The Sun. — London, England, 1857-02-06 00:00:00

MR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, BADEN, up the RHINE. and PARIS, is NOW OPEN EVERY EVENING (except Saturday) at 8 o'clock.--Stolle, ::s Area, 2a. ; gallery, Is. Stalls can be secured at the box office, Egyptian Ilall, Piccadilly, every day between eleven mil four, with " any extra charge. The Morning Representations take place every Tuesday and Saturday, at Three o'clock. 111 R .wi . W th ;Te S w . cWO3t.OO.D.InNa various elotifesOvlrcall,TnalEChS,l ra de r.s.e every evening (except Faturday) at Eight A 9 1 0- - PERFORMANCE every S A.TURDAY, at Three. Private Boxes and Stalls may , be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-office, olyetaphle-hall, King William-street, Charing-cross. The hall has been entirely redecorated. ARGYIA, ROOMS.-L AIIRENT'S CAS I NO, Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above clegan Rooms are now open every evening for the winte r season, with Lament'so celebrated Orchestra. Principal C ornet-a- p iston, M. a, l 'l e ° urt • The Proprietor begs to in form the p ublic that this onable place of resort has been entirely redecorated during the recess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis sion o ne ~„„ ....unit. -..- -1)R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4. Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen 01117),, front lb till 10, containing upwards of one thousand models "" preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in health and disease, the race of men, &c Lectures delivered at 12. ?! 4, and half-past 7. by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and 1141 7-interesting series of Lectures Is now in course of delivery by Dr . Aim at a quarter ptst 8 p.m. precisely. Admission , One Shilling. Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan (Watts). WEST .HAM DISTILLERY COMPANY. Limitd.) NOTICE IS lIERERY GI ( VEV, e That the works of the above Distillery being near completion, the Directory will be open to re ceive orders for PLAIN SPIRIT to be supplied in February. Due notice will be sent round to the trade. Distillery, West Ham, 31st JanuaryHTM, 1 0 8 47AS WEBB, Manager. ART -UNION OF LONDON. (B y Royal Charter.)—Prizeholders select for themselves from the public exhibitions. Every Subscriber of ONE GUINEA will have, besides the chance of a Prize TWO PRINTS —" THE CLEMENCY ofaE UR DE-LION," by 11. C. Shenton, from the Historical Picture by Jno. Cross, which gained the Government premium of 3001 ; and "THE PIPER," by E. Goodall, after F. Goodall, A R.A. GEORGE GODWIN, Honorary 444, West St ean d , 1 4th January, LEWIS POCOCK, J Secretaries. 1857. GREAT -WESTERN RAILWAY.- NOFICE IS HZREBY GIVEN, That the next HALF YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Com- Voy Will be held in L on d on , pursuan t t o ac t o f P ar li amen t, a t th e adding•on Station, on FRIDAY, the 13th day of February next, at half-past 12 o'clock, for the election of four Directors, in the place of Viscount Blrrington, M.P., chairman of the Company ; Lord IlateiXian, the Right Ho n . Spencer H. Walpole, M.P., and David Ogilvy. Esq., retiring by rotation, and for the other purposes of Nal- The chair will be taken at I o'clock precisely. BARRINGTON, Chairman. J. W. MILES. Deputy-Chairman. _ _ Directors retiring are re-eligible under the provisions of the Act. and, in compliance with a bye-law, notice must be given to the Secretary on or before the 30th day of January inst. of the names of any Proprietors who are to be nominated for election as Directors at the said half-yearly general meeting. The Transfer Books of all stock and shares will be closed on and from the 29th day of January instant, and will not be reopened until after the said half-yearly general meeting on the 13th day of Febru vy. By order of the Board. CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. Paddington Station, Jan. 15, 1857. ORNAMENTS for the Dravbin-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Inkstands, beautiful Inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c. Imported and manu factured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of Shells, Minerals, stud llt vks. and Fossils, which will g reatly f ac ilit a t e th e i n t eres ti ng y of Cone/ 10 1 0M Mineralogy, and Geology, at 2,5, 10, 20, to 1 00 guineas eaclv. Mr. Tennant gives Practical Instruction in Mineralogy and Geology. THE LONDON, HARWICH, and CONTI NENTAL STEAM PACKET COMPANY. (Limited). Capital 1 00,0001., in 10,000 Shares of 10Z. each, with power to increase. 2/. per share payable on allotment. I ncorporated under the Act 19 and 20 Vic., chap. 47, by which the liability of the Proprietors is limited to the amount of their shares. TRUSTEES. Ralph Walters, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway Company. Colonel William Petrie Waugh, Director of the London and Eastern Banking Company. David Waddington, Esq., M.P., 4, Spring-gardens. John Bagahaw, Esq., M.P., Director of the Eastern Counties Railway. DIRECTORS. Colonel William Petrie Waugh, Branksea Castle, Dorset, Di rector of the London and Eastern Banking Company. Robert L. Leckie, Esq. (late of Bombay), George-street, Port man•square. William Shaw, Esq., 1, Kensington -park-terrace. Gregor Grant, Esq., late Chairman of the Oriental Bank, Bombay), 4, Great Russel 1-street. P. C. Zillesen, Esq., Vice-President of the Duteh-Rhenish Railway Company, Amsterdam. Sir Henry Durrant, Bart., Scottow Hall, Norfolk. Henry Ward, Esq., H.E.1.C.5., K 1, Albany. John Edward Panter, Esq., Director of the St. Georges In surance Company, Pall-mall and Fulham. Andrew Walls, Esq., Lloyd's, and 11, Leadenhall-street. Captain Raymond, Albion-square, Dalston, Managing Direc• tor of the Steam Vessels. (With power to increase.) BAsrsints. The London and Eastern Banking Corporation, 27, Cannon street, City. Messrs. Cox, Cobbold, Rodwell. and Co.. Bankers, Harwich, Essex. ENGINEERS IN CiliEF=lfessrs. Newton and Fuller, 16, King William-street, City. SIIAREBROKERS. London—Messrs. Ruggins and Rowsell, 1, Threadneedle-street Liverpool —Messrs H. Davies and Son, 2,Royal Bank-buildings SHIPPING AGENTS—Messrs. William Felgate and Co., 4, Cle ment's-lane, City; Mr. R. Twiss, H. Son, Rotterdam. STANDING COUNSEL —AIfred Hill, Esq., 44, Chancery-lane. SOLICITORS.—Messrs. Rymer, Murray, Rymer, and Jackson, Hanover-street, Hanover-square, and 59, Chancery-lane. A.UDITGAS.---MOSSIS. Broom, Bagshaw, and Westcott, 35, Coleman-street, City. SECRETARY.—IIume Greenfield, Esq. Offices of the Company— 44, Moorgate-street, City, E.C. This Company is established with a view to afford the pub lic increased facilities in the conveyance of mails, passengers, specie, and merchandise between England, via Harwich, and the ports of Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, &C. A traffic arrangement for a term of years has been entered into with the Eastern Counties Railway Company on advan tageous terms, and the Directors have secured the co-opera tion of the authorities of the Dutch-Rhenish Railway Com pany, and the other inland navigation and railway establish ments in Rolland and Germany, all of whom are's° convinced of the advantages to be derived from this line of communica tion, as the most desirable for passenger traffic, and the speedy conveyance of merchandise and perishable goods, that they are anxious to promote the views of this Company to the fullest possible extent. The town of Harwich is 68 miles from London by railway, and its port is the most convenient for direct communication between London and all the great seaports in Holland and Belgium, and thenca to the northern and central parts of the continent of Europe. • Passengers proceeding to India via Trieste, by Harwich, Rotterdam, and the Duteh-Rhenish Railway, will effect a saving of 48 hours, as compared with the route via Marseilles; the line from Rotterdam to Trieste being on the eve of com pletion without a break. The harbour of Harwich is safe, commodious, and easy of access in all weathers and states of the tide—advantages which no other port possesses on the eastern coast south of the Humber. By the opening of this route via Harwich the dangers and delays of the intricate navigation of the Swin and the mouth of the River Thames are avoided, whereby a saving of time is effected to Hamburgh, Rotterdam, and Antwerp of from 10 to 11 hours ; whilst the route to Oberhausen and thence to the northern parts of,Europe is four hours and a quarter less by Harwich and Rotterdam than that by Dover and Ostend, as per tabular statement, and thus the former must become the direct route of postal communication. TIME PER SOUTH-EASTERE TIME PER EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. RAILWAY. London to Dover ...24 hours London to Harwich-2i hours Dover to Ostend ... 7 Harwich Ostend to Oberhausen to Rotter dam ........ 0 ......... 9i ), ( 264 miles) ..... „ Rohttacuslannit a2t le r si4 „ 20 hours Saving in favour of Harwich .. 1 5i hours ............. 41 hours. FARES. PER SOUTII-EASTERN RAIL- PER EASTERN COUNTIES RAIL WAY. WAY, London, Dover, Ostend, to London,Harwich,Rotterd , Cologne. to Cologne. Ist Class, Rail and Ist Class, Rail and Steam £3lo 6 Steam £2lo 3 24 ditto ditto 2 9 8 2d ditto ditto 1 1 2 5 Saving in favour of Harwich. Ist Class, Rail and Steam £1 0 3 2d ditto ditto ... ..... 0 17 3 IC deputation has been in Holland, and submitted the views of this Company to the Postmaster-General, the Minister of Finance, and the Minister of the Interior, who have promised their cordi a l co-operation in support of h It is intend e d , in the first iristance, to confine the opera tions of this C om p an y t o the direct communication from London, via Harwich, to Rotterdam. This Company will have swift and commodious packets, and its management will be carried out with the utmost care, so as to secure expedition, safety, and comfort, and the di rectors sabmit that the traffic cannot fail to realise a hand some dividend to the shareholders. • The capital will be divided into 10,000 shares of 10/. each, on which 21, per share is to be paid on allotment. Fiv e shil lings per s h are is to be paid to the bankers of the Comp an y , If and their re ceipt must accompany the letter of applicat ion. less than the number of shares applied for be allotted, a proporti o t atmed e Part of the deposit will be immediately re• a less interval than therxecee • No call will win not be at months share, and Form of application for bro en and ()tees shares may be obtained at the City, London, E.C.. of the Company, 44, Moorgate-street, limns, Esq., lands, agent t o ' and at the offices of Oliver John Wil- Harwich Essex Lloyd's, and Vice Consul of the Nether- Application for shares Secretary, who will give lliformation ec and prosptuses to be made to the All letters addressed i attention. I° 4 ' See 'P '7 will receive immediate Foam o f APPLI Tlov ' A To the Directors of the " "It' S u Steam Packet Company London, l iarwich. and Continental City, E.C. (Limited), 44 , Moorgate-street, Gentlemen,—l enclose you a greeipt for £ Cour Peration, and Iphaeldrebt; the London and Eastern Rankin Packet in the London, request you will allot me Harwich, and Continental Steam Pa c k et C sha o r m e PanY (Limited); y the smaller calls and I hereby agrco to accept such number that may be allotted to pie and thereon, and to execute the necessary 'd eeds s o l i I remain, Gentlemen, your obedient ser9voarantp,any. r thei)aa any Name in full. ........... Address in full_ .......................... Occupation ...................................... Date ......................................... .................. Received the BANKERS' REcKIPP. day 1887, the sum of ronacatc:touvnotuieLtlsieLondon, Harwich. and Continental Steam 4 ( Li mited), Loudon. (No. 20,167.) EAST INDIA HOUSE, 4TH FEBRUARY, 1857. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY DO HERESY GIVE NOTICE, That they have received returns of unpaid shares # Donation Batta granted to the forces employed in Burmah during the campaign of 1851-52, by general order, by the Governor-General of India, in council, dated Ist July, 1853, due to Officers, Seamen, and Marines of her Majesty's ships Cleopatra, Contest, Hermes, Hastings. Sala mander, Sphinx, Serpent, Styx, Fox, Winchestsr, and Rattler; and that the same will be paid to the several parties entitled, on their application at the Military Department, East India House, after the 18th instant. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. TIIE OPPRESSED DRESSMAKERS. A GREAT MEETING for Ameliorating the 4"Z Condition of this deeply-injured and suffering c'ass of Young Persons will take place at Exeter Hall, on MONDAY EWNING next, at half-past Six, for half-past Seven o'clock. Speeches will he delivered by the Lord Risbop of London; (most probably) the Earl of Shaftesbury ; by the Rev. Dr. Archer ; the Rev. Win. M'Call (Incumbent of St. Mary's, Commercial-road); Dr. E. Lank( ster, r.n S., and other Gentlemen. The chair will be taken by George Cambell Colquhoun, Fsry. Special reserved seats for ladles. No Tickets necessary. he attendance of the friends of huatznity is earnestly invited, the more especially as the oppressed ones arc utterly powerless to work out their own emancipation. (Signed) R. D. OR ADIGE It, Honorary JOHN LILWALL j Secretaries. 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 of this Charity, either as out or in-deor patients, on their personal ipplication Week ending 7th November ...... 2,154 Ditto 14th November...... 2,043 Ditto 21st November...... 1,972 Ditto 28th November. 2,309 9th and 30th N0vember........... 269 Total in November ...... 8,747 of 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. Heavy expenses are inevitably Incurred in affording such eaten :lye relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, • early elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual c.ieneral 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 41 times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, John Masterman, E.q., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Berries and Co.;Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and 60. ; Glyn and Co. ; iones Loyd and Co.; Ilarclay 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. T I ONDON and COUNTY JOINT-STOCK BANKING COMPANY. Head Office, 21, Lombard•street. DIRECTORS. Philip Patton Blyth, Esq, j William Champion Jones, J. W. Burmester, Esq. Esq. William Cory, Esq. James Laming, Esq. James Andrew Durham, Esq. John Henry Lance, Esq. Jos. Christopher Ewart, Esq., William Lee, Esq., M.P. M.P. William Nicol, Esq. Aubrey Alex. Hoghton, Esq. Richard Springett, Esq. GENERAL MANAGER—WiIIiam M'Kewan, Esq. At the ANNUAL MEETING of Proprietors held on Thurs day, the sth February, 1857, at the Loudon Tavern, Bishops gate-street, the following Report for the year ending the 31st December, 1856, was read by the Secretary. WILLIAM NICOL, Esq., iu the Chair. REPORT. This being the time prescribed by the Deed of Settlement for the Annual Meeting of the Company, your Directors pro ceed accordingly to lay before the Proprietors a general state ment of the affairs of the Bank for the half-year ending the 31st of December last. It will be shown by the balance sheet, signed by the Auditors, and certified by Mr. Coleman, public accountant, that the gross profit of the Bank for the last half-year, in cluding balances amounting to 20,999/. 9s. 2d. brought for ward from the last account, and after making provision for bad and doubtful debts, amounts to 119,257/. 3s. 4d., leav ing, after deduction of all expenses, interest and rebate, a net profit of 38,081/. 9s. 6d. From this sum your Directors recommend that a Dividend be now declared of 6 per cent, for the half-year, free of in come tax, which, with 5 per cent. previously paid for the six mouths ending the 30th June last, will be 11 Fer cent, for the year 1856. Your directors likewise recommend that an addition of 5001, bo now made to the" Provident Fund" of the Bank, for the year 1856, being the same in amount as the sum granted with this object for the previous year. Should these recommendations be adopted there will remain a balance of 7,795/. 14s. 3d. to be carried to profit and loss new account, As suggested at the Meeting of the Proprietors in August last, your Directors further recommend that the limitation placed on the reserve fund at the last Annual Meeting be re moved. The Directors retiring by rotation arc— John Wiflintr Bdrmester, Esq. Richard Springett, Esq., and William Champion Jones, Esq. who respectively offer themselves for re-election. BALANCE-OHEET OF TUE LONDON AND COUNTY BANN.DiG COMPANY, DEc. 31, 1856: DR. To capital paid tip To reserved fund , lOO,OOO 0 0 To customers' balances, drc. To profit and loss balance brought from last account £10,819 16 7 To ditto rebate, ttc., ditto.. 10,179 12 7 To gross profit for the half year, after making provi sion for bad and doubtful debts 98,257 14 2 119,257 3 4 £4,261,113 19 8 CR. By cash on hand at head office and branches By cash placed at call and at short notice 546,059 16 0 ----k1,072,524 17 9 Investments, viz.: Ry Government and gua ranteed stocks By other stocks and securities 173,700 2 8 By discounted bills, notes, and temporary advances to customers in town and country . . 2,366,034 16 4 By advances to customers on special securities 258,864 7 0 411,366 18 2 2,654,899 3 4 By freehold premises in Lombard-street and Nicholas-lane, freehold and leasehold pro- perty at the branches, with fixtures and fittings 50,514 14 10 By interest paid to customers 29,892 19 7 By salaries and all other expenses at head office and branches 41,615 6 0 £4,261,113 19 8 PROFIT AND Loss ACCOUNT To interest paid to customers £29,892 19 7 To expenses, as above To rebate on bills not due, &c., carried to profit and loss new account •• To half-year's dividend, at 12 per cent. per annum To Provident Fund To balance carried to profit and loss new ac count 9,667 8 3 29,785 15 3 500 0 0 7,795 14 3 £119,257 3 4 By balance brought forward from last account £10.819 16 7 By rebate, &c., ditto ditto 10,179 12 7 By grcss profit for the half-year, after mak ing provision for bad and doubtful debts.. 98,25714 2 £119,257 3 4 By profit and loss new account balance brought down • £7,795 14 3 By do. do. rebate, &c,, brought down 9,667 8 3 We, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing balance sheet, and compared the items it comprises with the several books and vouchers relating thereto, and have found the same to be correct. (Signed) HENRY OVERTON, JOHN WRIGHT, Auditors. FREDERICK GASKELL, London and Counjty. The foregoin g the foll ow i ng Bank,li;. C 0 L 2B E t lV l l l A J N an , u P er u y b , ll l e s j A r7 c . c ountant. Reßseophoitritoitavwinegrebpereouporseeadd. and the ia ttu S en ec im re e t u al e T y , a f o d r o p th te e d u : s of thShareholders 1. That the Report be received and adopted, and printed 2. Th a t a D ividend at the rate of 6 per cent, be declared upon the capital stack of the Company, for the half-year end ingon and alter Monday, 3. That the sum of 50 1e 0 the 31st of ti December, 1856, clear of income tax, payable 16th of February instant. and the balance of 7,7951. 1. 1 be added to the Provident Fund, account. l to profit and loss new4s. U., then remaining, be car ried 4. That the thanks of ths of Directors , for the able manner eeting be given to the Board M y eltin t g be ducted the fairs of the Compan in which they have c on " 5. That the thanks of the presented to the Auditors of the Company for the 6. That Frederick Gaskell, Honey Overton, Overton, and John Wright, Esqrs., be re-elected Auditors m f 7. That the thanks of this Meetingb e e r the current year. presented Miliewan, Esq. , the General Manager, and dtbeo ther to Win, of the establishm ent, for the zeal an d ability wititwhichOfficers they h ave severally discharged their respective duties, The Ballot for the Election of Three Directors having been proceeded Gentlemen with, the following were unanimously re-elected : John William Burmester, Esq. Richard Spiingett, Esq., an d William Champion Jones, Esq, (Signed) WILLIAM NICOL, Chai rman. The Chairman hav i n g quitted the chair, it was resolved, and carried unanimously — That the cordial thanks of this M eetin g be p resented to is a ble and courteous conduct in William Nicol, Esq., for h the chair. Extracted from the Minutes. (Signed) It. P. NICHOLS, Secretary. LONDON AND COUNTY JOINT-STOCK BANKING COMPANY. --NOTICE is iiEBEISN.' GIVEN, that a DIVIDEND of Six per Cent. on the capital stock of the Company for the half-year ending the 31st December, 1856 will be PAID to the Proprietors, either at the Parent Establishment, 21, Lom b ar d-street, or at any (1 of the Company's Branch Banks, on and after M ONDAY, the 16 th a February inst. By order. WKEWAN, 21, L onzbard-gtreet a sth February, 1857• zzz ~~~ v -e '' ' . ' S 1-1il:111 4' Mai i k. . , . P., , , : ~ ... Str.l ... ~ „. :_.., e , ai h i , 43 —.4., r--., •„,.., ~ I A , 177 11 ."'' '' .".. , • . '' ', X \ ~' .11 ,e r, , -.----- ' % '. . ''. - - :•Z t k r'' l :','\ . t' 1 i s . ) ••...../--- 4 , ~....4ippr..............,....,....,,,, , IC. •:-, 7 .:-,- , ..,..eiz i 4 0 -u.TT. -- - 1 , .ooLi -, -- 0 '...- 4i 1 V ,,,„ . fil if .: ~.. . ~ . _ ~ , .., • _ . ~. ------,-- -4-,, i , '#--,..-- ,--4,, ' .- - lir 4' ' ll iT V - .2 d - ;;;A# Zit 4 L . V ., , ..2 , ` , •41 , ,,,, ,.; . 1, .„,...OP '''' [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• crissio.ns, one of which took place at the station house in the presence of the sergeant. Mr. Shad well offered to compr oin i se th e f e l ony , a nd not press the criminal charg e , if 11/. were h an ded to him. Parkfr's wife paid to Mr. Shadwell 51. out side the station-house door, and subsequently bor rowed 61., which she gave to him. These two sums, tpgether with the balance due on the wages, brought up the amount to 17/. 10s., the value of the missing plate. In the course of his cross-examination Mr. Shadwell was asked when he first believed the man was guilty of felony. His reply we give verbatim :—" On' the 2d of April I had consulted the inspector. lam cerain be stole the plate now, and I was quite certain when I took the money. I believed him to be a felon. I gave him a- character." Now, it is not to the question of compromising the felony to which we would now call attention, but how is it that Mr. Shadwell believed the man to be a felon, and yet gave him a character ? . The case is, we believe, a remarkable one, though it does but illustrate in a somewhat stronger way than usual the evil custom which prevails among employers with reference to the characters of ser vants. Let us at least be true to each other. Good servants will gain as much as we shall in the end by our rigid adherence to truth in so important a par ticular. THE LONDON ,SEASON-THE RICH AND POOR. Last Tuesday witnessed the first instalment of the great annual migration of the upper English classes of society to London. , The business of the nation brings up the first division, fashion will in due course bring up the rest, and round the nucleus of Parliament will grow up that great system of pleasure, elegance, luxury, and social ambition called the London season. Is this great world before its annual gathering inclined to hear a lec ture ? If it is, it may hear it in the speeches of the Bishop of London and Mr. Gladstone in the Step ney SChoolroom. The subject of those speeches is almost too suitable for this great occasion, and is open to the criticism of bringing unwelcome news too early before the gathering fashion of the country. The burden of the lecture is to remind the West of London of the East, the rich of the poor, "the great cities on the North and the South of Hyde Park, with their splendid streets, spacious squares, and richly-embel lished .kops," f the poverty and struggling life o these eastern districts, "removed out of sight, and unhappily, out of mind," which. that 'very western luxury has called into life. " East" goes side by side with " West," as Mr. Gladstone remarks, by a natural law ; no great accumulation of luxury and wealth can ever be formed without a corresponding growth of a laborious and struggling class of poor to sustain and minister to it. It is rather hard that in proportien as a great class is useful to us, we should be disposed to forget its claims on our gratitude. But this has always been the case with respect to the claims of the poorer classes. Their very usefulness as instruments and machines for the creation of luxury and wealth has occasioned the tendency in all ages and in all states of society to look upon these classes simply as instruments and machines. The harder they have worked the more they have seemed born for work, and nothing else ; that has appeared their proper lot-, and in fulfilling it they have seemed to do no thing more than what every tool does that answers its proper use. hence the almost total division of the classes of rich and poor in classical times. The existence of an oppressed and ground-down class, deprived of the main comforts and pleasures of exist ence, was not the slightest difficulty to an ancient philosopher; it was no more an obstacle to him than the existence of stone or iron, or any other neces sary material which we use for our purposes. This class was the machinery which nature provided for Ili to supply our physical and social wants, and, when the classical division of mankind into slave and free was over, human pride had still the me diaeval aristocratical system to repo3e upon—a sys tem which substantially regarded the lower classes as different beings from the upper, incapable of ever rising to their level, and separated by an impassable barrier of nature from their communion. This structure of pride, which was as really opposed to Christianity - Itt theilinddo division of castes or any other idolatrous creation, has happily long passed away, at le , st in this country, and if a feeble, sickly son or daughter of fashion here and there retains a relic of it, they have to keep it to them selves ; the hothouse sentiment has to stay at home ; it cannot come out into open day and be publicly acknowledged • a sincere respect for the great work ing class of modern society in all its gradations is the understanding on which every English states man holds his place.—Times. ?, THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the follow ing article on the question of the union of the Prin cipalities, an extract from which appeared in The Sun the same day : The Government of the Emperor has always been inspired on the question of Eastern affairs - with a twofold desire. If it has aimed, as necessary to the general political interests of France and Europe in general, to insure the independence and main tenance of the Ottoman empire, one of its not less constant pre-occupations has been the amelioration of the state of thi..se Christian populations spring ing up under the sovereignty or suzerainty of the Sultan. It regards as one of the most fortunate results of its policy and its arms to have contributed to relieve the condition of those numerous popula tions by obtaining for them equality of rights and the advantages of religious liberty. The Government of the Emperor was the more strongly impelled to take this course from its con viction that it would thereby serve at the same time the cause of humanity and civilisation, and assist the enlightened and benevolent dispositions of the Ottoman Government. Among the Christian populations i those of Ser via, Wallachia, and Moldavia were n a particular position. In possession of their own institutions, they also enjoyed ancient franchises and privileges. It only remained, therefore, to insure the mainte nance of these advantages by placing them under the guarantee of European law, and thence to ob tain now elements of order and prosperity for the country. It was with this view that the Congress of Paris decided that the Moldo-Wallachian Princi pa ities should be called upon to nominate two assemblies, or divans ad hoc, for the special pur pose of giving expression to the wishes of those provinces, and of pointing out the modifications which were considered necessary to be introduced into their organisation. One . of the most important of the eventual mo difications would, without doubt, be that of the union, under one and the same administration, of Moldavia and Wallachia. The Government of the Emperor, therefore, embraced the opportunity which the Congress of Paris offered to pronounce formally in favour of that combination. At the Conference of Vienna the plenipotentiary of France had already expressed the opinion that such a union was the best combination to assure to Moldavia and Wallachia the strength and the con sistence necessary to become, on that side, a u seful bulwark to the independence of the Ottom an tern- tory. The Government of the Emperor had thus from the commencement clearly expressed its -views upon this important question. It has not ceased to express them, and the exchange of comm it a unica d ,- tions which had lately taken place between n the cabinets who think differently, on the occasion of the measures to be taken at Constantinople for the convocations of the divans, has only served to confirm its c onvictions. It does not despair of see ing them prevail in the councils of the powers, for it is difficu lt to believe that the one of_t l heM mos t directly intere sted in the question will not ac k now ledge, when the time for serious deliberation arr ives, a rrives, that th e union of the Principalities,p le a N'T,,h ,nd w ill be a new gua rantee for its own security o ex ternal independence, and for the people fruit ful element of !prosperity, contains nothing which is not in complete accordance withth the e rightsSublime hn o e f suze rainty at present exercised by Porte over the Danubianrrincipalities. The .Risorgintento of Turin of the 31st ult. states that the Emperor of Austria, should he visit Flo rence, as has been stated, will assume the incognito of Count of Istria, and that in consequence there will not be any official reception or rejoicings. A letter from Algiers of the 30th of December states that the present winter will be long remembered in e Algeria. Some of the Arab tribes have lost hundreds of oxen and thousands of sheep by the incessantw 1 followed by hail, wind, and a succession of . bad the e r a e t d b l e ic r: Nothing positive is yet known respecting re port in tion of the Austrian army, but the prevalent_ military circles in V a i n e d rin s a o , m i e s, 2 t s h , sent to their homes, ON men will be at 6 , 000 horses sold. LONL/;,;N, IDAY EVENING, FEBR UARY 6, 1857. PUBLICATIONS MR. MUSORAVF.'S NEW WORE. Just ready, in '2 vols., with illustrations, 21 s , hound, APILGRIMAGE INTO DAUPHINE. By the Rev. G. M. M USG R A VE, A.M., Oxon, Author of "A Ramble through Norio :Indy," Sze. Hurst and Blackett, publishers, successors to Henry Colbarn, 13: Great Marlborough-street. A NEW SATIRICAL NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF 64 THE GOVERNING CLASSES. " Just Ready, FRIENDS of BOHEMIA; or, Phases of London Life. In Two Volumes. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. NEW WORK BY SIR GARDINER WILKINSON AND MR. BIRCH. ----- This day is published, crown Bvo., handsome cloth, price 7s. Gd., THE EGYPTIANS IN THE TIME IN TIIF: PHARAOHS. Being a Companion to the Crystal Pa lace Egyptian Collections. By Sir J. GARDINER WILKINSON. To which is added AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHS. By SAMUEL Biacn. Published for the Crystal Palace Company by Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street. ANOTHER PALMER CASE.—Report of Mr. Hibbert, Manchester, &c.—Read the HYOEI ST and MEDI CAL REFORMER for February. May be hat at the British Col lege of Health, New-road, London, price W., or 2d. by post, and of all the Ilygelan Agents throughout the country. , GRR'S CIRCLE OF THE SCIENGES, just completed, in Nine Volumes, contains separate Treatises on Physiology, Ethnography, Botany, Zoology, Mathematical Science, Geology, Astronomy, Mineralogy, Chemistry, and Mechani cal Philosophy, by Professors OWF.N, ANSTED, YOUNG, TEN NANT, and TWI 4DENT ; Drs. 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Thomas, St. Jelin's-lane, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Just published, price 2d., or post free 3 d., 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, and 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 Tire ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Ha vey; Dr. Camp bell; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram; Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess of Castle-Stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. London Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 5. STOCK EXCIIANGE,—The market was quiet but steady to-day, at the full prices of yesterday.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 9(4 ?—Lancashire and Preston, (1 shares, at V. 14s. dis.), 201—Midland, 82:)—Dutch Rhenish 3s. Od. p. Great Western of Canada (new shares) 2i p. RAILWAY INT ELLIG ELV CE. GREAT WEST ORN. The directors of this company have determined to re commend to the proprietors the declaration of a dividend for the f alf-year ending the 31st of December, .1850, at the rate of 3 per cent, per annum, carrying forward a Wince for the current half-year of about 17,0001. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER HAMPTON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at Worcester; Mr. W. Fenton in the chair. The report and accounts, an abstract of which has ap peared in The Sun., were taken as read. The CIIAMMAN said he believed he might now say that they had laid the foyndation of the future perma nent prosperity of the company. The bills which they had carried through Parliament put off for a considerable time the completion of the broad gauge, which had hung so long as a dead weight round their necks. Since their la-it meeting the directors had 'spent much time- and labour with a view to increase the traffic and diminish the expenditure. They had also given considerable at tention to the question of finance, and had been enabled to raise money on debentures at interest in no case ex ceeding 5 per cent. The capital account showed a total sum to be raised of 4,150,8441., which appeared incon sistent with the hope held out in the report that tke railway might be completed. for 4,000,0001. With re gard to the liabilities of the company, these were at the commencement of the half-year 231,6321., but they had been reduced at the end of .1856 to 110,8561. Among these liabilities, he was happy to say, were the solicitors' bills, !amounting to 16,000/: Messrs. Burchell and Parson had displayed great forbearance, and they had been enabled to discharge their heavy account by the issue of the 4 debenture stock. They had also discharg ed their long standing debt to Mr. Fowler, the engi neer, whose claim was 9,0001., but through the inter vention of a friend Mr. }fowler had consented to accept 6,0001. in fu 1 discharge. They had also paid off Mr. Williams, the former contractor for working the line. Since the beginning of the present year they had been enabled to reduce their liabilities from 110,8561. to 63,7001. (Hear.) The cost of coals, etc., in the last six months had been 6,8221., while in the pre vious five months the-cost had been 7,214/. In the last half-year the traffic was much greater than in the one preceding. If they extended the period of the previous half-year to six months, at the same rate of expenditure the saving would amount to 1,8001. (Cheers.) The cost of running trains was 11,2921., as against 15,5701. in the previous half-year, thus saving about 4,3001. The balances due to the company by traders amounted at the last meeting to 45,9321., but this year they were reduced to 26,0001. and odd, arrears of 19,0001. having been re covered on the half-year. The salary of the superinten dent of the permanent way had hitherto been charged to capital ; now it was charged to revenue. The interview with the directors of the Great Western Railway had been ursatsfactory. The directors of this company bad gone ,to that interview desirous of making an amicable arrangement if possible ; but he was sorry to add that they left the room with a strong feeling that there was no desire whatever of cultivating the same amicable arrange ment on the part of the Great Western Company. Not withstanding this, however, the policy of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton directors would continue to be a policy of peace, and they were ready as ever to hold out to the Great Western Company the right hand of fellowship, for of this they were assured, that there was more to be obtained by peace than by war. (Cheers.) There was an item of 3,1541. which the Great Western Company owed this company for money received by them at their end of the line, and of which they could not ob tain payment, although repeated application had been made for that purpose. There was a branch line pro posed to be made by a separate company from Hampton to Stratford-on-Avon, which, if carried out, would mate rially interfere with this company's traffic on the Strafe ford Canal, and it would be necessary to oppose that bill in Parliament. He congratulated the meeting on the pre sence among them of several directors of the Worcester and Hereford Ra:lway Company. That line, when com pleted, would be of the utmost value to the Oxford and Worcester Company, and it vas a fact that coke ha l been sent from South Wales to Worcester by a detour of 40 miles, via Shrewsbury. This showed the value of a direct line of communication, which he hoped would soon be accomplished. The new arrangement of publish ing a fortnightly statement of the expenditure of the company, be thought, was advantageous, as affording information to the shareholders, as a spur to the officers, and a check upon extravagant expenditure. The Severn Valley Railway was another undertaking which it would be to the interests of this company to support, and the directors proposed asking this meeting for power to enter into working arrangements with that company. te,,: tel esi l„zst ni tetraran ask for whicisioniatid That company wished the Oxford company to work theirline, but he (the . chairman) did no propose to commit theorco mpany 'powers to to defih :make an .gl rb ittrn granted, they would report the result hereafter.. In conclusion, he moved the adoption of the' feport: This having been seconded, a short discussion ensued. Mr. BRRWIN asked whether there was any probability of the 244 miles of single line being converted into a double line, and read an extract from a return in The Sun showing that the receipts of the Midland company were 561. per mile, and of the Oxford company 391. Would it not be likely that this company would be able to attain to the Midland traffic? In such case, he calcu lated that, after paying the preference claims, there would be 22,0001. left to the old shareholdere. The CHAIRMAN feared he could not hold out any hope of thig, though he trusted that before a very long period elapsed they would be able to pay all the preference and debenture interest, and something to the original pro prietors. Tee Great Westernat present were expending a great deal of money in getting traffic from Kiddermin. ster and Stourbridge, which could not pay them, but injured this company's traffic from the bast end of their line. The report was adopted, and, after further discussion, the dividend and interest as recommended in the report were ordered to be paid. The CHAIRMAN next moved that the future allowance to the directors should be reduced from 1,6001. to 1,2001. per annum, and that the latter sum should be divided among their own directors, and not among the Great Western directors, who sat at this bJard. Tne chairman thought the directors ought to be recompensed by those who elected them. Sir M. PETO seconded the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. Resolutions were also passed, altering the time for holding the future meeting s of the company, which are to be held henceforth btween the 15th of January and the 15th of February, and between the 15th of July and the 15th of August. The directors were em powered to enter into an arrangement with the Severn Valley Railway as asked for, and the retiring direc tors, Sir Morton Peto, and Mr. S. Pakington, were re-elected. After some routine business the meeting adjourned. half -yearly MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND meeting tN C of JUNCTION. The ordinary MIDLANDS proprietors of the above railway WWI held at the Midhnd Hotel, Derby, on Wednesday ; Sir J. Paxton, M.P. , in the chair. According to the rep ort read and received, the half year's rents from the lesseep, amounting to 5,2661. 55., would give the same dividend as on former occasions, v iz., ls. 4d. per share for the half-year, which the direc tors proposed to make payable on the 14th inst. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, regretted that he could not state something definite to the meeting as to their future prospects. At the last half-yearly meeting he stated to them that there would be an endeavour made to induce the Midland Company, the London and North-Western, and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire companies to join in closing the link that was wanting between Rowsley and Wha ley bridge, and thus accomplish a very desirable object, but their hopes had not been fulAlted. The Midland and London and North-Western Companies refueed to do that which he (the chairman) thought would be for their best interests. It was very important that the shareholders of the Manchester, Buxton, &c., line should look forward to something that would pro mote the interests of their line. They would soon have a line from Whalsy to Buxton, and he trusted ere long to see it carried forward to Rowsley. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. A dividend of is. 4d. per share was declared, pay able on the 14th inst. Sir Joseph Paxton and Mr, T. G. Gisborne, the retiring directors, were re-elected, as was also Mr. Richardson, one of ? the auditors. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS IN PARLIA MENT. Yesterday the examiners into standing orders de re (capital) t a l el ired them complied with in the following cases : Railway ; G rea t S o uthern and Western ); Kinross- s hire Railway; Fife ManadlloKwinraons Railway Kinross Railway ; Great Western, and Brantford Railway ; Ely Valley Railway ; Dorset Central Rail way ; Westminster Terminus Railway Extension (Clap ham to Norwood abandoned) ; Portadown and Dungan non Railway ; North-Western Railway. The following bills for miscellaneous public objects were also passed :—Kidsgrove Market and Town-hall ; Prestwich, Bury, and Radcliffe Roads ; Selby and Mar ket Weighton Roads Haslingden and Todmord en Roads ; Marlton and Hagen's S u ff eran ce Wharves ; Wilmslow and Lawton Roads • Eli H ar bour ; Tweed Fisheries ; Pulteney Town Harbour ; and Burslem and Tunstall Gas. ST. PAUL AND ST. BARNABAS.--WESTERTON V' v o e n TY Monday and will be heard by the Judicial Com mitteePriv—iftalaltlrt;hheeietPadmitted. The Privy Council Chamber y importantceu e cii c a a t u steh their rs now Chambers reach reached next, at ten o'clock. The its public L in fi r ]owningr i t d wes is at the corner of Downing-street. It is stated that the terms for the arrangement of the debt of Venezuela have been fully agreed upon between the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders and the commissioners from that republic, and that a meeting of the bondholders is to be held on Monday. THE PAPER DUTY AND THE INCOME. TAX. (Front tire Times.) If every tax in favour of which nothing can be said were doomed to imerediate abolition, the Chancellor of the Exchequer would soon be in .straits for a revenue. The case against the Paper Duties is so simple that it may be left to the tiros of financial reform. As an undergraduate critic is sure to select Macaulay or Tennyson for the sub ject of his first magazine essay, so the impost on the material vehicle of knowledge will always sug gest itself as a ready theme of declamation to the political beginner. Everything that was urged by Mr. Milner Gibson and his friends on Wednesday in their interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer has been urged many times before, and has taken its place among the uncontradicted truths of economy. The Paper Duties press on literature and chiefly on cheap literature. The primer and copybook of the child, the newspaper and enter taining periodical of the working man, are taxed in a far greater percentage on their value than the library edition which the rich book-fancier places on his shelves. A persevering publisher declares that in a course of years he has paid in Paper Duties five-eighths as much as he has paid for copy right and editorship ; and that his success and the success of his literary friends have been correspon dingly diminished. Another publisher of popular works has been obliged to discontinue the issue of a periodical because, though it attained to a circula tion of 60,000 copies, it was unromunerative, owing to the obnoxious impost. Continuo the Paper Duty, and you check education ; abolish the Paper Duty, and you confer a benefit on the country not infwrior to those which proceeded from the esta blishment of cheap postage and rapid locomotion. Such are the arguments of the reformers, and no one can pretend to answer them. If Sir Cornewall Lewis, or any other opponent, confines himself to the question as proposed by the objectors, he must speedily be defeated. The one practical and conclusive answer, how ever, is that money must be had. The Paper Duty brings in a large annual sum ; can this sum be spared ? Of course, this is a mere temporary argu ment and does not touch the principle. But for a year —or, perhaps, for longer—we must be content to leave the principle alone, and argue the matter as one of expediency. We do not doubt that even tually the Association for the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge may attain its end. It is a persever ing body, and has already bee a twice victorious. When it commenced its labours a t!iple burden was alleged to weigh on the intelligence of the country. Tha advertisement duty was, to use the language of the Association, "a tax ou wants." Mr. Gladstone yielded to the pertinacity of his assailants, and now the wants of the community may be made known free from the tributary eightempence. The second achievement was the abolition of the newspaper stamp. As the promoters of this measure declare that it has not had time to work, we will forbear from any criticism on its merits. The third part of the programme has yet to be carried out, but we do not doubt that the zeal of the reformers will one day be rewarded. For our own part, we haVe every reason to wish them success. The results of their two former exploits have certainly been anything but detrimental to the interests of this journal, and we can naturally have little objection to a change which would enable us to make a saving on every copy we publish. Therefore, when we have done with Persia and China, when the last bills for the late war are paid off, when there is a lull in the dockyards of Portsmouth and Chatham ; when our army has settled down to its permanent numbers, and, consequently, when we have a large surplus, and half-a-dozen interests are de manding the_ first share of relief, let us lend a willing ear to the anti-knowledge-tax agitators, As mind is superior to matter, so we would sooner have the paper duty repealed than the duties on wine or tobacco. So let paper stand first in the list for relief when we have anything to spare. But so long as the income tax is maintained the country must be content to bear the last and most burdensome of the taxes on knowledge. The fact is that the pressure of the income tax is so deeply felt that all other considerations must give way to the necessity of easing—the -public of isia.hated. burden. Contrary to the theory of eco nomists, and in spite of all who affect to prefer direct taxation, the British people have wisely_de tertninecl to be rid of this most grievous 'impost. To get rid of the war 9d. now, and the other 7d. as soon at possible, is the ruling desire of all classes from peers to the pettiest tradesmen. The ques tion of the day is how this can be managed. The expenses of the late war have not yet•been all met. There is no doubt that, with all the efforts of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the expenditure of the year will be very great. Consequently, the most that can be expected is to be zid of the extra income tax. Even for this we have been unwilling to press too importunately, through a fear that it might be necessary to adopt the disgraceful substi tute of a loan. But if it can be accomplished it is certainly as much as the country wishes or expects. Let the Chancellor of the Exchequer be allowed to concentrate his energies on this one achievement, and then prepare for our complete relief in 1860. The representatives of burdened interests must have patience until then. We hope soon to enter again into the calm and peaceful paths of reduced estimates and repealed duties. Then they will have their turn in order of desert. But, for the present, let no Minister be able to urge as an ex cuse for keeping on a fraction of the income tax the pretext thit any section of the community is in the least degree indifferent to its abolition. 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It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, and all Cutaneous Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all corrup tions and impurities from the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate the virus of disease, and expel it with the insensible perspiration through the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a never-failing remedy for that class of disorders which unfortunately the English Physician treats with Mercury, tothe inevitabledestruc- Lion of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot restore. Price 1 I s., or four cases in one for 335„ which saves 11s., and in Si. cases, whereby there is a saving of 1/.125. To be had wholesale and retail in London, of Derby and Gordon, 140, Leadenhall-street; Prout, 229, Strand; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox ford-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Barclay and Son, 97, Far ringdon-street ; Butler and Harding, 4, Cheapside ; Edwards, St. Paul's Churchyard. HUMAN FRAILTY ; a Popular Medical work, price is., post free, beauti tally illustrated with 100 engravings, and containing the opinions of Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &C. It gives copious instructions for the perfect restoration of those who are prevented by impediments from entering into the married gate, also showing the dreadful results from early abuse, gonorrhoea, and syphilis, and the benefits arising from the chemical tests and examination of the spermatoza, by the author's newly-constructed microscope, with powerful lensair—Piper and Co., 23, Paternoster row ; and from all agents for the sale of" Triesemar." MANCHESTER, FEB. 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a steady market, but not much husiness—Sheffields, 34 /—Dovers, 221 —Great Western, 661 57 —Midlands, 82:i —Leeds, 90 3 —Chester Gnarantsid Flalf•Share s , 10—Ditto (101. shares), 15—Bank of Stockport, BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Market quiet.—Birmingham and Staffordshire Gtas were done at 1004, and Birmingham New Union Mills at 3/. 3s. 941. Closing prices :—London and North Westerns, 1064 1061—Buyers of Birmingham Canal at 92--Birmingham Gas at 138— Birmingham and Stafford shit e Gas at 100. LEEDS-FEB. 5. STOOK EXOHANGK.—Victoria Mine, 16. Gd. dia.—North Eastern (Leeds), 17i—Leeds,96,? ; —Midland, 824—North- Eastern (Leeds No. 3), 21. SA, 94.1. p.—North-Westerns, BAD SERVANTS. (Front the Times.) A very large . proportion of the miseries of civilised life arises from bad and dishonest servants. W e are, indeed, well aware there are many thousand servants who are endeavouring to discharge their duty respectably and to the best of their ability Happy is that family which possesses one of their number, for its rulers are spared many grievous trials of temper and many embarrassments of the most painful kind. When we denounce bad ser vants we do so quite as much in the interest of good servants as in that of employers. The bad servants generate suspicion and distrust against the whole class. How is it to be expected that a master and mistress yet smarting under the dishonesty of a butler, the inebriety of a cook; the pertness of an Abigail, or the wayward affections of a housemaid or nursemaid, can receive under their roof with any peculiar satisfaction a fresh representative of any of those classes ? If we leave out of the question ladies of the highest fortunes—and they suffer frightfully from the tyranny of their immediate attendants — we will venture to - say you would not find five per cent. among the matrons of London who could not tell you how their existence has been embittered and their homes rendered miserable by the miscon duct of their servants. All due deductions being made for their own want of temper, want of sys tem, want of discretion, there still remains great foundation for the charge. Now, we want to-day to give one main reason why there are so many bad servants, and to illustrate our position by a most striking example, which has just been brought under public notice in the course of a Queen's Bench trial. It is because employers are so careless in the matter of " characters," as they are called, that bad servants are enabled to circu late so long from house to house, and that there are so mar yof them in circulation. Now, we are well aware that the law does not allow that a servant's character . should be taken away upon slight or insufficient grounds—and rightly so —but the law will always permit a master to as sign the reason why he has discharged a servant from his employ, if the reason be not one of idle and defamatory suspicion. What generally' hap pens, however, is, that an employer, for some cause or other, and most frequently for a s u b s t a ntial o ne, b ec omes dissatisfied with a servant, and yet does not wish to feel that he or she is turned into the street to starve. The easiest way of g etting out of the difficulty is to give such a character as will gain for the servant another situation. This is done to a most incredible extent ; the natural consequence is that a bad servant—ay, a dishonest one—finds it almost as easy a matter as a good one to get a fresh situation. A more thoroughly unprincipled proceeding, or a greater treachery against society, can scarcely be conceived. The case which was tried on Tuesday and Wed nesday of the present week at Westminster amounted to this :—Mr. Launcelot Shadwell, barrister, and therefore a man who should have known what be was about, resides in Nottingham place. He had in his service as butler from November, 6, 1855, to April 1, 1856, one James Parker. t When Parker was about to leave his service at the latter date Mr. Shadwell went over the , plate with him, and found that articles were wanting to the value of 171. 10s. Mr. Shad , well refused to pay the man the balance of his wages, amounting to 6/, 10s. Alter various dis- ~~U /~~~~~ e e f~ ~ APE, 7IT= - tyV Naval and Nilitaly „ 4 The lifad-quarters of the 33d (Duke ? (4f*j Aim ton's) Regrment marched oci Wecluesdai`fk -, in lint) Kingstown, where they went on bnkl. thiel s Government transport Sinioom. The officers ac companying the regiment were—Lieutenant-Col. Johnstone, C.D. ; Brevet-Majors Fitzgerald and Quale ; Captains Fanshawe Barrett, and Mans field; Lieut enants Rogers 'Willis, Ellis, Ball, Wor thington, Twilling . , Forbes, Graham, Bally, Sta tham, Roberts, and Thistlewayte ; Ensigns Morgan, Grant, Gore, Shipton, and Browne ; Paymaster Thompson ; Quartermaster Wise ; and Surgeon Muir and Assistant-Surgeon Ogilvy. On Tuesday the Lord-Lieutenant went down to Kingstown to inspect the ship, with every department of which he expressed himself highly gratified. Yesterday 62 non-commissioned officers and men at St. 3cl 89th us ls s t a l r i s , , l7 l t s h t , it°22ycla,ls,24th, 30th, 34th, 5 , sth. 56th, of s the Regiments 4684tthh,L48igtlt, were 49 th, dischargeds Infantry , Ist Light 72d Hf r Infantry, f d a a n tin ty e r 8, army rs l , ot l h 4th H , Mary's Barracks, Chatham, having been pronounced unfit for further service. _ 'Colonel H. Jervis, commanding the Provisional Battalion at Chatham, has received an order direct ing recruiting to cease for those regiments on the British and India establishments, the depots of which are stationed at Chatham garrison. The Hogue, 60, screw ship, Captain Fulford, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Ducie Chads, K. 0. B. , Commander-in-Chief of the squad ron on the Irish station, was " paid down" to the 31st of last December on Monday last. The ship and tenders mustered 560 men, who appeared at the pay-table and received sums varying from 101. to the fractional part of a shilling, and were all paid in 44 minutes. Her Majesty's steam-frigate Megmra, 6, Com mander Purvis, left Spithead yesterday at 12.30 p.m., with the troops before reported for the Mau ritius. • Lieutenant Pearson, fourth of the steam-frigate Retribution, has'resigned his commission. Imperieuse, 51, screw, Captain Rundle B. Wat son, C. 8., commenced paying off yesterday morn ing at Portsmouth, under the new and improved system, by the ship's paymaster, the rear-admiral superintendent being present. In two hours and a half the whole was accomplished, and the manner of its accomplishment reflects the highest credit on the paymaster, Thomas M. Ramage, Esq., and his assistant officers. The crew left the ship, or rather the hull, in a beautiful state of cleanliness. Sealark, 8, sailing-instruction brig, Lieutenant- Commander Lowther (tender to Illustrious). Lieutenant Lowther havin g made a demand to have his quarter boat fitted with Clifford's patent gear for lowering boats at sea while the ship is under weigh, we are happy to state that his demand was in stantly acceded to ; nor could anything be more useful, because the boys will be in constant practice with the boat, and as they are drafted off into the 'different ships the advantages arising therefrom must be so much the greater from the knowledge obt lined. We hope that both quarter boats will be fitted to every ship in the service, because there is the necessity of lowering a boat from the lee side in squally weafaer. The freightship Elpbinstone, having embarked a cargo of Ordnance stores and ammunition from Woolwich Arsenal, has sailed for Honduras. Mr.RLutber Young, an American artisan, who has obtained a patent for the invention of a new method of regulating minutely the consumption of gas, having been ordered to forward his apparatus for adjustment in Woolwich Dockyard, by order of the Lords of the Admiralty, yesterday waited on the authorities there, and gave the necessary ex planations for the application of his patent meters, 52 of wbiah were supplied for the use of the dock yard. He was accompanied by Mr. Van Winckle, also an American, who professes to turn out, by a single piece of machinery, of which he is the in ventor, a number of bolt-nuts, at the rate of from 50 to 60 per hour, ready for use. The invention is about t 3 be submittei to the consideration of the Lords of the Admiralty. Her Majesty's ship Tyne , in Woolwich Dock, No. 2, having been stripped and overhauled, is about to receive a new upper deck, considerable stern and bulwark repairs, and to be newly cop pererd. A number of recruits attached to the Royal Ar tillery corps at Woolwich who have passed through the usual training, under the inspection of Colonel Bloomfield, were yesterday morning subjected to a final examination, and, having been supplied with 10 rounds of cartridge each, they were marched to the Common, where they underwent a course of field gun drill, and fired the allotted number of rounds. A company of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, under the command of Lieutenant and Adjutant Fraser, were at the same time drawn up on Woolwich common and put thrdugh a course of skirmishing drill, and fired several volleys of musketry. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty : J, Caldwell, surgeon-superintendent to the Clara convict ship ; Robert Clark, superintendent, to the Zemindar convict ship, and Thomas H. Tigard, master's assistant, to the Indus. THE BANK CHARTER ACT. (Prom, the Derbyshire Courier.) cannot," says "Mercator," in his last published letter to the Times, " venture to trespass further upon your columns, although the subject is not exhausted, nor have the considerations alluded to undergone a full exa mination. Unless "Mercator" can adduce more cogent argu ments in support of his currency theories than he has done in his former letters, he will act wisely in writing no wore. He gives us an abundance of strong asser tions, and reiterated misstatements of facts, but no novel reasoning or conclusive proofs of the " solidity" of his system. Reluctantly driven by the attacks made upon him to refer to the crisis of 1847, he repeats the often-refuted as sertion that the commercial distress of that period which lod to the " surrender of the principle of the Bank Charter Act," was the effect of " banking mismana;ement on the part of the Bank of England." Now " Mercator" well knows that the Bank Charter Act of 1544 was pro fessedly intended to take away all discretionary power from the bank. The bank was in future to take care of itself. The Bank Charter Act engaged to take care of the public. " With respect to the banking business of the bank," said Sir Robert Peel on May 6th, 1844, "I propose that it should be governed on precisely the same principle as would regulAte any other body dealing with Bank of Englald notes." The Bank in 1847 acted according to the best of their judgment, and the result was that ruin and confusion were spread throughout the country, and that the "self regulating" principle of the Bank Charter Act was sur rendered to prevent a revolution. " Nlercator" wants no further answer on this point. But "Mercator" further refers to the fluctuations in the rate of interest which have occurred si nce 1844. Here, as before, he ignorantly, or designedly, con• founds capital and currency ; and this fallacy has been so often refuted that it deserve* no further reply. But he telli the manufacturers and merchants of Eng- land, for their edification and guidance, that fluctuations in the rate of interest are "the necessary accompanime nts of rapid creation of wealth." "We may therefore,: i says, " cast aside all weak apprehensions caused by of energy in our commercial spirit and of progre is fluctuations in the rate of interest ; they are ind icative our national prosperity." t be indeed un" The commercial community accept mast ausstatement as this. rea s o ning if they less than four per cent. In the pressure of 1839 t never e xceeded five nor was he the rate of discount ra te was raised for some mon ths to six per cent t ay, su l c B39, " From 170 4 to 16etheceMp but it was reduced to five .. p e r cent. in January, 140, 8 and remained at four or b e f ore till the passing of the Act." (Lord's Report as on C omm ercial Distress of 1847.) In September, 1844, the rate was redu ce d b y th e Bank to 0 3 per cent., at which rate it conti nue d f or 12 ~ mon ths. During this time speculation was fostered— almost f.,rced on the public, by cheap mon e y, th e resu lt of the Ant of 1844. In 1847 money was 10 per cent., and with the " com. mission" paid on Bills raised 20 and even 30 per cent. The number of changes between 1844 and 1847 (three years) was 13 ; and the number between the panic of 1847 and October, 1855, amounted to no less than 23 in number. The fluctuation was between two and seven per cent. Had England no prosperity,—was no progress made from 1704 to 1839, with its steady rate of interest? Has commercial prosperity dated from. 1844, with its Mercator fluctuations of the rate of discount ? It remains for the commercial community to say whether they will accept the flowine sentences and fine words of " Mercator" as equivalents fort he \ tics]. inconvenience and positive lose w hich tuations entail. Should they remain supine, the B a nk Charter Act must remain an incubus on the country e to rience has taught the mass of the p p l the Currency Question. ____.................„ t h e i rPflug. xpe. unders till bitter e tand afternoon, a ld nd et EMIGRATION TO AIISTBALIA.—LIVERPOOL, Thursday. —The Black Ball line of packet ship Lightning, Capt. ti la r i Enright, sailed from the Mersey , t d h is is e freight. The bvoeruyrnel,arwgieth caarpgrrtyorlarrageermehaainl 820 Broughton Hall, and the Salem, Captain Flynn (of the Whit e Star line) , have also sailed for Melbourne, each with a fair complement of passengers and cargo on freight. MARINE DISASTERS AND Loss OF LaTit.—Livng . rooL, Thursday.—A telegraphic despatch from Holy. head to-day reports a foreign vessel, stipPoged French, has been totally wrecked at the back of the Head, and orly two lives out of the entire crew have been saved. The cargo, consisting of Cognac brandy, olive oil, and candles, is washing about the coast, and very little likely to be recovered. The Warratah, from Savannah to Liverpool, was dismaste d and abandoned, Jan. 21, in I long. 26 ; crew lande d to -day at Queenstown, Iti