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RE COURT of DIRECTORS .of the EAST INDIA COMPANY DO lI9REBY GIVE NOTICE, That they have received ; returns of unpaid shares of Donation Eatta granted to the forces employed in Ilnrmali duripg the campaign of 1852.53, by general order; by the Gorernor-Genkral of Irdia. in centich, dated Ist July, 18:)3, due to Officers, Scanlon, and. Marines of her Vajestrs chips "Bitten" and "Spartan," and that the same will I e paid to the several parties entitled, on their application at the Military Department, East Irdia House, after the Slot instant. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. BANK OF DEPOSIT, 3, Pall-mall East. Established A .D. 1844. NOTICE 1.9 lIEREBY GIVEN. That from this day until further notice the INTEREST payable on deposit accounts will be increased to £6 PER CENT. per annum. Parties desirous of investing Money are requested to examine the Plan of the Bank of Deposit. Forms for opening ,accounts and every information post free on application. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Oct. 10, 1857. T HE RHINE AND GERMANY. —The Shortest and Cheapest Route. via, Rotterdam, to the and Clermany,'ls by THE DITTCEI RHENISH RAILWAY. Rhine Through Trains, in conjunction with those of the Cologne-Minden Company, start three times a day: Fifty pounds of Diggage allowed free for each passenger. Further particulars forwarded, post free, on applicalion to the Company's London Agent, Mr. Joins C. JAXsorr, GI, Gracechurch teet. REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-CHEAP ‘../r EXCURSIONS. On Sunday, October 18, a train will leave Paddington at 7.45 a.m., for Oxford (Fares 6s. Gd and 45.), Banbury (Fares Bs. and 55.), Leamington or Warwick (Fares 101. 6d. and Gs.), Birmingham (Fares.l2s. and 75.), returning at 7 o'clock the same evening. On Saturday, the 21th October, a train will leava Paddington at 3.0 p m., for Chippanham. Trowbridge, and Westbury (Fares 9s. and ss.),Frome and Yeovil (Fares 105. and Gs.), Weymouth and Dorchester (Fares, 12s. and Bs.), returning on Tuesday, the 27th, from Weymouth at 11.30 aim. On Sunday, October 25th a train will leave Paddington at 7.45 a.m. for Bath and Bristol. returning the same evening at 6.:10. Fares :—Bath, 1 le. and ss. 6d.; Bristol, 14s and Gs. 6d. On Saturday,October 31st, a train will leave Paddington at 6.0 p.m. for Cirencester and Stroud (Fares, 9s. and 55.) Gloucester and Chel tenham (Fares, 10s. and 65.). Rom and liereford (fares, 1 I s. and 75.), returning on Monday, the 2d November, from Hereford at 5 p.m., and intermediate Stations as per hand-bills, to be obtained at the Company's offices. For further particulars of return, &c.,see handbills, to be obtained at any of the Company's offices. OFFICERS PROCEEDING TO INDIA, also CIVILIANS, can effect ASSURANCES on their LAVES with the COLONIAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY on the USUAL TERMS, the Directors having RESOLTED NOT TO INCREASE Tnets RATES at this time. _ _ _ Premiums can be pail to the Company's Agents at Calcutta, Ma dras, or Bombay, or at any other of their Agencies in the East. The Directors also advance Loans on good security for temporary periods. The Colonial have Agencies in every British Colony, where Pre iniums aro received. and claims settled. • WILL. TIIO. TUOMSON, Actuary. • SAMUEL R. FERGUSSoN, Resktent Secretary in London. LONDON ..... • •.. • • .... •... SI. Lombard-street MC ) EDINBURGII (Bead-office) .. • . 5, George-street. ..... • • • • •• . • 65, TIPP' r , Aackvllle-street. GLASGOW inikIIRSITANT to a Decree of the High Court of .1_ Chancery, made in a cause Lambe against Orton and others, all persons claiming to be creditors of HENRY ORTON. late of Derby; in the county of Derby, tobacconist and general dealer, who died in or about the month of January; 1831; are, by their solicitors, on or before the 6th day of November, 1857, to come in and prove their debts or claims at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Xindersley, No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex. or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. , . . . Friday, the 13th day of November, 1857. at one o'clock in the afternoon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudi cating upon the claims. Dated this 8 day of August, 1857. CHAS. MOH, Chief Clerk. punsuA KT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause Lambe against Orton and others, all persons claiming to he next of kin of HENRY ORTON, lite of Derby, in the county of Derby,tobacconist and general dealer, 'who diet in or about the month of January, 1831, hying at his death, or the personal representatives of any such next of kin as may have since died, are by their solicitors, on or before Vie 6th dap of No vember, 1857, to come in and prove their claims at the chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, at No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's inn, Middlesex, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily ex cluded from the benefit of the said decree. Friday, the 13th day of November, 1857, at one o'clock in the afternoon, at the said chambers, is appointed for hearing and adju dicating upon the claims. Dated this Bth day of Augu3t, 1857. CIIAS. PUGII, Chief Clerk. FOR GENTLEMEN.—GEO. HOBSON begs to call the attention of the public to his NEW STOCK in AUTUMNAL GOODS, consisting of West of England Beaver and Venetian Cloths, Scotch and Heather Twis., Mixed Doeskins, Cashmere and Toilanette Waistcoatings, both of English and Con tinental manufacture, which be found en inspection at price , : most moderate for Best Goods.—GEORGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street. CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King-William•street, Strand, every Evening during the Week, in their Novel and pleasing Olio of Songs, Dialogue, and Musical Character Delineations, which for eight years at New York, and lately at the Ft. James's Theatre, have been fully en dorsed by houses nightly filled, as " Par Excellence." Doors open akhalf-past 7, commence at 8. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre. Is.; Private Boxes, IL s. and 10s. Gd. Seats can be securcd at Mr. Mitchell's, 33, Old Bond•street, and •at the Hall. On Saturday, a Morning Entertainment, commencing at 3. WILL OPEN ON MONDAY, OCT. 26Ta ADELAIDE GALLERY, Adelaide-street, West Strand.—GßAND CASINO.—LAmorrE's celebrated Rand of Forty Performers. Principal cornet-a-piston, Monsr. Bout maim Admission one shilling. Open every evening at half-past eight, close a quarter to twelve. The above Band hat the service of the nobility and gentry for private Balls, &c. &c.—Manager, R. R. Bignell, to whom all application are to be addressed. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket. —The Proprietor of these Rooms, grateful for past patronage, and whi e assisted by the able co-operation and zealous services of the late conductor, Mr. E. LAURENT, assures his friends and the public that he has taken every means to supply in his estab'ishment the vacancy occasioned by the loss of that distin guished artist. The Proprietor has now the honour to announce that he has engaged, for the above rooms, the popular composer. M. ANTONY LAMOTTE, late, and for severalyears, conductor at the Salle Valentino, at Paris ; also conductor at the groat annual festival of the City of Lyons, held at the Palais d'Alcazar ; and. lor h's eminent merit, rewarded by his Majesty the Emperor with a gold medal, being the only chef d'orchestre in France who has received this mark of honour and distinction. All the principal performers of the orchestra are re-engaged. The rooms, redecorated for the occasion, Open every Evening.—Admission, One Shilling. Dtr BARRY'S CELEBRATED INFANTS *FOOD, for DELIC ATE INFANTS, CHILDREN, and IN VALIDS. Supersedes the expense and dangers of wet nursing, is more easily digested, and imparts more healthful nourishment than Milk ; acidity, cramps, bowel complaints, flatulency, cough, restless ness, ser.hila, eruptions, are avoided by it, and perfect regularity of the sy stem and sound sleep in med. Many respectable families who have reared and saved delicate Infants by this Food can be referred to, and a copy of their Testimonials may be had free on forwarding a stamped and addressed envelope to Barry Da Barry and Co., 57, Regent-street, London. Prices : —ln Canisters, is.; 25.; and 121 b. at 21s. The large Canister will be forwarded free of carriage on receipt of Post Office Order. AIR. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI FICIAL TEETll,llxed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so erfeetly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the original by the closed 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 euaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and that Mr. Ilosvard's improvement may he within the reach of the most econo mical, he has fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. De cayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastica tion. --52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. APPETITE AND DIGESTION7IMPROVED. y EA. and PERRINS' 'WORCESTERSHIRE -Ili SAUOI imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrin, 19, Penchnrch-street ondon, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and ROW, Messrs Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and raer bents, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.- -To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AID IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. Few and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pageo, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just nublisbed, price, free by post, 18., THE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work on. the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from the fleets of solitary indulgence, infection, and the injurious conse uences from the use of Mercury ; with observations on the obliga tions of marriage, and directions for obviating certain disqualifica tions. By It. and L. PFRRY and CO., Surgeons. Sold by J, Allen, 90, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row; Sanger, 160. Oxford-street; and flordun, 146, Leadenhall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SY ItIACUM Is employed in both sexes to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is purelybalsamic; its power In reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and sexual debility, obstinate gleets, impotency, barrenness, and debi lities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvar3 ing success in thousands of casei. Price 1 fs. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335.. which saves 11s. The CONCENTRATED DETEUSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphi litie remedy, for purifying the system, and is recommended for any of the varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the skin, blotches on the head and face, enlargements of the throat, lanai's. and uvula; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &c. Its action is purely detersive, and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. Price I Is. and 335. per bottle. also a saving of 118. inn - % PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effec tual remel y in either sex for all cases of gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. esi 11 s. er box. Sold hy Daniel Church, 78, Graceehurch-Street, City; Bartlett Trooper, d 3, King William -street (four doors from London Bridge) ; (I. E. Watts, 17, Strand ; W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow-churchyard; W. Edwards, 67, St. P aul's - churchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford street Bannay and Dietriehsen, (13, Oxford-street; Butler and Unrdlng. 4, Cbeapslde ; Prout and Barsaul, 229, Strand ; and all medicine vendors throughout the United Kirgdom. TILE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY 1 Just published , price Is., post free, inan Envelope, f or 13 stamps, ELF lTerseattine S TIO . A Disorders of the C e ie cia n i e c ra F F ES tl E on it s and A on rite tly of NerVolls and Physical D e bi l i ty, resulting ' em unit on the cure from vicious habits acquired during the critical passage f rom youth o bservations on the PM hysiology or Afar_ Manhood, with prac tic al tinge in its social, moral, an d physical relations. To which are add e d nuntrlcs on the wonders of t he M i croscope in revealing the hidd en and i ts advantages in detectinf,hy Life,' 1 mysteries " of Life within urinary examination, the cause and effect of every variety of these complaints, with numerous engravings and cases. IKERT, M.D., BY SAMUEL LA 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, , Honorer,' Matriculated Member of the University ofl Society, Edinbur L gh icentiate of Member of the London hospital Medica Apothecaries' 11111, London, gm, &c• tout the fearful con- , treatise to Pein 1 he essential object of this is excesses, m and sNuences resulting from certain habits, irreg d adation in Man m !deli hal e produced more misery in Youth, egr . perhaps, ally hc.cd, and pi einatur e decay at all stages of life, than; Is other class of dis , ase known to modern pathologists. its Pe rusal doubts of particularly r ecommended to persons entertaining secr et hazarded their physical condition, and who are conscious of having the health, ha pPinea s , bein g is PPiness, and to wh ich every human privileges =Wed. It k absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are i tinciples of perso na l management which cannot be violate d with out incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret suc ceed the heyday of incousiderate self-indulgence, how those Penalt ies may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness ruay be removed, and howthe evil and its consequences may be avoided, and, above all, shat there is scarcely any d egree of physical infirmity or functiona l erangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. Published by J. Allen, 20, W arwick -lane, Paternoster-row, and may he had of Mann, 39, Cornhill; Home, 19, Leicester-square ; Otrdon, 146, Leadenhall.street or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from 11 till 2, and from 6 till 8, at his residence, 37 Medford-square, Loudon. The work may be had in India, of Mr. Von Litzky, Loll Bazaar ; Calcutta —Messrs. C. and J. Ilormusjee, Apollo-street ; Bombay— Circulator Office; Madras—Motussilite Office , A.,ra - Dodsworth ; Colombo, Ceylon; and of all Booksellers throughout theColonioz A BURGLAR CAPTURED. —At Sheffield, on Thursday, Robert Baines, a brickmaker. was charged with haviUg broken into the residence of Mr. G. Barnsley, file manufacturer, at Upperthorpe. Mr. Barnsley, with his family, were absent in Scotland, and the house had been left, locked up. Between twelve and one o'clock on Wednesday night Mr. Peace, whe resides next door, was awoke by the noise of some persons opening a window. He got up, examined his own windows, and finding them safe went to Mr. Barnsley's.. Discovering that one of the windows was open, he ran into the road, and ob taining aid, the prisoner was caught as he, with an other man, ran from the house and jumped over the gar den wall into the road. No property was removed. BANKRUPTCY OF HARRISON, WATSON, AND Co.—At the Hull Bankruptcy Court, on Wednesday, before Mr. Commissions'. West, in the affairs of this banking firm, a meeting was held for the choice of assignees and proof of debts. The total amount of debts proved was 308,9911 11s. 2i1., and the amount of claims by credi tors not yet proved 10,0001. The principal debts proved were—the Bank of British North America, 47,4201. ; Union Bank of Landon, 21,0001. ; London Joint-stock Bauk, 23,450/. ; Bank of Upper Canada, 6,000/. •, City Bank of Montreal, 5,000/. ; Bank of England, 15.711/. ; V. Norman, 8,583/. • executors of Mr. C. Bamford, jun., 29,312/. ; C. Bam ford, 35,327/. ; Barkworth and Spalden, 6,2911. ; W. Sharp, 2,885/. &c. ' MEETING OF MIDDLE-AGED FEMALES.—Yesterday morning a curious meetingo f place in Fleet-streetthe passers-by. It , been inserted women desirous of ne housekeeper in a respectable resi dence of Mr. Friend the Trinity House, 8,317/. ; W. middle-aged females took very touch to the amusement of in th a e ppears that an advertisement had !vspapers inviting middle-aged middle-agedrnerebant, No. obtaining the honourable office of e win family to call at the the spot, a7ttflh7.oecmkFewdi Fleet street. had made most unsuccessful s la tr r e g e e t. n u mt ers Accordingly, to very many years required for , empts to was soon filled bring themselves within the range of was choked up, p g a et ssa n g e e ar the house took the service. Mr. Friend's large shop andw with eager h e o a s g e e r who w candidates.ere unable refuge in the porticoes of the adjacent doors. As the new candidates arrived they were cheered by th e mob and many of them gave up all idea of th e h ousekeeper. ship and made a hasty departure. Those who were all were congratulated by the mob u p on thei r chances honoured with i nterviews came out one at a time , and a es becam e so alarming, and th e crowd of spectators so d ens e and police-constable was stationed at the of success. At len g th the number of candid at trou bl eso me, that a . ft n d pe bourhoodsace of the neigh. door to protect the candidates (N 6. 20,360.) PUBLICATIONS.. HARRIET MARTINEAU'S NEW WORK ON INDIA. Nearly ready, in one volume, price Half-a-crown. BRITISHRULE IN INDIA: A HISTORICAL. SKETCH. By HARRIET MARTINEAU. London : Smith, Elder, and C0.,65, A MARVEL IN LITERATURE ! Will be issued in one of the most elaborate and effective covers, • printed in colours, EVER PRODUCED, BLACKWOOD'S SHILLING ATLAS ; containing thirteen Maps, corrected up to the present time, with coloured Outlines, and copious Index, royal 4to, making It the most elegant and complete Atlas ever issued at the price. Full coloured, 2s. (post-free). 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Now ready, price One Shilling and Sixpence, FEIST'S RACING RECORD; Edited by ALBERT FEIST, Editor of the Turf Department of the " Sunday Times," and Re porter of Sporting Intelligence to the London Daily Papers. Tho Monthly parts may be obtained separately, price two-pence each. The next pare will be published on the Ist of November. Ad vertisements cannot be received later than the 24th of October. "The Racing Record" contains a complete Calendar of sport in England, Ireland, and Scotland (fully indexed), from the o' January up to the time of publication. W. Wright, sporting printer and publisher, Fulwood's Rents, Hol born. London. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MF.DICINE CURES (n ithont Physic) of indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatuleru y, Phlegm, all Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, hysteria, Neuralgia, Dysentry, Diarrhoea, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburi), Headache, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, rod Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Althma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Com plaints ate effected by ) 13 AliA B RI A CA Fe RR YODS deliciouswhich restores E L healthwit!ut E T purgin A g inconvenience, or ekpense, as it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies. It is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor inter feres with a good liberal.diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from invalhls :—Cure N 0.71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies " I have derived colsiderable benefit nom Du Barry'r Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies."—Cu":, No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, and sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Northam Ling, near Dias, Nortolk."—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, a cure of extreme ner vousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.— Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre,' near Liver pool : a cure of ten yea!'s dyspepsia, and the horrors of nervous irrita bility. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew lire of constipation, dyspep ala, nervous irritabrity. Cure No. 31,210. Dr. Shorland of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212: Captain Allan of epileptic fits. Care No. 42.116 Major Edie of enlargement of the liver and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. pilaster of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings, - Cure. No. 26,418. Dr. Har vey of diarrhoea and debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer of consumption. Cure No. 32,883. William Bunts, Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood merchant, of thirty years diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Care No. 4 ',814. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure No. 52,612. The Dowager Countess of Castleatuart, of many years' aervons irratibility, bile, and indi gestion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of con sumptlob, after her, medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of recovery. Cure No, 180. "Twenty-five years' nervousness, con stipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. AV. R. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." No. 4,208. "Eight years' dis peps'a, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been leffectually cured by Du Barry's' health restoring Food. I shall be happy w answer any inquiries. Rev. John Flavell, Ridlin,;ton Rec tory, Norfolk." No. 32,836. "Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which ren dered my life very, miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Rosa, Skibbereen." Cure No. 3,906. " Thirteenyears' cough, indigestion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." Important Caution against the fearful Clangers of spurious imita tations:— The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Weed granted an injunc tion on the lOth March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Neville, for imitating "Dn Barry's Revalenta Arablea Food." Suitably paexed for all climates, and with mil instructions. In canisters, Ilb 2s 9d ; 2113 4s Gd ; slb I Is, 12Ib 225. The 121 h car riage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry and Co.. 77, Regent-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., pur veyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly also at 60, Oracechurch street 330, 430, and 451, Strand ; 4, C heapside 119. Bishopsgate street, and 150, and 158 Oxford-street. LONDON, SA fURDAY .EVENING, OCITOBER 17, 1857. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL SCThNOE. BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY. Last even!ng, tlio Mayor, (Mr. John Rateliff) entertained at dinner about 200 guests—townsmen .and members of the association at Dee's Royal Hotel. Among those present were Lord Brougham, Lord J. Russell, Lord Ward, Earl Talbot, Lord Calthorpe, Lord SI anley, Lord Ingestre, Lord Alfred , Churchill, Sir J. Pakington, Mr. W. F. Cowper, 1V1.P., Sir Thomas Winnington, ALP., Sir Charles Hastings, Mr. W. Scholefield, M. P., Mr. C. B. Adderley, M.P., Mr. R. Hanbury, M.P., Mr. Slaney, M.P., Mr. E. Akroyd, M.P., Sir B. Brodie, Dr. Livingstone, the Honourable and Rev. G. M. Yorke, Dr. Playfair, Dr. Begg, the the Recorder of Birmingham, the Rev. Sydney Turner, Dr. Conolly, Mr. Arthur Helps, Mr. 0. Dawson, the Rev. Canon Miller, Mr. C. H. Bracebridge, Mr. J. F. Winfield, Archdeacon Sandford, &c. After the usual loyal toasts, the Mayor (who oc cupied the chair) gave " the Army and Navy," which was received with special honour lay those present. Colonel GORDON and Earl TALBOT acknowledged the toast. The mention of General Havelock's name by the noble earl was followed by a bura't of cheering. The MAYOR gave, " Lord Brougham and the National As4ociation for the Advancement of So .dial Science." Lord BnoucaAm said,—Allow mo-to tender my very best and heartiest thanks, first to you Mr.Mlyor, for the kind hospitality with which . you have re ceived me here to-day next, for the kind mention of the association which you have been pleased to make in giving this toast ; and then to return ; my grat , ;ful thanks to this large and most respectable company for the manner in which they have been pleased to receive that proposal. We owe to you, Mr. Mayor, and to this great town the signal ad vantage of laying our new institution originated in the capital of the midland counties—the renowned capital of one of the two great branches of British industry, illustrated still more, permit me to add, by having been the residence and the seat of the disco veries and inventions of some of the greatest benefac tors of mankind, who have gained for themselves im mortal fame and sited ever enduring blessings upon their countryand their kind by their prodigious dis coveries in science and inventions in the arts. Let me only add my fervent hope, as well as confident expectation, that the fame of this great mass of art, of science, of manufacture., may be yet further ex tended by the progress which we shall see made in' those sciences in which humanity has the nearest and the dearest interest in consequence of the foundation which you have allowed us here to lay of this association. (Loud cheers.) "The House of Lords" was proposed by, Mr. COWPER, M.P., and responded to by Lord WARD. Sir B. BRODIE proposed " The House of Com mons," coupling with the toast the name of 'Lord John Russell. Lord J. RussEL—l beg leave to return thanks in the name of the House of Commons for the honour you have just done it. It may seem nth the House of Commons is not very tho roughly associated with the pursuit of social science, because it so happens that that House in the discharge of its many functions and labours usually devots the early part of its sittings to the consideration of the expenditure of the State, the taxes which it is necessary to maintain and im pose, and to various other matters, some of them of them of no great consequence, while it is not un til the weather is growing hot and men's attention is pretty well exhausted that we find time to attend to questions of social science. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) That has been the case, lam afraid, for many years past. I hope that it will not continue formany years to come, but that some better arrange ment will be made for transacting the business of the House of Commons. But, gentlemen, in speak ing for the House of Commons at the present time, you may permit me to glance, and to glance only, at what may be their occupation in the next session. I trust it will not be their occupa tion to find the means, either in the shape of men or money, for putting an end to the mutiny in India. (Hear, hear.) The House of Commons has shown its readiness to pass any vote, whether for peen or for money, for that purpose, but I trust that by the month of January or of February, when Parliament will meet again, we shall have the assurance that that , sanguinary mutiny and rebellion has been entirely suppressed. (Cheers.) I think that those gallant men who have been mentioned to-night by Earl Talbot—Havelock, Nicholson, Neill—will but need as reinforcements those troops which are already pouring in both from our colonies and from the United King dom, to enable thorn entirely to suppress the revolt of those who, even at present, pith alt the advantage of surprise, with all the advantages of tenfold numbers, have been totally unable to meet British soldiers in the field. (Loud cheers.) Trusting, then, we shall hear that the mutiny has been suppressed, I trust we shall likewise hear that justice has been done. -For, gentlemen, lam not ashamed to say that, ea when I hear of a single murder in this country—and unhappily, they are too frequently heard of—se when I hear of the murder of a man, a woman, or a child, I entertain no vindictive spirit, but at the same time desire that the murderer may be brought to justice and made to atone for his crime ; so likewise when I hear of murders of unexampled atrocity and magnitude I wish to see the murderers of hundreds adequately punished. (Cheers.) Let us reflect that them has been no extenuation for these crimes —crimes as great as human nature is capable of committing ; indeed, a few weeks ago I should have said crimes which human nature is incapable of committing." (Rear.) At the same time it is my hope, and no doubt the hope of all of us, that justice will be performed with discrimination. For ~instance, one account which I saw mentions a guard ofSepoys who had protected our officers and their wives fur a certain distance, and then left them in a safe elate to join the re'-els. They should not be treated in the same way as the murderers I have spoken of ; but I feel sure—such is the sentiment of British soldiers, such is the sentiment of the British nation —we may trust that, great as the prttvocation has been, no more than justice will be performed. (Hoar) If, therefore, gentlemen, we shall have heard that the mutiny has been sup prepsed and justice has been done, we shall still have a great task b e f o r e us , a t as k which it will be for us by and by to consider, which it will be impossible to anticipate now, and which it would be unwise to anticipate if it were possible to do so—namely, the consideration of what inqniry should be made as to the past, and in what way the government of India should ho modified for the future. In regard to that last questio - n,fi;;; already Waid all that it is possible to say now; but this, I must confess, weighs upon my mind :—I think it is a humiliating reflection that a hundred years after the victory of Plessey those whom we have ruled and whom we no doubt wished to civilise—for I believe there never was a Government more benevolent in its in tentions than the Government of India—should be found with hearts so inhuman and dispositions so savage. Let us hope that, if the government of India is entrusted to us by an Almighty Providence, the results of that government may be more satisfactsey, and that under our rule these 200,000,000 people will be brought to know thoroughly what is the re ligion we profess, and what is the degree of civilisa tion to which we have attained. (Hear, hear.) It only now remains for me to thank the Mayor and other gentlemen for the reception they have given to the association which has met here. I do trust that great amendments in the law, with great Hocia! progress, may arise out of it. At all events, it will be a satisfaction to those wbo belong to this association to have inaugurated it under the au spices of one who from the commencement of his political life has exhibited such proofs of his regard for the welfare of the people. (Cheers.) So far I have spoken for the House of Commons and this association. You will, perhaps, permit me to make only this remark regarding myself :—I am very sensitive that the compliments you have paid me are far higher than I iu any way deserve, but I will say that those opinions in favour of liberty and pro gress which are attributed to me have not only Lot been modified, but have been strengthened in after life. (Cheers.) Lord BROUGHAM proposed the health of the Mayor, and spoke warmly of his munificent hospi tality, and the countenance and support which ho had given to the association. The MAYOR having acknowledged the compliment, Mr. ARTHUR HELPS (in the absence of Sir F. Kelly, who was unable to be present owing to a rail way detention) proposed the health of the Vice- President. He was one of those who looked with especial interest upon the part of social science which was likely 'to promote the interests of the poor. Pride of birth was very common among Englishmen, and, for himself, he owed that he had rather be a very mediocre man of letters is Eng land than a first-rate litterateur in a foreign land. He feared, however, when he sometimes looked at the wretched blocks of houses in large towns, that the working‘classes had hot an,equil reason to re share fairly in the - social blessing joice in th e i r na ti ve ' and - that. they did net which try at large e n j oye d . (El e tr. ) . This inequality, he trusted, would b e Q tl e o f the labours of the new association - to rem ove . (H ear .) the court- The REconimit of Birmingliain (Mr. M. D. acknnwledged the toast, atid in the name of the 15),00) inhabitant) of the Midland metropolis, expresso I a hope that science and philanthropy, alied in the asso&atlon whi h had just been inau gurAtel, would never be divorcel, and that fu ture meetings would be r- d lent of the same benefit that had attended the prO. , ,ent Congres.! Mr. A D DERLEY . M. 1%, propo*A Lo:d Stanley and the Vivitors." -Lo. d STANLEY cs )uld, with sincere and hearty thanks, say that never did men coming on any errand of this kind meat wi'h a warmer and more e•trdial recepti on . S ome assoc i a tions, like some individual s , i" aiming a t more than they could at tain, accomplish . i nothing. Now, in seeking the promotion of so c i a l sc ' ence, he did not think they should develope id eas which were absolutely new, but they' ditl hope to dlffu,eieeas which were already known t) a feW, but could not, for want of a wider extension and appreciation, be practically applied for the bsnefit of the classes, whom they most con cerned. In India it oft en h ap p en ed that the evils of famine Were, for the want of adequate means of communication, felt in large districts •of country, while others wore exempt from these evils. In like manner intellectual fa m i ne wa s oft n experienced fr.nn the ab;ence of pr: 4 )oropportunities.for the in terch•ange of thought. This state of things avocia Cons liki the iireiew. wore admirably calculated to remove. Alluding to the town in which they were a , .setnbled, he observe 1 that from various cir cumstances he had always taken till warmest in- tere4t in the great fooi. and cantras •of manufaetur ing industry, and believed --that their populations enjoyed upon the' whole the greatest degree both of happiness arid freedom of thought. In conclusion he complimented the people of the manufacturing districts upon their independent spirit—which he hoped would be preserved and cherished—in not calling upon the Givernment to help them in any matter in which they could help themselves. Amoug the other toasts given were The Presidents of Department," prapoed by Dr. Play fair, and responded to by Sir J. Pakington ; - " Success to the Town and Trade of Bi r mingham," proposad by the r:ght hon. bAronet ; "The Mem bers for the Borough and the Northern Division of hr) Co uuty ," mice owledged. by Mr. W. S c ole field ; " Tho Corporation of Birmingham ;" and " The Local Secretaries, with the Secretaries of Departments." • the school, : since 1835, 48 college scholarships and 12 fellowships. The following. scholarships and prizes, open to the whole university, have beerl gained by pupils of King Elward's Grammar School sines 1835 :—The Craven - scholarship,. once ; th Battle scholarship, once ; Bell's scholarship (limitei to sons of clergymen), four times ; the Chance Pol gold medals for classical learning—first medal, four times ; second medal, once ; members' prize for best Latin essay, three times ; Norrisi'in prize fa theological essay, twice ; Brown's medal for Greek ode, twice ; the Chancellor's gold medal for legil t l studies, once in 1857, being the only occasion 0 i which it has been awarded; moral philosophy priz , once ; Cain's Greek Test inient pr . z s i - founded i a 1854, twice ; Scholefield prize for Biblical Greeli, once in 1857, the first year in which it was awarded. Tile one student who Went to Dublin was a univeE- . sity sch , lar and prizeman, senior inoclera or Auld gold medallist. After remarking that of the subse quentl career of the boys in the English school, o account could be given fur ther than that they pass d outn. due course to pursue the avocations fur whi, la the" were intended, th 3 report says :—" llitherio there has been one great middle class Of society wit() are not destined - for college. There is no definite object set before them corresponding' to the dis tinctions and rewards given them by the 11111VOrk ties. Then their studies want . both stimulus and guidance: We may hope that these will both be supplied by the middle class examinations abou`tto he instituted by the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. 1n .regard to the elementary schoolr, it may Ellffi eiit a say that they are frequented , ehielly by Vie children of small tradesmen and respectable artisans. Tae average age of the b - ayes in the scliO )1 is 11 years, and *Utile girls nearly 12 years. ';lie numerical differencebet weentheEstablished Church and other religiqus denominations is less than in the grammar schools, the proportion being only . 2.1." DEPARTMENT M.-PUNISHMENT AND REFORMATIO.N. SHORT IMPRISON➢fENTS. After the reading of a paper, and some discus sion, in which it WAS urged that - punishments for offences should aim more at reformation than ven geance, and Northern Australia was recommended as a fitting place for transportation, the Rev: J. Field, chaplain of Reading Gaol, read a paper on . "Sheet Imprisonment's as oonnected with the Cri minal Justice Act," is which ho warmly contended against the impo'icy of short periods of imprison ment, considered with a view:to either the preven tion of crime or the amendment of the criminal, and maintained that -the new act, on which he ani madverted, was defective in principle and opera tion, and calculated in many instances to give the offender almost unconditional impunity. He had found in Berkshire, the county with which he was most familiar, that since the Criminal Justice Act came into force there had been three times the number of se„ - iond convictions that had previously occurred within a corresponding period, the number of such re convictions 'being relatively 12 per cent. and 4 per cant. PIUOK 4D. S TAMPILD 5 u •11 period, after deducting the loss from cholera in 1849 and 1854, per 1,000 11.5 •, do. in the waterside -de part:me:it from all causes during mine period, 11.9. Dr. 11I‘William concludes his paper by alluding to some beneficial cliang;e3 that had b 3en effected in the . service. In 1854, he said,:a most important modi fication of the system of paying rdi'tcera was adopti.ed in the waterguari. .Before that time it Was the custom to remunerate the subordinate officers - by a corntinat ion of ,glary and day pay, the latter, which formed the largest portion of their income, being b.tepped.when sickness or other cause required ab sence-from dety. On the recommendation of the Board of Cu-toms the Lords of the Treasury sanc tioned the augmentation of the certain part of the income—the salary=and a proportionate reduCtion of - the day pay. An officer when sick or on leave now loses only a small part of his income, and.thus is enabled to meet the extra expenses in curredand to' enjoy his holidaT du ing sickness, in - contentment. In 1855 the same indulgence was extend-td to the day-pay officers of the waterside department, and indeed to all day-pay officers in London and in the outports, and with the most salutary effect. In common with other departments of the civil service, the Customs has of late received two great concessions from the Government. The first opens up . to subordinate officers a new and ho nourable field of ambition, by admitting them to competition for several superior offices, from which they were tormeily stint out. This, as was to be expected, has excited a whol'some spirit of fonula • tion and of pride in the service, which cannot fail to be at .ended with the most beneficial results ; and the other, the abolition of the superannuation tax (a meamre which benefits all classes who have en tered the service since 1829)_whatover diversity of opinion there -may have been as to its 'propriety, has to iny knowledge, alrea - iy - borne good fruit in having enabled niaey subordinate officers to insure their lives who could not otherwise have done so ; and in other respects stimulating and en .ouraging provident habits among the .classes whom it re lieved. TER EARL OF ELLENBOROUGH ON TILE INDIAN CRISIS. The Earl of Ellenb3rough ham addressed the fol- Lowing letter t ) the members of the Wineheomb Agricultural Association : •'Southam Delabere, Oct. 16, 1857. " Gentleme.),—l much regret my not being able to attend -your annual meeting to-day, the more especially as I was desirous of speaking to you upon the subject nearest my heart—the war in ludia— and of ,urging you to assist, as you and all.country, gentlemen and farmers can, most powerfully, in bringing the country through the difficulties in which it is involved. "Not having the opportunity of addressing you otherwise, I now write to you. "As to the war itself I need say but little. As to the conduct of the Ministers and of tho India . - Government in this emergency, 1 shall say nothing. I must soon have ample'and more proper opportu nitiesof saying whatever I may think upon that subject. "Gentlemen, you may not have looked into all -the details of what has taken place in India, but but you must know this—that we have there a great war forced upon us by rebels who. would de prive all our countrymen of their lives, and Eng land of an empire—Ahat where `we placed our con fidence, we have been met with treachery—where where We acted with kindness, we have encoun- tared murder—murder,• not directed only wraiust men by whom resistance might be made, and from whom wrongs might have been feared, but extending equally to unottending, helpless women—to the children at their knees, and to the infants at their breasts—sparing none, and often inflicting death with torture upon the body where it had already more cruelly tortured the mind. " We have seen there, in almost every instance of mutiny, ono general deliberate design, not only to deprive us of the dominion we have se long held with honour, but to place us, as a people, under circumstances of outrage and of indignity, which, if we submit to them, must render us, in the eyes all living men and of all future generations, a de spised and degraded race. Will you submit to this? You will say you never will—you will have redress and vengean - ee. We will say - nothing about ven gPance—that belongs only to a Higher Power ; hut io punish crime so signally as to deter ali. hereafter from its commission, and to vindicateour sovereign authority, this is no doubt our right, and it is our duty—and you will say you will not be f Auld wanting in the performance of it—but, then, what will you de ? Depend upon it, it is not enough to sit quietly at home and to pay taxes, nor to go to public meetings and pass resolutions expressive of sympathy with the sufferers and of indignation against their destroyers. You must do more than thi., and I will tell you what you can do—what none but those who are in your position can do equally well, and what you pow all ought to do for the honour of the country, and for your own. " You have heard of the great reinforcements of troops which have been recently sent or are now going out to India. You have been assured that we shall have there a larger army than we had in the Crimea, and Ldara say you expect from the oxer dons of this.foree early and complete success in the war. Everything that the noblest of soldiers can do has been done, And will be dune by ours in India; and they have now a general who knows well what war is—the lions are at last led by a lion—but be ss sured that this is net a sudden temporary danger to Ise repelled by sudden temporary exertion. 'What at first was a mutiny is become a revolution ; to re store civil authority is more diffieult than to repress military resistance, and it requires more force to occupy than it does to subdue. Be assured that the military institutions of this country, managed as they now are, aro insufficient permanently to sup ply the number of mon required to reconquer what we have lost, and to hold our empire hereafter in security. It is only through a change in those in stitutimp, which no minister would willingly pro pose, or through a great practical improvement in the woreing of them, which your co-operation may supply, that the necessary force can be maintained. I am satisfied that the principle upon which our militia is now founded, that of voluntary enlist ment, is the one most acceptable to the people, and I feel-assured that a militia maintained at its full complement, as it may be, and can only be, by the patriotic exertions of country gentlemen and far mers, is the best foundation of our military system. if you and such as you will, by your efforts, keep the militia up to its complement, the regular army will take care of itself. It may coat more to draw the recruit for the army through the militia, but the recruit so obtained is in most cases one who would not have been procured at all unless he had first entered the militia, and there acquired a taste for military service. Employ in the obtaining of recruits for the militia but half the zeal you would display in getting votes at an election, and you will certainly succeed. A hundred recruiting sergeants could not do what each of you can do within the sphere of his personal influence. " When I tell you that you have this power, I speak from my own experience. When the militia, as now constituted, was first established in 1853. I took much interest in the'sllCCess of the measure, and I earnestly requested several farmers I was acquainted with to do their utmost to obtain re- , emits. Some zealously exerted themselves, others' were more lukewarm ; but in every instance in which an influential farmer cordially undertook the duty, the result was uniformly the same ; and I am convinced that, if all who could have done so, had acted as some did, the country could in that year have raised, not between 50,000 and 60,000, but not less than 120,000 men. " No doubt you would be greatly aided in your exertions to obtain recruits if the militia of the county should ba embodied. Men will more wil lingly enlist in a regiment they can so marching with all the pomp and circumstance of war, then in a corps which remains invisible, and of which the existence is only to be found in official records. But, let others do as they may, it is for you to do you: duty. Where you lead others will follow , a nd while you do much good by 'your individual efforts, you will do yet more by your example. " I ask you only to do wha t I know y ou can do, and what 1 feel you ought to do for the assistance of the country in this critical juncture of our affairs. " It is impossible to over-estimate its importance. There is nothing man holds dear for which we have. not now to fight. If we should not bear ourselves manfully in the contest thus forced upon us, if we should not succeed in it, we must be content not only to lose the noblest empire in the world, but to make the name of Englishman a byeword of shame amongst'T nations, "The wives and daughters of our countrymen have been publicly violated, their children have been put to death with circumstances of cruelty sur t' passine all we re a d o f in history as the punishments inflicted by God upon the offending Jews. It has not been deemed sufficient to destroy us. We were. first to be dishonoured, and this in a country through which we have proudly—perhaps too proudly— stalked as conquerors for a hundred years. " Do you suppose that, if we could submit to this r 4 - in India, esh uld nct be tliro 4,11(AI- ?th v Ew,,dand ? _Do you imagine +1.6 . 7feiS.- t , POWOTS Of Europe, by our pride, resen!ful of our forineit coveting our precent vrealth, would idri to enjoy in 1 - .(1 - t\lo the - dreams of irresistible stre.ngth hi. 1 . 040 iaduike Be:'assined tl,at if, necessity eve:. imposfil upon ;11. 1., 'lvalVo S rise as ono rain to vindlea'o our :mato re-establish our Indic :ri el:Il:J.:, the horrors we read of with shuddcriog as 1 erpetr - ted 'at me. 'rut and at Delhi, will not for eve: Le avertl , :d fiont our island home. give at on ce y our "I couns,el you, therefore, to eardial assistance, as you best cut give - it . , to the country. In the prosef:ution f this contest which we cannot avoid—the greatest and the most diffi cult in which we have ever been engaged—it will not do to confine oursel ves to a cold compliance with what may be require:l from ui by the law. To suc ceed in this war, the people must make it its own. I remain, gentlemen, with much regard, your very flitliful servant, "ELLENBOROCGII." BUSSIA AND CRINA. Tim intensity of the interest with which we are naturally enough watching the events in India ought not to lead us to overlook what Rus'ia is doing, particularly in connexion with our own Oriental complicatiqns. A recent article of the Northern Bee gives one an insight into the inten- Ucle;: r t h i e a g l u n s e p i e g n li s b io o n u o r. f o T fr l: n e ,,i .c v \r e o , r , ti )us of the Rassian empire w i th referou r c.) t) its p li e le ra r t n io ß n: c on s t iY ho s part of the English against Clina and the conoentrattna of all their efforts on the pacific settlement of the conflict that has broken out have very materially increased., the erre gance of the Chinese. To j udge by appearances the latter are goite ready just now to declare war against all Europe without making any distinction between oil friends and new enemies. The procrastinating course of the has imparted quite a new turn to the line of thought of the Pekin Government, which even before this enter tained an erraordinarily high opinion of the strength of the Chinese State and of its importance to the rest of the world. The Governor of Canton has hitherto found it very easy to convince his Government of the efficiency of hie measures against the .English, the more so as the latt,er have, for want of weans, not bad it in their power to inflict a decisive blow on China. The botnbardment of Canton was more iejurious to the Europear a trading there than it was to the prestige of the Pekin Go. vernment in the eyes of the rnaj Tity of its subjects ; the trade that is stil being carried on nninter uptedly at Shanghai, Wharnpna, and other, places on the coast convinces them of this. It shows how in dipensable we are to the Europeans,' ssy the Chinese when they leave no stone unturned to maintain their trade and their relations with us.' In the interest of all Europe, for the vindication of the superiority of our civilisation as compared wits the Chinese, it is indis pensably necessary to make good this-failure of the English to the best of cur power, and by energetic oteasures convince the Chinese, once for all, of the supc rierity of Europe over their country. To this end the opening of direct negotiations with the Pekin Go vernment, as well as of a coure of action towards it without the intermediation of the provincial governor, is urgently necessary," The practical corollary to this reasoning is to ho found in the announcement of the Nord that Ad miral Putiatin has received orders to repair to Shanghai with the Amoor fleet, which, after its arrival there is to be reinforced by five light vessels of war. The Admiral had at an earlier period been intrusted, with an extraordinary mission to Pekin, but the Chinese Government had refused t) receive him. The road thither is therefore now to be opened up by other means. The loss of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea is being rapidly made up to Russia by tLe creafon of a fleet in. the Pacific ()cern ; Seha•topol is being :compensate 1 for by Okhotsk, Nicolaeff is finding a parallel iu the arsenars crec ing up the mouth of the Amoor, and very probably we shall soon he .r of a now harbour - I);_ , ing constructed on the island of Sughalien, if we may judge from the reports that are being sent in from time to time ti the Petersburg Academy by Leopold Sehreuk, who is now examin ing into the resources of that island by command of the Russian Government. Instead of the one "sick man," Turkey, Russia his now got two patents to look after—China and Japan. The tendency and colouring of the news which the French journals also publish in connexion with China indicate an inclination on the gait of France to join with Russia and England in common mea sures against theGovernm9nt of the Celestial Em- pire, which seems to ba indulging just now i; most overweening arrogance towards we terrestrials in the West. The Portuguese lorcha Amazana, as we learn from the Pays, has lately brought over copy of the last prociamation of the Viceroy of Canton. In full knowledge of what h.ls drawn off our attention from him towards India, our old friend Ye,h informs the populati'm far and near that the " barbarians," terrified at his military prepara tions and at the mere sight of his army,. as numer ous as the leaves of the trees that flourish in the fort of the Empire, have been compelled to embark, and return to the place whence they came. lie adds that a now Chinese fleet will soon put out to sea and sweep it of the hostile barks. The pro clamation closes with very coarse invectives against all foreigners without distinction, and with the notification of a fresh extraordinary tax, which must bs paid up within ton days of the publication of that proclamation, for tha support of the Im perial troops. • ADMINISTRATION OF THE POOR LAW IN ST. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday the ordinary weakly meeting of the guardians and directors of the poor of the parish of St. Marylebone was held in the board room of the workhouse, Northumberhn d-street, New -load Ur. Charles Beevor io the chair. CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS. Mr. Sergeant WOOLRYCII read a paper, in which he severely condemned the severe legislation in the last century disgraced, in his opinion, the Eng lish statute-book, specially instancing, as an illus tration of its cruelty, the case of a poor woman hung in London for shoplifting. He eulogised the exer tions of Sir Samuel Romillyinobtaining a revision of that sanguinary code, rem arki ngthat at the:same time hose who advocated it did so leis from cruelty than ignorance. He then went on to contend that capital 'punishment was only justifiable if it could be proved t hat it was preventive of crime, which ho denied. He would not refute statistics on the matter, be cause ho deemed they were often fallacious, and might be made to tell either one way or other to suit the views of the party using them ; but at the same time he believed it would be found that Bo far as the crimes still punishable by death were con cerned, crime was as rife now as in 1846,10 years ago. He condemned the gallows as a social nuisance, which, instead of protecting only in creased the injury to life. He contended further that no system of punishment could be good which required a bribe to be paid to the executioner who carried it into effect ; and, after adverting to the continental custom of reprieving a prisoner who made no sign of confession or repentance, deLls.red that c tpital punishment, as administered ia Eng land, was calculated to destroy both the body and soul of its victims: In reply to a question from a gentleman present the learned sergeant said ho should prope3e, as a substitute, penal servitude for life. DEPARTMENT W.—PUBLIC HEALTH. HEALTH OF CUSTOMS OFFICERS. Dr. J. O. 111‘Wrimraar read a paper on the health of waterguard and waterside officers of Custairus in London, for ten years ending on the 31st Dec. last. The author of this paper, which was illus trated by a series of elaborate tables, commenced by giving an account of the duties "afloat" and " ashore" which were performed by the 'water-guard and waterside officers of the Cus toms respectively. With regard to the tide waiters, it appears that they, besides being exposed to every vicisreitude of weather on board ship, and often in open boats, by night as well as by day, oc casionally have to board ships, the cargoes of which give out effluvia productive of incanveuience and eveu of disease. Among the unhealthy cargoes he enumerated guano, hides, horns and bones, grain in bulk, sulphur, turpentine, sugar in bags and matting, rags, &c. With respect to the watermen, the most severe part of their duty is when they are engaged in what is called steam duty, which re quires them to search minutely, or, as it is called, " rummage" every part of steamers from the Con tinent, with the view of detecting any Concealment of goods. To do this effectually, the watermen have to creep, cat-like, over and behind the boilers, amid under and sometimes into the flues, while the fires have been recently, it may be, only partially ex tingniShed. Ou a cold winter's day the transition from the deck to the engine-room, and again from the pngiue-room to the dock, under such circum- stance 4, more nearly realised a rapid interchange of tropical and arctic climate than anything else that can belmagiried. The officers of the waterside de partment, consisting of lockers, weighers, messen gers, and gatekeepers, are, in the performance of their respective duties, also a good deal exposed, but they have defined hours of employment, regular diet, and other advantages not possessed by the water guard. From a trble illustrative of the rate of sick-, ness in the two departmentS there were in the water guard, with an average strength of 740, 21 sick daily, or at the rate 2.97 percent., while tho annual average of cases of sickness deducted from ten years was 722.7, and the average duration of each case 10.77 days. In the waterside department the statistics of disease disclose the milder nature of the duty of its officers ; for, with a strength of 493, the number daily on the sick list was 5.97, equal to LOG per cent., the annual number was 192 7, and the term of each case 11.6 days. During ten years 94 water guard and 75 waterside officers were placed on the superannuation list, the ratio -being 1.4 per cont. in the waterguard and 1.5 in ,the waterside ; but the ago at which superannuation took place was in favour of the latter department, the ago of the lockers averaging 67 years and service 33. years, the weighers 58 years and service about 30 years, while of GG tidewaiters superannuated the average age was 59.4 and service 32.2 ; of 17 watermen placed on the superannuation list the average age was 60 and of service 36 years '; and 11 constables and watchmen also superannuated had attained an average age of GO and of service 36 years. Of the ' total number (169) superannuated in the course of ten years, 27 of the waterguard and 22 of the waterside department had died before Dec., 31, 1857. Dividing the ten years into two quin quennial terms, the deaths in the waterguard in the first term was, in a strength of 692, from all causes, including cholera and accidents, 62, or in a ratio of 1.8 per cent. ; in the latter term, with a strength of 785, there were 43 deaths only, or at the rate of 1 per cent., the difference in mortality of the two terms being due mainly to the small loss from cholera during 1854, compared with that incurred by the epidemy of 1849. In the waterside department the deaths were in the first term 30 in a mean strength of 492, or 1.2 per cent, ; and in the latter term 32 in a mean s•rength of 512, equal to 1.2 per cent. ; as in the first term, the death rate in the t wotermshaving been but little disturbed by the loss by cholera in the department incurred during 1849. Dr. AV William gave a comparative statement of the mortality of the two department., for the whole period, with that of the general popu lation, and of that of London, at the same period of life, and with that of the army and navy on the home station :—Mortality among male population of England per 1,000 between 25 and 65 years of two (as in the Customs service), 16.0 ; do. in Lon ' don at corresponding age=; 19.9 ; mortality in in fantry of line per 1,000 (ages between 20 and 40), in United Kingdom, 17.5 ; do. Foot Guards in London, 20.5 ; do. royal navy in home station (age from 16 to 45), 10.6 ; do. in waterguard of Cus toms (age from 25 to 65), between 1837 and 1856 , 14.1. In the same department and at the same TIIE SECTIONS. We now continuo our reports .of the proceedings of the sections DEPARTMENT 1. - JURISPRUDENCE AND AMENDMENT OP THE LAW. TIIE BANKRUPTCY UM. contributed by the Liver . A v►riety of. papers was read on this subject, Commerce, the former and the latter advo• amongst which w g e h r a e ul t b alc o 7 of which discussA the question& b ►ukrut,tcy admi as respects b tnlcr.upti or d -ad, and recom mend assignees, and the GatedListra t u i o ti i h r t m v i t a y r i t u . r d a e c tlil a s, accountants, under the employment dl i o nzl e r hn e et n t oa s fv , )io w n! e d no r s l e i no y mt i control of the trade assignees. After some discus sion Mr. fla.stinas; tho secretary of the association, delivered an add.retss, in which he contended that there was no course but assimilatin g the practice in England to that of Scotian:. In the latter country the estates aro administered at an average expense of 8 per cent., while iu England the c ..et is from 30 to 50 per cent. This satisfactory result is attained in the Scotch court by the jurisdiction being vested in the Ateriffs of counties, who answer to our county court judges, and by the estates being placed in the hands of trustees nominated by the creditors in each cam. He thought then) would never have been a special bankruptcy court in this country had county courts existed at the time of its institution, and maintained that the latter were the only tribu nals in which the business could be cheaply and satisfactorily performed. At the conclusion of the discussion which fol lowed, Lord J. RUSSELL preens led to review the argu ments used by the speaker- and the opinions ad vanced in the papers. He thought it clear, from the unanimity of statements to 'that effect, that change was required. But ho-queationed whether gentlemen of the mercantile community had yet made up their minds on several important matters which lay at the root of the subject. He suggested that a committee should be formed to examine the papers and present a report to the section. It was ultimately resolved, on the motion of Mr. A. RYLAND, that the deputies of the various chambers of commerce should be a committee for this purpose ; that they should endeavour to agree on all the main points which had been the subject of consideration, and sho u ld repor t th e ir opinion to the section before the close of the conference. PARTMENT paper on this sub . The Rev. E. DE commercial,. 215 KING EDwann' II,—EDUCATION. H. a s SCHOOL, BIRMINGHAM. IFFoRD ( Head-master) read a n() choice between pupils in the grammar The present number of ; and school is—classical, 250 ; in the elementary sehools— rs) 500 ; girls, 5 jt j i accommodation ; making a total of 1,465. th e two departments, viz., the h classical and the E l and commercial but left entirely to tiflish, is not at all restrained, in each depar;ment ble parents, the wholo number thisw eing limited by the amount of or 77 in a class which going statement it " the building ; and from the fort. ei 1 / 4 appears that the professional meat, of which azaes prefer the classical depart«. their2so, The sens• cons Auto nearly One third,The sons of manufacturers in Birmingham includes persons of the classical schoo_ a very different de of education and influence— are about equin v gr ( j' es and •class, between the two depart ments,together with the sous of tradesmen and clerks, elass ' make up nearly one-half of g s i a x g t 1 1 ' id in o f thean any classical English school, , atid about six sevenths of the i or business, among whom ~ Inatiy widows are • tided, a mount to just one school, it is found n e t at school h a e r n e echo 1. By coni that those who m e k n ee a iwdli.o:see-twelftli of the English upper acid in do ail the average num- i bers in the u professio nal ie .Though there lower parts of the classical found, might have been expected, raised p their ldo ns: biel sousparents i tI, longeste s t ii a n s o: h o o t: engaged a n g e .) d d i fll i n c b u u l s t y i are not less than 12 different religious denominations or diBsatisfacliolslearppearatoarise. All are instructed together in the not , urns rvi i tt i t the i sore exception who well that the Jews are i n o r e l tn o i learn the New Tes tament. The Chuieli c x , P t ee d e 's ( know that no desire is evinced to p ma ' k s, an objection is proselytes of their children; and that their own e reaonable wishes will be treated with duo regard, and I do not know that during the 10 years I have held the position of head ultster that guy u t n h reasonable re quest has been made to me upon e subject. I believe that when the prebuiltdifficulty of dis cuss=ing the rules for the lel gigue •us instruction of a school can be avoided or ig surmounted, a very small share of candour and common sense will suffice to remove all difficulties in practice. During the 10 years, ending at the conclusion ice. have been adm itted to the classical 0f1857, there will school 600 boys, or 60 annually , and to the English schoOl 720, or 72 annually ; sin ce th e reconstitution of the school in 11834, under the new Ac tof Parliament, not fewer than 2,500 boys have passed through the two depart meats of the grammar s' hools. The average s tay of boys in t he classiell -' school is four year!, and in the Eng l i sh sch ool just three years. The average age of leaving the classical sch o ol, 15i years ; English, 14 year,.. o f the 600 boysswho have left the classical 5e..0 0 l since the beginning of 1848; cent, 65 or abt.ut ii per to universities. Th e list have gone direct of exhibitions from the commencement of the present century contains 106 names. Duriug the last 23 years from 1835 to 1857 the school has sent up t o Oxford Cambridge ... 49 students. '''''''' Dublin Durham 1 " .. . - Total ..................129 Of the 49 sent to Oxfor.i, 12 are still undergra duates ; of the other 37 grad ua t es 20 have taken classical honour s, 2 being in the first class, and 4 have tAken ma•hematical honours. There have bgained at Oxford, si nce 1835, 18 college scholarships and 6 f e ll ows hi ps. The H er tf or d L a tin scholarship, the Irel an d an d C rave n clas sical scholarships, and the Bod en L are nt scholar ship, all open to tho whole university, were ga i n ed by one and the s ame person w h o forms a Cl e io n larships sort of link between the old and new generations of the school. Of the 78 Who went to Cambridge since 1835, 18 are still under-graduates, 29 have gone out in classical honours, 19 b e i ng placed in the first class, of whom 5 wore senior classics. There have been gained at Cambridge by pupils of TREATMENT OF THE CASUAL rooß. • Some few weeks since a woman named Ann Moran complained that having 13-2 en by the officials refused admittance into the workhouse, she had for several consecutive nights to slop up. n the ilag-way outside, exposed to all the inclemency of the weather ; and that finally when she did get admitted, she was, although a woman of good cha racter, placed in the ward set apart for refractory girls there to pick oakum. Upon this complaint being made, a committee of the Board of Guardians was appointed to investigate the matter, and a copy of their report was forwarded to the Poor-law Board, upon which the following letter from that body was adressed to the secretary of the Board of Guardians : "Poor-law Board, Whitehall, S. W., Oct.• 15, 1857. " Sir,—l am directed by ttio Poor-law Board to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3d. inst., enclosing an ex•ract from the report of a committee of guardians of the parish of St. Maryle bone, having reference to the case of Anne Moran, on which the committee state that they are or opinion that Anne Moran should not have been. sent to a ward in which refractory girls were I laced, and that the guardians were acting under mis apprehension when they ordered her to be a n.; there. It appears to the boird. -that the master of the workhouse, who is responsible for its good order and discipline, should be the person primarily empowered to enforce that dis.:ipline by the infin don, subject to proper control by the guardians, of such punishment as may be requisite to maintain order in the establishment. With this view the Poor law Board have always investel the rn :ster of a workhouse with authority to make certain changes in the diet of disorderly paupers, and, under circum stances of aggravation on the part of a refractory pauper, to c infine such pauper on his own authority withoutany order of the Board of Guardians, eithi r gentralor specific. A reference to an order issued by tie Poor-law Board to the directors and guardians of the poor of the parish of St Marylebone, on the 16th October, 1856, will show the guardians the regulation of the Poor-law Board respecting the punishment of paupers for misb-haviour, both adult and children, while inmates of the workhouse, which are similar to those generally issued to the boards of guardians of unions throughout England. I am directed to suggest' to the guardians the im cotrrbeomeaadterie.:eKnntgtlsNeuGro:foannhe right; which the im portance of strictly carrying out the provisions of the above named order so as to prevent for tl-e future the possibility of any such misapprehension occurring as is stated to have been the cause of the thought Anne t M lie °r P a o li o ."— r - l l a:B r: O 3'. a ll r7l lTt were lY ' e l 1 1: e t guardians te en joyed under the provis:onsng proceedof the oa e lact, h n and x would tlrereforem th ov e e m th e a et t i the letter lie upon the table, and that t business. The Rev. Mr. EYRE rector of the parish, thought it better that a courteous reply should be sent to the communication. Mr. POTTER entirely concurred in the suggestion of the rector. Mr. SALMON said that, while he agreed in the view taken by Mr. King, he had yet no objection to a reply being sent to the Poor-law Board, pro vided it did not in any way admit the right of such interference on the part of that body. Mr. KING then withdrew h's motion, and the re ceipt A v o a f r i t e h t e y l o e f t te r o r u w t i a n s e was then transact or be acknowled ge d. ed, after which the meeting separated. Wo are requested to state that the speeches recently delivered in Chester by the Bishop of Oxford and Mr. Gladstone, on thtflndian mutinies, were made at a meeting held there on behalf not of the Fcreign Aid Society, l,nt of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Fo. , reign Parts. IMPORTANT MEDICAL WORK GRATIS. —On nervous debility, and diseases of a sec: et nature, dim ], CS3 of sight, shortness of breath, loss of manly vigour, and all im pediments of marriage, showing the surest means of recovering per fect health. 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