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Political. Tho of London, attended by the Rob.-rt Bick- crsteth. Rector of t. aud tho lIon, and liov. H. Montajru Villii'rs, Canon of St. Paul's, and Hector of St. George, Bloomsburv, had an interview on Friday with the General Board of Health at their office, Whitehall. A deputation from the Royal College of Physicians also had an interview on Friday with the General Board of Health. The deputation consisted of Di\ Mavo, I)r. Francis Hawkins (Registrar). Dr. Wilson, Dr. Xairne, Dr. Gull, Dr. Barker, and Dr. Owen Rees (Censor.) A Cabinet Council was held on Friday afternoon at the Foreigu-ofrie". The Ministers present were—The Karl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Karl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lunsdoune, Viscount Pnlnierston, the lviri of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, and the Right Hen. Sidney Herbert. The COlmcil sat three hours and ii-li,ilf. Sir W. Molesworth was not present, in con, sequence of an error of the officer who-c duty it is to summon the members of the Cabinet. Another Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the Amongst the Minister* present were the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis (.f Lansdowne, Lord Palmerston, the Duke of Xeweislle, the Karl of Clarendon, Lord Job* Russell, the Karl Granville, the Karl of Aberdeen,the Kight Hon. Sir Charles Wo«'d, the Right lion. Sidney Herbert, and the Right Hon. Mr. Gladstone. Sir J. Graham was necessarily absent, being in attendance on her Majesty in Scotland. Another Cabinet Council was held on Monday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Council sat two hours and The Turkish Minister visited the Earl of Clarendon on Tuesday at the Foreign-office. The Lord-Advocate of Scotland hall an interview with the Karl of Aberdeen on Tuesday, at his official residence in Downing-strcet. All the Iinisters in town again met at the Foreign-office on Wednesday, at 12 o'clock. The Council broke up at 5 0'elock, The Queen lias appointed Sir John Young, Bart., a visitor of Maynooth College, in the room of Sir W. Somerville, Bart, resigned. Ir. Richard Yates Cummins is appointed Assistant Colonial Secretary afc the Mauritius. Mr. Stair Douglas is appointed chief clerk in the Colonial Secretary's office at the Mauritius,

Jltetrojioliinit llrtus. The Public Health.—A thousand and one deaths wer; registered in 7/ ndon in the week that ended on Saturday. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52 the average number was 952, which, if raised according to increase of population, becomes 1,047. The mortality from all causes, therefore, differs little from the usual amount at this season. Scarlatina was fatal last week to 57 children, and in some in- stances it appears to have been aggravated by local causes. Diarrhoea earned off 61 persons, which is nearly the same as in the previous week; all the cases, except 20, were among children, Cholera gives decided indications of a disposition to increase; in three preyious weeks the fatal cases were 16, 29, 47; last week they rose to 66. The Port of London.—The departures from the port of London for the Australian colonies during the past week have been numerous, including several vessels of a large class. They have altogether comprised 14 :-7 to Port Philip, with an aggregate burden of 4,164 tons; 3 to Sydney, with an ag- gregate burden of 1,734 tons; 2 to Adelaide, with an aggregate harden of 1,126 tons; 1 to Swan River of 381 tons; and 1 to Portland Day of 287 tons. The shipments of manufactures and ordinary merchandize continue large, but the rates of freight have further declined. As showing, however, the caution now displayed, it is mentioned that not a single vessel lias been put upon the berth for Australia during the last few days.—With regard to the general business of the port of London during the past week, it appears there were 149 ves- sels reported from foreign places; being 24 Jess than in the previous week. This decrease is accounted for, in a great measure, by the haziness of the weather, which prevents many ships that are now overdue from working iii). The recent arrivals of wool from Australia have been unusually large, eight vessels having been reported since the 27th ult., with (in aggregate of 7,727 bales on board. The number of ships cleared outwards for foreign places during the past week was 121, being an increase of two over the week previous. The Prison at Brixton, heretofore used as a House of Cor- rection for the County of Surrey, has been purchased by the Government, awl placed under the control of the Board for the Management of Convict Prisons. It is to be used cxclu- sively as a Depot for Female Convicts, under sentence of Transportation and Penal Servitude. The works are now so far advanced, as to admit of the early occupation of a portion of the Prison. One hundred Female Convicts are about to be immediately removed thither from Millbank Penitentiary; and further numbers will be sent from time to tim, as the works progress. The whole of this class of convicts will be eventually removed from Millbank, whereby additional accommodation will be available for 300 additional Male Convicts, to whom this prison will, in future, be wholly confined. The new state of the law, in reference to transportation, would, of itself, render these and other changes necessary in the Convict De. triment. The New Metropolitan Cattle Market.—The members of the Market Improvement Committee of the Corporation of London on Wednesday last viewed the works in progress for the formation of the new market at Copenhagen-fields, accom- panied by Ir, Banning, tlte architcct to the Corporation. They found the works proceeding with the most vigorous rapidity, the contractor, Mr. Willson, having 1,600 men and 150 carts employed constantly on the ground. The works extend over ttearlv SO aeres. Upwards of 80,000 cubic yards of clay have been excavated from the surface during the levelling of the ground, and burnt for ballasting the roads and market. A hr¡:o portion of the main sewer has been already completed, at a depth of 20 feet from the surface, and the boundary wall to enclose the market is in a very forward state. Society of Arts,-Thc number of institutions in union with the Society of Arts now amounts to 289. During the quarter just completed seventeen institutions have joined the associa- tion. The following is a list of these institutions :-Allen- head's. Librarv and News-room; Andover, Literary Institute; Berkhampstead, Mechanics' Institution; Blairgowrie and Hat- tray, Mechanics' Institution; Brighton, London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Literary and Scientific Institution; Bury St. Edmund's, Athenrcum and Suffolk Institute of Archaslogy and Natural History; Combo, Subscription Library; Coal- cletigh, Librarv and News-room; Colchester, Mechanics' Insti- tution; Coventry, Mechanics' Institution; Hartlepool (West), literary and Mechanics* Institution; Newhouse, Library and News-room; Norwood, Library and Reading-room; Odiham, Mechanics' Institution; Shaftesbury, Literary Institution; Tamworth, Reading-room; York, Institute of l'opular Science and Likra! ure It is satisfactory to know the usefulness of the union increases, as it should do with the increase of mem- bers. Since the issue of the list of lecturers, the society has put in circulation, among the institutions, a sm:&11 collection of photographs, numbering nearly 100 specimens, and illustrating the best results obtained by the most able photographers in each process, who have most kindly, and wisely seconded the ,efforts of the Society of Arts to extenc1 a knowledge of this art by lending, and, in some cases presenting, the specimens for The State of Shipping for the Coal Trade,- The total importation of coals by sea into London for the nine months ending the 30th ult. is in excess of that for 1852, 36,648, and by jail 186,020 tons. Prices have run high, yet they are falling, wad on Thursday 67 cargoes remained unsold, for which from 3,. to 4s. per ton under the highest price would have been -taken. "It is very unlikely" says a city corres- pondent to the Times u any permanent high price can be maintained uulexs the public take alarm. Now, the quantity sent from thQ nOlt1.: could be materially increased, and the cost of production much lessened, if the pitmen would work 42 lJOurs per week. It i3 questionable whether they now exceed 30. To revert to the ziiippinl-. The seamen have got com- pletely the monopoly in the Tyne and Wear; it is in vain to contend against them, unless some such step as that recom- mended by another correspondent (Detector) be taken. A shipowner within tho last 10 days Kent off one ship to the Baltic from the north, wages 41. 1 Os.; another hence, 3f. per month, Another north country owner sent off two hence to the Mediterranean, wages, 31, per month; if they had been from the Tyne or Wear, the wages would have been il. 10s. It per month. A third recently sold a couple of colliers, and wished to make a particular arrangement as to the apprentices 110 had taken out of them, but was told, if he carried out that arrangement, he would get no seamen for the rather numerous fleet he still held. He had to abandon his plan. A gooll deal would be gained by Government keeping a ship of war in each of the harbours of the Tyne, Wear, and Hartle pool, -53 large as they would mlmit; indeed, it would be useless to carry out 'DetectorV plan of throwing open the coasting trade were that not done. I recommend the public not to be larmed that oah will be n-ry scarce." Extensive Conflagration in Smithfield,—On Monday motn, ing, a fire, attended ivitli :t vast destruction of property, and almost fatal consequences to several persons, broke out in the premises belonging to lilt" Plyer, known as the Deron and Corn- wall Coffee-house, situate at Snnthfield-market, adjoining the entrance to the church of St. IhrtholonlCw the Great. The flames encircled the whole of Mr. Plyer's house, which was of considerable height, there being no less than six floors in the building, including the basement. By dint of great persever- ance the firemen, after three hour's hard labour, succeeded in getting the control over the fearful element, but not, however, j until the premises, together with their contents, were nearly destroyed Fatal Accident at the Great Western Railway Station.- An accident, which in some of its features resemble the late fatal catastrophe at the Crystal Pn1aee, took place on Saturday afternoon at the Great Western Railway, by which one unfor- tunate man, named John Draid, was killed on the spot, and several other workman ,0serjoHs]y injured, that but faint hopes are entertained of their recovery. A new engine house is in the course of erection for the Great Western Railway Comprfhy, situate at Kensall New Town, auout half a mõ]e down the line from the terminus, and but a short dist:lnce from the ticket platform; and when the workmen were fully employed in the building, a massive iron girder from some, at present, unex- plained cause, fell to the ground with a terrible crash, striking and crushing the men in its course to the ground. The greatest consternation prevailed, and the poor workmen were lying about wounded and crushed in all directions. The poor fellow, named John Braid, was found immediately under a portion of the girder, with his scalp cut completely off, his thighs broken, and otherwise seriously mutilated. It is needless to say that, when taken up, life was quite extinct, and his body was at once conveyed to the dead-house of St. Mary, Paddington. Those sufferers found still alive were con veved with the least possihlc delay to St. Mary's Hospital, where they received every attention from the house surgeon an,1 the other medical officers of that valuable institution. Death from Chloroform.—On Saturday an inquest was held on Emily Richardson, a single woman, aged 31, who died at the University College Hospital, from the effects of chloroform, administered for the purpose of performing an operation for strangulated hernia. About seven months ago deceased be- came ruptured, and the disease so increased that she had to leave her situation on Wednesday, to seek medical advice. Ir, E. ï., Lawrence, house surgeon at the University College Hospital, said when deceased was admitted on Wednesday night she was found to be suffering from strangulated femoral hernia of the left side. She was immediately placed in a warm bath, and witness tried for nearly an hour by that means to reduce the hernia; but, falling in his endeavour, he con- sidered an operation indispensable, as the only means of saving life, and he instantly sent for Dr. Quain, who, coinciding in witness's opinion, 31r, Hillier, resident medical officer, was called up to administer the chloroform, preparatory to the operation. Nothing peculiar was observed until a few seconds after the administration of the chloroform, when Dr. Quains attention was attracted by the strong stertorous breathing of the patient, and, on feeling the wrist, was unable to detect any pulsation. Witness ;mmediat"ly dashed cold water in deceased's face, and sent for the galvanic battery, in the meantime using artificial respiration. All those remedies proving unavailing, tracheotomy was resorted to, bllt without any good effect, and life was declared extinct, after upwards of an hour had been devoted in efforts to restore animation. In answer to the coroner, the witness said that this was the secoud fatal case of the kind at the hospital, out of 2,000 patients to whom chloroform had been applied. The greatest care was always adopted in the use of chloroform, and only Mr. Hillier, who had had experience in its use, was allowed to administer it.— Mr. Hillier stated he administered about one drachm to the patient in the first instance, but that not having the desired effect, he applied forty drops 1110re, which acted fully, and the patient became unconscious. There was nothing unusual in the "case until in about half ? second, when the strange ster- torous breathing was observed. Witness administered chlo- roform to six patient^ that day, in much larger 'uantities than lie did to deceased. Three and four drachms was the usual dose since the introduction of chloroform, and only thirty deaths had resulted from its application throughout the united kingdom,-Dr, Garrod, Professor of Materia Medica in the University College Hospital, performed the post mortem ex- amination, and found extensive disease of the heart. The strangulated henna was approaching a state of gangrene, and showed that an operation was the only means of saving life. Death resulted from chloroform acting upon the diseased heart. Witness considered every precaution had been taken, and that it was an unavoidable accident. A juror was of opinion that chloroform ought not to be used, as he considered it a very dangerous drng. The coroner said, that because a few isolated fatal cases had occurred, the public ought not to condemn its use when they considered the many lives that were saved by it. The same argument might be used against operations which sometimes proved fatal. It was extraordinary the few deaths that had arisen from the use of chloroform. At St. Bartholomew's Hospital it was used in 30,000 cases with- out death ensuing. After the examination of several other witnesses, the coroner summed up, and the jury unhesitatingly returned a verdict of "Accidental Death." Extraordinary Statements.—A Pseudo -Husband.-At the Westminster-Police Court, a quiet-looking, elderly woman, solicited the magistrate's assistance under the following dr- cumstances :—Applicant complained that her daughter, a girl of 17, had gone through the ceremony of marriage without being blesse,1 with a husband. It was, of course, at the time of the nuptials supposed that she was being united to one of the other sex, and they went to Yoi-k-to spend the honeymoon, but her daughter, to her great surprise, discovered that she had been married to a woman in male attire, and the mother of three children. Mr. Broderip observed that there was such a casc as this in the books Reports), and inquired where the marriage took place? Applicant replied, at Highgate Church. Mr. Broderip referred her to the magistrate of that district. Applicant, before leaving the court, as reported in the Times and other London papers, made the following extra ordinary statement in the waiting-room,—that the pseudo- husband was first introduced to her in female attire, undcr the name of Mrs. Panton, but, after an intimacy of some months, suddenly appeared in the costume of a gentleman, announcing himself as Nlr. Albert Guelph, and declaring that he was issue of George IV. and Queen Caroline, but that for certain reasons his existence had hitherto been kept a profound secret, but that his love for her fair daughter had wrung it from his heart, and induced him to appear in the becoming habiliment of his own sear, in lieu of the feminine attire he had been dis- guised in for years, by direction of a very benign old lady, who met him periodically in Park-lane, and supplied him with cash ad libitum. As he dressed very fashionably and always had plenty of money, applicant, believing the story, consented to their nuptials, particularly as the soi-disant Mrs. Panton and her daughter had upon the occasion of little visits slept together before, and so Miss Robins changed her name for Mrs. Guelph, on the 12th of September, 1852, by license, at Highgate Church, but, alas! soon discovered that Mrs. Panton was but a woman after all, although endeavours were made for a considerable time to induce a contrary notion.

THE EASTERN QUESTION. GREAT [ETIG, IN THE CrfY. OP LONDO:, A public meeting ot tfic innaoitants ot tfie metropolis was held on Friday night, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate- street, for the purpose of taking into consideration the present alarming crisis of affairs in the East. The great room of the ,i iii-m i n, tavern was densely crowded, and many hundreds went away even before the proceedings commenced, unable to obtain admittance. It was stated that as many actually went away as were in the great room. At a quarter-past seven the chair was taken amidst loud acclamations by Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P.; and among those on the platform we observed Admiral Sir Charles Napier, Mr. Blackett, M.P., Messrs. Trelawny, Prout, Nicliolav, Hickson, Professors Newman and Wilson, ]--It, Harney, Dunford, MichelJ, Captain Mayne Reid, Howard, &c. &c. On the motion of 11ft-. Prout, Lord Dudley C. Stuart was unanimously called on to preside. Lord D. STUAKT, on taking the chair, was received with loud cheering.—He said, he could assure them that the spirit which he saw animate the meeting set his heart on fire, and gave him courage on the great occasion which had called them together—(cheers);—because he was addressing a botly of men who, with the spirit of Englishmen, were resolved to maintain the honour and the good faith of their country—(great cheer- jug),—and not to allow themselves to be insulted or their rights trampled on by the machinations of tyrants. (Renewed cheer- ing). They were met on a great, an importantalld most solemn occasion, to consider the present crisis of affairs in Europe, as they affected the honour and the interests of this country- (loud cheers ),-and to conic to some conclusion as to what it behoved the free and independent people of England to do at such a juncture. (Cheers). He apprehended that the object of their assembling that evening was to make some demonstra- tion which would have the effect of guiding the Government to a course honourable to the country, if they required to be so guided; or, if they were determined to take a bold and manly course-a course different from that which had marked their proceedings hitherto-(cheers)-to give them the free and en- lightened support of the intelligence of this great metropolis. (Cheers.) Professor NEWMAN moved the first resolution, which was as follows:—u That the series of Russian aggressions convinces this meeting that there is in the Russian Cabinets a fixed purpose not only to subdue Turkey, but to domineer over all Europe, and extirpate all freedom. We look upon this ag the true reason why no diplomatic settlement of the Turco- Russian quarrel was or is possible, and we lament that the British Government has wasted much valuable time, damaged the just cause of the Turks, isflicted upon commerce months of needless depression, and (worst of all) inspired universal suspicion of the good faith of England, in a vain effort to negotiate with an unscrupulous and violent power which acted while wo talked, and which, if now momentarily appeased, would become-more dangerous on some early occasion." Mr. BI.ACKETT, M.P., seconded the resolution. Mi*. W. HENDERSON expressed his convictionthat the honour and independence of England had not been maintained as it ought to have been, and he proposed to add to the resoulution -11 That it was the opinion of the meeting that the inffepen- denee of Turkey, under the present critical circumstances, should be maintained at all ha7,ard-(hear, hear),—and Chat it would amount to a violation of national honour to abondon the faith of existing 'treaties." There was one feitiirel in the present case which must have struck all, that though we were a free people, and accustomed to meet to canvas our domestic aff irs, yet on this question of life and death the Government had most studiously abstained from making known any pro- ceedings or despatches to show how it had been taking charge of their interest and honour, and they had to go across the Channel for information. The question which the Cabinet had met to talk about was the question whether there should be 'peace or war. If there was to be peace, so much the better, because this country was mortgaged for peace in the shape of fleets, foreign loans, and colonies. At the same time, if peace could not be maintained honourably and fairly, hi was sure no Englishman would be against it. The resolution was unanimously agreed to. Mr. NICIIOLAY moved the second resolution, which was as follows: "That this meeting applauds the glorious patriotic spirit of the Turkish people at the present crisis, and would deploro any attempt on the part of tho British Government to suppress that spirit- as an act of unparalleled infamy; especially considering the many solemn ways in which Eng- land has bound herself to maintain the Turkish indepen- dence." Sir C. NAPIER presumed that the object of the present meeting was to teach the British Ministry their duty-(Iond cheers )-and, in the event of their doing their duty, fearlessly, boldly, and courageously to give them all support in carrying out their operations. It had been said when Colonel Rose called the British squadron to Constantinople, Why did not the British squadron go there?" It did not go there because the Peace Conference had forced the weak andimbecile Govern- ment, at the head of which was one of the representatives of London, to payoff the British fleet and disband the British army. But the late Ministry came to the House of<Commons and obtained an augmentation of the British navy and army, and the present Government had fitted out a large and respect- able squadron. He hoped that some allowance would be made for Ministers, and that those present would give them all the support which he trusted they deserved. The Government were placed in an awkward position. All their motions were watched by the Derby party. If they went too fast, then the charge of precipitation was brought; and if too slow, they were accused of procrastination. It was stated in the speech of the First Lord of the Admiralty at Cork, that England was ready to contend with the world in arms. Now, when a Minister of the Crown told them that, were they to pursue the pusillanimous course which they were now doing? (Hear.) He hoped all that was over; but then the time was over too. (Cheers.) It was almost too late to act. In a short time the fleet would be obliged to go to Constantinople for safety; but he would not have them go with the dastardly view of merely taking possession of the castles of the Dardanelles. (Cheers.) They must go there to protect the Tmk against Russian aggression. (Loud cheers.) But if they urged on the Ministers to war-if they pre- ferred war to dishonour, as they would all do-tlien they must be ready to put their hands in their pockets. (Hear, hear.) They would require large sums for their fleets. (Hear.) It would be no child's play, no trifling outlay that would bring together 50 or 60 sail of the line. (Hear, hear.) He knew that every one would be ready to support the British Government if the British Government did their duty. (Cheers.) He trusted that that iiiectiiig-lic wished it had taken place on the previous day, just to brighten up the Cabinet a little (a laugh)—would be the means of great public meetings being held throughout the whole of the British dominions. He was not for bloodshed but he took a different view from Mr. Cobden, who said he could take Russia and crumpel it up as a sheet of paper. (Laughter.) Would he do it now? (Cheers.) The occupation of their provinces would be regarded in time as afait accompli, and, then, fancy Russia throwing her arms around Europe, her right arm over the Baltic, and her left towards the Dardanelles Where, then, would be our trade? It would be lost; and then where would lndill be ? (Hear, hear.) The gallant admiral, after referring to the insolence of Prince MenschikofFs embassy to Constanti- nople, observed that, had a similar course been pursued towards this country by France or any other Power, there was not a man, woman, or child, who would not have risen in arms. The Turks had done exactly the same thing. They had Come from Asia and from all the provinces of the Empire, and war had been deebred against Russia. He hoped they would carry it out successfully, and that both France and England would manfully support them, (Cheers.) Having said so much about Russia and the Turk. there was one thing which he held we were bound to do. They could not assist the Turks to resist the aggressions of Russia without telling them that they were bound to act kindly towards an their Christian subjects. He felt warmly on this subject, because, after the settlement of the last Eastern question, Turkey did not fulfil tlie promises she made with respect to the Christians of Lebanon. (Cheers.) He could say more on this subject, but it might weaken their argument against Russia. lIe hoped however, that if they came forward and helped Turkey they would also insist on the fulfilment of promises they had given with regard to their Christian subjects. They would show what the spirit of the people of London was, and unquestion- ably it would have its due weight. (Cheers). Mr. D. UKQUIIART said they had heard of the humiliating condition of England upon this question; but if they looked well to the facts, they would see that it was not vain en. deavours or empty theories that placed them where they were. Captain MAYNE REID moçed, That not; only does the interest, but the duty and honour of England, call upon our Government to discard all secret and dynastic diplomacy, and render, unconditionally, to Turkey prompt, decisive, and effec- tive aid," He expressed his objections to secret diplomacy. There was not a phase more repugnant to the hearts of English- men. There was dishonesty in the sound. There was positive and palpable meanness in the thought. And what had this secret diplomacy done for England? The tricksters of foreign countries had out-tricked our diplomacy. How England should call to its aid those juggling tricks he could not understand. It was the duty of the country to demand what was right. Mr. JULTAN HARNEY supported the resolution in a speech of great bitterness against the Government, and Lord Pal- merston in particular, and contended that the time had gone past when this country might have interfered with effect to check the encroachments of Russia. The resolution was then agreed to. lIlr, PROUT moved-" That this meeting is of opinion that Austria, by reason of her previous course of policy, and of her recent perfidious behaviour towards Turkey, ought to be re- garded by us as an enemy, and not cherished as an ally." Mr. NICIIOLLS seconded the resolution, which, after a few words from Ir, TRELAWNY, was unanimously adopted. 1111'. ELT moved-" That an address, embodying the fore- going resolutions, be intrusted to a deputation to be presented to Her Majesty." [r. MOORE seconded the resolution, which was agreed to. Mr, HODGES moved, That a copy of the foregoing reso- lutions be transmitted to the Turkish Ambassador," which motion having been seconded, was also carried unanimously. The proceedings then terminated.

MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC GOSSIP. The concerts of the London Sacred Harmonic Society will commence early in next month at Exeter Hall. The first rehearsal took place on Friday evening. No intimation has yet been given of the new compositions intended to be presented to the public by this society during the ensuing season. Great efforts are being made to give a permanent establish- ment to the Italian Opera in Edinburgh, where many of the London celebrities of last season are already engaged; and to the list of singers announced, illr. Wood has added the name of Siguora Crispi, a lady from Genoa, who has not as yet sung in this country. Madame Sontag, ifnot already arrived, is expected shortly to reach this country from America, where she has been delight- ing the Yankees for some time, although, it appears, more to the profit of certain newspaper critics than to her own. No doubt her return will be welcomed by thousands here, her sovereignty over the realms of song being disputed by so few. The musical obituary of the last few days includes the names of Mr. Blewitt, the well known composer and singer of comic songs, and of Madame Mendelssohn Bartholdy, widow of the greatest modern artist, the composer of Elijah." At Drury Lane the re-engagement of Mr. Brooke promises to be as profitable to the treasury as, no doubt, it will be bene- ficial to the great tragedian himself. Since our last he has again appeared in several of the characters previously noticed, and has certainly availed himself of some of the suggestions of friendly critics, in subduing his energy in parts where his fine acting was marred by too great declamation. The only new role performed by him has been that of Julian St. Pierre, in Sheridan Knowles's play of The Wife," a character emi- nently adapted to Mr. Brooke's style of acting. He is announced to perform Macbeth, for the first time, for the benefit of Air. Smith, the enterprising lessee of the theatre; and no doubt many thousands of his admirers will be anxious to witness his presentment of this, in some respects, the greatest of Shakesperian characters. It is surprising that Mr. Brooke has not attempted Lear, for which character we should imagine him to be pre-eminently qualified; his admirable personation of Sir Giles Overreach showing his correct concep. tion of the old man; and his magnificent voice being so well suited for the terrible denunciations of his ungrateful daughters by the outraged king. The attempt to place comedy on the boards of Sadler's Wells promises to be successful; the playaf The Love Chase having been revived with great care and cost, in which the acting, on the whole, was very good. The comedy has been repeated, and will, no doubt, be followed by othsrs. The metropolitan theatres that have been closed during the last few weeks have all sounded the note of preparation for the winter campaign, and some have already commenced active operations, The Princess's, under the able direc:ion of Mr. C. Kean, and the Olympic, under the new management of Mr. Wigan, re-opened on Monday j to be followed very shortly by the Haymarket, where extensive alterations have been made, I including a much-wanted enlargement of the stage, and eleva- I tion of the proscenium. I

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON FASHION AND I DRESS. Several elegant dresses destined to be worn at bails and evening parties in the country, have recently been com- pMcd. We here subjoin descri ptions of a few of the most admired One is a robe of cerulean blue gauze, ornamented at the lower part of the skirt with eight rows of ribbon of a large chequered pattern in shades of blue intermingled with white; the stripes being satin, on a ground of moire. The effect of this trimming is at once rich and light. The extreme edge of the skirt is finished by rouleaux of sarsenet ribbon covered with gauze. The corsage is low, pointed in front of the waist, and has a round berthe, finished by rouleaux of gauze, The short sleeves are trimmed with similar rouleaux. The head- dress is composed of blue gauze ribbon figured with silver, disposed so as to form a diadem across the upper part of the forehead. Bracelets or oriental pearl. Shoes of blue moire, with silver rosettes. White silk stockings, ornamented with open-work stockings. Another dress, suitable for a dinner party or soiree, consists of a silk jupe of that peculiarly brilliant tone of gold colour, called by the French bouton iVor. The corsage is clear muslin, sprigged with small rosebuds in white needlework, the beauty of which is shown to advantage by the corsage being lined with gold-coloured silk, of a hue somewhat paler than that of the jupe, The corsage is low, and with it is to be worn a chemisette of worked muslin and Valenciennes. Up the front of the corsage are four bows of gold-coloured ribbon. The sleeves are drawn in three bouillonnes, ornamented with bows of ribbon, and finished at the wrists by bands of worked mus- lin edged with Valenciennes. With this dress the hair is to be worn turned back from the forehead, and arranged in full rouleaux at each temple. Round the neck may be worn three rows ot very line gold chain with a diamond cross. For a young lady, a beautiful ball dress has been made of white tarletane; the skirt trimmed with four flounces, edged with scalloping worked in white silk. Each flounce is headed by a ruche of white and cerise-coloured gauze ribbon, and is gathered up at one side by a large bouquet of full-blown roses. The corsage is low and full, and a berthe edged with a ruche of gause ribbon falls over the sleeves. The latter are gathered up by bouquets of roses. The hair arranged in plaits inter- woven with roses. We have yet to mention another ball dress made by the same hands. The matarial is pink gauze lisse, and the flounces are edged with watered satin ribbon, gathered in light fulness. The corsage is low, and drawn in fulness on a band at the top, where it is trimmed by a ruche of tulle illusion. Round the throat is to be worn a petit collier of black velvet, fastened in front by a diamond slide. Head-dress, a wreath of wild flowers. In a splendid bridal trousseau, now in the course of prepara- tion for the approaching nuptials of a young lady of rank, we have noticed several neglige dresses, remarkable for recherche taste. One was made of printed jaconnet muslin, figured in a rich Persian pattern of sprays and flowers in a variety of hues. The skirt was trimed with three broad flounces, each edged by a narrow quilling of muslin, hemmed at each side. Theflounces were set on so as to ascend and round off at each side of the skirt, in the robe style. The front part of the skirt, over which the flounces do not extend, forms a tablier, and is covered with narrow frills, which are finished at each end by bows of the muslin, of which the dress is composed. The corsage is in the casaque style, but confined to the waist, and the basqlle is edged by a broad frill, which has the effect of adding a fourth flounce to the skirt of the dress. The sleeves are wide, but confined a little above the elbow by P. ruche. The lower part then widens in the pagoda style, and is finished by two broad frills, edged with narrow ruches. Another dress, also intended for mourning negliye, is of white muslin, thickly covered with very small spots worked in satin-stitch. The skirt has two broad flounces, finished at the edge with a hem (about an inch in width), within which a pink ribbon is inserted. The flounces are headed by a narrow quilling of muslin, hemmed at each side with a narrow hem, with insertion of pink ribbon. The corsage of this dress is also in the casaque style, and is finished at the waist by a deep flounce, which descends as low as the upper flounce of the skirt, Bows of pink ribbon, graduated in size, extend from the top of the corsage to the waist. The sleeves are finished by two flounces edged hems, with insertion of pink ribbon. All the jvtmis in this trosseau are trimmed with needlework of the most costly description. Some have two or three flounces of needlework. These flounces have the effect of up- porting and expanding the dress worn over the j upon or 1,?tti- coat. For this sort of trimming, the open eyelet-hole work is most generally in ¡¡¡vou¡-,

PROGRESS OF THE CHOLERA. THE DEATHS IN ENGLAND DURING THE WEEK UROM CHOLERA AND DIARRIICEA HAVE BEEN London 60 I Newcastle G8 16 Hexham 2 Annandale 1 Stockton 4 South Shields 1 Tynemouth 13 | Darlington 1 Accrington 2 Guisborough I Dunse 1 Houghton-le-Spring 1 Londonderry, on board the Virginia, from Gotten- burg 8 Bathgate. ] Bedlington 2 Total. lSS THE CONTINENT. The influence of cholera seems to have been less feit in the north during the past week than for some time previously. The accounts from Sweden continue favourable in regard to the decrease of the cholera. Up to the 28th ult. there had been, however, still many cases, varying between 50 to 60 daily, of which from one-third to two -thirds had proved fatal. The total number of attacks had been officially estimated at 4,078, and 2,424 deaths in Stockholm alone. In Gottenburg some 950 deaths had occurred, but there, as also in Carlscrona, the disease had almost entirely disappeared. The Swedish poet, Gudmund Leonard Silrerztolpe, has been carried off by cholera. In Copenhagen occasional cases of cholera occurred, but no alarm was felt as to any increase of the disease; many poor families, however, were unable to return to their former dwel- lings for the present, in cousequence of the state of the locality being very unhealthy from want ofproper drainage The total number of the cholera cases in the Danish capital had been officially mentioned to be 7,525 attacks, and 4,078 deaths. Ia Berlin several entire families have been swept off. From 40 to 50 cases are reported daily, one-half of which on an average prove fatal; but many deaths are believed to occur that are not noticed by the officials. In the various medical institutions throughout the metro- polis the most extensive and commodious arrangements have been made for the reception of cholera patients and the treat- ment of diarrhoea, the additional expenses having in some in- stances been defrayed by the contributions of benevolent persons, although in most cases the necessary funds are derived from the revenues of the respective institutions.

(fcclmastifttl. THE CLERGY AND THE INCOME-TAX. An important question has arisen with regard to the liabi- lity of curates who are paid by the Church Pastoral Aid and other similar societies to the income-tax, the contribution thus raised being of a purely voluntary character. The Archdeacon of Chester has kindly undertaken, on the part of the clergy generally, to have the question legally settled. The Venerable Archdeacon, in a preliminary statement upon the matter, says that the Church Pastoral Aid Society makes grants not to the curates, but to the incumbents of parishes; that the curates employed are nominated to the bishop of the diocese without reference to the sources from whence the stipend is derived and that the bishop's licence secures a certain stipend as a re- muneration for their senices, which sum the incumbent is bound to pay even should the grant be withdrawn, so long as the bishop licenses the curate. In this respect there was no ditTerence between the cases ofthe curates whose salaries were derived from the Church Pastoral Aid Society or the Curates Aid Society, and those whose stipends were paid by the richer rettor3 themselves. It is true, the archdeacon re111arks, that a gift is not chargeable with income tax, but that the grants of the aforesaid named valuable societies are of an elemosynary character only to the incumbents, or rather to the parishes. He might also remark, that if the aggregate incomes arising from legal incomes and gifts equalled or exceeded the minimum chargeable with income tax, the proportion which was legal was accessible to the tax. The archdeacon states that he has submitted these considerations to the commissioners of taxes, who thought his Jaw was good, but that the case was worth trying. As the Archdeacon's curate at Middlewich is paid by the Church l'astorial Aid Society, the venerable gentleman has arranged that an appeal, by his curate, shall be made, that the opinion of the board of taxes may be taken, and the ques- tion definitely settled. The argument will turn upon the question whether a curate is the object of the society's bounty, he being required to give a receipt to the society for the money received, though transmitted in the name of the incumbent. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. Francis Cradock I wemlow, M.A., to the rectory of Forton, Staffordshire; patron, Sir T. F. Broughley; value, 4 i 41.; population, 764. The Hev. E. Hotham, ::Il.A" late rector of South Dalton, is tho county of York, to the rectory of Crowcombe, in the county of Somerset, on the presentation of R. Harvey, Esq. The Rev. John Laurence Prior, M.A., to the rectory of Linby, Notts; patron, R. F. Wilson, Esq.; value, 20û/ popu- lation, 271. The Kev. John Burton Normaii, B.A., to the curacy of Bowness, Cumberland. The Rev. Edward Graham Moon, JI.A., has been appointed chaplain to the Lord Mayor of London elect (Alderman Sidney). The Rev. John Bates Wakefield, B.A., late curate of Lvtliam, to the incumbency of Southshore, near Blackpool, rendered vacant by the resignation of the Itev. Thomas Bowden Ban- ner, M.A., on the nomination of Mr. John Talbot [Clifton, of ¡ Lytham Hall. The Rev. W. Richard Hunt, B.A., late curate of IVitriey, Oxfordshire, to the curacy of St. Paul's church, Preston, on the nomination of the Rev. Samuel Flood Page, M.A. VACANCIES. The rectory of Charfield, near Wiekwar, Gloucestershire, by the death of the Hev, Richard Prankerd Jones, M.A. The benefice, which is worth 4001. a year, is in the gift of Mr J Neeld, M.P. The rectory of Compton, near East Ilsley, Berkshire, by the death of the Rev. Richard Prankerd Jones, M.A. It is worth 4001. a year, and is in the gift of Mr. J. T. Wasey. THE UNIVERSITIES. OXFORD, Oct. 10. The Michaelmas Term opened, as usual, with a Convocation and a Congregation. In the latter the following degrees were conferred:— Masters of Arts.—Alfred Watson, Brasenose; Rev. James Hibbert Wanklyn, Trinity. Bachelor of Arts.—Robert Ilervey Charsley, St. Mary Hall. The Vice Chancellor has appointed Henry Alison Pottingcr, Esq., II.A., Worcester College, to be one of the proctors of the Vice Chancellor's Court, in the room of the Hev, Laurence Eborall Judge, deceased. CAMBRIDGE, Oct. 10. ELECTION OR UNIVERSITY OFFICERS FOR 1853-4. At a statutable Congregation the under-mentioned gentle- men were appointed to fill the offices attached to their resjcctive names for the ensuing academical year:- Proctors.—Rev. Edward Red Theed, I,A., Vice Provost of King's College; Rev. Jlynors Bright, JI.A., President of Iag- dalen College. Scrutators.—Rev. Wm. Xind, JI.A., St. Peter's College: Rev. George Feitrrs Reyner, B.D., St. John's College. Tax01's,-Hcv. Richard Ferguson, f.A, Pembroke College; Rev. John Hays, M.A., Christ's College. Moderators.—Rev.Charles Frederick JIackenzic, JI.A.,Caius College; Wm. Walton, M.A., Trinity College. Audi/o/'8,-Rcv. Dr. Okes, Provost of King's College; Rev, Wm. Marsh, M.A., Trinity Hall; Rev. Win. Emery, :>r.A" Corpus Christi College. The following degrees were conferred:— ?<<-M o?,i)?.—S.F.W:Uiams, St. John's Colleg.; B. A. Irving, Emmanuel College. jSachthrs of Arts.—B. S. Jlalden, Caius College; E. A. Fuller, Emmanuel College.

i nub llauij. The Expected Brevet.—AVe arc in a position to state, from the very best authority, that there is no present intention of issuing a general brevet, and that before such promotion takes place, it is probable that there will be a Committee of Inquirv called for in Parliament to consider the whole su¡ect of brevets, and the position, rank, and emoluments of 6?era Officers, for the purpose 0: suggesting such changes in th(! preseIJt system as will prove more beneficial to the officer pro- moted, and bring younger officers into the rank of Major. Generals. A small local brevet for Ireland is pro' able.— British Army ])espatc1/. Retirement of Colonel the Earl of Cardigan.—We are in a position to state, on authority, that the Earl of Cardigan retires from the 11th Hussars directly the dim season closes. The step will go in the regiment. Major Douglas succeeds to the lieut.-colonelcy, Captain ICdmund red to the majority, Lieutenant and Adjutant Ennis to a troop, and the Hiding Master, Cornet II. Ii, n, Dungate, to a Lieutenancy—British Army Despatch. The Mediterranean Fleet.—The nomination of Rear- Admiral Sir Kdmund Lyons, G.C.B as second in command of the Mediterranean, is correct. The gallant office, great eastern experience will render his services doubly valuable to the Commander-in-Chief, will, it is believed, be intrusted with the command of the Co-operative, or squadron of Obser- vation, in the Sea of Marmora, and will probably hoist his flag on board the Queen.— United Service Gazettee. New Yacht for Her Majesty.-The Admiralty have deter- mined to give her Majesty a new yacht, to supersede the old Victoria and Albert, and the new Royal vessel will be con- structed of iron, a material for a yacht suitable for her Majesty superior in every respect to wood. The disappointment that would have been felt at tinkering up a bad ship at an immense cost will now be turned into a hope of providing for the Queen a vessel worthy, in every quality, to represent the naval architecture and marine engineering skill of Great Britain. We have heard that a vessel of about 280 feet long, and, per- haps, 3i feet broad, will be suggested. WAR-OFFICE GAZETTE. 4tii Dragoon Guards.—Cornet Niawe to he Lie at., by pur- chase, vice Pearson, who retire 1st Dragoons.—Lieut. Ainslie to be Capt., by purchase, vice Croft, who retires; Cornet Pepys, to be Lieut. 16th Light Dragoons.—Lieut. Barclay to be Capt., by pur- chase, vice Heywood, who retires; Cornet Williams to be Lieut. 7 th Foot.-First Lieut. Carnegie, from the 23J Foot, to be Lieut., vice Moseley. 8th Foot.—Lieut. Dowson, from the 29th Foot, to be Lieut.. vice Walsh. 20th Foot.—Lieut. Moseley, from the nh Foot, to be Pay- master, vice South, who retires upon half-pay. 29th Foot.—Lieut. Walsh, from the 8th Foot, t@ be Quar- ter-master, vice Dowson. 45th Foot.—Brevet Lieut.-Col. D'ArcJ Kyle to be Lieut.- Col., by purchase, vice Brevet Col. Boys, who retires. 68th Foot.-Christopher nrice Wilkinson, gent" to be En- sign, by purchase, vice Fuller, who retires. 70th Foot.—Ensign Bell to be Lieut., without purchase, vice Chute, deceased. 78th FooL-John Swanson, gent., to be Ensign.by purchase, vice Elrington, who retires. 98th Foot.— Brevet Lieut -Col. Bates to be Major, by pur- chase, vice Jeffery, who retires; Lieut. Cleveland to be Capt., by purchase, vice Bates; D. L. Hewson, gent., to be Ensign, by purchase. Kifie Brigade.—First Lieut. Hon. W. J. Colville to be Capt., by purchase, vice De Lautoir, who retires: Second Lieut. Warren to be First Lieut, by purchase, vice Colville: Lord F. G. S. Leveson Gower to be Second Lieut., by purchase, vice Warren. HOSPITAL STArr. A. A. Campbell, gent., to be Assist,-Surg, to the Forces, vice Turner, appointed to the 75th Foot. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. I I Acting first Assistant- Engineer to the Centaur, C, paddle- wheel steam-frigate, flagship on the South-East Coast of America station, Patrick G. Lambert, to be First Engineer. Clerk C. W. Motherwell (1853), to the Impregnable, flag- ship at Devonport. Assistant Surgeon's Clerk.—A. Duckett has been confirmed to the Encounter, 14, screw, for East Indies. Mate.—David Boyle to the Agamemnon, 91, screw, Channel fleet. Second Masters.—Henry G. Thomsell, to the Madagascar, for Rio; Richard C. Drew, to the Blenheim, 60, screw, Channel fleet; W. S. Harrison, to the Apollo, translport, Chatham. Surgeon Robert W, Clark (1844), to the Winchester, 50, flagship on the East Indies station. Assistant Engineers.-Charles Freeburn, to the Horatio screw steam guardship, at Sheerness; William Brown and James Hughes, to the Blenheim screw steam j!l1ardship, at Portsmouth; Thomas Bertram and Frederick Bush, to the Hogue screw steam guardship, at Devonport. Master Gcorgc Johnson (1830), from the Boscawen, 70, guardship in ordinary at Chatham, to command the Appollo troopship, at Sheerness. Assistant Engineer Henry I Sones, of the 3d class, is pro- moted to the 2d class. Masters' Assistants Samuel M. Spry, and Thomas R. T. Quinn, have received their first appointments. The Tyne storeship, Master Commander Peter Wellington, is to be paid off at this port on Saturday nex t. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. KLNT.-TI., Cator, Esq., William Hyder, Esq., and William Shirk, Esq., to be deputy-lieutenants. STAFFORD.—The Right Hon. George Harry Grey, Earl of Stamford and Warrington, to be deputy-lieutenant. SOMERSET.—North Somerset Regiment of Veomanrv Cavalry.—Cornet Bartholomew Smith, to be lieutenant, vice Xash, resigned.—West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanrv Cavalry.—Francis Meade Eastment, gent., to be Cornet, vice Reynolds, resigned. ESSEx.-The Hon. Anthony Julm Ashley to be Deputy- Lieut. SUUREY,-ht Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia. William Platt, Esq., to be Capt., vice Henry Platt, resigned. SUFFOLK.—Hemy Phillips, Esq" to be Deputy-Lieut. BUCKINGHAM. Royal Bucks or King's Own Regiment of Militia.—Lieut. David Williams Bernard to be Capt., vice Bates, retired. Lieut. Martin Ridley Smith to be Capt. Lieut. John Joseph Augustine Leonard Creaton to be Capt. Raglon Somerset, Esq., to be Lieut. Randolph Henry Crewe, Esq., to be Lieut. John Stratton Fuller, gent., to be Ensign. Edward James Daniell, gent., to be Ensign, Isaac King, gent., to be Ensign. "William James Voules, gent., to be Ensign. SURREY. 3d. Regiment of the Royal Surrey Ililitia.-Coii- ran Alphonso Kirk, gent. Charles Downes Manning, gent to be Lieutenants. "W AUWICK.—Henry Wood Page, gent., to be Ensign. Henry Tibbits, gent., to be Ensign.

Wit onli umonr. I The Horrors of War,-First. Newmarket Boy. "Awful work this, Bill. We're goin' to war with Roosfa econ<i Ditto. Well, wot odds?'' First Ditto. ot odd,? Why, there won't be no Emperor's Cup next year, that's a11 1"- Punch. Russia in London.—It is stated that the agitation for the constitution of a Greek empire is the politic work of RusÛa, That if others supply the eloquence, the Greek fire of talk—it is Russia that stands the shot -Flinch. Who is the Miscreant that sent us the following ?-As we know that the Russians require oleaginous food, is it not possible that, after devouring Turkev the Czir I possible (ha:, aft:"de\onrin¡; hc, Czat' :r: fancy to Greece?" Should he do so, is it Gcnuinc Russ.an Bears GIecc" will no longer be afrJ Present to Mr. GladstOrC.-A fenv dax-s ago M- r- • received, carefully packed in an oaken box, and nic. V many folds of tissue pap<.r.amaMive bamC.. poker. It bore on the squared end this inscriu™  Mnted to !?til the Minister to stir bi.Ift? enable tl r' to stir ,t cheaper co;,].punr? The Steam Anmhit?ter.—ftis said that" Steam an, i both Time and .?c. It ;s th.?and pit, on'! f't in railway travelling, that its annihilating p,„ sometimes extend, also, to-human bein???" The Moustache Movement Whipper: "Well r. ?.? because it ?vcs trouble, -,?d is ?'ry h?U,y.  ?'??'"? ?'?"?S ?"t me; I?ar  ?' they loùks 'ansom, a??d S?s do?u .ith t!c .?  1%']?.t doing with my belt Child: 4? 1 a:n cutUng and eoutriving F,?,k for n,y !? .p,? A coward  a Luly, for he ?. h c?h'? ?'?h. may ".tu.11Y be f-?[ mouthed.—Punch 'J lle 0,lly legitimate ?"? is ? ?'? of '? W1 is hot.-Punch. OUR BEAUTIFUL FASHIONS OF THE PRESENT B T I I OF -1 -1 I.- uur neautnui laslnons go on improving! Lik. I; --a. Palace, they are constantly being altered^ and m-v the better. What the human?a<7e will be ultin' no ],as b,.7i"d in the I?l, feathers, ornaments on the top .audinsomeni?-ef. that could possibly disfigure it. Let these disfigurem, r-'  continue, and they may have the effect of convertin ti,, head into a kind of Medusa's, that will turn into st,nc all look at it. One of the latest absurdities is the way ladies wear their bonnets—if it can be called wea"rV, when it is falling, like a Capuchin's hood, right di-v- backs. It thus forms a capital receptacle for c0:kctjJJ refuse or rubbish that may be dropt, or throii-n, it" ?' know one lady who found her bonnet, when she got hoiiii fectly filled with dust. It was quite a dust-bin in a \:c, way—and the luncheon, which w". Oil the table at th had to be sent away, as everything was Iilt bv the à¡t shower that the My had unconsciously shaken down uir'rii I here was another lady—whose hu.band iso rIch he should be, and who grumMes fearfully, poor fellow a:  new bonnet he has to pay for-who discovered her cLt be as full as it could hold of orange-peel. Some 11 aV'15 little boys must have amused themselves in wa]kin"h<.i.!? t and pitching into it every piece (-f oran,?e-Pll? tliev 7• )vmgabout.Itw.tsanamusinc&ame<,fpiteh-;n-<;K. '.V them. The consequence has been that the lad'e w]■" tremely particular, e?pecially when she tak" a neiv a new b?net into her Ji?d, has been compc1kd to tliri -v' her old bonnet, and to have a new one. The poor h?' who is really to be pitied (husbands generally are), h.,? obliged, in order to pay for the dditi?,.l expense, to wrtWl! 6teadofndmst.givenpsmokin?,andtocntoffhis)u-(.)M -aJl of which expenses came out of his own pocket ?' I out of the housekeeping The last time he was S(n 1-e so thin that it was almost a microscopical effrt to <(. 1 '10' But this absurd fashion, coupled with the other absurui'? Jong de,?es? l??s the one good effect in k llp*?n;z our clean for the low bonnets carry off all the superfluous md the lon?? dresses carry away all the superfluous I""J, MwouM be difficult to say which fashion in,oin? If liness, ranks the lowest. A classical friend of ours humo-ouO- declares that he thinks the bonnets will soon be the Wr 1-1, the two, and that the ladies, for convenience' sake, will j.™- be wearing them, tied on to the end of their divsses. It Vii ( relieving them, he funnily says, of a great draw- facl- anj have the further advantage of keeping their dear heads This classical friend also savs that the ladies, as vieKvJ present with their bonnets hanging behind them. fe.male anthropophagi, or "monsters whose he-ids beneath their shoulders." However, we have onlv one hereth^ the fashion, which seems to be dropping lower rlr.d lower day, will gradually drop off altogether, and then the martial „« will be IIII Jf a plus de Bonn(-ts! But af-,(.r all 'the e-e■»" pities in the way of dress do not )ie exclusively on tleV< of the ladies. We must not throw every absnrditv on their Lacks. TI.c gentlemen come in, also, for a large share of the ridicul^f Look at an elegant young gent of the present dav* H:s li,- you must confess is faultless. It witlnn its lovely chimney-pot form. It has not onh-W' re- shape, but utility of purpose. The brim is admirable A L:JJ" bird can about settle 011 it, and that is all. There is sufficient width to enable you to lift the hat with, and what more do you want ? As for keeping the sun off, it is r.ot needed for that purpose, for when is the sun ever seen in En:lanJ ¡ and as for keeping the rain off, as it is a wcJWcnown facttt, no Englishman ever ventures out of doors without his tun! rei!n it cannot be needed for that purpose any more than ti c" sun. Then look at the shirt-collar.' It is a hi 'h linen wu" behiid which the face is securely protected from the sliar ] cutting winds that are continually flving about our climr' V like so many aerial guillotines. One's head would in-Ylifv be chopped off, cleaner than any head of asparagus, if it mX not for some such protection; and besides, we should not f, fault with our voting men if they do not try to hide as lnucl: they can of their beautiful features. You may Le siii-e t). they only do it out of charity to the ladies! The small rib'. that fences in this high wall of collar is, likewise, most leauti- ful. It is almost an invisible fence that is planted evidentlr more for ornament than me. The wall would look c-U as • naked-a kind of it. We nnv sar that eveiypartof the dress bespeaks a degree of taste tk»: would win the admiration even of a savage. In fact -et" savage—a greater savage, if you can, tlianone who L.at. b wife; then select a Young Lady and a Young Gent in the I rl- sent year's cost umcs; let the former be as fashionable a« Jike-Jet the latter be asgreen-as you can find him; tl;e:i them before your savage—turn them gently round for five minutes, and then ask him his candid opinion. We willw-ycr our next week's receipts —110 small wager, by t?, he will be puzzled to say which looks the most -Punch.

linilwal) Jntdluprc. The Railway Meetings of the Week have not -,ror f.; prominent importance. The shareholders of the Ea*t Or;i> stead Railway have adopted the report of the directors ilc- tailing the progress of the company, and it is stated that a contract has been made for the construction of the line for sum of 43.7001. The landowners of West Kent have passed resolutions :r, favour of a line from Sydenham to Bromlev. hv Offer! Maidstone, with branches to Lewisham, Greenwich, Klthar" and Xewington-causeway, for local and suburban traffic. The directors of the JIalton and Driffie.M Comianv have been authorised to issue 8,000 10/. shares, bearing intereH "t the rate of 5 per cent, in perpetuity. A section of the shareholders of the London and South- Western have agreed to resolutions condemnator'y of the pro- ceedings of the executive in connexion with the Wester;: Extension Jines, The dividend of the Rouen and Havre Companv. at th° rato of I Sf. per share, has been approved, and the report carrir-J, The dividend of the Tournay to Jurbise and LanJen to Has?)e line is about 6-?. jer share, the statem?: of the d?- rectors having been received as satisfactorv. The shareholders of the Waterford and Tramore Railway have adopted the report, and the prospects of traffic are c^:> sidered encouraging. PASSENGER TRAFFIC. A Parliamentary paper just issued contains a v.y o: statistical information relative to the passenger irutr.c »p&r. the railways of the United Kingdom during the half-year ending the 31st ot December, 1852, and shows, bv a com* pans" WJlh the rtsnlts of the corresponding j»eriul of preieding year, the progress which had been effecting clUJ'jr,; that time. The number of miles of railways opened for trai^c ;n the I nited Kingdom, at the commencement of tl?, half-"ear emiin^ the 3Ht -f D,Ir, 1831, ?.? 6,698, and ,t the tennin.-rtk'n 0,890. The number of mile. of railways similarly op-nni at the commencement of Ihc corresponding half-year of 1652 was 7,076, and the close 7,336. The total receipts from all sources "f tr. JhV were 8,247.9371. 12s 1:,1. this I¡a;¡,y,<r ir. 1851, and 8,515,503/. 3s. 6|d. in 1S52. Of these th* receipts from goods, &e., tramc, were, in 1851, 3.G67.HM 2s. 7d., and in 1852, 4,15418351. 14s. 4-JJ.: whilst the receipts from the passencr traffic werQ. in 1851. 4.577.320/. 8s. 2J.. exclusive of 3,50il. Is, 4<J., excess fales, and in 1852, 4,354,S341. 16s 1.1., exclusive of 5.3,321. 13s O^J. excess fares. The U1ns received from first-class i<i>sengers Juring 12s. 8d; from second class passeng"ers, in 1851, 1,722,626/. 15s. 4 £ d., and in 1851'. !.<; ;<> >4^. 4s.6d.:from thil'<l.clacs and parli:llnt'ntarq, L 1,4:33,92!1!, ical tickets, in 5^d.; the total number of passengers conveyed Jurhi_f above half-year, upon all the railways of the L'nited was, in 1851, 47.509,392, and in 1852, 49,886.123}. (l* these numbers the first class passengers were, in 1,)1. 5,47470861, and 5,859,214 in 1852. The second class passengers were, in 1851, 16,710,716; in 1852, I7.524.05lJ- The third-class and parliamentary, in 1851, were 25.307.610 and in 1852, 26,484,866. The holders of periodical tickoti were in 1851, 16,979J; and in 1852, 17,991. Tlie tota: mileage travelled by passengers in England and Wales th: half-year ending December 31, 1852, was 653:926;7944 miles; whilst the mileage travelled by passenger trains 14,269,335^ miles; and by goods 11.. number of passenger trains was 453.610, and the nuinbei of goods trains, 206,244. In Scotland, the total mihage ú passengers was 61,170,721 miles, whilst the mileage travels by passenger trains was 1,900,459 miles; and by gcods trains 1,820,1781 niiles. The number of passenger trains wa 82,617; and of goods trains, 50,107. In Ireland, the tot- mileage of the passengers was 45,744,110 miles, whilst mileage travelled by passenger trains was 1.230.042J nule* and by goods trains, 292,363 The of tains was 53,961, and the number of goods trains, 6.844.