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EAST INDIk HOUSE, 14TH OcironElt, 1857. 1 THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY DO lIEILEItY GIVE NOTICE, 'that they have received- returns of unpn:d shares of Donation Matta granted to the forevS cmnloVcd in litirmalt during the campaign of by general order, by tte Goverior-General of India, in crunch, dated Ist July, 1553, due to Officers, Seamen, and Marines of her Majesty's F hips " Bittern . ' 4.1 "Spartan," and that the same q ill to paid to the several parties entitled, on their application at the Military Department, East Dicta House, after the 21st instaut. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. BANK OF DEPOSIT, 3, Pall-mall East. Established A I) 1 44 . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, 1 hat from this day until farther notice the INTEREST payable en deposit accounts will be increased to .£6 PER CENT. per annum. Parties desirous of investing .lloney are requested to CialTliTlC the Plan of the Ra , lc of Peposit. Forms for opening accounts and every information post free on application. PETER MORRISON, 31,naging I)irectar. Oct. 10, 1g57. THE RHINE AND GERAIANY.—TIi e shortest and Cheapest Route. via. Rotterdam, to the Rhine and Germany, is by THE DUTCH IV , ENIgH RAILWAY. Through Trains, In conjunction with those of the rolognc-Minden Company, start three times a day. Fifty pounds of Luggage allowed free for each passenger. Further particulars forwarded, post free, on application to the Company's London Agent, Mr. JOHN C. .LatssoN, 61, Oracechurch street. REAT WESTERN RA ILWAY.-CFI EAP EXCURSIONS. (In Sunday, October IS, a train will leave Paddington at 7.45 a.m., for Oxford (Fares 6s. 6d and Banbury (Fares Si. and 55.), Leamington or Warwick (Fares lOe. 6d. and 65.), Birmingham (Fares 12s. and 75.), returning at 7 o'clock the same evening. On Saturday, the 21th October, a train will leav t Paddington at 3.0 p.m., for Chipponham, Trowbridge, and Westbury (Fars 9s. and 55.), Frome and Yeovil (Fares 10s. and 65.), Weymoa h and Dorchester (Fares, 125. and Bs.), returning on Tuesday, the 27th, from Wert outh at 11.30 a.m. On Sunday, Cctober 25th a train will leave Paddington at 7.45 a.m. for Path and Bristol, returning the same evening at 6 7AO. Fares.—Bath, 11s. and ss. 6d.; Bristol, 14s and 6s. cd. On Saturday, October 31st, a train wilileavo Paddi . et n at 6.0 p.m. for Cirencester and Stroud (Fares, 9s. and 55.) Gloucester and Chel tenham (Fares, 10s. and Gs.), Ross and , Tereford (fares, lls. and 75.), returning on Monday, the 2d November, from Hereford at 5 p.m., and intermediate Stations as per hand-bills, to be obtained at the Company's offices. For further particulars of return, &c.,see handbills, to be obtained tit any of the Company's offices. OFFICERS PROCEEDING TO INDIA, also CIVILIANS, can effect ASSURANCES on their LIVES with the COLONIAL LIFT. ASSURANCE COMPANY on the USUAL TERMS, the Directors having RESOLVED NOT TO INCREASE THEIR RATES at this time. Premiums can be paid to the Company's Agents at Calcutta, Ma dras. or Bombay, or at any other of their Agencies in the East. The Directors also advance Loans on good security for temporary periods. The Colonial have Agencies in every British Colony, Trhere Pre iniums are received and claims settled. WILL. TIIO. TWA' SON*, Actuary. SAMUEL IL FERGUSS -, N, Resident Secretary in London. 81, Lombard-street (E .0 ) EDINBURGH (flead-office) 5, George-street. DU • ............... 65, Upper 14ackville-street. GLAiGOW PURSUANT to a Docreo of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause Lambe against Orton and others, all persons claiming to be creditor of HENRY ORTON, late of Derby, in the county of Derby, tobacconist and general dealer, who died in or about the month of January, 1831, are, by their solicitors, on or before the 6th day of November, 1857. to come in and prove their debts or cla;ms at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn. Middlesex, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Friday, the 13th day of November, 1857, at one o'clock in the afternoon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudi cating upon the clsimg. . . Dated - this Bth day of August, 1857. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause Lambe against Orton and others, all persons claiming to be next of kin of HENRY ORTON, lite of Derby, in the county of Derby,tobaeconist and general dealer, who diet in or about the month of January, 1831, living at his death, or the personal representatives of any such next of kin as may have since died, are by their solicitor?, on or before the 6th da, of No vember, 1857, to come in and prove their claims at the chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, at No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's inn, 'Middlesex, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily ex cluded from the benefit of the said decree. Friday, the 13th day of November, 1857, at one o'clock in the afternoon, at the said chambers, is appointed for hearing and adju dicating upon the claims. Dated this Bth day •f August,_ 1857. CTTAS. PUGH, Chlefelerk. FOR GENTLEMEN.—GEO. HOBSON begs to call the attention of the public to his NEW STOCK in AUTUMNAL GOODS, consisting of West of England Beaver and Venetian Cloths, Scotch and Heather Twist, Mixed Doeskins, Cashmere and Totlanetto Waistcoatings, both of English and Con tinental manufacture, which he found on inspection at price , most Moderate for Best Goods.—GEORGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street. CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, POLYGRAPHIC HALL. King-William•street. Strand, every Evening during the Week, in their Novel and pleasing Olio of Songs, Dialogue, and Musical Character Delineations, which for eight years at New York, and lately at the i.*t. James's Theatre, have been fully en dorsed by houses nightly fitted, as " Pat* Excellence." Doors oven at half-past 7, commence at R. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre. Is.; Private Boxes, 1/. la. and I es. M. Seats can be seem*, (1 at Mr. Mitchell's, 33, Old Bond•street, and at the Nall. On Saturday, a Morning Entertaiument, commencing at 3. WILL OPEN ON MONDAY, O' T. 26T0. DELAIDE GALLERY, Adelaide-street, West Strand.—GßAND CASINO —LAMOTTE'S celebrated Band of Forty Performers. Principa' cornet-a-piston, Monsr. Bout- COURT. Admission one shilling. Open every evening at half past eight, close a quarter to twelve. The above Band i• at the service of the nobility and gentry for private Balls, &c. &c.—Y anager, R. R. Bignell, to whom all application:, are to be addressed. ARGYI L ROOMS, Great Windmill-strPet, Haymarket. —The Proprietor of these Rooms, grateful f past patronage, and whi a assisted by the able co-operation and zealous services of the late conductor, Mr. E. LAURENT, assures his friends and the public that he has taken every means to supply in his nt the vacancy occasioned by the loss of that distin guished artist. The Proprietor has now the honour to announce that he has engaged, for th. above rooms, the popular composer. M. A wrorrT LAMOTTE, late, and for several years, conductor at the Salle Valentine, at Paris ; &so conductor at the great annual festival of the City of Lyons, held at the P dais d'Alesztr ; and. 'or h's eminent merit, rewarded IT his Majesty the Emperor with a gold medal, being the only chef d'orchestre in France who has received this mark of honour and distinction. All the principal perfonner4 of the orchestra are re-engaged. The rooms. redecorated for the occasion. Open every Evening.—Admission, One Shilling. DII BARRY'S CELEBRATED INFANTS FOOD, for DELTC tTE INFANTS, CHILDREN, and IN VALIDS. Supersedes the expense and dangers of wet nursing, is more easily digested, and imparts more healthful nourishment than 11 ilk ; acidity, cramps, bowel complaints, flatulency, cough, restless ness, se; h.la, eruptions, are avol'ted by it, and perfect regularity of the system and sound sleep insured. Many respectable families who have real el and saved delicate Infants by this Food can he referred to, and a copy of their Testimonials may be had free on forwarding a stamped and addressed envelope to Barry Du Barry and Co., 17, Regent-street. London. Prices: —ln Canisters, ls. ; 25.; and 121 b. at 21.. The large Canister will be forwarded free of carriage on receipt of Post Office Order. Al R. HOWARD, Burgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet• • street, ha. introduced an entirely new description of ARTI FICIAL TEETH ,fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so rerfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to he distinguished from the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found ♦ery superior to any teeth ever before used. 'lbis method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is uaranteed to restore articulation and mastication • and that Mr. Iloward's improvement may be within the reach of the mo=t econo mical, he has fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. De cayed teeth Stopped and r , ndered sound and useful in mastica tion.—a 2, Fleet-street. At l.ome from ten till five. APPETITE AND DIGESTION'IMPTIOVED. JEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Came, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tunic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce Is the best safe uard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perms, 19, Fencburch-street, London, and GB, Broad-street, Worcester; also by INlesrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and raer aints, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.8.---To gntrd against trait - Mimes, see that the names of "LEA end PIeRTUNS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. ON PIIYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. N ew and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just published, price, free by post, 18,, THE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work II or. the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from the Sects of solitary induleence, infection, and the injurious conse uenccs from the use of Mercury ; with observations on the obliga tions of marriage, and dir ctions for obviating certain disqualifica tions. By P. and L. PI RBI , and CO., Surgeons. Sold by J. Allen, 90, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row; Sanger, 160, Oxford-street; and (Jordon, 146, Lead, shall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYBIACUM is employed in both sexes to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its nctionis purelybalsamic; its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and 'exual debility, obstinate elects, impotency, barrenness, and debi lities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying success in thousands of cases. Price Its. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335., which saves I Is. The CONCENTRATED DETEb SIVE ESSENCE, an anti.syphl litic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recommended for any of the varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the skin, blotches on the head and lace, enlargements of the throat, tonsils, and uvula; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &c. Its action Is perely detersive, and its beneficial influence on the .ystem is undeniable. Price I is. and 335. per bottle, also a saving of ils. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS const i tute an effec tual seases end remedy in eitheannexr for all cases of conorrhrea, glect, stricture, di of theary organs. Plice 2s. 9d., 4s. , ant l Is. er box. Sold by Panic] Church, iR, Oracechureb-street, t Bartlett Ilfoper, 43, King William-street (four doors froin ee l . o C . " ; G, F. Watts, 17, Strand ; W. Sutton and Co., 10, ijilltit3rritege) W. Edwards, 67, ft. Pacre-churayard ;J. Sai ver, e_ and; oxford- Areet ; lignnay an:l 6 _ 3 . Oxford-street; Butler as (I Phrdinn, 4, Clicapside l'loll, and Liarsa Ut. 2 29. Strand ; and all medicine vendors frougholt the United Kingdom. THE SECRET INFIRAIITIES OF TOOTH AND MATURIT Y Just puimshe 1, pri petit rAe, in an Envelope, for 13 stanaos, ELF-PRESERVATION. -4 Medical Treatise on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System, horn vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from youth to _nunhood, with practical observations on the Ph y siology or Mar riage in its social, moral, and physical relat ions. To which are added r t,marks on the wonders of the Microscope in rev ealin g the hidden n Yi"enes "of Life within Life,' and its advant4es in detecting , by ur llat'yexamination, the cause and effect of every variety of these oonaPildnts, with numerous engravings and cases. BY SAMUEL LI'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary la! ember o f the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate 0 1 A p oth ecaries' Hall, London, &c., &C. 1 he essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and ex cesses ' hich have produced more misery in Vouth, degradation in Man hcod, end premature decay at sot stages of life, than, perhaps, any other c'ass of di& ase known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is Particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret douhts of their physical condition, tnd who are conscious of having hazarded the h.rlth, happiness, and privileges to wi - .lch every human being is It It absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are I rim - 11)1es of personal management which cannot be violated with cut incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret suc ceed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how those penalties May be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be rercoved. and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and, above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional der angement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, and 'NY be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill; Horne, 19, Leicester-square ; o,rdon, 146, Leadenhall.street or from the Author, who may be 410nsulted daily, from II till 2, and from 6 till 8, at his residence, 37 Bedford-square, London. r , The work may be had in India, of Mr. Von Litzky, Loll Bazaar ; ;-,!tleutta—Messrs. C. and J. Hormnsjee, Apollo-street; Bombay— ;:a,:enlator Office ; Madras—Mothssilite Office AkTa - Dodsworth "'olllbo. Ceylon; and of all Boo4sellors tlzoughout the Colonies. IMPORTANT MEDICAL WORK GRATIS. —OD nervous debility, and diseases of a sec , et nature, dim r esi of sight, shortness of breath, loss of madly vigour, and all im pediments of marriage, showing the surest means of recovering per fect health. Enclose tvo stamps to prepay postage, and ad - Tress Dr. N. B. MIIt•;TO.T, 47, BERNERS-STREET Ox'ord-street, Lon don, who may be consulted daily, with assured confidence of suc cess. (No. 20,3t30.) PUBLICATIONS. HARRIET MARTINEAU'S NEW WORK ON INDIA. Nearly ready, in one volture, price Half-a-crown. BRITISH RULE IN INDIA A HISTO:tICAL SKETCH. By HARRIET MARTINEAU. London : Smith, l lder, and Co ,G 5,11. A MARVEL IN LITERATURE Will be issued in one of the most elaborate and kil,etiTe covers, printed in co!ours, 'EVER PRODUCED, LACKWOOD'S SHILLING ATLAS ; _A JP containh g thirteen Ma w, corrected up to the present time, with coloured Outtines, and cophos Indtx, royal 4to, ma , 4ing it the most elegant and complete Atlas ever issued at the price. Full coloured, 2s. (post free). London : James Blackwood, Paternoster-row. BLACKWOOD'S SHILLING SCRIBBLING DIARY, fcap. folio, with ample Postal, Ranking, and Com mercial information. Interleaved with blotting paper, Is. 6d. (post free). London : James Blackwood, Paternoster-row. NEW BALLADS by J. R. THOMAS, 2s. each : - One 'aithful Heart ; She Is faded from our Vision (with Quartett ad lib ); She Dwel:eth Now in Heaven ; Welcome home (Chorus ad lib ); We Meet again (with Chorus); Toe Cottage by the Sea; Where is the Sunny Land (Son: or Quartett); Our Own dear Land; Far Away; Ettle If ay ; Beautiful Flowers (illustrated, 2s. 6d.) London: Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street, W.C. „THE STATESMAN.” "The three great ends which a statesman ought to pro pose to himself in the government of a nation are—security to pos sessors ; facility to a quirers ; and hope to all."—Coleridge. On the 17th of October will be published. No. 2 of " The States man," a First-c'ass Weekly Newspaper. Price sd. LTnstamped, 6d. St a mped. The paramount object of" The Statesman" will be to promote the interest of the entire nation, irrespective of party or personal consi derations. in dome Politics "The Statesman" will support those principles of our constitution which have been established by the will and reason rf the En.disti people, and will urge 'he extension of political T,ower in correspondence with the increasing intelligence of the community. In accordance with these principle:, " The States man" will seek to correct the abus-s and amend the defects of the representative system; it will support all measures for completin..: the great work of commercial reform; it will aid in developing the municipal power of local bodies; with a view to a more faithful and ♦igilant administration of local affair', and amore pro npt execution of the measures required for promoting health and general well being. _ _ . The subject of Education is one which now occup!es the most anxious thoughts of all earnest thinkers. '• The Statesman" will endeavour to obtain the cordial co-operation of all those practical reformers to whom the public good is the supreme consideration. In pursuing this object, it will not confine itself merely to a discus sion of the various schemes which have been proposed for the educa tion of the labouring classes. The worst evils under which the nation is n•w suffering, spring mainly from the want •f such a system of education among the middle and higher classes as would teach them to he more earnest in the fulfilment of their duties. Without a reform in that direction we cannot expect muds improve ment in the government of the nation from any system c f education fir the poorer class. The principles of our own Constitution will be the guide in Foreign Policy, with a view to rtnder it just, bold, at d uncompromising, " The Statesman" will act wilt those politicians who seek to aid and animate the Government in giving its corital co-operation to foreizn states strugzling to develope a freedom cognate with our own —a policy of alliance with constitutional government forming the only true and practical counteracting force to the dynastic combina tions now threatened in Europe As regards India, wide diversities of opinion prevail. " The Statesman" will endeavour to show that the time has come for organiz'ng the Government of that vast empire in a manner alike consistent with the dictates of Christianity, the welfare of India, and the true interests of Great Britain. Party Politicians and Anti- National Journalists may try to show that, ht India, these objects are irreconci,eable. "The Statesman" will seek to unite those patriots who believe that the national conscience,and an enlightened regard for the national weal, equally demand that our Eastern Emp re shall no longer be governed by the short-sighted policy of Leadenhall•street. The startling events of the la 1 few years, no less than the pre?ent aspect of affairs, hr re taught politicians that the efficiency of the army is one of the first elements of national independence and na tional strength. " The Fztatesman'' will give its hearty suppo-t to the various measures required to make the army, in the largest sense of the w' , rd, efficient, and accessible to all ranks of her Ma jesty's subjects. In the Liter.zry portion of the paper the main object will be to give the readers of " The Statesman" full and accurate information as to what is going forward in the various departments of the Book world. Subscribers' Names, and orders for Advertisements, may be for warded to Wtx.x.i.A.st IloLmE, 265, Strand. Now ready, price One Shilling and Sixpence, . . FEIST'S RACING RECORD. Edited by ALBER V FEIST, Editor of the Turf Department of the " Sunday Times," and Re porter of Sporting Intelligence to the London Daily Papers. The Mcnthly parts may be obtained separately, price two-pence each. The next part will be published on the Ist of November. Ad• vertisements cannot be received later than the 24th of October. "The Racing Record" contains a complete Calendar of sport in England, Ireland, and Scotland (fully indexed), from the Ist; o' January up to the time of publication. W, Wright, sporting printer and publisher, Fulwood's Rents, Hol- born. London. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTRER MEDICINE . _ CURES(a ithout Physic) of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Fiatulem y, Phlegm, all Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Dysentry, Diarrhoea, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartbnr o, Headache, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, r :Id Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, _ Cough, Asthma , Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Co mplaints are effected by II BARRY'S delicious REVALENTA fi ,P ALARICA FOOD, which restores health without purging, inconvenience, or ekpen.e, 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 reittores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and at us ular energ to the most enfeebled. We extract a tew out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from invaliCs :—Care No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right lion. the Lord Stuart de Decies " I have derived considerable benefit rrom Du Aarry's Reyalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yeursclves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decles."— Cur:. No. 49,832- "Fifty years' indescribable agony from clyspcpshi, 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 Ling, near Dies, Nortolk."—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing, Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Ilerts, a cure of extreme ner vousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. — Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liver pool : a cure of ten ye , c's dyspepsia, and the horrors of nervous irrita bility. Cure No. 18.216. Dr. Andrew Ure of constipation, dyspep sia, nervous irritahl ity. Cure No. 31,210. Dr. Shorland of dropsy and debility. Cure 10. 36,212. Captain Allan of epileptic fits. Care No. 42.116 Major Edie of enlargement of the liver and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings, Cure. No. 26,418. Dr. Har vey of diarrhcea and debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer of consumption. Cure No. 32,883. William Hunts, Esq., barrister, of par Ilya's. Cure yo. 46,270. al r. James Roberts, wood merchant, of thirty years diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 4 ~ 4 14. air. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, o• - two years' dianteea. Cure No. 52,612. The Dowager Countess of Castleatuart, of many years' nervous irratiollity, bile, and bell 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 st ipatio9, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been eff,ctually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. R. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." No. 4,208. "Eight years' dis pepa'a, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been cilectually cured by Du Barry's health restoring Food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John Flaveli, Ridlin?ton Rec ter , Norfolk." So. 32,836. "Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which ren dered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen." Cure No. 3,906. " Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." Important Caution against the fearful dangers of spurious imita tation s: The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an injunc tion on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Neville, for Imitating "Du Barry's Revalents Arabica Food." Seitably packed icr all climates, and with mll Instructions. In canisters, lib 2s 9,1 ; 21b 4S GLI ; slb lls , 121 b 225. The 1216 car riage ftee, on receipt of Post-office order. Parry Du ►carry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co.. pur ♦eyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly also at 60, (;raccchnrch street 330,430, and 451, Strand ; 4, C,heapsi le 119. Ilishopsgate street. and 150, and 158 Oxford-street. A BURGLAR CAPTURED.—At Sheffield, on Thursday, Robert Baines, a brickrnaker. was charged with having broken into the residence of Mr. G-. Barnsley, file manufacturer, at Upperthorpe. Mr. Barnsley, with his family, were ab , ent in Scotland, and the house bad been left, locked up. Between twelve and one o'clock on Wednesday night Mr. Peace, who resides next door, was awoke by the noise of some persons opening a window. He got up, examined his own windows, and finding them safe went to Mr. Barnsley's. Diseow,ring that one of the windows was open, he. ran into the road, and ob taining aid, the prisontr was caught a 4 he, with an. other man, ran Boni the house and jumped over the gar den wall into the road. No property was removed. BANKRUPTCY OF HARRISON, WATSON, AND CO.—At the Hull Bankruptcy Court, on Wednesday, before Mr. Commissioner Weet, in the affairs of this banking firm, a meeting was held for the choice of assignees and proof of dents. The total amount of debts proved was 308,9911 11a. 21., and the amount of claims by credi tor:.not yeti:r ove d 10 , 000/ . Th e pr i nc i pa l d e bt s prove d w U Ir i a n; BttnEk o arf,L. neon,British 21 0 N 0 , 0 )1 1 t North ; L n m d e o r America, , 47, Joint-stock 42/ Lank, 23 450/ . ; Bank of. Upper . Canada, 6,0001. ; City e i t t e n c k u t o o i r 5,000/. • Bank of England,ls,7lll. • C. Baraf)re, jun., 29,311. . Barn ford. 35,3271. ; Barkworth and Sdati, 6,2911. ; W. V. Norman, 8 ,583/. , the Trinity House, 8,3171. ; W. INII.DDLR-AGoEID FRNALES.—Yesterday Sharp, iEE T 2 1 , 1 18 .3. 51 .0 &, r morning a curious rueetio int aidolL-age , t females took an the amusement of t hee in Fleet-street, very g advertisement ti had the passer-by. It appears that g ara m bl iddle-aged been inserted in the newspapers innvi women desirous of obtaining the honourable boulekeeper in a respectable family to call a7te7,tnliffieF.crieeeesoti.-f deuce of Mr. Friend,, wine merchant, N o. street. Accordingl, middle-aged females flocked in large num Lers to the spot, sad in additicaonistoretahueimredwetr,er who bad mad e most unsuccessf ul attemptir to bringvery A tTe n n Y themselves within the range of y the service. Mr. Friend's large shopwwasseon filled with eager candi dates. The passagen choked up , and those who we re unable to g a c c h e e n e t r cheered doors.y theA As mob he r n eug e f wc e in h candidates i t da e tesalr porticoesarrived otifwtyheseefrt adjacent d as the house tack by and many of them ga ve u p all idea Those 'aio were of the housekeeper ship and made a has t y de p arture. a h l o l n w o e u r r e ed no w n i g t candidates became of success. At length t he number of congratulated n u t l r tn e by9's tchaememoonutoopnune atthaeirtimnhea,nanneds police-constable was tft o alarming, and the crowd t •f s p ectators so dense and door troubl to esome, protect u the candidates and peace Ftatione of the neigh bourhood. /- i y 7 ) c_ - - • • 4 „ 0( , . , 7 , AI. y /045 • „ -0 ,54 t2' 1)-. 4 , , :114' ) , \: - o• -- , lo t 40, 1 1. A y ' I criki , k :t:;:i . j. I I "P C , -) : 1 1 , , ' • :•;,-•7'',!•-"' Dr( k:/it\ - ;a,- 411 4.d - / 7?_ - / , you fr na4 i ne that fitelfreat militarY . in India, we shoal not h e ' th reatened with it in Powers of Europe, al w a y s pre pa redfOr England ? Do ofrepded by our pride, reFentful of our former victories and: coveting our present wealth, would long permit us to enjoy in peace the luxuri es we cling to and th e dreams of irresistible strength in which we fatuously indulge? Be assured that if, under the strongest necessity ever imposed upon a people, we do not rise as one man to vindicate our national honour and to re-establish our Indian empire, the horrors we read of with shuddering as perpetrated at.Mee rut and at Delhi, will not for ever be averted from our island home. "I counsel you, therefore, to give at once your cordial assistance, as you best can give it, to the country. In the prosecution of this contest which we cannot avoid--the greatest and the most Coffi cult in which we have ever born engaged—it will not do to confine otu selves to a cold compliance with what may b., r, (vire(' fron tut by the law. To sue cee.l in this war, tli,) peopL) must make it its own. I remain, g , Attl , qtten, with much regard, your - very ftithful servant, [PRIOR 4D. STAMPED 5D.] • period, after deducting the loss from cholera in 1849 and 1854, per 1,000, 11.5 ; do. in the waterside de partment from all causes ;durin g same per i o d , 11.9. Dr. Isl‘William Cofitludes his paper by alluding to some beneficial changes that had been effected in the serv i ce . I n 1851, in said, a m os t i mportant modi ficition of the sj stens Uf paying , fficers was ad o pt e d in the wste•guar I. Lefore that time it was the custom to remunerate the subordinate officers by a corn' illation c f ral try and day pay, the la' t tr, which formed the largest portiop of their income, being tipped when sickness or; other cause required ab sence from duty. Ou the recommendation of the Board of Cu-tows the Lords of the Treasury F auc tioned the augmentation of the certain part of the income—the salary—and a proportionate reduction of the day pay. An officer when sick or on leave now loses only a 'small part of his income, and thus is enabled to meet the extra expenses in clined during sickness, and to enjoy his holiday iu contentment. In 1855 the same indulgence was extended to the day-pay officers - of the waterside department, and indeed to all day-pay officers in London and in the outports, and with the most salutary effect. Ideammon with other departments of the civil service, the Customs has of late received two great concessions from the Government. The first opens up to subordinate officers a new and ho nourable field of ambitijii, by adrnitting them to competition for several superior offices, from which they were formerly shut out. This, as was to be expected, has excited a wholesome spirit of emula tion and of pride in the service, which cannot fail to be attended with the most beneficial results ; and the other, the abolition of the superannuation tax (a measure which benefitiall classes who have en tered the service since 1829) whatever diversity of opinion there may have been as to its propriety, has to my knowledge, already borne good fruit in having enabled many subordinate officers to insure their lives who could not''otherwiso have done so ; anti in other respects stimulating and encouraging provident habits among' the classes whom it re lieved. THE EARL OF ELLENBOROUW ON THE INDIAN CRISLY.,: " ELLENBORO UGH." SSI A AND Cli INA. I The intensity of the interest with which we are naturally enough watching the events in India ought not to lead us to overlook what Rusia is doing, particularly in connexion with our own Oriental complications. A recent article of the Northern Bee gives one an insight into the inten tions of the Russian empire with relerenc3 to its Celestial neighbour. The Northern Bee says : " The suspension of offensive operations on the part of the Eoglish against China and the concentration of all their efforts on the pacific settlement of the conflict that has broken out have very materially increased the arro gance of the Chinese. To j udge by appearances the latter are quite ready just now to declare war against all Europe without making any distinction between old friends and new enemies. The procrastinating course of the English has imparted quite a new turn to the line of thought of the Pekin Government, which even before this enter tamped an extraordinarily high opinion of the strength of the Chinese State and of its importance to the rest of the world. The Governor of Canton has hitherto found it very easy to cmivince his Government of the efficiency of his measures against the English, the more so as the latter have, for want of mean., not had it in their power to inflict a decisive blow on China. The bombardment of Canton was more injurious to the Europeans trading there than it was to the prestige of the Pekin Go. vernment in the eyes of the majority of its subjects ; the trade that is still being carried on uninter ruptedly at Shanghai, Whampoa, and other places on the coast convinces them of this. It shows how indispensable we are to the Europeans,' say the Chinese when they leave no stone unturned to maintain their trade and their relations with us.' In the interest of all Europe, for the vindication of the superiority of our civilisation as compared with the Chinese, it is indis pensably necessary to make good this failure of the English to the best of our power, and by energetic measures convince the Chinese, once for all, of the supe riority of Europe over their country. To this end the opening of direct negotiations with the Pekin Go vernment, as well as of a moire of action towards it without the intermediation of the provincial governor, is urgently necessary." The Earl of Ellenborough has addressed the fol lowing letter to the members of the Winchcomb Agricultural Association : • Southam Delabere, Oct. 16, 1857. " Gentlemen,—l much regret my not being able to a'tend your annual• meeting to-day, the more especially as I was desirous of speaking to you upon the subj.3ct nearest my heart—the war in India— and of urging you to assist, as you and all country gentlemen and farmers can, most powerfully, in bringing the country through the difficulties in which it is involved. "Not having the opportunity of addressing you otherwise, I now write to you. "As to the war itself I need say but little. As to the conduct of the Ministers and of the India Government in this emergency, 1 shall say nothing. I must soon have ample and more proper opportu nities of saying whatever I may think upon that subject. The practical corollary to this reasoning is to be found in the announcement of the Nord that Ad miral Putiatin has received orders to repair to Shanghai with the ..kinoor fleet, which, after its arrival there is to be reinforced by five light vessels of war. The Admiral had at an earlier period been intrusted with an extraordinary mission to Pekin, but the Chinese Government had refused to receive him. The road thither is therefore now to b. opened up by other means. The loss of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea is being rapidly made up to Russia by the creation of a fleet in the Pacific Ocean ; Sebastopol is being compensated for by Okhotsk, Nicolaieff is finding a parallel in the arsenals erecting up the mouth of the Amoor, and very probably we shall soon hear of a new harbour being constructed on the island of Sughalien, if we may.) udge from the reports that are being sent in from time to time to the Petersburg Academy by Leopold Schreuk, who is now examin ing into the resources of that island by command of the Russian Government. Instead of the one "sick man," Turkey, Russia has now got two patients to look after—China and Japan. The tendency and colouring of the news which the French journal S also publish in connexion with China indicate an inclination on the part of France to join with Russia and England in common mea sures against the Government of the Celestial Em pire, which seems to be indulging just now in most overweening arrogance towards we ter res t r i a l s i n the West. The Portuguese lordna imanna, as ws learn from the Pays, has lately brought over a copy of the last proclamation of the Viceroy of Canton. In full knowledge of what has drawn off our attention from him towards lulls, our old friend Yeh informs the population far and near that the " barbarians," terrified at his military prepara tions and at the mere sight of his army, as numer ous as the leaves of the trees that flourish iu the forests of the Empire, have been compelled tc embark, and return to the place whence they came He adds tbat a new Chinese fleet will soon put out to sea and sweep it of the hostile barks. The pro clamation closes with very coarse invectives against all foreigners without distinction, and with the notification of a fresh extraordinary tax, which must be paid up within ten days of the publication of that proclamation, for the support of the Im perial troops. ‘; Gentlemen, you may not have looked into all the dot tils of what has taken place in India, but but you must know this—that we have there a great war forced upon us by rebels who would de prive all our countrymen of their lives, and Eng land of an empire —that where we placed our con fidence, we have been met with treachery—where where we aoted with kindness, we have encoun tered murder—murder, not directed only against men by whom resistance might be made, and from whom wrongs might have been feared, but extending equally t 3 unoffending, helpless women—to the children at their knees, and to the infants at their breasts—sparing none, and often inflicting death with torture upon the body where it bad already more cruelly tortured the mind. " We have seen there, in almost every instance of mutiny, one general deliberate design, not only to deprive us of the dominion we have so long held with honour, hut to place us, as a people, under circumstances of outc,ige and of indignity, which, if we submit to them, must render us, in the eyes all living men an! of a. l l future generations, a de spised and degraded race. Will you submit to this? You will say you never will—you will have redress and vengeance. We will say nothing about ven geance—that belongs only to a Higher Power ; but to punish crime so signally as to deter all hereafter from its commission, and to vindicateour sovereign authority, this is no doubt our right, and it is our duty—and you will say you will not be Imucl wanting in the performance of it—but, then, what will you do ? Depend upon it, it is not enough to sit quietly at home and to pay t saes, nor to go to public meetings and pass resolutions expressive of sympathy with the sufferers and of indignation against their destroyers. You must do more than this, and I will tell you what you can do—what none hut those who are in your position can do equally well, and what you now all ought to do for the honour of the country, and for your own. " You have heard of the great reinforcements of troops which have been recently sent or are now going out to India. You have been assured that we shall have there a larger army than we had in the Crimea, and I dare say you expect from the exer tions of this force early and complete success in the war. Everything that the noblest of soldiers can do has been done, and will be done by ours in India; and they have now a general who knows well what war is—the lions are at last led by a lion—but be fis sured that this is not a sudden temporary danger to be repelled by sudden temporary exertion. What at first was a mutiny is become a revolution ; to re store civil authority is more difficult than to repress military resistance, and it requires more force to occupy than it does to subdue. Be assured that the military institutions of this country, managed as they now are, are insufficient permanently to sup ply the number of men required to reconquer what we have lost, and to hold our empire hereafter in security. It is only through a change in those in stitutions, which no minister would willingly pro pose, or through a great practical improvement in the working of them, which your co-operation may supply, that the necessary force can be maintained. I am satisfied that the principle upon which our militia is now founded, that of voluntary enlist ment, is the one most acceptable to the people, and I feel assured that a militia maintained at its full complement, as it may be, and can only be, by the patriotic exertions of country gentlemen and far mers, is the best foundation of our military system. If you and such as you will, by your efforts, keep the militia up to its complement, the regular army will take care of itself. It may cost more to draw the recruit for the army through the militia, but the recruit so obtained is in most cases one who would not have been procured at all unless he had first entered the militia, and there acquired a taste for military service. Employ in the obtaining of recruits for the militia but half the east' you would display in getting votes at an election, and you will certainly succeed. A hundred recruiting sergeants could not do what each of you can do within the sphere of his personal influence. "When I tell you that you have this power, I speak from my own experience. When the militia, as now constituted; was first established in 1853. I took much interest in the success of the measure, and I earnestly requested several farmers I was acquainted with to do their utmost to obtain re cruits. Some zealously exerted themselves, others were more lukewarm ; but in every instance in which an influential farmer cordially undertook the duty, the result was uniformly the same ; and I am convinced that, if all who could have done so, had acted as some did, the country could in that year have raised, not between 50,000 and 60,000, but not less than 120,000 men. " No doubt you would be greatly aided in your exertions to obtain recruits if the militia of the county should be embodied. Men will more wil lingly enlist in a regiment they can see marching with all the pomp an d c i rcums t an ce of war, than . a csrps whi c h rema i ns i nv i s ibl e , and of which h existence otbers is d oonly theyt obe m fo a u y n , d it ni officials for you records. do y ß o u u t let you duty. d W o n i h u e e r h e g y o o o u d by lead o y t o h u e r r s i o w d i i l v l id u follow, ale ff a o n r dts youe will do yet more by your example. " I ask you only to do what I know you can do, and what .1 feel you ought to do for the assistance of the country in this critical j tincture of our affairs. " It is impossible to over-estimate its importance. There is nothing man holdsothsshould u e ladr forcedfo r not u w bp h e o i a which ourselves e h if weaveves n m o a t n i f i o o l w ly to i n fi t g h li e t .0 contest s W t should not succeed in it, we must be content not only to lose the noblest empire in the world, but to make the name of Englishman a byeword of shame amongst nations. " The wives and daughters of our countrymen have been p u bli c l y violated, their children have been put to death with circumstances of cruelty sur- Passin 0 ° all we read o f i n hi story as the pun i shments inflicted by God upon the offending Jews. It has not been deemed sufficient to destroy us. We were first to be dishonoured, and this in a country through which we have proudly—perhaps too proudly— stalked as conquerors for a hundred years. " Do you suppose that, if we could submit to this ADMINISTRATION OF THE POOR LAW IN ST. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday the ordinary weekly meeting of the guardians and directors of the poor of the parish of St. Marylebone was held in the board room of the workhouse, Northumberland-street, New-road Mr. Charles Beevor in the chair. TREATMENT OF THE CASUAL POOR. Some few weeks since a woman named Ann Moran complained that having been by the officials refused admittance into the workhouse, she had for several consecutive nights to sleep upon the flag-way outside, exposed to all the inclemency of the weather • and that finally when she did ge t admitted, she was, although a woman of good cha racter, placed in the ward set apart for refractory girls there to pick oakum. Upon this complaint being made, a committee of the B oar d o f G uar d ians was appointed to investigate the matter, and a copy of their report was forwarded to the Poor-law Board, upon which the following letter from that body was adressed to the secretary of the Board of Guardians : "Poor-law Board, Whitehall, S. W., Oct. 15, 1857. " Sir,—l am directed by the Poor-law Board to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3d inst., enclosing an extract from the report of a committee of guardians of the parish of St. Maryle bone, having reference to the case of Anne Moran, on which the cominittte state that they are of opinion that Anne Moran should not have been sent to a ward in which refractory girls were ',laced, and that the guardians were acting under mis apprehension when they ordered her to be re st there. It appears to the board that the master of the workhouse, who is responsible for its good order and discipline, should be the person primarily empowered to enforce that discipline by the inflic tion, subject to proper control by the gusrdianp, of such punishment as may be requisite to maintain order in the establishment. With this view the Poor law Board have always invested the master of a workhouse with authority to make certain changes in the diet of disorderly paupers, and, under circum stances of aggravation on the part of a refractory pauper, to confine such pauper on his own authority withoutauy order of the Board of Guardian; either generator specific. A reference to an order issued by the Poor-law Board to the directors and guardians of the poor of the parish of St Marylebone, on the 16th October, 1856, will show the guardians the regulation of the Poor-law Board respecting the punishment of paupers for misbehaviour, both adult and children, while inmates of the workhouse, eavvepnrethfeonr3 thc, i future misapprehension which are similar to those generally issued to the boards of guardians of unions throughout England. I am directed to suggest to the guardians the im portance of strictly carrying out the pr ov i s i ons of named order a s n c; as such to m p i r s occurring as is stated to hav e been the cause of th e treatment of Anne Moran.--I theabt°hveep am, sir, your obedient servant, s COURCENIT." Mr. KING thought the P I oor- aw Board were en croaching upon the rights which the guardians en joyed under the provisions of the local act, and would therefore move that the letter • he upon the table, and that the meeting proceed to the next business. The Rev. Mr. EYRE, rector of the parish, thought it better that a courteous reply should be sent to the communication. Mr. POTTER, entirely concurred in the suggestion of the rector. Mr. SALMON said that, while ho agreed in the separated. view taken by Mr. King, he had yet no objection . to a reply being sent to the Poor - law Board, pro vided it did not in any way adm it the ri g ht o f tuck interference on the part of th at bod y . Mr. KING then withdre w his motion, and the re ceipt of the letter was or dered to be a cknowledged. routine eet ti m ne ing business was then transact ed,Aater varie t yof which the We are requested to state that the speeches recently delivered in Chester. by the Bi s h op o f O x f ord and Mr. Gladstone, on thegodum mutinies, were made at a meetir,e held there on behalf not of the Foreign Aid Society, 'but of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel ;. a VG. reign Parte. / ' ti 1 ..,ti 1 '',4 • ,t , .\ 1 0 ~,, LONDON, SAf URDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1857. NATIoNAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL SOIANCE. BIRMINGHAM, TIIIIRSDAY Last ev , -.311;ng, the Mayor, (Mr. John natant') ent-rattied at dinner about 200 guests-7,owosinen and members of tha asiociation at DOe'd Royal Hotel. Amr.ng thifie present were Lord Brougbin, Lord J. RitAsell, Lord Ward, Earl T:albot, Lizrd Calttiorpe, Lord S•auley, Lord Ingestre, Lord Alfr,d Churchill, Sir J. Pakington, Mr. W. F. Cowper, M.P., Sir Thomas Winniugton, M P., Sir Charley Hastings, Mr. W. Scholefield, M. P., Mr. C. B. Adderley, M.P., Mr. R. HmLury, M. P., Mr. Slaney, M.P., Mr. E. Akroyd, M.P., Sir B. Brodie, Dr. Livingstone ' the Honourable and Rev. G. M. Y or k e , Dr. Playfair, Dr. Begg, the the Recorder of Birmingham, the Rev. Sydney Turner, Dr. Conolly, Mr. Arthur Helps, Mr. G. Dawson, the Rev. Canon Miller, Mr. C. H. Bracebri , lge, Mr. J. F. Winfield, Archdeacon Sandford, &c. . __ _ After the usual loyal toasts, the Mayor (who oc cupied the chair) gave " the Army and - Navy," which was received with special honour by those present. _ _ _ - Colonel GORDON and Earl TALBOT acknowledged the toast. The mention of Geueral Havelock's name by the noble earl was followed by a burst of cheering. The MAYOR gave, " L - Ird Brougham and the National Association for the Advancement of So cial Science." Lord BROUGAAM said,—Allow me to tender my very best andheartiest thanks, first to you Mr. Mayo r, for the kind hospitality with which you have re ceived me here to-day next, for the kind mention of the association which you have been pleased to make in giving this toast ; and then to return my grat(dul thanks to this large and most respectable company for the manner in which they have been pleased to receive that proposal. We owe to you, Mr. Mayor, and to this great town th e s i gna l ad vantage of laying our new institution originated in the capital of the midland counties—the renowned capital of one of the two great branches of British industry, illustratedstill more, permit me to add, by having been the residence and the seat of the disco veries and inventions of some of the greatest benefac tors of mankind, who have gained for themselves im mortal fame and shed ever enduring blessings upon their countryand their kind by their prodigious dis coveries in science and inventions in the arts. Let me only add my fervent hope, as well as confident expectation, that the fame of this great mass of art, of science, of manufacture 4, may be yet further ex tended by the progress which we shall see made in those sciences in which humanity has the nearest and the dearest interest in consequence of the foundation which you have allowed us here to lay of this association. (Loud cheers.) "The House of Lords" was Proposod by Mr. COWPER, M.P., and responded to by Lord WARD. Sir B. BRODIE proposed " The Hons) of Com mons," coupling watt the toast the name of Lord John Russell. Lord J. RussEe—l beg leave to return thanks in the name of the House of Commons for the honour you have just done it. It may seem that the House of Commons is not very the rouehly associated with the pursuit of social science, because it so happens that that House in the discharge of its many functions and labours usually devotes the early part of its sittings to the consideration of the expenditure of the State, the taxes which it is necessary to maintain and im pose, and to various other matters, some of them of them of no great consequence, while it is not un til the weather is growing hot and men's attention is pretty well exhausted that we find time to attend to questions of social science. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) That has been the case, I am afraid, for many years past. I hope that it will not continue for manyyeat s to come, but that some better arrange ment will be made for transacting the business of the House of Commons. But, gentlemen, in speak ing for the House of Commons at the present time, you may permit me to glance, and to glance only, at what may be their occupation in the next session. I trust it will not be their occupa tion to find the means, either in the shape of men or money, for putting au end to the mutiny in India. (Hear, hear.) The House of Commons has shown its readiness to pass any vote, whether for men or for money, for that purpose; but I trust that by the month of January or of February, when Parliament will meet again, we shall have the assurance that that sanguinary mutiny and rebellion has been entirely suppressed. (Cheers.) I think that those gallant men who have been mentioned to-night by Earl Talbot—Havelock, Nicholson, Neill—will but need as reinforcements those troops which are already pouring in both from our colonies and from the United King dom, to enable them entirely to supple as the revolt of those who, even at present, with all the advantage of surprise, with alt the advantages of tenfold numbers, have been totally unable to meet British soldiers in the field. (Loud cheers.) Trusting, them we shall hear that the mutiny has been suppressed, I trust we shall likewise hear that justice has been done. For, gentlemen, I am not ashamed to say that, as when I hear of a single murder in this country—and unhappily, they are too frequently heard of when I hear of the murder of a man, a woman, or a child, I entertain no vindictive spirit, but at the siwe time desire that the murderer may be brought to justice and made to atone for his crime ; so likewise when I hear of murders of unexampled atrocity and magnitude I wish to see the murderers of hundreds adequately punished. (Cheers.) Let us reflect that there has been no extenuation for these crimes —crimes as great as human nature is capable of committing ; indeed, a few weeks ago I should have said " crimes which human nature is incapable of committing." (Hear.) At the same time it is my hope, and no doubt the hope of all of us, that justice will be performed with discrimination. For instance, one account which I saw mentions a guerd of Sepoys who had protected our officers and their wives for a certain distance ' and then left them in a safe place to join th e re ' els. They should not be treated in the same way as the murderers I have spoken of ; but I feel sure—such is the sentiment of British soldiers, such is the sentiment of the British nation we may trust that, great as the provocation has been, no more than justice will be performed. (Hear) If, therefore, gentlemen, We shall have heard that the mutiny has been sup pressed and justice has been done, we shall sJII have a great task before us, a task which it will b e for us by and by to consider, which it will be impossible to anticipate now, and which it would be unwise to anticipate if it were possible to do so—namely, the consideration of what inqniry should be made as to the past, and in what way the government of India should be modified for the future. In regard to that last question, I have already said all that it is possible to say now; but this, I must confess, weighs upon my mind :—I think it is a humiliating reflection that a hundred years after the victory of Plessey those whom we have ruled and whom we no doubt wished to civilise—for I believe there never was a Government more benevolent in its in tentions than the Government of India—should be found with hearts so inhuman and dispositions so savage. Let us hope that, if the government of India is entrusted to us by au Almighty Providence, the results of that government may be more satisfacterj, and that under our rule these 200,000,000 people will be brought to know thoroughly what is the re ligion we profess, and what is the degree of civilisa tion t) which we have attained. (Hear, hear.) It only now remains for me to thank the Mayor and other gentlemen for the reception they have given to the association which has met here. I do trust that great amendments in the law, with great Kicia! progress, may arise out of it. At all events, it will be a satisfaction to those who belong to this association to have inaugurated it under the au spices of one who from the commencement of his political life has exhibited such proofs of his regard for the welfare of the people. (Cheers.) So far I have spoken for the House of Commons and this aesociation. You will, perhaps, permit me to make only this remark regarding myself am very sensitive that the compliments you have paid me are far higher than I iu any way deserve, but I will say that those opinions in favour of liberty and pro gress which are attributed to me have not only not been modified, but have been strengthened in after life. (Cheers.) Lord BROUGHAM proposed the health of the Mayor, and spoke warmly of his munificent hospi tality, and the countenance and support which he had given to the association. The MA YOR h av i ng ac k now l e d ge d t h e comp li men t , interest _Mr. A RTHUR H ELPS (i n the a b sence of Sir F. who was unabl e t o b e p resen t ow i ng t o a rail way det en ti on) proposed the health of the- Vice- President, He twas upon one of those part of social who looked science which w as li kely to with especial the he promote the interests of the peer. Pride of birth was very common among Englishmen, rather be a v ery and, for hi mse lf he owed that he had land than a first-rainteed/ii t o t c e r r e a t m e , u a r n i o n f a l e f t o t r e o r i s g i n tr l E a n n g d He feared, however, when he sometimes looked at the wretched blocks of houses in large towne, that the working classes had not an equal reason to re joice in their native land, and that they did not - share f a i r ly i n the social blessimts which the coun try at l arge enjoy d. (Lie Ir.) •This inequality, he {rusted, w ou ld b e one. ot' the liViuurs of the new ais , o&atiou to renalk e. (Lieu-.) The RECORDER 4 Birmingham (Mr. M. D. Hill) ackn - iwledgsd the toast, a.d in tile name of the 15),00;.) inhabit nits of ttle Mid an metropolis, expres:e 1 a hope that science slid philanthropy, aided in the assi4atlon whi •h had just been inau gurated, would never be divorced, and that fu- Imre meetings would be r d dent of the Ulmo benefit that hail attended the pre,r,eut Congres. Mr. ADDERLEY. M.P., proposed" Lord Stanley and the Vi.itors." Lord STANLEY • Mid, with sincere and hearty thanks, say that never did men • coming on any errand of this kind meet wi,h a warmer and more cordial reception. Some associations, like some individuals, in aiming at more than they could at tain, accomplished nothing. Now, in seeking the promotion of social science, he did not think they should develope ideas which were absolutely new, but they did hope todtffuseideas which were already known to a few, but could not, fOr want of a wider extension and appreciation, be practically applied for the benefit of the classes whom they most con cerned. means of In Indi a it o f ten happene d t h a t t h e ev il s of famine were, fo r th e want of adequate communication, felt i n l argo di s t r i c t s o f co u n t r y, while others were exempt from these evils. In like manner intellectual famine was often experienced from the absence of proper opportunities for the in terchange of thought. This stare of things associa tions like the present were admirably calculated to remove. Alluding to the town in which they were assembled, he observed that from various cir cumstances he had always taken the warmest in terest in the great foci and centres of manufactur ing industry, and believed that their populations enjoyed upon the whole the greatest degree both of happiness and freedom of thought. In conclusion he complimented the people of the manufacturing districts upon their independent spirit—which ho hoped would he preserved and cherished—in not calling upon the Gjvernment to help them in any matter in which they could help themselves. Among the other toasts given were :—" The Presidents of Department," proposed by Dr. Play fair, and responded to by Sir J. Pakingtou ; "Success to the Town and Trade of Birmingham," proposed by th e right hon. baro ne t ; " The Mem bers for th e B or ough and the No r th ern Di v i sion of W. &hole fithee County," ti C ; ou " n n ,0 Corporation n ged of by ili vi rmring N• Nh r am ;" and 'The Local Secretaries, with th e S ecretaries of Departments." the school, since 1835, 48 college scholarships and 12 fellowships. The following scholarships and prizes, open to the whole university, have been I ,, , ;tiued by pupils of King Edward's Grammar School since 1835 :—The- Craven scholarship, once ; the Bettie scholarship, : once ; Belt's scholarship (limited to, sDm of clergymen), four times ; the ChaneePo:'s gold medals for classical learning—first medal, four tines ; sscond trio lal, once ; members' 1)1123 for best Lain essay, three times ; Norrisisn pr . z s fer theological (ssiy, twice ; Brown's medal for Greek ode, twice ; the Chancellor's gold modal for legal studies, once in 1857, being the only occasion on which it has been awarded ; moral philosophy prize, once ; Ourn's Greek Testament prz>, founded in 1854, twice ; Schelefield prize for Biblical Greek, once in 1857, the first year in which it was awarded. The one student who went to Dublin was.a univer sity sch.;ar and priseman, senior m octsra or and gold medallisl7. After remarking that of the subse queut career of the boys ire the English school, no account could be given further than that thf-y pass , c 1 out in due course to pursue the avocations for which they were intended, the report says:—" Hitherto there has been one great middle class of society who are not destined for college. There is no definite object set before them corresponding to the dis tinctions and rewards given them by the univorsi ties. Then their studies want both stimulus and guidance. We may hope that these will both be supplied by the middle class examinations about to be instituted by the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. in regard to the elementary schools, it may isuffice to say that they are frequented ohiefly by the children of small tradesmen and respectable artisans. The average age of the boys in the scho)l is 11 years, and of the girls nearly 12 years. The numerical difference bet ween the Established Church and other religious denominations is less than in the grammar schools, the proportion being only 21." DEPARTMENT lII.—PUNISHMENT AND REFORMATION. SHORT IMPRISONMENTS. After the reading of a paper, and some discus sion, in which it was urged that punishments for offences should aim more at reformation than ven geance, as e a a n t ianngd placeN o r t h f e o r n r tra u n s t s p a o l r iAra a w t a o s u re t choem Rev.me n d Jed. Field, chaplain of Reading Gaol, read a paper on "Short Imprisonments as connected with the Cri minal Justice Act," in which he warmly contended against the impolicy of short periods of imprison ment, considered with a viewito either the preven tion of crime or the amendment of the criminal, and maintained that the new act, on which he ani madverted, was defective in principle and opera tion, and calculated in many instances to give the offender Omost unconditional impunity. He had found in Berkshire, the county with which he was most familiar, that s'nce the Criminal Justice Act came into force there had been three times the number of second convictions that had previously occurred within a corresponding period, the number of such re convictions being relatively 12 per cent. and 4 per cent. CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS. Mr. Sergeant WOOLRYCH read a paper, in which he severely condemned the severe legislation in the last century disgraced, in his opinion, the Eng lish statute-book, specially instancing, as au illus tration of its cruelty, the case of a poor woman hung London for shoplifting. He eulogised the exer tions of Sir Samuel Rom illyin obtaining a revison of that sanguinary code rernarkingthat at the:sam e ti me those who advocat e d it did so less from cruelty than ignorance. He then went on to contend that capital punishment was only justifiable if it could be proved that it was preventive of crime, which ho dented. He would not refute statistics on the matter, be cause be deemed they vrere often fallacious, and might be made to tell either one way or other to suit the views of the party using them ; but at the same time he believed it would be found that so far as the crimes still punishable by death were con cerned, crime was as rife now as in 1840, 10 years ago. He condetimed the gallows as a socid nuisance, which, in-tend of protecting only in creased the injury to life. He contended further that no system of punishment could ba good which required a bribe to ba paid to the execut'oner who carried it into effect; and, after adverting to the continental custom of reprieving a prisoner who made no sign of confession or repentance, de.lared that capital punishment, as administered i.i Eng land, was calculated to destroy both the body and soul of its victims. In reply to a question from a gentleman present the learned sergeant. said he should propose, as a substitute, penal servitude for life. DEPARTMENT IY.—PUBLIC HEALTH. HEALTH OF CUSTOMS OFFICERS. Dr. J. G. M' WILLIAM read a paper on the health of waterguard and waterside officers of Customs in London, for ten years ending on the 31st Dec. last. The author of this paper, which was illus trated by a series of elaborate tables, commenced by giving an account of the duties "afloat" an d " ashore" which were performed by the water-guard and waterside officers of the Cus toms respectively. With regard to the tide waiters, it appears that they, besides being exposed to every vicissitude of weather on board ship, and often in open boats, by night as well as by day, oc casionally have to board ships, the cargoes of which give out effluvia productive of inconvenience - and even of disease. Among the unhealthy cargoes he enumerated guano, hides, horns and bones, grain in bulk, sulphur, turpentine, sugar in bags and matting, rags, d7c. With respect to the wa'ermeu, the most severe part of their duty is when they are engaged in what is called steam duty, which re quires them to search minutely, or, as it is called, "rummage" every part of steamers from the Con tineni-, with the view of detecting any concealment of goods. To do this effectually, the watermen have to creep, cat-like, over and behind the boilers, and under and sometimes into the flues, while the fires have been recently, it may be, only partially ex tinguishe 1. On a cold winter's day the transition from the deck to the engine-room, and again from the engine -room to the deck, under such circum stances, more nearly realised a rapid interchange of tropical and arctic climate than anything else that can be imagined. The officers of the waterside de partment, consisting of lockers, weighers, messen gers, and gatekeepers, are, in the performance of their respective duties, also a good deal exposed, but they have defined hours of employment, regular diet, and other advantages not possessed by the water guard. From a table illustrative of the rata of sick ness in the two departments there were in the water guard, with an average strength of 740, 21 sick daily, or at the ra' e 2,97 percent., while the annual average of cases of sickness deducted from ten years was 722.7, and the average duration of each case 10.7 t days. In the waterside department the statistics of disease disclose the milder nature of the duty of its officers ; for, with a strength of 498, the number daily on the sick list was 5.97, equal to 1.06 per cent., the annual number was 192.7, and the term of each case 11.6 days. During ten years 94 water guard and 75 waterside officers were placed on the superannuation list, the ratio being 1.4 per cent. iu the waterguard. and 1.5 in the waterside ; but the age at which superannuation took place was in favoar of the latter department, the age of the lockers averaging 67 years and service 33i years, the weighers 58 years and service :shout 30 years, while of 66 tidewaitors superannuated the average age was 59.4 and service 32.2 ; of 17 watermen placed ou the superannuation list the average age was GO and of service 36 years ; and 11 constables and watchmen also superannuated had attained an average age of 60 and of service 36 years. Of the total number (169) superannuated in the course of ton years, 27 of the waterguard and 22 of the waterside department had died before Dec., 31, 1857. Dividing the ten years into two quin quennial terms, the deaths iu the waterguard in the first term was, in a strength of 692, from all causes, including cholera and accidents, 62, or in a ratio of 1.8 per cent. ; iu the latter term, with a strength of 785, there were 43 deaths only, or at the rate of 1 per cent., the diff, reuce in mortality of the two terms being due mainly to the small loss from cholera during 1854, compared with that incurred by the epidemy of 1849. In the waterside department the deaths were in the first term 30 in a mean strength of 492, or 1.2 per cent. ; and in the latter term 32 in a mean wrength of 512, equal to 1.2 per cent. ; as in the first term, the death rate in thetwo terms having been but little disturbed by the loss by cholera in the department incurred during 1849. Dr. M'William gave a comparative statement of the mortality of the two departmentF, for the whole period, with that of the general popu lation, and of that of London, at the same period of life, and with that of the army and navy on the home station :—Mortality among male population of England per 1,000 between 25 and 65 yams of age (as in the Customs service), 16.0 ; do. in Lon don at corresponding ages, 19.9 ; mortality in i n . fantry of line per 1,000 (ages between 20 and 40), in United Kingdom, 17.5 ; do. Foot Guards in London, 20.5 ; do. royal navy in home station (age from 16 to 45), 10.6 ; do. in waterguard of Cus toms (age from 25 to 65), between 1837 and 1856, 14.1. In the same department and at the same THE SECTIONS. We now continue our reports of the proceedings of the sections : DEPARTMENT I.—JURISPRUDENCE AND AMENDMENT OF TUE Law. THE BANKRUPTOY LAW. .. - A variety of papers was read on this subject, amongst which were two contributed by the Liver pool and Leeds Chambers of Commerce, the former of which discussed the questionorbankruptcy admi nistration in various detail ,, , and the latter advce cated uniformity f practice as respects b tnkrupts and insolvents, whether living or cbiad, and recom mend d the abolition of official assignees, and the employment of ind -pendent accountants, under the control of the trade assignees. After some discus sion Mr. Hastings, the secretary of the association, delivered an address, in which he contended that there was no course but assimilating the practice in England to that of Scotland. In the latter country the estates are administered at an average expense of 8 per cent., while in England th e c Je t i s f rom 30 to 50 per cent. This satisfactory result is attained in the Scotch court by the jurisdiction being vested in the sheriffs of counties, who answer to our county court judges, and by the estates being placed iu the hands of trustees nominated by the creditors in each case. He thought there would never have been a special bankruptcy court in this country had county courts existed at the time of its institution, and maintained that the latter were the only tribu pals in which the business could be cheaply and satisfactorily performed. At the conclusion of the discussion which fol lowed, Lord J. RUSSELL precrieled to review the argu ments used by the speaker- and the opinions ad vanced in the papers. - He thought it clear, from the unanimity of statements to that effect, that change was required. But he questioned whether gentlemen of the mercantile community had yet nrtde up their minds on several important matters which lay at the root of the subject. He suggested that a committee should be formed to examine the papers and present a report to the section. It was ultimately resolved, on the motion of Mr. A. RYLAND, that the d eput i es o f th e var i ous chambers of commerce should b e a comm i ttee f ur thi s purpose ; that they should endeavour to agree on all the main points which had been the subject of consideration, and should report their opinion to the section before the close of the conference. DEPARTMENT 11.-._ --.-_ pupils in the grammar sch oo l i s KING EDWARD'S SCHOOL, BIRMINGHAM. The Rev. E. H. GIFFORD EDUCATION. (Head-master) read a f paper on this subject. The present number o commercial, 215 ; and • the ' la elementary schools — boys, 500 ; girls, 510 ; making, of 1 465. a total f The choice between the two D in each department be . in p g_li in. limited classical and the English , ents viz., the departm I . —classical 250 ; is not at all restrained, but ieU, entirely to the accommodation in the b ed by the amount of the f going statement it appears ' that the professional tw a ci re n t: g ts . a t n h the wholefrom ore . and commercial classes prefer the classical departs ment, of which their ssns cons.itute nearly one third, or 77 in 250. The sons of manufacturers — a class which in Birmingham includes persons o f very different degrees of e d ucat i on an d influence — between thetwo are about equally divided d part - ments, and this class, t oget h er w i t h the sons of trade.men and clerks, [Lake up nearly one-half of the classical school, and about six-sevenths of the English school. Bays whose parents are not (*- gaged in any profession or b us i nes s, among whom many widows are included, amount to just one sixth of the classical and one-twelfth of the English sotto. I By comparing in detail the average num bers in the upper and lower parts of the classical that those who keep their sons longest at school are as might have been expected, B ::::sic i i t na is l f m oti e ll n d a , nd parents not engaged in busi ness. Though there are not less than 12 different religious denominations in the school n) difficulty or dissatisfan ion appearstoarise. Ail are instructed together in the Scriptures ;with the sole exception that the Jews are not expected to learn the Now Tes tament. The Church Catechism is not enforced when an objection is raised by the parents, who well know that no desire is evinced to make proselytes of their children, and that their own reasonable wishes will be treated with due regard, and I do not know that during the 10 years I have held the position of head mister that any unreasonable re quest has been made to me upon the subject. I believe that when the preliminary difficulty of die cusssing the rues for the rel gious instruction of a school can be avoided or surmounted, a very small share of candour and common sense will suffice to remove all difficulties in practice. During the 10 years, ending at the conclusion of 1857, there will have been admitted to the classical school 600 boys, or 60 annually, and to the English school 720, or 72 annually ; since the reconstitution of the school in 11834, under the new Act of Parliament, not fewer than 2,500 boys have passed through the two depariments of the grammar schools. The average stay of boys in the classical school is fo . ur yews, and in the English school just three years. The average age of leaving the classical school, 15i years ; English, 14 years. Of the 600 boys§who I have left the classical sc:.00l since the beginning of universities.lBe xhibitions from the commenc ement of the present century • 8, 65 or ab: Theait ll list per ofcent. have gone direct to 4 contains 106 names. During the last 23 years from 1835 to 1857 the school has sent up to Oxford 49 students. Cambridge Dublin 1 /I Durham 1 ~ Total 129 Of the 49 sent to Oxford , 12 are still undergra duatesgraduatessi u e lB 3 2 5 0 , have c taken in the fi rst c l ass, an d 4 have taken inaliema t ical honours. Th ere h ave been gained at Oxford , classicai h o o f n t o b t e i r go, t 2 ll e b r e i 3 n 7 g scholarships and 6 fellowships. The Hertford Latin scholarship, the Ireland ana Craven clas sical scholarships, and the Boden Larent scholar ship, all open to the whole university, were gained by one and t h e same person who forms a sort of link between the old and new generations of the school. Of the 78 who went to Cambridge since 1835, 18 are still under-graduates, 29 have gone out in classical honours, 19 being placed in the first class, of whom 5 were senior classics. ' There have been gained at Cambridge by p up il s of ~" I