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:FOR SALE.—A Russian Sledge Dog, lately arrived. A.te Ten Months.—To be seen at Mr. A. Thorp's, 4, Wade's-r hoe, Mi RUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That tho next ORDINARY 714 kLF-YE ARIA' MEETING of the Proprietors in the Buckingham ;hire Railway Comnany will be held at the Euston Station, London, "FRIDAY, the 20th Feb., at I I &dock a.m. By order of the -Board. HARRY VERNEY, Chairman. The Rooks kept for the Re4lstration of rran - :ers of Stock will be Closed nu the 10th Feb., and will remain go until after the meeting. Offices of the Company, Eus.nn-station, Loudon, 30th Jan., 1857. SdUTH WALES RAILWAY.—NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next lIALF-YEARLY ORM ARY MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will be held. "Pursuant to the Act or Parliament, at the Great Western Royal motel, Paddington. on FRIDAY, the 20th day of February, at One _o'clock p rec i se l y, for the elect i on of Di rec t or s and an Auditor, and for the general purposes of bu,iness. - - C. R. 31 TALBOT, Chairman. • The Transfer Be°lts will be closed on and after the 9th February, and will not be reopened until after the said Half-yearly General Xeeting on the 20th February. By order. • FRED. G. SATINDERS, Secretary. "nth Wales 'newsy Oftle^s, 10, Eastbourne-terrace, London, January 39, 1851. W EST .HAM DISTILLERY COMPANY. (Limited ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the works of the above Distillery being near completion, the Directory will be open to re ceive orders for PLAIN SPIRIT to be supplied in February. Due Utica will be sent round to the trade. TBOMAS WEBB, Maiager. ' Distillery, Wert Ham, 31st January, 1847. , C:4_:ENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION N.) 1 1 COMPANY. Incorporated by Act of Parliament. 71, Lombard-street, London. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the HALF-YEAII,LY GEIiENAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will be held at the Company's Office, 71,•Lombard-street, on TUESDAY, the 24th instant, at Two o'Clock precisely, pursuant to the Act of Parlia talent, to transact the usual business, and to declare the Dividend for the half-year ending the 31st December. 185. MARTIN PRATT, Secretary. London, February 2, 1657. GENERAL ANNUITY ENDOWMENT ASSOrT ATM \T. Established 1329. ' ACCUMULATED FUNDED CAPITAL, 284,036/. 54. 3d. In this Office an Annuity of 191. (with almost certainty of increase) can be secured — At the age of 30, by an annual payment of .. £2 14 0 At the Age of 49, do. do. • • 3 17 0 N.B.—Twelve Annuities can be secured. -13, Cheapside. PUMP CURTIs, Secretary. THE THAMES IRON WORKS and SHIP Wei. EVILDING COMPANY (Limited), Orchard-yard, Black- DIRECTORS. Ja. S. Dykes, Esq. John frelk, Esq. .qohlllPort Rag . _ 1 Thomas Meaty Mandalay; Laq.- - - tag- - • h ' .: 4 l l e*Dlreatarapf this arr'now prepared to - tender for the ffilditlif of Iron Ships of every tonnage and class, and for executing - Yr_Orkts of the largest character in wrought er cast iron, including Forging% Girders, Bridges, Roofs, Boilers, and all descriptions of work of a similar character. The eapabil , ties of the establishment and the magnitude of the Works enable the Directors to execute all orders entrusted to them 'With unequalled dispatch. By order of the Directors. JAS. PEMBROKE. January, 1857. GRAND BAL MASQUE. -CASINO DE YEN SE, MTh HoIborn.—TIIIIRSDAY EVENING, Feb. 5. The most magnificent fete ever presented, on which occasion every Source that art and refinement can atm.:est will be brought Into re quisition to welcome the brilliant and fashionable comoany who ho tour this world-renowned and elegant estaWishmest with their pa tronage. The newest and most beautiful dance music will be per formed by the inimitable band, under the die ection of nr. W, M. packer; and the choicest Wines and Refreshments, with every attention to the comfort of the visit rs. will render this entertain- Ment universally celebrated. No free admissi,ns are given. Gen tle Man's Ticket, se. ' • lady's do., 3s. Doors open at half-past nine ; co mmence at ten. supper at one o'clock, 3s. 6d. each. Mr. Nathan, Castle -street, Leicester-square, is appointed Costumier. A ROY LL ROOMS.-LAUTLENT'S CASIN+ 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. 1/ "accurt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that this fashionable place of resort haR been entirely redecorated during the recess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis sion One ghilling. VICE-CHANCELLOR KINDERSLEY'S CHAMBERS, Monday, the 19th day of anuary, 1857. pthe matter of the Joint-stock Companies Wlading-up Acts, 1848 and 1849, and of the Protestant Life and Fire Insurance Association. ` rice -Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, the Judge of the yigh Court of Chancery to whose Court thli matter is attached, and by whose order the winding-np of the above-named association is Proceeding, peremptorily orders that a call of Four Pounds Ten Shit ' lin/PI per share be made on all the Members and Contributories of this .Association; and the said Judge further peremptorily orders each Member and Contributory, on the eleventh day of February, • 188 7. at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at No. 9, Bloomsbury-place, ITS the county of Middiesex, to pay to the Official Manag. r of this Association the balance, if any, which will be due from him Mtn' dtbiting his Stemma In the books of the Association, with such call. CHAS. PUGH, Chiof Clerk. WILLIAM KINSEY, Solicitor ti the Official Managir, 9, Bloomsbury-place. INVESTMENTS in BRITISH MINES.—FuII particulars of the most Important Dividend and Progressive Mines will be found in the Fourth Edition of BRITISH MINES CONSIDERED AS AN INVESTMENT, recently published by J. 11. MURCHISON, Esq., F.G.5.,F.5.5., price 3s. 6d.; by post. 4s. Mr. MURCHISON also publishes a QUARTERLY REVIEW of BRITISH 11IINING, givinLf the position and prospects of the Mines at the end of each quarter, the dividends paid, & c. The Review for the quarter and the, year ending 31st Dec. last con *ins a Map of the Camborne district, price Is. "The book will be found extremely valuable."—Obserrer, "A valuable little book."—Globe. "A valuable guide to investors."—Herapath. "A useful little volume."—Morniag Herald. "Of great value to capitalists."—Sunderland Times. " Parties requiring information on mining investments will find no better and safer Instrurtor than Mr. Murebison."—Leeds Times. "One of the most valuable mining publications which has come under our notice, and contains more information than any other on - the subject of which it treats."— Derby Telegraph. " TO thosewho wish to invest capital in British Mines, this work s of the first importance."—Welshman. • '' This work enables the capitalist to invest on sound principles ;it is, in truth, an excellent guide "—Plymouth Journal. Copies of the above publications can be obtained at Mr. Murchison's offices, 117, nishopsgate-street Within, London ; and reliable infor- Illation and advice will be given at any time to those who may re quire it. COLT'S SIX-SHOT REVOLVERS—the fa vourite size for Officers, Army and Navy. weight 21b. Soz., rifle-bored. Also. three sizes POCKET REVOLVERS, for Travel lers and House Protection. Holsters, Belts, Pouches, Cartridges. A. large Stock, London made, ready for immediate delivery. Des scription and Price-lists furnished. Order of the Patentee and ' Manufacturer, SAMITEL COLT, 14, Pall-Mall, London.—Beware counterfeits. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-ro)m, consisting of a new and elegant assortment of VASES, Figures. Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Inkstands. beautiful Inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c. Imported and manu factured by .TAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of Shells, Minerals, Rocks, and Fossils, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of Conch°logy, Mineralogy, and Geology, at 2,5, 10, 20, to WO guineas each. Mr. Tennant gives Pra c ti ca l I ns t ruct i on i n Min t ralogy and Geology. SALT and Co.'s EAST INDIA PALE an d BURTON ALES. BREWERY—BURTON-ON -TRENT. STORES : L0ND0N...... LIVERPOOL .. ..... ....• y- s t ree t. MANCHESTER • SHEFFIELD .... 12, George-street. BIRMINGHAM ... Old Court-house, High-street. • BRISTOL. • • DIJELTN 4, Crown-alley. EDINBURGH .. ...... GLASGOW St. Vincent-place. _ These Ales, in Casks of Eighteen Gallons and upwards, and in mettle, obtained from all respectable Bottlers. 1.11••••• OYA_L FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron —The QUEEN.—Founded 1828. • The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no re commendation is required, During the past month the following number received the benefits of this Charity. either as out or in-door patients, on their personal application Week ending 7th November 2,154 Ditto 14th N ovember 2,043 Ditto 21st' November .... Di tto 28th N ove mber." 1,972 2,309 9th and 30th November.... . 269 _ - - - Total in November ...... 17"--747 of which 2,775 were new cases, th e rem , . ment) having been admitted previously. naer (still under treat patients. The clergy of all denomi nations have unlimited access to the H eav y expenses are inevitably incurred tensuayffoerndbatregatnntehhe ec_xciteno-f sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earn • he public. The management of the Hospital is In the hands of 30 Governors, yearly elected from the general li s t o f subscribers, at th e Annual General Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, when any subscriber may attend, if so dispos e d, the Board being at all times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, John Masterman, Esq., M.P., Nkholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drlimmond and Co.; Berries and Co.; Rammm and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Denison and Co. ; Williams,; Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber ners-street ; 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. 20,166.) PUBLICATIONS. NEW WORK BY MISS FREER. Now ready, in 2 vols., with Portraits by Death, 21s , ELIZABETH DE VALOIS, QUEEN OF SPAIN, and the COURT of PIIILIP II ; from Numerous unpublizhedsou-ces in the Archives of France, Italy, and Spain. By Miss FREER., author of "The Life of Margaret D'Angoulerne," &c. Hurst and tlackett, Publishers, 13, Great MarlLe:•ougli-s rect. Now ready at all the libraries, in 2 vols., 215., TTENRY CLARENDON By .A.LICK COMYN. " In this novel there is it considerable amount of interest. The por trai,ure of female disposition is certainly the best portion of the an. ;hoes delineations, butwherever heartiness of intention and wartnlh of character are portrayed as existing in her male celebrities she shows greattact and talent. As a whole the story will command admirers."—Messenger. Hurst and Biackett, Publishers, successors to llenry Celbarn. Just published, In Bvo. with a Map and 8 Coloured Illustration Q, price 12s. 6d., cloth, BERMUDA, a COLONY, a FORTRESS, and a rniso ; or, Eighteen Months in the Somers Islanis, • By a FIELD OFFICER. " Bermuda, as a prison, is very important."—Daily News. " We part from hi, with regret."—Literary Gazette. " A man of observation and of ability."--Globe. " A highly Interesting account of transportation."—Recnr , " " It is full of information, and agreeably wrAten."—Press. " A pleasant account of this group, as colony, fortress, and prison —Spectator. " Various suggestions particularly valuable and ocasonatle."- John Bull. " Conveys a large amount of information in'a p!esing form."- United Servie,!, TNlnazine. London: Longman, Brown, Green, LOIV,MaIIS, and Ro‘;erts. NEW PART OP DR. COPLAND'S MEDICAL DICTIONARY, On Thursday next will be publishid, in Bvo., price 4s. lid., Part XVIII. of D R. COPLAND'S MEDICAL DICTIONARY. Ay. To be completed in One more Part. _London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longman, and Rober:s. Just published, In 1, vol.; POst Svo , with Portrait and Coloured Map ~, , of the Notth:West ,Passege, pri ce 01t. 6d. eJoth z inkiStotit - OP - ADMIIt - '. - tilt ' "'W. k ` PARRY, Kt., F R S., &e. (thp , A . 3:4.,,,,e:,... • By his Son, the Rev. E. PARRY, M.A., of Balliol College, Oxford , late Tutor in the University of Durham. London : Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. NEW EDITION OF CAPTAIN OSBORN'S NARRATIVE OF CAPTAIN M 4 CLURE'S DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE, WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS, Now ready, in Bvo., with Chart and Tlinstrations from Sketches by Commander S G. Cresswell, R.N., price 15e. cloth, THE DISCOVERY of TIIE I\TORTII-WEST PASSAGE by H.M.S. Investigator, Captain R. M`CLuae, 1850-1854. Edited by Captain SIIERARD OSBORN, 0.8., from the Logs and Journals of Captain Nl'Clure. Second Edi!io:l, thoro, , glily revised : with Conalderable Additions to the Chapter on the llyber nation of Animals in the Arctic Regions, a Geologitial Paper by Eir Roderick I. Murchison, and a Portrait of Captain 111`Clure London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmanv, and Rob:rts. REPEAL OF TIILJ DUTY ON PAPEts. VENING, manufacturer got no profit on the - dais. He - (:i.lderinan Ballwin) produced a piece of button board, out of which : discs, like - g un wa d s, - h ad been cut' far the making of Florentine buttons, such as every man wore on ht coet, and in the manufacture of which thousands of people were employ e d. T wo y,-ar ago those diecs e es well as e the 'waste board from which t'aey hed been cut, paid a duty, which enhancel the price', of that kind of button by 7.1 per cent,, the result lyieg that the French and German menulactutere of Florentine leittons, who paid no duty, were enabled to beat the English button manu facturers in foreign markets. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—YOU know Mr. Milner Gibson would not allow yod to have:a protective duty. (A laugh.) Alderman BALDWIN said he did riot want one, and to prove that he might add that five or six years ago, a de putation of paperrea'eere, of which-ho was one, went to Lord J. Russell, thinking it possible his lordship might ask them in the event of the pacer duty being taken off if they would be prepared to allow foreign paper to come into this country duty free; all, with one sxleption, agreed to answer in, the affirmative, and that one person was individually of the same mind, but he held back from • publicly e x p ress i ng his opinion, on the ground that he : had not be en aut h or i sed to do so by the• papermaker i n his locality whom h e represente d . The CHANCELLOR o f the EXCHEQUE —You are en titled, in acce r d ence w i th the strictest 'rule of free trade, to have a cust oms d uty equivaleet .tti - an excise. duty; otherwise you wou ld not be on fair' tern-v. Aldermen BALDWIN raid he woull show how ur fairly the paper duty acted on the expert trade. A little time ago he received as c order for ten tons of common brown packing.' paper for exportation, but, as the person whO _geve it him 'turned cut to m be a swindl e r, h e (Nlderan Ballwin) get,his paper back again, although it had been entered fk , r ex p rt. The result of the transaction, however ; proved that, taking into account the expense ho was at in pack ing the paper in a peculia'r way to comply With the Excise requisitions and other incidental considerations, there was a positive loss of 20 per cent., attributable to the Excise laws, on every 1 c wt. 'of coterecoil whet. exP;might, busf frietirthie 'den tiitryfe , e Oa the . otlicigui . d-1 mbn paper,- whetfibtp4oo far lie absurd Excise r4(nlations as to paeldegiebe corpedyseitin the shape of ballet, fer'which it wee admirably ail weighine, as it did, about 401 b - a ream, and being very convenient for stowing. He next pointed the Chancel• lor's attention to two samples of.paper used in the menu fscture of papier macho iartielee. One of those samples was formed of the.common pulp material, without paste, and therefore paid no duty at all ; but if a paper manu facturer attempted in this country to- make a superior article Of that nature, which was done by pasting sheets toeethcr, ho had then - to pay, considering that he was liable to duty, not only on the manufactured article, bet on the waste resulting from it, a duty varying from 201. to 221. a ton. The consequence was that the ma nufacture-Es in Germany and France, who were liable to no such drawback, were mostly engaged in making the best articles of that description, while those in England made only the commoner kinds on which no duty was payable, and were losing their reputation for ability to make anything better. He had been at the pains to calculate the ordinary expenditure of 60 persons who worked at this sort of trade, and the result proved that -out of every sovereign they spent 3s. 4d, went to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the shape of duty on the tea, coffee, sugar, tobacco, ale, and spirits they con s:lined. So that, by taking off the duty on paper, if they could give a vastly greater amount of employment in its manufacture, which he contended would be the necessary , result of the remission, the consequent. lose to the re venue would be cornper.sated by the pain resulting to it front the greater consumption of exeiseable articles. This was one of the most useful and necessary trades in the country, and there was a great amount of capital and ingenuity employed in it. People in the town from which he came said when they heard the fuss made about national education that it was all humbug, so long as the duty was retained on an article which entered so exten sively into the matter of education The CHANCELLOR—Do you believe, if the duty on paper were remitted, there would be a perceptible change iu the price of books I Alderman BALDWIN was sure there would be a reduc tion. lAPORTANT DEPUTATION TO THE CHAN CELLOR, OF THE EXCHEQUER. Yesterday afternoon a deputation waited, by appoint ; ment, on the Riglit Hon. Sir G. C. Lewis, the Chancel )r of the Exchequer, at his officirl residence in aiwning e street, for the purpose of representing the advisability of repealing of the duty on paper. The deputation consisted of the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, M.P., Alderman Baldwin, Birmingham; Mr. G. Dawson, Birmingham ;' Mr. Rawlins, Wrexham ; Mr. E. Bucknall, Stroud; and Messrs. G. Stiff, H. Moore, J. Hoppy, W. Wickham, T. Bainbridge, C. %Val:house, J. Hyde, C. Hill, W. Smith, C. D. Collet, T. Wilson, C. Ei!:, Plummer. (for Mr. IL Ingram, M.P.), Dr. Watts, and the Rev. R. Everess. The deputation was intriduced by The Right Ton. T. M. Ginscier, M.P., who said the gentlemen present were the representatives of the Society for Promoting the Total Repeal of all Taxes on know ledge, and others interested in the manufacture of paper, and the trade in genera', who were very anxious for the removal of this particolar tax on the manufacture re paper, and that it should be dealt with by the Legisla. ture immediately. They did not aide for individual relief. but took their pesition on the broad principles of corn. marcial policy. The stthject bad been takea into remsi ration by a committee of the house, and successive Minis tries had at different periode•held out expectations that tine question of the repeal of the duty should be dealt with, and the deputation felt that the time had now ar rived when no further delay should be permitted in forc ing the matter on the attention of the Government and the Legislature. With regard to the effect the duty had on the diffusion of knowledge and thaspread of eiluea. tion, he might say that many of the warmest friends of education thought that education might be greatly pro moted by its repeal, and that, he contended, at once en titled the question to the earliest consideration of the Government, espec , ally.as it was the general belief that the tax on paper might be removed without any injurious effect upon the revenues of the country. He trusted the right hon. baronet would be induced tovive the subject ttis.most:favourabie-coolittergtion *it4a.,view:to the re 4 peal of the "duty. . Mu. C. UOLLETT, the secretary to the Association for the Repeal of a'l Taxes on Knowledge, then real an elaborate and argumentative memorial addressed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, from which the following passages are extracted- In .1835 tire duty on first-class paper was 3d. per pound, and the total amount of paper made in the United Kingdom was • First class 5 4,067.5621b. Second claSs 70,654.587 The gross revenue being £833,822 The net do. In 1855 the revenue was 1,031,803 „ the gross do. which, at IW. and 3.loths of a farthing per pound, gives 171,200,2551 h. as the amount of paper manufactured in tie year 1853 ; being an increase of 140 per cent, on the arnaunt made in 1835-18 years before. An 'addition,' argument is to be found in the fact that for the last few years the duty has renia,inA stationary—if we should not rather say that it is retrngraiiing ; and this in the face of the great increase in newspapers and period:cal publications. The following table of the net revenue for the last five years proves this— A NEW SATIRICAL NOVEL DY THE AUTHOR OF " THE GO YERNING CLASSES." Just Ready, F RIENDS of BOHEMIA; or, Phases cf London Life. In Two Volumes. London: Smith, Elder, anlt Co., 65, Cornlii'l. This day is publishel, price Is., VTR. CHARLES. PEARSON'S LETTER to • F the Lord Mayor on . IN/ill-TP.IAL PRISONS. Together with his Speech in the House of Common. 011 the same subject. 1851 £928,876 185 0 941,827 1853 1,049,661 1854 ~ 1,050,629 1855 1,047,430 When the duty was universally admitted to be a serious Itindrarce to the manufacturer, and was consequenily reduced, the amount of paper produced was on the rise, 33 will be seen from the following table of the net re venue for five years : Hail and Virtue, Paterno,ter-rovr. THE GOLD DIGGERS OF AUSTRALIA. By the Hon. T. M'COMItIE, Member of the Victoria Lez,x latnre. How to act Cotton, East, West, and South.—Civil anc' Cri minal Law, and twelve other articles. " Tait's Magazine " for Feb • ruary, is. —X701,149 .. 682,707 .. 715,743 .. 748,478 .. 771,162 In 1839 an expedient was adopted for making up a small but annual deficiency in the revenue, which has had dis astrous effects upon the poorer manufacturers of paper. ele addition of 5 per cent. was made to the duty, that is to say, the duty of 141. a ton, or V, l. a pound, was raised to 141. 144. per ton, or 1 id. and 3 10ths of a farthing per pound. This 3.loths of a farthing has ruined a number of paper-makers ; bow many, is a secret in possession of the Excise ; what we know is, that the numbers of the miles in England and Wales only ascend as high as 694; while, in a princed list, furnished to us, by a correspond ent, and dated 1852, we count only 443 mills ; and since the putliclition of the list, 89 of the manufac turers named in it have been returned as non existent by the Post-office. This suggests a decrease of 340, or nearly 50 per cent. in the number of the paper-mills in England and Wales, owing to the in genuity of Sir F. Baring. If, as it is to be hoped, the estimate is exaggerated, it will be easy for the officers of excise to correct it. It is easy to see that the extra 3-10ths of a farthing would ruin the small capitalist. A mill turning out eight tons per week, and realising a profit of 3001. a-year on 416 tons, would on the increase of duty have to pay an extra sum of 2911. 4s. to the tax gatherer ; and would thus work without any profit, while it would be impossible for the owner to increase the price of his paper. This is ex idly what has happened. Mr. BaLlwin, a paper-maker at Birmingham, wrote and published a letter to Lordj. Russell, in which ho specified particular mills that Nould be closed by this means,—and his predictions were actually accomplished. So great is the numberof paper-makers verging to wards bankruptcy, and, compelled to sell their paper under its value in order to meet the payment of duty, that respectable paper-makers aver that they can buy paper in the mar ket as good as their own at a lower price than they can make it. The paper duty has been recognised from the beginning as a tax on knowledge by the fact that Bibles, Prayer-books, and works published by the universities in the Latin, Greek, Northern, and Oriental languages are allowed the privilege of a drawback by the Act of Anne. We know not why the horn book of the artisan's child should be taxed, while the rare books of the rich collegian are exempted, nor why a drawback should be given to works which are always sure of a ready sale, while the tax is exacted from works that do not pay their expenses. There are other points which will require similar consideration if the duty is to con tinue. The tax on the paper used in packing is sometimes a considerable item, and we cannot see why paper exported as wrappers for goods should not receive a drawback as well as paper that is exported separately. The private maker of envelopes has to pay a duty on the waste, from which an envelope maker who is a millowner is exesept. This waste is worth 191. per ton, and the tax 141. 14s. These are, how ever, inequalities inherent in the nature of the tax. The re are others which are not so easily accounted for. Wo know, sir, that the main question which we come here to ask is one on which, to use the words of your prede cessor,on the very same subject, the lips of the Mi nister who holds your unfortunate situation are sealed,' but we do venture to hope that you will answer the very simple questions on which official reserve cer tainly does not compel silence-1. What is paper ? 2. What is pasteboard ? We are prepared to show that on Florentine buttons made at the mill, of what is commonly considered brown paper, no duty is paid ; while the very same substance, if it leave the mill in sheets, er if, though made into buttons, it be covered with white paper, is charged with duty, and must there fore be supposed to be paper. We should like to be informed on the best authority whether that which is taxable paper or millboard when it is a foot square ceases to be so by being cut into discs ; and if so, how the covering of these discs whith white reinvests them with the character of paper? A. similar mystery exists in regard to pasteboard. The act requires that the pasteboard-maker, not being a millowner, shall weigh his paper in the presence of an exciseman, and shall, when his pasteboard is made, pay a duty on the increased weight. We are informed:Abet by some process, not generally understood, the addition of the paste actually diminishes the weight of the paper ; and that in Birming ham there is only one pasteboard-maker with whom this is not the case, and that all the others consequently escape payment of the duty. We earnestly recommend to your attention these arguments as a small portion of the objections which may be made to the retention of the only excise now remaining upon our manufactures except those on intoxicating liquors, or the raw ma terials of intoxicating liquors." Alderman BALDWIN said he had been connected with the paper trade for 40 years in Birmingham, and had had a paper mill in that town for 21 years. Two years ago he filed the office of Mayor of Birmingham, and he had therefore had opportunities of knowing the evil effects pf the paper duty on the various kinds of manufacture con nected with the Birmingham trade. Within the last year he had paid as much as 12,8001. to the Exchequer in the shape of paper duty. He bad sold the paper on which the duty was paid for 35,0001., so that he had to relinquish as nearly as possible 2-sths of that sum far Excise duty alone ; in other words, ho positively worked 20 weeks of the 52 in realising the amount he had to pay to the Go vernment f or duty, consuming every week 100 tons of coal in his business, besides wages for labour and other incidental outgoings. He had therefore a good right to complain, and the more so as his was the been only manufacturing stadkdelned ofrw leather, et aht h trade g las i n,, Excise, th b e countryewkthis3,oelaenddumt articles, to the great benefit of the community, and remission en h attended with no diminution to the revenue seeing that enabled e up d op t e o n s e p d end more the • s w o e m r were thereby which elo additional means of em ployment to the labouring and artisan population, who moey : oyn" ceesaries and to some extent on the luxuries of life, than any other commodity, was the rem how the production of paper, y were aprtrioccleesedcebdatrogedh with contei ty b hh e a e vt i onnneegrs to the revenue. He in a manner in some detail d pecially, and also of fuel, adding that aeittrlmoeafosrtleafibmvoeaurrtkoeens; of coal were consumed in the manufacture of every ton of paper. 1831.. 1832.. 1333.. 1834.. 1835... Th 3 CHANCELLOR—To what Extent ? Aldernvin BALDWIN replied tint the duty enhanced the price of the comman copylmok and the first books us,:d at school by the children of poorpeople 30 percent. Toe CLIANCELLOIL— And yet you think. the tax does not fall on the consumer, but on the manufacturer? Alderman BALDWIN did not say that. The tax fell on the manufacturer i« the first instance, and all be (Alderman Baldwin) said was that the manufacturer did net get profit on the duty paid. The CHANCILLOR.—Do you think he ought to make a profit on the duty he pays ? Alderman BALDWIN thought there ought to be no duty at all. (A laugh.) He hoped the Chancellor would be of the same opinion. Every book that was published was as nearly as possible wholly the result of labour, and if the right hdn. gentleman kept that in view be (Alderman Baldwin) was sure he would abolish the paper duty. Since the abolition of the stamp deity on newspapers from 40,000 to 50,000 copies of news papers were published weekly in Birmingham, instead of 15,000, which was the number before the stamp was remitted, and he ventured to say if the duty on paper was taken off, the revenue in three years would be bene fited, instead of injured, by the change. Helad a great desire to see the duty repealed, not only for his own sake, but for that of the community ge nerally. In a vil lage, for instance, fou r m il es from Birmingham, where many poor people were unemployed and living on the poor-rates, he was spendi ng 10 , 000/ i u the erection of a paper-mill, which, if th e d u t y wa s taken off paper, would keep 50 families off th e par i s h. The CHANCELLOR—Let m e as k y ou one question. You believe that 30 per cent. o f th e prese nt price of books is owing to the duty on pap er ? B AL DWIN—On cheap copy and school books it is; but the price of costly books is not much enhancer? by it.] Do you think the remis sion of the duty would lead to any perceptible reduction in the price of newspapers ? Mr. 13AeDwiN—That had been the effect of taking off the stamp. The CHANCELLOR—But I am speaking of the paper du y. I will ask you if any newspaper would lower its price in consequence of the remission of the paper duty I Alderman BALDWIN said they would either lower their price or give a better article for the present price. Some of the pennypapers were doing well, but they would not be carried on unless the duty on paper was repealed. Mr. J. HYDE reminded the Chancellor that at the time the Messrs. Chambers were selling 60,000 of their penny tracts a-week they wore obliged to relinquish the undertaking in consequence of the enormous sum they paid in paper duty, which of itself would have been a handsome profit to them. Mr. J. H. Raweeete,a papermaker at Wrexham, said this was the only country in the world that imposed a tax on the diffusion of knowledge. The truth was that, like the shoe of a Chinese lady, the act of Parliament imposing this tax on the paper trait) had been gradually pinching more and more as that trade developed itself, until it had become almost intolerable. Ile produced five samples of brown paper obtained during a recent visit to the United States, made from flax straw, old leather, Indian corn stalks, palm leaves, and damaged marsh hay, and sold at prices below the sums charged for duty in Englaud, and stated in some detail how marvellously the paper trade flourished in the Ame rican Union, where it, was wholly unrestricted by Excite or any other imposer. Ile contended that three-fourths of the papermakers in this country were either living on their capital or losing money. The duty wasso heavy and relentless in its character that, like the sword of Damocles, it was perpetually hanging over the heads of the manufacturers, and would never be other wise until the tax was completely swept away. Alderman BALDWIN said etc-half of all the paper now made iu this country was manufactured by 30 persons ; the trade would be soon in fewer hands, and it wool I be in the power of those few persons to stop the press any day they might choose to do so. The CHANCELLOR asked what proportion of all the paper made was used for the purpose of printing ? Alderman BALDWIN said considerably more than a third, and perhaps one-eighth or due -tenth was used as writing paper. Mr. John Watts, Mr. Eit, Mr. Ducknall, of Stroud, and Mr. B. Langley, bore testimony to the way in which newspaper p ro p r i e t ors were o the duty operated to repress cheap newspap ers an d th e production of good school books. 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The fuel used was the patent fuel always burnt with that kind of stove, which has no pipe to it. The deceased retired to rest together about ten o'clock on Sunday night, in their usual health, and when the bailiff went to call them at five o'clock in the morning he found them dead. One of the men, Rose, had only entered Mr. Dodd's service the same day. In reply to" the coroner, the bailiff stated he bad frequently used the stove before without any ill effect. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased met with their death by inhaling carbonic aoid gas, and appended to their verdict a caution against the use of Joyce's patent fuel in close apartmente. 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'''':„--------". <A 10t4174 , '16 . • '-'-'- ~., „ ~. • '''' "'- , " t••• , -.71 ,1 1 11 40' ::...t ,•; - U - 1 jb ~,, • , ' u..•..- 4 .-dr ,k ,; 7 ., ,.. .---,x) AV ''' ••,'.'\ '-•.---- --,.//"' .4111 - ' „.., • • t , ~.............................. ........... ..................---- , LONDON. THURSDAY E _. , , I _ ... , [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• Spirit of the Public Journals. (Front the Daily News.) On Tuesday evening Mr. Disraeli accused the French an I. English Governments of the grossest and most shameless duplicity to war d s Italy. There can be no mistake as to she meaning of the allegation of the Right Hon Mernher for Bucks. It - was deliberately made, and repeat :d over and over again. Mr. Disraeli said, in the first place :—" Austria obtairied that which at no period f her history her brightest statesmen even supposed she would ever get —a guarantee. [Lord Palmerston : From what Power ?] From what Power ? Why, from the only Power - Austriaever feared—a guarantee from France for the possession of her Italian dominions— (hear, hear)—and granted not merely with the sanction and approval of the noble. lord (Lord Clarendon), but by the advice and at the special instance of his Government. (Cheers,) That secret treaty, he found, was not denied, though mentioned Low for the first time." Again, when Mr. - Gladstone, in the course of the debate, referred to this statement, Mr. Disraeli rose to rectify a small inac curacy into which Mr. Gladstone had fallen. "Mr. Disraeli was understood to explain that what he said was, that all this time the Italian. possessions of Austria were guaranteed ' • upon which the noble lord said, ' By what Pow er ?' an d he said, guaranteed by France, but with the sanction of England." This statement of Mr. Disraeli has been met by Lord Palmerston with a distinct and explicit contradiction. Now, we are riot going to - insist upon Mr. Disraeli's .proving his assertion' : every man is liable to be deceived. But after advancing such a grave charge, in Parliament, against the honour of the English and French Govern ments, weenaintainihat he is -bowed -to -prove that he made it in good faith—that he had strong reasons for be lieving the truth of his assertion. This he can only do by stating his authority, and the corroborating circum stances which induced him to give credit to that autho rity. If Mr. Disraeli fails to do this, be will rest under the grave suspicion of trifling _with the public in a dis cussion of vital importance. • Nay, more, he will labour undeathe must gelling'and intolerable suspicion to which EnghaVgentleinakecari lie subjected. We have .said that-Loth Pa lm e r t on bar. met: Dia- 1 leaelPs,aceneation on this head - with a distinct and explicit contradiction: We mean in so far as relates to the exist ence of a treaty of guarantee contracted by France with Austria, with the knowledge and sanction of England. To so• far as Mr. Disraeli is concerned, Lord Palo:rem ton's denial is as strong as could be desired. But in so far as the cause of Italy and the cause of law and good government in Europe are concerned, his lordship's words leave ample room for further explanation. " The treaty" (said Lord Palmerston, "is a mere romance, and without the uliehtest foundation in fact—(laughter)—ex cept this, that I believe in the carlierstages of the war with Russia, when the question was as to what line Austria would take, there were communications between France an i Austra, the latter being uneasy as to the line the French Government might take in the case of d'eturbar ces iu Italy. I bateve that the French Government slid et that time they would take no part that would be at all hostile to Austria in Italy, but there was no treaty en tered into by France with respect to the Italian posses sions of the Austrian Government." Then, though there may have been no treaty, there was at one time an un derFtandine between France and Austria with respect to Italy of which the English Government was cogni sant. Tha;f; understanding, too, was of a wider scope than the imaginary treaty described by Mr. Disraeli. It did more than guarantee the Austrian possessions in Italy : it bound France " to take no part th it would be at all hostile to Austria in half." Now, from a circular addressed by the Cabinet of Vienna to its diplomatic agents immediately after the publication of Count Cavour's note to the Congress of Paris we know that Austria claims a right to assist Italian sovereigns against their subjects by military intervention. By undertaking to do nothing hostile to Austria in Italy the French Government sanctioned this outrageous claim. It is to he wished, therefore, that Lord Palmerston would be a little more communicative on this vital question, and let us know whether this understand ing, that the French Government " would take no part which would be at all hostile to Austria in Italy," still caistg. If there is such an understand ing, Sardinia and the whole liberal party in Italy have been most shamefully deceived by the professions made in the Congress of Paris. Altogether, there is something very curious about this charge which Mr. Disraeli has made against the French and English Governments. For months past we have seen repeated attacks upon the English Government in c,:rtain Parisian journals, which are generally under stood to stand in intimate relations to some of the depart ments of the French Administration. The burden of their complaints has been the feebleness of the English Cabinet, the cooling of its affection for the French Alli ance, and its inclination to cultivate more cordial and intimate relations with An3tra. NOW, if there be the Last shadow of truth at the bottom of Mr. Disraeli's story —nay, if.even the materially modified version of Lord Pal merston be correct—it is the French Government that has been clandestinely cultivating a good understanding with Austria, to the detriment of the cause of good go vernment and independent nationality in Italy. It must be kept in mind, too, that Mr. Disraeli has just returned from a visit to Paris, after having been most assiduous in paying his court at the Tuileries ; and what is more curious still, his return was heralded by ominous reports of revelations most damaging to the foreign policy of the English Government, which he was said to have ob tained from high quarters in Paris. The circumstances to which we have been advert. ing are only of importance in so far as they chow to Italians and to all friends of Italy the necessity of being watchful, and of relying upon themselves alone. It Italy is to be saved, it must be by the pressure of en lightened public opinion. " Put not your faith in prin. ces "—nor in Ministers either. Lord Palmerston's ac count of the part which the English Government has taken in the discussion regarding Prussia and Switzer land betrays lamentable coldness towards the constitu tional cause. What rea3on have we to believe that he feels more warmly for the friends of constitutional government in Italy ? The rebuke which Lord John Russell administered on this head to the English Cabinet, on Tuesday, has been most richly deserved. Nothing • has been done for the suffering inhabitants of the States of the Church. Sardinia has been treated with super cilious coldness. And as for Sicily the part played there by France and England irresistibly reminds one of the humane experiments of certain physiologists who take pleasure in dissecting live animals. The policy pursued towards the King of Naples has aggravated the sufferings of the Two Sicilies ; and the French and English Governments appear to watch the throes and convulsions of the agonised community, curiously calcu lating how long they can be endured, (From the Times.) tieaval and Military lnteiligerice. The income tax is a tax which for every penny in the rate of assessment brings a million of pounds sterling into the Exchequer. Sixteenpence in the pound yields just sixteen millions in clean hard money, with no great expense in collection, and with a greater certainty, pre cision, and completeness than is the case with any other impost which the genius of financiers has been able to devise. But this is not all that the income tax raises. It raises half a-dozen constant, keen, and interminable conflicts of principle, keeps large classes of the people in a state of chronic discontent, and at every period offering a chance of relief throws the whole island into profound agitation. It is a tax which everybody is fain to use, but nobody is ready to justify, which does our work for us while we murmur at it, which was never quite sanctioned and yet could be never quite dropped ; so that in the end, as Mr. Gladstone expressed it, we went living on with it from year to year, like children afraid or regardless of the future, and content with pro viding for the present. Such being the income tax, what are we to do with it ? Proscribe it utterly—name, substance, and all ? That would be to destroy the most formidable weapon in the armoury of the State. If money means the sinews of war the income tax is the very essence and vitality of the whole muscular system—" an instrument" as Lord Derby said, "of vast energy and effect, exhibit iug in the s'eongest degree to foreign countries the immensity and power of our resources for war." Shall we make it permanent ? That would be to make injustice, impelicy, and discontent permanent—to attach a charac ter of durability to measures only tolerated upon the express assureption of their being transitory. Look at the debates on Tuesday evening, and observe the terms in which the tax is spoken of. Look at the speech es ma d e a ll over the country respecting it — the notorious inequality of its incidence, and the impos sibility (as it seems to many) of finding any way to equality. What shall we do with it, then ? What. its very nature and character suggests —keep it fortun es and seasons as exceptional and as anomalous as itself— for periods when money is wanted in mighty h lumps, ew in and ther when, so long as it is found, nobody asks words, for the needs of war. tax of which Bat we are not h at m w o a r r e n th ow an , h a a nd lf yt we ie e avew h ed a l v an in comeye awar contribution. No doubt, but war, as far as expenditure is concerned, does not alwa y s terminate with fighting. Bills remain to be paid which are still war bills, although treaties may have been signed, peace proclaimed, and jubilees celebrated. That the income tax, at its present rate, shall cease, and determine on a given day is already provided, such day being not far off. What ri n a tf i ia n ocn t t o : ie more, the whole tax is act ually doomed to xtinc tion as a peace ta x . No t only the war 9d. but th e peace 7d. lies under ti m time constituted,sentencet hre e is years.ot f w death,ofoTl twofold e toni itspse carried to m, Ministerr igin a l after anothe, as s e a cu t execution this present Robert There Peel, is, the first maintained place, the tohnee o n o o f t he i r, and finally adopted by Mr. Gladstone in 1853, on conditions of a terminable existence expressly defined. Then there is the superstructure, the upper stratum, laid on to meet the exigencies of the Russian war, and framed only to last for a still shorter period. In both cases there is" finality staring us in the face. The road has been rough, and the lane a Log one, but, at any sate, the turning is well in view. As to the war 9d., whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer shoul be required to forego the letter of his bond and capi tulate on the spot, or whether, as was suggested in the debate, the operation of an act of Parliament, however accidental, in furnishing Government with means should not be too narrowly or jealously viewed, provided, the application of ouch means were oati§fao- :ill ~~y ). , 14 4-'44 • , fzi X!: • rj • t tory, is a question which can be discussed better aria we have seen the actual figures. As to the other, however, and more important point, that of the in come tax in its genera 1 and comprehensive character, we entirely concur with the opinions so decidedly ex- , pressed on Tuesday evening, that 1360 should see the last of the duty until the inexorable voice . of war shall" be once more heard. Whatever may be said of the income tax as actually levied may be said also of direct taxation abstractedly considered, for no statesman has yet been able to em— body the elementary power in any ether practical form than that of the specific instrument with the gripe of which we are so well acquainted. If it is impossible to' settle a fair and acceptable rate for thei ncome tax, that is as much as to say that it is impracticable to employ direct taxation without inflicting injustice and creating . discontent. There are two propositions which seem as well established, or, at any rate, are as steadily, safely, and continuously asserted, as could well be the case' with any polhical axioms in this highly critical and argumentative age. The first is, that a distinction, ought to be drawn between permanent and precarious incomes ; and the second is, that to draw any such dis tinction is beyord the power of mortal financiers. av e : do not ourselves profess to accept the dilemma as inevit able, but there it is, thrust in our faces as a practical conclusion whenever the income-tax canoes under dis cussion, and it follows, therefore, as a direct and neces sary consequence, that an impost operating with so much injustice should be reserved asan exceptional instrument for exceptional emergencies,. It need not be assumed that these emergencies aro to be recognised exclusively in the demands of war. As a matter of fact we have been pay . ng income tax through twelve years •, peace, and by so doing have placed the finances of the country in a state of unexampled prosperity. But when with these ends in view, Sir Robert reel proposed the tax he was careful to introduce it in its proper character.. It was still an extraordinary arm brought out at a crisis,, though the crisis was not one of war. Its aid was in voked in the first place to restore a salutary proportion, between the income and expenditure of the State, and in the next to smite and scatter a host of foes pressing as injuriously as hostile squadrons on the energies and CoMmerce of the nation. Its duration was fixed because its work was specific, and when it had answered its pur pose it was to be disused, and laid up in store for the next occasion. The period of consummation retired, it is true, as we approached it, but the temporary character of the impost was still always avowed, and its existence was only prolonged by a succession of short leases, not always very cheerfully granted. At length Mr. Glad stone bad the boldness to look the di ffi culty full in the face, and not only said that the tax should terminate, but provided for the of its,tPrraitlittifn - • Be Aged tirgerrespiti than was etscietan - beifole,l) . fitniztioafj.he,., sentence, taort, • certain In 1860 the . requirements of the exehequer iiiiniehed by the natural extinction of the Lon ties; and the Succession Duty —a duty representing to least objectionable form of property tax—will have came into full play. We trust, therefore, to see the - settlement of 1853 receive full effect.. Its provisions were devised in a comprehensive spirit and with a liberal considera tion of conflicting claims. No person can say that pro perty and income have net contributed their share to the national treasury when both will have been taxed for 13 years, of which only two were years of war, and when the former remains taxed in perpetuity. Mr. Glad stone's lease was a long one, but more than half of it has expired, and with the end of the thing fairly in view wo can afford to wait for Sir C. Lewis's estimates with pa tience, and consider them with reasonable minds. Her Majes►y's steam troop ?lip Megwra, 6, Commander Purvis, embarked at Portsmouth yesterday about 450 of the 331 and 85th Regiments for c;Aveyanca to the Mauritiu3. Yesterday a board of cfficerg, consisting of Lieute nant-Colonel A. Anderson, It. M., Lieutenant-Colonel G, Elliot, R.M., arid Major C. D. Robertson, R.E., assembled at Fort Clarence Military Prison, Chatham, for the purpose of making au inspection of that eata bliAiment, in which they were assisted by Captain R. Manners, the Governor. The Lords of the Admiralty have granted Captain W. L. Sayer, of the Chatham division of Royal Ma rine Light Infantry, the full pay retirement of his rank in the corps for his losg and faithful services. Considerable reductions are to be made in the num ber of men employed in the various establishments et Chatham Dockyard, in order to place them on the same scale as they were on previously to the late war. Since the Government has returned to the sys tem of employing convicts at Chatham there has not been such a demand for free labourers, and-a reduc tion in that branch is also to be made. The Industry, iron steam storeghip, Master Com mander llodges, is taking in provisions from the Royal Clarence-yard, Gosport, (about 600 tons), for Rear- Admiral Sir Richard Dandas's squadron, off Lisbon. The iron steam troopships Transit, Resolute, and Assistance are in an advanced state for re-commission t Portsmouth. The Amphitrite, 25, sailing-corvette, is ready fur commission at Portsmouth. Sh e h as been fitted as a coastguard-ship. She has her lower masts and tops on. Major-General Sir W. F. William., Commandant of Woolwich Garrison, having obtained leave of absence, Colonel Hardinge, K.U., has succeeded temporarily to the duties of the department. A detachment of 60 gunners, two non-commissioned officers, and two trumpeters of the 6th battalion of Royal Artillery, in charge of Lieutenant Anderson, having been medically attested, were yesterday morning paraded for foreign service before the Acting Commandant of Woolwich and the garrison staff. The detachment is under immediate orders to sail from Southampton for Hong Kong. A. further detachment, consisting of 18 gunners, cue serjeant, and one bugler, of the Bth bat talion of Royal Artillery, were paraded at the same time, and are under orders fur Ceylon, in command of Captain Tas well. Captain Clark, Lieutenants Malcolm and % Pritchard, and 120 non-commissioned officera and privates of the 23d company of Royal Engineers, are under orders to proceed to the Falkland Islands. The paddle-wheel steam.sloop Salamander, 6, has been found to be unfit for sea. The Lords of the Admiralty have extended the boon of full pay retirement of their rank to Colonel Second Commandant S. Hawkins and Lieut-Colonel P. B. Nol loth, of the Woolwich division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, in consideration of their long and faithful sec vices. The Locust, 3, paddlewheel steam vessEl, Lieut.- Commander John B. Field, l!ft Sheerness on Tuesday morning with Commander George T. Mecham and the lighter in tow. On the L%cust steaming up Sea-Reach she was run on shore on the Nore Sand, a short distance above the White Buoy. The tide ebbing the lighter was cast off, and a signal was made to the flag-ship for as sistance. The Wildfire was sent out to her assistance. The officers and crew of the Locust were taken on board the Wildfire ; the lighter was taken in tow and they proceeded to Woolwich. The Locust got off the Nore Sand at high water the same day, and steamed back to Sheerness. ,y (049 :\~ The Pembroke, 60, screw steam ship, Captain John Fraser, is to take in her powder, 6hellg, &c., and imme diately return to her station at Leith. The following ships are now fitting in the basin at Sheerness, viz.:—The Salamander, the Pylades, the Terrible, the Nimrod, the Cyclops, and the Ruby. The Melatiapus, late 42, storeship, Capt. L. G. heath, is reported ready for her destination for Coastguard ser• vice. Rear-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, the newly-appointed commander-in-chief in the West Indies and North America, struck his flag on board the Indus, 73, at Devonport yesterday, and proceeded to London. We regret to hear that Captain Hay, notwithstanding the improvement in his health, is not sufficiently re covered to proceed in the Indus to her station. She will be taken out by her Commander, Charles Wake, and Captain Hay will rejoin her as soon as his health will permit. The Indus was yesterday towed out of harbour into the Sound by the Zephyr and Confiance, steam tugs, when she exchanged salutes with the Im pregnable, flag-ship of the commander-in-chief, Admiral Sir W. Parker, Bart., G.C.8., &c. The Indus onbsa quently took in her powder, and will this day be s wung by Mr. Thompson, Queen's harbourmaster , fo r the for adjusrjussete in tment f o e f w her compasses, w hen she will be ready The Shannon, 51, screw, Captain Peel , was yes terda y hauled alongside the sheer hulk , at Devoppnl:t ,12d the slip of her mainmast having been complete d, the mast will be put in to-day. N i c h g i s . —Th yard e atP e2lopr.ums,. to-morrow o s l c T r e e w w, ( ey b e ). w he hic p h ei t h im ni e s al a l re la :_ ho L ur eh is gt t h o the establishment will be open to the public launched Snir Le a u t aTthehaglaft-pesasotfone p.m., and, by a strange arrangement, the men are to continue at work until two p.m., the part of figure to taffrail, 225 ft. 3 in. ; length bo4rfoeta.fdt.stlli'lo43iih;. ; k4b fchr i e:a et um i wl s t r i e fe : o f coo;rerfTebthrthheeeae tonnage,dd tilhlenlnfc7oshilro, it.n f t s osl l n perpendiculars , ia t h g. e 2 ;, 0 extreme,len breadth ohd ft. moulded, 39 ft. 4,7 i in. ; depth in hold, 33 it. 11 in, Bur den Thein tfholnies,wli,h4g6o3mBcle 9 rs l' of the Coastguard have been di. C rectod to lea ve t h e i r stations of the Sheerness division for service (as additional officers) to th e S ou th amp t on , 50, in spectingalta n n ) .C n h d a e r r l w:Lo Lieutenant e v n i a z h . t ; — C I . V .wC.. Lindsay, Forsyth, and Eco.m P. Lieutenant J. A. Ilodgskins, for Coastguard service. A court-martial assembled on Tuesday on board the flagship Waterloo, Captain Lord F. Kerr, to try Cap tain J. Fraser Lieut. H. Hurt, and Mr. W. Jeffery, the Master of the Pembroke, on a charge of having allowed the said ship to strike on the Colebart shoal, or ridge of Dungeness, on the 10th of January last. The C. art directed that Captain Fraser and Mr. Jeffery be severely reprimanded, and the other prisoner was acquitted. The Driver will be paid off a t Sheerness on Tuesd a y next. EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT. —A girl named Linda Wilson, in the service of Mr. Claxton, farmer, of Stoke Holy Cross, Norfolk, recently absconded with nine 10/. notes belonging to her master, and having adopt e d male attire succeeded in getting quite away. The character assumed by the girl seems to have been that Of a "fast" young man. She travelled twice by railway from Lon don to Edinburgh, and laid in a liberal supply of clothes, two church services, and other books. A day or two since she arrived at Great Yarmouth, w h er e, still play ing the part she had und er t a k en , s he incurred a in the tavern bill, b oug ht c i gars , an d indulged the usual diversions o f yout h . O n F ri day, however, her career was cut s h ort , t h e police taking her into custody on the charg e o f ro bbi ng h er m aster. It was found that the foolish g i r l h a d di ss ip a ted nearly all her ill - gotta' money. WO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. Pox colistreemotr, INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, AND LIVER cOMPLAINTs COUGH, ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, AND DEBILITY. 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The Morning Representations take place every Tuesday and Saturday, at Three o'clock. BR U R Y 1857. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER- The capital account for the half-year ending the 31st Dec. shows that 4,150,844/. had been received, and 3.877,4691. expended, leaving a balince of 273,375/. The revenue account for the half-year ending the 31st Dec. showed .that 111,773/. had loeen received, and 50,931/. or 50.93 per cent., expended, leaving a.net profit on the working of 54,842/. -The return of working'stoek showed that there were G tank engines, 23 passenger engines, • ail(' 22 goods en gines ; 22 first class carriages, 15 conip , ,sites 38 second class, and 59 thi r d c l ass carr i ages ; 20 break' vans, 10 horse boxes, 9 carriage trucks; 1,078 goods and coal waggons, 22 timber trucks, 17 cattle trucks, 49 ballast trunks, 24 break vans, 905 sheets, and 17 horses. The length of the line authorised is' 1124 miles, of which 28 miles are open for traffic, 731 miles being double line and 24? miles single line. The receipts .of this company, including the Stour bridge Extension Canal, from the let to the ISth Jan., haVe been 9,439/. 7s. ; and the expenditnie, also includ ing that of the Stourbridge Extension Canal, 4,820/. Gi. 3/., being at the rate of 50'79 per cent. MIDDLESBOROUGH AND REDCAR. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Monday at Darlington ; Mr. N. Plows in the chair. The directors reported that tha final call on shafes created in 1852 having been paid the capital account was now closet, save as related to any expenditure_ by the Stockton an.l Darlington Company (lessees) for per manent improvements, but which would in no respect affect the dividend. Messrs. N. Plews and H. Pease wore re-elected direc- Ors ' and Mr. I. Wilson audito r . A resolution reque3ting the Stockton and Darlington Company to remit the guaranteed dividend (6 per cent.) was also agreed to ; and the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman. IVE*XLITALLEY., r-; ; TirirbirittlrindriiVe4ing of ibis compan3rwis 'held on yonaa3i- aellirlington ; Mr. P. Smith in the chair. The statement of accounts showed that 783,9501. had been received on shares, and that the present loan capi tal- amounted to 37,000/., rnakinz a total capita,' (in. eluding some receipts as premium, &c.) of 823,2031. The statement of accounts was then received and adopted. Messrs. Hopple and Johnson were re-elected directors, and Mr. C. Robson auditor. A request wag made that the Stockton and Darlington Company would send out dividend warrants for the guaranteed six per cent, with their own, and it was con sidered desirable that this company's shares shoal be converted into a preference stock of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. A vote of thanks to the chairrnmi closed the pro ceedings. COLCHESTER AND STOUR VALLEY. The statement of the accounts of this company to the 31st of Dec. last shows that the directors have applied the half-year's rent received from the Eastern Union Railway Company to the further liquidation of the bond debt of the company, in compliainca with the resolution of the shareholders at the general meeting held in Aug . . last. The receipts and expenses on capital account amounted to 281,8481. BRADFORD, WAKEFIELD, AND LEEDS. The report states that the masonry, tunnel, and other works are making satisfactory progress, but that the earth-works are in a backward state in consequence of a continuation of bad weather. About 50 yards of the tunnel remain to be completed, and the bridges and other works are nearly finished. The capital account ;,o the 31st of Dec. last shows that 143,5541. had been received, including 49,6501. on loan, and 142,1471. expended ; leaving a balance of 1,407/. STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON. The report of the directors of this company states that the revenue accounts for the half-ye,r ending December 31st last amounted for cities on minerals to 129,9111. ; fur merchandise to 24,333/. ; for passengers, mails, &e., to 17,351/. ; and for rentals, &c., to 1,745/.—total, 173,3911. The way, rolling stock, and other appliances are in excellent order. Of the sum expended during the half-year about one-half is for rolling stock, and the re maining moiety on account of the new branches and station accommodation. The board have received over tures for relations of a more permanent character be tween the company and the Middlesborough and Guis borough, and Dailicgtan and Barnard Castle companies; these have been entertained by the directors in a liberal spirit. The intended communication between the east and west coasts, known as the South Durham and Lan cashire Union Railway, now waits the sanction of the Legislature. It is difficult to estimate the amount of advantage to be derived specially to the iron trade from this communication, or its undoubtedly beneficial effects upon the prosperity of these districts. The board re commend that out of the balance of profits remaining after payment of all interest, preference dividend", and rents, a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum be paid on the ordinary shares of the company. The accounts show the receipts on capital account to have been 1,599,1731., and the payments 1,466,9241., leaving a balance in hand of 132,2491. The expenditure on capital account during the last half-year was 61,8041. The revenue account for the half-year ending December 31 showed that 173,391/. had been received and 95,2401. expended, leaving a balance of 78,1511. The interest on bonds amounted to 9,2551., leaving 63,8961. available for rentals and dividends. DORSET CENTRAL. This company's line, from its junction with the South- Western Railway at Winborne to Blandford, a distance of 10 miles, was sanctioned in the last session. A bill is now before Parliament for extending the line from Blandford along the vale of Blackmore, a distance of 24 miles, to the Somerset Central authorised line at Bruton. It appears that the inhabitants of the towns and the landowners along the line are in favour of the project ; some of the latter having stipulated to take the value of their land required for the railway in shares of the company. The object of the line is not only to accommodate the traffic of the district, but by means of other lines to complete a continuo'us line of railway about 70 miles in length from the English Channel at Poole and Southampton to the Bristol Channel at High bridge. From this point to Cardiff and Gloucester it is proposed, by means of suitable steamers, to open up the coal-fields of South Wales, and the Forest of Dean to the central parts of Dorset, and thus supply the in habitants of Glastonbury, Bruton, Temple Counbe, Stal bridge, Sturminster, Newton, Blandford, Wirnborne, and Southampton with coals at much lets cost than at present ; at the same time affording rapid communica tion from the agricultural distriots on the line to good markets. It is expected that the coal traffic, includ ing that from Radstock, will form an important item of revenue. RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS IN PARLIA MENT. Yesterday the standing orders were declared to have been complied with in the following cases :—Portsmouth Railway ; South Devon Railway ; South Eastern Rail way (Greenwich Junction to Dartford) ; Norfolk Rail way ; Great Southern and Western Extension Railway ; Lancaster and Carlisle and Ingleton Railway ; Birken head, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway ; Blyth and Tyne Railway ; Midland Great Western Rail way of Ireland (Tullarnore line) ; Bristol, South Wales, and Southampton Union Railway. In the case of the Great Northern and Western of Ireland Railway the standing orders were declared not complied with. The MidlAnd G i Rail w- .t WI rea. estern Railwaylof Ireland (Sligo Extension) was adjourned to the 9th Feb. The Shrop shire Union Railway and London and North Western Railway Bill was adjourned. Among miscellaneous companies Price's Patent Candle Company, and Portsmouth Water and Mersey Conser vancy and Docks passed the standing orders. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND 017TEI-EASTERIT RATLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Jan. 31, 1857 £16,059 0 7 Corresponding week last year l',C67 6 4 Increase in 1857 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 31, 1857 £10,370 12 8 Corresponding week last year 10,702 0 5 Total of the half-year to this date, 1857 52,698 10 3 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 50,135' 13 9 LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 1, 1857 —255,391 0 0 Corresponding week last year GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAYS—Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 25, 1857 £21,916 4 10 Corresponding waek last year 20,015 0 6 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 1, 1857 £4,461 0 0 Corresponding week last year 4,098 0 0 Increase in 1857 . £ 3, -)3 0 0 CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for week ending Jan. 31, 1857 £2oB 13 6 Corresponding week last year lB9 16 6 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 1, 1857 £6Bl 13 1 Corresponding [week last year 2, 6 6 10 PUBLIC OFFICES AND EMPLOYMENTS.—Under Schedule E of the Income Tax Act, 75,092 persons were assessed, of which number 27,814 were under 150/. a-year. General Tom Thumb, says Little England's Illustrated Newspaper, has come again from America, and is draw ing crowds of people to see him in London. Certainly Mr. Stratton is worth going to see. Ho is the smallest young man :Tye—intelligent, well formed, and well in formed—courteous in his behaviour—good tempered, witty,and a very good mimic. Mr. Stratton is now in his 20th year, and is only thirty-ono inches high. The nursery couplet is just the thing for him, What a little thing am I, Ilaraly higher than, the Wk. V._ r.