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Regimmt marched on Wtd,e:sday fr. in Dub lin t i Kingstown, where t'iey we , it on board the Government transport Simojn. The ,- .Pfice:s ac companying the regiment were—Lieutenalit-Col. Johnstone, C.B. ; Brevet-Majers Fitzgerald and - Q uale ; Captains Palish awe, Barrett, and Walls field ; Lieutenants Rogers Willis, Ellis, Ball, Wor .. thington, Twinin, Forbes, Graham, Bally, Sta tham, Roberts, and Thistlewayte ; Ensigns Morgan, Grant, Gore, Shipton, . and Browne ; Paymaster Thompson ; Quartermaster Wise ; and Surgeon : Muir and Assistant -Surgeon Ogilvy. On Tuesday the Lord-Lieutenant went down to Kingstown to . inspect the ship, win every department of which . he expressed himself highly gratified. Yesterday 62 non-commis:ioned officers and men of the 10th Hussars, Ist Royals, 3d Buffs, 7th Fusilcers, 14th, 15th, 17th, 22d, 24tb, 30th, 34th, 44th, 48th, 49th, 51st, Light Infantry, 55th, 56th, 68th Light Infantry, 72d Highlanders, and 89th Regiments were discharged from the army at St. Mary's Barracks, Chatham, having been pronounced unfit for further service. Colonel H. Jervis, commanding the Provisional Battalion at Chatham, has received an order direct. ing recruiting to cease for those regiments on th e Briti s h and g lndia establishments, the depots of which are stationed at Chatham garrison. The Hogue, 60, screw ship, Captain Fulford, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Ducie Chads, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of the squad ron on the Irish station, was " paid down" to the 31st of last December on Monday last. The ship and tenders mustered 560 men, who appeared at the pay-table and received sums varying from 101. to the fractional part of a shilling, and were all paid in 44 minutes. Her Majesty's steam-frigate Megmra, 6, Com mander Purvis, left Spithead yesterday at f 2.30 p. in., with the troops before reported for the Mau , ritius. I,IITL W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIE::::, win New Costumes Ind v riot's Novdtiee, Vocal and Ch - racteristle, every evening (except qaturday) et Eiwht A VCR c PERFOR lIANCE every SA. URDAY. at Three. Private 11,,xe , and Stalls may be seenre4.l, without extra charge, at the Box-office, l' '' l Ygraphic-hall, King William-street, Charing-cross. The hall has been entirely redecorated. Lo D F IDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1857. (N . 20,167.) EAST INDIA lIOUSE, trn FEBRUARY, 1857. TILE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY DO .REBY OE NOTIC That they Lave received rcturns o: u II unpaid shares W of Donation E, Mate granted to the forces employed in lturmah during the campaign of 101 ' 52 , by general order, by the Governor-Genera; of India, In council, dated Ist July, 1853, dee to Officers, Seamen. and Marines of her Majesty's ships Cleopatra, Contest, Hermes, Haqtings, Sala mander, Sphinx, Serpent, Styx, t•• ox, Winchester, and Rattler; and that the same will he paid to the several parties entitled, on their sPullcation at the Military Department, East India House, after the 18th instant. [PRICE 4D. S DAMPED SD• RGYLL ROOMS.-LA URENT'S CASING!, Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above clegan Pocnns are 11014 open every evening for the winter season, with aurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. I3 "lennrt, The Proprietor begs to inform the public that this fashionable place of resort haA been entirely redecorated daring the recess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis sion one Shining. PUBLICATIONS. .R.AILWAY INT tLLIGENCE. TILE PAPER DUTY AND THE INCOME. CUSSiOD S, one of which took place at the station house in the presence of the sergeant. Mr. Shad well offered to compromise the felony, and not press the criminal charge, if 111, were handed to him. Parker's wife paid to Mr. Shadwell 5/. out side the station-house door, and subsequently bor rowed 6/., which she gave to him. These two sums, together with the balance due on the wages, brought up the amount to 171. 10s., the value of the missing plate. In the . course of his cross-examination Mr. Shadwell was asked when he first believed the man was guilty of felony. His reply we give verbatim, :—" On the 2d of April I had consulted the inspector. I am certain he stole the plate now, and I was quite certain when I took the money. I believed him to be a felon. I gave him a character." Now, it is not to the question of compromi s i ng th e f e l on y t o which we would now call attention, but how is it that Mr. Shadwell believed the man to be a felon, and yet gave him a character ? The case is, we believe, a remarkable one, though it does but illustrate in a somewhat stronger way than usual the evil custom which prevails among employers with reference to the characters of ser vants. Let us at least be true to each other. Good servants will gain as much as we shall in the end by our rigid adherence to truth in so important a par ticular. MR. MUSGRAVE'S NEW WORK. Just ready, in 2 vo l s ., w ith i l l ustra ti ons, 21 s „ b oun d, APILGRIMAGE INTO DAUPHINE, Ey the Rev. G. MUSGRAVE, A M., Oxon, Author of " A Ramble through Normandy," kc. Hurst and Blackett, publishers, successors to Henry Colbarn, 13, Great Marlborough -street. GREAT WESTERN. The directors of this company have determined to re commend to the proprietors the dec!aration of a dividend for the t alf-year ending the 31st of December, 1856, at the rate of 3 per cent, per annum, carrying forward a balance for the current half-year of about 17,0001. TAX. 'DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen Only) from 10 till to, containing upwards of one thousand model , lid Preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in health and disease, the race of men, &c Lectures delivesed at 12, 2, 4, and half-past 7. by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and hi ghly -interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery by Dr. KAas, at a quarter past 8 p.m. p rec i se l y . Admission. One Shilling. Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan Watts). JAMES C. MELD ILL, Secretary. A NEW SATIRICAL NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE GOVERNING CLASSES." Just Ready, F RIENDS of BOHEMIA; or, Phases of London Life. In Two Volumes. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. THE OPPRESSED DRESSMAKERS. 4I GREAT MEETING for A me li ora ti ng th e .. Condition of this deeply-inj,red and suffering c:ass of Young Persons will take place at Exeter Hall, on MONDAY EVit NI/it; next, at half-past Six, for half-past Seven o'clock. Speeches will be delivered by the Lord Bishop of London ; (most probably) the Earl of Shaftesbury ; by the Hey. Dr. Archer ; the liev. Wm. M'Call (incumbent of st. Mary's, Commercial-road) ; Dr. E. Lankfster, F.R S., and other Gentlemen. The chair will be taken by Geore Cambell Coiquhoun, Esq. Special reserved seats for 1 *dies. No rickets necessary. the attendance of the (deeds of humanity is earnestly invited, the more especially as the oppressed ones are utterly powerless to work out their own emaocipation. (Si D GRAIXGEN,I Honorary gned) JOHN LILWALL 3Secretaries. WEST BAM DISTILLERY COMPANY. (Limited ) V . N OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , That the works of the above stillery being near completion, the Directory will be open to re calve orders for PLAIN SPIRIT to be supplied in February. Due notice will be sent round to the trade. NEW WORK BY SIR GARDINER WILKINSON AND MR. BIRCH. This day is published, crown Bvo., handsome cloth, price 7s. 6d., THE EGYPTIANS IN THE TIME I N THE PIIARAOTIS'. Being a Companion to the Crystal Pa lace Egyptian Collections. Distillery, West H em , 31 s t January , 1 07THOMAS WEBB, Maaager.. ART - UNION OF LONDON. (By Royal charter.)—Prizeholders select for themselves from the public e xhibitions. Every Subscriber ONZ GUINZa will have, besides the chance of a Prize, TWO PRINTS—" THE CLEMENCY ofCCEUR -I,R-LION," by FL C. Sbonton, from the Historical Picture by Jno. Cross, which gained the Government premium of 3001 ; and " THE PIPER," by E. Goodall, after F. Goodall, A R.A. GEORGE GODWIN, Honorary LEWES POCOCK, j Secretaries. 444, Weise siraid. 14th January, 1857. I► OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QU E EN.— Founded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no re :ornmendatien is required. During the past month the following number received the beneilts t this Charity, either as out or in-deor patients, on their personal }y sir J. GAROINER WILKINSON. To which is added AN INTRODUCTION T•) THE STUDY OF THE EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHS. By SAMUEL BIRCH. Published for the Crystal Palace Company by Bradbury and Evans, I I, Bouverle-street. ANOTHER PALMER CASE. — Report of Mr. Hlnbert, Manchester,the HYGEIST and ME DI- T , AL RF.FORMuIt for February. May b e ha lat the British Col lege of Health, New-road, London, price IL, or 201 by post, and of all the Hygelan .Agents throughout the country. O RR'S CIRCLE OF THE SCIENGES, just completed, in Nine Volumes, contains separate Treatises on Physiology, ET Tonography, "totally, Zoology, Mathematical Science. Geoleg3, Astronomy, Mineralogy, Chemistry, and Mechani cal Philosophy, by Professors OWEN, AMSTED, YOUNG, TEN NANT, and TWI-43 EN ; Drs. LATHAM, SCOFF?: IsN, and SMITH; the Bey WALTER MI I CHELL, M.A. ; and Messrs. JARDINE. C.E., JOHN I &MAT, M.A.; HUGH BREEN. Greenwich Observa- I tory. W. S. WILLA , . ir.t."., *ad other Writer., on &knurl,. -.,,T.- Jects. .ss. 6d. per yolaine, cloth. London : Houlston and Wright ; and Win. S. Orr and Co., Amex corner. Prospectuses on appllcation. 1 Week ending 7th Icovember 2,154 Ditto 14th November.... • • 2,043 Ditto 21st November 1,b72 Ditto 28th November.. •• tth and 30th November.... GREAT-WESTERN RAILWAY.- NO rICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next HALF YEAItLy GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Corn -IPanY win be held in London, pursuant to act of Parliament, at the , 41 turn's Station, o n FRIDAY, m fiti. u i, day of s'.l>rnary neat , hat` "air - Past 12 o'clock, for the election of four Directors in the place scount Barrington, AL P., chairman of the Company ; Lord man, the Right Spencer H. Walpole, M.P., and David ° lrilaY, Esq., retiring by rotation, and for the ether purposes of busi ness, THE LONDON SEASON-THE RICH AA4) POOR. Total in .... • • 8, of which 2,775 were new ewes, t November he remainder (5ti11 747 under treat ment) having been admitted previously. The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the patients. lit.ivy expenses are Inevitably incurred in affording suet) eaten rellf.r. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. l'he management of the Hospital is in the hands of' 3(1 Governors, early elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual eneral Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at t o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, when any subscriber may attend, If so disposed, the Board being at 11 times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun ary contributions and legacies, which are received by the rreastn el% john Masterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts .nd Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co. rescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. , ones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Denison and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber ers-street ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order J. B. OWEN. M.A., Chairman. Lieutenant Pearson, fourth of the steam-frigate Retribution, has resigned his commission. Imperieuse, 51, screw, Captain Rundle B. Wat son, C. 8., commenced paying off yesterday morn ing at Portsmouth, under the new and improved system, by the ship's p a y mas t er , th e rear - admiral superintendent being pte'sent:: In two houri and a half the whole was accomplished, and the manner of its accomplishment reflects the highest credit on the paymaster, Thomas M. Ramage, Esq., and his assistant officers. The crew left the ship, or rather the hull, in a beautiful state of cleanliness. Sealark, 8, sailing-instruction brig, Lieutenant- Commander Lowther (tender to Illustriots). Lieutenant Lowther having made a demand to have his quarter boat fitted with Clifford's patent gear for lowering boats at sea while the ship is under weigh, we are happy to state that his demand was in stantly acceded to ; nor c)uld anything be more useful, because the boys will be in constant practice with the boat, and as they are drafted off into the diffirent ships the advantages arising therefrom must be so much the [ , ,rater from the knowledge obtained. We hone that both quarter b-ats will be fitted to every ship in the service, because th is the necessity of lowering a boat from the lee side in squally wsainer. The freiglAship Elphinstone, baiing embarked a cargo of Ordnance stores and aiumunitim from Woolwich Arsenal, has sailed for Honduras. Mr. Luther Young, an American artisan, who has obtained a patent for the invention of a new method of regulating minutely the consumption of gas, having been ordered to forward his apparatus for adjustment in Woolwich Dockyard, by order of the Lords of the Admiralty, yesterday waited on the authorities there, and gave the necessary ex planations for the application of his patent meters, 52 of which were supplied for the use of the dock yard. He was accompanied by Mr. Tan Winckle, also an American, who professes to turn out, by a single piece of machinery, of wHch he is the in ventor, a number of bolt-nuts, at the rate of from 50 to GO per hour, ready for use. The invention is about to be submitted to the consideration of the Lords of the Admiralty. Her Majesty's ship Tyne, in Woolwich Dock, No. 2, having been stripped and overhauled, is about to receive a new upper deck, considerable stern and bulwark repairs, and to be newly cop pererd. The chair Will be taken at 1 o'clock precisely. BARRINGTON, Chairman. Director s J. W. MILES, Deputy-Chairman. retiring are re-eligible under the proviNions of the Act. fs„ n d : 1,4 co mpliance with a bye-law, notice must be given to the . 'Lan' on or b efore the 30th d ay o f January inst. of the names of Th I.Y Pr oprietors who are to be nominated for election as Directors at La! :Id alf-yea r l y general meeting. the Transfer litooka of all stock and shares will be closed on and hen the, o7 ll l7l2 l, 9tdhlialr• day of January instant, and will not be reopened until Yearly general meeting on the 13th day of Febru- N ACT OF GRATITUDE. -5,000 Copies of a Medical Book for Gratuitous Circulation. —Mr. G. THOII AS having been effectually cured of a nervous debility, loss of memory, and dimness of sight, resulting from the early errors of youth, by fallowing the instructions given in a Medical Work by a Physician, be considers it his duty, in gratitude to the author, and for the benefit of nervous sufferers, to publish the means used. Ile will therefore send free, to any ad Iress, in a sealed envelope, on receipt of a direct ed envelope enclosing two stamps, to pre-pay postage, a copy of the medical work containing every iniormation required. Address, Mr. G. Thomas, St. johu's-lane, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. By order of the Board. StaUon, Jan. 15,C1F1 85 A 7 5 . . A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. ORN.A-MENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, of yAr4 ES Dining-roam, consisting of a new and e l egan t ass ortment N anruatt( . Figures, Groups, C an dl es O c k s , Ob e li s k s, I n k s t an d s , fn Inlaid Tables, Paperweights, & c . I nmer t e d an d mann etrand, London. AN Z t ared by JAMES TENNT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Roe 11 % Tennant arranges elementary collections of Shells, Minerals, , and Fossils, which will greatly facilitate the interesting ISOneas each. C " c hologY, Mineralogy, and Geology, at 2,5, 10, 20, to —.JIOgyT ennant g i ves Practical Instruction in Mineralogy and Just published, price 2c4, or post free 3d., the 102 d Edition 0 , T HE NATURAL REGENERATOR of the DIGESTIVE ORGANS, the STOM CII, LIVER, NERVES, LUNGS, Sul., without Medicine, Galvanism, Electricity, inconve nience, and expense, by sn easy, natural, pleasant, and infallible remedy, which saves fifty times its cost in other means of cure. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professor of Chn mistry, Dr. Andrew Erre ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Hatvey; Dr. Camp bell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess ofCastle-Stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed, London : Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street. irTit LONDON, HARWICH, and CONTE -NENTAL STEAM PACKET COMPANY. Clt (Limited). . -- . 1 100,000/ . , i n 10,000 Shares of 10/. eich, 'with power to increase. 21. per share payable on allotment. It_corporated und er th e A ct 19 an d 20 V i c., chap. 47, by " 111 1 the liability of the Proprietors is limited to the IVraottai of their shares. Tausrans. —°}ph'Walters, Esq., Chairman of the Board ofsDirectors of the Eastern C ount i es Railway Company. U•lonel Wi lliam Petrie Waugh, Di rec t or o f th e L on d on an d s. Plistern Bankin g C ompany. ilra Waddington Esq., M.P., 4, Sp r i ng - gar d ens. ita t t l war ill s aw. Esq., m.P., Director of the Eastern Counties Just published, price 55., by post free, ss. Gd., n N STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA : its PATEIOLOGY and RATIONAL TREATMENT. Illus trated by numerous Cases selected from the Records of upwards cf Twenty Years' extensive and successful Practice, and which embrace every variety of Urethral Contraction, together with appropriate Means of Cure. By F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the B Royal Orliege of sur.reons of England. H. Ba!mere, 219, Regent-street "We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in . the treatment of stricture to have equalled, if it has not exceeded, that of any of his contemporaries ; whilst we most certainly know of no man to whose care we would s ,, oner intrust the treatment •f a severe case of stric ture."—Medical Circular. T HE GOOD RHEIN WINE. Composed by J. GRAY. Price 2s. Gd. A powerful and telling song, with gorgeously Plostrated title by Ramage and L'Enfant, vocal chorus and score for an orchestra. "The concert or festival is never com pb-te without 'The Rheio Wine '" Chappell, New Bond-street, and Williams, Paternoster-row and Tottenham-court-road. Vir R. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet ' street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI ICIAL TEETH ,fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so erfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from ne original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or 'rcay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful eration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and Is aranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth • ndered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At ome from ten till five. TOZEMPS COPAHINE, or SACCHARA TED • CAPSULES, Approved of by the french College of Physicians, successfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and icknowledged by them to he the best remedy for a certain disorder. 'see " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on appll - per 100, 48.6 d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor, ( IABRIEL JOZEAU, sole French chemist, Haymarket, London. and ill the principal chemists. Colon e l William P etrie W augh tons Brankses Castle, Dorset, Di pert r L of the L ondon and Eastern Banking Company. L • L. eekle, Esq. pats of Bombay), George street, Port /sun-square. William Shaw, Esq., 1, Kensington -park-terrace. Creger Grant, Esq., late Chairman of the Oriental Bank, F. Zillesen,..p .mq p ... _ora.b.ay), 4, Oreat Russell -street. Railway Company. , Amsterdam. I r ioe-President of the Dutch-Rhenish I,lr Henry E nt, Bart., Scottow Hall, Norfolk. Henry Ward, a ir *. John Edwardtsanie'; .r4r.1C.8-2' ' --.8C1 •1 Director of the St. Georges In- K 1, Albany. surance Company, Pall-n;a11 and Fulham. Andrew Walls, Esq., Lloyd's, and 11, Leadenhall-street. CaPtain Raymond, Albion-square, Dalston, for of the Steam Y essels. Managing Direc. '•:! M (With power to Increase.) ", r", Bastions. ke tortdoit and Eastern Banking Corporation, 27, Cannon street, Cit. ows ll, an d Co., Bankers, Harwich, Essex. MXIIINIRS3 13—Catar—Mesars. Nayrton and Puller, 16, King 1 Virrrtt......-obrOC., 1,..,. SHAREBROKERS. tendon—Messrs. iTuggins and Rowseli, 1, Threadneedle-street Liverpool —Messrs H. Davies and Son, 2,Royal Bank-buildings finirme AGENTB—Mosere. William Felgate and Cs., 4, Cie- _roent's-lane, City; Mr. 11._Twiss, 11. Son, Rotterdaia. STANDIN•CotiNsar;--LAlfred Hill, Esq., 44, dkaneery-lane. tfitterrom.-Lhicssrs. Rymer, Murray. Rymer, and Jackson, H anover -street, Hanover-square, and 59, Chancery-lane. a trp rroir_A—Messrs. Broom, Bagshaw, and Westcott, 35, Coleman-street, City. • SlcasrAay.—Hume Greenfield, Esq. C. .Scilees of the C om p an y -44 , M oorga t e - s t ree t, City, E. C Ilia Company is established with a view to afford the pub Xs Increased facilities in the conveyance of mails, passengers, "Aide, and merchandise between England, via Harwich, and %a ports of Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, ezc„ A traffic; arrangement for a term of years has been entered t _ . l4 to with the Eastern Counties Railway Company on advan -9‘"" terms, and the Dir ec t ors h ave secure d th e co-opera tion of the authorities of the Dutch-Rhenish Railway Com- DanY, and the other inland navigation and railway establish• :outs in Rolland and Germany, all of whom aro so convinced of advantages to be derived from this line of communica wea, as the most desirable for passenger traffic, and the ,teeY are d7 Co nveyance of merchandi se an d per i s h a bl e goods, that e anxious to promote the views of this Company to 14e fullest possible extent. VlThe town of Harwich is 68 miles from London by railway, I I 48 port is the most convenient for direct communication evi Teet , London and all the great seaports in Holland and and thence to the northern and central parts of the tenti n ent of Eu ro p e . Paase ngers proceeding to India via Triest e , by H arw i c h , /totterdam, and the Dutah-Rhenish Railway, will effect a of 48 hours, as compared with the route via Marseilles; liuo from Rotterdam to Trieste being on the ev e o f co ti en ra without a break. e harbour of Harwich is safe, commodious, and easy of heess in all weathers and states of the tide—advantages o ab o e t r h . er port possesses on the eastern Coast south of me 'aY 7 the openi ng o f t h is route via Harwich the dangers and of sof the intricate navigation of the Swin and the mouth the River Thames are avoided, whereby a saving of time effected to Hanibuner, Rotterdam, an d A n t wer p o f from 10 to 11 hours; whilst the rou t e to Oberhausen and thence to the northcrn parts of Harwi c h Europe is fo ur h ours an d a quar t er l ess b y per rr ai t pad Europe than that by Dover and Ostend, as s direct route of s t atement an d thus the former must become the Trio Y postlTa communication. EA SR as OUT - R AILwAY. a x Tilts ram E ASTERN C OU NTIES Lucian to Dover ..,21 he , urs RAILWAY, Dover to Ostend Lo ndon to H arw i e h .. 2/ h ours Ostend to Ob er h ausen , Har dam wich to Rotter (264 miles) ..... , ••• 10 4 •, Itotterda-tn.-t-o. .. 0 . 13 - Cr .191 ' hausen (124 miles)4 Saving, in favour •f 20 hours 1 5i hours .rwich .., .. ....... 4 i hours. RAIL- Penns. SOIITII-EMITISIIE PER EASTERN COVNTIES RAIL WAY. London D WAY'. over, Ostend, to London, Iranvich,Rotterdara, Cologne. to Colo gne. ht Class, Rail an d Steam let Class, Rail an d ............ £3 10 6 Steam ., ; E2 10 3 t ditto ditto ...ay..in 298 2d ditt o di tto ll2 5 Sating in fayour of Harwich. Ist Class, Rail and St eam £1 0 3 2d ditto ditto .... .... 0 17 3 A deputation has been in Holland, and submitted the views rofiethis Co has Minister e ostmaster-General, the Minister of ante, and the of the Interior, who have promised their cordial e -operation in support of the undertaking. .. It is n tende ° d, in the first instance, to confine the%lam. Londonoof this Company to the direct communicati on fro m n; via Harwich to Rotterdam. rackets, This Th e° , En PabY will ' have swift and commodious "ao4afiitts,—"uagement will be carried out with the utm p otcare; rect ors subu.re expedition, safety, and comfort, and . the d! so me diuit that the traffic cannot fail to realise a hand. :Wend to the shareholdars. Th e onon whi ea will be divided into 10,000 shares of 10/. each, Per erheaereoili, lino. ' e u 21 . per share 's t be aid on allotment. Five shil. arid their t a to' belpaiod to paid on allotment. Five shil. th If 'ess air rocelt to be paid f the bankers of the Compa . ny, If less must accompany the letter of application lurk' th at ), the number of shares applied for be allotted, a dlitionate part of the deposit will be immediately re ; a less i rateo eall will exceed 2/ per share, and will not be at ii. rval than three mon& broi: 4l l . 9 a of application for shares may be obtained at the C itY, Lo a r offices of the Company, 44, Moorgate-stree . t, I ,_janas, E s n c ru , .C. ; and at the offices of Oliver John W h II: ' du cts, I/ ' l .;Netlt to Lloyd's, and Vice Consul of the Net cr PPlieftati " ssox, Soc A r t ° u for Shares an prosp `Till give inf d ormatio e n c . tuses to be made to the attenti ot. • addressed ~ Secretary" will receive immediate Testthe:uppireteetoPrlitltof" APPLICATION Pea SHARES. the London, Harwich, and Cont!eiental ket City , E.e. Company (Limited), 44, JXloerg,ate-street, th°entlemen,---I enclo se y ou a receipt for £ paid to Ituel6 I,olldoll and .Easteßanking Corporation, and I hereby allay?it you will allot m e shares in the London, h h e , : e u b d y C e o gr nt e i e nental Steam Packet Company (Limited); number that may to accept such shares or any smaller the to and t th 11 be allotted me, o pay eca s reon, and to execute the necessary deeds of the Company. 1 remain, G en tl emen , y our obedient servant, Namein full Address in full ........................ .... Occupation Mt* Received the day I3"KERS' RECErn. .1:Irt account ef th 1857, the su m o f rc ket Compatl ( L Limited e oon, Harwich ), London. and Continental St eam , . : - L ONDON and COUNTY JOINT-STOCK BANKING COMPANY. Head Office, 21, Lombard -street. Dmacroas, Philip Patton Blyth, Esq., William Champion Jones, J. W. Burmester, Esq. Es q . William Cory, EA. James Laming, Esq. James Andrew Durham, Esq. John Henry Lance, Esq. Jos. Christopher Ewart, Esq., William Lee, Esq., M.P. M.P. William Nicol, Esq. Aubrey Alex. Hoghton, Esq. Richard Springett, Esq. GENERAL MANAGER—WiIIiam M'Kewaie, Esq. At the ANNUAL MEETING of Proprietors held on Thurs day, the sth February, 1857, at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street, the following Report for the year ending the 31st December, 1856, was read by the Secretary. WILLIAM NICOL, Esq., in the Chair. REPORT. This being the time prescribed by the Deed of Settlement for the Annual Meeting of the Company, your Directors pro ceed accordingly to lay before the Proprietors a general state ment of the affairs of the Bank for the half-year ending the 31st of December last. It will be shown by the balance sheet, signed by the Auditors, and certified by Mr. Coleman, public accountant, that the gross profit of the Bank for the last half-year, in cluding balances amounting to 20,999/. 9s. 2d. brought for. ward from the last account, and after making provision for bad and doubtful debts, amounts to 119,257/. 3s. 4d., leav ing, after deduction of all expenses, interest and rebate, a net profit of 38,081/. 9s. 6d. From this sum your Directors recommend that a Dividend be now declared of 6 per cent, for the half-year, free of in come tax, which, with 5 per cent. previously paid for the six months ending the 30th Jane last, will be 11 per cent, for the year 1856. Your directors likewise recommend that an addition of 500/. be now made to the " Provident Fund" of the Bank, for the year 1856, being the same in amount as the sum granted with this object for the previous year. Should these recommendations be adopted there will remain a balance of 7,7951. 14s. 3d. to bo carried to profit and loss new account. As suggested at the Meeting of the Proprietors in August last, your Directors further recommend that the limitation placed on the reserve fund at the last Annual Meeting be re moved, The Directors retiring by rotation aro— John William Barmester, Esq. Richard Springett, Esq., and William Champion Jones, Esq. who respectively offer themselves for re-election. BALANCE-singsr OF TILE LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. Ql`., To capital paid up £498,032 10 0 To reserved fund 100,000 0 0 To customers' balances, dic. To profit and loss balance brought from last account £10,819 16 7 To dal* rebate. &c., ditto.. 10,179 12 -7 To gross profit 'for the half year, after making provi sion for bad and doubtful debts By cash on hand at head 98,257 14 2 119,257 3 4 £4,261,113 19 8 office and branches By cash placed at call and at short notice Investments, viz. : Ry Government and gua ranteed stocks Byotherstocks and securities 173,700 2 8 By discounted bills, notes, and temporary advances to customers in towa and country By advances to customers on special securities • fi -ehold £1,072,82417 9 411,366 18 2 ----------- By freehold pr em i ses i n L ombard-street and 2,654,899 3 4 Nicholas-lane, freehold and leasehold pro. perty at the branches, with fixtures and fittings By interest paid to customers .................. :9 By salaries and all ether expenses at head office and branches 41,615 6 0 50,514 14 10 29,892 19 7 £4,281,113 19 8 -------- PROFIT AND Loss ACCOUNT, To interest paid to customers .................. R29 ' 892 19 7 To expenses, as above ........................... 41615 6 0 To rebate on bills not due, & c ., carried to ' profit and loss new account...... .. To half-year's dividend, at 12 pe r cent. per annum To Provident Fund To balance carried to profit and loss now ac count 9,667 8 3 ................ 29,785 15 3 500 0 0 7,795 14 3 £119,257 3 4 By balance brought forward from last account £10,519 16 7 By rebate, ke., ditto ditto 10,179 12 7 By gross profit for the half-year, after mak ing provision for bad and doubtful debts,. 95,257 14 2 £119,257 3 4 By profit and loss now account balance brought down £7,795 14 3 By do. do. rebate, &c., brought down 9,667 8 3 We, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing balance sheet, and compared the items it comprises with the several books and vouchers relating thereto, and have found the same to be correct. (Signed) HENRY OVERTON, JOHN WRIGHT, Auditors. FREDERICK GASKELL, J. E, COLEMAN, Public Accountant. London and County Bank, 2Sth January, 1857. The foregoing Report hating been read by the Secretary, the following Resolutions were proposed and unanimously adopted : 1: That the Report be received and adopted, and printed for the use of the Shareholders. 2. That a Dividend at the rate of 6 per cent, be declared upon the capital stack of the Company, for the half-year end ing the 31st of December, 1856, clear of income tax, payable on and after Monday, the 16th of February instaut. 3. That the sum of 500/. be added to the Provident Fund, and the balance of 7,795/. 14s. 3d , then remaining, be car ried to profit and loss new account. 4. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Board of Directors, for the a bl e manner in which they have c on ducted tho affairs of the Company. 5. That the thanks of the Meeting be presented to the Auditors of the Company for the past year. 6. That Frederick Gaskell, Henry Overton, and John Wright, Esqrs , be re-elected Auditors for the current year. 7. That the thanks of this Meeting be Presented to Wm. M' bewan, Esq., the General Manager, and the other Officers of the establishment, for the zeal and ability with which they have severally discharged their respective duties. The Ballot for the Election of Three Directors having been the following Gentlemen were unanimously re-electedproc eed ed with, John William Burmester, Esq. Richard Springett, Esq., and William Champion Jones, Esq. (Signed) WILLIAM NICOL, Chairm an , airmunaannimhaovuisalgy—quitted the chair, it was resolv e d , and carriedTheChairman Esq., That the cordial thanks of Meetingable s andus courteb oconduct o presented to . William Nicol, the chair. Extracted from the Minutes. (Signed) R. P. NICHOLS, Secretary. ONDON AND COUNTY JOINT-STOCK BANKING COMPANY.—NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that a DIVIDEND of Six per Cent, on th f e th c e ap c i o tal rup s a t u o y ck of the Company for the half-year ending the 31st December, 1856, will be PAID to the Proprietors, either at the Pare b n nai t rad E ry.o s tr t l a tie b 3e l tt i . s: s m; F t e , 1,2:71,1b8a5r7d.-street, or at any 16th of rob 's . Branch Banks, i on and after MONDAY, the 21, Lombard. By order. M`KEIYAN, - .).t Oii NO MORE PILLS NOR ANT OTHER MEDICINE. ren .....VOUS;DILICIUS. AND LIVER COMPLAINTS, .. COI7OII, ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION. AND DERIL/TT. DU BARRY ' S delicious HEALTH-RESTOR ING REvALENTA. 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It is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. Supported by testimonials from the celebra ted Professor of Chemist r y Dr Andrew U re, Dr. Shorland, Dr .liar vey, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. ingrain, Lerd Stuart de Decies, the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, and 50,000 other well-known individuals, whose health has been restored by this useful and economical diet, after all other means had been tried in vain for many years, and all hopes of recovery abandoned. Analyeia b y the celebrated Professor of Chemistry Andrew Ure, M.D., &c., &c. 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HUMAN FRAILTY ; a Popular Medical work, price Is., post free, beautifullyillustrated with 100 engravings, And containing the opinions of Valpeau, Lullemand, Roux, Ricord, &c. It gives copious instructions for the perfect restoration of those who are prevented by impediments from entering into the married examination of the s , by the author's newly-constructed Permatoza •tate, also s howing the dreadful results from early abuse, gonorrhoea, and syphilis, and the benefits arising from the chemical tests and microscope, with powerful lenses.—Piper and Co., 23, Paternoster row : and from a ll agents for the sale of" Triesemar." LOCAL SHARE MARKET,•), LIVERPOOL, FEB. 5. STOCK E xcHANGE--The market wag quiet but steady to-day, at the full prices of yesterday.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 96 A — Lancashire and Prestcn, (1. shares, at 4 1. 14s. dis.), 2 04 - -Midland, 82t—Dutch Lhenish 3s. M. p. Great Western of Canada (new shares) 2 p. MANCHESTER, FEB. 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Thorn was a steady market, but not much business—Sheffields, 344 i—Dovers, 224—Great Western, 664 sZ—Alidland s , 82, 1 , 4—Leeds, 064 a — Che s ter Guaranteed Half-Shares, 1 0—Ditto (101, shares), 15—Bank of Stockport, 43. BIRMINGHAM, FEB. G. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—Market quiet. — Birmingham and Staffordshire Gas were done at 100, and Birmingham New Union Mills at 3/. 3s. 9d. Closing prices :—London and North Westerns, 106 i 1061 —Buyers of Birmingham Canal at 92—Birmingham Gas at 138—Birmingham and Stafford. shire Gas at 100. LEEDS—FEB. 5. STOOK EXCHANGE.—Victoria Mine, le. 6d. die.—North Eastern (Leeds), l 7 —Leeds,96i 824—North. Eastern (Le.cdli No ? 24 Di, 9J. p,--North•Weeterne, 711. .FORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER HAMPTON. The half -yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at Worcester; Mr. W. Fenton in the chair. The report and accounts, an abstract of which has ap peared in The Sun, were taken as read. The CHAIRMAN said he believed he might now say that they had laid the foundation of the future perma snoenlong tprosperity o f th e company. The bi lls which they bad car r i e d t h rough Parliament put off for a considerabl e time the comp l etion of the broad gauge, which had hung 114; meeting as thea dead dweightireetorrs had oundthsepiernntecmkus.chSitni time andtheir labour with a view to increase the traffic and diminish the expenditure. They had also given considerable at tention to the question of finance, and had been enabled to raise money on debentures at interest in no case ex ceeding 5 per cent. The capital account showed a total shmto be rai se d o f 4,150,8441., which appeared incon sistent with th e h ope held out in the report that the railway might be completed for 4,000,0001. With re gard to the liabilities of the company, these were at the commencement of the half-year 231,632/., but they had been reduced at the end of 1356 to 110,8561. Among these liabilities, he was happy to say, were the solicitors' bills, 'amounting to 16,0001. Messrs. Burchell and Parson had displayed great forbearance, and they bad been enabled to discharge their heavy account by the issue of the 44 debenture stock. They had also discharg ed their long atisarling rtabt to, Mr. Fowler, the engi tieer, whose ckim was 2;o , 00/., but through the inter vention of a friend Mr. Fowler had consented to accept 6,0001. in fill discharge. They had also paid off Mr. Williams, the former contractor for working the tine. Since the beginning of the present year they bad been enabled to reduce their liabilities from 110,8561. to 63,7101. (Thar.) The cost of coals, &c., in the last six months had been 6 ,8221., while in the pre vious fire months the cost bad been 7,2141. In the last half-year the traffic was much greater than in the one preceding. If they extended the period of the previous half-year to six months, at the same rate of expenditure the saving would amount to 1,8001. (Cheers.) The cost of running trains was 11,2921., as against 15,570/. in the previous half-year, thus saving about 4,3001. The balances due to the company by traders amounted at the last meeting to 45,9321., but this year they were reduced to 26,0001. and odd, arrears of 19,0001. having been re covered on the half-year. The salary of the superinten dent of the permanent way had hitherto been charged to capital; now it was charged to revenue. The interview with the directors of the Great Western Railway had been unsatisfactory. The directors of this company had gone to that interview desirous of making an amicable arrangement if possible; but he was sorry to add that they left the room with a strong feeling that there was no desire whatever of cultivating the same amicable arrange ment on the part of the Great Western Company. Not. withstanding this, however, the policy of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolvertampton directors would continue to be a policy of peace, and they were ready as ever to hold out to the Great Western Company the right hand of fellowship, for of ths they were assured, that there was more to be obtained by peace than by war. (Cheers.) There was an item of 3,154/. which the Great Western Company owed this compauy for money received by them at their end of the line, and of which they could not ob tain payment, although repeated application had been made for that purpose. There was a branch line pro posed to be made by a separate company from Hampton to Stratford-on-Avon, which, if carried out, would mate rially interfere with this company's traffic on the Strats ford Canal, and it would be necessary to oppose that bill in Parliament. He congratulated the meeting on the pre sence among them of several directors of the Worcester and Hereford Railway Dompany. That line, when com pleted, would be of the utmost value to the Oxford and Worcester Company, and it a as a fact that coke ha .1 been sent from South Walri to Worcester by a detour of 40 miles, via Shrewshors. This showed the value of a direct line of commtnication, which he hoped would soon be accomplished. The new arrangement of publish ing a fortnightly statement of the expenditure of the company, he thought, was advantageous, as affording information to the shareholders, as a spur to the officers, and a check upon extravagant expenditure. The Severn Valley Railway was anither undertaking which it would be to the interests of tlis company to support, and the directors proposed asking this meeting for power to enter into working arrangements with that company. That company wished tle Oxford company to work their line, but be (the chairman) did not propose to commit the company to any definite agreement, but would ask for powers to make an arrangement, winch being granted, they would report the result hereafter. In oonutn.ion, h e moved .-be adoption of the report This having been s econ d e d, a short discussion ensued. Mr. BREWIN asked whether there was any probability of the 241 miles of single line being converted into a double line, and read an extract from a return in The Sun showing that the receipts of the Midlaut company were 561. per mile, and of the Oxford company 391. Would it not be likely that this company would be able to attain to the Midland traffic! In ouch case, he calcu lated that, after paying the preference claims, there would be 22,0001. left to the old shareholders. The CHAIRMAN feared he could not hold out any hope of this, though he trusted that before a very long period elapsed they would be able to pay all the preference and debenture interest, aid something to the original pro iddermin. but pro prietors. T he G reat IV ectern at present were expending sat esuer great an deal d s t 0 u o r f b m r i o d n g e e, y in whichg e could t t in ldnot traffic from li pay them, line. injured traffic this company's from the best end of their The report was adopted, and, after further discussion, the dividend and interest as recommended in the report were ordered to be paid. The CHAIRMAN next moved that the future allowance to the directors should be reduced from 1,6001. to 1,2001. per annum, and that the latter sum should be divided among their own director+, and not among the Great Western directorP, who sat at this beard. The chairman thought the directors ought to be recompensed uy those who elected them. Sir M. REro seconded the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. Resolutions were also passed, altering the time f or holding the fut ure meetings of the company, which are to be held henceforth between the 15th of January and the 15th of February, and between the 15th of July and the 15th of August. The directors were em powered to enter into an arrangement with the Severn Valley Railway as asked for, and the retiring direc tors, Sir Morton Pete, and M r . S. PAkington, were re-elected. After some routine business the meeting adjourned. --- MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLA NDS JUNCTION. The ordinary half -yearly tneet i ng of proprietors of the abo dn ve railway was held at the Mid ted Hotel, Derby, on Weesday ; Sir J. Paxton, M.P in the ch a i r . According to the report read and' received, the half year's rents from the lessees, amounting to 5,2661. 55., would give the same dividend as on former occasions, viz., ls. 4d. per share for the half-year, which the direc tors proposed to make payable on the 14th inst. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, regretted that he could not state something definite to the meeting as to their future prospects. At the last half-yearly meeting he stated to them that there would be an endeavour made to induc e the Midland Company, the London and North-Western, and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire companies to join in closing the lick tha! was wanting between Rowsley and Whit leybridge, and thus accomplish a very desirable object, but their hopes had not been lulfil,ed. The Midland and London nod North-Western Companies refused to do that which he (the chairman) th , ught would be for their best interests. It was very important that the shareholders of the Manchester, Buxton, &c., line should lo,di forward to something that would pro mote the interests of their lice. They would soon have a line from Whalsy to Buxton, and he trusted ere long to see it carried forward to Rowsley. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. A dividend of ls. 4d. per share was declared, pay. able on the 14th inst. Sir Joseph Paxton and Mr. T. G. Gisborne, the retiring directors, were re-elected, as was also Mr. Richardson, one of the auditors. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS IN PARLIA MENT. Yesterday the examiners into standing orders de cl trod them complied with. in the f o ll ow i ng cases : Mallow and Fermoy Railway ; G reat Southern and Western Railway (capital); Kinross -shire Railway; Fife and Kinross Railway ; Great West ern and Brentford Railway VestEmlyinsVtearliTermu Valley yßianilwsa ; D orset Central Rail way Railway Extension (Clap ham to Norwood abandoned) ; Portadown and Dungan non Railway ; North-Western Railway. The following bills for mi scellaneous public objects were also passed :—Kidsgreve Market and Town-hall ; Prestwich, Bury, and Redcliffe Roads; Selby and Mar ket Weighton Roads ; Haslingden and Todtnorden Roads ; Meriton and Hagen's Sufferance Wharves ; Wilmslow and Lawton Road s ; E li Harbour ; Tweed Fisheries ; Pulteney Town Harb our ; and Burslom and Tunstall Gas. ST. PAUL AND ST. BARNADAS.--WESTEBTON LIDDELL.—ThiE , very impmrtant cause has now reached its final stage, and will be heard by th e J u di c i a l Com mittee of the Privy Council at their Chambers in Downing-street, on Monday ne x t, at public will be admitted. The P r i vy Council Chamber is at the corner of Downing-street.ten o'clock. The It is stated that the terms for the arrangement of the debt of Venezuela have been fully agreed upon between the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders and the commissioners from that republic, and that a meeting of the bondholders ill to be held on Uonday, (From the Times.) If every tax in favour of which nothing can be said were doomed to immediate abolition, the Chancellor of the Exchequer would soon be in straits for a revenue. The case against the Paper Duties is so simple that it may be left to the tiros of financial reform. As an undergraduate critic is sure to select .Macaulay or Tennyson for the sub ject of his first magazine essay, so the impost on the material vehicle of knowledge will always sug gest itself as a ready theme of declamation to the political beginner. Everything that was urged by Mr. Milner Gibson and his friends on Wednesday in their interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer has been urged many times before, and has taken its place among the uncontradicted truths of economy. The Paper Duties press on literature and chiefly on cheap literature. The primer and copybook of the child, the newspaper and enter taining periodical of the working man, are taxed in a far greater percentage on their value than the library edition which the rich book-fancier places on his shelves. A persevering publisher declares that in a course of years he has paid in Paper Duties five-eighths as much as he has paid for copy right and editorship ; and that his success and the success of his literary friends have been correspon dingly diminished. Another publisher of popular works has been obliged to discontinue the issue of a periodical because, though it attained to a circula tion of 60,000 copies, it was unreal unerative, Owing to the obnoxious impost. Continue the Paper Duty And you check ed,tteationa abolish thisraper , Duty, - and- you confer a b en efif on theconl try' not inferior to those which , proceeded from the esta blishment of cheap postage and rapid locomotion. Such are the arguments of the reformers, and no one can pretend to answer them. If Sir Cornewall Lewis, or any other opponent, confines himself to the question as proposed by the objectors, he must speedily be defeated. The one practical and conclusive answer, how ever, is that money must be bad. The Paper Duty brings in a large annual sum ; can this sum be spared ? Of course, this is a mere temporary argu ment and does not ouch the principle. But for a year—or, perhaps, for longer —we must be content to leave the principle alone, and argue the matter as one of expediency. We do not doubt that even tually the Association for the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge may attain its end. It is a.persever ing body, and has already been twice victorious. When it commenced its labours a triple burden was alleged to weigh on the intelligence of the country. The advertisement duty was, to use the language of the Association, "a tax on wants." Mr. Gladstone yielded to the pertinacity of his assailants, and now the wants of the commun it y may be made known free from the tributary eighteenpence. The second achievement was the abolition of the newspaper stamp. As the promoters of this measure declare that it has not had time to work, we will forbear from any criticism on its merits. The third part of the programme has yet to be carried out, but we do not doubt that the zeal of the reformers will one day be rewarded. For our own part, we have every lemon to wish them success.. The results of their two former exploits have certainly been anything but detrimental to the interests of this journal, and we can naturally have little objection to a change which would enable us to make a saving on every copy we publish. Therefore, when we have done with Persia and China, when the last bills for the late war are paid off, when there is a lull in the dockyards of Portsmouth and Chatham, when our army has settled down to its permanent numbers, and, consequently, when we , have a large surplus, and half-a-dozen interests are de manding the first share of relief, let us lend a willing ear to the anti-knowledge-tax agitators, As mind is superior to matter, so we would sooner have the paper duty repealed than the duties on wine or tobacco. So let paper stand first in the list for relief when we have anything to spare. But so long as the income tax is maintained the country must be content to bear the last and most burdensome of the taxes on knowledge. The fact is that the pressure of the income tax is so deeply felt that all other considerations must give way to the necessity of easing the public of this hated burden. Contrary to the theory of eco nomists, and in spite of all who affect to prefer direct taxation, the British people he.vc._ytikiely de termined ~... t..- ...4.1 ‘A- thio most grievous impost. To get rid o f th e war 9d. now, and the other 7d. 1 I as soon as possible, is the ruling desire of all classes from peers to the pettiest tradesmen. The ques tion of the day is how this can be managed. The expenses of the late war have not yet been all met. There is no doubt that, with all the efforts of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the expenditure of the year will be very great. Consequently, the most that can be expected is to be rid of the extra income tax. Even for this we have been unwilling to press too importunately, through a fear that it might be necessary to adopt the disgraceful substi tute of a loan. But if it can be accomplished it is certainly as much as the country wishes or expects. Let the Chancellor of the Exchequer be allowed to concentrate his energies on this oue achievement, and then prepare for our complete relief in 1860. The representatives of burdened interests must have patience until then. We hope soon to enter again into the calm and peaceful paths of reduced estimates and repealed duties. Then they will have their turn in order of desert. But, for the present, let no Minister be able to urge as an ex cuse for keeping on a fraction of the income tax the pretext that any section of the community is in the least degree indifferent to its abolition. Last Tuesday witnessed the first instalment of the great annual migra • tion of the upper English classes of society to London. The business of the nation *rings-441 the first divisiop, .fo...shion will in due course bring up the rest, and round the nucleus' of Parliament will grow up that great system of pleasure, elegance, luxury, and social ambition called the London season. Is this great world before its annual gathering inclined to hear a lec ture ? If it is, it may hear it in the speeches of the Bishop of London and Mr. Gladstone in the Step ney Schoolroom. The subject of those speeches is almost too suitable for this great occasion, and is open to the criticism of bringing unwelcome news too early before the gathering fashion of the country. The burden of the lecture is to remind the West of London of the East, the rich of the poor, " the great cities on the North and the South of Hyde Park, with their splendid streets, spacious squares, and richly-embel lished shops," of the poverty and struggling life o these eastern districts, "removed out of sight, and unhappily, out of mind," which that ,very western luxury has called into life. " East" goes side by side with " West," as Mr. Gladstone remarks, by a natural law ; no great accumulation of luxury and wealth can ever be formed without a corresponding growth of a laborious and struggling class of poor to sustain and minister to it. It is rather hard that in proportien as a great class is useful to us, we should be disposed to forget its claims on our gratitude. But this has always been the case with respect to the claims of the poorer classes. Their very usefulness as instruments and machines for the creation of luxury and wealth has occasioned the tendthicy in all ages and in all states of society to look upon these classes simply as instruments and machines. The harder they have worked the more they have seemed born for work, and nothing else ; that h as a p peare d t h e i r proper lot,' and in fulfilling it they have seemed to do no thing more than what every tool does that answers its proper use. Hence the almost total division of the classes of rich and poor in classical times. The existence of an oppressed and ground-down class, deprived of the main comforts and pleasures of exist ence, was not the slightest difficulty to an ancient philosopher ; it was no more an obstacle to him than the existence of stone or iron, or any other neces sary material which we use for our purposes. This class was the machinery which nature provided for us to supply our physical and social wants, and, when the classical division of mankind into slave and free was over, human pride had still the me diaeval aristocratical system to repose upon—a sys tem which substantially regarded the lower classes as different beings from the upper, incapable of ever rising to their level, and separated by an impassable barrier of nature from their communion. This structure of pride, which was as really oppose d to Christianity as th e lindoo division of castes or any tether idolatrous creation, has happily long passed away, at least in this country, and if a feeble, sickly son or daughter of fashion here and there retains a relic of it, they have to keep it to them selves ; the hothouse sentiment has to stay at home ; it cannot come out into open day and be publicly acknowledged ' • a sincere resp ec t f or th e great work ing class of modern society in all its gradations is the understanding on which every Eugl . sh states man holds his place. —Times. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the follow ing article on the question of the union of the Prin cipalities, an extract from which appeared in The Sun the same day The Government of the Emperor has always been inspired on the question of Eastern affairs with a twofold desire. If it has aimed, as necessary to the general political interests of France and Europe in general, to insure the independence and main t3nance of the Ottoman empire, one of its not less constant pre -occupations has been the amelioration of the state of those Cbristian populations spring ing up under the sovereignty or suzerainty of the Sultan. It regards as one of the mos t f ortunate results of its poicy and its arms to have contributed . to relieve the condition of those numerous popula tions by obtaining for them equality of rights and the advantages of religious liberty. The Government of the Emperor was the more strongly impelled to take this course from its con viction that it would thereby serve at the same time the cause of humanity and civilisation, and assist the enlightened and benevolent dispositions of the Ottoman Government. Among the Christian populations those of Ser via, Wallachia, and Moldavia were in a particular pitioln possession of their own i ns tituti ons, they also so enjoyed ancient franchises and privileges. It only remained, therefore, to insure the mainte nance of these advantages by placing them under the guarantee of European law, and thence to ob tain new elements of order and prosperity for the country. It was with this view that the Congress of Paris decided that the Moldo-Wallachian Princi pa ities should be called upon to nominate two assemblies, or divans ad hoc, for the special pur pose of giving expression to the wishes of those provinces, and of pointing out the modifications which were considered necessary to be introduced into their organisation. One of the most important of the eventual mo difications would, without doubt, b e th a t of the union, under on e an d the same administration, of Moldavia and Wallachia. The Government of the Emperor, therefore, embraced the opportunity which the Congress of Paris offered to pronounce formally in favour of that combination. At the Conference of Vienna the plenipotentiary of France had already expressed the opinion that such a union was the best combination to assure to Moldavia and Wallachia the strength and the con sistence necessary to become, on that side, a useful bulwark to the independence of the Ottoman terri tory, The Government of the Emperor had thus from the commencement clearly expressed its views upon this important question. It has not ceased to express them, and the exchange of communica tions which had lately taken place between it and the cabinets who think differently, on the occasion of the measures to be taken at Constantinople for the convocations of the divans, has only served to confirm its convictions. It does not despair of t a i n on d seeing them prevail in the councils of the powers when the time for serious deliberation for it is difficult to believe that the one of them' most directly interested in thperiquicteipstailoitniew,,illvl which acknowledge, arrives, that the union of the Inothing which will be a new guarantee for its own external independence, and for the with the the right s of ful element of fprpsperity, contains people a f ru it_ suzeraintyis not atcomplete present a accordance e ordan c e annbianp ' exercised Porte over the D rmeipalities. ~......___ The Risorgimento of Turin of the 31st ult. states that the Emperor of Austria, should he visit Flo rence, as has been stated, will assume the incognito of Count of Istria, and that in consequence there will not be any official reception or rejoicings. A letter from Algiers of the 30th of December states that the present winter will be long re mem bered in Algeria. S ome of the Arab tribes have lost hundre ds . of oxen a n d t h ousands of sheep by the incessant rain, followed b y h a il , wind, and a succession of ba Nothing p os iti ve i s yet known respecting reduc tion of th e A ustr i an army, but the prevalent report in military circles in Vi enna , i s, t h at 60,000 men will be cent to their ho mes , an d some 26,000 h orse s sold. d th w e e - A number of recruits attached to the Royal Ar tillery corps at Woolwich who have passed through the usual training, under the inspection of Colonel Bloomfield, were yesterday morning subjected to a final examination, and, having been supplied with 10 rounds of cartridge each, they were marched to the Common, where they underwent a course of field gun drill, and fired the allotted number of rounds. A company of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, under the command of Lieutenant and Adjutant Fraser, were at the same time drawn up on Woolwich common and put through a course of skirmishing drill, and fired several volleys of musketry. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty:--_- J. Caldwell, surgeon -superintendent to the Clara convict ship ; Robert Clark, superintendent, to the Zemindar convict ship, and Thomas H. Tigard, master's assistant, to the Indus. BAD SERVANTS. (From the Times.) A very large propo r ti on o f th e m i ser i es of civilised life arises from bad and dishonest servants. We are, indeed, well aware there are many thousand servants who are endeavouring to discharge their duty respectably and to the best of their ability. Happy is that family which possesses one of their number, for its rulers are spared many grievous trials of temper and many embarrassments of the most painful kind. When we denounce bad ser vants we do so quite as much in the interest of good servants as in that of employers. The bad servants generate suspicion and distrust against the whole class. How is it to be expected that a master and mistress yet smarting under the dishonesty of a butler, the inebriety of a cook, the pertness of an Abigail, or the wayward affections of a housemaid or nursemaid, can receive under their roof with any peculiar satisfaction a fresh representative of any of those classes ? If we leave out of the question ladies of the highest fortunes—and they suffer frightfully from the tyranny of their immediate attendants— we will venture to say you would not find five per cent. among the matrons of London who could not tell you how their existence has been embittered and their homes rendered miserable by the miscon duct of their servants. All due deductions being made for their own want of temper, want of sys tem, want of discretion, there still remains great foundation for the charge. Now, we want to-day to give one main reason why there are so many bad servants, and to illustrate our position by a most striking example, which has just been brought under public notice in the course of a Queen's Bench trial. It is because employers are so careless in the matter of " characters," as they are called, that bad servants are enabled to circu late so long from house to house, and that ther e are so many of them in circulation. Now, we are well aware that the law does not allow that a servant's character should be taken away upon slight or insufficient grounds — and . ri g htl y so —but the law will always permit a master to as sign the reason why he has discharged a servant from his employ, if the reason be n o t one o f i dle and defamatory suspicion. What generally hap pens, however, is, that an employer, for some cause or other, and most frequently for a substantial one, becomes dissatisfied with a servant, and yet does not wish to feel that he or she is turned into the street to starve. The easiest way o f gett i ng out of the difficulty is to give such a character as will gain for the servant another situation. This is done to a most incredible extent ; the natural consequence is that a bad servant —ay, a dishonest one—finds it almost as easy a m a tt er as a good one to get a fresh situation. A more thoroughly unprincipled proceeding, or a greater treachery against society, can scarcely be conceived. The case which was tried on Tuesday and Wed nesday of the p resen t wee k at Westminster amounted to this :—Mr. Launcelot Shadwell, a barrister, and therefore a man who should have known what he was about, resides in Nottingham place. He had in his service as, butler from November, 6, 1855, to April 1, 1856, one James Parker. When Pa r k er was a b ou t t o leave his service at the latter date Mr. Shadwell went over the plate with him, and found that articles were wanting to the value of 171. 10s. Mr. Shad well refused to pay the man the balance of his wages, amounting to 61, 10e, After vari9us die- ME BANK CNARTER ACT. (From the Derbyshire Courier•.) "I cannot," says "Mercator," in his last published letter to the Times, " venture to trespass further upon your columns, although the subject is not exhausted, nor have the considerations alluded to undergone a full exa mination. - Unless "Mercator" can adduce more cogent argu. meats in support of his currency theories than he has done in his former letters, he will act wisely in writing no more. He gives us an abundance of strong asser tions, and reiterated misstatements of facts, but no novel reasoning or conclusive proofs of the " solidity" of his system. Reluctantly driven by the attacks .made upon him to refer to the crisis of 1847, he repeats the often-refuted as sertion that the commercial distress of that period which led to the "surrender of the principle of the Bank Charter Act," was the effect of "banking mismanagement on the part of the Bank of England." Now " Mercator " well knows that the Bank Charter Act of 1844 was pro fessedly intended to take away all discretionary power from the bank. The bank was in future to take care of itself. The Bank Charter Act engaged to take care of the public. " With respect to the banking business of the bank," said Sir Robert Peel on May 6th, 1844, "I propose that it should be governed on precisely the same principle as would regulate any other body dealing with Bank of England notes." The Bank - in 1847 acted according to the best of their judgment, and the result was that ruin and confusion were spread throughout the country, and that the "self regulating" principle of the Bank Charter Act was sur rendered to prevent a revolution. " Mercator" wants no further answer on this point. But "Mercator" further refers to the fluctuations in the rate of interest which have occurred since 1844. Here, as before, he ignorantly, or designedly, con. founds capital and currency ; and this fallacy has been so often refuted that it deserves no further reply. But he tells the manufacturers and merchants of Eng land, for their edification and guidance, that fluctuations in the rate of interest are "the necessary accompauimeo h t: says, " cast aside all weak apprehensions indicative of rapid creation of wealth." "We may y of are fluctuations in the rate of interest ; the progress in our national prosperity." . must be indeed un reasoning energy in our commercial spirit and The commercial community this, t such a statemen t as Is. reasoning if they accep t 1839 " From 1704 to 16th May, , the rate of di scount was losi than four per cent. never ezceeded five nor rate was raised for some the pressure of 1839 t h e . In cent but it was reduced to five months to six per . . 1 in January, 1840, and remaine d at four or per cent. before till the passing of the Aot " five per cent. as a • L rd's Report on Commercial nitre's of 1847 ( o . b r 1844, the rate was In Sep am e , reduced by the Bank Bank to 2h per cent., at which rate it continued for 12 months. During this time speculation was fostered— of the Act of 1844. almost forced on the public, by c h eap money, the result • In 1847 money was 10 per cent., and with the " com mission" paid on Bills raised 20 and e ven 30 per cent. The number of changes between weendth • 1844 an 1847 (thee years) was 13 ; an d the number bet f e panic o 1847 and October, 1855, amounted to no less than 23 in number. The fluctuation was between two and seven per cent. Had England no prosperity,—Wa S no progress made from 1704 to 1839, with its steady rate of interest ! Has commercial prosperity dated from 1844, with its Mercator fluctuations of the rate of discount ? It remains for the commercial community to say whether they will accept the flo , ,vine sentences and fine words o f "M ercator " as equivalents for the pra t . tical inc onven i ence and positive loss which t he i r fluc tuations entail. Should they remain s u pi ne , the Bank Charter A c t must bitter expe- must remain au i ncu b us on the coun try till it rience hay taught th e mass o f the people to under s t an d the Currency Question. EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.--LIVERPOOL, Thursday. —The Black Ball line of packet ship Lightning, Capt. Enright, sailed from the Mersey this afternoon, tor Mel bourne, with a pretty large mail, 320 passengers, and a very large carte of merchandble on freight. The Broughton Hall, and the Salem, elkptain Flynn (of the White Star line), have also sailed for Mehourne, each with a fair complement of passengers and cargo on freight. MARINE DISASTERS AND Loss OF 14/113.—LivER. head to-day reports a foreign vessel, supposed French, hraosoLb,eeTnbutorteadlaly.--"y wre cked:A telegraphic despatch from Holy. at the back of the Head, and only two lives ou t o f t h e entire orew have been sa ve d. The cargo, consisting of Cognac brandy, olive oil, and candles, is washing about the coast, and very little likely to be recovered. The Warratah, from Savannah to Liverpool, was diemasted and abandoned, Jan. 21, is long. 26; crew landed to-day at Queenstown.