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EAST IITDIA norsm, 28TH OCTOBER, 1857. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on Wf. ONESDAY, the 23i December next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon. _ . JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. EA3T INDIA-HM:7 , -E, DECEMBER 16, 1857 . THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY de HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That the Q uarterly GENERAL COURT of the said Company appointed to be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 23d instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, is made Sp 61, ler the purpose of subinittinr for confirmation the Resolutions of the ?lineral Court of this day, apor vitig the Resolutions of the Court °I . Directors of the 2d instant, granting' to Major-General Sir Archdale Wilson, Bart., S C. 8., an annuity of 1,000/. ; and to tradY Neill, the widow of the late Br i ga dier -General Neill, and to rs. Ni c h o l son , th e mot h er o f th e late Brizadier-General John alcholson, special pensions of 5001. p:r annum resputivelv, in addition to the allowances to which they are entitled under the Il egulations. The Reports required by the By-Law, cap. IX., 3, t tgether With the documents upon which the said resolutions have been fixed, are open for the inspection of the Proprietors of East India b lock at this House. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secr,tary, EAST INDIA HOUSE, trim DECEMBER. 1A57. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY DO TrEttEBY GIVE NOTICE, Th , t Proprietor of East India Stock, John Jon^s, Esq., h giver, notice !fills Intention to submit the following motion at the Quarterly ;.eneral Court of the said Company, appointed to be held at their 40 Rse, in Leadenhai-street, on WEDNESDAY next, the 23d instant, "That it is due to the advancing int llizence of the people of India that a Deputy front each University in the several Presidencies b, maintained at the public expense in nil , country, with a view to inform the Proprietors as to the wishes and complaints of the people of India." JAMES C. MELYILL, Secretary. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. - CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY-I. RETURN TICKETS issued on Thursday, tho 21th December ;!id intermediate days, will be available until Tuesday, the 29th. in f.:naive. On the Bristol and Exeter, and South Devon Lines , return ckets are not available on Sundays. On Christmas Day the trains ;HI run as on Sund a ys, with the addition of the Day Mail Trains tween Paddington and Bristol. POST -OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1838, Now Publishing, price 368. Kelly and Co., 18 to 21, Old Boswell-court, St. Clement's, Strand, W.C. ; Simpktn, Marshall, and Co., Stationer.'-hall-court, E.C., and all Booksellers. Now publishing, price two shillings, bound in cloth, LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAIL—CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. The 9.15 a.m. Down Mail Train from London will ran as usual on Christmas-day, excepting over the Chester and Holyhead Railway, kid to Leeds only over the Midland line. The other Trains from I ondon on Christmas day•will run as on days, except the 10.0 a.m., which will not proceed beyond reaton. 2 1, 1 T TICKETS isseed on THITIV , DAY, Dec. 24, and interven "‘ days, will be available until the following TUESDAY, Dec. 29. By order. MARK HUISII. g eneral It 8 2 8 8er's Omee, Baste]. Station, December, 1857. FEIST'S RACING RECORD. Edited by ALBER 1' FEIST, Editor of the Turf Department of the " Sunday Times," and Re. porter of Sporting Intelligence to the London Daily Papers. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—LONDON (Euston Station) and MANCHES tband HUDDERSFIELD.—Tickets, until further notice , avail able for FOUR or SEVEN DAYS, will be honed every Wednesday 414 Saturday, from the Euston Station to Manchester, Stockport, r l dStations eastward to Huddersfield inclusive, .nd from the same jations and Manchester to Euston Station, at the undermentioned F are* for the Double Journey : Closed Carriages •• 12s. 6d. I First Class • •• 21s. Od. 4vailable for return on the Wednesday or Saturday next following e date of issue. The Trains by which these Tickets are alone available are as ktder N. trr. FionaZglionSta tve 9. 0 a.m. Huddersfield ..leave 9.15 cm. .tockport rive 1.35 p.m. Green field . • .. • •9.42 „ Valehester „ 1.45 „ I Stal ybridge• • .. 9.50 •, :I t aleybridge „ 2.44 „ Manchester •• „ 10. 0 „ 41reentleld • • • • " 3. 2 „ Stockport • • .. • • 10. 8 ~ 41 :dderefield „ 3,45 „ Euston Station, arrive 2.45 p.m. Care should be taken at Manchester to ask for Tickers by the tendon and North-Western route. ..Tickets, until further notice, available for 28 days , will also be °tilled from Euston Station to Manchester. Stockport. and Stations : i nward to Huddersfield, and from the same stations and Man ester to Euston Station, daily : Closed Carriages....l7s. Od. I First Class • • .. • • ..37.!. Od. i ssu oimable for return on any day within 28 days from the date of The Trains by - which the 23 day Tickets are alone available In addition other useful information, it will contain a complete Record of the Racing and steeplechase season in England, Ireland, arm Scotland from the Ist of January up to the day of publication, Derby Lots for 1854, and Nominations for all the Principal Races for next 3 e ir ; forming one of the most copious works of reference ever published. W. Wright, sporting printer and publisher, Fulwood's Rents, Re: - - Daily. Daily. A.D. 1720. DRESS AND FROCK COATS of [Superfine A.M PM. It OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, Black Cloth, 21. 15s. od. to Three Guineas. Black Dress Tro . ,vsers, 11. 58. Od. A choice Selection in Dress Waistcoatings. t rOin Easton Station .. ~. .. .. 9. 0 5. 0 (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), Excellence with Economy. AT. P.M. For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. GEORGE HOBSON , Fashionable Pallor , 57 ; Lombard - street. •••ye at Manchester •• •• • • • • 1 . 45 9 . 55 ~ Huddersfield .• • • .. .. 3.45 10.50 OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. - BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. II It. HOWARD, surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet- Daily. Daily. . Octavlus Wigram, Esq., Governor. 7 JIL street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI- Gaon:re Pearkes Barclay, Esq., rub-0 ,vernOr. FECIAL TEETH ,fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so A.M. P.M. P.M. Sir John William Lubbock, Ba-t.. Deputy-Governor. t. r rive at Euston Station.. • • .. 915 .. 4. 5 perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from , , F rom Iluddersqeld .. •• • • 10 . 0 4.15 .. henry Bainbridge, Esq. MULECTORS. the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or Charles John Manning, Esq. I,3ay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. PM. AITIOIId S. P. Calvert, Esq. Hon. John T. Leslie Melville. r iis method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful F =m Man h t 245 9. 0 10.45 ..._ ces fir .. .. .. ___ Children under 12 years, half fares. Tickets not transferable. 'Award Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Pclly, Bart. g iaranteed to restore articulation and mastication ; and that Mr. v.tckett , Ring, and every intormation can be had in London from Villiam Davidson, Esq. .Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. iloward's improvement may be within the reach of the most econo- L i e Euston Station, ald at ‘lexander Deuce Esq. Abraham George Robarts, Esq. *cal, he has fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. De-• Charles Robinson, Esq. cayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastics ."'an-with-T wo-Necks, Gres- Spread Eagle, Regent-circus, Plc- Charles Farquharson, Esq. tiot.-52, Fleet-street. It home from tent ll five. , , versdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. bs ~ 1 11. street. cadilly. Joseph Somes, Esq. timPowweaw A Vilversal Office, 90 , Borough. Hitivergal Office, 33, Regent- obert Amadeus Heath, Esq. .' 41 (igate. circus, Piccadilly. ,Villiam Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. L i t:ln-Tun. 64, Fleet-street. Old White Horse Cellar, 155, Pic- ; ames Stewart Hodgson, Esq. . _.....,.... tr,,n..nii_ Ego. Charles Baring Young, Esq. IRELAND. Children under 12 years, half E t,tekets, Bills, and every in'or Euston Station, acid at 7M-with-Two-Necks, Gres- Spread Eagle, Regent-circus, Plc ,,uelu- street. cadilly. Zj ll versal Office, 90, Borough. Universal Office, 3 3 , Rege nt- Aidgate. circus, Piccadilly. dolt-in -Tun, 64, Fleet-street. Old White Horse Cellar, 155, Pic "rge and Blue Bev', 269, High cadilly. liolborn.en Cross, Green Man and Still, 33 5 , Oxford - Oeld Charing-cross. street. - "l'reld Eagle, 84, Gracechurch- White Horse, 90, Fetter-lane. Street or • at Mr. Marcus's Office, Crosby-hall Chambers, Bishops:rate-street. . 11 .—Day Tickets, at a Single Ordinary Fare and a Half for the ,Do uble Journey, issued from London (Euston St ttlon) to Manche Stockport, and stations up to and inclu ling Huddersfield. are Nilable to return by any Train on any day within 7 days of the %a of issue. Express. Fares letween Euston Station and Manchester are not !barged, and 511 Trains convey First and Second Class Passengers at the Ordinary Fares-355. first class, and 255. second class. Euston Station, December 3d, 1857. By Order. COCKS ' S CELEBRATED READING got, SAUCE, which is so highly esteemed with Fish, Game, Steak., Ps, Grills, Gravies, a llot and Cold Meats, and unrivalled for gene '4l use, La sold by the most respectable dealers in fish and sauces. J. and C. Cocks, Reading, sole Manufacturers. INVESTMENTS EQUAL TO CONSOLS.- 1. A FREEHOLD GROUND-RENT of 2491. Bs., secured on 4u estate producing 1.4001. a - year. T o be sold for 5,5001. iht ,f• A GROUND•RENIC of 581. ss. for 9 0 years , equally well `ured. Price 1,0001. 1,050,t0 Improved well-secured RENT of 73/. for 86 years. Price COTTAGES FOR SALE. 4. COTTAGE RESIDENCE, held for 300 years at 31. 3s. ace 2001. 5. Small RESIDENCE near Kew-gardens, held for 99 y ears ' l . Price 2001. ALMSHOUSES FOR SALE. 6, A to „ well-erected ESTATE near Kew-gardens, healthful and enlent for omnibus, rail, or boat. OFFICES AND RESIDENCES TO LET. The OFFICES, 25, Poultry, and 13, Gresham-street. The reiI',DE)TCES (under 201 . rent) at Dalston, Holloway, and Kew, i tte With every convenience. Apply to Palmer and Co., 13, Gresham-street, Guildhall. ,enry Bainbridge, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. Amond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Hon. John T. Leslie Melville. ,din Garrett Cattley, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. '. , lwrard Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Petty, Bart. William Davidson, Esq. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. ‘lexander Druce Esq. Abraham George Robarts, Esq. Charles Farquharson, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. , wersdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. °bell, Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. amen Stewart Hodgson, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. MEDICAL REFEREE—SamueI Solly, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE. —The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre miums falliag due at Chri troas will expire on 9th January. FIRE and LIFE ASSUR .tNCES may be effected with this Cor poration on advantageous terms. Ii the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation in profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured, or 48 per cent. apon the Premiums paid. Equivalent redactions have been made in the Premiums payable by those persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The future division of Profit will take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding 15,000/. may be insured on one life. This Corporation affords to the Assured Liberal Participation in Profits—with exemptiOn from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Socie ties—with the guarantee of a large inv,sted Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice —with the security of an omen whosevesourcen have been tested by the experlence of nearly a Century and a-half. i Royal Exchange, London. - - - JOHN A. HIGH - AM, Actuary and Secretary. THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASiUR NCI: SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London. Empowere I by Act of Parliament. for LIFE ASSURANCE, SUR VIVORSIIIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &e. DIRECTORS. EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman. Wm. Kenworthy Browne, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq. Samuel King-Church, Esq. John Moss, Esq. John Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., John Symes, Esq. FR.S. Joseph Thompson, Esq. SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. Alex.andr Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Illondel, Esq. ♦UDITORS. Professor Wheatstone. F.R.A., and Professor J. Radford Young. A RETIRED PHYSICIAN, whose sands of life have nearly run out, discovered while in the East Indies ili ritttin cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis , Coug hs, Colds, hts'y_pieral Debility. The remedy was discovered by him when I tuc TlY child, a daughter, was given up to die. He had heard tt" " of the wonderful re:torative and heali n g q ualities of prepare -111.2 made from the East India Hemp, and the thought occurred to .2. 4 that he might wl make a remedy for his child. He studieded hard, Zsucceeded in realising his wishes. His child was cur, and is fiv alive and well. He has s ince administered the wonderful re -4 e dY to thousands of sa fferers in all parts of the world , and he has ~ i: S 'er failed in making them co m p letel y healthy and happy. Wishing 4,1 as much good as possible. he will send to such of his afflicted 1 1 - °w beings as request it, this r• cipe, with fall and explicit direc oris far main it up and successruPy using it. He requires each 1 2411 cant to enclose hire six stamps —one to be returned as postage n the recipe, and the remainder to be applied to the payment of l fi ta advertisement: Address to 11. James, M.D., 14 Cecil-street, 'strand. MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. J. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab , F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. W. 8. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &e. ♦SSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woo:house, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Roweliffe, Bedford-row. DUBLIN, MONDAY MORNING. THE IRISH JUDICIAL BENCH. The death yesterday of Mr. Justice Jackson loaves a vacant seat in the Court of Common Pleas. The learned judge had been ailing for a few weeks past, but within the last few days the disease under which he had been suffering took so favourable a turn that his friends and family had begun to entertain san guine hopes of his being able ere long to resume his judicial duties. The hopes, however, were vain, and at 4 o'clock yesterday evening he died at his house, neur Howth. The following is from the Freeman of teis morning :-- "We Are sorry to understand that inteiiigence reached town at a late hour last evening of the death of this excellent judge, whcise health Las been so pre carious for a long time as to excite the alarm of his numerous friends. For several months past this veneratle judge has been afflicted with a painful disease, the nature of which it is unnecessary to men tion. He, however rallied to such an extent lately as to raise a hope, unfortunately M.( ounded, that he would soon be able to resume his judicial duties'. We regret, however, to state that Mr. Justice Jackson is no more, and we may add, a more humane judge never adorned 'the Irish bench. It is needless to state that in the earlier part of his career, Joseph Devonshire Jackson was a politician well-known for the strength and depth of his Tory principles. He sat in Parliament for many years as the representative of the borough of Bandon Bridge, and in the House of Commons was celebrated rather for the power of his lungs than for the liberality of his sentiments or the eloquence of his language ; but on his elevation to the bench all his old prejudices and party feelings were merged, and he dispensed justice with an impartiality and, in its more penal forms, with a clemency which won for him the approbation of al). During the ' Bloody Assizes' which some years ago marked the administration of the criminal law in the south of Ireland, Mr. Justice Jackson frequently in terposed between the prisoner and the anxiety of jurors to convict. Indeed on every occasion he ex hibited a humane desire to fulfil one of the highest duties of a judge in undertaking the part of the prisoners advocate.. He was not a very profound lawyer, but tew men in his time enjoyed so large and so lucra tive a practice, particularly on circuit, where be shared the leader , hip of the Munster bar with the late Mr. G. Bennett. Mr. Justice Jackson was not far from his 80th year, having been called to the bar in the Michaelmas term of 1808. We need not here enter into the particulars connected with his earlier life, but they most certainly redound to his honour and prove .he moral elevation of tits character. We shall not now speculate on the vacancy created by his demise. If the Attorney-General wishes to accept, it i s of course hisat disposal, but it is doubtful whether Mr. Fitzgerald . ll w take a puisne judgeship. If we suppose a refusal on the part of the Attorney-General, the option of acceptance or rejection wi 1 devolve on the Solicitor-General ; but all who know Mr. Christian are aware that he will not take a common law puisne judgeship. If we assume, then, a refosal by the law officers of the Crown, who wilt fill the vacancy occasioned by Mr. Justice Jack son's death ? Many persons are suggested, but we shall not undertake to particularise the fortunate individua'." The next Quinquennial Division of Profits will be declared In May, 1860. Examples of Bonus up to May, 1855 : Bonus in Permanent Policy Sum addition Bonus in Re uction of taken Age. Assured. to Su n Cash. Annual Pre out in Assurd. mium. --- - , , of £R. d. £s. fl. ~f a. d. 1838 55 3,000 B'7 17 7 42 , 1 4 56 3 8 1811 48 4,000 749 4 0 325 16 • 32 0 4 1145 59 ?,006 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0 1848 60 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 S 10 IS 2 1851 55 9,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 6 7 7 The following are amongst the advantages offered by the Inter national Life Assurance Society : The Society was established in 1838. Two-thirds of the pro , lts are divided amongst the assured every five years. Its subscribed capital Is five hundred thousand pounds. Its Investments, at the date of the last annual report, amounted to one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds. The number of policies now in 'ores exceed six th ousan d . About one thousand new policies are added every year. Since 1 ire its h u nc redinm a e c twenty t the Society thousandS oci e t pounds.y has paid in claims upwards 0 fi For prospectuses and every other htformatioa, apply to the Chair man, 142, Wand. 142, Strand, London, W.C. EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman. THE GREAT SLANDER TRIAL. The direct examination of. the defendant Cam pion closed in the course of Saturday, and his cross examination was proceeded with. After the witness had been some time in the hands of counsel the fol lowing interruption took place : The C. Baron stopped the business, stating that a communkaion had been handed to him for one of the jurors, Mr. W. White, of Marlborough-street. Mr. White on receiving the letter stated that be had this morning left his mother very ill, and that probably this was the notification of her deatb. Mr. White having left the box, Mr. Macdono b, Q.C., proposed that the case should be beard with 11 jurors. Mr. Lynch, Q.C., said he would not consent to any such course being adopted. 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Dr. Har vey of diarrhoea and debility. 'Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer of consumption. Cure No. 32,883. William Hunts, Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood merchant, of thirty years diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 4 ,814. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure No 52,612. The Dowager Countess of Castiestuart, of many years' nervous irritability, bile, and indi gestion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zegners, cured of con sumption, after her medical ad v i sers had abandoned all hopes of recovery. Cure No, 180. " Twenty-five years' nervousness, con stipation. indigestion and debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been e ß fl e e e c v t e u s a , l l l,l; l 7lAd e, t t l_3 s tr D e u e t, l ßar's e ry nti. , F L .tod No. n o . a 4, a 2 v o r B y . short,, Eight time. nausea, years' l V d forillst -. peps;a, nervousness', debility, with cramps, spasms, and which my servant bad consulted the advice of many, have been effectually' cured by Du Barry's health restoring Food. I shall be to answer any inquiries. Rev. John Flavell, Ridlington Rec tory, Norfolk." So. 32,836. " Three years' excessive nervousness, neck and left arm, and general debility, which ren nbyyeaLst'i cough,li arßarry's ,s indigestion,excellent ren dered painsy ilinfenivyery miserable, has been radically removed by Du lwlaiirrhV'sllealth restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, and general debility Skibbereen." Cure No. tia have been ‘i removed ihirt ec Cautionagainst the fearful dangers of spurious imita important Regalenta .‘ rat-Am F oo d. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." tations:— inst Alfred Hooper Neville, for on the 10th March, 1854, against The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an injunc tionll • ' and with .0 instructions. In Suitably pacaeii for all climates, imitating " Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. Du Barr and free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry y canistere, glib is 'yd ; 21b 4s std ; 51b lis , 121 b 225. The 121 h car tiageCo.. 77, .4-gent—trees, Loudon; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., pur veyor.- to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly; also at 60, Gracechurch street ; 330, 430, and 451, Strand ; 4, Cneapside ; 149, Btshopszate street ; and 150 and 158 Oxford-street . THE BANK OF IRELAND. The subjoined remarks upon the recent half yearly meeting of the Bank of Ireland are extracted from the Trade Report of the Freeman's Journal : The report was gratifying in the extreme. A dividend of 6 per cent. for the half-year, free of income-tax, was declared, leaving 23,0001. to be added to the rest. The latter figures show that the directors could easily have made the same dividend as List halt-year, 61- per cent., but, as they cannot hope to escape some bad debts, they have followed the more prudent course. We rather think we aro correct in saying that the dividend of 121 per cent., which has been paid in the last year wholly out of the year's profits, is the largest earned since the establishment of the bank. We think it only due to the board again to direct attention to their having allowed their own good sense to prevail over long established custom, by dividing the extra earnings in the shape of dividend, instead of dividend and bonus. Of course, our readers are well aware that the balers of interests, or such similar trusts, can only receive the divi dend, and that bonus is added to capital, although the right of the holder to have each year's earnieg is too manifest for argument. That the Irish bank directors have taken the true mercantile course is to be recorded to their credit, although, perhaps, m.t knowing what pressure means, they have only a slight conception of the great addition to the comforts, or (N a . 20,436.) T HE LADY OF By the Auth)r of PUBLICATIO Li S. Yoa - reaily, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., G LYNNE " MARGARET AND DER BRIDESMAIDS." " Those who have re d , ta-garet and her Bridesmaids,' will be prepared for the enj , vment that awaits them in another work by the same hand. ' The Lady of Glynne' is a charming story."— rary Gazette. 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' er-'7,1:, , .....".., • . , /,z,.., ..4.. should. support any proposition that abolish the existing anomaly of the double form whereby Indian - affairs were governed, and which, by removing many oppressions sanctioned in the past towards the native tillers of the soil, would at the same time benefit the commerce of this coun try. Mr. Nicoll, speaking with regard to the late panic, thought that we were ripe for legislation upon the question of separating the issue from the banking department, and that the Bank no'e should in future become a legal tender throughout the United Kingdom. With regard to the new Reform Bill he did not think the Ministers had resolved ex l ending xhe demands so justly made by constituencies until they had felt a little of the pressure itom without. Here Mr. Nicoll read a manifesto, signed by nimself and other earnest sup porters of reform, and which has already been made public ; and concluded by urging the electors to contrast - the. manifesto with the bill it was sup posed Lord Palmerston would place upon the table of tl e house early in the session ; and although he and others did not bind themselves to the whole of the contents of that manifesto, yet he thought that it would he admitted to be a fair sample of what the nation should demand. [Plum 4 Co. STAMPED 50 .] MR. DONALD NICOLL AT FROME, M.P. On Friday evening, the member for this borough, Mr. Donald Nicoll, invited his constituents to meet him and receive an account of his stewardship. Accordingly, a large gathering of the electors pre sented themselves in the Assembly-room of the Market-place, and Mr. Coombs having been called to the chair, commenced the business of the even ing, and having read a letter from the Rev. S. Manning, expressing his regret that ill-health would cause him to be absent, but at the same time highly eulogising Mr. Nicell's public conduct, the hon. member was then in'roduced to the meeting, and was received with turnultur us cheers, which, being duly acknowledged, Mr. Nicoll proceeded to state that he had invited his constituents to meet him in accordance with a custom which he could wish was more general throughout the length and breadth of the land. He thought the aunuel meeting between represeelatives and the represented gave a whole some result ; while it was a good check upon repre sentatives, lt was also a source for the protection of those who were honest in their intentions. For instance, that was, the time for any elector 'who really had, or fancied he bad, a grievance. Then should he come forward and meet the representa tive face to face, and demand an explanation ; con sequently, no excuse existed for anonymous letters to newspapers, or the secret whisperings suggested through interested and political opposition. Mr. Nicoll, in the course of the evening, complained of anonymous attacks through the medium of the local journal—the Somerset and Wilts Journal— which, while professing to be neutral, he clearly showed had contrived to fire several ..broadsides At himself and at the Liberal party generally - 1 and, with singular oversight, had passed over many of the doings of the great landed interests in the neigh bourhood, and which might, nevertheless, have been commented on with just severity. Therefore, the hon. member characterised the neutrality as being one-sided. The intention of following such a policy having been denied by the reporter representing the above journal, a slight passage of arms ensued, but the meeting unanimously adopted the conclusion Mr. Donald Nicoll had ' arrived at. However, to return to the hon. gentle man's address, which occupied two hours, and comprised general comments upon every important vote given by him during the last session. He thus proceeded :—Mr. Nicoll said that he would take fur his text-book the printed list of the division 4, and, as they were arranged alphabetically, the first bore the title of adjournment ; and he should never forget the advice given to him by that veteran re former Joseph Hume, when he (Mr. Nicoll) had to present a petition at the bar of the home, during his shrievelty of London and Middlesex, Mr. Hume said if you ever enter this house let me give yon a bit of advice. Stop late, and see the house adjourned as often as you can ; that is the time the Government hacks carry through the house many bills which hays not excited public notice, but which have nevertheless been found most obnoxious in their results. Accordingly, be (Mr. Nicoll) had stopped late, and had gone home inthe past session at broad daylight, and as he would presently show he had done some service by waiting for the small hours beyond midnight. In alluding to the ballot Mr. 'Nicoll spoke most hopefully of the result of that great question. He said, notwithstanding Lord Palms: stop had taken away many good men and true to aid in receiving her Majesty at the opening of the Atts Exhibition at Manchester, which was appointed for the only day open fur the discussion, yet 189 voted in favour, which, with 28 pairs and 2 tellers, recorded the fact that 219 members of the present Parliament were at all events ready to stand by this important principle, being now, in point of fact, the only true test of Liberalism. Government contracts next came under consideration, and he had been prevented serving'on that committee through Government in fluence' it being presumed that by his occupation in life he must necessarily have been let hind the scenes, and the! efere knew some of their sore points. Many members of the house wished to have the benefit of his practical knowledge upon the first question that came before the committee— namely, the clothing cone: act?, and lie availed himself of his right to attend in the c , ‘munittee-room, and the result is be has given notice of a motion which, unless the Government consent to the en largement, of the report by the committee, he (Mr. Nicoll) will endeavour to call the attention of the house to the gross waste at pieseet perpetrated, and which; may resulted .in discomforts .to the army, and was capable of illustration by referring to the early mismanagement of the stores during the Crimean campaign. The Crowded Dwellings Bill, Mr. Nicoll said, was an attempt under the garb of philanthropy to give the police most dangerous power, not even excelled in Naples itself. The poor man's house would have been no longer his castle. He (Mr. Nicoll) spoke and voted against the bill which was withdrawn but with great reluc tance on the part of the Ministry. The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill occupied a great part of the session, indeed more than 20 divisions were taken on the question. Mr. Nicoll supported the main principle of the bill—namely, to make acces sible to the less wealthy members of the com munity that relief which could alone be previously obtained by the possesser of a few spare thousand pounds. Mr. Nicoll also voted for the proposition to abolish that empty gew-gaw, the Lord-Lieu tenancy of Ireland, and which cost the coun try 100,0001. per annum, and had not now the old excuse to offer in its favour, seeing that rail roads, quick steam-bc ats, and the electric tele graph had so materially shortened the distance of the real seat of Government. With regard to the Maynooth question, they all knew how he intended to vote on that question. Like the Minister's Money Bill, he voted against its continu ance. The latter was also an Irish question, but which strongly resembled our English Church-rate matter. The Oaths or Jew Bill, as it is called, was next referred to, and Mr. Nicoll regretted that the obstinacy of the Lords was very likely to bring the Commons into dangerous collision. Mr. Nicoll said that he voted for the admission of Jews into Parliament upon the principle of religious liberty, and that constituencies had the right to return whom they thought best capable of represent ing their views, without incurring the unconstitu tional interference of the other house of Parliament. Mr. Nicoll, in referring to the annuity of the Princess Royal, said that the whole house voted ou the main question, viz., that of giving to Eng land's eldest daughter a sum which was fre quently exceeded by our merchant princes under similar circumstances. Moreover, by custom it was recognised that, in exchange fur the Crown lands, which descended to our sovereigns with as good a titl eas the lands held by the Lords of Longleat and Marston House, the Queen and her family should receive from Parliament reasonable grants of maintenance. Mr. Nicoll wished that nothing more unreasonable than this existed ; indeed, if but a tithe of the minor jobs of Government were reduced, the grant to the Princess Royal would ap pear but as a drop in the ocean. The Probates and Letters of Administration Bill received Mr. Nicoll's support, as it tended to make cheap law in the direction of every man's door, and he voted against the Superannuation Act Amendment Bill, which, it is computed, will ultimately increase the salaries of the civil servants of the Crown to the extent of 200,0001. per annum; and with regard to this bill, Mr. Nicoll, believing that the Government offered but a tame resistance, he tested their sincerity by dividing the house, but without success. Mr. Nicoll seconded Lord Raynham's motion for an in quiry into the workhouse system, and against the Bill for the Site of Public Offices. The hon. gen tleman dwelt at some length upon the extravagant notions of the Government in this respect, which Sir Charles Barry had said would cost about twelve, but more probably twenty millions. To this bill Mr. Nicoll believes be h ad the honour of giving a final coup de grace, as it was about to be brought under consideration before a thin house, and at two o'clock in the morning, whereupon Mr. Nicoll moved the adjournment of the house ; but this bill, with some others, being withdrawn, the division was not proceeded with. The completion of the survey of Scotland was on a scale of 25 inches to the mile received Mr. Nicoll's support, because so much had already been done that to leave off then was, in his judgment, absurd and wasteful. Mr. Nicoll would not have voted for the survey had it been a new question, but ho was in a similar position to a man who bad inherited a house commenced by an extravagant predecessors who had left his suc cessor the duty of placing a roof to mender the whole valuable ; but not to do this, and to leave the timbers to rot, and the whole to become very nearly worthless, would be just the result that was obtained by the adverse vote on this question, Mr. Nicoll voted against the proposition to give 10,0001. towards a chapel for the wealthy English residents iu Paris, and described his speech in the house against the illiberality of our Ambassadjr in that capital. This concluded a description of past votes with the exception of,t l te recent short session, and Mr. Nicoll stated that he supported the ideal nily for Ministers ; and, in allusion to the three great questions are looming in the distance, The following resoluti , ,n was then moved by Mr. WJOD, and, atter some objection made by Mr. CHAPMAN in respect to the annuity given to the Princess Royal, the motion was carried unani mously :—" That this, meeting, coLsisting of the electors and inhabitants of the borough of Frome, desires to record the universal satisfaction that pre. vails with regard to the manner in which Donald Nicoll, Esq., has discharged duties in Parliament; and, while renewing the confidence hitherto placed in thair representaiive, also tender their warmest thanks of the community for past services, together with the fervent wish that health and blessing may attend his exertions in the 'future ; and at the same time his attention is more especiall called to the right of the electors of Great Britain to vote by ballot." After giving three cheers for Mr. Nicoll, the vast assemblage quietly dispersed. THE LEVIATHAN. The following letter h a s been addressed to the editor ofthe Times : Sir,—l have re'ided many years at St. Petersburg. Among the • plendid monument. of that magnificent city I , feen gazed with admiration on the noble statue of Peter the Great. There, in the centre of the immense space of Isaace's Place, it stands in its simple grandeur the eqre-trian statue of the Czar, on the summit of an enormous block of granite, bearing the appropriate in scriptien, " retro Piimo, Catherina Secunda''—a reml nis, once of the great Czarina of the illustrious founder of the capital. Vi •wing the, mighty mass of solid rocks as it stands about 100 yards from the banks of the Neva I wondered how it got there, and was stimulated by curiosity to ascertain wba were the mechanical contrivances em ployed to transfer the huge bulk from its native bed in Finlani to its present site. Through an official friend I obtained access to the archives in the Museum of St. Petersburg, and learnt the lollowing particulars : This mass of rock, which is the hardest red granite of the greatest specific grai,ity, was cut from a quarry close to the north shore of the Gulf of Finland at a certain eli , vation above the level water, arid lowered gradually down an inclined plane on a raft built to receive it. In this operation there was no difficulty. The inclination was sufficiently steep to admit of the block sliding down a well-greased way by gravitation. The rserainirg power required in the shape of check-tackle was of the simplest kind. The rock was then floated up the Heva to a point in the river opposite its intended site ; here commenced the operations of propelling the enormous mass—of moving the monster rock—to the spot it was to occupy, a distance treater than that the big ship has to be moved on its ways. The actual weight to be shifte no doubt, was much less than that of the Leviathan, but still it was a mighty mass to move, and it had to be conveyed up, inst , ad of down, an inclined plane, and therefore the resistance to be overcome was proportionally increased. This undertaking at the time was looked upon as a groat mechanical Seat, and it excited among engineer s and scientific men of the day as much interest a s th e launching of the monster ship at the present tim e . Crowds attended to witness the proceedings, which pro grassed from day today with systematic regularity, until terminated with complete success. The end to be att;ined, namely, propelling and con trolling the movements of a great body of enormous weight, lying the same in both cases, there is a parallel h,tween them which makes it interesting, and perhaps instructive, to describe the mechanical contrivances re sorted to to drag the rock from the river to the place where it now stands—a man el to those who look upon it. The only mechanical power used was the capstan, worked by men with handspikes, just as the anchor of a ship is lifted. But the peculiar feature of the sr rangerntntm, and which insured their success, was the multiplication of the lines of traction ; and I cannot but think it affords a hint, which ought not to be thrown away on the engineers who have so long striven in vain to produce forces sufficiently great to move the Leviathan and control its movements with matheina- Veal precision—a problems; however, which their united skill ought by this time to have solved. T o pa the by rollers, rock in i w t - tr i jet a the e sid i n cre a friction, sv4 relieved resistance caused by the ascent up the inclined plane, were calculated, and the motiv e f orce required was as certained.- To obtain an amount of power in excess of that force 50 powerful capstans, each worked by 20 men and hauling on its own cable, were employed. The whole of tile active operations were under the orders of an Eeglish admiral--I believe Greig—then in the service of the Russian Empress. By beat of drum the working of the capstans were regulated, and at every roll the granite block, put in motion by the strain on 50 diffe rent cedes, attached to as many points of traction, was advanced a predetermined distance, and gradually moved up to its foundation without accident. There was no breaking of tackle, as there probably would have been if the force of the 50 capstans had been concentrated on one cable, whatever might have been its strength. Tile noticeable point in this mode of proceeding is the distribution of the forces employed and the subdivision of labour. That adopted with the Leviathan is precisely the reverse ; it is the accumulation and concentration of forces on a few points, producing an amount of strain which no materials moulded by human hand, can resist. Hence we hear of iron chains of gigantic dimensions snapping like glass, iron hydraulic cylinders and pipes of immense strength bursting, solid iron drums crushing like paper, and strong beams of timber doubling up. So ales) it is ' p ith the fulcrums, whether anchors of the most 1 powerful make or masses of piles driven deep into the ground, they all yield to the action of concentrated forces. Now, it would seem that, if the same principle as that above described as having been successfully applied to move the monumental block of stone were adopted for the launching of the Leviathan, the difficulties which have so I,mg puzzled the engineers employed in that attempt would disappear. Let them multiply their lines by traction. Instead of accumulating the forces iii two or three point. only, and using two or three °Lvu cables of enormous strength, let them increase the number of both ten or twenty fold and diminish the weight and cost of the latter in proportion. The condi tions cf the operation wil be changed, the enormous and overwhelming expenditure and wear and t-ar of mechanical forces and materials will cease, and brought within reasonable and manageable bounds. For instance we hane been told that the strain upon a particular chain was equal to a pressure of 200 tons, and, as if to boast of the destructive power of the force, the sudden snappiog of the reatisive links was related as an interest ing incident. If, instead of this one force or concentra tion of forces at one point, and to one chain only, 20 distinct and separate forces had been brought to bear on f o d r i !f e e r h e a n d t c the a ship, il. o r a l t i 0 e 2 8 0 () f d i t ff , e a r c e t n i o t n , p [ [ a i n u d t s e a a e n t i d e wi e p t a h r a t 2 e o been equal to 20 tons initead of 200 tons, the materials of each machine and chain having only to resist 1-10th of the force before used would, at a greatly diminished expense, resist that force, while the aggregate force ap plied would be doubled, as 20 times 20 tons would give a force of 400 instead of 20'I tons. In hauling upon a chain for the purpose of traction the strain or tension is in the ratio of the force employed. If the force exceed the resisting strength the chain will break. A disregard of this law has been the cause of the repeated failures with the Leviathan. [ As my object is only to enunciate a principle I will not , at present go into any details of its application. They . hitherto employed, readilybe ha m v u e c c h o m st o s re nchva ' money and produced such inaduquate results. The great advantage of the plan above recommended is, tbat the mode of applying it being arranged the forces are self st sums a gh o t t into operation than the stupendous mechanical means evident, and can be multiplied ad libitum, at a comparatively small expense until the aggregate amount of power to over . come the ris inertia of the ship is obtained.—Your obe. dient Servant, Gao. CLAUS. 64, Trinity-square, Southwark. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—MONDAY. The usual winter afternoon ; a thin attendance, and little business transacted: The only incident was the advance of Clydesdale for the Two Thousand. The following Beauty list of quotations requires no corn. ment TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 9 to 2 apt Clydesdale (take sto 1) 7 to 1 aget Brother to Marchioness (taken) 10 to 1 aget Lord of Lorn (taken) DIERBY. 28 to 1 agst Ditto (offered) 25 to 1 agst Happy Land (taken) 40 to 1 agst Sermon (taken) 50 to 1 agst The Grand Secret (taken) r tD vEariscxE sr I— A Plan of Manchester will he issued Gratis with the DisrArcu, on Sunday, Dec. 27th ; and a rely beautif u l Coloured double Map of Ash will also be presented Gratis with the Disrercn, on Jan. 3d.—Orders received by all !News -agents (who are responsible for the delivery of the cur rent Map with each copy of the paper, none being issues w ithout it) and at the Office, 139 , Fleet - street, London.--The price of the Dispatch is, unstamped, ; stamped (to go fret by post), 6d. 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Stalls, 55.: balcony Stalls, 45.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Private Boxes, two guineas: one guinea and a half, and one guinea. —Places to be secured at Mr. Mitchell's, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. rDELAIDE GALLERY, Lowther Arcade, Strand.—Great success of M. Lamotte's Havelock Schottische. and Grand Fantasia from " Ii Trovatore," ani the New Caledonian Quadrille by Charles HAI. Principal cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcoart. Open every evening at half-past 8. Dancing commences at 9. The Argyll Band is to be engaged for private Balls. - R. R. BIGNELL, Ma nager. DR. KAHN'S MUSEUM AND GALLERY OF SCIENCE, 3, Tichborne•street, facing the Haymarket This Institution presents entirely new features and offers unpre cedented attrictions. Its object will be to combine Natural with EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE, and to show the connection be tween the functions of the Human Body and the great Forces of the Universe. Amonwit the numerous novelties now added, may be named the large Oxyhydrogen Microscope, GUENAL'S AP PAREIL (JR ANOGRAPHIQUE (now first introduced). The latest improvements in Electric and other Apparatus (including RUHM KORFF'S WORLD-RENOWNED COIL), Illustrations of Micro. sconic Anatomy, Dissolving Views of Physiological Phenomena, upon a principle never before attempted, &c. Lectures are delivered daily on the various branches of Science, and their application to the Human Frame, the Laws of Life, and the Preservation of Health, by Dr. Kahn and Dr. Sexton. The Institution Is illuminated outside with DU BOSQUE'S MAGNIFICENT ELECTRIC LIGHT. Open (for Gentlemen only) from 12 till 5, and from 7 till 10 o'clock. Admission to the whole Building, One Shitling. Illustrated Cata logues, Sixpence. Programmes and Lectures gratis on application, or by Post free for six stamps. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOL for ORPHAN and NECEiSIIOUS CHILDREN, PINNER' PATRON—His Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT. The ANNIVERSARY DINNER to celebrate the foundation of this Institution will be held at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishops gate-street, on S TURD kY, the 26th of December. W. M. TIIACKERAY, Esq . has kindly consented to take the chair. Mr. Alderman and Sheriffs Lawrence, and William Roupell, Esq., ALP., have promised to attend. Tickets, One Guinea each, to be obtained from any of the Stewards, or at the Offices of the Institu tion, 81, Cheapside. ALFRED LENCII SAI7L, Secretary. December 21,11157. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS for ORPHAN and NECESSITOUS CHILDREN, PINNER. Patron, His Royal Highness Prince ALBERT. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a GENERAL HALF YEARLY COURT of the Governors of this Institution will be held on MoNDAY, the 2iitti inst., at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate• street, to commence at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, when an Election of Children (six boys and four girls) will take place, when all such questions and matters as may be lawfully brought before the Court will be discussed and decided. ALFRED LENCII SAUL, Secretary. 81, Cheapside, Dec. 21, 1857. diminution to the privations, of many a straitened house the apparently immaterial alteration of a word has made. The statistics in Thom's Almanac shows that the y early dividends of the Bank were it no time less than 5i per -qa., except in 1783-4, when they were 5, and in 1792-3, when they were 213. From 1800 to 1814 they were 7, 74, and 76 ; from 1814 to 1829 10 per cent.. excepting two years ; and since 1829 until the last 12 months they have been 8, 81, and 9. Besides these dividends the pro prietors at different times have received bonuses amounting to 800,0001. A bonus of 5 per cent. was paid i❑ January, 1856. MR. SMITH O'BRIEN ON SELF-BELIAIVCE, A few days ago Mr. W. S. O'Brien made his first appearance as a p u bli c l ecturer b e f ore the Limerick Mechanics' Instit u t e o f th at c i ty; and right well did Mr. O'Brien dis c h arge t h e duty w hi c h d e volved upon him as the speaker of the inaugural address of the session of 1838. His remarks upon the vari oui topics which he brought under the notice of his audience were mostly characterised by sound sense, and by an avoidance of all reference to the Utopian schemes which had hitbdrto formed the staple stock of those patriots wh o h a d tra d e d ex t en siv e ly upon Irish grievances and th e i r reme d y. Self-reliance, in Ur. O'Brien's view, should be the beginning of the moral revolution whichi would raise Ireland from a state of mere provincialism. " Instead," he justly . remarked, " of considering what we can do for our selves, we are always inclined to inquire what can others do for us ?" And by way of illustration he observed "I shall only add one word more, by way of exhorta tion to the young men of this cCiuntry, for the purpose of endeavouring to induce them to abandon the habit, which unfortunately prevails to a great extent, of seek ing to obtain situations und e r Government . This habit does not exist so much among the working classes as among the middle classes and among the wealthiest ranks of society. Such a disposition of mind tends much to degrade thecharacter of this country and to check the natural energies of our people. I am confident that it would be found upon inquiry that for every appointment under Government conferred upon an Irishman there are at least 20 competitors. Now if this be the case, it is manifest that upon the occasion of each vacancy at least 19 persons must be disappointed ; and these 19 persons are for the most part induced to bang on, re ying upon a vague hope, in a listless state of expectation, instead of exerting their natural energies to make an independ ent position for themselves in the honourable occupations of industry or commerce. This system of expectancy tends also to degrade the character of our public men. It is well understood at the Treasury that pa'ronage is given only to those who are prepared to, offer an equiva lent for it in the support afforded to the Government of the day. Hew is it possible, then, that a representative can maintain his Parliamentary independence if he be con staialy urged to solicit situations for his constituents I These remarks do not, however, apply to a system of pro motion dependent on competitive ex Arnination.' If such a system could be universally established and acted upon with integrity, the acquirement of a situation under Government would be honourable to the successful and even those who might fail would hive the advantage of an educational preparation which would he highly useful to them in whatever path of life they might sub. Bequently choose. But I fear that we are still far from the estat lishment of a system of promotion which would depend wholly upon merit; and I speak not with refer ence to changes which may possibly hereafter occur, but with reference to what actually exists. "Few living men have mingled with so many different grades of society, or have seen so many vicissitudes of life • and this experience has taught me that moral worth andintellectuel prowess are not the exclusive) inheri tance of any particular class. On the contrary, I am convinced that there is often to be found in the breast of an industrious mechanic snore of genuine dignity than inhabits that of the haughtiest peer. I have dwelt in lordly mansions and in thatched cottages, and this experience has convinced me that genuine happiness is as often to be found beneath the lowly roof as in the regal palace. Among the men that I have known who have obtained the highest success in a professional or commercial career the greater part have been the archi• tects of their own fortunes : have owed everything to their own abilities and perseverance. lam able therefore to speak in terms of encouragement to the young mechanics who have done me the honour to ask me to address them to-night, and to assure them as well as the classes to whom Fortune has been more propitious, that both individual advancement and nation it greatness can under the blessing of Providence be secured only by cherishing the manly sentiment of self-reliance. We ought not, indeed, to reject the co-operation of those whose sympathies we are entitled to elaim. On the contrary, I have endeavoured to show to-night how many useful ob jects might bepromoted by the combieation of those whose interests are identical; but we oughtdio practise the habit of considering, not what might be done fiiiimbroaresw, but what we can do for ourselves. By acting upon this principle the inhabitants of Ireland have it in their power to make this country a realm whose name shall be mentioned with honour throughout all ages and among all nations of the earth. Since we cannot erase from our annals the pages which tell of dissension, and suffering, and degradation, let us at least pray that our postern) , may hereafter enact and record, a history that shall reelise our fondest aspirations." MORTARS AND MORTARS. _ - In the naval and military intelligence of Saturday it was announced that the 36-inch mortar designed by Lord Palmerston had again be en su bj ecte d to t r i a l and aga in shown signs of defective construction. The association of the Prime Minister's name with this monster cannon is no doubt duo to its having been ordered by him on his own responeibility, without the previous sanction of the War Department and the Woolwich authorities. The latter are probably anxious to have it clearly under stood that they have had no share in recommending the construction of so useless a piece of ordnance. They may oven quote it as a set off against the still more conspicuous failure of the Lancaster gun, for which they are undoubtedly an swera b le, an d t h e m anufacture of which, after an e normous expen fiture, has been finally abandoned. In tr u th , whether the pu bli c looks to the existing state of artill- ry science at Woolwich, or to the experiments which h ave found promoters there, or to those which have be en f orcibly thrust upon the War r office by the pressure of inventors out of doors, the re sults hitherto realised have been equally unsatisfactory. The Russians did, indeed, cover the humiliation of their retreat from the south tide of Sebastopol by calling the fire of their opponents a "feu d'enfer," but can we take much credit for the complime n t implied in that term Toe late war clearly enough d ernone t ra ted that the Bri tish army has not, as it undoubt.dly o ught to have, any conspicuous or decisiv e Superiority ove r those of other countries in the artill ry arm, and that a monstrous wastefulness of ammunition and materiel, which in the strictest sense of the words means money—a wastefulness preposterously out, of proportion to the destructive effects produced is common to all. It being proved, therefore, that we are only on a par with other European States upon this point, and that the existing system is very far short of what it should be in effectiveness, we now find ourselves called upon to cenfess, at the end of several years devoted to experi ment, that our attempts at improvements have not been successful ; that Na•myth' s wrought-iron gun, K rupp ' s steel gun, Mallet's huge mortar, Lancaster's rifled can non, and many more of th e same class, have f a il e d ; an d that we have very little to show for the money expended in these abortive schemes beyond the knowledge that we cannot violate the laws of mechanical construction and of chemical science with impunity. Whether the new rise , of ordnance was favour-d at the War-office, or the Horse Guards, or down at Woolwich, or by the Prime Minister, the result has still been of the same un fortunate character. The Russians , with their superior quality of iron, can at least equ al, if th ey d o no t sur pass, us in the size of their heaviest ordnance. Our allies the French claim to be more effective than we are upon the all-important point of field artillery. Are we, then, to submit to this dangerous equality, and do our un rivalled mechanical resources offer us no escape from a position which the backward state o f artillery sc i ence throughout Europe only renders th e more humilia ting ? The answer canno t be doubJul ;i n d ee d, if we are not mistaken, the question has al ready found its proper practical solution. W e must g iv e up all attempts to set the laws of the material world at defiance—to rifle can non so that they must either b urst themselves or their shells—to cast and to weld iron in masses which far transcend the limits hitherto attain a bl e cons i stent ly w ith sound workmanship--to achieve by a tour d e f orce what can only be obtained by the regular graduated advance of judicious and well-directed ex periment. This succes sion of failures ir. the Woolw ich marshes only illustrates sameo ne-h e simp leeconomic superiorto t h t e r uthe waggon, the narrow-guage which place a limit to the size of the London dray-horse — w hi c h ma k es the to the broad-guage for goods traffic, whi c h compe ll e d our mechanical engineers to seek by the fast ac ti o n of ors car t per• fectly forged parts in their marine en g i nes f or the power which the size and consequent impe r f ec ti ons o f larger parts working at slower speeds could no t ma i n t a in with out the risk of constant breakdown s . While some men of really inventive talent and a great many charlatans have been p erm itted to waste the public money in y trying vainly t o improve our artillery, it seems passing strange that it should not long ago have been discovered how i m possible it was to hope for succe ssful r esu l ts in the direct i on in which they were work i ng. It was clear that while increased range and precision of firing were wan t e d, it was nearly as important to bring the charges of ammu nition and the weight of rceral in guns into more manes geablo proportions to each other, and to the facilities for transit on active service. No sensible man can have witnessed the frightful damage done to the efficiency of our army in the Crimea by the exigencies of the siege orain during the winter of 1854-5 without being im pressed with this conviction. The p rinc i p l e o f the rifle offered an obvious suggestion for the proper means wore is s g out the foregoing problem, but then for artil lery rifling by grooves would not d o w i t h out the us e of a pliant metal in the projecille, and the cost of- lead ren dered its application to that purpose impracticable. It was necessary therefore to alter the existing mode of rift ing, an' to modify the boreof the cannon, so tuat an iron projectile could be discharged from it rotating on its own axis in the line of flight. This reFtft once secured, it is of ♦ions that a field piece or gun of position would become - a rifle on a large scale, and that the same immenseincrease of range end of penetration which had been realised by the smaller weapon as compared with Brown Bess would be placed at the command tif the artillery. It is consolatory, a fter a series of failures worthy even of Brunel in launch ing the Leviathan, that the country has al lait the well grounded hope of an improvement by which our ord nance may be placed on a proper footing. In pursuing those careful experiments which be undertook for the Government principally to improve the rifle, Mr. Whit worth, the eminent machinist, adopted a polygonal spiral bore of a uniform pitch, but more rapid than could be attained by grooves. This bore has enabled him to surpass immensely the range and penetration of the Enfield rifle ; but even these advantages, important as they are, scarcely surpass those which it places within the re ‘ch of our artillery service. The strain of the pro jectile being distributed evenly over every side of the polygon, iron can be substituted for lead in the projectile, and this simple but beautiful mechanical appliance at once becomes availabte fur cannon. Moreover, Mr. Whitworth has discovered in the course of his ezperi- , ments that according to the quickness of the turn in the polygon is the length of the-projectile that may be fired, so that 241 b. and 481 b. shot have been seat to extraordinary ranges with halt the usual charge of powder from an ordi nary 12-pounder howitzer. Here, then, is at once the so lution of the whole question which has troubled the brains of so many inventors, real or pretended, foryears. The artilleryman at one stride resumes the relative position to the soldier of the line which the Enfield rifle had so perilously deprived him of, and this mechanical country, after finding herself on the level of France, Russia, and other European States, is once more, as daring the Peninsular campaigns, enabled to assert her natural superiority in the manufacture of cannon. We trust that no petty jealousies on the part of narrow minded officials will be allowed to interfere with the course of Mr. Whitworth's experiments, and that the encourage ment which he is now receiving from the Minister at War And the Commander-in-Chief will enable him, at no remote date, to realise for the benefit of the army and the nation that revolution in gunnery which the results already obtained by him promise.—Times. THE W A RDMOTES. The following is a complei oilmen elected yesterday : ALDER Messrs. R. Beeley De Jersey Goodman Wood ward Mr. Laws, ALD , Messrs. R. B. Whiteside J. Turnley R. C. 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