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4 R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, t .,, BADEN, up the RHINE. and PARIS, is NOW OPEN / PAY EVENING (except Saturday) at 8 o'cloc*- - .—Sralb., Ps. : t e a. 25.. callers , . is. Stalls can be secured at the box otllce, 0 eYptian Hall, Piccadilly, every day between eleven andtour, with any.. extra charge. The Morning, Representations take place —el l Tuesday and Saturday, at Three o'clock. -------__ SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY .-EX ETER HALL.--Conthictor, Mr. COSTA. i PIS EVENING (FRIDAY), Jan. 23, 1857, MENDELSSOFIN'S :* lIALIE (Mr. Phelps reciting the illustrative verses). and (for the Brat Uthe)ROSSINPS STABAT MATER. Vocalibt4, Madame Clara ..eveollo, Miss Dolby. Ma lame Lemmens. Mr. Sims Reeves, and Z g a ll r Bellettiz with Orchestra of 700 PertZrusars.,—Aickets, 35., 55., 198.6 d., are issued this day, at the Office, No. 6, Exeter Hall. - NER. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, With New Costumes and v irious Novelties, Tocal and Cha- Lacteristic, every evening (except 'aturday) at Eight. A MORN ING PE It FOR MANC E every SA ruRD AY. at Three. Private Boxes end Stalls may be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-office, f 0 17 era phi c -h a l I, King William-street, Charing-cross. The hall has oft entirely redecorated. --_ RGYLL ROOMS.-LA URENT'S CASINI Great Windmill -street, St. James's.—The above elegan `^mlli are now open every evening for the winter season, with tirent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. ;;QUlconrt. The Proprietor begs to Inform the public that this ;,ashionable place of resort hai been entirely redecorated during the fts- boors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis sion o ne Shilling. r I.• I) KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 11 :, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen 4)413 ) from 10 till 10, containing upwirds of one thousand models health Preparations, illustrating every part of the human f rame in and disease, the race of men, &c Lectures delivered at 12, gi ghl 4, and half-past SEXTON, IP.It.G.S. ; and a new and 7-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery Dr, ..AN, at a quarter plat 8 p.m. precisely. Admission. One g ,v.li htil ing• Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan (gratis). COMB'S CELEBRATED READING SAUCE, wbtch is so highly esteemed with Fish, Gains. Steaks, 'PRIM Grills, Gravies, Hot and Cold Meats, and unrivalled for gene- Ilse, is sold by the most respectable dealers in fish and sauces. ' J. and C. Cocks, Reading, sole Manufacturers. -UNION ASSURANCE' SOCIETY (FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES). A.D. 1714. Cornhill, and 70, Baker-street, London. College -green, Dublin.—GronengenAtreet. Hamburg. Exchange -street West, and Titheharn-street, Liverpool. North Nelson-street, Edinburgh. InS titMed in the reign of Queen Anne, A D. 1714, with large Invested Funds. DIRECTORS. &C. Castutsrr--.TOIIN RE M INGTON mrns, Esq. • D xporr-Citsmssa.N—HENßY ALDWIN SOAMES, Esq. 4 ;, ame s . Bentley, Esq. John Paynter, Esq. John Rogers, Esq. Danielh°m" Bodley , Esq. Britten, Esq. Henry Butt, Esq. Nicholas Charrington, Esq. George Spencer Smith, Esq. R• Prest on Child, Esq. itichd. Horsman Solly, sq. w allam Gilpin, Esq. W. Foster White, r sq. Thomas Lewis, Esq.. Samuel Wilson, Esq., Ald. T homas Mills, i Esq., M.P. Stephen Wilson, Esq. John Morley, Esq. LIFE. 2edriced rates for young and middle ages. with guarantee of a ,;,DarlY in existen ce upwar d s of 140 years, and a large accumulate d T 4l :„_. The last Bonus (1855) gave additions to policies varying rates7o per cent. on the previous seven years' premiums. , without profits. Two-thirds only of the premiums may Maid until death. Decreasing and increasing rates of premium, and half Yearly or quarterly. Medical fees allowed. bum FIRE. out rances at the usual rates, and profits re; urned on policies taken +1 !or. seven years by wompt payment. Lo sea occasioned by ex -olion of b made good. The offices close on Saturdays tat two ° re.. e xcepting in the fifteen days after each quarter-day. a ni nrallces now expiring must be paid on or before the 9th Jarfu l?, at the Office in London, or of the respective agents. WILLIAM B. LEWIS, Secretary. NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, 48, Gracechurch-street, London. For Mutual Assurance on Lives, Annuities, &c. Established December, 1835. DIRECTORS. Chairman—SAMUEL HAYHURST LUCAS, Esq. beputy Chairman---CjunzEs LUSHINOTON, Esq. Francis Bennoch, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq., M.P. Jo hn Bradbury, E sq . R o b ert Sheppard, Esq. William Thomas Castle, Esq. Jonathan Tho r p, E sq . Joh Miller Christy , Esq. William Tyler, Esq. F Y ' sq. eltharo, Esq. Charles Whetham, Esq. Charles Gilpin, Esq. P NS. J. T. Conquest, M.D., P.L.O.ny s limix Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. tisixille—Messrs Brown, Janson, and Co. ; and Bank of England. SoLi crrOa—Septimus Davidson, Esq. CONSULTING AC TUA l tY—Charle3 All Sell, Esq., F.R.S. Abstract of the Directors' Report for the year ending 20th No vember, 1856 : Number of policies issued in the year ....... ..... Annual premiums thereon ................ . £17,412 .18 3 Total number of policies issued • . ..• . 19,617 ...... 1,050 Annualancome on 14,337 existing pollees (after deducting £ 33 . 3lB ,,abatement of premiums at the last divi.don of profits in111552).£201,3133 5 2 ...... lnterest on capital ...... . 57,351 2 0 Total annual income on 29th Nov., 18 —_....__—_ 56.... • X258,735 7 2 ilaiance of receipts over disbursements in the year •• • • .£140,556 8 7 Making the amount of capital ...... •••. • • • £1,351,606 5 11 Arising exclusively from the premiums aid by the members, who are themselves the s ole pro prietary, and among whom altme the whole profit is divided. Amount paid in claims by 11 fe policies since the establishment of the Institution in Dec., 1835 £609,161 11 11 ----- Amount returned to the assured in abatement of premiums in the 17 years ending Nov. 20, 1852 Additions to policies by way of bonus... £126,h64 o o At the last division of surplus profits made up to Nov. 20, 1852, the reductions varied from 6 to 89 per cent. on the original amount °f Premium, according to the ace of the member and the time the Policy had been in force; and the bonuses ranged in like manner f rom 50 to 75 per cent. on the amount of premiums received during the Preceding five years. The next Divisfox will be made up to the 20th November, 1857. Louarge made for Policy Stamps. tent of ans gra nted on the security of the Sociery's Policies to the ex their value. Members whose premiums fell due on the Ist January are re- Minded that the same must be paid within 30 days from that date. The Prospectus, with the Report of the Directors, for 1856, may nOw be had on application at the office. Jau. 15, 1857. JOSEPII 'MARSH, Secretary. NASSAU RAILWAY COMPANY.- Societe Anonytne, or Chartered Joint Stock Company, with liability limited to the amount of share, au thorised by decree, and by a special law passed by the Cham bers of Nassau. C tpital 1,600,000/,, of which 1,000,000/. in Nassau Four per Cent. Guaranteed Bonds. and 200,0001, already subscribed and paid up by the Wiesbaden Railway shareholders. Share Capital to be issued, 40 0,00 W., in 20,000 shares of 20/. each. DIRECTORS -LOCAL BOARD. MM. von Roesller, D irector of th e D uca l Bank of Nassau. A. Hergenhan, Member of the Supremo Court of Nassau. C. Grossmann, Ducal Notary, Wiesbaden. C. Kalk Sohn, Banker, Wiesbaden. DIRECTORS IN ENGLAND. Joseph Christoph er E wart, Esq., XP. Original Directors Theodore W. Rathb one, Esq, of the Wiesba- William Nicol, Esq. den Company. Together with a Committee in Paris. BANKERS. - Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., London. Messrs. J. J. Weller, Sons, Frankfort. lIRORERS. Mmesesas2: p.... Cazenovte and Co., Lothb ur y. —W. W. L ander, Esq ' - ' B 7e citl na TAillivu ehinson and Son, A nge l- cour t. Lon don Agency, 1 8, Cannon -street (LC.). The most important features i following :- n this un d er t a ki ng are the . First—That twenty mil es of nearly completed. for traffic, and eight more are thees. Railway are already open Second—That about two--thirnds rnment in Four per being provided by the Nassau the Company's capital Cent, bonds, every one pound per eel: added to the net re cent.ital -,.. and add three per sults of the traffic above four per cent°. to the dividend payable on the sha will cent. per Third- That a dividend of at least seven cap num is thus secured to the shareholders duirifoeonstriretien. an- The Nassau Railways will continue the Fran n baden and the Wiesbaden and Rudesheira Lines t t' ''' and W d ie p s s . - beim to the frontier of Prussia, opposite Goblent r z e . ni A ll : --- Cologne Railway already open to Bonn and Rolandsworththies being rapidly completed to Coblentz, the line of railway com munication between Cologne and Frankfort will thus bo coin pleted by the Nassau Company. The annual traffic , between these two points considerably exceeds 1,000,000 passengers and 1,000,000 tons of goods. The official traffic tables show that, taking only the present traffic in the Lahn Valley, and one-fourth of the traffic along the Rhine, the receipts of the Nassau Railway Company will suffice, on this moderate estimate, to secure a dividend of 15 per cent, to the Shareholders, in consequence of the larger portion of the capital being supplied in Nassau Government Guaranteed'Bonds at 4 per cent. RHINE RAILWAY. 25 0,000 passengers (being one-fourth of the existing £62,500 traffic), at ld, per mile ou 60 miles . 25 0,000 tons of goods (being one-fourth of the exist ing traffic), at lid, per mile 156,250 LATIN RAILWAY. 90,000 Preso ut traffic above Deduct 246,259 working expenses, 50 per cent. at most 123,125 Interest on Bonds ....... £40,000 esb Sinking fund ........................ 7,500 To Wiad en . 1 5 per cent. on N assau Shares loom 400,000/. 60,0 0 123,12 5 117,500 Surplus, after providing for 111 charges, a nd paying 15 per cent to the Shareho'lders £5,025 Applications for shares, which must bo accompanied by a deposit of 21. per share, may bo addressed to the brokers, and to the offices of the Company in - London ; to B. C. Esq., Brunswick•street Liverpool • to Messrs. J. J. Beloe, Weiner, sons Frankfort ; and to the Agency in Paris, 101, Rue Neuve des Petits Champs. A further payment of 3/. per share will be required upon allotment , - Applications for bonds (at 00/) will be received from par eve of one bond for ties applying for shares, in the pr every two shares, and must be accompanied by a deposit of 10/. for every 100/, applied for. The remo.ining 80/. will be payable by instalments of 10/. Bond c ortifica.tes will be issued for the instalments, and the bonds themselves will be given iu exchange for the last payment. In the meantime, bonds to the amount of the moneys paid will be deposited With trustees. N ASSAIi RAILWAY COMPANY._ No further Application for Shares or Bonds in this Company will be received after SATURDAY, 24th inst. W. W. LANDER, Secretar 18, Can non - street, Jan, 22,1857. y. (N ( ,. 20,155) PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL. Just ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo., 215., HENRY CLAREND4N. By ALIC F. CO NIYN. Burst and Blackett, Publithers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough -street. A Novel. Just published, price 2d., or post free 3d., the 102 d Edition of --- - • THE NATURAL REGENERATOR of the DIGESTIVE ORGANS, the STOMACH, LIVER, NERVES, LUNGS, &c., without Medicine, Galvanism. Electricity, inconve nience, and expense, by an easy, natural, pleasant. end infallible remedy, which saves fifty times its cost in other means of cure. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professor of Che mistry, Dr. Andrew D're ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Camp bell; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram; Lord Stuart de Denies ; the Dowager Countess ofCastle-Stuart ; Jf ajor-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. London : Barry Da Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street. The Third Edition. Just rublished, mice 55., by post, free, ss. fid. ON TRUE dt FALSE SPERIVIATORRMEA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Curo. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first dine, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall ietect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his ple.•er to cor ect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' end 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who stiffer from the cont. ilaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved intich needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of ices importance, though it is that which the e,useks most prize-- much money...—. This volume is welt qualified to put an end to the system of treating Bperruatorrhoca, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and phy4ological basis. It is, therefore. ikely to do much good."—Medical Cirettlar. London : H. Rai 219, Recent-etril t. REAT WESTERN RAILW AY.- 7t NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY is NOW OPEN between YEOVIL mad WEYMOUTH for the conveyance of Passengers, Parcels, Carriages, and Horses. For particulars of trains over that line applications may be made at any of the Company's stations. By order of the Directors, (Signed) CII kS. A. SAINDEIZS, Secretary. Paddington Station,'Jan. 21, 1857. NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL•MALL EAST, LONDON, Established A.D. 1844 The Warrants for the Half-yearly Interest, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, on Deposit Accounts, to 31st December, are ready for delivery and payable daily. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Parties desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to examine the plan of the Bank of Deposit. Prospectuses and Forms tor Opening Accounts sent free on appli cation. TOWER.--SALE OF STORES. By order of the Secretary of State for War.— To be Sold, by public auction, In the Tower, on WRDNE.;DAY, January 28, 1857, at half-past 10 o'clock in the forenoon precisely, he following STORES, lying at the Victoria (London) Docks, viz, : Hat and Cloak hooks Sacks, Coal and Corn Blankets of sorts Great Coats Bedsteads Fire Engines TenePoles Accoutrements Waterproof Coats, &c. Clothing, Hospital, &c. Mitts and Gloves Flair Beth and Bolsters Cavalry Cloaks Price's Patent Fuel Stoves of sorts And Miscalatieous Articles. May he viewed at the Victoria Docks, from 10 to 4 o'clock, on the 3 days previous to the sale, and catalotrues had at the War Department, Pall-mall ; the Tower ; Victoria Docks ; and Royal Arsenal, Wool wich, on payment of 6d. each, which will be allowed to purchasers. No person will be admitted to view the lots, or into the sale room, without a catalogue. 14 R. HOWARD, burgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI 'ECLAT. TEETll,fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so erfectly resemble the nataral teeth as not to be distinguished from he original by. the closest observer; they will never change colour or lecay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. ['his method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful Aeration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is naranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-62, Fleet-street. At .ome from ten till five. rieRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, New road, London. —Ai ORISON'S VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL MEDICINE is the only medicine that strikes at the root of elk dis eases. This has been proved by an experience of thirty years during which time upwards of 40 ),000 cases of cure have been effected. The Hygeian agents throughout the world are unanimous upon the Ifyieian system of medicine introduzed by James Morison, the ilygeist. who not only taught the public how to cure their own ail ments, but also rescued the world from the dangers of false medical doctrines. The monument lately raised to his memory by a penny subscription sufficiently attests the importance of his discoveries. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.—Founded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no re commendation is required. During' the past month the following number received the benefits it this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal Week ending 7th November 2,154 Ditto 14th November.... • • 2.043 Ditto 21st November.... • • 1,972 Ditto 28th November...—. 2,309 9th and 30th November . • • . Total in 'November • • • 8,747 , f which 2,775 were new eases, the remainder (still under treat ment) having been admitted previously. _ _ The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the patients. 11,cavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. _ . The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual ;eneral Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman). to conduct the business, when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at dl times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed. but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, ; ohn Masterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Contts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Denison and Co.; Williams. Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber ners-street ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order. J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. FOR CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS, COUGH, ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, AND DEBILITY. DU BARRY'S delicious HEALTH-RESTOR ING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD saves fifty times its cost in' other remedies, and cures the above complaints and their consequences, such as hemorrhoidal affections, flatulency, disten sion, acidity, heartburn, palpitation of the heart, nervous headaches, hysteria, neuralgia, deafness, noises in the head and ears, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shouliers, erysipelas, erup tions of the skin, impurities and poverty of the blood, scrofula, dropsy, rheumatism, gout, nausea and sickness during pregnancy, after eating, or at sea ; low spirits, spasms, epileptic fits, spleen, general debility, inquietude, sleeplessness, involuntary blushing, paralysis, tremlrs, die ike to society, unfitness for study, loss of me mory, delusions, vertigo, blood to the head, exhaustion, melan choly, groundless fear, wretchedness. It is, moreover, the heat food for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion and nervous and mescular energy to the most enfeebled. Supported by testimonials from the celebra ted Professor of Chemistry Dr Andrew Ure, Dr. Shorland, Dr .Har vey, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. 'ngram, Lerd Stuart de Dccies, the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, and 50,00 P other well-known individuals, whose health has been restored by this useful and economical diet, after all other means had been tried in vain for many years, and all hopes of recovery aban loned. Analysis by the celebrated Professor of Chemistry Andrew tire, M.D., F.R.S., &c., &c. " London, 24, Bloomsbury-square. " I hereby certify, that having examined Da Barry's Revalenta Arabica I find ft to be a pure vegetable Farina, perfectly whole some, easily digestible, likely to promote a healthy action of the stomach and bowels, and thereby to counteract dyspepsia (Indiges tion) constipation, and their nervous consequences. 11 ANDREW TJa3, M.D., F.g.S., &c., Analytical Chemist." Ukase by the Emperor of Russia. " Russian Consulate General, London, Dec. 2,1847. " The Consul-General has been ordered to inform Messrs. Barry, Da Barry and Co., that the Revalenta Arabica they had sent to his Majesty the Emperor, has by imperial permission, been forwarded to the Minister of the Imperial Palace. Suitably packed for all climates, and with full instructions. In canisters, lib 2s 9d ; 21b 48 6ti ; 51b lls ; 121 b 22s ; super refilled ( panty, ilb6s ; 21b Ils ; 51b 20. s ; 101 b 335 The 101, and 121 b cants trsrrare forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. 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It gives copious instiVetions for the perfect re!noratien of those who are prevented liy impediments from entering into the married state, also showing the dreadful results from early abuse, gonorrhcea, onstru ir.r),cope, and syphilis, and the benenta arisi n g from the chemical tests Led and e t : l a:lunation of the spermatoza, by the author's newly'c with powerful lenses,—PiPcr and Co., 23, Paternoster ;►, and from all agents tor ti c e sale 'o i "Trieseniar .” THE AFFAIR AT CANTON.—L is akc,eried by "A Merchant" that Yeh, the Groveruor-General of Cantos, hag, in the short time during which he has bee n in office, beheaded no less than 70,000 human beings, LONDON 3 FRID AY EVEN IN a JAN UA_ Y 23, t t 517 TESTAMENTARY. JURIS.DICTION. A meeting of the Law Amendment Society was held on T, fond ay night to receive a report from the committee ap pointed to consider the Testamentary Bills of last session and Sir F. Kelly's letter to Lord Brougham, which we publiolied some weeks back. There was a large attendance of members, and Mr. Pitt Taylor read the report He said that Sir R. Bothell, as representing the Govern ment, Sir F. Kelly, as representing the Opposition, and Mr. Collier, as representing the independent members of Parliament, had all arrived at the conclusion that no effec tual scheme of law reform, as applicable to wills and in- testacios, could be carried out except by depriving the Ec clesiastical Courts of all jurisdiction in matters testamen tary, be ignoring the doctrine of bona notabilia, and by breaking down the monopoly of the doctors and proctors. The committee approved of these cardinal amendments of the law. They advanced no arguments in support of them, because no attempt had been mid° to question their po licy, and they 'considered it idle to parade proofs where judgment had virtually been allowed to go by default. "Bet the first point on which the promoters of the several bills of last session differed was as to the nature and the functions of the tribunal or tribunals to be henceforth in• trusted with testamentary jurisdiction. They all agreed that any Court on which testamentary jurisdiction was to be conferred should deal with wills of real as well as of personal estate. They all, too, recommended, though they differed in the details, that in certain cases probates and letters of administration should be granted by local tribunals. More over, the Attorney-General and Sir F. Kelly thought that the court of probate should construe the terms of all wills, adjudicate upon the rights of legatees, and administer the estates of deceased persons. On other matters far less unanimity prevailed. The Attorney-General seemed anxi ous that a new Queen's court should be established, which Should virtually be ari additional department of the Court of Chancery, and that a single judge should preside in this court, who would differ in little but the name from a Vice- Chancellor, who would deal with facts as well as law with out the intervention of a jury, and who would reply either on affidavits or on testimony reduced to writing behind bis back by the examiner. Sir F. Kelly, while recommending the establishment of a new court and the appointment of a single judge, proposed that this court should be a court of common law, examining the witnesses viva vocc, calling in the aid of juries when necessary, and adoptingpleadings and procedure which should vie in simplicity with the forms used in the County Courts. Mr. Collier contended that no new court should be established, but that the tes tamentary jurisdiction should be transferred, according to the amount of the prOperty to be dealt with, either to the courts of common law or the County Courts. The committee were not satisfied with any of these schemes. They thought Sir R. Bethell, in introducing into his court the system of procedure which prevails in courts of equity; had committed a fatal error. No doubt that system had been improved by recent legislation ; but still many of the rules of practice in Chancery, and espe cially those which related to pleadings and evidence, were highly defective, and the mode of examining witnesses was nearly as faulty as any that could be devised. These objec tions were sufficiently weighty to foster and to justify the continuing unpopularity of the Court of Chancery, and they furnished an unanswerable argument against any s c heme for extending its jurisdiction. They had, too, peculiar force when applied to testamentary causes, which generally tarn on questions of sanity, undue influence, or fraud, and require, beyond all other suits, to be dealt with by judges and jurors who have ample opportunity of watch ing the demeanour of witnesses. The ,committee objected to so much of Mr. Collier's plan as related to the courts of common law. They thought it very undesirable to impose on the 15 judges the duty of mastering a branch of .the law with some portions of which they are almost necessarily unfamiliar. They referred to that large and troublesome class of suits which turn on the doctrines applicable to the different grants of limited administration and the like. Tarte doctrines are not very abstruse, and able lawyers ini,ght,if ne cessary, soon make themselves acquainted with their de tails. but the judges, who have passed the mer idian of life, would probably not regard with much favour any scheme which would necessitate a departure from the beaten track of their ordinary duties, and convert them from adminis trators of the law into hearers of the law. Mr. Collier's plan was exposed to two other objections. First, the Chan cery Commissioners of 1854 had pointed out that " uni formity of practice is of essential importance in regard to the probate of wills ;" and this uniformity would not be promoted by the transfer of the business to three indepen dent courts of concurrent jurisdiction. Next, the com mittee foresaw great difficulty in framing any machinery for duly controlling the registrars employed in conducting the common form business, when once they were subjected to the interference of three separate tribunals. "No man can serve two masters," and the committee would not re commend that the registrars of wills should be called upon to serve three. Sir F. Kelly, in proposing the establishment of a separate court, had an obvious advantage over Mr. Collier, and by insisting that his court should be a court of common law he placed in strong relief the principal defect of the Attor ney General's measure. Thus far, then, his scheme was excellent ; but it was open to certain objections. First, his court was to consist of a single judge, who should enjoy the rank and receive the salary of a puisne judge. This arrangement was faulty. It was objectionable to increase the number of our common law judges. It was not always an easy matter to find 15 men of sufficient professional eminence to discharge the functions of a judge in a really creditable manner, and it would be inexpedient to aggravate this difficulty, unless a case of necessity were made out. But Sir Fitzroy had not established any such case. A strong impression, too, prevailed in the country that the common law judges had not sufficient employment to occupy their time, and a commission had been appointed to report on the expediency of diminishing their numbers. In the face of these facts the House of Commons would not be very willing to sanction the ap pointment of a sixteenth judge. Such a course was quite unnecessary. Instead of appointing a new judge for the court of probate, three of the existing puisne judges should constitute that court, one to be selected from the Court of Queen's Bench, another from the Court of Common Pleas, and the third from the Court of Exchequer. These judges would still continue to be members of their original courts, and when not sitting as a court of probate would transact business as ordinary common law judges. They would be appointed without additional salary, and when engaged in the court of probate the remaining judges would make arrangements for dispensing with their attendance in their respective courts. This plan presented several advantages. 1. It would save the salaries of a judge, secretary, usher, and trainbearer, which could not be less than 5,6001. a year, and this matter deserved attention, as the measure must cost the country dear in the shape of compensation. 2. The Fsubstitution of three judges for one would add to the authority of the Court, and would assimilate its pro ceedings to those of the other courts of common law. It would also remove an anomaly ; for, as all issues of fact in country causes arising out of disputed wills were to be sent for trial to the assizes, if the court of probate were to consist of one judge alone he would on every application for a new trial be required to review the conduct of other judges of co-ordinate or superior authority. 3. The plan would impose on the common law judges some additional labour, and thus tend to remove all cause for public dissatisfaction on the ground of the judicial staff being disproportionately large. No alarm need be felt lest by this arrangement the energies of the judges should be overtaxed; for, as a large portion of judicial business is during term transacted in b ;aim, the principal effect of employing one judge of each court in the disposal of testamentary causes would be to in troduce the practice of three judges sitting together, in stead of four—a practice which, although it would increase the responsibility, could add little to the labours of each juege, and would not impair the efficiency of the Court. 4. The plan proposed would neutralise an objection that has been urged in high quarters to the establishment of a new court of probate. The Lord Chancellor, in 1854, stated, on the authority of the Chancery Commissioners, that the Ecclesiastical Courts were not occupied more than 60 days annually in contentious business relating to wills ; and he then asked with much force, "how it could possibly be advisable to create a new tribunal, which would have no employment whatever 10 months in' the year." Now, by "creating anew tribuual," Lord Cron worth evidently meant "appointing a new judge," and in this light his reasoning was unanswerable; bat if the court were to consist, not of a new judge exclusively occupied in testamentary matters, but of three judges draughted from other courts, who when the court of probate had no business to transact, would be employed in their ordinary avocations, the whole argument crumbles to pieces. A fifth cogent reason for preferring the plan advocated by the committee to that of Sir Fitzroy Kelly was to be found in the same debate to which allusion had just been made. "La my opinion," said Lord Cron worth, "a minute division of labour in the higher depart ments of jurisprudence is highly inexpedient. Ido not be lieve that a man who never considers anyother subject will be as competent to determine a question of insanity, or of undue influence, as one who is in the habit of dealing with such subjects in common with other questions to which his judicial capacity is applied ; and so far from considering it to be an advantage that only a single class of cases should be submitted to each judge, I regard it in the li g ht o f a serious disadvantage." _ _ _ The plan of appointing some of the existing judges to sit as a separate tribunal and to deal with a particular class of cases was not a new idea. It had long formed a fundamental part of the Scottish system of judicature, and it had been successfully adopted in England under the provisions of the statute 3d and 4th William IV., cap. 41, in selecting the members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Nay, the same principle was recognised to some extent in our three superior courts of common law; for although in most legal matters the 15 judges exercise concurrent powers and perform similar functions, yet certain exclusive jurisdiction is vested in the Court of Queen's Bench with respect to crimes and parochial law, in the Court of Common Pleas with respect to the law of Parliamentary elections, and in the Court of Exchequer with respect to revenue causes. "Me plan proposed would probably not be opposed by the judges, as it would affect only three of them ; and if some slight honorary distinction, in the shape of _precedence or the like, were conferred on the members of the court of probate, the ablest of the puisne judges would gladly con sent to qualify themselves for the office. The second objection urged by the committee to Sir Fitzroy Kelly's scheme has reference to the proposal, which test he made in common with Sir Richard Bethel', that the now court of probate should also be a court of construction and a court of administration. Nearly one-half of the business atmen a testamentary transacted cau es by the itbe E r t q b u e i Equity terms J u d e g f e a s has will haverelation te b to e the estate or the rights of a legatee have to be defined, or of equity uprrseee'e procedure , u c s t e i r il s h aits t a a r t e e oeffa testator has to be administered. All these with the forms Fitzroyin jurisdiction, but he wishes to confer on hi s cour t— w hi c h is to be a co mmon law court,i employing common law pro ceduro—a s i m il ar j uris dietoThus, there w ou ld b e t wo independent tribu na l s of co-oz:(1in construction of wills an d the adaiiantl3st.raower, so far as the of deceased persons w ere concerned, andtion of the effects each would deal with the matters before it in a mode essentially mom that which was adopted by t h e ether different ent could be more unsatisfactory. the No arrange would do its work either bettor or worse than Courtaeev7 G °u o r t f chancery, or there would be no perceptible difference be. tween the two. If the work were done worse, the public would sustain a positive loss by the change ; if the work were done equally well, the only effect worthd bo that five highly salaried functionaries would despatch business which four can now despatch with ease; and if the work were done better the court of probate would be thronged and the Court of Chancery deserted, and the whole of our judicial machinery, so far as the courts of equity are con cerned, would be thrown out of gear. This objection did not extend to Sir R. Bethell's scheme; for, as in his court sn it s would be carried on through the medium of the usual forms of proceeding in equity, there would be no inconsistency in imposing on thejudge of that court several of the duties which now devolve on the ordi nary Vice-Chancellors. The scheme had other weak points in common with that which Sir F. Kelly advocated. Thus, both were open to the objection that, as the present staff 'of equity judges was amply sue:lent to keep down all ar rears in their courts, and as they now disposed of all questions of construction and suits for administration, it would be impossible to clothe another court with juris diction over these matters without diminishing the busi nos, and thus impairing the efficiency of the existing tri bunals. Moreover, the committee doubted the expediency • of conferring on any one superior court the separate powers of granting probates, construing wills, and administering estates, on the ground that the union of these separate functions in one court would afford a dangerous facility for needless litigation. The advice given by lawyers to their clients is not always disinterested, and it is notorious that much less persuason is required, to induce a man who is already involved in law to take ulterior steps in the cause than to commence legal proceedings de novo. If the court of probate were made a court of construction, so that an attorney might suggest to an executor that it would be prudent, on obtaining probate, to take the opinion of the court on some doubtful expression in the will, many frivo lous questions respecting alleged obscurities-would, for the mere sake of costs, be submitted t o j u di c i a l d ec i s ion, which under other circumstances, wo u ld nove rb ave been seri ously raised. -,OlKk" Sir F. Kelly's scheme was radically defective in another point. In common with the Attorney-General and Mr. Collier he recognises the necessity of conferring on certain district offices or courts a limited testamentary jurisdiction. But in selecting the districts he had committed a twofold error. First, he had proposed the establishment of only 32 offices—a number absurdly insufficient, as the country con tained 52 counties, and was divided into 60 County Court districts ; and next, he had been induced, apparently through the influence of the local proctors and registrars, to adopt subs'a ►tially the present diocesan districts, and this to fix his offices in most inconvenient localities. For instance, no office was vouchsafed to Liverpool, the second city in the kingdom, but every probate required by any one• of tier 255,000 inhabitants must be obtained either at Ches 7 ter or in London. Again, the West Riding of Yorkshire, containing a population not far short of a million and a half, had no court of probate nearer than York ; and the whole of the county of Derby was left dependent on the town of Nottingham. The people of Plymouth must travel more than 60 miles to Exeter ; the men of Bii • mingham and Wolverhampton must go to Lichfield ; and the inland town of Winchester must furnish probates and letters of administration for the 150,000 persons who re sided in Southampton, Portsmouth, and the Isle of Wight. Mr. Collier had originated a far wiser plan, which was, that the only tribunals to be entrusted with local testamen tary jurisdiction should be the County Courts. New local courts should not be created to administer so small a subdi vision of the law as that which relates to wills and intesta cies. The more courts are multiplied the less chance there is of securing anything like uniformity in decisions or proce dure. The creation of a court is alway s an expensive affair, as it entails not only the appointment of a judge and a com petent staff of officers, but the purchase or renting of a court house, with a registry. lorover, when two functiona ries in separate offices are partially engaged in transacting business which might be disposed of by one in a single office, each is unlikely to attain that efficiency which is the result of experience and practice. The work, in short, will be less well done, and the cost of doing it will be far heavier. On every ground it was desirable to intrust the County Courts with whatever testamentary business it might I , e thought desirable to have transacted in the country. The courts them selves were most conveniently situated for the despatch of local business. All the larger ones had good offices, and, what was of great importance when w ill s h a d to be registered, they possessed fireproof rooms for the pro tection of their records. The registrars had been selected in consequence of their known intelligence and integrity, and where the business of the courts was at all extensive they must be competent to perform the additional duties which would devolve upon them by the plan proposed. No doubt a little study and attention would be necessary at first, and some slight awkwardness might be felt at start ing ; but a very few weeks would render the officers fami liar with the routine, and, practically speaking, the system would work without any difficulty. The committee next proposed that the registrars of the County Coutts should act as district officers of the metro politan court with respect to all " common form " or non contentious business, where the estate of the deceased amounted to SOO/. They should entertain applications for probates or administrations, give directions respecting the production of documents or proofs and the preparation of affidavits, see that these directions were complied with, and transmit the papers to the court in London, in order that they might be finally examined by one of the principal re gistrars.— The actual pronate or administration should be granted by the metropolitan court, auk tha documents, when duly completed, should be returned to the local re gistrar, to be by him delivered to the proper parties. This arrangement would be productive of much benefit to the public, for it would enable executors and administrators to transact their business without the aid of an attorney, and would obviate the necessity of employing a London agent. The duties of the County Court registrars ought to be re stricted in the manner stated above—partly because this course would best insure .uniformity of practice, partly because errors would be more likely to be discovered when documents were subjected to a twofold examination; and partly because the seal of the metropolitan court would be far better known than that of any County Court, and con sequently any attempt to utter a forged probate would be more easily detected. Next, when the property of a deceased person is sworn under £3OO the County Court of the district in which he dwelt at the time of his death should be authorised to grant probate or administration, whether in a contentious or a non-contentious suit, and in all these cases the regis trar should transact the common form business, subject to the control of the judge in cases of difficulty. From a return published by the Chancery Commis sioners in 1854 it appears that, exclusive of the Prero gative Court of Canterbury and the courts of the Arch bishop of York, the annual grants of probates and adminis atrmatoiooontse, 3 rnd d oo wherea: average a g p e r property e t r h t ye three was years swornunder lBso, 1851 £ , 1852, to 8,947—a number sufficiently large to illustrate the value of any measure which would facilitate, simplify, and cheapen the proceedings required for obtaining the grants ; yet a number sufficiently small, when read in connection with the annual returns of deaths, to prove how ext ensively the annoyance, trouble, and expense consequent on the present testamentary system operate in deterring the per sonal representatives of deceased persons from perfecting their titles according to law. - - The committee further recommended that in cases under 3001. the County Courts should exercise all powers now vested in the Court of Chancery with reference to the in terpretation of wills and the determination of the rights of parties under them, and also with reference to the admi nistration of the estates of deceased persons. The metro politan court of probate should not be either a court of construction or a court of administration, because, under the existing law, the Court of Chancery interpreted wills and'administered estates in a tolerably satisfactory manner; but' we think that the County Courts should be clothed with these powers with respect to properties sworn under 3.101., because under the existing law there was practically no court which could deal with such matters. The Court of Chancery was only open to those who " put money in their purse," and no man of ordinary prudence would seek for the decision of a Vice-Chancellor, with a possible appeal to the Lords Justices and the House of Lords, on a ques tion involving l ess th an 3001. M oreo ver, such a course would affoel no dangerous facility for promoting aitigation —for the fees to which professional men are entitled in the County Courts were not sufficiently large to tempt them to advise unnecessary proceedings for the sake of costs. The committee did not recommend that all the 500 courts established in 1846 should exercise the powers of a court of probate. In many of these courts the business trap. sacted was extremely small, and the registrars had scarcely sufficient official experience to justify their employment in matters relating to wills and intestacies. More over; the courthouses and offices were inconvenient, and no proper fireproof registries had been provided for them. It was therefore proposed that the experiment should be tried with about one-third of the courts, the Treasury being authorised to add to their numbers or to vary their localities, in accordance with public conveni ence. Every court disposing of more than 1,000 plaints an nually ought to be intrusted with testamentary jurisdic tion, and the last county court returns showed that in 1855 107 courts were included in this category, 60 or 70 more courts might be judiciously selected for the experiment, retard being had to their accessibility with respect to neighbouring towns ; and the districts of the remaining courts should, for testamentary Purposes, be attached to the selected courts in such manner as might be thought most desirable. The county court judges could on this sub ject furnish the best information, if the attention of each was directed to the requirements of his own immediate circuit. _ . -. We — committee declined to express their views on the subject of compensation, which would no doubt be dealt with by the House of Commons in a liberal, but not a lavish, spirit. They, however, drew attention to two enact ments, with which the public are probably not very fami liar, viz.:—the act of the 6th and 7th William IV. c. 77, s. 25, andFlOth and 11 th of Victoria, c. 98, e . 9 ; and they pointed out that under these provisions no officer of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury can claim compensation if his appointment dates subsequently to the 22d of July, 1847; and the claim to compensation is barred with respect to the officers of all other ecclesiastical courts unless they have been appointed prior to the 13th of August, 183 , 3. In these cases no compensation might be granted as a matter of favour, but it, could not be demanded as a matter of right. Mr. Taylor then moved that it would be expedient 1. That no Ecclesiastical, Peculiar, or Manorial Court should exercise any jurisdiction in matters of testamentary. 2. That a new metropolitan court of probate and admi nistration should be established. 3. That such court should rank as one of her Majesty's superior courts of record. 4. That in such court barristers as well as advocates and attorneys, as well as proctors, should practise. 5. That the staff of such court should consist of three judges, three registrars, and other inferior officers. 6. That her Majesty should appoint by sign -manual, and without additional salary, one puisne judge of each of the three courts of common law to constitute such court. 7. That wherever such court should be sitting, the re maining judges of the common law courts should make arrangements for dispensing with the attendance of its membersin their respective courts. • S. That such court should adopt, as far as possible, common law procedure, but without formal pleadings. 9. That issues of fact raised in such court should be tried by a jury, unless the decision of thejudge were preferred. N. That in every such issue the evidence of the wit hones should be taken VIN VOCC in the presence of the jury • or judge, except in cases where commissions would be now granted in an ordinary action at law. 11. That all country caustes brought in Ruch court should, in the ovont of any fact being disputed, be transmitted for trial at the assizes. 12. That all town causes brought in such conrt should, in the event of any fact being disputed, be transmitted for trial at the Nisi Prins sittings in London or Mi , idlesex. 13. That wher o i ssues of fact shall have been decided under Dither of the last two resolutions all applications for new trials should be made to such court. 14. That the registrars of such court should deal with all a s i c m ts p a l e h o m u a h t b e r e s relatingsubjectt o t o the e o m s u m p o e n form ryis business, ionof th e e 0 u but rt. their 15. That all such matters as now form the subject of mo tions in the courts of probate should be capable of being heard by a single judge of the new court, sitting in open court, but such judge should bo empowered to refer any subject brought before him to the full court. 16. That an appeal should lio on-all questions of law to tbe'Exchequer Chamber and to the house of Lords. 17. That such court should, besides exercising the ordinary jurisdiction of a court of probate,'be empowered to grant probates of wills relating to real estate. 13. That each court should appoint real represontatives. 19. That such court should grant certificates of intes tacy with respect to real property. 20. That such court should not be a court of construc tion or a court of administration, and should not interfere with the existing jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery. 21. That when the property of a deceased person shall be of the value of 3001. or upwards, application for probate or administration in common form should be capable of being made to the'registrar of a County Court. 22. That when any such application shall be made the County Court registrar should furnish the proper informa tion to the applicant, and should examine and take charge of the documents, and should transmit them, to the metro politan court to be finally examined and completed by one of the registrars of that court. _ _ 23. That when the properly of a deceased person can be sworn under3oo/. the County Court should be empowered to grant probate and administration, wheth©r in common form or in contentious suits. 24. That in all such cases the registrar of the County Court should despatch tho common form business, subject to the control of the judge in cases of difficulty. 21 That an appeal in matters of law should lie from the County Court to the metropolitan court, but the decision of that court should be final. 26. That all parties desirous of obtaining probate or ad ministration should have the option of applying to the me tropolitan court, whatever be the amount of the property. 27. That all applications under Res. 21 or 23 should be made at the County Court of the district in which the de ceased shall have dwelt at the time of his death. 28 That when the deceased shall have had no place of residence within any County Court District the application should be made to the metropolitan court. 29. That about 170 County Courts should be intrusted in the first instance with testamentaryjurisdiction, includ ing about 110 courts in which more than 1,000 plaints were entered during last year, and about 60 additional courts to be selected on account of their convenient locality. 30. That irtedisrrictaof the remaining 330 courts should, for testamentary purposes, be attached to the above 170 courts in such manner as the Treasury should direct. 31. That the Treasury should be empowered to vary from time to time the number and locality of County Courts intrusted with testamentary jurisdiction. 32. That the Treasury should be empowered to appoint, if necessary, an additional testamentary registrar in each of the 10 or 12 County Courts whine the annual number of plaints exceeds 10,000. 33. That such additional registrar should be selected, if possible, from the present ecclesiastical registrars. 3t. That probates and administrations granted by the County Courts should extend to all the personal property of the deceased, wherever situate, and should be recognised as of binding authority in all parts of England and Wales. 35. That wills relating to property sworn under 300'. should be deposited in the registry of the County Court by which probate shall have been granted. 36. That certified copies of all such wills should be de posited in the registry of the metropolitan court. 37. That all other wills should be deposited iu the regis try of the metropolitan court, and that certified copies thereof should be deposited in the registry of the County Court of the district in which the testator shall have dwelt at the time of his death. 38. That all County Courts authorised to grant probates should also be courts of construction and administration, and should, when the property is less than 3001., exercise 411 powers now vested in the Court of Chancery with refe rence to wills, or the rights of parties under them, or the administration of the estates of deceased persons. 39. That in all such cases an appeal on any question of law or equity shall lie from the County Court to the Mas ter of the Rolls, or one of the Vice-Chancellors, but the decision of such superior judge should bo final. It was moved by Mr. COLLIER, M.P., that the report be received and printed, and be taken into consideration on Monday, the 9th of February. After some discussion the motion was carried, and the society adjourned. EXPERIMENTS AT MESSRS. DRAY AND CO.'S BEET-ROOT DISTILLERY, FARNINGHAM. Three Examiners of her Majesty's Excise are at this time in attendance at Farningham, near Dartford, in the county of Kent, superintetill ing a beet root and man gold wurtzel distillery, erected by permission for experi mental purposes by Mes.rs William Dray and Co., of Swan-lane, London, on Mr. Dray's farm at Farningham, At this distillery the advantages of agricultural distille ries will be largely and amply tested. Mr. Dray is feeding some hundred sheep and a number of bullocks on the residues of beet after distillation—a system which has been pursued with great success on the Continent. Two millions sterling in value of beet root spirits were distilled in France last year, while in 1853 only twenty thousand pounds' worth was distilled. There is a pecu liarity in the system: pursued at Farningham, which is so contrary to all received notions on the subject that we will describe it. Instead of macerating the beet and distilling the wort, the beet root is cut into long thin strips, one inch wide by an eighth of an inch thick, by means of a cutter, cutting three quarters of a ton in half an hour. It is then placed in vats, containing three quarters of a ton each, and 300 gallons of a wort formed by macdrating a certain quantity of beet at the com mencement of the operations, and which wort is used for the same purpose during the distilling months, which are from Sept. 15 to April 15 in France, and from Oct. 1 to May 1 in Belgium and Germany, for during these months the beet and mangold-wutrzel are in the best state for distillation. After the slices are placed in the fermenting vats, about a quart of sulphuric acid is added to each vat. Fermentation sets in rapidly, and in 24 hours the slices are in a fit state for distillation. They are then withdrawn from the vats, and placed in upright cylinders of iron in Mr. Dray's distillery, which is cal culated to distil five tons of roots in the 24 hours. The cylinders are six feet high and two fbet in diameter. The slices are placed upon diaphragms, or plates of iron pierced with holes, ten in each cylinder. The cylinders are then hermetically closed, a current of steam is let into the bottom of No. 1, and in three-quarters of an hour a raw spirit resembling small still whisky is pro duced at proof. This spirit is allowed to run over till it falls to 20 under proof, when the steam is conducted from No. 1 into No. 2 cylinder, the escape of the alco holic vapour being shut off. Thus the slices in- No. 1 cylinder are completely deprived of their alcoholic matter by continuing the current of steam through them, and carrying it on into No. 2. In three-quarters of an hour the escape-pipe for cotducting the aloe holic vapour from No. 2 to the worm being open, No. 2 begins to run off at 20 over proof, is again allowed to run down to 20 under ? when the escape-pipe is again shut, and the steam from No. 2 conducted into No. 3. In three-quarters of an hour the spirit again runs off from No. 3. In the meantime No. 1 has been emptied of the slices and refilled, and the steam from No. 3 is allowed to enter No. 1. The spirit is collected into casks, and in the French distilleries is passed through a rectifying still ordinarily on two days of the week, and the produce is a perfectly neutral spirit of any required strength. We see by the foreign news that the spirit is in greater request in Franca than the grain spirits. This industry has caused a complete revolution in farming in France. In the districts of Valenciennes and St. Quen tin, where it most prevails, the number- of bullocks fattened has increased from 11,000 to 17,000, and the sheep fattened from 70,000 to 140,000. The amount of corn sown has also nearly doubled. As this production of food for cattle has greatly increased the production of manure it has caused its usual result, a greater produc tion of corn. Mr. Dray has kindly offered to allow persons to inspect his distillery on obtaining a card at his warehouses is Swan-lane, and the director will g ive every information which can be desired.—Civil Service Gazette. EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIMENTS BY THE PATENT TIMBER BENDING COMPANY . OnTuesday afternoon some experiments on a somewhat gigantic scale, as fir as regards the bending of timber for almost every useful purpose, from the turning of a common umbrella stick to the massive knee of one of the greatest ships in the Royal navy, took place in the premises of Messrs. Collings and Co., Bridge-road, Lambeth. The experiments were carried out principally to convince the Goveremont that an immense saving might be obtained to the country by the adoption of the new mode of banding into a permanently set form every kind of wood into any shape. Amongst those present were the Hon. Admiral Best, Admiral Sharpe, Captain Carnac, R.N., Capt. Edmunds, R.M., Capt. Mackinnon, and several others. The experiments appeared to strike astonishment into the minds of all present. One experi ment consisted of a small specimen of oak, which was quickly bent into the form of a hoop, which was after• wards straightened and eventually turned inside out. The third experiment consisted of a large oak ship's floor timber, 12 inches by 8, which was, in the space of a quarter of an hour, bent into a right angle. From the opinion expressed by several of the scientific gentlemen present, it would appear that in the space of two or three years the present system of cutting away the wood to form curves, by which so much of the material is wasted, will be abolished by the invention. The cost of curved wood consumed in the British islands under the present method of supply in its natural condition amounts to at least 5,000,0001. sterling per annum, which is partially occasioned by the deplorable waste inherent in that method, as adopted in all trades re• quiring curved forms in wood. The new process of bending timber will reduoe the cost of ships of all sizes 25 per cent., and greatly increase their strength and durability, avoiding the necessity for using cross-grained wood. The experimenti appeared to give general satis• faction, and the company separated after expressing i their approbation of the invention. Navel anJ Military Intelligence. • Yesterday Sir Colin Campbell, Inspector of Infantry, paid a visit to the camp at Colchester, for the purpose of inspection. the internal arrangements of the camp, and ascertaining the efficiency of the various depots forming the garrison. 'rile troops at present quartered in that neighbourhood aro formed into three battalions, com prising the depots of 12 regiments, and numbering nearly 3,000 men. . Sir Colin Campbell, having spent consi derable time in the inspection of the books of each bat• talion, proceeded to the examination of the accoutrements and kits of the men, who were called out in heavy marching order, and expressed his satisfaction at the cean and soldierly appearance of the men. The general opinion is that during the ensuing spring at lcait 10,000 men, including the militia regiments, will occupy this camp, One hundred and seventy-eight non-commissioned officers and men were yesterday discharged at Chaplain. The naval ship building at Pembroke dockyard is still rapidly proceeding, and there are now abont 2,000 per sons employed in the yard. Among the vessels on the stocks and under completion the fine screw-frigate Doris is the most forward, and it is expected she will be ready for launching about April next. She is pierced for 32 nuns, and is sister ship to th e Di a d em , l aunc h e d some time since. The leviathan screw line-of-battle ship Howe is also in shape, and will no doubt be ready to be removed from the stocks before the present year closes. The keel of a new screw-ship has lately been laid down, the length of which, from cutwater to stern, is 300 feet. Teis vessel when completed will be about 360 feet over all, and will be the longest in the English navy. The Winchor Castle, 116, sailing-ship, still retains her old berth Upon the stocks where she was built come eight years since. We under• stand it is in contemplation to cunvert her into a screw vessel as soon as the Melpomene, 501un frigate, under going a similar process, is if - Completed.. The Revenge, 91, now building, is in a forward state. The Doris is an exceedingly handsome vessel, and will be fitted with the heaviest guns in the English naval service. Several new storehouses are being erected within the dock walls, and many of the old slips have been lengthened several feet towards the sea. The graving dock is also undergoing considerable extension. The Simoom, 18, steam troopship, Commander Cooke, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning, and anchored at Spithead to take in powder, &c., before proceeding to embark troops. The Sprightly and Comet, steam vessels, were reported to be going from Portsmouth t 3 the scene of the wreck of the mail ship Tyne yesterday evening, to render as. bistance. On the application of Col. H. Sandham ' commanding the Royal Engineers' establishment at Chatham, the authorities have accorded permission for the troops be longing to the Royal Engineers to continue their opera tions in destroying old Rochester-bridge. The Iris, 26, Captain W. Loring, C. 8., fitting at Chatham for the Australian service, is to go into dock for the purpose of making good her defects. In consequence of the frequent acts of robbery which have recently taken place at Woolwich by ruffians in the uniform of soldiers of the Royal Artillery, Major- General Sir W. F. Williams, commandant of the garri son, issued an order to assemble the whole of the regi , merit on parade in front of head-quarters. The com mandant, accompanied by his staff and a number of field officers on horseback, accordingly arrived on the ground at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, where the entire reg,ment had been previously drawn up, and formed three sides of a square, the b attalions composing the centre rank in one continuous column. The Royal Horse Artillery, dismouute3, occupied the right face, and the field battalions the left. The General first ap proached the batteries, and in an energetic and elaborate address informed them how much he regretted the disgraceful occurrences which had taken place, and for which reason he had called them together, in order to express his indignation and disgust. One of the instances to which we would refer was committed on ae officer of high standing and deserved estimation in their own roe met,t. He assured them he was fully certain that his disgust at these outrages was appreciated by the entire regiment, as the pride and honour of the British soldier was deeply wounded therein ; and he felt confident that the majority of those present felt as much disgust as him self. Among so large a body of men he could not, natu rally, depend on the integrity of every individual. Their character, however, as a body, had been much lauded in his presence on various occasions, and from his own per sonal experience he believed from his heart they deserved every word of it. He exhorted them to endeavour te check any evil habits which the better disposed might at any time perceive in any of their comrades, and made sundry remarks on the conduct of the men generally. The General afterwards advanced towards the Royal Horse Artillery and the field batteries, had addressed them separately in a similar manner, after which they tiefiled and returned to quarters. The freightship Priscilla went down to Woolwich yes- ' terday morning, laden witheMnance atoms, and shipped 90 quarter barrels (21 tons) of ball cartridges and percus sion caps; and sailed in the evening for Cape Coast Castle. The freightship Foster likewise arrived yesterday morning at Woolwich, and, having shipped five tons of powder, sailed for Demerara. Thefreighthip Challenge is engaged shipping clothing, and will embark 354 quarter barrels of ammunition, fur Gibraltar. The treightship Vesta has taken in a cargo of gun. carriages, and sailed for Woolwich to fill her magazine with powder and ammunition, for Rio Janeiro. Instructions have been received at Woolwich, order ing a reduction of the Government establishments there in general. All acting appointments made during the war are to be abolished, and extra clerks to be di,charged on or before the 31st instant. 250 labourers are to be dismis.ed from the factory department of the dockyard, and GO have received notice to leave at the end of the month from the storekeeper's department of the Arsenal. The Amphion, 36, screw steam frigate, Captain Henry Chads, is under Admiralty orders to be paid off at Sheerness on the 6th of February next. The new screw steam frigate Emerald, 50, and 600 horse power, made her official trial yesterday between the Nore Lightvessel and the Mouse Lightvessel, i❑ charge of Mr. John Jackson, assistant master attendant of the dockyard at Sheerness, and was under way for about eight hours. She is a very fine frigate, of 2,913 tens, O.M. ; length between perpendiculars, 237 ; ex treme breadth, 52 feet 6 inches, and was built at Dept• lord under the superintendence of Mr. Chatfield, master shipwright of that yard. Her draught of water was for ward 18 feet, aft 19 feet 10 inches, and her speed by patent log and observation was 12 knots. Her engines are on the horizontal direct acting principle. The weather, though calm, was so hazy as to render the na vigation exceedingly difficult at so high a speed, but her steering qualities are admirable. [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD. SOCIETY OF ARTS. At a meeting of the Society of Arts, held yesterday, T. M. Weguelin, Esq., Governor of the Bank of Eng laud, in the chair, The paper read was—" On Central America, and the Proposed Honduraq Inter-oceanic Railway," by Mr. E. G. Squier. The attention of the meeting was first drawn to the peculiarly advantageous geographical position of Central America, which, in fact, almost realises the ancient idea of " the centre of the world." Mr. Squier drew attention to the fact that certain points where the continent is most contracted in width are coincident with those where the great mountain chain of the Cordilleras is greatly depressed, or entirely interrupted, thus afford ing facilities for those ways of communication between the ocean.; which have become among the desiderata of modern times. Ever since the discovery of America by Columbus the short and ea , y passage to the Indies bad been eagerly sought for, but geographical research early demonstrated that to this the American continent presenti an unbroken barrier. From this period the daring of man began to contemplate the Titanic enter prise of cutting through the continent, and opening an artificial water communication between the two oceans. But the engineering science of that day was unequal to the task, and for all the purposes of rapid communication the Monarchs of Spain depended upon those roads across the continent which their inability to convert it into canals had compelled them to accept, the principal traffic being across the Isthmus of Panama. As early as the year 1556, however, the insalubrity and other disadvantages of this route led to the p r esentation of memorials aga i ns t it t o th e Ki ng of Spain, which led to a complete examination of, and repo rt favourahle enz. upon the Hondu ra s ro ut e , by Antonelli, the first neer of that day. Mr. Squier then proceeded to that while occupying the position of diplomatic P e re w ae a ll; tative of the - United States in Central America, re he route for an inter-oceanic railway,eaother gentlemen, he led to the impression of the feasibility soofmtehetinmoenadfutrears wards, in conjunction with some rangesof the o f country. mountainslt is proceeded traversed tno various f careful examination rentons o which is base y of the Cordilleras, the taro, is east by south ; but after radiating from the common it turns due north, forming general passing the course pla n o of f 0 the Montecillas. At thceaeransatyeargnubcsaenoaf t f h ro e m Montecillas lies the plain of extending range due north is the valley of Humuya, and from it also ex tending due south is the valley of the Rio Joascoran, altogether c onstituting a great tranverse va ll ey, reach i ng from sea to sea. It is this plain and its dependent valley, constituting a natural cut through the Cordilleras, which afford the avenue necessary for the construction of the proposed Honduras Inter-oceanic Railway. The line of the proposed work commences at Puerto Caballos, on the Bay of Honduras, in lat. 15 49 N, and long. 87 57 W., and runs nearly due south across the continent to the Bay of Fonseca, on the Pacific, in lat. 13 21 N., and long. 87 35 W. Its total length from anchorage to anchorage, is 148 geographical miles, equal to about 161 statute miles. It lies wholly in the State of Honduras. The advantages of the ports at the extremities of the proposed lines were then considered. Puerto Caballos being described as a good harbour, of great Cl - sufficient depth of water, and easy of [en trance and exit ; while the Bay of Fonseca had been justly spoken of as a constellation of ports. The proposed line does not present any serious engineering difficulties, no where involving a gradient of more than 09 to 80 feet to the mile. A certain supply of the ne• [ j. /1 r, j/~ 7ZZ canary labour may be depended upon from the Ideal population, and the climate is such that foreign labour may be employed, if desirable. Mr. then touched upon the various resources •-•f the country that would be developed by the propciath railaav, particularly th , -) silver mines, which are unstuTa , se , l 4 in the natount and richness of their ores. 'lnc relativa advantages of a rail vray and a canal were then diecaseed, and mime in teresting statistics •of the wininerce of the Pacific were given. The saving, both of time and distance, which this line would afford over the Panama and other routes is considerable, as well as the advantages that would probably, be ultimately afforded for the transmission of intelligence. After speaking of the favourable terms upon which the charter bad been granted by the Bever ment of Honduras, Mr. Squier concluded by congratu lating the society upon the probable happy solution of those differences in respect to Central America that have so long disturbed the friendly relations between the United States and Great Britain. A discuskiion ensued, in which Arr. Tielawny Saun• ders and Mr. Thomas ‘Velmter, F.R S., took part. LONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION. A. half-yearly court of this associaton was held on Wednesday at its offices, 81, King William street, City, Mr. C. FRANKS, chairman of the directors, presiding. The auditors' report showed that the balance in hand on the I,t of July last was 7,9891. ; the dividends re ct ivcd upon funded property of the association amounted to 14,2471. ; interest on money advanced on mortgage and policies 45,5621. ; premiums on assurances of -mem bers, first series, after allowing 74 per cent, reduction to those entitled thereto, 65,6051. ; premiums on 79 policies, as. uring 105,1901. ou the lives of members since June last, second series, 4,003/. ; premiums on assurances of persons not member,, 2,8561. ; repayment of money advanced on mortgage and policies, 33,833/. ; sale of 15,0001. Consolidated Three per Cent. Annuities, 14,0151.; sale of 10,0001. Exchequer Bands, 10,084/. ; and other items, snaking up a total of receipts, 198,733/. On the other side of the account were the following payments : In discharge of claims on 50 policies, 69,950/, ; purchase of 11 policies, assuring 16,9001„ 6,333/. ; adv ance d on mortgage, 33 , 000/. ; advanced on policies of the asso ciation, 17,5001. ; fees to directors and auditors, 1,106/. ; salaries to the officers of the establishment and medical officers, 1,1201.; pension to Mr. Brooke, 250/. ; ground rent, law expenses' parochial rates, stationery, &c., 894/. ; income tax , 3,791/. ; and pur chase of 50,0001. Exchequer bonds, 50,775/. ; there was a balance left on the 31st of December amounting to 13,827/. The following account was given of the amount of funded property and other assets of the association on the 31st December, 1856 ; Consolidated Three per Cent. Annuities, 12,000/. ; Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities, 62,000/. ; New Tbree per Cent. Annuities, 55,000/. ; Exchequer Th ree an d a H alf per Cent. Bonds, 165,000/. ; Bank Stock, 60,000/. ; Canada debentures, 100,0001. ; advanced on mortgage, 1,843,898/. ' • advanced on policies o f th e association, 238,5051. ; Government annuities for terms of years, 9,000/. ; deduct for re-investment on account of prin cipal, 7,986/. The annual income derived from the above in the shape of annual dividends and interest on mortgages was 112,3661. The gross amonnt of annual premiums on 4,941 existing policies was £15,0271. There was interest now due on money advanced on mortgage and policies, 9,1891. The house, furniture, and fixtures in King William-street were valued at 15,839/. _ _ _ The accounts were audited by Messrs. Allnutt, J. H. Anderdon, Tyrrell, and Corrie. Mr. BAXTER said he did not wish to question the accuracy of the accounts in any way ; but he thought that, on submitting such a report, further information should be given to the proprietors. Every one present was aware of the want of harmony which had recently prevailed, on account of the disposition of their surplus by the directors. That question had been settled by a ballot, and he thought it exceedingly desirable that every member should be made acquainted with the prac- tical results of that decision. (Hear, hear.) What he wished, therefore, was that the actuary should be asked to give returns, with as little delay as practicable—fint, of the amount of premium paid in by every member, with compound interest ; secondly, of the value of the benefit, calculated upon the probabilities of life, which stood to his credit in the books of the society, from the adoption of the rule of Jan. 26, 1856, regulating the re duction of the premiums ; 311 y, of the value of the advan- tages which they would have derived if the rule proposed by him (Mr. Baxtei), carried by a show of hands, and afterwards negatived upon a ball o t, hail been carried out. He should move this as an addition while moving the adoption of the report. Toe CHAIRMAN said he did not see how such a resole- Lion could be carried out. Mr. BAXTER said that under the resolution of last year, every old member would have a reduction of 10 per cent. on his premiums, below those paid by mem. hers going after January, 1856, and it was exceedingly desirable to know how this affected members indivi• dually. He admitted that it might involve considerable labour to do what he desired ; but he thought that nei. ther labour nor expense should be spared to impart valuable information to the members. (Hear.) He should therefore persist in his motion. _ _ Dr. WEBSTER seconded the motion, which he regarded as one of peace. The late change by the act of the ballot might seem to be equal, but nevertheless members might have recourse to a different mode of opposition if they chose, and a Court of Chancery might in such a ease decide against the directors with regard to the distribu tion of the surplus, which be thought the directors now at all events admitted there was. The CHAIRMAN said there was no such surplus, bat at the same time he was sure be, with all the directors, was anxious to impart all possible information to the members. He, however, suggested that it was pursuing an inconvenient course to combine such a motion with one for the adoption of the auditors' report, and that it would be better to consider them separately. Mr. BAXTER agreed to this ; and the report having been ordered to be entered on the accounts of the society, Mr. Baxter's resolutions were considered as a substantive motion. The CHAIRMAN urged various objections to their adop tion, upon the ground that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to furnish the returns as desired ; and that, if po.s,ble, it would only revive recent dissensions to do as Mr. Ba \ter desired. The discussion terminated in the rejection of Mr. Baxter's motion by a large majority. The CHAIRMAN then submitted a resolution to alter the standing orders, for making out the annual general account, and to provide that, in stating the credit side of the account, the amount of capital then held by the society shall be ascertained by taking the value of the funded property, Bank Stock, and East India Stock belonging to the society at such sums or prices as shall be equal to five pounds per cent. under the mean of the highest and lowest prices of the same stocks respectively which shall have prevailed during each of the three years next preceding the year in which such valuation shall be made. Various modifications were suggested, but the resolu- tion was adopted intact. A veto of thanks to the chairman closed the pro- ceedings. OPENING OF THE RAILWAY BET WEEN YEOVIL AND WEYMOUTH. On Tuesday the section of the Wilts and Somerset line between Yeovil and Weymouth was opened for public traffic. The line between Yeovil and Weymouth is 274 miles long. It contains 4 tunnels, gradients of lin 50, and a curve with a radius of 25 chains. The strength of engines was fully tested by an incline of 1 in 50, corn. tnencing at Winterhays, near Yetminster, and °outing. ing for three miles up to Holywell. Mere occurs the notorious tunnel which has given rise to so many rumours throughout the last eight years. It runs for 220 yards through a loose green sand, filled with springs, which were continually deluging the works, and giving rise to rumours that the tunnel had become impassable—had fallen in—that the line would never be finished, &c. However, by a liberal use of draining pipes in all d rec. tions, the water has been turned away from the tunnel, and the stone and brick casing is considered substan tial. The tunnel has, besides its other unpleasant associations, the inconvenience of being in a curve, but as it is near to the Evershot station the spee d of th trains will never be excessive. It is said tha t this piece d but the compan cheaperof work jobalone hasht havecost lbseoe,noool., made and if a n that ope a n c b u e t t t t i e n r g and in• stead of a tunnel had been forme ; y largest tunnel h em arrangementsto undertake with an arrow, through a anda noble executel a ts n de anotherd t hithis tunnel uu proprietor nn nr ee ;B ei: r p ya e a rt l compelled iv d e work. At Frampton tunnel No. 3, strong chalkcl nagl k, and at rna a d : len ß r . Ridgway tg i n s hretY t r h ea.l e ss longest a substantial piece of work, but approached in either way by a strong incline of lin 49. There are s t at i ons at Yetminster, Evershot, Maiden Newsptoenci,all'lrya,mbpetinogn,aDor chester, and Weymouth. The two l as t h andsome and co nsiderable stations—the latter, especially, niature copy of the Great Paddington terminus, and calculated for a far larger amount of business than one would suppose Weymouth capable of producing. The country through which the line runs is not by any means uninteresting. The " Dorsetshire Downs " are seen under very advantageous aspects—here and there especially about Frampton, Maiden Newton, and Dor cheater, relieved by our far-famed water-meadows, in which a lux ur i an t her b age presents itself to the passen ger's eye. After emerging from the Frampton tunnel this' feature is to be observed in perfection, and the view to the east of the line presents a picturesque piece of scenery. We understand that either on Tuesday or Wednesday next the Common Council will invite the di. rectors of both the Great Western and South Western Railways to a grand public dinner.—Aerborne Journal. EDINBURGH, PERTH, AND DUNDEE AND SCOTTISH CEN TRAL RAILWAYS.—Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 18, 1857 £5,971 17 5 Corresponding week last year 5,954 9 3 On Wednesday Mr. Wakley held an inquest upon the body of an infant who was suffocated by being shut up in a folding bedstead. A verdict of accidental death was returned. TREATMENT OF A TICKET-OF-LEAVE MAN.—A man named John Knight, who was convicted at the adjourned sessions, November, 1852, of stealing a smock-frock, &c., at Berden, and sentenced to seven years' transpor tation, obtained au order of release on the 14th of Jan. last for good conduct ; he was re-committed to gaol for damaging an ash tree at Berden on the 20th December last, and sentenced to pay 9s. 2d., or one calendar month's hard labour in default. The particulars of his case were duly reported to the Some-office, and the Secretary of State having revoked Knight's order of release, he was yesterday conveyed to the Stirling 'Castle hulk at Portsmouth, by a Bow.street officer.- 7 Essys fkrald A7'- . : + l / 4 ,.. - ,i ocu vi „ & qtr: ~ ~~ `.:J !~'~t ~' ~~ ,JJJ ~~755 j G-ENER AL TOM THUMB, the AMERICAN DITA It F.—C rowded Houses.—Patronised thirteen years ago by her Majesty, H.K.H. Prince Albert, H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, gre.. &c. Exhibiting every day and evening, Previous to visiting Russia, in Regent Gallery, t 9, Quadrant, from 11 to I, 3 to 5, and 7 to 9 o'clock. He is beautifully proportioned, and the small es t man alive. Ms performances are remarkably talented and enchanting. New Characters, Costumes, Songs, Dances, Statues, &c. The General continues to wait on the nobility and gentry, at their residences, on due notice. His miniature equipage Promena les the streets daily. 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