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CARDE/Q, Mayor. •--A Common Council, holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of Lon don, on Thursday, the 19th day of November. 1857 Resolved unanlmously—That the cordial thanks of this Court be presented to the Right Hon. Thomas Quested Finnis for the very efficient and excellent manner in which he has discharged the duties of the high and important office of Lord Mayor of this City during the past year—for his great attention to the comforts of the poor, in alleviating their wants, and v siting the several establishments for their reception—for his desire to advance civilisation. by promoting the communication with the interior or Atrica—tor his dignified Maintenance of the ancient hospitality of the %tension-house —for his kind and benevolent assistan'e to the charitable instituross of this City—for originating the Indian Relief Fund, for alleviating the neces sities of the sufferers by the murderous revolt of the cepoys—and for his impartiality, urbanity, and intelligence, whilst presiding over the delibera ions of this Court. M EnWETHER. MR. ALBERT SMITFI has the honour to ann , unce that MONT BL ANC will open for the season on Monday Evening. November 23d. During the recess the room has been completely renovated and redecorated. and several improvements made, which, it is hoped, will tend to the increased comfort of the audience. The route of the tour will be as follows:—The Rhine Panorama, between Cologne and Heidelberg, will form an Introduction. becore the actual journey. which will take the travellers through the Bernese Oberland, by Zurich, the RIO, the Lake of Lucerne, the Jungfran, the Great St. Bernard, and Geneva, on to Chamount The Ascent of Mont Blanc will, as before, form the Entr'acte. 'The second part wilt be entirely devoted to Napes and the adjacent points of. interest. These, printed by Mr. WILLIAM Berearxy, will comprise a General View of Naples from the heights of Pausilipo—the Santa Lucia and Hotel de /tone at Naples, looking towards Por LA—the Rouse of the Tragic Poet at Pompeii—the Ruins at Paestum—the Blue Grotto at Capri—the Ascent of Vesuvius ; ani the Eruption of Vesuvius on the 24th of September last, with the lava running down to the Atrio del C4valli, at which Mr. SMITH was present. Mr. Small was fortunate enough to encounter several old friends, on the joarney, Including the Engineer of the Austrian Lloyd's Company at Sorrento, and Baby Simmons at Porn eii. The representation will take place even• evening (except Satur day) at Eight o'clock. and on Tuesday and Saturday afterne• ns at Three o'clock. The Box-office [now open] is at the Egyptian Hall, Where Stalls ran be secured with ,nt any extra charge. CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, POLYGRAPHIC HALL. King-William-street, Strand, every Evening the .TITTLLIEW BURLESQUE, received nightly with shouts of laughter. I)oors oven at lialf-oast 7, commence at S. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, is.; Private Boxes, 11. Is. Seats can be secur. d at Mr. Mitchell's, 33, Old Sond-street, and at the Hall. On Saturday, I Morning Entertainment, commencing at 3. ADELAIDE GALLERY, Lowther Arcade, Atrand.—Argyll Band every evening—Triumphant success of M. Latnotte's Hare'ock Schottish. Solo, Euphonion, M. L. Mose& Solo, carnet-a-pistol, M Bouicesrt Op , ms at half•past 8. Dancing commences at 9. Admission One ShiLing. Beading Room. All the evening papers. SA LLE — 'FRASCA.TI, 5, L'icester-square. The Lessee respectfully informs the Nobility, Gentry, and the ?Olt; that he has been fortunate enough to secu e the professional services of the Greatest Musical Phenomena that ever visited this Country, HERR KRATRT BA HIK, the only Artist who has ever had the distinguished honour of performing a solo at the Grand Opera at Berlin, by Royal Command, on his 11 , 11N-MELODICON. sour Horns in One I I The effects of this instrument are really astounding. and must be heard to be properly appreciated—and for the satisfaction of the public it is left for inspection from the hours of 12 to 4 o'clock, at Frascal, 5, Leicester-square. The Pnfesser will make his first appearance on MONDAY EVENING next, November 23d. Doors op , aat half past 7; to commence at $ o'clock. —Body of the Hall 6d.; Reserved Seats, Is. 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 Twist, Mixed Doeskins, Cashmere and Teilanette o/aistcoating•, both of English and Conti nental manufacture, which will be found en inspection at price' most moderate for Best Goods.—GEORGE HOBSON, 5; Lombard-street. MESSRS. NICOLL'S ESTABLISHMENTS are thus divided:—Number 114, REGENT-STREET, is their Depot for Paletots, Uniforms, Gentlemen's Evening and Morn ing Dress; Number 716, for the manufactive of the tl Innen Trousers; Number 111, for Half-Gu nea Waistcoats ; Nantber 120, for Water- Proofed Guinea Capes, Servants' Liveries; Number 144 is their new Establishment for Ladies' Rid rig Habits and Mantles in Fur and Cloth; and Number 144 contains their other new Departmer.t for Clothing young gentlemen with the taste, excellence, and economy Whereby ingSBR5. NICOLL have secured wide spread confidence The Wholesale Warerooms are at the rear of the Regent-street pre- Mises, vi., 29, 30, 31, and 4!, WARWICK-STREET. The City Depot is at 21 and 22, CORNH ELL, and the addresses of the various Agents are duly advertised in the journals of the United Kingdom and the Colonies. 1 4 0 H. HOWARD, surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet 7 street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI PHIAL TEETH ,fixed without spring's, wires, or ligatures. They so Perfectly resemble the nateral 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 Flaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and that Mr. Howard's improvement may bo within the reach of the most econo ?Veal, he has fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. De saYed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastica tion.--52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. TO THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. CRARI. ES WATSON. M.D. (Physician to the Bedford Dis pensary), 27, Alfred-Place Bedford-square, London, continues to issue, on receipt of six stamps, " THE OUIDE ft) SELF-CURE." Medical Correspondence conducted. "The first mss of the day in these complaints."—Medical Re view, July. 1856. "The true Guide to those who desire a speedy and private cn - e." ` - University Magazine. The NEW AMERICAN 13 MOTE ttT' showing the absurdity of t . I b lZuglish mode of treating such complaints , will pr ove a blessing to am acted, whe may safely and easily rem pristine health by " "that the means presented."—Evening Star. Dtr BARRY'S CELEBRATED INFANTS' VALID„ c ot ) . for DELTC kTE INFANTS, CHILDREN, and IN- More 2 ,;;, '' , Persedes the expense and dangers of wet-nursing, is 3 111 k e "Igested , and imparts more healthful nourishment than ; Acidify. eralips, bewel complaints, flatulency, cough, restless toscrofula, eruptions, are avoided hv it, and perfect regularity of then and sound sleep Inoue& Many respectable families who haws reared and saved delicate Infants by this Food can be referred . 0 , and &copy of their Testirnornals may ne had free on forwarding a stamped and addressed envelope to Barry Da Parry and Co., t 7, Regeet-street, London. Prices: —ln Canisters, Is.; 2x.; and 121 b. at 21s. The large Canister will be forwarded free of carriage on receipt of Pest Office Order. SCENES in DELHI AFTER THE ASSAULT. —the ILLUSTRATED TIMES of SATURDAY NEXT, price 2%d , will contain, among others, the following Engravings: —Poe resits of they ing of Dellg and the Begum Zaemut Mahal, and another favourite wife, from valuable miniatures painted by Ma hommed Ismael Khan, portrait painter to the King of Delhi—The Attack ca the Delhi Bank—The Struggle at the Jumnt Musjid— Outlying Picket before Delhi Engagement with Mutineers beneath the city Wa is—The Court yard of the King's Palace—The State Procession of the st ing of Delhi, from a sketch t4ken by Prince Soltykoff, prior to the insurrec ion. - Illustrated Times, 234c1., or free by post for four sumps Office, 149, Fleet-street. A Now Edition, the Feurth.—Just Pnblished, price bs., by post rree, ss. 4d. ON TRUE & FA LSE SPERMATORREKEA, :a-ifl a lelev th 3 Correction of wids-spread Errors in re litters to its N l'u - e, Treatment and Cure. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. To wh'eh le added, AN ESSAY ON SEXUAL DEBILITIES. By the Editor. "Dr. Pickford is known to Enr,iist. readers by his frequent practti sal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs es, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi sal reader. We trait this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to cot , rect."—London Medical Gazette. "The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers, and Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book :)nld find its way into the hands of those who sisffer from the eons• plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be 'eyed much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less Importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— ouch money --This volume is well qualified to put an end to the !mottle:o sy'tem of treating Spermatorrhrea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and phydolorical basis. It is, therefore likely to do much good."—Medical Circular. London: H. Hauliers, 219, Itegent-street. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOClATlON.—Established 18 40. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring. Esq., M.P. I Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L.N de Rothsehild,ll.l.P. TREASURER OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND. —John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Accumulated fund £95,000 Annual income . ... 27,000 This Associsition offers every advantage to all classes desirous of assuring. 'sr A Benevolent Fund is attache exclusively for clerks. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. 15, Moorgate-street, Nov. 1,1857. APPETITE. AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. - LEA and PEItRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE -AA SAUCE 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 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 met , claants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitaiions, see that the names of "LEA tad PERRIN'S" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. OPAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INS rITIITIO'S.—The Committee of this Institut on would e arnestly call the attention of the public to the great and extra ordinary exertions which the Society is now making to supply ex posed points on the coast with efficient li e-ly , ats. and which will Involve an expenditu re o f more th an £3. 000 : they ther e fore earnestly APPEAL to the benevolent for ASSISTANCE to enable them to .._ Li auei with unabated vigour, their hitherto successful exertions Me cause of humanity. Oct. 27, 1857. T fTOMAS PARING, Chairman. THOMAS CHAPMAN', Depu y-Chairman. Tb —e C ommitteegratefully acknowledge the following additional The cOlatributione Mines Frenis,don.Zs3 0 0 I James Taylor. Esq., a ..£1 1 0 'oYntz • —RI.• 2nd dou. 50 0 Admiral -dr Eaton Tra ;4ey Tones Parry dein. 50 0 vers, annual • . 11 0 4 ttha Maxwell,, Bart., a 6 0 0 Lord Shelborne, don—. 20 0 0 metre' and sir scriptions will be thankfully received by Messrs. metre. Percival, and Co ;Coutts and Co. ; Ilerries and Co. ; bY ell the ,tt,. 'e ol2, olitan and count r y b an k ers ; an d by Ri c h ar d L ew is, Secretary, e Gillett of the last tutlon, 14, John-street, Adelphl. TgE 1;17111:1171 INFIRMITIE3 OF YOUTH AND MATURITY , prise Is., poet free, in an Envelope, for 13 stamps, 11-4 F- PRESERVATION.—A Medical Treatise and _mt. the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System, fro m t he cure of Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting boßanh habits acquired during the critical passage from youth ood ba gs with practical observations on the Physiology of Mar scrnari; la so cial, moral, and physical relations. To which are added i nyst -4 on` he wonders of the Microscope in revealing the hidden urn lit er ies of Life within Life "and its advantages detecting, by eCquig t ,„.! lm ittation, the cause , and effect of every variety of these - .sum, With nuns 2.rons engravings and case.. BT SAMUEL LIOMERT, M.D., tdat r i rig BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, b e — ,:„, l4 _,nnaber of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary ci:terohe_e_ar7estne London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of luen•essential Hall. London, &c., &c. Object of this treatise is to point nut the fearful con !aft. ces resulting( from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, )hood, h a " produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Sim other and Premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any stayParticu‘t et disPase known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is MY r ecommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their PnYSical C nditi and who are conscious of having hazarded the I),tolth, nutl et , happines s, n and privileges to welch every human being is It is absolutely aeceesary that all mento c n a l n d no k t noz y ttt at tlre are rineiples of personal management hi Ut incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret sue wlth- ( eed the heyday of incomnderate self - indu lgence, how those penalties . tra y be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and, above all, l ha " t there is scarcely any d egree o f ph ys i ca l i n fi rm i ty or f unctional Published to which the timely aid of science ca n n o t a ppl y a cure. rublished by J. Allen, 208 Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, and i naY be bad of Mann, Z 9, Cornhill ; Home, 19, Leicester-square ; Gorden, 14d, Leadenhall street or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from II till 2, and from 6 till 8, at his residence, 37 7%13410rd-square, London. The work may be had la India, of Mr Von Lltzky, Loll Bazaar ; tlaleutta—Messrs C and J. Hormusjes, Apol o-street ; Bombay-- Circulator OM • • Colomb o Madr as .— Motussilite Office A-ra Dodsworth ; --n • and an BooMellers throughout the Colonies. NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OP MEDICINE. Patent Office Seal of Great Britain. Diploma d'Ecole de Pharmacie _pliarmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. devoidTRIESEMAR No. 1,2, and 3 , prepared in the form of a lozenge, Of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. Bold in tin eases, divided into separate doses. as administered by UMW, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord , &c., and adapted for both sexes. I RIESEMAR No. lis a Remedy for ii,F CO ,- ~„__ T AXATION, SPERMATORRIDEA, and all the distres s i ng .quences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too Et r ~_, j... ....idence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual i-- ngth and vi our to thousands of debilitated individuals who are 'in the c 1 g tof health and the Functions of Manhood ; and vfhat ever ri may be e ll% cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR It they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. TRIESEMAR No. IL, ""tu any. in traces ort space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all of Gionorrhcea, Loth In its mild and aggravated ° Ms. (fleets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non - retention o f iCI rine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders wh i c h the topiaivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to in of the health of a vast portion of the population. is the great C TRIESEMAR No. 111., toms. It also olicotineni tat Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary gYrnP - CutanCOUS F.:nip:oat totes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, and all lions and im puritte " ' renu wing and expelling in its course all corrup the virus ot dise se trorri the vital stream, lta , ther to eradicate as a ,e through the meP,u,'n ofd tai it with the insensible perspiration never -tailing remedy tor th `n a e Pores of the skin and urine, and is a an treais the English Physiei t.:1488 Or disorders which unfortunately , ion Of the patient's co nstltuti it o h toe world cannot restore. P ri me lls M an er , TurY to the Inevitable Whichdestrue all the sarsaparilla in any part of the kingdom; or four case's free by post, Is. Bd. extra to to one for 335., by post, 3s. 2d. extra, which saves Ils.. and Ina/. s, :Thereby there is a saving of If. Its. Sold by Daniel Church -, e7sii Gracec hurch-street, City; Bartlett Hooper, 43, King William -street. Strand ; "'rout, 229 bridge) ; Watts , 17, . toaariu.td?ors from London- Hannay, 63, Ox fail-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Butler 4, ch eapside ; Ed * wards, St. Paul a Churchyard ROMAN FRAILTY ; a p opular 111 (1' 1 Valpeau, Latlemand, 7::::moarvarnirigesc: Work, price Is., post tree, beautitullyillustrated with InA c lue : r a d : and containing the opinions of &c. It gives copious instructions for the perfect reatoraiiux Nth.) are prevented by impediments from entering int o u l 3 : 01 those s eta aIE °showing the dreadful results from early abuse ;d syphilis, and the benefits arising from the chemical te s t r s cea : ,„,.` 4l lniiia ion of the spermatoza, by the author's newly-co ".1 or" • newly - coy cope. with powerful lenses.— Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick. p - „ at:rnester-row,aad from all gents for the sale of ..Triest. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANT OTHER MEDICINE :IMES ( a ithout Physic) of Indigestion (Dyspepsia). Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, all Nervous, Bilious, and Litser Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Dysentry, Diarrhoea, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartbur ~ Headache, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking FP s, Cough, A t;thrna, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Com plaints ate effected by I) AIsA.IIICA FOOD, which restores health without purging, inconvezierte, or expense, 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 rew out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from invalids:—Cure Ne. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies. " I have derived considerable benefit from Du ilarry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Declea."—Curs No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from daps psios, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipations, flatulency, spasms, and sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Worth= Ling, near Dies, Norfolk."—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth JaCobs, of Naziug 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 peol : a cure of tea ye' 's dyspepsia, and the horrors of nervous irrita bility. Cure No. 10.216. Dr. Andrew Lire of constipation, dyspep sia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 31,210. Dr. Sherland of dropsy and debility. Curs' No. 36,212. Captain Allan of epileptic Its. Cure No. 42.116 Major Esti° of enlargement of the liver and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 35,413. Rev. Dr. Diluter 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 Hunts, Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood merchant, of thirty years diseased lungs, spitting of bleed, liver derangement, 1 partial deafness. Cure No. 4 ,814. lllr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure No. 52,612. The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, of many years' nervous irritability, bile, and indi gestion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of con sumption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of recovery. Cure go, 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 lilarry's Food in a very short time. W. It. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." No. 4,208. "Eight years' dls peps'a, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for w hich my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Dn Barry's health restoring Food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John Flavell, ftidlington Rec tors, Norfolk." No. 32,336. "Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which ren- Barry's health restoring Foo • hirt , ~e, dered my life very miserable , h A a l s ex b . " S n tua rad rt removed by Du Barry's excellent Skibbereea." Cure No. 3,906. " T een year , s cough, indigestion, and general debility have been Important Caution against the fearful dangers o f spurious imita Revalenta Ambles Food. James P orter, Athol-street, Perth." tationss— N 1 nst Alfred Hooper evil e, for Page Wood 'granted an injune tinTnheenVtihcee-Clohttncidelnlorcrh!rlBWs4ll,liaagmai Imitating " Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica I Food." instructions. In Suitably paced for all climates, and with full canisters, 118 2s 9d ; 214 4s 61.1; 51b Ils , 121 b 225. The 1214 ear. riage free, on receipt .of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry and Co.. 77, Regent-street, London; Fortntun, Mason, and Co., pur veyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Graceehurch street ; 330, 430, and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 119, Bishopogate street, and 150, and 158, Oxford-street. (No. 20,320.) PUI3LICATIONS. NOTICE. ti R. TI7PPER'S NEW WORK.-" THE RIDES AND REVERIES OF /ESOP SMITH," by MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER, in 1 vol., pries 108. 6d. bound, is now ready at all the Booksellers. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW NOVEL. A S T E. By the Author of " MR. ARLE." Is now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., Hurst and Blacks% Publishers, successors to Remy Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CHEAP EDITION OF MR. THACKERAY'S " F,SMOND." Just published, uniform with " Vanity Fair," &c., FSMOND. By W. M. THACKERAY, Esq., A Author of " The Virginians," &c. In One Volume, crown Bvo, price 6s. cloth. London : Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill. NEW 3 VOL. NOVEL, BY CHARLES READE.—The new story of powerful interest, " WHITE LILS," wlll be published Dec. 1. N. Trubeer, Paternnster-row. 7he permanent price will be ON GurNal. NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION. In Imp. Folio. half-bd. in russia or morocco, price 121. 12s. ''HE PHYSICAL E ATLAS OF .N ATURAL By A. K. JOHNSTON, F.R.S.E. &c. Geographer at Edinburgh in Ordinary to her Majesty. Consisting of 35 large and 7 small Plates, printed in Colours; and 145 folio pagea of Text and Index. " In connection with the diffusion of ge - graphical knowledge, I cannot omit to mention the magnificent publications of Mr. Keith Johnston of Edinburgh, in his ♦tlas of-Physical Geography. It is seldom that such a mass of/information has been presented in a form so beautiful and attractive, or one which tends so much to place the study on a truly scientific basis."—Address of the President of the British Association (the Duke of Argyll) at Glasgow: " It is Indeed a work et magnificent range and completeness."- -Eiaminer. In Imperial Quarto, half-bound in morocco, 21. 12a. 6d. THE PHYSICAL ATLAS. Reduced from the Imperial Folio, for the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Families. By A. KEITH JOHNSTON, F.R.S.E., &c. This Edition contains 25 Maps, including a Palmontologleal and Geological Map f the Briti,sh Islands. With Descriptive Letter.. press, and a very copious Index. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London. • In Imperial Quarto, half-bound morocco, price 215., A TLAS OF ASTRONOMY. By A. KEITH JOHNSTON; F.R.S.E:, &c. Edited by J. R. HIND, F.E.A.S. " To say that Mr. Hind's ' Atlas' is the best thing of the kind is not enough- T it has no competitor."—Athenteunt. William Blackwood & Sons, Ed nburgh and London: On the Ist Decentser will be pablishel, price two shillings, bound in cloth, FEIST'S RACING RECORD. Edited by ALBER r FEIST, Editor of theyarf Department of the " Sunday Times," and Re- porter of Sporting Intelligence to the London Daily Papers. In addition to other useful information, it will contain a complete Record of the Racing and steeplechase Season in England, Ireland, and Scotland mom the let of January up to the day of publication, Derby Lots for 1853, and Nominations for all the Principal Races for next year ; forming one of the most copious works of reierence ever published. W. Wright, sporting printer and publisher, Fulwood's 'Rents, UM- born. London. OFFICERS PROCEEDING TO INDIA, a'so CIVILIANS, can effect AS•URANCRS on their LIVES with the COLONIAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY on the USUAL TERMS, the Directors haying RESOLVED NOT TO INCREASE TUEIR RATES at this time. Premiums can be paid to the Company's Agents at Calcutta, Ma dras, or Bombay, or at any other of their Agencies in the East. The Liactors also advance Loans on good security for temporar y periods. _ _ The Co'ont 11 have Agencies in every British Colony, where Pre miums ar. received and claims settled. WILL. TIIO. THOMSON, Actuary. SAMUEL R. FERGUSSON, Resident Secretary in London. 51, Lombard-street (E.C.) EDINBURGH (Head-office) 5, George-street. DUBLIN: . .. •,,,,, 65, Upper Sackville-street. G 3GO INr . 53, St. Vincent-street. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, New Bridge-street, London. eIIairMRII—HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq. Deputy-CIIRITIIIarI —ROBERT BIDDDLPII 3 Esq. ADVANTAGES — Mutual ksarance. The lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System. The whole of the Profits divided every Fifth Year. An accumulated Capital of .. .. 41,575,000 During its existence the Society has paid in Claims.. 1,455,000 Reversionary Bonuses have been added to Policies to the extent of .. 890,600 The la•t bonus, declared, in 1854, averaged 67/. per cent. on the Premiums paid, and amounted to • • 397,000 Policies in force .. 7,437 The Annual Income exceeds .. .„ , 240,000 The next Division of Profits will be male in 1859. Assurances effected prior to S ist Deeembe - ,1859, will participate n the Division of 1863. Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on application to A.LEIA.NDER MA.CDONALD, Secretary. FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH. Patronised by her Majesty and H.R.H. Prince Albert. — Mr. HO ArARD'S WHIM SUCCEDA.NEUm, for filling decayed Tenth. however large the cavity. it is used in a soft state, without any pr asure or pain, and in a short time becomes as hard as the enamel, Listi g for many years, rendering extraction unnecessary, and arres.ing all further decay. Sold by all Medicine Vendors — Price 2s. 6d. - - , •____ ~ . ~.• ~ - • .# , i• '''.' „ti•• " i p , ' 1 , ,r4 St . ,,- 'f. '4. -IJ/\ \ li t \ ...„`'`, ..,,,.;,---: ‘,- - i ,---- —. : -..P ,, x- 47- '% ) .; - -... r 10 -Ir 4f . ' - . I ' .l' -. ' ' IMF .4 4 ) ''''.. ) ,,j4 . * ;,,Jl , ll \ - -4 ... *X '''''-' • . * - ,;ir , . , 1 14),/,46., • ), '..-4. , . .' : N., ~._.. , , ~... • .. i , ~,, . 6) ' r • , .., k , • , ea % , ~,0 , 4 0.,: -0::,5410-,......----,5:,,A 0 4 ' ,, ,iii.t . ~'1:1, ,,' ' ' .z - ''• - - -, ~4 [PRIM 4D. STAMPED 572 MEETING OF GLASGOW WESTERN BANK DEPOSITORS. On Wednesday, at noon, a meeting of the deposi tors in the Western Bank was held in the Trades hall, !Glasgow, which was crowded to the door. There were a number of ladies . present, and hun dreds of persons were unable to obtain admission. Mr. J AMES DUNLOP, of the Clyde Ironworks, took the chair, and, after a few introductory re marks, introduced Mr. FLEMING, Manager pro tempore of the Western Bank, who made a statement with respect to the affairs of the bank to the following effect : The failure of certain houses in Glasgow to whom excessive accommodation had been granted, the monetary crisis in America, and the*are t pressure in the money-market at home had great the affairs of the bank so much as to oblige them to apply to the other banks for assistance. Tue publicity given to this by the demand of the other banks for a general winding up had the effect of canning the withdrawal of deposits to such an extent that in 3 weeks 1,000,0001. was withdrawn, till at length there was no course left but to suspend payment. On the 6th of Novi:miter an examination was made into the affairs of the bsnk, from which it appeared that while the liabilities amounted to 7,671,6111. its 'assets amounted to 9,398,1841., leaving a surplus of 1,726,5421. of assets over lia bilities. (Applause) As a preliminary step, the directors proposed that the responsibility of the wealthy body of shareholders should be secured by. closing the transfer of shares till the annual meet ing in June, 1860. (Applause.) The proposal now to be submitted by the directors was :-1. That they thou]. ' be enabled to relieve the pressing reeessities of the poorer c'asses by being autho rised, as s ,- tou as bus ness was reeiimed, to pay a sum of 101. to account on all deposits not exceeding 501., and also to pay off the whole of such deposits as soon as possiti., after the Ist of January, 1858. (These small deposits it was mentioned amount to 500,0.100 2. That when required by depositors, the interest on all deposits should be paid up to the 9th of November last. 3. That the directors should have a discretionary power, in cases of ur gency, to allow operations on current deposit ac counts with parties engaged in business. 4. That, suirject to the exercise of the above provisions, all deposits above 501. should remain in the bank for two years from Jan., 1858, beating interest at the rate of 5 per cent., and at the end o that period re payable at a month's notice. 5. That the directors should have power, in cases of urgency, to make such arrangements with individual depositors as to enable them to make their deposits available as a fund of credit elsewhere, either by. granting promissory notes or otherwise. Mr. Fleming also stated that it was the intention of the directors in future to confine the operations of the bank to those trans actions generally held as more legitimately the business of banks than those in which they had previously been to some extent engaged. (This intimation was received with loud cheers.) Sir JAMES FERGUSON having taken the chair in the room of Mr. Dunlop, who vacated it at this stage, made some general observations as to the im portance of supporting the bank, after which Mr. DRIGHORN moved— "That this meeting, having perfect confidence in the stability of the Western Bank, and impressed with the great importance of supporting it through its present diffi culties, agree to the proposal now made by the directors, and recomm-nd all absent parties, having claims, forthwith to accede to it." Mr. T. NAPIER seconded the motion, after which a little skirmishing took place between the manager and a few outspoken depositors, who did not seem to relish the idea of lying out of their money for the peii ,, d contemplated. Eventually, after Mr. Fleming bad with welt temper and judgment ex plained away the various Objections, the resolution was put to the meeting, and carried amid great cheering, one gent!einall only persisting in his protest. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the pro 7 ceedings. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. The following resolutions were passed at the great meeting on the Hudson Bay question, held in the Court-h , ,use at Owen Sound, on the 2d ult. : " Moved by G. M. BUTCHAIIT, seconded by Mr. PAYNTER—' Believing. in common with a majority of the people of this province, that the territory described in general as the Hudson's Bey Territory, extending from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific and Arctic Oceans, covering sotie of the most valuatle territory in British America, abundantly rich in mineral ore, coal fields, and fisheries, possessing illimitable water-power, and a soil capable of maintaining millions of human beings in the greatest plenty, if not luxury, requiring only to be made ava►lable lor colonisation and trade to develope the im mensity of its agricul - ural and commercial resources, this meeting considers that the country should no longer be a game preserve fur the benefit of a couple of hundred non-resident monopolists, whose actions for the last 20 years, in regard to the commerce of said country, has been nighty irjurious to Canadian interests, but should be thrown open as soon Si possible to all British sub jects.' _ _ _ _ " Moved by Mr. BLYTII, seconded by Mr. SINCLAIR That as Canadians we have watched the proceedings before the committee of the British House of Commons upon the Hudson's Bay Company's affairs. a• regards their charter and license to exclusive trade over the afore said territory, with intense anxiety ; and this meeting dissents from the conclusion arrived at by the majority of that eommittee—narnely, that a part only of that terri tory should be yielded up fir cJlonisation and commerce, and that the company should retain an exclusive right t trade over a very extensive portion of country, as we view it as an interference with individual rights, as well as a direct infringement of the privileges of Canadians; for agreeably to the pricciples that influence the commercial policy of the empire, as Britons and Canadians, we claim as our inalienable birthright, peaceably and loyally to enter on and settle in the said part of British America, without restriction, and to follow, in every relation and pursuit, agriculture and commerce; and with nothing less can we rest satisfied. And this meeting does nut apprehend the dangers set forth as likely to accrue to the Indians, should the whole territory be thrown open to commerce, as in its opinion it is ab:e to maintain order therein, and to protect the Indians better than the Hud son's Bay Company.' " Moved by Mr. OVUM VANDUSEN, seconded by Mr. P. LENFESTRY—` Tbat however expedient or politic it may have been in times to grant exclusive commercial privileges, it is the opinion of this meeting that the time has arrived when all such relics of a semi-barbarous age should be abolished, for it is now a settled principle iu the legislation of every civilised nation, and none more so tbau Great Britain, in her modern legisla ion, that whenever a chartered right becomes a nuisance to society, it must be surrendered, and sacrificed to the general interest, and in a case where, like the Hudson's Bay monopoly, the light is at best but very doubtful, and its retention clearly and decidedly injurious to the interests of every one except the interested parties, the charter, real or imaginary, should at once be abolished ; that therefore the license to trade in the north-western territory granted to the Hudson's Bay Company, and which expires in 1859, should not be renewed, but that those territories should be united to Canada, and placed under the administration of the provincial government." " Moved by Mr. H. KENNEDY, seconded by Mr. D. MOOT That to avoid future embarrassments to Canada on this important question, and also to prevent, as it is proposed in the report of the committee, the Imperial Parliament from passing any art to circumscribe the boundaries that nature has assigned to the magnificent colony, to shut Canadians out of what they believe to be their own, and, in case of war, what they will be called on to protect and defend ; to restrict within• certain limits the right of settlement and commerce in the said territoay, while it is proposed to rene the company's license for exclusive trade over the remaining extensive portion of the north-western country, it is the opinion of this meeting that the Provincial Government imme diately submit to the test of a competent legal tribunal the validity of the charter possessed by the company, by virtue of which it claims the exclusive right of trade and commerce over the said territory, and that any attempt to define the boundaries between Canada and said tern tery will be premature until the legality of the charter has been determined before such tribunal.' " Moved by T. MILLER, seconded by W. SMlT H—`That from the aggressive and annex ation proclivit ies of the United States, by which large portions of British Ame rica, on the eastern and western frontier, have been lost to the empire ; to prevent a like catastro p he to the said valuable territory, it is t he o p inion of this meeti tag the Hudson's Company's rule over said country should cease, ttat the time has come when it is absolutely essential, both for Imperial and Canadian interests, that Canada, with the concurrence of the Crown, should assume the government of the whole territory in its wiflest extent irate east to west—from the boundaries of Canada and the United States on the south, to the Frozen Ocean on the north, with a full confidence in the ability of Canada administrating its affairs, and to push her settlements along its frontier and into its centre, and that such is the only way to prevent its being overrun by an American population, which there is every reason to believe will b 3 the case if left longer under the o ompany control.' " Moved by Owen Vandusen, seconded by G. But chart—` That petitions to her Majesty the Queen and the Imperial Parliament be dratted on the foregoing resolutions, and signed by the chairman, secretary, and committee on behalf of this meeting ; that to the Queen to be forwarded to the proper quarter to be laid at the foot of the throne, and these to the Imperial Parliament be tent to be laid before it at the next session.".: LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1857. CALIFORNIA. SAN FRANCISCO, OCT. 4. Business has not improved much since the depar ture of last mail, but there has been a fair demand for general merchandise. The near approach of the wet season and the short supplies in the interior in duce strong hopes of a speedy activity in goods of all sorts, while the moderate number of arrivals in the last fortnight affords a reasonable hope of an improvement in prices of foreign goods. Only three vessels have arrived in that time from Atlantic ports, one from Bordeaux, one from Batavia, one from the Sandwich Islands, one from Hamburg, one from Sydney, and 64 coasters. The grain of California growth is now found to be much more than will be required for home con sumption, in consequence of which fact the prices of breadstuffs have declined, and unless an unfore seen demand for exportation spring up prices must continue low for the rest of the year. indeed the necessaries of life, instead of being, as formerly, fabulously high, are now obtaimible in great abnnd ance at very moderate rates in San Francisco, awl at still lower prices throughout the rest of the country. There is a slightly improved feeling manifest in real estate, which is likely to increase. The lending of money at ex , )rbitant interest is now fast ceasing, owing to the large accumulations of capital iii the hands of the industrious classes, of the resident capitalists, and of the agents of - foreign Capitalists so that the mouey formerly loaned is now invested in the purchase of land and houses. Upon the whole, there is such a degree of im provement visible in mercantile .and financial mwt ters of late as warrants a hope that our " bad times" are slowly pa-sing away. A judgment has been obtained against the late Stag , treasurer and his sureties for 100,000 dols., the defalcation being 245,000 dole., of which there is a prospect of a portion being recovered. The other r %tie, his coadjutor, is still in prison for con tumacy in refusinglo answer questions touching the " stealit.gs." The amount of gold exported in the last nine months was 35,162,047 dol. 46e., which shows a de crease upon the export of the same period of last year of $1,960,836 68c., a fact which goes to prove that the country is getting rich by producing and manufacturing so much as enables her to dispense with a large amount of imports f.irinerly paid for in gold, which she now keeps or saves. The supply of golddust has lately been short, as was to be expected towards the end of the dry sea son, when the diggings are limited to such rare localities as have a supply of water throughout the year. We have been edified for some time back with accounts of a warlike nature from Mariposa, of Anglo-Californian gold mining notoriety. It appears that since the confirmation of Col. Fremont's claim to land somewhere (the decree being indefinite as to locality) in that district his agents here have run a-muck of the old miners, who had acquired rights in and possession of the mineral lands before Col. Fremont's claim was adjudicated upon ; and as these old ruiners cont and that the Colonel bas no legal or equitable title, either by the terms and con struction of his grant or its confirmation, to the mines possessed by thew for many years, a series of operations, offensive and defen , ive, peculiar to Cali fornia has been inaugurated, which has already pro duced much ill-feeling and a mass of litigation, which are pretty certain to end in bloodshe t. The hostility is general iu the district, for a Mad posa paper of the Ist of this month warns the Colo nel that a persistence in his present course will be ut'er ruin "to h's prospects in Maripos i county," and that " the vista of ftrurity presents an inter minal)lo contest for supremacy fatal to the peace and best interests of all, for where the people feel that injustice has been done them, ct c., nothing re mains for them but the maintei.auce of their rights at pit risks." We know what "all risks" mean here quite well. "All risks," paraphrased, "open a vista in futu rity," as the Maripo.ra editor would construe the phrase, of six-shooters and rifles wielded by reck less miners and Western Hoosiers, all good shots, and unscrupulous in the use of their weapons in defence of their legal, equitable, or fancied rights. The more direct conflict is with the. Merced Mining Company of California for the mines for merly leased of it by the Nouveau Monde Com pany of London. The former has published in the dan Francisco newspapers, and in handbills the following notice : 4 . To THE PUBLIC. "Through the medium of the press here and in the East, rumours have been circulated to the effect that the controversies heretofore pending between John C. Fremont and a large portion of the people of Mariposa county. involving the right of the people to work the mine., have been settled by the omits in favour of Fremont; the undersivned deems it his duty to the public, here and elsewhere, to declare the said state ments to be fake. " The company represented by the undersigned in the year 1851 (being four years anterior to any claim of title by Fremont), and under express emotion o' State legis• latinn, took peaceable possession of the veins known as the Josephine and Pine Tree, and have since continued to work the acme, and, to make the preperiy availabl-, have expended upon the sante and other contiguous mines near $1 000,000. "Meanwhile the Supreme Court of California have repeatedly determined that the precious minerals, whe ther in public or in private lands, were the property tai the State, and that the occupation and working of the Male is subject alone to State legislation, as a necessary corollary of State ownership. "The Merced Mining Company are in possession of the mineral veins referred to under a license from the State, which the Supreme Court has solemnly adjudged to be the true owner. So long as this license continues, which the State is bound in equity never to revoke, the rights of thi se holding mineral 'veins in Maripesa are vet! againrt Fremont and all the world ; and it is the fixed determination of this company to maintain its posses sions and to avail itself of the license of the State by working the veins in future on a larger scale than here• tofore. "The undersigned having also been informed that said Fremont, by a trespass upon said veins, has obtained possession of several tons of quartz rock for shipment abroad, representing the Fame to be his property, hereby notifies to al whom it may concern that the rock aforesaii;, was quarried from the veins owned and possessed by the company. " GEORGE N. SHAW, President of the Merced Mining Company." The special grievances of the Merced Company, although they are not set forth in their card, are that their mines are not within Fremont's boundary —that they are attempted to be brought within it by a trick of a bribed surveyor ; that they were allowed to possess 'heir mines in peace while they were being developed by themselves and their lessees at great cost, Fremont looking on without expressing any demur to their possession while they were improving the mines, and while the property was yielding no profit; but that now, when they are beginning to yield a return and pro mise to be very rich, they have excited his cupidity, or rather, perhaps, that of his co-owners and credi tors ; and the object of the notice is to warn the whole world, and the public of Europe chiefly, that if they purchase this " debateable land" possession will beresista, and purchasers will act with full notice of what they may expect if they attempt " to cast their lines in the pleasant places" of Mariposa. This manifesto has been prompted by the re port that a purchase or a loan is about to be made either in England or France, or both. Surely not iu England, for John Bull cannot have forgot ten the fate of the gold companies got up in 1851- 52 to work mines in " the mineral region ' of this same Mariposa. This is an investment which might find favour in France at present. It would just suit the Credit Mobilier, which, it is said, is to advance a large amount to construct a canal in the district. This would have some merit, for it would circulate money in San Francisco, if it did not circulate water in Marip^sa. Her Majesty's ship Havannab, 19, Capta'n J. Harvey has been here for a fortnight, and left to day for the coast of Mexico, intending to touch at Magdalena Bay, in Lower Cqifornia, and to call in at Sans Blas, Mazatlan, and Guaymas. Officers and crew all well. _ _ _ OCT. 11. The mail steamer Golden Gate, which left thi* place on Monday last, the sth inbt., broke her centre shaft, which disabled her starboard engine and wheei, so that she put back and made San Francisco yesterday afternoon. Her passengers and treasure are being transhipped to the Golden. Age, whick leaves this evening for Panama. The acci dent occurred on the night of the 6th, when 350 miles south of San Francisco and the vessel worked her way back with one engine and one wheel. No casualties occurred to any of the passengers, who numbered 658 persons. The treasure amounted to 1,953,390 clols., to which a small addition has been made to-day. Nothing of importance has occurred here during the week, except the official declaration just pub ' fished by the Governor, that the returns of the late elections show the vote to pay the State debt was triumphant. Some of the newspapers express an , opinion that this debt will still, notwithstanding the ratification of the people, become the subject of litigation; and I confess I concur in this opinion. "sprung" so badly that it became imperatively necessary to abandon t' e attempt. Almost at the same moment one of the large 3-inch mooring chain., securing the double sheaves which hauled upon the stem of the vessel, parted somewhere or other in the river, so that even had the piling been capable of immediate repair and strengthening, the latter accident alone was sufficient to put a stop to further efforts. Hardly had the orders been received to discontnue the attempt when the men were all at full work again to repair the causes which had led to the failure. Gangs of 100 navies or so carried down huge pile-driving machines, which in an hour were erected and at work, driving in fresh piles be hind those which had yielded. These men will work night and day if necessary, so that in a few days at most all will be ready again for another effort. The supports for the rams will now be made of immense strength, not only by a great addition of new piles, but by the whole mass being bolted together with iron tie-rods, and again secured in the same manner to the launching ways themselves. Thus strengthened, it will become quite a mechani cal impossibility that they should yi4d under any pressure which the dead weight and friction of the whole vessel can offer. When lye say that repairing the mooring chain, and having that gear ready, is in Captain Harrison's department, we have said quite enough to vouch for the certainty of that not being found wanting on the next occasion, when .we sincerely hope we shall have to announce that the Great Eastern is at last at the water's edge. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Shortly after one o'clock the order was given to commence working the hydraulic presses. The pumping was continued for about a quarter of an hour, but no motion whatever was perceptible, though the creaking of timbers bore witness to the terriide and all but resistless strain of power to which it was subj?cted. Then the strain epee the chains at the fore was commenced. but, even before it hsd become taut, a link gave way, the two ends went crashing through the water, and the heavy lighter rebounded like a floating cork from the po sition which it had occupied. The chain which broke was a 2i inch one, and appeared capable of bearing any amount of e.rain which human power could put upon it. The result proved that there was some flaw in the chain which might in all pro bability have been discovered bad it been tested in the first instance. There appeared to be some doubt whether it was the chain just mentione 1 which broke, or whether it was another massive chain attached to the City moorings. This larger chain weighs three hundred weight per link, and each link is three feet in length, but one of the persons in authority doubted whether4t could have een this one, because it had been in use fir the last 50 years, and had consequently been often used. Constant use may be considered by some persons a satisfactory proof of soundness and great strength but unprofesfonal minds would he apt to see in its venerable age a sufficient reason for test ing its qualities. When the position occupied by the hydraulic " rams" was examined, it was fear' 1 that the backward pressure of the apparatus had been so great as to remove bodily the whole of the piling intended to have formed a buttress to the rams. The solid earth to the depth of several feet was forced back with the framework of the piles to a distance of about ten inches, leering a chasm down to the bottom of the piles as clear as though the earth had been dug out ; while behind, the ground was heaped up from the enormous pressure, like the earth over the new-made grave of a giant. The heads of the piles, which before the com mencement of the operations stood perpendicular, and to all appearance immovable, were now sloping, and told in their altered position Low tremendous must have been the force to which they had offered a vain resistance. The appearance presented by the piling of both the "rams" was the same, and the width of the chasm showed the extent to which the " ram heads" would have forced the ship had the piling been sufficiently strong to have resisted their backward pressure. The breakage of the chain and the yielding of the " rams" of course rendered further proceedings impossible for that day; and Mr. Brunel will, be tween this and the 2d of next month, sympathise, no doubt very feelingly, with one of his great en gineering predecessors who a(ked for a fulcrum, on which he could plant a lever that could move the world. The solid earth, pile-driven, refuses to afford this sufficient fulerune ; the time-honoured moorings and venerable chains are not to bo de pended upon, and there is no help for it. The rams must be multiplied, the chains increased in num ber, the power applied to more numerous parts of the ship, before the tremendous friction of the op posing flat surfaces of iron between the " cradles ' and the "ways" can be overcome. Many eminent scientific men are of opinion that the difficulties of 1 iereleng the Leviathan into the water have been greatly and unnecessarily increased by the contact of the iron surfaces under the cradles and the iron rails on which the ship is to travel. This subject was, however, we are informed, fully discussed, and experiments made for the purpose of ascertain ing the effects of friction upon flat surfaces of iron, and it was upon the result of these that the present mode was decided upon. It certainly does, seem strange, however, that the same principle of two opposing metallic surfaces, which has been applied to facilitate the downward course of the ship, should also be employed on the brakes of the large drums, to arrest the vessel in the event of any re straining power being necessary. How far this— ' ihe immense friction caused by the pressure of 12,000 tons upon these iron surfaces, may have interfered with the calculations of the engineers it is impossible to say ; this, however, is clear, that the united power of hydraulic rams, and the tremendous strain of the chain at the bows of the altp yesterday, failed to move the ship a hair's breadth, and the monster now remains as firm and as sseure in its cradles as it did immediately after the close of the first attempt. We repeat what was , stated on Wednesday, that there is no reason for any apprehension on account of the settling down of the ship, though if it were advanced a few feet on the ways it is probable that such a contingency would occur ; at present the vessel stands practi• cally on the same spot on which it was constructed, and before the work was commenced piles were driven into the ground by Mr. Scott Russell so close that there was ene to every five square feet. There is no more reason why the huge monster ' should sink into the earth now than at any period of the five years during which it has been slowly growing up to its present huge dimensions,, and ' daily gathering those ten thousand tons of iron which now form its tremendous burden. A GENTLEMAN APPREHENDED AT BIRKEN. MEAD, CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLING 15,0001. In a recent number of the Police Gazette there was a notice that Mr. W. J. Wright, aged 35, of ♦ery gentle manly appearance and manners, and speaking several languages, had absconded frem Oporto, Portugal, on Oct. 29, after having embezzled 15 ; 0001, which he bad re ceived on account of his master, Mr. Thomas Porten Chassereau, merchant, 13, Finsbury-place South, City, 'London. It was further stated that he arrived at South ampton from Oporto, Nov. 3, and was moat likely stay ing at some hotel in a seaport town. Oa Friday an ad vertisement appeared in the London papers, offering a reward of 1001. for his apprehension. On Saturday, Mr. Hilliar, the landlord of the Monks Ferry Hotel, found that a person answering the description of Mr. Wright was staying in his house, and gave him into custody at once. On Monday the accused was brought up at the Bir kenhead police-court, before Mr. rfiryans. Mr. Ceassereau said—From the mysterious way in which the prisoner left my employment at Oporto, I thought he had embezzled some money, and brought it to this country. A small sum of money', about 601., was found upon him, and he states that that. was lent him by a friend, to enable him to come to this cuuntry. Mr. Bryans—Can you say that money js yours ? Mr. Chassereau—l cannot say that it over belonged to me. I am inclined to think, from the questions put to him, that the prisoner has spoken the truth. Mr. Bryans—Therefore you think he has not defrauded you of anything? Mr. Chastereau—No, I can't say be bas. Mr. Bryans—Do you wish to make any further in quiries into the matter I Would you wish a remand to give titan for further inquiries ? Mr. Chassereau—No, air ; I have sent out a gentle man to Oporto to take charge of the concern, and hope to hear that things are not so bad there as I anticipate. Mr. Bryans—Then there is a deficiency ? Mr. Drew (the clerk) —The prisoner's own admission on that point is sufficient. Mr. Chassereau—There is a deficiency • no doubt of that. The money may have been squandered, or lost In the way of bu'iness or otherwise. But Mr. Wright knows best about that. Mr. Bryaes—Under these circumstances I will con sider the charge as withdrawn, and therefore I shall dis charge the prisoner. Mr. Drew—You will discharge him from want of evi dence. According to his own admission there is a deficiency to a large amount. Mr. Chassereau—There are assets toe to a large amount. Mr. Bryans—The prisoner may be discharged. Mr. Wright then )eft the dock, and retircd.—Liver• pool Doily Post. TIIS GREAT EASTERN. Yesterday a second, and, for the present, we re gret to say, an unsuccessful attempt was made to move this great vessel further down the launching ways. It was not an attempt to launch her, as there is not now a sufficient amount of water to float her off the bottom of the ways, but it was an effort to move her about 40 feet lower down than the position which she at present occupies, and in this, as we have said, the attempt was a failure. The immediate cause which led to this ill-success may be stated in a very few words, --namely, that the abutment of piles against which the basis of the hydraulic rams rested ;fielded under the pressure which was exerted between them and the ship's cradle, and gave way to a great extent, and at last in some places broke entirely. The mooring chain, belonging either to the Government or the city corporation, bolding the sheave, through which, by a four fold purchase on land, the stem of the vessel was hauled to the river, also gave way, and this tuishait, taken in connec tion with the other, led to all further attempts being postponed for at least some days, and per haps for a longer period. These were the imme diate causes, but in order to understand completely the circumstances which induced them, it is neces sary to refer to the time of the first attempt, on the 2d of this month. Most of our readers can easily remember the arrangements which were then made. That attempt, though generally considered by the public as a failure, was in realty rather a success, for it proved beyond a doubt that Mr. Brunel pos sessed a complete command over the vessel, and could check and hold it in even when it had acquired a very considerable downward momentum. Had he not possessed this controlling on the olcaQion of the first effort, and when the monster slipped some five or six feet in a second, the launch would have taken place in spite of him. The vessel would, indeed, have been got into the water, but probably at the cost of a fearful loss of life. There is no doubt that when anythingin the uatureof aspectac'e is going for ward, there is no risk, however fearful its aspect or probable in its contingency, which Londoners will not incur to gratify their curiosity, and it is this consciousnes of always venturing into danger which inducas such fatal panics among them on the most groundless alarm. Thus, on the first occasion, as the hour approached when the vessel was to move down, the river was literally covered with boats and steamers, all densely packed and laden to the very water's edge with men and women. Commands and entreaties to these craft to remove to a safer distance were alike disregarded, and they remained almost in the very track over which the vessel, if launched at all, would have had to pass. It is frightful to contemplate what the consequences must have been if Mr. Brunel had not possessed perfect control over her movements, or it she bad then slipped away and dashed into the river. Not only would she have buried all in her immediate way, but her displacement of the water would, of course, have raised a wave sufficient to capsize the boats and steamers near her, and even to cross the river, and perhaps sweep away some hundreds of the spectators whe crowded the wharfs on the op- posite shore, within a foot or two of high-water mark. All these things Mr. Brunel saw at a glance when the time for the launch arrived, and he saw also that to the tremendous mec'.anical difficulties of moving such a mass of iron at all was auperadded the responsibility of undertaking to do it at a time when the snapping of a piece of iron or the neglect of a servant might involve the lives of hundreds. Nevertheless the attempt was made. The Great Eastern slid down some five or six feet when she was instantly checked, though not till the mishap at the windlass occurred, which made all the work men in the yard so timid as to unfit them for the execution of orders which required an unusual amount of nerve and coolness. Within an hour afterwards the attempt was given up, and it wts then determined that, at all hazard', the publir should be kept in total ignorance of when the next effort should be made. Hence the strict secrecy with which all the subsequent operations have been conducted, and which was so well main tained that even up to yesterday morning not half-a-doz-n persons were aware of what was to be done. From prudential motives with regard tothe men, and, also, that above all other places no note of preparation should be given on the river, the purchases worked from the barges which were to haul the vessel in that direction were allowed to be works d from the shore. In order to do this double sheaves were secured to the Government and City moorings, near the dockyard on the other side of the river, through which the chains from the ship were passed and brought hack under her keel and up the yard, whore they were hauled upon with a fourfold purchase by powerful crabs, each worked by 24 men. Four of these purchases have thus been fitted, and their united exertion, it was esti mated, would apply a strain upon the midships of the vesel towards the river equal to 250 tons. Small stationary engines in place of the crabs worked the same description of tackle at the stem and stern, but with these the weer has been so multiplied that each can apply, if nece ssar y , a strain of 100 tons or more. At the same tim e the launchine ways have been strengthened by the ad dition of several lengths of the bridge-rails inserted between those already down at regular intervals, and additional and more powerful hydraulic rams were brought to bear on the ship's cradles, to push her with force enough to start her down the ways. These were the changes which the experience of the first attempt showed would be advisable in future efforts. Six hydraulic rams were yesterday fixed against the side —namely, two seven-inch ones at the aftermost part of each cradle, and a 10-inch one at each forward pert. The base of each of these rams rested against a regular series of strong piles driven deep into the ground, and this fulcrum ap peared strong enough ; but, of course, they could only be tested by th e Ac t ua l !pressure of l i the rams, and that could n o t poss ibly be applied until all was ready to launch th e vesse l. The last preparations were complete at about n oon yesterday. Up to th a t ti m e so carefully had ',he secret been kept that oven in the _immediate neighbourhood of the yard the intended effort was unknown. A collier brig which was ashore on one , of the launching ways tended to lull whatever suspicions might have been entertained, and which the appearance of gangs of workmen greasing down the launching metals was certainly calculate.' to excite. In the yard, with the excel)• tion of those actually concerned in the launch, there were not more than 20 or 30 gentlemen present, and nearly all of these were engineers or shipbuilders. The great advantage of this arrangement over the . very mixed crowd which filled the yard on the last occasion was so apparent that there . is now no fear ii n s signal n; but at last, at 1 of the rule of strict pr ivac y eve r being again departed from. The men were all at their places at the crabs and hydraulic gear soon after 12 o'clock. S ome ti me was lost while the va r i ous d etails were minutely in al was given to the gangs working th e h y drauli c rams at the spoe,cclteok, d c , parleipwaraastroerya4o, and be the beginning fore most cradle to commence pumping. The aftermost ' cradle having slipped on the way s about 18 inches or so more than the one near the bows, it was necessary to push down the latter first, in order that they might both start on a level. As the men com menced their efforts the anxiety and expectation of all iu the yard, ove n down to the navvies at the crabs, seemed wrought to the highest pitch ; not a word was spoken, and not a person moved. All seemed absorbed in watching the tremendous experi ment going forward, so that literally for a few minutes the suspense was aimed painful. The gangs at the pu mps worked with a will, but the handles went down more slowly, and the pressure was evidently becoming felt. A few minutes more and the sharp loud reports of beams of timber yield ing and straining undertremend ous pressure became more and more frequent. Every one imagined that the vessel herself was yielding, but this was mere fancy, as, after a few moments, it be came evident to all near the rams that it was the piling against which they rested that was 'giving. Nevertheless, the strain was kept on, increasing with every stroke of the lever, arid the huge beams, cross-beams, and supports' groaned and strained and bent, moving visibly about like a huge piece of wicker -work. All this while the foremost cradle never showed a sign of yielding, or moved even to a hair's breadth. At last the supports of the rams gave way so much that it became nk cessary to assist them by hauling in the tackle which puled the vessel towards the river, but even these gave so little relief that at last one of the centre piles broke, and some others '.- -o- w - ,4v2 - - NE SPAnit PARLIAMENTARY R EF,Oliat ----- --- -4.- (From the Morning Chronol „i . : - 7 t" 1 1 As might have been anticipated, -=`-', . ;ito ' e. 4 I certain supporters of Lord Palmerst (_ -- - - 1.. the public into " shelving" the gre * u a .: . ,<? 4 , , Reform, has only led to more positive ancielutlipi. fit tative demands on the part of the public. The cause of Reform, in fact, has been advanced by the very means intended to do it injury. The English are so much a " practical" people, in the sense of a purblind pursuit of some present and immediate purpose, that if a little, more tact had been used, ' ' they might have been cajoled. At least the secret enemies of Reform might have been spared any de- • cided manifestation of public opinion in it favour. 'kis evident, from the tone of the Ministerial or gaps, that it is desired to render this preliminary session short in point of time, but eminently useful to the party purposes of the Ministry. A. some what novel plea is set up, to the effect that this period of the year ought to be devoted to " admi ministration," as distinct from legislation, and that therefore the time of the Ministers ought not to be occupied with any topic likely to disturb the routine of Government ! Whence comes this doc trine? Why is December a more "Administra tive" month than February or May ? In certain departments, wo can understaud, there may be greater activity towards the close of the year ; but these have little to do with the higher functions of Government, and do not more than is ustial-cle mend the attendance of the principal Ministers in their offices. A more poor and empty excuse f or • an attempted avoidance of the first duties of an Administration, has seldom been put forward. We should not be at all surprised to find the . question of Reform wholly omitted from the Queen's • Speech. For the prospects of the cause, perhaps so much the better. The public remained quies cent on the subject until very recently, because they relied on the rromise of Lord Palmerston to bring forward a Reform Bill, and they knew that there was Lord John Russell iu the back ground, to urge him on, if he showed any signs of falter ing. It is now all but admitted that Lord Palmer st , n does not menu to keep his word, and hence the sadden anxiety of the public on a matter which superficial observers believed to have been forgot ten. Yet, after all, what would he lost by the question of Reform . eing thus abandoned by the Chief of the "Liberal" Administration ? Really, not much. It won! I not have the precedence usually accorded to Government business, and all the petty arts of delay and obstruction with which Parliament has been fainiliarh!ed since Lord Pal meretou came to power, would be put in motion to prevent its progress. Tit )character of the measure proposed would be wholly different. From Lord Pal merzton, even if it suited his purpose to adhere to his engagement, the utmost tliat could be expected would be a kind of compromise—an open brine to a large section of the Opposition to aid him iu crushing the independent opinion of the House of Commons. Such a scheme would really be worse titan nothing. If some of the more prominent chiefs of the Tory party were true to the policy they have from time to time shadowed forth, here ie.a giand occasion for them to effect a reconciliation with the nation. lf, following the example set them by Sir Robert Peel, they could be induced to prefer theie own political honour and the public good to mere class interests, they would see that it is quite within their func tions as an Opposition to take up a great national question when abandoned by the Minister of the day. Their followers, it is true, labour under the delusion that they may, by evading the threatened danger, keep yet a little longer that hold upon many of the counties and to anis which is , iven thtnt by their ttrritorial position. It is upon this short sighted view that Lord Palmerston relies; wed knowing that a really popular Ref,rm Bill, brought forward by Independent Liberi , ls, would embody propositions which tho "landed interest" now regard as fatal to their power. lint it is a mere question of time. What they would now re fuse with a very bad grace will be wrested from them in a very little time, and tue people will owe them no thanks. By taking the Initiative, they would gain in influence more than they would lose in the mere power of coercing the consciences of their fellow-subjects. They will, of course, prefer the short-sighted policy, and Reform will have to be carried by the People. OMNIBUS TRAM WAYS. The London General Omri us Company, acting upon a suggestion thrown out in this journal in August, 1856, are about to expend 50,0001. of their surplus capital in laying dawn tramways for omni buses in certain of the lea !ing thoroughfares in the metropolis where the width of the road is sufficient to admit of the experiment without risk of inter ference with the ordinary traffic. The plan, as many of our readers will be aware, has been tried and adopted with very great success and consider able public benefit in Paris, Lyons, New York, and Boston ; and the practicability co_ it has therefore boon demonstrated beyond question. A tramway of this de,:zription has been for nearly hree years in use between Paris, Boulogne, and St. Clot' 1, and is now extended to Sevres and Versaillei, anti also in Lyons, New York, and Boston ; and large omui buses, carrying from 60 to 80 passengers each, are thereon propelled by 2 horses at a speed varying from 8 to 10 miles an hour, with great facility. The part of the metropolis on which the experiment is about to be tried commences with the road from Nottinghill- gate, via the Grand Junction road, New-road, City-road, and Moorgate-street to the Bank, with branches to the Great Western and London and North-Western Railways, and to Fleet-street, via Bagnigge-wells-road. The length of this line with sidings will be about 8 miles and a-half, and the road, with the exception of the in clines at Pentonville, is broad and eminently qua lified lir the trial. In the event of its success the company next contemplate the ex' ension of the plan to the road from Edmonton to the city, by way of Kingsland and other parts of the metropolis. The tramways when laid will be perfectly flush with the general surface of the roadway, and will not in any way interfere with the passage along and across it cf any ordinary road waggon or carriage ; and as the new omnibuses in pwsing along will be confined to the tramway, which will consist of a double line iu the centre of the roadway, the sides of the road, and indeed the entire width, except during the instant of passage, will be free to the general traffic, which will thus be carried on without interruption. The great economy which will be effected by the adoption of the new tramway system will enable the company to carry the public at reduced fares, and at a greater rate of speed. The omnibuses will be large and commodious, with flanged wheels and axles radia ting to the curves, and found desirable, might be constructed with first and second class apartments. The nett annual profit to be derived front the tram way traffic has been estimated at 11,0731.—that is, on the route on which it is proposed to make the experiment, which will be equal to 22 per cent. on the capital of 50,0001. The project is to be carried out by a company, with limited liability, entirely distinct from the London General Omni bus Company—the latter subscribing in shares to the new company to the extent of 50,0001. in aid of the undertaking. The facility for starting and stopping the tramway omnibus with improved break will be quite as great as the ordinary road omnibus, so that there will be no loss of time on this account. It is this power in horses of starting or stopping almost instantaneously which makes the tramway for ehort distances and frequent stoppages equal, if not superior to the railway with steam power. If the system of fixed stations or stopping-places along the route were adopted in lieu of stopping a the wish of every passenger, much time might be saved • but in New York, we believe, the tramway omnibusesi stop wherever they are required to take up and set down passengers, and no inconvenience found to arise from this system of working them. The probable cost of laying down the tramways as double lines, including the expense of taking up and relaying the pavement :s estimated at some thing less than 3,0001. per mile. 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