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R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT TILANC, BADEN, up the TIINF... and PARIS, l 4 NOW OPEN 'VETIY EVENING (except Saturday) at e area, 25.: gallerv. ls. Stalls can he secured at the box office, E gYptian Hall, Bice ' adilly, every day between eleven an 1 four, with "t any extra charge. The 3,lnrning Representations take place every Tuesday and Saturday, at Three o'clock. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, with New Costumes and v r;otia Novelties, Yocal and Cha racteristic, every evening (except , atlirclay) at Eii. , ht A %TORN% ING PERFORNTANCE every S.VIT111) kY, at Three. Private Boxes and Stalls may be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-office, Po lyzraphic-hall, Kim* William-street, Charing-cross. The hall has been entirely redecorated. RGYLL ROOMS.--LAURENT'S ASINk ), Orlit Windmill-stre ,, t, St. James's.—The above elegan Dooms are now open every evening for the winter season, with I aurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a -piston, M. Row e ourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that this fashionable place of resort ha. been entirely redecorated during the re cess• Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis 310h One Shilling. 1)/1. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.--Open (for Gentlemen cm g ) from 10 till 10, containing upwirds of one thousand model s ~ preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in health and disease, the race of men, &c Lectures delivered at 12, 2 , 4, and half-past 7. by Dr. G. SEXTON, ; and a new and 11'0,1 Y-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delive-y b 7 Dr • KAHN, at a quarter put 8 p.m. precisely. Admission. One NaMi's) g- Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan (vat. GENERAL TOM THUMB, the AMERICAN 1)1Y1 RF.—Crowded Houses.—Patronised thirteen years ago lw her Majesty, 11.R.H. Prince, Albert, IT.R.TI. t he Duchess of Kent, &c.. &c. Fxhibitlng every day and evening , p r evious to visiting Russia, in Regent Gallery, c 9, Quadrant, from II to 1, 3 t o 5, and 7 to 9 o'clock. lie is beautifully proportioned, and the smallest man &lye. His performances are remarkably talented and enchanting. New Characters, Costumes, Songs. Dances, Statues, &c. The General continues to watt on the nobility and sentry, at their residences, on clue notice. His miniature equinage Prolnenales the streets daily. Admission, Is. each, regardless of age; Stalls, 2s. and 35.; children half-price. The General will REMOVE on the 2d February to the PRINCE OF WALES BAZAAR, 207 and 209, Regent-street. IONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. NOTICF. IS HEREP.Y GIVEN, that the ne , -t HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY MEETING of the London and North-Western Rail- Way Company will he held at the Elston-station, London, on FRIDAY, the 20th day of February, 1857, at Twelve olelsck at noon precisely, for the transaction of the ceneral business of the Company and at such meeting a resolution will he submitted for the consolida tion into stock of an many of the London and Birmingham 201. shares and the Manchester and Birmingham C 101. shares as have been fully paid up. Dated this 24th day of Jan., 1857, CHANDOS, Chairman. ROBT. BENSON, Deputy Chairman. 11. BOOTH, } Secretaries. C. E. STEW'ART, Easton Station. ' Vi ce - Chancellor Kindersley in Chambers. —Saturday, 10th day of January, 18a7. I N the Matter of the Joint-stock Companies Winding-up Acts, 1848 and 1849, and of the ROYAL BRITISH BANK . The Ince-Chanceller Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, the Judge of the High Co ur t o f Chancery, to whose Court the winding - up of this etn i'anY is attached, d, , th peremptorily order that a CALL of Seventy-fi ve Pounds per Share be made on all the contributories of the said sa Company who have been settled on the list of contributories,ila 'loth peremptorily order each contributory , on or before th e Iv-first day of January, 1 5 57, to pay to Robert P , Imer Hard in g. the 1- official manager of the said Company, at his office, No. 4, Loth- Lr in the City of London, the balance (if any) which will be due orn 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 tnorton-street, the OSicial CHILTON and BURTON, 7, Chancery-lane, Manager. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, , lst January, 17. N otice is Hereby Given, Fleet-street that a GENERAL MEETING of the proprietors of the Law Life Assurance Society will be hold at the Society's Office, Fleet street, London, on MONDAY, the 2d day of .(.ebruary next, at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, pursuant to the provi !lns of the Society's Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of receiv ing the Auditors' Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society up to th e , ' ,l st December last; to elect a Trustee in the ro om of the late night lion. Sir John Jervis, Lord Chief i ustice of the Court of Com- Inon Pleas, deceased ; and for general purposes. By order of the Directors. WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LONDON. Policies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE IN .11 OUR-FIFTIIS, or SO per cent., of the Net Profits of the Society, according to the conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives are lower than in many other obi-established offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in addition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. Policy stampspaid by the Office. Prospectuses may he obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, London, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. R. HOWARD, surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI FICIAL TEETH Axed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. ALT and Co.'s EAST INDIA PALE and kJ BURTON ALES. BnEwERy—BURTON-ON-TRENT. - - - STmus:-- L0ND0N...... • • .. • • LIVERPOOL 52, Henry-street. MANCHESTER SHEFFIELD .. ►2, George-street. BIRMINGHAM ... ' Old Court-house, High-street. . 17, Small-street. DUBLIN EDINBURGH GLASGOW St. Vincent-place. These Ales, in Casks of Eighteen Gallons and upwards, and in Bottle, obtained from all respectable Bottlers. INVESTMENTS in BRITISH MINES.—FuII Particulars of the most important Dividend and Progressive li ffies will be found in the Fourth Edition of BRITISH MINES C ONSIDERED AS AN INVESTMENT, recently published by J. IL MURCHISON, Esq.. FG g F.S.S., price 3 s. 6 d.; b y post. 4s. of Mr. MURCHISON also publishes a QU ARTERLY REVIEW BRITISH MINING, giving the position and prospects of the Mines at the end of each quarter, the dividends paid, Ste. The Review for the quarter and the year ending 31st Dec. last con aim a Map of the Camborne district, price ls. " The book will be found extremely valuable."—Observer. " A valuable little book."—Globe. "A valuable guide to investors."—Herapath. " A useful little volume."—Morniug Herald. "Of great value to capitalists."—Sunderland Times. " Parties requiring information on mining investments will find no better and safer instructor than Mr. Murchison."—Leeds Times. "One of the most valuable mining publications which has come under our notice, and contains more information than any other on the subject of which it treats."—Derby Telegraph. "To those who wish to invest capital in British Mines, this work s of the first importance."—Welshmsn. "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, Bishopsgate-street Within, London ; and reliable infor mation and advice will be given at any time to those who may re quire it. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Brompton.--Beeretary's Office, 167, Piccadilly.—This Institu tion has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor afflicted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, Piccadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted at the Brompton Estaidislament, for one month, and for a longer period if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every form of this dreadful malady, have received the brneflts of this Charity. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informs- Von 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 Loaham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer. 66, Lincoln's inn -fields; Messrs. Colitis and Co., Strand; and at the Secretary's Offices, 167, Piccadilly. By ()Mee. W. J. COCKERILL, Secretary. ROYAL 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 req u i red. During the past month the following number received the benefits of this application: Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal Week ending 7th November 2 , 154 Ditto 14th November 2,043 Ditto 21st November Ditto 28th N ovember 2 1, ,0 e72 39 9th and 30th N ovember.... 269 Total in November of which 2,775 were new cases, the remainder 8'747 ment) having been admitted previously. (still under treat- The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the patients. Heavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affordingsuch exten relief. The Committee, therefore, earne s tl y the public. entreat the aid o f The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, atThthuoervs.i.nnnouraai General Meeting in January. A Board N held every 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, when at. when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being neas all times desirous of receiving suggestions . or giving explanation at The Hospital is not endowed, bill is wholly . dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, John Aresferman, Esq., M.P., Nichol as-lane ; also b y Me ssrs. Coutt; and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams. Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber ners-street ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfullyceived. By order. J. B. OVEN, M.A , reChairman. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. FOR CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, LIVER COMPLAINTS COUGH, ASTH D M Y A S , P C E O P N SI S A IUMIO N P E T RV N O ESTOR- I)U BARRY'S delicious HEALTH-R , US'BILIOUS, AND AND DEBILITY. ING REVALENTA. ARABICA FOOD saves fifty times its cost in oth er remedies, and cures the above complaints and their consequences, such as hemorrhoidal affections, flatulency, disten sion, ,icidity, heartburn, nalp pains of the heart, nervou s headaches, •.; hysteria, neuralgia, deafness, noises in the head and ears, "at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, erysipelas, erup tions of the skin, impurities and poverty of the blood, scrofula, dropsy, rheu ma ti sm, gout, nausea and sickness during pregnan cy, after eating, or at sea general d b ; low spirits, spasms, epileptic fits, sp l e en, e ility, inquieude. sleeplessness, involuntary blushing, paralysis, tremors, • ' " moil% choly, delu sions, groundies a vertigo, blood to the head, eahauslion, melan best f oo d fear, wretchedness. It is, moreover, the turns acid foron infants and invalids generally, as it never go o d lib eral diat r i e weakest stomach, nor interferes with a and restores the f Jut imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, Of digestion and acul to the most enteebledtyn nervous and muscular energy ted Professor of Chemistry S upported Dr Andrew Ure, Dr. Shorland, Dr. . Har- Stuart de Decies, the D 1 Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, and 50,000 this useful and economical individually whose health has been restored b••• , and all after all other means had been tried in vain for many years hopes of recovery aban toned. Analysis by the celebrated Professor 2 , D., rit of Chemistry Andrew Ure, London, 24, Illoo.nsbury-square. • • • 1 C., gye. .. I hereby certify, that havin‘g. _e e s t at!lined Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica I find it to be a pure ve e' p r o a c ni p l o o e t e Farina, a u.n,teract dyspepsia healthyoerfaeecttiloyn whole stomach otlhee some, easily digestible, likely t o stomach and bowels, and thereby to tion) constipation. and their nervous co (Indiges " ANDREW ÜBE, 51. D , r.g.s.,nB,,qurces. Ukase by the Emperor o i ßus n alytical Chemist , ' " Russian Consulate General, Russia. " The Consul-General has beet ordered to i ndon, De c . 2 , 1847. n m Du Barry and Co., that the R for Revalenta Arabica thMessrs. Barry, Majesty the Emperor, has by imperial permission eY had sent to hi s the M Water of the Imperial Pal,c -•. , been forwarded to Suitably packed for all climates, and with full instructions. canisters, llb 2s 9d ; 21b 4s 6d ; MI) lls ; 121 h 22s ; ln quality. Ilb 6s : 21b lls ; Sib Vs ; 101 b 333 The lel , ars,uper refined ters are forwarded carriage free, 4n, roc, Ipt of post.ol4l2eleb eanis- Barry Du Barry and Co . 77, Regent-Greet, Loud on; pc, order. rtuum, Mason, and Co.. purveyors to her Majesty, 182, Piceadill • Piccadilly, also at 68, Gracech urch•street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 4, CheaPs de Cornhill ; 49, Bi s h opsgate•strLet ; 55, Charin 3• 54 Upper B • ; 68, t vpper B Aker-West ;63 and 150, Cixfor4-street. 20,1iY7.) MR. ARBUTHNOT ON THE ISSUE OF BANK NOTES. Just published, in Wyo. price 2s. fd. sewei, QM ROBERT PEEL'S ACT of 1844, regn- Wing the ISSUE of BANK NOT ES, vindicated. By G. ARBUTHNOT. London: Longman, Brown, Greets, Longman., and Roberts. This day, two volumes, nest Svo., THE WEDDING GUESTS ; or, the Happiness of Life. 'By MARY C. HUME, Author of "The Brides maid," " Count Stephen," and other Poems. John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. On January 31st will be published, in crown Bvo., price Gs , Vol. 2 of tife CHEAP EDITION OF CARLYLE'S WORKS, COMPLETING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: A HISTORY. By THOIIAS CARLYLE. In 2 Vols., Its. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. Just published, price 2d., or post free 3d., the 102 d Edition of. THE NATURAL REGENERATOR of the DIGESTIVE ORGANS, the STOMACH, LIVER, NERVES.. LIT y GS, &0., without Medicine, Galvanism, Electricity, inconve nience, and expense, by an easy, natural, pleasant, end infallible remedy, which saves fifty times its cost in other means of cure. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professor of Che mistry, Dr. Andrew trre ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Camp bell; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram; Lord Stuart de Decles ; the Dowager Countess of Castle-Stuart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. London : Barry Da Barry an Co., 77, Regent-street The Second Edition, Just published, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., STRICTURE OF THE IJRETHRA. THE PATHOLOGY AND RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURK of the URETHR k, in all its Varieties and Compli cations, with Observations on the Use and Abuse of Instruments in the Treatment of Diseases of the Urethra. The whole Illustrated by numerous Cases selected from the Records of upwards of Tweaty Years' extensive and successful Practice. By F. B. COURTENAY, " We know of no man to whose care we would sooner Intrust the treatment of a severe stricture."— cclical Circular. London: 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON. Established A.D. 1844. The Warrants for the Ilalf-yearly Interest, at the rate of 5 per cent. 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 examine the plan of the Bank of Deposit. Prospectuses and Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on appli cation. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. ILEA and PERRINS ' WORCES TERSHIRE RA SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Boast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game , Soup , Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to ,erfeetly 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. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS" , tre upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. A NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN TILE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. Patent Office Seal of Oreat Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacle Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge, levoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. old in tin eases, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Iticord, &c., &c. rfRIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE TAXATION, gPERMATORRIREA, and all the distressing consequences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too •ong residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual strength and vigour to thousands of debilitated individual 3 who are now in the enjoyment of health /111 , 1 the Functions of Manhood; and whatever may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR RIAGE, they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. TRIESEMAR No. 11., effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of Gonorrhoea, Loth in its mild and aggravated forms, Gleets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention of Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which 'opaivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the nit' of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRLESENIAR No. 111., is the great Continental Remedy far Syphilis and Secondary Symp toms. It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula. and all Cutaneous Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all corrup tions and impurities from the vital stream, 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 never-failing remedy for that class of disorders which unfortunately ho English Physician treats with Mercury, to the inevitabledestruc- Lion of the patient's constitution. and which all the sarsaparilla in the worl.l cannot restore. Price four case i s n one tor 338„ which saves I is., and in 5 /. uses, whereby there is a saving of 1/. 12s. To be had wholesale and retail in T,ondon, of Derby and Gordon, 140, Leadenhall-street; Prout, 229, Strand; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox ford-street ; Sanger. 150, Oxford •street ; Barclay and Son, 97, Far ringdon-s,reet ; Butler and Harding, 4, Cheapside ; Edwards, St. Paul's Churchyard. HUMAN FRAILTY ; a Popular Medical work, price Is., post free, beautifully illustrated with 100 engravings, and containing the opinions of Valpeau, Lallernand, Roux, iticord, fcc. It gives copious instructions for the perfect restoration of those who are prevented by impediments from entering into the, married Mate, also showing the dreadful rsults from early abuse, gonorrhcea, and syphilis, and the benefits arising from the chemical tests and examination of the spermatoza, by the author's newly-constructed microscope, with powerful lenses.—Piper and Co., 23, Paternoster row ; and front all agents tor the sale of "Triesernar ." THE GOVERNMENT AND THE INDIAN TELEGRAPH, An official intimation is stated to have been received by Mr. Andrew, the chairman of the European and Indian Junction Telegraph Company, from the Trea sury, to the effect that the Government will be prepared to execute a contract, stipulating to pay, conjointly with the East India Company, from the date of the com pletion of the telegraph, 12,000/. per annum for 25 years, or so much of it as shall be necessary to snake up, with the other receipts of the company, a dividend of 6 per cent. When the profits of the company shall exceed 12 per cent, the Government and the India House are to have the power of making a reduction in the tariff for conveying messages, but not to an extent that, cal culating the traffic of the precoiing years, will reduce the dividend below that amount. The Government require 20 per cent, of the capital to be paid up previ ously to the execution of the contract as security for the bona ,fides of the undertaking ; and it is also provided that, "to insure to the Government that supervision and control to which their stake in the enterprise justly entitles them, the Treasury shall have the power of ap pointing one official director" to represent their interests. Application bas been made to the East India Company to allow Sir William O'Sbaug,hnessy to act as consulting engineer. Six per cent. will accrue to the shareholders from the date of the payment of the first call. THE ARMY, NAVY, AND ORDNANCE. —ln the year ended .March, 1355, the forces cost the country 28,321,707/. ; and in the y ear ended March last, as much as 47,461,5441. ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.—The number of illegitimate children (their mothers in the workhouse) is 9,507. A FITTING INVITATION.—It wasn't such a bad notion on the part of the glover who hung up in his glove shop the following placard : —" Ten thousand hands wanted immediately !" And underneath it was written in very small characters—" To buy my gloves—the very best quality." ENLARGEMENT OF PEMBROKE DOCKYARD. —The Ad miralty have recently had under consideration plans and of estimates for the permanent enlargement and improve mentt, e the dockyard at Pembroke. At their last visit Lords of the Admiralty closely inspected the shore from the e; of ascertaining eastern how far this space of ground Martello-tower to Hobbs-point, with ae could h e mad e available for the dockyard enlargement. A portion o f t the additional work will be included in the navy estimates for the present year. The dry dock is I w t hi i e s h to ie h t a e v b e e to be extended more o nsiderably than at first intended. an e additional length of nearly 200 feet, building slips are e rried out both inland and seaward. The towards the nea, and d ec n eiving an extra length of 80 feet enlargement of the roofs" ones are being erected. The dockyard is tsalso taking place. The present area of the y abo utadded, 90 acres, yet as new build ings this large acreage will soon m nsu e ffi aw ci - e n n li t ils f , or eto th ree are being rapidl y dockyard requirements. New storehouses, and oakum store have recently been added, o; s b t e e a i the past year the works of enlarg ement in progress. During extent of 100,0001., embracing gxetreent have been to the new boat-basin, the new battery ext ension of the sea-wall, to the others before recorded. gasworks, in addition SLAVE HIRING IN VIRGINIA.—It may not be amiss, says the RiehmondEnquirer, at this particular season to call attention to the present paramount occupation th e South. W e mean the interesting and delightf ul of employment of n e g ro hiring. Our streets are thronge d no w with negroes in search of homes and masters.e Good, bad, or i ndifferent Cuffee, at each return of the first of January, finds his proper level in the amount of money his owner secures for his services during the en suing twelve months. It is amusing, sometimes, to wit ness the profound commiseration felt and expressed by a negro of 150 dollars, for his less favoured companion, who can only secure 60 doll. or 80 dots. We have had but short experience in the matter, but being among the unfortunates who do not happen to own any of the " pe cnliar institution," we are inclined to think that the hiring rates are unconscionably high—entirelyilooo h'gh if for extensive enjoyment of th e luxury, , indeed, it be considered a Inxur y, to have to manage and care for, and pr:vide food and raiment for one or more of the race. We are inclined to echo the sentiments of our contemporary of the sViiliamsburgh Gazette, It really does seem to us "that the hire of serva nts has for the last two years been quite as high as can be for the advantage of either party" (a Hibernian would add), especially for the hirer, 7 / - - • •• • • • • • ,• " r - • • 4 / • iv aux 4 , 4 , • C • • tn. V • 4 - • b Cc ‘k , • - 4 4 )_ ,;• :6 1 4 , vv I ,Nik WiP I%‘ " j""c4:1 " [PRICE 49. STAMPICD 5D* THE .117mY AND THE GATE ; 9'HE _ROA!) - PROM THE CASPIAN TO THE INDUS. The limits of a brief memoir do not consist with our attempting to argue the question whether the presumed designs of Russia upon our Indian em pire are more or less serious ; but it may be ob served, en, passant, that the most sceptical have by this time ceased to regard such designs as alto gether imaginary. Our present object is only to give an intelligible, however concise, account of the roads by which a Russian army might hest reach India from the shores of the Caspian Sea. It i s unnecessary here to discuss the probable strength of the invaders in men or in materiel, but they would need to be well provided at all points. An invasion of India at the present day is a far different enter prise from that which was successfully undertaken by Alexander, Mahmood of Ghuzni, Tiinour, Baber, and Nadir Shah. An analogy is subverted in presence of the.fact that the modern invader can have no chance of success without being prepared, at the end of a laborious and disorganising march, to encounter, not, as heretofore, the pageant levies of an Oriental court, but the banded discipline, the arms, the arts, and the sterner civilisation of the Western world. The original basis of a Russian expedition against India is necessarily the Caspian Sea, which is simply a Russian lake—not so much as a fishing boat being allowed to stivuipon. its waters, without a formal permit from the paramount authority. From the eastern shores of the Caspian, two main routes (each admitting of some variation in detail) lead directly to.the banks of the Indus. The first of these proceeds across the desert land intervening betwixt the waters of the Caspian and those of the smaller inland see of Aral, and so on to Khiva. Upon this line it is alleged that the Russians have already sunk wells, stage by stage, in the desert, and taken other measures to secure their means of communication. Quitting Khiva, the invaders would probably observe a loose parallel with the general course of the Oxtts, taking every advan tage of the capabilities of that fine stream, up to that point where its navigation ceases to be easy. The onward route would then lie through Balkh, Khooloon, and Bamian, over the passes of the Hindoo-Koosh, to Cabul. The second of the two main lines has its commencement ha the neighbour hood of Astrabad, the south-eastern point of the Caspian, and leads, by Meshed, to Herat. Now, a very little consideration ind uces u s to set down the first or more northerly of these lines of approach as altogether out of question. It is much longer than the other ; a larger portion of desert country has to be traversed; the wildest tribes are to be encountered ; supplies could not be obtained, water is often scarce, and the greatest difficulty would be experienced in transporting the materiel of a large army over mountain passes, at an elevation of 13,000 feet above the level of the ocean. If in ancient times Alexander adopted this route, we are at least assured that he met with great natural obstacles, and experienced much opposi tion. After all, there is some reason for supposing that his eventual success was in no small degree due to the liberality with which he treated the hostile chiefs. Certain it is that the Macedonians felt themselves to have had quite enough of the work, as was evinced by their undisguised mutiny, not long after, on the banks of the Sutlej. But, independently of these obvious reflec tions, there is little doubt that the Russian Government has long since been warned by its agents against contemplating an advance by the Paropamisan line. Indeed, the then noto rious Vickovitch, addressing his superior, from Cabul, in the year 1837, writes somewhat as fol lows :—" The geographical position of Afghanistan makes it the only route through which a conqueror can pass from Candahar to the very shores a the ocean. Barren deserts, which can never be passed by any kind of military force, on the north and north-west, the way from Toorkistan is hemmed in by the strong passes of the Hindoo-Koosh, which offer only two roads impracticable during four months for the passage of military stores or sup plies to support an army." Under these circumstances, we have little hesita tien in presuming that an invading force would give---preference to the route from Astrabad to Herat, which passes through the important city of Meshed. The country presents no impediments to the march of troops ; and as for the road, Count Simonitch, the Russian envoy, having expressed a fear lest infirm health might prevent him accom panying the late Shah of Persia in his expedition of 1837, was told that he might, if so disposed, travel every inch of the way in his own carriage with per fect safety. It is, moreover, not unworthy of notice that a sufficient force advancing along this road can hold the wild Toorcomans completely in check. Thus Lord Auckland, in a despatch dated. Simla, May 12, 1838, says :—" The rapid and suc cessful advance of Persia in the investment of Herat and the well-judged diversion by which the Shah has been able to cut off apparently every hope of succour to the place from any of the friendly tribes in Toorkistan, have intervened to baffle all our cal culations." We shall now, then, suppose an in vading force arrived, without encountering any material difficulties, at HERAT, THE KEY OP INDIA, of which place it may be as well to give a succinct account. The territofy, of which Herat is the chief town, is the last remnant of the Afghan monarchy founded by Ahmed Shah Douranee, after the death of his master, Nadir Shah, in 1747. Since the decay of monarchical government in Affghanistan, Persia has ever looked upon this province with a greedy eye. Nay, the Persian government has of late years openly avowed a belief that the posses sion of Herat would give such a hold on England that she could no longer deny anything the Persians chose to demand, for its possession would give the power .to disturb the English in India, or to give a passage thither to their enemies, whenever the Persians should think proper to do so. In opposi tion to this convenient doctrine, it is justly argued on the other hand, that Afghanistan must be con sidered the out-lying frontier of India. No Euro pean nation has any relations, either commercial or political, with the former country. The British are, therefore, entitled to regard any interference with jealousy, and all the best authorities agree that the integrity of Herat must be maintained, as the only safe and sure means of opposing the efforts of Persiato annihilate the independence of Afghan istan. Shah Kamran, the last lineal ruler of Ah med's yace, steadily refused to acknowledge the Persian monarch as his sovereign or to coin money or suffer the prayers to be read in his name. He was not unwilling to yield him a certain deference and respect, or even to pay a kind of honorary tribute. But he would neither relinquish his own title of Shah door-i-dooran,* nor own himself de pendent upon Persia, nor admit of interference with the internal affairs of his kingdom. Herat the capital—the Aria of Arian—stands in lat. 34 deg. 50 min, north, and long. 62 deg. 30 min. east, at an elevation of 2,500 feet above the level of the sea. It is 200 miles S.E. by E. of Meshed, and 360 miles west of Cabul. Prior to the siege of 1837-38, the town was reckoned to contain about 45,000 inhabitants, but that event, and other suc ceeding calamities, will probably have reduced the number much below the amount named. A ditch, mound, and bastioned wall enclose the town, in the form of an oblong area, of which the greater length is nearly a mile. There are five gates; and four arcaded b azaars , s imilar to those of Ca bul, _ ie meet under a dome in the centre of the place. The real strength of the fortifications consists in slopentwo covered ways, or fausse-braies, on the exterior of the embankments one withi n and the other lle has vel Re wt h without the the surrounding d i tch, ththeTb ehe tde in g n a a also a wet ditch. cloowunetrry. one at by hills. na well-watered and fertile plain, surrounded r ll But how are the invaderstopro a direct proceed? Tradition tells of, and modern maps indicate, from Herat to Cabul ; but, practically, no such thing e xists. Th e re may indeed be points of de scent: between those two p l aces , where troops free ofincumbrance, or with only mountain artillery, m i g ht —if not actively opposed—effect a passage over the Hindon-Koosh. But a modern army, destined to invade British India, would not attempt to make its way by any other route than that of G/~ CANDAHAR, THE GATE OF INDIA. -- --- In reaching this point, from Herat, a well-organised force would experience nothing beyond ordinary difficulties. Perhaps it might be necessary to ad vance by small detachments in succession, for tho country to be traversed is described as generally waste and barren, though many oases occur in the shape of fertile valleys. The banks of the Furrah, Khaush, and some other streams, are well culti vated, and those of the Helmund extremely produc tive. There is a good deal of sandy desert, and oc casional scarcity of water. The Helmund, when full, is an awkward river to cross ; but there are no obstacles of mountain or pass to signify. Can- * The punning inscription on the family signet, viz. " The King, Pearl of the Age," or " of the Douranees." ._ LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, ims7. to deal with the endowments given to the Roman Catho lics, and contended that they ought to stand upon the same level, and ought to be dealt with according to the same principle. Consequently, I gave tilotice of my inten tention to bring forward a motion for the impartial diseo do wment of all sects in Ireland, and for the entire secularisation of all the funds at present enjoyed by the Protestant Church in that country, for the withdrawmpnt and cessation of the Maynooth endowment, and likewise for the cessation of the Parliamentary grant called the Regius?, Donum, given to the Presbyterians. Relative to the Persian difficulty Mr. Mial said—" We are an insu lar people ; why sheuld we be continually interfering with the business of our neighbours ? Look aro you for the fruit of the Palwerstonian policy. We have already had two wars, two occupations —one unsuccessful from imperfect ad ministration. We have a war with Persia, as I read in the paper to-day that our naval armaments have taken po , session of Bushire. We have sent an army 5,000 strong to the north-west of India, to penetrate into the central regions of Asia, to drive the Persians out of the town of Herat. I'll be bound for it that not 20 persons in this ball would care to know where Herat is ; but we are at a war that may possibly cost ns much money, and very nearly as much bloodshed, as that which is happily now concluded. Nobody knows what it is about, but those who are best informed tell us that it is about a lady. (A laugh.) It is no matter of laughter, though it does assume most certainly a ludicrous aspect. Another subject is the bombardment of Canton. I can only trace this to the determination of the European to find a quar rel with the Chinese." The hon. member proceeded to condemn at considerable length the policy of the British Government towards the Chinese, and after a reference to Italy, Hungary, and our relations with France, con chided a speech of two hours' duration. , with some re marks on Lord John Russell. _ _ _ Mr. G. Ashworth moved, and Mr. J. Petrie seconded a vote of confi fence in Mr. Miall, which was unani mously carried. INVESTITURE OF THE BATH. WINDSOR, SATURDAY. This afternoon the Queen held an Investiture of the Most Honourable the Order of the Bath at the Castle. The Knights Grand Cross of the Order were robed in their mantles of crimson satin by Messrs. Hunter and Ede, and were afterwards, by command of the Queen, called over by Bath King of Arms, in the Music Gal lery, when the following answered : General his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Viscount Palmerston. General Sir Willoughby Cotton. Lieut.-General Sir George Pollock. Lieut.-General Sir Harry Smith. General Sir John Fox Burgoyne, Bart. Vice-Admiral S:r Jaines W. Deans Dundas. General Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross. General Sir James Simpson. Lord Panmure. The Right lion. Sir Charles Wood, Bart. The Knights wore their gold and enamelled collars. The officers of the Order present were the Dean, the Rev. R. C. Trench, 8.D., Dean of Westminster ; the Genealogist, Walter Aston Blount, Esq. ; Bath King of Arms, Algernon Greville, Esq. ; and Gentleman Usher (Lancaster Herald), Albert Wm. Woods, Esq. The officers appeared in their respective mantles, with the chains and badges of office. Her Majesty was conducted by the great officers of her household to a chair of state, covered with crimson velvet, placed at the north end of the reception room ; his Royal Highness Prince Albert was by her Majesty's side on the right. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Count of Flanders accompanied the Queen and wit nessed the ceremony. Her Majesty, as Sovereign of the Bath, and Prince Albert, as Great Master of the Order, both wore their respective mantles, and also the collar of the Order. The Knights Grand Cross were introduced by com mand of the Queen, and took their usual stations on either side of the reception room ; his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge being on her Majesty's left. The officers of the Order stood at the bottom of the apartment. The ceremony commenced by the introduction of the Earl of St. Germans, who was supported by Lord Pan inure and Sir C. ood, the two junior Knights Grand Cross present, and wale preceded by Bath King of Arms and the Gentleman Usher of the Order. The noble earl knelt near the Queen, and her Majesty receiving the Sword of State from the Vice Chamberlain (officiating for the Lord Chamberlain), conferred the honour of Knighthood upon his lordship therewith, and afterwards, assisted by his Royal Highness the Great Master, invested his lordship with the Ensigns of a (Civil) Knight Grand Cross of the Bath. Rear Admiral Charles Elliot (civil), Hon. John Duncan Bligh (civil), John Fiennes Crampton, Esq. (ML - Lieut. General Samuel Benjamin Auohmuty, Lieut. General Nathaniel Thorn, Rear Admiral Charles Howe Fremantle, Rear Admiral the Hon. Frederick Wm. Grey, Colonel Henry Knight Storks, Lieut. General George Petre Wymer, Major General Robert John itussey Vivian, John George Shaw Lefevre, Esq. (civil), were severally introduced by Bath King of Arms and the Gentleman Usher of the Order, had the honour of Knighthood conferred upon them by the Queen, and were invested by her Majesty, assisted by his Royal High ness Prince Albert, with the Ensigns of the Second Class, er Knights Commanders of the Order ; the Rib bon with the Badge suspended being placed round the neck, and the Star on the left breast. The following Companions of the Bath were severally introduced, and received from her Majesty the Insignia of their respective divisions in the Third Class of the Order, the Badge suspended from a Ribbon being placed on the left breast, viz. : Captain Frederick Henry Hastings Glasse, R.N. Captain Francis Scott, R.N. Colonel Charles William Ridley. Colonel Charles Thomas Van Straubenzee. Colonel Frederick William Hamilton. Colonel Lord Frederick Paulet. Colonel the Hon. George Cadogan. Colonel Francis Seymour. Colonel William Montague Scott M€Murdo. Colonel Edward Robert Wetherell. Lieut. Colonel James Pattoun Sparks. Lieut. Colonel Thomas Williams. Lieut. Colonel Alexander Barry Montgomery. Lieut. Colonel John Henry F r ancklyn. Lieut. Colonel Robert Julian Baumgartner. Lieut. Colonel Robert Blane. Lieut. Colonel John Lucas Wilton. Lieut. Colonel Frederick Charles Evelegh. Lieut. Colonel Alfred Thomas Heyland. Lieut. Colonel Richard Chambre Hayes Taylor. Lieut. Colonel Julius Edmund Goodwyn. Lieut. Colonel Francis Pym Harding. Lieut. Colonel Alexander Irving. Lieut. Colonel Arthur Cyril Goodenough. Lieut. Colonel John Noble Arbuthnot Freese. Lieut. Colonel Hon. Arthur Edward Hardinge. Lieut. Colonel Edward Arthur Somerset. Lieut. Colonel Arthur John Reynell Pack. Lieut. Colonel John Clark ICenteedy. Lieut. Colonel James Wells Armstrong. Lieut. Colonel John William Sydney Smith. Lieut. Colonel John Lewis Richard Rooke. Lieut. Colonel George Gardiner Alexander. Lieut. Colonel James Daubeny. Lieut. Colonel William Friend Hopkins. Lieut. Colonel Hugh Archibald Beauchamp Camp bell. Major John Richard Anderson. Major Charles Triganco Franklin. Major John Maurice Wemyss. Major William Edmund Moyses Reilly. Major George Stephen Digby. Dr. James Brown Gibson, Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals. Richard Coffin Elliott, senior surgeon Royal Artillery. Commissary William Laurieston Mackelean Young. William Govett Romaine, Esq., Deputy Judge Advo cate (civil). Captain Charles Fitzgerald, R.N. (civil). Henry William Gordon, Esq. (civil). Colonel the Right Hon. Cecil Forester (Royal Horse Guards), Silver Stick in Waiting, officiated at the inves titure for the Gold Stick in Waiting. Her Majesty's body guard of the Hon. Corps of Gen tlemen at Arms was on duty in the reception; room, under the command of the lieutenant. Colonels Nevill and Cooke, the sub-officers, were in attendance with the corps. The Court was attended by the Countess of Desert, officiating for the Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes ; Lady Caroline Barrington, Woman of the Bedchamber; Earl Spencer, K.G. Lord Steward ; the Duke of Wellington, Master of the Horse ; Lord Foley, Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms ; Viscount Sydney, Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard ; Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice Chamberlain ; Lord Water park, Lord in Waiting ; Colonel the lion. N. Hood, Groom in Waiting ; Major General Buckley, Equerry in Waiting ; Colonel F. H. Seymour, Equerry in Wait ing to the Prince ; Lieutenant-Colonel Tophani, the Lieutenant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; Colonel Wood (Grenadier Guards), Field Officer in Brigade Waiting ; Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher of the Sword of State ; the Adjutant of the Corps of Gentlemen at Arms ; and Messrs Farquharson and Macpherson, Pages of Honour. Luncheon was served to the Knights and Officers of the Order of the Bath in the Rubens Room. • The Yeomen of the Guard lined the Music Gallery, under the command of Sir John Kincaid, the Exon in Waiting. A Guard of Honour of the Coldstream Guards was on duty with the band of the regiment within the quad rangle of the . Castle during the ceremony. The National Anthem was played as her Majesty passed through the corridor to hold the Investiture. The Moniteur gives the following official account of the ceremony of investiture of the Order of the Bath, which recently took place at the English embassy, and which was presided over by Lord Cowley, by order o f Queen Victoria. In conformity with the established custom, the knights grand crosses now in Paris were convoked for the occasion. They were : Prince Napoleon, Marshals Vaillant; elissier, Cattrobert, and Basquat ; and Generals do Salt es, de Mac-Mahon, and Regnault do Saint-Jean-d'Angs/ y. The following were also invited in their quality i t knights commandsrs : Generals de Martimprer, Thiry , Niel, Pate, Dnlac, Da. lestue, Herbillon, fount, k I Mellinet ; and Rear- Admiral Penaud. The folio at ing English officers were also summoned as members of the order : General Sir Alexander Woodford, grand cx vas; General Sir William Gom and Major-General the Y 3 arl of Lucan, commanders; and Major-General Dupuis, Colonel Lord Frederick Paulet, and Lieutenant-Cols euel Claremont, companions. When all these gentlemen, had been assembled in the Throne Room, the new Its iights were introduced, and Lord Cowley addressed the an as follows : " Gentlemen—For the r o:cond time I am called on to fulfil the most honourab' .e mission that the queen can confide to her represents , i•ve—that of being her sub stitute in the distribnt ivn of the honours by which ber Majesty desires to to adfy her esteem and kindness, not only for those officers, of the army and navy to whom, with the permission of t b e Emperor, she now sends the insignia of her Order of t he Bath, but also for the whole of the Imperial army a ail navy ; for it must not be for gotten, gentlemen, that.. each soldier is to consider him self honoured by the rea , /rods and distinctions conferred on his chiefs. On the other hand, the English army and navy are justly pr o• ad of seeing enrolled as members of the military order a!, England the illustrious Prince who honours this ceremony with his presence, and the marshals, generals, a a I other officers—the heroes of the Alma, of Inkerman, of Traktir, and of Sebastopol— who now surround m e Happily, by fortuitous circum stances, there are b.* re present officers of the Queen, some of whom have ,ihared in your dangers and in your successes ; they will 'tell you better than I can do the fraternal welcOme w'h ich awaits you on the part of your companions in arms."' After having read t;se letters patent of the Queen, Lord Cowley handed the rrusignia, to the new members of the order, who were pre vented by their sponsors in the fol lowing order : " Knight Grand Cross : General Morris.—Knights Commanders : Genarals canaou, d'Autemarre, d'Erville, d'Allonville, Levait!ant, Vice.Adeniral Charper, and Bear-Admiral Jurien de la Gravire.—Companions : Generals de Failly, de la. Motterouge, Uhrich, Larchey, de Monet, Cassaignollee, Beriret (artillery), de Fortin, Wimpffen, Soleille, and de Fuibusque ; Colonels Dieu, de Berthier, Danner, de Sorbiers, de la Martiniere, Crespin, and Pelissier ; Lieut.-Colonels de Comely, Barral, and Henri Bertr xrid ; Capitaines de Vaisseau Lugeol, Larrieu, Touchar 3, Lescure, and Mequet ; and Capitaine de Fregate Gin 3ViX de la Coche." Lord Cowley concluded , ;13 e ceremony by congratulating the new members in the fallowing terms : " I cannot terminate this ceremony without express ing the gratitude of my Government for the marks of kindness which the Emir', 3ror has, on bi-; part, conferred on the English army and navy. I see in this exchange of courtesies a fresh bond of friendship between the two nations. May the two Governments continue to march together, not in a spirit of exclusion and mistrust to- wards others, but ready to receive into their alliance and their friendship all those who wish to labour with them in spreading civilisation and welfare throughout the whole period." _ _ . A grand dinner afterwards took place, at which were present Prince Napoleon, Lady Cowley, Cunt Waleweki, all the old and new members of the order, present, as well as Captain David, aide-de-camp to his Imperial Highness, and Mr. Howard and Mr. Stuart, first secretary and first attache to the embassy. Towards the end of the dinner, Lord Cowley proposed the health of the Emperor of the Freneh. Prince Napoleon replied as follows : "I propose the health of the Queen of England, and I unite to this toast all my wishes for the alliance of the two great nations of the West. I hope that it will not be confined to a transient understanding on a special question, but that, based on principle, it will everywhere insure the triumph of progress and of civilisation. This is the object to which two great nations ought to march in concert. The glory acquired in common, at the price of the most generous blood, is for their alliance a pledge of the future which time cannot weaken. So long as it shall last, we shall be strong enough to everywhere assist our friends and make our enemies give way." Lord Cowley proposed the health of his Imperial High ness, saying : " Gentlemen—l beg you to drink with me to the health of my illustrious guest, Prince Napoleon. I thank his Imperial Highness, in the name of the Queen, of the English Government, and of my country, for the toast which he has just proposed, and for the remarks, so full of kindness for England, which accompanied it. The sentiments expressed by his Imperial Highness do honour to the prince, to the soldier, and to the man. An alliance founded on any other principles than those invoked by his Imperial Highness could not be dur able." _ _ Lord Cowley next, woposed a toast to the French army and navy, to which Marshal Pelissier replied as fol- [own :- " We are all very sensible of and grateful for the toast just given by the noble representative of the Queen of England io the French army and navy, and 1 cannot better reply to it than by cordially proposing a toast to the army and navy of Great Britain. We have been side by side in twenty combats, and the reciprocal esteem which we have conceived for each other is an ad ditional pledge of durability fur that alliance, lasting as the imperishable glory which it has given to our flags." Gen. Woodtord replied as follows • • _ " Monseigneur and gentlemen—ln the name of the English army and navy, I beg you to accept our very sincere thanks for the honour you have just done us. I am persuaded that the flattering sentiments which Mar shal Pelissier has expressed will be received by our forces with the most lively satisfaction and gratitude. I cau assure you, gentlemen, that my comrades respond to those generous sentiments, and that they offer up the most cordial wishes for the happiness, the honour, and the glory of the French army and navy." SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO THE EARL OF HARETVOOD. On Saturday morning an accident occurred to the Earl of IfarewoNl, while hunting, which it is feared may terminate fatally. His lordThip went out with the Bramham-moor hounds, and while hunting in the neigh bourhood of Wetherby he was suddenly seen to fall from his horse. One of the whippers-in galloped to the spot, and found the noble earl stretched upon the ground un conscious. Assistance was immediately rendered, and his lordship was placed in the carriage of Mr. J. B. P.aviell, of Stockeld-park, and conveyed to his own resi dence. On arriving there he was still in a state of insen sihility, and a message was at once despatched to Leeds for medical aid. Mr. T. P. Te;de went to Harewood House without delay, and found that his lordship had sustained a severe fracture of the skull. A telegraph message was sent to London the same evening, request ing the attendance of Sir Benjamin Brodie, but a reply was received that he was unable to leave London. The assistance of Dr. Cm;ar Hawkins or Dr. Fergusson was then sought, and Dr. Hawkins left London in a special train by the Great Northern Railway, and arrived at Leeds shortly after 9 o'clock on Sunday morning. He immediately posted to Harewood House and, with the assistance of the ether medical gentleman, did all for the unfortunate nobleman that skill and science could sug gest. The precise cause of the accident cannot be stated, as no person was sufficiently near to his lordship at the time to describe it, but it is supposed the horse which he rode—a young animal—got its feet entangled in a sheep net just after leaping .a fence, and in its efforts to extricate itself threw the noble earl on the ground and kicked him on the head. MUTINY AT Coiuru.—A vessel which arrived at Mar. seilles on Friday evening from Corfu brought word that a company of artillerymen stationed at Corfu had mu tinied and attempted to blow up the powder magazine. No other particulars were stated. THE LATE GALES.—The committee of the Ship wrecked Mariners' Society are making special efforts to meet the extraordinary demand upon the funds of the charity in consequence of the furious gales by which the present winter has been distinguished. Within the last month the society have spent above 2,000/., in suc couring 530 shipwrecked raen, relieving 411 widows and orphans, and 360 mariners who had lost their clothes. DESCENDING A RAPID IN A BARK-CANOE.—Besides the rocks, shoals, and snags which are to be avoided, unceasing attention must be given to innumerable logs of hewn timber, which, having been wafted by the lumber. ers to the commencement of the rapid, having been left to be hurried for eight or nine miles towards this mar ket--sometimes separately, sometimeshustling each other, sometimes floundering, and sometimes, if anything irri tates or obstructs their passage, rearing up in the water until they almost reel over. In the apparent turmoil of this scene, in which the canoe is preceded, as well as followed, by masses of heavy timber, the slightest touch of which would annihilate it—the icy-cold judgment of the old Indian—his collected but lightning -like decision —the simplicity and tranquillity of his red beardle-ts face, thatched over by his bluff-cut black lank hair— his total absence of either fear or bravado—his immutable pre sence of mind—and, i❑ places of the greatest possible noise and confusion in the waters, the mild tone of voice with which ho softly utters to his young comrade the monosyllable that dirccts him to steer the stern of the canoe in the direction opposite to that which he himself gives to its head—form altogether a most striking con trast with the boisterous scene, the sudden kaleidoscope changes of which it is utterly impossible to describe. — Descriptive Essays by Sir Francis Head. 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The • Mayor (Mr. Jacob Bright) occupied tlse chair, and in his opening address criticised the foreign policy of the Bri fief' Government. He then introduced Mr. Miall to the meeting. Mr. MIALL rose and said—Mrs Mayor and gentlemen, I can aware you, without the slightest affectation, that I rejoice I have another opportunity of meeting you in this ball, f. r the purpose of rendering to you an account of my stewardship. You will remember, and lam not disposed to forget, that previously to my election as the representative of Rochdale I pledged myself to meet the electors and non-electors of the borough year after year, and whenever it should appear that my conduct was con demned by a majority—a fair majority—l should leave that post in order that some better man might occupy it. (Applause.) I come, consequently, in conformity ' with that pledge. When more than four years ago you put the question as to whether I would represent you I accepted. Yours was the choice, mine was the accep tance of your choice ; and I can assure you that . your choice was not more hearty than was my accep tance of that choice. I may allude to my want of some •f those qualifications which when they can be possessed in company with others are not to be despised. Wealth is pleasant; rank is not to be condemned ; both give con siderable influence in the House of Commons; I can pretend to neither. I wish to put before you everything which I think will interest you in regard to my past conduct, as also in regard to my future intentions. If you take any interest in the proceedings of your represen tative, consult the division list upon the great questions for which yon care a straw, and if I have been absent — ceernaie ta — acoiefalit ; but on any question of importance I have been present and voted, except when I have thought the question not ready for legislative discussion. Igo further. I think that a man standing before his consti tuency should confess when he has done wrong. I have to snake my confessions. I have committed some mis takes. In relation to the savings-bank question I will confess that I was guilty of an oversight that, perhaps, caused use greater chagrin than to any member of this metstuency ; I believe it was the Tralee Savings-bank, which was brought forward by Mr. Daniel O'Connell on a certain evening in the House of Commons. I was not present when that discussion came on. It came to a division, and my name is not recorded therein. It hap pened that the question was brought forward on the same night which I brought forward a question which I think you will call one of importance—namely, the disendowment of all religious bodies in Ireland. (Hisses and applause.) You are premature in expressing your condemnation,- because I will go into that point pre sently ; but it so happened that it depended on my own energy and influence to obtain a night. I had been dis appointed, for I bad obtained on a former evening the fixing of a discussion on the subject ; but then came the great naval review, and they took the liberty of voting that the House should not sit on that night. On the second night which I had obtained there was to be a Turkish Ambassador's ball, at which the Queen was to be present, and the members of the House were anxious to bask in the beams of sovereignty, and it was supposed that no private member could obtain a night. I had ob tained promises which induced me to think I should be successful. The question did come on for discussion ;it went on till after 12, and after midnight a minority of votes which surprised me was the result. You may suppose I was so absorbed by the immediate business be fore me that I overlooked the fact that the very next question standing on the paper was the question about savings-banks in Ireland. I had had a previous conver sation with Mr. O'Connell on the subject, and I under stood that be did not expect that he could do more than make a statement, to which the Chancellor of the Ex chequer would probably reply. I was one of the tellers in my own case. I reported the votes and retired into the lobby. I don't think yea lost anything by that, for I don't think it would be good policy for you to identify your case with that of the Irish savings-banks, thsy having had a Parliamentary inquiry into their case, and you have had none. You stand, therefore, in a better position, and, under all tee circumstances, I thought I might frarkly throw myself on the good nature of the people of Rochdale to extend to me that pardon which I need. One other thing I wish to con fess. It is with reference to a question in which you are deeply interested. It is the question of national re prese intendedut at itoon. bring Y o a in a r e billa aware a t h m a e t n Si d r t h J e o srheupar representation of the people. With difficulty he had got a night fixed, and we all anticipated that there would be a serious dis cussion. It might not have been the best period for bringing a matter of that kind forward ; but, however that was, I intended to be present, and, if necessary, take part in the di-cussion. I was not aware that Sir Joshua Walmsley thought he could not make a house, because everTrawabe4 who stands first on the list has to exert himseit to get members there befeire four o'clock, in order that there may not be a count-out. I conse quently did not arrive till three minutes after four o'clock, when I found that the house was dismissed. I can only say that this was an accident. Now, gentlemen, let me give you as briefly a sketch of the session. It is a difficult matter as a painter would say, to paint a blank space, and all I can do is to set before you a beggarly account of empty boxes. We met when negotiations for peace were being carried on, and we were called upon to exhibit our patriotism by abstain ing from all discussion on the matter, and - I must say the perfect silence on the subject which was preserved in Parliament during the time that arrangements were being carried forward indicated no little amount of patri otism in the members who were there, every party being careful not to endanger the peace which then seemed probable. You know that the result was the establish ment of a peace comprehending those points which the Western Powers had ostensibly contended for during the war. No sooner was peace signed, and almost before the rejoicings were over, than we got into difficulties with America. I will not now discuss that matter, but I will justify my conduct therein by saying that • the main difficulty was attri butable to the proceedings of our own Consuls and Minister there with a view to obtain enlist ments for the army. Against that Foreign Enlistment Bill I had on a previous occasion voted, because it was impossible to put it into fair operation without endan oering our relations with other countries. As to otber matters, the greater part of the session went by while e were doing nothing. There were from 30 to 40 public measures passed during the session of Parliament, but I think I could easily name all those which were of any worth. There was the Limited Liability Bill. I gave my vote in favour of that bill with the greatest delight, and only regret that it was not accompanied by another for amending the law of partnership, so as to admit of private persons putting their capital into Coma• inercial speculations without exposing themselves to ruinous consequences. The Cambridge University Bill passed under review, and, besides these, the County Courts Amendment Bill and the Police Bill were the only other bills which could be said to be of great public importance which were passed during the session. Several good bills were either withdrawn or re jected. In one of these you take great interest—l mean that for doing away with the local dues on shipping. I believe that the merchandise which comes into Rochdale and other towns pay a tax for beautifying the town of Liverpool, and also helps to pay the borough rates of that town, as well as their paving, sewerage, great pub lic hall, and other expenses necessary to the comfort and convenience of a great shipping town like Liverpool. These things I consider ought to be paid by the inhabi tants, instead of which they are paid by those who have merchandise passing through that port, and you are pay ing part of this as well as your own rates for the improve ment of your own town. Ministers brought in a bill to do away with all this,when up rose all the corporations which had property in vested rights, afraid that touching these old customs would lead to trenching on their vested in terests, and many town clerks went to London to try to induce Government to abstain from interference. Lord Palmerston did not appear deeply interested in the mat ter, though Mr. Lowe was, and he, instead of support ing his own Minister, sent the bill to a committee of inquiry, before whom one of your townsmen, Mr. Alexander Livesey, gave valuable evidence ; the result was, that the measure was shelved, but, nevertheless, I expect it is one of those measures which we shall have to pass next session. There was also a bill for allowing Jews to sit in Parliament when elected thereto. That bill was under the conduct of Mr. Milner Gibson, arid, though it passed through the Commons, it was rejected by the House of Lords. There were others to which I need not refer, but there is one class of bills particularly important to you—l allude to those which are based upon practical centralisation. With reference to my own motion, in which I followed in the steps of my predeces sor, Mr. Sharman Crawford, I may say that he was the first who had the courage to say that all religious bodies in Ireland should be left to sustain their own institutions; that all public provision for them should be withdrawn, and that all inequalities should cease. I believe that it is pretty well known to you all, that if I have any particular prejudices, they run in the ecclesiastical line, and I have laboured to advance this principle—that it is no business of the State to afford to anybody pro tection in the exercise of his religion, and at the same time to meddle with none. Let all churches be self supporting and self-goierning. Of all places in the world Ireland was most in need of the application of that prin ciple. Mr. Spooner brought in from time to time a mo tion for taking away from Maynooth College its 30,0001. their hk a i / sr t o d n beuc t dl hayeint Nigroundoonwlreland.thato u gentlemen,l d When it is hs i eu s n d t tnlmoeelaaddski by g to Almighty God that a religion which is not true in itself according aetwOif weakest Protestants. first t thee property com mencement of nay career that I would not ye t s u h t in h e a g et fi le out the cation of what I cqs e si n . d e er a f wholesome c principle, I find case ; so in this, all parties wh e o m en m j that so it is in the ve fight every with one another u n o n y s th a e e s i p t o i i e l w in ill e giving up the spoil, and e m s: e ery other question but that of whether it be of on e body ormmoment that spoil is touched, and fight for the retention of wli'natotther, they all coalesce hey havegot. I voted with Mr. Spooner, and, hating done so, I felt it incum bent upon me as a matter of fairness to th Catho lics of that country that they should be placed in • precisely the same position as to the endowments which to their Protestant countrymen, and should were given be treated precisely on the same grounds, and L therefore proceeded ~~~ ' //7. Indus hence are three—two principal, and one tl tha►, may be termed intermediate both by position and character. No. 1 is the lire through Ghuznee, Cabul, Jelly►• lahad, and the Khyber Pass, to Peshawur. No. 2 leads by tho Khojuek Pass, the Peisbeen Valley, Quetta, the Bolan Pass, Dadur, and the Desert of Upper Scinde, to Shikarpoor and Sukkur. No. 3, the most direct, but least practicable, would lead an invading foe from Candahar, by Boree, across the Sukhee Surwur Pass, to Dera Gaze° Khan, on the Indus. This route was traversed by the Emperor Baber, with his army, on their return from their Indian dampaign o 1805. It is still used by couriers bearing express despatches. But the Lohanee Afghan merchants at the present day prefer as a caravan route the better known road by the river Goomul, through the Pass of Gulairee. A very large invading force might attempt to advance by all of these routes simultaneously. Our present task is ended, when we have fully in dicated the main lines of approach from west to east. Each is capable of being slightly varied, but the end is the same in every case. It were mere super fluity to lengthen this paper with a dull recapitu lation of distances, or to repeat the jaw-break ing names of many a wild tribe whose children are the toll-keepers of these highways. If the toll keepers do not perform their duty most effectually on this side of the Candahar, when need shall next be, England's policy will have miscarried as fa tally as when we last played at " invasion" in the same quarter of the world. Z ---- dahar is the western capital of modern, =-- 4-' '.4 tan, and the head-quartere of the Dour* . • . ,?,:;''- Ahmed Shah lies buried under an eleg4di ,NN. 44 ir ~ A which is h e ld i n grea t reverence . o\ • !i::At'* . ---' - - i 3 .,," THE LOADS FROM THE GATE A \ A - - 1 44--- . Having r eac h e d C an d a h ar , we are o n , 3 1 /- - (r k j:-,_.., Lively known ground. The routes towarAal the —''• 7At t , t ii , „ OPPOSITION TO THE INCOME TAX. PEMBROKESHIRE COUNTY MEETING.-.-.A. county meeting was held on Saturday in the Town-hall, at Ha►erfordwest, for the purpose of protesting against the income and property tax. There were very few persons present. The chair was filled by Mr. L. Mathias, sheriff ; and the following resolu tion was passed :—" That for the property and income tax to be imposed upon the country for the support of the war more than one year after the restoration of peace would be inconsistent with the act of Parliament, and a breach of faith with the public; and that a petition to this effect be drawn up, and that the member for the county (Viscount Etnlyn) be requested to present it to the House of Commons." MEETING AT Rim..—A public meeting has been held in the Town-hall of Rhyl, to petition Parlia ment for a considerable modification, if not a total abolition, of the income tax. Mr. James Napier, of the Bank, was in the chair. Resolutions were passed, to the effect that the mode of levying the tax is so inquisitorial and fallacious that injustice and dishonesty are the inevitable result, and that if direct taxation be advisable means more in ac cordance with the principles of justice ought t o be devised. Many interesting cases were ettEA, showing the unjust assessment of the tax ; and its demoralising tendency, by inducing parties to render false returns, was plainly exposed ; one party alleging that he had been obliged to pay the tax upon an anticipatory income, not having yet realised the amount of the expenses he had in curred. A petition was numerously signed, to be presented to the House of Commons by Sir John Hanmer, Bart., M.P. ARUNDEL.--At a meeting held on Friday, rela tive to the income tax, a letter was read from Lord G. G. A. Howard, M.P., in which the following passage occurs Any one would express my sentiments by saying that, while I should regard taxation as a subject not to be dealt with by ex citement or haste, yet that I wish much to see the abolition, if possible, or at least a very great dimi nution, of the income tax. That if we are to have further wars an income tax is necessary ; but I trust not to have thither war, and I do sincerely hope that we are not going hastily to spend British blood and treasure on Persian soil, which I would hope is the only present reason whereby the in come tax should be continued at anything like its present rate." TORQUAY.—Mr. Palk, M.P., speaking at a meeting of the inhabitants, held on Thursday evening, to memorialise the Queen for a modifica tion of the income tax, said :—" I believe that had there been a due economy—nay, I will not even say that—but that had there not been an undue waste of public money, the income tax, which you have so nobly and cheerfully submitted to up to the present moment, would have been sufficient to have paid for the expenses of the war, and that you might have reverted this session to the state you were in before the commencement of the war, bearing in mind the pledge of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that in 1860 the income tax was finally to be dispensed with. However, I believe it is well known to you all, that there was no such eco nomy practised by the Government ; and I very much doubt whether you will hear anything from the Crown to lead you to believe that this income tax will be done without. I do not believe that Government will take advantage of the quibble which would enable them to maintain the 9d. in the pound for another year ; but I do not believe the Chancellor of the Exchequer will have to appeal to the patriotism of the country, and ask them to renew that 9d. for another year." THE RUSSIANS IN CHINA. The Moniteur de la Platte contains news from China not hitherto published. It was itot known at Macao that the Russian Government bad ob- tained permission at Pekin for their ships to enter the five ports. This fact is considered to be ex- tremely important. Russia has had for some years extensive commercial relations with China by land, and, according to the terms of a treaty signed in 1725, the town of Kiachta, situate on the frontiers of the two empires, serves as a commercial en trepot. Commerce has increased, and is consi derably extendin g itself on that point. The Rus sian Government, in order to establish its rela tions more firmly with China, has obtained the privilege of having a Legation at Pekin—a favour which no other power enjoys, but, on the other hand, the Chinese Government had always refused to receive Russian ships in the five ports into which the ships of other nations are admitted. Trade between Russia and China has been hitherto car . _ . ried on solely by land. Admiral Patuitine, who commanded the Russian squadron in the Chinese seas at the breaking out of the last war, used his utmost efforts to obtain a treaty which would place his Government on the same footing as the most favoured nations. He would probably have suc ceeded had not the war paralysed his operations. Recent events at Canton give increased im portance to the new advantages which Russia has obtained. On the 25th of November a body of insurgents, accompanied by numerous bands of brigands, who have ravaged the province of Kwang-Si during several months, took possession of the town of Kouli-Lin, and committed fearful ex cesses. The Imperial troops not being sufficiently numerous could give the inhabitants no assistance. It is impossible to give an idea of the anarchy which prevails at this moment in various provinces in China. Highway robbery is organised on a most extensive scale. The Government has neither force nor authority to suppress the highwaymen. The Mandarins execute a multitude of inoffensive beg gars, but they are help less a g ainst thieves. Yeh, the Viceroy of Canton, is one of the most abominable and cruel men in the empire. He maintained a num ber of mendicants of the most unfortunate descrip tion, an d every time any act of violence was com mitted in the city, being too feeble or too gr ea t a e to m d en ar d e ie t a o ht sw arrest h the h© heasosrdasseirnesi he to be selecteda dozen decapi tated, and he then wrote to the Emperor that a horrible crime had been committed, but that the authors had been arrested coward of and punished. It is by those repeated falsehoods that the mandarins deceive the Emperor, is , whonever permitted to know the truth. The insurgents, with their chief, Tae-ping, are completely mast ers of the province Their of Kiang-Su, T 1 • ir head-quarters are at Nankin. That city may be regarded as for ever lost to the Emperor, for his I • aut iority can never be re-esta blished there. It was impossible to have shown more incapacity than did the Imperial generals. The insurgents have fortified the Yang-Tse-Kiang, and the mouth of that river is closed against the Chinese fleet. By the latest accounts Admiral Sey mour was still at Canton. He had established him self so as not to be annoyed by the Tartar troops. He had been joined by the hospital frigate Min den, and he had sent the Winchester and Coro mandel to Hong Kong, the Sybillo to Whampoa, and the Pique and Hornet to Shanghai. He had done so at the request of the British Consuls, who had demanded them for the protection of British subjects. A spirit whispers in our ear (says the Athencrunt) of certain doings at the Record-office, to which we would be glad to have a safe contradiction. The rumour runs that the Record -office authorities, in going over the State papers in their charge, have discovered that some of these papers are in duplicate. The fact has long been known to historical readers, and especially as regards colonial, war, and navy documents ; for in early times, when voyages were long and wrecks numerous, all de• spatohes from our agents abroad we re sent in duplicate or triplicate for safety ; and, in spite of steam, we pre sume this practice is unchanged. Rumour Asserts that these duplicates are Wog destroyed ! PUBLICATIONS. Twelfth Edition, with 15 illustrz.tions, Gs , bound, THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. By ELIOT WARBURTON. `lndependently of Its value as an original narrative, and its useful and interesting information, this work is remerkahle for the colouring power and play of far.cy with which its descriptions aro enlivened. Among its greatest and most lasting charms is its reverent and serious spirit."—Quarterly Review. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn.