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NASSAU RAILWAY COMPANY.- Soci6t6 Anonyme, or Chartered Joint Stock e rPanY, with liability limited to the amount of share, an orised by decree, and by a special law passed by the Cham bers of Nassan. Capital 1,600,0001., of which 1,000,000/. in Nassau Four Per Cent. Guaranteed Bonds, and 200,0001. already subscribed and paid up by the Wiesbaden Railway shareholders. BLi are Capital to be issued, 400,0091., in 20,000 shares of 201. each. DIRRCTORS -LOCAL BOARD. M IL von Roesller, Director of the Ducal Bank of Nassau. ~ A. Hergenhahn, Member of the Supreme Court of Nassau. I, C. Grossmann, Ducal Notary, Wiesbaden. C. &Ilk Sohn, Banker, Wiesbaden. UN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LONDON. . _ Policies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE IN FOUR-FIFTHS, or 50 per cent., of the Net Profits of the Society, ccording to the conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives sre lower than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in addition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. Policy stamps paid by the Office. Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, .oadon, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, BADEN, up the RHINE. aid PARIS, is NOW OPEN 4 VERY EVE:NINO (except Satrrday) at 8 o'clock.— Sten., ?s. te a. 25.: callcry, Stalls can be secured at the box office, '4Yptlari Hall, Piccadilly, every day Netween eleven and four, with- Ott any extra charge. The Morning Representations take 'Mace IPrer7 Tuesday and Saturday, at Three o'clock. M-11-R. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, with New Costumes and v , rious Novelties, Vocal and Cha- Victeristic, every evening (except S'aturday) at Eight. A MORN -410 PERFOR NtANC E every SATirliD AY. at Three. Private Boxes ;id Nails may be secured, without extra charge, at the I:lox-office, I YEtraphic-hall, King William-street, Charing-cross. The hall has , entirely redecorated. ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAIJRENT'S CASINO, Peo Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above elegan . • nig are now open every evening for the winter season, with atirent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. 110, l eourt. The Proprietor begs to li.form the public that this fashionable place of resort has been entirely redecorated during the rec ess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis lion One Shilling. OR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, , 4, Coventry-street, Leicester - square . — Open (for Gentlemen C'2 l 7) from 10 till 10, containing upwards of one thousand models Z 4 Preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in lalth and disease, the race of men, &c Lectures delivered at 12, 4, and half-past 7. by Dr. G. SEXTON, ; and a new and O,I Y-interesting series of Lectures is now In course of delivery Dr. KAHN. at a quarter past 8 p.m. precisely. Admission, flee %nu ng. Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan Math°, NDON, and SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—OPENING of the DORCHESTER and WEY INUTII LINE. This Line will Open for Passenger Traffic upon TUESDAY, the 20th of January inst. Trains leave the Waterloo.bridge Station, London, for Weymouth, at 6 a.m. (for third class), and at 8 and 11 a.m. and 3 and 5 p.m. and from Weymouth to London at 6,8, and 11.55 a.m. and 4.15, and 9.45 For full information see time-tables. By order. Waterloo-bridge Station, London. 17th January, 1857. Mr. Newby has just published, 2 vo's., 21.., NAPLES : Religious, Social, and Political " Lord 13***** 41 . is a shrewd observer and pleasant writer.' —Critic. "The p ictu res are lively, and as bright as the colours and climate they reflect "—Spectator. " Decidedly worthy of public attention."—Globe. " The subject is one of European interest "—lllustrated Times. " For entertaining narrative it can hardly be exceeded."—Sporting Magazine. "A book of greater interest has not come under our notice for many years."- Guardian. NOTICE OF DITIDEND B ANK - OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON. Established A.D. 1.844. The Warrants for the Half-yearly Interest, at the rate of 5 per tent * per annum, on Deposit Accounts. to 31st December, are ready for delirery on and after January the 10th, 1857, and payable daily. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Parties desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to examine the plan of the Bank of Deposit. Prospectuses and Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on appli cation. D R. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS give instant relief and a rarld cure of 'Asthma, Coughs. and 1 4 1 , 1 blsorders of the Breath and Lunge. To SINGERS and PUBLIC PEA.KERR tkey are invaluable for clearing and stremrthening the Voice tin' HATS! • MOST PLSASAYT TASTE. Price Is. I<;',d., 2s. 9 c l , and I Is. per box. Sold by all Chemists. TO VIE MEMBERS OF THE PROTIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION AND BENEVOLENT FUND. GENTLEMEN, --For reasons which were fully explained to the Meeting, last evening, at the Loudon Tavern, involving the interests and future welfare of the A s,oeiat ion, we beg to OFFER OUR-ELVES for ELECTION as TWO of the MANAGERS at your next Annual Meeting. We are, Gentlemen, your most obedient servants, GEORGE SYDNEY BATTON. Accountant to the Metropo:itan Board of Works, 1, Greek-street, Soho. ROBERT CULL, 13, Lombard-street, City, E.C. (15 years member of the P. C. A.) Jan. 20, 1557. DIRECTORS IN ENGLAND. Jos eph Christopher Ewart, Esq., Di.P,l Original Directors Wie Theodore W. R of the athbone, Esq. den Company.sba- William Nicol, Esq. Together with a Committee in Paris. BANKHRS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., London. Messrs. J. J. Weller, Sons, Frankfort. BROKERS. Messrs. P. Cazenovo and Co., Lothbury. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, Angel-court. SECRETARY—W. W. Lander, Esq. London Agency, 18, Cannon-street (E.C.), The most i m p or t an t f ea t ures i n thi s un d er t a ki ng are th e f ollowing F irst —That twenty miles of the Railway are already open for traffic, and eight more are nearly completed. Second —That about two-thirds of the Company's capital b eing provided by the Nassau Government in Four per Cent, bonds, every ono pound per cent, added to the net re sults of the traffic above four per cent, will add three per rent, to the dividend payable on the share capital ; and Third— That a dividend of at least seven per cent, per an num is thus secured to the shareholders during construction. The Nassau Railways will continue the Frankfort and Wies baden and the Wiesbaden and Rudesheire Lines from Rude's• helm to the frontier of Prussia, opposite Goblentz. As the Cologne Railway already o p en to B onn an d Ro l an d swor th i s being rapidly completed to Coblentz, the lino of railway com munication between Cologne and Frankfort will thus be com pleted by the Nassau Company. The annual traffic between these two points considerably exceeds 1,000,000 passengers and 1,000,000 tons of goods. The concession is for a term of eighty-four years; it in cludes a branch lino up the Valley of the Lahn, which will start from Lahnstein on the Rhine, and extend to the eastern frontier of the Duchy of Nassau, there to meet the Prussian line from Giessen. The Lahn district is rich in minerals, and its existing trade is sufficient to supply a large and remunera tive traffic to the railway. The first eight miles of this branch have been nearly com pleted (from Lahnstein to Ems) by the Nassau Government. The Company is to take possession of these works, and to pay 4 per cont, on the sums expended by the Government, until tepaysaent. The Nassau Railway Company becomes possessed of the lino from Wiesbaden to Rudesheim on the terms accepted by the general meeting of the former Wisebaden Railway Company, viz., that those Shareholders of the Wiesbaden Company who have not exercised the option of exchanging their old 61. shares for an equivalent amount of Nassau 20 1 . shares, will receive interest at the rate of 4 per cent. during the construc• tion of the works, and 5 per cent. after the opening of the entire railway for traffic, but fur ther participation iu the profits'ill not be entitled to any of the Company. Shareholders in the Wiesbaden Company to the am alma 40,0001, have elected to exchange their sharesfoorusnhtaroefs in the Nassau Company. Tho Nassau Railways will thus comprise 120 English miles of railway, c ons i s ti ng of the following sections : Miles. 1. The Line from Wiesbaden to Rudesheim, now open for traffic 2l 2. The Line from Rudesheim along the Rhine, passingthrough Lahnstein to the frontier of Prussia, opposite Coblents 40 3. The Line from Lahnstein to Ems, nearly completed 4. The Line from Ems through the Valley of the Lahn to the Prussian frontier toward Giessen.. , 51 Total l2O miles. In addition to the assistance afforded by the Guaranteed Bonds, the Nassau Government has granted many important Advantages to the Company. For twenty-five years the R ailway is released from the payment of any taxes. All hinds belonging to he State, and required for the Railway, aro given gratuitously to the Company, together with the building materials thereon. Stone, gravel, Icc., from the Government quarries, are also placed at the disposal of the Company free of charge. The Rhine Railway will be constructed, like the nudes beim section, with a single line of way, and with the earth works, bridges, he., ready for a second line, when require I. The Lahn Railway will have only one lino of way, with the requisite sidings. Tho estimates of most competent engineers show a margin of upwards of 120,0001., after fully providing for all that is required for opening the 120 miles of railway for full traffic. These estimates sire confirmed by the tenders of able and experienced con t ractors of undoubted solvency, and have been, moreover, tested and proved by the cost of the works already executed. The official traffic tables show that, taking only the present traffic in the Lahn Valley, and one-fourth o f th e t ra ffi c a l on g the Rhine, the receipts,ta of the N assau R a il way Company w ill suffice, on thi s moderate llimrsate, to secure a dividend of 15 per cent. t• the Shareholders, portion of the capit a l b eing ,in cons equence o f th e l arger supplied in Nassau Government Guaranteed. Bonds at 4 per cent. RHINERo ono-fourth he existing 250,000 passengers (being . rt traffic), at ld. per mile on GO miles of 250,000 tons of goods (being one fourth of the exit ing traffic), at Id. per mile ......................... 03,750 15G,000 ................. 90,000 ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERA TIVB INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New and improved Edition, enlar.red to I9G pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on steel, just published, price, free by post, i s., - - • 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 quences from the use of Mercury ; with observations on the obliga tions of marriage, and directions for obviating certain disqualifica tions. By R. and L. Pk ItltY and Co., Surgeons. Sold by Piper Brothers, 23, Paternoster-row; Ilannay, 63, and Sanger, IGO, Ox ford-street; and Gordon, 146, Leath nhall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SY RIACUM is employed to renovate the Impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic ; its power in reinvigorsting the frame in all cases or nervous and sexual de bility, obstinate gleets, impotency, barrenness, and debilities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying success in thousands of cases. Price I Is. per bottle, or four quan tities in one for 335., which saves I Is. The CaNC EN 1 RATED DETE IcSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphl litte 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 I Is. and 333. per bottle, also a saving oflis. FERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effec tual remedy In all cases of gonorrhcca, g eet, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 44. 6d ,7ani I Is. per box. Sold by Barclay and Sons, Farringd , n-street ; Darby and Gosden, 140, Le adenhall-street ; W. Sutton and Co., 10. Bow-churchyard; , W. EdwArds, 67 , St. Paul's -churchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford - Street; H annay and Dietrichsen, 63, Oxford-street ; Butler and 4, ll a rdin g Cheapside ; Prout an d Il arsan t , 229, Strand ; and all m e dicine vendors throughout the United Kingdom. ----.-__ TILE EXETER BALL ANTI-INCOME TAX DEMONSTRATION TO-MOKRO TV. eofthe Prop er ty an d I ncome T ax Association, e ia C m itteunder tie om n, ------.1°.----- whosetake auspices the great demon stration whi c h is to place to morrow evenin g , bas in Exeter hall beFn got up, me t l as t n i g ht, the n ecessary arrange ments, under the presidency o f M a j or R ee d , M . P ., Ch a i rm an of the Associatioro'n for the purpose ~f making - cannot The arrangements made for were, we under ud, ofthe meeting a t: Y fa ' t :l to insure th e st asuch the nature of a t e s m comp l e t e success of this g rea t n r c o ' of the most c olossal and cru shing political cal i against one of modern tim es. The p rovin ce!' asi a nquities cou rse, will echo an d re-e cho in all parts the denun ciations of the Income Tax with whi ch Exeter -hall will ring to-morrow , and the inevitable result will be, that before ma n y da y s of the coming session have passed away — p robably before the first bas elapsed—we shall hear an announcement from Ministerial lips, that a great modification of th, cruel impost will be forthwith made. But in ord er that there may be no m istake on this point, and with a view to let Ministers know betimes, what they have to expect from the people, s " ignorant impatience" of this tax, what could be more appro priate than that Major Reed, a s Chairman of the Association, should announce to-morrow that he will, on the very first day of the session, give notice of a resolution on an early day, in favour of a revision of the Income Tax, shoul d Ministers themselves make no sign on the subject I Such an announcement from the gallant gen tleman would be received with such peals of applause as weie never before heard within the walls of Exeter-Lall. .morning Advertiser. LATIN RAILWAY. Present traffic above Dexinot working expenses, 50 per cent , at m05t,,,,,, %;63,,M 123 P 5 Interest on Bonds .£40,000 . Sinking fund ......... 7,500 To Wiesbaden Shareholders lO,OOO 15 per cent. on Nassau Shares 400,000/ 60,0A 117,500 Surplus, after providing for all charges, and paying _ £5,625 15 per cent, to the Shareholders Under the provisions of the law of . '.... construction concession .....'' ''' '' 16th Aug 18,56, the shareholders will receive during the co of tho works a fixed interest of 4 per cent. per an num, in A ddition to the surplus profits of the sec ti on s opened. The offers of the contractors, which will be submitted to the ap proval or re j ec ti on of the first general meeting this year,ee. *take up these receipts to a minimum total of 7 per et during the three years required for completing the railways. The contractors' tenders are made binding on them by agree ment until Ist March next, up to which p er iod the Director s have r eserved to th e Company the right e ither to accept or °clin e the same as may be found best for the interest of the shareholders. The Nass au Government h as cons t an tl y an d punctually fulfilled periods. Itsits e engagements, even during the most difficult knowlecige o f redit in Ge rmany i s f i rst-rate, an d , w ith the at 97,the present i ssue, i ts 4 per cent. stock i s now 1,006,001.0111: guaranteed 4 per Cent. Bonds, to the amount of will be issuegrahliated by the Government te the hemCopany, proceed ; b ut 4 , 4 tb Germany from time to time as works the estimates at 9 e o se bends have been taken into account in holders the option of, it has been decided to give the share- They will be rep a i d a t a kiug a portion of them at this price. annual sinking fund e par by the Nassau Government by an extending over fifty years. The interest and 'Paris, on the bonds and shares will be payable in London or Frankfort, at the option of tho holders. first Th lo/. e sharesper sha wilre, l be PTheayable to b earer after p a y men t o f th e ofthe Company, statutes m ay b e seen at the offices Applications for shares, which must be accompanied by a deposit of 2/. per share, may b a addressed to the brokers, and to the offices of the Comp any i Londo n ; to ii. C. e, , to INlessrs. J. J. Beloe, Esq., Brunswiek.straehetd, tLoityheerpAnoolL•o Weiller, Sons, Frankfort ; Rue Neuve des Petits Champs. A fu 4 be c r y in Paris, 101, Payment of 3/. pm share will be required upon allotment, ties a Applicatiopplying n for s for shares, in bonds (at the 901.pr0) wil portionl be reoefeiso-t hond for from par by a d every two sh ares, an d must be acco m p an i ed 10/. for every 100 1. app li e d f or. Th e remaining eposit of payable by i nstalments o f 10/ . B ond certificates will be issued for the i ns t a l men t s, an d th e b on d s themselves will bc given in ex c h ange for the last payment, In the meantime ' , !paid will be d eposited bonds to th e amount of t h e moneys With trutaes. PROPERTY AND INCOME TAX ASSOCIATION. Offlces-156 (opposite the Peel Statue), Cheapsidc. Chairman—Major REED, M.P. . Treasurer —T. SIDN EY, Esq., Alderman. The objects of this Association are to obtain the immediate repeal of the Acts of Parliament which increased the Property and Income Tax from 7d. to 16d. in the .E, and a more equitable adjustment or a toted repeal of the Tax upon Trades and Professions. The Grt-at Central Meetinr—Mr. Alderman SIDNEY in the chair —will he held at EXETER-HALL, on WEDNESDAY next, the 21st JANUARY, at 6 p.m. for halt-past 6 precisely. General Si 3 J. F. Fitzgerald, M.P., K.C.8., C. S. Butler, Esq ,M.P., Alderman Chaffs, M.P., T. S. Duncombe, Esq.. M.P., John Break . , Esq., M.P., Geo. Bowyer, Esq., M.P., D.C.L., Montagu Chambers, Esq., M.P., Q.C., Thos. Chambers, Esq., M.P., Apsley Pellatt, Esq., M.P., and other Members of 'arliament will attend. Deputations are expected from several large provincial towns. Admission tickets may he had at the offices of he Association, of the Members of the Committee, and at various places in the metropolis. Subscription, one shilling and upwar is. N.B.—Those members who have not yet received their Tickets are requested to apply for them forthwith. CYRUS J. BUOTT, Hotly. Secty. 11 R. HOWARD, surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet street. has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI 'MIXT', TEETH ,flxed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so erfectly resemble the natxral teeth as not to he distinguished from he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or , ecay, and will be found ♦ery superior to any teeth ever before used. Phis method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful peration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is uarantecd to restore articteation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At 'me from ten till five. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Brampton.—Secretary's Office, 167. Piccadilly.—This Instittl- Bion has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor afflicted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, Piccadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted at the Brompton Esta , lishment, for one month. and for a longer period if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per sons tinder treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 cases each I ear. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this Charity. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application to the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue this great work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be paid to William Loxham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's inn-fields; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand; and at the Secretary's 0111c0s, 167, Piccadilly. By order. W. J. COCKER ILL, Secretary. 11 OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.—Founded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no re commendation is required. OurinK the past month the followinz number received the benefits of this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal application Week ending 7th November ...... 2,154 Ditto 14th November.... • • 2,043 Ditto 21st November .... • • 1,972 Ditto 28th November •..... 2,309 9th and 30th November.. • • . ..... 269 Total in November • ... • . 8,747 of which 2,775 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat ment) having been admitted previously. The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the patients . Heavy expenses arc Inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, early elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual :eneral Meeting In January. A Board is held every Thursday, at 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at tll times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, rohn Masterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., lier ners-street ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will he thankfully received. By order. J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman. (N o . 20,159.) PUBLICATIONS. No .r ready at all the li6raries, in 3 vols , T:HE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER. By Capt. /112001 i J. KNIGHT. "This novel Is spirited in its style, and pre ents many lively sketches of society. It possesses the attraction of variety ; there is a constant change of scene, and a numerous dramatis persona give a life animation to the narr • tive."—Son. _ _ Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. Just published, to Bvo., price 14e. cloth, TAPOLEON THE THIRD ; Review of hi s Life, Character. and Policy ; With Extracts from his Writings and Speeches, and lteferences to Contemporary Opinions By a BRITISH OFFICER. London : Longman, Brown, Green, Longman?, and ItobertS. The Second Edition, just published, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., .‘1 TRIO TURE OF THE URETHRA. t 7 THE PATHOLOGY AND RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the URETHR 1, in all its Varieties and Compli cations, with Observations on the Use and Abuse of Instruments in the Treatment of Diseases of the Urethra. The whole Illustrated by numerous Cases selected from the Records of upwards of Tweaty Years' extensive and successful Practice. By F. B. COURTENAY, "We know of no man to whose care we would sooner intrust the treatment of a severe stricture."—Medical Circular. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. Aiz Z 7-7 7k2 si,,* f" t._)--.., .. . . , 4 ., .. ~.p.....,., , / . .otit • A t - , , e l /2 I , t ,- ir , t. ' . --., , ,„...-. 1....,... rk, _....1 . V , --i ,,,r, _ , ... , ~ 1 ...,.. f/ '", 4`'‘ --L- . f.. -- il , 44 , ; -;4 :13 '1 '' ''''--- 2 - , - *7 ' .4 *' ''.' ' 4 , ,*„., ... •;. 4, ~ ‘• --4-' ./ ••••4' iv y akt . ',•>- - 4 , : , ';, - ; - ,7-1., - 2\ ; . , •!` ... I* • ' Ar ' ?,...__ • • 4 . 1 • . • , t• -• '''''; d t -- , CC') wo ~. - • "CO • c r •', I, r - r-N.,41A1/X - T t'' . • ::. •• - 1 •0* 6 tit ‘ - • ( 4- - - '',•• ' it, \• •• r •,,,,, '•( - - - .17' 'l'. ‘l:t. ' -rt 1 h , / , • \ ~, ./...,,,, W ..i . , 4, ' -• , 44-2=-- 9. ~ / / / 4 4/ / ///z/id //z/v,e///, -eZ F'A 'ELAND. - • DUBLIN, MoNDAV. :a lt t FIRE AT TI-17 BANK 0? IRELAND. • Al 5 o'clock this morning the city was thriawn . 111 into a state of the greatest consternation by an an nouncement that the Bank of Ireland, one of the finest public buildings in Europe and formerly the M seat of the Irish Legislature, was in flames, and that from tho rapid progress of the fire the most serious consequences were to be apprehended. The prompt arrival of the ungines, however, aided by the assistance of the police, soon checked the alarm, and the fire, after raging for about au hour, con siderably abated, b u t th e accountants ' and book keepers' offices are, it is feared, completely de stroyed. Fortunately the morning is perfectly calm, there being scarcely a breath of wind blow ing. Owing to the confusiognaianiiindgexaccieteesnsietnot,tiausi yet to ascertain b w i ed l l d i a n s g, to i t is quite t p y os of i e as the precise amount of damage. It appears that Miss Roberts, the housekeeper, did not retire to rest until 1 o'clock this morning, and at that time all appeared safe. The night-watch bad been for some time discontinued. The house. keeper's apartments are immediately opposite the Accountant-General's office, and at 4 o'clock she was awakened by the glare of light issuing from the windows of the bookkeepers' department. Miss Roberts forthwith gave the alarm, when it was dis covered that the flames were raging with great fury, but, prompt assistance having been speedily procured, the progress of the fire was fortunately arrested, and, although the bookkeepers' offices are utterly devastated, no further mischief has oc curred to the building. The first pdrson aroused was Mr. Dubedat, the cashier, who resides in the bank. The first thing he did was to order the steam-engine to work, and thus shortly after the arrival of the engines, an ample supply of water was obtained. The tanks on the roof were found, when most wanted, to be dry, but the tanks on the ground floor were soon amply supplied, and thus the devastating power of the flames was soon got under. Hose had to be carried in the first in stance to Foster-place, whence a supply was pro cured until the tanks had been filled. How the fire originated is a total mystery. It was rumoured through *own to-day that it occurred in conse quence of au escape of gas, but such is not the fact. Yesterday being Sunday, access to any of the offices was impossible, and it appears almost incredible that the fire could have been smoulder ing siLee Saturday evening. Miss Roberts keeps the keys ofball the offices, and she alleges, we Wt. derstand, that no person had entered them since they were closed after business hours on Saturday. On the whole, the affair is shrouded in mystery. The only property said to be destroyed consists of useless blotters ; all the valuable books were locked up iu the safes. :~: A .fit NWT: s EPRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• ART TREASURES EXHIBITION. Since our last notice, the following additional contri butions have been promised to the executive committee. The Earl of Darnley, of Cobham-hall, Kent, has promised eleven important pictureg, in addition to those which he had previously placed at the disposal of the committee : Titian—Portrait of Ariosto. Ruhens—Triumphant Procession of Henry IV. Jacob Jordaens—Girl with a Parrot. Giorgione—Cesar Receiving the Head of Pompey. Tintoretto—The Milky Way. Dalce—Virgin giving Picture of St. Dominic to the Superior of a Convent. Le Brun—Centaurs and Lapitlim. Roger van der Weydeu—Portrait of a Young Man. Mark Gerardo—Queen Elizabeth. My tens (Qy.)—Portrait of Sir Hugh Myddletcn. Nicolas Poussin—Preservation of the Infant Pyrrhus. Colonel Hugh Baillie, M.P., Mortimer-street, Caven- digh:sq uare, London : Velasquez—Phillip IV. in shooting dress ; full length. Velasquez—Catdival Infant Don Ferdinand of Austria in shooting dress. Velasquez—the Infant Don Balthazar Carlos, in black ; life size bust. Velasquez—The Count Duc Olivarez, with the Green Cross of Calatrava on his breast. Velasquez Queen Mariana, of Austria, with her hair extravagantly dressed. This contribution is especially valuable, on account of the comparative rarity, in England, of the works of this great master of the Spanish school. William Angerstein, Stratton-street, Piccadilly, London : Paul Veronese—Nymphs Bathing ; Antnion and Diana. Rubens—His Wife, Child, and Sister. Daniel da Volterra—A Pieta ; from the Solly Collee- Lon. Parmegiano—Charles —; painted at Bologna at the time of coronation. John Anderson, Esq., Coxlidge Hall, Newcastle.upon- Tyne : Murillo—St. John with the Pharisees. Cornelio Sachtleven—Poultry. Sir Thomas Lawrence—Sir Sidney Smitis. F. Albano—Judgment of Paris. Brackeleer—The Young Marauder. Joseph Dingwall, Esq., Sunningdale, Surrey : Imola—Holy Family, with Saints ; inscribed and dated. Giulio Romano—Portrait of Alexander the Great. Vandyck—Magdalen. Rubens—The Tribute Money. Giovanni Be) lini —Large Landscape; We have great pleasure in announcing that the presi dent and council of the R ,, yal Academy— departing in this instance from a rule which, we understand, has hitherto been rigidly adhered to—have consented to allow a selection from the diploma works of deceased academicians to be forwarded to the exhibition. The "diploma pictures" are works presented to the academy by artists, upon election to the full dignity of R sal Academician, Naval and Military intelligence. An order has been received at Chatham from the Duke of Cambridge, directing that the general superin tendence of the Enfield rifle instruction at Chatham gar rison shall be under the regulation for district instructors dated Aug. 1, ISSG, and shall be conducted by Col. C. C. Hay, the commandant at the School of Musketry, Hythe, or, in his absence, by a staff-officer of that establishment. In consequence of this, Col. Eden, in command of the troops at Chatham, bas issued orders to all officers in command of corps directing them to give their support and assistance to those officers, and furnish them with all the information they may require in carrying out the orders of that especial duty in connection with the troops at Chatham. The contributions to the general museum of art, under the superintendence of Mr. Waring, continue to be in every way roost satisfactory. The committee bare determined to allot a certain portion of the exhibition building for a collection of photographs ; and they have entrusted the selection of specimens to Mr. Philip H. Delamotte, professor at King's College, London. 26, Capt. W. Loring, C. 8., fitting at Chat- ham for the Australian station, has received nearly the whole of her crew, which, with marines, numbers 230 men. She is partially rigged, and yesterday completed the stowage of her water-tanks. She will take her de• parture about the middle of February. Her Majesty's steam frigate Tribune, 31, Captain Edgell, arrived at Callao on the 4th of Dec. on her voy- age to the coast of Central America. She bad been de tamed at Arica, Peru, in consequence of the revolution and attempt to take the town by the Peruvian squadron of Gen. Givanco. Her surgeons were of great asAistance to the wounded, and the Spanish papers state that her presence and the efforts of her officers prevented much disorder and bloodshed after the town had fallen. Twenty were killed and 35 wounded. Several ladies took refuge on board. The President, 50, Captain Frederick, sailed on the 29th of Nov. for Arica. Rear-Admiral Bruce, commanding the British squadron, was expected daily at Callao. The French Admiral and a steamer of war are at Callao. Her Majesty's steam frigate Retribution, 2S, Captain Barker, w:ls expected to leave Spithead last night for the Mediterranean I.tation, calling at Plymouth and Lisbon to leave supernumeraries for the ships there. Her Maj-sty's steam fr gate Dragon, 6, Captain H. Stewart, C. 8., arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morn ing, from the eastward, with supernumeraries. The Transit steam troopship, haviaa rp!.:t.l her ma chinery at Portsmouth, got up steam yesterday to test it, prior to being reported ready for troop service. The following embarkations are ordered to take place at Portsmouth this week :—Her Majesty's steam troop ship Urgent, Commander Phillips, 3 officers and 700 rank and file ; the William Hammond, 591 tons, Capt. Nicholson, 13 officers, and 271 rank and file of the 41st and 49th regiments for St. Lucia and Barbadoes ; the Hatuilta, Mitchell, .560 tons, Capt. Lawson, 8 officers and 214 rank and 'He of the 41st Regiment for Trinidad. The liar - pills Mitchell arrived at Spithead yesterday morning, and the William Hammond was expected in the night from the Thames. Both will return to Ports mouth with troops relieved by those they take out. The Star, 8 gun sloop, Commander Alexander Boyle, from the sonth-east coast of An.erica, arrived at Sheer ness yesterday morning at daylight. She is under orders to proceed to Chatham to be paid off. The Amphion, 36 guns, screw steam frigate, Captain Henry Chads, at Sheerness, commenced yesterday morning to discharge her pi% der, live shells, rockets, &c., preparatory to being paid off. The French screw steam corvette, Le Corse, Captain Garnault in command, arrived at Sheerness yesterday afternoon, last from Margate. She has been engaged for the protection of the French fisheries off the north coast of Scotland and in the North Sea. DEATH OF REAR ADMIRAL MILWARD. We regret to announce the demise of retired Rear Admiral Clement Milward, which mournful event oc curred on the 14th instant, in the 81st year of his age. This officer entered the navy 26th October, 1793, as A. 8., on board the Alarm, Capt. Lewis Robertson, and in the following year was severely wounded as midship man of that frigate in an attack upon Pointe--Pitre, Guadaloupe. After two years of servitude, still on the west India station, in the Veteran, 64, and Solebay, 32, both commanded by Captain Wm. Henry Bayntun, and as master's mate in the Etrueco, Capt. James Hanson, he joined, in August, 1796, the Prince of Wales, 98, flag-ship of Rear Admiral Henry Harvey, under whom, in February, 1737, he beheld the surrender of Trinidad. In October of the latter year he became acting lieute nant of the Favourite sloop, Captain Lord Camelford, (Mr. Milward was the officer from whom Lord Camel ford took the pistol on the well-known occasion on which he shot Lieutenant Charles Peterson, of her Majesty's ship Woolwich, for mutinous conduct at English Har bour, Antigua, 13th January, 1798) ; and in August, 1799, being then again in the Prince of Wales, under Lord Hugh Seymour, ho assisted, as midshipman, at the capture of Surinam. On that occasion he was again invested with the rank of acting lieutenant, and ap pointed to the Surinam, a prize corvette of 20 guns, to which vessel, commanded by Captain Christopher Cole, the Admiralty confirmed him by commission, July, 1800. Invaliding home from the West Indies in Octoner, 1802, he subsequently joined, 12th July, 18 h p the Phaeton, 38, Captains George Cockburn and John dated Bth Wood, in which frigate, after serving off Havre in M iste: Grace, and conveying Mr. Merry, the B the Harrier E a st Plenipotentiary lad ies, andto the was aff Unitedrde afforded, States, he e h l r l i et t h p: a r e oc a e n ed o e p d p ? t r. o the h in ou co rs m , pa fo n u y g !' ht, 2d . _August, gun frigate Semillante and Philippine Islands ; 3d April, 1807, the ti.sulLoistpy, in nw f participating,aiwith nhactt ieonl ,orfen ‘ ct v hw h 0 03 % . 1 batteries at the entrance of the Straits of St. Captain Thomas Gordon Caulteild, also in the East Indies ; 19th February, 1808, for a passage home, the Monmouth, 64, Captain Edward Durnford 74, and Maroh, 1809, the Russell,Bseevrenraardta Ki n g, and in September, 1808, Pompee and Belleisle, 7 4's, both commanded by Capt. Cockburn, unler whom, in th e P ompde, be assisted at the reduction of Martinique. On his return to England in the Belleisle, with the surrendered governor and gar• rison of the latter island, he was p resen t e d w i t h a com mander's commission dated 14th June, 1809. He was next, 2 8th December, 1810 , an d Bth November, 1811, appointed to the Elk and Mercury sloops, on the West India station, where, on Ist January, 1813, he was nominated acting captain of the Herald, 20. Being confirmed to that vessel 28th May following, and con tinuing in her until 11th October, 1815, he succeeded in effeeting the capture of several of the enemy's vessels, and took an active part in the expedition against New Orleans. Not having been further employed, he ac cepted the rank of retired rear-admiral on the let October, 1846. CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 19.—DEATH OF TES MASTIM OP ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE.—A gloom was cast over the Uni versity this morning by promulgation of intelligence of the decease of the Rev. Ralph Tatham, D.D., the re• spected master of St. John's College. The rev , gen tle. man, who was close upon the ripe age of four sc o r e, gra duated as twelfth wrangler in the year 1800. He wad for many years president and tutor of his college, and hi held the office of public orator in the University from 1809 to 1836, discharging its duties in the most credit able and efficient manner. He possessed in a remarkable. degree the attributes of sound scholarship, with the characteristics of a well bred gentleman, and was greatly beloved on account of his invariable courtesy and kind. ness. The friends of the deceased (who was unmarried) were in some degree prepared for the melancholy event, qT N ow o. Town as he has been aili ng f or a long period. The death of folkll r. t tTa:hwahmi which h leavese wasp vacant res e t n h t e ed living by th e o f m C a o r l kir i k u; shend in 1816. The election to the mastership must take c aupelya, and rests Ce wi thinl.l4vidthaytshefroorcietty.he declaration of the v MUSIC ON THE CONTINENT. r PARIS, JAN. U.—For some weeks past the directors of the Grand Opera have been engaged, with the assist ance of Verdi, in producing "Il Trovatore." It was given this week, in a French dress, with marked suc cess. Certainly no one can can say that the music was improved by being wedded to French words, but the scenery and decorations are such as never be fore accompanied this favourit e o p era a t an y o th er theatre. As it is necessary at the Grand Opera to in troduce a ballet in the middle of the lyrical drama, Verdi has added some dance music, by no means original or remarkable, which, with a few slight alterations in the last scene, are the only musical novelties introduced. The caste of the principal characters was as follows : Madlle. Lauters, Madame Borglii-Mamo ; MM. Guey• mard, Bounehee, and Derivis ; divertissement, Madlle. C rquai. Madlle. Lauters, the soprano, had obtained much popularity at the Theatre Lyrique, and so much pleased Signor Verdi that he recommended her to the high position she now oernipies. The lady in question is a pretty person, young, and exceedingly animated. But she possesses other attractions ; her voice is fresh, pure, arid limpid ; above all, it is simpathique. With con siderable dramatic feeling she promises altogether to become a great artist, as well as being a little beauty. Then she will not only please but command her audience : Beauties in vain their pretty oyes may roll— Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul." The prima donna was much applauded throughout the opera, and entirely came up to the expectations of her friends. Madatneßorghi - Mamoachievedanother triumph as "Azucena," a part on which she built her fame at the Italian opera. Her rich voice, and admirable school of singing, told with the same effect as in her late successful performance of "La Favorita." The event of the evening was the presentation of a bracelet to Madame 13.,rgiii- Mamo by the Emperor in the name of the Empress. His Majesty occupied the Imperial box, and sent the bracelet to the favoured contralto by his Chamberlain. This was a graceful tribute to the talent of au artiste who has become a great favourite at the Grand Opera. Bon• nehis, the baritone, sang admirably, and with a care and intelligence which the audience thoroughly appre ciated. The tenor, Gueyeard, was the least successful of the caste of " Le Trouvere." The first representation, as well as the following, attracted "crowded houses," and, no doubt, the opera will have a prolonged success. Toe first representation of "Rigoletto" was to have taken place in a few days, at the Italians, when M. Victor Hugo commenced law proceedings, with the view of preventing M. Calzado, the manager, playing at his theatre " Rigoletto (Le Roi s'Amuse)," The repre sentation has also been prohibited at the Theatre Fran cais. At the same time M. Victor Hugo has sum moned M. Calzado before the tribunal of Premiere Instance, in order, it is said to confirm the interdiction. The Societe des Auteurs Drawatiques are engaged to give their advice on this matter. DARING GAROTTE ROBBERY BY ARTILLERYMEN. Much excitement has been occasioned among the re sidents of Blackheath and Charlton, owing to Colonel Gordon, late of the Royal Artillery, having been attacked and robbed by garotters on Friday evening last. It ap pears that Colonel Gordon had arrived at Woolwich a tew days since from Glasgow, on a visit to his son, a cadet in the Royal Military Academy. On Friday, after dining at the house of a friend at Charlton, the colonel proceeded along the Shooter's-hill - road: to Woolwich, and on arriving near what is known as the " Blue Gate," on Woolwich-common, he was attacked by three artillerymen, who seized him by the throat, aryl succeeded in carrying off all the property about his person, including a silver snuff-box and a purse contain ing a quantity of silver, with which they got clear off. On Saturday detective officer Crouch, of the R division, examined the spot where the robbery took place, and at which a scuffle ensued between the colonel and his assail ants, and on instituting a strict search that officer found a soldier's pass, belonging to James Price, a private of the sth battalion of Royal Artillery, who was taken into custody on suspicion. The accused underwent an exa mination before Mr. Traill, the police magistrate, yester day afternoon, but was discharged, the only evidence of a suspicious nature, beyond that mentioned, being that on the night in question he did not return until twelve o'clock (three hours after the robbery) instead of eleven. Since the above occurrence orders have been issued by the Commandant, General Sir F. Williams, by which 170 men are stationed every evening as pickets along the different line of roads leading to and from the barracks. THE ARCTIC DISCOVERY VESSEL R ESO LUTE. — From a letter addressed from Cowes, by Mr. C. Grinnell, . n his eminent father at New York, Americansthete ' reception England, particularly those connected with . ~e appear to have been highly delighted with ti Mr. Grinnell of Captain Hartstein and hie olfice i r a s n d Resolute, the Resolute mentions that on her voyage to .ll -L;ng. that their fate was board believed. " Everybody on was nearly wrecked on Ow Scilly which, suddenly y Isiands. He says : g w i i n t g ll ' a current of two WAS setting the ship on the and a half to three knobso,a board expected destruction, but ceasing, , A l left r a i o u h s e heavy e s sea. be T e h n is n ; one on miracle, as it were. A light air by a stitch of canvas was set, and after springing up, every they w e r e E s v a e v r saved ax h o ur of most anx ious sus p ens e , during which the ve ssel bravely held her own, the wind freshening en. a b ed them to w ork off the shore. Had she struck, Captainl Hartstein thinks that not a life would have been saved. You are aware that she is a very bad sailer, and can do nothing in beating to windward in a sea. Her passage has surprised every one in Portsmouth." 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Mr. Charles Pearson, the City Solicitor, has addressed a communication to the Lord Mayor, in which he embodies his opini ons u p on pena l pun i shment, including pr i son dis cipline, transportation, and the ticket-of-leave system. In this communication Mr. Pearson gives an elaborate sketch of the policy adopted towards criminals from the 16th to the present century, commenting upon its barbarity and general results, citing authorities and facts, and proceeds to give his views upon penal punishments generally. He classes them under three heads :-1. The system of past days, or the cheap and cruel system. 2. The present, or the expensive and effeminate system. 3. The future, or the self-supporting system. Referring to the first head, Mr. Pearson dilates upon the cruelties to which transports were subjected in former times, and proceeds thus with the second head : " Seeond—The present, or the expensive and effeminate system. This system, which is generally known as the separate or cellularor solitary system, was invented by some pious philanthropists in America. It was imported into England about 20 years ago by Mr. Crawford, an able and intelligent gentleman, appointed prison inspector by the British Government. It was designed to supersede the old prison discipline and transportation systems. Reading and Pentonville prisons were erected to serve as models for all classes of criminals. The system is thus pithily described by its most able and zealous advocate, the chaplain of Reading Gaol, who thus observes, `The essentials of the separate system are seclusion as a punishment, labour as a relaxation, and scriptural instruction as a corrective,' as explained by the regulations and illustrated by the practice of the gaol. The chaplain's short description may thus be translated into plain language :—Under the separate sys tem criminals are to have a great deal of solitude, a great deal of victuals, a great deal of warmth, A great deal of sleep, and a great deal of mental instruction, a great deal of religious teaching, with a very little exercise, and labour sufficient only for the purposes of recreative relaxation. By the combined influences of these corporeal, mental, and re- ligious agencies it was assumed by the enthusiastic advo cates of the system that the hearts of criminals would be softened, their unruly wills subdued, their minds would bo enlightened, their souls converted, and their lives re formed. It was, moreover, said by its advocates that by uniting secresy with solitude, by placing criminals in cells so constructed as to exclude both sight and sound, by hood ing and masking them when led out to chapel or exercise, and by changing their name for a letter by which they were to be known from their admission into prison up to the time of their discharge, that by a little secresy and good management a prisoner might upon his release main• tain his incognito. It was said that the world would forgive or forget his crimes, and he might go abroad as an exile, or be restored to society as having completed hispenal punish ment, or be released in this country on a ticket of leave. " It was confidently affirmed by the eulogists of the sys tem that, although its first cost and annual outlay wore considerable, it would be presently found that the number of prisoners would be so much reduced from the effects of its reformatory influence that a considerable saving would be effected by the country in prisons and prosecutions as soon as its deterring and reformatory treatment was known and felt. " Your lordship heard me, several years ago, in the pre sence of a number of its most talented advocates, ridicule what I termed the absurdities, and denounce what I con sidered the serious evils of the system. I once heard Lord Brougham express himself on this subject, but experience has proved, as I never failed to predict would be the case, that the study of mental religion and theoretical virtue, as taught in these prisons, has not had, and will not have, any practical effect in diminishing either the number of pri soners committed to our gaols or the number of crimes they may be tempted to commit when they get without their walls. " Solitude has its peculiar vices and evils as well as so ciety; man is for good as well as for evil a social being, and this unnatural, unsocial treatment has often, very often, exercised a most baneful effect, as well upon the body as the mind of those who are for any length of time subjected to its action. The laws of nature cannot be outraged with im punity; walls and bolts and bars cannot shut the devil out from his own favourite workshop—the heart of an idle man. " As an instrument of lengthened punishment for grave offences the separate system is pregnant, as I have else where observed, with evils of an opposite character, ac cording to circumstances not at all affecting the criminal, either before his imprisonment or while in gaol. Its sove• rity or laxity in such cases is dependent upon the agencies by which it is intended to bo carried out." Mr. Pearson then adduces evidence of persons connected with prisons in support of his views upon solitary confine ment, and proceeds to the third head of his subject. “ To aim so c i e ty w ith p owers o f se lf-d e f ence aga i ns t crimes of violence and plunder, by compelling hardened criminals to maintain themselves by labour in industrial prisons, from which they cannot escape and will not be re leased, is the object of what I venture to hope will become the future system of prison discipline. I term that system for shortness the ' labour and appetite system,' the leading characteristics of which I will now proceed to describe. " The future, or manly and self-sustaining—the labour and appetite system of prison discipline professes to be founded upon the Word of God, as given to mankind in both the Old and New Testament. The first sentence of penal punishment ever pronounced upon man was a labour and appetite sentence. It was passed by Almighty Wisdom upon a guilty race in language which, for sublimity and beauty, is not surpassed by any other sentence in that sa cred book. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou oat broad till thou return unto the ground, for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art and unto dust thou shalt return.' Happily for the world God did not leave the execution of this sentence of penal punishment to man's voluntary obe dience. To secure its observance, the face of nature and the physical constitution of man were entirely changed. Ap petite for food and rest, essential conditions of this penal sentence, become daily recurring stimulants to obedience, which no human contrivance can anticipate or postpone. Christianity is said by lawyers to be part and parcel of the law of England, and the precepts of the Bible aro assumed to be the basis of our written and unwritten laws, and yet all our systems of penal punishment ignore the teaching of God's Word, which so plainly points to the association labour and appetite in the punishment and repression of crime. The means and appliances by which I propose to give a practical application to the principles foreshadowed in these quotations in founding a comprehensive system of prison discipline were developed in minute detail by myself and several witnesses. I was examined before the House of Commons Committee, to which I have already referred. Sir J. Pakington moved, Sir G. Grey supported, and the com mittee unanimously adopted, a resolution upon this subject. "As the ticket-of4eave substitute for the plan which the committee recommended to the consideration of her Ma jesty's Government must force itself upon the attention of the house at the very commencement of the ensuing session, we shall learn what has boon done by the Home Secretary between 1850 and 1857 towards the examination of the extensive details which the committee were unable to in. vestigate for want of sufficient time for the purpose ; one thing only remains for me to say—l have never been sum moned before any committee or commission appointed to conduct such an inquiry. The other witnesses, who wore prepared with plans, drawings, and estimates to confirm their former statements, inform me that they have never been called upon to offer any further observations or to submit themselves to any other examination. As far, therefore, as I am informed, the Government have allowed the plan to remain entombed in a blue book which I have just ascertained weighs silb. avoirdupois. If the report and evidence bo permitted to slumber in the pages of that monster blue-book, they might as well have been buried under the pyramids of Egypt. I hope, however, before the subject is ventilated in the House that the public will have before them a cheap edition of this and other docu ments necessary to be considered in discussing the impor tant questions of prison discipline and penal punishment, questions that have now forced themselves upon public attention, and upon which action in some ono direction or another can no longer be either resisted or postponed. " The expense in the cost and management of our pri sons is so excessive under the existing system that the State is obliged to sanction the passing of short sentences, and the Government is compelled to resort to tickets of leave and other temporising expedients, still further to abridge the actual sentences of the law. If judges and magistrates were to pass such sentences as they in their consciences believe to be necessary to effect any solid reformation in the mind of the criminal, the prison accommodation throughout the country must be doubled to provide for the additional number that would constitute the average prison popula tion. " If there is at the command of her Majesty's Govern ment so large an am o unt of confiscated labour, which the State has a right to claim and apply to its own use, why should not this be done, particularly so if it can be proved that such au application of the labour of criminals would be made conducive to their moral and social reform as welt as to their maintenance and support ? There is one, and only one way, in my opinion, by which this object may be effected, and that is by making it a condition of prison discipline that the labour and appetite sentence shall be strictly applied in all cases where the health and strength of the prisoner will admit. " The proposed plan for accomplishing these objects as described to the committee contemplated the establishment of largo industrial prisons, secure and strong, plain and cheap, with separate sleeping cells for each inmate. The pri son to be surrounded by strong and lofty walls, enclosing 1,000 or 2,000 acres of land. I propose that each of these prisons shall accommodate 1,000 or 2,000 inmates, classified, sub-classified, and distributed in different prisons according to their economical condition, whether artisan, mechanics or labourers ; according to their physical state, their age and strength ; according to their moral and legal status — whether felons or misdemeanants under longer or shorter sentences, and whether hardened offenders or novices in crime. Byhaving ono superintending power to deal with the large fund of labour of our prison population, means would readily be obtained for a most perfect system of classifi cation—legal, moral, social, and economical—for the pur pose of meeting all the various objects I have described, so that the mutual contamination of prisoners might be pre vented, discipline might be enforced, and the separation of the prisoner —ode of the first objects of the system might be promoted, at the same time that justice would be done to the ratepayer by turning the confiscated labour of the criminal to the best and most profitable account. When the proposed plans for the classification of prisoners is complete, I propose that they shall, as nearly as econo mical considerations. and prison arrangements will admit, be employed in the pursuits at which they are most apt, and to which they will be returned at the termination of their sentences." Mr. Pearson then enters into some details respecting plan, and concludes as follows : "My Lord Mayor,—lt will be said, I dare say, as the Parliamentary committee reported of my proposed plan, that ' many difficulties would probably arise under a dis cussion of its details,' and therefore a disposition may exist in some quarters to postpone its consideration for another seven years. But the Government will now be beset in all directions by difficulties upon the subject of penal punishment, the extent of which they will be compelled to weigh and compare. They cannot stand still, and they must not go back. Society will not call again into requisition the gibbet and the pillory, the whipping-post, the stocks, and the branding irons, the underground dun geons, the penal settlements, and slavery and chain gangs : neither will they tolerate the prison palaces and castles of indolence, where ablebodied men in the prime of life cost for board and lodging 301. or 491., and earn only 31. or 4/. per annual ; where they have labour for relaxation only, and spend their time in qualifying themselves to deliver lectures upon a variety of subjects which it would have puzzled the Admirable Crichton to deal with." M. LEDRU ROLLIN TO THE ELECTORS OF FRANCE. NO EVASION !- YOU MUST VOTE ! Having boon consulted, from many places, on the ques• tion of how voters should conduct themselves at the com ing elections, I take the liberty of replying to you collec tively, and my reply is, without hesitation,—No evasion ! you must vote ! To abstain from voting, to assume a lofty position, with out an effort at aiding oneself, is"asceticism, fatalism, the practice of recluses of bonzes, of Mussulmans ; this is not our part, this is not the part of politicians, whose domain is the world present, and who cannot influence events without actively mixing themselves up with them. The blessings of liberty, like the blessings of nature, must be conquered, and are not bestowed on any but those who seek them by constant exertions. Progress, incessant activity, is, both in the material world as in the ideal, the law of life, the true condition of progress, which condemns in principle all inaction, all abstention. Besides, iu fact, abstention is not an effective arm, from the moment when it is not universal, embracing all, and reducing the condemned system to perish by such aban donment. I could understand this system if it were a de privation of fire or of water, an ixcommunication which would snatch the bread from the mouth. But to separate ouesslf politically, without actual rebellion, without re fusing to serve as a recruit, and without refusing to pay taxes, is to do nothing. Of what matter to the tyrant is your partial abstention from voting, while you swell his Pretorian guards and augment his treasures ? With these two forces he can enslave you ; and while he lives as a m— (et Wen qu'il vivo do m—), you aro not the less slaves—he lives, and that is enough ! rafter all, what are the reasons why you should not vote? Can it be that, by voting, you misconceive any of tho pri mary principles the preservation of the integrity of which constitutes our power? I munt confess I cannot perceive the validity of this objection. What will be its effective operation ? To carry out the system of universal suffrage, to exercise a right which owes its birth to the Republic, and not to the Empire, and to exercise it with that object ? With the in tent to overthrow that very Empire. Then, in making use of this republican right for a republican object., how are you guilty of au anti-republican act? I repeat that this ob jection is beyond my comprehension. Vainly they urge that, to address the municipal autho. ritios to register you, and to receive your electoral card, is to unconditionally recognise this odious Government, and to make common cause with it. To which I reply, what has a man in common with the adversary whom he holds at point of sword, or covered by his pistol? Absolutely nothing more then the h fe e e r l e i a n fie 6 r f recognises the killing him that you may not be killed by him. the What does a man recognise the Empire when ho is compelled to be married by this game municipality, left he should begot attri butesb presented,as t a r o d f s , c ot thatir. citizens because, t.hyi whens not h i view.s be a excludedm children nr ee m ofgar y no Em pire when he repairs to the police to obtain his passport. At this rate how many republicans would have been for sworn who have nevertheless remained its most implacable enemies ? Let us hold fast by the truth : without being a casuist, or without saying with Machiavel, that all means are good, even dishonour, to regain liberty, it is allowable to discri minate between unimportant and insignificant formalities, imposed under all Gove rnmen t s, and an open , barefaced recognition, which is baseness and apostacy• The public conscience, a good judge in this matter, does not deceive itself. It knows that, whether with or without the stamped paper, the right of locomotion is not less inherent ; and also that, with or without the formalities of registering, the right to vote remains not less inalienable. But what the puidic mind feels above all is, that of all methods of recognising the Empire, that which consists in submitting so long a time, without an attempt, without a movement, without even a despairing effort, is the most degrading at titude in the eye of history. A truce to such mistak en exc l us i v ism; let us commit no outrage for the advantage of our enemies. Let us adhere to principles ; it is our duty and our power; but, at the same time, lot us show ourselves to be practical. In universal suffrage we have the legitimate point of departure, and in the overturning the Empire the supreme object. Let us know how to make a good use of it ; not to deliberate—for whilst we deliberated the enemy surprised us—lot us act, this time, in our turn. To be enabled, with regard to the elections, to excite every kind of rancour and animosity, and all those feelings of justice which slumber in the depthsof the human heart, to give them a voice, to restore confidence and energy to the social'body, to have six long months before us, when it may be easier for us to draw near to each other, to con. suit together, and to count upon each other—this is a con venient opportunity, a good fortune, whence the revolution may emerge ! I will even add, in all sincerity, that this work of assi milation is, in my view of the subject, the chief point, the electric stroke, which will resound from one end of the country to the other. This regenerating ferment will be of more weight, in my opinion, than the final success of the election itself. Not that it is worthy of all your efforts, for if the man of the 2d Dec. came off victorious from the contest—if, in spite of his sbirri, his functionaries, his army, his good city of Paris should escape him (de par) the ballot (le scrutin)—thou consider him like one blasted by Heaven, ruined in the eyes of all Europe, and abandoned, betrayed by his own accomplices. He would in vain attempt a new coup d'atat, after so many broken promises ; and amidst au endenaical and increasing misery in a population, which has within the last six months been shaken even to its very base. It is impossible to return the fire of the electric fluid. Will ho, therefore, dare everything to obtain success ? With his audacious frauds his jugglers' t r i c k s, hi s oppressive actions of every kind I cannot avoid see ing the difficulty under which he labours ; but, never theless, I am apprehensive, as the waves have ascended to so great a height and the current appears so irresistible that success is not impossible. It is a question of union and civic courage—nothing more ! When workmen and citizens are once agreed on a single point, I know neither stratagem nor force which can call them to account—especially in presence of an army divided by a thousand conflicting interests. Yes, this triumph is not a vain dream ! for it may be achieved by energy and perseverance, I would almost say by desperation ; but, above all, by force of discipline. Therefore, I beg you will not assail the names of the can didates with vituperation, provided they be republicans, of whatever hue. Let us not forget that neither our judg ment on the past, nor the personification of a Government for the future, is now a subject for consideration. Those candidates will never be aught else save " fascines," behind which the entrenched revolution marches more safely to attack the hostile citadel. When that is once carried the place is the people's. With regard to the other question propounded by you, and which appears to produce considerable excitement, — to wit, whether the elected candidates must be sworn or cot ?it is, believe me, premature. Fo rce th em t o f u lfil you are a bl e , b u t d o no t fifdiscord a mong you . Th e an inter es t i n distinguish enhotgenitiarht pse e ea n lr g ft. a i sgte questionmp o e l n i e t eb s , an d aa o s u tt b oo trolcehs greatso, The first act will be to inscribe one's name, to consult together, to vote, and to succeed. The success of this will dispense you from the second; for whatever their names may be, if your candidates are drawn from the urn, they will call themselves the Revoluti on. London, Jan. 1 3 , 1837 . LEDRU-ROLLIN. Sin E. B. LITTON AT GLASGOW.—On F r id a y n i g ht Sir E. B. Lytton was entertained at a p u bli c di nner i n the Glasgow Gallery of Art, in acknowledgment of his dis tinguished literary attainments. Th e H on. t h e L or d Pro• vost was in the chair, supported on the 2ight by the guest of the evening, Sir E. 13. Lytton ; Si r J . M axwe ll , o f Pol loc ; the Rev. Dr. Hill, Mr. C. B ruce , M.P. ; Col. P u l e , commanding the garrisoia „ ; Lieut.-C o l.[H am l ey, aut h or of Lady Lee's Widowhood, "the Story of the Campaign," &c.; and Mr. W. Buchanan, of Shandon. Oa the left by the Earl of Elgin, K.T. ; Sir A. Alison ; Bailie Gal braith ; Mr. Cayley, M.P. ; Mr. William Stirling, of Keir, M.P. ; Professor Aytoun, of Edinburgh; and Mr. Sheriff Bell. Sir James Campbell fulfilled the duties of croupier, supported on the right by Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, M P.; Mr. Wm. Stirling, of Kenmure ; the Rev. Dr, Craik ; Mr. «m. Ha m ilt on, o f N or tbpark ; Mr. H. E. Crum Ewing, of Strathleven ; Mr. Alex. Morrison, Dean of Faculty ; and Mr. Wm. Baird, of Elie ; and on the left by Sir J ames F ergusson , M.P. The speakers were lavish of compliments and courteous expressions. Professor Aytoun pronounced Sir Edward B, J.Jytton. "the greatest living author in Britain.", TIIE 2N E ffr A MERICAN TARIFF. I It is expected that a discussion of the tariff will be commenced to-day in the House of Representa tires at Washington. The discussion has already been avoided twice by the house—first in Aug. last, and again in Dec. Yet there has been no subject of pub lic interest, either in the lobby or on the table of Congress, possessing a greater claim to an immediate, frank, and deliberate examination than the tariff ; and, whatever prudential reasons may have existed heretofore to justify this postponement, there is evidently no reason now why the tariff question should again be shirked, or its consideration crowded further into the future. Our industrial interests are too vast and too important to be played with longer by politicians, and the sooner our tariff is permanently adjusted on a financial rather than a political basis the better will it be for the whole country. The rival theories of free trade and protection, when sot forth as the fundamental and inflexible principle of a national tariff, are absurdities. As theories merely they are good for party effect, but as sweeping systems, ap plicable to every aspect of commerce and trade, they are entirely impracticable in the United States. It is quite 'right that in framing a tariff for this country such a policy should be adopted as will tend to establish our industrial independence. For this end the nature, history, and industrial value of every article that we import from foreign coun tries should be examined separately, arid its rate of duty should be determined according to its indi vidual circumstances. The natural result of this proceeding will be the adoption of a tariff which opens to free trade those raw materials on which our own labour may be most largely and advan tageously employed, and all articles of general ne cessity which are exotics, or which are prodced only in small quantities in the United States. At the same time, such a tariff will establish a protec tion for our own industry by taxing those manu factured articles of foreign countries, the importa tion of which tends to destroy their manufacture here, and thus impoverish our own labour. A tariff formed on these principles will accomplish what is now universally needed—the establishment of all our industrial enterprises on a permanent basis. It is simply to tax those final products of foreign labour which come here for a market ; and to exempt from taxation all those raw materials composing those fabrics, on which our own labour may be profitably exponded.—New York Tones, Jan. 6. 2TUTINY IN THE MERSEY. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. This morning►, shortly after ten o'clock, the report of firearms was heard to proceed from on board the Ame rican ship J. L. Bogart ; and soon a flag of distress was hoisted. Captain Conway, who was on shore at the time, hastened to the American consul's office, and im mediately pr , seeded on board. The consul instantly communicated with Mr. Clough, the in-door superinten dent of police, and he shortly afterwards despatched detective officers Scott and Eaton, with two others of that department, and they, taking ten other officers, proceeded on board the ship. On approaching the side, they perceived a regular battle going on on the deck, and even the bulwark uf the ship bore traces of the contest. On going oil board, the deck round the forecastle presented a horrible appearaoce, and was covered with pools of gore, the men showed shocking proofs of savage treatment, and the first mate had his head nearly cloven, and lay on the deck. One of the craw was in front of him, also on the floor of the ship, having been wounded in the thigh by a pi- tol fired at him, as be states, by the second mate. The officers immediately stayed the tumult, and then proceeded to make arrests. The captain and officers charged the crew with mutiny, and the latter accused the officers of brutally ill-treating them. Sixteen of the crew were placed in custody for mutiny and injury to the officers, and the second mate was arrested for shooting at and wounding James Christie, an able seaman on board. Christie received the wound in the upper part of the leg, and the ball lodged in the thigh. He was taken to the Birkenhead landing-place, whither the other 15 charged were carried, together with the second mate, and he was thence conveyed to the Birkenhead office. The bullet yet remains in the wound. The first mate, whose name is C. 0. Thorber, was carried to the Northern Hospital, where he now lies. He has received a bad wound in the head, and a stabbed wound in the shoulder. They are not supposed such as to place his life in danger, however. The whole of the crew in custody are more or less injured—some of them very severely. Officer Scott took from the person of the first mate a pistol ; and, on being carried to the hospita', " brass knuckles" were found in his pocket. We under stand that inquiries made on board lead to the conclusion that the officers from the moment the ship cleared com menced ill-treating the men, and that this ill-treatment reached such an acme on yesterday morning that the teen struck work, and refused their ordinary duty. The officers immediately resorted to arms, shots were fired, and Christie fell wounded. The men then seized what ever was at hand and attacked the officers, wounding the first mate as we have stated above. The occurrence has created much sensation in town. One alleged cause of the mutiny, as stated by the crew, is that they shipped for New York, under articles to that effect, and as they were nearly all black or coloured men, on learning that the vessel was bound far Mobile they refused to go, that being a slave state where they would all be retained in slavery. The men who are in custody are all blacks, and the ship has certainly cleared for Mobile. ANOTHER GREAT MEETING OF UNEMPLOYED IN SMITLPFIELD. Yesterday afternoon, at one o'clock, another great meeting of the unemployed artificers connected with the building trade was held in the open space of Smithfield, for the purpose of considering their general depressed conviction, and to adopt measures for amelioration. The attendance was much larger than on the previous occa sion, and the proceedings throughout being conducted with the greatest ciecorwoolaud good order. Mr. HUGEL PEARCE was unanimously called to the chair, and opened the proceedings with a ♦ery long address. Mr. CHARLES MIIRR.AY moved the following resolu lotion :—" Teat this meeting, consisting chiefly of operatives unemployed (by causes for which they are not responsible), demand of the authorities that the Inehns of existence be extended within our reach by useful and profitable employment in agriculture and manufacture ; that until such employment be afforded we fall back upon our ancient and indisputable right to parochial ailsistance, unacompanied by the in sulting, debasing, and infamous conditions at present persisted in." In support of the motion Mr. Murray spoke at great length, complaining of the arbitrary man ner in which the working-classes were treated by their rulers, and alleged as the cause the absence of political power amongst their class. It had cost the country some millions to civilise Russia and the Kaffirs, and more recently the Chinese at Canton, and therefore he saw no reason why the Government should not spend one or two millions to civiline them, or, in other words, to alter their condition. (Mears.) The motion having been seconded by Mr. Dowimia, Mr. KENT wished to say a few words, but in conse quence of some remarks that fell from him several per sons exclaimed that he wished to disturb the harmony of the meeting, and after some slight confusion, Mr. Kent proceeded, and suggested that those present should parade the streets in procession, and also that they should endeavour to obtain political power based on the principle of the people's charter. The resolution was carried unanimously, After which, Mr. M‘Heath, the honorary secretary, read a lengthy address, calling on the employed not to work any over time whilst one man was out. . The address was adopted, and a resolution pledging the meeting to support the National Assiociation of Unemployed of Great Britain was also carried, after which the meeting adj )urned. RAILWAY INTELLIGBNCE. NORTH-EASTERN. The Bishop Auckland branch of this company's rail. way was examined last week by the Government In• Spector, and although a large traffic in coals and coke has been carried over the line for some time, it was thought advisable to allow the embankments a short time longer to consolidate before opening the railway for passenger traffic. It appears that the bridges and other works have been well constructed and the signals satis factorily arranged. WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH. The section of this line from Dorchester to Weymouth opens to-day for passenger traffic. Arrangements have been made for conveying passengers from the Waterloo bxidge station to Weymouth, and vice versa. Five trains each way are to run daily between London and We:7- mouth. KENDAL AND WINDERMERE. The statement of accounts for the half-year ending the 31st of December shows that 228,678/. had been received and expended on cap i ta l account, including 1,386/. re ceived from revenue. Th e receipts from traffic during the half-year ending as above amounted to 7,3281., and . the expenses to 2.5021., l eav i ng 4,3261. Out of this sum is dedu c t e d 1,2471 . for i nterest On loans and preference shares, leaving a balance of 2,1381. available for divi dends. LIMERICK AND FOYNES RAILWAY. —A 10= of 40,0001. for the completion of the Limerick and Foynes Rail way has been authorised -by the Exchequer Loan Ccoull nia ioners.