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'PRINCE'S CLUB.—RACQUET and TENNIS
P.. COURTS, Hans.place. Belgrave-square.- The Racquet Corer s
of this Cieb are NO'v OPEN, comprising' thrre close and two Opel.
courts. Gentlemen desirous of hecomin:z members are requested to
forward their names to till secreary, at the club..
By order. R. CLE NEE s, TS, Sccret,rv.
,CIUILDFIALL, 29th September, 185 G.—The
76 N...)1 Committee tor Letting the City's Lands will meet at Guildh:',
a on WEDNESDAY, the Sth day of October nex.,, at One o'clock pre •
IV
eisrly, to receive Proposals for a Lease of a Ponce. No. 27, Banner-
-0 street, and several Houses, Nos. 1 to 9, in York-place, Barrier-‘trect,
Finsbury. Also to mprive Proposals f,,r a Yearly Tenancy of a
i- House, N.. 3, Giltspur•street.
EL Plans of the property rimy he seen, and forms of tender obtained,
3- upon application at the Architect's Office. Guildhall.
al.
FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—.
EXCURSIONS to the SEA SIDE, commencing July 30,
DO ending 15th October.—Tickets, available by any train for 28 days,
i are issue i to Isle of Man, Bangor, Llandudno, and Carnarvon, %la
,
Great. Western and Shrewsbury Railways, to Birkenhead and Liver.
r. pool, thence by any of the steamers leaving Liverpool for the Isle of
Nan, or to Bangor, Beaumaris, Llandudno, and Carnarvon, by the
53 Irince of Wales steamer, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
. ; FARES MERE AND BACK.
let Class and 2cl Class and
ab Be
From London to Isle of Man £3B est 0
C 0
..in.
42st
5C ab
oin.
Oxford to ditto .... .. •
scl London to Bangor, Beaumaris, Llan-
-011 •
dndno, and Carnarvon . ...... 310 0 .. 210 0
OA
Oxford to ditto ditto ditto.... -. 210 0
.. 1 15 0
. Passengers must return from the Isle of Man by the same Corn-
at rany's boat that they proceed there by ; also from C7arnstrvon, Llan-
, dudno to Beaumaris, and Bangor, by steamers, on Mend's', Wechr s •
day, and Friday. They may on their return stop at Llangollen, but
011 , must complete their joarney within 23 days from the date of ticket.
i
These tickets are available by any Train, bat are not transferable.
00
er
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
TOURISTS' TICKETS , , d South • ,
rs'
Wales Railways) available for (GreThreeat We eksWestern from Hereford the dayanof issue. •
ii. These Tickets will be issued until the 15th October, at Paddington, jd Oxford, or Leamington, over the Croat Western Lines. via (Slouces- •
;e,. ter, to Ross and Hereford, end over the South Wales Line, to Milford
(1
Oa Haven and back, with the liberty to stop at Ross, Hereford, Chep. r
As stow, _breath, and Carmarthen.
Farms. 3
•
Ist Class. 2d Class, From Landon and back..
. ... £3 10 .• .• £2 10 h
44 Leamington and do- ........ 215 .. • • 20 •• )0, Oxford and d 0......... • • .... 210 .. • • 115 a
Tourists' Tickets are available by any train, but are not trans- ei
18, ferable, and they do not entitle* the holder to travel twice in the
ri-
IV same direction over any portion of the lines of railway. it
leslip
GREAT WESTERN and SHREWSBURY
RAILWAYS.
nt
NORTH WALES TOURIST TICKETS available for Three Weeks 1
Lis from the day of issue.
1111. These tickets will be Jutted until the 15th October, at Paddington, j°
Oxford, Birmingham, and Wolverhampton, to Chester and back, to
with permission for the passengers to stop at Shrewsbury either going be
' th,
or returning, to proceed either tom Llangollen-road to Cornwen, or
from Oswestry to Welshpool by coach, the London passengers hay- im
Ing the option of calling at Leamington and Warwick. and returning dhA
to London either via Shrewsbury. Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester, or bu- -1
VIA ShrevrabUry, Birmingham, and Oxford.
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pet
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4.,,,..._—, .....„ -,- . - rue,-
.- -- - - ---------- tit Class and 2d Class andl
a;
Inside Coach. Outside Coach. at
0 Prom London and back.... ..... • • .
0 From Oxford and back.......• • • .. £
23
10s. 10s. . 4.• .- £2 las. the. • •
6 From Birmingham and back ......2
Os. . 1 .
• 1 115s0. I
From Wolverhampton and back
.. 1 15s. .. • . s.
1 7s.
9 These tickets are available by any train, but are not transferable,
3 and they do not entitle the Iso'der to travel twice in the same direc-
-0 Hon over any portion of the lines of railway.
3 Passengrs can proceed into the Interior of Wales by coach from (
0 Corwen oreWelshnol, by arrangement with the coach proprietors Sou
0 froth those places.
3 rat
3 THE TIMES FIRE ASSURANCE Ilk
6 .
COMPANY.
t /
0 At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Proprietors of the ,Tr
3 above Company held at the Head Office, 32, Ludgate•hill, London, on :
6 . the Ist October inst., the following Resolution was unanimously ;,erf
he
0 .11111141t1 3
lecf
6 "Resolved—That inasmuch as the number of shareholders re- Thi!
gulred by the 13th clause of the deed of settlement of this company,
$ in order to constitute an extraordinary general meeting of Flare- oper
9 holders, is now present; and inasmuch as the proper notices of this tutu
6 Meeting, to increase the capital, have been issued to the shareholders rend
and inserted in the public journals ; and, inasmuch as eof Lin
the capital of this company is deemed expedient and necessary, the -
same be, and is hereby, increased accordingly, from the sum of q 1
100,0001. to the sum of 250,0001.; and further, that the new capital
be offered to the present shareholders at the rate of one share for with
. every one share now held by each such shareholder,
all calls hitherto 1840
made having been paid, but that each shareholder' shall signify his and
' Intention of taking each new shares within one month from the date TI
1
of the notice offering such new shares."
34
Oct. 2, 1866.
Ml
IL B. SHERIDAN, Manager. most
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A.D. 1720.
, ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE Re C
(Established by Charter CORPORATION, of his Majesty George the First),
• For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
OFF/CES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. N
BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. 1856,
Octavins Wigram, Esq., Governor.
Bedd
George Pearkes Barclay, Esq., Sub-Governor.
1 Sir John William Lubbock, Bart., Deputy-Governor. part,
1 count
DIBECTOI4II.
I Menry Bainbridge, Esq. Hon. John T. Leslie Melville. street
1 • Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq, Henry Nelson, Esq, man,
1 John Garrett Cattley, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. and si
Edward Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. being
William Davidson, Esq. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. of the
Alexander Bruce. Esq. Abraham George Robarts, Esq, INTL;
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Releal
William Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. Carey;
James Stewart Hodgson, Req. William Wallace, Esq. his MI
Lancelot Holland, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. Beddii
D.
coUtrles John Manning, Esq.
those
MEnicAL Rzreara---Samnel Sony, Esq., r•E•g• the sa
th 1741TIc3.—The Usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre.
4
La aniarns falling due at Michaelmas will expire on the 14th October. thereo
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Cor- Parish
6i Poratinn oe advantageous terms.
Or
In the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation singuil
in profits, o', at lower Premiums, without such participation.
Tenern
if,
' The following table shows the large BONUSES declared up t the of Sur]
„
fO, 31st December, 1855, on British Participating Policies of fourgeen , eu, by
~.. years' standing, for the BUM of 1,000/. each.which
, person
Age Addition Farther Per Cent. Per C toent. in' an
pots
when made m Addition Total 3er annum ,on the
Assured. 1848.
in Addition on the sum Premium 4 with al
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it 1855. Assured. paid. Appurl
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at
£ A A
Sum an
112 214 1'53 59'3
.o,
time tc
VS . 106
140 115 221 I'6B 54.3 . 113 45 121 12 121 234 1'67 50.5 " Rite!
3 55 249 1.78 46•2 PurPoN
50
149 3
154 5 140 275 1'96 43'0 Benefit
, 1
303 lO
• 2-16 39'9 lowell
60 166 174 340 , 2.43 37'2 the se,
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thereby
ravahla TTr‘5.....14 4
3 . Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premium.
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Equivalent reductions have 'seen made in the Premiums payable
by those persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The future division of Profit will take place every Five years.
Any sum not exceeding 15,0001. may be insured on one life.
This Corporation affords to the Assured

Liberal Participation in Profits—with exemption from the
Liabilities of partnership.
A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Socie-
tiw—with the guarantee of a large inv( sted Capital Stock.
The advantages of modern*practice —with the security of an
Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of
nearly a Century and a-half.
JOHN A. lIIGHAM, Actuary and Secretary.

ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAURFNrS CASINO,
Great Windmill-street, Haymarket.—The above elegan
Dooms are now open every evening for the winter season, with
Laurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M.
Boulconrt. The Proprietor begs to inform the pablic that th s
fashionable place of resort has been entirely redecorated during the
recess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis-
sion One Shilling.

DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM,
"1 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-Nuare.—Open (for Gentlemen
3.) front to till 10, containing upwards o:Thne thousand models
and preparations, illust:ating every par of the human frm in
health and disease, the race of men, &c.t Lectures delivered ate 12,
2, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, ; and a new and
highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in t-ourse of delivery
by Dr. TWIN, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One

GORDON CUMMING, the LION HUNTER,
will be AT HOME in his Ercampment, surrounded by the
spoils and trophies of his achievements, and aive his rew and popular
lENTERTAINMENT, illustrative of his ADVENTURES in the Far
interior of SOUTH AFRICA, Pictorially and Musically illustrated,
every evening throughout the week, at 8 o'clock. Piano by Mr.
Buries Wilson. Admission, Is. and 25.; stalls, 35.-232, Piccadilly.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.
—OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The celebrated HIINOA-
RIAN BAND, under the direction of Herr Katoznr, will perk,: ai
eIeTY Evening at 9 and I I o'clock, in ad," lon to the usual Vocal
Entertainment. The following company of talented Vocalists are
VrnlaPentlY rngaged for the performance ot Selections from all the
_oPular o
in Peru, Madrigals Choruses Diets, Ste., viz. :—Mrs• J.
uati eld, xvi
.ss Brunel, Mis;Sommers, 'and liilss Pearse ; Sam Cowell,
Mr. J. Caulneld, Herr F. Jonghmans S. Jones, T. Farrant, W.
Melll'lß, Barker. Russell Grover. and P. Corte; Masters E. Con-
nell, Austin, and Bennett , anti Mr. T. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr.
J. Harroway, B.A. , harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr.
J. Caulfield. Commence
twelve o'cloct, at seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c.,
mkf

NEW GOVERNMOFFICES, ic ENT
Commissioners of Her Majesty's w orks and Public Build
ftws g:ve notice that they are prepared to receive DESIGNS from
Architects of all countrie-= for a scheme for the CON CENTR Al lON
of the PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT OFF'CES on a Site 19illg
between Whitehall and the New Palace at Westminster ; and also
Designs for two ituildings which her Majesty s Government have
detelnined to erect forthwith. as pat:, of such general scheme—
one for the Department of the Secretaf y of Sta,e for Foreign Affa re,
the other tor the Secretary of State for War.
Plans of the ground, together with a statement of the Frew', ins
tad other particulars, will be forwarded to Architects tion by letter addressed to me, at this office.
off applim"
L
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.001ce of Works, fcc , WhitehallßED AUSTIN S ecretaty.
Sept.Se 20, 1856. ,

LAAPPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED.
and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops,
and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Sou
and by its tonic and invigora P. curries, and Sala°,
perfectly digest the food, ting properties enables the stomach to
guard
The
to hea dailYlth
useof this aromatic and deliciotus Sauce is the best safe-
Sold. by the Proprietors, Lea and Perrin', 19, Fenchurch-street,
London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay
and Sons, Messrs, Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mere
P."lcitial dealers in satice.
d against imitatioxs, see that the names of "LEA
chants, London ; and generally by the ..,_
N.B.—To guar
and patent cap of the bottle
and PERRINS" are upon the label

A NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERy LN Tu
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Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Viean'tstnitacie
and 3, prepared in the form ot a lozen
TRIESESfAR No. 1,2,
devoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket.
Pohl in tin cases, dvided ito separate (low, as administered by
141Peau, Lallemandi, Roux,n Rlcord, &c., &c.
sr'
No. 1 is a Remedy for RE.
LA XIT/ON, SPERMATORRIRE A, and all the
eo distressing
nsPeuences prising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too
long residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual
trongth and vigour to thousands of ,lebilitated individuals who are
now in
whatever the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood; and
= may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR.
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effectually, in the short Racep ofM three days. completely and entirely
eradicates all traces of Gonorrhoea, boat in its mild and aggravated
forms, Gleets Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention of
Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidne.7s, and those disorders which
Copaivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the
tutn of tbe health of a vast portion of the population.
TRIE.:EMAR No. llf.,
tlathe& great Continental Remedy for Synhilis and Secondary Symp-
It also constitutes a certain cure for S'; irvy, Scrobtla and all
Cutaneous Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all cot rue-
the and impurities from tbe vita' stream, as a'together to eradicate
the virus of disease, and expeil it with the insensible perspiration
th"ough the medium o: the pores of the skin and urine, and is a
never-failing rear ly for that class of disorders which unfortunately
the English Physician treats with Mercury, to he inevitable destruc-
tion of the patient's constitution, and which all the arsaparilla in
the world cannot restore.
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ford-st:eet ; Sanger, 150, Oxford
-street ; R. pi. Ingham, druggist, 43,
Market-street, Manchester; H. Bradbury, botsener Deansgate,
Bolton ; priestly, chemist, 51, Lord•atreet, Liver-Pool ; Pow_ell,
bookseller 15, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; hooktieJler,
BkMinglutm.

of the commercial mind, ob e.ving, meditating, and prov-
ing, during a long series of successive generations. Jurists
and lawyers have no doubt rendered valuable services, by
systematising the usages of commerce, and acting as the
intelligent organs of mercantile opinion. But it is easy to
over-estimate these services. The successors of Lord Mans-
field—the founder of commercial jurisprudence in England
—distinguished as they have been for their talents and
learning, instead of improving the mercantile law, have
perverted and injured it, by introducing technical subtle-
ties and metaphysical distinctions profoundly foreign to its
true character and object—a deplorable result, indeed, but
one which inevitably followed from a system which sepa-
rated the administration from thejudgrnent of commercial
affairs, and confides the latter to lawyers technically con-
struing rules of law framed by themselves. If this state-
ment appears to be in contradiction with what I have ad-
vanced before, this seeming variance will at once disappear
whin we consider that the existing mercantile law of Great
Britain and Ireland consists of two elements perfectly dis-
tinct in their origin and very different in their nature.
These are, Ist, the ienuiue and commercial element ; 2d,
the spurious legal element added to this. Any one who
compares the laws of bills and promissory notes, so admir-
able in its general conception, with the law of fixtures as
regards ostensible ownership in cases of bankruptcy, will at
once perceive the reality of this distinction, and appreciate
its important bearing. The practical conclusion I would
draw from it is this—that as the source of the existing
vices of our mercantile law lies in the subjection of the
commercial mind to the legal mind, so the remedy consists
in shaking off the subjection. In a word, that which the
commercial mind has made, it alone can regenerate. Having
already occupied so much of your time, I will only very
briefly allude to some difficulties alleged to stand in the
Way of the immediate establishment of tribunals of com-
merce in this country. The most important of these, I
think, is this, that the absence of a systematised code in
England renders the creation of tribunals of commerce im-
possible until such a code be framed. This idea, though it
receives the support of distinguished names, is, I believe,
completely founded in error. My answers to the objection
above stated are shortly these :—First, that the English
commercial law has sufficient fixity and unity in essential
particulars to enable tribunals of commerce to work effi-
ciently. Secondly, that tke systematic study of the written
law of commerce has been rendered sufficiently accessible
for merchants by means of the excellent manuals which we
already possess. Thirdly, that the legal doubts which are
alleged as difficulties in the way of the administration of
the commercial law by commercial tribunals, furnish in
truth the most conclusive reason for establishing such courts,
since these doubts and difficulties spring not from
the nature of mercantile transactions at all, but from
those habits of legal subtlety, to discard which would be
the first and most beneficial effect of applying the com-
mercial mind to commercial affairs. It is true that sub-
stantial justice is often a refined justice, but there is a
wide difference between those abstractions and distinctions
to which legal metaphysics give birth, and the broad and
simple principles of equity, by which a clear-sighted and
comprehensive mind grasps and marshals the most com-
plicated facts. Fourthly, I say that the French " Code de
Commerce," however admirable and useful it may have
been in some respects at the period of its composition, is
far from satisfying the commercial exigencies of the pre-
Cent day, and is moreover now loaded with judicial deci-
sions and legal commentaries. Fifthly, that no commercial
code can be efficiently or usefully constructed unless it be
preceded by a practical uniformity of opinion and usage
throughout the mercantile world in essentials. Sixthly,
that a code for merchants must be not only interpreted, but
made, by merchant& Seventhly, that the real remedy for
the existing evil consists in creating, or more truly in de-
veloping, a vigorous and sound public opinion in the com-
mercial world, as constituting the indispensable basis of
all progress in our times, and that this would be accom-
plished by the creation of tribunals of commerce, as organs
of the commercial world represented in them by its most
devoted and intelligent members. Eighthly, and
lastly, I maintain that the composition of a commercial
code, in the first instance, is not necessary for the effi-
cient working of tribunals of commerce ; while on the
other hand the creation, of such tribunals would greatly
tend to introduce unity both into the theory and the prac•
ties of commerce, and would facilitate the ultimate adop
tion of a uniform system of commercial law, based on in

telligible and universal principles, capable of embracing
all the relations of commerce, whether national or Inter-
national. In conclusion I trust we are all convinced that
the principle we advocate is true, and that the movement
for its realisation in Great Britain and Ireland is oppor-
tune. I have already stated my conviction that the great
thing needed is the development of a sound public opinion
in the commercial world, and that the establishment of
tribunals of commerce will do more than anything else to
realise this object. But this same public opinion, the pro-
gressof which will be the result of commercial courts, con-
stitutes the means, and the only means, by which their
institution can be obtained. We must, therefore, first
apply this great engine of modern times with all the sus-
tained and concentrated force of which it is capable. to
call forth real public opinion we need three things. We
need, first, a genuine public; next we require sound con-
victions, generous feelings, and the courage to carry them
out in obedience to the dictates of our conscience, and for
the sake of a cause which we believe to be the cause of in-
dustry, the cause of justice, and the cause of humanity.
Lastly, for the full development of a public opinion wor-
thy of this great subject, and adequate to meet the exigen-
cies of the task which it imposes on us, we require capable,
honest, awl devoted organs to give it shape and expres-
sion. Do you, then, each of you in your own sphere, be-
come the organs of this movement ; aid this cause by your
counsels, by your sympathy, and by your united action,
and it will not, I trust., be long before the British merchant
shall obtain his Magna Charts, his tribunals of commerce.
The CHAIRMAN, on behalf of the association, expressed
his thanks for the valuable and interesting paper which Mr.
Hutton had read. He regretted to see that the subject ex-
cited so little sympathy, but he had experience enough to
convince him that the thin attendance at the meeting af-
forded no just ground for despondency. The association
for establishing tribunals of commerce was in a prosperous
state, and was now formed on a secure basis.

Mr. HUTTON, in acknowledging the thanks rendered to
him, expressed the great pleasure h 3 should feel if by any
exertion on his part he had assisted in the accomplishment
of an object which he regarded as of great importance to
commercial interests.
The proceedings then terminated.

COLLISION AT SEA, AND LOSS OF
TWENTY MVPS.