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MELVILL, Secretary. EAST INDIA-HOUSE, DECEMBER 16, 1857 . HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, Thst li Quarterly GENERAL COURT of the said Company app ointed :.) be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEI.NEsDAY , the 23d instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, is ma , le , p'cl 1 , : ( I , :r the p u rpose of submnz for confirmation the Resolutions of the ,scneral Court of this day, appr v o n fl the Resolutions of th , court ° I Directors of the 2d instant, gran tine to Major-General Sir t r ehdale Wilson, Bart., K C. 8., an annuity of 1.000 7 . ; and to 1 , 84 3' Nell, the widow of the late Brigadier - Ge neral Neill, and to I`,.rs. Nicholson. the mother of the late Brigadier-Oeneral John Ni cholson, special pensions of 5001. per annum respectively, in r e dition to the allowances to which they are entitled under the gulations. The Reportl required by the By-Law, cap. IX., slc. 3, tigether rah the documents upon which the said resolutions have bee n ?raked are open for the inspection of the Proprietors of East India ' l ock at this House. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Van DECEMBER, 1857. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDII, COMPANY DO TIEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That o ,rroprietor of East India Stock, John JonPs, Esq., has given notice his intention to submit the following motion at the Quarterly General Court of the said Company, appointed to be held at their ..'1 648 e, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY next, the 23d instant, " That it is due to the advancing intiligence of the people of India that a Deputy from each University in the several Presidencies b maintained at the public expense in this country, with a view to inform the Proprietors as to the Wishes and complaints of the people of India." JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. C j i r REA.T WESTERN RAILWAY.- CIMISTMAS HOLIDAY i. l IETURN TICKETS issued on Thursday, the 2 ith December fl'ut intermediate days, will be available until Tuesday , the 29th. in- Tive. On the Bristol and Exeter, and South Devon L ines, return — e, ets are not available on Sundays. On Christmas. Day the trains 7 1 11 run as on Sundays, with the addition of the Day Mail Trains a t tween Paddington and Bristol. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY.—CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. The 9.15 a.m. DOwn Mail Train from Londo n will ran as usual on , 'aristmas.day, excepting over the Chester and Holyhead Railway, Od to Leeds only ovor the Midland line. The other Trains from I ondon on Christmas day will run as on !'r "U : ndays except the 10.0 a.m., which will not proceed beyond esto n AT TICKETS issred on THURSDAY, Dec. 2 4 , and interven , .% days, will be available until the following TUESDAY, Dec. 29. By order. MARK HUISH. General 3tuager's 0111ce, Enstoa Station, December, 1857. 14CEND ON and NORTH-WIiSTERN RAILWAY.—LONDON (Euston Station) and MANCIIEs tit end Ef UDDERSFIELD.—Tickets, until further notice, avail able for FOUR or SEVEN DAYS, will be issued every Wednesday tad Saturday, from the Euston Station to Manchester, Stockport, and Stations eastward to Huddersfield inclusive, and from the same ations and Manchester to Euston Station, at the undermentioned Pares for the Double Journey : Closed Carriages • . 12s. 6d. I First Class.. 21s. 04. Available for return on the Wednesday or Saturday next following the date of issue. The Trains by which these Tickets are alone available are as adder: DOWN. l eave i' . : K tOOStatioll —leave 9. 0 a.m. Huddersfield leave 9.15 a.m. I„`"krort ....arrive 1.35 p.m. Greenfield „ 9.42 „ •. finchester 1.45 I Stab ybridge•• „ 9.50 „ gtal •• " 0 eYlaridge 2.44 „ Manchester •• „ 10. 0 „ b r eenlleld „ 3. 2 „ Stockport ••.. • • ~ 10. 8 -.ll dderafield „ 3.45 „ Euston Station, arrive 2.45 p.m. rare should be taken at Manchester to ask for Tickets by the "radon and North-Western route. Tickets, until further notice, available for 28 days, will also be °stied from Euslon Station to Manchester, Stockport. and Stations eastward to llukiderstleld, and from the same stations and Man. C hester to Euston Station, daily : Closed Carriages.. —l7s. Od. I First Class • • 37g. 0,1. Avail lane able for return on any day within 23 days from the date of - - lire TI1; Trains by :which the 23 day Tickets are alone ava ilable :...... Daily. Daily. A.M P M. Vrora Ruston Station .. .. 9. 0 5. 0 P.M. 411 tre at Manchester • • .. • • • • 1.45 9.55 z2ttddersflehl • • • • •• .. .3 45 10.50 Daily. Daily. A.M. P.M. P.M. trrive at Euston Station.. .. • • 9 . 15 • • 4 . 5 From Huddersfled .. 10. 0 4.15 P M. 2 45 9. 0 10.45 V rom Manchester .. • • • • Children under 12 years, half fi Tickets Bills, and every inmrn t he Euste , n Station, and at oWan-with-Two-Necks, Gres- Spread Eagle, Regent-circus, Pic ban), street. c adilly. .1411Yersal Office. 90, Borough . Universal Office, 33, Regent kldgate. circus, Piccadilly. It rge and Blue 64lue , Fleat-street Boar, 269, high . Oldcadilly. White Horse Cellar, 155, Pic- Holborn. Green Man and Still, 335, Oxford -9 olde n C ross, C har i ng -cross. street. "Dread Eagle, 84, Gracechurch- White Horse, 90, Fetter-lane. street. Or at Mr. Marcus's Office, Crosby-hall Chambers, Bishopsgate-street. N • l3 . —Day Tickets, at a Single Ordinary Fare and a Half for the .ouble Journey, issued from London (Euston Station) to Manche l er, St oc k port, and stat i ons up t o an d i nc luding Huddersfield, are Vallable to return by any Train on any day within 7 days of the data of issue. Express Fares between Euston Station and Manchester are not t l e arged, and all Trains convey First and Second Class Passengers at Ordinary Fares -355. first class, and 255. Second class. Euston Station, December 3d, 1857. By Order. Lres. Tickets not transferable. lotion can be had in London from COCKS'S CELEBRATED READING SAUCE, which is so highly esteemed with Fish, Game, Steaks, •UPs, Grills, Gravies, Hot and Cold Meats, and unrivalled for gene od use, is sold by the most respectable dealers in ash and sauces. J. and C. Cocks, Reading, sole Manufacture.. INVESTMENTS EQUAL TO CONSOLS.- 1. A FREEHOLD GROUND-RENT of 2491. Bs., secured on " estate producing 1,4001. a-year. To be sold for 5,5001. __ 2 . A GROUND-RENT of bbl. ss. for 90 y ears, equally well secured. Price 1,0001. 3 . An Improved well-secured RENT of 751. for 86 years. Price 1,050/. COTTAGES FOR SALE. 4 • A COTTAGE RESIDENCE, held for 300 years at 3/. 3s. Price 2001. . 4 6 . A Small RESIDENCE near Rew-gardens, held for 99 years "" 61 . Price 2001. ALMSHOUSES FOR SALE. .. 6 * A well-erected ESTATE near Kew - gardens , healthful and .„4 `" , 2lllent for omnibus, rail, or boat. OFFICES AND RESIDENCES TO LET. ,ine OFFICES, 25, Poultry, and 13, G re s ham-street. The 111 011 3EXCES (under 201. rent) at Dalston , Ho l loway , and Kew, '' r eplete with every convenience. Apply to Palmer and Co., 13, Gresham-street, Guildhall. A RETIRED PHYSICIAN, whose sands of life have nearly run out, discovered while in the East Indies and cure for Consumption, A sthma, Bronchitis , C ou g hs, Colds, V, c i General Debility. The remedy was discover ed b y him when ±s only child, a daughter, was given up to die. He had heard rLuelt of the wonderful restorative and healing qualities of prepara- OI made from the East India Hemp , and the thought occurred to ";alt that he might make a remedy f or his child. He studied hard, succeeded in realising his wishes. His child was cured, and is ~,,""r alive and well. He has since administered the wonderful re 'e(l3' to thousands of sufferers in all parts of the world, and he has ;Oyer failed in making them completely healthy and happy. Wishing 10 do as much good as possPble, he will send to such of his afflicted fellow beings as request it, this r cipe, with fell and explicit direc tions for Makin it up and successfully using it. lie requires each applicant to enclose him six stamps—one to be returned as postage On the recipe, and the remainder to be applied to the payment of this advertisement: Address to H. James, M.D., 14, Cecil-street, Strand. DU BARRY'S CELEBRATED INFANTS' FOOD, for DEMO A.TE INFANTS, CHILDREN, and IN VALIDS. Supersedes the expense and dangers of wet-nursing, is ti'm'e easily digested, and impa rts more healthful nourishment than i lk ; acidity, cramps, bowel complaints, flatulency, cough, restless- Z!k, scrofula, eruptions, are a voided by it, and perfect regularity of esYstem and sound sleep iniured. Many respectable families who h ave reared and saved delicate Infant s b y this Food can be referred Z f, and a copy of their Testimonials m a y be had free on forwarding itstamped and addressed envelope to Barr y Da Earfy and Co., 17, e geut-street, London Prices:—ln Canisters, Is.; 25.; and 121 b. sit 2 I 3 . The large Canister will be forwarded free of carriage on receipt Of Post Office Order. • ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. ?Reg and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just published, price, free by post, Is., THE SILENT FRIEND: A Medical Work on the physical exhaustion and decay of the fram e, from the effect on of solitary indulgence, infection, and the injurious conse „tienoeS from the use of Mercury ; with observations on the obli g a Ups of marriage, and directions for obviating certain disqualillca „". $y 11. and L. PERRY and CO. , Surgeons. Consultatio ns as Usual (see page 197). Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Pater noster-row; Sanger, 160, Oxford-street; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is em p lo y ed in both sexes rt, r enovate the impaired powers of life. its action is purely balsamic; ! Power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and sxaal debility, obstinate gleets, impotency, barrenness, and debi lities arising from venereal excesses, has bee n demonstrated by its unvarying success in thousands of cases. Price I Is. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335., which saves 11 s. 11 ,;r 1 le CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti - syphi - Lo remedy, for purifying the system, and is recomme nded for an y of the. varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as erupt ions on the 'Kin, blotches on the head and face, enlargements of the throat, tonsils, and uvu l a; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &c. itB action is purely detersive, and its beneficial influence on the aYstern is undeniable. Price I Is. and 335. per bottle, also a saving Of Ils. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effec tual remedy in either sex for all cases of gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 44. 6,1., and Ils. per box. Sold by Daniel Church, 78, Gracechurch-street, City ; Bartlett liooper, 43, King William-street (four doors from London Bridge) ; G. F. Watts. 17, Strand; W. Sutton and Co., 10. Bow-churchyard; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Hannay and Dietrichsen, 63, Oxford-street; Butler and Harding, 4, CheaFside ; Trout and llarsant, 229, Strand ; and all medicine vendors • hrouehoat t he United Kingdom. TIIE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATITRITY Just p u blished, price Is., post free, in an Envelope, for 13 stamps, SELF-PRESERVATIO N . —A Medical Treatise on the Functions and DiSorders of the Generative System, and o n the cure of NCTVORS and Physical Debility, resulting from vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from youth to Manhood, with practical observations on the Physiology of Mar rings in its social, mora l, and physical relations. To which are added remarks on the wonders of the Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries "of Life within Life,'' and its advantages in detecting, by urinary examirkation, the cause and effect of every variety of these complaints, with numerous engravings and cases., BY SAMUEL LI'MEET, M.D., 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Seciety, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. 'The essential object of this treatise N to p o int out the fearfu l con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, Which have produced more misery in Louth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is Particularly recommended to persons entertainity, secre t doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded she h"alth, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is eatitleu. It Is absolutely necessary that all men should know mat there are I iinciples of personal management which cannot be violated with (ut incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and re g ret suc reed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how thos e penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and, above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. Published by J. Allen, 204 Warwick-lane, Patertioster-row, and may be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill; Horne, 19, Leicester-square Gordon, 146, Leadenhall street or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from 11 till 2, and from 6 till 8, at his residence, 37 Bedford-square, London. The work may be had in India, of Mr. Von Li zky, Loll Bazaar; Calcutta—Messrs. C. and J. llormusjee, Apollo-street; Bombay- Circulator Office; Madras—Mofussilite Office Agra - Dodsworth ; Colombo, Ceylon ; and of all Boolisalors throughout the Colonies. (N 20,436.) THE LADY OF By the Author of PUBLIUATIOAS. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., G LYNNE " MARGARET AND EtER BRIDESMAIDS." " Those who have read argaret and her Bridesmaids,' will be prepared for the enjoyment that awaits them in another work by the same hand. `The Lady of Glynne' is a charming story."— Literary Gazette. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. 188 —LETTS'S LARGE PRINT SHEET • ALMANACK, price 6 pence, for aged or near sighted persons, also LET TS'S DIARIES in above 100 varieties, from pence to 14 shillings each. Cellar Books, Game Books, Stable Books, etc. Sold by all Booksellers. Catalogues gratis. Letts, son, Sc. Co., stationers and mapsellers, 8 Royal Exchange. (1 IJRISTMAS SONG-THE GOOD RFIE IN J WINE. By J. GRAY. The Professional and Amateur's most powerrul and telling song. Sung by Mr. George Tedder with great applause. New Edition, with vocal chorus, piano, and baud parts for an orchestra. Illustrated by Ramage and L'Eufant, in Colours. Price 2s Gd.—Chappell, 50, New Bond-street. • POST -OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1858, Now Publishing, price Wis. Kelly and Co., 18 to 21, Old Boswell-court, St. Clement's, Strand, W.C.; Simpkln, Marshall, and Cu., Stationc-hall-court, E.C., and all Booksellers. Now publishing, price two shillings, bound in cloth, FEIST'S RACING RECORD. Edited by ALDER, I FEIST, Editor of the Turf Department of the " Sunday Times," and Re- - . -- s porter of Sporting Intelligence to the London Daily Papers, In addition to other useful information, it will contain a complete Record of the Racing and Steeplechase season in England, Ireland, and Scotland trom the Ist of January up to the day of publication, Derby Lots for 1855, and Nominations for all the Principal Races for next yeir ; forming one of the most copious works of reference ever published. W. Wright, sporting printer and publisher, Fulwood's Rents, Hol. born, London. sk. DRAUGHTS round DOORS and WINDOWS effectually PREVENTED by GREENWOOD'S PATENT TNDIA-RUBBER STOPS, and Self-acting Spring Stops for the bottoms of doors. The most imperfect door can be made air-tight without re-hanging.—Men sent to take orders and fix them if re quired.—J. Greenwood, carpenter, 10, Arthur-street west, Lon don-bridge. E CONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, New Bridge-street, London. Chairman—HENßY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq. Deputy-Chairman—ROßEßT BIDDULPH, Esq. ADVANTAGES — Mutual Assurance. The lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System. The whole of the Profits divided every Fifth Year. An accumulated Capital of • • • • .. £1,575,000 During Its existence the Aociety has paid In Claims.. 1,455,009 Reversionary Bonuses have been added to Policies to the extent of . • .. • • •. •.• The last bonus, declared in 1854, averaged GU. per cent. on the Premiums paid, anl amounted to • • Policies in force • • • • • The Annual Income exceeds • • • • • • - The next Division of Profits will be ma le in 1859. Assurances effected prior to 31st December,lBs9, will participate in the Division of 1863. Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on application to ALEXANDER MAIJDONALD, Secretary. 890,000 397,(100 7,437 240,C00 A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE , P , LONDON. BRANC [I OFFICE-29ALL - MA LL. Octavins Wigram, Esq., Governor. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir John William Lubbock, Bart.. Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. henry Bainbridge, Esq. r ~Yv Charles John Manning, Esq. :dmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Hon. John T. Leslie Melville. fan Garrett Cattley, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. .:dward Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. William Davidson, Esq. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. klexander Druce, Esq. Abraham George Robarts, Esq, Charles Farquharson, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. ,fiversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. , :ebert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. Willi am Tetlow Ilibbert , E s q . Thomas Tooke, Esq. Tames Stewart Flodg,son, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. L ance lot Holland, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. MEDICAL REFEREE—SamueI Solly, Esq., F.R.S. NoTicE. —The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre iniunis falling due at Christmas will expire on 9th January. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Cor poration on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with participatien in profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured, or 48 per cent. ipon the Premiums paid. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by those persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The future division of Profit will take place every Five years. Any scm not exceeding 15,0001. may be insured on one life. This Corporation affords to the Assured Liberal Participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Socie ties—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice —with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of nearly a Century and a-half. Royal Exchange, London. JOHN A. HIGIIAM, Actuary and Secretary. T E INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSUR kNCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London. Empowere I by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE, SUR YIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &e. DIRECTORS. EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman. Wm. Kenworthy Erowne, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq. Samuel King-Church, Esq. John Moss, Esq. John Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., Joh n S y mes, Es q . F.R.S. Joseph Thompson, Esq. SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Blondel, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford Young. MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. J. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab , F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &c. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woo'house, Esq. RANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Roweßife, Bedford-row. The next Quinquennial Division of Profits will be declared in May, 1860. Examples of Bonus np to May, 1855 : Bonus in Permanent Policy Sum addition Bonus in Re uction o taken Age• Assured. to Su n Cash. Annual Pre out in Assured. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. 1838 55 3,000 867 17 7 42 , 1 4 56 3 8 1841 48 4,000 749 4 0 325 16 I 32 0 4 1845 159 2,000 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0 1848 I GO 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 8 10 18 2 1851 f 55 2,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 6 7 7 The following are amongst the advantages offered by the Inter national Life Assurance Society : The Society was established in 1838. Two-thirds of the profits are divided amongst the assured every five years. Its subscribed capital is five hundred thousand pounds. Its investments, at the date of the last annual report, amounted to one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds. The number of policies now in force exceed six thousand. About one thousand new policies arc added every year. Since its commencement the Society has paid in blaims upwards of three hundred and twenty tkousand pounds. For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chair man, 142, Strand. 142, Strand, London, W.C. EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman, NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE 7,URES(R ithout Physic) of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation Flatulency, Phlegm, all Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Dysentry, Dtarrhcea, Acidity, Palpitation, Ileartbur o, Headache. Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Altinna, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Com plaints ate effected by )>, O U BARRY'S delicious REVALENTA ALABICA FOOD, which restores health without purging, inconvenience, or expense, as it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies. It is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor inter feres with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from invalids :—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies. " I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Fond, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies."—Curd No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dystrpsus, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, and sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham I, Ig, near Dims, Norfolk."—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of dazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Hefts, a cure of extreme ner va-aness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. — Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liver - P I : a cure of ten yew's dyspepsia, and the horrors of nervous irrita bility. Cure No 18,216. Dr. Andrew Ure of constipation, dyspep sia.. ervous irritabFity. Cure No. 34,210. Dr. Shorland of dropsy and -ehility. Cure No. 36,212. Captain Allan of epileptic fits. Cure No. 42.116 Major Edie of enlargement of the liver and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster of cramps, spasms, and daily vomiting% Cure. No. 2 6 , 418 . Dr. liar vey of diarrhoea and debility. C ure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer of consumption. Cure No. 32,883. William Hunts, Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood merchant, of thirty years diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 4 ,814. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure No 52,612. The Dowager Countess of Castleatuart, of many years' nervous irritability, bile, and indi gestion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of con sumption, after her Medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of recovery. Cure No, 180. " Twenty-five years' nervousness, con stipation, indigestion and debility, from which I have suffered,great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured b 3 Du Barry'a Food in a very short time. W. R. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." No. 4,208. "Eight years' dis pepala, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had- consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health restoring Food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John Fla yell, flidlington Rec tory, N orfolk." No. 32,836. "Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which ren dered my life very miserable , has b ee n radically removed by Du Barry's health restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ress, Skibbereen." Cure No. ,906. been ' ie T m h o irt n e d en b y y ea l r ) s u ' c l e irr u a gb y , , i s nd e ent lf e e e s i t l ion, an d general debility have t m h e e s fe P a o r r i t u e i r, d A ai t i li ge o rs i-st o r f ee s t i , ,u P ri e o rt u h s . i " mita Important Caution asalnjsta tati on s : Revalenta Arabica Food. 1854, a,ainst Alfred Hooper Neville, for tion on the lulls March, The Vice-Chancellor Sir William. Page Wood granted an injunc th 11instructions. all climates, and wi u ln Suitably packed for imitating "Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica oon. Sib ls , 121 b 225. The 121 b ear canisters, lib 2s 9d ; 21b 4s 6d ; r c i o tt . g . e 7 f 7 r , e z e o g n e s c t e r i epetDu Barry and M ila a rrY son, and Co., pur veyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly' also at 60, Gracechurch street ; 330, 430, and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapsidc ; 149, Bishopsgate. t , of London; P ost Fortnum , r o t r n d u e m r . , street; and 150 and 158 Oxfortl-street . LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1857. .11ONT BLANC IS OPEN TO-NIGHT. CHPdSTY'.4 MINSTRELS, POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King-William-street. Strand. THE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-THIRD ENTER TAINMENT. Seventh week of the JULLIEN BURLESQUE, received nightly with shouts of laughter. Doors open at half-past 7, commence at 8. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2e. ; amphitheatre, Is.; Private Boxes, Id. Is. Seats can be secured at Mr. Mitchell's, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Hail. On Thursday and Saturday, a Morning Entertainment, commencing at 3. PROFESSOR WILJALBA FRIKELL. ST. JAMES'S THE ATRE.—PHYSIC AD and NATURAL MAGIC.—TWO HOURS OF ILLUSIONS.—Saturday Afternoons at 3, and Every Evenirg at 8 (except Thursday and Friday, Dec. 24th and 250). Stalls, 55.: •Ralcony Stalls, 45.; Boxes, 35.; . Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Private Boxes, two gutneas ; one guinea and a half, and one guinea. —Places to be secured at Mr. Mitchell's:Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. A DEL AIDE GALLERY, Lowther Arcade, Strand.—Great success of M. Lamotte's Havelock Schottische. and Grand Fantasia from "I 1 Trovijore,:' an 1 the New Caledonian Quadrille by Charles Hull. Principal cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcoart. Open every evening at half-past 8. Dancing commences at 9. The Argyll Band is to be engaged for private Balls. - R. R. BIGNELL, Ma nager. R. KAHN'S MUSEUM AND GALLERY IF OF SCIENCE, 3, Tichborne•street, facing the Haymarket This Institution presents entirely new fsatures and offers unpre cedented attractions. Its object will be to combine Natural with EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE, and to show the connection be tween the functions of the Human Body and the great Forces of the Universe. Amongst tke numerous novelties now added, may be named the large Oxyhydrogen Microscope, GUENAL'S AP PAREIL URANOGRAPIIIQUE (now first introduced). The latest improvements in Electric and other Apparatus (iiclsding RUHM KORFF'S WORLD-RENOWNED COIL), Illustrations of Micro• scenic Anatomy, Dissolving Views of Physiological Phenomena, upon a principle never before attempted, &c. Lectures are delivered daily on the various branches of Science, and their application to the Human Frame, the Laws of Life, and the Preservation of Health, by Dr. Kahn and Dr. Sexton. The Institution is illuminated outside with DU BOSQUE'S MAGNIFICENT ELECTRIC LIGHT. Open (for Gentlemen only) from 12 till 5. and from 7 till 10 O'clock. ikamtastairttrlbsowriloie Building,. One 38illing. IlluitratedCata lognes, Sixpence. Programmes and Lectures gratis on application, or by post free for six stamps. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOL for ORPHAN and NECESSITOUS CHILDREN, PINNER' PATRON—His Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT. The ANNIVERSARY DINNER to celebrate the foundation' of this Institution will be held at the LONDON TAVERN, BiQhops gate-street, on SATURDAY, the 26th of December. W. M. TIIACKERAY, Esq , has kindly consented to take the chair. Mr, Alderman and Sheriffs Lawrence, and William Roupell, Esq., M.P., have promised to attend. Tickets, One Guinea each, to be obtained from any of the Stewards, or at the Offices of the Institu tion, 81, Cheapside. _ ALFRED LENCH SAUL, Secretary. December 21,1857. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS for ORPHAN and NECBSSIT3UB CHILDREN, PINNER. Patron, His R.yal Highness Prince ALBERT. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a GENERAL HALF YEARLY COURT of the Governors of this Institution will be held on MONDAY, the 28th inst., at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, to commence at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, when an Election of Children (six boys and four girls) will take place, when all such questions and matters as may be lawfully brought before the Court will be discussed and decided. . _ ALFRED LENCH SAUL, Secretary. 81, Cheapside, Dec. 21, 1857. DRESS AND FROCK COATS of !Superfine Black Cloth, 21. 15s. Od. to Three Guineas. Black Dress Trowsers, 1/. ss. Od. A choice Selection in Dress Waistcoatings. Excellene with Economy. GEORGE lIOBSON, Fashionable railor, 57, Lombard-street. li r R. HOWARD, 6urgeon-Dontist, 52, Fleet street. has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI- E f(l I'AL TEETH , fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the nataral teeth as not to be distinguished from the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or dzcay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. Tlis method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful o3eration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is g utranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and that Mr. Howard's Improvement may be within the reach of the most econo •nical, he has fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. De cayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastica tion.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MONDAY MORNING. THE IRISH JUDICIAL BENCH. The death yesterday of Mr. Justice Jackson leaves a vacant seat in the Court of Common Pleas. The learned judge had been ailing for a few weeks past, but within the last few days the disease under which he had been suffering took so favourable a turn that his friends and family had begun to entertain san guine hopes of his being able ere long to resume his judicial duties. The hopes, however, were vain, and at 4 o'clock yesterday evening he died at his house, neur Howth. The following is from the Freeman of teis morning : "We are sorry to understand that inteliigenoe reached town at a late hour last evening of the death of this excellent judge, whose health has been so pre carious for a long time as to excite the alarm, of his numerous friends. For several months past this venerable judge has been afflicted with a painful disease, the nature of which it is unnecessary to men tion. He, however rallied to such an extent lately as to raise a hope, unfortunately ill-founded, that he would soon be able to resume his judicial dutier. We regret, however, to state that Mr. Justice Jackson is no more, and we may add, a more humane judge never adorned the Irish bench. It is needless to state that in the earlier part of his career, Joseph Devonshire Jackson was a politician well-known for the strength and depth of his Tory principles. He sat in Parliament for many years as the representative of the borough of Bandon Bridge, and in the House of Commons was celebrated rather for the power of his lungs than for the liberality of his sentiments or the eloquence of his language ; but on his elevation to the bench all his old prejudices and party feelings were merged, and he dispensed justice with an impartiality and, in its more penal forms, with a clemency which won for him the approbation of all. During the Bloody Assizes' which some years ago marked the administration of the criminal law in the south of Ireland, Mr. Justice Jackson frequently in terposed between the prisoner and the anxiety of jurors to convict. Indeed on every occasion he ex hibited a humane desire to fulfil ens of the highest dutiei of a judge in undertaking the part of the prisoners advocate. He was not a very profound lawyer, but few men in his time enjoyed so large and so lucra tive a practice, particularly on circuit, where he shared the leadership of the Munster bar with the late Mr. G. Bennett. Mr. Justice Jackson was not far from his 80th year, having been called to the bar in the Michaelmas term of 1808. We need not here enter into the particulars connected with his earlier life, but they most certainly redound to his honour and prove the moral elevation of his character. We shall not now speculate on the vacancy created by his demise. If the Attorney-General wishes to accept, it is of course at his disposal, hut it is doubtful whether Mr. Fitzgerald will take a puisne judgeship. If we suppose a refusal on the part of the Attorney-General, the option of acceptance or rejection wi , l devolve on the Solicitor-General ; but all who know Mr. Christian are aware that be will not take a common law pursue judgeship. If we assume, then, a refusal by the law officers of the Crown, who will fill the vacancy occasioned by Mr. Justic e Jackson's death? Many persons are suggested, but we shall not undertake to particularise the fortunate individual." THE GREAT SLANDER TRIAL. The direct examination of the defendant Cam pion closed in the course of Saturday, and his cross examination was proceeded with. After the witness had been some time in the hands of counsel the fol lowing interruption took place : The CLief Baron stopped the business, stating that a communication bad been handed to him for one of the jurors, Mr. W. White, of Marlborough-street. Mr. White on receiving the letter stated that be had this morning left his mother very ill, and that probably this was the notification of her death. Mr. White having lc ft the box, Mr. Macdono, b, Q.C., proposed that the case should be heard with 11 jurors. Mr. Lynch, Q.C., said he would not consent to any such course being adopted. Mr. Macdonogb, Q.C..—Oh, "there is a ♦ery good reason for it, I assure you, as his Lordship will presently see. We have an application in this case, my Lord, to be made in Chamber; will my learned friends on the other side attend ? Mr. Lynch, Q o.—We certainly will not. There 19 do notice et this in auy affidavit. • Messrs. Macdonogb, Q.C., and Whiteside then went into his Lordship's chamber. The application was stated to be private, and the nature of it did not trans pire. The Court was adjourned till 11 o'clock this morning, when the cross-examination of the defendant will be re• sumed. diminution to the privation 9, of many a straitened house the apparently immaterial alteration of a word has wade. The statistics in Thones Almanac shows that theyearly dividends of the Bank were at no time less than 54 per cent., except in 1783-4, when they were 5, and in 1792-3, when they were 2i. From 1800 to 1814 they were 7,7 i, and 7. ; from 1814 to 1829 10 per cent, excepting two years ; and since 1829 until the last 12 months they have been 8, Bi, and 9. Besides these dividends the pro prietors at different times have received bonuses amounting to 800,0001. A bonus of 5 per cent. was paid in January, 1856. MR. SMITH O'BRIEIV ON SRO-RELIANCE. A few days ago Mr. W. S. O'Brien made his first appearance as a public lecturer before the Limerick Mechanics' Institute of that city; and right well did Mr. O'Brien discharge the duty which devolved upon him as the speaker of the inaugural address of the session of 1838. His remarks upon the vari ou s topics which he brought under the notice of his audience were mostly characterised by sound sense, and by an avoidance of all reference to the Utopian schemes which had hitherto formed the staple stock of those patriots who h a d t ra d e d e xtensively upon Irish grievances and thei r reme dy. Self-reliance, in Mr. O'Brien's view, sh ou ld b e th e beginning of the moral revolution which would raise Ireland from a state of mere provincialism. " Instead," he justly remarked, "of considering what we can do for our selves, we are always incl ine d t o inquire what can others do for us 1" And b y wa y of illustration he observed... " I shall only add one word more, by way of exhort* tion to the young men of this. country, for the purpose of endeavouring to induce them to abandon the habit, which unfortunately prevails to a great extent, of seek ing to obtain situations under Governmnot. This habit dose• not exist so much ainosig the woiking -classes as among the middle classes and among the wealthiest ranks of society. Such a disposition of mind tends much to degrade the character of this country and to check the natural energies of our people. I am confident that it would be found upon inquiry that for every appointment under Government conferred upon an Irishman there are at least 20 competitors. Now if this be the case, it is manifest that upon the occasion of each vacancy at least 19 persons must be disappointed ; and these 19 persons are for the most part induced to hang on, re.ying upon a vague hope, in a listless state of expectation, instead of exerting their natural energies to make an independ ent position for themselves in the honourable occupations of industry or commerce. This system of expectancy tends also to degrade the character of our public men. It is well understood at the Treasury that patronage is given only to those who are prepared to offer an equiva lent for it in the support afforded to the Government of the day. Hew is it possible, then, that a representative can maintain his Parliamentary independence if be be con star.tly urged to solicit situations for his constituents These remarks do not, however, apply to a system of pro motion dependent on competitive examination.' It such a system could be universally established and acted upon with integrity, the acquirement of a situation under Government would be honourable to the successful and even those who might fail would have the advantage of an educational preparation which would be highly useful to them in whatever path of life they might sub sequently choose. But I fear that we are still far from the estaolishinent of a system of promotion which would depend wholly upon merit ; and I speak not with refer ence to changes which may possibly hereafter occur, but with reference to what actually exists. "Few living men have mingled with so many different grades of society, or have seen so many ♦icisei.udee of life • and this experience has taught me that moral worth and intellectual prowess are not the exclusive inheri tance of any particular class. On the contrary, I am convinced that there is often to be found in the breast of an industrious mechanic more of genuine dignity than inhabits that of the haughtiest peer. I have dwelt in lordly mansions and in thatched cottages, and this experience has convinced me that genuine happiness is as often to be found beneath the lowly roof as in the regal palace. Among the men that I have known who have obtained the highest success in a professional or commercial career the greater part have been the archi tects of their own fortunes : have owed everything to their own abilities andperseverance. lam able therefore to speak in terms of encouragement to the young mechanics who have done tee the honour to ask me to address them to-night, and to assure them as well as the classes to whom Fortune has been more propitious, that both individual advancement and national greatness can under the blessing of Providence be secured only by cherishing the manly sentiment of self-reliance. We ought not, indeed, to reject the co-operation of those whose sympathies we are entitled to elaim. Onthe contrary, I have endeavoured to show to-night how many useful ob j ects might be promoted by the combination of those whose interests are identical; but we ought to practise the habit of considering, not what might be done for as by others, but what we can do for ourselves. By acting upon this principle the inhabitants of Ireland have it in their power to make this country a realm whose name shall be mentioned with honour throughout all ages and among all nations of the earth. Since we cannot erase from our annals the pages which tell of dissension, and suffering, and degradation, let us at least pray that our posterity may hereafter enact and record, a history that shall realise our fondest aspirations." MORTARS AND MORTARS. In the naval and military intelligence of Saturday it was announced that the 36-inch mortar designed by Lord Palmerston had again been subjected to trial and again shown signs of defective construction. The association of the Prime Minister's name with this monster cannon is no doubt due to its having been ordered by him on his own responsibility, without the previous sanction of the War Department and the Woolwich authorities. The latter are probably anxious to have it clearly under stood that they have had no share in recommending the construction of so useless a piece of ordnance. They may even quote it as a set off against the still more conspicuous failure of the Lancaster gun, for which they are undoubtedly answerable, and the manufacture of which, after an enormous expenditure, has been finally abandoned. In truth, whether the public looks to the existing state of artillery science at Woolwich, or to the experiments which have found promoters there, or to those which have been forcibly thrust upon the War office by the pressure of inventors out of doors, the re. sults hitherto realised have been equally unsatisfactory. The Russians did, indeed, cover the humiliation of their retreat from the south side of Sebastopol by calling the fire of their opponents a "feu d'enfer," but can we take much credit for the compliment implied in that term The late war clearly enough demonstrated that the Bri tish army has not, as it undoubtedly ought to have, any conspicuous or decisive superiority over those of other countries in the artillery arm, and tbat a monstrous wastefulness of ammunition and materiel, which in the strictest sense of the words means money—a wastefulness preposterously out of proportion to the destructive effects produced is common to all. It being proved, therefore, that we are only on a par with other. Eur opean States upon thi s poi n t, an d th at the existing system is very far short of what it should be in electiveness, we now find ourselves called upon to confess, at the end of several years devoted to experi ments that our attempts at improvements have not been 'myth's wroug h t -i ron gun , K rupp ' s steel gun, Mallet's hug e mortar, Lancaster ' s r ifl ed can non,successful ; that If as and many more of the same class, have failed ; and that we have very little to show for the money expended in these abortive schemes beyond the knowledge that we cannot violate the la ws of mechan i ca l construction and of chemical science with i mpun i ty. Wh e th er th e new pied of ordnance was favound at the War-effice, or the Horse Guards, or down at Woolwich, or by the Prime Minister, the result has still been of the same un fortunate character. The Russians, with their superior quality of iron, can at least equal, if they do not sur pass, us in the size of their heaviest ordnance. Our allies the French claim to be more effective than we are upon the all-important point of field artillery. Are we, then, to submit to this dangerous equality, and do our un rivalled mechanical resources offer us no escape from a Position which the backward state of artillery science throughout Europe only renders the more humilia ting ? The answer cannot be doubtful ;i ndeed, if we are not mistaken, the question has alr ea d y foun d it s p ro pe r practical solution. We must give up all attempts t o se t the laws of the material world at d e fi ance — to rifle can non so that they must either burst th emse l ves o r their shells—to cast and to weld iron i n masses w hich far transcend the limits hitherto attainable consistently with sound workmanship—to achieve by a tour de force what can only be obtained by the regular graduated advance of judicious and well-directed experiment. This succes sion of failures in the Woolwich marshes only illustrates the same simple economic truths which place a limit to the size of the London dray-horse —which makes the one-horse cart superior to the waggon, the narrow-guage to the broad-guage for goods traffic, w hi c h compe ll e d our mechanical engineers to seek by th e f ast action o f per fectly forged parts in their marine eng i nes f or th e power which the size and consequent imp er f ect i ons o f larger parts working at slower speeds could not ma i n t a i n with out the risk of constant breakdown s . • While some men of really inventive talent and a great many charlatans have been permitted to waste the public money in trying vainly to improve our artillery, it seems passing st range that i t s h o uld not long ago have been discove re d h ow i mposs ible it was to hope for successful re su l ts i n the di rec tion in which they were working. It was; clear that while increased range and precision of firing were, wanted, it was nearly as important to bring the charges of ammu nition and the weight of mewl in guns into more mans geable proportions to each other , and to the facilities for transit on active service. No se ns ibl e man can have witnessed the frightful damage don e t o t h e e ffi c i e ncy of our army in the Crimea by the exig enc i es o f th e siege train during the winter of 1854-5 without being im pressed with this conviction. The principle of the rifle offered an obvious suggestion for the proper means of working out the foregoing problem, b ut t h en f o r artil lery rifling by grooves would not do w ith ou t th e use of a pliant metal in the project ile, and the cos t o f lead ron dere4 its application to that purpose impracticable. It was necessary therefore to alter the existing mode of rifl ing, and to modify the bore of the cannon, so tat an iron projectile could be discharged from it rotating on its own axis in the line of flight. This resn't once secured, it is (Amiens that a field piece or gun of position would become a rifle on a large scale, and that the same immense increase of range and of penetration which had been realised by the smaller weapon as compared with Brown Bess would be placed at the command of the artillery. It is consolatory, after a series of failures worthy even of Brunel in launch ing the Leviathan, that the country has at last the well grounded hope of an improvement by which our ord flange may be placed on a proper footing. In pursuing those careful experiments which he undertook for the Government principally to improve the rifle, Mr. Whit worth, the eminent machinist, adopted a polygonal spiral bore of a uniform pitch, but more rapid than could be attained by grooves. This bore has enabled him to surpass immensely the range and penetration of the Enfield rifle ; but even these advantages, important as they are, scarcely surpass those which it places within the reach of our artillery service. The strain of the pro jectile being distributed evenly over every side of the polygon, iron can be substituted for lead in the projectile, and this simple but beautiful mechanical appliance at once becomes available for cannon. Moreover, Mr. Whitworth has discovered in the course of hie experi ments that according to the quickness of the turn in the polygon is the length of the projeotile that may be fired, so that 241 b. and 481 b. shot have been sent to extraordinary ranges with half the usual charge of powder from an ordi naryl2-pounder howitzer. Here, then, is at once the so lution of the whole question which has troubled the brains of so many inventors, real or pretended, foryears. The artilleryman at one stride resumes the relative positiln to the soldier of the line which the Enfield rifle had so perilously deprived him of, and this mechanical country, after finding herself on the level of France, Russia, and other European States,, is once more, as daring the Peninsular campaigns, enabled to assert her natural superiority..iik tp heanufticture of cannon. trust thiit ne Vitty jeacmailia..on - the"past - of 'narrow- - minded officials will be allowed to interfere with thecourse of Mr. Whitworth's experiments, and that the encourage. ment which he is now receiving from the Minister at War and the Commander-in-Chief will enable him, at no remote date, to realise for the benefit of the army and the nation that revolution in gunnery which the results already obtained by him pronsise.—Times. Messrs. E. Penning R. G. Pbad W. Barnes J. Thorp Mr. E. Fen] COLIMA/ Messrs. J. Davies J. Perkins W. Webster H. W. Valiance Mr. J. Davi , OORDW, Messrs. L. Houghton W. Tegg W. Connell Stewart king, Deputy. [-STREET. Messrs. C. Hogg T. Westall J. E. S. Saunders H. Roberts Leg, Deputy. AINER. Messrs. Lott Joyce H. L. Taylor Mr. Lott, Deputy. CORNIIILL. A poll takes place to-day on behalf of Mr. Purnell, for this ward, so that the complete list cannot yet be given. Messrs. J. Cbaffey J. Lamb W. Croneber Messrs. H. Jones B. E. Brown H; Lloyd J. Parker CRIPPLIGA r Messrs. J. Pickering E. Stillwell G. Cuthbert W. King OBIPPLXGATE-WITHIN. Messrs. W. Brass, jun. J. Edmunds B. Spilbury J. Burkett DOW 1-WITHOIJT. Messrs. W. Morisse S. Read J. Johnson J. Sewell Messrs. Krppel G. Harker T. Whits Mr. Kepp FARRINCIDC Mesas. J. Morris J. Kelday H. Blake Young Glover G. R. Bengough Holt Mr. Holl PARRINQDO Messrs. J. M. Barnard I C. E. Butler 1 G. Roes G. Scamell W. T. Bedford C. Wooltorton W. Gresham S. F. Langhatn Messrs. Barnard. an, LfraiGl GATE. Messrs. J. Kearns J. Coleman J. Truscott ,el, Deputy. ON-WITHIN. Messrs. C. Reed G. Virtue G. Dolland E. Wheeler C. Phillips M'Lauchlan T. Millard ,t, Deputy. IN-WITHOUT. Messrs. J. Anderton R. Williams R. Obbard G. Walter T. Cotterell E. Hodgson H. J. Liss W. Lawley d Obbard, Deputies. 101311 N. Messrs. C. Sully T. Webber I A. Crosley J. Symonds n, Deputy. Messrs. S. Unwin T. Snelling E. Howard R. C. Bache Mr. Trawl: MIME Messrs. Cork T. B. Simpson Mr. Cork, PORTS tEET. Messrs. T. Symonds W. Simpson :, Deputy. SO EN. Messrs. Christie T. C. Hayward. J. Annie J. Venables Megan. G. Vile G. Bone D. King T. Mills Mr. Clrvisti QITZENI Messrs. W. Itathbono T. Burroughs G. Rayment Mr. Ratlbol Le, Deputy. HITHE. Messrs. T. H. Saunders J. Terry Todd ne, Deputy. TB. _ _ Messrs. G. Aitchison Redhead Turnbull Barkley Mr. Aitchis Messrs. Nissen Smith Cornell _ Verry ion, Deputy. TRY. Messrs. Archer W. D. White 1 T. Sprague Mr. Arche WALD] Messrs. G. Mason C. Gammon R. Tress r, Deputy. ROOK. Men Ts. T. 'Rowley H. E. Murrell T. H. Fry Mr. Condor, Deputy. Messrs. Conder F. Male W. Dawson TIIE BANK OF IRELAND. The subjoined remarks upon the recent half yearly meeting of the Bank of Ireland are extracted from the Trade Report of the Freeman's Journal : The report was gratifying in the extreme. A dividend of 6 per cent. for the half-year, free of income-tax, was declared, leaving 23,0001. to be added to the rest. The latter figures show that the directors could easily have made the same dividend as last half-year, 6i per cent., but., as they cannot hope to escape some bad debts, they have followed the more prudent course. We rather think we are correct in saying that the dividend of HI per cent., which has been paid in the last year wholly Out of the year's profits, is the largest earned since the establishment of the bank. We think it only due to the board again to direct attention to their having allowed their own good sense to prevail over long established custom, by dividing the extra earnings in the shape of dividend, instead of dividend and bonus. Of course, our readers are well aware that the hollers of interests, or such similar trusts, can only receive the divi dend, and that bonus is added to capital, although the right of the holder to have each year's earnings is too manifest for ar gument. That the Irish bank directors have taken the true mercantile course is to be recorded to their credit, although, perhaps, not knowing what pressure means, they have only a slight conception of the great addition to the comforts, or THE WARDMOTES. The following is a complei cilmen elected yesterday : ALDER its list of the Common Cann Messrs. R. Besley De Jersey Goodman Woodward Mr. Laws .IEIGATE. Messrs. Lawson J. T. Norris J. Wood R. Chaplin ,n, Deputy. ,GATE. ALD , Messrs. R. B. Whiteside J. Turnley R. C. BuCKnall R. Osmond Mr. R. B. Ma SHAW. Messrs. C. E. Fuller A. Locke Mr. BrittOn, Deputy. Mears. Britton W. Lister Messrs. B. Burnell J. Hudson, H. Hill A. Lusk teside, Deputy. BASS] BILLINGSGATE. Messrs. B. B iwer I Messrs. G. C. Graves J. Roberts "Ben." Slownian W. Williams W. Bousfield J. Causton R. Westall Mr. B. Bower, Deputy. BISHOPSGATE. Messrs. M. Horgood W. A. Peacock W. H. Filcher J. R. Carr R. Ashby J. Warren C. Gilpin W. Stevens i G. Taylor Messrs. Stevens and Peacock, Deputies. Messrs. T. S. Owen T. Frick er J. C. Edmiston G. Kerry W. Jones BREAD-STREET. Mum. W. Hawtrey N. Maughan D. Laurie J. P. Snell J. Smith Messrs. J. J. Millard F. Maynard W. Patten I. M'Cutchen ~rey, Deputy. ;IDLE. Messrs. C. Whethaai J. Arnold 1 T. Johnson W. Dray Mr. Pewtrege, Deputy. BROAD-STREET. _ Mr. Ilasvi Messrs. Pew tress J. Hill H. Matthew J. Low ---- Messrs, T. Carney Messrs. T. Abraham C. Warton Hartridge J. Humphreys S. H. Waterlow W. Cox, M.P. J. O'Neill Mr. T. Conley, Deputy. CANDLEWICK. _ _ _ Messrs. T. Dakin J. H. Elliott F. R. Frinnely Mr. T. Dal Messrs. J. Matthews R. Rowe J. G. Marratt :in, Deputy. Messrs. Longden Hicks T. Parker G. J. Cockerill AYNARD. I Memo. F. Farrar C. Odell Adlard C. Hawkins Mr. Hicks; Deputy. CHEAP. CASTLN [PRI.O - 2 4D. STAMPED sr) MR. DONALD NICOLL AT EROME, M. P. On Friday evening, the member for this borough, Mr. Donald Nicoll, invited his constituents to meet him and receive an account of his stewardship. Accordingly, a large gathering of the electors pre sented themselves in the Assembly-room of the Market-place, and Mr. Coombs having been called to the chair, commenced the business of the even lug, and having I ead a letter from the Rev. S. Manning, expressing his regret that ill-health would cause him to he absent, but at the same time highly euloisiog Mr. Nicoll's public conduct, the hon. menater was then introduced to the meeting, and was received with tumultuous cheers, which, being duly acknowledged, Mr. Nicoll proceeded to state that he had invited his constituents to meet him in accordance with a custom which he could wish was more general throughout the length and breadth of the land. He thought the annual meeting between representatives and the represented gave a whole. , some result ; while it was a good check upon repre sentatives, it was also a source for the protection of those who were honest in their intentions. For instance, that was the time for any elector who really had, or faneied ho had, a grievance. Then should he come forward and meet the representa tive face to face, and demand an explanation ; con sequently, no excuse existed for anonymous letters to newspapers, or the secret whisperings suggested through interested and political opposition. Mr. Nicoll, in the course of the evening, complained of anonymous attacks through the medium of the local journal—the Somerset and Wilts Journal— which, while professing to be neutral, ho clearly showed had contrived to fire several broadsides at himself and at the Liberal party generally ; and, with singular oversight, had passed over many of til l .- , v .pf. the greatlauded *tir _. - eaSteila the newt.. bb e .., et, arid which - might; miveithele - se; Luta been commented on with just severity. Therefore, the hon. member characterised the neutrality as being one-sided. The intention of following such a policy having been denied by the reporter representing the above journal, a slight passage of arms ensued, but the meeting unanimously adopted the conclusion Mr. Donald Nicoll had arrivedat. However, to return to the hon. gentle man's address, which occupied two hours, and comprised general comments upon every important vote given by him during the last session. He thus proceeded :—Mr. Nicoll said that he would take for his text-book the printed list of the divisions, and, as they were arranged alphabetically, the first bore the title of adjournment ; and he should never forget the advice given to him by that veteran re former Joseph Hume, when he (Mr. Nicoll) had to present a petition at the bar of the house, during his shrievalty of London and Middlesex, Mr. Hume said if you ever enter this house let me give yon a bit of advice. Stop late, and see the house adjourned as often as you can ; that is the time the Government hacks carry through the house many bills which hays not excited public notice, but which have nevertheless been found most obnoxious in their results. Accordingly, he (Mr. Nicoll) had stopped late,' and had gone home inthe past session at broad daylight, and as he would presently show he had done some service by waiting for the small hours beyond midnight. In alluding to the ballot Mr. Nicoll spoke most hopefully of the result of that great question. He said, notwithstanding Lord Palmerston had taken away many good men and true to aid in receiving her Majesty at the opening of the Atts Exhibition at Manchester, which was appointed for the only day open for the discussion, yet 189 voted in favour, which, with 28 pairs and 2 tellers, recorded the fact that 219 members of the present Parliament were at all events ready to stand by this important principle, being now, in point of fact, the only true test of Liberalism. Government contracts next came under consideration, and he had been prevented servingon that committee through Government in fluence, it being presumed that by his occupation in life he must necessarily have been behind the scenes, and therefore knew some of their sore points. Many members of the house wished to have the benefit of his practical knowledge upon the first question that came before the committee— namely, the clothing contracts, and he availed himself of his right to attend in the committee-room, and the result is he has given notice of a motion which, unless the Government consent to the en largement of the report by the committee, he (Mr. Nicoll) will endeavour to call the attention of the heuse to the gross waste at present perpetrated, and which only resulted in discomforts to the army, and was capable of illustration by referring to the early mismanagement of the stores during the Crimean campaign. The Crowded Dwellings Bill, Mr. Nicoll said, was an attempt under the garb of philanthropy to give the police most dangerous power, not even excelled in Naples itself. The poor man's house would have been no longer his castle. He (Mr. Nicoll) spoke and voted against the bill which was withdrawn but with great reluc tance on the part of the Ministry. The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill occupied a great part of the session, indeed more than 20 divisions were taken on the question. Mr. Nicoll supported the main principle of the bill—namely, to make acces sible to the less wealthy members of the com munity that relief which could alone be previously obtained by the possesser of a few spare thousand pounds. Mr. Nicoll also voted for the proposition to abolish that empty gew-gaw, the Lord-Lieu tenancy of Ireland, and which cost the coun try 100,0001. per annum, and had not now the old excuse to offer in its favour, seeing that rail roads, quick steam-boats, and the electric tele graph had so materially shortened the distance of the real seat of Government. With regard to the Maynooth question, they all knew how he intended to vote on that question. Like the Minister's Money Bill, he voted against its continu ance. The latter was also an Irish question, but which strongly resembled our English Church-rate matter. The Oaths or Jew Bill, as it is called, was next referred to, and Mr. Nicoll regretted that the obstinacy of the Lords was very likely to bring the Commons into dangerous collision. Mr. Nicoll said that he voted for the admission of Jews into Parliament upon the principle of religious liberty, and that constituencies had the right to return whom they thought best capable of represent ing their views, without incurring the unconstitu tional interference of the other house of Parliament. Mr. Nicoll, in referrin g to the annuity of the Princess Roya l, said that the whole house voted on the main question, viz., that of giving to Eng land's eldest daughter a sum which was fre quently exceeded by our merchant princes under similar circumstances. Moreover, by custom it was recognised that, in exchange for the Crown lands, which descended to our sovereigns with as good a tit] eas the lands held by the Lords of Longleat and Marston House, the Queen and her family should receive from Parliament reasonable grants of maintenance. Mr. Nicoll wished that nothing more unreasonable than this existed ; indeed, if but a tithe of the minor jobs of Government were reduced, the grant to the Princess Royal would ap pear but as a drop in the ocean. The Probates and Letters of Administration Bill received Mr. Nicoll's support, as it tended to make cheap law in the direction of every man's door, and he voted against the Superannuation Act Amendment Bill, which, it is computed, will ultimately increase the salaries of the civil servants of the Crown to the extent of 200,0001. per annum ; and with regard to this bill, Mr. Nicoll, believing that the Government offered but a tame resistance, he tested their sincerity by dividing the house, but without success. Mr. Nicoll seconded Lord Raynham's motion for an in quiry into the workhouse system, and against the Bill for the Site of Public Offices. The hon. gen tleman dwelt at some length upon the extravagant notions of the Government in this respect, which Sir Charles Barry had said would cost about twelve, but more probably. twenty millions. To this bill Mr. Nicoll believes he had the honour of g iving a final coup de grace, as it was about to be brought under consideration before a thin house, and at two o'clock in the morning, whereupon Mr. Nicoll moved the adjournment of the house ; but this bill, with some others, being withdrawn, the division was not proceeded with. The completion of the survey of Scotland was on a scale of 25 inches to the mile received Mr. Nicoll's support, because so much had already been done that to leave off then was, in his judgment, absurd and wasteful. Mr. Nicoll would not have voted for the survey had it been a new question, but he was in a similar position to a man who had inherited a house commenced by an extravagant predecessors who had left his suc cessor the duty of placing a roof to lender the whole valuable ; but not to do this, and to leave the timbers to rot, and the whole to become very nearly worthless, would be just the result that was obtained by the adverse vote on this question. Mr. Nicoll voted against the proposition to give 10,0001. towards a chapel for the wealthy English residents in Paris, and described his speech in the house against the illiberality of our Ambassador in that capital. This concluded a description of past votes with the exception of the recent short session, and Mr. Nicoll stated that he supported the idems shy for Ministers ; and, in allusion to the three great que4tionq are l oom i ng in the distance, namely, the future government of • Tedio'il„Agt, -- 7 , :,9_ mate arrangement of monetary roaftelts,,lan4 ‘ new Reform Bill, the hon. getitletnan,„6:ll:l - support any prop )sition that ended o abolish the existing anomaly of the double form whereby Indian affairs were governed, and which, by removing many oppressions sanctioned in the past towards the native tillers of the soil, would at the same time benefit the commerce of this coun try. • Mr. Nicoll, speaking with regard to the late panic, thought that we were ripe for legislation upon the question of sepirating the issue frotu.t he banking department, and that the Batik no e should in fu•nre become a 1.-pl tender throughout toe United Kingdom. With regard to the new R-form Bill he did not think the Ministers had resolved upon . elc.ending. the demands so jually made by constituencies until they hid felt a little of the . pressure from without. Here Mr. Itieoll read a manifesto, signed by himself and otherearnest sup porters of reform, and which has already been mate public ; and concluded by urging the elect rs to contrast the manifesto with the bill it was sup posed Lord Palmerston would place upon the tall) of tl e house early in the session ; and although he and others did not bind themselves to the whole of the contents of that manifesto, yet he thought that it would be admitted to be a fair sample of what the nation should demand. The following resolution was then moved by Mr. Woof), and, after some objection made by Mr. CHAPMAN in respect to the annuity given to the Princess Royal, the motion uas carried unani mously :—" That this meeting, consisting of the electors and inhabitants of the borough of Frome, desires to record the universal sati , faction that pre vails with regard to the manner in which Doipild Nicoll, Esq., has discharged duties in Parliament; and, while renewing the confidence hitherto placed in their representative, also tender their vrarinczt thanks of the community for past services, together with the fervent wish that health and blessing in ty attend his exertions in the future ; and at the same time his attention is more especial' called to the right of the electors of Great Britain to veto by ballot." After giving three cheers for Mr. Nicoll, the vast assemblage quietly dispersed. THE LEVIATHAN. ,letter laadfri?e.3 adarwf.l to the editor of the Times : Sir,—l have resided many years at St. Petersburg. Among the splendid monumenti of that magnificent city I often gazed with admiration on the noble statue of Peter the Great. There, in the centre of the immense space of Isaace's Place, it stands in its simple grandeur the equestrian statue of the Czar, on the summit of an enormous block of granite, bearing the appropriate in scription, 't etru Piimo, Catherilia Secutida'--a femi nist once of the great Czarina of the illustrious founder of the Bus .:ae o heal. miihty mass of solid rocks as it stands about 100 yards from the banks of the Neva I wondered how it got there, and was stimulated by curiosity to ascertain wta were the mecbai ical contrivances em ployed to transfer the huge bulk from its native bed in Finland to its present site. Through an official friend I obtained access to tl -, e archives in the Museum of St. Petersburg, and learot the following particulars : This mass of rock, which is the hardest red granite of the greatest specific gravity, was cut from a quarry close to the north shore of the Gulf of Finlaud at a certain elevation above the level water, and lowered gradually down an inclined plane on a raft built to la eeive it. ' In this operation there was no difficulty. The inclination was sufficiently steep to admit of the block sliding down a well-greased way by gravitation. The restraining power required in the shape of check-tackle was of the simplest kind. The rock was then floated up the Hera to a point in the river opposite its intended site ; here commenced the operations of propelling the enormous mass—of moving the monster rock—to the spot it was to occupy, a distance treater than that the big ship has to be moved on its ways. The actual weight to be shifted, no doubt, was much less than that of the Leviathan, but still it was a mighty mass to move, and it had to he conveyed up, inst,ad of down, an inclined plane, and therefore the resistance to be overcome was proportionally increased. This undertaking at the time was looked upon as a great mechanical feat, and it excited among engine• re and scientific men of the day as much interest as the launching of the monster ship at the present time. Crowds attended to witness the proceedings, which pro gressed from day to day with systematic regularity, until terminated with complete success. The end to be attained, namely, propelling and con trolling the movements of a great body of enormous • weight, b-ing the same in both cases, there is a parallel between theta which makes it interesting, and perhaps instructive, to describe the mechanical contrivances re sorted to to drag the rock from the river to the place where it now stands—a marvel to those who look upon it. The only mechanical power used was the capstan, worked by men with handspikes, just as the anchor of a ship is lifted. But the peculiar feature of the ar rangements, and which insured their success, was the multiplication of the lines of traction ; and I cannot but think it affords a hint, which ought not to be thrown away on the engineers who have so long striven in vain to produce forces sufficiently great to move iho Leviathan and control its movements with mathema tical precision—a problem, however, which their united skill ought by this time to have solved. To put the rock in motion, its weight and friction, relieved by rollers, together with the increased resistance caused by the ascent up the inclined plane, were calculated, and the motive force required was as certained. To obtain an amount of power in excess of that force 50 powerful capstans, each worked by 20 men and hauling on its own cable, were employed. The whole of the active operations were under the orders of an English admiral--I believe Greig—then in the service of the Russian Empress. By beat of drum the working of the capstans were regulated, and at every roll the granite block, put in motion by the strain on 50 diffe rent cables, attached to as many points of traction, was advanced a predetermined distance, and gradually moved up to its foundation without accident. There was no breaking of tackle, as there probably would have been if the force of the 50 capstans had been concentrated on one cabli, whatever might have been its strength. The noticeable point in this mode of proceeding is the distribution of the forces employed and the subdivision of labour. That adopted with the Leviathan is precisely the reverse ; it is the accumulation and concentration of forces on a few points, producing an amount of strain which no materials moulded by human bands can resist. Hence we hear of iron chains of gigantic dimensions snapping like glass, iron hydraulic cylinders and pipes of immense stteugth bursting, solid iron drums crushing like paper, and strong beams of timber doubling up. So also it is 'A ith the fulcrums, whether anchors of the most powerful make or masses of piles driven deep into the ground, they all yield to the action of concentrated forces. Now, it would seem that, if the same principle as that above described as having been successfully applied to move the monumental block of stone were adopted for the launching of the Leviathan, the difficulties which have so long puzzled the engineers employed in that attempt would disappear. Let them multiply their lines by traction. Instead of accumulating the forces in two or three point. only, and using two or three chain cables of enormous strength, let them increase the number of both ten or twenty fold and diminish the weight and cost of the latter in proportion. The condi• tions of the operation will be changed, the enormous and overwhelming expenditure and wear and to-ar of mechanical forces and materials will cease, and brought within reasonable and manageable bounds. For instance we have been told that the strain upon a particular chain was equal to a pressure of 200 tons, and, as if to boast of the destructive power of the force, the sudden snapping of the wassive finks was related ati an interest ing incident. If, instead of this one force or concentra tion of forces at one point, and to one chain only, 20 distinct and separate forces had been brought to bear on the ship, at 20 different points and with 20• different chains or lines of traction, and each separate force had been equal to 20 tons instead of 200 tons, the materials of each machine and chain having only to resist 1-10th of the force before used would, at a greatly. diminished expense, resist that force, while the aggregate force ap plied would be doubled, as 20 times 20 tons would give a force of 400 instead of 200 tons. _ _ In hauling upon a chain for the purpose of traction the strain or tension is in the ratio of the force employed. If the force exceed the resisting strength the chain sill break. A disregard of this law has been the cause of the repeated failures with the Leviathan. As my object is only to enunciate a principle I will not at present go into any details of its application. They are self evident, and can be much more readily brought into operation than the stupendous mechanical means hitherto employed, which have cost such vast sums of money and produced such inadequate results. The great advantage of the plan above recommended is, that the mode of applying it being arranged the fore , a can be multiplied ad libitum at a comparatively small expense until the aggregate amount of power to over come the ris inertice of the ship is obtained.—Your obe. dient Servant, Gno. CLARK. 64, Trinity square, 'Southwark. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY. The usual winter afternoon ; a thin attendance, and little business transacted: The only incident was the advance of Clydesdale far the Two Thousand. 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