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London, England, 1865-12-23

ISSUE OP NOTES.

The issue of United States notes as lawful money was
a measure expedient, doubtless, and necessary in the great
emergency iii which it was adopted ; but this emergency
no longer exists, and however desirable may be the
saving of interest, and however satisfactory these notes
may be as a circulating medium, these considerations will
not, it is respectfully submitted, justify a departure from
that strict construction of the Constitution given to it
previous to the war by patriotic men of all parties, and
which is essential to the equal and harmonious working of
our peculiar institutions. The strength of the Government
has been proved by the manner in which it has carried on
the greatest war of modern times ; it only remains, for the
vindication of its excellence and the perfection of its
triumphs, that all powers exercised for its preservation, but
not expressly granted by the Constitution, be relinquished
with the return of peace. While, therefore, the Secretary
is of opinion that the immediate repeal of the legal-tender
provisions of the acts referred to would be unwise, as being
likely to affect injuriously the legitimate business of the
country, upon the prosperity of which depend the welfare
of the people and the revenues which are necessary for
the maintenance of the national credit, and unjust to the
holders of the notes, he is of the opinion that not only
these provisions, but the acts also, should be regarded as
only temporary, and that the work of retiring the notes
winch have been issued under them should be commenced
without delay, and carefully and persistently continued
until all are retired.
London, England, 1865-12-23

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London, England, 1865-12-23

DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES.

The debt of the United States was increased during the
during the first quarter
Secretarytstea public
btlhti hcahted debt
b,puthrr
fiscal year ending June 30, 1865, $941,902 537.04 and
September
itBoe,7l7bo3ef, Or9b
ea7n.i2nd2o.o
ablec Tto The eetio.eras
present
however,
diminishedhe refi,smtmho elu:shast year,isto 0-
the, amount of about thirteen millions of dollars.
If the expenditures for the remaining three-quarters of
the present fiscal year shall equal the estimates, there
will be a deficiency, to be provided for by loans, of
$112,194,947.20, to which must be added $32,536,901 for
the five per cent. Treasury notes (part of the public debt),
which become due the present month, and are now being
paid out of moneys in the Treasury, and all other payments
which may bo made on the public debt.
The statement of the probable receipts and expenditures
for the next fiscal year is, in the highest degree, satisfac-
tory. According to estimates which are believed to be
reliable the receipts of that year will be sufficient to pay
all current expenses of the Government, the interest on
London, England, 1865-12-23

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protection for the person and property of debtors, in town or
country, together with entire relief from all debts and lia-
bilities, under a recent Act of Parliament, in all cases with-
out imprisonment. Charges moderate, payable by instal-
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cluding Bankruptcy. Chancery, and rAvorce cases. Wills
searched for and office copies obtained. Claims made out and
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London, England, 1865-12-23

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LONDON, SATURDAY, DEC. 23, 1865.

The English public who like nothing more to be
slid than is meant, and soon get tired of the fili-
bustering in which their American friends delight,
have doubtless long since wished to see the end of
tie disputes between the Foreign Office and the
Government of Washington. At present there is
no likelihood of anything serious accruing from
them, but not the less do they give rise to awkward
circumstances and engender uncomfortable feelings.
Last night's Gazette furnishes us with fur-
ther particulars of the correspondence between
Mr, ~DAIS and our Foreign Secretary. Mr.
London, England, 1865-12-23

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London, England, 1865-12-23

INTERNAL 113VENTJE.

The present system of internal revenue is one of the
results of the war. It was framed under circumstances
of pressing necessity, affording little opportunity for care-
ful and accurate investigation of the sources of revenue.
Its success, however, has exceeded the anticipations of its
authors, and is a most honorable testimonial to their
wisdom, and to the patriotism of the people who have so
cheerfully submitted to its burdens.
With the restoration of peace industry is returning
again to its former channels, and a revision of the system
now becomes important to accommodate it to the changed
and changing condition of the country. •
Every complicated system of taxation opens the way to
mistakes, abuses, and deceptions. Temptations to dis-
honesty and fraud are placed before the revenue officers
and the taxpayers, and both are often thereby demora-
lised. Honest men, who pay their taxes in full, are in-
jured, if not ruined, by the ingenuity of those who suc-
cessfully evade their share of the public burdens.
The multiplicity of objects at present submitted to tax-
ation is one of the most serious objections to the present
system. Many of these yield little revenue, while its col-
lection is troublesome to the collector, and irritating an d
offensive to the taxpayers. This multiplicity also involves
as many temptations to fraud, and as many difficult
questions for decision, as the objects from which large re-
venue is derived.
London, England, 1865-12-23

RESOURCEg OF THE COUNTRY.

The fact that means have been raised, without foreign
loans, to meet the expenses of a protracted and very costly
war, is evidence not only of the great resources of the
country, but of the wisdom of Congress in passing the ne-
cessary laws, and of the distinguished ability of the imme-
diate predecessors of the present Secretary in administer-
ing.them. It is hardly necessary to suggest, however,
that the legislation which was proper and wiso during the
progress of hostilities may now be appropriate or even jus-
tifiable in a time of peace.
The right of Congress, at all times, to borrow money, and
to issue obligations for loans in such form as may be con-
venient, is unquestionable ; but their authority to issue ob-
ligations for a circulating medium as money, and to make
these obligations a legal tender, can only be found in the
unwritten law which sanctions whatever the representa-
tives of the people, whose duty it is to maintain the Go-
vernment against its enemies, may consider in a great
emergency necessary to be done. The present legal-ten-
der acts were war measures, and while the repeal of those
provisions which made the United States notes lawful
money is not now recommended, the Secretary is of the
opinion that they ought not to remain in force one day
longer than shall be necessary to enable the people to
prepare for a return to the constitutional currency. It is
not supposed that it was the intention of Congress, by
these acts, to introduce a standard of value, in times of
peace, lower than the coin standard, much less to perpe-
tuate the discredit which must attach to a great nation
which dishonors its own obligations by unnecessarily
keeping in circulation an irredeemable paper currency.
London, England, 1865-12-23

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SHARE MARKETS.
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ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS,
London, England, 1865-12-23

HAY

ITSMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 ss; clover,
£5 5s to 16 10s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load.
Trade dull. _

- -
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £slos Od; clover,
£5 5s to £6 12s 6d; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s per load.
Demand inactive.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay £4 Os to £5 5s ; clover,
£5 5s to £6 lOs Od; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load.
Trade slow. •

COAL MARKET.
Price per ton at the close of the market.
s. d. s. d.
Holywell Main......... 18 6 Tunstall
Carway and Duffryn Tanfield Moor Butes 16 3
Malting ............... 24 0 West Hartley
N.Staffordshire 18 6 Hotspur lB 0
Walls End Haswell... 20 0 Cowpen Hartley
East Hartlepool
Kepier Grange lB 9 Eden Main
Iletton ...20 0 Kelloe
Tees

Ships at market, 62 ; sold, 52.

LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening•

DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 21.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major-General
Sir Henry Knight Storks, G.C.8., G.C.M.G. (now Gover-
nor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Malta and
its dependencies), to be Captain-General and Governor-in-
Chief of the Island of Jamaica and the territories depend-
ing thereon, during the prosecution of certain inquiries
about to be instituted respecting the late disturbances
that island, and for such further time as to her Majesty
may seem fit.
WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 22.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieutenant Henry Frederick
Chapman Lewin to be Second Captain, vice Richard
Decie, who resigns. The following Lieutenants to have
their temporary Commissions mado permanent, viz.:
Robinson Garner Scott, Richard Tudor Frere, Valentine
Francis Rowe, Frederick Hamley Fawkes, John Noble
Manwaring, Killingworth Richard Todd, William Sin-
clair Smith Bisset, William Henry Coaker, Fleet Wood
Ishain Edwards, and Herbert Hughes Whatley.
London, England, 1865-12-23

PAPER CURRENCY.

An irredeemable paper currency may be a necessity, but
any people. Gold and silve
raraet e continued, 0
ut ol
it can scarcely fail, if long calamitymeasu measure
only proper
of value. They have been
of nations, and are the necessary e so by the tacit agreement
regulator of trade, the
medium by which balances are settled between different
countries and between sections of theed
area
asame country. As
a universal measure of value they commercial neces-
sity. The trade between different nations and between
sections of the same country is carried on by an exchange
of commodities, but is never equally balanced by them ;
and unless credits are being established, the movementste -
of
coin unerringly indicate on which side the balance
exists.

INFLATION OF THE CURRENCY.
The present inflation following the suspension of 1861.
is the result of heavy expenditures by Government in the
prosecution of the war and the introduction of a new
measure of value in the form of United States and Trea-
sury notes as lawful money. The country, as
whole, notwithstanding the ravages of war, and the
draft which has been made upon labor, is, by its greatly
developed resources, far in advance in real wealth of
what it was in 1857, when the last severe financial crisis
occurred. The people are now comparatively free from
debt; the banks, with their secured circulation and large
investments in Government securities, although not in an
easy condition, and doubtless too much extended, are, it
is believed, generally solvent; but the same causes aro at
work that produced the evils referred to. There is an
immense volume of paper money in circulation—under the
influence of which prices, already enormously high, are
steadily advancing,
and speculation is increasing—which
must be contracted if similar disasters would be avoided.
There aro no indications of real and permanent pros-
perity in our large importations of foreign fabrics ; in the
heavy operations at our commercial marts ; in the splen-
did fortunes reported to be made by skilful manipulations
at the gold room or the stock board ; no evidences of
London, England, 1865-12-23

PAPER CIRCULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.

The paper circulation of the United States, on the 31st
of October last, was substantially as follows:

1. United States notes and fractional

currency 5454,218,038 20
2. Notes of the national banks 185,000,000 00
3. Notes of State banks, including out-

standing issues of State banks con-
verted into national banks

65,000,000

$704,218,038 20

The amount of notes furnished to the national banks up
to and including October 31 was a little over 205 million
dols., but it is estimated that 20 million dols. of these had
not then been put into circulation.
In addition to the United States notes, there were also
outstanding $32,536,900 five per cent. Treasury notes, and
$173,012,140 compound interest notes, of which it would
doubtless be safe to estimate that $30,000,000 were in cir-
culation as currency.
From this statement it appears that, without including
seven and three-tenths notes, many of the small denomi-
nations of which were in circulation as money, and all of
which tend in some measure to swell the inflation, the
paper money of the country amounted, on the 31st of Oc-
tober, to the sum of $734,218,038.20, which has been daily
increased by the notes since furnished to the national
banks, and is likely to be still further increased by those
to which they are entitled, until the amount authorised by
law ($300,000,000) shall have been reached, subject to such
reduction as may be made by the withdrawal of the notes
of the State banks.
London, England, 1865-12-23

PAPER CIRCULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.

The paper circulation of the United States, on the 31st
of October last, was substantially as follows :-
1. United States notes and fractional

currency 5464,218,038 20
2. Notes of the national banks 185,000,000 00
3. Notes of State banks, including out-

standing issues of State banks con-
verted into national banks

65,000,000

$704,218,038 20

The amount of notes furnished to the national banks up
to and including October 31 was a little over 205 million
dols., but it is estimated that 20 million dols. of these had
not then been put into circulation.
In addition to the 'United States notes, there were also
outstanding $32,536,900 five per cent. Treasury notes, and
$173,012,140 compound interest notes, of which it would
doubtless be safe to estimate that $30,000,000 were in cir-
culation as currency.
From this statement it appears that, without including
seven and three-tenths notes, many of the small denomi-
nations of which were in circulation as money, and all of
which tend in some measure to swell the inflation, the
paper money of the country amounted, on the 31st of Oc-
tober, to the sum of $734,218,038.20, which has been daily
increased by the notes since furnished to the national
banks, and is likely to be still further increased by those
to which they are entitled, until the amount authorised by
law ($300,000,000) shall have been reached, subject to such
reduction as may be made by the withdrawal of the notes
of the State banks.

NATIONAL BANKS.
On the 30th of September last the deposits of the na-
tional banks alone amounted to $544,150,194 ; their loans
—estimating their national securities as a loan to the Go-
vernment—to $913,045,629 ; both of which items must
have been increased during the month of October ; while
on the 31st of that month the circulation, bank and na-
tional, had reached the startling amount of upwards of
$700,000,000. Nothing beyond this statement is required
to exhibit the present inflation or to explain the causes of
the current and advancing prices. If disasters followed

the expansions of 1837 and 1857, what must be the conse-
quences of the present expansion unless speedily checked

and reduced ?

—lt is undoubtedly true that trade is carried on much more
largely for cash than was ever the case previous to 1861
and that there is a much greater proper demand for money
than there would be if sales were made, as heretofore, on
credit. It is also true that there is a larger demand than
formerly for money on the part of manufacturers for the
payment of operatives. But, making the most liberal
allowances for the increased wholesaje demand arising
from these causes and from the advance of the country in
business and population, it is apparent from the foregoing
statements, if the advance in prices did not establish the
fact, that the circulating medium of the country is alto-
gether excessive.
London, England, 1865-12-23

MAURITIUS.

The traffic receipts on the North and Midland
Railways, 65 miles in length, amounted, for the
week ending Oct. 22, to £1,255, against £523 on 31
miles, showing an increase of 34 miles (the Midland
line), and in the receipts of £732. For the week
ending Oct. 29 the receipts amounted to £1,373,
against £526, showing an increase of £857. For
the week ending Nov. 5 the receipts amounted to
£1,571, against £645, showing an increase of £926.
The receipts for the week ending Nov. 12 amounted
to £1,553 against £746 in the corresponding week
of 1864, on 31 miles, showing an increase of 34
miles, and of £BO7 in the receipts.
London, England, 1865-12-23

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days before. There was, however, no direct e vi-
deuce against him.
The mother was recalled, and, though she was
very much pressed by the learned judge, she per-
sisted in saying she had no recollection of what had
passed.
The counsel for the prosecution proposed to con-
tradict her by putting in her own depositions.
His lordship thought this could not be done under
Denman's Act.
The prisoner, in his defence, proved that his
mother was subject to fits, and that the injuries re-
suited from a fall while in one of those fits.
The jury found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully
wounding.
His lordship sentenced him to 18 months' impri-
sonment, with hard labour.
London, England, 1865-12-23

INTERNAL REVENUE.

The present system of internal revenue is one of the
results of the war. It was framed under circumstances
of pressing necessity, affording little opportunity for care-
ful and accurate investigation of the sources of revenue.
Its success, however, has exceeded the anticipations of its
authors, and is a most honorable testimonial to their
wisdom, and to the patriotism of the people who have so
cheerfully submitted to its burdens.
With the restoration of peace industry is returning
again to its former channels, and a revision of the system
now becomes important to accommodate it to the changed
and changing condition of the country.
Every complicated system of taxation opens the way to
mistakes, abuses, and deceptions. Temptations to dis-
honesty and fraud are placed before the revenue officers
and the taxpayers, and both are often thereby demora-
lised. Honest men, who pay their taxes in full, are in-
jured, if not ruined, by the ingenuity of those who suc-
cessfully evade their share of the public burdens.
The multiplicity of objects at present submitted to tax-
ation is one of the most serious objections to the present
system. Many of these yield little revenue, while its col-
lection is troublesome to the collector, and irritating an d
offensive to the taxpayers. This multiplicity also involves
as many temptations to fraud, and as many difficult
questions for decision, as the objects from which large re-
venue is derived.
London, England, 1865-12-23

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President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G.
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necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000
sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those
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London, England, 1865-12-23

RECEIPTS OF COIN.

The receipts of coin have been for some months past so
large that there have been constant accumulations beyond
what has been required for the payment of the interest on
the public debt. The Secretary has, therefore, deemed it
to be his duty to sell, from time to time, a portion of the
surplus, for the purpose of snpplying the wants of im-
porters and of furnishing the means for meeting the
demands upon the Treasury for currency. The sales have
been conducted by the Assistant Treasurer in New York
in a manner entirely satisfactory to the Department, and,
it is believed, to the public. The sales up to the Ist of
November amounted to $27,993,216 11, and the premium
to $12,310,459 76 ; thus placing in the Treasury for current
use the sum of $40,303,675 87, without which there would
have been a necessity for the further issue of interest-bear
ing notes.

IThTITED STATES MINT.
The total value of the bullion deposited at tho Mint and
branches during the last fiscal year was $32,248,754 97, of
which $31,665,349 74 was in gold and $1,183,405 23 in
silver. Deducting the re-deposits, there remains the
actual deposits, amounting to $27,982,849 09.
The coinage for the year was :—ln gold coin $25,107,217
50; gold bars, $5,578,482 45 ; silver coin, $636,308 ; silver
bars, $313,010 69 ; including the two and three-cent
pieces, $1,183,330; total coinage, $32,819,218 64.
Of the bullion deposited, $5,570,371 27 was received at
the Assay Office in New York. Of the gold bars,
$4,947,800 21, and of silver bars, $165,003 45 in value,
were stamped at the same office.
At the branch mint in San Francisco the gold deposits
were $18,808,318 49, and the silver deposits and purchases
$540,299 20 in value. The value of the gold coined was
$18,670,840; of silver coined, $320,800; and of silver
bars, $145,235 58. Total coinage, $19,144,375 58.
At the branch mint in Denver the total deposits wero
$548,609 85, of which $541,552 01 was in gold, and
$7,050 81 was in silver.

GOVERNMENT COTTON.
Since the suspension of purchases by the Government
the duties of the agents of this Department have been con-
fined to securing the property (chiefly cotton) captured by
our military forces in pursuance of the acts of March 12,
1862, and July 2, 1864, relative to captured and abandoned
property. Up to the 31st of March last there had been
received at New York, Cincinnati, and St. Louis, the
London, England, 1865-12-23

BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.

HEALTH WITHOUT MEDICINE. Being
the only Sovereign and unfailing Remedy for Indi-
gestion, Constipation, Nervousness, Debility, Torpidity of
the Liver. Headache, Biliousness, Despondency, Low Spirits,
Coughs, Asthma, and Incipient Consumption.
Full particulars sent to any address on receipt of two
stamps, by Mr. KEARSLEY, 23, Kentish-town-road, Lon-
don, N.W.
" rhe most efficacious remedy for those diseases extant, a
boon to the afflicted."—bledical Review.
"This invaluable discovery has attaine I a world-wide cele-
brity, being of inestimable value, and most admi r.bly adapted
to remove those maladies which tend to embitter life, and
short en its duration."—Sollpel.
"The unprecedented success of this remedy is without
parallel ; this is demonstrated by the innumerable cares
effected." Medical Journal.
London, England, 1865-12-23

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 17i
Ditto 3 Months. 12 114
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 50
Brussels
Hamburg
Paris Short 25 10
Ditto 3 Months. 25 37i
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine —120 k
Vienna — 10 8U
Trieste — 10 75
Petersburgh - 301
Berlin
Madrid — 461
Cacliz
Leghorn
'Milan
Genoa
Naples — 25 60
Palermo
1 lamina
London, England, 1865-12-23

RUPTURES CURED BY

Ci.HANDLER'S NEW LEVER TRUSS.
k.) It has the following advantages : —No steel spring re-
quired round the body, is easily applied, does not chafe or
excoriate the skin, admits of any kind of etereise being

taken, and is imporceptible when worn.

Prices —Single, 10s. 61. and 215., postage Is. ; Double, ?Is,

end 425., postage 28. ; sent on receipt of post-office order ant

size round hips. Eure to fit.

PILE?, PROLAPSES ANI, and UTERI instantly re-
lieved and ultimately cured by some entirely new and very
ingenious appliances. Prices from 10s. Cd., sent by post on
receipt of size round hips.
London, England, 1865-12-23

A Warning to London Printers.

Lately there has been an extensive and well
organised system of robbery in London going on for
many months past, and which, we hope, has now
been put a stop to. During dinner hour, between
one and two o'clock, " a man" has stationed him-
self in a large open space in the City, where he could
obtain an uninterrupted view of considerable extent.
He has appeared exceedingly on the alert, hence the
police have had great difficulty in watching him.
Happily, however, they have succeeded, even to
conviction ; but with very poor results in compari-
son with the magnitude of the injuries inflicted upon
a large number of the master printers of the metro-
polis by men and boys who have been followed and
found to come from printing offices and type foun-
dries situate in different parts. (This remark applies
more especially to large firms.)
Their mode of procedure was to surround " the
man," so as to obstruct the view, and no doubt pass
small pages of type to him. They then gradually
dispersed, when the receiver proceeded to the neigh-
bourhood of Hoxton, and thence to the house of a
man ostensibly carrying on the business of a type-
founder, and always had a hot-pot in readiness.
The result of all this has been, that after several
months' watching and angling by the police for the
whole gang, they have only been able to seize one of
the depredators, who, as an occasional hand, worked
at a large office in the neighbourhood of Fleet-street,
and considered hitherto as respectable and trust-

worthy, and " the man," whom they apprehended
at the door of the receiver with 401 b. of type in
pages upon him, only one of which was identified as
belonging to the office where the other culprit
worked. The house of the receiver was immediately
searched, but the only evidence against him was a
hot-pot, ready to receive the valuable type, which
it would turn into almost valueless metal.
We write this as a caution to the London trade,
as there are still loose a number of thieves, who, as
soon as " the man's" six months' leave of absence
has expired, may again resort to this method of
plunder. We should have advised before, but were
cautioned by the police not to do so, for obvious
reasons. 7 ypographic Advertiser.

Report of the A merican Secretary of the
Treasury.

The report of Mr. Secretary M'Culloch was
presented to the American Congress on the 4th
instant. The report is of great length. We ex-
London, England, 1865-12-23

RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.

WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFE4TED AND EXHIBITED IN Tin GREAT
N:XIIIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), i 8 allowed by upwards of
Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to De the most effective
nvention in the curative treatment of Ii EItN 1 A.
rhe use of a steel. spring, so often hurtful in its effects,
s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
•)ody, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the
Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease
,nd closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn
during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the
truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir-
-lumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being
ient to the manufacturer,

Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.

A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 310.6 d. Postage, le.
A. Doublo Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 625. M. Postage, is Bd.
An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. Bd. Postage, is. 10d.

Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-
Dffice, Piot:malty.
NEW PATENT
ELASTIC STOCKINGS,
KNEE-CAPS, ae.., for Varicose Veins and all cases of
Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are
porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on
like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., is. 6d., 10s., to 168.
e►oh. Postage 6d.
JOH? WHITE. Manufacturer. 22L
London, England, 1865-12-23

LONDON AND LIVERPOOL HOTEL

The ordinary general meeting of this company
was held yesterday at the office, King-street, Cheap-
side ; Col. Brownlow Knox, M.P., in the chair.
Mr. Page, the Secretary, read the report, which
stated that the business of the hotel was steadily in-
creasing, the gross receipts for the past six months
being nearly 30 per cent. in excess of those of t
corresponding period in 1864. Since the last meet
ing the directors had effected the purchase of the
Royal and Victoria llotels, at Waterloo, near
Liverpool, upon very advantageous terms, and con-
siderable improvements had been effected in all the
hotels, rendering them much more valuable as busi-
ness properties. The total available balance was
£4,774 ; of this sum, after providing interest on
mortgage, and placing £l,OOO to a depreciation
fund, the directors recommended that a dividend at
the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, free of income
tax, be declared.
The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report,
London, England, 1865-12-23

ASTRA, PETROLEUM, and KEROSINE
LAMPS on SHOW. (New Designs.)

ASTRA. (Patent) LAMP, for MINERAL
OIL.

A TR A LAM P.—Five Hundred NEW
PATTERNS for the Season now on Show.

TALE GLASS. ENGRAVED AND CUT.
T DEF RIES and SONS,
0• 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET.
London, England, 1865-12-23

A PNEUMATIC RAILWAY UNDER THE THAMES.

attTenh
teioCnlltaoinaMsAerNieospeonf edpltahnes pl‘rhocicehediiluadgsbbeyencalshu.nbg_
mitted to the board for the construction of a pneu-
matic railway under the Thames and through the
embankment. The sanction of the board had been
asked to proceed with the scheme. lie thought,
however, that the time had arrived when the com-
pany should put their officers into communication
with an officer of the board to assess the value of
the land, or to decide whether that matter should be
referred to consideration as to the course to be
adopted.
A resolution was then passed to the effect that a
communication should be made to the railway com-
pany for the purpose of effecting that object.
London, England, 1865-12-23

RUPTURES CURED BY

CHANDLER'S NEW LEVER TRUSS.
It has the following advantages : —No steel spring re-
quired round the body, is easily applied, does not chafe or
excoriate the skin, admits of any kind of exercise being

taken, and is imperceptible when worn.

Prices —Sin4le, 100. 6 I. and 215., postage Is. ; Double, 21s,

and 425., postage 25.; sent on receipt of post-office order and

size round hips. sure to fit.
PILES, PROLAPSUS ANI, and UTERI instantly re-
lieved and ultimately cured by some entirely new and very
ingenious appliances. Prices from 10s. 6d, sent by post on
receipt cf size round hips.
London, England, 1865-12-23

Tact some of the most important portions :--

RESOURCES OE THE COUNTRY.
The fact that means have been raised, without foreign
loans, to meet the expenses of a protracted and very costly
war, is evidence not only of the great resources of the I
country, but of the wisdom of Congress in passing the ne-
cessary laws, and of the distinguished ability of the imme-
dia to predecessors of the present Secretary in administer-
ing them. It is hardly necessary to suggest, however,
that au) legislation which was proper and wise during the
progress of hostilities may now be appropriate or even jus-
tifiable in a time of peace.
The right of Congress, at all times, to borrow money, and
to issue obligetions for loans in such form as may be con-
venient, is unquestionable ; but their authority to issue ob-
ligations for a circulating medium as money, and to make
these obligations a legal tender, can only be found in the
unwritten law which sanctions whatever the representa-
tives of the people, whoLle duty it is to maintain the Go-
vernment against its enemies, may consider in a great
emergency necessary to be clone. The present legal-ten-
der acts were war measures, And while the repeal of those
provisions which made the %United States notes lawful
money is not now recommended, the Secretary is of the
opinion that they ought not to renuin in force one day
longer than shall be necessary to eiiable the people to
prepare for a return to the constitutional currency. It is
not supposed that it was the intention of Congress, by
these acts, to introduce a standard of value, in times of
peace, lower than the coin standard, much less to perpe-
tuate the discredit which must attach to a great nation
which dishonors its own obligations by unnecessarily
keeping in circulation an irredeemable paper currency.
London, England, 1865-12-23

NEW PATENT

ELAST IC STOCKINGS,
KNEE-CAPS, dcc., for Varicose Veins and all oases of
Weakness and Swelling oi the Legs, Sprains, .Iro. They are
porous, light in texture, and inexpensiTe, and are drawn on
like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 168.
ma. Postage 6d.
JO LIN WHITE. Manufacturer. 22R, Piccadilly
London, England, 1865-12-23

T HE X F O R D.
6, OXFORD !STREET. W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).
BOXING-NIGHT, and during the Week, EXTRA PER-
FORMANCES by all the available talent. Opera, Bur-
lesque, Pantomime, Ballet, and Comedy Every Evening,
performed by the entire company, includiug Misses Russell,
Fitz Henry, Barrie ; M essrs. A. St. Albyn, W. Williams,
Spagnoli, rc. The HUNGARIANS in their new entertain-
ment; Messrs Duriah and Davies's illustrations of Negro
Life; Herr Preskow, the wondrous posturer from the Grand
Theatre, St. Petersburg; the D Aubans, Herr Berrani and
his talented family ; the ENCHANTED HASH, eleven
characters performed by Mr. E. Marshall (his firs,: appear-
ance here', the entertainment written expressly for him by
Mr. W. T. Vandervell ; and a host of other talent, for which
see programme and small biIIs.—EVERY EVENING.
Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, le. ; private
boxes, 10a. 6d.

CANTERBURY HALL.
RI-FUM! TI-FUM !
Tho Music composed and arranged by Willem Vandervoll,
will be produced on BOXING-NIGHT (Tuesday), December
the 26th, MI

Mr. E. MARSHALL will make his first appearance these

two years in
RI-FUM TI-FUM!

Mr. and Mrs. W. RANDALL will make their Re-appear-

ance in
RI-FUM TI-FUM!
LES FRERES D'ETOILE in
RI-FU3I TI-FUM!

Les MONTAGNARDS will make their first appearance in
this Country in
RI-FUM TI-FUM!
The FLIGHT of MERCURY by the renowned
• TALLIOTT in
-RI-FU3I TI-FUM!

Signor TESCANO, the Cousin and Rival of the late
DONATO, in
RI-FUM TI-FUM!
The MYSTERIES OF MABILE in
RI-FUM TI-FUM!

Les TABLEAUX D'AMOUR, illuminated by the Magnesium

Light, in
RI-FUM
The Beautiful BALLERINES in
RI-FUM TI-FUM!
LE GALOP INFERNAL in •
Rl-FUM TI-FUM!
The Fairy Orchestra, designed and painted by Mr. W.
Gowrie, in
RI-FUM TI-FUM!

Upwards of ONE HUNDRED PERSONS will appear in
RI-F TI-FUM!

IiVIAD.A Al E TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
Baker-street. . - _ _.

NE vir ADDITIONS.—In the Chamber of Horrors are full-
length Portrait Models, taken from life, of CHARLOTrE
WiNSOR and STEPHEN FORWOOD, alias ERNEST
SOUTHEY.

Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m.
Admittance, One Shilling; Children under 10, half-price;

Extra kOoms, Sixpence.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piccadilly.—GßAND CASINO and 31USICAL PRO-
MENADE is No W OPEN for the Season.

Musical Director, M. LUIGI CUBTL
Manager, Mons. GRENET.
The Band plays nightly Selections from the most eminent
Composers.
Doors open at half-past 8 o'clock; close five minutes to 12
o'clock.
London, England, 1865-12-23

Pembroke and Tenby

Ithymney
Scottish North-Eastern l3B
Somerset and Dorset 66
South Devon
South-Eastern 315
Taff Vale
Ulster

1031

Vale of Clwyd.
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l
Waterford and Limerick 77
W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt lO
Whitehaven Junction l3
W hitehaven & Furness Jun 35
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Austrian

,-... 828

Bahia and San Francisco 76
Belgian Eastern J unction.— 26}
Bombay, Daroda, fic Cen. India 306
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9
Dutch Rhenish .. loBf

Eastern of France 1551
_. _

Eastern Bengal ........ 110
East Indian
_ _ _ _

Grand Trunk of Canada 1377
Great Central of Belgium 285
Great Indian Peninsula 590
Great Luxembourg 134
Great Southetn of India
Great Western of Canada 345
Madras.

bladrid, Saragossa StAlicant 778
Northern of Canada ..... 91
Northern of rrance 724
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman

481
London, England, 1865-12-23

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Dec. 22.—We have again had a
very large business doing in shipping yarns, and
the market is stronger to-day than it has been for
weeks past. The amount of business done has been
very considerable, and embraces operations for
every foreign market, with the exception of Cal-
cutta. The prices paid have been very extreme.
Many spinners are under contracts which will see
them through January, February, and part of March.
tßhueyleerasd
iexn gp eyr iaernncse
agsresaot
mdiffianeyulstpyininneerosntarraecptirneg-efno-r
gaged. In home trade yarns we have had a strong
market, with rather more business than in the early
part of the week. Prices are slightly harder than
on Tuesday. In cloth we have had a firm market,
and some business has been done in the better
classes of printing cloth, but staple cloths have not
as a rule been much operated in. In addition to tho
very general firmness of the market there is a dis-
position on the part of many manufacturers to ad-
vance their prices, butbuyers do not respond to that
feeling, the advanced quotations no doubt being
necessitated by the high and advancing price of
yarns. The finer counts of yarn especially are
dearer, and all cloths for which they are used are
held for higher rates. The advices expected by the
American mail are waited for with interest, and
some buyers are disposed to wait for them before
they enter into further engagements.
CARDIFF, 21st.—The steam coal trade is mode-
rately active, and the works continue to be fully
employed. The house coal trade is improving.
The iron trade, taking into consideration that the
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will take at the commencement of the new quarter,

the works are kept actively employed in completing
old specifications. Late advices from the States show
that the stocks of British iron have been reduced to
the lowest point. There is an increased inquiry
from the Indian markets for railway iron, and the
continental demand is about the same as last week.
NOTTINGHAM, 22d.—We bad a fair attendance at
our Exchange-hall to-day. There was a steady de-
mand for lace yarns, and prices had a stiffening
tendency. The inquiry for hosiery yarns was firm,
and extreme rates were sustained. Silks tended up.
wards; spun silks are very dear. The demand for
brown nets was moderate, and prices were slightly
in the sellers' favour.
London, England, 1865-12-23

Haymarket Theatre.

On Boxing-night Mr. Sothern will reappear at
this establishment as the renowned LordD undreary's
Brother Sam, as extraordinary a creation as that of
the more popular Dundreary himself. Mr. Buck-
ston, Mr. Compton, Miss Snowdon, and Miss
Nelly Moore being in the comedy with Mr. Sothern
is a sufficient guarantee for the excellence of the
performance. The Christmas piece is written by
Mr. Planch6 in his usual elegant and pointed style.
It will contain all Offenbach's music and the libretto
run into rhyme, and otherwise adapted to the English
stage by Mr. Planche, but as the original French
opera Buffon is entitled, " Orfee aux Enfers" Mr.
Planche produces his version under the more cheer-
ful title of " Orpheus in the Haymarket." The
magnificent scenery is by Messrs. O'Connor and
Morris. To give proper effect to the work, Mr.
David Fisher, Mr. Bartleman, Miss Helen Howard,
and Miss Ellen Woolgar have been expressly en-
gaged, and who will appear with Mr. W. Farren,
Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Nelly Moore, Miss H.
Lindley, Miss Fanny Wright, Miss Lovell, Miss
Coleman, and Miss Prevot. Other entertainments
will be produced, employing the entire popular
company of the Haymarket Theatre.