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C I WESTERN RAILWAY. 11 BIRMINGHAM CATTLE AND POULTRY zIIOW, November 30th, and December Ist, 2d, and 3d 011 Tuesd.ty the Ist, and Thursday the 3d December, EXCUR SION. Trains will leave. Paddington at 7.10 a.m., for 111111117',.; UAM, returning the same evenings at 7.30. Tickets issued at Paddington for the excursion on Tuesday, will be available for the return journey by the excursion on Thursday, the 34. Fares, there an back : I2s. and 7s. Further particulars on application at the company's Offices. Re turn Tickets to Birmingham issued at Paddington on the Ist and 24 December will be available on the 3d. THE RHINE AND GERMANY. — The Shortest and Cheapest Route, via Rotterdam, to the Rhine and Germany, is by THE DUTCH RHENISH RAILWAY. Through Trains, in conjunction with those of the Cologne-Minden Company, start three times a day. Fifty pounds of Luggage allowed free for each passenger. Further particulars forwarded, post free, on application to the Company's London Agent, Mr. Jour; C. JANsoN, 61, Gracechurch street. PRIZE CATTLE SHOW of the Smithfield Club. The Annual Exhibition of Prize Cattle, Seeds, Roots, Implements. ice. com mences ( n Tuesday Morning and c l oses on irriday Eveping;Bth, 9th, 10th, and 11th December.—Bazaar, King. street and Baker-street. Open from daylight till nine in the evening. —Admittance One Shilling. • eHRISTTS MINSTRELS, POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King-William-street, Strand. THE ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEENTH ENTERTAIN- - MENT. Every Evening the JELLIES' BURLESQUE, received nightly with shouts of laughter. Doors open at half-past 7, commence at 8. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 21. ; amphitheatre, Is.; Private Boxes, It. Is. Seats can be secured at Mr. Mitchell's, 33, Old Bond street, and at the Hull: On Saturday, a Morning Entertainment, commencing at 3. ROFESSOR WILJALBA FRIKELL. TEIIS EVENING, Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's. —New Entertainment of Physical and Natural Magic, performed Without the aid of any Apparatus, entitled TWO HOURS of ILLU -8 LONN will take place every evening. To commence at Eight, and terminate at Ten o'clock. ...titans, Ss.: Unreserved Seats, 2s. 6d., which may be obtained at • IX • Mttchell'a Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. MR. - R: BIGNELL respectfully announces that he will take a Benefit at the Adelaide Gallery, Low ther Arcade, Strand, on MONDAY EVENING , t he 7th of Decem ber, when-the music will consist of Selections from "It Trovatore," arranged and. adopted for the occasion by rt. LAmorrn. Admission, • One Shilling Iteserved Seats, Eighteen. pence. Dancing to corn . nience at Hall-past Eight. Tickets to be obtained at the Adelaide Gallery. ADELAIDE GALLERY, Lowther Arcade, 'strand.—Argyll Band every evening - Triumphant success of M. tiviiott6's Havelock Schottish. Solo, Euphonion, M. L. Moses : Principal cornet-a-piston, M. Boulceurt. Open at half-past S. Dancing commences at 9. Admission One ShiLing. Reading Eosin. All the evening papers. WILL OPEN ON MONDAY, DEC. 7TH, DR. KAHN'S MUSEUM AND GALLERY of SCIENCE, 3, Tichborne street, facing the Haymarket. This Institution will present entirely new features and offer unprecedented attractions. Its object will be to combine Natural with Experimental Science, and to show - the conne lion between the functions of the Human Body and the great Forces of the Universe. Amongst the numerous novelties now added, may be named the large Oxy-hydrogen Mi croscope...Guenal's Appartil Uranographique (now first introduced). The latest improvements in Electric and other Apparatus (ißebid . ing Ruhmkorff's World•renowned Coil), Illustrations of Microscopic Anatomy,Dissolving Views of Pnysiological Phenomena, up,n a principle never before attempted, &c. Lectures will be delivered daily oa the various branches of Science, and their application to the ihiman Frame the Laws of Life, and the Preservation of Health, by Dr. Rahn and Dr. Sexton. The Institution will be illuminated outside with Du Bosque's magnificent Electric Light. Admission to the whole Building, One Shilling. Illustrated Catalogues, Sixpence. Prograrnmes and Lectures gratis on application. FOR GENTLEMEN.—GEO. HOBSON begs to call the attention of the publie to his NEW STOCK in AUTUMNAL GOODS, consisting of West of England Beaver and Yenetlatt Cloths, Scotch and Heather Twist, Mixed Doeskins, Caphinere and Toilanette Waistcoatings, both of English and Conti *thtal manufacture, which will be found on inspection at price , most moderato for Best Goods.—GEORGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street. MESSRS. NICOLL'S ESTABLISHMENTS are thus divided:—Number 114, REGENT-STREET, is their Depot for Paletots, Uniforms, Gentlemen's Evening and Morn ing Dress; Number 116, for the manufactu-e of the Guinea Trousers; Number 118, for Half-Guinea Waistcoats; Number 120, for Water proofed Guinea Capes, Servants' Liveries ; Number 142 is their sew Establishment for Ladles' Riding Habits and Mantles in Fur and Cloth ; said Number 144 contains their Other new Departmer.t for Clothing yotiug gentlemen with the taste, excellence, and economy whereby MESSRS. NICOLL have secured wide spread confidence. The Wholesale Warerooms are at the rear of the Regent-street pre rUlges, vii , 29, 30, 31, and 41, WARWICK-STREET. The City Depot le at 21 end 22, CORNH ILL, and the addresses of the various Agents are duly advertised in the journals of th United Kingdom and the Colonies. CIODITHLOTS FOR VSGDTADLES. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset House, 26th November, 1857. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of • Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on MONDAY, the 14th December next, at half-past One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to contract for supplying (under separate contracts), all such quantities of VEGETABLES, as may be demanded for the use of her Majesty's Ships and Vessels at the following places, from the lit January, 1858, to the 31st • March, 18;0, both days included, viz.:—ENGLAND, Brx. Aldborough Beaumaris Berwick • Burnham (Essex) Dartmouth beat and the Downs Poltestone Pow a y Harwich Hastings Rlllolyheatl un , Je MY and. Guernsey Lyme matinru Haven, Pembroke, and Pater. Zinchead Poole Portland and Portland Reads ItYde Southend l/W anege Th. ~eymonth SCOTLAND. Aberdeen Banff' Campbeltown Glasgow Granton Montrose Oban Peterhead Queensferry Stornoway, Stranraer Stromness IRELAND. Bantry Bay Berehaven Carlingford Castletownsend K illibegs Larne Londonderry Ra thm ull en Sneem (Kenmaro River) Strangford Valencia (Co. Kerry) Westport SeParate tenders must be made for each port, and no attention will be paid to any offers not so made. None of the contracts to be sub-let. 'A form of the tender may be obtained, and the conditions of the r "lgod contracts, to which particular attention is called, may be • seen at this office, or by applying to the Superintendent of her r i alesty's Docky ar d at Pembroke ; to the Clerks in char e at her ft ieg l Y's Naval Yard at Deal ; to her Majesty's Collector of Cue 'won at Beam:harts, Berwick. Dartmouth, Folkestone, Fowey, liar -11", Hull, Jersey and Guernsey, Lyme, Poole, Weymouth, foerdeen, D —onfr, Campbeltown, Glasgow, Montrose, Peterhead, Stornoway, Stranraer, Lend nderry, Westport, and to the Post- Masters at each of the other places. 1 4 tender will be received after half-past one o'clock on the day of treat,, nor any noticed unless made on the printed form provided for toe purpose ; but it will not be necessary that the party tendering, O r Mr agent appointed by him, should attend at this office, as the result oe the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed Sureties in writing. . Every tender must be- delivered at the above office, and signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person en dering, in the stun of 1001., for the due performance of each of ' the contacts. 1 - 1611 BARRY'S CELEBRATED INFANTS' • FOOD, for DEM tTE INFANTS, CHILDREN, and IN VALIDS. SuVersedes the expense and dangers of wet-nursing, Is more easily digested, and imparts more healthful nourishment than ;_ acidity, cra•nps, bowel complaints, flatulency, cough, restless ness, scroffila, eruptions, are avoided by it, and perfect regularity of the system and sound sleep inured. Many respectable families who have reared and saved delicate Infants by this Food can be referred to, and a copy of their Testimonials may be had free on forwarding a stamped and addressed envelope to Barry Da P.arry and Co., 17, Regent-street, London Prices : —ln Canisters, Is.; 25.; and 121 b. at 21s. The large Canister will ,be forwarded free of carriage on receipt of Post Office order. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. lEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to . perfectly digest the food. The daily ascot this aromatic and delicious Sauce Is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay a nd. Sons. Molars. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and men coants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. 2 4 ,-2 1 --To guard ag a inst imita t ions, see that the names of "LEA r.ICRRLWS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. To THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. t.„. 0 CBARI ES WATSON, M.D. (Physician t o the Bedford Dis '' "rY), 27, Alfred-Place Bedford-square, London, continues to Ye, OR receipt of siz stamps, " THE GUIDE TO SELF-CURE." Medical Correspondence conducted. " The first man of the day in these complaints."—Medical Re view, J uly. 1856. " The t rue Guide to those who desire a speedy and private cure. " ~llazine. thsT,.!"niversity Mag NEW AMERICAN DISCOVERY' showing the absurdity of th_ —n g'ish mode of treating such complaints, will prove a blessing to afflicted, who may safely and easily regain pristine health by adopting the Means presented."—Evening Star. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INST ITUTION.—The Committee of this Institut'on would "'esti) , call the attention of the public to the great and extr t ell:Unary exertions which the Society is now making to supply ex umma,Points on the coast with efficient li . e-boats, and which will AppE e ," e XPenditure of more than 43.000 : they therefore earnestly c onti. ,, L to 41-. benevolent for ASSISTANCI to enable them to lis the " 4. 0 vrith unabated vigour, their hitherto successful exertions cans, of humanity. Oct. 27 , 18s7 THOMAS BARING, Chairman. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Depy-Chairman. con T t la e M tr r iteutoimonntiee gratefully acknowledge the following additional The m i p eyn m e , s Fr enis,don. £5O 0 0 Jame s T a ylor, Esq., a £l 1 0 Lad y o`4„. • don. b 0 0 Admiral Sir Eaton Tra lifirJeh if ea .r t arry don. 5 0 vers, annual a weu. Hart., a 5 0 0 Lord Shelborne, don— 2O 0 0 ai~lll; Perciv and ste,scrlptions will be thankfully received by Messrs. lietrl ao • Coutts and Co. • Berries and Co. ; by all the at th:Polltan and Cocountry ' bankers • and by Richard Lewis, Secretary, 'ince of the Inst , tution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. • °N PRYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE Nr. INCAP ACITY, AID IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. rr n ee at t ( ) ); I p '' 'w an d improved Edition, enlarged to 19G pages, illustrated by 100 A ie, a ,, l t C l 7 , l . oured Engravings on Steel, just published, price, r. I .‘FE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work ..se on the Physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from the '"te of solitary indulgence, infection, and the injurious conse fir :_, from the use of Mercu ' ry ; with observations on the oblige boils myarftri II age, and directions for obviating certain disqualiticean -20, ar arwic i . stlid L. Pi , RRY and CO., Surgeons. Sold by d J. 1 1 and Gordon to renovate th , . sane, P aternoster-row; Sanger, 160, Oxfor -st A reet .; The pp to Lea denhall-street, London. sexual debillt its power in re e i 3. obstinate gl L I 'ALIME of SYRIICUM is employed in bothsexes ininalred powers of life• Its action is purely balsamic; lilies arisin g eets, impotency, .nvigorating the frame . in all cases of nervous and its unvaryl" from ven ng success l er"' exc esse , , has been demonstrated by or four quantities in onen The CONCENTRATMiji3s. which saves Ils. barrenness, and debi fthousands of eases. Price 113. per bottle, litic remedy, for purifyi ng the--TEItSIVE, ESSENCE, an anti-syphi the varied forms of seconds system, and is recommended for any of skin, blotches on the head /811:iptins, such as eruptions on the tonsils, and uvula; threatened dre, enlargements of the throat, , ancsitriuction of the nose, palate, &c. Its action is purely detersive and ben System is undeniable. P r i ce I Is. 33s• eficial influence on the Of Ils. Per bottle. also a s a v ing PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effec tual remedy in either sex for all cases of gonorrhoea and diseases of the urinary organs Price 2 ' gloat, strictu' - s. 96 , per box. ', ". 6d:, an I a re . Sold by Daniel Church, 78, Gracechurch-street, t 5l; Bartlett liger Tfooper, 43, King William-street (four doors from London * moursTyard ; G. F. Watts, 17, Strand ; IV. Sutton and Co., 10 Dow d .% Bridge) ; f oarndd ; Butle'r' W. Edwards, 67, St. l'aul's-churchyard ; ; J. sa Itreet ; Hannay and - Dietrichsen, 63, Oxford -street narding, 4, Cheapside ; Front and Harsant, 229, Straud „.,„. ~.._. ___ FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH. Patronised by her Majesty and H. R. H. the Prince Consort. —Mr. HOWARD'S PATENT WHITE SUCCEDANEUM, for filling decayed Teeth, however large the cavity. It is used in a soft state, without any pr^ssure or pain, and in a short time becomes as hard as the enamel, lasting for many years, rendering extrac tion unnecessary, and arresting all further decay. Mr. HOWARD. Surgeon Dentist, 17, George-street, Hanover-square. At home from 11 till 4. (N,, 20,416.) PUBLICATIONS. NEW STORY BY THE AUTHOR OF C 4 MARGARET MAITLAND." Just ready, in 1 vol., 10s. 6d. bound, 0 By the Author of A S . "MARGARET MAITLAND," " LILLIESLEAF," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. 11,/rll. AITKINSON'S NARRATIVE of HIS L SEVEN TEARS' TRAVELS in Oriental and Western Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and Cen tral Asia, is now ready, in one large volume, royal Bvo, embel lished with Fifty Illustrations, including numerous beautifully coloured Plates, from the Author's Original Drawings, and a Map, price 2/. 25., elegantly bound. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE LADY OF By the Author of G LYNNE. " MARGARET AND HER BRIDESMAIDS." " Those who have read' Vargaret and her Bridesmaids,' will be prepared for the enjoyment that awaits them in another work by the same hand. There was never a more original tale than ' The Lady of Glynne.' The story is not only clever, but good, and we are quite satisfied that these charming stories have to be perused and admired by a far wider circle than they have ever yet traversed. We echo the oft-repeated wi h that many more such stories as ' The Lady of Glynn° ' may be in store for us."—Literary Gazette. Hurst aid Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. COLBI7RN'S NEW 'MONTHLY MAGAZINE. The DECEMBER Number will be published on MONDAY. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. INTEGRITY IN BUSINESS—See " Del,tor and Creditor." THREE LAWYERS atWQRII-Beo "Debtor and Creditor." SPECULATION & GAMBLING —Seo"Debtor and Creditor." THE LASH of CONSCIENCE See " Debtor and Creditor?' FAMILY DISASTERS —Seo "Debtor and Creditor." 21. boards. Fifth Thousand. 3s. cloth. London : James Blackwood, Paternoster-row. CHARLES READE'S NEW WORKS. Now ready, and to be had of all Booksellers, and at all the Railway Stations. 'HE COURSE of TRUE LOVE NEVER DID 11 RUN SMOOTH Twenty-second Thousand. In crown Bvo. Two Shillings. IT IS NEVER. TOO LATE TO MEND. Fifty-second Thousand. Two Shillings. Also all Illustrated Edi tion, ss. PEG WOFFINGTON. 3s. 6d. CHRISTIE JOHNSTONE. 3s. 6d. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, Price Half-a-Crown, For DECEMBER, contains—Prince Napoleon's Journey to the North—Midnight Doings—Last Songs of Beranger—Seven Years of an Indian Officer's Life—Edmond About—An Old Indian Officer on the Causes of the Indian Revolt—The British Army—Garden Rhymes—My Wife and Family—' Oar Eight Oar."—The Calcutta Petition —The Millionaire of Mincing-lane. By Dudley Costello. London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. r HE IRISH METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE, for December, 1857, Price 20. 6d. CONTENTS. 1. Life's Foreshadowings. Chapters XXXI., XXXII., XX.XIII., XXXIV., XXXV., XXXVI., XXXVII. 2. Pensinsular Sketches—Lisbon ad Cintra. 3. Gasparino —A Fragment from the Journal of the late Mrs. Romer. 4. t helley. 5. Recollections of an Undergraduate—Part IL 6. Hugh Miller and his Education. 7. Sketches of Celebrated Female Singers. 8. Madeleine —A Tale of the Empire. 9. The Removal. 10. Foreign Travel. 11. Campion and Hanmer—Part I. 12. Sporting Intelligence —The Preservation of Game—The New market Houghton Week. Dublin: Edward J. Milliken, 15, College-green. London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Edinburgh Oliver and Boyd: On the Ist December will be publishel, price two shillings, bound in cloth, FEIST'S RACING RECORD. Edited by ALBEIt f FEIST, Editor of the Turf Department of the " Sunday Times," and Re porter of Sporting Intelligence to the London Daily Papers. In addition to other useful information, it will contain a complete Record of the Racing and Steeplechase Season in England, Ireland, and Scotland mom the lost of January up to the day of publication, Derby Lots for 185 S, and Nominations for all the Principal Races for next year ; forming one of the most copious works of reference ever published. W. Wright, sporting printer and publisher, Fulwood's Rents, Hot- born. London. OFFICERS PROCEEDING TO INDIA, also CIVILIANS, can effect ASSURANCES on their LIVES with the COLONIAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY on the USUAL TERMS, the Directors having EESOLYLD NOT TO INCREASE THEIR RATES at this time. Premiums can be paid to the Company's Agents at Calcutta, Ma dras, or Bombay, or at any other of their Agencies in the East. The Lireotors also advance Loans on good security for temporary periods. The Col3nial have Agencies in every Britich Colony, where Pre- Militias aro received, and claims settled. WILL. THO. THOMSON, Actuary. . SAMUEL R. FERGUSSON, Resident Secretary in London. LONDON.... •• ...• .• .......... Bl,Lombard-street (8.C.) EDINBURGH (Head-office) .... 5, George-street. DUBLIN .. • . .• •. GLASGOW 6B, St. Vincent-street. PROVIDENT CLEI ASSURANCE ASSOC', ►KS' MUTUAL LIFE ,T I ON.—Established 1840. TituSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. I Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L.N.de Rothschild,M.P. TREAEUREE OF THE BENEVOLENT Form. —John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Accumulated fund .............. £95,000 Annual income This Association offers every advantage to all classes desirous of assuring. A Benevolent Fund is attached exclusively for clerks. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. 15, Moorgate-street, Nov. 1,1857. E CONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, New Bridge-street, London. Chairman—HENßY FHEDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq. Deputy-Chairman—ROßEßT BIDDELPH, Esq. ADVANTAGES Mutual Assurance. The lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System. The whole of the Profits divided every Fifth Year. An accumulated Capital of .. £1,575,000 During its existence the Society has mid in Claims.. 1,455,000 Reversionary Bonuses have been added to Policies to the extent of The la,t nus declared, in 1854, averaged 67/. er cent. on the , Premiums paid, and amounted to p • • 397,000 Policies in force .. • . 7,437 The Annual Income exceeds .. 240,000 The next Divisio n of Profits will be made in 1859. Assurances effected prior to 31st December,lBs9, will participate in the Division o f 1863 . Prospectuses and full p ar ti cu l ars may be obtained on application to ALEXANDER MA CDONALD, Secretary. 890,000 NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE . _ _ TCTRES ( w ithout Physic) of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, all Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Dysentry, Diarrhcea, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn ; Headache. Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, A'thma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Com plaints are effected by_ - . IT BARRY'S delicious REVALENTA a 7 ALABICA FOOD, which restores health without purging, inconvenience, or expense, as it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies. It is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor inter feres with a good liberal diet,-but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from invalids :—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies. " I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies."—Cnr:.No. 49,832, "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, and sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Dn Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jelly, Wortham . I, ig, near Dig s , N orfo lk . "—C ure N o. 47 , 121. Mi ss Eli za b e th J a cobs. 'of N azing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, a cure of extreme ner vi.uness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. — Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liver po - r. : a cure of ten yev's dyspepsia, and the horrors of nervous irrita bility. Cure No. 18,z16. Dr. Andrew Ure of constipation, dyspep sia, c.ervous irritability. Cure No. 34;210. Dr. Sherlaud of dropsy and ..ehility. Cure Ne. 36,212. Captain Allan of epileptic its. Care No. 42.116 Major Edle of enlargement of the liver and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings, Cure. No. 26,418. Dr. Har vey of diarrhoea and debility. Care 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 Castlestuart, of many years' nervous irritability, bile, and indi gestion. Cure No. 54,812. Misg Virginia Zeguers, cured of con sumption, after her medical advisers 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 effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. R. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." No. 4,208. "Eight years' dis peps, a, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health restoring Food. 1 shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John Flavell, Ridli ngton Rec tory, Norfolk." No. 32,836. " Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which ren deredmiserable, has been radically removed by Du Barn'smlytealt life h very estoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archd eacon of Refs, Skibbereen." Cure No'. 3,906. " Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and general debility have been removed by I)u Barry's excellent a u m i e e s f e r a o r r f t u e l r , ci A a n tlo r l - s s t o r f e e s t i , m P r e i o r t us h t Important Gil Revalenta Arabica Food. in tations:— James The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an injunc tiony, on the 10th March, 1854 , aga inst Alfred Hooper Neville, for mitatit ' t The 121 b car suitabl " Du Barry's Revalenta A rabica Food." y paoeed for all climates , a nd with full instructions. In anis ers, llb de 9,1 ; 21b 4s €d; 51 b ils , 121 b 228. Mason, and Co.riage free, on receipt of Post-office order. 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Vtildr.4 t. z , 1' V i ' ik C 4 .•:. : , -,4 , 1 4 -At,' ..N.-- -t ii - -/' *- : .41 1. 414 /Pakiirtet s f 4 t4 ,7,7f41, 1. 11 ` e ` - ..,- 4 4`4;1 s 4? i • 4,-1',,, -44 •,‘' \‘':;E ' s' 4;•.44k•e4-4- -' , . LPilicie 4D. ►S PAMPED 5 g LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1857. M. DUPIN. (From the Times.) An ancient conqueror was said to have chained victory to his chariot. The Emperor of. the French appears to have secured a similar hold on success. If his visits to Windsor and his interview at Stutt gart recorded his admission into the family of Kings, M. Dupin's return to official functions at the Court of Cassation may be considered as the most authentic acknowledgment that the present Government is practically and regularly established. The weakness of the Empire has always consisted in its dependence upon the army and the people, to the exclusion of the refined and educated classes. The literature of France is scarcely represented among the supporters of the reigning dynasty; and the old Parliamentary celebrities• naturally keep aloof from a system in which there is no place for eloquence or for independent action. M. De Mont alembert soon withdrew, from religious or sectarian motives, his hasty adhesion to the Power which had superseded the Republic. M. Guizot consoles him self for the loss of liberty at home by denunciations of English policy in all parts of the world. Even M. niers, the most persevering _and effective pro phet of Bonapartism, abstains from an open adhe sion to the heir and imitator of Napoleon. M. Dupin, a personage of Equal importance with any of the ancient leaders of the Chamber, has been the first to recognise the absolute monarch who now reigns as the legitimate .successor of three constitutional sovereigns. The significance of his recent appoint ment principally depends on his public resigna tion of the same office in 1852. The Attorney- General of the Court of Cassation has never been considered a political functionary ; and even under the Parliamentary system, like the Queen's Advo cate in England, he retained his post without refer ence to the state of parties or to changes of Ministry. D upin himself was Procure ur-General for 22 y ears, including the whole reign of Louis Philippe, the Re public of 1848, and the beginning of the Dictator ship assumed by Louis Napoleon. During a large portion of the same period he was President of the Chamber of Deputies, and the coup d'etat of December found him holding a similar position in the National Assembly. During the continuance of the Orleanist monarchy he was generally in op position, or rather he was at all times the acknow ledged leader of the sO-called Tiers Parti, although he was' known to be the confidential friend and adviser of Louis Philippe. "He revenged him self," it was said by an unfriendly critic, "on the Ministers of the Crown for his complaisance to the King." No living French politician can look back on a longer career of eminence. During the Hrindred Days M. Dupin voted against the serville procla mation of Napoleon as the " saviour of his coma-, try." After Waterloo he was one of the first to propose the abdication and to resist the hopeless pretensions of Napoleon 11. The Restoration threw him into the ranks of the Constitutional Op position, and his professional engagements brought him frequently into connexion with the parties who were then proscribed. One of the ablest advocates at the bar, he defended Sir Robert Wilson in the .affair of Lavalette, as well as a more illustrious and unfortunate victim of the law. It was M. Dupin who devised for Marshal Ney a technical defence founded on the capitulation of Paris, and at the same time drew up the apparently extemporaneous refusal to profit by so ignominious a plea, which afterwards electrified the Court and audience when duly delivered by the indignant prisoner. In the midst of his forensic practice and political acti vity M. Dupin found time to become one of the most prolific of modern writers on jurispru dence. It is said by those who depreciate 'his powers that his treatises, which rival in number those of Chitty or of Archbold, are rather ready and useful than profound; but their author has never been accused of deficiency in any species of practical ability. "He can- even write Latin," it was said, " bad Latin, it is true : but after all it is Latin." One of his sources of influence has always been derived from the ready humour which accompanies his unfailing good sense. Although well born and wealthy, M. Dupin always affected the character of a rough country gentleman, or rather of a thriving freeholder. Professedly despising the mob of the capital aid rejecting their political pretensions, he . identified himself as far as possible with the tastes and prejudices of the dominant middle class. In the chair of the Chamber of the Deputies he exer cised that active authority which apparently suits the French better than the courteous impartiality' of an English Speaker ; but it was in the tumultu ous Assembly of 1849 that he most fully satisfied his friends of the party of order. Audacious but awkward Jacobins were cowed by the sneers and epigrams of the President even more effectually than by his frequent and unsparing reprimands. There was always room in the Tribune for the mem bers of the Conservative majority. The Republi cans, even when they ootained a hearing, were compelled to face an unfriendly audience without the smallest protection from the chair. Although opposed to the encroachments of the President, M. Dupin was inclined to remain passive in the conflict between two irreconcilable authorities, whom an absurd Constitution had placed side by side. He refused to give General Changarnier a contingentnrder to command the troops appointed for the defence of the Assembly. On the morning of the 2d December he invited the members to meet for deliberation, but he readily submitted to the summons of an officer at the head of a file of troops, and he even remonstrated with a colleague who attempted to harangue the troops, reminding him of the impropriety of interfering with military discipline. On the establishment of the Dictator ship be retained his office in the Court of Cessation, which he had not thought it necessary to resign even in the anarchical days of the Provisional Go vernment. The scandal occasioned by his return to the same p f a o l s l e t n a r i d s e y s n a f s r t o y m . his s intimateafter c t o h n e n e r ce restoration the h m. Dupin became the professional adviser, and after wards the confidential friend, of the Duke of Or leans. After the flight of Charles X. he was one of those who counselled Louis Philippe's acceptance of the vacant crown. During the whole of the King's reign the same relations were oontinued, no. withstanding the frequent opposition carried on by M. Dupin in the Chamber. During the wild and discreditable confusion of February, 1848, he appear of theedin y his ro na al tufraamly. I natural i positio t wnaass M. Dupinthefriend and adviser who proposed to the Duchess of Orleans that she should proceed with her children to the Chamber of Depu ties ; and, accompanying her there, ho announced to his colleagues the abdication of the King, and the accession of the Count de Paris under the re gency of his mother. When the violence of the mob and the caprice of Lamartine had destroyed the last chance of a legal termination to the crisis, M. Dupin, after bis practical fashion, acquiesced in the Republic till the return of better times ; but the universal submission to a state of things which scarcely counted a single genuine, sup porter was thought compatible with the strictest principles of Royalism. " The Republic," said M. Thiers, " divides us less than any other arrange ment," and for a time his words seemed to be. true. M. Dupin was intrusted with the care of the large property belonging to the exiled royal family, and at the death of Louis Philippe he was named an executor of his will. It was in this capacity that in 1852 he addressed to the President of the Republic a well reasoned and dignified remonstrance against the confiscation of the Orleans property. At the same time he resigned his office as Procureur of the Court of Cassation. "It had been," he said, "his duty for more than twenty years to call on the court to enforce the law. It was impossible to retain his position when all law was overruled." The subse quent judicial decision that the President had acted in a legislative and sovereign capacity would cer tainly not have tended to remove his well-founded objections. The Orleans property has not been restored, but the former Attorney-General has resumed his func tions. His personal dignity would have been better consulted by continuance in retirement ; his ambi tion can be little flattered by a return to the position which he filled in 1830, and his ample fortune seems to exclude the suggestion of mercenary motives. It is more probable that he feels that impatience of repose which not unfrequently disturbs the old age of energetic men. Even if a constitution is in store for France, M. Dupin at 75 cannot afford to wait for it. The six years of the English statute of limi tations will soon have consecrated by lapse of time the Orleans confiscation. The old King's executor has personal duties to discharge besides those which he mists to his testator. If France chooses to be governed absolutely, it is better that the laws should be administered by a learned and experienced func tionary. Whatever may be the motives of the veteran politician, his adhesion is a triumph to the Imperial cause. Through the whole of his long life M. Dupin has represented that large section of public opinion which, especially with Frenchmen, consists in the recognition of accomplished facts. THE BANK CRISIS AT GLASGOW. On Thursday afternoon a public meeting of the citizens, called by the Lord Pro_ vast in tiring of a requisition signed by upwards of 200 firms, was held "to express their apprehension of the appal ling consequences of the final stoppage of the West ern and City of Glasgow Banks, and their opinion of the expediency of maintaining these banks, as well as to consider the propriety. of memorialising her Majesty's Government on the subject. The meeting was called, in the first instance, for the Merchants'-hall, but at 2 o'clock, the hour spe cified, this place, spacious though it is, was densely crowded, and hundreds were unable to gain admit tance. In these ciicumstances an adjournment to the City-hall, which is capable of accommodating 3,000 persons, was resolved upon. The hall was ac cordingly filled immediately on its opening, there being present members or representatives from every important business .establishment in the city. In fact, it was the largest representation of the, com mercial, manufacturing, and mercantile classes which ever assembled in. the City-hall of Glasgow. The Lord Provost took the chair, and on the platform beside his lordship we observed Mr. W. Buchanan and Mr. R. Dalglish, the two city mem bers ; Bailies Clouston, M'Culloch, and Couper ; Mr. J. Smith, of Jordan-hill ; Mr. A. Morrison (Dean of the Faculty of Procurators), Sheriff Steele Mr. R. Hutcheson, Mr. D. Hutcheson, Mr. G. R. Tennant; Mr: A. Stevenson, the great body of city councillors, &c. The LORD PROVOST, r ho was received with ap plause, said—l will very_ brieflistate that I was in duced to call the present meeting at the requisition of 240 firms, largely connected with the trade and commerce of this city, to afford the inhabitants an opportunity of expressing their sentiments in regard to the unfortunate position of the Western and City of Glasgow Banks—a - subject of most painful and deep interest with the citizens of Glasgow and inha bitants of the West of Scotland. To this movement I gave my concurrence, feeling that the sym pathy and support of an influential meeting of citizens as this might tend much t strengthen and encourage the Shareholders and depositors to carry out successfully the resolutions they have adopted at the meeting lately held by them ; and though neither a shareholder myself, nor having any busi ness connection with either of these banks, I deeply lament that such a calamity as their suspension should have fallen on such a very numerous and highly, respectable per ion of the community as transacted business with them. Many may think that the past proofs of confidence shown by the public in receiving their notes, and in the deposi tors so generally acceding to the proposals made not to withdraw their deposits for periods extend ing to two years, with other tokens of the public desire to continue these banks, would render this meeting unnecessary; but those who are desirous to have them continued for their note circulation, and to maintain their position as bankers under the existing acts of Parliament, thought that an expres sion of public sympathy with their present prostrate position, arising from a money panic, might have the effect of eliciting the forbearance, the sympathy, and co-operation of the other Scotch banks ; and, failing this most natural expectation, that a move ment might be made to procure the countenance, if not the aid, of Government in the present circum stances in which they are, unfortunately plsced. Any one having even a limited knowledge of the transactions of these banks cannot fail to be satis fied that if there be an immediate winding up under trustees, that the loss would be very much aggra vated to the shareholders ; and the object of this meeting now is to mitigate that loss if possible, more especially to the shareholders whose entire means may be invested in the shares, and to avert the numerous bankruptcies that may arise from an immediate winding-up. There is no doubt but that the management of the Western Bank, which has brought ,it to its present unfortunate position, is much to be condemned and deplored, and a total change in this respect will be necessary to restore it to public confidence; but on this point I need not dwell, as it will naturally be a chief element in any future arrangements that may be made to resusci tate the banks. The resolutions t hat will be submitted to you by the gentlemen who will address the meeting I trust will be acceptable, and I am not without the hope flie - if they are carried may tend to put the two banks in a position that will pro mote the desirable end they have in view, of pm venting the ruin of many a shareholder, and saving many respectable mercantile firms from severe distress. Sheriff STEELE moved the first resolution as fol lows, and on doing so commented on the unwork able character of the Bank Charter Act : " That the English Banking Act of 1814, by prohibiting any new bank of issue, established practically a m onopo l y of the business of banking in Scotland in favour of the then and now existing banks—and the business of Scot land, whether commercial or agricultural which has in creased prodigiously since 1845, would receive a violent check were either the amount of capital now applied to banking, or the paper issue, by which that business is almost exclusively carried on, materially diminished or even concentrated in the bands of a smaller number of powerful corporations than at present." " That the final stoppage and judicial winding up of the affairs of the Western and City Banks, two of our most ex tensive local banks, would farther be a public calamity, as entailing serious inconvenience and loss on upwards of 50,0, 0 depositors, and ruining a great number of manufac • turing and commercial houses throughout Scotland, who have been doing their business in these banks and their branches, and who, although pe rf ec tly solvent if afforded the usual banki ng facilities, could not, if suddenly forced into liquidation, realise means sufficient to meet their en gagements." Dean of Faculty MORRISON said—lt affords me great pleasu re and satisfact i on t o second the reso lution moved b y t h e learne d Sheriff, who has gone into the subj ect so fully and e l oqu ently that he has not left me a word t o s ay. I think I shall there fore best consult m y own co mfort and your conve nience by si mp l y second i ng the adoption of the resolution. The resolutions were then put from the chair and y carried by acc l amation. Mr, SMITH, of Jordan-hill, said,—A resolution u nexpected) been has very put into my hands, which I sh a ll read before offering any observations upon it. The resolution is as follows :-- "That the ultimate security of the creditors of these two banks cannot be doubted ; and the first thing requisite to enable these establishments to resume business, and so avert the evils already described, is the restoration of pub lic confidence --a result to be attained chiefly by the for bearance of the creditors and by the liberal support of the other great banking concerns, both in England and Scot land, to whom the public are entitled to look for aid in a crisis like the present, in exchange for the peculiar privi-. leges conferred u p on them. " The observati ons of the prece di ng speak ers pre- - elude the nece ss it y for my-trespass i ng on your time. The simple enuraeration made by the Lord Provost of the trust estates and females involved in the bank suspension reminds us that we are not only endeavouring to restore commercial credit, but pleading the cause of the widow and orphan. But I will not dwell upon this painful topic. Nor need I say much of the solvency of these banks, for every one acquainted with the wealth and prosperity of the shareholders knows that the solvency is not for a moment to be suspected. I look upon it that the suspension of these banks would be a great public calamity, the results of which make one shudder to think upon. It gave me great pleasure to be pre sent at the last meeting of this kind, differing so far from the present meeting that itmightbe called the d emons tration of the nobilit y and country gentle men of Scotland, and I may be a ll owe d t o say th a t me greater pl easure than when I heard friend,of that t rue -h earted Scotchman (Lord l ig ba l lv i e n e ton), who, with ou t wa i t i ng for any combination, mbng combination, ination, announced that he, for one, was ready to receive Western Bank notes. No thing could have been better calculated to allay the panic among the rural population. The requisition which has called us together. alludes to an application to Government. As that proposal belongs to a subsequent resolution, I feel precluded from entering upon it, but it may be allowed to an old man, old enough to remember 1793, to mention some of, the things which took place then, fora little experience is not a bad thing in the management either of private or public affairs. Though I myself bad no share in these pro ceedings, of the my father, who was th en a t th e h ea d of one great West India houses, often told me that so marvellous vas the effect of a simple resto ration of public confidence, that when it became known that G=overnment was ready to advance Ex chequer-bills, the issue of these was not called for, and it turned out actually an advantageous thing for the Government itself. As an old man, and having some excuse for garrulity, you will allow me to tell you another anecdote. One of the greatest, if not the greatest house in Glasgow at that time was obliged to suspend payment, but such was the effect of the measures of relief that the next balance was the most profitable they ever struck. At my years, I might be allowed to look forward hopefully to better times, and I might say with truth— " The sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before." Bali() CLOUSTON said, in taking part in the proceedings of this day, I com e forward bell) per• fectly free:-from the influence of any bank connec tion whatever, being neither a shareholder nor di rector in any bank whatever. But I consider it my duty, as I consider it to ba the duty of every indi vidual who has the prosperity of the city at heart, and has the wish not only to see that prosperity continued, but that it should make progress as in times past, to - come forward in - the hour of need, and with a.helping hand 'endeavour to avert the evil alluded - to in the second resolution as likely to come upon ns by the continued closing up of the Western and City banks. The resolution just proposed -by Mr. Smith, in the first place, refers to the ultimate security of the creditors of these banks. I feel satisfied that in such a meeting as this it would be presumption and waste of time to state anything in . reference to the security of the banks, for I believe that neither among us nor around us has the opinion ever been hazarded that there is the least possible' chance of loss to any of the creditors of either'bank. (Cheers.) But, while, there can be no ultimate loss either to depositors or other creditors, I cannot hide from myself the effect of the serious inconvenience. and loss which must result to these creditors, whether in the shape of depositors with their funds locked up, or other creditors with claims which they can not make available. That would be a calamity involving not only these creditors, but the whole of this vast community in which we dwell, and also a calamity reaching to the whole manufacturing and agricultural districts of Scotland. Seeing, then, that such evils are likely to ensue upon the con tinued close of these banks, how are they to be averted This, I think, seems to be answered -in the second part of this resolution, which speaks of the restoration of public confidence by the liberal support of the other great banking concerns. From what we have seen of late of the manner in which our highest mercantile houses have been obliged to succumb, I believe that there has been a feeling of commiseration, from man to man, through the whole community, which leaves no doubt as to what will result from the consideration of the cre ditors of these two banks ; and that, so far as they are concerned, they will give them their best sup port. With respect to the other creditors, the great banking concerns, holding securities for which they are liable, lam not here to attribute blame ; for, if this were to be done, I fear we must come nearer home ; but I would most respectfully urge that we should go to these banks, whether in Scotland or England—whether directly or by memorial, and to her Majesty's Government, and there state the case candidly and fairly, show the real position of the banks, what their liabilities are, what their assets are, and what their. losses—(hear)--and do think we are in a somewhat anomalous position from such details having been given. (Hear.) With these remarks, I beg to second the resolution proposed by Mr. Smith. _ _ The resolution was put from the chair, and car ried with applause. Mr. DALGLISH, M. P., who was received with loud cheering, said, 7 --Gentlemen, before proceed ing to address you, I have to apologise for Mr. Buchanan and myself coming in half an hour too late to-day. I am sure you will forgive us when I tell you that we have been engaged since half-past 10 on most important business connected with the banks. (Applause.) I have to apologise also to you should I fail iu making myself sufficiently clear upon the present occasion, because I candidly tell you that I intended to devote the three hours I have devoted to other purposes to arrange in some way what I should say to you now. The resolution which I have now to propose is as follows That her Majesty's Government ought to be made acquainted with the present critical position of the mer cantile interests in Sconand, and solicited to take such steps as shall seem most expedient for averting so much suffering and loss to the nation and for that purpose the following deputation be appointed to proceed to London to communicate with the First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer." Perhaps the most important subject which arises out of the late financial crisis in Glasgow is the con sideration as to the number of people who will be deprived of the means of earning their livelihood. It is impossible that such a mercantile crisis should have occurred under any circumstances, much less under the circumstances at present, without many people being thrown out of employment ; and although I would not be prepared to go forward to Government and ask them for any assistance to re establish our banks, I think .we have a fair claim upon Government to render them assistance, if ne cessary, to maintain or to feed our people. (Ap plause.) Perhaps one of the greatest difficulties arising from the present shutting up of the City of Glasgow and Western Banks is the difficulty many concerns carrying on a large business have to raise the necessary means, the sources from which they derived their supply being now stopped. I have no doubt the chartered banks and the other banks in Glasgow will do their best Pa afford the means to all solvent houses to carry on as far as lies in their power ; but there will certainly be otter concerns—whether houses employing labour, or shopkeepers, or other people doing with bills in Glasgow—which will xt ft have the facility of acquiring this assistance from other bands, and who will have to look forward to certain evils in the conduct of their business. Our respected friend Mr. Smith has told us what happened in the last century, now I can tell you what happened in this. En 1826, at a period of deep distress in Glasgow, when the banks in England—l think to the pu number at ion we f t 1 f —Lad , 2 .o s mc4 la s g suspendedsuspend a s n a t w , a London,tdiele ynpe then Prime Minister of the Government, and after consultation secured a grant of a large sum of money. This grant of money was put iu the hands of a committee of three merchants in Glasgow, of whom my father was the chairman. (Applause.) With this money they got goods from different manufacturers, audthey assisted other classes of the community with.loans, taking such security as they thought fit ; and they managed this fund so that innumerable houses in Glasgow were prevented from suspending business, and were enabled to carry it on as to supply the people they were accus tomed to employ in work. (Applause.) And I have further to state that this was managed with the most trifling—perhaps, I may almost say, without loss at all to Government or to the country. I think that, having such a precedent before us, we may safely go forward to the Government and ask them, if funds should be necessary, that they should afford us some assistance—some means, in our pre sent state, to carry on the business of our large manufacturing concerns. But, gentlemen, that would be a last result. I hold that there is suffi cient wealth—that 'there is sufficient business talent in the city of Glasgow to get ever our present diffi culties without any application to Government. (Great applatfse.) All that we now want is a resto ration of confidence, and that restoration of con fidence will place us on a fair and proper foot ing. I was absent on the Continent when the great crisis occurred, but the details which I have received since I returned lead me to make one or two remarks. The learned Sheriff has given his opinion of the Act of 1844. The Act of 1844 may have many objections urged against it, but I think there is one objection which must occur to you all, which is a fatal objection—viz., that whenever the Act begins to act, then it is obliged to be suspended. (Applause.) I would like to make one or two remarks with regard to the Act in one particular case. Before I left home it was stated that certain large houses were in diffi culties. It was stated that the Messrs. Macdonald were in great difficulties, that Messrs. John Mon , teith and Co. were in great diffictitie , 3 and that the Western Bank was very largely involved with them. It proved that the report con necting those houses with the Western Bank was true. Those houses were obliged to sus pend, and that created a considerable amount of distrust in the City of Glasgow. Deputations, as I understand, went to London, represented the evil effects that would follow if the distrust con tinued, and urged upon the Government or the Bank of England to do something to relieve the state of the money market. The Government re fused. On Monday, the 19th Nov., the failure of Messrs. Dannistoun occurred, one of our largest and most respectable firms. It is right to draw a distinction here. The suspension of the Messrs. Dennistoun did not arise from a course of over trading without sufficient capital like the others—it ' arose from the bankruptcy of a nation—from the total failure of the whole American people to pay their debts. (Great cheering.) The suspension of Messrs. Dennistoun led to a general run upon the banks. The Western Bank shut their doors, the City of Glasgow Bank shut their doors. The Union were able to withstand that run, and to it I think belongs the merit of having saved the banking sys- , tern of Scotland. (Great applause.) Gentlemet , what was the result ? Did the Government relax the Act of 1844 ? The Government did not relax the Act of 1844 for Scotland, but within ten days, when the thing came nearer home—when the Lon don large establishments were falling—when one of their largest bill-discounting houses broke—when others were in difficulties—then the Government saw fit to relax. (Great excitement.) Government sacrificed Glasgow, but saved London. Then they ,4 saw the evils of the Act of 1844. Perhaps, although, it is not a part of the resolution to which I am called to speak, it might be well io say how much we sympathise with all the different parties in volved in the present .crisis—holy much we sympa thise with the depositors who have their money locked up in these banks—how much we sympa ih:se with the unfortunate shareholders of these banks, many of them ladies, and many of tnem trustees for children—how much we sympathise with all these, it is impassible we can express. But we have also to acknowledge that there. has been gross mismanagement by one of the managers of these banks. I am sure that circumstances will come to light with regard to the management of one of the managers which are perfectly astound ing. But with that we have not to do just now. I cannot agree with Sheriff Steele, nor with the papers, that. we should reprobate the conduct of the chartered banks in Edinburgh. I think these banks will be prepared to do whatever is right whenever they see themselves safe. I cannot for one moment believe that these banks would wish to put down either the City er Western Banks, of Glasgow if they saw any means of carrying them on. I believe that to the chartered banks of Edinburgh and the other banks in Glasgow we shall be in debted for taking up a large amouot of the accounts of the City of Glasgow and the Western Banks, for giving facilities to an immense number of firms for carrying on their business, which otherwise they would not have had ; and I do not think we ought to blame rashly establishments which have main tained their credit in Glasgow, which give immense facilities to the business both mercantile and manu facturing of the I do not think we should blame in the way they have been blamed. I trust, although my sentiments on the subject may per haps be different from many expressed out of doors, that they are honest and fair sentiments, and I am sure you will agree with me in thinking that so far as the public generally are concerned we are much indebted to the chartered and other banks. (His:es and &tearing.) Gentlemen, I have to state one other point. When I heard of a run upon the banks in Glasgow and throughout the country generally I blushed for my fellow-countrymen, and I will tell you why I did so. In Scotland, during the last 80 years, we have had the suspension of the following banks :—The Ayr Bank, trading under the firm of Douglas, Heron, and Co . , established in 1769, and suspended in 1772, with only 128,00 G/. capital paid up—its creditors paid in full. The Dunbar or East Lothian Bank suspended in 1820. Its creditors were paid in full. The Falkirk Banking Company, with only five partners, established in 1789, and suspended in 1816. • This was not properly a bank ing establishment. It was rather a company formed, consisting of five persons, for the purpose of deal ing in cattle ; and although they went under the name of the Falkirk Banking Company they were not properly a bank. The public lost by that bank 25,0001. The Fife or Cupar Bank, established in 1802, with 29 partners, suspended in 1825—the public suffered no loss. The. Stirling Banking Com pany, established in 1777, suspended about 1825, and the public were paid in full. These facts could not be known to the public generally, brit I be lieve the fact was known generally that the public had never sustained any loss by any bank in Scot lany, except the Renfrew. (Applause. A Voice, " Watson's Bank.") Watson's Bank was not a bank of issue. It was more a discounting home, and it is, therefore, different from banks receiving deposits and issuing notes. Another gentleman suggests the Aberdeen Bank. No doubt it was a total failure so far as the partners were con cerned ; but the public never lost anything. Now, gentlemen, with these facts before us, and, recollect this, with the proprietary of the various banks here, whose names are published an nually, the public should know that with such au amount of property, with such wealth in the list of the shareholders, even undoranything like ordinary mismanagement, they cannot suffer, nowever much the shareholders may. lam confident that what ever may be the result depositors in the two banks now in course of suspension will suffer no loss— that every farthing they owe will be paid. (Ap plause.) They only point now is to nominate the committee to proceed as a deputation to London. The hon. gentleman then proposed. The Lord Provost, the Dean of Guild, Bailie Clouston, Dean of Faculty, Morrison ; Mr. 'BAJO, Temaaut, of Well-park, and Mr. Robert Napier, Lancefield, with power to add to their number. Bailie M.`CuLLocil seconded the motion, and it was unanimously adopted. Mr. BUCHANAN, M.P., said—lt is my pleasing duty to ask you to join in a very hearty vote of thanks to the Lord Provost for his conduct in the chair. It is one of the first occasions on which he has met a large body of his fellow-citizen', and I am sure the manner in which he has conducted this meeting is a good augury for his career as Lord Provost. (Applause.) The meeting then separated. • MEETING OF BENNOCH, TIVENTYMAN, AND RIGO'S CREDITORS. -.0.- Yesterday a meeting of Messrs. Bennocb, Twenlyeaan, and Rigg's creditors was held at the Guildhall Coffee house, for the purpose of receiving a balance-sheet, and considering the general affairs of the firm. The meeting was very numerously attended ; upwards of 60 peesons being present. At first there was difficulty in obtaining a chairman, several gentlemen who were put in nomi nation, including Mr. Eaton, one of the largest creditors, having declined to act in that capacity. Ultimately Mr. Foster, a cash creditor, accepted the office. Mr. PARRINTON, of the firm of Parrinton, Eastbury, and Co., accountants, read the balance-sheet, as follows: -Drs. To creditors, as per list, 167,5521 5s 10d ; less securities held by them, 6,722/ 5s 3,1-160,830/ Os 7d. (En the above claims 50,9501 11s 91 is Included depreciation in the value of silk in the hands of the brokers.) To bills accepted for consignors, 99,663/ 18s 9, - 1; less bills fully or partly secured by goods on hand, 62,6801 13s 6d-36,9831 5s 3 i ; to liabilities on bills receivable discounted considered good, 127,5111 14s 10d ; ditto bad, 23,547/ 6s lld ; less security held on account there,f, 5501-22,9971 63 11d; liabilities on guarantees in respect of which it is considered there will be a claim of 3,0001 ; creditors of Messrs. Lovatt aid Gould, whose debts Messrs. Bennoch, Twentyman, and Rigg have undertaken to pay, 33,8841 3s ; total, 257,6941 15a 11d. By stock in trade in London and Manchester, cost 65,7681 5i 83, estimated at 39,1951 183 4 , 1 ; book debts, good, 41,3471 51 2d ; less debts un consignors' account, 10,1911 Os ld-31,1561 5s ld ; book debts, doubtful and bad. 16,2671 18s Id, estimated at 5,0571 15s 41 ; bills receivable on band, 7,2481 7s ; less portion due to consignors, 4351 13s 9d-6,8121 13i 3d ; cash in hand and at bankers, 8741 13s 41 ; by cash at bankers, 2,0281 16s 4 d ; deducted from heir claim of 5,0001; fixtures at Manchester, 1541; furni ture, &c., at Wood-street, 3001; shipments to Mel bourne, Sydney, New York, Ste., amounting to 41,0211 5s lld ; subject to advances and claims thereon, 20,1.631 103 ld-20,8571 15s 10d ; estimated at 12,7941 8s 3d ; value of shares, 1001; securities deposited with credi tors and dedUcted per contra, 6,7221 5s 3d ; leases and fixtures of premises, 77 and 78, Wood-greet, and land in Silver-street, 1,4001; stock, book debts, utensils in trade, furniture, &c., of Messrs. Lovett and Gould, of Leek, 4,3821 lie 7d ; equity of redemption in free hold land and mill of Messrs. Lovett and Gould, subject to mortgage of 10,0001, 102,2281 5s 2d, less rent, sala ries, &c, 7811 lis Bd.-total, 101,446/13s 6d; deficiency, 156,24812 s sd. Mr. Parrinton added to this statement the remark that the firm commenced business in 1848, Mr. Ben noch having a capital of 1,4571 ; Mr. Twenty man, 2,1821., and Mr. Rigg,. 5,7001., making together 9,4101. This capital went on increasing year by year until it stood at 38,2471 on the 24th Dec. last. The mis fortune of failure had overtaken the firm through allow ing parties to overdraw upon them in respect of silk and other goods, and becoming liable for the debts of Messrs. Lovett and Gould, of Leek, amounting in the whole to 22,9771. The two other principal losses bad resulted from the failure of two firms, one in Derby the other in Coventry. In 1846 the firm of Reid and Co. was established at Derby. It consisted of Mr. Reid of that place, who put in 8,0001, and of Messrs. Bennoch and Twentyman, who put in 5,0001. The firm of Bennoch, Twentyman, and Rigg had.been drawn on by this Derby house to the extent of 32,3231, but the goods consigned were not worth more than 14,2781, and here, therefore, there was a loss of 18,2781. In 1856 the firm of Taylor and Co. was established at Coventry with a capital of 4,0001. Bennocb, Twentyman, and Rigg had been drawn upon by this house for 18,7501, but the goods consigned were now only worth 11,961/. The Coventry firm were also cash debtors of the London house to the extent of 10,637/, and the loss by the Coventry firm was put d own at 17,427/. Mr. HERD, solicitor, representing Messrs. Bennoch and Co., stated that in consequence of the serious reduc tion in the present value of the assets, Messrs. Bennoch, Twentyman, and Rigg were unable to propose any offer of compensation which would be safe for themselves and at the same time satistactory to their creditors, and from the magnitude of the liabilities it was doubtful whether they could find an adequate guarantee, even if the creditors assented to a composition ; that, with the hope. of securing to their creditors the present value of their assets at all events, and a greater dividend than is at present shown should a better state of things ensue, Mesiers. Bennoch and Co. proposed to realise their estate under inspectii,n in the usual way, but that the creditors .should give power to the inspectors, when the estate elan have been brought within smaller compass by re gisation and the payment of a certain amount oficiivi- i~~s efe ' ____ ~.------'" i-C , NEWSPAPER '-'- 4`• 4 ,7% dend (say 63. i n th e p oun d), t o di s po se o f , / x ..,.!., .; ? _ka r --- • of the estate- to Messrs. Rannoch, T - ~.- 4 . i ' '' • ',. _. 77'7 4 Itigg, or one or more of them, or to any th- ‘ 71 47 ~- a tOt l - 1 ..tr.7 such pica and on such terms as the insp?..'e 4 ...—,,,....„„ 4 ~f . ,,, , , F uper. M. Reed also .stai . ecl that Me: , -- :'•f - 7 7 :r ! A ir c and Co. placed.theraselves unreservedly in t iskflindsqf s their creditors, and would adopt - any course 'Mt I - -igh 4 - , Rid • • • Latter might consider most conducive to their interests. After some discussion, on tho motion of Mr. Leaf, secoaded by Mr. 113 vis, it was resolved without any dissentient voice, "That Messrs. Dennoch, Twentyman, and Rigg'e estate be ri.alised under inspection in accordance with their proposal, that Messrs. Durant, H. W Eaton, J. P. Foster, and David Evans, of London, and Samuel Thorp, of Manchester, be inspectors, and that it be left tothoso gentlemen to decide on behalf of the creditors upon the - terms of the deed of inspection, including those •upon which Messrs. Bennoch, Twentyinan, and Rigg are to obtain their release. The assent of creditors to this resolution is to be without prejudice to their claims against third parties, or to any eecurities they held, and to be subj , !ct to the consent of third patties (when nem ears) being obtained." The meeting then separated. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Intelligence has been received at the invalid depot, Chatham, that upwards of 1,000 sick and wounded British troops are now on their passage home from India, and may shortly be expected to arrive at that establishment, where every arrange ment has been made for their reception. The invalid troops employed in the Persian and China expeditions are also daily expected at St. Mary's Barrack, Chatham. The Leopold screw steamship, Captain Luning, arrived at- Splthead from Woolwich yesterday, and embarked the V Field Battery of Royal Artillery, which marched down from Hilsea Barracks to Portsmouth Dockyard, headed by their own brass band ; also a detachment of the 38th Regiment, from Shorncliffe. She was to proceed to Cork yesterday evening or this morning to fill up her complement from the 94th Regiment. . Detachments from the depots of the 30th and 50th Regiments, at Parkhurst, proceeded to relieve detachments of the 96t5,_at Portland, yesterday, when the 96th rejoined at the depot -at aglckwat, on the way to Aldershott, to join the service com panies. - The depot of the.3lst Regiment, at Winchester, is held in readiness td proceed to. Pembroke: The 55th depot, first division, embarked yester• day from Parkhurst, on board the sto,Fer South- Western for Jersey. _ _ The Juno, • 26, Captain Freeman tle, went into Portsmouth Harbour on Thursday evening to dis- mantle and be paid off. The funeral of the Rev. Sandford. Connor, late assistant chaplain to the Royal Artillery at Wool wich, who died from an attack of cerebral apoplexy , on Sunday last, took place yesterday in that garri son. Notwithstanding its importance as a military station, the event of an officer's funeral has not occurred there for some years, consequently every avenue leading to the Artillery-barracks, - as well as the entire line of road, extending to St.. Luke's Church, Charlton (the place of interment), was thronged with spectators. The solemn cortege was composed of 1 captain, 1 subaltern, and 100 rank and file from every corps in garrison, which, toge ther with volunteers, consisted. of about 800 -men. The officers of the garrison having been invited generally to attend assembled in a considerable body, numbering about 100, together with the entire official staff. General Williams was unable to be present in consequence of an attack of in fluenza, which has confined him to his quarters. Precisely at 2 o'clock the coffin, borne on the shoulders of six gunners of the Artillery, was placed. on a 9-pounder gun with six black horses attached. A line of Artillery stationed on either side presented arms, and reversed muskets, when a long, and gradual rolled of the muffled drums rung through the length of the parade. The mournful procession then commenced its march, and the coffin having been carried into the church the funeral service was performed by the Rev. Mr. Delamere. Same samples of rope received at Woolwich from various foreign manufactories were yeaterday tested with a view of securing an effectual means of firing rockets and convoying assistance to ships in distress. A piece of 1 inch Italian rope has a strain of 154 cwt. ; a picco of 1 inches broke at 14 cwt._,- another sample from the same manufactory of inch gave way at 9 cwt. ; do. 1 inch, 104 cwt. A innh Italian sample was then tested, and bore 104 cwt. A Neapolitan sample of # inch yielded at 10i cwt. ; a 1-inch Italian at 124 cwt. ; a 1-ineh New Zealand at 71 cwt. ; and a inch at 54 cwt. Sixty gunners, forming No. 4 Company ; 2d Bat talion Royal Artillery, under command of Major Champion; left Plymouth on Tuesday for Wool wich, where they will be strengthened. to 150, when it is expected they will go with four other companies for service in China. Arrangements are in progress for sending out a large number of orderlies, wardmasters, andstewards of the medical staffs corps at Chatham to India, where they will be employed in attending on the sick and wounded troops, and in the general hos pital duties performed by the orderlies of that corps. A number of orderlies are also to be stationed at Alexandria to assist the officers and troops proceed ing to and from India by the overland route. Vice-Admiral E. Collier is to have the retired service pension, rendered vacant by the death of Vice-Admiral. W. F. Owen. Vice-Admiral Collier, C. 8., whose removal . from the active list is consequent uponhis accept ance of the service pension, is 74 years of age.. He entered the navy in February, 1796, and his first sea service was as acting lieutenant of the Teign mouth, brig, against the pirates of Guzzarat, in 1803, on which occasion, after the hazardous de struction of thirty of the enemy's vessels, he headed a division of seamen and marines in an attack made on one of their forts, where the British were com pletely repulsed, with a loss of 40 men killed and wounded. Mr. Collier was confirmed a lieutenant June 17, 1803 ; was in the St. Fiorenzo, 36, in her desperate conflict of several hours, and the capture on Feb. 14, 1805, of the French 32 gun frigate, La Psyche, after a loss to the former of 12 men killed and 36 wounded, and to her opponent of 67 killed and 70 wounded. As first lieutenant of the Thames, 32, he commanded the boats of that ship and the Pilot, brig, at the capture and destruction of a large and well protected convoy near Aman thea, July 25, 1810, which procured him his pro motion. Obtaining command, Oct- 27, 1812, of she Manly brig, Captain Collier proceeded to the Scheldt, and thence sailed with convoy for New foundland, whence he afterwards went to Halifax, where the Manly was driven high and dry on shore during a heavy gale, Nov. 13, 1813, and only got off after an incessant labour of three weeks. In May, 1814, having volunteered with the whole of his ship's company to co-oporate with Sir James L. Yeo on the Canadian lakes, Captain Collier gallantly assisted, with the gun boats under his orders, in the attack on Oswego. After bearing a part in many other arduous enterprises he was officially advanced, Nov. 18 following, to the command of the Princess Charlotte, 42. He subsequently, from Sept. 8, 1811, until Nov. 30, 1821, commanded the Mersey 26, on the Halifax station. On April 3, 1837, joined the Castor, 36, commanded her during the Syrian campaign, and in tho bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, had the misfortune to have his leg severely fractured, and received other hurts of a slighter description. Capt. Collier was nominated a C.B. Dec. 18, 1840, and paid off the Castor in 1841 . Hia last active service was in command of the Rodney, 92, in the experimental squadron, under the orders of Rear Admirals Hyde Parker and Sir Samuel Pym. Capt. Collier is deputy lieutenant of the county of Worcester. Admiral Collier obtained his flag rank, Oct., 1850. Sir James Hallway Plumridge, K.C.8., super intendent of Devonport Dockyard, is now the senior Rear-Admiral The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty : Vice-Admiral E. Collier to the good-service pension, rendered vacant by the death of Admiral Owen. Captains—The Hon. G. F. Hastings to thi}Blenheim, vice Pelham ; F. Scott to the Meander, vice Hastings. Li eu tenants—W. H. Beake to the Cambrian ; A. H. Gilmore to the Renown ; E. B. H. Franklin to the C. racoa; S. F. Douglas to the Renown. Master—Valentine G. Roberts to the Renown. Clerks—C. W. Roache, to the Magicienne ; H. H. Mg/ Grant, to the Victory ; Bertram Mitford, to the Cambrian. AM. Captain HENasTtiSn. gs, the C.B. (1845), as we anticipated, has been appointed to succeed Captain Pelham in the command o 60, screw ship, at Portsmouth, and inthef the Blenheim, t the steam reserve at endenca ofthat su Port. pj a rin t: Hastings, who i s th e secon d son o f the late Earl Huntingdon (who was a caP taiu in the navy) , en tered the service in 1824, was made a lieutenant in Jan., 1833, and commander in 1838. He com manded the Hark quin, on the coast of China, and led the boats of that sloop and those of the an derer 'and Dido in the attack on the piratical towns of Murdoo and Qualloo Batto, in the island of Sumatra, for which he received the public thanks of the CommAnder-in-Chief. As a captain he commanded the Cyclops, 6, paddle, on the coast of Africa, and the Curacoa , 21, screw, in the Black Sea ; and since May last he has been . ; n command of the Mwandcr, coast-guard ship, Portland Roads. MILITI A. The South Devon Regiment of Militia, under command of Lieut.-Col. Sir J. Y. Buller, embarked on Thursday at Plymouth, on board the steam transport Abeoua, for passage to Waterford, where they no to be quartered for the present.