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London, England, 1855-12-13 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13: 1855.

R. W. S. WOODIN as RACHEL, in Les
Horaces.—Mr. W. S. WOODIN will haVe the honour of
giving a representation of the celebrated tragedienne, with other new
features, every evening until further notice, in his NEW ENTER-
TAINME NT, the OLIO of ODDITIES, illustrated by 50 instan-
taneous Metamorphoses of Voice. Character, and-Costume, and a
Panorama of the beautiful Lakes of Westmoreland and Cumberland,
every evening, at B.—Polygraphic-hall, King William-street, Char-
ing-cross.

NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK
OF ENGLAND.
112, Bishopsgate-street, Lendon, December 11, 1E55.
The Directu,s of the National Provincial Bank of England
HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that a HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND,
at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, will be payable on the Company's
Stock, on and after the 11th of January next, when the Dividend
Warrants will be obtained at the Company's offic,ll2, Bishopsgate-
street, or at the different Branches.
The Transfer Books will be closed on and after Saturday, the 22d
inst., until the dividend becomes payable.
By order of the Court of Directors.
DAN. ROBERTSON, Agent and Manager.

METROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.

No. 3, Princes-street, Bank.

The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums fall
Me on the sth of October nest, that the same must be PAID within
Thirty days from that date.
The Premiums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on
the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October,
dither of which several days constitutes the commencement of the
year to Members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So-
lety as Members on the sth of October next, should appear or lodge
tlt'ir proposals at the office on or before that day.
This Society, for Mutual and General Assurance, appropriates the
whole of its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives
or the whole term of life as Members of the Society.
For the year ending the sth of April, 1856, an abatement of 51 per
cent. has been declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five
Years' standing and upwards.

HENRY MARSHAL, Actuary.
Princes-street, Yank, Dec. 5, 1855.
NOTA BENE.—Resolved, this 19th Sept., 1855, That daring the
present war every person assured or to be assured as a member, or
otherwise, not a mariner by profession, may proceed to any part of
Europe where there are no hostilities, without a ilceeco from the
Court of Directors, and without paying any additional premium.

NEW LABEL.—In consequence of the great
variety of counterfeit labels of A. ROWLAND & SONS'
MACASSAR OIL, now in circulation, and which so nearly resemble
the original as trequently ti deceive the unwary—they have em-
p'oyed those eminent artists Messrs Perkins, Bacon, & Co., who,
at great cost, and by a peculiar process of their own, have succeeded
in producing from steel " A NEWL A.BEr.," whi ch cannot be forted.
Ills composed of a section of au engine-turned circle, repeated one
hundred and thirty times—and forms an original lace-work ground,
upon which is engraved in white letters,

"UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF TILE COURTS OF EUROPE,"
with an embossed profile of her Majesty "THE QUEEN," lately
specially taken for the purpose, and which surmounts the woids
(also in white letters)

" ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL,

FOR THE GROWTH, RESTORATION, AND-FOR BEAIITIFTING THE

HUMAN HAIR "
Under which is the Signature of the Proprietors in Red Ink

-ROWLAND & SONS."

Sold by them at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by Chemists and
Perfumers.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, DEC. 12.
MODERATION CLASSICAL CLASS LIST.
The following award of the Moderators was issued this
evening :

CLASS I.
Henry M. Fryer, Pembroke College
Hubert Hamilton, Balliol College
George E. Melbuish, Merton College
Edward Moore, Pembroke College
William R. Morfill, Oriel College
John H. Overton, Lincoln College
Frederick R. Pentreath, Worcester College
Charles J. Powlett, Wadham College
Francis B. Shacknell, Oriel College.
Francis E. Thompson, Lincoln College
John W. T. Wyllie, Trinity College
CLASS H.
Marmaduke A. Alington, Worcester College
Henry Barter, Merton College
Edward M. Cole, Worcester College
Benjamin S. Dawson, Oriel College
Philip F. Eliot, Trinity College
Walter W. Hopwood, Pembroke College
Englebert Horly, Queen's College
Markham J. Law, Balliol College
Alexander T. Weal!, St. John's College
Frederick M. Millard, Magdalen College
James P. Nelson, Exeter College
Frederick W. Oliver, Christ Church
Lucas 0. Pike, Brasenose College
John G. Talbot, Christ Church
William H. Taylor, Brasenose College
Charles F. C. West, St. John's College
CLASS H.
William G. G. Austin, Magdalen College
William H. A wdry, Exeter College
John G. Bingley, Brasenose College
Henry Y. Borges, Christ Church
Francis H. Dodgson, Christ Church
John T. Faussett, Christ Church
Reginald C. Glanville, Merton College
Tho,..e Coss, Queen's College
Arthur D. Hayter, Brasenose College
Robert W. Henderson, University College
John P. Hughlings, Pembroke College
John T. Ryves, Brasenose College
George P. W. Scott, Brasenose College
R. MUOKLESTON,
J. G. LONSDALE,
Examiners.
E. POSTE,
0. OGLE,
CIVIL LAW EXAMINATION.

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The Regius Professor of Cicil Law, Dr. Travers
Twigs (Senior Fellow of University College), has given
notice that an examination of candidates for the degree
of Bachelor in Civil Law will be holden in Trinity Term,
1856, upon the four books of " Imperatoris Justiniani
Institutiones," and the two first books of " Heinecch
Syntagrna Anttquitaturn Roman arum Jurisprudentiam
illnstrantium es cun.'em ordinen Institutionuin Justini-
ani digestum, Ed Hanbold."

THE ASSISTANT SURGEONS' PETITION.

Dr. Andrew Smith, Director-General of Hospital, in
the Crimea, has received a reply from Lord Panmure
to the petitions to which 116 surgeons lately stated
various grievances and asked for redress. Lord Pan-
mure says he cannot admit that the rate of military pay
to these gentlemen is too low, but the present regula-
tion requiring ten years of service before the higher rate
of 10s. is attained, is "a fair subject, for reconsideration
hereafter." Lord Panmure cannot draw from the more
rapid promotion of the executive than of the medical
officers any ground for the conclusion that it implies an
undeservedly low estimate of the exertions of the latter ;
but " with reference to the complaint of the inferior
character cl some of the duties tba.t now fall to the junior
medical officers, the memoriali.ts should be informed
that this ground of complaint is under consideration.
Lord Panmure cannot, however, relax the principle
which requires that the assistant-surgeons in military
hospitals be prepared to do any duties, even those of
dispenser, dresser, or clerk, which may be required of
them by their professional superiors. With reference to
leave for professional improvement and other purpoes,
Lord Panmure can only remark that when leave can be
properly granted it is not withheld. Leave of absence
must always depend upon the calls of duty, to which
pleasure or study must equally yield. Lord Panmure
will not be indisposed to consider the case of the medi-
cal officers in respect to the length of service which gives
a claim for retirement, but upon this point, as well as
the general propositions following, his lordship can give
at present no other reply than that they shall receive
fair consideration in any change of the medical depart-
ment that may take place. The complaint of the memo-
rialists on the introduction of civil practitioners to
posts of authority and emolument created by the neces-
sities of the war, is, in the opinion of Lord Pan-
mure, entirely uncalled for. The ranks of the Mili-
tary Medical Department were totally unable to
supply the extensive hospitals created in the East.
These establishments were only temporary. It would
have been unwise and improvident to have based on
them an increase of permanent establishments, to become
a burden to the country in after years. The compara-
tively high pay of the civil practitioners appointed to
these hospitals, many of whom gave up valuable private
practices at the call of humanity, is based entirely upon
the temporary nature of their services, and can furnish
no ground for complaint that the regular department
has been overlooked."

APOLEON I. AND WINTER QUARTERS

Colonel St. Ange takes notice in the Debate of a
recent wild attack made on. Marshal Pelissier by
one of our daily journals. In the course of his re-
marks he says :

"The English public has been told that Napoleon I.
did not suspend his operations during the most inclement
season, and, as an instance, the battle of Austerlitz has
been quoted. That of Eylau might have been added,
both having been fought in the depth of winter. But in
each of those cases all the corps of the French army
were diEtributod in cantonments at two or three hours'
ni,-rch from one another, and it was the Russian army
that attacked. In Moravia, in 1805, the French held
the country round Brunn, and the Russians the neigh-
bourhood of Olmutz. For several days previously hos-
tilities had been suspended by tacit consent, when the
Russian army advanced on Austerlitz, manoeuvring
against Napoleon's right, in order to cut him off from
the road to Vienna and tbo Danube, forming the basis
of his operations, and compel him to throw himself into
Bohemia by the Inglau road. It was a clever combina-
tion on the part of the Russian generals, but it ruined
them, because Napoleon managed to turn it against
themselves. In the Polish campaign of 1807, Napoleon,
after occupying Warsaw, had sent his army into winter
quarters on the right bank of the Vistula, and the Rus-
sian army was cantoned towards Eastern Prussia.
During the latter days of January, this army, collecting
all its forces, marched on the Lower Vistula, in the hope
of cutting off and vanquishing in their cantonments the
various corps forming the left wing of the French. Na-
poleon hastened to parry this danger by promptly con-
centrating his army, and from these respective move-
ments a conflict ensued, which was the battle of Eylau.
We briefly allude to these facts for the purpose of show-
ing by celebrated examples that Napoleon took up winter
quarters as the Allied army is now doing in the Crimea,
and that it he took the field on two occasions during the
cold season, it was because he was provoked."

SMITHFIELD CLUB.

The annual dinner of the Club took place yesterda?
at the Freemasons' Tavern ; the attendance. being th-s.
most numerous that has been known for some year
The chair was taken by his Grace the Duke of Rich
mond, supported by Lord Berners, Mr. Miles, M.P., R.
Barker, S. Jonas, R. W. Baker, Fisher Hobbs, J. Ind-
son, Esq., Seo. About 200 gentlemen sat down to an
excellent and well appointed dinner. A novelty in the
arrangements was the introduction of a musical party,
under the direction of Mr. Genge, who sang a selection
of appropriate music in the course of the evening.
On the removal of the cloth,
The CHAIRMAN gave " The Queen," with a warm
eulogium on her Majesty's public and private virtues.
The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm. The other
loyal toasts were then given in the usual succession,
with a special compliment to Mince Albert for his pa-
tronage of the Club, and generally for the great interest
his Royal Highness took in agricultural matters.
The next toast was "The Army and Navy," which
was received with the loudest demonstrations of ap-
planse. In proposing it, the chairman disclaimed any
political allusion as to the probabilities of peace or war,
but, as an old soldier of a former war, he might, be per.
mitted to express his admiration of the conduct of our
brave soldiers and sailors during the present. (Loud
cheers.) A young army had in their first campaign to
meet the pestilential swamps of Bulgaria and the ter-
rors of the cholera. After all that, they had forced
the heights of Alma and defended the defiles of
Inkerman. Subsequently they had submitted to the
monotonous dangers of the trenches ; but all through
these various nerils they had nobly maintained the
honour of the British arms, and now their only anxiety
was to be on the best terms with their allies, and to
r' emulate them in deeds of gleety.` (CheerE As foes we
had respected those allies, as friends now we almost
revered them. Much had been said on the reverse at
the Redan. All he could say was that having been in
three storming parties, all his wonder was that ever they
succeeded. (Hear, hear.) The navy complained that
they had not had their share in the war. He did not agree
with them, and the Emperor of Russia knew far better ;
for so much was he impressed with the prowess and dis-
cipline of the British navy, that he dared not trust his
fleet out to meet them in fair fight. (Cheers.) He begged
then to give them "The Army and Navy." (Cheering
for several minutes.)
The CHAIRMAN next rose to give the -toast of the
evening, "Success to the Smithfield Club." He would
not tronble them, he said, at any length, seeing that
they had for the first time good music, which was much
more entertaining than anything he could say. (" No,
no.") But he might say that the Smithfield Club bad
done some service to the country, for in their club had
originated the Royal Agricultural Society of England.
Rival societies were mentioned as rising up all over Eng-
land, but of these he lied no jealousy, looking upon them
all as the children of the parent club. If their superio-
rity wat spoken of, he only said let their prizes be col-
lected a week after the show, and let them come and
show against their (Smithfield Club) prizes, when the
world would see where was to he found the best stock.
He bad very properly been beaten in Southdowns this
year, but nevertheless he was ready to show his beaten
Southdowns against any local specimens. He under-
stood that fault bad been found with the club for confin-
ing themselves too much to the pure breeds. All he
could say was that the club would be happy to receive
suggestions from intelligent farmers, but he trusted the
landlords of the country would keep up the pure
breeds. For the tenant farmer the cross-breeds were
the best, but the landlords must maintain the pure
breeds, and to stimulate thorn to do that the only proper
incentives were the prizes and premiums of the club. He
gave " The Smithfield Club, and may it continue to
prosper." (Loud cheers.)

The next toast was "The Health of Mr. Brandreth
Gibbs," in proposing which the noble chairman did full
justice to the zeal, intelligence, and ability of Mr. Gibbs,
in conducting the affairs of the club.
Thu toast was received with loud cheers.
Mr. B. GIBBS returned thanks, alluding to the grati-
fying fact that the club had now been in existence for
more than fifty years, and had been the parent of all the
modern societies. Mr. Gibbs concluded with a warm
expression of thanks for the handsome testimonial which
the club had thought it right to present to him.
After this toast the prize list was read, as already pub-
lished, and the healthy of the winners of the gold medals
were proposed, and then the remaining toasts having
been disposed of, the company separated.

BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND COUN-
TIES CATTLE SILO W.

BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY.
The dinner in connection with the show took place last
evening at the Royal Hotel ;.,the Earl of Dartmouth
in the chair. Amongst-the notabilities present were
Mr. Muntz, M.P. ; Mr. Scholefield, M.P. • Mr. Spooner,
M.P. ; Mr. Newdegate, M.P. ; Mr. Holland, M.P. for
Evesham ; the Mayor of Birmingham, &c. After the
customary toasts bad been given, the noble chairman
gave the "House of Commons."
Mr. MUNTZ responded. He had now, he said, been
a member of that house for sixteen sessions, and he
might say without any presumption that as he believed
he had gone into it an independent man, so he hoped he
had continued add would continue as long as he lived.
Being an independent man, therefore, and altogether free
from party spirit, none had a better chance of judging
how far the country derived the advantage which it
ought to. have from that house. He believed there was a
great deal of room for improvement in the Houseof Com-
mons. Either from ridicule or threat men very fre-
quently voted quite contrary to their original intention
and disposition. 'Sometimes they said it was unpleasant
to have to refuse when a friend asked them to vote in
such and such a way. Now, why should it be so ? Could
there he anything unpleasant in refusing to do what was
wrong ? Last session a man came to him and said,
" My dear fellow, for whom do you mean to vote?" His
reply was that he meant to rote for whichever side of the
question under debate was the right one. " Oh," said his
friend, " I welkin% give a d—n for a man who will vote
for us when we are right; we want those who will vote
for us when we are in the wrong." (Laughter.) He (Mr.
Muntz) was afraid that was the way in which too many
gave their votes. Then, too, some constituencies sent re-
prssentatives to the house who ought not to have any
such pewet ; so that though the House of Commons was an
assembly of which the country might justly boast, ha
thought, as he said before, that there was indeed great
room for improvement. The hon member resumed his
seat amid much applause. Mr. Muntz afterwards pro-
posed "The Agricultural Interest."
Mr. HOLLAND, MT. for Evesham, responded. After
referring to hie having been a member of Parliament for
14 days only, and to his consequent inability to speak of
the existing state of parties in the House of Commons,
although he acknowledged they were very different to
that presented some years ago, when he represented East
Worcestershire, the hon. nienibtr went on to say that
the olject of free-traders must be, not to maintain a high
or a low price of agricultural produce, but to maintain a
natural price. He congratulatel them upon that day's
proceedings, upon the excellent cattle exhibited ; and
this was especially remarkable when it was considered
that the Smithfield Show was doing its utmost to com-
pete with theta, and upon the same day. Not only
had there been exhibited cattle and sheep of first-rate
quality, but there had been a new feature introduced in
the Exhibition which was of great importance, viz., the
roots upon which the cattle had been fed. (Hear.) The
importance of roots should be well understood when they
were considered in connection with artificial manure,
upon which so much labour and money was expended,
and what was to the British agriculturist what Califor-
nian and Australian gold was to the money market. The
Exhibition of that day showed that the British agricul-
turist was keeping pace with the rest of the world and
with the improvements in manufacture ; and he did hope
that the two interests would, as Mr. Muntz had said, be
always considered as twin sisters. (Cheers.)
Mr. NEWDEGATE, M.P., then proposed " The Menu-
facturing Interest." Ile felt that the agriculturists owed
much to the great manufacturing metropolis of the mid-
laud counties for the noble reception it had given them
on that occasion; and as representing both manufac-
turers and agriculturists, he rejoiced in that practical
illustration of the union between the two interests. How
could any one doubt that their interests were identical ?
What supported our trade now but the soundness of the
home market ? It showed that the strength of the
country depended on this, that if external circumstances
are adverse, it has within itself a power of consumption
which, if not adequate to keep in motion all the whet is
of our industry, yet supported them when markets
abroad might be failing, and was in itself a security for
the prosperity of our manufactures. (Hear.) He con-
gratulated there upon the metropolitan character
which this annual meeting was assuming. Birmingham
was every day giving some fresh proof of its title to be
considered the capital of the midlands. Whenever the
inhabitants of the adjoining counties came to this town
to enjoy the music it provided, or to take part in such a
meeting as that, they 'net with a graceful, and generous,
and hospitable reception. (Hear.) As one who bad
been supported by manufacturers at a time when the
opinions he held regarding agriculture and its prospects
were unpopular, and most unreasonably so, he claimed
front the agriculturists present an expression of their
beat wishes for the success of the manufacturing interest.
(Cheers.) After a few other remarks, Mr. Newdegete
concluded by givicg the toast.

Alderman Lucy briefly responded.
This toast was followed by that of "The Successful
Candidates," "The Unsuccessful Candidates," "The
noble Chairman," " The Mayor," &c.
Mr. C. N. CALDECOTE proposed "The Judges and
Stewards of the Show." He referred to the complaint
that the show this year clashed with the one in Smith-
field. Many exhibitors said it would be of advantage if it
were so arranged that the Smithfield cattle might also be
exhibited at Birmingham. But their object was to obtain
the best show of local produce. He was instructed to
say, however, that the committee and subscribers gene.
rally were anxious to take the subject into consideration
at the meeting ou Thursday, and to make any arrange-
ment that might meet with the more general approbation
of the exhibitors of stock. Their idea was to have the
show a week previous to that at Smithfield, eo that the

animals coming from the north might show here on
their way to Smithfield. If this view met the general
wish of the exhibitors he (Mr. Caldecote) was sure that
the committee would wish to adopt it. (Hear.)
Mr. VALENTINE BARFORD responded. He was sorry to
see that this year a practice was gaining ground, not only
in this but in other shows which he bad attended, of
clipping the animals in the fall—(hear, hear)—and he
knew he wa4 speaking the sentiments of his colleagues.
Why endeavour to deceive the rising generation by prac-
tising deception ? He hoped and trusted that when be
saw parties disposed to practise deception upon public
institutions like that —(hear, hear)—he should never
want the moral courage to expose it. He referred to
the late speech of Prince Albert, and commented on the
importance of science being brought to bear upon the I
feeding of cattle.
The last toast was— _
and the Smithfield Club."
Bingley-hall has been quite an full to-day as yesterday
—decidedly a greater, number of persons have visited
the show than on any former occasion.

"The Royal Agricultural Society