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CARDEN, Mayor. A Common Council, holden in the Ch , imber of the (=nildhnll of the City of Lon don, on Thursday, the 19th day of November, I 557 Resolved unsnimowdy—That the cordial thanks of this Court he presented to the Right Hon. Thomas Quested Finnis tor the very efficient and excellent manner in which he has discharged the duties of the high and important office of Lord Mayor of this City during the past year—for his great attention to the comforts of the poor, in alleviating.their wants, and visiting the several establishment , for their reception—for his desire to advance civilisation, by promoting the communication with the interior or Atrica —for his dignified maintenance of the ancient hospitality of the Mansion-house—for his kind and benevolent assistance to the charitable institutions o' this City—for originating the Indian Relief Fund, for alleviating the nece s shies of the sufferers by the murderous revolt of the -epoys—and for his impartiality, urbanity, and intelligence, whilst presiding over the delibera ions of this Court. MEItEWETHER. MR. ALBERT SMITH has the honour to ttllll , once that MONT BL .kNC will open for the season on Monday Evening. November 23d. During the recess the room has been completely renovated a- d redecorated, and several improvements made, which, it is hoped, tend to the increased comfort of the audience. The route of the tour will he as follows:—The Rhine Panorama, between Cologne and Heidelberg, will form an Introduction. befo~e the actual journey. which will take the travellers through the Berms° Oberland, by Zurich, the Rigi, the Lake of Lucerne, the ,Tungfrau, the Great St. Bernard, and Geneva, on to Chamouni. Th. ALcent of Mont Blanc will, as before, form the Entr'acte. 'I he second part will be entirely devoted t 3 Nap!es and the adjacent points of interest. _ _ _ _ These, printed by Mr. WILLIAM BENEXLEY, will comprise a la-neral View of Naples from the heLlits of Pausilipo—the Santa Lucia. and Hotel de Rome at Naples, looking towards Por House of the Tragic Poet at Pompeii—the Ruins at Pxstnm—the Blue Grotto at Capri—the Ascent of Vesuvius ; an i the Eruption Of Vesuvius on the 24th of September last, with the lava running down to the trio dei C ,valli, at which Mr Smrrir was present. Mr. SMITH was fortunate enough to encounter several old friends, en the journey, including the Engineer of he Austrian Lloyd's Company at Sorrento, and Baby Simmons at Porn , eii. The representation will take place every even , ng (except Satur day) at Eight o'clock, and on Tuesday and Saturday afterno us at Three o'clock. The Box-office [now open] is at the Egyptian Hall, Where Stalls can be secured with )ut any extra char :e. CIHRISTT SI MINSTRELS, POLYGRAPHIC- J King-William-street, Strand, every Evening the JULLIEN BURLESQUE, received nigh'ly with shouts et laughter. Doers oven at half-past 7, commence at S. Stalls, 3s. ; area, .2,3. ; amphitheatre, Is.; Private Ilexes, 11. Is. Seats can ho secur , d at Mr. Mitchell's, 33, Old Rond•street, and at the Hall. On Saturday, a Morning Entertaihraeat,coiruseacing at 3. A DELAIDE GALLERY', Lowther Arcade, Strand.—lrgyll Bend every evening - Triumphint success of M. LamoLte's Have'ock Schettish. polo, Euplinnion, M. L. Moses. Solo, carnet-a-piston, M Bonlce-rt Op ns at half-past 8. Dancing commences at 9. Admission One ShiLing. Reading Roam. All the evening papers. ALLE FRASCATI, 5, Loicoßter-square. V. 7 The Lessee respectfully informs the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that he has been fortunate enough to secu e the p*ofessienal services of the Grea , est Musical Phenomena that ever visited this Country, HERR KR aTKY BA MK the only Artist who has ever had the distinguished honour of performing a solo at the Grand Opera at Berlin, by Royal Comm rnJ, on Ws II MELODIC )N. Your Horns in One! ! The effects of this Instrument are really astounding, and must ve heard to Le properly a , prf , clated —and for the satisfaction of the public it is left for.lnspectlea free hours of II to 4 o'clock, at Frasca.l, 5, Luicester.knar, The Pretessor will make his thst appearance en MONDAY EVENING next, November 23d. Doors op , aat half past 7 ; to commence at o'clock.—Body of the Hall 6d.; Reserved Seats, ls. FOR GENTLEMEN.—GEO. HOBSON begs to call the attention of the pßblic to his NEW STOCK in AUTUMNAL GOODS, consisting of West of England Beaver and Venetia' Cloths, Scotch and Heather Tivisr, Mixed Doeskins, Cashmere and Toilanette Waistcoating,s, both if English and Conti mental manufacture, which will he found ~n inspection at price most it:tolerate for Best Goods.—GEORGE HOBSON, 57 Lombard-street. 31ESSRS. NICOLL'S ESTABLISHMENTS are thus divided :—Number 114. It GENT-3 iRE FT. is their Depot for Paletots, Uniforms, Gentlemen's livening and Mot n lng Dre<s; Nmalher :16, for Vie manufactu , T of the , -uinea Trous..rs; liumjser 11S, for Half•Gtl nea Waistcoats ; Number 120, for Wate;- proofed Ouinea Capes, Servants' Liveries ; Wumber 142 is their new Establishment for Ladies' Mid ng Habits and Mantles in Fur and Cloth; and Number 144 contains their other new Department for Clothinx young gentlemen with the taste, excellence, and economy wherehy NtlS•ll,4. NTECOLL have secured wide sp-ead confidence The Wholesale Wareroems are at the r,•ar of the Regent-street Pre mises, v,z., 29, 30, 31, and 4!. WA RWICKI,STREET. The City Depot is at 21 and 22, CO ItNIIILL, and the addresses of the various Agents are duly advertised in the journals of tls United kingdom and the Colonies. •'' R. HOWARD, surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI FICIAL TI4IETII,IIxed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natmral teeth as not to he distinguished from the original by the closest observer: they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful , Aeration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is C iaranteed to restore articulation and mastication and that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within the reach of the most econo mical, he has fixed the charges at the lowest reale possible. De cayed teeth stopped and r mdered sound and ❑seful in mastica tion• --R 2, Fleet-street. At lomo from ten till five. TO THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. _AL MARI EA WATSON. M.D. (Physician to the Bedford Dis pensary), 27, Alfred-Place. Bedford-square, London, continues to issue, on receipt of six stamps, " THE OUIDE TO SELF-CURE." Medical Correspondence conducted. "The first man of the day in these complaints."—Medical Re- I kYr, July. 1856. " The true Guide to those who desire a speedy and private cu - e." -- University Magazine. "The' EW AMERICAN DISCOTE itT' showing the absurdity of the English mode of treating such comp l aints , will prove a b lessin g to the afflicted, who may safely and easily reza , n pristine health by "° P t in the gleans presented."--Evening Star. Er BARRY'S CELEBRATED INFANTS' tArim s l : oo 0, for DEL TC kTE INFANTS, CHILDREN, ansl ing'lN- Supersedes the expense and dancers of wet-nurs, bore easily digested, and imparts more healthful nourishment than bilk ; acidity, cramps, bowel complaints, flatulency, cough, restless 'ere, scrofula, eruptions, are avoided by it, and perfect regularity of the system and sound sleep in lured. 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 fres on forwardinT a stamped and addressed envelope to Barry Da Parry and Co., 17, Regewt-street, London. Prices : —ln Canisters, Is.; 25.; and 1211. at 21s. The large Canister will _be forwarded free of carriage on receipt of Post ()Mee irder. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE it_.4 SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chop', t.rd 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 use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the beet safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perms, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68. Broad-strut, Worcester; also cy Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, Louden ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitailoms, see that the names of "LEA Ind PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. OT AL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.—The Committee of this Institut on would earnestly call the attention of the public to the great and extr ;- ordinary exertion, which the Society is now making to supply ex ? Used points on the coast with efficient e-bate, and whip h will involve an expendit ure of more than £3.000 : they therefore earnestly APPEAL to the benevolent for ASSISTANCE to enable them to c•lttioue, with unabated vigour, their hitherto successful exertions the cause of humanity. THOMAS PARING, Chairman. Oct. 27, 1857: THOMAS CHIPMAN, Depu y-Chairman. etutt r Tito Committee gratefully Acknowledge the following additional ibutlons T t h! Misses Frends.don. X5l 0 0 James Taylor, Esq., a £l 1 0 ~• P sYntz Fsa gud don. 40 0 Admiral , ir Eaton Tra - Sir . 1 4,ady r • ' .*. • Ones Parry, don. 10 0 vers, annual .. ' olla Maxwell, dart., aI 0 0 Lord ghelborne, doa 1) ons and ow scriptions will be thankfully received by Messrs. Willl met N Percival, and Co ;Coutts and Co. ; ilerrics and Co. ; by all the Milan and country bankers ; and b Y at the Richard Lewis, Secretary, e Mee of the East tuition, 14, John-street, .Adephi. TRE RECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY Just Published, price Is., post free, In an Envelope, for 13 stamps, S ELF- PRESERVATION. —A Medical Treatise ' in , on the Fu nc ti ons an d Di sor d ers o f th e G enera ti ve Sy s t em , rod " the cure of Nervoiss and Physieal Debility, resulting' - 4 —.1 vi c i ous habits acquired during the critical passage from youth li!anhood, with practical observations on th? Physiolozy of Mar riage in its social, moral, and physical relations. To which are added tu-narks on the wonders of the M i croscope i n reveal i ng the h i dden Tu Ysteries "of Life within Life,"and its advantages in detecting, by ‘zrin4l 7 e xamination the canoe and effect of every variety of these etuttpl i th ez , with nine ?.rotie engravings and case. BT SAMUEL L.MMERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON', Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary I,lernber of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of pethecaries' hall, London, &c., &c. BeLhe essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con 'lucnees resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which h a ho od te produced more misery in Youth, degradation in ld,m -0v.,.! a nd Premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any ••,/ of dis, ass known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is V. t e U 'arlY recommended to persons entertaining secret hazarded tl: their PhYs , cal condition, end who are conscious of having 'e net lth, kapplue3s, and privileges to which every human being is Witted, ?tint e l l b pie absolutely fo personal management which cannot be violated with ' ineUrring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret sue !eed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how those penalties !"?' 1, 0 Mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed. "" iu hnwthe e v il a nd its conse q u ences may b e avo id ed, and, above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physic-11 infirmity or functional der angement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. Published by J. Allen, 201 Warwick-lsne, Paternoster-row, and May be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Horne, 19, Leicester-square Qcrdon, 14 i, Leadenhall street or from the Author, who may ha consuord-sqlted daily, from 11 till 2 , and from 6 till 8, at his residence, 37 Iledfuare, London. The work may be had in India, of Mr Von Litzky, Loll Bazaar • L.alcutta—Messrs. C. and J. Hormusies, Apol o-street; ilornbitY Circulator ()Mee Madras—llintussilite Odic,. Ara Dods , ,vorth • Coln rah.• C. Y l .n and all b•roughout the Colonies NEW AND IMPORTANT IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE Ecole de Pharmacie Patent Office Seal of Oreat Britain. Di • a t o m a p• . 3 r , i p a r l o CAl r l p o ef i lo e m to o a f d N ' I ed 'eine, Vienna. Pharmaclen do Paris. the or a lozenge, TRIESEMAR No. I, 2, . as s sv a a d istcoat pocket. ;'evoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in i o s t t i e t red by Sold ler tin caiesolividect into separate doses Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Iticord, &c., and adapted fo m r in b a 111ESEMA It No. t is a Remedy for sexes. I LAXATION, SPERMATORR.WEA, and all the distressin consequences arising from early abuse, Indiscriminat e excesses, or to t long residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual strength and vigour to thousands of :ebilitated individuals who are row In the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood; and whatever may be the cause tor DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR itIAGE, they Ire effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery TRIESEMAR No. 11., h t Loth in its mild an „ . er adicates all traces of (;onorr ce. , eftectually, in the short space , ot three days, eompletely d a a rt entirely torms, Gl ee t s, Strictures, i rr i tat i on o 1 the Bladder, Son-retention of Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, disorders which e and u t I l i a o t s i e un. Copalvi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to t. rut. of the health of a vast portion or the pop TRIEs:EMAIt No. 111 ., ts the great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary a S n Y , nl ie r l 7 toms. It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, Cutaneous Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all corrup ttihoensviarnuds Oninpauirisetaiesse,troamndthevital stream, through the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, am. never-tailing remedy expel it with the insensible perspiration .isa as altogether to eradicate ` o r that class of disorders which unfortunate) y the English Physician treats with Mercury, to the inevitable (14,struc 'ion of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in Vile world cannot restore. Price I Is., free by post, is. 81 any part of the kingdom; or tour cases i post, 38.2 d. extra, wil' illseaves lis_ and in 5/. c .ses,whereby there is a saying of U. 128. z by Daniel Church, 78, Gr acechurcb-street, city; extra to liartletl !Watts,P 43, King William -street. (tour doors from London -229, strand; Hannay, 63, Ox , 17, Strand ; Prom, Sanger, 150, Oxford -street ; Butler, 4, ClieapSide ; Ed" f lo r, rd-sweet; g . s e L ) i. e ; e;; ds St. Paul a Churchyard war , k .sosim..., MUM a Popul ar Medical 110 MAN FRAILTY ; ,i,,,,k, p r i ce is., post free ! beautitu,lly illustrated with 100 engravings the oons . ot 1 alpeau, Lallemand, btal containin:: Rona, lticord, &C. It gives copious nistruct!ons for the perfect restoration 01 those the married who are prevented by impediments from entering nat.° slate, al:: o showing the dreadful results from early abuse, gonorrhoea, 40 (1 syphilis, and the benefits arising from the chemical tests and l ex aminaLion of the sperinatoza, by the author's newly -constructed .. ut eroscope, with powerful lenses.— So!d by J. Allen, 20, Warwick „__'"ll. P atarnoster-row ,and from all Koala ior the ftale of "Trim- MU .$l, NO MOltE PILLS NOR ANT OTHER MEDICINE :MIMS (a Itheut Physic) of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, all Nervoug, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Dysestry, Diarrhoea, Acidity, Palpitation, Ideartbur.i, Headache, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Firs, Cough, A:t hnia, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Com plaints ate effected by f ) U HARRY'S delicious REVALENTA AI, ARICA FOOD, which restores health without purging, inconvenier•ce, 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 toed 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 :ow out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude front invalics:—Cure N 0.71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies. " I have derived co,:siderable benefit from Du isarry'e Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to Yourselves and the public tt., authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de eDeeies."- Cur:. No. 44,332. " Fity years' indescribable agony from dvsmpsia, nervous ness , as th ma, cough, const i pat i on, spasms, and sickness at the stomach and vomitimt, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Italia Jolly, Wortharn Ling, nee: friss, Norfolk,"- Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing. 4 V B i , c 3 a l r 4 a . ee Wrathant Cross, Berts, a cure of extreme ner- Tp:ousl7ass' indigestion,cures:tei"t ' si g s atherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. — Cure lit ure y . N. Ma jor E C d u i r c e izaeth Yeoman, Ciateacre, near Liver : 1 s nors o tr r r r , n D f r st s hh o oe f rlli n av e e r ,_vri constipation, o ao u nf ds, dropsy r r t / : l ,e t a t,: - 1.. 6. Dr. . N Andrew foen a 3l n al t l i l e i n :r e . sia, ter v e e l l ' i r s e ie N r o it a b lY i Be . and debility. t:, . - I : l ' s s dyspepsia,FlCure No 42.116' itir:ng.l'ttY.'ho... 3Cor.:2rel2.N O. Cantaia Allan of epileptic a p is S . of diarrhoea and daily prostration of Kos 46,270 ' l , l T , ltings, Cure. No. 26,418. Dr. Har veycramps, spasms, and 38,418. Rev. Dr. Minster of 32,853 William James Roberts, wood merchant,' of consumptim. Cure No. 35,628. Dr. Wurtzer Cure N Cure No. 32' . of paralysis. William Hunts, Esq., barrister, of thirty years diseased . partial deafness. Cure No. lungs,4 spitting of blood, liver derangement, or two yews' diarrhoea, Cure 14. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of Cacticstuart, 01 many years, No. 52,612. The Dowager Countess' gestlon. Cure No 54,812. flag servvous irritability, bile, and indi sumption, alter her medical advisers Zcguers, cured of con recovery. Cure No, 180, ~ _ we., ra t had abandoned all hopes on stipatio I, indigestion, curl debility, irYa-mv‘evlyears' nervousness, coil misery, and which no medicine could remove or I have suffered great o e ff e ctually cured by Du Barry's F oo d i n a veryshortrrelleve, hav e b eer . , time. W. It• Reeves, lel, Fleet-street, London," N o. 4,2011. , Eight veers' ths pepsea, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spa sms, and ' nausea for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health restoring Food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John Flayell. R t gidlin on Rec tory, Norfolk." No. 22,836. " Three years' exc ess i ve nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which ren dered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by D u Barrys ' health restoring Food. Alex. Stuart , Archdeacons of Ro t % Skibbereen." Cure No. 3,506. " Thirteen years' cough, indi gest i on . , and gewcral debility have been remo ved b y Du B arry's excellent Reva es , 1 ta .Arabica Food. James Porter , Athol - street , Perth." Important Caution against the fea rful dan g ers of s p urio us !mita tations:— The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood 'granted an injunc tion on the 10th March, 18 5 4, against Alfred Ilooper Neville, for Imitating " Du Barry's Revalcuta Arabica Food." ' ' for all climates, and with toll instructions. IL ata.hy pateed . ,anisters, ills 2s 5d ; 21b 4s .iii ; Sib Ils , 121 b 2 2 5. The 121 b car riage free, en receipt of Post-office order. Parry Du Berry am: ICo., 77, Regent-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., per veyors to her Maiesty, 182, Piccadilly; also at 60, Gracechurch street ; 330, 430, and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapaide ; 119, Bieltepagate street, and 150, and 158, Oxford-street. ' , J J (N u . 20,320.) PUBLICATIONS. NOTICE. 1' R. TUPPER'S NEW WORK.-" THE RIDEA AND REVERIES OF i;SOP S MITH," hy MARTIN FARQUHAR. TUPPER, iu 1 vol., price 10s. 6d. Lound, is now ready at all the Booksellers. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW NOVEL. A S T E. By the Author of "MR. ARLE." Is now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., Hurst and [Hackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough•street. CHEAP EDITION OF MR. THAOKERAY'S " ESMOND." Just published, uniform with " Va n ity F a i r ," & c ., F.SMOND. By W. M. THACKERAY, Eq., Au her of " The Virginians," &c. In One Volume, crows Bvo, price Gs. cloth. London : Smith, Elder and Co., G 5, Cornhill. NEW 3 VOL. NOVEL, BY CHARLES BEADE.—The new story of powerful interest, " WHITE LIES," will be published Dec. L N. Trubner, Paternoster•row. The permanent price will be ON GUINEA. NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION. In Imp. Folio. half-bd. in ruisia or morocco. price 121. 12s. T HE PHYSICAL ATLAS OF NATURAL PH ENO 11 ENA. By A. K. JOHNSTON, F.R.S.E. &c. Geographer at Edinburgh in Ordinary to her Majesty. Consisting of 33 large and 7 small Plates, printed in Colours; and 145 folio pages of Text and Index. " In connection with the diffusion of ge, graphical knowledge, I cannot (unit to mention the magnificent publications of :11r. Keith ,Johnston Edinburgh, in his Atlas of Physical Geography. It is seldom that such a mass of information has been presented in a form so bea,itiful and itaractive, or one which tends so much to place the study on a truly scientific basis."—Address of the President of the British Association (the Duke of Argyll) at Glasgow: " It is Indeed a work of magnificent range and completeness."-- -Examiner. In Imperial Quarto, half-bound in morocco, 21. 12s. 6d. THE PHYSICAL ATLAS. Reduced from the Imperial Folio, for the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Families. By A. KEITH JOHNSTON, F.R.S.E., Re. This Edition co , tains 25 Maps, ineludirm a Palicontolog,ical and G. olealeA Slap f the Biltish Islands. With Descri,tive Letter pi ess, and a very copious Index. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London. In Imperial Quarto, half-bound morocco, price 215., ITLAS OF ASTRONOMY. By A. KEITH JOHNSTON, F.R.S.E:, &c. Edited by J. H. HIND, E.R.A.S. " To say that Hr. Hind's ' Atlas ' is the best thing of the kind is not enough—it has no competitor."—Athenaeum. William Blackwood & S .ns, Ed nburgh and London: On the Ist December will be publishel, price two shillings, bound in cloth, FEIST'S RACING RECORD. Edited by ALB ER I' FEIST, Editor of the Turf Department of the " Sunday Times," and no porter or Sporting Intelligence to the London Daily Papers. In addition o other useful information, it will contain a complete Record of the Racing and steeplechase Season in England, Ireland, aria Scotland trom the let of January up to the day of publication, Derby Lots fur 1853, and Nominations for all the Principal [laces for next year ; forming one of the most copious works of reference ever published. W. Wright, sporting printer and publisher, Fulwood's Rents, iloi- born. London, SCENES in DELHI AFTER THE ASSAULT. —The ILLUSTRATED 'IINIES of SATUItI).4. NEXT, price 2%d , will contain, among others, the following Engravings: - Por.raits of the F ing of DOW and the Begum Zeemut Mahal, and another favourite wife, from valuable miniatures painted by Ma hor..mcd Ismael Khan, portrait painter to the King of Delhi—The Attack on the Delhi Bank—The Struggle at the Jumna Musjid— Outlying Picket before Delhi Engagement with 'Mutineers beneath the Ciiy We Is —The Court yard of the King's Palace—The 4 tate Procession of the king of Delhi, from a sketch tiken by Prince Soltykoff, prior to the insurrec ion. - Illustrated Times, 2%d., or free by post for four stamps Office, 148, Fleet-street. A New Edition, the Fourth.—Just Published, price 55., by post iree, ss. 4d. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, iTitt a Vies, t) tha Correction of wide-spread Errors in re lation to It+ Nalure, Treatment and Cure. Translated from he German of Dr. PICKFORD. To wh'eh is added, IN ESSAY O' SEXUAL DEBILITIES. By the Editor. . . _ . "Dr. Pickfora , s known w itaigost: reaaers by his :regnant gractl- Jll contribution,' to German medical literature. This is the first time, he Informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-modi sal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall letect any other equalty flegraut evil which it may be in his power to cor rect."—London Medical Gatottc. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers, end 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this boot could End its way into the hands of those who stffer from the com plaint of which it treats, wt: are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less im?ortance, thongli it is that which the quacks most prize— ,iuch money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to tilt impirical system of treating gpormatorrheaa, and to place the treat. meat upon a more rational and chy.iielodcal basis. tt is, therefor likely to do much good."—Medical Circular. !.ondon: H. italliere, 219, Regent-street. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE A ,SOC I A TEM.—Established 1843. TRUSTEES. Thoma , Baring, Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Mulkey, Esq., M I .P. Baron L.N de Itothschild,ll.P. TREASUREA OY TM! BENEVOLENT FUND. —John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Accumulated fund ..............£95,000 Annual income ..... ..... 27,000 This Association offers every advantage to all classes desirous of ;ssurimr. A Benevolent Fund is attached exclusively for clerks. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. 15, Moorgate-street, Nov. 1,1857. OFFICERS PROCEEDING TO INDIA, also CIVILTANA, can effect AS.WRANCES on their LIVES with the COLONIAL Lin, ASSURANCE COMPANY on the USUAL TERMS, the Directors hav,ng RESOLTED NOT TO INCREASB TIIEIR RATES at this time. Premiums can be paid te the Company's Agents at Calcutta, Ma dras, cr Bombay, or at any other of their Agencies in the East. The LnEctors also advance Loans on good security for teinporar periods. fhe Cc esti d have Agencies in every British Colony, where Pre miums ar. received end claims settled. WILL. 1110. TIIOmSON, Actuary. SAMUEL R. FERGUSSoN, Resident Secretary In London. LOVDON 81, Lombard-street (E.C.) EDINBUP.GU (liend-offic , 2) 5, George-street. DUIILI ........., „ „„ „ 6i, upper , 4ackyllle-street. GLIBGOW 54, St. Vincent-street. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, New Bridge-street, London. Clutirmftn—TlENlLY FREDERICK STEPPIENSON, Esq. Deputy-Chairman —ltonEtyr BIDDIIL2II, 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 .. •• £1,579,000 During its existence the society has paid 1n Claims.. 1,455,000 Reversionary Bonuses have been added to Policies to the extent of .. 890,000 The la't bonus, declared, in 1854, averwred 67Z. per cent. on the Premiums paid, ani amounted to • • 397, 000 Policies in force 7,437 The Arnual Income exceeds .. 240,000 The next Division of Profits will be made in 1859. Assurance, rffected prior to 31st December,lBs9, will participate It the Division of 1863. Prospectuses and full particulars mey be obtained on application to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH. Patronised by her Majesty and H. H. 11. Prince Alhert.— Mr. HO v A RD'S WHITE SUCCEDANEUI, for filing decayed Teeth, however large the cavity. It is used in a soft state, without any pressure or pain, and in a short time becomes as hard as the enamel, lasting for many years, rendering extraction unnecessary, and arresting all further decay. Sold by all Medicine Vendors — Price 28.6 d. c , . r -~ ~~~ _ -~rf~~~: ) L/ //7V, '‘S 4'l 4kirA 1 , rYr . - • , „.3. 1 - v ive „ • • _ 4 itt ."s * * 4 1 011111 ts • 4 . ofr ._ Fr 4 - .‘ • nl Jot • :.'''':3•144i..11:;.2:i4r .74.0 -, , • 7/0 ' 4 , 11. • [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5D.] MEETING OF G-LASGOTV TVESTIIRIV DANK _DEPOSITORS. On Wednesday, at noon, a meeting of the deposi tors in the Western Bank was held in the Trades• hall, Glasgow, which was crowded to the door. There were a number of ladies present, and hun dreds of persons were unable to obtain admission. Mr. JAMES DUNLOP, of the Clyde Ironworks, took the chair, and, after a few introductory re marks, introduced Mr. FLEMING, Manager pro tempore of the Western Bank, who made a statement with respect to the affairs of the bank to the following effect : The failure of certain houses in Glasgow to whom excessive accommodation had been graetel, the monetary crisis in America, and tyre ' ..et e At pressure in the troney-ma.ket at home had deraing-d the affairs of the bin; so mach as to ehliee them to apt ly ot• e other batiks for essistanee. T! publeity giv-It to this by the d• mend of tie other i)n!rs for a geaeral had the r ffeet of cell ink , eel lid rawn) of dep .sits to 'uch an ext. Ir. that in 3 weeks 1,000,0001. was withdrawn, till at length there was no course left but to suspend payment. On the G , h of Novelw er an exa,tni tiateni wen male into the affairs of the, la .111 c, from which it appeared het while the I.ahili . i s anierinted to 7,671,6111. its assets amounted to 9,398,184/., leaving a surplus of 1,726,5421. of asset.: over It ies. (Applatore )"its are elimin iry step, the direc ors prepesed than, the tesp nsrbility of the wea thy beely of elial eh iders shot) dire secure I by closing the tr-n.fer of shares till the annual me, t ieig in J rine. 1860. (Applause.) This proposal now to be su'aiotted by the directors wee Teat they qlAll be enabled to relieve t' e pressing ee2essi . ies of the Rairer &asses by beiug autho rised, as s_cni as Lusrness was rei,inel, to p.ry a sum of 10/. to account on all deposits not exceeding 501., and also to pay off the whole of such deposirs as soon rls possikl - after the Ist of January, 1858. (These small deposits it was mentioned amount to 500,041.) 2. That when required by depositors, the interest on all deposits should be paid up to the 9th of November last. 3. That the directors should have a discretionary power, in cases of ur gency, to allow operations on current deposit ac counts with parties engaged in business. 4. That, subject to the exercise of the above provisions, all deposits above 50/. should remain in the bank for two years from Jan., 1858, bearinr , interest at the rate of 5 par cant., and at the end of ° that period re payable at a month's notice. 5. That the directors should have power, in cases of urgency, to make such arrangements with individual depositors as to enable them to make their deposits available as a fund of credit elsewhere, either by granting promissory notes or otherwise. Mr. Fleming also stated that it was the intention of the directors in future to confine the operations of the bank to those trans actions generally held as more legitimately the business of banks than those in which they had previously been to some extent engaged. (This intimation was received with loud cheers.) Sir JAMES FERGUSON having taken th© chair in the room of Mr. Dunlop, who vacated it at this stage, made some general observations as to the im portance of supporting the bank, after which Mr. DRIGHORN moved— "That this• meeting, having perfect confidence in the stability of the Western Bank, and impressed with the great importance of supporting it through its present diffi culties, agree to the proposal now made by the directors, and recommend all absent parties, having claims, forthwith to accede to it." Mr. T. NAPIER seconded the motion, after which a little skirmishing took place between the manager and a few outspoken depositors, who did not seem to relish the idea of lying out of their money for the peri.)d contemplated. Eventually, after Mr. Fleming had with great temper and judgment ex plained away the various objections, tiie resolution was put to the meeting, and carried amid great cheering, one gentleman only persisting in his protest. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the pro ceedings. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. The following resolutions were passed at tho great meeting ou the Hudson Bay question, held in the Court-house at Owen Sound, on the 2d : " Moved by G. M. BUTCCIART, seconded by Mr. PAYNTER— Believing, in common with a majority 01 the people of this provinc', that 'he territory described in general as the Hudson', Bit: Territory, extending from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific and Arctic Oceans, coveriug some of the most valuahle territory in British America, abundantly rich in mineral ore, coal fields, and fisheries, possessing illimitable water-power, and a soil capable of maintaining millions of human beings in the greatest plenty, if not luxury, requiring only to be made available for colonisation and trade to develope the im mensity of its agricultural and commercial resources, this meeting considers that the country should no longer be a game preserve for the benefit of a couple of hundred non-resident monopolists, whose actions for the last 20 years, in regard to the commerce of said country, has been highly injurious to Canadian interests, but should be thrown open as soon as possible to all British sub jects.' " Moved by Mr. ELTTM, seconded by Mr. SINCLAIR —‘ That as Canadians we have watched the proceedings before the committee of the British House of Commons upon the Hudson's Bay Company's affairs, as regards their charter and license to exclusive trade over the afore said territory, with intense anxiety ; and this meeting dissents from the conclusion arrived at by the majerity of that committee—namely, that a part only of that terri tory should be yielded up for colonisation and commerce, and that the company should retain an exclusive right to trade over a very extensive portion of country, as we view it as an interference with individual rights, as well as a direct infringement of the privileges of Canadians ; for agreeably to the principles that influence the commerciel policy of the empire, as Britons and Canadians, we claim as our inalienable birthright, peaceably and loyally to enter on and Fettle in the said part of British America, without restriction, and to follow, in every relation and pursuit, agriculture and commerce ; and with nothing less can we rest satisfied. And this meeting does not apprehend the dangers set forth as likely to accrue to the Indians, should the whole territory be thrown open to commerce, as in its opinion it is able to maintain order therein, and to protect the Indians better than the lied son's Bay Company.' "Moved by Mr. OWEN VANDUSEN, seconded by Mr. P. LENFRSTRY—`That however expedient or politic it may have been in times to grant exclusive commercial privileges it is the opinion of this meeting that the time has arrived when all such relics of a semi-barbarous age should be abolished, for it is now a settled principle in the legislation of every civilised nation, and none more so than Great Britain, in her modern legible ion, that whenever a chartered right becomes a nuisance to society, it must be surrendered, and sacrificed to the general intere't, and in a case where, like the Hudson's Bay rumeopoly, the debt is at beat but very doubtful, and its retention clearly and decidedly irjurious to the interests of every ens except the interested parties, the charter, real or imaginary, should at once be abolished ; that therefore the license to trade in the north-western territory granted to the Hudson's Bay Company, and which expires in 1859, should not be renewed, but that those territories should be united to Canada, and placed under the administration of the provincial government." "Moved by Mr. H. KENNED 7, 14.,0:43,•ed Dy Mr. D. MOOT—' That to avoid future ewbarrasements to Canada on this important question, and also to prevent, as it is proposed in the report of the committee, the Imperil Parliament from passing any aet to circumscribe the boundaries that nature has assigned to the magnificent colony, to shut Canadians out of what they believe to be their own, and, in case of war, what they will Le called on to protect and defend ; to restrict withii. certain limits the right of settlement and commerce in the said territoay, while it is proposed to rene , the company's license for exclusive trade over the remaining extensive portion of the north-western country, it is the opinion of this meeting that the Provincial Government imme diately submit to the test of a competent legal tribunal the validity of the charter possessed by the company, by virtue of which it claims the exclusive right of trade and commerce over the said territory, and that any attempt to define the boundaries between Canada and said terri aeAhle believe no me g onlyra will i itsn population, be h fc t s thereh tr n ise , and every that tery will be premature until the legality of the cha r ter has been determined before such tribunal.' Moved by J. MILLER, seconded by W. SMITE -- ` TE at from the aggressive and annexation proclivities of the United States, by which large portions of Bri t ish Ame rica, on the eastern and western frontier, have been lost to the empire ; to prevent a like catastrophe to the said valuable territory, it is the opinion of this meeting the Hudson's Company's rule over said country should cease, that the time has come when it is absolutely essential, both for Imperial and Canadian interests, that Canada, with the concurrence of the Crown, should assume the iflonger gove rnment of the whole territory in its wid est ex t ent from east to west—from the boundaries of C ana d a an d ce t r t ea such son is to the United States on the south, to the Froz en O cean on the north, with a full confidence in the a bilit y o f C ana d a administrating its affairs, and to pu s h h er se ttl ements waythetoca prevent left eft its being under overrun th e company'sh y a n control.' " Moved by Owen Vandusen, seconded by G. But chart--` That petitions to her Majesty the Queen and the Imperial Parliament be dratted on the foregoing resolutions, and signed ; by the chairman, secretary, and committee on behalf of this meeting ; that to the Queen to be forwarded to the proper quarter to be laid r.t the foot of the throne, and those to the Imperial Parliament be eeut to be laid before it at the next senior.' 1! LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1857. CALIFORNIA. SAN FRANCISCO, OCT. 4, Business has not improved much since the depar ture of last snail, but there has been a fair demand fopgeneral merchandise. The near approach of the wet season and the short supplies in the interior in digo : strong hopes of .a speedy activity in goods of all sgrts, while the moderate number of arrivals in the last fortnight affords a reasonable hope of an improvement in prises of forelgn goods. Only three vessels have arrived in ;that time from Atlantic ports, one from Bordeaux, one from Batavia, one from the Sandwich I ' lids, ono from Hamburg, one from Sydney, and coasters. The grain of California growth is now found to be much• more than -- wql be required for horue'con sumption, in consequence of which fact the prices of breadstuffs have declined, and unless an unfore seen demand for exportation sprig up prices must continue low for the rest - of the year. Indeed the necessaries of life, instead of being, as formerly, fabulously high, are now obtain , .ble in great abnnd ance at very moderate rates in San Francisco, an I at still lower prices throughout the rest of the country. Tnere is a slightly improved feeling manifest in real estate, which is likely to inritease. The lending of money at exorbitant interest is now fast ceasing, owing to the large accumulations of capital in the hands of the industrious classes, of the resident capitali , ts, and of the agents of foreign capitalists so that the money formerly loaned is now invested in the purchase of land and houseiT., UpOn the whole, there is such kdegree of im provement visible in mercantile 'end financial mit te ts of late as warrants a hope that our "bad times" are slowly paQsing away. A judgment has b een o bt a i ne d aga i ns t th e l a t e Stat treasurer and his sure , ies for 100,000 dols., Vie defalca'ion being 245,000 dols., of which there is a prospect of a portion being recovered. The other r 'gue, his coadjutor, is still in prison for con tumacy in ► efusing :o answer questions touching the " The amount of gold exported in the last nine mouths was 35,162,047 dol. 46c., which shows a de crease upon the export of the same period of last year of $1,960,836 68c., a fact which goes to prove that the country is getting rich by producing and wanufacturing so much as enables her to dispense with a large amount of imp o rt s f ormer l y pa id f or i n gold, which she now keeps or saves. The supply of golddust has lately been ahort, as was to be expected towards the end of the dry sea son, when the diggings are limited to such rare 1 , calities as have a supply of water throughout the year. _ _ We have been edified for some time back with accounts of a warlike nature from Mariposa, of Anglo-Californian gold mining notoriety. It appears that since the confirmation of Col. Fremont's claim t© land somewhere (the decree being indefinite as to locality) in that district his egents here have run a-muck of the old miners, who had acquired rights in and possession of the mineral lands before Col. Fremont's claim was adjudicated upon ; and as these old miners contmd that the Colonel has no legal or equitable title, either by the terms and con struction of his grant or its confirmation, to the mines possessed by them for many years, a series of operations, offensive and defensive, peculiar to Cali fornia has been inaugurated, which has already pro duced much ill-feeling and a mass of litigation, which are pretty certain to end in bloodshed. The hostility is general in the district, for a Mari posa paper of the Ist of this month warns the Colo nel that a persistence in his present course will be ut'er ruin "to h's prospects in 111 , ripos I, county," and that " the vista of futurity presents an inter minaide contest for supremacy fatal to the peace and best interests of all, for where the people feel that injustice has been done them, dre., nothing re mains for them but the maintenance of their rights at Al risks." Wu know what " all risks" mean here quit© well. "All risks," paraphrased, "open a vista in futu rity," as the Maripo , a editor would construe the phrase, of six-shooters and rifles wielded by reck less miners and Western HoJsiers, all goott shots, and unscrupulous in the use of their weapons iu defence of their legal, equitable, or fancied rights. The more direct conflict is with the Merced Mining Company of California for the mines for merly leased of it by the Nouveau Monde Com pany of London. The former has published in the San Francisco newspapers, and iu handbills the following notice "To THE PUBLIC. "Through the medium of the press hero and in the East, rumours have been circulated to the effect that t:ie controversies heretofore pending between John C. Fremont and a large portion of the people of Mariposa county, involving the right of the people to work the miner, have been settled by the courts in favour a Fremont ; the undersiened deems it his duty to the public, hero and elsewhere, to declare the said state ments to be false. "The company represented by the undersigned in the year 1851 (being four years anterior to anv claim of title by Frernoni), and under express eacction o' State legis !ation, took peaceable possession of the veins known as the Josephine and Pine Tree, asd have since continued • to work the wine, and, to make the property availably, have expended upon the same and other contiguous mines near $1 000,000. " Meanwhile the Supreme Court of California have repeatedly determined that the precious minerals, whe ther in public or in private lands, were the property of the State, and that the occupation and working of the same is subject alone to State legislation, as a necessary corollary of State ownership. "The Merced Mining Company are in possession of the mineral veins referred to under a license from the State, which the Supreme Court has solemnly adjudged to be the tree owner. So long as this license continues, which the State is bound in eqaity never to revoke, the rights of those !Aiding mineral 'veins in Mariposa are good against Fremont and all the world ; and it is the fixed determination of this company to maintain its posses sions nod to avail itself of the license of the State by working the veins in future on a larger scale than here. tofore. " Tne undersigned having also been informed that said' Fremont, by a trespass upon tiaid veins, has obtained plesession of several tons of quartz rock for shipment abroad, representing the same to be his property, hereby notifies to all whom it may concern that the rock aforesaid was quarried from the veins owned and possessed by the company. " GEORGE N. SHAW, President of the Merced Mining Company." The special grievances of the Merced Company, although they are not set forth in their card, are that their mines are not within Fremont's boundary —that they are attempted to be brought within it by a trick of a bribed surveyor ; that they were allowed to possess their mines in pace while they were being developed by themselves and their lessees at great cost, Fremont looking on without expressing any demur to their possession while they were improving the mines, and while the property was yielding no profit ; but that now, when they are beginning to yield a return amd pro mise to be very rich, they have excited his cupidity, or rather, perhaps, that of his co-owners and credi tors ; and the object of the notice is to warn the whole world, and the public of Europe chiefly, that if they purchase this " debateable land" possession will beresisted, and purchasers will act with full notice of what they may expect if they attempt " to cast their lines in the pleasant places" of Mariposa. This Manifesto has been prompted by the re port that a purchase or a loan is about to be made either in England or France, or both. Surely nut in England, for John Bull cannot have forgot ten the fate of the gold companies got up in ISSI - to work mines in " the mineral region" of this same Mariposa. This is an investment which might find favour in France at present. It would just suit the Credit Mobilier, which, it is said, is to advance a large amount to construct a canal in the district. This would have some merit, for it would circulate money in San Francisco, if it did Lot circulate water in Mariposa. Her Majesty's ship Havannah, 19, Captain J. Harvey has been here for a fortnight, and left to day for the coast of Mexico, intending to touch at Magdalena Bay, in Lower C lifornia, and to c.d.l in at Sans Blas, Mazatlan, and Guaymas. Officers and crew all well. OCT. 11. The mail steamer Golden Gate, which left this place on Monday last, the sth inst., broke her centre shaft, which disabled her starboard engine and wheei, so that she put back and made Sau Francisco yesterday afternoon. Her passengers and treasure are being transhipped to the Golden Age, whichleaves thi s evening for P anama. Th e acci dent occurred on the night of the 6th, when 350 miles south of San Francisco and the vessel worked her way back with one enaine and one wheel. No casualties occurred to anv of the passengers, who numbered 658 persons. The treasure amounted to 1,903,390 dols., to which a small addition has been made to-day. Nothing of importance has occurred here during the week, except the official declaration just pub lished by the Governor, that the returns of the late elections show the vote to pay the State debt was triumphant. Some of the newspapers express an opinion that tit's debt will still, notwithstandin g the ratificAtion of the people, b ecome th e su bj ec t o f litigation; and I confess I concur in this opinion. " sprung" so badly that it became imperatively necessary to abandon t' e attempt. Almost at the same moment one of the large 3-inch mooring chains, securing the double sheaves which hauled upon the stern of the vessel, parted somewhere or other in the river, so that even had the piling been capable •f immediate repair and strengthening, the latter accident alone was sufficient to put a stop to further efforts. Hardly had the orders been received to disconfnue the attempt when the men were all at full work again to repair the causes which had led to the failure. Gangs of 100 navies or so carried down huge pile-driving machines, which in an hour were erected and at work, driving in fresh piles be hind those which had yielded. These men will work night and day if necessary, so that in a few days at most all will be ready again for another effort. The supports for the rams will now he made of immense stren g th, not only by a great addition of new p les, but by the whole mass being b dted toeethe • wi 11 i on tie-rods, and again neour din the same m,nner to the launching' Iva% s themselves. Thus strengthened, it will become qiiit- a meehatii eel impossibility that they should yisld tinder any pressure which the dead weight and friction of the whole vessel can offer. When we say that repairing the mooring chain, and haying that gear ready, is in Captain Hari ison's depertteeut, we have said quite enough to vouch f a . . the cent any of that not. nein% f , uuir wanting on the next oc•asion, whin we sincerely Lope we shell have to announce that the Great Eastern is at last at. ths, water'e sage. TILE GREAT EASTERN. Yesterday a second, and, for the present, we re gret to say, an unsuccessful attempt was made to more this great vessel further down the launching ways. It was not an attempt to launch her, as there is not now a sufficient amount of water to float her off the bottom of the ways, but it was an effoit to move her about 40 lest leaver down than the position which she at present occupies, and in this;eas we have said, the attempt was a failure. The, immediate cause which led to this ill-sucstos may he stated in a very few words,—namely, tha' the abutment of piles against which the laasie of the hydraulic rams rested yielded under the pressure which was exert° I between them and the ship's cradle, and gave way to'a great extent, and at last in some places broke entirely. The mooring chain, belonging either to the Government or the city corporation, holding the sheave, through which, by a four fold purchase on land, the stem of the vessel was hauled to the river, also gave way, and this mishap, taken in connec tion with the other, led to all further attempts being postponed for at least some days, and per haps for a, longer period. These were the irnme diateiratiSerse but in order to understand completely the circumst :*tes which induced them, it is neces sary to refer to the time of the first a:tempt, on the 21 of this mouth. Most of our readers can esstly remember the arrangements which were then wale. That attempt, though generally considers l by the public as a failure, was in r eat ty rather a success, for it proved beyond a doubt th at Mr. Brunel pos sessed a complete commsnd over the vessel, and could check and hold it in even when it had acquired a very considerable downward momentum. Had he not possessed this controlling on the orca-ion of the first effort, and when the monster slipped some five or six feet in a second, the launch would have taken place in spite of him. The vessel would, indeed, have been got into the water, but probably at the cost of a fearful lo,s of life. There is no doubt that when anythingin the nature of a spectaces is going forward, there is no risk, however fearful its aspect or probable in its contingency, which Loudoners will not incur to gratify their curiosity, and it is this conscieusnes of always venturing into danger which induces such fatal panics among teem on the most groundless alarm. Thus, on the first occasion, as the hour approached when the vessel was to move down, the river was literally covered with boats and steamers, all densely packed and laden to the very water's edge with men and women. Commands and entreaties to these craft to remove to a safer distance were alike disregarded, and they remained almost in the very track over which the ve , sel, if launched at all, would have had to pass. It is frightful to contemplate what the consequences must have been if Mr. Brunel had not possessed perfect control over her movements, or it she had then slipped away and dashed into the river. Not only would she have buried all in her immediate way, but her displacement of the water would, of course, have raised a wave sufficient to capsize the boats and steamers near her, and even to cress the river, and perhaps sweep away some hundreds of the spectators who crowded the wharfs on the op posite shore, within a foot or two of high-water mark. All these things Mr. Brunel saw at a glance when the time for the launch arrived, and he saw also that to the tremendous mechanical difficulties of moving such a mass of iron at all was auperadded the responsibility of undertaking to do it at a time when the snapping of a piece of iron or the neglect of a servant might involve the lives of hundreds. Nevertheless the attempt was made. The Great Eastern slid down some five or six feet when she was instantly checked, though not till the mishap at the wind:ass occurred, which made all the work men in the yard so timid as to unfit them for the execution of orders which required an unusual amount of nerve and coolness. Within an hour afterwards the attempt was given up, and it was then determined that, at all hazard:, the publir should be kept in total ignorance of when the next effort should be made. Hence the strict secrecy with which all the sub,eqtient operations have been conducted, and which was so well main tained that even up to yesterday morning not half-a-dozen persons were aware of what was to be done. From prudential motives with regard to the men, and, also, th a t a b ove a ll o ther places no note of preparation s h ou ld b e g i v en en the river, the purchases worked f rom t h e b arg es which wore to haul the vessel i n th at di rect i on were a llowed to be worked front the shore. In order to do this double sheaves were secured to the Government and City moorings, near the dockyard on the other side of the liver, through which the chains from the ship were passed and brought hack under her keel and up the yard, whsre they were hauled upon with a fourfold purchase by powerful crabs, each worked by 24 men. Four of these purchases have thus been fitted, and their united exertions, it was esti mated, would apply a strain upon the midships of the vessel towards the river equal to 250 tons. Small stationary engines in place of the crabs worked the same description of tackle at the stem and stern, but with these the power has been so multiplied that each can apply, if necessary, a strain of 100 t ons or more. At t h e same ti me th e launching ways have bee n strengthened by the ad dition of several len g th s o f the bridge-rails inserted between those already down at regular intervals, and additio na l and more powerful hydraulic rams were brought to bear on the ship's cradles, to push her with force enough to start her down the ways. These were the changes which the experience of the first attempt showed would be advisable in future efforts. Six hydraulic rams were yesterday fixed against the side—namely, two seven-inch ones at the aftermost part of each cradle, and a 10-inch one at each forwaid part. The base of each of these ; rams rested ag a i nst a regular ser i es o f s t rong p il es driven deep int o t h e ground, an d t hi s f u l crum ap peared strong enough but, of course, they could only be tested by th e actua l !p ress u re o f ',the rams, and that could not possibly be applied until all was ready to launch the vessel. The last preparations were complete at about the secret been kept th a t even in the immediate noon neighbourhood yesterday . Up to that time so carefully had of the yard the intended effort was unknown. A collier brig which was ashore on one of the launching way s t en d e d t o lull whatever suspicions might h ave b e en entertained, and which the appearance of gangs of workmen greasing down the launchi ng metals was certainly calculateJ to excite. In the y ar d, withthe excep tion of those actually concerned in the launch, there were not more than 20 or 30 gentlemen present, and nearly all of these were engineers or shipbuilders. The great advantage of this arrangement over the very mixed crowd which filled the yard on the last occasion was so apparent that there is now no fear of the rule of strict privacy ever being again departed from. The men were all at their places at the crabs and hydraulic gear soon after 12 o'clock. Some time was lost while the various details were minutely in spected, preparatory to beginning ; but at last, at 1 o'clock, all was ready, and the signal was given to the gangs working the hydraulic rams at the fore most cradle to commence pumping. Th e af t e r n i o e t cradles more havin g slipped on the w a y s a b out 1 8 i nc h es or than the one near the bows, it was necessary to push down the latter firs', in order that they might both start on a level efforts the anxietyAs the men com menced and expectation of all crabs, seemed wrought to the highest pitch ; not a te yard, ir even down to th e navvies at the word was spoken, and not a person moved. All seemed absorbed in watching the tremendous experi ment going forward, so that literally for a few minutes the suspense was almost painful. The gangs at the pumps worked with a will, but the handles went down more slowly, and the pressure was evidently becoming felt. A few minutes more and the sharp loud reports of beams of timber yield ing and straining under tre tnendous pressure became more and mote frequent. , Every one imagined that the vessel herself was yielding, but this was mere fancy, as, after a few simulants, it be came evident t o all near the rams that it was the pilints against which they rested that was giving. 'Nevertheless, the strain was kept on, i ncreas i n g with every stroke of the lever, and the huge beams, cross - beams, and supports groaned and strained and bent, moving visibly about like a huge piece of wicker -work. All this while the foremost cradle never showed a sign of yielding, o r moved even to a hair's breadth. At last the supports of the rams gave way so much that it became necessary to assist them by hauling in the tackle which pulled the vessel towards the river, but even these gave so little relief that at last one of the centre piles broke, and some others ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Shortly after one o'clock the order was given to commence working the hydraulic presses. The pumping was continued for about a quarter of an hour, but no metion . whatever was pereeetible, though the creaking of timbers bore witeess to the tetriqe and all but resistless strain uf power to wh-ch it was subj-cted. Then the strain upon the chains at the fore was commenced, but, even before it had become taut, a link gave way, the two ettd.•= went crashing through the water, and the heavy lighter teb - .untied like a floating cork from the po sition which it had occupied. The chain which broke was a 21 inch one, and appeared capable of bearing any amount of strain which human power could put upon it. The result proved that there was some flaw in the chain which might in all pro bability have been discovered had it been tested in the first instance. There appeared to be some doubt whether it was the chain just mentioned which broke, or whether it was another massive chain attached to the City moorings. This larger chain weighs three hundred weight per link, and ' each link is three feet in length, but one of the persons in authority doubted whether it could have 1 teen this one, because it had been in use for the last 50 years, and had consequently been often used. Constant use may be considered by some persons a satisfactory proof of soundness and great strength, but unprofessional minds would be apt to see in its venerable age a sufficient reason for test ing its qualities. When the position occupied by the hydraulic " rams" was examined, it was faun I that the backward pressure of the apparatus had been so great as to remove bodily the whole of the piling intended to have formed a buttress to the rams. The solid earth to the depth of several fest was forced back with the framework of the piles to a distance of about ten inches, leaving a chasm down to the bottom of the piles as clear as though the earth had been dug out ; while behind, the ground was heaped up from the enormous pressure, like the earth over the now-made grave of a giant. The heads of the piles, which before the com mencement of the operations stood perpendicular, and to all appearance immovable, were now sloping, and told in their altered position how tremendous must have been the force to which they had offered a vain resistance. The appearance presented by the piling of both the "rams" was the same, and the width of the chasm showed the extant to which the "ram-heads" would have forced the ship had the piling been sufficiently strong to have resisted their backward pressure. The breakage of the chain and the yielding of the " rams" of course rendered further proceedings impossible for that day; and Mr. Brunel will, he tweau this and the 2d of next month, sympathise, no doubt very feelingly, with one of his great en gineering predecessors who asked for a fulcrum, on which he could plant a lever that could move the world. The solid earth, pile-driveu, refuses to afford this sufficient fulcrum ; the time-honoured moorings and venerable chains are not to bo de pended upon, and there is no help for it. The rams must be multip!ied, the chains increased in num ber, the power applied to more numerous parts of the ship, before the tremendous friction of the op posing flat surfaces of iron between the "cradles" and the " ways" can be overcome. Many eminent scientific men are of opinion that the difficulties of lowering the Leviathan into the water have been greatly and unnecessarily increased by the contact of the iron surfaces under the cradles and the iron rails on which the ship is to travel. This subject was, however, we are informed, fully discussed, and experiments made for the purpose of ascertain ing the effects of friction upon flat surfaces of iron, and it was upon the result of these that the present mode was decided upon. It certainly does seem strange, however, that the same principle of two opposing metallic surfaces, which has been applied to facilitate the downward course of the ship, should also be employed on the brakes of the large drums, to arrest the vessel in the event of any re straining power being necessary. How far this— the immense friction caused by the pressure of 12,000 tons upon these iron surfaces, may here interfered with the calculations of the engineers it is impossible to say ; this, however, is clear, I t that the united power of hyd rau lj r am s , a nd th e tremendous strain of the chai n ai, o bows of the slip yesterday, failed to move t e ship a hair's breadth, and the monster now remains as firm and as enure in its cradles as it did immediately after the close of the first attempt. We repeat what was stated on Wednesday, that there is no reason for any apprehension on account of the settling down of the ship, though if it were advanced a few feet on the ways it is probable that such a contingency would occur ; at present the vessel stands practi• cally on the same spot on which it was constructed, and before the work was commenced piles were driven into the ground by Mr. Scott Russell so close that there was one to every five square feet. There is no more reason why the huge monster should sink into the earth now than at any period of the five years during which it has been slowly growing up to its present huge dimensions, and daily gathering those ten thousand tons of iron which now form its tremendous burden. A GENTLEMAN APPREHENDED A7' BIRK F,N% HEAD, CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLING 15,0001. In a recent Dumber of the Police Gazette there was a notice that Mr. W. J. Wright, aged 35, of very gentle manly appearance and manners, and speakiage, sev"ral languages, had ab , conded from Opnrto, Portugal, on Oct 29, after having embezzled 15.000/ , which he had re. ceived on account of his master, Mr. Thomas Porten Chassereau, merchant, 13, Finsbury-place South, City, London. It was further stated that he arrived at South ampton from Oporto, Nov. 3, and was most likely stay ing at some hotel in a seaport town. Oa Friday an ad vertisement appeared in the London papers, offering a reward of 1001. for his apprehension. On Saturday, Mr. Hilliar, the landlord of the Monks Ferry Hotel, found that a person answering the description of Mr. Wright was staying in his house, and gave him into custody at Once. On Monday the accused was brought up at the Bir kenhead te,lice-court, before Mr. Bryans. Mr. Chassereau said—From the mysterious way in which the prisoner left my employment at Oporto, I thought he bad embezzled some money, and brought it to this country. A small sum of money, about 601., was found upon him, and he states that that was lent hies by a friend, to enable him to come to this country. Mr. Bryans—Can you say that money is yours ? Mr. Cbassereau—l cannot say that it ever belonged to we. I am inclined to think, from the questions put to him, tbat the prisoner has spoken the trutb. Mr. Bryans—Therefore you think he has not defrauded you of anything Mr. Cbassereau—No, I can't say he has. Mr. Bryans—Do you wish to make any farther in quiries into the matter ? Would you wish a remand to give time for further inquiries ? Mr. Chassereau—No, sir ; I have sent out a gentle man to Oporto to take charge of the concern, and hope to bear that things are not so bad there as I anticipate. Mr. Bryans—Then there is a deficiency I Mr. Drew (the clerk)—The prisoner's own admission on that point is sufficient. Mr. Chassereau—There is a deficiency ; no doubt of that. The money may have been squandered, or lost in the way of business or otherwise. But Mr. Wright knows best about that. Mr. Bryans—Under these circumstances I will con sider the charge as withdrawn, and therefore I shall dis charge the prisoner. Mr. Drew—You will discharge him from want of evi dence. According to his own admission there is a deficiency to a large amount. Mr. Cbassereau--There are assets toe to a large amount. Mr. Bryans—The prisoner may be discharged. Mr. Wright then left the dock, and re,tired.—Liver• pool Daily Post. NEWSPAPER, PABLIAMPINTABY R 345 7111' . -- . -i t 1 `Jc • (Frohz the hifer;,i; g As might have been d, t' Wmplie S certain supporters of Lord Pelmerstou, to persuade the public into " shelving" the great question of Reform, has only led to more positive and authori tative demands on the part of the public. The cause of Reform, in fact, has been advanced by the very means intended to do it injury. The English are so much a " practical" people, in the sense of a purblind pursuit of some present and immediate purpose, that if a little more tact had been used, they might have been cajoled. At least the secret enemies of Reform might have been spared any de cided manifestation of public opinion in it favour. It is evident, from the tone of the Ministerial or gans, that it is desired to render this preliminary session short in point 'of time, but eminently useful to the party purposes of the Ministry. A some what novel plea is set up, to the effect that this period of the year ought to be devoted to " admi ministration," as distinct from legislation, and that therefore the time of the Ministers ought not to be occupied with any topic likely to disturb the routine of Government ! Whence comes this doe ' rine ? Why is December a more "Administra tive" month than February or May ? In certain departments, we can unders atid, there may be greeter activity towards the close of the year; but these have little to do with the higher fuectioes of Government, and do not more than is usual de man l the attendance of the principal Ministeis in their offices. A inore p , or and empty excu-e for an attempted avoidane of the first duties of an Administration, has seldom been put forward. We should not be at ell surprised to find the quastion of Reform NO lolly ornitt4d from the Qu. en's Speech. For th pro,pects of the cause, perhaps so much _the betrer. The public remsined quiet cent on t' e sukji:ct exit ]. very recently, because turfy r,lied oe the promise of Lord Palmerstou to thing forward a Refoim Bill, and they knew that there wa4 Lord John Russell in the back wound, to urge him on, if he showed any s•gns of fal.er ing. It is now all but /Omitted hit Lord Palmer. st gn does not mean to keep his word, and hence the sudden anxiety of the public on a matter which superficial observers believed to have been forgot ten. Yet, after all, what would l.fe lost by the question of Reform being thus abandoned by the Uhief of the "Liberal" Administration ? Really, not much. It would not have the precedence usually accorded to Government business, and all the petty arts of delay and obstruction with which Parliament has been familiarised since Lord Pal merston came to power, would be put in motion to prevent its progress. The character of the measure proposed would be wholly different. From Lord Pal merston, even if it suited his purpose to adhere to his engagement, the utmost that could be expected would be a kind of compromise —an open bribe to a large section of the Opposition to aid him in crushing the independent opinion of the House of Commons. Such a scheme would really be worse than nothing. If some of the more prominent `e fiefs of the Tory party were true to the policy they have from time to time shadowed forth, here is a grand occasion for them to effect a reconciliation win the nation. If, following the example set them by Sir Robert Peel, they could be induced to prefer their own political. honour and the public good to mere class intereste, they would see that it is quite within their func tions as an Opposition to take up a great national question when abandoned by the Minister of the day. Their followers, it is true, labour under the delusion that they may, by evading the threatened danger, keep yet a little longer that hold upon many of the counties and towns which is given them by their territorial position. It is upon this short sighted view that Lord Palmerston relies ; well knowing that a really popular Reform Bill, brought forward by Independent Liberals, would embody propositions which the "landed interest" now regard as fatal to their power. But it is a mere question of time. What they would now re firse with a very bad grace will be wrested from them in a very little time, and the people will owe them no thanks. By taking the initiative, they would gain in influence more than they would lose in the mere power of coercing the consciences of their fellow-subjects. They will, of course, prefer the short-sighted policy, and Reform will have to be carried by the People. ~__ __ G ~~ ,f ~. .`. ~}T ~),~ _ ~ _ r KT / - ~ v ~~ OMNIBUS TRAMWAYS, Tile London General Omnibus Company, acting upon a suggestion thrown out in this journal in August, 1850, are about to expend 50,0001. of their surplus capital in laying down tramways for omni buses in certain of the leading thoroughfares in the metropolis where the width of the road is sufficient to admit of the experiment without risk of inter ference with the ordinary traffic. The plan, as many of our readers will be aware, has bean tried and adopted with very great success and consider able public benefit in Paris, Lyons, New York, and Boston ; and the practicability of it has therefore been demonstrated beyond question. A tramway of this description has been for nearly three years in use between Paris, Boulogne, and St. Cloud, and is now extended to Sevres and Versailles, and also in Lyons, New York, and Boston ; and large omni buses, carrying from 60 to 80 passengers each, are thereon propelled by 2 horses at a speed varying from 8 to 10 miles an hour, with great facility. The part of the metropolis on which the experiment is about to be tried commences with the road from Nottingbill- gate, via the Grand Junction road, New-road, City-road, and Moor g ate-street to the Bank, with branches to the Great Vestern and London and North-Western Railways, and to Fleet-street, via Bagnigge-wells-road. The length of this line with sidings will be about 8 miles and a-half, and the road, with the exception of the in clines at Pentonville, is broad and eminently qua lified for the trial. In the event of its success the company next csntemplate the extension of the plan to the road from Edmonton to the city, by way of Kingsland and other parts of the metropolis. The tramways when laid will be perfectly flush with the general surface of the roadway, and will not in any way interfere with the passage along and across it of any ordinary road waggon or carriage ; and as the new omnibuses in passing along will be confined to the tramway, which will consist of a double line in the centre of the roadway, the sides of the road, and indeed the entire width, except during the instant of passage, will be free to the general traffic, which will thus be carried on without interruption. The great economy which will be effected by the adoption of the new tramway system will enable the company to carry the public at reduced fares, and at a greater rate of, speed. The omnibuses will be large an d commodious, with flanged wheels and axles radia ting to the curves, and if found desirable, might be constructed with first and second class apartments. The nett annual profit to he derived from the tram ' way traffic has been estimated at 11,0731.—that is, on the route on which it is proposed to make the experiment, which will he equ .1 to 22 per cent. on the capital of 50,0001. The project is to be carried out by a company, with limited liability, entirely distinct from the London General Omni bus Company—the latter subscribing in shares to the new company to the extent of 50,0001. in aid of the undertaking. The facility for starting and stopping the tramway omnibus with improved break will be quite as great as the ordinary road omnibus, so that theie will be no loss of time on this account. It is this power in horses of starting or stopping almost instantaneously which makes the tramway for short distances and frequent stoppages equal, if not superior to the railway with steam power. If the system of fixed stations or stepping-places along the route were adopted in lieu of stopping at the wish of eve.y passenger, much time might be saved ; but in New York, we believe, the tramway omnibuses stop wherever they are required to take up and set down passengers, and no inconvenience found to arise from this system of working them. The probable cost of laying down the tramways as double lines, including the expense of taking up and relaying the pavement is estimated at some thing less than 3,0001. per mile. 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