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ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.—Fouuded 1828. The Sick Poor are admitted on their own application alone ; no re commendation is required. During the Past month the following number received the benefits of this application:— Charity, either as ou t or i n-door patients, on their personal Week ending 7th November 2,154 Ditto 14th November...— 2,043 Ditto 21st November .... 1,972 Ditto 28th November ,thand 30th November.. • • 269 Total in November 1 of:which 2,775 were new eas e% .••• • •• 8,747 ainder (still under treat. ment) having been admitted previonsivrem The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the patients. Heavy expenses are Inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestlythe entreat the aid of The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at th e Annual Thursday, at General Meeting in January. A Board i s held e ziness, n 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the Board business, when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, h all times desirous of receiving suggestions or givin g explanation. g at The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on vein ' ary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, John Masterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by M essrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drammond and Co.; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith , P ay ne, and Co.; Glyn and C o .. ; 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 the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order. •"J B. Old EN, M.A., Chair man . . 4 NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERYIN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. Patent ( )Mee Seal of Great Britain. Diplom Medicine, Vienna, P hartnacien de Paris. Imperial College of . e d'Ecole de Pharmacie form of a lozonge , TRIESEMAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared inigkg administered by devoid of taste or smell, and can be carried lii waistcoat pocket. Pold in tin cases, divided into separate doses, as a Valpeau,Lailemand. Roux, Ricord, &c., &c. for RE co„,,,, No. 1 is a Remedy. or too „,,,, LAKATION SPERMATORRIBEA, and all the distressing ?)-Deenences ii ' ' * long residenceari weith and vigour sng from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, . nlio t t o climat restored bodily and sexual stream thousands es' of debilitated individuals who are -natev th p ee nloYMent of health and the Functions of Manhood; and ntAkix - „teaY be the cause for DIsQUALIFICATIONS for . 11 -‘ l ‘ ' ''' , eY are effectually subdued 12y this Wonderful Discovery. electually, i n tho short TRIESEM AR No. 11., eradicates space of three days, completely and entirely fo rms, 0,4tt1,11 traces of Clonorrhcea, Loth in ' its mild and aggravated f Urine, Poss'olt3,trictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention o Copalvi and c t he Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which alibi of the heat bs have so long been thou ,, ht an antidote for, to the °f a "eat Portion of the p ' opulation. the great Contin TRIEEMAR No. 111., toms. It also co „ el?tal Remedy for Syphilisand Secondary BYmP" Cutaneous Er opt g i t is d . ntes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, and all tions and impuriti es frrenlevlng and expelling in its course all corrup the virus of diseu e, ciit!i.the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate through the mediu m c :r th expel it with the insensible perspiration never-failing remedy fo r ti Te pores of the skin and urine, and is a 's constituZith the English Physician t roat a ß t class of disorders which unfortunately lion of the patient Mercury, to the inevitable dastruc t,ri_en, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot rest ore. which saves I Is., and in 5/. % Ilk, or four eases in one for 335,, To be had wholesale and retail 'n hereby there is a saving of I/. 12s. , srdon, of Derby and Gordon, 140,Leadenhall-street; ?rout, 229 Sanger, ISO, Oxford-streorta. lord-street Barclayy and Co., 63, Ox 4. Cheapside ; and Son, 97, Far ringdon-street ; Butler and Harding,' ?awl's Churchyard. Edwards, St. • ................. HUMAN FRAILTY ; a p Medical opn ar work, price Is., post free, beautifully illustrated with 100 engravings, and containing the opinions of Valpeau, Lalleinand, Roux, Ricord, Itc. It gives copious instructions for the perfect restoration of those who are prevented by impediments from entering into the married state, also showing the dreadful results from early ab use , gonorrbea, andsyphilis, and the benefits arising from the chemical tests and ,examination of the sperinatoza, by the author's new ] tests microscope, with powerful lenses,--Piper and Co., 23 a row; aticl ttom all agents for the sale of"Triesemar.' 'Paternoster- NATIONAL (late Cholera) ORPHAN HOME, Ham Common, Richmond.—Founded 1849, after the visita tion of the Cholera. Penton—Field-Marshal H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G. PATRONESS —H.R.II. the Duchess of GLOUCESTE On SUNDAY MORNING next, January 18th, a SERMON will he preached in Christchurch, Blackfri4rs-road, on behalf of the above Institution, by the Rev. JOSEPH BROWN, M.A., Rector of the Parish. Divine Service will commence at 11 o'clock. There are seventy-six Orphan Girls in the Home, and an election of four more will take place the next day, Monday, the 19th. All imormation will be given by the Secretary, R. W. Newman, Esq., 9, Inner 'temple-lane, and by the Matron of the Home, to whom subscriptions may be paid; alFo to the Home account, at the London and Westminster B an k, L o thb ur y, H en ry Kingseote, Esq., Treasurer. JOSEPH BROWN, M.A., 7 Honorary RICHD. WHITTINGTON, M.A.,j Secretaries. BANK of L O N D O N. HEAD BANKING-HOUSE—Ttreadneedle - street. CuArtnici-caoss BRANCH-450, West Strand. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. r IIATRISAN.—Sir JOHN VILLIERS SHELLEY, Bart., M.P., 25, Park-lane, and iaresfleld-park, VICE - CIIAIRMAN.—JOHN GRIFFITH FRITH, Esq. (Frith, Sands, and Co.), Austin-friars. John Edmund Anderdon, Ksq., Devonshire-terrace, Hyde-park. colonel William Elsey, H E.1.C.5.. Bank [louse, Acton. Thomas Gooch, Esq. (Gooch and Cousens, London-wall), Brixton Rise. Jeremiah Greatorex, Esq. (Bradbury, Greatorex, and Co., Alder manbury), Spring Hill House, Upper Clapton. Alexander Constantine lonides, Esq. (Firm of lonides, Sgouta, and Co., Gracechurch-street), 'Pulse-hill. Charles Joyce, Esq. (Firm of Charles Joyce and Co., Moorgate street), Gloucester-gardens, Hyde-p..trk. Thomas Luce, Esq., M.P., King-street, St. James's, and Malmes bury, Wilts. Henry Morris, Esq., late of the Madras Civil Service, 25, Mark lane, City. Sir Henry Maggeridge, Alderman of London, St. Andrew's -hill, City. Alfred Wilson, Esq. (Venables, Wilson, and Tyler, Queenhithe), Firgrove, Weybridge, Surrey. Current or drawing accounts received and interest allowed on the balances. DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS.—The interest allowed on money placed on deposit at three days' notice of withdrawal is now Si. per cent., whether deposited by customers or the public. No gratuities payable to officers and clerks. MATTII E W MARSHALL, jun., Manager. BENJA NUN SCOTT, Secretary. NEAPOLITAN CIRCULAR. The following circular has been addressed by the Neapolitan Government to its Envoys abroad : " Naples, 27th Dec., 1856. "M.— Thanks to Divine assistance the dominion of the King has come ont intact from the three terrible trials through which it has had to pass in so short a time—trials which, although all different, were not the less of a nature to throw the whole kingdom into disorder, if the courage and perspicacity of the King, and the confidence of the people in the eminent qualities of our sovereign, and the un flinching fidelity of the troops, had not changed into glory for the Lino - , and into joy for all his subjects, the catas trophes which exposed them to the saddest calamities. You are already aware of the three disastrous events which have succeeded each other—first, the insurrectional movement in Sicily; next, the horrible attempt against the life of his Ma jesty; and, lastly, the accidental explosion of a powder magazine, which blew up, but without causing the misfor tunes that might have resulted from it. The manifestations by which the people have spontaneously testified to the King their joy and their devotedness have removed every trace of alarm which this accident caused. They have increased the conviction of the love of the people for their sovereign, and given the assurance that it will be always vain to make any atteu pt to disturb that tranquillity in the States of the King which reposes on the clemency, the wisdom, and the firmness of his Majesty. It is that state of things which offers to the kingdom the surest guarantee for the future, and which maintains in the mind of the King tho same intentions to continue for the future as in the past his acts of clemency towards those of his subjects who have been condemned, by granting the remission of the punishments, or recalling from exile those who shall make the request and evince their sincere submission. You will find M.—, in addition to that which I have already sent you, a new list of those individuals, which I forward to you, in order that you may co-operate, as far a s you are concerne d , i n ear -1 rying into effect the pardons granted by the King ; and in order that you may, when an opportunity shall present itself, conform your language so as to refute the lying na -1 sertions which are made relative to the tyranny of your Government. " CARAFA." Loss OF A LIVERPOOL SHIP.—The advices per the steamship Canada, from the United States, report the total loss of the iron ship John Garrow, Captain Dyer, from Savannah for Liverpool. The John Garrow cleared at Savannah for Liverpool on the 13th of November, with 2;386 bales of cotton, and when about six days at sea she sprung a leak in a furious gale, which continued to increase until she was abandoned in lat. 37 N., long. 57 W. The crew were taken off by the E. Z., bound from this port to New York. When abandoned the John Garrow had 19 feet of water in her hold. She was a ship of 642 tone, owned by Mr. Robinson, of this port, and was built in 1840. ....... ...._ EXTRAORDINARY STATEMENT.—LIVERPOOL, Tuesday. —A. statement of a most extraordinary character w made public to-day, in the Underwriters' Rooms here. as have ' -!-twas said that a vessel belonging to London, the Kelpie,eas an opium clipper, was lost in 1846, in the China been Sand all drowned.her cre w By y n d passengers tbe n an overland r a e i 1. s intelligence upp oe e d t l has just been received from China, ver stating that a ring, which was known to have belonged t-) one of the pas sengers of the Kelpie, having in been lately offered for sale Canton, inquirie s • - were instituted, which led to the disco very of thepassengers extraordinary fact that the crew and acc o wer unts, livin g in not drowned, but were, at the late-t Formosa. No a state of slavery, in the island of AWFULLY Sui: fu rther particulars are yet known. morning DEN D EATH an railw elderly gentleman was coming up from the s n t n reet, he suddenly fell en arrived at the top of Butler nveyed into the Rail down. He was picked up and sur geon, wh o was way Tavern, and Mr. Hall, sur life was found to be passingex ' at the time, was called in, when ance of sever extinct. 1 al gentlemen ' .ilr. Hall, with the assist ceased, with a vie w of di ; examined the pockets of de when the following large sums a clue to his identity, in gold, lin 10/u.nas were found upon him :- 4061, 4d. in silver, and Vtd. in co Bank of England notes, 6s. by Mr. Hall as one - tor a de PPoPs7tr2 and a receipt read over of Messrs. Pedder and Co., of u 7 . f 8 8,500/. in the bank was sent to the Old Bank, whore' h town, The money Mr. Whalley, from Welsh Whittlee. WasT identified as pressed an opinion that the causeof death wad doctor exi the heart.—Preston Herald, Jan. 10, was disease o CRYSTAL P A LACE. —The poultry exhibiti on Crystal Palace continues to attract a l arge , at the v i s itors. As a proof of the interest taken in poultry, of following may b e mentioned as among the sales !y, the effected —A pen of Po l i s h fowls, exhibited by Mr. C. : c nie : ridge, Eton, 25 /. ; a p,2n of ducks, exhibited by M r. ' Breavingtoo, 261. ; a pen of gee“), by the same exhibitor, 10 guineas ; a pen of Brahma Pootra fowls, exhibited by Mr. H. R. Bush, 10 g uineas ; a pen of Dorkings, ex hi. bited by the Rev. J. B >ys, 10 guineas ; a similar pen exhibited by the Rev. Stephen Dowse, 15, guineas ; a pen of turkeys exhibited by the Rev. T. L. Fellowes, 10/. ; a pen of Spangled Harnburgs exhibited by Mrs. Henry Sharpe, 10 guineas ; a pen of Dorkings exhibited by Mr. Frederick Lowe, 151.; a pen of geese exhibited by Mr. H. T. Davies, Hounslow, 21/. ; a pen of Turkeys, exhibited by Mr. Charles Edwards, 15 guineas; a pen of gold-penciled Hamburgs exhibited by Mr. G. Botham, 10 guineas ; a pen of White Dorking' exhibited by Mr. George Horne 10 guinea; ; a pen of Dorking; exhibited by Mr. C. H. ' Wakefield, 251. ; and a single game exhibited by Mr. R. R. Sewell 10 guineas. One gentle • man has made purchases to the extent of 1041. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, with New Costumes and various Novelties, Vocal and Cha racteristic, every evening (except Saturday) at Eight. A lORN "NG PERFORMANCE every SATURDAY, at Three. Private Boxes and Stalls may be secured, without extra charge, at the ~ox-ofil, e, Polygraphic -hall, King William-street, Charing-cross. The hall has been entirely redecorated. RGYLL ROOM S. -LAII REN T'S CAS IN' Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above elegan Rooms are now open every evening for the winter season, with Laurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. Flonleourt. The Proprietor begs to ird'orm the public that tlrs fashionable place of resort ha= been entirely redecorated during the recess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admic- Zion One Shilling. R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, a 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square. —Open (for Gentlemen only) from 10 till 10, containing upwirds of one thousand models and preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in health and disease, the race of men, ice. Lectures delivered at 12, 2,4, and half-past 7. by Dr. G. SEXTON, ; and a new and highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery by Dr. KAHN, at a quarter plst 8 p.m. precisely. Admission. One Shilling. Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan (gratis). GENERAL TOM THUMB. the AMERICAN MT kßF.—Crowded Houses.—Patronised thirteen years ago by her Majesty, 11.n.H. Prince Albert, H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, &c., &c. h xhibiting every day and evenin.., previous to visiting Russia, in Regent Gallery, c 9, Quadrant, from 11 to 1. 3to 5, and 7 to 9 o'clock. He is beautifully proportioned, and the smallest man alive. His performances are remarkably talented and enchanting. New Characters, Costumes, Songs, Dances, Statues; &c. The General continues to wait on the nobility and gentry, at their residences. on due notice. His miniature equipage promenades the streets daily. Admission, Is. each, regardless of age; Stalls, 2s. and 35.; children half-price. EAST IN'DTA TTOMP, Vim JAN., 1557. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do lic , Thy give Noti , e thtt th, t , t•• • Exchange at which they will receive Cash fin* Bids o^ lte g 3; an.l Madras will, from the present date, and until further notice, ! - ,e.2.1 , L.1 the Company's Rupee, and for Bills on Bombay 2s. ld. the Com- Pany's Rupee. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. NtR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, BADEN, up the 'RHINE. and PARIS, is NOW OPEN EVERY EVENING (except Saturday) at i 4 o'clock.—Stalls, area, 2s. gallery, Is. Stalls can be secured at the box office, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, every day between eleven and four, with e" any extra charge. The Morning Representations take place every Tuesday and Saturday, at Three o'clock. GORDON CITIVIMING, the LION HUNTER, will be AT HOME in his Encampment, surrounded by the spoils and trophies of his achievements, and give his popular ENTER TAINMENT. describing his ADVENTURES in the Interior of SOUTH AFRICA, every evening throughout the week, at 8 o'clock A. SPECIAL AFTERNOON PERFORMANCE en S4TURDAY, at Three o'clock. Several important ad-itions and embellishments have been made to the Fiunte - 'sMuseum, and three new views—illustra tive of Ostrich Hunting in the Karoo, the Death of the Giraffe. and Vultures on their Prey in the Desert—painted by Samuel Hodson, added to the series of Dioramic Scenes. The Lion Hunter's native Bushmen will appear incidental to the Entertaiinment. Flan° by Ur. Harries Wilson. Admission, Is.; area, 25.; stalls (which may be taken daily between eleven and four), 35.-232, Piccadilly. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC.-PATRON ILR FI. PRINCE ALBERT. THIRD GRATUITOUS DISTRIBUTION am one the Juvenile Visitors of thousands of beautiful Ornaments, and hundreds of Map pin's Pocket-knives, from the Giant Christmas Tree on the Morning and Evening of Thursday next, the 15th inst., from Twelve to Fivo, and Seven to Ten; also Exhibition of an Ingenious Juvenile Model Theatre; Mr. Logrenia's astonishin: Conjuring Tricks and Comic Delusions; an entirely new and beautiful Series of Views, by Mr. Clare, illustrating the TRAVELLER'S MR (FOLIO ; and a second and most costly Series of D ssolving, Views, illustrating YE PITI FULL and DIVERTYNGE HISTORIE of YE BLEW BEARD, 'with an original humorous description by Leicester Buckingham, Esq., late of the Panopticon. Admission to the whole, Is. ; children and schools half-price. L ONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that, pursuant to the Wimble don and Croydon Railway Act, one thousand eight hundred and My-six, a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of Ibis Company will be held at the Bridge House Hotel, near London Bridge, in the Borough of Southwark, in the County of Surrey, on THURSDAY, the 29th day of January instant (upon the , ermina- Uon of the business of the General Meeting appointed to be held on that day, at the same place, at one o'clock, and immediately after the termination of the Special General Meeting also appointed to he held on the same day, at the same place, after such General Meet ing), to sanction the Company accepting a lease, from the Wimbledon and Croydon Railway Company, of the Wimbledon arid Croydon Ztailway. Dated the thirteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred And fifty-seven. LEO SCHUSTER, Chairman. FREDERICK SLIGH I', Secretary. ALBERT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 11, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND to the 31st ultimo, after the rate of Seven per cent. per annum, will be in COURSE of PAYMENT to the Shareholders on and after the 12th January instant. Bth January, 1867. HENRY WILLIAM SMITH, Actuary and Secretary. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Fleet-street, Ist January, 1857. Notice is Hereby Given, that a GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the Law Life Assurance Society will he hold at the Society's Office, Fleet street, London, on MONDAY, the 2d day of February next, at 12 o'clock at noon precise , y, pursuant to the provi sions of the Society's Deed of , ettletnent, for the purpose of receiv ing the Auditors' Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society up to the Slat December last; to elect a Trustee in the room of the late Right Hon. Sir John Jervis, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Com mon Pleas, deceased ; and for general purposes. By order of the Directors. WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. UNION ASSURANCE SOCIETY (FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITI S). A.D. 1714. Cornhill, and 70, Baker-street, London. College•green, llnblin.--Gronengen-street, Hamburg. Exchange -street West, and Tithebarn-street, Liverpool. North Nelson-street, F dinburgh. instituted in the reign otQueen Anne, A.D. 1714, with large Invested nines. DIRECTORS. &C. CHATIMArr—JOHNT MB mINGTONT MILLS, Esq. DEPUTY-CJIAIADIAN—HENRY ALDWIN SOAMES, Esq. James Bentley, Esq. John Paynter, Thomas Bodley, Esq. John Rogers, Esq. Daniel Britten, Esq. Henry Butt, Esq. Nicholas Charrington, Esq. George Spencer Smith, Esq. S. Preston Child, Esq. Richd. foreman Solly, Etq. W. Foster White, r.sq. William Gilpin, Esq. Thomas Lewis, Esq.' Samuel Wilson, Esq., Ald. Thomas Mills, Esq., M. P. Stephen Wilson, Esq. John Morley, Esq. LIFE Reduced rates for young and middle ages, with guarantee of a company in existence upwards of 140 years, and a large accumulated capital. The last Bonus (1855) gave additions to policies varying tirom 25 to 70 per cent. on the previous seven years' premiums. Lower rates, without profits. Two-thirds only of the premiums may be paid until death. Decreasing and increasing rates of premium, and half-yearly or quarterly. Medical fees allowed. TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR. Now ready. R. COMPANION-D°D'BPARLIAMENTARY for 185 7 contains all the New Members of the Douse of Commons, the New Ministerial Appointments, &c. Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria-lane, and all Book,ehers. FIRE. Insurances at the usual rates, and profits returned on policies taken out for seven years by p , ompt payment. Loses occasioned by ex plosion of gas made good. The offices close on Saturdays at two o'clock, excepting in the fifteen days after each quarter-day. Insurances now expiring must be paid on or before the 9th Janu ary, at the office in London, or of the respective agents. WIL LI tM B. L EIVIS, Secretary. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Brompton.—Secretary's Office, 167, Piccadilly.—This Institu tion has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor afflicted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, Piccadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted at the Brompton Establishment, for one month, and for a longer period if recommended by the medical 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 year. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits 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 centinue this great work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be Paid to William Loxham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's inn-fields ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; and at the Secretary's Offlces, 167, Piccadilly. By order. W. J. COCKERILL, Secretary. The Second Edition, just published, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., TRICTIJRE OF THE URETHRA. • / THE PATHOLOGY AND RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the ITRETHR 4, in all its Varieties and Compli cations, with Observations on the Use and Abuse of Instruments in the Treatment of Diseases of the Urethra. The whole Illustrated by numerous Cases selected from the Recouls of upwards of Tiveaty Years' extensive and successful Practice. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E. " We know of no man to whose care we would sooner Intrust the treatment of a severe stricture."—Medical Circular. London: H. Ballliere, 219, Regent-street. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE 4.4 SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, Lod all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Came, Soup, Curries, and Salad, yid by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to Itiectly digest the food. The daily - use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe- ;card to health. sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrino, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay :nil Sons, Messrs Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and raer •hants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.8.--To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA And PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle iiio. 20,147.) PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, in 1 v:l., with 1,500 Engtavings of Arms. SIR BERNARD BURKE'S PEERAGE and BARONETAGE for 1857. "Sew Edition, corrected throughout to the present time from the personal communications of the Nobility, &c. " Sir Bernard Burke's . Peerage and Baronetage for 1857' has just appeared, this being the nineteenth edition of this very complete genea ogical and heraldic diction? ry, which has for many years taken precedence of all works of its class. The additions and emendations have been brought down to the latest period of publication, and the volume presents an excellent specimen of compact arrangement for reference, and easily readable type."— Illustrated News. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. MR RUSKIN ON TURNER. Just published, price One Shilling, NOTES on the TURNER GALLER,Y-1856. By JOHN Rusitrx, M.A., Author of " Modern Painters,' " Stones of Venice," " Seven Lamps of Architecture," &c. London : Smith, Elder and Co., 65,Cornhill DIRECTORS. Gentlemen of the highest respectability and intelligence, desirous of connectin them se,yes with a Company now forming, under the Limited Act, are reque , ted to address a letter stating such, together with full particu lars of name and address, and if a Director of any other sad what Company, to " Solicitor," care of Mr. Banks, 7, Bull-and-mouth street, E. C. Communications will be treated in strict confidence. LON DON, W EDNESD A.Y EVENING. JAN UARY 14, 1857. THE INCOME-TAX MOVEMENT. A meeting, convened by the Association for Promoting the Interests of the Trading Community, was held last evening at the London Tavern, for the purpose of consider. ing what steps should be adopted to procure a removal of the tax upon all incomes tinder 1501. per annum. Mr. STRATTON, who presided, opened the proceedings by briefly dwelling upon the despotic and inquisitorial cha racter of the income tax, and complaining that under the present system, while men were called upon to make a re_ turn of their incomes, if the commissioners thought fit to doubt the accura'by of those returns they could call upon the taxpayers to produce their books, and expose those secrets which every one was desirous to conceal. The society which had convened the meeting was composed of trades men who felt the oppressive burden of the tax, and, not withstanding many unjust taunts and hindrances with which they had been met, the society had held many meet ings both •in London and in the provinces, at all of which the utmost enthusiasm prevailed. Mr. LINDEftwoOD moved the first resolution : " That this meeting has heard with alarm and regret that a large number of warrants of distress and other legal pro ceedings have been issued for the non-payment of income tax against persons not liable, and who are wholly unable to pay; and this meeting cannot too strongly condemn the practice of alienating the affections of her Majesty's subjects by the in fliction of a tax which, on the one hand, erects a barrier against education, fetters trade and industry, and deprives thousands of the comforts and necessaries of life, and, on the other hand, opens a door for immorality, fraud, and evasion, espe cially iu its bearing upon incomes from 1001. to 1501. per' annum." The speaker condemned the tax as an impediment to the progress of education. It was a libel to suppose that mechanics or middle-class tradesmen were not anxious to provide a good education for their children, but the tax which fell upon those who had only 1001. a-yoar swallowed up the only fund by which that education could be pro cured. After remarking upon the unfairness of taxing pre carious incomes at the same rate as fixed and certain in comes, the speaker condemned the tax as repressive of in. dustry and as an incentive of falsehood. Another society was working in the same direction, although with some difference in detail, and he wished it success; but he thought, instead of an " equitable adjustment" of an un just tax, it,was most proper to relieve those first who most required it. (Hear.) The proposition of the society with which ho was connected was, that all incomes under 1501. should be entirely exempted, and that a man with 1601 should only pay upon 101. (Hear.) Mr. GANNON seconded the resolution, cont ending that the peculiar class who possessed incomes under 1501. was that which required immediate relief. It was the clerk, the small tradesman, the curate, who had only 21. or 31• per week, whose means were crippled and whose comfort ° were restricted by the operation of the present system of taxation. He did not object to an equitable ad justment if possible, but he did think it would be absurd to go to the Government and ask them to take 7d. in the pound when, in fact, they were pledged to take only sd. (Hear.) The nation had willingly assented to the bur den so lorrg as it was necessary to combat the encroach. ments of despotism, under the belief that as soon as the war was concluded the tax would cease. But had that been the case ? He recommended the meeting and all electors to make the question a test for all candidates for their suf frages, and ho had no doubt but justice would be done - The speaker, after vindicating the society from suggestions which had been made, that money had been paid to its canvassers under the idea that it was for another associa tion having a similar object in view, concluded by con demning the partiality of the system which compelled the little tradesman to produce his books to verify his return, while it allowed wealthy men to make compositions which, in one notorious case at Gloucester, had enabled a man to compound for 1,5001. a year, while a subsequent investi gation showed his income exceeded 18,0001. per annum. Mr. SMITH moved an amendment, recommending a re adjustment of the tax, but it did not obtain a seconder. The originnl resolution was then put and carried unani- mously. Mr. KNIGHT moved the second resolution, which was as follows : " That this meeting is decidedly of opinion that, in order to protect persons against a continuance of the present cruel, unjust, and inquisitorial system of deciding cases of appeal, alt who feel grieved by any such decision would do well to make a solemn declaration of the facts of the case 'before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, or some justice of the peace, and forward the same to the Board of Inland Revenue ; and in case no means are taken to ascertain the truth of such de claration, then to forward a copy of the same to the Right Hen. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, soliciting the imme diate attention of that right hon. gentleman thereto." Mr. WINTER seconded the resolution. As a working man he had felt the oppression of the income tax. He was assessed at 1001. a year, out of which he had a blind wife, his wife's sister, three children,and an aged parent to sup port. His wages as an'eAgineer were 38s. a week, with oc casional overtime. Upon appealing to the commissioners he was treated almost like a dog, told he must pay, and because he did not a broker was sent in. Being determined to go to prison rather than pay he had removed his goods. The money was paid by his wife's relatives, but the effect upon his wife had been such that for three months she was on a sick bed. The next year again he did not pay, and that time he was taken to Horsemonger-lane Prison, where he remained for 10 days, until he was released by the inter vention of the society who had called the present meeting The speaker concluded by reading a statement of his last week's expenses, which amounted to 21.45., while his earn ings were only 11.195. 9d. Mr. WALKER described the treatment which he had un dergone. He kept a small chandler's shop at Bromley, the takings of which were only 31. 10s. a week, of which the profits were only 10s., making together with his occasional earning as a dock labourer a total annual income of less than 401. Nevertheless, he had been assessed at 1001., and notwithstanding an appeal the demand was insisted upon, and he was in hourly expectation of being taken to prison. (Shame.) These facts he had solemnly deposed to before the Lord Mayor. Mr. KERRY denounced the quibble by which the exist ence of the double income tax had been prolonged for another year. The resolution was then unanimously adopted. Mr. HIGHAM proposed— " That this meeting is of opinion that the act of Parliament by which the increased income-tax was created ought to be repealed forthwith, and that the remaining charge during the ensuing session of Parliament be placed upon a more equit able basis, or the tax upon trades and professions be totally repealed." He was connected with a society whose objects were to procure the abolition of the war tax, and to place the ix. come tax upon the footing upon which Mr. Gladstone had placed it. He did not propose to perpetuate the 7d. in the pound. Mr. GANNON read the beading of the receipts given by the Property and Income Tax Association, which he in sisted justified the belief that its proceedings would lead to the perpetuation of the 7d. tax. After some explanation from Mr. HIGHAM, Mr. BuoTT seconded the resolution. Mr. WALL moved, and Mr. KNIGHT seconded, as an amendment— - - - " That this meeting would recommend all persons who have been compelled to pay any income tax for which they are not liable by law, to make a solemn declaration of the facts of the case, and apply for its return, first to the surveyor of the dis trict, and, if not returned, then to the Board of Inland Re venue." The resolution was then put and negatived, and the amendment was carried. After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting, which was very numerously attended, broke up. MEETING AT DROITWICH. DROITWICH, Tuesday. A meeting of the inhabitants of this borough was held at the Town-hall, Droitwich, yesterday, the Mayor in the chair, to " consider the propriety of memorialising her Majesty on the present oppressive income tax, and of passing resolutions condemnatory of the tax and of its present mode of administration." There was a good attend ance, and the Right Hon. Sir J. S. Pakington, M.P. for the borough, was present. The Mayor, Mr. Clay, having opened the proceedings, Mr. PRIDDEY, auctioneer, moved the first resolution, as follows : " That the income-tax laws aro, in their present form, un just and oppressive, and ought to bo speedily repealed; while the continuance of the tax, imposed for the support of the war, for two years after the restoration of peace, is, in the opi nion of the meeting, inconsistent and unsafe." Mr. FARDON, salt manufacturer, seconded it. • • forBr J. P riingtlthAeKoi b N j a e T et o i r then o r nsmade ad b d y r p e r ss e e v d iou the s meeting. R speakers againste the continuance of the war tax, Sir John said the addi tional tax had been imposed to pay the expenses of the Russian war, and the act which empowered that increase laid it down that, considering the impossibility of winding up the accounts incident to the war immediately upon the restoration of peace, the extra tax should remain in force for twelve months after the sth of April next following the ratification of peace. It so happened—he would not o a was say it w as any thi ng more than a mere acc id en t—( a l aug h) —but it so h appened that the signing o f t h e t rea t y of pe postponed till a few days after the sth fce April — (shameful)—and the practical result was that the increased tax would be prolonged for two y two that, a t r h s theitathsfs t o t r e ui r eg tht spirit. ht ties(rE( oe famightrthe proclamation eb ela hear.)w o , f carryingAitpeace.o lvd ali ß out se natoghtr u ee t ioand t e they all consonance ho felt nt accordingahnthem a e that the country had a ri g ht to demand that the spirit as well as the letter of the set should be respected. He was not surprised at the feeling which pervaded the country at large on this subject, as shown through the public news papers, and ho had no doubt that the general voice of the 1 country would make it imperative on Parliament to take this view of the subj ec t. Th e o bj ec ti ons to the tax, how ever, wore not confined to the war portion of it, and he was glad that it could not be imputed to him that it was from any momentary objection that he concurred in tho opinions that had been expressed concerningaita Whole opinions he had on former occasions publicly fieflp i rel in the House of Commons when lie had the honour o liolaing an office in her Majesty's Govei:nmen t i, aild ihfin .4 Loia Derby's Government had desired to see the ivequolitiee in the tax rectified. Ho concurred, with Mr. pridd3y that the owners o f h ouses, a n d , L e w o u ld a dd, o f lamb paid a great deal more than thbir pioper proportion; for tLey paid on the rack rent. They not only paid on the revenue derived from the property, but also upon that which was never realised. Then he was also ready to admit that the tax pressed harshly on 'those classes which were the possessors of life incomes, whether arising from trades or professions. He would, for instance, assume that an individual was in possession of an income of 800/. a year, either from land or from money in the funds, and another derived a similar income from his trade or profession. Both paid the same amount of tax, but in the first case the taxpayer when he died left his land or his funded pro perty to his children, while in the second the profes sional man or tradesman left nothing behind him. It was clearly the duty of the professional man or tradesman to save something for the benefit of his family, or to insure his life with the same obj ,:c' - ,, and the amcunt taken from him in the shape of income tax would go far to effect this. He had always thought and avowed his conviction, which he continued to uphold, that if it could possibly be done some adjustment of the tax ought to be effected. He was aware that the answer to this was, that it would be im possible to arrange the tax so as to meet every case ; but that was no reason why no attsmat at all should be made at a more equitable adliistmetit: Having - thus expressed his general concurrence in the object of the meeting, he could not refrain from adding some further observations upon the subject: He'trusted they would make allowance for the position in which he stood as their representative, and for the duties which he owed not only to his consti tuents of Droitwich, but to the country at large, when he said he thought it was right that he should not fetter him self by any distinct pledge with regard to the course which he should take in the coming session of Parliament on so important and difficult a subject as the raising of the re venues of the country. They would all agree with him that Parliament was about to meet under circumstances of considerable anxiety. It was happily true that the war with Russia in which this country had been involved was at an end. It was also true that those questions which un fortunately—whether culpably or not he would not now say —had been left unsettled, and which might have involved us in a renewal of the European war, had been brought to a satisfactory termination by the last conference at Paris. He hoped, therefore, they might feel a confidence that there was no dangerof a renewal of a European war. On the other hand, however, they could not regard with indifference the fact that they had lately become involved in fresh hostili ties with two different parts of the world. He referred to the war lately broken out with Persia, and to the unfortu nate collision with the Chinese nation. On these subjects it would be the duty of Parliament to demand explanations of the Government. Those explanations, no doubt, her Ma jesty's Ministers would be ready to give, and therefore it owfo informationul dbe unbecoming beyond in thepublic newspapers, himself to any decided opinion upon these important mat ters which he might not be at f ull liberty to revoke or re consider; but he could not forbear expressing hi s apprehen sion that there were grave doubts as to the policy which had led to the war with Persia, and as to the justice of our attack upon the Chinese. These were subjects which must await further information. The war with Persia was the subject of the most serious and threatening aspect, and wa s the one, moreover, on which they had the least informa tion. They were not informed, for instance, whether this war was the result of the policy of our Indian Government or of her Majesty's Government, or whether its cost was to be defrayed from Indian revenues or from the revenues of England. Whichever it might be, he would follow out the saying that "England cannot afford to have little wars." With regard to our attack on China, we had access to the fullest information through the published corre spondence which had passed between our plenipotentiary at Hong Kong, the Chinese Commissioner, and the British Admiral. He (Sir John Pakington) bad carefully read that correspondence, and he had read it with the deepest pain. He could not recollect any Parliamentary papers connected with public affairs which he had read with such feelings of sorrow as those. He wished to be understood that he abstained from committing himself to any definite opinion upon this subject, for further explanation might yet be offered ; but he hoped that on the meeting of Parlia ment some satisfiletory-exylanationa would be given, and thatatave woisj,9-balanall4a4 ll -986 4 ""AiLkinodis„i t i k t a i n distant parts of the globe 7es shousisone satuiftdinE., nd ' that, we had the cause of justice on our side. He refrained, in the present condition of affairs, from offering any decided opinion, and would not give expressions, as he otherwise should do, to the indignation which he should feel if it was found that we had been involved in the cruel act of bom barding a peaceful city, destroying a number of its inha bitants, and stopping its trade for causes which, as far as the despatches showed, were utterly unjustifiable. Whe ther these acts on our part wore wise and just or not, they might have arisen from the indiscretion of officers at a dis tance, involving us in complications which the Govern ment at home might find it very difficult to extricate itself from. These matters, they must see, bad a bearing upon the question of the mode of raising the revenues of the country. He admitted it was his duty as their represen tative, and the duty of every man who had the honour of sitting in the House of Commons, to see that no unneces. sary taxation was imposed on the people, and above all, to see that there was no unjust taxation. (Cheers.) But the members of the House of Commons had another duty to perform, i.e., to see that the necessary supplies were not withheld from our gracious Queen when they were neces sary to the security of this great kingdom. (Applause.) The following resolution was next pat to the meeting, and carried unanimously : . _ "That the present income tax laws are mischievously constituted, and so fallacious in principle, that injustice and oppression must be the necessary result ; and that if direct taxation is necessary it may more readily be levied with a nearer approach to absolute justice by means of a small pro perty-tax." A resolution adopting a petition to Parliament for a total repeal of the income tax laws was then passed, and Sir John Pakington, at the request of the meeting, con. sented to present it to the House of Commons.- A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro ceedin;s. DESTRUCTION OF OLD ROCHESTER BRIDGE. ROCHESTER, JAN. 13. The destruction of the first portion of old Rochester bridge by the Royal Engineers was successfully acc otr .. plished this afternoon, under the general direction of Colonel H. Sandham, Director of the Royal Engineers' establishment at Brompton Barracks, Chatham, in the presence of Lieutenant-General Sir Charles W. Pasley K.C.8., Major-General Sir Harry D. Jones, K.C.8. , and a large number of engineer officers belonging to that garrison, as well as several scientific gentlemen,iwho were anxious to witness the destruction by gunpowder of such immense works. As soon as the demolition of old Rochester-bridge— which has stood upwards of four centuries—was decided upon Colonel Sandhara made application to the proper authorities that the Royal Sappers and Miners and the East India Company's Engineers might be em ployed in its destruction, as . it was considered that the rare occurrence of remov ing such a huge mass tb s el in o n d g e i destroy ing r o t y o - of masonry was one admirably adapted for practising a the officers and men sp o e f eiay the ll Roy al s th e En r g o i o u p e s e r itnhgatgbrreaantchwoorfktsh% e ser vics had given such successful evi dence of their skill in the demolition of the immense docks at Sebastopol. The authorities immediately granted the application, and on the 24th of November last a body of Sappers and Miners, under the command of Captain H. Schaw, Royal Engineers, who has ever since very ably superin tended the undertaking, corn me bri.l ucea ge. making the necessary preparati ons f or d estroy i ng the Fos this purpose the engi neers commenced sinking three shafts on di ff erent pi ers , w hi c h were exc avated to the respective depths of 24 feet, 21 feet, and 15 feet, it being found impossible to sink them any deeper owing to the constant breaking in of the water. Each shaft had a mean diameter of 4 feet. As soon as the shafts had been completed to the req u i re d d ept h th e working parties commenced driving a s er i es o f ga ll er i es , leading in horizontal directions from each shaft, in which to deposit the gunpowder used in blowing up the structure. The portion of the old bridge destroyed to-day was one of the large piers, near the Strood side, from which the arches and superstructure bad been previously removed by manual lab our . Thi s p i er was 36 feet in length, 21 feet wide, and 13 f ee t i n d ep th, an d was calculated to cont ain . considerably mo r e th an 12,000 cubic feet of maso nr y , wei ghing 800 tons. From the shaft which had been excavat ed in thi s p i er sprang s ix galleries—viz., two of 10 feet in length, from the extre mity of each of which branched a t r i ght ang l es anot h er gallery of 3 feet in length ; there were also two other galleries diverging from the cent ra l s h aft, each 4 f t. 9 i n . in length, the galleries being each 4 feet deep by 3 feet in breadth, to enable the Sappers and Miners to traverse them. The weight of gunpowder required to be used in destroying this pier was 3001 b., consisting of four charges, each of 601 b., and two lesser charges, each of 301 b., one charge being placed in each gallery. The powder was contained in tin cases enclosed in wooden boxes. The Royal Engineers were engaged at the old bridge during the whol e o f la st night in preparing the galleries, after which the powder was deposited in the places se lected. The op era ti on o f tamping then commenced, which consisted of surrounding the charges with materials to render the explosion more effective, and stopping up the head of each of the galle ries with wet clay. The wires for firing the charges were laid in wooden troughs, to prevent accidents, and, a communication having been effected with each gallery, the charges were exploded simultaneously by means of the voltaic battery, which was under the direction of Cm3tain C. E. Cumberland, Royal Engineers. The wire used for conveying the galvanic spark was the same as need by the Sappers and Miners for blowing up the Royal George at Spithead. Thq effects of the explosion were most satisfactory, and the destruction of that part of the old bridge most com plete, the large blocks of stone of which it . was composed being rent asunder and hurled into the river, the only sight visible to the spectators being a violent upheaving of the water and the disappearance of the large pier. Notwithstanding the immense number of spectators pre sent the operations passed off without the slightest accident. There will be another explosion of a still larger par. tion of the bridge by the Royal Engineers on Thursday afternoon, on which occasion there will be four charges fired, two of 2501 b. each, and two of 1501 b. each. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge is expected to be present on that occasion. Col. U. Sandham, commanding the Royal Engineers, has published a " memorandum" to the troops, in which he offers his best thanks to Mr. Wright, the engineer of the bridge works, for his ready concurrence in the whole of the proceedings, and also for the valuable assistance he has rendered the troops during the progress of the operations. The whole of the troops belonging to the Royal En gineers and East India Company's service, acr well as those of the Provisional Battalion at Chatham, were pre sent to witness the operations. • Naval and Military InteLwxence. -oaptaist,Longden'eStheompany of the 18th battilion Royal Artillery, After being inspected, left Woolwich yesterday morning for Shoeburyness, to relieve Lieute nant-Colonel Fortescue's 6th company of the lltb batta lion, who were reeeiyed at head-quarters yesterday even ing. _ _ Major Hoste's P field battery, No. 4, of the 12th, were yesterday morning inspected on parade at Wool wich by Major-General Sir W. F. Williams, Command ant of the garrison, attended by his aide-de-camp and staff, and marched thence, by way of the Common and the old Dover-road, for Norwich, in order to relieve Major Strange's D battery, No. 7, of the 12th, under orders for Aldershott. The Antelope steam vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Pike, , ailed on Monday for Plymouth, and thence to the West Coast of Africa. The Trident, 6, steam sloop, Commander Close, was recalled into harbour from Spithead on Monday. The Hastings, 60, screw steamship, was taken into the fitting basin at Portsmouth yesterday morning. She will he docked immediately for repairs and brought for ward for further service. The Sitnoorn, 18, steam troopship, Commander Cook, had her coutpa,hes adjusted again yesterday, and is now ready f )r bending sails. The Megra, 6, steam troopship, Commander Purvis, got up steam yesterday, at Portsmouth, to try her engines. _ _ Commander Maitland, of the Coastguard at Ports mouth, has received his post rank through the annual promotion. - The storeship Tyne, which loft Rio Janeiro on the 28th of November, and arrived at Plymouth on Monday evening, spoke, in let. 18 59 S, long. 30 40 W, the ship Prince Arthur, from Liverpool for Bombay ; Dec. 12, in 1at..7 33 S, long. 27 39 W., the Hamburg bark Johanna Helena, standing north ; Dsc. 13, in let. 4 17 S, long. 27 28 W, the English ships St. Vincent and Eleutheria, the Belgian ship Success, and an English screw steamer; Dec. 14, in lat. 4 10 S, long. 27 24 W, the Hamburg bark Johanna Helena, which was observed the third time in lat. 21 54N, long. 1 8 W. Another heavy gale prevailed at Plymouth on Satur day night. Admiral Sir H. Stewart's flagship Indus 78, in the basin dock at Devonport, tore her stern fast, an iron bollard, from the ground and damaged several boats moored in the basin. At 4 o'clock on Sunday morning she was secured again by a number of dockyard riggers. All the ships in Hamoaze struck lower yards and topmasts on Sunday. The same gale destroyed the tidal bridge which connects the pontoon at Milbay with the land. Her Majesty's screw steam sloop Faun, and the paddle; wheel steamvessel Spitfire, from Deptford, were yester day morning hauled into the outer basin of Woolwich dockyard. Mr. Woolcot, C. E , who was employed by the Go vernment in the erection of the large convict prison at St. Mary's Chatham, has reseived a permanent appoint ment at Gibraltar, where he will superintend the erection of a convict prison of a similar description to be built at that station. Yesterday the Arctic ship Resolute, at Chatham, was visited by a party of officers belonging to the Royal Engineers, who had received an order to inspect her. The non-commissioned officers of that corps have also been granted permission to visit her:— The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty : Commander—T. N. T. Saulez to be Inspecting Com mander of the Coast Guard. Lieutenant Wm. T. Stanbridge to be agent in charge of mails for service in the contract steam-vessels. Sporting Intelligence. BETTING AT MAN CHESTER.-TUESDAY. There was an average attendance of subscribers at the rooms to-day. Speculation, however, was dull, yet not altogether devoid of importance. 2,000 to 60 was taken about the Maid of Derwent, and 1,000 to 30 about St. Giles, both for the Chester Cup. The publication of the weights for this event will now be daily expected, and looked for anxiously by the layers of the odds, who have for some time been actively engaged in betting upon that race. Indeed never to our recollection bas so much money been betted upon a Chester Cup so long before the day of its being decided as there has been upon that of the present year. Many large books have been opened upon it, and although we have from the coin mencement refrained from quoting horses whose lowest prices have been 100 to 1, their name is Legion. We may here remark that several horses have been sup ported at much less odds, and are unmistakeably what are termed in racing phraseology "great pots." Amongst them will be found the names of the following: St. Giles, Comedian, Tasmania, Maid of Derwent, Apathy, Melissa, Centurion, Claret, Mincepie, Leaming ton, Magnifier, Sprig of Shillelagh, and Alice Went worth. For the Liverpool Steeplechase Minos recei'.ed a little support at 20 to 1 ; 4 to 1 was offered on the field for the Two Thousand Guinea', and 6 to 1 bar Loyola ; 20 to 1 would have been taken about Tourna ment for the Derby. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 20 to 1 agst Minos (t. and w.) 20 to 1 agst Escape (offered) Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 4to 1 agst Loyola (offered) 6to 1 agst Vidette (offered) CHESTER Cur. 33 to 1 agst St. Giles (taken) 33 to 1 agst Maid of Derwent (taken) 33 to 1 agst Comedian (offered) 33 to 1 agst Tasmania (offered) DERBY. 100 to 6 agst Tournament (take 20 to 1) PEDESTRIANisir. MATCH BETWEEN JOHN HoTINE AND PHILIP Cox- FORD (Or KINGSLAND.)—The match between these pedestrians, for a walk of seven miles, took place, in pursuance of articles, on Tuesday, on Mr. Sadler's en closed ground, Garratt-lane, Wandsworth ; but did not, vie are sorry to state, end in a manner at all satisfactoiy to those who are the patrons of the sport. Coxford, it will be borne in mind, first came into public notice in a match of four miles, with the smart pedestrian, Young Jenne, when the easy style in which he won this event, walking, with the start allowed, completely away from his opponent, filled his friends with high expectations as to his future performances ; though we much question whether his admirers have not committed the error of ranking the ability of their man at too high a standard. Report spoke of him with a confidence that was calculated to awaken interest. He had while training accomplished some "trials" in what was con sidered extraordinary time ; and certainly it was thought that the " wise men of the East," whose luck, on the whole, has been sadly out of late, were about to bring out a phenomenon. These expectations were not, how ever, to be realised, for enough was witnessed to convince any one present who was able to judge of such matters that Coxford is never destined to stand forth as a rival to some first-rate men we could ment►on. Hotine, who was selected to compete wiz h the Kingsland champion, is well known, having contended with varying success in many matches of importance ; but, on the whole, has not won the reputation of being a fair heel-and-toe walker. The betting on the result was heavy, Coxford finally becoming the favourite, at 6 to 4, these odds being readily taken. The pedestrians came on the ground shortly after three o'clock, when the umpires and referee having been ap pointed, they at once took up their positions. The signal being given, they went off at a most extraordinary pace, the lead being just a trifle in favour of Coxford, who, by the bye, is a much smaller man than his oppo nent. Coxford in commencing the match did se at a perfect trot, and this example was followed by Hotine, and then without anything in the shape of disguise about the matter, they kept trotting one against the other, for two laps, when the referee, acting, we believe upon the strict letter of articles, at once vacated office, and thus put a stop to the proceedings, before even the first mile of the distance bad been accomplished. Some doubted the power of the referee to rightfully vacate office before calling upon the competitors to turn, which is the usual course taken in such cases. All bets made on the ground were returned ; and unless the pedestrians agree to walk again on some future day, they must each receive back their portion of the stakes. Thus, for the present, terminated the much-talked-of - match between these men. [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• 11EALTII OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar-G neral.) In the week that ended on Saturday, the deaths of 1,135 persons—viz , 577 males and 553 females—were registered. The average number of deaths in the 10 weeks corresponding with last week of the years 1847-56' was 1,251 ; but as the deaths of last week occurred in an increased population, the average must be raised pro portionally to the increase for the purpose of comparisen, and in this case it will become 1,37 G. The number of deaths recorded last week is less by 241 than would have been returned if the average rate of mortality had pre vailed. The deaths caused by diseases of the organs of respi ration are not so numerous as they were about the end of November; 270 are referred to this class in the table for last week, the corrected average for corresponding weeks being 333. Bronchitis was fatal in 140 cases ; pneumonia in 87. The former disease began to be in excess of the latter in November ; and this excess is always maintained during the winter months, although bronchitis attacks principally persons more or less ad vanced in life, and is, therefore, restricted in its opera tions to a narrower field. Plithisis was fatal list week in 120 cases, nearly half of which occurred to persons between the ages of 20 and 40 years. By the average rate of mortality from this disease the number would have been 153. • Hooping-cough was the most fatal last week of the diseases in the zymotic class, and carried off 55 children. Forty-nine persons died of typhus and common fever, 36 of scarlatina, 30 of measles, 4 of small-pox, 11 of croup. Six children died of measles in the Pancras WorkhouSe, situated in the sub-district of Camden-town, between the 4th and 9th January inclusive. The aggre gate mortality from diseases of this class was below the average. .Five persons- are rfloorded m having died from the intemperate use of spirituous liquors. Last year the number of deaths 'expressly stated as due to this cause was 66, or rather more than one in a week ; but at this festive season an increase in cases of this description is, unfortunately, to be expected. On the 30th December, a man, aged 74 years, was found dead in St. John's-square from want of necessaries of life. Five persons in the present return, namely, four men and a woman, had arrived at the age of 99 years or up wards. The oldest died in Mile-end at the age of 90 years. Last week the births of 846 boys and 817 girls, in all 1,663 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847-56 the average numbers was 1,517. ,At the Royal Obtervatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 799 in. The mean daily reading was above 30 in on three days of the week. The lowest reading was 28.97 in. on Sun day, and the highest 30.26 in. on Wednesday. The mean temperature of the week was 36.8 deg., which is 1 deg. above the average of the same week i n 43 y ears (as de termined by Mr. Glaisher.) On Friday the excess above the average was 7 deg., on Saturday 9.6 deg. On Satur day the highest temperature in the week occurred, an-I was 49 2 deg.; the lowest occurred on Wednesday, and was 28 1 deg. ; the range of the week was therefore 21.1. deg. The mean dew-point temperature was 34 5 deg., and the difference between this and the mean air tempe rature was 2.3 deg. The mean temperature of the water of tee Thames was 40.4 deg. The wind blew generally from the north-east till the last three days, and then chiefly from the south-west. The daily horizontal move ment of the air varied from sto 240. Rain fell to the amount of 1.20 in. ; on Saturday the quantity was 0.69 in. Snow or rain fall on every day, except Wednesday, MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JAN. 10 Zyrnotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 55 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration . 270 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations .. 0 Premature Birth and Debility 29 Atrophy Old Age sudden 4 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 32 Causes not specified DRAMS nom ALL Cit.IISES 1,135 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Vidmerated. sponding week in the 1854. .0f..1.8.416. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals Males 577 Females. 558 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females.. 846 817 Total MR. THACKERA Y'S LECTURES. Conformably to his plan, Mr. Thackeray devoted h;fs third lecture—delivered last night at the Marylel , one In stitution—to "The life and manner" of the country dur ing the reign of the third George. It was.not till the lecture was about half finished that the monarch himself was introduced to the notice of the hearers. The earlier portion was occupied with tbe ge neral aspect of London life at a period which Mr. Thack eray characterised as the age of " fine gentlemen." The race of "fine gentlemen" is almost obsolete, and, indeed, derived its nutrition from a certain spirit of veneration which has long ceased to characterise the civilised world. It was from the correspondence of George Selwyn that the character of the " fine gentleman" was chiefly to be taken. From this sketch Mr. Tnackeray therefore drew largely, and, briefly adverting to the immoralities of the Duke of Queensbury and the Earl of March, dwelt at some length on a notable divine, who openly avowed that he did not believe a syllable of his creed, but cornddeied himself honester than a lawyer, who was ready to perform any service whatever or a noble patron, but sometimes felt fatigued after what he called a " bard day's christening," and who was an ex cellent judge of all that pertained to good living. Altogether the morals of the aristocracy were lower than in the days of Charles 11., and, considering that the no bility had princely fortunes, and nothing to do, this melancholy state of things was no subject for marvel. While the aristocracy were thus leading dissipated and worthless lives, the country was saved, in Mr. Thackeray's opinion, by the moral and intellectual greatness to be found in the middle class —in the men belonging to the professions, commerce, literature, and art. The lecturer passed from the delineation of courtly profligacy to depict a group composed of Johnson, Reynolds, Goldsmith, Garrick, and other celebrities of their time. As for Johnson, be must be regarded as the preserver of the highest institutions of the country. The people had learned to look upon him as an oracle ; and as the oracle declared in favour of Church and State, Church and State were suffered to exist. At last George 111. came upon the scene, the lecturer declaring that the intrinsic goodness of that monarch must have been great indeed to survive the effect of the immoral atmosphere into which he was born. In his earliest youth his mother described him as a " dull good boy," and to the qualities of head and heart thus pithily summed up he adhered in after years. Like most dull people, he regarded (superior intellect with constant suspicion. On the other hand, he loved medio crity, and hence Beattie was his favourite poet, and West his favourite painter. Even his attachment to his future Queen may be traced to a common-place letter in which she described the horrors of war with all a schoolgirl's platitudes, and the adornment of the princess with the crown of England might be compared to the reward bestowed on some spelling. King's married heroine. On the earlier part of th e married life Mr. Thackeray dwelt with rapture, tibnc tured with the finest spirit of irony. The scene win it t en itChar lotte's performances on the the palace was that of a perfescptinAeric,adoira; perhaps,Qu country dances, for d the sole amusem en t three hours to the same tune , forme in which King Geor g e would figure for successive evenings. A deeper tone of sentiment was afterwards given to the domestic picture by the in troduction of the Princess Amelia, as being most doated upon by her father. The description of a procession of the Royal Family at Windsor, with t he littlerincess three years old, as the central pers onage, was one of ' Mr. Tnackeray's most charming achievements. As for the sons of George 111., they were sources of small plea sure to their parent ; nor did Mr. Thackeray wonder at their revolting against a mode of life which, if it was the perfection of order, was likewise the perfection of stu pidity. The many anecdotes that are current about George 111., and that represent him as perpetually peep ing into cottages and chatting with the inhabitants, were not passed over by the lecturer, who observed that they indicated a species of good humour that was the very reverse of dignified. The Caliph Haroun Alraschid was wont to indulge in similar acts of condescension, but his pleasantries were always followed by munificent gifts, whereas George 111, occasionally bestowed a gui nea upon the favoured cottager, and occasionaly found he had nothing in his pocket. Small as these homely jokes appear at the present time, they delighted our fathers, who loved to look upon the garrulous old king, clad in his Windsor uniform, regarded him as a tho rough Englishman, with a national hatred for all French kickshawe, and applauded Gilray when he represented 11---~~ George 111. as a giant, holding a pigmy 'Napoleon on the palm of his hand. The lecture, which was mostly of a light and playful character, free from that severity by which the first ,two were characterised, was brought to n nnclusl, - .;n of algtost startling 3oletnnity by arno,t eloquent prosedYricf call the paßga,e by no ether name)—uttered with refer ence to the madness of George 111. Mr. Thackeray bad treated the King, and even his Queen, with uniform affection, and had even consented to regard the most arbitrary acts of the monarch as thoroughly well-inten tioned, but it was clear that he was laughing at his fa. vourite George through nearly the whole of the dis course. The picture of utter bereavement which termi nated the whole gave to the hitherto comical figure the tragic dignity of a Lear or an CElipus, and Mr. Tackeray bowed to his audience amid wondering applause. THE REV. C. H. SPURQEON. (Front, the Morning Advertiser of Monday.) Yesterday morning the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, several members of the late and present Par liament, Dir. Under-Sheriff Anderton, and various other persons filling prominent positions, were among the vast crowd who congregated together at the Surrey Gardens Hall to hear Mr. Spurgeon. Lord Palmerston was also to have been one of the rev. gentleman's hearers, having sent for tickets of admission for the purpose, but was detained by gout at Broadlands. The magnificent hall was densely filled in every part, and many hundreds only obtained standing room. The number of persons nresent could not have been less than from 7,000 to 8,000. The sight was imposing : there was something even sublime in it. The singing of a hymn was succeeded by a ♦ery elo quent, luminous, and impressive exposition of the nine tieth Psalm. Mr. Spurgeon next offered up an earnest and beautiful prayer, after which he gave out a few lines of a hymn, and then announced his text. His ser mon was characterised throughout by intense fervour, clear enunciations of divine truth, and impassioned ap peals to both the classes into which his colossal congre gation were divided—those who were believers, and those who still remained in their unconverted state. The vast audience hung with breathless attention, from be ginning to end, on the utterances which manifestly gushed forth from the deepest recesses of the youthful preacher's heart. Scarcely even a cough was heard, while it was evident he carried the immense throng with irresistible force along with him. As Milton says, he wielded " them at will," so far as the mere assent of their understandings and the concurrence of their feelings were concerned. To carry the heart captive in spiritual things is an achievement which, as has been often said, is not to be accomplished by the highest order of eloquence which ever electrified the buman ear. No ; nor would the eloquence of the loftiest angel accomplish the great work, if unaccom panied by Divine power. But it is gratifying to know that such preaching as Mr. Spurgeon's—so faithful, so scriptural, so earnest, so able—never can fail of success, because to all such preaching, the promise of a blessing from above is unconditionally annexed. Hence we are not surprised to learn that great numbers of conversions are brought under his notice every week ; while it is probable that far greater numbers of those who have been saved by his instrumentality will remain unknown to him until that day when the light of another world shall dis pel the darkness of this. Perhaps no one fact could furnish a more conclusive, or more striking proof of the remarkable results which accompany the ministrations of this extraordinary young man than the circumstance . chit from 1,500 to 2,000 pers ins meet, every Monday evening, in New Park-street Chapel, for the purpose of making special prayer ou his behalf,—a circumstance which we believe to have no parallel in the history of prayer meetings. The singing on each occasion produced a profound effect on the mind, but that of the Doxology at the close of the service-- " Praise God from whom all blessings flow, Praise him all creatures here below; Praise him above, ye heavenly host ; Praise Father, Sun, and Holy Ghost," had something so unlike anything ever before heard, owing to the union of so many thousands of voices, that those who were present wilt never forget the effect it produced upon their feelings. It is no flight of fancy to suppose that the swelling volumes of melody which re sounded through the immense building, ascended far higher than its roof—rose upwards and upwards until they broke on the delighted ears of "all that dwell above the skies." Mr. Spurgeon has now, we are gratified to say, entirely got rid of those minor defects of matter and manner which, two yoars ago or more, we pointed out, in the spirit of sincere friendship, in the columns of the Morn ing Advertiser. The most fastidious taste, the most .cultivated intellect, could not yesterday morning have detected a single thing which it could have wished to be other wise. But we have now another word of counsel, of a differ ent kind, to address to this wonderful preacher. We are afraid that he is over-exerting himself. He is going through an amount of labour to which, we fear, he will soon find his physical strength unequal. Only imagine a young man—he is only in his 22d year—of a not over robust frame, preaching to 7,000 or 8,000 persons, and exerting himself so as to make his voice heard by them all, tvery Sabbath morning ; then preaching again in the evening to as many thousands as can be wedged into his own chapel ; and, after having done this on the Sunday, preaching every day in the week besidi.s,—two of those days, Tnesday and Thursday, being devoted to pulpit or open-air ministrations in the country, some times from 100 to 200 miles from London,—let any one, we repeat, only try to imagine what must be the wear and tear of such labours as these—made all the more exhausting from the terrible earnestness which he throws into them—and then say whether, humanly speaking, it be probable that his physical strength can long with stand the pressure to which it is subjected. We know that the proclamation of the Gospel message is, to Mr. Spurgeon, a delightful duty—a labour of love of the biLhest order; but still there are limits, con stituted as man's nature is, to the amount of effort of which it is capable. We wish we could impress upon him that be can be made the means of a much greater measure of spiritual usefulness by a prolonged life, with a somewhat diminished amount of labour, than if he were to go on as he is doing, and be, in consequence, speedily laid aside from his pulpit ministrations. Such a life as his is invaluable. He has manifestly been rai,ed up to do a great work ; he is doing a great work —one which has had no parallel in this country for a hundred years. We have had no such preacher since the days of George Whitfield, who died about a century ago ; and therefore we trust that those of Mr. Spur geon's friends whose advice he is most disposed to listen to, will repeat and enforce the counsels which we have thus, out of the sincerest regard, addressed to him. GEoGRAPHICAL ,suCIETY. A meeting of this society was held on Tuesday evening, which was fully attended ; Sir Roderick Murchison in the chair. Among the numerous donations to the society since its last meeting was a map of one of the governments of Rus sia, made on a scale of three inches to a mile, in which the boundaries and all objects of interest in the country are marked with great minuteness. The Chairman observed that this donation was the more gratifying, as it was the first which any scientific society had received from Russia since the war. Several new fellows of the society were admitted, and there was the unprecedented number of 25 applications from gentlemen desirous to become fellows, among whom was the Solicitor-General. A communication from Admiral Sir Charles Elliot on the exploration of the River Orinoco was the first paper read. The great importance of that river as a means of communi cation with the interior of South America, and the advan• tage to be derived from the extension of traffic with that fertile country, were dwelt upon, especially from its vicinity to Trinidad, which might be made the emporium of the produce of a large portion of South America. An explora tion of the river in small steamers was suggested, and the council of the society were urged to recommend the Go vernment to undertake such an exploration. Several gentlemen spoke in confirmation of the views of Sir Charles Elliot. The second paper, read by Lieutenant William Chimmo, was "Remarks during the Search in the Toroh steamer for the North Australian Expedition under Mr. Gregory." Lieutenant Chimmo's search was unsuccessful in its main object ; but in the course of his investigations he frequently came on Mr. Gregory's track, and found records stating where ho was going. It appeared from these records that expedition. ‘. c l t b o e r the crew on boar d the Toni Jongh, Mr. G regory ' s ship, p tfbh: up, etnxdi waser c . t d r4e t og o m r r y e e l Et hseoieG l sae: t ,olhtTriu f wehg r tpsa o hpoeo m stnrorghotyepuue t rt Lhahg iov e li.at ußivveerr, w h n e ht i l he a s eh t Gei n ut o al t ft ii3 ) : f was in a very disorg anise d state, and that b u t littl e cou ld square e e ed u imtp t hai . a lrel C er si 1 i Giv n i t n tl i m ro, et o ws h ehhr a oi ec c fs l hhT p it po r hi e ar: o v hah i pnao having na si l e y gr. eptl C aoha a naeu r ds spsteeheedntioi ship that before etg a r poil w fatr.sB h . l s t related to the country on the banks of the River Albert, as that spot has been proposed for a penal settlement. Lieut. Chimmo's account is very unpromising, though he visited it at the most favourable season of the year. The 'vegeta tion is that of a tropical wilderness, the soil arid, and the thermometer stood at 136 degrees in the sun. It is, in his opinion, a country unfitted for Europeans, and the few aborigines whom he saw appeared to be unmistakeably hostile. During the search iu the Torch numerous meteo rological observations were made, including a valuable series of observations with the ozonometer, which Lieutenant Chinni° said would lead to interesting results. A third paper was read, " On a Proposed Communicas Lion through North America, from Vancouver's Island to Hudson's Bay," by Mr. Bannister. There have been five routes proposed through the territories of the United States, the most feeble of which is supposed to be the one through Texas ; but Mr. Bannister proposes a railway route altogether through the British possessions, and he con ceives that it would be more practicable than any other. other. He founded his proposed route on the opinions 7l numerous persons acquainted with the country, which he had not himself visited. Col. 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