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London, England, 1851-12-10 00:00:00

DECEMBER 10 1 851 .
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NGLO-CALIFORNIAN GOLD MINING
Ll COMPANY.
(Incorporated pursuant to 7 and 8 Via.)
Offices—No. 11, Adam-street, Adelphi.
Capital, 50,0001.,
In 100,000 Shares of 10s. (fully paid up) each.
No Shareholder will be liable beyond the amount of his Sh3Fe3.
TRUSTEES.
Charles Herbert Cottrell, Esq., Hadley, Herts.
George Emmott Green, Esq., Emmott Hall, Lancashire.
Janice Harmer, Esq., ingress Park, Greenhithe, Kent.
CHAIRMAN.
GEORGE EDWARD COTTRELL, Esq., James-street, Back-
ingham-gate ; and New-square, Lincoln's Inn.
VICE-CHAIRMAN.
FRANCIS DENNIS MASSY DAWSON, Esq., Yietaria-
square ; and Flovvden-buildings, Temple.
DIRECTORS.
John Barker, M.D., Richmond, Surrey.
Symeon Taylor Bartlett, LL.D. Cambridge.
Jonathan Falder, Esq.. Penrith.
Charles Hincks, Esq., Birmingham.
Joseph George Parker, Esq., Warminster.
Sir C. S. Rumbold, Bart., Argyll-street, Regent-street.
RESIDENT DIRECTOR IN CALIFORNIA.
Captain Sir Henry Vero Huntley, R.N.
BANKERS.
London and County Bank, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Coombe and Nickoll, Bridge-street, Westminster.
SUPERINTENDENTS IN CALIFORNIA.
James Maconochie, Esq. I William Godfrey Beet, Esq.
SECRETARY (ad interim).
Mr. George Frederick Goodman.
This Company being now completely registered, the Directors
take the earliest opportunity of laying before the Shareholders a
statement of its progress ant prospects.
It may be confidently asserted that no Company was ever brought
before the public with equal prospect of speedy and successful

results.
The prompt assistance afforded by the Shareholders to the Direc-
tors, and the perfect confidence in the management displayed by
them, have enabled the Directors to take such steps as must ensure
an enormous dividend within a few months.
Sir Henry Huntley, the resident Director in California, has been
in that country five months, and the course adopted by the Directors
for carrying out this enterprise results from the experience obtained'
by him tiering situ period. The instructions given to Sir Henry
Hunt ey were, in effect, that he should make every possible inquiry
relative to the state of the country. the tenure of land, the com-
parative merits of the different quartz veins in the several districts
of California, and after, mature deliberation to advise the Directors
as to their best course of proceeding, and to take such measures as
would enable them to carry out his views as speedily as possible.
Following these instructions, he has secured for the benefit of the
Company, sufficient lands for all mining purposes ; hut he is clearly
of opinion, that for the present, at least, it is not desirable to und4r-
take mining operations, but to crush and amalgamate quartz to
be supplied by those who are possessed of mines, and have raised
the quartz. With the assistance of some gentlemen of great
experience is geology and mining matters, he has inspected and
tested a great variety of veins in the Mariposa, Nevada, Grass
Valley, and other districts, and has come to the conclusion,
upon sound reasons, that the vicinity of Grass Valley and
Nevada City, is that which affords the greatest advantages for car-
rying on our enterprise. He has, therefore, entered into an agree-
ment with some American gentlemen, who have formed a company,
and have opened, and, to a considerable extent, worked a vein of
quartz, di.tant about three miles from Grass:Valley and Nevada
Cite, and about thirty miles from Sacramento City, to crush and
amalgamate the quartz to be raised from the mine opened by
them. By means of machinery, he has already cm hod
and amalgamated considerable quantities of the quartz sup-
plied him from this mine; and the is salt of his operations
has been to satisfy himself that the vein is of a full average
richness, and that the locality oilers many important advantages in
the way of water, fuel, means of transit, Ste., &c. He has, there-
fore, entered into a formal agreement with that Company, which, in
a few words, amounts to this: he is to be supplied by them with as
much quartz as his machinery shall be found capable of crushing;
the quartz is to be deposited at the mills free of expense ;
he gold crush and amalgamate it at his own expense, and
he produced is to be divided equally between the owners
of the vein and our Company. Formal and legal agreements
for carrying out the above arrangement fairly and honestly, and
without any copartnership, have been entered into. Steam-engines
and machinery estimated to crush about thirty tons of quartz a day,
with fundssufficient for putting it in motion, have been plac under
the control su
of Sir Henry Huntley ; and, unless some unexpected
delay has arisen, the machinery is now actually at work, and a
return will be made about Christmas next.
For the satisfaction of the existing shareholders of this Company,
and without wishing, in any manlier, to deteriorate from the merits
of other Companies, the Directors ate desirous of calling attention
to some of the more protninent advantages possessed by this Com-
pany over others now in the field. Shareholders in other Companies
must mainly rely up al reports sent over by persons interested in
selling the mine; we rely upon the reports of our own resident
Director and his practical assistants on the spot, whose only
interest is to give us facts. The Directors of other
Companies generally base the estimate of the value of
their mine upon calculations founded on excerhnents
upon a few pieces of specimen quartz, sent over to this country for
the express purpose of advertising the commodity offered for sale to
tke British public ; we found our calculations upon experiments
tried, during several weeks, on quartz raised from the mine, and
crushed and amalgamated by our own Superintendent, and with our
own machinery and apparatus. Other Companies propose to
incur the expense and risk of carrying out mining operations
upon their vein, before the quartz arrives at their mill, and, should
their labours prove •successful, they must then pay out of their
profits large per-centages for obtaining their leases, and large royal
ties to their lessors ; whereas we have secured as much quartz as
our machinery is capable of crushing,
the title to which is as secure
or
as that of any other company, unfettered by any per-centage
royalty. The half of the produce to be paid by this Company to the
parties who supply us, free of expense, with the quartz, being in fact '
merely equivalent to the dividend upon the outlay of capital ex- I
pended in raising the quartz, and lodging it at the mill. All the
new companies, unlike this, must be a considerable time before
their arrangements and machinery can be ready for carrying out
their schemes—this Company alone is actually at work.
The paid-up capital of the Company will not exceed 20,000/. An
almost certain estimate of the produce of our machinery can be
formed, and, from the calculations made, the Directors confidently
anticipate being able even at the most moderate estimate, to afford
a dividend of 200 per cent., at the least, within the next twelve I
months. According to the data furnished to us, the quartz which
we are now working yields upon an average 4d. per pound, or 11.
17s. 41. per cwt., or 371. Gs. Bd. per ton • and, as we can crush and
amalgamate at least 20 tons per diem, would amount to 7461.
13s. 41, or 3731. 6s. Bd. per diem as the share of this Company.
By the peculiar arrangements this Company has made, based
upon practical experience, the economy in working expenses must
necessarily be such as to render the current outlay most trifling.
In case circumstances should induce the Directors to alter the
system now adopted, and lead them to undertake mining operations
of their own, arrangements have been made securing four distinct
sites, most carefully selected for their eligibility for mining pur-
poses, and Sir Henry Huntley has on the spot Cornish miners who
went out with him, and who have voluntarily rote ndered him their
services.
The gentlemen who formed the, Provisional Committee of this
Company, have added to their number several gentlemen possessing
the acquaintance and entire confidence of a very large body of
Shareholders in the provincial districts. To add such men to the
Dire story was due to those Shareholders who have in fact estab-
lished and nobly supported this Company. Measures will be taken
for further augmenting the Directory, and a Special General Meet-
ing of the Shareholders will be convened for the middle of January.S
In conclusion, the Directors beg to offer their
received an best thanks d
to the
Shareholders or the uniform support they have they
pledge themselves that the affairs of this Company shall be con-
ducted with the most rigid eco
hnomy,
areholders and with the sole view of for-
warding the interest of the S.
The Directors beg to call the attention of Shareholders particular*
to the fact that, from the system adopted by this Company, it can-
not be affected by the question now agitated between the holders of
leases and Colonel Fremont or his agents. The district
the tract select
cla ied for
the operations of this Company is far removed fromclaimed
by Colonel Fremont. The difficulty arising out of the many points
now raised relative to the tenure of land underr leashavi es, had
the been
control
long
known to and was maturely considered by se ng
of the affairs of this Company, and was one of the reasons which in-
duced them to pursue for the present the course they have, and not
to incur certain heavy expenses with doubtful resul.
The Directors trust that Shareholders will approve of the prudence
of the course they have adopted.
Prospectuses
.may be had upon application at the offices of the
Company.

PARIS IN A STATE OF SIEGE.
THE ASSEMBLY DISMISSED.
General Officers, the Leaders of Party, arrested and sent to
Prison, the Council of State Dissolved, and Louis Napoleon its
Dictator. This astounding intelligence, transmitted from Paris in a
few minutes, nearly frightened London from its propriety on Tues-
day last, ye Strom all we can lean the President completely followed
the example set in the British metropolis years ago, even to the
close, for when he had effected the mighty change he appealed to
the people, whose support alone he craved. The change to which
we refer was that which in forty-eight hours was accomplished by
E. MOSES and SON. The monopolists were more formidable than
the General Assembly, and they were not without leaders, but
Messrs. E. MOSES and SONS crushed them at once by lowering
the price of a man's clothes fifty per cent., and appealing to the
people. What was the result? The extortion and wrong doings of
those they displaced was apparent, and the people exulted in the
change. They gladly seized upon the benefits extended to them,
and supported the firm. Every. man in the kingdom is now at
liberty to buy for himself and his family better clothes than they
ever bad before, and at less than half price; let any one, if indeed
there be any, who doubts this, inspect the present unrivalled stock
of Winter Clothing at the Monarch Mart in Aldgate and the
Minories, or their Grand West-end Branch Establishment in New
Oxford-street, corner of Hart-street, ?vilere everything of the newest
and neatest and best is marked with its prices, and they will doubt
no longer.

E. MOSES and SON.
London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories,
i 4, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
London West-end Branch, 506, 557, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, I,
tnd 3, Hart-street, all communicating.
Bradford Yorkshire Branch, 19, Bridge-street.
Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate.
Tailors, Clothiers, Matters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoo-
nakers, and general Outfitters for Ladies and gentlemen.
The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on
t r Is, s when business is resumed till Twelve o'clock.
The New Book, entitled " The Exhibition for All Nations," in
Three Languages, viz. :—English, French, and German, and contain-
ing fall directions for self measurement, can be hd gratis, on appli-
cation, or forwarded post free to any part of the kiangdom.
A handsome Almanac, for the year ending 1852, can be had gratis,
on application.
Id l'on parle Francaise. Qui si aria
Hier spricht man Deutsch. Aqui se habla Espanol.

MEDICAL ADVyTCOEuTONa
ATNEIDE
mSEACTRuERTI FIR MI TIES OF
With Plain Directions for their Prevention and Cure.
published, F TY
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and
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Dutch, Spanish,
Italian, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post
for Forty-two Stamps,
SE LF-
EngEINisiGi,RAVIUNaGnS
PRESERVAT N; a
'ty usually aSecret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Matari
h sical and
Medical Treatise on the Physiology' of Marriage, and on tho
s-
quired at an early period of life, which destroy the P
mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and ex-
haust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on
the certain Prevention and successfill Treatment of Nervous Debi •
lity, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all
Diseases and derangements resulting from Indiscretion, as adopted
by Lallemand, Ilicord, and other eminent members of the faculty of
France. With Fifty coloured En ravings, illustrating the Anatomy,
Physiology, and Diseases of thge Reproductive Organs, exe'aillult:
their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that
are produced in them by solitary habits. excesses, and infection.
By SAMITEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
87, BEDFORD-SQUARE LONDON.
Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society,
Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the HUnterlan
Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c., &c.
This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana-
tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative
conditions in health and disease. Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the
highest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo-
nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical mall
who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the
treatment of these complaints. He may be consulted with advan-
tage by all those whose constitutions may have become debilitated
through secret practices acquired in youth, er by the excesses of
later years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of
marriage frustrated, an' existence itself rendered a term of unceas-
ing misery and regret.
Published by the Author, and may he had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater-
noster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchborne-street,
Haymarket; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street; Maim, 23, Cornhill ;
or free by post for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence,
who may be consulted on these disorders persona,V, or by letter,
from Tea tin Two, and ft= Biz till Eight.

ATANDLE WATER and SEWERAGE COM-
PANY (LIMITED RESPONSIBILITY).
A BILL for the INCORPORATION of the COMPANY was read a
second time in the last Session of Parliament, and was referred to a
Committee, at which stage (by special resolutions of both Houses)
it is allowed to be proceeded with in the next session.
Capital 300,000/, in 30,0 0 Shares of 101. each. Deposit 12s. 61.
per share, of which 7s. wdl be returned in the event of an Act not
being obtained in the ensuing session of Parliament.

At the termination oft he last session the Shareholders were offered
the 7s. per share, but only one, lidding four shares, availed himself
of this privilege.

TRUSTEES.
Joseph Somes, Esq , of Blackwall, shipowner.
George Stone, Esq , of Lombard-street, banker.
AUDITORS.
Samuel Gamey, jun., Esq., Lombard-street, bmker.
Frederick Mildred, Esq., 35, Nichas-lane, banker.
DIRECTORS.
Chairman—JOHN MACGREGOR, Esq., M.P.
Deputy-Chairman—CHAßLES REYNOLDS, Esq.

Samuel Whiierield Daukes, Esq , 14, Whitehall-place.
Edward Esdaile, Esq., City Saw-mills, Regent's Canal.
George D'Olier (lowan, Esq., Dulwich; and 7, Copthall•conrt.
John Laurence, Esq , 11.C.5., 15, Regent-street.
John Macgregor, Esq., M.P., 1, Princes terrace, Hyde-park.
Frederick Pollock, Esq., 11.C.5., Southlands, Battersea.
Charles Reynolds, Esq., Wallington Lodge, Carshalton, Surrey.
Thomas Robinson, Esq.. Bernard-street, Russell-square.
John Peary Williams, Esq., Bury-street, St. James'-square; and
Abercanalais, Brecon.
Engineer and Surveyor—F. P. Thompson, Esq.
Consulting Engineers—Messrs. Easton and Amos.

Bankers—Messrs. Martin, Stone, and Martins, Lombard-street.
Brokers—Messrs. Sheppard and Sins, 28, Threadneedle-street, City,

Solicitor;-;-Nieurs. Mullins and Paddison.

The want of a wholesome and efficient water supply is more 'se-
verely felt south of the Thames than in any other part of the metro-
polis. The Sanitary Commissioners say the present supply there is
" wholly unfit for use, and is highly dangerous to the health of the
persons who drink it."
The Company has for its object the supply of pure water at con-
stant and high service, and has received the most cordial support
from the proprietors, ratepayers, and inhabitants in general of this
large district, evidenced by their numerous petitions and by the re-
solutions of public bodies, such as the Quarter Sessions, the District
Board of Health, &c.
It has long been known that the Wandle water is the purest of any
within practicable distance of the Metropolis (see the public evidence
taken before the Committees of the House of CJrnmons.) From this
source a minimum supply of 27,000,000 of gallons daily can be ob-
tained without injury to any one. The present supply of Thames
water is about 9,000,000.

The Company, either through the instrumentality of the existing
Companies, or by paroehial or other public bodies, or their own
means, will be able to send " unintermittent streams of cool, fresh
lucid water, sparkling and pure, up every ceart and alley, and to the
very garrets of the meanest houses, at a very low rate of charge."
And these essentials they can guarantee ; because, besides the ad-
mitted superiority of the Wandlo water, which in its natural state
possesses a greater " freedom from putrescible organic matter," and
from " discoloration," as well as greater " brightness, clearness,
softness, and coolness," than any others, this Company's plaa com-
prises a complete system of Intercepting drainage to carry off the
impurities of mills and houses—an origipal and perfect method of
nitration (invented by Mr. F. P. Thodipson, the Engineer to the
Company), to be applied in the grand reservoir itself, 160 feet
above Trinity high water mark, whence it will flow in uninterrupted
distribution by mere gravity to the thousands of buildings in the
cistrict, in a state as cool and limpid as any well water—and lastly,
because the Company apply by their Bill for a compulsory limitation
of profits, so that the abuse of high charges will here be an impos-
sioillty, whilst there will be sufficient profit to afford a liberal remu-
neration to the shareholders.

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The Thames water throughout contains sulphates and chlorides of
some sort, and the water at Ditton, besides these, is impregnated
with the sewerage of Hampton-court and other districts, compre-
hending a population of three-quarters of a million. "No amount
of boiling can separate the sulphates and chlorides"—they will re-
main and constitute a permanent hardness. In the NVandie water
there Is no sulphate or chloride of any sort ; but there is present the
carbonate of soda, which renders it admirable for all domestic pur-
poses, and to such " water M. Soyer gives a preference for tea-
making, even ova distilled water." .

Application for the remaining shares to be made to Messrs.
Sheppard and Sons, 28, Threadneedle-street, City, and to the Secre-
tary, at the Temporary Offices, 15, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury,
where prospectuses and all other information mey be obtained.
WILLIAM HOLLO WAY, Secretary.
November 14, 1851.

NOTICE.

R. DISRAELI'S NEW WORK,
"LORD GEORGE BENTINCK,"

A Political Biography,
WILL BE READY ON MONDAY, DEC. 15,
In One large Vol. Bvo., price 160. bound.

Those who desire early copies are requested to send their orders
immediately to their Booksellers.
Colburn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

LADRENT'S CASINO.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
St. James's, is OPEN every Evening for the Winter Season.

Laurent's well-known and celebrated Band, principal Cornet-I-
Piston, M. Bonlcourt.
During the recess the Rooms have been re-decorated, and many
improvements made, under the sole direction of Mr. G F. Fryer.
Doors open at Half-past Eight, to commence at Nine o'clock.
. .

Admisslon-ZONZ SHILLING.

REVOLUTION IN FR A NCE.—This was
foretold for November in ZADKIEL'S ALMANAC for 1552,

page 40.
This work (price 6d.) contains tho Destiny of France, Italy, Ire-
land, &c.

Published by A. Hall and Co.
N.B. Just ready, An ESSAY on LOVE and MATRIMONY. By
ZADKIEL. One Shilling. A Christmas Present.

THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENTS.
INSURANCE against ACCIDENTS of ALL KINDS, whether
train Falls of Houses, Fires, Railway Collisions, Explosions or any
other cause whatever.

ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY,
7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury, London.
Incorporated under 7th and sth Vic., c. 110.
CHAIRMAN—KENYON S. PARKER, Esq., Q.C. •
Distinctive Features of the Company.
A fixed payment in case of death from accident or violence.
To Insure 1001. by Annual Payment.
Class I. I Class 11. I Class 111.
Sc. 6d. I Os. I 7s. 6d. to 40s.
Single Payment for Life, Class 1., 11. is.
_ _

A fixed payment in case of death from accident or violence, with
a fixed weekly sum in ease of non-fatal injury, and an allowance for
medical expenses.
To insure 1001. on death, 11. per week compensation, and 21. for
medical expenses, by annual payment.
Class I. I Class 11. Class 111.
12s. I 15s. 20s. to 50s.
A fixed sum on death by accident while travelling on a railway, with
compensation in case of non-fatal accident, by annual payment.
To insure £lOOO .• 10s.
500 • • • • • • 7s.
SI
300 • • • . • . 68.
Prospectuses, with further information, may be had at the offices
of the Company, or front any of the Company's Agents.
WILLIAM YOUNG, Secretary.

SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS.
TO SECRETARIES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,
CLERKS. STATION-MISTERS, RAILWAY OFFICIALS,
BANKERS' CLERKS, TRAVELLERS, AND OTHERS.
TIMES LIFE ASSURANCE and
GUARANTEE COMPANY.
32, Ludgate-hill, London.
Incorporated under 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110.
HONORARY PRESIDENTS.
CHARLES HINDLEY, Esq., M.P.. Dartmouth Nouse, Westminster.
JAMES KERSHAW, Esq., M.P., Stockport.
TRUSTEES.
James Alexander Douglas, Esq., 11, Queen-square.
Ambrose Moore, Esq.. Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square.
James Nisbet, Esq., Berners-street, Oxford-street.
CHAIRMAN—The Hon. FRANCIS VILLIERS, Berkeley-square.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN —JAMES WYLD, Esq., M.P., Charing-cross.
"TUE TIMES" COMPANY
Affords Guarantee to persons requiring the same at the lowest
possible rate, and Divides Four-fifths of tho Profits. Thus by apply-
ing the justly popular principle of Mutuality to Public Guarantee,
the Premiums, instead of being a tax upon honesty, become a
means of saving and investment.
RATES—From 7s. 6d. upwards. No charge for Stamps or extra

ges.
An allowance made in the Guarantee Premium where a Life As-
surance and Guarantee are combined.
LIFE ASSURANCE.
Life Assurances, Annuities, and Endowments. Payments taken
Monthly as well as Quarterly, Szc.
Policies Indisputable save in cases of Fraud.
Arrangements can be made with this Office to prevent the Toes of a
Policy where the Assured is unable, from temporary embarrassment,
to keep up the payments,

H. E. SHERIDIN, Manager.

BRITANNIA
OMPANY . LIFE ASSURANCE
C
1, Princes-street, Bank, London.
Established August 1, 1837.
Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 4th Viet. cap. 9.
:BAUMAN— Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park,
ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION.
Half Credit Rates of Premium.
Persons assured according to these rates are allowed credit
for half the amount of the first seven annual premiums,
paying interest thereon at the rate of five per cent. per annum, with
the option of payin deducted arrears of premiums, at any time, or
having the amount from the sum assured when the policy
becomes a claim.
For Securing Loans and Debts.
A Table adapted especially for the securing of Loans and Debts, by
which the fullest security is obtained on very low, but gradually in-
creasing premiums.
Policies revived, without the exaction of a fine, at any time within
twelve months, if health remain unimpaired.
A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two s'rlark.
Age of the Assured in every case admitted in the Policy.
Medical attendants remunerated in all cases for their report!.
Extract from the Half Credit Rates of Premium.
Annual Premium required for an Assurance of 1001. for the whole
Term of Life.

Half Premium for Whole Premium after
Age. Seven Years. Seven Tears.
............—.... A 5. d. X s. d.
ao 1 1 9 2 3 6
40 1 9 2 2 18 4
50 2 2 6 4 5 0
60 2 6 8 6 13 4

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

DR- CU LVERWELL'S NEW WORKS.
To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; CarvalhO.
147, Fleet-street; Mane, 39, Cernhill ; or direct from the author ;
price One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d.
ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
"Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time."
Corrxbrrs :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex-
cursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes. Bills,
Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country
Trips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home
—Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing
Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c.

II
FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Tw• Vold•
Vol. I.
VISIT TO THE LAKES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, Sce,

Vol. 11.
TICE LIMES OF KILL ►RNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF
DUBLIN, &c.
HI.
WHIT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID,
" That three score years and ten our course may run."
A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of nor-
you ly-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses
the young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em-
bitters old age ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu-
lation of every-day life.

Iv.
THE PASSIONS.
"What passions hurt the body—what improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."

SreJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad-
vent of the pa3stons. Chastity and its infringements. The casual-
ties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations graphic, nar-
rative, and remediative. AdvocacVy of early marriages.

THE MARRIAGE STATE.
"To be or not to be, that is the question."
PROGRAMME :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli-
gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and
figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them.
Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion.
Cases, &c.
By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A.
(1824). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these
matters. Reception hours daily till Five. Evenings, Seven till
NM, UCielltritleete

REFORM OF THE CUSTOMS.

_ - - - -
Yesterday a numerous and highly respectable de-
putation, appointed by a public meeting held on the
3 I instant, for the purpose of effecting a reform of the
Board of Customs, had an interview with Lord John
Russell at the Treasury. The following gentlemen
were present on the occasion :—Mr. Mast,rman, M.P,
Baron Lionel Rothschild, M.P., Sir J. Duke, 134 rt.,
M.P., Alderman Thompson, M.P., Mr. James Clay,
M.P., Mr. Matthew Forster,.M.P., Alderman Hum-
phery, M.P., Mr. John MlGregor, M.P., Mr. T. A.
Mitchell,' M.P., Mr. Archibald Hastie, Mr.
George Sandars, M.P., Mr. John Sadlier, M.P., Al-
derman Salomons, M P., Mr. W. Williams, M.P.,
Mr. Adamson (a deputation from Aberdeen), Mr.
Travers, Mr. R. W. Crawford, Mr. J. D. Powles,
Mr. J. P. Gassiot, Mr. Frederick Charles Huth, Mr.
Thomas Tooke, sen., Mr. Thomas Tooke, jun., Mr.
C. Marryat, Mr. R. Hutchinson, Mr. W. J. Hall,
Mr. Benjamin B. Greene, Mr. Matthew Clark, Mr.
W. S. Lindsay, Mr. William Wallace, Mr. Frederick
Pattison, Mr. W. Hawes, Mr. J. Forster, Mr. A.
Crowe, Mr. W. Pye, Mr. P. Dickson, Mr. R. Har-
rison, Mr. H. L. Morgan, Mr. J. Dillon, Mr. A.
Caldecott, Mr. A. Bo3anquet, Mr. T. Naghten, Mr.
J. J..D..Allcroft, Mr. F. Pegler, Mr. J. Sim, Mr. B.
Lancaster, Mr. W. 11. Schneider, Mr. Sandeman,
Mr. A. de Arroyave, Mr. H. Watson, Mr. W. Greg-
son, Mr.l. G. Frith, Mr. C. Paris, Mr. S. Hanson,
Mr. R. J. Bagshaw, Mr. E. Burmester, Mr. T. Bux-
ton, Mr. Peel, Mr. J. Walker, and Mr. G. Hurry.
At one o'clock the deputation assembled at the
Treasury, and were received by Lord J. Russell and
Earl Granville.
Mr. MASTERMAN, addressing the Noble Lords,

observed, that the present interview had been sought
for in consequence of certain resolutions adopted at a
public meeting held in the city of London in the
course of last week. He had had the honour to pre-
side over that meeting, and he thought he had never
witnessed a more numerous or a more respectable as-
sembly. Nothing like political feeling intermingled
in the proceedings ; the gentlemen present had long
considered the great grievances suffered by merchants
through the course pursued by the Customs Board,
and had long wished for an alteration in some way, but
the recent proceedings against the dock companies had
rendered that feeling more intense; for, when public
bodies could be so attacked, Hamada individuals fear that
attacks would be made:on them. The deputation had
not sought the present interview with the view of
dictating any [particular measure to his Lordship
(Lord John Russell), though his Lordship was aware
of a report which had been adopted at a recent meet-
ing in•the city. How far that might meet his Lord-
ship's views it was not for him to say; but the main
point.they had now to urge was that some change
should take place, and that an assurance might be
given that the Select Committee ou Customs of last
year would be re-appointed.----(Eiear, hear.)
Mr. TRAVERS, the chairman of the deputation, then
read the following paper, entitled,
" REPRESENTATION TO THE RIGHT LION. LORD JOHN
RUSSELL, FIRST LORD OF HER MAJESTY'S TREA-
SURY, AND MEMBER FOR THE CITY OF LONDON,
BY THE DEPUTATION, APPOINTED AT A PUBLIC
MEETING FOR REFORM OF THE CUSTOMS, HELD AT
THE LONDON TAVERN, DEC. 3, 1351.
" The report and resolutions unanimously adopted at
the public meeting from which this deputation derives
its authority have been already laid ;before your Lord-
ship, and explain the reasons which have induced us to
solicit the favour of this interview.

" Whether for the purpose of further inquiry into the
abuses and inefficiency of the Customs' department of
the public service, or of proceeding at once to the recom-
mendation of complete remedial measures, the deputation
have been commissioned to express the earnest desire of
the commercial classes that the Select Committee of last
session on the Customs should be reappointed at the
earliest period after the reassembling of Parliament; and
explicitly to ascertain the intentions of Government on
this subject. We, therefore, take leave to solicit the
favour of au intimation of your Lordship's determination
in reference to the re-appointment of the Select Com-
mittee.

" The deputation would be well contented here to
close their duties. But they have been charged with a
further commission, which, although, as involving re-
flections on individuals, they should have been glad to
be relieved from the painful necessity of fulfilling, they
regard as not less imperative upon them than important
in its own results.

" We have been desired emphatically to express the
great dissatisfaction experienced by the mercantile body
with that department of your Lordship's Government
which directs the administration of the Custom-house
system.
" When the merchant complains to the officers charged
with the collection of foreign revenue of irksome re-
strictions, useless forms, improper detentions, or unjust
seizures, the latter plead in justification of their seta a
Board's order, or the letter of the law. When the party
aggrieved appeals to the Board, that tribunal refers to
the obligation of the Acts of Parliament as its warrant,
or to the want of power to dispense with the requisitions
of statutes, the provisions of the tariff, or the absence of
a discretionary faculty as its excuse, and throws the
responsibility on the Treasury, as the sole depository of
discretionary powers in the last resort to grant dispen-
sations from obviously unjust regulations, or oppressive
applications of the law.
The public are thus induced to regard the Govern-
ment as ultimately responsible for the abuses of which
they complain, either by
a misapplication of the powers
it possesses, or by neglecting to apply to Parliament
for the ability to introduce such reforms as it never re-
fuses to the reasonable representations of an Adminis-
tration in which it reposes confidence.
"Regarding the Treasury as the head of the whole
revenue branch of the public service, we are instructed
to charge it upon that department—
" 1. That the:Board of Customs,of which it is, or ought
to be, the master, is generally inefficient and incompe-
tent; and that it has been suffered to regulate its own
time and attendance on its public duties, and to neglect
the recommendations of successive Commissions, and
even the instructions of the Treasury.
"2. That no improvement has been adopted in the
system of appointments, either of commissioners or in-
ferior officers, so as to secure to the public the benefits
of a competent administration of the system.
"3. That the Commissioners are inaccessible, their
proceedings conducted in secret, the official representa-
tions on which they decide concealed from the parties
they affect, and that their acts are therefore altogether
removed from accountability to the public.
"4. That their responsibility even to their superiors
is rendered practically a dead letter, inasmuch as an
appeal from the Board results only in a reference to the
very tribunal from whose decision the appeal is made.
" 5. That the very fact of the co-existence of a Trea-
sury Commission and Parliamentary Committee to in-
quire into and remove the acknowledged abuses of the
department is substantially an evidence of the general
conviction of the necessity of delegating to other
parties the duties which properly devolve on the Trea-
sury,annsde
qouf e
ni interposing po of s
tli consequences
are caused solely by the want of a proper super-
tnagne to
neglect,
or to remove complaints
exercise its functions to avert
super-
vision of its officers. On referring to the twelve heads
of measures of reform suggested in the report adopted
by the public meeting, it may be seen that many of them
might have been carried into effect by the simple execu-
tion of the authority of the Treasury; and that, with
regard to such as required the interposition of Parlia-
ment, to that department of the Government must be
attributed the omission or refusal to propose the neces-
sary measure for affecting the desired alteration.
,“ 6. While many examples have been forwarded to the
Committee, duly authenticated,
tion of the Customs' .Department,of gross maladministra-
the deputation confine
themselves to circumstances judicially recorded or re-
portsd to the Legislature, and therefore known to your
Lordship, for the justification of the public meeting in
committing to this deputation the painful duty they now
discharge. From the proceedings connected with the
pros: cutions at the instance of the Crown against the
London and St. Katherine Dock Companies, the follow-
ing conclusions are but too plainly deducible
" 1. That if the acts charged against these companies
have been illegal, indictable, and fraudulent, they have
been practised for many years with the sanction and
concurrence of that Board which now charges these acts
upon them as highly penal offences.
"2. That if the 'nominal fines' accepted by Govern-
ment as a compromise satisfy the justice of the ease
against the Dock Companies, the prosecutions were
totally without excuse; while if the counts of the indict-
ments, and especially the charge of the then Solicitor-
General, were true, the withdrawal of the several pro-
secutions cannot easily be distinguished from compound-
ing of felony.
" 3. That the attempt of the solicitor of the Customs
to withhold from the accused before trial all information
of the particulars of the offences charged against them,
which brought down upon the prosecutors the marked
animadversion of the Court of Exchequer, and the sub-
sequent endeavour to ignore the judicatory chosen by the
Crown, and to heap.costs on the defendants by moving
for a new trial, are signal examples of abuse of powers,
and perversions of the first principles of justice for
which no plea of public
exigency could afford even a
feeble palliation.
"4. That while the first case and clearest duty of
Government is to support and respect our great na-
tional institutions, the unmeasured accusations and in-
temperate language by which the London Dock Com-
pany by the public officers were cal-
culated to create the utmost alarm among our foreign
consignors for the safety
of their property, to degrade
has been assailed
the high estimation entertained abroad of the character
of our merchants, and materially to affect our commerce;
Baron, while the charge of the Chief and the verdict of
jury, have proved such charges s po ex ressed to have
cation.
been not merely untrue, but wlthout reasonable justifi-

"5. That the means adopted to compel the submission
and consummate the humiliation of the Dock Companies
have been oven more discreditable than the end; having
been pursued by secretly taking the servants of the

companies into the pay of the Crown; by the suborna-
tion of witnesses in the shape of subsistence money, and
corrupt promises of future provision or employment; by
converting the servants of great mercantile institutions
into spies, to the subversion of all discipline and fidelity;
by settling public offimrs to the chief customers of the
companies, to whisper away their character and destroy
their trade; and by perverting the public money to the
corruption of sixty-two dock servants, who for the pur-
poses of the prosecution ageinet their employers were
taken into the pay of the Executive.
"6. By practically ignoring the existence of the
Select Committee to whom the cases of tho lbek Com-
panies were expressly referred by the Ileum of Com-
mons, by giving fresh notices of trial in some cases, and
otherwise keeping alive 120 actions simultaneously,
pending a Parliamentary investigation; thus piling ac-
tion upon action, cost upon cost, and ne upon penalty,
to the extent of upwards 150,0001.; and concluding by
the acceptance of two pitiful nominal mulcts of 10/., to
the outrage of public justice; and at the risk of bringing
our tribunals into contempt, by misapplying their legiti-
mate functions to the purposes of oppression.
" 7. By the arrest and arraignment of the most valued
officers of the companies, and the incarceration of some
of their servants and labourers in their casual employ-
ment, on charges of smuggling and felony, without any
justification whatever, and on utterly futile pretences, by
removing the trials from the Central Criminal Court to
the Queen's Bench; by wantonly withdrawing the re-
cord on the very day of trial, at an oppressive cost to
the defendants; by keeping these charges of felony, in-
volving penalties of upwards of 98,000/. suspended inde-
finitely over their heads, at the same time refining either
to substantiate or abandon them, and then having com-
promised the prosecutions against their employers by
ultimately retracting, without assigning reason, criminal
charges proved to have been preferred without cause.
" Such is the abuse of unconstitutional powers, for the
exercise of which the Treasury is held by the public
responsible to Parliament. That it has not erred in ig-
norance or neglected its duty from not knowing it is but
too certain. If it is not the author, it has been at least
the abettor of these scandalous proceedings, and tempe-
rate and friendly remonstrance against such unheard of
acts has, we regret to say, been received by the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer with disregard, and dismissed
with discourtesy. He has persevered in the infliction of
wrong until its very enormity has alarmed its victims
into submission. He has broken the conditions on the
honourable understanding of which technical legal ad-
missions were drawn from the London Dock Company,
which rendered further resistance impracticable, and
finally, ho has concluded the negotiation by a gross
misrepresentation of the concessions of the company, and
by. putting a construction upon their words which is en-
tirely negatived by the correspondence.
"On these and other grounds we have been instructed

to press upon your Lordship the necessity of recom-
mending the re-appointment of the Select Committee, in
the view of promoting the reforms recommended in the
report adopted by the public meeting from which we are
deputed, and of convoying to your Lordship the expres-
sion of the deep and general dissatisfaction entertained
by the commercial classes with the administration of the
fiscal department of your Government.
" By order and in name of the deputation,
"J. J. FRANCIS, Chairman.

" ROBERT WIGRAM CRAWFORD, Deputy Chairman."
Lord J. RUSSELL next addressed the deputation.
Ile said, that of course the deputation would not ex-
pect, in respect to those grave charges, which doubt-
less they had maturely considered, which they had
prepared and written down, that he should be at the
moment ready to give them any reply one way or the
other. The matter itself, as concerned the Board of
Customs and the Treasury, was one which he ad-
mitted to be of the deepest importance. The Govern-
ment was not insensible to the importance of making
alterations with respect to the department which was
charged with the collection of so great a portion of
the revenue, a duty which ought to be performed
with as little vexatious interference as possible with
the lawful pursuits of commerce—(Hear, hear)—
and with that view his Ndble Friend Lord Granville
was appointed, with other official gentlemen, to in-
quire on the subject. At a later period a committee
was appointed by the House of Commons, and he
might here remark, that though it has been repre-
sented that the Chancellor of the Exchequer opposed
the appointment of that Committee, the fact was,
that as far as referred to the general administration of
the Customs' department, his Right Hon. Friend did
not offer any opposition to the appointment of the
Committee, but he did state, that with respect to
questions pending in a court of law, he was doubtful
whether they could be referred to a Committee of the
House. In that respect the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer merely repeated what was stated some twenty
or thirty times every session, whenever such a
question was raised. It was to be observed, how-
ever, that this Customs' department, and the laws
of the Customs, faulty as the deputation might find
them, and admitting, no doubt, of improvement, had
been framed by very able men, who had presided at
the Treasury from time to time; and he recollected
Mr. Huskisson—a man by no means incapable of un-
derstanding the subject, or unfit to be intrusted with
the framing of legislative measures connected with
it,—saying, with a boast in the House of Commons,
while holding up a volume in his hand, that he had
reformed the laws of the Customs. Still, he (Lord
J. Russell) did not deny that great improvement
might be made with respect to those laws and in the
construction (we understood) of the department.
With respect to the present Board, it so happened
that during the five years he had been at the head of
the Treasury no appointment of a Commissioner of
Customs had been made by him. The Board now
ruling that department was the same as he found ex-
isting when he came into office five years back, and
the only gentleman he had appointed to a high office
was Mr. Pressley, a gentleman well qualified from
his knowledge to fill the situation. Therefore, with
respect to this particular Board of Customs, he could
have no prejudice one way or other. At the same
time, on looking at these grave charges, he was
bound to act justly, and not to suppose immediately
that the Board of Customs was guilty because it was
accused, but to inquire into the facts. Without en-
tering into minute particulars of the prosecutions re-
ferred to, he would say generally that it did not
follow that because very respectable men belonged
to the Dock Companies in question, therefore
frauds had not occurred through the agency
of parties in their employment. The Board
of Customs, rightly or wrongly, had a contrary
conviction. It was known that of late years
with respect to the office of the Controllership of the
Exchequer, and with respect to the department of the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners, there had been persons
found guilty of frauds without any guilt or blame
attaching to the persons at the head of those depart-
ments. It could hardly then be said, because the Dock
Companies were composed of respectable men, that
therefore it was impossible for any irregularities to
be discovered in reference to the officers under their
controul. The Board ,of Customs were persuaded of
the existence of frauds to a very great extent--4
might be wrongly or not—but they made that repre-
sentation to the Treasury, and it would have been a
grave responsibility for the Treasury and for him, the
representative of the city of London, to take on them-
selves to say, that though the Board of Customs were
persuaded that the revenue was defrauded, and ad-
vised proceedings in a court of law, they, the Trea-
sury, would prevent that proceeding and allow the
revenue to be a loser, and the general body of the
merchants of London to be wronged. This was his
feeling, and the feeling of the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, when they were on a former occasion in-
duced to put a stop to the proceedings at law, and
when they found that the Board of Customs had no
doubt on the subject. With respect to the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, it was stated in the " representa-
tion" that

" Temperate and friendly remonstrance against such
unheard of Acts has, we regret to say, been received by
the Chancellor of the Exchequer with disregard, and
dismissed with discourtesy. He has persevered in the in-
fliction of wrong until its very enormity has alarmed its
victims into submission."
He (Lord J. Russell) could not admit the justice of
those complaints. He thought that the Chancellor of
the Exchequer was bound not to interfere with the
course recommended by the Board of Customs.
Again, it was stated that the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer
" Has broken the conditions on the honourable under-
standing of which technical legal admissions were drawn
from the London Dock Company, and rendered further
resistance impracticable, and, finally, ho has concluded
the negotiation by a gross representation of the couces-
aims of the company, and by putting a construction
upon their words which is entirely negatived by the
correspondence."

He (Lord J. Russell) did not perfectly well know
what that alluded to, but there was an allegation that
the Dock Companies were ready to pay a 51. fine but
that it was raised to 1001. The representation which
was made to him was, that when something of this
kind occurred in 1817 and 1818 there was some such
small fine paid and all die expenses of the suit.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer said, how-
ever, that it would be better to get rid
of the matter altogether, and, instead of the 51.
fine and all expenses, -which would tend to keep
up subjects of irritation, it would be better to
take 1001. fine at once. Whether the fine were Si. or
1001., he did not see that it was a matter of import-
ance to the Treasury ; and be did not think that the
Chancellor of the Exchequer was liable to the charge
made against him. With respect to the general
statement, that the Board of Customs must have been
wrong in their original char ges, or else they ought
not to have agreed to a con,tpromisevtbe gentlemen

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present must be aware that,
boards, prosecutions were
and overagain, on the institutedpaymentf and given up over
who some fine or the mak-
ing some acknowledgment. er this. was accord-
ing,
to strict justice was a matter eth
with respect. to revenue
but there were innumerable
Customs next session, he was e,irtanewt'
precedents fur such. a
proceeding. With regard to the
of the re-appointment of the sevie,r.y lin porta•nt point
Committee on
lute objection to it—(hear) —bathe blase-
wniou d out pledge
himself to that course at the present
should first like to communicate with °t°llent' for he
ineaiiiii of that Committee, and confer with hiur ehrespecting
i
the advantages of its re-appointment.
_could
assure the deputation that the whole subject should
receive his impartial consideration, and any shmid
measures,.
which, while securing the revenue, would
great facilities to the dock companies and the ini'lve er-
chants generally, would meet with his strenuous sup-
port.—( Hear.)
Mr. Alderman Timairsoie admitted the possibility
of irregularities occurring in great establishments
like the dock companies; but what those companies
complained of was, that when these charges were
made against them, and they made application for a
joint inquiry, their overture received a decided and
discourteous negative from the Board of Customs.—
(Hear, hear.) He then referred to the manner in
which the dock companies had been treated, the
numerous informations filed against them, and ob-
served that the whole circumstances had created a
deep impression and alarm in the City, where it was
not thought that the Board of Customs had treated
British merchants as they ought to be treated.
Mr. PowLEs, secretary to the London Dock Com-
pany, observed that the charge of the want of good
faith rested on this fact, that upon a certain under-
standing a certain letter was written, and afterwards i
atnr'elgolhft be
el
n: .4
te d '

the understanding was broken.—(Hear, hear.) The
nominal fine of 51. was increased to 100/., besides the
expenses (10,0001.) incurred in law, and the circum-
stances of the case, which occurred some years ago,
and which had been referred- to by Lord J. Russell,
were not at all of a nature to warrant the proceedings
which had been adopted in the present instance. He
then detailed the communications which had passed
between the London Dock Company and the Go-
vernment authorities, observing that he did so for the
purpose of showing that the object of the company
was always peace, and not litigation and strife. The
Board of Customs never gave them the particulars of
one single case of delinquency against their servants,
and when they got into the Court of Exchequer the
Board opposed the application made for particulars,
without which it was impossible to connect the parti-
cular case with the particular goods. The Court of
Exchequer overruled the objection, observing that it
was not to be tolerated that British subjects should be
dragged into a court of justice without being informed
of the cause of trial.-- (Hear, hear.)
Mr. MITCHELL said, that considering the onerous
duties which occupied the time of the Noble Lord
(Lord J. Russell), he could not venture to ask him
now to read the evidence collected by the Customs'
Committee, but he trusted that the Noble Earl (Earl
Granville),in whom they all had such confidence, would
peruse that evidence, which would be shortly printed.
The conclusion to be drawn from that evidence was,
that the Commissioners of Customs had grossly
abused their powers. Nothing would give him greater
pleasure than to see the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell)
bring forward a Bill for the reform of the Customs.
It would be far better for the Noble Lord to take the
initiative than Any committee, but, if nothing was
done, the commercial community would not be satis-
fied.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to the re-apppoint-
ment of the Select Committee, he, as its late chair-
man, held himself entirely at his Lordship's disposal.
After some observations from Mr. M. CLARKE and
Mr. W. J. HALL, the latter of whom stated that
through the vexatious course pursued by the Customs,
he had lost upon some chests of tea, about 10,0001.,
and who expressed his hope that, before the deputa-
tion left, they would obtain an assurance that the
Select Committee of last session should be re-ap-
pointed,

Mr. MASTERMAN trusted that the deputation would
rest satisfied with what his Lordship had said on that
point.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. W. J. HALL, then said he should like, at least,
to have an assurance that his ease would be looked
into.

Lord J. RUSSELL said he was not acquainted wi'h
the case, and therefore it would not be prudent for
him to give any answer on the subject.
The deputation then-withdrew.

SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.
As soon as the doors were opened yesterday morn-
ing a great crowd of spectators, wbo had previously
assembled in front of the bazaar, entered the exhibi-
tion, and from nine o'clock in the morning up to ten
o'clock last night there was a continual succession of
visitors, the number being greater than on any pre-
vious " first day" since the show has occupied its
present capacious quarters.
At one o'clock the annual meeting of the members
of the club took place in the committee-room. The
Duke of Richmond occupied the chair, and was sup-
ported by the Earl of Leicester, Lord Berners, Col.
Sibthorp, M.P., Sir Matthew Pell, Mr. Brandreth
Gibbs, G-eneral•Wemyss, Mr. Barker, Mr. Fisher
Hobbs, and many of the principal graziers and breeders
belonging to the club. About sixty gentlemen
were present. The judges' awards for the present
year having been confirmed, the Duke of Richmond
was unanimously re-elected president of the club.
The Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl of Aboyne, the Earl
of Yarborough, the Earl Spencer, and Mr. Philip
Pusey, were elected vice-presidents; and the follow-
ing gentlemen were appointed trustees of the club :
The Duke of Richmond, Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, and
Lord Portman. The formal business having been
concluded, a discussion took place on the subject of a
proposed change in the classification of the animals in
future years. At the meeting held this time last
year, a committee of members was appointed to take
into consideration the advisability of showing the
animals in distinct breeds, instead of, as heretofore,
collectively. The report of this committee was re-
ceived, and after considerable deliberation, it was dee
termined by a large majority that the chief recom-
mendation it contained should be adopted. In future,
therefore, the cattle classes will be exhibited in the
following sections :—Section 1, Devons ; section 2,
Herefords ; section 3, short-horns; section 4, Scotch,
Welsh, and Irish cattle ; section 5, other pure breeds ;
section 6, mixed and cross breeds. The subdivision
of these sections and classes, and the arrangement of
the priz3s, had been carried out by the committee,
but some minor points of difference having occurred,
this portion of the report was referred back to them,
and their recommendations upon it will be received
at the meeting of the committee to be held to-morrow
at the bazaar. Several new members having been
admitted, the final arrangements for the annual din-
ner, at Freemasons' Tavern, to-morrow, were com-
pleted, and the meeting broke up.
The sale of stock was remarkably brisk throughout
the whole of yesterday. Those feeders who were
content to deal at moderate prices found buyers, but
where the prices ruled high there was no disposition
to close bargains. The best ox, to which the gold
medal, with a prize of 301., and a silver medal to the
breeder, had been awarded, was sold by its owner,
Mr. Edward Longmore, of Adforton, near Ludlow,
to Mr. Rolt, a butcher, resident at Birkenhead. The
best heifer, to which the same prizes were awarded,
was purchased of its owner, Mr. Samuel Druce, of
Eynsham, near Oxford, by Mr. Collingwood, of
Westbourne-green. Mr. William Heath's Hereford
b bmCe
rer,dooayfld_tohnew.
aEsdTgbhe
owe
uagrEhe
.tarrolba
dy.o f
LordL Leicester's
cFe setveer;
oz, to which a prize of 301., with amsirlreorramgegd,aol,f.
had been awarded, was bought by Mr. John
abNMnyodartintnhs;;Dlviveeorevfon ox-151. and silver medal--Was bought
Mount-street.
sbtereaeutt.ifuls
evsheroarlt-ohfotrhneedpricnocwe—Copnriszoeresofbe2aBo:B
were bought by Mr. Jeffery, of Foubert's-place Re-
gent-street, and one of them returns to Windsor,
having been bought by Mr. Adams, of that borough.
In the long-woolled sheep_
pen,road ,tohaws htihceh
ctrheeditgold medal classes,.. Mr. Glass, of
Lambeth-walk, has purchased Mr Bradshaw's fine
Jef-
fery, of Foubert's-place, has
Richmond's short-woolled secured the Duke
is awarded. Mr.keefpen, to which the same -
dis-
tinction was adjudged,
Mr Hedges, of the Harrow-
road,
of having
pigs, fed by Mr. Coate of Hammoon, in Dorsetshire.
The number ofsales before said, was
effected, as we
enormous, and it may be safely affirmed that nearly
half the stock in the building had changed hands when
* bought
the exhibition closed last night.
and to-morrow,
and finally the best pen. of
fihenaslillyowclowseilol nrFemriadianyonpiegnhtto. to-day

NEW COMIC WOES, BY THE AUTHOR OF " SAM
SLICK."—The numerous admirers of Judge Haliburton's
humorous productions will be delighted to hear that a new
work is announced as immediately forthcoming, entitled
" Traits of American Humour," edited by the author of
"Sam Slick." In delineating the salient peculiarities of
American character this writer is without a rival, and few,
indeed, can equal him in fresh and ever-pleasant smart-
ness, wit, drollery, acute observation,
hilarity
dclosoef
ourknowledge
Christ-
mas h rst
of human nature. The " Traits of American Humour" will
doubtless be a welcome addition to the
fireside.—Evening Paper.

_ .
—.liiiipatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from thn Governors of the North American pro-
vinces—the Qold Coast and the West India islands.

Mr. Harris, M.P., and Mr. Ellis, M.P., had an inter•
view with Lord John Rus;ell yesterday at his official re.
sidence in Downing-street to present a memorial to his
Lordship from a public meeting of the inhabitants of
Leicester on the Kafir war.

Lord John Russell left town yesterday afternoon for
Osborne, Isle of Wight, on a visit to her Majesty.
A deputation from the West of Ireland Land Invest..
meat Company had an interview with the Right Hon.
Henry Labon.chere, yestetday at the Board of Trada.§Tha
dcpuution consisted of Mr. Williata Ptah), a:arm-air,
Rear-Aihniral Sir Ilichari O'Connor, .K.C./1.. the Cbe-
, Taller Clauispr, Mr. Joseph Wright, D.L ,Mr Kenyon
S. Parker, Q C., Mr. John Murray, C.E , Mr. Josrph
Hannah, Mr. Joseph Napier fligginF, Mr. Eclat Hare,
Mr. Daniel Adolphus Llage, C.iptain B. J. Hooke, Ur.
George Capes, and Mr. 113.tnilton 11. Fuitun.
A deputation of postinasurs had an interview with the
Chancellor (It the Each, quer yi.stcrelsy at his uflleial re-
sidence in Downing-stre: s. upon the subject of the post
horse (ludas and tax on carriages let to hire, by which
Chew, Wilson, Cole (Gndaleaing),
all postmasters are charg, d on the average 20 per cent.
on their gross earnings, besides a heavy tax on their
carriages; while railways pay but 5 per cent. on
(from Edin(lafruormgh)a,
their p.sienger traffic and no tax on their carriages.
The deputation consisted of Sir James Duke, M.P., Mr.
Locke, m.p ,
wittee); Mr. ShAiiiiri:a are
til Y.
.Keranseedc)ritallyr).,
r,rli'irt..ttctirrsoaal,
chairman of 'the meeting; Niassrs. Chancellor, Dyer, Wil-
liam Bryant, Charles Isre wman, Gray, Isaac (Maidstone),
ley (Bromley, and Rohe!' Newman, of the London Cora.
Robertson William Tagg, Pew.
Messrs. Cockahott and Greenwood (from Manchester),
Mr. Busby (from Liverpool). ' r. 1 it 14 B •
Mr. ~,o,wea. 1/4.rcm Bris-
tol), Mr. Luce (f
rom Bath
bMerrrcie(nipMril)erY.ll'ViCfarlokmer S(ftirrolmingYerthfh)r.,
Buzzard), Mr. Fowler
(Brighton), Mr. Pratt (S (Aylesbury), Mr. Silverthorns
the Privy Council sat
(Ipswich). (Southampton), and Mr. Rowell,
The Judicial Co
ommittea of the Sir Thomas Frczna ,I
a.. e Chairman of the Custom!,
bad an interview with the
resumed. The Chancollor of the Dun v.
yesterday. Chancellor of the Exchequer
Hackett," wet
the Judge of the Admiralty CoMbrr't
yesterday in the Council Bushell (Leighton
British Guiana (part heard), Camber'avats, An appeal from
chy of Cornwall,
Ryan attended. , and Sir Edward

YOU'RE ANOTHER..
(From Eliza Cooh's Journal.)
" You're another !" It's a vulgar retort, but s
common one—though not much in use amongst well.
bred people. But there are many ways of saying it,
various modes of conveying the same meaning, as E;
to Brute," observed some one, on reading a debate in
the House of Commons ; " I often see these words
l'
quoted ; what can they mean t" " I should say,',
was the answer, " they mean, Oh you brute
" Well, I rather think they mean You're Another !"
Let the classicist determine which interpretation is
the right one.
" You're another !" may be conveyed in a mild tone
and manner. For instance—" The Right Hon. Gen-
tleman seems not to apprehend the points of the argu-
ment : he says he does not understand how r and so
i 3 so and so. We can only supply him with argu-
ments level to the meanest capacity, not with brains.
Nature having
honourable gentleman must 1)( matter of deep regret
been sparing in her endowments to tha
to those who are under the painful necessity of listen-
ingghennntnleumraabnle,
andthus
ldeealrincaedtel
to the oft.times-refuted assertions and so-called
arguments, which he has advanced on this very
citou,Tersehtpleolin'heos'n:delicately alluded
d
ho will permit me to cell him so) complains that his
arguments are not understood; the simple reason
being that they are unintelligible. He calls theta
arguments level to the meanest cal a city, and let me
assure him they are level to the meanest capacity
only, for they are his own. Let the hasten to relieve
his anxiety as to the remarks which I have felt it my
duty to make on the qu: stioa under discussion, by
assuring him that they have b..en understood by those
who have intelligence to appreciate them, though I
am not prepared to vouch as much for my honourable
and learned friend on the other side of the house."
Thus—

Each lolls the tongue out at the other,
And shakes his empty noddle at his brother."
One honourable member accuses another of stating
that which is tke " reverie of true."—the other re-
sponds by a charge of "gross misrepresentation of
the facts of the case." Coalheavers would use a
shorter and more emphatic word to express the same
thing, though it would neither be classical nor con-
formable to the rules of the House. The Frenchman
delicately defined a white lie to be " valking round
about the trootb." We know what honourable mem-
bers mean when they talk in the above guise. It is,
" You're another I"

Dr. Whiaton accuses the Chapter of Rochester
with applying for their own purposes the fonds be-
queathed by pious men of former times for the educa-
tion of the poor. The reply of the Chapter is—" You
Atheist !" and they deprive the Doctor of his living.
Sir Samuel Romilly once proposed to alter the Isar
of bankruutcy, and to make freehold estates assets
appropriable for debts, like personal property. The
existing law he held to be pregnant with dishonesty
and fraud against creditors. Mr. Canning imme-
diately was down
.upon him with the " You're ano-
ther" argument. "Dishonesty !" he said, " why this
proposal is neither more nor less than a dangerous
and most dishonest attack upon the aristocracy, and
the beginning of something which may end, if car-
ried, like the French revolution."._

Worthy men are often found differing about some
speculative point, respecting which neither can have
any more certain knowledge than the other, and they
wax fierce and bitter, each devoting the other to a fate
which he dare not venture to describe. One calls the
other "bigot," who retorts by calling out " idolator,"
or perhaps " fanatic;" and the phrases are bandied
about with the gusto and fervour of Billingsgate—
the meaning of the whole is, " You're another."
Literary men have frequently ventured into this
bandying about of strange talk. Rival oountry
editors have sometimes been great adepts in it ;
though the fashion is gradually going out of date.
There is nothing like the bitterness of criticism now,
which used to prevail some fifty years ago. Godwin
mildly assailed Southey as a renegade, in return for
which Southey abused Godwin's abominably ugl7
nose. Moore spoke slightingly of Leigh Hunt
Cockney poetry, and Leigh Hunt in reply ridiculed
Moore's diminutive figure. Southey cut up Byron
in the Reviews, and Byron cut up Southey in the
Vision of Judgment. Scott did not appreciate Cole-
ridge, and Coleridge spoke of Ivanhoe and The Bride
of Lammermoor as " those wretched abortions."
You often hear of talkers who are "good at a re-
tort." It means that they can say " You're another 1"
in a biting, clever way. The wit of many men is of
as the Turk calls the Christian a Dog of an tobuits
oknd—
f it—the cut tci nhgand
Christian
s tian
calls sarcastic.th e icrk kanna
Igerio—w
Unbe-
liever. Whig and Tory retort on each other the
eene
dt haeonfdd an divine."
,"
charge of oppressor. " The priest calls the lawyer
means " You're another !" Phrenologists say the
rropensity arises in the organ of combativeness.
Retort,How-
fi even B the
lli n
gms
go
as most
edelicately
cover
it put,
wt is indignation,what
hay
a cheat, the lawyer
tbh
between
trbwee
ek
einsna vrni
h
and indignation is the handsome brother of hatred.
letvebrreethdastbimtteayrnebess
duces nothing but evil. The practice is only a modi-
device we may. In any guise, the " You're another"
style of speech ought to be deprecated dis-
countenanced.elegant
a n abatement.ldt
pro-
duces ra ol l

iollfiaam
DIORAMA OF
Yesterday a RINDOSTAN.
of Hindostan, from F
of the Gan private
orytieWw
Ganges, took
Portman-square, place at the Bazaar,
.gßraenndgmal,ovtointgh
e diorama
scarce
Baker- sat et ,
an-square.
miebted for this The artists to whom the public) are
exhibitions • last addition to the numerous pictorial
Phillips, r. P.
....111 which the metropolis abounds, are M P
rill Mr. John ila d 10
ghe, an r. Knell, and the whole
of
, the scenes have been arranged by Lieutenant-Colonel
uard from original aket3hes by himself and others.
The views consist of all the most important and ititer-
resting portions of the scenery on the Hooghly, the
Bhagiratin, and the Gauges, from Fort William, Bengal,
to Gangoutri, in the Himalaya; and many incidental
features peculiar to the races inhabiting these parts are
represented with much fidelity and pictorial effect. The
views on the banks of the Ganges, and also the towns
and temples, together with the religious ceremonies and
the customs of the inhabitants, both Hindu and Mussul-
man, are most vividly pourtrayed, and the general
character of the Oriental scenery is well
throughout. The artists have done their preserved
manner which, whilst it testifies to th • work in a
their
e
this department of the fine art*, proves knowledge of
carefully studied the poetry, asthat thity have
well
details of the subject. The diorama as the mechanical
interesting and valuable ad* promises to be an
re-
presenting the route of the Janet to the exhibition overland mail.

SINGULAR BEQUESTS.—Since the' death of James
Thompson, Esq., of the Palace-chambers, St. James's (late a
purser in the East India Company's mercantile marine, who
was found dead in the water-closet of the above establish-
ment on the 24th of November las), his will has been found.
In that document he bequeaths 501. to each of the popee
courts of the metropolis, Bow-street and MarlborotT•lsatrM
being named as first and second on the list;
also
aid. The
the residue of his property after all expenstersicarl L., and
will is written by himself in a very eccentric
give unto
my old friend Captaia Heaviside, oit,e _ n
among the above bequests is the 191ellowronit,Imi:lyp—m:13aI.
old snuf-
ship, the
box, which was made from the
Princess Amelia."
the various metropolitan theoatrres pnireasnenatgebmuseynwt with
the preparation of novelties ,
l highly
CHRISTMAS AMUSEMENT"
ftheaTraehp
attractive panto-
mimes:Proaching Christmas
out.
are to be brought
season. We believe that eel era