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STAMPED S D• ' ' 11%7N . s.ew CWtO ODl umes n N' d N l o O vel o ti f es o v D oc D al l a T n lE Ch S - , racteTistic, every evening (except Saturday) at Eight. A VORN . - 117 (4 PERFOR Vf ANC F. every S XTURD AY, at Three. Private Boxes s and gtalls may he secured, without extra charge, at the Rox-office, 41 Ygraphic-11111, Ring W illiam-street, Charing-cross. The hall has De en entirely redecorated. R(zYLL ROOMS.-LACTRENT'S CASEV' , Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above elegan Ro oms are now open every evening for the winter season, with irtnrent's celebrated Orchestra. Prints al Cornet-a -piston, M. " I court. The Proprietor begs to Worm the public that th , s fashionable place of resort ha= been entirely redecorated during the 'ress. T)oors ope n a t h a lf- pas t e i g ht . commence at nine. Admis toll One Shilling. R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen ilnm 10 till 10, containing nowirds of one, thousand models I,!LP,reParations, illtrctratinc every part of the - human frame in ,``stu and disease, the race of men, &c Lectures delivered at 12, 1 . 1 , 4, and half-past 7. by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new end h i g h lYsinteresting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery R I„ I lr. Kann, at a quarter p 'at S p.m. precisely. admission. One "" li ng. Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan ( gratis). GENERAL TOM .THUMB, the AMERICAN DW REMOVED from REGENT ?, A. LLERV.—Patronised 13 years ago by her Majesty and the Royal q u nIIY. -Crowded Houses, and identified by hundreds dap r wip . knew xhibiting every day and evening, tle'rieuste,in intimately at that time visiting Russia, in Regent Gallery, F 9, Quadrant, from ant° I. 3' to and 7to 9 o'clock. He is beautifully proportioned,. the smallest man alive. His performances are remarkably ;T e nted and enchanting. New Characters, Costumes, Songs. Dances, n'es toe. • The' General continues to wait 'on 'the nobility and p.ry, at their residences, on due notice. His miniature equipage '"lerirides the s , reets daily. Admission, is. each, regardless of *Se • . Stalls, A - As. and 35.; children half-price. ONDON' and NORTH-WESTERN • ouNDOTTJCP H RAILWAY. IS CIE GIVEN, that the newt HAIR-YEARLY ' fl 'AltY MEETING of the London and North-Western Rail , pangirtir i l,; ( u will be h e ld a t th e Euston-station, London, on Meo ill ` the 2n th , 11 4 -Y of February, 1857, at Twe've o'eleck at noon Yoforthe transaction of the general business of the Company : ton int, 'fetin g a resolution will he submitted forth consolbia shares and the M, - so many of the London and Birmingham 201. been full M anchester and Birmingham C 10/. shares as have y Paid up. Dated WS 24th day of Jan., 1857' CHANDOS, Chairman. • .ROBT. BENSON, Deputy Chairman. H. BOOTH, C. E. STEWART, 1 Secretaries. Eas ton Station. RE TnattS Ti* WORKS and SHIP Ina BUILDING COMPANY (Limited), Orchard-yard, Black- b • DYke s , Es john FOrd q. r —Bq. DIRECTORS. I ohn Kelk, Esq. Thomas Henry Mandalay, Esq. Peter Rolt, Esq. bu i l: i ll? Directors of this Company ,re now arepared to tender for the "'Ling of Don Ships of every tonnage and class, and fnr executing orks uingaorksi the largest character in wrought or cast iron, including v Girders, Bri , ges, Roofs, Boilers, and all descriptions of work of a similar character ",The capabillies of the establishment and the magnitude of the rka enable the Directors to execute all orders entrusted to them M in.Unequalled dispatch. By order of the Directors. 4 suaustry, 1857. JAS. PEMBROKE. C ONTRACTS FOR COCOA, RAISINS, ANI) TOBACCO. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset House, 28th ,TasuAry, 1857. PRE Commi ss i oners f or E xecut i ng t h e Off i ce of A Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain a nd Ireland d o h ereby give notice, that on TUESDAY, he 10th vFebruary next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with ..„ch on. as may b e willing to Contract for supplying and delivering her Majesty's Victualling stores at Deptford, Gosport, and Ply mouth, the un dermentioned , rt , cles viz.: When to be Deptford. Gosport. Plymouth. delivered. • ---- Tons. • Half of each COCOA • • I 1 50 in 3 weeks, and the re mainder in 3 Tons. Tons. L weeks after *Aru •• • wards, or ear - • . 50 25 10 !ler if prefer- TOBACCO.. red by the •• • • '2O 20 10 party tender- J ing Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the articles, but separate tenders must be made for each port, and no attention will be paid to any offers not so made, and their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the ten ers are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part hereof only as they 41 0 deem tit, or for a greater quantity, or of of contracting for any, lind also an unlimited power of selection. tendering The articles to be exe m pt e d f rom the customs' duties, and parties are to state where they are lying. Samples of the Co coa ( not less than 21bs ), and of the Raisins (not less than 31bs. for each port), must be produced by the parr ies tender ing. Each Tender for Tipacco mint specify the several trade marks and numbers, and the countries or t laces of its growth or produce, and a fresh drawn dock sample of each cask or package must be produced by the parties tendering, and any cask or package that is found not to be of the same mark, number, or quality as the sample tendered and accepted will be rejected by the officers. The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the con tracts have been decided. No tender will be received unless 'made on the printed form pro 'Tided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said office, at the Victualling Yards at Gosport and Plymouth, Or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, Sr to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. The conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular atten tion is called, may be seen at the said office, at the Victualling Yards at Gosport and Plymoutb, and at Liverpool and Bristol. No tender will be received atter One o'clock on the day of treaty, and it will not he required that the party tendering or an agent on his behalf should attend at the office on the day of contract, a' the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated t) him and his proposed maretiea in writing. Every tend, must be addressedto the geeretary of the admiralty_ and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for „ and must also be delivered at Romerset House. INVESTMENTS in BRITISH MINES.—FuII particulars of the most important Dividend and Progressive Mines will be found in the Fourth Edition of BRITISH MINES CONSIDERED AS AN INVESTMENT, recently published by J. H. MURCHISON, Esq., F.G.S.,F.S.S , price 3s. 6d.; by post 4s. Mr. MURCHISON also publishes a QUARTERLY REVIEW of BRITISH MINING, giving the position and prospects of the Mines at the end of each quarter, the dividends paid, & c. , The Review for the quarter and the year ending 31st Dec. last con twins a Map of the Camborne district, price le. "The book will be found extremely valuable."—Observer. " A valuable little book."—Globe. "A valuable guide to investors."—Herapath. "A useful little volume."—Morning Herald. "Of great value to capitalists."—Sunderland Times. " Parties requiring information on mining investments will find no better and safer instructor than Mr. Murchison."—Leeds Times. "One of the most valuable mining publications which has come Under our notice, and contains more information than any other on the subject of which it treats." - Derby Telegraph. of those w h o w i sh to invest capital in British Mines, this work is the first importance."—Welshman. "This work enables the capitalist to invest on sound principles; it . Is, in truth, an excellent euide "—Plymouth Journal. Copies of the above publications can be obtained at Mr. Murchison's Offices, 117, Ilishopsgate-street Within, London • and reliable infor- Illation and advice will b e g i ven at any time to ' those who maY re quire it. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. FOR CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUS, BILIOUS,' AND LITER COMPLAINTS, COUGH, ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, AND DEBILY. fi BARRY'S delicious HEALTH-REST O R ING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD saves fifty times its Cost in other remedies, and cures the above complaints and their consequences, such as hemorrhoidal affections, flatulency, disten sion, icidity, heartburn, nalpitation of the heart, nervous headaches, hysteria, neuralgia, deafness, noises in the head and ears, pains at the pit of the 'Stomach and between the shouPers, erysipelas, erup tions of the shin, impurities and poverty of the blood, scrofula, dropsy, rheumatism, gout, nausea and sickness during pregnancy, lifter eating, or at sea; low Spirits, spasms, epileptic fits, spleen, general dehility, inquietude, sleeoles.ness, involuntary blushing, Paralysis, tremors, dislike to society, unfitness for study, loss of me mory' delusion., vertigo, blo o d t o th e h ea d, ex h aus ion, melan choly,l groundless fear, wretchedness. It is, moreover, the ood 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 facult y of digestion d nvouset and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. Supported and testimonials from the celebra ted Professor of Chemistry or Andrew Ure, Dr. Shorland, vey, Dr. Campbell, • stuart de Decies, the D Dr Gattiker, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. ' ngrarn, L-rd other well-knovrn individ w u ag itr: liar er Countess of Castlestuart, and 50,000 this useful and economic,' P. whose health has been restored by in vain for many Years, and all after all other means had been tried Professor hopes of recovery aban toned. Analysis by the celebelranted.,F.4o._fessor of Chemistry Andrew Ure, z , b•, &c., &c. " London 24, Bloomsbury-square " T hereby certify, that having exa i e n ' ell Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica I find • it to be a pure Vegeta% ealthy action of the some, easily digestible, likely toe .table perfectly whole stomach and bowels, and thereby to counteahedspepsia (Indiges tion) constipation, and their nervous consequences ANDREW ÜBE, M.D., F.R.S., Ac., . 1847. Analytic Chemist '+ Ukase by the Emperor of Russia. Russian Consulate General, London, Dec The Consul-Oeneral has been ordered to inform Mess 2 ' a Du Barry and Co., that the Revalenta Arabica they had a rs o n . t H t a o rr T , Majesty the Emperor, has by imperial permission, been forwarded to the Minister of the Imperial Palace. Suitably packed for all climates, and with full instructions. In canisters, lib 2s 9d ; 21b 4s 60 ; Mb lls ; 121 b 22s ; super refined quality, llb 6s : 21b lls ; 51b 29s ; 101 b 33s The 101, and 12Ib canis ters are forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post -office order. 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Just published, price 2d., or post free 3d., the 102 d Edition of THE NATURAL REGENERATOR of the D .GESTIVE ORGANS, the sI OM CH, LIVER, NERVES, LU Gs, &3., without Medicine, Galvanism, Electricity, inconve nience. and expense, by .n easy, na ural, pleasant, end infallible remedy, which saves fifty times its cost in other means of cure. Supported by ttstitno,ials from the celebrated Professor of Che mistry, Dr Andrew TTre ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Ila , ey; Dr. Camp bell; Dr. Gattil.'.3r ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ineram ; Lord Stuart de Decl es ; the Dowager Countess of( astl , --Stuart ; ajor-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whtwe health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had fiil d. London: Barry Da Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street The Third Edition. Just Published, pries 55., by post, free, ss. 6d ON TRUE dz FALSE SPERMATOItitH' witb the View of distinguishing the Imaginary 'ftom the iteai Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting , of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from he 4erman of Dr. PICKFORI.. “ I):. ?icliTcr7:Sltnowt; to English readers by his frequent pract,- al . comributiom to German. medical literature. This is the first t.ole, he infrTms as, that he has addressed himself to thenos-triedi• 3.i -ender. We trust this may net be the test, if he shall ietect ~ her equally flagrant evil which it may be in his p aver to con. ect.” —London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers,' and ' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this boot: 'mid find its way into the hands of those whe, staff,r from the corn. faint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would ~avect much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of .a.s importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize uieb money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the ,npirical system of treating Sperrnatorrheea , and to place the treat . melt upon a more rational and phydological basis. It is, therefo, likely to do much good."—Medical Circular. London: B. Hairiere, 211,, i:egent-stiett. WAREHOUSEMEN and CLERKS' SCHOOLS'.— A PERFORMANCE' by the NATIONAL, DRAMATIC CLUB wal take place on WEDNESDAY, Feb 4th, at ST. JA -ES'S CHEATItE, in aid of the Funds of the above Charity. Tickets thay he had of Messrs. Keith, Prowse, and Co., 48, Cheapside, and at the office of the Institution, 13, Cheapside. GEORGE LAWRENCE, Hon. Sec. HENRY WHITE, Sec. 'LL and LONDON SCREW STEAMERS I from Custom-Houso Quay.—The public are re.pectfully in formed that from and after Monday, 24 February. 1857, the Hull steamers will run from Custom-House Quay with Goods and Passen gers, as usual. Best Cabin, 6s. 6d : Fore Cabin, 4s. Further in formation may be obtained of the agents. WIC JO. HALL and CO., London. A. BANNISTER and Co., Hull. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LONDON. Policies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE T 5 fr'Ol.TR-FIEVIS, or 80 per cent., of the Net Profits of the Society, ccording to the conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society foi insuring Young Lives re lower than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers re fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in (idition to the accumalated funds derived from the investments of remiums. Policy stamps paid by the Office. Prospectuses may be ohtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, ondon, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LI DDERDALE, Actuary. pIIRSUANT to an Order of the High Court o f Chancery, made in the matter of Thomas Vowe, late o Halloten, In the county of Leicester, Esquire, deceased, all persons claiming any debts or liabilities affectmr the personal estate of th' above-named Thomas Vowe, who died in or about the month of December, 1855), are, t y their solicitors, on or before the 7th day of March, 1857, to come in and prove their debt and liabilities at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Knight, No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or in default thereof theylwill be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said • rder. Thursday. the 12th day of March, 1857, at One o'cl , ck in the after noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for bearing and adjudicating upon the claims. Dated this 29th day of January, 1857. CH 4 S. PUGH, Chief Clerk. FLADGATE, CLARKS, and FINCH, 43, Craven-street, Strand, Solicitors for the Executors. PIIRSTJANT to an O r d er o f th e Hi g h C ourt o f Chancery, made in the matter of Horace Twisq, late of the Inner Temple, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, one of her Ma jesty's Counsel, deceased, all persons claiming any debts or liabilities affecting the personal estate of the above-named Horace fwist, who died in or about the month of May, 1849, are, by their solicitors, on or before the 7th day al March, 1857, to come in and prove their debts and liabilities at the Chambers of the Vice Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, Knight, n 0.3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's inn, Middlesex, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily ex cluded from the benefit of the said Order. Thursday, the 12th day of March, 1857, at one o'clock in the after noon, at the said Chamber. , , is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the Claims. Dated this 29th day of January, 1857. CHAS PUGH, Chief Clerk. FLADGATE; CLARKE, and FINCH, 43. Craven-street, Strand, Solicitors for the Executors.' APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE .t SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, ch o p s, ~ d all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, lid by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to .rtectly digest the food. ,The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe suard to health. • , old by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay Ind Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and men , hant,s, London ; and ge nerally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Brompton.—Secretary' s Offi ce , 167 , Pi cca dill y. —Thi s Institn 'oo has been e'tabllshed excluiively for the treatment of the poor afflicted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167. ,',ccadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted at the Brompton Establishment, for one month. and for a longer Period if recommended by the ri,edical officers. The number Of per sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation .4 this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this Charity. A — W eekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application to the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue this ereat work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be nn-fields id to Will Messrs. Contts iam Loh Farrar Esq•, the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's ; and Co., S. trend ; and at the Secretary' s Offices, 167, Piccadilly, • By order. W. J. COCK Ert ILL, Secretary. ROYAL FREE HOSP ITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The Q(I EEN.—F ouuded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no pastre mouth the following cumber received th e benetlts is required. coofmtit lleati h mu i r s eiin C Ul h at a th ri ioe t n y. either as out or in -d oor patients, on their personal apdon : Week ending 7th November 2,154 Ditto 14th November.... • • 2,043 Ditto 21st November .... • • 1,972 Ditto 28th November.... • • 2,309 - 9th and 30th November 269 und r treat- T i o e t:l ca inN es o , v t e h m e he re r i ;: ilir which 2,775 were ment) having been admitted previously. The clergy of all denominations have 'unlimited acces to the patients. Heavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording su c h exten• sive relief. The Committee, therefore , carm ' stl y entr e at the aid of th epublic. I tie management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at th Annual eneral Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thu sday, at 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the usiness, when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at ail times desirous of receiving sugg estions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent op volun tary contributions and legacies, which arc received by the Treasurer, I ohn Masterman, Esq., M P., Nicholas-lane ; also by om Messr4. Cout Co.; and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Berries and Co.; Rans and Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne , and Co.;Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Denison an! Co.; Williams; Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Niset and ners-street ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Bo.'pita.l. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order J. B. OWE, ALA., Chairman. LONDON .MONDAY EVENING, r RAILWAY INT k LLIGENCE. NORTH 'STAFFORDSHIRE. . The half-ye ar ly mee ti ng o f t hi s c e mpany was h e ld on . Friday at Stoke-upon-Trent ;Mr. J.. 1... .Ricardo, MX, in the chair. The report and statement of r accounts; no abstract of which has appeared in The Su . 4, were submitted. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that a considerable increase had taken place in the local traffic. Tne traffic they had secured had not'only been obtained without any assistance from the London and North-Western Company; but; he might say, in the face of opposition on the part of that cotnpany. They were enabled from the resources of the line to,.declare a dividend at the rate of 31 per' cent. per annum foil the half-year, which amount they had fully and fairlyearned. Witb regard to the state of their traffic, he ini..zlit,tnen tion that of the 688,798 passengers conveyed`over the line 643,354 were local passengers, and 43,444%thrhug l passengers or rather through and • local yasserigers, a it wa's difficult, to Separate them. 'With regard to the • gooria 'traffic, of 455,836 tons chnveyed "over the line 269,000 tons consisted of local,traffie, and out of the total receipts for the traffic,. amounting .to 73,485/., tire Sum liof 54,4881.' was' received , for local. traffic; The•ndneral was nearly, all . Neal-U.o4c, for out .4 194,26,4 tons only. 11.686 tons consisted of througl traffic. ' Ttiese facts showed' Itrivii 'entirely dekeild'eni , hey were on their own reiources• fee the dividend they had earned and were enabled to declare. Tbe Atriduht hatided• to'thin hnder the' agreement with the London and .Norih Western Company as their proPerl tion on account of the Manchester traffic was abou 1,2001. less tha❑ in the corresponding 'half f)f 'deaf year although it was reported that the London arAl North Western Company were going to, pay a larger dividend and there could be no doubt that the traffic of that cow. pany was larger than ever, although the. amount handed over to them .was less. Tney had,no means of checking ;11,e,accou ts, and .were so far at the mercy of the London 'aid .N . 67 :W.,,nitiii*OciisPanylir rt4fek--to the- - arter' 0 nt . .--- hey - had no alternative but to take what was given to them. The law charges amounted to 1,902/. during the half year, and i , cluded every item under that head. An item of 1,0001. 'in connection with the clearing house department has been brought into the pat half-year's account, though it properly belonged to the current half year. He mentioned these matters with a view to show that everything had been charged against revenue, and that they had not divided any more than they were strictly entitled to. They hat' nearly earned 4 per cent., which was the utmost amount contemplated by the arbitrators as to the value of their undertaking. It showed that those gentlemen had not formed too high an estimate, but that, blocked up as they were, their net earnings would eventually very much exceed that amount. Having congratulated the shareholders on the sound and prosperous position of their undertaking, he expressed his belief that their prosperity would be pro gressive. (Cheers ) ._ _ - Mr. BRODRICK seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, which was carried unanimously. A dividend at the rate of 3! per cent. per annum, payable on the 21st of February, was declared, and the pr,ceoilegs concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER HAMPTON. The report of the directors of this company congratu lates the shareholders on the improved position of their property ; it states that traffic of every kind has increased, that the working expenditure bas diminished, and that the company has surmounted much of its, former embarrassment. The accounts of the half-year's working show a total receipt from all sources of 111,7731., and a total expenditure of 56,9314.—5h0w ieg a balance of net profit of 54,8421. ; which sum, Ater deduction for •intereet, dividend on new deben ture stock, rent of the Stratford and Moreton Rail way, &c., allows a full dividend of 6 per cent. to the first preference shareholders, leaving a balance which, added to the small balance of last half-year, will amount to 8251. The capital has been increased by 129,6391., and the liabilities have been reduced from 231,6321. to 110,8561. Of the new capital authorised to be raised by the last act in debenture stock 88,954/ has tern created at .4 per cent. All the second rtraranteed stock belonging to the company, formerly in the hands of Sir S. M. Peto, has been restored to the company by the repayment of the calls a ivanced by that gentleman, whose contract for the remain• ing works of the line has thus ceased. The directors report that the traffic is still much re tarded on account of the paucity of sidings from the main line into the large iron and other works, and the want of acc,manodation at many of the stations. These deficiencies will be supplied as the finances of the com pany and circumstances admit. The Worcester and lle t en ) rd Company have commenced the works on their undertaking in the neighbourhood of Malvern and else where, and the directors look with great anxiety towards its progress. It is proposed to ask the consent of the proprietors to enter into a working arrangement with tite.prtjecied Severn Valley Railway Company. Both the South-Ristern and Staines and Wokieghain Com panies are applying to Parliament for a narrow gauge junction between the Reading station and Oxford and Basingstoke line, either of which, if obtained, will give a through route from Worcester to Dover. The loans of the company falling due have been readily met, and in no case at a higher rate than 5 per cent. The perma nent way and works are in a satisfactory state .A large amount has been expended in the halt-year, in the re newal of rails, and will continue under this head for some considerable period. The directors direct especial atten tion to the reduction of the working expenses of the company, the rate during the last half-year having been 50.93 per cent in comparison with 68 per cent, in the six months ending June 30. The expenditure would have been less but for the deficient state of the engine stock. The directors assure the proprietors that all attention shall be given to the working of the railway in the most economical manner consistent with the real • Interests of the concern. • Naval and Military intelligence. _ The following changes are to be made among the staff and medical officers at Chatham garrison :—Second-class Staff-Surgeon G. Hyde, M.D. to be attached to thl Provisional Battalion ; Second-c! Staff-Surgeon Poole, to be stationed at the invalid dep St. Mary's Barracks ; Staff - Assistant-Surgeon R. W. Woolcombe is ordered to be relieved from any fart kar , dutY at Chat ham for the purpos e : o f p rocee di ng to Plymouth, whey€l be will be station e d ; A ct i n g -A ss i stant- S urg e on H. W 4 Hubbard has received no ti ce t h at th ere i s no longer an) ,occasion for hi s serv i ces. The 'following officers have joined their respective regiments at the Pt oviSicinal Battalion, Chatham, for this purpose of taking the , cominard of the depots of their c. , rps, viz :—Brevef-Majo"r j R. Heaton, 37th Regi tneint, end Brevet-Major Afollan, 75th Rel.inv - mt- TharMaAra, 6, ir steam trpop , hip, Commander Purvis, will' m oi? embark about, lednesday nee- 150 of the 33d 'awl 400 of th e 85th e Ma.urititv. These troops arrive(' P i ortsrn4uth . garr n on Thutsday, and took up cluarters at Hadar.andl'ort Monckton. The Meg L , Ol . a will touch at the' Cape 'tif Good Hope, thug 'offering ,the first chance of forwarding letters, e4c. The Diadem, 36, experimental scre w frigate,, is .being vapidly .fitted with Iser 800-horse power engines;, by , andslay and Co. The Diadem, when launched, was i .prescrked an armament o f ent i re l y 68- poun d ers, excep t two ot guns on the ripper deck, which were to be 10. inch. This seems to have been changed for the folloWing —Main deck, 20.10.,inc1i, throwing hollow shot of 841 b.; upper deck, 14 32-pounders of 45 cwt, , and 9 feet long, and 6.sponfiffer;;- ~.. If this Ve'siorreot.it ;will give a total fire of 2,2641 b. (1 ton 4 cwt,), or a broadside at each dis charge of 1,1321h. — (12 We give below the princi fdEittarils of . ther'three punt powerful ships of, their respective classes in the. British flee, and of the late Abitdrto our outhern• ports from the United States— !thii;Merritna,C-bp.iihic'i it will be seen that the Diadron, alth!fugh 1,400 tons less than the Ainerican frigate, will thr 0 w neatlmzaa, 'bretiv.l s i (304,4 - Horse , Feet in. Weight in Guns. power. Length. Tons. Broadside. Duke of Wellington 131 700 240 3,700 2,3591 b. Shannon 5l 600 235 2,667 1,114 i Diadem 36 800 240 2,479 1,132 Merrimac * Pierced for 60. With the exception of the Duke of Wellington, the weight of the broadside is calculated on the assumption of the 8 and 10-inch guns firing hollow shot ; of these the Shannon has 30 8-inch; the Diadem 20 10-inch, and the Merrimac 40. With all solid shot the Shannon would throw a broadside of 1,3291 b.; this, however, it is Raid, she is not intended to do, the 10-inch gun being designed for hollow shot. The Royal Frederick sailing three decker of 110 guns, built after the model of the Queen, and which has been on the stocks at Portsmouth for the last 20 years, 10 or more of which she has been ready for launching, his developed practically the experiment she has been kept on the stocks to exhibit, viz.—whether ships would keep as sound out of the water as in it. An examination re cently has shown that dry rot has been largely ai work with the lower extremity of the ship, much of the keel, &c., being affected by it. It is now talked of lengthening her, and making her a steam 130-gunship, but to do this the slip which she bas so long tenanted and the shed over it must be lengthened to meet the improvement in- The Imperieuse, 51, screw frigate, Captain R. B. Wat,os, C.B will be paid off at Portsmouth on or about Thursday next. It is reported that Captain Watson will be next appointed to relieve Commodore Tr otter in command of the squadron on the Cape of Good Hope station. On Sunday last five artillerymen put off from'the Bar bican, Plymouth, in a small boat, intending to visit some comrades at Bovisand battery, near the eastern entrance to the Sound. A thole having broken, and the wind being strcng from the northwaid, they were driven into the, Channel, where they passed the night, and on Monday, when near the Eddystone, were picked up by the outward bound Prussian barque Michael, which placed them on board a pilot boat. They landed at Fowey, and returned to Plymouth the same day. Col. Pester, commanding the Royal Artillery in tho Western District, has addressed to Mr. Luscombe, the Prussian Consul, a letter of acknowledgment of the humanity of Captain Muller in rescuing the men, and of the kindness they received on board. The screw corvette Pelorus, 21, sister ship to the Satellite, will be launched from the Devonport dock yard on Thursday, and not on Tuesday, as previously stated. COULT OF ALDERMEN. CROMFORD AND HIGH PARK. The half-yearly meeting of this c , mpany was held at Derby on Friday ; Mr. Francis Wright in the chair. The report stated that the increased revenue had been maintained, although no increased sources of income hare be, n as yet derived from the recent expenditure. The directors therefore recommend the payment of inte rest. on the debenture stock, class A, and of the dividend of six per cent. to the preference shareholders. The works between Buxton and Whaley are now in rapid progress, and when they are completed the directors hope to be able to show to the proprietors, the public, and the Legislature that the line will be put in such a state of completeness and efficiency as not only to meet the very large goods traffic which may confidently be expected on the opening of the Whaley junction with the Disley line, but also to be worked with perfect safety as a passenger line to Buxton, by which not only great public accommodation will be secured, but also a considerable additional revenue to this company. The receipts for the half-year ending the 31st of Dec. last amounted to 3,3001., while the balance due and available was 2,1651. There was a decrease of 800 tons weight, while there was an increase of 2201. in the receipts over the corresponding period of 1855. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, and in reply to Mr. Goodwin said the act gave them power to borrow 6,000/ , the whole of which would be required. The retiring directors, Messrs. Wright, Arkwright, and Needham, were re-elected, as was Mr. Wheatcroft, one of. the auditors. Resolutions adopting the report and authorising the raising of 6.0001. were passed. The meeting was adjourned until the 26th of Marcb, in order that a register of the shareholders might lie prepared and sealed at the adjourned meeting. ST. HELEN'S. On Eriday the proprietors of this canal and railway company held their half-yearly meeting at the railway station, St. Helen's ; Mr. G. Greenhall in the chair. The report stated that the increase in the gross traffic receipts for the six months just ended, when compared with the same period of 1856, was 5,2211., against which must be placed an increase of working and renewal charges of 1,6031., and of interest on loans and preference divi dends of 9141. The gross revenue for the half-year was 40,4981., and the working charges, rates, taxes, and rents amount to 15,2131. Or 371 per cent, on the receipts), leaving a surplus of 25,185/. ; deducting from which for interest on loans 7,4081., for renewal of permanent way 700/., and for additional works 5501.,-8,658/., left 16,5261., to which must be added the balance left after payment of the dividend declared at the last general meeting, 191. 17s. 5d., out of which the directors pro posed that a dividend should be declared for the past half-year, payable Feb. 10, at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum on stock A, .absorbing 3,1681. ; do. 5 per cent. on stock B, 3,6001. ; do. 6 per cent. on stock C, 3,7571. 10 '. ; do. 41 per cent, on stock D, 2,674 ; do. 42 per cent. on 251. shares 1832, 161. 4s. ; do. 4t per cent. per 201. shares, 1853, 1,6021. ; do. 6 per cent. per 201. shares, 1355, 1,4281. ; 16,2461., leaving a balance to be carried to the next account of 2991. The report was unanimously adopted, and after vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting separated. ENGLAND'S Hertnouns.—The extensive works at Do. ver, Holyhead, and Port'and, have been progressing for a :!9.n,,iderable period, and have in the aggregate cost th country many milli ons . G rave d ou b ts are now enter. tamed as to th e resu l ts o f the further extensions of the treat arms or breakwaters which will be necessary fur the sure protection of the harbours, and also as to the per manence of the depth requisite for the practical use of them by vessels of the largest class. In order that the subject may be fully and properly investigated, it is Understood the Government propose to appoint a commis-ion of evil engineers of experience in marine Works, and it is to be hoped the result of its report will tend to the future judicious expenditure of the public funds, instead of their being hurled into the sea in the shape of huge gunpowder blasts of stone blocks, ‘N ith little heed as to the effects.upon future occasions of sand, silt, and other debris. Messrs. J. Murray, J. E. McLean, and H. H. Fulton are the names mentioned as the three engineers to form the new commission. SWEARING IN OF THE COMMON SERGEANT. On Saturday Mr. T. Chambers, the newly-elect ed common sergeant, was sworn into office. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the hon. and learned gentleman addressed the, Court in the fol lowing terms :—My Lord Mayor,—The report which Ilas,ia4t-,1)4c41 r..4,d_baz- 94 4 "Pear of 140arestogrio is a ,record at Ance 0- ' which have been bestoßred upon inJ by the Corpora tion of London and of the obligation under which I am laid to that corporation ; and if, in addition to the tie of gratitude by which I should be bound to this corporation, any more sacred tie were necessary to secure the diligent and faithful dis charge of the important duties committed to me, the full investment into the responsibilities and functions of my office by the solemn oaths just ad ministered to me, would, I trust, i n my own con science and in the estimation of those to whom I am responsible, be a full security that I shall dis charge those duties not only in the presence of an enlightened and candid community, but to the satisfaction of all who are interested in the full, faithful, and impartial administration of justice. (Hear, hear.) My desire and aim, my constant effort, my Lord Mayor, will be so to discharge the important duties of the office of your common ser geant as that every gentleman of this Court, and every member of this great community, shall feel that the interests of the administration of justice , though intrusted to one of humble abilities and humble professional learning and experience, are at least entrusted to one with the highest sense of the obligation under which he has come to devote every power he possesses to their right discharge, so as at once impartially to administer justice be tween the Crown and the community, and between the members of the community severally, who shall be litigant before me, and to maintain, un impaired, that high character of the administra tion of justice in the British dominions, whether administered by judges appointed by favour of the Crown, or by favour of this great corporation. (Cheers.) In the discharge of those duties, I shall have, I am sure, the assistance of the experienced and able magistrates whom I see around me, as well as that of my excellent friend tho Recorder, who has had so long a j u di c i a l ex perience in th e service of this corpor a ti on. I t rus t, m y L or d Mayor, that every successive year during which I may continue to hold this office in your service I may find the members of thi s corporat i on remain ing very firm friends on th e on l y 'l eg i t i mate founda ttwioenenuptohnosewwhihcoh are th responsible friendshipatfor r ou m ld y exist appoint ment, be and myself, who am responsible to them, to justify the selection which they have made. I here pledge myself to devote—and I have just sworn to do so—my utmost energies, so long as God spares me, to your service, and to the due, diligent, faithful, and impartial administration of ust ice. (Cheers.) The Court adjourned. ROBSON AND .REDPATH IN NEWGATE, A great many erroneous statements have been in circulation in reference to these prisoners, and among them was one that Robson had gone out of his mind, and that he had been removed to Beth lehem Hospital as a criminal lunatic. Th ere i s not the slightest truth in this story. It appears that he is occasionally subject to an, effusion of blood to the brain, and, upon one occasion since he has been in Newgate, he had a sort of fit, but otherwise his health is perfectly good ; and he per forms with cheerfulness the tasks that are imposed upon all persons in his unhappy s it ua ti on, suc h as cleaning out his cell in his turn with th e o th er prisoners confined in the same ward, picking oakum, &c. Redpath, upon his first admission to the gaol, it appears, was inclined to resist the prison rules, and appeared to think it absurd that a man of his station should have to perform the degrad ing offices that must be nece ssar il y carried out b y persons in his condition. But he very soon learned that in Newgate there was no distinction of per sons, and that all offenders against the law who were sent to that place of confinement had no alternative but to conform to the regulations ; and he therefore was obliged to do the same, and he now has to go through the upon the meanest same course o f di sc ipline as that which would be unpos e d felon. Robson and Redpath are no t i n th e s ame ward, but they occasionally see each other while at work. They have, however, no means of commu nicating together, although, no doubt, th e mere fact of seeing each other in su c h a condition must at times awaken, strange feelings in their breasts. As both the prisoners have been adjudged bank rupts, and their affairs are in the Bankruptcy Court, they will probably remain for a considerable time in Newgate, and they will then be removed to the Penitentiary at M illbank. F rom thence, in all probability, they . will go to the Model Prison, where they will remain for 18 months, on " proba tion," as it is termed, before their removal from this country. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, FEB, 1. The United States mail steamship Ericsson has arrived with adVices' from New York to the 17th ult., but has not brought any specie. On the 18th the Ericsson experienced a most terrific gale front the north to the north-east, and. the cold was so, intense as to completely cover the ship with ice, large quantities of which formed about the deck. ..Th9 'screw steamer Emeu, from Havre, arrived at New York on,the-15th, and the screw steamship City of NVSliiiik:tori on the 17th ult. The proCeedings in COngresS had been of almost exclusively local , interest. , .In the Senate Mr. Pugh (Democrat), of Ohio, had given notice of a resolution requesting the Secretary of the Treastiry to inform the Senate what would lie the annual income of the Government;according to such esti mates as he might be able to wake, if one-fifth of the duties on snch important articles authorised by the Tariff Act of Jn1y,1846, should be remitted ; what if one-fourth should be remitted ; and what if one-third should be remitted. The resolution was adopted. The Pennsylvanian Legislature had presented a resolution instructing their Senators to,vote for the admission of Kansas as a free State. The river and harbour of New York continued to be filled with ice, causing consid.erable.damage to vessels, and rendering the navigation hazardous. A bark had been cut through by the ice and sunk: At Albion, New York, a riot was going on in the Main street between a party of .Americans and a-party of Irish ; knives and other weapons were being freely used. The Irish party were labourers on the canal, and who, having received their wages; had got drunk. Two of them hail beep killed, ap i l tour Americans were 20•111UCh injured, that - they were not expected to recover. By the steamship Texas, at 'New Orleans, from San Juan, Nicaragua, later advices had been re ceived at New York, via telegraph, to the follow ing effect : It was reported that the Costa Ricans, protected by the English fleet, had seized every steamboat on the San Juan river. Col. Lockridge, with 250 men, had possession of Punta Arenas ; but the Costa Rican force, of 1,000 men, held every other point on the river. It is confirmed that General llenuingsen had beaten the allies at Granada, and joined Walker at Rivas. Walker's army is reported to have been in good spirits and confident of success, while the allies were fighting among themselves. The steamship San Carlos left Virgin Bay with passengers on the 3d January, but was captured by the Costa Ricans soon after she got into the river, The steamship James Algar, with the passen gers which she took from the Tennessee at Norfolk, arrived at San Juan on the 9th ult., but in conse quence of the diffictilties of the Transit route she sailed next morning for Aspinwall, to forward her passengers by the Panama route. The New York money market was a little easier, and rates had a downward tendency, caused by a sl;ght " let-up" in the drain of specie to the South, consequent upon the increased movement of cotton there, superinduced by a concession iu prices, and a decreased demand for mo n e y at New York through the temporary inactivity of general trade. The rates were Bto 9 per cent. for prime GO days to three months paper, 9 to 10 per cent. for four to six Months ditto, and 7 per cent. on call. In exchange but little doing, and prices un settled ; quotations nominal at 108 f to 105 a on London ; 5f 23ic to 5f 21Ic on Paris ; and 364 to 361 on Hamburg:.. In cotton a fair business bad been done at .a reduction of jc to 16 in consequence of continued heavy receipts and decline in prices at the Gulf Ports.' The markets closed steadilY, flour firm and un changed, purchases being only .to the trade. For export there was some demand, hu,t the ice re stricted business. Common superfine State $6 25c to $6 30c. Canadian superfine and extra, $6 50c to $7 70c. The stocks of grain being stored in the docks transactions bad been small, but the market closed strongly at full prices. Corn advanced lc to 2c. Oats firm. Pork advanced 12 cents on mess, and 25 cents on prime, with ligt.t receipts. Beef firm ; prime mess inactive, nciininally at 20c. to 25c. Cut meats in brisk den And; at 91c to 101,c for common to prime hams, and 71. to 8c for shoul ,ders. Bacon active and the turn higher. Large sales of turpentinO t at $4. Spirits held firmly at zottiegiiir."--tOttiai6df-reain a Ifhatte higherr iziron firm, with an upward tendency, --Scotch pig, $3O 53c ; English refined, $62 50c ; Russian sheet, at Boston, 13k, six months: - In freights little busi ness doing, but the market firm at 3-16 d to id. for cotton, GO to 7d for grain, and 2s 3d to 2s Gd for flour to Liverpool. Flour 2s 10Id to 3s, and pork 4s Gd to London. WEST INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 31. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Atrato, Capt. Woolley, arrived here this morning with the West India, Mexican, and Pacfic mails, in charge of Lieut. Oxenham, R.N., Admiralty agent. Her dates are : Vera Cruz Jan. 5 Havannah Puerto Cabella 9 Santa Martha — 6 Grenada ... .. Jan. 9 Carriacou — 9 St. Vincent — 10 St. Lucia — 12 Greytown Carthagena — 10 Colon Kingston — 11 Jacrnel — 12 San Juan — 15 Berbice - 9 Georgetown - 9 Tobago y :8 Martinique Guadalon Domiuique • — 13 Antigua Montserrat — 12 Nevis St. Kitt's — 13 Tortola St. Thomas — 17 Port of Spain 8 Bridgetown — 11 Bermuda — 8 La Guaira This packet has no mails from Tampico, in conse• gnome of a northerly gale setting in, and stopping communication with the shore when the inter colonial steamer Trent left there on the 2d. The Atrato brings 33 passengers, among whom are Don Pedro Escaudon, late Secretary to the Mexican Legation in Paris, from Tera Cruz, on his way to join the Embassy in Paris; Mr. Charles Sevin, of London, and Mr. Richard lichens, Redruth, Cornwall, from Vera Cruz, returning from their explorations of the copper and silver mines in the northern States of Mexico, Chihuahua, Sonora, and Cinaloa ; Captain Berryman, from Quayaquil ; Captain Freeman, from Jamaica, &c. ; also nine naval invalids from the fleet at Greytown, two distressed Bri4ish seamen froth Carthagena, and nine from St. Thomas. On freight this steamer has the following amount of specie : Value in doll. ,On merchants' account from . Tampico 37,668 Ditto from Vera Cruz On account of Mexican dividends 25,000 Total from the Gulf of Mexico 1,940,231 Across the Isthmus from the Pacific ports, of which 41,414 dollars is in gold and 367,721 in silver... From California From Carthagena From Jamaica 409,135 494,045 ' 65,244 - 861 5,163 9,136 From Havannah From other parte of the West Indies Total value in dollars Or say about 600,0001. sterling, of which 2,31 2 ,7 85 dollars are ire silver, and 611,0 30 in gold. De Cordova's Mercantile Jntelligencer of the 10th contains its annual review of the state of the Jamaica market, which says : " The year which has just been brought to a close has been principally remarkable for the frequent fluctuations in the affairs of commerce, and we regret that we cannot congratulate our merchant upon any improvement in business during 1856. . . . Taking a retrospective view 013856 we see little on which to comment, except circumstances of depression in commercial circles. It would be hard to point to any one year in which the efforts of the merchant have been so unsuccessful as in the year just ended. Never, perhaps, has trade so ter ribly suffered, or commerce received so many shocks." The importation of all descriptions of provisions during the year is said to have been immense, so that large supplies were always on hand, and the price of certain articles fell so low in consequence that importers had seldom been barely retuune rated. Stocks on hand at the end of the yeas con tinued large, and low prices must therefore rule for some time until the stocks gradually decreased. At Demerara nothing but mails were receival, in consequence of an outbreak of cholera there, It was supposed that the disease was imported in the Venelia, a cattle schooner from the Orinoco. From Barbadoes we learn that the Howse of Assembly met on the 30th ult., 20 m embers being present, and, after transacting a few items c; busi ness, adjourned for a fortnight. There is no news of importance from Grmada. Everything was quiet. Gros Morne, one of the largest and most ipport , ant towns in Martinique, was on Christmas eve visited b y a fire which in a short time laid it in . . ... . .ruins. The jnprnals represent the amount of lons as enormous. Entire families have been totally ruined---houses; shops, establishments of provisions and dry goods, ,all swept away. " Gros Morns pre sents now the aspect' of a vast encampment. A population deolated, abject, wandering amid .rnins and fragnieri:s reduced to charcoal, the only shelter to the,inhabitants ,being the few houses left stand ing. .Tbote-families that have succeeded in saving a morsel of bread share it with those who have none. - Wliafuniversal despair ! what ruin ! what generai misery !". As to the origin of the fire the Outre Mero,ys :- •-, • .• • . ,„ "It aPp i ear3.tbat sorne'rnatches deposited in a garret bad been imprudently lighted by a child, and' the fire cumniunica'.ed to a bundle of foul linen, whence it swept ' on beYoul onitrpi'." The from Mexic9 is of importance. ' Gerieral"Parrodi - hadlaken the supreme command of the'nraiy.-luperating against the insurgents of San Lnis - Pdstesi, headed by. Calvo. Advises had alSo 'been"' received tuat Vidaurri was on his way to San Luis, at the head of 1,800 men from the frontier, well armed and equipped, iu order to attack the military rebels. Vidaurri had, according, to au agreement, dated the 18th 'Of Noveinlier,; transferred the general command of Nuevo-neon to his successor on the 13th inst. According to, =the, latest news received before the departure of the steamer the insurgents, on hear. j ing, tbat large iorzes were dir e cted aga i ns t th em , had left the city of San Luis and taken refu g e i n the Sierra. General Moreno, had left .Puebla with the rest of his division, to attack Osallos. Th us an end wod have been put to the prontinciamiento in the sepuhlic and the revolutionary element s whicbl,w*ked.- against tha.,,..President. General `.ose IllariV t anez had arrived in Mazathan,44iet teesevrOat -41riliallY received by the people. Its issuAl a proclamation - to all the troops under his command, and was to start for Sonora towards the end of December. The construction of the railway from Guatza caolcos to Tehuantepec had again been taken up by a mercantile firm of New York, and would be pushed on for speedy completion. The works on the railroad fr,m the city of Mexico to Gudaloupe vill had been taken-up by Don Antonio Escaudon with great activity, and it was expected that towards the end of October the line would be opened. Another new railway was also in the way of construction from the city of Mexico to Tacubaya, starting from the street Las Escalerillas, and passing close by the statue of Charles the Fourth. From Central America we hear that Walker was in a desperate condition, and it was fully believed would not be able to hold out much longer. THE PACIFIC. SOUTHAMP FON, JAN. 31. The Atrato steamer, which arrived here to-day from the West Indies, brings mails of the subjoined dates from the west coast of South America, re- ceived at Panama by the Pacific Steam Naviga tion Company's ship New Granada, Capt. Paton, which vessel also landed treasure value $391,355 for conveyance to England : Valparaiso (Chili) Dec. 16 I Inlay (Peru) Coquimbo — 17 Pisco — 24 El uasco — 17 I Callao Caldera (Bolivia) - 18 Cobija - 20 Iquique (Peru) — 21 Litna — 27 Aiici,... Payta Guayaquil(Ecuador)Jan. 1 Panama.. From Chili we learn that the Republic is still progressing favourably. The President had re moved, with his family, from Santiago to Valpa raiso, where he was busily engaged in inspecting the public improvements. The railroad bridges over the Cucharas were finished, and the trains now run from Valparaiso to Limache. The line would probably soon be extended from Tabou to Santiago. A floating dock, capable of admitting ships of 800 tons, ,had been erected by a private company in the harbour' of Valparaiso. Two quays were about being constructed at Coquimbo. The important Consular convention between Chili and the United States (says the Panama Star and Herald) has been finally settled and signed by Mr. Starkweather, United States' Minister, and Don Silvestre Ochagaira, on behalf of the Chilian Government. Two Ministers from. Costa Rica were expected in Chili, their mission being; to organise with Chili and Peru to jointly oppose filibustering invasions. The United States' sloop of war John Adams arrived at, Val pArajso on the, laltsppeember fr Papeete in 40 diys,'and was awaiting orders. Her commander (Boutwell) was dangerously and had been ordered home. The advices from the mining districts wer• fa vourable. The harvest, which was at hand, pro mised to yield abundantly. The Valparaiso mar kets were dull and fully stocked with staple goods. Few buyers had appeared, and the Bolivian trade seemed to have been all drawn to Arica this season. There had been large arrivals from Europe during the fortnight. During November 67,405 quinta s saltpetre had been shipped from Iquique as fol lows : For England 30,418 For France For Hamburg To order. 15,876 During the 11 months of 1856 there had been exported 771,031 quintals, against 813,773 for the same period of 1855. The following freights and charters had been procured, which shows the rates home : The Ocean Bride.—Ores, from Caldera for Liver pool, 31. 17s. 6d. The Minerva.—Guano, from Chinchas for Havre, 102 f. The Potosi.—Nitrate, from Iquique for Liver pool, 3/. 15s. The Tyrer.—G-uano, from Bolivia for Liverpool, 31. 10s. The Mindanao—Guano, from Chinchas to Great Britain, 4/. 10s. The Flying Dutchman—Ores to Baltimore, $2O. The Argentine Confederation continued in peace, and was prospering satisfactorily. The political disturbances of Santa Fe had ceased entirely. In Tucuman the new Governor, Sena Vega, had been received amid popular rejoicings. This is the sixth Governor legally elected in that province in the short space of one year. The value of pro perty was increasing daily. In Catamarc fresh discoveries of mines had been made, and in others rich yields were obtained. The River Plate provinces were enjoying peace at length. Buenos Ayres was advancing in prosperity. The Indians had retreated from the frontiers. From Peru we learn that the revolution had become general throughout the Republic, and Gen. Vivanco, the leader of the revolutionary party, had succeeded in obtaining possession of nearly every port on the coast, excepting Callao. The Lima journal El Comercio, is filled with communications respecting the movements of the opposite parties, but we can glean little or no definite information from its columns. There appeared, however, little or no doubt of Castilla's overthrow, if the revolu tionary party remained firm. Considerable excite ment has been created by a proposition to purchase the Chinchas Islands, which was, of course, strongly opposed by the present agents, Messrs. Gibbs and Co., on the ground that they hold them in trust to satisfy certain foreign debts. General Vivanco has issued a proclamation, as Supreme Chief of Peru, in which he annuls the deoree of President Castilla issued after the battle of La Palma, suspending the payment of interest accruing on the national debt. Ile says that such an attempt at repudiation is a death-stroke at the credit of Peru, and maintains that the proceeds of the guano islands must go, as originally agreed, to pay the debts due to England and France, and others, whether internal or external, and that if the guano products are not sufficient for this pur pose the Government must take every necessary means to facilitate the speedy cancelling thereof. President Robles had visited Guayaquil, and -returned to Quito on the 14th ult. Professors Francis and Moore, of lowa, started for the interior on the 6th ult. on their scientific, expedition. The President purposes sending a commission of officers of the navy to aid in tilt object of the tour, and to collect similar information for the benefit of the nation. A. comet was observed on the night of the 2d inst., bearing about north:swefsrtigfartoomAPenriaarcha: screw -corvette Pearl, - Her BritannicandMaesty Ad msoitrhael Sotheby, sailed from Panama on the evening_ Captain of Sunday, the 4th inst., for the South Pacific imme diately after the arrival of the British mail. Her Majesty's steam frigate Sidon, 22, was taken into the steam basin at Portsmouth on Saturday to be re fitted. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. _4t will be gratifying to the lovers of their old school to know that she is still vindi cating her position and earning fresh laurels at Cam bridge. The fourth and eightL wranglers in the class list just issued—viz., Mr. Claude H. Pares and Mr. H. Ludlow, 'were "Blues." ,• ~,. __ . From Adelaide we learn that Dr. 13ardh is midi* have discovered anthracite coal ou the lan& of the South Australian Company. The Geelong papers bring us news of the death of Mr. John Armstrong, at his residence in Grant county, on the 17th of Oct. ; while from Adelaide we hear of ,the death of two colonial . eelehrities4— , Capt. W, Allen and Mr. G. Stevenson, ,Justice of the Peace and Coioner of the city. Captain .A.fleu • died suddenly, of enlargement of the heart,. on toe night of the 16th of Oct., and his funeral: was very o :l" , ,,---, „nemerously attended. Mr. 'Stevenson,' Who had had a long and revere illness, died on 'the morning C' s of Senday, Oct. he 19th. Mr. Steveuson was 'i n his 58th year, and would, if he ba,d' lived wo • months longer, have been a Sou , h itotraiian colo nist of 20 years' standing. •He arrived out from • England in her Majesty's.ship Buffalo, As private • secretary to Capt. Hindmarsey the first, Gover4r of the colony, and was the first clerk to the Legisla- • tiva Comicil, the first coroner, and one of the first bench of magistrates. Before leaving ,Eingland he had been an extensive contributor to the leading coluinns of the Globe newspaper, and was devoted to other literary pursuit s . I-30 was. editor And .part proprietor of the first newspaporin the nolony 11e South Australian Gazette and Colonial Regis -ter (now the South. Australian Register),alid was consequently "the father .of the South 4.ustraliau press.',' Latterly he had only occasionally contri buted to the pr6s, and devoted his attention wore z vi,eluisively to - horticultural pkiistits.. Tare (who of George Stevenson - (sayer theAdefctide' Timis) - " was a household word in all parts of the colony, and the colonists will universally pronounce that he deserves to be enrolled among its earliest, its most attached, and its most assiduous and perse vering benefactors." ~~~, THE LATE INCOME.TAX MEETING IN MAR LEBONE AND SIR B. HALL. At the meeting of the inhabitants of Marylebone, on the subject of the abolition of the income tax, held in the Marylebone Court-house, on Wednesday night last, a letter from Sir B. Hall, on the suii!et, was read by Sir James Hamilton, the chairman, to the meeting, and the sentiments it expressed upon the subject were re ceived generally, at the time of reading, with approba tion. Mr. Churchwarden Nicholay, however, subse quently moved the first resolution, and, in cluing so, dkiignated the letter which had been read from the right hon. baronet as being such a one as ought not to have be:.n written by the liberal member for for Marylebone. It wag, he said, "the Jesuitical emanation of a Minis• ter of the Crown." The reports having reached Sir B. Hall, through the public press, at Llanover, he has written the following letter to Mr. Soden, who defended him at the meeting, accompanying it with the copy of a letter, which Mr. Nicholay is mid to have had in his pocicet at the time he made the speech referred to : " Llanever, Jan. 30, 1857. " My dear sir, —I observe by the public papers re ceived this morning that you were so good as to draw the attention of the meetin g on Wednesday last to the real purport of my letter, and to express your dissent from the observations of a previous speaker. I beg to thank you for this considerati•)n. It is not always that a public man in his absence has a friend. to say a word in his favour. At the time that Mr. Nicholay made the observations to whin I refer he had in his po,session a letter from me, of which I enclose a copy. " refrain from any comment up:at anything that may be said against myself. After representing the borough, and I believe not inefficiently, for 20 years, I believe the great mass of the con,titueney will not be led away by any vituperation such as that referred to ; butt do sincerely regret that Lard Ebrington should have been denounced in his absence, when it is well known that he is suffering from the greatest infliction that man can endure, and that he became subject to that infliction in Ile cause of humanity.—With many thanks, I remain, my dear sir, very truly your, "J. Soden, Esq." "B. HALL. The following is the copy of the letter addressed by ,he right hon. baronet to Mr. Nicholay, referred to in :be previous letter : "Llanover, Jan. 27, 1857. " Dear Sir,---Your letter, dated the 24th, addressed .o Great Sz,4nhope-street, was delivered there yesterday, and bears the London mark of such delivery (Jan. 26). It did not, therefore, reach me till this day. I regret extremely that I cannot possibly leave \Vales in time to attend the public meeting to-rnorr , w evening. I should ave bad great pleasure in being present, but I hope that, absetlce.nry not be construed into rmy feeling of Ererence to the object for which the meeting is con vened, or a desire to avoid the viva voce expression of my sentiments in regard to the taxation of the country, which sentiments are the same as I have ever entertained. I have now only four or five days in Which . l can trans act all that business which must necessarily be attended to previous to my return to London, when I shall, of course, be incessantly occupied for many months. " I have addressed a letter to the chairman of the meeting, which I hope will be read to the meeting.--I remain, dear sir, yours truly, "B. HALL. "J. A. Nicholay, E-q." "BIG BEN," AND THE GREAT CLOCK OF WEST.I4INSTER. On Satur lay afternoon the deep, sonorous sounds of " Big Ben's" voice was heard for several hours booming over London, like the reports of some huge musical cannon. What was the cause of this continued clangour from the belfry of Westminster remained for some time a mystery. Some persons conceived that " Big Ben". was opening his brazen throat to announce the submission of Persia, or the annexation of China ; others, that the succession to the throne of England had been rendered still more secure to the house of Hanover ; some persona said that the great bell was rung because " the hinge of the hitch" respecting the reconstruction of the Cabinet had been finally disposed of ; and others surmised that the bell was merely summoning members to the Parliament which is to commence its sittings on Tuesday next. It was, however, no event of such interest as any of theqi which caused "Big Ben" to exert himself with so much energy and vigour, the whole being merely the workmen engaged in completing the arrangements for fixing the hammer of the magnificent tell. It was expected that by the opening of Parliament the great clock itself would have been ready to peal fsrth the hours for the benefit of assembled Lords and Commons. But alas ! for human hopes, generati In will probably pass away ore that most successful piece of borelogical mechanism which has been beating and throbbing to the flight of time for several years past; in tae workshops of Mr. Dent, will mark the progress of the hours from its lofty tower at Westminster. The foundations for the great clock--which weigh many tons—are not yet laid in the clock tower, and the four quarter bells are not yet cast ; for "Big Ben," the Jupiter Tonans of the heavens, has yet to have his four satellites which ate to bear him company, and to cheer him in the loneliness of his proud attitude. Mr. War ner,-of Jae in-street,wlao has been so successful in casting the great bell, ba3 just received orders to cast three smaller bells. They will chime the quarters in the same musical manner as St. Mary's bells at Cambridge, while the great bell will alone strike the hours. The great clock itself has teen kept going constantly since it was finished by Mr. Dent, and the register of its mean and daily performance is as near an approach to perfect a t accuracy ion be t n t s g it b u t i s The bands of the clock are to be cf copper,. made sopinosesiblue t v e er fra to cti o . b u ta o i i n , a t h s e eu v u a u r d i as light as is . consistent with the requisite strength to resist the action of the wind . . The four dials . are 22 feet each in diameter, being the largest in the C world with a minute h and ; the lar g er dial s on the have only an hour hand. The minute hand, on account of its greater length, seloc ty, weight, f r i c ti on , and the action of the wind upon it, rsquires at least 20 times as mncb force to drive it as the hour hand. The ,ff, e4 of friet . on and wind epos such hands as these offer difficulties in the way of th e c l oc k go i ng oven as well as an ordinary church clock ; to overcome which what is called renzontoire work is used, part of the ar rangements being for the purpose of giving a visible motion of seven the hand s a t every half-minute ' when the point of the minute hand will move nearly accordingweigl tof theo hammer—originally uulesru—alupigroinpaolileYiolnr,° l i F t e h d a r t o b i s e 4 cwt ~ the of on t ; foot —ha s t o b e i ncreased to 12 cwt. There is a con trcon- trivancefor stoppi ng inches. The the winding when the clock is going to striee, as the winding of each of the striking parts of the clock will occupy nearly two hours. The clock face is of cast iron, fill e d i n w i t h a new d escr i pt i on o f w hite ,;etat-opaque &Ise, supplied by Gardner, of the Strand. , ife dial face will appear entirely opaque by day ; but will, nevertheless, be available for illumination by night. THE BURNEY PRIZE.—CAMBRIDGE, Jan. 31.—The Viet-Chancellor gives notice that the subject for the present year is—" The discipline afforded by external events and circumstances, and by i rcooree with other persons, in formintr, the moral character." [ADVERTISEMENT,] —Holloway ' s Ointment and Pills preferable to all other Medicines for the Core of Bad Legs.—Mrs. Bayley, of Wheeler's-lane, Great Colmore street, Birmingham, had a bad leg for a considerable time. She obtained the beet medical advice in the town, and tried a variety of other remedies, but without effect ing any good whatever. Holloway's ointment and pills were then made use of, which in a brief space_ of time effected a perfect cure. 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