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B ANK OF DEPOSIT, 3, Pall-mall East. Established A D. 1844. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That from this day until thrther notice the INTraxerr payable on deposit accounts will be increased to £6 PER CENT. per annum. Parties desirous of investing Money are requested to examine the Plan of the 13a , k of Deposit. Forms for opening accounts and every information post free on application. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Oct. 10,1857. G RAND TRUNK RAILWAY COMPANY OF CANADA. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That an In talment of 2" 7. on the nominal amount of the Preferential Bonds of the above-named Com pany, for which provisional certificates have been issued, has been called, and will be due and payable on Fi Way, the 20th November, 1857, at the Banking House of Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Six per cent. interest will be charged en all such instalments not paid, and so long as they remain in arrear no Interest will be pay able on the instalments already paid, Interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum will be paid on all sums received in advance of calls. Holders have s the op' ion of pay ing any amount in dtivance, and if they pay up n full, of receiving the definitive bonds,.with coupons attached. These Bonds bear interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, and are re-payable on the 31st day of December, 1881. By order of the Directors, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. _ _ 21, Old Br 2Bth Oct.oad street, B London, E.C. 151. r' EATHER'S TRUST.—tinder the Manage mint of the Clothworkers' Company.—At the Court to be holden on the 2d of December next, this Company will distribute to nix poor Widows of Decayed Housekeepers, the amount divisible under the above trust, being about 8/. to each. Printed forms of application may be obtained at the Company's Temporary Offices, Barbers' Hall, Monkwell-street, Cripplegate, London. The appli cant must state therein such particulars relative to her condition and circumstances as may be proper to be considered in decidirq on her claim, and name references from whom information may be ob tained for verifying such statements. The application, accompanied by certificate of marriage, and a certificate or other proper proof of the death of the husband, mast be left at the Company's Offices previous to the 23d November instant, addressed to ROBERT BECKWITH TOWSE, Clerk. Barbers' Nall, November, 1857. XETER" HALL. —INDI A. Rev. Mr. BELLICW. —THURSDAY, NOVEMTIER 12.-11 r. MIT- CHELL begs to announce that the Rev. J. M. RBLLEW has con . sented to Repeat the LECTURE upon INDIA—Past, Present, and Future, on Thursday Evening. November 12, the proceeds of which will be banded over to the Indian Relief Fund. Admission to the whole of the West Gallery, the Orchestra, and Under the Gallery, ONE PHILLIFG ; a few Reserved and Numbered Seats near the Platform, Five Shillings; Reserved Seats (not numbered), Three Shillings. Tickets may be obtained at the Office, No. 6, in E eter Hall; Mr. Carter's, Carlton Library, 12, Regent street ; Fentum's Music Warehons^, 78, Strand; Keith, Prowse, and Co.'s Music Warehouse, 45, Cheapside ; and at Mr. Mitchell's, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. CHRISTTSMINSTRELS, POLYGRAPHIu- HALL, nng-William-street, Strand, every Evening the ZULLIEN BURLESQUE, received nightly with shouts of laughter. Doors open at half-past 7, commence at 8. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, Is.; Private Boxes, 11. Is. Seats can be secured at Mr. Mitchell's, 33, Old Rond-street, and at the Hall. On Saturday, a Morning Entertainment, commencing at 3. ADAM AND EVE.—The TEMPTATION and THE FALL.—These two sublime Pictures. painted by CLArras M. Doarrk, are NOW ON VIEW, fora short time, at Leg gatt, Hayward, and Leggatt's New City Gallery. Principal entrance by 28, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange. Admission, Sixpence each person. N.B.—From 4 to 6 o'clock the Gallery is brilliantly lighted by the patent sun burners. DELAIfiE GALLERY, Adelaide-street, West Strand.—Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament.— GRAND CASINO.—The abtvo spacious rooms, elegantly decorated with extensive alterations and improvements, opened for the Winter Season on SATURDAY, with the original Argyll Band, conducted by Mons. LAMOTTE, of Paris. Principal cornet-a-piston, MORS. BOULCOURT. Leader, Mt. CIIAS. HALL. Admission, On• Shilling. Doors open at half-past Eight. The above Bond is at the service of the nobility and gentry for Private 11 , 111 s, &e., &c.—Apply by Letter to It. R. Bignell, Argyll- Rooms, Great Windmill-street. FOR GENTLEMEN.—GEO. HOBSON begs to call the attention if the pnblio to his NEW STOCK in AUTUMNAL GOODS, consisting of West of England Beaver and Venetian Cloths, Scotch and Heather Twist, Mixed Doeskins, Cashmere and Toilanette Waistcoatings, both of English and Conti nental manufacture, which will be found en inspection at price; most Moderate for Beat Goods.—GEORGE HOBSON, 57 Lombard-street. NOBLE CONDUCT of COUNT BATTHYANY in reference to the Indian Relief Fund—No Prie3tcraft or Doctercraft—Medical and Religious Liberty, and the Right of Con science and Private Judgment throughout the World.—Read the lIYGETST and MEDICAL REFORMER for NOVEMBER. To be had at the British College of Health, New-road, London ; and of all the Hygean agents throughout the world. Price Id., or 2d. by post.— Office, 262, Strand, London. IMPORTANT MEDICAL WORK GRATIS. —On nervous debility, and diseases of a secret nature, dim- Less of sight, shortness of breath. loss of manly vigour, and all im pedimenta of marriage, showing the surest means of recovering per. fect health. Enclose two stamps to prepay postage, and address Dr. W. B. MARSTON, 47, BERNERS-STREET, Ox'ord-street, Lon don, who may be consulted daily, with assured confidence of sue. cess. .11.1 U BARRY'S CELEBRATED INFANTS' FOOD, for DELIC ITE INFANTS, CHILDREN, and IN VALIDS. Supersedes the expense and dangers of wet-nursing, is wore easily digested, and imparts more healthful nourishment than A' ilk ; acidity, cramps, bowel comp:flints, flatulency, cough, restless ness, scrofula, eruptions, are avoided by it, and perfect regularity of the system and sound sleep insured. Many respectable families who have reared and saved delicate Infants by this Food can be referred to, and a copy of their Testimonials may be had free on forwarding a stamped and addressed envelope to Barry Da Barry and Co., 57, Regent-street, London. Prices :—ln Canisters, is. ; 25.; and 121 b. at 21e. The large Canister will be forwarded free of carriage on receipt of Post Office Order. BRANCH RAILWAYS.—A Letter to the President of the Board of Trade, containing Suggestions for the creation of a System of Secondary Railways, for the Agricul tural and Mineral Districts, subsidiary to the Main Lines. By EDMUND SIIARPE.—London : Sirnpkin, Marshall and Co. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. lEA and PER RINS' WORCESTERSHIRE 8 AIICZ imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, sad all Rout Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by Its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The dallyuseef this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe ireard to health. Fold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrin, 19, Penchnrch-street, London, and 68. Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. 14.T1.—T0 guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRIN'S" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. TO THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. CHARLES WATSON, M.D. (Physician to the Bedford Dis pensary), 27, Alfred-Place. Bedford-square, London, continues to issue, on receipt of six stamps, " THE GUIDE TO SELF-CURE." Medical Correspondence conducted. "The first man of the day in these complaints."—Medical Re- View, July, 1856. "The true Guide to those who desire a speedy and private cure." -- University Magazine. " The' NEW AMERICAN DISCOVERY' showing the absurdity of the English mode of treating such comp'aints, will prove a blessing to The afflicted, who may safely and easily regain pristine health by adopting the means presented."—Evening Star. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. —The AID of the benevolent is earnestly solicited. John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, is Treasurer, by whom donations will be thankfully received : also by the following bankers: — Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.: berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. • Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smyth, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co.; Yones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Mas terman and Co.; by If eprs. Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; and at he Hospital from Ten till Five. By order, S. S. SMITH, Secretary. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT 0 4 e in d at tarnps IN S T ITIITION.—The Committee of this Institution would tip call the attention of the public to the great and extr 1- Y exertions which the Society is now making to supply ex invoi.,P2..ints on the coast with efficient li e-boats, and which will Ans: a e xPenditure of more than £ 3.000 : they therefore earnestly c ntin lto, with to the benevolent for ASSISTANCE to enable them to the cause of h u u P m a in a b n a i t i e y d ; vigour, their hitherto successful exertions _ . 110 MAS FARING, Chairman. Oct. 27, 1857 . 'I THOMAS CHAPMAN, Depuiy-Chairman. contributio ns The Co mmittee gratefully acknowledge the follon tug additional es ppeoM3.liists:! EFFrge,n ds,don. £5O 0 0 James Taylor, Esq., a ll 0 2nd don. b 0 0 Admiral Sir Eaton Tra L ady Jones Parry, don. 50 0 sere, annual Eir John Maxwell, Part., a 5 0 0 Lord Shelborne, don— 2O 0 0 Donations and su`scriptions will be thankfully received by Messrs. Percival, and Co ;Coutts and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; by all the metropolitan and country bankers ; and by Richard Lewis, Secretary, atthe °Mee Of the Inst tution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. ' ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New 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 frame, from the effects of solitary indulgence, infection, and the injurious conse q•iences from the use of Mercury; with observations on the oblige- I ons of marriage, and directions for obviating certain disqualifica tions. By R. and L. PI RRY and CO., Surgeons. Sold by J. Allen, 20. Warwick-lane, Paternoster-rovv; Sanger, 160, Oxford -street ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is employed i to renovate the impai re d powers of life. Its action is purely balsnbothsexesamic; its power in reinvigo ra ti ng the frame in all cases of nervous and F exu al debility, obstinate glects, impotency, barrenness, and debi lities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying success in thousands of cases. Price I Is. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335., which saves Its. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphi 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 face, enlargements of the throat, tonsils, and uvula ; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &c. Its action is purely detersive, and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. Price 115. 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, elect, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d , ant lls. per box. sold by Daniel Church, 78, Oracechurch-street, City; Bartlett llooper, 43, King William -street (four doors from London Bridge) ; 17, Strand W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow -churchyard; Edwards, 67, St. PauPs-cherehyard ; J. Saner 150. Oxford w. nannay and"Dietrichsen, 63, Oxford - street; Butler and Cheapside ; l'rout and Harsant. 229, strand and all street t r. . l iiirdin ` " 4 " 1 hroughout the United teddy 22 3' medicine Vendors TEE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND 3,{A ----- T r ,„,„,_ " Just published, price Is. , post free, in an E nvelope, for 13-si" QELF-PRESERVATION. — A Medical Tramp,' eatise on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System, and on the curs of Nerv ews and Physical Debility, resul ting from vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from youth to Manhood, with practical observations on the Physiology of Mar riage in its social, moral, and physical relations. To which are added 'marks on the wonders of the Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries "of Life within Life,' and its advantages in detecting, by urinary examination, the cause and effect of every variety of these complaints, with numerous engravings and cases. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD SQLTARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the L on d on H os pital Medical Society, Licen tiate of Apothecaries' theearies' Hall, London, &c., &c. equencesessential object of this tr ea tise is to point out the fearfu l con which resulting from certai n h a bit s , irregularities, and excesses , have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature d other class of die t ass e c ay at all stages of life, than, perhaps , sus known particularly recommended to to modern pathologists. Its perusal IS their physical condition, enc persons entertaining secret doubts of i the heelth who are consc i ous o f h av ing hazarded entitl ed privileges to which every human being is ~ happiness, and _ . _ 1r 1E absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are rinciples 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 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 sci ence cannot apply a cure. Published by J. Allen, 201 Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, and ; may be had of Mann, 39, Cornlill; flume, 10, Lei ces t er-square Gordon, 14d, 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 Litzky, Loll Bazaar; Caleutta—Messrs. C. and J. Ilornmsjee, Apol o -street ; Bombay— Circulator &Dee ; Madtas—Motussilite Office 414.ra Doclaworth ; Colombo, Ceylon; and of all Booksellers throughout the Colonies. NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, Gracechurch-street, London. For Mutual Assurance on Lives, Annuities, &c. Established December, 1835. DIRECTORS. Chairman—SAMUEL Ilai - nrrasx LUCAS, Esq. Deputy Chairman—CllAßLES LIJSHINGION, Esq. Francis Bennoch, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq., M.P. John Bradbury, Esq. Robert Sheppard, Esq. Thomas Castle, Esq. Jonathan Thorp, Esq. William Miller Christy, Esq. William Tyler, Esq. John Feltharn, Esq. I Charles Whetham, Esq. Charles Gilpin, Esq., M.P. PHYSICIANS. J. T. Conquest, M.D., F.L.S. I Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. BANREns—Messrs Brown, Janson, and Co. ; and Bank of England. SOLICITOR—Septimus Davidson, Esq. CONSULTING ACTUARY—CharIes Ansell, Esq., F.R.S. Abstract of the Directors' Report for the year ending 20th No vember, 1856 : Number of policies issued from the commence ment of the institution in Dec., 1835 Amount paid in claims (N,. 20,396.) PUBLICATIONS. 13, Great Marlborough-street. R. TUPPER'S NEW WORK.-" THE - RIDES AN D REVERIES OF "ESOP SMITH," by MARTIN F. Turria, in 1 vol., price 10s. Gd. bound, will be shortly published by Hurst and Blackett, succesors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all booksellers. NEW WORK BY DR. DORAN. Just ready, in post STo. COUR T F 0 0 LS By Dr. DORAN, Author of " Monarchs Retired from Business." London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " B.A.RCHESTER TOWERS." Just ready, in Three Vo7s. T HE THREE CLERKS. JL By ANTHONY TROLLOPE, Author of " Barchcster Towers." London : Richard Pentley, New Burlington-street. Now , roady price One Shilling and Sixpence, - • - FEIST'S RACING RECORD. Edited by ALBEIt C FEIST, Editor of the Turf Department of the " Sunday Timee," and Re porter of Sporting Intelligence to the London Daily Papers. The Mcnthly parts may be olitainsd separately, price two-pence each. The next part will bo published on the let of December. Ad. vertisements cannot be received later than the 24th of November. "The Racing Record" contains a complete Calendar of sport in England, Ire'and, and Scotland (fully indexed), trout the Ist of January up to the time of publication. W. Wright, sporting printer and publisher, Fuiwood's Rents, Hot- barn. London. 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, LONDON. BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. Octavius Wigram, Esq., Governor. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir John William Lubbock, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Charles John Manning, Esq. Hon. John T. Leslie Melville. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. Abraham George Robarts, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. William Soltan, Esq. Joseph Domes, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. _ _ Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. John Garrett Cattley, Esq. Edward Maxwell Daniel, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Alexander Druee, Esq. Charles Farquharson, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. William Tetlow llibbert, Esq. James Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. MEDICAL REFEREE—SaIDUeI Say, Esq., F.R.S. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Cor poration oil advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation 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 45 per cent. upon 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 sum 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 inv, sted Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of *early a Century and a-half. Royal Exchange, London. JOAN A. lIIGHANI, Actuary and Secretary. G UARDIAN F] ASSURANCE No. 11, Lombard-s 1 DIRE( HENRY HULSE BEREE JOHN G. HUBBARD, E: S, Esq., Chairman. cl.. Deputy-Chairman. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. Sir Godfrey J. Thomas, Bart. John Thornton, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. !TORS. A. W. Robarts, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. I John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. John Dixon, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Firt.,ll.P. Sir Walter It. Farquhar, Brt. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. John Harvey, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. John Loch, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq AUDI' IRE AND LIFE F. COMPANY, treet, London, E.C. CTORS. Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. LIFE DEPARTMENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par -1 ament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of t ie Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 18G0, when all participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year at Christmas, 1859, will be allowed to share in the Profits. At the five divisions of Profits made by this Company, the total reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 913,0001. At the last valuation at Christmas, 1854, the Assurances in force amounted to upwards of 4,240,0001.; the Income from the Life Branch in 1854 was more than 200,0001.; and the Life Assurance Fund (independent of the Guaranteed Capital) exceeded 1,700,0001. FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East and West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the United States of America, have been materially reduced. INVALID LIVES.--Persons who are not in such sound health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received and registered. _ _ MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for Policy Stamps. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Ingtrances are effected upon every description of property, at moderate rates. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. 19,617 0 0 £609,161 11 11 Amount returned to the assured in abatement of premiums in the 17 years ending Nov. 20, 1852 • • .... •• • .. £240,134 11 8 Additions to policies by stay of bonus..... £126,564 0 0 Annual income, after deducting 33,348/. abatement of Premiums . £258,735 7 The amount of capital arising exclusively from the premiums paid by tha members, who are them selves the pole proprietary, and among whom alone the whole profit Is divided £1,351,606 5 11 At the last division of surplus profits made up to Nov. 20, 1852, the reductions varied from 6 to 89 per cent, on the original amount of premiums, according to the age of the member and the time the policy had been in force; and the bonuses ranged in like manner from 50 to 75 per cent. on the amount of premiums received during the preceding five years. The next DIVIMON will be made up to the 20th November, 1857. Members whose premiums fall due on the Ist ct. are reminded that the same must be paid within 30 days from that date. The Procpectus, with the last Report of the Directors, and all other information, may be had on application at the office. Sept. 16, 1857. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE t.II:TRES (n ithout Physic) of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation Flatulent y, Phlegm, all Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Dysentry, Diarrhoea, Acidity, Palpitation, Ileartbur4, Headache. Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Aqiria, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Com plaints ate effected by I 1 II BARRY'S delicious REVALENTA 1' AI:A.HICA FOOD, which restores health without purging, inconvenience, or ekpense, 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 dialer, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and anise Mar 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 Decieg. " I have derived considerable benefit iron Da Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decles."— Cur:. No. 49,632. " Fitly years' indescribable agony teem dysp epsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipat i on, flatulency, spasms, and sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have aeenreineved by Du Barry's excellent Feed. M aria Jolly, Wortham Y:ou N sn agl eengs, iTndleigareastig ° Ling, near Di es, Norfolk. '—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, Vicarage, Waltham a a a l t th he a ri m ng C s r , o l m ow , H sp e i r r ts ita , , a and eur t l er o v f o ex as tr fa em na e l e n s . e — r - unre No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman,G t a eacre, near Liver pool : a enr e o: ten yea:, a dyspepsia, and the horrors of nervous irrita bility. Cure bi' No, 18.216. Dr. Andrew lire of constipation, dyspep- Ma, nervous irrit ant " mit.. 0 liY. Cure No. 34,210. D r. Shorland of dropsy Cu re i ce 4i.11,1". No. 36,212. Captain All an of ep i lept i c fits. Panetratien of Major Edie of enlargement of the liver and total cramps, sp urns st rength. an cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster of of diarrho'm daily vomitings, Cure. No. 26,418. Dr. liar veyOfconsumpti,u Cure No. 32,883. William Hunts, Esq , barrister, of thirty years diseasecil6.27B. Mr. James Roberts, wood . merchant,' partial deafness. Cure lungs, spitting of blood, Ne. 4' 81 liver derangement, of two years' diarrheea. car , 4. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of Castlestuart, of many ye et,Nats. 52,612. The Dowager Countess gestion. Cure No. 64,812. mi ervous irritability-, bile, and laid'. sumptton, after her medical asds Virginia Zeutters, cured of con 'Visors h recevsry. Cure No, 180, " Twent fi ad abandoned all hopes of Stipation, indigestion, and debility, IL - a‘ ve Yers' nervousness, con misery, and which no medicine could rein vrhich I have suffered great effectually Fleet by Du Barry's Food in a eye or relieve, have been Reeves, la 1,-street, London." N.. 4v2eov. short time. W. R. p e psia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, sp asm : righ nausea, dis which My servant had consaited the advice of m . aand OT aliectaally cured by Du Barry's health restoring yo u, Ire been to answer any inquiries. Rev. John navel!, nidii„ f t h „ a !! b e happy No. 32,836. " Three years' excessiv e -- Rec tory, Nerfolk." ve nervousness, and left arm and , • with pains is my neck , ..,.,_ er 4 , u al debility, which ren. miserable, has been radically removeddead by Du Barry's health restoring 3,906. "Thirteen years' cough eeaof /less, Skibbereen." Cure No. been removed by Du Barry'sindigestion, 1 debility have excellent and genera James Porter, Athol-street, Perth.” R eva lenta Arabica Food. Jt the fearful dangers of spurious imi ta•. Important Caution again tations:— fir The Vice-Chancellor S William Page Wood granted an injunc lion on the 10th March, 185 4 , ag ainst Alfred Ilooper Neville, for Arabica Food." imitating "Du Barry's Revale nta with full instructions. In Suitably packed for all climates, ant blb lls , 121 b 225. The 121 b car canisters, lib 28 Od ; 21b 45 Gd ; Barry Du Barry and riage free, on receipt of Post-office order, et lson, and Co., Co.. 77, Regent-street, London; Fortraun, at. 60, pur veyorsGracechurch- to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; also . 4 149, Bishopsgate street ; 330, 430, and 451, Strand ; 4, CheapBlae 1 Street, and 150, and 158, Oxford-street. .._ - _l . . . ~.s-t ' • , • . ' . - . : ::----- . - ,,e,••:. , , , ; . :1. ..,.• ... , <- • 41fti hi s--• , N 3 / 4,. . - • - ' '',, (() / (1 4' 4-- ;t ' * ''''''''. 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I can iseelaaia.ing.. irkthe - . of-L or Canning to jastify the charges which haver b-e-60-,brOugbt against him. I shall refer to and case,; x-TheAate and much lamented Mr. Colvin, after showing great energy and admirable judgment in his administration, issued a proclamation offering full pardon to those rebels who should submit at once. Lard Canning immediately repri manded Mr. C loin for this proclamation, and, directed by telegraph that it should ha suppressed; at the same time issuing another of an entirely different tenor. I n more than one letter privately addressed to m by Lord Canning he has dwelt upon the "soreness of eart"— those are his very words—excited by the fee ing that ti.. ? retribution has been delayed upon "devils in human form." Much stress has been laid upon a proclamation, or rather order which has been lately issued. Nam, I shall give no opinion of my own as to that proclamation, as to whether it was judicious in its substance, or as to the time at which it was issued; but I shall venture to state a few undeniable facts respecting it. The tendency of that direction or proclamation was that death should be inflicted upon all the guilty, although in some cases where there were extenuating circumstances the ultimate penalty should not be at once inflicted ; but the strictest injunctions were given to spare none except the really innocent. Teat order was addressed exclusively to the civil authorities. It did not give to them one iota of more power than they had before, but merely gave them certain directions as to the exercise of those powers which by law they already possessed. The only reference to the military authorities was that in certain doubtful cases the civil officers should not act tbem selves, but should hand over their prisoners to the mili tary authorities to be dealt with by them. I know it may be said, that although this order was addressed to civil authorities it was calculated indirectly to produce a discouraging effect upon the military authorities. this point I shall give no opinion, but I may refer to one case that has come to my knowledge. I believe there are no two men in India who more fully deserve the con fidence of the public than General Wilson and Sir John Lawrence. It appears to me that Gen. Wilson, while showing the greatest boldness and energy in handling his troops and in maintaining their discipline, is also most careful not to expose them unnecessarily. I believe, also, th , re is no doubt that Sir J. Lawrence combines Pala t 4D. STAMPED s°.] rule I will take upon myself to extract from the fifth on the list of the great English poets— " Honour and shame from no condition rise, Act well your part, th ere a ll the honour lies." (Cheers.) It was mainly on that admirable and univer sally recognised principle that, to my delight, T saw the ceremony of this day conducted. I can well imagine that a peasant or ayeornan, "acting well his part," might find in the acclamations of his countrymen and the applause of those under whom he had served, "where all the honour lies." I can imagine that even a prince may be a working patriot—(obeers)—that he may devote his high intellect, his energy of mind and body to the zealous and persevering discharge of important and interesting public duties. (Cheers.) I can imagine, as I have said, that even a prince may be so little dazzled by the luminous atmo sphere in which he moves as to be able to see and to dis tinguish a meritorious cemra le in the obscurest ranks of the private force ; ane I can imagine that even a prince, not bound by the dignity of chief command, may, at a moment of State exigency, sound with his breath the bugle for recruits. These are things that, Republican as I am, I can imagine possible. Whether the imagining in your better knowledge of men and things cal be made a fact among British princes it is not for the to determine. I am not one of the jury for the trial of that fact. I am, as I have said, a stranger. You are the panel, and if you find that there happens to be among British princes one of whom all these imaginings of mine in reference to in dividual merit become a plain fact, why your finding as jurors of such a verdict would be conclusive upon the judgment of those who hear it. (Cheers.) Reference has been made this evening to one or two points to which I may be' allowed to allude. Sympathy has been invoked from foreign nations in reference to the state of affairs in India. I am not here to speak as to the extent to which my Government or the people of the United States sympathise with the struggle of England against India. That is not the thought I wish to express. The thought that I wish to express is in reference to the treatment that is to be dealt to those who have distin guished themselves in the field of crime in that unhappy region. Now, crimes - Are of various descriptions. Mutiny and murder are heavy crimes ; they'are dark and gloomy crimes; but they are crimes known to us all, and they are crimes committed in almost every community and under almost every Government. Penalties are specifi cally provided for these crimes in the respective criminal codes of various countries. Let such crimes bo punished wherever they occur according to the law. That is the first and clearest principle of action. Bat there are other crimes —crimes, at least, of another character— which become so monstrous as to assume the attitude of enmity to the human race, not merely crimes committed with reference to the power of India, not merely crimes inimical to Esgland, not merely crimes inimical to Eu• rope and its civilisation, but crimes that destitute their p"rpetrature what pirates are, what cannibals in the F.jee Islands are—(cheers)—enemies of the huraan race --(cheers)—and meriting, not from out, nation, not from one people, but from the whole of the humeri race, sum mary and peremptory extirpation. (Loud cheers.) This, as it appears to me, is not the language of any pat titular individual or any particular country, but the language of human nature; and although I am unable to Pay how lar such language may be concurred in by the great body of my fellow-cieizons on the opposite side of the .Atlaistic, yet I think I know them well enough to say that no language can be too strong, no words too im pressive, no foxes too sudden, no bl one too severe for crimes such as those which have been perpetrated in India. (Cheers.) The LORD MAYOR next gave, "Her Majesty's Minis ters," and the toast was drunk with great cordiality. Earl Gneefeneen, on rising to acknowledge the toast, vv. s receive.' with cheers. He said—My Lord Mayor, ledies, and gentlemen, I beg to thank you for the hon our you have done to the assembly of which I am an unworthy member. I believe it is not necessary to dwell upon the advantages of ruck an assembly in a mixed Government like our own ; but I do feel that its popu larity must depend very materially upon the Manner in which its individual members discharge their duties. On Ibis occasion 1 think it must be obvious that one mena er of that assembly has set a bright en-ample of readiness to fulfil those duties which, as an Erielishinan, he owed to the state. You have all heard the feeling terms in e tech the Duke of Cambridge expressed his devotion to that army in which he was brought up, and to which he is so much attached. I feel it would bo . presumptu• one on rey part, in the presence of so many of his heroic comrades in arras, and after the significant homage that I aa been offered to him to-clay in the city of Lond.m, to dwell upon his services in the hell ; but I hope ho will excuse mo if I rtfer,in contrast tothe calmness with which he spoke to-night, to the agony of mind in which his Royal Highness was when he entertained a doubt whe ther an appointment would he given him in the Crimea which would enal le him to risk his life in the cause of his sovereign and of his country. The American Minister referred in eloquent terms to the manner in which a prince might engage iu public duties, and you all know that immediately after peace was restored the Duke of Cam bridge undertook the drudgery of a very laborious office. (Hear, hear ) It is hardly possible, in referring to the duties diwchargod by members of the House of Lordw:, not to be struck by the responsibility which weighs at this moment upon some noble lords who are many mile, distant from our shores. Among others I would men tion Lord Elgin. He was ant on an important mission to the East, His instructions were precise. The means placed at his disposal for attaining the object of his mis sion, if he failed to do so peaceab'y, were amply suffi cient for the purpose. Oa his arrival in the East he found that a case had arisen which had been entirely un foreseen when lee received his instructions. A most fervent appeal was made to him by the Governor-Gene ral of India to denude himself of those means which were mo;t 1 kely to ensure his o en success, in order to enable the Governor-General to put down a mutiny that had broken out in India. Not only din this request prevent L ad Elgin from carrying out his instructions, but it also deprived him of any immediate chance of that personal distinction which he had a right to expec to obtain very easily and rapidly. He, however, did not hesitate one moment. In the inost cheerful manner he anticipated the wishes and instrucions which were forwarded by the Government when they became ac quainted with the events in India, and ha put the whole of his available force at the disposal of Lord Canning. Lord Elgin bas by this conduct deserved—and I ven ture to say he has obtained—the approbation of his countrymen. (Cheers.) There is another noble lord in the East upon whom has rested a heavier responsibility than has ever been sustained by any subject of her pre sent Majesty. Lord Canniog did not, as bas some times been said, solicit office, but when, after careful dellberat.un on the part of the Government, the office of Governor• General of India had been offered to him, and when, after very mature refection on his part he had an cepted that office, he proceeded to India, and devoted his admirable habits of business to the promotion of every possible material and social improvement in the great 1 peninsula committed to his charge. A dreadful event happened—one which, as the noble duke has observed, no one could have anticipated. As soon as that event was known in England the attention of Englishmen was, I may say, entirely absorbed by the proceedings in India, and from tbat moment to the present every step taken by the Governor-General was most anxiously criticised. Sometimes, I must say, his conduct was very fairly weighed, but at other times I think he has been assailed with such wholesale censure and condemnation as it was almost impossible for any one to have deserved. (Hear, hear.) Now, I beg that I may not be misunderstood. 1 think that no greater misfortune could happen to this nation than that the public acts of public men should not be exposed to the most anxious and severe criticism, and I believe that those who criticise such acts with ability and fairness render the greatest possible service to the community. At the same time there is one short compound word which will always have its effect with the British public—l mean fair-play (cheers), for although they like to have public affairs discussed before them in every shape, they postpone their final judgment until they are in possession of all the facts and have heard both sides. (Cheers) I feel that nothing would be more improper on an occasion like this than to enter into an argument or discussion upon points which must ! be reserved for a very different tribunal. I feel, too, that, as connected with the Government, it would not be right far me to anticipate the views of that Government, which must be officially declared upon every point of Lord Canning's conduct. I think, however, you will allow that it will not be altogether unbecoming on my part if I venture veryshortly toendeaveurtoc rrect some misapprehensions as to certain facts, and to state other facts which may help both you and the public to form a just conclusion on some questions which have been raised. A. great many accusations have bee n brought against the Government of India, Some of them are of a de v ta e i r l y trivial cbaracter, others depend so entirely upon details a th n a d t c l ir w cn d m i n st o a t n a c i e l ie sd o e f w te hi t c h h ein we . g, and which ; know sct absolutely Canning, n n therein us oneo nothingn charge namely, that, giving w made against a man in h is position —namely, mend in humanity, interfered with w ith those military authorities a w p h p i e c a h r h s atsobmeeenounregoefdtaleg!aginrsalv-Leisotroharges that could be d_ and s in t i c a s t' , has s y t o a certain forgotten sentimental,batwasdue t e a n j ishment of the m utineers must mainly rest. Now, u pon in whose hands the p un - ' this point the common sense of the public has fullly spoken out. Both public writers and public speakers have done so, and no one, I may say, has laid down more forcibly than the Duke of Cambridge the doctrine that it would be wrong in every point of view if condign punishment were not inflicted upon men who have dis graced the human form which they bear. I o tnnot help remarking that upon this subject public opinion has been ratified by a gentleman who is Ifat one of ourselves, and who cannot be supposed to be actuated by excited feel . ings—l mean the most respected Minister of the United States—who, as a disinterested observer, has justly said that men who have committed crimes which prove them to be the enemies of mankind at large ought to be ex tirpated from the face of the earth. (Cheers.) I can °illy say that, if upon a calm review of the course of Lord Canning's administration, he should appear to have given way to the maudlin sentiments to which I have alluded, no feeling of personal friend alp would be sufficient to prevent me , from express the qualities of a soldier and a statesman in a greater degree than perhaps any other man in India: But what has been the effect of the proclamation upon these twe men / It appears that Gen. Wilson wrote to Sir J. Lawrence a few days before this proclamation was issued, stating that there were certain Irregular Cavalry whose mode of mutiny had distinguished them from their fellows, and that it would be most expedient and politic that they should be treated with some lemieticY. Gen. Wilson accordingly asked Sir J. Lawrence whether he himself or whether Sir J. Lawrence would be justified in exercising any discretion Sr J. Lawrence naswered in the negative, and said he could not give the autho rity ; that he did not think General Wilson could exer cise any discretion ; but that if General Wilson would made a representation at head-quarters it would pro feebly be attended to. Almost immediately after the despatch of the letter containing this statement Sir J. L swrence received the proclamation. He then wrote to General Wilson, and said, " Although the proclamation does not specifically apply to this case, yet its spirit fully justifies you in following out the dictates of sound policy." And Sir John Lawrence then went on in tile most clear and el queut terms to ehew, not merely the humanity, bat the sound practical policy of the proclamation. Ido not give my own opinion on the subject, although I have tormed one ; bat I do think that the opinions of two such men as these are worthy of consideration by the public of this country before they come to the conclusion that Lord Canning is a pusillani mous statesman. There is another point. which has been very much canvassed in this country, Lamely, the send ing up of Mr. Grant to control the military authorities and to liberate the mutineers. It is reported that Mr. Grant has liberated 15t mutineers. I have no means of knowing whether that story is true or false, or whether if that act took place there were any circumstances which would justify the Governor-General in sanction ing or in disapproving it. But this I know as a positive fact, that the Governor-General sent Mr Grant not to control the military authorities or to liberate mutineers er murderers, but as the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces was confined in the fort of A.gra, and unable to discharge his civ,l duties, it was deemed desirable that a locum totem should be provided, and on that account Mr. Grant was despatched to the district. One of the qualifications which Lord. Canning believed that Mr. Grant possessed was, that be was fully iinpriwsed with the importance of not interfering with the military authorities in the performance of his duties. There is one other point which has hardly created as .ouch feeling here as in Scotland—l mean the alleged dif ferences between Sir C lea Campbell and Lord Canning. I was rejoiced to hear that his Royal Highness has re ceived exactly the same information which has reached inn, and that the natural and just indignation of the people of Scoilend at their favourite soldier being tb warted by a civilian, and what they call a red-tapist, is unfounded. I happen to know that during the few weeks of Sir C Campbell's residence in Calcutta Lord Canning had abundant opportunities of discovering and appreciating his great qualities as a man and a soldier,and 1. know also that Sir C. Campbell during the same period saw reason to admire the itelefatigable industry, energy, and courage of Lord Canning as to overnoi -General of India, end that a solid fiiendship has been eetabliAled between these two men, who entertain feelings of mutual respect end regard. I cannot help mentioning a somewhat trivial circumstance, but one which shows how cautious :se should be in believing rumours that occasionally reach us from India. Sir Patrick Grant when leaving Calcutta, knowing well the tendency to tele gossip which prevailed among some of hie fellow-countrymen in that city, particularly when they were excited by any extra ordinary alarm, deterrnired that, although it would have been more convenient for him to travel by the perie ,tearable he would melee the voyage in a man-of-war. fle went by a roan-of-war; but the cautious tactics of the old soldier were utterly fruitless, for soon after. wards there appeared in a portion of the Calcutta press a letailsd account of his excursion in the public steamer, together with a minute report of his cenvereations with his fellow-passengers, ending with the remark at:ributed to hint, that he never heard a sound so agreeable as the booming of the guns which announced his departure from the land of red tape. With, regard to the charge of he want of energy, industry, and decision, brought egainst Lord Canning, I shall only allude to one or two teens. You are aware that Lord Canning pat restrict t,ions upon the press. This is another subject upon which I must avoid expressiug any opinion, but 1 think I may say that that resolution of Lord Canning appeared o meet with general approbation, and was very fairly treated by the put lic prees of this conntry, not eithstand ing the esprit de corps which to a certain degree might he expected to influence that press so such a subject. ,Wbether right or wrong it was a step required great moral courage, and by its adore. :ion Lord Canning exposed himself to much personal unpopularity and obloquy. We are bound to consider that some of the most intelligent men now in India— some of the men most accustomed to whilst the pen, and who have the greatest opportunities of conveying their sentiments and opinions to the mother country—are smarting under the very natural feeling that they have been unjustly treated both as regards their character and their property. I think, therefore, that some of their statements should be received with due allowance. There is one more fact which I shall venture to bring before you. I think it is one which has not yet been stated, and which all will be glad to hear. It is generally known that the King of Delhi made overtures to the besieging army. Now, it happeus that some of the bravest and most successful military authorities in that part of India were of opinion that so great were the difficulties of the siege those overtures should be entertained. It is easy to say alter the event what was the right thing to be done, but I submit that at the moment it was creditable to the decision and the moral courage of Lord Canning that he sent the most peremptory orders to reject the overtures made by the King of Delhi. I have done with this ante. j I think success is not always a test of real merit, t h r i o i t o p i n 3 t t h h i a s o i i n t s w ta o n s c e e x p L e o e r t d e d C h e a nni e or than it was thought possible by the highest authority would ng h b a e s a b n l e n i t i e a t e e s d e ru m :le e , in Parliament be would be able to obtain, and with out physical assistance from the home Government he has " broken the neck" of one of the most formidable mutinies which have ever occurred in our dominions. I cannot avoid saying one word as to Lord Elphin stone. The peerage of Scotland may be proud that one of their body has displayed such admirable qualities in India. I have made those remarks with reference to the conduct of members of the House of Peers, but it is impossible to overstate the heroic exertions of all classes of the community, whether in the civil or the military service, during this mutiny, or to over-rate the spirit with which the people of this country have met the difficulties of the crisis. (The noble earl oon cludedbytahgeationaert had returning thanks e th r a e nk ei s r f e o d r .) the cordial manner in which The next toast proposed by the LORD MAYOR. was "The House of Lords," acknowledged by Lord Crau worth. Several other toasts folowed, and the proceedings ter initiated at a late hour. [ADVERTISEMENTI—The groat injury inflicted ou many in. valids by drugs increases the interest the public take in Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, which cures without medicine indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility. 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PRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO THE DIIKE OF CAMBRIDGE. Yesterday, at a Special Court of Common Council, the freedom of the City was presented to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, together with a splen- did sword. The presentation took place at 5 o'clock in the Guild hall, which had been most tastefully fitted up for the occasion by Mr. Bunning, the city architect. In the centre, and in front of a gallery which had been erected for ladies at the eastern end of the hall, was placed the chair for the Lord Mayor, and immediately on bis lordship's left was a chair of State for his Royal Highness, composed of crimson velvet and gold, with the arms of the Duke emblazoned in gold on the back of the chair. On either side of the Lord Mayor were seats for the aldermen and distinguished guests, Galleries for the members of the Common Council were fixed on the north and south sides of the hall, the front of which were decorated with emblems of the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Bath, and coronets of the Duke. In three galleries, surrounding the aldermen and Common Cone• cal, were raised seats for the accommodation of ladies, and in front of the eastern gallery seats for the ladies of the aldermen. The western window had in its centre a beautiful glass star from Messrs. Copeland's, beneath and around which were festoons and trophies of flags. In the centre of the eastern window was a portrait of his Royal Highness, surrounded by a trophy composed of flags of various nations, interspersed with the Royal standard and colours of the Grenadier Guards. The galleries and the compartments on the north and south sides of the hall were decorated with tro phies of flags, shields, and wreathe, and in front of the northern gallery was placed a medallion of her Majesty.in gold. From the large cornices of the ball were su-pended flags of all nations, and from the ceiling two large chandeliers composed of painted and cnt-glass drops. By 4 o'c!ock every available seat was occupied, and the spectacle when the lighting of the hall was complete was grand and imposing. The Turkish Ambassador was one of the earliest arrivals. There was a large number of distinguished officers present, whose names will be found in the report of the proceedings at the banquet at the Mansion-house in the eveninc.,,. Tire Duke of Cambridge on entering the ball was most loudly cheered. His Royal Highness baying signed the declaration presented to him, was then addressed by the Chamber lain, Sir J. KEY, in the following words "The counec ion so long existing between your Royal Highness and this ancient corporation, honoured as one of its moat respectable companies (tile Merchant Taylors) is by baring your name enrolled as its oldest and most I esteemed honorary member, and your presence at a re cent, and long to be remembered meeting of the Court, w hen it tendered the expression of its respect to a Prince illustrious by personal character, and about to become more illustrious by an alliance which would ennoble the proudest ancestry and add grace to the most brilliant throne, would seem to' supersede the necessity of dwell ing upon the nature of that distinction which you have signified your pleasure to accept at our hands to-day. From what transpired on that occasion you would per ceive that it is in no light estimation we hold the honours of our civic guild ; that we use nothing of an apologetio tone in presenting tine°, but have a confident persuasion I that rank, however illustrious—talents, however die tinguished—services, however transcendent or enduring, will find in the freedom of this city a distinction which extends their celebrity, and a privilege which enhances their reward. It is under the fulness of this conviction we have invited your Royal Highness here today. We felt how acceptable it woeld be to you to cast in your historic lot with the great spirits of the past—with Chatham, with Pitt, with Nelson, with Wellington, with Beckford—men whose names are on our enrolments, whose busts are upon our walls, but whose deeds have a more imperish able monument still in the shrine of the nation's heart. (Cheers.) We know your Royal Highness's estimate of rank, of birth, of near connection with Royalty. You esteemed tboae things great according as the conduct of their possessor made them great—as they were adorned by the graces of character, as they were turned to the 1 account of a nation's happiness, as in the beneficient purposes for which they were employed there was sure I i to be reflected upon them a brighter lustre than they ' I gave ; inasmuch that, if I were to select a designation most welcome to your ears now, and most likely to go down with history to other times, it would be, not the illustrious prince, but Us useful public servant,—not the monarch's kinsman, but the humblest soldier's friend. (Cheers.) The soldier's friend, I said, and the very name leads us back to a passage in our nation's life cha racterized by more cht q . lei ed incidents, calling up more of mingled feeling destined to be referred to hereafter, w:th stronger alternations of pride and shame than any event in the annals of history. And yet, sir, I believe I give utterance to the sentiment of this Court when, in any retrospect we take of the late war, I say the upper 'no t feelings of an Englishman's heart should be those of permitted elation, heartfelt thankfulness, and honest pride. Mistakes there were of economy, of administra tive rule, of unpractised generalship, such as might have been looked for, perhaps, in the people of a land which load had rest for 40 years ; but still, of dishonour to our trace t Gallipoli aver a appeared atrbeed filing from i flag, of stain upon our swor d , o f s h adow of reproach upoirthe stoutness of the E ng li s h h eart or the indornit nglioshurwtirlol'opns a no a tb b e len fi ersets of l theancl English of o the lest shot against the shattered f oar s of Sebastopol. (Cheers.) It is evident we owed, under God's blessing,our successes to the valiant spirit of the many,—our losses only to the mismanagement of thefew. The characteristioof the English soldiery is to lean with unquestioning con fidence upon those who lead them, ready to rush upon des 'ruction, if destruction be set before them, in the wish to cover any error on their general's part by a doubled measure of intrepidity on their own; and by this intrepidity, by God's blessing, we conquered ; for as a Cori Alan nation we must ever bear in mind that even the consummate skill and unrivalled generalship of a Wellington, with the indomitable courage and spirit of British soldiers, would without God's blessing be of no avail. Of the part sustained by your Royal Highness in this ever memorable campaign it would not become me to speak particularly. Nor is it needful. The tidings used to reach us through that widely diffused organ of public opinion which morning by morning announced to its million readers the privations of our country's brave. The whole scene was brought before us by a pen as fearless in its exposure of abuses as it was unsurpassed by the vividness of its graphic power ; and in the midst of that scene, wherever difficulties were to be faced or dangers were to be shared, or hardships were to be en dured, wherever the countenance of a noble presence was needed to decide the wavering, or the sympathies of a feeling heart were required to sustain and comfort the distressed, we saw your Royal Highness. (Cheers.) We followed you in imagination through that eventful night, the first spent by our troops on Crimean soil, when in tentless and unsheltered misery you lay exposed to the night-lone storm. (Loud cheers.) We realised the sound of your voice on the victorious heights of Alum, calling tttntion to the flying enemy arid heartening the ex hausted troops in their work; while, when we saw you in the thick of that murderous fire at Inkerman, more than half your noble guards lying dead or wounde3 upon the field, a body of Russians singling you out for vengeful and deliberate aim, and even your faithful horse struck from under you, we confess to having felt a national pride in Royalty that he who so nobly led on England's armies was so nearly allied to England's Queen. It seems, there fore, needless to say how entirely our gracious Sove reign carried with her the snffrakes of her loving subjects when in the selection of a fitting person to occupy the highest military position in the country she was led to the nomination of your royal highness. How little hereditary preferencre would be permitted to influence this choice, how little the prestige accorded as of right to one in your royal highness's position, how little any consideration save a desire to promote the honour, the happiness. the efficiency of her beloved army, let any man tell who has ever heard of the deep emotion of the Monarch at the story of her soldiers' sufferings, or who has ever listened to the loud outburst of grateful and loving loyalty when soldiers are gathered round their Queen. Yes, sir, yen were designated by your royal mistress to your exalted office because she would that he who was to bear rule in military affairs should be one who could sympathise with bravery, had had experience of hardship, who could lend a helping hand to struggling merit, could remember past services and reward them ; and already are both the army and the country reaping the first fruits of this wise selection. We see in our military councils a vigour of purpose, a discrimination of character, a breadth of plan and object in the educational arrangements, and a considerate regard for the circumstances of the lowest subaltern, which, if permitted to be carried out, will cause the British soldier to be as much respected for his high toned moral deportment in the barrack as for his fearless and undaunted spirit in the field. Nor can I con clude without adverting to another feature of your royal highness's public services likely to elicit strong feelings of admiration from the members of this court—l allude to active, painstaking interest you have evinced in those noble institutions which have made our country as pre eminent for her moral achievements as she is unrivalled for the glory of her arms. England, in the orderings of a moral Providence, has a great mission to fulfil, if she is to wage war abroad with the despot, the oppressor, with the man who would encroach upon European liberties or roll back the waves of an advancing civilisation, she is also to wage war at home with sin, Misery, and suffering— wi.h the incursions of ignorance upon oar national insti tutions, or the inroads of poverty upon our social happi ness. Her two types oil patriotism are the soldier and the phil ant h ropist, the defender of our liberties and the benefactor of our homes, and we tender our respect to you in both capacities. I am commissioned to present to You both the badge ofcitizenship and y the ensign of war. aanourieg a our Royal Highness as we do for all those personal qualities you have displayed in material warfare we must honour youyet for the • • with which o achievements of f r desire to be identified with the noblest Christian philanthropy—for y our w i s h that th e school the hospital, and the asylu m s h ou ld never be dissociated from your honoured name, and that anything y ou may be able e to do for your country in dis ciplining her sons to the use of arms may be eclipsed by yet nobler services in the cause of charity and in the arts of peace. (Cheering.) The Duke of CAIKBRIDGB, who on rising was received with loud and prolonged cheering, said,—My Lord Mayor, it becomes my duty to express to your Lord ship and this Court my sense of the honour which has just been conferred upon me in such flattering terms by the city of London. Gentlemen, I can assure you that I am deeply sensible of the compliment and the distinc tion paid to me, and although I do not for one moment think that I have any right to be mentioned with the illustrious names which have been brought under your notice by the kindness and favour of the Chamberlain who has just addressed you, the very fact of my name being coupled with such men as a Chatham, a Nelson. or a Wellington, in itself constitutes a distinction of which any man, whatever his feelings may be, may, I think, be justly proud. (Cheers.) My Lord Mayor, I naturally ask myselt,how it it is that I have attained the proud distinction which has thus been conferred upon me by my 'snow -citizens of the metropolis of London—l think I may fairly say one of the greatest, if not the greatest commercial city in the world. Gentlemen, I have merely performed my duty to the best of my ability. (Cheers.) From the commencement of my career I have endeavoured to do so, and it is the simple perform ance of that duty which has now p'aced me in the proud position in which I feel myself—not alene as the head of the army, through the favour of my Sovereign, but at this moment as your honoured guest, as a fellow-citizen of the citizens of London. (Loud cheering.) But, gentle men, I cannot but think that in placing this great, this distinguished mark of your good opinion upon myself as an individual, it has occurred to the citizen), of London that in doing honeureto m% they were at the same time paying me the greatest compliment in their power by paying a compliment to , the honour of the army. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I stover can forget that, although individually from es aeogitiCelnly.hiestay., have obtained the esteem, the affection, and the regard of my fellow citi zens and of the country, it is to the army that I owe the high and distinguished position in which I feel myself placed. (Cheers.) Therefore, any compliment that the citizens of Lon lon are disposed to pay to the army, it it is in my person, I can only esteem as a double and a most graceful favour. (Cheer].) Gentlemen, it will hardly be expected on your part, and it wculd iii become me it I ventured in any respect to allude to the very limited and bumble services which I have performed on various occa sious in different parts of the world. The worthy Cham berlain has alluded to those services in terms which I really think go beyond the merit which they deserve— (cries of " No, no —for after all what I have done is that which would be done by, I think, any one who had the feelings of a man and who bad the interests and the honour of his country at heart. (Much cheering.) I therefore pass over those events. which have now become matters of history, and which will, no doubt, be recorded in their proper light for ages to come. That I should have had the advantage—the honour cf participating in these great events, I certainly now look back upon as one of the greatest pleasures and one of the greatest satisfactions that I can possibly experience. But such as these ser vices were they certainly were not of a character to place me alone in the proud position in which I find myself, for I venture to hope that in various other ways I have also deserved and obtained the esteem and approbation of my fellow-citiz us. From an early period, taking the example of one most dear to noysedf—most dear I believe to the citizens of London—my heneured father—(cheer,) —I have endeavoured on all occasions to assist and pro mote as far as I could the interests and the welfare of my fellow-citizens and those unfortunate persons of various grades in life who call for the assistance and support of their neighbours and fellow kinsmen. The endeavour, I am glad to find, has been in many respects successful ; in every respect I have met with the hearty and zealous support of the citizens of London. As far as I can 1 shall continue, in spite of the very different position in whice I am placed, to add my mite and my humble en deavour to the furtherance of the great institutions, not only of this metrop di., but of the country at large. (Cucere.) I have been a member for some time of one of the greatest corporate bodies of the city—the Mer chant Taylors— who, by a deputation, have tele day done me the honour of introduchteg me to the Lord Mayor—a compliment which I highly prize. lam gra tified to be a member of that body. I have the further gratification of being at the head of one of the noblest institutions of this metropolis. I assure yon, gentlemen, that although I am a soldier at heart and love the army, I confess I have the deepest interest and affection for my young friends over whom I preside at Christ's Hos pita'. lam merely stating these things to prove that a man although a soldier may at the saran time be a citi zen, and I trust that from being a soldier he is not on that account a less good citizen. I therefore hope that his lordship wilt find that the honour, the high compli ment which he with the citizens of London has conferred upon me they will not have reason to lament, for I as sure them that they will find me just as devout, as obe dient, and as good a citizen as they have complimented me upon to ng a soldier. Gentlemen, I aga i n repea t th a t the honour teat has been conferred upon sue is one of which any man may be justly proud whatever his sta tion or position in life ; that I am justly proud of that • from all quarters, that that honour is sal ea 'Mont, from the kind expressions c h wo o hn n ifc o eh u r r r ie ; dr that eene: I ne n s not because of the official position which I occupy, but because, in various ways, and through the adventayes which I have derived, I have been enabled to obtain the esteem, the affection, and the regard of n.y fellow -countrymen. Gentlemen, it is upon these conditions chiefly that I feel proud in finding my self placed in that position, and it is my anxious hope and desire, as long as I continue a public man, that I shall continue to merit the favour of my Sovereign and the approbation of my country : and my anxious desire will he to promote, by every means in my power, the lay downeffieitncy my and rule the m ay sown of the army, so that when I f done my d it t y t o the ceunt e r e y l , t a h n 3 vi d co th n at e l ti' h il haavtent I otghiavven up the important trust committed to my hands in a less efficient state than when it was first confided t ) me. (Load cheers.) My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen, I am highly flattered by the distinction that has been conferred upon toe, and shall never forget to the last days of my life the kindness and cordiality of my reception by the citizens of London. (11. is Royal High ness resume d his seat amid loud and prolonged cheering.) The sword was a chaste and magnificent weapon, rich in design, yet finished with such good taste and care as to be in all respects within the limits assigned to regula tion swords of general officers. The handle was of carved ivory, studded with carbuncle—the hilt of gold, richly chased, and set with uncut emeralds and brilliants. On the cross of the hilt were the insignia of a Field-Marshal in brilliant,, surrounded with a wreath of oak leaves and acorns, formed by einer Aids acid brilliants, beautifully set. On ,the scabbard was the Duke's cypher in brilliants, and the city arm) carved in carbuncle, and set with rubies. Coo the blade was inscribed— - - - " The freedom of the oity of London, together wi h this sword, was presented to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, —•, Commander-in-Chief of the British army, by the Corporation of London, in testimony of their high estimation of his distingui , hod character aril services. A.D. 1.87)7." On the scabbard, amid elaborate cha , ings, which showed such finished workmanship as only comes from Han cock's of Bruton-stre e t, were inscribed the words— ,. Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman, and Sebastopol. The Duke of Cambridge shook bands with the Lord Mayor, Alderman Wire, Alderm an he was surrounded, and l e ft the hall amid hearty accla• ra the-distinguished ' visitors by whom DRaostieo, na the antci proceedomLa a t, dyy b,ae o Y to the dinner at the Maneion-house. The arrangements connecte d w ith th e fitti ng u p o f th e hall were intrusted to the Lands Committee, of which Mr. It. C. Bneknall is chairman, and ware in every respect unexceptionable. The Duke of Cambridge and his suite ware met at Temple-bar by the blaster and Wardens of the Merchant Taylors' Company, and conducted to Guildhall. THE BANQUET. In the evenieg the Lord Mayer entertained the Duke of Cambridge at the Mansion-house, where a numerous and distinguished circle of guests assembled to meet his Royal Highness. A magnificent banquet was provided in t h e Egyptian-ball, which w as d ecorated with great taste. On the right of the Lord Mayer and Lady Mayoress were his Royal Highness the Doke of Cam bridge, Lady Stratford di Redcliffe, the Turkish Ambas sador, Mrs. Tremenheere, the Earl of Cardigan, the American Minister, General Sir Hew Ross, G.C.B. ; the Siamese Ambassadors, Major-General Sir G. Pollock, G.C.B. ; Lieut -General Sir W. Codrington, M.P. ; Major-General Lord %Vest ; Major-General Tremen heere, and Mr. Bonamy Dobree (Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England). General Alexinder, Lieut.-General On the left were Lord Cranwortio, Lady Stuart de Rotheshy, Earl Granville, Lady Hobart, the Chief Baron, Lady Lushington, /dr. Baron Watson, General Sir J. Major-General La wreneon, Majo r-General SRiurrligosyrnrye'SGm'iCth.B, B . a ; ron.Knesebeck, Admiral Sir Stephen Lushington, General Sir Harry Jones, K.C.8., Prince Deputy Chairman of the East India Com- SVi°rggidSe:o'rks, Lnrd Hobart, Right Hon. Sir E. Ryan, Sir B. Havre!, Sir C. Trevelyan, Mr. R. D. Mangles, ; Hankey, M.P. the Hon. Justice Hall M.P., Chairman of the East India Company; Sir F. button ,P ß Cla oa ir k i yrei Currie, I:l3,lg4are.r.tTt.h K.C.8,1 sir company liv. were w i i`l si n i r o n r s -, G i‘ e i n e p r . a i 1 s ir Lord C . 131.4.,ordSirwit..PAolvfreiy,t,,aciejl.f,omn.aSjoirr-JGaemneersaSlctahre pencer, Mr. J. Turneley, Master of the gave the healths of "The Queen," 1 Yorke, mH et oe t, rn c. Kh A. a . n C . K tA . B. Taylors' Company, &c. ",The Tile PlTlnncelAoTiosTirtiand the reetof the Royal Family," which were received with the usual honours. Hi s LORDSHIP then proposed ' IThe Armyand Navy," and coupled with the toast the name of the Duke of Cam- R40°,30040 men had already bridge, observing, with reference to the Indian mutiny, the honour of the British flag Highness, as Com mtibahe a a eon t ntdl lo rso y erln. ni theexertions tud-oicauhnti tpe oto; snDu °pal:n i upwards di maintain of sf The Duke of CAMBRIDGE, who was received with loud Lord Mayo r , my lords, ladies, and cheers, said, —My gentlemen, I rise to respond to the toast which your Lordship has been so good as to give, and with which you have done me the honour of coupling my name. It is an honour which I always value and appreciate. I have the greatest delight in saying that I love the army. (Cheers.) I have been bred and born a soldier, and any compliment that you pay to the army I feel a personal compliment to myself. (Cheers.) I think we have a right—if I may venture t ) say so—to be proud and to be satisfied with ourselves. We have pa.sed through a great contest which has become a matter of history; and we are now engaged in a serious struggle, the details of which are looked for with the utmost interest when news arrives from our distant possessions in the East. Ido not bslieve any one in this country will say that the army have nol performed their duty nobly in our Indian posses. pions. (Cheers.) The acts of Valour and self-devotion we hear of in India may well make this country feel proud of her eons who are there defending her cause. This circumstance leads me to a subject which I have on various occasions brought under the notice of meetings such as this in the city of London as well as elsewhere —I mean the efficient maintenance of our military estab lishments. I was very much gratified to hear your lordship say—and I am sure you only expressed the feelings of our fellow countrymen—that the city of Lon don was very ready to support the authorities in any necessary demands which they might make for this purpose. (Cheers.) We are not an agreseive country. We do not wish to be an aggressive country. Oar army is not an aggressive army, and therefore I have no hesitation in speaking of the efficiency of that army in the presence of many distinguished foreigners who might otherwise think that my observations implied a feeling inimical to other powers. Nothing of the sort. I only wish to impress upon the country the necessity of keeping up an efficient army for, the necessary and legitimate service of the State—(hear, heir)—such "an army as a great empire like England ought always to maintain. See, my Lord Mayor and gentlemen, in what a position our army bas been placed. See what has occurred in India. What certainly we had no reason to expect. No human being could have anticipated the events which have taken place in that quarter of the world ; but when I look at the number of European troops in India it is a marvel to me—it mast be a marvel to everybody—how so small a proportion of European soldiers could have held their own as they have done, and could have car ried on the extensive warlike operations in which they have been engaged. (Cheerer) Now, are we doing justice to our army and ourselves if we place our troops in so important and at the same time so dangerous a position 1 (Cheers.) Surely as an act of humanity to the troops we employ it is only right they should be maintained in sufficient force and efficiency to uphold the interests of the empire. I ark whether the events which have recently occurred in India ought rot to induce us to open our eyes and to look a li tle ahead, and never again to allow the interests of the empire to be so seriously endangered. The Lord Mayor has been good enough to allude to my exertions as commande , ..e-ohief, in conjunction with my colleagues, in despatching a large and efficient body of troops to India. I take no credit to myself, but I certainly flatter myself that the Govern ment of this country have used every means in their power to provide for the support of our troops to India. (Cheers.) The country has appreciated, and will coy tinue to appreciate, those efforts ; but I still maintain that it is a dangerous experiment to allow our East In dian possessions to be placed under the guardianship of so small a number of European troops as have hitherto been maintained there. It is said, however, "Oh, you cannot hold ledia by military power; you must hold it by moral power." I certainly should never pretend, in any society of Englishmen, that we could maintain so 'sit an empire as that of India by military p avver ; bet what we as military teen expect is that the civil govern ment of the country—..he moral influence teat rye are legitimately exercising—shall be backed by such an amount of military force that, when a great exigency arise-, that force shall not alone be able to defend itself, hut to defend the Government of the country. (Cheer%) We are now holding India by meitany force alone, which, in fact, is nothing more nor less than moral force backed by a sufficiency of military force. It is said that the question as to how the mutiny is to be put down is one of treat difficulty. A great, a fearful cata-trophe has occurred. I hope no one would suggest that we should mow indiscriminately right and left ; that we should burn villages ; and that we should destroy their inhabitants. Such a proceeding would be suicidal. But, on the other hand, I conceive that no man, whatever May bo his views of humanity, can maintain that a holy of mu• tinous colliers is to be permitted to stroll from one end of the vast empire of India to the other, and that when the mutiny is suppressed they are to be treated as if they had done no wrong. ( Ne, no.") I am persuaded that no Englishman would entertain such an opinion. I tun convinced that there is "no humanity in such sentiments, and that some misap prehension must have existed with regard to tt.e feraigs and ideas attributed to persons in authority on this subject. I am happy to have the opportunity of saying what I was very anxious to state, that there is no truth whatever in a report I have seen that my excellent and gallant frieni the Commander-in-Chief in India, Sir Colin Campbell, and the Governor-General of India are nt on good terms. I have a letter from my friend in which be alludes to this report having S heen circulated, and he distinctly and positively denies that the slightest duff rence ha I occurred bet :men them. But :t itt net for me to enter further into this Indian husinens, becau.e, in the first place, I labour under a great disadvantage in not having been in India tuyeelf, and the observa tions I have made have only been formed on what I may venture to call common sense, and arc such as any man, whether he has been in India or not, and whatever his position in life, might also hare been led to make. With regard to the "wive army, I can oily refer to the conduct of the European officers, and I feel it a duty to say in the presence of some of my friends who entertain strong personal feelings on this eunject, that everything I have heard has been highly to the credit of the company's officers, whose only fault in my opinion has been that on too many occasions they have from their constant intercourse with the native troop?, been led to repose too much confidence in them. I am sorry to say that one of the first victims to this fearful catas trophe was a very near relative of my esteemed friend the Lord Mayor ; and it is only a just tribute to that gallant officer and to the officers of the Indian army that I, as Commander-in-Chief, showel that it appears to me their conduct has been most excellent, and that their only fault has been too great a confidence in their men. What is to become of that army, and how it is in future to be conducted is a very difficult question, and one which it will require much time and reflection to solve. It would evidently be improper for me to elude further to the subject on this occasion. I think, however, there cannot be two opinions as to whether we must have a native army in India in addition to an European army. It ought, certainly, to be only an auxiliary army. I have already expressed my sentiments with regard to the honour which has been conferred upon me to. lay. Similar honours have been conferred upon several of my brethren in arms who are here present, fur galant and distinguished services. Such honours are not confined to mere social position in the country, but are open to every officer who has bad an opportunity of distinguish ing himself and gaining the approbation of his fellow citizens. I assure you that such compliments are highly valued by us. Taey are most acceptable, and it is a great error to suppose that the recipients are ungrateful. I am persuaded that where enigmas and soldiers are united the better it is for the country. We aro not a nation of con scripts, but I am happy to say that we are far more of a military nation than perhaps many of the conscript coun tries. (Cheers.) Whenever a necessity teri•es in this coun try a military spirit is evoked, I have on a former occasion taken the opportunity of stating how admirably the deficiency in the army was filled up by the voluntary system of recruiting. That recruiting has not fallen off since I made this observation ; on the contrary, it has increased. How can it be said that an army so consti tuted can be raised in a country which is not military England must and ought to thrive ; for while she regards the arts of peace as the most valuable and the most es sential for the interests not of herself alone, but ef humanity and the world, she does not forget that when occasion require', the military spirit of her people can be easily aroused, and is always ready to restore the equili brium of the world, and to bring about that happy pe• riod when the blessings of peace may be enjoyed. Such I believe to be the feelings of the country, and while I have the honour to fill the high position in which my Sovereign has placed me it will be my earnest desire to promote not only the interests of the array, but the esta blishment of a cordial friendship between the military and civil portions of the community. (Cheers.) Sir S. LIISSINGTON returned thanks on behalf of the Navy. The LORD MAYOR then gave " The Foreign Ambas sadors." The TT/REISS MINISTER (NI. Muslim.) briefly returned thanks, expressing the sympathy of the Sultan towards the British nation, and his detestation of the atrocities committed by the rebellious Sepoys in India. The AMERICAN MINISTER said, —My Lord Mayor, my lords, ladies, and gentlemen,—The distinguished member of the diplomatic body who has just addressed this meeting bad discharged his duty so ably, in a len gunge not familiar to all, that I bad hoped while ha was proceeding I should be spared the necessity of inflicting upon you another address. At the suggestion, however, of the Lord Mayor, and feeling desirous of explaining two or three' thoughts that have passed through my mind in the course of the presen t day, I askyour attention for a few moments. You all know that I represent a Republic, the constitution of which forbids to its Government the creation or adoption of kings, princes, peers, or lords,—net that it proscribes scribes indivldua l s who ma y be in other lands emi nently entitled to those high•sounding titles. You will perceive, therefore, that circeenetances connected with my uniform Republican rearing and education hat e la a measure unfitte d m e for what at first a pp eared the ' i n teresting and appropriate ceremony of to-day. (Cheers.) There is one rule that is equally applicable to all coma. • tries, let the system of policy be what it way, and that