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'1 . t -- . -2 C.--D.-..c..<-_______c_ ) VW PRUESIAIV CIRCULAR ON THE NEU4' SPAPER CHATEI, QUESTIOAr. 7:1 4 4 The following is a translation of the Note 64 . _ . .the!.. = -T 28th December, addressed by Count MantelitOt - the Prussian represe n tativ es a t the Courts of i - leilia kL - 7 London, Vi enna , an d St. P e t ers burg, to whickla- , correspondent from Berlin, whose letter weyester-j; i S day published, alluded : Monsieur le Count (Baron) —By a despatch of the Bth of this month (December), I had the honour to inform your Eicellency of the attitude which the King, our august master, hen , determined to take with respect to the Neu chatel affair. The military preparations of which I then made mention have been since continued, and it would have been in perfect accordance with the arrangements of the Prussian army to proceed, several days ago, to the mobilisation of those por tions of the army intended for this purpose. Our in pursuing so ca l m ly an d fi rm ly g t u r ' aced out, wi s h es a l ways i n hi s augustthe l line eS he e v Sovereign, high wisdom to avoid precipitating measures, the immediate consequences of which would be to change entirely the phase in which this affair is still, but which it will quit the moment the order to move shall be given. Up to this point the King contents himself with the preliminary and, unconditional liberation of the Neuchatel prisoners, ret-ltlting from the abolition of all proceedings directed against them. After this liberation his • Majesty is ready to enter into negotiations as to the future of the State of Neuchatel, nor will the unexampled moderation of which the King has given proof hitherto in the entire of this question be belied when the great Powers of Europe shall deem it their duty to make him propositions worthy at the same time of those who offer and of him who accepts them. On the other hand, the mobilisation once ordered the situation can no longer be the same. Whoever isacquainted with our militaryarrangements knows that this order, called for by the most ardent wishes of the army, must be followed by speedy ac tion • and that neither th e di gn ity nor i nteres t of the King would permit him then to pause half-way. It is clear that in such case the aforesaid liberation of the prisoners would no longer be an object pro portionate to the sacrifices imposed on the country, and that from that point the results attained by - the Prussian arms might affect even the position of the Principality of .Neuchatel. The King does not at all conceal from himself the gravity of this contingency. But if it pre sent itself be will not recoil before it ; and even while pursuing his object with the energy and perseverance of a good conscience, he will suffer himself always to be guided by the desire of seeing assured to Switzerland after the end of the present conflict a place more houourable and independent amongst the States of Europe, which will afford them further guarantees for order and repose. These considerations, Monsieur le Comte (Baron), joined to a desire of affording the great Powers of Europe that have solemnly recognised the rights of the King as Prince of Neuchatel, a uew proof of his extreme moderation as well as the possibility of getting them to exert their diploma i. influ ence in a manner stronger, more concentrated, and more efficacious, on Switzerland, for the purpose of attaining the prompt accomplishment of the only condition on which the King insists previous to entering into negotiations, have decie.ed his Majesty, despite the many inconveniences atten dant on delay, to defer the mobilisation of the army to the 15th of January, 1857. It follows, as a matter of course, that this term will be shortened if the Swiss authorities, under the influence of that spirit of defiance which cha racterises several of their recent measures, should hand over the Neuchatel prisoners to the Federal assizes. BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Incorporated by Royal Charter.—The Court of Directors hereby give notice, that a H ALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND at the rate ofsla per cent. per annum on the capital of the Bank, will be pay able to the proprietors of shares registered in this country, on and after the sth day of January next, at the office of the Corporation, No. 7, St. Helen's-place, Bishoesgate-street, between the hours of Ten and Four. _ _ _ No transfer can be made between the 15th instant and sth proximo, as the beoks must be closed during that period. By order of the Court. r - L Rim 4D. STAMPED 517, LONDON, SAI URDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, tBb7. C. M'NAI3, Secretary. Ns. 7, St. Helen's-place, London, 2d December, 1856. . 20,138.) NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON. MR. LANGSTON, M.P., AND MR. CARDWELL, wAs made great, powerful, and prosperous. (Cheers.) He irmly believed that by the restoration of universal peace a new commencement would take place in all these different objects of social and moral improvement, and that the attention of parliament and the people, by the circulation of opinion through their municipal institutions and a free press, would be directed to mea sures of progress, stich as no other country dzoamt of, and would be carried, not by strife or conflict, but by the gradual, silent, and irroistible growth of sound and judici •us public opinion. (Cheers.) In venturing to form these opinions he was not too sanguine or enthusiastic, but they were based on records and on past experience. He con gratulated them that the past year was a year of returning peace, and he sincerely wished them, in their private capa city, all the enjoyment of the year which was to come. He believed that the subjects of the English Crown would er severe in the course of social progress, add to their strength, and contribute to the glory of their country, and, by a thousand of almost unconscious channels, minister to the civilization and blessings of every country in the world. Naval and Military intelligence. LORD PALMERSTON AND THE SOUTHAMPTON Establi , hed A.D. 1844. The Warrants for the Half-yearly Interest, at the rate of 5 per sent. per annum, on Deposit Accounts, to 31st December, will be ready for delivery on and after January the 10th, 1857, and payable daily. PUBLICATIONS. M.P., ON NATIONAL PROGRESS. re T m w b o ro n k e e w , mene-yofa- are eatrh the have n r ju ,et s , t 8 17 ti en n , com sere ni w e . n o ce f d sB a o t t ; and the Greyhound, 17 guns, screw, of 880 tors. The Gannet is to be a sister ship to the Cordelia, recently launched there. These vessels will be pushed forward early in the year towards completion. The following is a list of the ships now Luilcling, which show a squadron of great size and weight of armament:—Howe', 121 guns, 1.000 horse.poWer ; Windsor Castle, 116, sailing ship ;. Re'venge 91, 800 horse-power ; Aurora, 51, 400 horse power ; Immortaliti, 51 guns, 600 horse power ; Mel pomene, 51, 600 horde-power ; Orlando, 36, 800 horse power ; Doris, 32, 800 horse-power ; Greyhound, 17, 200 horse-power ; Gannet, 8, 150 horse-power. This reserve squadron will carry 574 guns. The Orlando .will be the longest frigate in the service, being 300 feet in extent. The Doris is the second of the new class 32's, and sister ship to the Diadem. Major-General Sir William Codrington paid a visit to Woolwich yesterday morning. The entire battalions of Royal Artillery stationed at head-quarters. Woolwich, assembled yesterday morning on parade at 7 a.m., and went through a series 'of posi tion drills, under the command of the adjutant on duty. The brigade of 11-vat Marines, in charge of Colonel Flendog, were paraded in the barrack square at 1 p.m., and, headed by the band, they marched to Woolwich Common, where they were inspected by Col. Brown, commandant of marine garrison, and put through a course of field exercises and musket drill. ELECTION. The following letters have recently passed between Mr. Richard Andrews, of Southampton, and Lord Pal- ,TEAFFRESON'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the libraries, in 3 vols., ISABEL ; the Young Wife and the Old Love. By the Author of " Crewe Else," &c. " Isabel' is 'a novel in which the author maintains the good posi tion his first work obtained for him."—Fxaminer. " !Faber is a fresh, healthy, entertaining book—a clever picture of modern life written by a man who has seen the world."—Leader. The members for the city of Oxford dined on New Year's PETER MORRISON. Managing Director. Parties desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to examine the plan of the Bank of Deposit. Prospectuses and Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on appli cation. Day with upwards of 400 members of Lodge 59 of the An cient Order of Druids and their friends, in the Town-hall. The mayor, the sheriff, the ex-mayor, Aldermen Sadler and Spiers, several members of the Town Council, and many of the principal citizens, were also present. " The Health of the City Members" having been drunk with loud cheering, Mr. LANGSTON, M.P., expressed the pleasure he felt in thus meeting a number of his constituents. The chairman had placed upon him, as one of their representatives, a rather difficult task, for he had forbidden any allusion to politics. If he steered clear of them, some might think he was afraid to enter upon any subject which was interest ing to them. He presumed that he might venture to allude to the events of the past year, and to congratulate them on the attainment of peace, especially as those subjects were fully gone into by his colleague and Dr. Bacon at their last festival. They were indebted for the peace which they now enjoyed to the speeches made not only in that hall, but in every part of the kingdom, as they expressed the determi_ nation of the people to support the Government in the carrying on of the war, and it was that expression which had brought about that peace which he hoped would long endure. It was time they were at war with Persia, but he had it on good authority that that unfortunate affair was likely to terminate before Parliament met. He had been informed that it was their intention to hold a public meet ing for the purpose of expressing their objections to the income tax, which they were led to believe would at the termination of the war be removed, and some other tax de vised of a less objectionable character. (Cheers.) If he were right in that conclusion, he could candidly tell them that he entertained the same objections himself ; and they were still further strengthened by his experience as a com missioner of taxes, and of the income tax. (Cheers.) There had been considerable agitation on this sub ject in Gloucestershire, where one of the servants of government had surcharged a great many persons, who were obliged to go and make an oath that they had sent in a fair return. There were such strong objections to that tax, that he thought it should not be imposed unless merston : Southampton, Dec. 24. "My Lord,—l beg to enclose you a statement taken from the reporter's notes made from a written paper read before a very large meeting last night at the Royal Vic toria Rooms by Mr. W. Lankester, and put forward for the purpose of injuring me in the estimation of my fel low-townsmen, and damaging my prospect as a candi date-fi).r-the representation of the borough. " I have, therefore to request your lordship kindly to inform me if that statement is a correct representation of what took place between yourself and Mr. Lankes ter, because I can hardly think it possible that your lordship could have spoken of me EVI you are therein re pre-tented-to have done.—l have the honour to be, my lord, your lordship's most obedient servant, R. ANDREWS. "The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Palmerston." The statement enclosed was to the effect that Mr. ArrareNq was - uneducated and not fit to represent South. ampton. AWIDOW LADY, thoroughly acquainted with the routine of Housekeeping, Is desirous of an engage ment as Domestio Companion to an elderly or invalid Lady or Gen tleman or Widower with young children, where sue or m re servant; are kept. A comfortable home the chief conAderatien. Unexcep tionable references given.—Address C. G., Mrs. Powell's, 4, Trinity street, Blackheath-hill. " An excellent novel."—Observer. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. DR. COPLAND ON THE DRAINAGE OF THE METROPOLIS In post Bvo. stitched, price One Shilling„ ON the DRAINAGE and SEWAGE of LONDON, and of LARGE TOWNS. By JAMES COPLAND, M.D., Fits., &c. London : Laxly man, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. ROYLL ROOMS.--LAURENTS CASINO, Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above elegan Booms are now open every evening for the winter season, with Laurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. Bon'court. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that th's fashionable place of resort hay been entirely redecorated during the recess. Doors open at half-pact eight, commence at nine. Adults dion One Shilling. Nearly ready, in Bvo. with Map and Illustration•, BERMUDA a COLONY, a FORTRESS, and a PRISON; or, Eighteen Months in the Somers Island. London : Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. Mr. Cardwell resumed his seat amid much cheering. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen only) from 10 till 10, containing upwards of one thousand models 4nd preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in health and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, 2, 4. and half-past 7, by Dr. G. Sanyo's, ; and a new and highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery by , Dr. KAHN, at a quarter past 8 p.m. precisely. Admission, One Shilling. Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan (gratis). CHEAP EDITION OF CARLYLE'S WORKS. This day is published, in crown Bvo., price 65., Vol. I. of T HE FRENCH REVOLUTION: A HISTORY. MEETING OF THE SWISS IN LONDON. " Broadlands, Dec. 26. By THOMAS CARLYLE. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piceadilly. " My dear Sir,—l have received your letter of the 24th inst., and I have written to Mr. Lankester to ex press my surprise that anything which passed between him and me in a private and casual conversation when he came here on professional business should have been made use of by him in the manner stated in the report. which you have sent me, for the purpose of influencing the course of the canvass for the Southampton election. " I have no pretensi , n to interfere in any manner whatever-in that matter; and I should not have said a word to him on the subject if I had thought I should in any way-be-quoted by him. "It was not unnatural that I should wish to know what was doing at - Southampton, and I thought Mr. Lankester could tell me. "No doubt in the short conversation which ensued I expressed my opinion as to the eligibility of the several candidates ' • and' every man in the county who has con versed with an acquaintance on the subject has probably done the same, whatever his opinions may be. "I have great respect and regard for you. I think the talent and ability you have displayed, and the high position which, by your untiring energy, you have made for yourself in Southampton, do you very great honour. But I must frankly say in answer to your appeal that I do not think you are so well calculated as Mr. \Veguelin is to represent Southampton in the House of Commons. " Your business avocations lying in Southampton would interfere with your attendance in parhamei,t, unless at a great sacrifice of your private interests, and your habits of thought as connected with the nature of your commercial pursuits, cannot tend so much as those of Mr. Weguelin to prepare a member for the consider. ation and discussion of many of the matters which must, from time to time, be dealt with by parliament. "Therefore, believing from what I have heard that if two candidates stand upon the Liberal interest, and thus divide the Liberal party, the Conservative party will be able to give a majority to their candidate, and thinking Mr. Weguelin the best of the two Liberal can didates, I cannot but regret that you should, by divi.iing the Liberal party, endanger the Liberal cause at South ampton. This is my personal and private opinion, founded, however, upon public grounds. , I do not con sider that it involves any disparagement to you. I never should have thought of making it known, with a view to influence the decision of the electors of South- CHEAP EDITION OF LEVER'S WORKS. This day is published, in crown Bvo., price 45., HARRY LORREQUER. By CHARLES LEVER. —•.—. The screw steam-frigate Shannon, 51, from Ports mouth, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Thursday evening, bound'for Lisbon. The steam vessel Advice, from Pembroke, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday. The screw steam ship Cornwallis, 60, Captain G. G. Wellesley; having been repaired, was taken out of dock at Davenport on Thursday, and placed at her sailing moorings. The builders' contract for the construction of the paddle wheel steamer Bann, intended, together with the si-ter vessel Brune, for exploring purposes on the Nile, having been terminated, the ship was yesterday ordered down the river from Woolwich on a trial trip of her ma chinery prior to her being handed over to Government. Her Majesty's screw gunboat Clinker, Lieut.-Com mander Hudson (1854), late of the Royal Albert, arrived at %V iolwich yesterday evening from the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. She sailed from Malta Dec. 9, Gib raltar 19, and Portsmouth on Tuesday last, She was obliged to make for Algiers in consequence of the severe stress of weather experienced in the Mediterranean, and had to beat against a succassiiin of bead- winds in crossing the bay, with a continuation of squalls during the voy age home. Sbe is to be received in the outer basin of Woolwich dockyard to return stores and be paid off. An Admiralty order was yesterday morning received at Woolwich dockyard, forwarding instructions for Lieut. Commander Jackson, her Majesty's ship Oberon, to be in readiness to be paid off. The Oberon arrived at Wool wich on Wednesday from Malta, and has been in present commission scarcely two years. The following appointments were made at the Admi ralty yesterday : Lieutenants—C. Fairholm, to the Megana ; J. P. Cheyne, to the Simoom ; W. W. S. Bridges, to the Iris ; P. B. R. Sharpe, to the Magicienne. Master—W. H. Crane, to the Simoom. _ _ _ MR. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI FICIAL TEETH,flxed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the nataral teeth as not to be 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 operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rilliciered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten =live. With Eight lllustration3 by H. K. BROWNE. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. KING CHRISTMAS : New Song, sung nightly with great success by HEAR FORMFS at M. Juillen's grand Concerts in the Provinces. The words by Gsoaos Holm= music by J. L. HATTON. Price 2s. Gd. _London: Cramer, Beale. and C0.,"201, Regent street. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. THE exuberance of the feelings, amid scenes of gaitY. Induces the fair and youthful to shine to advantage Under the gaze of many Mends, and therefore to devote especiat attention to the duties of the toilet. It is at this festive season tha .IVING CELEBRITIES : a Series of 1.4 PFIOTOGRA.PHIC PORTRAITS, by Matrix and PotmAns. The number for Janusry contains E. M. WARD, Esq., R.A., with Memoir. Maull and Polyblank, 55, Gracecharch-street ; and all book and printsellers. ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, For creating and sustaining tt luxuriant head of hair ; ROWLANDS' ICALYDOR, For rendering the skin soft, fair, and blooming ; and ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentifrice, For imparting a pearl-like whiteness to the teeth, are called into in creased requisition, to the attainment of those personal advantages so universally sought for and admired. Beware of spurious imitations ! ! The only genuine of each bears the name of "Rowlands" preceding that ofthe article on the wrapper or label. Sold by A. Rowland and Sons, 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by Chemists and Perflnners. pIIRSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in the cause, "Waterhouse against Bran sten." the creditors of JOHN LUNN, lat.: of New Bridge-street, 31ackfriars. in the City of London, and of Rye-terrace, Peckham, in the county of surrey, Tea Dealer, who died in or about the month of Jarman., 1849, are, by their solicitors, on or before the Eighth day of January, 1857, to come in and prove their Debts or Claims at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Monday, the Twelfth day of January, 1857, at Twelve o'clock at noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for bearing and adjudicating upon the claims. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Brompton.—Secretary's Office, 167, Piccadilly.—This Institu tion has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor afflicted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, Piccadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted at the Brompton Establishment, for one month, and for a longer period if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this Charity. A Weekly 'Board manage its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application to the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue this great work of benevolence are urgently solicited, , and may be paid to William Loaham Farrar, Eeq., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's -inn-fields ; Messrs, Coutts and Co., Strand ; and at the Secretary's Offices, 167, Piccadilly. Dated this first day of December. 1856. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. W. M. WILKINSON, 44, Lincoln's-inn-gelds, Plaintiff's Solicitor. ISLAND OF JAMAICA.-VALITABLE ESTATES. Master's•Assistants—C. W. Ross, to the Megara ; D. 0. Burd wood, to the Simoom ; W. F. Tregidgo, to the Megrera ; A. C. Dowdell, to the Simoom. Assistant-Surgeon —Richard C. P. Laurenson (acting) to Plymouth Hospital. By outer. W. J. COCKERILL, Secretary. ampton ; and I should not have stated it to you if it had not been for your letter of the 24th.—I remain, my dear sir, yours faithfully, "Richard Andrews, Eq." WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH OUR CONVICTS I " PALMERSTON. R OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.—Founded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no re- Commendation is required. During the past month the following number received the benefits Of this charity. either as out or in-deor patients, on their person?' application:— Week ending 7th November 2,154 Ditto 14th November 2,043 Ditto 21st November .... Ditto 28th November ...• 29th and 30th November.. • • Total in November • • ~.. 8,747 of which 2,775 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat. ment) having been admitted previously. The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the patients. Heavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such eaten eive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual General Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at all times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, John Masterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Sm , l.h, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Denison and Co.; Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber bers-street ; 3fasterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfullyZreceived. By order. • J. B. OWEN. M.A., Chairman. TIIE MONS UNITED COLLIERIES COMPANY (Limited). Capital One Million, in 100,000 Shares of 101. each, deposit W. per Share on Allotment. TRUSTEES. His Grace the Duke of Wellington. The Right Hon. the Earl of Albemarle. H. S. Thornton, Esq:, Banker, Birchin-lane. T. H. Weguelin, Esq., Governor of the Bank of England. DIRECTORS. Lieut.-General the Right Hon. Lord James Hay, Chairman. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Bury. Lieut.-Col. the Right Hon. Lord Arthur Hay. Baron Gudin, Chateau Beaujon, Paris. William Gladstone, Esq., (Messrs. Thomson Bonar and Co.), Old Broad-street. J. Fortescue Harrison, Esq., Cambridge-square, Hyde park, Robert William Kennard, Esq., Upper Thames-street. Alexander Miller, Esq., Ashford-house, Middlesex. Aunrrons—(To be appointed at the first General Meeting). BAIIKERB. Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, Thorn- In London ton, and Co., Birchin-lane. Messrs. Hankey, 7, Fenchurch-street. In Mous Messrs. Guillochin, Sons, and Co. In Paris Messrs. Charles Laffitte and Co. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Amory, Travers, and Smith, London. Monsieur Doles, Avocat, Mons. BROKERS. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son. Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce. SECRETARY —T. R. Preston, Esq. Temporary Offices No. 46, Moorgate-street. Prospectuses and Forms of application for Shares may be obtained at the temporary offices of the Company, or at the brokers. Each applicant for Shares will be required to pay into one of the Bankers of the Company, one pound (1/.) per Share, on the numbers of Shares applied for, in part payment of the deposit of V., in exchange for which a voucher will be given. In the event of the Directors allotting less than the whole number applied for, the amount paid in will be appro priated towards the deposit of(2/.) per sharp payable on those allotted. Should no allotment be made to the applicant, the money ledged at the bankers' will be forthwith returned free of charge. DELIVERY of LETTERS.—The Postmaster- General, anxious to promote rapidity and correctsess in the delivery of letters, has, for postal purposes, divided London and its environs into ten districts, each to be treated, in many respects, as a separate town; and to render this arrangement effectual, he earnestly requests that every means may bo taken by the public for causing letters to be directed according to the district for which they are intended. Initials will suffice, and for the house at which this notice is left the initials are W. C., the district being the . Western Central. In the direction of a letter, these initials should be legibly written in a separate line, and should in all cases end the addrese, thus : JAMnES THOMPSON, Esq., 500, High Holborn, W.C. Or, whex the letter is:frost the country, thus JAMES THOMPSON, Esq., 500, High Holborn, London, `O. Among other means of inducing this practice it is sug gested that, when convenient, each resident of the Western District should add the name of the district, or the initials, to his own address inside his letters when writing t o his corre.corre spondents, and on his address card. Also, that if in busi ness, he should give the name of the district, or the initials, in the heading of bills or invoices, in advertisements or placards, and on any article of manufacture which may bear his address. Correspondents not attending to the above arrangement, should be requested to use the initials in reply. Information as to the district in which any locality is in cluded may be had at any receiving-house in London and it; environs, or at any head post-office in provincial towns, at all of which alphabetic lists of streets, dm w ill be kept for ref erence. T he Br i tish Postal Gu id e, w hi c h can be procured (price 6d.) at any head post-office, w ill hereafter contain a s i m il ar street list showing the district initials : and like information, the Postmaster General is assured, will be Even in th e L on d on Post Office Directory for the year 18 57 , n the part headed Street Directory. ,, The wing additional information may prove useful : - TABLE OF DISTRICTS. Names. . • Initials. Ea stern Central Dist r i c t E. C. .., 1 W estern Central District . . W. C. Northern District Eallorth Eastern District N. E. stern District Eastern District Southern District Weste rn D istrict S. W. rn District North West ern District If the initi a l l etters be thus regularly appended the depart welt will be able to assort with facility and correctness the country letters, according to th e i r respect i ve d i stricts, b efore they reach London i n the morning, of s uch letters are y a recent improve alreadment about 60 , 00 0, or fully one-th i rd, y so assorted with as much correct- Ness as circumstances allow —a change which has greatly ex pedited the delivery ; and it is hoped that, if the previous assortment, with full facility for correctness, can be extended to all, this advantage, seconded by oth er improvements now in progress, will eventually secure to the public the benefit of a fnrther and important acceleration of the morning deli- Tory throughout London. By command of the Postmaster -General. oneft Him, S ecre t ary . (tonna Post•olace s DN. ' 185f.R TO BE SOLD, pursuant to an Order of the High Court of Chancery in England, made in a certain cause of SCOT I' versus DEFFELL, with the approbation of the Vice- Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, to whose Court the said cause is attached, TWO UNDIVIDED EQUAL THIRD PARTS or SIFIRFS of and in the ESTATES called Swansea Brown's flail and Brown's Town, in the parish of Saint John, in the Island of Jamaica ; end in the Estates called Hayes Penn and Brown's Pasture. in the parish of Saint Dorothy, in th e sa id I s l an d, by w h a tsoever description and , quantities the same were held by the late John Henry Deffeli, Esq., deceased, at his death, which happened on or about the twenty. eighth day of October, One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight ; together with the buildings and machinery, if any, thereon. Tenders for the purchase, by private contract, under seal, to be delivered at the office of Messrs. H and S. •R. Lewin, solicitors, No. 82, Southampton-street, Strand, London ; or if from Jamaica, sent by post by letter directed to the said Messrs. H. and S. R. Lewin, on or before the twentieth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and fit.y-seven. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE. SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. Patent Office Se4l of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecole Pharmacie Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge, devoid of taste or smell, and can be carried In the waistcoat pocket. sold in tin cakes, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &C., &c. TRIESEMAR No. 1 is a R eme d y f or RE LAXATION, SPERMATORREREA, and all tee distressing consequences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too long residence In hot climates. It bas restored bodily and sexual strength and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are now in the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood; and whatever may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR RIAGE, they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. TRIESEMAR No. 11., effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely era3icates all traces of Conorrhcea, toth in its mild and aggravated forms, Gleets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention of Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which Copaivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the main of the health of a vast portion of the population. TREE :EM, n No. 111., is the great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary Symp toms. It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, and all Cutaneous Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all comni tions and impurities from the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate , he virus of disease, and expel it with the insensible perspiration through the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a never-failing remedy for that class of disorders which unfortunately the English Physician treats with Mercury, to the inevitable dastrue lon of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in . the world cannot restore. Price I Is., or four cases in one for 335,. wl'ich saves lie., and in Si. cases, whereby there is a saving of 11. 12s. To be had wholesale and retail in London, of Derby and Gordon.. 140,: Leadenball-street; Prout, 229. Strand; Hannay and. Co.. 63, Oxford-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street. HUMAN FRAILTY ; a Popular Medical work, price Is., post itee, beautifully illustrated with 100 engravings, and containing the opinions of Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &c. It gives copious instructions for the perfect restoration of those who are prevented by impediments from entering into the married state, also showing the dreadtal results from early abuse, gonorrhoea, and syphilis, and the benefits arising from the chemical tests and examination of the spermatoza, by the author's newly-constructed microscope, with powerful lenses.—Piper and Co., 23, Paternoster row ; and from all agents for the sale of"Triesemar." An accident which, though comic enough, might easily have had a tragical ending, occurred the .other day at Madame Tassaud's Exhibition. A medical stu dent, examining the guillotine in the Chamber of Horrors, took it into his head that the sort of yoke which fits down on the shoulders of the criminal to hold him in his place would not be sufficient to confine a person who struggled. His curiosity on this point led him to watch till the place was empty, when be actually put himself in, letting down the yoke. He soon found that he was quite unable to lift it, and it at once flashed into his mind that the sharp axe which was suspended over his neck could not be very firmly fixed or it would not fall (as it does) with a touch. He was afraid to struggle, lest the shaking should bring it down and at once deposit his head in the basket of sawdust below him, into which his eyes were of necessity steadily looking. Having stayed some time in this plight, he was overjoyed to hear the approach of a visitor, whom he suppliantly implored to rele ~ se him. " I'm think ing," said the gentleman (a Scotch visitor of the metro polis) to his wife, "I'm thinking he must be hired to show bow the thing acts, and I think we'd better not interfere." So the luckless student wag left till M. Tug sand came in, and made fast the axe before releasing him. The axe has been removed and laid by the side to prevent future accidents.—Weekly Registrar. AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL ECONOMY.—To know why property is depreciated in this colony, and how that pro perty is to be retrieved in value and wages sustained, are elements of a problem demanding primary considera tion. Were we to confine the instance to Geelong, it might be asked from what cause springs the decadence in the value of property ? The answer might be a plau sible one, and at the first glance satisfactory. It might be alleged that the settlement of the colony denuded the town of a superfluous population, and dispersed them through the interior ; it might be alleged that capitalists who invested money in country lands were mere specu• lators. Both causes are worthy of consideration, but do not meet the question at issue. There is an evident crumbling away of everything into which colonial enter. prise centres. There appears to be a dispensation abroad which encourages the few who have money to hug it, and entails ruin on all those who, by using capital, em ploy labour, benefit the colony, and rain themselves. Instead of inquiring why this state of things should be —instead of submitting to them passively, and trust ing " that when things are at the worst they will mend," we would counsel examination, which, if en tered upon, would lead to a monetary cause and a cur rencyo solution. The wants, the luxuries of the popula titvanotasre not lessened, but the means to represent these amonot and luxuries we lack—and why ? Because the doledor "enterpriseontto usis is li o m o i l t im ed iio a d n , dandfalls compa ratively ofw with that hat our under a system the undue domination of alien capital. While retrograde. will go on, b such endures th e p r op er ty o f th e co l on y will Barter u of raw gold for foreign merchandise importei co colonial settlement will not. There will be no n p e rmanent ofte prosperity in Victoria, so long as the chief pectic)population is engaged in mere e bu o t t ion tbe of p produce of th r r ais d e ygging interest. There the digging paid for by the ea is not an ounce o f gold i distribution to foreign capital--but is b d but pays an impost au verted to English uses, cheapened when in our hands, but appreciated to the English standar d directl y it passestinto the bank that There is not an ounc e of g o ld raised ought to leave the colony until th e wants of the colonists t are ful filled" and were the re a mint the sacrificespoken of would be obviated. T he more g o 'd there way coined the better would be the position of property and of wages. So long as our sovereign would pass swoop: ourselves at full value, the exporter of gold would not he nh'el to get hold of it for less than 20 s . If the Govern ' ment - would give SOS. per oz. the banks would not be able to buy at 765. per oz. The difference in price would be saved to the colony, but far more than the difference in price would the colony advantage by a monetary medium con stantly supplied and only limited to demand. If the landlord, the householder, the digger, the agriculturist, the labourer, could be brought calmly to see their true interests, their extrication from embarrassment would be evident, and could be pointed out clearly ; but so long as a limited amount of capital, supplement ed by huge cre dits, imperils our Victoria, and the gold interest is ne glected, property will continue to decline in value, though the 53(1 clause be repealed, the ballot main tained, triennial Parliaments made the lair of the lend , and property qualaication be abolished. --Geelong No's' it could be shown that the same amount could not be raised in any other way. In conclusion, Mr. Langston thanked them for the kind and flattering reception they had given him, and wished them all many happy years. (Much cheering.) Mr. CARDWELL, in returning thanks, said a few words on the events of the past year, and on the subjects which were likely to occupy the attention of parliament in the year they had just entered. The year which had run its course had not been without signal manifestations of God's mercy to this realm and to the people of this kingdom. Their late mayor had• carried to the foot of the throne their congratulations on the restoration of peace to Eu• rope ; but scarcely was the seal affixed to that treaty wh(is. another danger of a far graver character threatened not only the welfore of this kingdom, but of the whole world. If there could be a calamity more prejudicial to their wel fare than another, or tend more to roll back the flowing tide of human progress, it would be a serious rupture between the elder and younger branches of the Anglo-Saxon race, between this noble kingdom and that gigantic republic which had spread its arms from the. Pacific to the Atlan tic—a people descended from the same origin, speaking the same language, their friends and rivals in commerce and maritime power, spreading their literature and laws, and diffusing with them the principles of civilisation and human progress over all the nations of the globe. (Cheers.) By mutual good feeling and obserVance of mutual good sense on both sides, which was the characteristic of the race, that calamity had happily been averted, (Cheers.) He believed that their 'relations with that country never stood on a more permanent basis, and he hoped that a long career of usefulness was open to the whole of this great Anglo-Saxon race. (Loud cheers.) Although the cloud in the west was dispelled, there was no doubt that some streaks of darkness prevailed in the eastern horizon ; but he believed that the danger would be averted, and he trusted that the year which had just closed had ended the reign of discord among mankind. (Cheers.) What then were the anticipations, and what were their duties in the year they were now entering? While they reflected with gratitude and pride on the heroic services of those who not only sus tained but exalted, on the face of the whole wcrld, the ancient fame of England—(cheers)—while they looked back with pride on the records of martial intrepidity unparal leled in history, they might look forward to 1857, with sanguine expectations that in the relations of commerce and in the enterprising and successful pursuits of industry they might add to the power and greatness of this country. (Cheers.) Their first duty in the House of Commons would be to apportion, on the return of peace, the scale of expen diture befitting this great commercial country—on the one hand, not slow to defend those establishments which were the best safeguards of their interests and the best guaran tee for a permanent and enduring peace—(cheers)—and, on the other hand, determined to retrench all unneces sary expenditure, and to give the country the benefit of a proper remission of taxation. (Cheers.) He had no doubt that the Government would take an early opportunity of setting their views before the country, and it would be st sincere pleasure to him to support them in the prosecution of that policy which he had ventured to allude to. (Cheers.) There was no part of the duty of a member of parliament which he discharged with so much pleasure as supporting the remission of public burdens. He had had the honour of serving in her Majesty's Treasury. when greater remis sions of taxation were made than at at any previous time in the financial history of this country. It was not possible to escape witnessing its result, and its effect not only on the material interests of the kingdom, but morally on all who lived by labour, placing them, as it did, in easier circum stances, and giving them an appetite for higher things, and for the cultivation of the intellectual powers. (Cheers.) They could not witness such effects without wishingto have a fair and proper mitigation of the public burdens; but atthe same time he thought it would be unfair to the government, when they were about to enter into a full statement of their views, to interfere and attempt to forestall them by making any statement as to this or that peculiar burden. (Cheers.) Believing as he did that they would faithfully fulfil their duties, and give expression to their opinions, he felt assured that the House of Commons would give them a calm and dispassionate attention, and he should rejoice if their policy for the readjustment of the public burdens was such as to entitle them to the support of the House of Commons. (Cheers.) His hon. colleague had re minded them of the vexation belonging to the income tax, and it was the duty of every government and every Hous of Commons to mitigate its hardships by every means in their power. When that branch of the revenue recently - . lost its chairman by death, the person appointed to fill his place was no partisan, but one who had risen from the lowest ranks of the service ; he bad been a commissioner, and was made chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue for no other reason but his just and faithful services in the lower branches. Although he (Mr. Cardwell) was not cog nisant of what had been going on at Gloucester in reference to the income tax, be argued from the appointment of Mr. Pressly to the chairmanship of the Board of Inland Re venue, that any complaiats made to him would meet with all the attention which the people had a right to expect. (Cheers.) He did not know whether his hearers had read a work recently written by the great French orator and statesman, M. Guizot, who, in speaking of the events of 20 years ago, and his personal intimacy with the late Sir R. Peel, remarked that the trait in the character of that lamented statesman which struck him most was the deep anxiety he felt about the condition of the labouring classes of this country, which he said was a danger and disgrace to civilisation, and that instant measures ought to be taken to remedy it ; and he (Mr. Cardwell) asked them to consi der what had been done since that time, not only by one government, but by successive governments, and he could refer to such measures without running the risk of exciting any discord among them. In the first place, they had set free the industry and labour of this country, and the re sults had been that in the last year, when they had scarcely escaped the conflict of war, but not its pecuniary pressure, the exported industry of this country doubled itself, and realized an amount exceeding the whole expen diture of the war which was now closed ; clearly showing that the friendly interchange of commerce could not fail to contribute to the riches of this country. (Cheers) What had been the effect with regard to education ? Could they refer without a blush of shame to what took place twenty years ago; or revert without gratitude to the great and extraordinary changes which the twenty years had pro duced ? It was thought by many at that time that to improve men's minds would only tend to produce insubor dination, but experience had shown the fallacy of that view, and that it was a perfect delusion. (Cheers.) He rejoiced to hear that the Town Hall in which they were assembled, as well as adjacent rooms, were made of daily use for some educational purposes or other. Two hundred years ago, one of the greatest masters of the English lan guage, John Milton, thus addressed the Houses of Parlia ment—" Lords and Commons of England, consider whereo. ye are, and the people whereof yo are governors; a nation not dull and slow, but of quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, capable of reaching wherever the human faculty may soar, what wants here with such a pregnant and towardly soil but wise and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people a nation of prophets, of sages, and of worthies?" (Cheers.) That was 200 years ago ; but it was only within the last 20 years that any attention had been paid by par liament to the material interests of the people, the reduc tions of their burdens, the stimulation of their industry, and that great h arvest of education, which had b een se: c t h u e r e m d . 0 r a(lCheer feelings, s.) g uiding and directing g the conduct, guickening opo By expanding the intellect, rating on the hay.t, out t forgettin g th e h ear t, a nation Last night a meeting of the Swiss, resident in London. was held at Radley's Hotel, Blackfriars, to consider an ad dress to the Federal Council upon the questions in dispute between their fatherland and the King of. Prussia. Care was taken that the meeting was confined to Swiss. Shortly after 7 o'clock the large room of the hotel was filled by an assembly at once enthusiastic and unanimous. The pro ceedings were conducted in the French language. The chair was taken by M. John Rapp, Consul-General of the Swiss Confederation, who was supported by M. A. Doxat, M. Jules Bordier, M. J. C. im Thurn, M. J. Petry, M. G. Prevost, M. A. P. Prevost, M. C. Verry, M. A. Pasteur, M. Jules Stauffer, M. P. Broe, Bovet, M. Gustave ''Bovet, M. P;Walther, M. Beaume, M. J. W. Baeschlin, Pictet, Captain Kesse, Sze The Chairman opened the proceedings by expressing a hope that the meeting would be conducted with the mode ration and judgment which ought to characterize a public assembly. Mr. P. BROE, having been called upon by the chairman, slid he should hesitate in addressing such an assembly if he did not know that each of his words would find an indulgent and eloquent echo in their hearts. (Cheers.) He knew that they would make up by the warmth of their senti ments for the feebleness of his expressions. They were all aware of the gravity of the events which were taking place in Switzerland. A cry of alarm had arisen among the Swiss both at home and abroad. They had felt the need of union, of calculating their means of defence, of t dring counsel how they might be most useful to their commony country. It was scarcely necessary in such an assembly to recapitulate the circumstances which had led to the critical position in which Switzerland found herself. Neuchatel, whose liberties dated from the year 1214, and whose alliance with the Swiss might be traced back to its srliest existence, riveted in 1815 the bands which united her to Switzerland by signing the Federal Pact. The i•- minal rights of the Prince of Neuchatel—rights which had had no real force and virtue except by the sanction given to them by the States of Neuchatel in 1707—were at a I:ter period annulled when the Neuchatelais acknowledged the new constitution which put this State in tho rank of a free and confederated canton. Eight years passed, and under the order of things thus established, without the Prince having claimed his rights or invoked the treaties said to bp in his favour, in a time of profound peace a movement took place in the canton to establish his authority. The insur gents were taken prisoners with arms in their hands. In attacking the legal Government of their canton in the name of a foreign Prince they had braved the authority of the Confederation and attacked its territory. From that moment they became amenable to the Federal Tribunal- The Prince of Neuchatel, who had not himself the right to claim his authority by the strong arm, even when it still bad the shadow of legality, interfered, and demanded that Switzerland should release the prisoners. The Federal Council refused. The Prince then vanished behind the King of Prussia, who threatened Switzerland with an armed occupation. Switzerland immediately showed signs of anPnergetic resistance. It was then that a neighbour ing monarch, to whom Switzerland once accorded its hos pitality, forgetting for a moment under the imperial purple the simple officer of artillery to whom, and in favour of whom, Switzerland had before given an example of heroic devotion, interfered, and considered it his duty to recom mend Switzerland to yield. He ought to have known that the word never had found, and never would find a place in the Swiss dictionary. (Loud cheers.) A universal cry was heard, " Resistance au prix de notre sang." (Cheers.) All parties tendered each other the hand to sustain the Federal 'banner. Loans were voted and subscribed by men of all opinions. Could the Swiss now scattered in foreign lands remain mute spectators of such scenes ? The voice of their common country had not ceased to vibrate is their hearts, nor had the battlefields of Sempach or Mor garten ceased to be present to their memory. They felt the need of union with their countrymen at home, in order that they might partake their sacrifices and their dargers. Let them stand firmly together, so that there might no longer be Bernese, or Vaudois, or Neuchatelais, or Balais, or Genevais, or Conservatives, or Radicals. Let there only be Swiss among them hastening to the defence of their country, its independence and its liberties. (Cheers.) Switzerland would then display a sublime example which would gain for her the respect of Europe and of the civi lised world. Let them remember that the eyes of Switzer. land were upon them, and that their proceedings would exercise an immense moral influence among their fello countrymen. (Cheers.) (Cheers.) M. Broe concluded by proposing the adoption of the following address to the Federal Council of Switzerland :- 1 " To their Excellencies the President and Members of the Federal Council of Bern e. t " Gentlemen—The undersigned citizens of Switzerland, resident in London, having assembled a the news of the danger which menaces their country, se ize the fir s t oppor tunity for testifying publicly to the Federal Council their profound recognition of the wisdom and firmness whioh it has displayed. " Unanimous, in the strength of her good right and her determination to make every sacrifice to maintain her inde pendence, Switzerland has confided the care of her honour to the Federal authority, and rallies her sons, without dis tinction of opinion, under the banner of the Confederation. The Federal Council has justified the general confidence of the Swiss people, and will maintain the national honour. " May the present grave events, whatever be their issue, result in the still greater good of th e countr y ! May the Confederation come forth from them united, strong, and respected by foreign nations ! such is the ardent wish of the subscribers. " And may the Federal Council accept this assurance of their indomitable attachment to Switzerland, and their firm desire to unite their efforts with those of their fellow citizens for the safety of their country. " The undersigned pray you, gentlemen, to accept gra ciously on their own part this expression of their esteem, and their .unanimous wishes for your individual prosperity. " God protect Switzerland ! " London, Jan. 2, 1857." M. STAUFFER seconded the motion. The address was unanimously adopted, and a hearty cheer a la Suisse was given with three times three. Mr. BORDIER said it was the duty of the Swiss abroad to open a subscription to assist such families as might be left in want by their husbands and fathers being called to arms. He had therefore to propose that a subscription be opened for the relief of the families of the soldiers of the cantons. M. WALTHER seconded the motion. A committee was then appointed, and a subscription list was opened. In the course of the evening the sum sub scribed was announced to be 1,781/. Several gentlemen put their names down for 1001. each. The address to the upwards of 180 persons, and c s l i o g w n n ed th b e y ir names as volunteers to a F b e o d u e t r a 2 l o C s o w u s c s i p w u a t s de fend their country with their persons in case of invasion. While the lists were in course of signature the assembly were addressed in stirring speeches by Captain Kesse, of the Anglo-Swiss Legion, in German, and by M. Pictet, sen., of Geneva, in English. The proceedings terminated by the usual acknowledg ment to the chair. 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Suitably packed for all climates, with full instructions. In canisters, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 45. 6d.; 51bs,, lie. ; 121b5., 225.; super-refined, Ilb. 6s. ; 21 bs. , 11 s. ; !Jibs., 225.; 101 bs. , 338. T he 101 bs. and 1210 s. carriage free, on receipt of post-ofice order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand; 4, Clieapside ; 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bishops gate-street; 55, Charing-erosa ; 64, Upper Baker-street; 63 4ncl Oxford-street. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —As no plan has yet been decided on with regard to the disposal of our convicts, permit me to suggeft for oon'ideration the propriety of sending out such of them as may volunteer for the purpose• to the Isthmus of Darien, to clear a road across it in the line of the pro- posed canal, and afterwards to cut the canal itself. The voyage to Darien being very short, the expense of send ing out the convicts would be very small, whilst by this plan the community would be relieved of a dangerous class, and the convicts themselves be enabled to expiate their offences by executing the great work of an inter oceanic canal, and thus conferring a lasting benefit on the world. I anticipate, however, two objections to th 3 plan. It will be said, first, that the Government of New Granada may object to allowing the convicts to be introduced into the territory ; and next, that the climate is un healthy. With regard to the first objection,it is sufficient to say that the Government of New Granada is very desirous that the canal should be cut, and that it is quite a matter of indifference to it by'wbat class of persons the work be done. The 200 men sent from Carthage to Darien by that Government in 1854 were convicts under a guard of soldiers. It is greatly to be regretted that those men, whose chains were removed when they arrived in Darien, and who were very anxious to de something, were kept in a state of complete inaction on the beach, Caledonia Bay, for almost the whole time the expedition lasted. Had they been properly employed they would have cot a road across the Isthmus, and decided the question of the practicability of the canal. As to the climate, it results from the experience of Dr. Ross, of the Virago, Dr. Brownlow, of the Cyane, and myself, that the popular idea of its unhealthiness is quite erroneous. Not a single case of sickness occurred amongst any of the parties sent on shore from the Espiegle, Cyane, and Chimere, whilst the patients who were on the sick lists of those vessels, on their arrival in Darien, rapidly convalesced. Indeed it was remarked by all the medical officers that the crews of the vessels were in better condition on our leaving Darien than when we arrived there. From all the inquiries I made among st the natives I could not ascertain that any particular form of fever or other disease prevailed amongst them, and from their appearafacti I should say they are a very healthy race. Mr. Lionel Gisborne, C. - E., in a letter to Lord Wharncliffe, chairman of the Atlantic and Pacific Com pany, dated May, 1854, says :—" There have been altogether, in this surveying expedition, 900 persons subjected to climate influences, some along the coast and some in the interior, and I believe I am correct in stating that not a single case of illness during the whole period of our stay, and that the only casualties were a scorpion bite I received, and an accident to a marine from the Espiegle, who was confined to his hammock for a few days from falling upon the stump of a tree." The opinion of the healthiness of the climate expressed by Dr. Cullen, in his work on Darien (pp. 83-88) and deduced from the consideration of the physical aspect of the tract of country which he proposed for the line of the canal has thus been borne out by subsequent expe rience. _ _ Several instances of !great longevity amongst both Indian and negro inhabitants of Darien are cited by Dr. Cullen. Amongst the documents copied from the archives of Bogota by Mr. T. C. Vincent, of Rood-lane, there is a very interesting diary, kept by Sergeant Gabriel Morales, who, with Serjeants Miguel Antonio Delgado, and Miguel Quintana, commanded an expedition of 150 foot soldiers, sent by the Governor of Darien, Lieut.- Colonel Andres de Ariza, against the Indians. The sergeant started from Principe, on the Savana, to the C'huquanaqua, and Morti went thence to the Lucubti, and returned after an absence in the forest of 15 days, in the height of the rainy season. His diary concludes thus—" 25th July.—At 12 o'clock in the day we entered Principe, at which hour we presented ourselves to our governor, delivering to him this diary, and informing him, by word of mouth, that the whole of the troops and natives attached to the expedition had returned in perfect health, in the midst of such terribly unfavourable weather as they had unceasingly encountered, there not having been one fine day ; and that all had used their best endeavours to fall in with the enemy, and returned disconsolate at not having succeeded therein.—Puerto del Principe, 25th July, 1786.—Gabriel Morales, at the request of the Sergeants Miguel Antonio Delgado and Miguel Quintana, Quintin Villagra.—lt is a copy whereof I bear testimony,—AßlZA." It is a copy of the original extract in these archives. JUAN OSCAR LEVY, Keeper of the Archive's of tile Government. Bogota, 10th June, 1852. The above evidence is, I think, sufficient to answer any objection to the plan on the ground of the sup posed unhealthiness of Darien. Trusting that this suggestion may be deemed deserv ing of- consideration, now that our streets are so infested with dangerous criminals, I have the honour, &0., WILLIAM M'DELUIOTT, M.D., R.N. 23, Northumberland-street, Strand, Jan. 1, 1857. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, JAN. 2 The continued rise of cotton places both manufac turers and merchants in a difficulty, because the cost of production is app_vaching a point which must seriously limit the use of cotton fabrice. The business done in our market this morning has consequently been on a small scale. This is particularly noticeable in the de mand for long cloth, T cloths, and domestics, for all of which transactions have been confined to limited quan tities. There if , still a moderate demand for printirg cloths, and sellers are firm in requiring full rates. For all kinds of skirtings the market is very firm, prices being rather higher than last week. The heavier makes of 40-inch for China have been less inquired for in con• sequence of the news from Canton. In yarns buyers have•been unwilling to give the increased rate of id. to d. per lb. required to cover the extra cost of cotton, but sellers are well under orders for the present, with light stocks, and are indifferent about new business un less the buyer is content to accept the new terms. The demand is from all markets, home and foreign, and a large trade would be done at easier rates. "Southampton, Dec. 29, 1856. "My Lord,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your lordship's letter of the 20th inst., and shall feel obliged if your lordship will be so kind as to allow me to publish it. I beg most respectfully to remind your lordship that I made no appeal to you beyond asking if Mr. Lankester's statement was a correct representation of what took place between your lordship and himself. I am exceedingly sorry your lordship's name should have been drawn int ) our electioneering squabbles ; but for that I am not responsible.—Waiting your lordship's reply, I remain, my lord, your lordship's obedient servant, "R. ANDREWS. "To the Right Hon. Lord Palmerston." "Broadlands, Jan, 1, 1557. " My dear Sir,—l can have no objection to your publishing my last letter to you.—Yours faithfully, "Richard Andrews, Esq." "PALMER3TON. GREAT NOtiTHERN RAILWAY AND TEE STOCK EXCHANGE. We are requested to publish the following documents : "Committee-room, Suck Exchange, Dec. 26, 1856. "Sir,—l am instructed by the committee of the Stock Exchange to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, and resolutions of the board of the Great Northern Railway Company, of the 23d inst. "The committee have indubitable evidence that a transfer from the names of Sutton and others, directors of the National Bank of Ireland, to Frederick Lee, lodged by Mr. Alfred Barnes, was absolutely refused re• gistration by the officers of the company. Upon this refusal, the transfer and coupon were requested to be given back to Mr. Barnes's clerk, which was also de clined. "In other instances transfers were refused registra tion under circumstances, if possible, still less justifi able. "In no one of these cases could there be any ground to believe the holders of suck stock have been party to any fraud in the manner of obtaining it. Neither do the committee recognise any right of refusal of registra tion when the buyer has given full value for the stock on the faith of the transfer and coupon of the company, and for which certificates of registration have been issued to the sellers of the stock. The resolution forwarded to you on the 22d instant, which stands for confirmation on the 29th, I am instructed to say the committee hope hey will then be able to discharge, and for this purpose I am requested to inquire if the Great Northern Rail way Compa❑y be now prepared to allow fransfers to be made which are accompanied by coupons which have been issued by the duly authorised officers of the coin pany.—l am, &c., &c., (Signed) " GEORGE WEIB Secretary. "J. R. Mowatt, Eq., Secretary Great Northern Railway Company." "Committee-room, 2d Jan., 1857. "The committee being duly informed that the Great Northern Railway Company has at length registered certain transfers of Great Northern and East Lincoln shire Railway stocks, the registration of which, a-mord ing to indubitable evidence received by this company, was refused by the secretary of the Great Northern Railway Company, although there were no valid grounds for supposing that the holders of such stock were patties to any frauds committed by the company's servants ; and that, moreover, in the case of the Great Northern stock, it was admitted at the office that the stock was genuine, and that there was no reason to believe that any forged stock had ever passed through the seller's name. " Resolved,—That the resolutim of 22d December last, relating to the non-quotation of, and non-recogni• tion of, bargains in the several stocks or shares of the Great Northern Railway Company, be discharged. " By order of the Committee. (Signed) " GEORGE WEBB, Secretary." THE FALL OF HERAT. A letter dated 7th of November, published in the illoniteur de l' Armee, and said to be written by a foreign of f icer attached to the staff of the Sirdar Murad Mirza, contains some new details relative to the opera tions of the Persian army after the capture of Herat. The writer says : ",The first care of the Sirdar, after he entered Herat, was to fill the trenches and place the town in a state of defence, in case he should be attacked by the Affghans. He ordered that the lives and properties of the inhabitants of every religion should b 9 respected, and three soldiers who broke into the house of a Jew were put to death. Aftethei execution their heads were exposed eight days,which , a ppear mosquesed i n ibuto pro ducedndee-- a salutary effect. The day after his entrhaandce rat the Sirdar restored the aqueduct which . s t t h r e e y f e o d u n d t u a r i i n n s g t t h h e e s inhabitantsi ege. 'i'f hen the fioc c d t e t r o a gj i i i : to return thanks to God. The third day some merchants from Bokhara announced that Goulab-Haider Khan, a son of Dost Mahommed, was at Farrah at the head of a consi derable force, and that he was manoeuvring to effect a junc tion with Nelab Khan,one of hie fathers best Generals,who was in the Seistan at the head of the tribes of Zereh. The Sirdar despatched two squadrons of cavalry to ascertain the o urt General Astrologer with his advice. who had truth of the inform ation, which was fo und to be correct. the Sirdar sc o h n ah su t l o te a d as t i h st e the C Astrologer by o l oge r was of opinion th a t th e i n f ormat i on rece i ve d nest consulted Th e been was worthy of consideration. Aimed Mirza Khan then formed a corps d'arince, composed of two brigades of in fantry, a brigade of cavalry, and two batteriesof artillery, and gave orders to General Djesehim Khan to advance with these troops. He recommended him to maintain his co mmunications with head-quarters, and promised to support him. At the date of the latest news the Persian expedition, after a rapid though difficult march, had tr wersed the most uncultivated portion of Affghan istan, and had arrived at Furrah, a large town half-way between Herat and Candahar, where he had established himself. The Persian General had seen nothing of Goulab- Haider Khan, who had retreated into the interior, in order to entice his enemy to quit his base of operations. The Persian General, aware of his adversary's plan, resolved to maintain himself at Furrah, where he can watch the entire of Cabul. A great number of the tribes of the Seistan and of Candahar had sent their chiefs to make their submission to the Shah of Persia. The town of Furrah is an important strategical point for the operations which are about to commence. It is difficult to explain why the i 1 Affghans did not defend it." By order of the King, I invite you, Monsieur le Comte (Baron), to bring the abovementioned reso lution to the knowledge of the Cabinet of Paris (London, Vienna, St. Petersburg). It will be ap preciated, we cannot doubt, with the just and clear impartiality we have a right to expect on the part of a Government really friendly to Prussia, which, in this question possesses both right and mode ration, and will have waited more than eight years since the overthrow of its legitimate autho rity in Neuchatel—for more than four years since the solemn recognition of its rights by the protocol of London—and for more than four months since the events of September last—before having re course to proper means to recover its rights with respect to whi c h h is M a j es t y h as d ec l are d himself ready to negotiate when a single preliminary con dition exacted by his dignity shall have been fufilled. To wait longer would be incompa tible with that dignity. The sovereigns of Europe cannot but feel this. They will not wish, as his Majesty has said to his people, to make of his long suffering a weapon against himself. Receive, Monsieur Le Comte (Baron), the re newed assurance of my high consideration. MANTEUFFEL. To Count Hatsfeld, at Paris ; Count Bernstorff, at London ; Count Arnim, at Vienna ; Baron Werther, at St. Petersburg. TRIAL BY JURY AT COUNTY COURTS.—In consequencs of the new action fees coming into operation a suitor may now have his case tried by jury in the county courts for 53. ; previously this fee was 2/. VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.—Poor Law Department. —Mr. IL B. Farnall, poor-law inspector of the Lancashire and West Riding district, has been appointed to the London district. Mr. Jobn Manwaring, inspector of Doncaster, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Farnall. Registry and Record Office of Seamen.—A. permanent extra clerkship and a temporary extra clerkship have become vacant by the resignation of Messrs. Tribe and Waite. Customs.—Mr. J. Thorpe has been promoted from second to first-class searcher in London. Mr. C. G. Sanderson has been promoted from third to second-class searcher in London. Mr. J. C. Gibson has been pro moted from fourth to third-class searcher in London. Mr. T. Bowden has been promoted from fifth to fourth class searcher in London. Mr. T. Pellowe has been promoted from first-class clerk for general business to be a principal clerk at Liverpool. Mr. J. Burr has been promoted from 'second to first-class clerk for general business at Liverpool. Mr. E Rigmai ien has been promoted from third to second-class clerk for general I it:iness at Liverpool. Inland Revenue Department, Strops and Taxes branch.—Mr. Alfred Rose, assistant surveyor at Ipswich, has been promoted to be surveyor at Alnwick, in the room of Mr. Sells, appointed to Buckingham. Mr. M. Kelly, assistant surveyor, has been promoted to be surveyor of taxes, Norwich, in the room of Mr. Nicholson, promoted to Burton-on-Trent. —Civil Service Gazette. THE FISHERY BOARD.—We are in a position to anti cipate, to some extent, the report of the commission of inquiry into the Fishery Board, which has just been laid before Government, and on which its resolution to main tain, modify, or to abolish the board will be founded. The report is one of much length, and enters with greater minuteness into details than the rapid flight of the commissioners over the fishing districts might have led us to anticipate. It enters fully into the brand question, on which the commissioners are divided, one being for its total abolition, and two for its retention on payment of a fee for each barrel branded. The report also disposes of the general constitution, usefulness, and influence of the board in promoting the fisheries. The cutter finds no supporters, and in other matters of de tail there is a pretty strong expression of opinion that modification is desirable. In regard to harbours in ge neral, and the harbour of Wick in particular, the com• missioners are as one. in the case of Wick they strongly urge on Government the importance of aiding in increasing the accommodation for fishing purposes, and adduce a variety of strong and important reasons in support of their views. It is likely that on the assembling of Parliament the report will be laid on the table of the House of Commons, when we shall have an opportunil y of submitting it to our readers. In the meantime, these remarks may be taken as indicating its general scope, and may prepare the trade for the resolution of Govern ment, which is expected to be an expression of willing ness to retain the board and brand, on payment of a fee for herrings receiving the latter.—Northern Ensign. DEATHS IN THE ARISTOCRACY IN 1856.—The follow ing bALthuii es: eyt ymso, beweßau m es r. yb:n,eBdrcTsos Cowper, of —pan t ensT h rldi e , he et silragpeerageurabkbny Scarborough r 00Queensberry; Nhave Norfolk, r d f o i e l k d i the the e mth se r course gEs le: of f ff Cork ; and Viscounts Orrery, and Hawarden ; Lords Bagot, Boster, Care Sa w brdr , "i: D gs e : Freyne, Middleton, and Scarsdale ; and toe Bishops of Carlisle, Gloucester, and Bristol. Of these titles, only one—the earldom of Digby—has become extinct, though the inferior barony remains. The following baronets have paid the debt of nature :—Sir A. Mac kenzie, Sir Henry J. Htinloke, Sir Francis COX, Sir E. J. Smythe, Sir Hyde Parker, Sir Alexander Burnett, Sir Rupert D. George, Sir E. H. Lechmere, the Right Hon. Sir Henry Pottinger, Sir W. Hamilton, Sir E. Tierney, Sir F. G. Fowke, Sir G. Burraril, Sir W. E. Rouse-Boughton, Sir G. Duckett, Sir M. H. Nepean, Sir T. Aubrey, Sir E. S. Gooch, Sir W. S. Trelawny, and Sir G. Wishart. The titles of Aubrey, George, and Hunloke have become extinct. The knights whose deaths have been chronicled in our pages during the same period are as follows :—General Sir W. G. Davy, Sir John Stoddart, Sir B. Outman, General Sir J. H. Littler, Sir J. E. Anderson, General Sir John Grey, Sir Charles Hotham, Sir W. Simmonds, Sir H. W. Williams Wynn, Sir W. H. Sieetnan, K.C.8., Sir J. Meek, General Sir G. P. Adams, Sir A. Crichton, Sir W. 0. Carr, Sir Julius Hartman, Sir J. W. Morrison, General Sir John Wilson, Sir Jeffrey Prendergast, Sir J. M. Doyle, tho Hon. Sir William T, mple, Sir John Ross, Sir Richard Westuracott, Gene. ral Sir H. F. Campbell, General Sir Colin Halkett, Sir Jasper Atkinson, the Right Hon. Sir John Jervis (Chief Justice), Sir John Rolt, General Sir H. J. Cumming, and Sir Henry Hart. During the same time death has r m e o m n i s rv : e — d T th h e e following Hon. H ingme mbersGooufibtßuhre.oH,Mmo.urs r. e o o Gx f ; C A m o r m kr i: wright, Mr. J. F. Blackett, Mr. . G J o a . r e d p n h e rN, Sir e l d E , o h the o ß c i b g , h r f . 1 o j n o . h G a Georg a a n n k d s ~ Mr. Lockhart,