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MR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BL ANC, rel-n BADEN - ,,up the JUNE, l 8 NOW OPEN' EVENING (except Saturday) at t !,s r•ga• ` 2 B. callery. Is. Stalls can he Recurel at the hex ntree, Yptian Hall, Piccadilly, every day tietween eleven an roar, with- Olt is nY extra charge. The Moryirc I(epresentations take place every Tuesday and • aturday, f Three o'clock. AIR. W. S. WOOTNN'S OLIO of ODDTTIE, with New Costumes and v Irious Novelties, Focal and Ch reteristic, every evening (except ' , at - 111*day) at Eiwht- ANI ORN 11G PERFOR M ANC F. ever y SA. 111IRD Y, at Three. Private Boxes r3l Stalls may be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-office, Yzranhic-tlll, King William-street, Charing-cross. The hall ha s been entirely redecorated. ARGYLL itOOMS.-LAIAIENT'S CASLN,', Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above elegan Roo m , t _ ur are now open every evening for the winter season , with ent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. monlcourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that Ors fashionable place of resort ha, been entirely re d ecor ated during the ilo~ „ 000 rs open at half-rest eight. commence at idne. Admis. Lon ' ) ne Shilling. R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUS EUM 4, Coventry -street. Leirester,cnarc. —Oren (for Gentlemer from 10 till 10, containing upw ,rcls of one thousand model= ne ",?reParations, illust;ating every part of the human frame in 2, n n and disease, the race of men, ftc Lectures delivered at 12 , ht 2; and half-past 7. by Dr. G. SEXTON, ; and a new and br r y-interesting series of Lectures is now in course o r del iver y s hti "j• KAHN, at a quarter pest sn m. nrecisely. Admission, One lig. Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan (gratis). cl- r ENRR AL TOM THUMB. thlrt the AIIF.RI4"AN DNIr RF.—Crowded Houses —Patronised the Much YPars ago by her Mrdesty, H.k.H. Prince Albert, H.R.H. , uchess of Kent, and identified by hundredsdaily whi, kvew him " I t'snately at that time. Rhibiting every day and evenin ,, , Pre vious to visiting Russia, in Regent Gallery, 9, Quadrant. from ll Previous to I, 3 to 5, and 7 to 9 o'clock: He is beautifully proportioned , and the smalle.t man alive. llis performances are remarkably _ ented and enchanting. New characters, Costumes , Bone's. Dances, n eitai„ mc. The General continues to wait on the nobility and gentry, at their residences, on due notice. His miniature equip , ge P r oMena'es the sweets daily. Admission, Is. each, regardless of Age ; Rtalis , 2s. and 3a.; children half-price. The General will R I.7IWOVE on +he 2d February to the PRINCE °P WALES BAZAAR, 207 and 209, Regent-street. CRET WESTERN RAILAY.- _r This' A. H W Line is NOW OPEN to OORCESTER and WEY MOUTH for Passenger a. , d Parcel Traffic. The trans leave Pad dington, 6 a.m., 9.40 a.m., 11 a.m., 12.50 p m., 4.50 p.m. ; arrive at Wetymouth, 1.5 p.m., 3 5 n in., 4.50 n.m., 7.40 p.m., 10.5 p.m. Leave Weymouth, 6.15 a.m., 5,30 a m., 10.30 a,m., 12.30 p.m., 4.10 p.m.; arrive at 1 acldingtoa, 11.25 a.m., 3.45 p.m., 4.45 p.m., 6 p.m., 10.35 p.m. For further particulars see time bills. Paddington, 23th January, 184. ONDON LOAN and DISCOUNT COMPANY 41-4 (Limited) —lncorporated by Act of Parliament.-2, Duke 'greet, kdelphi, Strand, London.—MONEY ADVANcED without sureties. Loans from 51. to 5001 with sureties ; Loans from 51 t 2001. without sureties, Rills discounted ; money advanced on free d, leasehold, and other property, bills of sale, annuities, reversion', lf•e• G. LAURENCE, Secretary. ART - UNION OF LONDON. (By Royal exhibiti Charter.)—Priz.-holders select , or themselves from the public ehan ons• Every Subscriber f ONE GUINEA will have, besides the D E - LION a Prize, TWO PRINTS -" THE CLEMENCY of C(EIJR e LI °N," by H. C. Shenton, from the Historical Picture by Jno P r ilit'Zthich gained 4he Government premium of 3001 ; and "THE by E. Goodall, after F Goodail, A R.A. GEORGE GODWIN,I Honorary LEwIS POCOCK, j Secretaries. 444, 'West Strand, 14th January, 1857. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Fleet-street, Ist January, 1857. Notice 1 p r 0,... Hereby Given, that a GENERAL MEETING of the s o „rue! , ors of the Law Life Assurance Society will be hold at the re , t :ety 8 Office, Fleet street, London, on N 1 ONDAY, the 2d day f ai on r uarY next, at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, pursuant to the provi ing ;,44 " the Society' s D ee d o l , e tti cmPn t, for the purpose of receiv thn , Atiditors' Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society up to December last; to elect a Trustee in the room of the late Right Hon , Si r J o h n J erv i s, L or d Chi e f ustice of the Court of Com - „, un Pleas, deceased ; and for General purposes. By order of the Directors. WILLI AM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. 113 ANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL•MALL EAST, LONDON. Establi=hed A.D. 1844. een il'h e Warrants for the Half-yearly Interest, at the rate of 5 per , Per annum, on Deposit Accounts, to 31st December, are ready for delivery and payable daily. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. parties desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to eXarnine the plan of the Rank of Deposit. Pr ospectuses and Forms lor Opening Accounts sent free on appli cation. 'n ee - Chancellor Flindersley in Chambers.—Saturday, 10th day o - - January, 187. IN the Matter of the Joint-stock Companies Winding-up Acts, 1848 and 1849, and of the ROYAL BRITI,FL 45ANK. The Vice-Chanceller Sir Richard Torin Kinders'ey, the Judge of the High Court of Ch ncery, to whose Court the winding-up or this Company is attached, d th peremptorily order that a CALL of Seventy-five Pounds per Share be made on all the contributori.s of the said Company who have been settled o the list or contr , butories, and cloth peremptorily order each contributory, on or before the Thirty-first day - of January, t k 57, to pay to Robert P lmer Harding. the official manager of the said Company, at his otlice, No. 4, , oth bury, in the Citr of London, the balance (if any) which will be due from him after debiting his account in the Company's books with such call. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. AMORY, TRAVERS, and SMITH, 25, Throg- Solicitors to morton•street, the Official CHILTON and BURTON, 7, Chancery-lane, Manager. PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause, "George Wren Le Grand and others, plaintiffs, against James Morris, Defendant," the crediteri of PETER LE OR %ND, lat. of Green-lane Royal-bill, Greenwich, in the county of Kent, Gentleman, who died in or bout the month of 1856, are, by their solicitors, on or before the 11th day Carch, lanThers 1857, to come in and prove their Debts or Claims at the T of the Vice-Chancehor Kindersley, No. 3, Stone-buildings, focoln's.i nn , Middlesex, or, in default thereof, they will be peremp torily excluded from thP benefit of the said Order. Monday, the 16th day of march, 1857, at Two o'clock in the after 1100n, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating Upon the claims. Dated this 36th day of January, 1857. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. WEIR AND SMITH, Cooper's Hall, 71, Basinghall-street. Plaintiff's Solicitors. COOKS'S CELEBRATED READING SAUCE, which is so highly esteemed with Fish, Game, Steaks, Soups, Grills, Gravies, Hot and Cold Meats, and unrivalled for gene ral use, is sold by the most respectable dealers in fish and sauces. J. and C. Coate, Reading, sole Manufacturers. (;N . 20,1 ')9.) PUBLICATIONS• THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the libraries, in 2 vols., 215., HENRY CLARENDON. A Novel. By A.LIC CO qt - N. Hurst and Brackett, Publi*hers, successors to Henry Celburn, 13, Gre,t, Marlborough-street. Immediately, in Bvo., 155., HISTORY of the FIRST NAVAL CAMPAIGN in the B kLTIC From Authentic Documents By G. BUTLER EARP. To which is appended an Account of Sir Charles Napier's Recent Visit to Russia. London : Richard Bentley, Pab'isher in Ordinary to her Majesty. NEW WORK BY DR. HASSALL ON THE ADULTERATION OF FOOD AND MEDICINE. in crown Bvo , with 225 Woodcuts, price 17a. Ed. cloth, DULTERATIONS DETECTED ; or, Plain Instructions for the Discovery of Frauds in Food and Medicine By A. 11. IlassALL, ➢I.D. Lond., Analyst of" The Lancet" Sanitary Commission; Author of the Reports of that Commission published under the title of" Food and its Adulterations" (which mty also be had in svo., price 285.), of " the Microscopic Anatomy of the Human Body," &c. London : Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. NEW EDITION OF FAIR!: AIRN'i INFORMATION FOR. ENGINEEItS. In crown tvo., with Plates and Woodcuts, price 103. 6d. cloth, USEEIIL INFOR ATION for .ENGI NEER.: tieing a Series of Lectures &livered to the Woi king Engineers of Y ' orkshire a , .d Lancashire. With a Series of Appendices, containing the results of experimental inquiries into strength of materials, the causes of boiler exp onions, &e. By WIL LIAM FAiRBAIRM, F.R.S., F.G.S. Second and cheaper Edition, thoroughly revised. "Mr. Fairbairn's name is a guarantee for the Soundness of this work. It treats 61 steam, fuel, and boilers—the working classes as they will one day he called ; with an appendix on wrought iron - which will be called the workman's jacket-stuff. Though a proles sional hook, it is as much adapted for the general reader as such a book can be."—Athenxum APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, a nd by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to Perfectly digest the food. The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs, Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer. Chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA And PERRINR" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle CANCER HOSPITAL, London and Weat Brompton.—Secretary's Office, 167, Piccadilly.—This Institu tion has been established exclu.ively 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 Esta lishment, 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 rear. Since the foumation 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 continue 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 Offices, 167, Piccadilly. Dy order. W. J. COCKERILL, Secretary. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. ji Patron—The QUEEN.—Founded 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 bmeflts of this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal application:— Week ending 7th November 2 , 154 Ditto 14th November 2,043 Ditto 21st November 1,072 Ditto 28th November Bth and 30th N ovember 2,3o9 • 269 Total in November ..... 8,747 ment) having been admitted Previously remalnder (still under treat- Of which 2,775 were new ca ses, The clergy of all denominations hav e unlimited access to the patients. Heavy sive relief. expenses The Committee, are Inevitabltheyelorue inc,r ea red niens affording such exten r the public. tly entreat th e aid of The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, , at the Annual yearly elected from the general list of subscribers business, t4neral Meeting in January. A Board is held 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman)to conduct the Thursday, at when ally subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the neard giving explanatt i n ng at all times desirous of receiving suggestions or r' s The Hospital is not endowed , but is wholly depende n t on volun tary. contributions and legac i e s , w hich are received by the Treasure John Masterman, Esq., M.P. , Nic hola s -l ane ; also by Messrs Coutt and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Ilerries and Co.; Ransom and Co ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Gl yn and co; ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Denison and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., B e , ners-street ; 'Westerman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order, J. B. OWEN, M.A.. Chairman. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. DIC DEBILITY. FOR CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, DiSPEPSI,A rVO BILIOUS, AND ITY. LIVER COMPLAINTS, COUGH, ASTHMA , "N'UmpTioN. AND S DU BARRY'S delicious HEALTH- RESTOR ING REN A...iEN above complaints and their s fl a tulency, disten - -1- - TA ARABICA FOOD sa ves fifty times its cost in other remedi e s, and cures the consequences, such as hemorrhoidal affeechtieoan: heart, nervous headaches, Sion, acidity, heartburn, palpitation of th hysteria, neural is deafness, noises in the headanerdyestapresiipsa,insat the pit of the gomach and between the shoulders, the blood, scrofula, erup tions of the skin, impurities and poverty of during pregnmicy, dropsy, rheumatism, gout, nausea and sickness after eating, or at sea; low spirits, spasms, epileptic luntary blushing, general debility, inquietude, sleeplessness, involuntary for study. loss of me. paralysis, trem rs, dislike to society, unfitness fits, spleen, Mory, delusions, ver ti go , bl oo d t o th e h ea d, exha 1 0 choly, grou n dl ess f ear, wretc h e d ness. It is, moreover, the as it never , best food for i n f an t s an d i nva lid s generally, melan• a turns acid on th e wea k est stomac h , nor i n t er f e res with good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for luech and dinner, and restores the fa cu lt y o f di gest i on and nervous and muscular energy to the m os t enfeebled. Supported by testimonials from the celebra ted Professor of Chemistry Or Andrew Ure, Dr. Shorland, Dr . Har veY, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Ingram, L-rd Stuart de Decies, the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, and 50,000 other well-known individuals, whose health has been restored br this useful and economical diet, after all other means had been tried in vain for many years, and all hopes of recovery aban toned. Analysis by the celebrated Professor of Chemistry Andrew Ure, M.D., F.R.S., Sec., &c. " London, 24, Bloomsbury-square Arabica I find " I hereby certify, that having examined Du B arr y' s R eva l en t a it to be a pure vegetable Farina, perfectly whole some, easily digestible, likely to promote a healthy action of the stomach and bowels, and thereby to counteract dyspepsia (Indiges tion) constipation, and their nervous consequences. " Armasw URE, M.D., F.R.S., &c., Analytical Chemist." Ukase by the Emperor of Russia. " Russian Consulate General, London, Dec. 2, 1847. " The Consul-General has been ordered to inform Messrs. Barry, Du Barry and Co., that the Revalenta Arabica they had sent to his maj es ty the Emperor, has by imperial permission, been forwarded to the IA inister of the Impe, cal Pal .e.. Suitably picked for all climates, and with full instructions. In canisters, lib 2s 9d ; 21b 4e 6u ; 51b lls ; 121 b 22s ; super refined quality, 11b 6s i 21b 11 s ; 51b 2•ts ; 101 b 33s Tile 101 and 121 h eahis ters are forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry and Co , 77, Regent-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co.. purveyors to her NI ajesty, 185, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Grac ectiurch•street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 68, Cornhtll; 49, Bishopsgate-street; 55, Charing-cross; 54, upp e r Bitker - Streot; 63 and 150, Oxford-street. London : Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts • This day is publi s hed, decoy Bvo., price 2s. 6d., THE CRIMEAN COMMISSION and the CHELSEA BOARD: being a Review of the Proceedings and Report of the Board By Colonel TIJI.LOC FI, late Comm ssioner in the Crimea. London: Harrison, 59, Pall-mail. THE Cheapest MAP of the LONDON POSTAL DISTRIC I'S, 26 Inches by 14. Price SIXPe.NCE One Shilling coloured. Kelly a d Co., 18 to 21, Old Boswell court, St. Clement's, Strand, W.C. IVE NV POSTAL REGITLATIONS.-W YLD'S NI , W MAP of LONDON, showing the New Districts for the oel very of letters, Post Office Receiving-houses, &c. One large sheet, Is.; in case, 25.; in case, coloured, 35.; on linen and rollers, varnished, ss. James Wyld, Geographer to the Qteen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Charing-cross East (next door to the Post Office), and 2, Royal Exchange. WAR in CHINA.—WYLD'S NEW MAP of the C %NT ON RIVER, with the Entrance and Islands Hong-Kong, Bocca Tigris, Macao, ssiih the -olindings, Plan of the City of Canton, &c. In one she t, 2s. Gd. ; in case, 4s. 6d. ; on rollers is. 61. - • JAMES WYLDN NEW MAP of CHINA. In sheet, Bs.; in case, I.s. ; on rollers, 16s. James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen, Charing cross East (next door to the Post Office), and 2, Royal Exchange. WAR in PERSIA.—TAKING of BUSHIRE. WILD'S NEW MAP of PERSIA. —The Persian Gulf with tte adjacent countries of India, EUSSia, andturkey-, with en larked Plans of the Islands of Karma and Cergo, and the Town and liarb-ur of Bushire, &c. One large sheet, coloured, 2s. 6d. ; in case, ss. ; on roller,, varnished, 7s. 6d. PERSIA, 4t0., sheet, la. 6d. ; case, 2s. 6d. ; rollers, varnished, 4s. 6cl. --- James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen, &c. Charing-cross East (next door to the Post Office), and 2, Royal Exchange. Just published ~ p rice 2d., or post free 3 d. , the 102 d Edition of THE NATURAL REGENERATOR of 6« D GESTIVE ORGANS, the G rOli ,CII, LIVER, NERVES LIT Gam, &a., without Medicine, Galvanism, Electricity, inconve nience, and expense, by , n easy, natural, pleasant, end infallible remedy, which saves fifty times its cost in other means of cure. Supported by t,stirno , dals from the celebrated Pro.essor of Che. rnistry, Dr Andrew lire ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Ha vey; Dr. Camp bell ; Dr. Oattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. lngram ; Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess of CastlP-Stuart ; NI ajor-Gen. Thome. King, and many other respectable persobs, whose health has bees, restored by it, after all other means of cure had fail; d. London: Barry pu Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street. The Second Edition, just published, price 55., by post free, ss. Gd., TRICTURE OF THE URETHRA. viiE PATHOLOGY AND RATIONAL TREATMENT o' STRICTURE of the URETER k, in all its Varieties and Compli cations, with Observations on the Use and Abuse of Instruments iu the Treatment of Diseases of the Urethra. The whole Illustrated by numerous Cases selected from the Records of upwards of Twell'o Years' extensive and successful Practice. By F. B. COUR CENcIY, M.R.C.S.E. " We know of no man to whose care we would srioner intrust th( treatment of a severe stricture."— uedical Circular. London: H. BaiMere, 219, Regent-street. NI 0 MEDICINE for the CURE of ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, and COUGHS was ever attended with such speedy and anfailing success as Dr. LOCOCK's PULMONI( WAFERS. In every newspaper and periodical in thf , kingdom may be seen t..sttmonial. of their wonderful efficscy. To SINGERS and PUBLIC SPEAKER.; they are invaluable for clearing and strength ening the voice. THEY HAVE A PLEASANT TASTE. Price Is. 16d., 25. Pd., and I Is. per box. Sold by all Medicine Vendors. sIEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCI, OF MEDICINE. P .rent (Wee teal of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmaci. _ . Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIE'tE'NAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge. levoid of taste or smell, and ern be carried in the waistcoat pocket old in tin cases, divided into separate doses, as administered b) Valpeau, Lallemand, Roua, Ricord, &c., &c. 1 1 RIESEMAR, No. 1 is a Remedy for RE LAXATION, -PERMATORRINEA, and all the distressim consequences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or toi long residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and se/mid , treinith and vigour to thousands of debilitated indivlduids who an ow in the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood; and whatever may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIO.NS for MAlt RIAGE, they are effectually subdued by this Wonded:ul Discovery TRIESEMAR No. 11., electually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirel) era iicates all traces of Gonorrhoea, Loth in its mild and aggravated orms, (Beets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention 01 urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which opaivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the r Pri of the health of a vast portion of the population. _ . _ TRtE ., ESIAR No. 111., is the great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary Symp ,ms. It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, and al! rutaneous Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all corrup tions and impurities trom the vital Czeam, as altogether to eradicate he virus of disease, and expel it with the insensible perspiration hrough the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a 'lever-falling remedy ior that class of disorders which unfortunately he English Physician treats with Mercury, to the inevitable destruc• ion of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla lit the world cannot restore. Price 11 s., or four cases in one for 335„ which saves I ls., and in Si. c ises, whereby there is a saving of li. 12t , To he had wholesale and wall in London, of Derby and Gordon, 110, Leadennall-street; Prout, 229, Strand; Hannay and Co., 63, Ps. ford-street ; .anger, ISO, Oxford •street ; Barclay and Son, 97, Far ringdon-street; Butler and Harding, 4, Cheapside ; Edwards, St Paul's Churchyard. HUMAN FRAILTY ; a Popular Medical work, price Is., post free, beautitully illustrated with 100 engravings, ,nd containing the opinions of Valpeau, Lallemand, 'Roux, Ricord, &c. It gives copious instructions for the perfect restoration of those who are prevented by impediments from entering into the married 'tate, also •howiug the dreadtul results from early abuse, gonorrhoea and syphilis, and the be, efits arising from the chemical tests and xatnination of the spermatoza, by the author's newly-constructed nicroscm , e, with powerful lenses.—Piper and Co., 23, Paternoster row and from dll ag.iits ;or Th.. sale ot - Triesemar " RAILWAY INT, LLIGENCE. RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS IN PARLIA Yesterday the following bills were disposed of by the examiner , . of the Houses of Lords and Commons : Mid-Kent Railway —F. , r an extension of the line to Croydon, powers to Mid-Kent, South Eastern, and Brighton Companies in rettrenco thereto, and powers to Mid-Rent to use parts of Brighton, Farnbi,rough Ex tension, and We4-End of London and Crystal Palac, Railways. The proposed extension will run from the Mid-Kent station at Beckenham to Croydon. at a cost of 96 0001., according to the estimate of Mr. Fowler, its enjneer. Standing orders not complied with in some particulars. ToAmbtatd k • e e a e n, P railwayet er e e a tw d, e e a n n t d h e F s e ra p z l e a r c b e u s r ft h a n R a e i s l t w i m a y a t . — e d cost of 315 ,000/. Standing orders not complied with in some par;icula,rs. Newry and Enniskillen Railway—To construct the line as tar as the city of Armagh, at an estimated cost of 170,000/., and to alter the name of the company to that of the "Newry and Armagh Railway." Standing order s not complied with. Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway—To raiEE 15,0001. by n ew shares, and to abandon certain branches Standing orders complied with. Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont Railway—To raise 25,0001. and to borrow. Standing orders complied with. folploTehe standin stg orders were also complied with in the Railway—To raise additional capital o f w , i b it e g s ca R s• e l Val s e t R at a , ielswiahyn—a Loccoosntaotrfu3cti 1 3 , 3* ( , ) % 0 v 01 and alter exist -For lines from th e 2 i o 'l rg , r o afi l O in o s, Carlisle and Hawick Railway C ledonian to the North British at these points, at Ln estimated co,t of 340,000/. The bills for Sunderland Gas, Ked,grove Market, Chester W,tero orks complied with. Th(rewas and n pearatice of parties for th e Rich mond Improvementoßairl, and the bill for waking a park tor the ri.nbern suburbs of the metropoli s, to be called to` was declared not to have complied with the standing orders in the same particular. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND 60IITII-EASTEP,I RATLWAY.—Traffic tarn for the week ending Jan. 24, 1857 £14.8:8 6 3 Corresponding week last year 14,842 10 3 Increase in 1857 ........................ £ 35 16 0 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 21, 1857... . £10,300 1 5 t. orrespinding week last year .................... 9,676 18 0 Total of the half-year to this date, 1857 ...... 42,327 17 7 rotal of the half-year to this date, 1856...... 39,433 13 4 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 25, 1857 2651 7 4 orresponding week laat year .... .. 2lO 16 10 r~ e '`-~ C/ " • • • 7 s ; • •. 1,11164,;:' • , Lam. I ' • 11. • 1. 146 44, 1 .. nit+ /lp~ 7 [ STANTE7 SD- BOIrAL FREE HOSPITAL. The annual meeting of the governors of this hospital, established upon the principle of admitting all applicants of relief without letters of introduction, was held'at the hospital, in Gray's-inn-'ane, yesterday ; Mr. Halswell presided, supported by the Rev., J. B. Owen, Captain CoNille, Drs. Marsden arid O'Connor. Messrs. Hooper, I.'qclson, 136iw.yer, T. H. Wakley, • Weedon, Cooke, De Retie, Thomas' Carr Jackson, Alex. Marsden, Finer, Wane, Pope, Snow, Olney, Ford'e Davis, &c. The re pert 'said — "In presenting the 29th annual report, the committee arehappy-tes-ueateratnlete the subscribers on the steadily increasing progress of the hospital in its usefulness to suffering poverty, and in the confidence and favour of the public. The handsome and commodious new wing erected as a memorial to his Royal Highness the late flake of Sussex, was formally opened in June last, by the Right Honourable Lord Leigh ; the auspi cious event being celebrated by a banquet, hold in Freemasons'-hall, the financial results of which netted the munificent sum of 1,0101. to the charity. The committee acknowledge with the most profound and re ipectful gratitude the receipt of an additional donation, during the past year, of 100/. from her most gracious Majesty the Queen, and also a liberal contribution from !lie Royal highness the Duke of Cambridge. The com mittee are glad to state that frequent instances occur, in continued demonstration of the wisdom and benevolence of the pr.nciple of uninterrupted free admissioe day and pight, on which the institution was founded, and to which it - has consistently adhered.. Its example in this respect wag subsequently adopted to a limited extent in other hospitals, though in none other, as the committee believe, was it ph% rule, or even the exception, unless in 'cases of accident, until the Royal Free Hospital em barked upon the principle, relying upon an enlightened" public philanthropy to enable them to maintain it. The committed most respectfully express their conviction, f o unded upon the experience of nearly 30 years, that the eysttm of .free admission of patients is the only effective mode of dealiug with' the combined misfortune of disease and destitution. The committee are content to take their stand_ upon this principle, and are encouraged in their strong impre-sion of its accuracy by the yearly, increasing confidence in, and public support of, the hos pital in which it is embodied. It is a great satisfaction to this comMittee to put upon record that during the past year a larger number of cases of sickness have been mite or less relieved than in any preceding year of the existence of the charity. The number of in-patients ad mitted-during the year 1856 amounts to 844, being an increase of 42 as c impared with the return for the year 1855. The out-patients for the same period were 43,443, being au increase of 4,354 cases over the corresponding period for the preceding year. The total number of patieete of both sexes for the year 1856 amounting to 44,287—the largest number of sick caees relieved during' aey one year since the commencement of the charity. The donations of the past year (including the 'contributions at the inaugural banquet before referred to) amennt to 3,1991. 63. 3d., exhibiting an increase of 1,3101. lls. Bd. over the previous year. • The annual subscriptions; up in whioh the clarity more directly de pends as a less precarious means of subsistence, and which the committee anxiously desire to see further ex tended, have reached an annual income of 1,5001., show ing an increase of 451. over the previous year. The legacies during the past year amount to 4,585/. 2e. 7d., being 1,9261. Bs. more than the year preceding. Tee total income of the year from all sources is 9,3161. SR. 6d., out of which sum, after payment of numerous cur rent charges of the hospital, and a considerable amount (1,300/0 for the new building (of which 5,2001., includ ing 1,6001., the amount of the Sussex Fund, were paid in 1855, and there is still owing 6001. to the builders), the sum of 4,1441. 15s. 6d. has been applied towaros the liquidation of outstanding liabilities. Tne committee venture to press the strong claims of the institution upon the libe . rality of the public, that they may ere long be enabled, by a final discharge of debts still unsettled, to appropriate the entire annual receipts to the exclusive and more extended benefit of the sick and suffering poor. Toe practice of bestowing small sums of money and articles of clothing on wholly destitute patients when leaving the hospital is still attended with very gratifying result., particularly among the class of un. fortunate females, who in many instances have been restored to their families or to situations of respectable service, through the instrumentality of the officers of this charity. Money is also given to out patients, who from their destitute condition require immediate food, and who, from want of room, cannot be admitted into the wards on the day of their application. The limits of this report preclude the committee from any detail of the many interesting, and even affecting shapes in which the poor and bhe labouring classes 'exhibit their gratitude and confidence in the management of the charity. It may, however, be mentioned that scarcely a week passes without considerable sums in pence, and even in farth ings, being found by the Weekly Board in the hospital boxes, deposited there by the poor as they pass the gates, under circumstances of secrecy, which touchingly illus trate the true canon of Christian charity, " not to let the left band know what the right hand doeth." In one instance during the last year, a poor mechanic left a brown paper parcel at the gates of the hospital as he 'passed on to his daily labour, containing his watch, which was still ticking, as if the self-denying. oblation had been as suddenly conceived, as promptly executed ; the name of the large-hearted donor being known only to Him who seeth in secret, and rewardeth openly.' The committee at the same time gratefully acknow- ledge the frequent sums in notes, — gold, and silver, which are deposited weekly in the same boxes, and , they heartily congratulate the governors and friends of the hospital on its continued success, and on the pros pect of still more enlarged usefulness to the cause of suffering humanity, consequent upon the occupation of the new and commodious wards in the new win:4 of the hospital. In addition to which, greatly increased ac commodation 141,5, at a large outlay, been afforded to the out-patients. The committee rely upon the volun'ary and generous support of the public to enable them, a- , their almoners, to administer medical relief to the larg.e number of destitute fellow-creatures, who are constantly imploring assistance at the gates of the hospital." The report was adopted, and a variety of votes of thanks carried, not forgetting one to Dr. Marsden, the benevo!ent projector of the institution. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, JAN. 27 For long clothe, T cloths, and the better class of prin ing cloths there is a good demand at fair prices, the firmer tone of the cotton market having imparted soa.e additional strength in these goods ; but in shirtiegs and other cloth,,, suited to the market of India arid China, the market is not only depressed, but great irregularity pre vails as to prices. Yarns are much the same as last week, wish a moderate business of a miscellaneous cha racter, adapted to most markets, but without any trans actions of moment for any quarter. Tne finer qualities are in better demand than others, and being rather scarce are firmer in price. Messrs John Stagg and Co. report: —" As regards India and China goods the market continues in the same dull and inactlve condition, and the tendency of price- is slightly in favour of buyers. In nearly every other de partment of the market we have to report a moderate demand, and in consequence of the slight advance in the Liverpool market a somewhat firmer feeling on the part of producers ; but we cannot quote any actual improve ment in prices.' Mes,r - . G. Fraser, Son, and Co. report :—" There has been a spiel market. Present prices evidently prevent transactions of any extent being entered into. Our quo tations are without change, but there is some giving way in prices when transactions take place." The judgment in the case of Mr. Lowe, of Lowe and Lowe, yarn agents, by the Commissioners in Bank ruptcy, has called forth some expressions of sympathy by its severity, on the part of those acquainted with this gentleman's amiable qualities and repute for high cha racter and integrity, the sentence being a suspension for two years of his certificate, which is to be of the thin class, without protection. The object has been no doubt to strike a blow at the system, too prevalent, of dealing in accommodation bills, by which the commer cial world has suffered so much. Mr. Lowe commenced with a capital of 10,8001. in 1854, owing to him by a person, Walsh, who was at the time insolvent, but which he coresidered as guaranteed by Wright, a millowner, who succeeded Walsh in business. The balance-sheet showed debts due to creditors, 25,8381. 11s. 81 ; trade Liabilities, 72,7171. ; and for bills and guarantees to Wright, 42,548/. 13s. 4d. ; total, 140,6041. 4s. Against this, in respect of property, there were debts ans2oueig to 35,4921. 10s., leaving a deficiency of 105 b , , 1 0 1_ e / of 145. l The bankrupt bad kept good and c orrect t ft hem these his trade transactions, but had kept o_ 0 . d ut had iven three guarantees of 42,0001. for Wright, h an et a tim g e when he of there guarantees for 6,000/. . e err ca b ' s were insolvent. The knew that both himself ana ye rig commi, sinner looked upon the e be pe se transactions as having nal clauses of the Bank. brought Mr. Lowe withinet ruptcy Act, the 9;1 clet's . con cealing the true state of hisoeffitehiere2.s6th section, for NOTTINGHAM, JAN. 27. There is not much improvement in the demand for lace for the home markets; manufacturers are, however, skill s i a s to future p ros p ects, and we ma y shortl y ex • san g —ne peez. a reet.er t. demand. There is not much doing just now for export. There is an excellent feeling in the hosiery trade. Manufacturers are getting a better price for their goods, and the demand continues brisk. Material is enormously h i g h, but with a good demand manufacturers will be enabled to secure a proportionate advance upon their goo d s . The operatives in this branch are well employed at tolerable wages. , LEICESTER, JAN. 27. Business is quiet, and the hosiery trade, although by no means active, is in a healthy state. We expect hhortly to have a revival, until which time manufacturers are get ting off their stocks, and the present high rate of mate• rift' prevents their increasing them. Wools are exceed• ingly high, LEEDS, JAN. 27 The woollen cloth markets have been active this morn ing, and more sales would have been effected if there had been a better supply in the market. The chief busi- MN, however, is done directly between the manufactur- F D EDINESDA EKNIN G. JAN US 2 , 3 Arl' by the middle and labouring classy on the every-day ne cessaries of life averaged from 35 to 40 per cent., and on some articles it was as much as 190 per cent. He was certain, if it were the rule, instead of the present mode of indirect taxation, to send collectors round and make monthly or quarterly demands for a specified sum of mo ney for tea tax, and so on, the people would never for a moment tolerate such imposts. Iu his own case, as a small tradesman of 31 years' standing—and the same might be said of thousands of others- if he t oo k the average of as sessments to the local taxes made up o n him during that period at 161. a-year it amountedto 496/ ; if direct tax a ' ikon paid upon the indispensable necessaries of life be ad ded, 201. a-year, that would make 0201., making a total of 1,1161. Could it be wondered at that with the compe tition of the day, and, such sums abstracted from men like himself, that our workhouses, prisons, and lunatic asylums had so many inmates, who were respectable, industrious trades persons at one period ? The collecting income tax from men situate like himself, and the extent to which the industrious poor were subject to indirect taxation of the common necessaries of life, were producing a se, ions amount of dissatisfaction on the minds of the people, which ha was convinced would sooner or later' be exhibited in some striking manner. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER-With regard to the question of the pressure of the poor-rates in parishes where there is a large population, that is a necessary con• sequence of the present parochial system. It is true that iu St. George's, which is a rich parish, the poor-rates are c msiderably lower than in St. Clements' Danes, in which Mr. Gannon lives ; but many people think it is essential to the present system of poor laws that the taxation should continue parochial. Proposals have been made - parti cularly with regard to towns—to extend the area of tax ation, but all such proposals have met with , great oppo sition. Each parish holds to its own sepa.r...teness and to its exclusive right to manage its own affairs; and every other plan has encountered many difficulties. As to taxa tion on tea and sugar, as well as income taxation, the taxa t on of the country must either be direct or indirect. You must either go on income or you ioust go on articles of general consumption,—such as tea, sugar, beer, spirits, and the like,—or must resort to both those means of taxa tion, as now arranged; but at present it does not fall on the principal articles of consumption. There is no tax on bread or biscuit ; on meat, dry or salt ; fish, dry or salt ; native fruit, or vegetables. These are staple articles of food; and if a man could confine his means of subsistence to them he nee :l not necessarily pay any taxes. But if Mr. Gannon's views were adopted I fear the unavoidable con sequence would be, not that the income tax would be lightened, but that it would be necessarily aggravated. Mr. WILOFIER and another member of the deputation also briefly addressed the Chancellor. Mr. HAIYMIN called his attention to a case of great cruelty in connection with the income t.Lx towards one E lward Walker, 1, Mary-street, Bromley, who accompa nied the deputation. Mr. Walker stated that he had a wife and four young children (the eldest 12 years of age); that he kept a small chandler's shop, his returns not exceeding 31. 103. per week, the profits upon which were never more than 103. ; that the value of his stock was under 205.; and that he had no other means whatever for the support of his family, save by casual employment in the docks. On a re cent occasion he waited for 21 consecutive days, from 7 in the morning till near mid-day, without getting one hour's work, and on the 22d day was employed five hours, at 41. per hour. Lie solemnly declared that the entire profits of his shop had not been more than 261., nor his other earnings more than about 101., making in the gross a sum not exceed ing from 36/. to 401. per annum during the whole of the last and present year, and yet he had been charged income tax on 1001. per annum. Be had made these circumstances fully and repeatedly known, both to the local commissioners and the Board of Inland Revenue, and he had, neverthe less, been adjudged unworthy of relief, and ordered to pay the amount-41. 15s. 10d. Mr. Walker added he was in hourly expectation of having his goods seized and his fa mily turned into the streets, being entirely destitute of the means of paying any portion of the tax. The CHANCELLOR said he knew nothing of the case of Mr. Walker beyond what had been related to him ; but he would cause inquiry to be made into it. That was all he could do at present. The deputation then retired. MR. ROEBUCK AT TILE SHEFFIELD SCHOOL OF ARTS. The new school in Arundel•street, Sheffield, was inau• gurated on Monday evening by a conversazione, at which one of the most brilliant assemblages wa4 present ever witnessed in Sheffield. The different rooms of the build ing were- cla - co rated wi.h painting., stataee; and. photo. graphs, kindly lent for the - occasion by gentlemen reeid ing in the neighbourhood. Amongst those present were J. A. Roebuck, Esq., M.P., the Mayor, the Master Cutler, and the Rev. Canon Sale, D.D. The ladies were in full dress. Precisely at half-past eight Mr. Roebuck entered the elementary school, where the great bulk of those assembled had congregated for the purpose of hearing an address from him. He was greeted with warm applause. Mr. ROEBUCK said—Ladies and gentlemen, we are met here to celebrate, I think, a great event in the history of Sheffield ; fur I believe we have met here to celebrate the erection of this building, which, in my opinion , marks the transition'we are about to make in placing the every - day avocations of life within the sphere of art. B y so doin g we not only elevate the common trans actions of life, but we add very much to our happiness thereby. It seems to me that in the mere making of one's livelihood there is something usually attendant that is not favourable to the elevation of our thoughts and feelings. But if we can make that which is the daily habitude of our days and our existence the means of raisiog our feelings and thoughts, and creating in us something that elevates our heiings as men, we do much not merely to exalt our nature but to increase our own happiness. And believe me when I tell you that there is something in all that appertains to art of such a perennial and everflowing nature that it never palls upon the senses—never in any way diminishes in its power of exalting and blessing hu manity ; and, therefore, if we make it the daily avocation of our lives we do much to exalt the nature of man and increase our own welfare. This may appear to you a somewhat fine-drawn and sentimental view of things ; but I speak to you as a practical raan—one whose whole existence has been passed in the turmoil and amidst the boiling, upetirring springs of life. My life has been that of or.e who has had to combat w ith his fellow - men ; and I have found that that w hi c h h as brought solace to my life has been art. (Applaus e .) For though I am a 1 humble pupil of art, still lam an adoring pupil. I love her na ufeonrchee uponr goodness the humanto m e. race love to her which forl belong.her e l e v a ( t A i n (Ap plause.) gi. plause.) My life—and I speak from my own experience to those whose lots are cast in a different sphere—my life has been, as I told you, to combat ; and the gnat business of my life bas been to overcome opposition. If in that I bad been left alone—deserted as it were— __l e h .uld have had nothi ng a llowed to support myself by t m o y s o u w pp n or in t d a i n v d idu s a o l la e c n e e m rg e y . Bu because it was my fate to have go( .d instructors, those whom I love and reverence, and whose re collection I shall ever cherish, they raised in me the feeling that art Was to me that which would render life cheerful and happy ; and because they have thus taught me I have passed sway and forgotten the turmoil of life in that which has been to me the solace of life. I would say, also, that this building exhibits to us that we are about approaching a new era in the town of Sheffield—for this building has been raised mainly by the exertions of the manufacturing classes of this town. Sorry am Ito say that there has not been that assistance given to the erection of this great build ing by the working classes which I had hoped and ex pected ; but my expectations were based upon reasons which my experience ought to have told me were baseless and unfounded. The working classes have been told that the manufacturing class—and by that I mean the master manufacturers —have an interest hostile to their s, and the consequence has been that when they have come to them they have been looked upon with suspicion and jealousy. The answer made by this building is complete. (Hear, hear.) What does this building show It shows that there is foresight and generosity in the employers of labour. They have not come here for their own per sonal profit ; but they have said to themselves—and I congratulate them upon having made this discovery — that by elevating those they employ, they elevate them selves and the country to which they belong. (Cheers.) And let me say we are deeply indebted to the ladies of this town. (Applause.) Not to my surprise has been their conduct, for invariably have I found that, in the good race of humanity, intelligence, and kindness, my fellow-countrywomen have ever been foremost. (A-P• plause.) No man more than myself has reason to speak we lof the sex. As the neither, as the wife, and as the daughter I have known them ; and in all their conditiane of my lite. They have shown themselves foremost in reising this great building. They have shown themselves ready to aid and assist all that their husbands, brot hers, and fathers designed , and they have been most ef fective in their aid ; and in the name of this association I take leave to thank them most heartily for their assistance. (Cheers. It is usually supposed that this building is in tended simply to advance what is called the manufactur ing industry of Sheffield. Now, I take leave to differ from thet opinion. I believe that the object of this institution is to raise and exalt the whole population. (Cheers.) Ant' by so doing, ail a consequence derivable from that, I be lievethisiestitutionwill benefit the manufacturing industry of Sheffield. How will it do this ? By improving the to to of.all. Wor derful as your hats have been, great as I believe your power is, there is something about the productions of English maeufacture which is want ing. What is that something ? It is that ennobling in fluence of which I have spoken—uamely, the influence of art. I believe lam touching upon a matter some- what unpopular ; but you know it is not my habit to I conciliate popularity. (Cheers and laughter.) The truth, however unpalatable it may be, somehow or other hap pens ever to find in myself a very unworthy, but a hearty expositor. Now, I belieVe that all that all that has distinguished Sheffield has been great energy, great power, and appli ca t ion o f w ill to th subduing of na ture. You have sent your goods over the whole face of the globe, and I believe that some discoveries lately made in the very centre of Asia have breu.l,l4t to light works in iron with the name of Sheffield thereon written. But in spite of that there has always been something that has operated as a drawback. What ie that some. thing ? It is this—that you have consulted anything but nature. You have consulted anything but the principles which ought to dictate to those working in that art. Ido not care what may be its application— whether to the erection of this building or to the work ing of a tea-pot, or to a cream-jeg—there is the same principle at the bottom. That principle you cannot learn or discover without thought er careful c oieidera tMn. Teat principle you can learn here; end among the gentlemen who conduct the labours of this school I am sure you will find apt leaders, leading you on and guiding you to this principle, which is requisite f r thus who work in this matter, I do not care what it is, of art, by which you are to obtain the suffrages of mankind. I believe that the gentlemen wbo conduct this school have in themselves some knowledge—great knowledge of thie principle. I will not now—ler be it fiem me so to do—enter into any metaphysical discuseion with them or anybody, but I believe there is at the bottom the well-spring by which all that is• great in art is supplied. This princip'e they know ; this principle they will impart to the labouring population of this town, if that labouring population will come and receive it. Ladies and gentlemen, I will not detain you further. lam certainly not much given to dissertations of this• sort. As Itold you at the commencement, my life has been an antagonism, and if there had been an onenay before me I should have been much more ready— (bear, and laughter)—in dealing with him than lam in being an expositor of the principles I have endeavoured to set before you. (Loud applause.) Mr. Roebuck then resumed his seat, 'but rose again in a few moments and said—l am about to call upon Mr. Cole, who tells me he is about to act an unpopular part, because he appears as a supporter, or at least as a representative of the Go vernment. But we are all very loyal people here, and I beg to assure him that, as far as I am concerned, he is not unpopular, because he comes to do a good thing. Mr. COLE, of the Government Department of Science and Art, testified to the pleasure ho telt at seeing so noble an iustitution arise as that in which he then spoke, and towards which not a shilling of public money had been devoted. He said that it was necessary for the town to raise a further sum of 2,0001. iu order to free the insti- • tution from debt. If they did not do that it would stand! in debt and difficulty, and hereafter, in all probability,. impose upon their representative die necessity of going to beg for it (not that Mr. Roebuck was at ail likely to , go and beg for it: he would rather bnily)—(laughter) — , of going to the Board of Trade aid eayiue to the Board: of Trade, "The people of Sheffield have exhausted them-, selves of all their energies, for God's cake come and help: them ;" and he did nut know whether the hon. gentle.; man would not propose in Parliament a grant of 2,000/2 in aid of the school. He trusted, however, that they, would themselves raise the money, and not place eithe of their members in that situation. He mentioned wit much satisfaction the high po4tion which the pup i of the Sheffietd School of Art attained in the let competition for prize medals, and added that he re. gretted that he could not now produce those medals fir distribuiion ; for it did so happen that an accident tied occurred last week which prevented this, the die of the reverse of the medal having broken in th 6 operation of striking. Mr. RoEIIICL again rose and said— Ladies and gentl4 men, before I proceed to perform the re,t of my dutieli this evening, I beg to assure my hon. friend that in me he will find not at all a person who is likely to bully him and certainly not a person who ie likely to implore hied to do anything. (Hear, hear.) I believe that the ffi rn peoplp of Sheeld are able to do for thews-dves what their owti interest requires. If their o ~n interest points out t them—and when I use the words their interests, I 'ilea an enlightened interest—the necessity fir this buitdin , they will assuredly not fail to suppy means for comple - ing the undertaking. My hon. friend has said that yo have received no aid from Government. The only thing which Government haft to do was to provide the medals —and that has not been done. (Loud laughter from all parts of the room.) Now, I must say that that has not surprised me. (Continued laughter.) I know some. thing of Government, and I am not surprised at any failure. (Applause and laughter.) , Mr. Roebuck, aided by Mr. Young Mitchell, then proceeded to distribute some of the prizes, and to an• nounce the remainder with the names of their recipieny. This part of the proceedings appeared to excite the live liest interest , which was attributable iu no small degree to the manner in which the hon. member for Sheffield discharged the duty assigned to him. Dr. BRANSON proposed, and the MAYoR seconded; a vote of thanks to Mr. Roebuck for the part he had taken in the proceedings of the evening. This was carried by acclamation, and acknowledged by the bon. gentlemko in a very few remarks, in which he eniphat:cally static(' the pleasure which be bad derived from what he hhd witnessed in connection with the occasion. Some time subsequently elapsed before the company departed from a scene which had evidently afforded the greatest satisfaction to those who had the privilege • of witnessing it and taking part in the proceedings of the occasion. . THE INCOME TAX. DEPUTATION TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. Yesterday, at 1 o'clock, a deputation from a society esta blished in the city for promoting the interests of the trad ing community, headed by their chairman, Mr. Stratton, toed an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer at his official residence in Downing-street on the subject of the Income tax. Among the gentlemen composing the deputa tion were—Mr. Wilcher, Dr. Chalice, Mr. Cornwall, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Doutswill, Mr. Gannon, Mr. Nott, Mr. Stocker, Mr. Shaltou, Mr. Underwood, and Mr. Hayman, the secretary of the society. They had, in presenting themselves before the Chancellor of the Exche quer, a different object in view from that sought by the previous deputation, who had an interview with the right hon. gentleman on Friday last. The society of which they are members is at present directing its efforts to the en tire removal of the income tax on all incomes, from what ever source derived, not exceeding 1501. a year, and also to the exemption of the first 150'. on higher assessments The object of the deputation on Friday, it will be remem bered, was to procure the remission of the war 9d. from and after the sth of April next, and a more equitable ad j tudanent of the remaining part of the tax affecting incomes derived from trades and professions. Mr. STRATTON, addressing the Chancellor, said the society represented by the deputation was composed for the most part of tradesmen who, feeling more or less severely the pressure of the income tax as at present imposed, had invited general co-operation for the purpose of procuring seine readjustment of it. With this view they had pro cured a large number of signatures in the metropslis and from all parts of the country to petitions t•o the Legislature on the subject—their object being to influence the Govern ment to relieve a large class of industrious persons in the community altogether from the operation of the tax. He referre to the smaller class of shopkeepers, who had to struggle against great competition for a livelihood, and who, being already subject to heavy local taxation, felt the pressure of the income tax most oppressive. The object of the deputation was to suggest, as an act of forbearance to wards the struggling class, the entire removal of the tax on incomes which did not exceed 1501., and the exemption of the first 1501. of higher incomes, so that if a man was in the receipt of 50tl. a year he should only be chargeable on 3501. The CHANCELLOR of the EicssEQuEst asked Mr. Stratton to have the kindness to state exactly what class it was they represented ? Mr. STRATTON replied small shopkeepers mostly, a most industrious class of persons; clerks, the 4 higher order of working men, and, indeed, all persons of moderate income now chargeable to the tax. His business as a manufacturer brought him very largely into contact with the retail grocers, a very large and laborious class, who paid large sums to the revenue in the lump on the articles in which they dealt, and which they received back in instalments from their customers, and who had to pay income tax, notwithstanding the hard struggle they had to wage for a livelihood. Ho submitted that they especially had a claim for relief from the impost, as being themselves large col lectors of revenue, in cases where their income did not ex ceed 1101. Dr. CHALICE reminded the Chancellor that when persons with incomes of 1501. a year were brought within the range of the tax, it was thought, from the extreme cheapness of provisions they would not seriously feel its operation. But now one cause of its growing uupopularity was that many were called on to pay a sum of money in the lump, in the shape of income tax, who were really straitened in procuring the common necessaries of life He himself knew many persons who two or three years ago Contributed to thelincome tax, but who had fallen into poverty, while some hid been driven to seek parochial relief. Those were ieople who had, among others, been taught to look for ward to the benefits they would derive from direct taxa ion. The deputation claimed, therefore, that in any re eljustment of the tax, towards which they thought the eght hon, gentleman seemed disposed from the answer he gave to a similar deputation on Friday. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (interrupting.)—l said nothing on that occasion about my making any re-ad justment ; I said I was quite ready to entertain any de tailed proposition of that kind that might be made to me. Dr. CHALICE said, at all events he thought he saw a glimmer of hope of a re-adjustment in what the right hon. ;entlema.n said at that previous interview. The tax was acting most injuriously on the community at large for the interests of the country, and there was a general feeling of lissatisfaction growing up against it. He would not have come there that day except for a recent public meeting in Southwark, iu which he took part, and at which resolu dons iteaccordance witlx.his.own views on the subject had been unanimously passed. As regarded the pressureof the tax on persons with an income of 1501., when they looked at the high price of provisions, clothing, and house rent, and at the increase of the poor rates, the impost had be gun to touch a class on whom the Legislature never in tended it should operate, because it was supposed that those in the receipt of 1501. a year would be above the reach of privation. He knew persons of that class had been obliged in consequence of being called to pay income tax to their children from school. Then, again, clothing was very high in price. The CHANCELLOR—Is that so ? Dr. CHALICE said it was. Calico and many other mate • ials of clothing had greatly increased in price since the area of the tax had been extended. The CHANCELLOR—You speak of the sense of injustice pressing on the minds of the poorer class of persons on whom this tax falls. Will you explain that injustice ?Is it in the assessment being unfair ? Is it in the unpleasant rate of the income tax ! Or is it in the fact of persons of small income being subject to the tax at all? Dr. CHALICE said he had not the slightest doubt that the war 9d. had made many people cry out against what they had previously borne patiently, though they even from the first conceived it to be a hardship ; and the mode of assess ment was also felt to be objectionable. There was a large number of bachelors, many of them living principally at clubs, with incomes bringing them within the range of the tax, but who nevertheless managed to evade payment of it ; while there was a numerous class of persons, mostly with families dependent on them—men employed in facto ries, dockyards, Government and merchants' offices, and the like—in the receipt of salaries rendering them just liable to the tax, but who had not such facilities for escaping its payment even if they were disposed to do so. When he used the word "injustice," he thought he was justified in doing so, because men of that class felt it to ,be such in having to pay so large a sum out of their own earn ings at a time when they were deprived of the necessaries of life. The CHANCELLOR—I am afraid a bachelor tax might operate as a constant incentive to imprudent marriages. (A laugh.) I think your explanation leads to the inference that it is principally in the large rate of the income tax that its present injustice is found to arise. Dr. CHALICE had no doubt that that stimulated the existing feeling with which it was regarded s but he thought, with the present prices of provisions and cloth ing, it was hard that people with only 1501. a-year should be called to pay the tax. The CHANCELLOR—Can you show that the Legislature takes any means of fixing prices artificially beyond the necessities of taxation ? Dr. CHALICE was not prepared to say that. He could only say that when incomes of 1501. were brought within the tax, that was a time when the receipt of such a sum implied the enjoyment of some few luuxries; but it was not so now. The CHANCELLOR—Whatever may be the present amount of prices it is not in any way owing to legislation. With regard to the assessment on persons of less affluence—say some classes of shopkeepers—are there not many cases in which no regular account of receipts and disbursements is kept? Dr. CHALICE believed that was so, especially with small shopkeepers in London. The CHANCELLOR — WeII, in that case how is the assess ment made ? Is it not made generally on a principle of indulgence? Dr. CHALICE said he believed it was so in. London, but in the country it was quite the reverse. He knew many persons who paid income tax and who had been summoned at the same time for the non-payment of poor rates. Many extreme cases of hardship connected with the collection of the income tax had been brought under the notice of the society he now represented. Without presuming to ask the right hon. gentleman to state what the views of the Government might be on the questions which had that day been brought under his attention, not he was sure for the first time, he (Dr. Chalice) would only now venture to hope that the right hon, gentleman might bo induced to apply his mind to their re-consideration. Mr. GANNON said he had carried on business as a shop keeper for 31 years in the neighbourhood of Clare Market, and it was with pain that he had seen how rarely indeed mthre. C a ie f A t e e Ne r mN y oe ears of industry, with anything like a provi sion of his poor brother tradesmen engaged in vending the retire,necessaries of life during that period had been able to sioTnhefoCr asoladetaCgEeL.LOß asked if Mr. Gannon attributed that and also of indirect m a t n a y xa o t f ion t, to unequal operaNttiaoslndodflathe and he could state from his e e d d localnot, t abxueteto amongthe o p o p t r h e e s r s i e v a e u a s and h that he industriouswas he or grocer, h experienc©, to prove the shifts to which is neighbourhood were driven, had often to serve ipwards of 60 of them, who came to buy small te xa Tese had taxation. all to contribute their sh a r e o f th e i ndirect of tea, before he sold a pou n d o f that articl quantities could conscientiously say that th e indirect taxation H paid e } 7 • naval and Military Intelligence. • Directions have been received at Chatham by Captain Allen, in charge of the stores which were brought home from Kertch by the Turkish Engineer Corps, and depo sited on the gun wharf, to deliver the entire stores, with the exception of the large pontoons, to the Royal En giueers, with the view of their being placed in the stores belonging to that corps. Since the articles have been landed at Chatham they have been uneer the sole charge of Captain Alien, and have been empl eyed daily in examining and cleaning the various stores, to prevent any serious effects result ing from their exposure to the weather. Immediately ou the arrival of the order at Chatham for the removal of the stores to the Royal Engineers' Barracks preparations wete made for their delivery to the officers appointed to receive them, and they are now in course of being re moved to the south gnn-shed at Brompton BarraCkre where they are to be deposited. Oa opening the casks and boxes in which the harness, tools, and other articles were deposited in the summer, it was found that they had not suffered in any degree from the effects f their long exposure in their partially unprotected state, care having been taken to oil and cleanse from damp every article separately before it was deposited in the place assigned to it. The pontoons will remain on the gun-wharf, ow ing to there being no place large enough to receive them. The Duke of Cambridge having consented that a num ber of the invalid soldiers at the Military Hospital, Chatham, should be sent to Bath for the purposes of undergoing a course of medical tieatmeut in that city, arrangements have been made for stationing invalid troops iu that neighbourhood. A par yof invalids se lected from the 32d, 37th, 45th, 61st, 83,1, and 84th Re giments left Chatham yesterday fur Bath in charge of Assistaut-Surgeon Cyres Daniell and a wardmaster of the Medical Staff Corps. As soon as they have suffi ciently recovered they will return to Chatham, when another party of invalids will be forwarded to that city. The following officers have joined their respective re giments at Chatham, for the purpose of taking the com mand of their depots at the Provisional Battalion, viz. Captain J. V. H. Montagu, 10 th Reg iment, and Captain F. Rhodes, 27th Enniskillen's. The Star, 8, Commander A. Boyle (1855), was paid off at Chatham yesterday afternoon, after being in commis sion four years, during which time she has been twice to the south-east coast of America and the Falkiand Islands and back, besides being stationed for a considerable period in the Rio de la Plata, where she did duty as the senior officer's ship. During the time she has been in commission the crew have been very healthy, and but few deaths occurred on board. Two men were acciden traolmly d a z i w t. ned ih a e n s d t o a n r e w o i f il t b h e e crew e by Chat ham, and, as she is a ve r y old shi p , it is not expected that she will be again commissioned. lneadrybyaticalhliantg f . The Resolute, Arctic vessel, has been entirely stripped pacd w in as or k d il i at Chatham, a nd her rigging rem oved. She is moored off the dockyard, in charge of .the warrant officers, and as soon as a place has been assigned her she will be attached to the fleet of vessels lying in ordinary. The Poietiers, 74, at Chatham, has been towed down to the dockyard, for the purpose of being taken into No. 4 dock, where the This veswrighsel was guardshits will this day p co fm the or breaking her up. o dinary at Chatham for several years, but is now too old for further service. ' Mr. C. T. A. Noddall has been appointed master to the Victory, flagship at Portsmouth. The Salamander, 6, paddlewheA steatnsloop, Com. G. T. Mecham, now in the fitting basin at Sheerness for re pairs, will not be ready for sea until the Ist March next. Most of her defects are topside damages, received :rens stress of weather while in search of the missing ships which belonged to Dundee. An Admiralty order has arrived at Sheerness to receive the Pembroke, 60-gun screw steamship (for coastguard service at Leith) for the purpose of her being examined, she having been on shore on her pasage round from Devonport•to Leith. A court martial is ordered on board the flag--hip Waterloo, 120, Capt. Lord F. Kerr, to try Capt. J. Fraser, and the officer of the watch at the time Ithe ship took the ground. REWARD FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICES. The Board of Admiralty, in considerationof the meritorious services fr?quently Te ndered by lieute nants enaphyed as Admiralty a g ents on board contract steam vessels, have determined to award an annual promotion to toe rank of Commander on Restr yid half-pay if any lieutenant should be recommend d the officer conducting the packet bervice at Southampton. on the ground of general good or special service. _ . _ c i . ~'` V-:-.4-"Ze__Z . S - ~,,,„„i cl : - A.A , s , • ~./..IPE.:, 7 ers and the merchants, witlout the goods being for sale in the balls. Prices are very firm, w; ma d +. n ig ,„, , - )4 _ 7 d.ncy. Th,-. w , ,olltia m4Cti,,'. At Hu(ll;ersfietti his hgE4o l, ll l #4q6 l• 4Cgr 1 11 r-i _e , k .3 , to-day, but soliic-,y y., brisk as last west :, 2 TFiltit4rn,., 4 ,4 generally low, auct ibo price of tbe raw mate a ti t. 2,.:..0 ji ) ~.... - : 4 _ ....,,„.. caution. Speculationa in a great measure a : c t ,;4 . ~,.„...,,... '1 to new styles. Assortment orders are freque. 1 .,A.),- wool market is beccming very bare. Port Pailiptglaol II s is in especial demand and rely scarce. --~~-~ ti~~ ~ ~~ THE BULLION.ROS_URY -DiViSION OP THI JUDGES AS TO THE PROPEITY.' Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Willes sat yester day afternoon in the Exchequ chamber at Westmin ster, for the purpose' of hearing the several' parties claiming to be entitled to the Turkish bonds and other property found in the pcssession of the prisoners Pierce, Burgess, and Tester, who were convicted of the extensive rub, , ery of bullion up - ma the South-Eastern Railway. ' Mr. Bodkin appeared on behalf of the company ; - Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr. A. Crosley, the under-sheriff, represented the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex ; Mr. ' Petersdorff appeared on behalf of an attorney named Sa ward ; Mr. Beard, from the office of Mr. Buchanan, appeared on behalf of the wile of the prisoner Tester ; and Mr. Reynolds, the solicitor for the Treasury, al so attended on behalf of the Crown. Mr. Sleigh first addressed their lordship; and he con. tended that under the ancient charters granted to the cor poration of the City of London the property of all felons convicted in the City was forfeited, and that the sheriffs, by virtue of their office, ought to have the custody of all., the property taken from the prisoner Pierce, he being a felon, and all his goods and chattels bet- g thereby forfeited , to the Crown, and the sheriffs, who were the custodians of the Crown , ought therefore to have possession of it. He said that from time immemorial the property of the prisoners convicted at the Old Bailey bad been given up t.s the sheriffs iii that capacity, and he believed this was the first time that these rights in this respect 'had ever been contested- He went on to say that he was instructed that it was not the fact that Agar placed the money he possessed in Pierce's hands for the benefit of Fanny Kay, but in poitt of fact he handed it to Mr. Wontner, to be given to Betty Pierce, the wits of that prisoner, and , that there was nothing to show that the whole proceeding was not cullusive with a view to defeat the title of the Crown to the property, and he urged, that the court had now power under such circum• stauces to order the property to be given to Fanny Kay, He then referred to the act of the 7th and Bth Geo. IV., o. 57, which related to the power of the judges to order he restoration of stolen property, but he said that the proventy now in queaiut was not only no: a part of the =Olen pruferty, but a great portion of it was not even ale proceeds ut it, and he urged that ,the only ceirse that ought to be taken was to place the property in the hai.ds of the sheriffs, who would be responsible lor its sate ca,tody, and who would be ready to obey any order hat tee judges might eventually make respectiug Mr..Petersdorff then briefly addressed the court, and claimed ou behaq of his c:ient to ohtsau a horn ut 2601. for costs that had been iccurfed by Mr. Saward iu con- ductuig some legal proceediuga for the prisoner Pierce. Mr. Beard,- on behalf of Mrs. Tester, claimed the pro petty taken from him, and which, it will be remembered, consisted 01 certain Spanish Binds, upon a settlement made by the prisoner before his trial. Tue judges at once decided that neither of these par ties had any legal caciai. With regard to Mr. Sa ward, ne could have nu right to be paid Ws debt out of pro perty in which the Crown had a title, and with refer :nue to Mrs. Tts:er, the bonds in question were dis tinctly made out to be the result of the proceeus of the stolen gold, and she therefore could show no right to them. Mr. Bodkin said that au behalf of the company all he asked of the court was to 'order that the property which was undoubtedly the produce of the robbery that had been committed upon them should be delivered up. Toey bad paid 10,0001. as the value of the gold that had been stolen, and the company only desired that they should be treated like other prosecutors, and have restored to them that which was clearly made out to be toe produce of the stolen property, He then said that it was proved at the trial that 5001. of the purchase mo ney of the Turkish Bunks was the result of five of the 100/, notes that were obtained in gold at the Bank of Eogland, and about 4001. more that was in the hands of Messrs. Reid, brewers, with whom it had been placed by Mr. Stearn, the publican, on behalf of Burgess. These two sums were clearly shown to have been the produce of the gold that was sold by Pierce and Agar, and which was divided among the prisoners, and it appeared to him that the company were clearly entitled to this money, and that the court soould make an order for it to be de uvered up to them. . Mr. Sieigu said he should not offer any objection to tbia amount being given t , , the company ; but be con tended that the sher►ffs ought to have the custody of the re►naioder on behalf of the Crown. Mr, Just,ce Willes expressed his opinion that the .-heriits had not made oat a case that would justify the Uou►t in making the order they prayed for. They pro fe,sed to be acting in the interest of the Crown, but the ~oheitor for the Treasury was present who was the direct party to ►nterfere. _ _ i\ r. Sleigh said the sheriffs had no desire to do more than what they conceived to be their duty in vindicating toe rights of the Corporation. Af ttr some further discussion, Mr. Reynolds sad, under ordinary circumstances the property ut a felon was taktn possession of by the Crown, but it was never retained when any persons made out a good case for its restoration. In s•:ne instances it had been restored to•the felon himself fur good conduct, and also to this w►fe ; and the Treasury, in fact, always en deavoured to act aucordiug to the equ►ty of each case. Mr. Baron Martin expressed his opinion that Fanny Kay had an equitable right to the property, according to toe request of Agar. Mr. Eoukin said that on the part of the company be had no interest except in that portion of the property which was proved to be the produce of the robbery, but he suggested that if the remainder were tq, be given to the woman Kay, the interests of the child ought to be taken care of, and that a proper settlement should be ma ie fur that purpose. Mr. Sleigh said that if Mr. Reynolds would take charge or the property, and see that it was distributed to the manner that had been suggested, he would at once on the part of the siieriffi withdraw from making .any further c.aitn. Mr. Reyntdd, intianited that he was not anxious to Uukieutalie the respotomility of distributin,; the property. Sleigh said that ,urely the court wieuld not think decent, or in accot dance vk ith the due administration of ju , tice, that a imp sum of money like this should be retained in the hates of a policeman, and that it would be a much more de3urous proceeding for the property to be placed in the hands of the sheriffs. Mr. Bodkin said that he understood that the City actually claimed tne money, and if the bonds went into their po session they would set up their rights in this reTec , , and the greater port.on of the property would be wasted in Mr. Sleigh said he was instructed that no such claim as intended to be set up. The sheriffs only desired to assert what they conceived to be their rights. Mr. Baron Martin said the sheriffs appeared to have acted very pr.:perly in the matter ; but he did not think , they had made out their right to have the property placed in their custody. Soave further discussion then took place, and even. Wally the judges made an order that the companyshould have restored to them so much of the property as was shown to be the result of the robbery, and that the re , rnainder should be given into the custody of Sir Richard Mayne, the chief commissioner of police, to abide any future orders that may be given respecting it. FALL OF A RAILWAY - BRIDGE.—The traffic of the line of railway between Coventry and Nuneaton (a branch of the London and North-Western) was yesterday morning about 9 o'clock for a time completely stopped by the falling in of a viaduct at Cowden, a short die- tance from Coven ry. The line from the latter city coruntueicates direct from Leamington with Tamworth, Derby, and the north. The bridge, which is of several arches, is of stone, and carries over the rails a very im portant old turnpike road of the district ; but fortunately at the time the accident occurred, owing to the absence of traffic, not the slightest injury befel eitber the road or railway travellers. A train had passed under the bridge only a short time before, but, beside the damage sustained by the railway company and the detention of trains, no injury was sustained by anyindividuals. . Passengers to the North f r om Coventr y were cod corm nveyed beyond the dilapidated bridge by cennihuse, an derable person al in,convefnierTi c h e e s e w n e g r i e ne t e h r e s o o n i ly th u e n L pl o e n a: sant resu lt s complained o don and North-Western company were speedily on the anl the line wa s as s p eedil y as p ossible cle ared of spot, the debris. 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