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London, England, 1854-02-24 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1854.

RESIDENCE TO LET, at HILLINGDON,
within one mile of the West Drayton Station.—A commo-
dious HOUSE, consisting of three sitting-rooms and six bed-rooms,
with stable, garden, shrubbery, &c., called COLIIA.M lIOUSE.
Land adjoining may be had at Michaelmas next, if required. This
resident which is situated upon the road from West Drayton to
Hayes. was for some years occupied by the late Sir George 0)0 bum.
apply to Thomas Brown, upon the premises; John Francis, Fsq.,
solicitor, 1, New Boswell court, London ; or Benjamin Jones, ESq.,
solicitor, I.lanelly, South Wales.

FOREIGN HAVANNAH CIGARS.-
DAWSON and Co., 19. Mark•lane, have alma) s on 4ale a
choice assortment. Taveru.keepers, publicans, and the trade, stip-
plied 611 the lowest terms for cash, with Cigars of good count, com-
mencing at 21s. per lb.

-pURSSELL'S BISCUITS, in Bags, 14 for is.,
or in Boxes. Is., 2s. 6d , Cs., and Ids. each—viz., Captains', or
German Cuddy Biscuits, have long been esteemed tor their delightful
fi,vour, and are adapted for coffee and tea ; Milk or Cheese Biscuits,
rrowroot Biscuits for invalids, and their nutritive quality makes
them aektited for children ; Abernethy Biseims, • rown Digestive
Rye Biscuits; a large assortment of Mixed Biscuits, Is. OM. per
lb. ; Bartholiver's Wine Biscuits, Isle of Wight Cracknells ; Arrow-
root Biscuits, Coff,!e, ditto, thin Capt ins' ant thin Rusks, for wine.
The Royal German Rusks, Tops and Bottoms for infants' food, sold
in bags or ss. boxes. Warranted to Keep Six Months.
JOAN It. P 11.1t7SEL L, 162, liegent•strect, and A, Ludgate-hill,
only.

PURS SELL' S. —BALL SUPPERS and
WE )DING BREAKFASTS SUPPLIED in the first style;
public breakfasts, dinners, and promenade suppers supplied by con-
tract ; a large stock of bride cakes for immuli use, from one to
twenty guineas each a handsome cake for five gui eas, packed and
sent to any part of the country if required, and warrante 1 to keep 12
months.—Dons R. Puassur., 162, Regent-street, and 20, Ludgate-
hill, only.

ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE, in Imperial Quarts
and Pints.
Bottled by PARKER and TWINING, Beer Merchants,
54, PALL. MALL.
Quarts, Bs.; pints, 55,; half-pints (for luncheon), 3s. per dozen.
A 1.4) in casks of 18 gallons and upwards.
BARON LIEBIG ON A I.LSOPP'S rALE ALE.
" I am myself an admirer of this beverage, and my own experi-
ence enables me to recommend it, in accordance with the opinion
of the most eminent English physicians, as a very agreeable and
efficient tonic, and as a general beverage, both for the invalid and
the robust.—Glessen, May 6.
Address— "PARKER and TWINING, Beer Merchants, 5%, PALL-
MALL.

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Children under Ten years of age, Half-price.

INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY
COMPANY,
No. 72, Lombard-street, London.
TRUSTEES.
Richard MalMs, Esq., Q.C. 31 P. I •.ohn Campbell Renton, Esq.
James Fuller Medea, Esq. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P.
William Wilberforce, Esq.
DIRECTORS.

William Adams, Esq. Robert H. Forman, Esq.
John Atkins, Esq. John Hamilton, Esq.
H. A. Bevan, Esq. J. Mathews. Esq.
John Dangerfleld, Esq. Chas. 0. Parnell, Esq.
W. Williams, Esq.
AUDITORS.

Henry Adron, Esq. I Ralph W. Bishop, Esq.
Charles M`Culloch, Esq. I Henry Burnett, Esq.
SOLICITORS.—Messrs. Atkins and Andrew.
SECRET/AL—David Alison, Esq.
Paddington Local Board, 24, Connaught-terrace, Edgware-road.
The Rev. James Shergold Boone, Jas. Harrington Lowther, Esq.
A.M. Charles Pemberton, Esq.
Captain Creed. George Y. Rob.on, Esq.
Roger Gadsden, Esq. W. IL Trinder, Esq.
SECRETARY.—CharIes Hoghton, Esq.
The Policies of this Company being indisputable (in terms of the
Deed of Constitution duly registered) are TRANSFERABLE SE-
CURITIES, their validity not being &pendent, as in the case of or-
dinary Policies, upon the import of past,"and perhaps forgotten cir-
cumstances, and office documents, Used as FAMILY PROVI-
SIONS, they relieve the assured from all doubt and anxiety as to
the future.
This is a purely MUTUAL SOCIETY, there being no proprietary
body to whom any part of the profits belong, the whole being divi-
sible amongst the insured themselves. The following shows the
large and steady progressive amount of business the Company is
now doing, and has done during the last five years.
Sums Assured. New Premiums.
1849.... £108,647 .• £4,3.4
1850......•. 110,215 ........ 3,974
1851. ...... 127,488 4,438
1852........ 115,195 ..•..... 4,296
1833.... • ... 123,093 ........ 4,532
ALEX. ROGER f SON, Manager.

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
1, Princes-street, Bank, London.
Established August 1, 1837.
Empowere:l by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9.
*,.* Policies issued free of stamp duty.
Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park, CHAIRMAN.
1 he marked testimony in favour of life assurance evinced by the
Legislature in the exemption from income tax of the premiums raid
for the benefit of a suiviviug family, is deserving the most serious
attention of all classes; not only on account et the actual saving,
but also on account of the lrgh estimation in which it proves that the
system of life assurance generally is held by the GOvernment of the
country.

intreasin; Rates of Premium for securing Loans or Deht3.
ilalf Premiums, only, required during -first seven years.
Sum assured payable at Sixty or at death.
Provision, during minority, for Orphans.

BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION.
Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent.
Profits divided annually.
Premiums computed for every three months' difference of age.
Half-credit policies granted on terms unusually favourable; the
unpaid half premiums being liquidated out of the profits.
At the last Annual General Meeting a reduction of 30 per cent. was
made in the current year's premium on all participating policies.
(PROPRIETARY.) (MUTUAL.)

Half Whole I Half Quar-
j premium premium Age. Annual Yearly terly
co Firat for Ito- premium Pre- Pre-
.4 i seven mainder mium. mium.
Years. of Life.
---2 -
- ---,-
£ s d.; £ 9. d. Years. Months 1 £ s. d.l .£ s. d.; £ s. d.
30 1 1 9 2 3 6 30 0 2 7 31 1 4 2, 012 3
40 1 9 2' 218 4 3 2 7 GI 1 4 4! 012 4
50 2 2 6 4 5 0 6 2 7 10, 1 4 6, 012 5
GO 3 6 86 13 4 9 2 8 2 1 4 8; 012 6

E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director.
ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary.

THIRD EDITION.—WITH ADDITIONS.
Just published, Svo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d.

. .
N TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA,
with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors
n niation to the Treatment and Cure of the Impuissant and Sexual
Hypochondriacs,
Translated fl•om the German of Dr. PICKFORD.

To wh!ch Is added, an EiSAY on SEXUAL DEBILITY, by the

Editor.

"➢r. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi-
cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first
tune, he informs es, that he has addressed himself to the nos-medi-
cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall tetcet any
other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his sower to correct."
—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. The tribe of 'Quiet Sympa-
thisers,' and Medical Eriends,'are mercilessly exposed ; audit this book
cotcld find its way into the hands of those who saffsr from the com-
plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would
se saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of
less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize—
much money —This volume is well qualified to put an end to the
empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to placs the treat-
inniat upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore,
likely to do much good."—Medlcal Circular, June 16, 1852.

Lonrion: H. Bs.lliere, 219. Regent-street.

THE LAW OF SETTLEMENT BILL.

Yesterday Sir Benjamin Hall and Lord Dudley Stuart,
with deputations from the boards of guardians and di-
rectors of the parishes of Marylebone and St. Pancras,
had an interview with Mr. M. T. Baines, the president,
and other members of the Poor Law Board, with a view
to make certain representations in reference to the pro-
posed new law of settlement and Poor Law Removal
Bill.

Mr. Whitmore' churchwarden of Marylebone, said, he
believed that the bill would seriously affect the interests
of that parish and greatly increase the poor rates. He
then submitted to the board certain resolutions unani-
mously passed at a meeting of the vestry and guardians
of the parish, in which an opinion was expressed that
the bill would have injurious effects. Several gentlemen
discussed the proposed provisions of the bill with Mr.
Baines, who expressed a desire to give due consideration
to any suggestions calculated to improve it.
After several gentlemen had given their opinions upon
the subject,
Mr. Baines said, that he was happy to meet the deputa-
tions, and thanked the gentlemen present for the informa-
tion contained in their observations. It was his wish
that the object of his bill should be clearly understood.
What he desired was to put an end to compulsory re-
moval, which was unjust and oppressive to the poor
man. The effect of the law, as it now stood, and which
it was his wish to remedy, was that if a man through
unforeseen circumstance fell into distress, for instance,
either in Marylebone or St. Pancras, instead of receiv-
ing relief from either of those parishes, the authorities
had the power to send the poor man, and perhaps a
wife and family, into Northumberland, or any other
distant part, merely because his father some years before
had a settlement there. In like manner might a poor
man be sent up from Cornwall, to one of the metropo-
litan parishes. This act was unjust, impolitic, and
cruel, and one which the Legislature were bound to put
an end to. The present law of removal did not affect
vagrants, but was calculated to oppress the industrious
classes who might fall into misfortune. Again, there
could be no doubt that at present the grossest frauds
were practised in some parishes by unscrupulous officers
to get rid of the poor when the five years' residence was
about to expire. Mr. Baines repeated that he was de-
termined to do all in his power to get rid of the present
system of compulsory removal. Any suggestions in
committee which the noble lord or the hon. baronet
might make he should be grateful for. He would also
be glad to receive, in writing, the suggestions of any
gentlemen present.

FOREIGN BOOKS.—INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT.—The
Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury have
caused to be transmitted to the Commissioners of Cus-
toms for their information and guidance, and of their
officers at the several ports throughout the United King-
dom, the copy of a despatch from Colonel Hodges, her
Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Hamburgh, which they
have received from the Foreign Office, enclosing speci-
mens of the stamps to be used at that city, under article 11
of the convention for the reciprocal protection of copy-
right with this country,

THE REFORM BILL.

The Reform Bill has been printed.
It begins with totally disfranchising the 19 boroughs
in schedule A, now returning 29 members— viz., Ando-
ver, Arundel, Ashburton, Caine, Dartmouth, Evesham,
Harwich, Honiton, Knaresborough, Lyme Regis,
Marlborough, Midhurst, Northallerton, Reigate, Rich-
mond, Thetford, Totnes, Wells, Wilton. These boroughs
are disfranchised because they have either less than 300
electors or less than 5,000 inhabitants ; and their dis-
franchisement will leave Abingdon the smallest consti-
tuencies in England, the electors there being in number
312.

The bill next provides that the following 33 boroughs
(in Schedule B), now returning two members each, shall
hereafter return but one—viz., Bodmin, Bridgnorth,
Bridport, Buckingham, Chichester, Chippenham, Ciren-
cester, Cuckermouth, Devizes, Dorchester, Guildford,
Hertford, Huntingdon, Leominster, Lewes, Ludlow,
Lymingtos, Lichfield, Maldon, Maiton, Marlow (Great),
Newport (Isle of Wight), Peterborough, Poole, Ripon,
Stamford, Tam worth, Tavistock, Tewkesbury, Tiverton,
Weymouth, Windsor, Wycombe (Chipping). These
boroughs are thus dealt with because they have either
less than 500 electors or less than 10,000 inhabitants.
Of the 62 seats thus obtained, together with four for
Sudbury and St. Alban's, previously disfranchised, mak-
ing all 66, the English Reform Bill proceeds to dispose
of 63, the number which Lord J. Russell allots to Eng-
land.

The following 37 counties, or divisions of counties,
having more than 100,000 inhabitants, exclusive of the
population of the represented boroughs, are in future to
return three members instead of two, viz. :—Bedford-
shire, West Glocestersbire, Middlesex, Monmouthshire,
North Salop, North Hants, East Surrey, East Sussex,
North Warwick' hire, East. Worcestershire, East York-
shire, North Yorkshire, Glamorganshire and both divi.
sions of the following co.ntieiz., elheshire, Corn-
wall, Derbyshire, Devon,. Durham, Essex, Kent, Lin-
colnshire, Norfolk, Staffordshire, Somerset, Suffolk.
Lancashire is to be formed into three divisions—the
northern, comprising the hundreds of Lonsdale, Amoun-
derness, and Blackburn, the election to be held at Lan-
caster; the southwestern division, comprising the hun-
dreds of West Derby and Leyland, the election to be
held at Wigan • and the south-eastern, consisting of the
hundred of Salford, the election to be held at Bury.
The West Riding of Yorkshire is to be formed into two
divisions—the northern, comprising the wapentakes of
Staincliffe and Ewcross, Clare, Skyrack, and Morley,
the election to be held at Leeds ; and the southern,
comprising the wapentakes of Barkston Ash, Osgold-
cross, Strafforth, and Tickhill, Staincrosi, and Agbrigg,
the election to be held at Pontefract. Each of these
divisions of Lancashire and Yorkshire is to return three
members, so that Lancashire will return nine instead of
four, and the West Riding six instead of two.
Having thus given 46 new members to the counties,
the bill proceeds to assign 17 to the towns. The (new)
borough of Chelsea, consisting of the parishes of Chel-
sea and Kensington, is to return two members ; the
University of London, one • the Inns of Court (the
Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, Lincoln's-inn, and
Gray's-inn), jointly, two ; the (new) boroughs of Birk-
enhead, Burnley, and Stalybridge, one each ; Salford,
two instead of one ; and the following eight boroughs
three instead of two- -Birmingham, Bristol, Bradford
(Yorkshire), Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield,
and Wolverhampton. The largest unrepresented towns
in England will then be Gravesend, with a population of
16,633 ; Leamington, 15,692 ; St. Helen's (Lancashire),
14,866; Barnsley, 13,437; Keighley, 13,050.
The bill proceeds to provide that at every future con-
tested election where three members are to be returned,
no voter shall vote for more than two candidates, or in
London for more than three. The old constituencies
affected by this clause are those of London, Berkshire.
Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Dorsetshire, Here-
fordshire, Hertfordshire, and Oxfordshire.

Every male person of full age, entitled to any yearly
sum of not less than 1001., payable in fixed portions not
less than quarterly payments, as salary or wages, or
superannuation allowance ; or beneficially entitled to a
yearly income of not less than.lo/. from Government,
bit
East India, or Bank Stock, i ding Government life
annuities ; or charged to the ssed taxes, or income-
tax, "or to any duty pays respect of any annual
certificate or license, or to all or any of the said duties,"
not less than 40s. ayear; or a graduate of any university
in the United Kingdom ; or being a depositor in a sav-
ings bank in the edunty, borough, or place where he shall
reside, to the am i,,,..t of not less than 50/., is to be en-
titled
to a vote ft ..
,the county or borough (as the case
may be) in whiC,... shall reside, but he is not to be
registered in any , r unless he shall have so resided for
llcalendar months next previous to the last day of July
in such year ; and no person is to be registered in re-
spect of income or liability to tax unless he shall have
been in receipt of the income for 12 calendar months
next previous to the last day of July in such year, or
charged to a year's duty within such 12 months; and
no savings bank depositor is to be so registered_ unless
he shall have had-a 60/. deposit in such bank for three
years next previous to the last day of July in such year.
No person having two or more residences is to be regis-
tered under this enactment for more than one place ;
and no person is to vote in respect of income tax which
he is entitled to be reimbursed, as a tenant, trustee, or
otherwise.

Several sections are taken up with the provisions for
reducing the occupancy qualification. In the counties
a vote is given to the occupier of any building, without
or with land occupied under the same landlord, of the
clear yearly value of not less than 101. provided he has
occupied those or other premises in the county or divi-
sion for 12 calendar months next previous to the last
day of July in the year of registration, and been rated
to the poor-rate during that time, and has resided
within the county or division for the last six of the 12
months ; but the occupation of any building (other than
the occupier's dwelling) jointly with land is not to con-
for a right to vote in county or borough, unless such
building be of 51. clear annual value. The right of
voting in boroughs is extended to inhabitant house-
holders within the borough, or seven miles thereof, who
on the last day of July shall have occupied for the for-
mer part of that year and the whole of the two preced-
ing years a house, warehouse, countinghouse, or shop
(not necessarily the same premises during the whole
period), in respect he shall have been rated for that time
to the relief of the poor on a yearly value exceeding 61.
The old rate-paying clauses are repealed.
Freemen hereafter admitted are not to have votes as
such, though admitted in respect of birth or servitude.
The constituency of the Inns of Court is to comprise all
barristers ; of the University of London all who have
its degree of M.A., BA., LL.D., M.D., or M. 8., and
every B.A. in such university of three years' standing.
The returning-officers for the new boroughs are to be
appointed by the sheriff of the county ; for the Inns of
Court the treasurer of the Inner Temple is to be return-
ing-officer ; for the University of London, the Vice-
Chancellor. The polling of the University and Inns of
Court may continue for three days.
County voters upon whom a right is conferred by this
act with residence as a condition of the qualification are
not to vote out of their own polling districts.
The requisite certificates of title to property are to be
given at the Bank, East India House, and savings-banks
on request ; and so in like manner by the collector of
taxes.
The register of voters is to be final ; but an election
committee may inquire into alleged incapacity arising
subsequently to the time when the name of the voter
might have been objected to.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY.

We have the satisfaction of informing the public that
the appeal addressed to the country through our columns
a few days since, on a subject of extreme interest, has
been responded to by the authorities concerned with all
the promptitude desirable. Mr. Guthrie, the dis-
tinguished surgeon, in contributing to the service of the
nation the fruits of his great experience during the last
war, observed that, if the medical department of the
army were not better organized on the present than on
former occasions, our soldiers would suffer unnecessary
hardships from the want of good attendance. He
offered, at the same time, as the reader will remember,
to furnish his own suggestions for the improvements
required, but reserved his further communications until
the feeling of the country or the Government could be
ascertained. It is now our agreeable duty to announce
that the promised continuation of his correspondence
will not appear, and for the simple reason that it would
be superfluous. The authorities noted without delay
upon the hints which were furnished, and the conclusions
of Mr. Guthrie's experience will be turned to immediate
advantage by those directly charged with the control of
such affairs. Our soldiers will no longer be permitted
to want for any of those aids which the resources of
science can supply, nor will the medical staff of the
Mediterranean expedition be in any respect less perfectly
organized than its other departments.
Though these particulars did not directly transpire in
the House of Commons on Wednesday, the discussion
which then took place sufficiently evinced the feeling
with which the subject was regarded. In answer to the
hopes expressed by Mr. Milnes, that " proper medical
officers were appointed, and all scientific means em-
ployed to secure protection for our army," Lord Pal-
merston at once replied, that the point was one which,
" above all things, attracted the attention of her Ma-
jesty's Government"; that "every precaution had been
adopted to guard the troops from those injuries and
inconveniences which might arise from the casualties of
climate or war," and that those " friends and relations
whom they left behind might he satisfied that nothing
would be omitted which it was possible to do to provide
for their health and comfort while engaged on the expe-
dition on which they had been sent." It seemed, indeed,
as if his lordship could hardly repeat these assurances
emphatically enough for his own satisfaction, for he
once more asserted, at the close of his speech, that
"the greatest possible care had been taken to make
every provision" for the contingencies alluded to in
the debate. Nor was this solicitude either mistimed
or superfluous, for few Ministerial declarations could
at such a moment be more gratifying to the public.
The policy, as was well remarked in the discussion,
is not only in a moral sense incumbent upon us, but is
also directly conducive to the economical interests of the
State. Despotic or barbarous Governments can impress
their subjects into their service, drive them to the field

of battle, sacrifice their lives without scruple, and dis-
card their claims without consideration when the emer-
gency is past. They can do this without check from
popular resistance, but even they can do it only at the
cost of their own military power. The largest armies,
as our great Duke once said, are but multiples of the
individual soldier ; and, if the soldier is ill-cared for and
enfeebled, the efficiencyof the whole force suffers in pro-
portion. Even in the best of armies the force actually com-
petent at any moment to take the field exhibits a consider-
able reduction from its nominal strength ; and, when
the cominissariat or hospital service is defective or
worthless, the effects upon the ranks are terrible. It has
been stated that the Russian force in the Princi-
palities alone has lost, by casualties of this de-
scription. a greater number of men than we are now
sending forth to the East, and it is certain than 30 or
40 per cent. at the least may always be deducted from
the nominal force of the Czar's battalions. We, on the
other hand, by our sedulous attention to the wants and
casualties of troops in the field, can always bring into
action a large percentage of fighting men ; so that, as
Lord Palmerston truly observed, the general efficiency
of a British contingent bears far more than the ordinary
proportion to the numbers of the troops employed. As
this assertion, too, must necessarily have referred to past
experience, we may judge of the improvement to be still
anticipated now that Mr. Guthrie's suggestions have
been allowed their due weight.
It must, we think, be extremely satisfactory to our
correspondent to reflect upon the reception which his
representations have this time experienced. More than
once, as he informed the public, have his recommenda-
tions, though backed by all the weight of his professional
renown, and all the acquiescence of distinguished sol-
diers, been swamped and nullified by the official opposi-
tion of small subordinates. On this occasion, however, he
is scarcely peymitted to apish his appeal before his ad-
rice is followefl, and, as fleas the suggestions of so tried,
a practitioner can insure efficiency, the medical depart-
ment of our army will be put upon an unexceptionable
footing. Many things have advanced since the days of
the Peninsular war, but the human frame and its require.
ments remain the same, and what Mr. Guthrie discerneff
to be wanting in times past will, we may safely assure
ourselves, prove desirable still.
It would not be just to quit this subject without a
word of acknowledgment to the Minister who so
promptly acted on useful information when proceeding
from quarters entitled to respect. There have been
statesmen—and the class is by no means extinct—who
would consider it below the presumed omniscience of
office to accept a hint from any uncovenanted adviser.
The present Secretary of War, however, with true liber-
ality and wisdom, addressed himself unhesitatingly to
the representations of a memorialist who, though for-
saking the convenience of a private interview for the
more decisive expedient of a public appeal, could plead
a good motive for interference, and incontestible claims
to be heard. The result of this exemplary policy is that
all parties are pleased. Government has not only done
its duty by economy, but has done it so cheerfully an 4
expeditiously as to enhance the merit of the act ; the
troops now embarking for the scene of war will receive
that attention to their wants which their services have
earned, and the country at large is agreed upon a point
which could not be lett in doubt without general and
reasonable discontent. —Times.