please—l do believe that the knowledge on the part of foreign countries that we possess so great a power as this does tend to stifle many ambitious projects, many rebellious instincts that they may from time to time be possessed with in regard to this coun try, and to that extent serves to maintain our external tranquillity and peace with the world. (Cheers.) Gentle,- men, the other objections, which have been made to this tax are of minor importance, I must confess myself to a predilection in favour of that point of starting for the in come tax which was established when it was imposed in 1842. That was an occasion oe which the income tax was had recourse to for the purpose of meeting a great emergency. In the first instance it had been used 50 years before to put a stop to the accumulation of the load of debt which had been going on for a considerable period prior to that time. In 1842 it was had recourse to for the purpose of en• abling certain great commercial reforms to be carried out, to liberate theindustry of the country, to allow the produce of foreign countries to come into our markets on the same footing of advantage with productions of our own country, and I think that no one will say 'who rightly appreciates the advantages which have been derived from the policy established in 1842—and it was to enable such policy to be carried out that the income tax was imposed —no one will say that the advantages which have been derived to the country have not been cheaply purchaeed—very cheaply, I may say, with reference to the inconveniences that have been submitted to in consequence of the imposition of this income tax. (Hear.) Now, I say, as far as my predilec tion is concerned, I should be gladto see the income liable to this tax starting from 1501. a year and upwards. I do not recollect precisely the circumstances under which incomes between 1001. and 1501. were made charge able to this tax. I believe that it was in consideration that some equivalent and counterbalancing advantages were given to those who possessed incomes fluctuating be tween the two points. The other matter which has been referred to has reference to the mode in which the income tax is collected. lam indebted to the chairman for the allusion he has made to some information which I fur nished to a gentleman who wro t e to me' to inquire whether somemodeco l la is town bede couldvisedby which a p erson l oca ll y con nected withbe placed among the local commissioners for collectieg the tax. I pointed out to him, upon investigating the subject, that the matter was one over which Government had no control, that these local commissioners were selected from the land commis sioners, that that was a body that had been nominated some time ago, and they had the election and appointment of these income tax commissioners solely at their own con trol. (A. Voice—" Who appointed them ?") They were appointed many years ago, and I have no knowledge to whom they were indebted for their office. I can truly say that these and other ma tors before referred to shall re ceive my earnest consideration. We know that the season is about to open, and I think that you natey look with con fidence ;to a solution of this question being made by the Government which will meet the public sentiments upon the subject. As regards myself I can truly and confidently assure you that I shall endeavour to discharge my duty in regard to this as to all other matters with diligence and fidelity. I ana always mindful of the responsibility I am under by being the trustee of your' public interest. There is no object to which I attach more value than the reten tion of your good opinion, and I have every reason to be thankful to you for the confidence reposed in me up to the present time, and I trust that, for the future, I shall do nothing your good opinions, which shall aeveor shall forfeit t repent r e the sel ec ti on you h ave ma de on which i sk a ll ma k e you h es it a t e to renew the relationship which subsists between us upon I any future occasion w hich ma y a rise. (Loud cheers.) a former m ake whicho you sin c It was agreed that a petition embodying the resolutions should be drawn up for presentation to Parliament, and a vote of thanks to the chairman terminatathe proceedings. The. Gazette of last night republishes the de spatches from the Bombay Government Gazette, which we gave yesterday, and with them a merely formal communication from the Governor of Bom bay to the Secret Committee of the India Board. Besides these it gives a new despatch from Admit al Sir Henry Leeke, which we subjoin, and a return of the ordnance taken at Bushire. It appears that there were found in the fortress after its surrender 10 iron guns, 7 brass guns, 1 brass howitzer, and 2 brass mortars mounted on wooden travelling car riages, the wheels of which are so rusted and out of repair as to be quite unserviceable for field use ; 10 brass guns and 37 iron guns dismounted, some of which are buried in the mud or lie in the sea,. and 11 brass guns, the condition of which is not stated. One of the guns was a 24-pounder 15 were 18-pounders, and 24 were 12-pounders. The larger mortar had a calibre of 8 inches, the smaller mea sured 5i inches. The number of pieces was in all 69. In the unofficial accounts published by the India papers, one of the distinguished personages taken prisoner at Bushire was styled " Minister of War," a designation which has given rise to some specula tion. We learn from the despatch of the Governor of Boinbay,•already mentioned, that this gentleman is—Mirza Mahomed Reza, a civilian of the tribe of the Prime Minister of Persia, " Agent for Foreign Affairs at Bushire." His companions in captivity are Mirza Hassan Ali Khan. Title : Derryaßeggee (Lord of the Sea). Decorated with 2d class Order of the Lion and Sun of Persia. A civilian; ranking with a eolonel, and governor attic, town of—kW-- Shire ; and Mehdy' Khan. Rahkr-eSirhang, or lieutenant-colonel, commanded the Niahwed Re giment and garrison of Bushire. On the' death of the sirteep, or colonel of the Azerhijan Regiment, he assumed the chief command of the regular and irregular troops of the Shah in the town and dis trict. The following despatch from Admiral Leeke supplies particulars of some operations nut hitherto reported : • REAR-ADMIRAL KR HENRY LEE/CE TO THE GOVERN OK OF BOMBAY, DATED BOMBAY, DECEMBER 29, 1856. (Extract.) I left the anchorage on the evening of the 16th inst., and on hauling in towards Lingah, a small fortified town belon g ing to an Arab tribe, and under th e dominion of the Shah of Persia, I received information of an army of 5,000 Persian troop's being in the neighbourhood node a general named Moostaffah Koolie Khan Aweerie Panjr on the road to Bushire. I kept close along shore, and at noon of the 19th inst. saw them encamped between two date groves, on a com manding situation, about 200 yards from the beach, with their artillery, six guns '(apparently 14 pounders), in their front ; and between them and the, shore was a covered way. 'I hauled close in, and anchored this ship with a spring in her cable id 3i fathoms water, 'about 1.200 yards from them, and commenced action, whic h they instantly returned with a steady fire, the troops drawn up in line, their tents in the rear. A spirited fire was kept np on both sides for about 35 minutes, when, their guns being silenced, the Persian array retreated in great confusion, leaving their tents, guns, and killed and wounded, behind ; the shot and shell from the ship following them and cutting off a great many men, horses, and camels, and destr .ying their camp equipage. I gave them a parting shell or two, and having gained my object of waking them change their ground, I got under weigh and stood for the anchorage at Bassadore. I have to' offer my best thp i nks to Acting-Commander Adams, the seooka,captain of this ship, who, fi'om his knowledge of the 'coast, phiced her to close • to the enemy ; and to Capt. Jenkins, my first captain, the offiT leers, and ship's company, for heir steady conduct during the time we were engaged with the enemy. tb . ,e r P" 151 O bi r ola gliC gls o4l ' ••••• cfo A be 00; 0 1 Di e ,o - -.. London : Barry Du. Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street. The Third Edition. Just rublished, orlon 55., by post, free, ss. 6d OW TRUE dr FALSE SPERMATORRO EA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Kea) Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Core. Translated from :he 4erman of Dr. PICKFORD. "Dr. Pcciefordiiknown glisb readers by ris frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. 'This is' the first time, he informs es, that he has addressed himself. to.tho nort-medi• oil reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall. toted any other equally. flagrant evil which it may be in his p - iwer to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet SympatMisers,' and Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this boot scluld find its way Into the bandi of those who settler from the com taint of which it treats, we ara satisfied that many hundreds scull , ng saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of !4s importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— midi money .....,This volame is well qualified to put an end to th. mpirical system of treating Spetainatorrhcea, and to place the treat. -rent upon a more rational and pby4iologleal basis. it is, therefor,. ikely to do much good."—Medical Circular. riondciu: H. Kaltiere, 219, Regent-stref t. THE WAR IN CHINA. (Font the London dozette of tot night.) Admiralty, Jan. 29. Despatches, of which the following are copies, have been received from Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels on the East India and China station : No. 116. Niger, at Canton, Dec. 11, 1856. Sir,—l have the honour to report proceedings at Canton since my letter, No. 106, of the 24th ult., for the informs. Abut of-the Lords ComestOonersAthe Aditiralty. `"*± - tert a itth the linfteZ - Titute7 - Uffittellafforier 'in formed' American citizens that the Imperial High Commis. sioner having failed to render satisfaction for the recent insult to their flag Commodore Armstrong would not desist from aggressive measures till ample apology should be made, and a guarantee given that the American flag should be respected for the future. The commodore determined on the demolition of the Barrier Forts, the capture of which I have already reported, and commenced blowing them up. In the afternoon of the same day 37 war junks issued from a creek, and anchored in line about four miles from the Encounter in shoal water. Capt. O'Callaghan endea- voured to get within range of them the following day, but Without effect. The Chinese fired several shots, which fell short. These junks have since retired. 3. Reports having reached me that the Chinese were busily employed in re-arming the Blenheim Fort I sent the Barracouta down the Macao Passage on the 26th, with Capt. Twiss and a party of Royal Artillery, to check any such proceedings, and to destroy the fort. About 150 sol. diers were found there, and 15 guns had been mounted. The troops were driven out and the guns rendered useless; a few mines under the works completely destroyed them. Commander Fortescue, before leaving, informed the head man of the adjoining village, who had superintended the progress of the works under promise of reward from the Mandarins, that any further attempt to restore the felt would result in the burning of the place. 4. On the 29th two 10. inch mortars were mounted on the Dutch Folly, and their range was tried on the French Folly Fort. 5. On the 3d inst. a most melancholy occurrence took place. Captain Cowper, R.E., who had been detached fo ervice at Canton, was superintending the pulling down of some Chinese houses outside the factory, when one of them suddenly fell on him, from which he sustained such exten sive injuries as to cause his death in less than three hours. Captain Cowper had been of the greatest assistance in strengthening our position, and I cannot too highly express my admiration of the zeal and professional ability he dis played. Her Majesty's service has sustained a severe loss in I his untimely eud. I sent the Coromandel to Hongkong wi th the remain; of the deceased gallant officer. 6. The Chinese authorities having re-armed and strength ened the French Folly Fort, situated near the south-easl city gate, having in its rear extensive barracks occupied by troops, and erected flanking sandbag batteries on either side of it, notwithstanding we had endeavoured to cheek them by the fire of the guns and mortars in the Dutch Folly I determined on its destruction, as threatening a hostile concentration of force, and being an obstacle to the free na vigation of the river by the passage through the Barrier Forts. The Encounter and Barracouta accordingly shifted their positions to below the Dutch Folly on the evening of the 3d, and on the following morning I embarked in the Encounter, and dropped down to the fort, accompanied by the boats of the squadron, having on board about 350 small arm men and Royal Marines under the command of Capts. Wilson and the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C. 8., of the Win chester and Niger, and Capts. Penrose and Boyle of the Royal Marines. The ships were anchored about 850 yards from the fort, being as near as the depth of water per mitted, and at 7 a.m. a heavyand effective fire was opened from them, and from the Dutch Folly ; the boats soon after pushed on shore, and our flag was planted on the walls of the fort amidst the hearty cheers of the assailing parties. The Chinese troops twice attempted to rally, but were quickly driven back, and the affair was over within one hour from the first gun being fired, The fort mounted about 20 heavy guns, with others of varione calibre in the sandbag batteries. Those in the fort were mounted some what similarly to ships' guns, with breechings secured to spars across the outside of the embrasures. This gives some colour to the report that many of the garrison had served in European ships. The usual official placards were , found on the walls of the French Folly, offering rewards for the murder of all Eng lishmen, and of Chinese in their employ. As soon as resistance had ceased, a party of Royal Artillery, under command of Capt. G. Rolton, commenced the destruction of the fort. Mines were sunk and sprung under 'the works which laid the whole of the massive granite in a heap of ruins, barely one stout being left in its original position. The guns were destroyed, and their new carriages burnt. Throughout the day feeble attempts were made by the Chinese troops to disturb our operations, rendering it ne cessary for our covering parties and boats' guns to keep them from advancing. These buildings ultimately caught fire, and were burnt to the ground. During our operations the Dutch Folly Fort, in charge of Commodore Hon. C. Elliot, threw shells from the moo. tars into the city, where troops had been previously ob served, which fortunately exploded two magazines. The gallantry and promptitude displayed by the officers and men, and the rapid success which crowned their exer tions, dese rve my warmest commendation. I am happy to be able to state that our loss only amounted to one pri- Tate, Royal Marines, of her Majesty's ship Winchester, killed, and one seaman slightly wounded. The ships were hulled several times—the Encounter by 10. I visited the Bogue Forts on the Bth. They have been effectually dismantled under the direction of Captain the Hon. Keith Stewart, of the Nankin. 11. A seaman belonging to one of the river steamers was seized by-some of thamfficials on the 12th instant, who at tempted to kill him. He managed, however, to effect his escape, though severely wounded. I immediately despatched Captain Hall to pull down the Government buildings and Custom-hottse, whem 4 4114.-aeisure was made, vrbi,q4 promptly executed. it is only by summary proceedings that we C . :to hope to avert the evil intent of the high Com. inisiioner's premiums• fbr our heads. 12. Numerous complaints of piracies in the neighbour. hood of Hongkong having been made to me, I despatched the Sampson to check them. In her first cruise she cap tured one junk and destroyed five. In the second she saw no suspicious vessels, and is now at Hongkong. , 13. I have had no communication with the Imperial Commissioner, his • Excellency having withdrawn the Moor's from the neighboßring districts for the protection of Canton. The country is represented to be ins most dis organised state, bands of robbers committing depredations and murders in every direction. I learn that there are from 17,000 to 2 0,90 0 Yoops and militia in the city, but they have not at yet made any offensive demonstration, ,and even were they to attack the factories I should have no fear of the result. :14. The stoppage•of the traffic at Canton must cause a severe pressure. The. river, which used to be thronged' with junks and boats, is now comparatively clear, and I feel a confident hope that the measures which have been taken will prove suceetsful. t 5 hen the proper time arrives the fulfilment of stipula tions, granted by treaty, should be rigidly insisted on. Compulsion is the only argument to convince the Chinese. Moderation is considered but another name for the want of means to enforce compliance. 15. A few shells were thrown into the city yesterday from the Dutch Folly in the direction of the Government buildings. It is gratifying to report that the force continues healthy and in excellent spirits. 17. I enclose copies of correspondence relative to this letter, with a schedule of the same. I have, &0., M. SEYMOUR, hear -Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. The secretary of the Affmiralty, London:, 18. I enclose a copy of a letter whioh I have just re ceived, from the UnitedStates' Commissioner to the Ame rican Consul at Canton, which will *how the state of affairs as regards the' 'Americans. M. S. STITES' LEGATION. United States' Frigate . San Jacinto, Wiiampos, Noy. 5, 1856. Sir,—His Excellency Yeh, Imperial Commissioner and Governor-General, having failed to render the satssfaction due and demanded foi the recent insult to the United States' flag by the Barrier Forts, Commodorejames Arm strong, Commander-in-Chief of the naval forces of the United States in China, &c., compelled by a sense of public duty, will not desist from the measures which the policy Of the Imperial Compissioner imposes upon him till he apologises for the outrage on the flag, and guarantees for its proper respect in future are (Obtained. Xou will there fore -notify to the citizens of the United States at Canton PETER PARKER. 0. B. Perry, Esq., - United States' Consul, Canton. LEGATION OF THE lINITID STATER• Macao, Dec. 9, 1836. Sir,—A despatch from Commodore James Armstrong, of this day's date, it.forras me that on the 6th inst. th• demolition of the Barrier Forts was completed, and the ships had returned to the anchorage at Whampoa, and in a few days the damage to the vessels would be repaired. Enclosing me copies of his correspondence with the Im perial Commissioner, he observes —" Here I presume it will end, and so long as he, the Imperial Commissioner, does not commit any act of violence against our flag or citizens we shall rest upon our arms." His Excellency Yeh, in a despatch of the 7th inst., writes Commodore Armstrong " From this I see your Excellency has a clear knowledge of affairs—there is no matter of strife between our respective nations. Henceforth let the fashion of the flag which A mai ships employ be clearly defined, and inform me what it is beforehand. This will be the verification of the friendly relations which exist between the two countries." I have this day resumed correspondence with the Imperial Commissioner, demanding attention to various important subject% which I have chosen to place in abey ance pending the adjustment of tie naval question ; among them other instances in which the flag, of the United States has been fired on by the Chinese, and the rights of the United States' citizens, under treaty, have been brought to his Excellency's notice, who has been informed that, failing to render the satisfaction demanded for the viola tion of the treaty by the forts of Kiang-Shan, that matter will also be handed over to the C o mmander-in-Chief of the United Sates' naval forces in China to manage. This brief expose of the present state of our relations to the Chinese Government at your port you are authorised to communicate for the information of the United States' c itizens within your consular jurisdiction. Respectfully, Ike., PETER PARKER. 0. H. Parry, Esq., United States Consul, Canton. RETURN OF CASUALTIES RECEIVED BY TI i NAVAL FORCE EMPLOYED IN TILE OPERATIOIIS OF TIN DAY. DATED DEc. 4, 1856. KILLED. David Moffatt, private Royal Marine, Winchester, mor tally wounded in the launch of her Majesty's •hip Sybillo, by a rocket arrow penetrating the right lung. WOUNDED. Thomas Carr, A. 8., Winchester, contused wound of chest from spont ball, very slightly. Killed, 1; wounded, 1. CHAS. J. ANDERSON, M.D., Staff• Surgeon in Medical Charge of the Force disembarked. LIST OF MEN WHO WERE MURDEZED BT THE CHINESE IN THE VILLAGE OP NAN-PIEN, ON THE STH OF DEOEMBEE, NEAR THE MAOAO FORT. Charles Bennett, private, Royal Marines, Sybille, killed and beheaded. Richard Winter, A. 8., Comus, drowned. M. SEYMOUR, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in -Chief. PROCLAMATION IT THE BRITISH ADMIRAL. The operations in which the British forces aro at pre sent engaged having been occa sioned by the unfriendly of the Chinese Government, and therefore intended not to affect the people, all the villages around have hithertobeen preserved entirely free from molestation or attack of any kind on the part of our soldiery. Yesterday, however, two of our men landing at the village of Nan-pien were there killedity some Chinese, who sought to gain by this inhu man act the paltry reward offered for the murder of our countrymen by all local authorit v e ies burned Nan-pi. As a warnineng, to the there ' fore, to the oth er villages, Iha to involve the innocent with ground, but be in g unwilling the g uilty, I have spared the lives of its inhabitants. And I hereby make known that I will in every case hold that village or place responsible in which the life of an English man shall be thus sacrificed, and will visit it with the same punishment that I have inflicted in this instance. December 0, 1856. S a mpson, at anchor off Wan-Chow-Chow, Dec. G, 1556. Sir —According to my intentions, intimated to you in nty letter of the 4th inst., I proceeded to sea yesterday morning, with 4 Chinese who had had their vessels taken away from them, and directed my search towards Lintin. Observing a suspicious-looking row-junk off Saw-chow at anchor, I sent and had her brought off, when, finding she had no number, papers, or flag, with a larger crew than a trading vessel would have, and nothing on board but am munition for several small guns with which she was armed, I. had no doubt but she no there waiting an opportunity Lo -pounce upon some market boat (the island being per ;ly barren), and the only answer they could give me was tam t they were rebelmen, and looking after mandarins. I yp ordingly took her into Hong Kong and gave her over to (No. 119.) Niger, at Canton, Dec. 15, 1856. Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you, for the infor mation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty . , that last night, at about 11 o'clock, a few hours after the de parture of my despatches for Europe, the Chinese set fir• in several places simultaneously to the houses immediately surrounding the factory, -which soon spread to the factory itself ; and all the foreign establishments, with the excep tion of the English factory, have been burnt to the ground . The fire appears to have been checked by the blowing down of the end house of the adjoining block at the en trance of Hog-lane. "Incendiaries were perceived by the officers placing brands in the various houses in the vicinity of the fire, and were fired at by our pickets. The whole of the Old. and New China-streets, with the contiguous portions of the :-,eonripe x likve beau eoneumed,_ ,„ . _ The greatest exertions have been used by the officers and men of the force under my command to check the progress of the flames ; but the dryness of the houses and the absence of an adequate supply of water, with the peculiar mode in which the various Hongs are constructed over vaulted pas sage?, rendered their efforts unavailing. The conflavation will circumscribe our defences and render necessary a new arrangement of them ; but it is my intention to - hold the British factory, as I have hitherto done the larger area on which the houses have been de stroyed. I write this hurried despatch to go by a private steam - vessel, which is likely to overtake the packet at Singapore. I have, &c., M. SEYMOUR, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. The Secretary of the Admiralty. WRECK OF THE TYNE. -REPORT OF THE MAGISTRATES. SOUTIIAMPTON, FRIDAY. The following is a copy of the report of the justices of the peace deputed to conduct the ir.quiry relative to the stranding of the steam-ship Tyne : Guildhall, Southampton, Jan. 29, 1857. "My Lords—We have the honour to inform your lordships that we have with the assistance of Captain Waiker, as nautical assessor, made an investigation this day respecting the loss , of the steamship Tyne, which was stranded on Kimmeredge Lodge, on the 13th inst., at 3.40 a.m., and we send your lordships the following report and our opinion, together with the depos tions and the certificate of the captain : " The Tyne was au iron ship, of 2,100 tons, belonging to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, commanded by Captain Wm. Yaller. She left Pernambuco on the 23d of Dec. for Southarapton, with a light cargo and 53 passengers, and experienced strong head winds nearly all through the voyage. At 5 a.m. on the 12th inst. she made Ushant, which on the first observation at 5.15 a.m. bore E. by N. N., when the bearings were altered by keeping her off N.E., on account of the set-in, and at 7 a.m. E. by N. N., being the direct course for Peril ind. On leaving Thibaut soundings were regularly made acros the Channel. At 11.20 p.m. the Portland Lights were first made. At 11.30 the course was altered to E., to shape it to the Needles, the ship going at half-speed, and at midnight the lead was hove for the last time. At 2.25 a.m. on the 13th inst. the . Portland Lights were dipped, • bearing N.W. by N. N., with thick foggy weather, and ebb and wind on her starboard bow, the ship keeping E. till ebe stranded. " After a most careful and anxious investigation, we cannot arrive at any other opinion - than that the ship was lost by the wrongful act and default of Captain Taller, is consequence of the lead not being constantly hove on approaching the land, and in accordance with the corn pany'S instructions, and the captaiti not making due allow ance for the wind and strong ebb tide that was running from the time he passed Portland, and the total absence of,' those - precautions necessary to insure the safety of a large ship within so a a distance of the land. - 44 , We inchise the , NOE onials - of acrm patens,' banded tons by Captain Yeller, and we call the attention of your lordships to the evidence of Capt. Vincent and the officers of the Tyne to the very high character and great reputation ifor skill and ability hitherto borne by Capt. Taller. " We have the honour to be, my lords, your lord ihips' obedient servants, " P. BRETON, " JOIREPH LOEB, "Justices of the Peace fur the town and county of the tow❑ of Southampton." "I entirely concur in the foregoing report. " NV. H. WALtEn." Tll P 3 INCUMBENCY OF CLERKE V WELL. On Tuesday evening a meeting of the vestry of St. James's, Clerkenwell, was held in the Vestry-room, Upper Rosomau'street, to consider what course should he pursued in consequence of the decision of the Lords' Justices in reference to the incumbency. Mr. Hill was in the chair. Mr. Boulton, solicitor to the vestry, pro duced a copy of the judgment delivered by their lord ships' which was ordered to be entered in the minutes Mr. Foster then moved the following resolution : " That this vestry, being perfectly satisfied with the re cent decision of the Lords' Justices, do not take any further steps in the matter." He observed that the course taken by the vestry in electing the Rev. Mr. Maguire was forced upon them, and he was glad that the vestry was in a position to restore to the parishioners their ancient right of electing the incumbent. Mr. Wrenalds seconded the resolution, which was supported by Mr. Holland and other gentlemen. Mr. Glover, a dissenter, said he was glad that the rights of the parishioners were about to lie restored to them. At the same time he thought too much money bad been squandered away in litiga tion. He believed that the parish was determined to elect the Rev. Mr. Magnin . . Mr. Jones (churchwarden). Mr. Mason, and Mr. Uhavell also addressed the vestry. Mr. Cantle moved an amendment, which led to some s:artn discussion ; after which the chairman put the question, when the amendment was lost by a large majority, and the resolution was unanimously adopted. Last night a crowded meeting of the parishioners of St. James, Clerkenwell, was held in the schoolroom, Amwell-street, in support of the Rev. Mr. Maguire, as candidate for the incumbency of the parish. Mr. Hill, a vestryman, was in the chair, and several influential inhabitants of the parish were present. Mr. Aldridge, Mr. Webb, &c., addressed the meeting, and resolutions were unanimously passed pledging the meeting to use their utmost exertions towards insuring the election of the rev. gentleman. The Rev. Mr. Maguire came for ward, and was received with loud and protracted cheers. He spoke for nearly an hour, and e xpressed his strong assurance that he should have almost the entire supportho n of the parish, since he knew that many parishdioendertshwei o l e f his address sweeivreesptroevvioouteslfyorhihsimopyoAnetntthsebeaodnclalutesi yo n p voted to the the cheer; were renewed. Thanke . Thanks were chairman, and the_ff:t.i2l..ifpartt WANT OF DOMESTIC SERVANTS IN CANADA.—.WO Times of Januar y 10) are cont i nually receiving letters reques tin g us to tiling before the parochial autho rities at home the great need we have of domestic se/- Tants—boys aad girls. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—Yesterday the. ordinary weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Beard of Works was held in the Council Chamber, Guildhall,alTthheereo statem e nt N nas i i o r an . J. Thv eai thatt es general balance t t he lie 2 7 of fh h air. os 12 j:l7 T oul h .a e r Iy9. fi s ) 1 a 3s n ds c .7 i showedto°i to t al i ounsel with ad se decision ei respect t vh o e rd e t he at,oe m a b p mu p et l n i cdaaefttdi after rtnhaeo Board l‘ n l g e s srs. dis- Br reconsider d t , w he CUSS= the report of the superintending architect wag adhered to, and the application for permission to proceed with the rebuilding of premises as proposed was refuted. The Board shortly afterwards adjourned. THE SPANISH LOAN.—The letters from Paris yester day mention a current report that M. Mires, finding bi Spanish loan of 3,000,0001. exceedingly heavy, intend to visit London next week to offer terms to the holder of the certificates of confiscated coupons. H is prepcs..i tion, it is alleged, will be to take the se certificates in payment for his new stock, at a rate which would b equivalent to 121. in cash. It is improbable, however, that he would have allowed his terms to transpire pre vious; yto negotiation. The imp ression in Paris was that the London committee demand 15/., and the Am sterdam holders 121. 10s. ; but in the London negotia tions with M. Salamanca two or three years back the prise insisted upon, it is believed, was only 16/. 103. THE EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION AND SUNDAY TRAD ING.—The Board of Management of the above society passed the following resolutions at its weekly meeting of Wednesday last :—" Ist. That the Board is of opinion that the thou has arrived when—as a sequence of its efforts to secure an earlier payment of wages—morndireee and active steps shoul d be taken b y this association to relieve those employers and assistants who ar c occupied in shops on Sundays from the drudgery which is thus entailed upon them, especially as these classes are noto riously the most overworked duri n g the week, particu larly on Saturdays. 2d. That measures be taken to accomplish the great object r eferred to in the foregoing resolution as soon as the unds of the society are Sufficiently augmented to jus f tify the saMe.