LONDON MECHANICS' INSTITUTION, Pres.-Wm. Lloyd Birkbeck LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY, MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 32 A, George-street, Hanover-square. Pres.-J. Snow, M.D. Hon. Secs.-E. Smith, M.D. and C. H. Rogers Harrison NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF THE POOR, Sanctuary, Westminster. Pres.-Archbishop of Canterbury NUMISMATIC SOCIETY, 41, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden. Pres.-Lord Londesborough Secs.-W. S. W. Vaux and John Evans PALEONTOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, Pres.-(vacant) Sec.-J. S. Bowerbank PARKER SOCIETY, 33, Southampton-street, Strand. Pres.-Earl of Shaftesbury PATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 32A, George-street, Hanover-square. Pres.-J. M. Arnott Hon, Secs.-R. Quain, M.D., and Mitchell Henry PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 12, St. James's-square (London Library). Pres.-The Bishop of St. David's Hon. Secs.-Professor Key and F. J. Furnivall For. Sec.-J. R. Hind Assist. Sec.-J. Williams ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, Regent's-park. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, Pres.-J. Ayrton Paris, M.D. ROYAL COLLFGE OF SURGEONS, Pres.-W. Lawrence Vice-Pres.-B. Travers and E. Stanley Sec.-Edmund Belfour ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, 15, Whitehall-place. Pres.-Earl of Ellesmere Sec. and Editor-Dr. Norton Shaw ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS, 16, Grosvenor-street. Pres.-Earl De Grey Hon. Secs.-J. J. Scoles and C. C. Nelson ROYAL INSTITUTION, Albemarle-street. Sec. Rev. John Barlow Assist. Sec. and Lib.-B. Vincent ROYAL LITERARY FUND, 73, Great Russell-street. Patron-The Queen Pres.-Marquess of Lansdowne ROYAL MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY, 53, Berners-street. Pres.-Cæsar H. Hawkins Secs.-T. B. Peacock, M,D, and Spencer Smith Res. Lib.-B. R. Wheatley ROYAL SOCIETY, Somerset-house. Pres.-Lord Wrottesley Vice-Pres. und Treas.--Col. Sabine Secs. Dr. W. Sharpey and Prof. G. G. For. Sec.-Rear- Adm. W. H. Smyth ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE, Pres.-Earl of Carlisle Sec.-W. S. W. Vaux ROYAL SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS, 12, Lisle-street, Leicester-square Patroness The Queen. Sec.-John A. Ireland RUSSELL INSTITUTION, 55, Great Coam-st. Sec. and Librarian-Wm. Jones SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES, Somerset House. Pres.-Earl Stanhope Director-Sir H. Ellis Sec.-J. Y. Akerman Treasurer-i'red. Ouvry SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS, 64, Suffolk-street, Pall Mall East. Pres.-F. Y. Hurlstone Treas.-J. Tennant | Hon. Sec.-A. Clint SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS, &c., 18 & 19, John-str., Adelphi SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN 67, Lincoln's Inn Fields. SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE Pres.- Archbishop of Canterbury SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE EMPLOYMENT Pres.-The Abps. of Canterbury and York Sec-Rev. J. M. Rodwell SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER-COLOURS, 5, Pall Mall East. Pres-Copley Fielding Sec-J. J. Jenkins Treas.-W. C. Smith SOC. OF PAINTERS IN WATER-COLOURS, NEW, 53, Pall Mall. Pres.-H. Warren | Vice-Pres.-L. Haghe Treas. and Scc.-James Fahey STATISTICAL SOCIETY, 12, St. James's-square. Pres.-Earl Fitzwilliam Hon. Secs.-W. A. Guy, M.B., Wm. New- SURREY ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Pres-Duke of Norfolk. SYDENHAM SOCIETY, 45, Frith-street, Soho. Sec.-J. R. Bennett, M.D. UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION, Pres.-Duke of Northumberland Vice-Chairman-Col. Yorke Sec.-L. H. J. Tonna MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND, FROM THE CONQUEST. (Corrected by the Table of Regual Years in Sir Harris Nicolas's "Chronology of History.") * In some historical, and in all legal documents, the reign of Charles II. is reckoned from his father's death. CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES. HOME-Herts-Hertford, Lent & Summer Essex-Chelmsford, L. and S. Kent-Maidstone, L. and S. Kingston, L-Guildford & OXFORD. - Berks Reading, L.- Abing don, S. Oron Oxford, L. and S. Worcester & City-Worcester, L. & S. Stafford Stafford, L. and S. Salop Shrewsbury, L and S. Hereford Hereford, L. and S. Gloucester & City-Gloucester, L. & S. MIDLAND- Northampton L. and S. Rutland Oakham, L. and S. L. and S. Derby Derby, L. and S. Leicester & Boro'-Leicester, L. & S. Huntingdon Huntingdon, L. and S. NORTHERN-York & City-York, L. and S. Durham Durham, L. and S. WESTERN Hants--Winchester, L. and S. Wills Dorset Dorchester, L. and S. Devon and Exeter-Exeter, L. and S. Dolgelly (S.) Caernarvon-Caernarvon Chester Chester CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. By an Act of 4 William the Fourth, cap. 36, a Central Criminal Court is constituted for London and Middlesex, and certain parts of Essex, Kent, and Surrey, the Sessions of which are to be holden in London or the suburbs at least twelve times in every year. The Judges are the Lord Mayor, the Lord Chancellor, the Judges, the Aldermen, Recorder, and Com mon Serjeant of London, and such others as her Majesty may appoint. The jurisdiction of this Court extends to all treasons, murders, felonies, and misdemeanours, including all places within ten miles of St. Paul's Cathedral. By this Act, also, offences committed on the high seas within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England are to be tried in this court.-The following are the sittings for 1855-56: 1855, Nov. 26, Dec. 17; 1856, Jan. 7, Feb. 4, March 3, April 7, May 12, June 16, July 7, Aug. 18, Sept. 15, Oct. 27. These sessions always commence on Monday. Mr. John Clark is Clerk of the Court. * The city has a separate jurisdiction, and tries by its own Recorder. LAW AND OTHER PUBLIC OFFICES, With Hours of Attendance. Accountant-General's Office, Chancerylane, 9 to 3, and 4 to 6; and for payments, 11 to 3 Accountant in Bankruptcy, Basinghallstreet, 10 to 4; for payment of Dividends, 11 to 3. Acknowledgment of Deeds by Married Admiralty Court, College-square, Doctors' Aimiralty Register Office, Paul's Bakehouse-court, Godliman-st., Oct. 1 to Mar. 31, 10 to 3; Apr. 1 to Sept. 30, 10 to 4 Admiralty Naval Depart, Whitehall, 10 to 5 Admiralty Civil Department, Somerset House, 10 to 4 Advocates, College of, Doctors' Commons, 10 to 4. Affidavit Office, Irish (Chancery), Southampton-buildings, 10 to 4; in long vacation, 11 to 1 Alien Office, at the Home Office, 11 to 4 Allowance Office for spoiled Stamps, Somerset-house, Tues. Thurs. and Sat. 12 to 2 Apothecaries' Hall, Water-lane, Blackfriars, 9 to 8; Solicitor's Office, 1 to 3 Appearance Office (Q. B.), King's Bench Walk, Temple. Hours as Writ Office Archdeacon of London's Office, Great Knightrider-street, 9 to 6 Archdeacon of Middlesex's Office, 3, Godliman-street, 10 to 4 Archdeacon of Surrey's Office, 3, Paul's Chain, 10 to 4 Archdeaconry of Rochester, 19, Benet'shill, 94 to 5 Arches Court, College-square, Doctors' Commons, sits at 10 Arches Registry, 20, Great Knightrider. street, 10 to 4 Army Pay Office, see Paymaster-General Attorney-General's Office, Lamb's-buildings, Temple, 10 to 9; in vacation, 10 to 5. Audit Office for Public Accounts, Somerset House, 10 to 4; Saturday, 10 to 2 Auditor's Office for Land Revenue, 11, Spring-gardens, 10 to 4 Bankruptcy Ct., 82, Basinghall-st., 10 to 4 Bishop of London's Office, 3, Godlimanstreet, 10 to 4 Bishop of Winchester's Office for Surrey, 12, Great Knightrider-street, 10 to 5 Board of Control, Cannon-row, 10 to 4 Board of Green Cloth, Buckingham Palace, 11 to 4 Board of Health, 8, Parliament-street, 10 to 4 Board of Trade, Whitehall, 10 to 4 Bocking, registry of the Deanery of, 10, Great Knightrider-street, 9 to 6 Chancery Enrolment Office, Chancery-lane, 10 to 4; vacation, 10 to 2 Chancery Office, Southampton-buildings, 11 to 4; vacation, 11 to 1 Church Building Commission, &c., 13, Great George-st., Westminster, 10 to 5 City Court for Small Debts, Guildhallbuildings, 10 to 1 City Police Commissioners' Office, 26, Old Jewry, 9 to 5 City Remembrancer's Office, Guildhallyard, 9 to 8 City Solicitor's Office, Guildhall, 94 to 54 Clerk of the Crown Office, Rolls-yard, Chancery-lane, during the sitting of Parliament 10 to 3, and at House of Lords 4 to 6; at other times 10 to 2 Clerk of the Peace (City) Office, Sessions House, Old Bailey, 10 to 5; during sittings, 9 to 5 Clerk of the Peace, for Surrey, Northstreet, Lambeth, 9 to 5 Ditto, Middlesex, Sessions-house, Clerkenwell, 10 to 5 Coal Exchange, Lower Thames-street, 11 to 2. Colonial Land and Emigration Board, 8, Park-street, Queen-square, 11 to 5 Colonial Office, 13 and 14, Downing-street Commander-in-Chief's Office, Horse Guards, 10 to 6 Commissary of Surrey's Office, 12, Great Knightrider-street, 10 to 4 Commissary of London Registry for Wills, 16, Knightrider-street, 10 to 4 Commissioners for Affidavits in Chancery, and other Law Courts in Ireland, 10, Southampton-buildings, 10 to 4 Commissioners in Lunacy, Whitehallplace, 10 to 4 Commissioners of Police, 4, Whitehallplace, 10 to 4 Commissioners of Sewers for City of London, Guildhall-yard, 10 to 4 Commissioners of Sewers for the Metropolis (exclusive of the City of London) 1, Greekstreet, Soho-square, 9 to 4 Common Pleas Office, Serjeant's Inn, Chancery-lane, 11 to 5 in term; 11 to 3 in vacation, except from Aug. 10 to Oct. 24, when 11 to 2 only. Comptroller of Corn Returns, 4, Old Palace-yard, 10 to 4 Consistory Court, Doctors' Commons, sits at 11 Copyhold Commission, Somerset House, 10 to 4 Corn Exchange, Mark-lane, Fenchurchstreet, 11 to 3 Court of Review, Registrar's Office, Quality-court, Chancery-lane, 10 to 4 vacation, 11 to 3 Coroner of Middlesex's Office, Bedfordstreet, Covent-garden Crown Office (Q. B.), 2, King's Bench-walk, Temple, 11 to 5; in vacation, 11 to 3; in Rule Department, in Term, 11 to 3 and 6 to 8 Crown Office, in Chancery, Rolls-yard, 10 to 3, and at House of Lords when sitting, 4 to 6. Custom-house, Lower Thames-street, Indoor Offices 10 to 4; Waterside Offices, from 1st March to 31st Oct., 8 to 4; from 1st Nov. to 28th Feb. 9 to 4 Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's Office, 5, Dean's court, 94 to 5 Dean and Chapter of Westminster's Office, 19, Benet's-hill, 94 to 5 Duchy of Cornwall Office, Somerset-house, 10 to 4 Duchy of Lancaster Office, Lancaster. place, Waterloo-bridge, 10 to 4 East India House, Leadenhall-street, Treasury, 9 to 3; other departments, 10 to 4 Ecclesiastical Commission, 5, Whitehallplace, 10 to 4 Education, Commissioners for, Privy Coun cil Office, Downing-street, 10 to 4 Emigration Office, 15, Park-street, Westminster, and 70, Lower Thames-street, 10 to 4 Error Office for Allowance and Transcript (Q.B. and C. P.), Serjeants' Inn, Chancerylane, 10 to 4 in Term; 11 to 3 vacation Examiners' Office, Rolls-yd., Chancerylane, 10 to 4 in Term, and 11 to 3 in va cation Exchequer of Pleas Office, 7, Stone-bldgs., Old-square, 11 to 5 in Term; 11 to 3 in vacation, except from August 10 to Oct. 24, when 11 to 2 only; in Rule department, 11 to 3 and 6 to 8 Exchequer Bill Office, Whitehall, 10 to 4 Excise Export Office, 9 to 3; Import Office, summer 8 to 4, winter 9 to 4, Tower Dock Factory Inspectors' Office, Home Office, Whitehall, 11 to 4 Faculty Office, 10, Great Knightrider-st., 9 to 6 Foreign Office, 15 and 16, Downing-street Gazette-office, 45, St. Martin's-lane General Register Office of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, 7 & 8, Somerset-place, 10 to 4 Government Annuity Office, 19, Old Jewry, 10 to 3 Greenwich Out-Pension Office, 49, Great Tower-street, 10 to 4 Hackney Carriage Office, Old Broadstreet, 10 to 4 Half-pay Office. See Paymaster-General's Office Harbour Master's Office, St. Katherine's Stairs, 10 to 4 Hawkers' and Pedlers' Office, Somerset Heralds' College Office, St. Benct's-hill, Inland Revenue Office, Somerset House, 10 to 4 Insolvent Debtors' Court, Portugal-street, 10 to 4 Irish Courts Affidavit and Deeds Registry Office, 10, Southampton Buildings, 10 to 4 Irish Office, 18, Great Queen-street, Westminster, 11 to 5 Joint Stock Company's Registration Office, Serjeants'-inn, Fleet-street, 10 to 5 Judge Advocate's Office, 35, Great Georgestreet, Westminster, 10 to 4 Judges' Chambers, Rolls' Gardens, Chancery-lane, 11 to 5; vacation, 11 to 3; long vacation, 11 to 2 Judgment Office (Queen's Bench Office), Inner Temple; hours the same as the Writ Office Land Revenue Office. See Woods and Forests Land Tax Redemption Office, Somerset House, 10 to 4 Legacy Duty Office, Somerset House, 10 to 4 Lloyd's Rooms, Royal Exchange, 9 to 6; Underwriters' Room, 10 to 5 Loan Office (Public Works), South Sea House, 10 to to 4 Lord Advocate of Scotland's Office, Gwydyr House Lord Chamberlain's Office, Stable-yard, St. James's, 11 to 4 Lord Chancellor's Secretary's Office, Quality-court, 11 to 3 Lord Mayor's Court Office, 1, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall-street, 10 to 4 Lunatics' Secretary's Office, Quality-court, 10 to 4, in vacation, 11 to 1 Lunacy Master's Office, 45, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 10 to 4 Marshal and Associate's Office, (Q.B. and C.P.) Rolls'-gardens, term and sittings after 11 to 5; in vacation, 11 to 2 Ditto (Exchequer), 5, Child's-place, as Queen's Bench, term and sittings after 11 to 3 and 6 to 8; vacation, 11 to 2 Masters in Chancery Office, 25, Southampton-buildings,' 10 to 4; vacation, 11 to 1 Masters' Office, Q. B., Mitre-court-buildings, Temple; C.P., Serjeants'-inn, Chancerylane; Exch. Stone-buildings, Lincoln'sinn, 11 to 5; in vacation, 11 to 3; from 10 Aug. to 23 Oct. 11 to 2 Metropolitan Buildings, 6, Adelphi-terrace, 10 to 4 Metropolitan Roads, North of the Thames, 22, Whitehall-place, 10 to 4 Metropolitan Police, 4, Whitehall-place, 10 to 4 Middlesex Registry of Deeds, Bell-yard, Temple-bar, 10 to 3 for searches; 11 to 2 for registry Mint, Tower Hill, 10 to 4 National Debt and Government Annuity Office, 19, Old Jewry, 10 to 3 Navy Office, Somerset House, 10 to 4 Ordnance Office, 86, Pall Mall, and Tower, 10 to 4 Patent Bill Office, 13, Serle-st., Lincoln'sinn, 10 to 4 Patent Office, Great Seal, Quality-court, 10 to 3 Paymaster-General's 10 to 4 Office, Whitehall, Peculiar of Archb. of Canterbury's Office, 5, Bell-yard, Doctors' Commons, 9 to 5 Pell Office, Westminster Hall, 10 to 1 Petty Bag Office, Rolls -yard (C.), 10 to 4; in vacation, 11 to 2 Police Offices, 10 to 5 Poor Law Commission, Gwydyr House, Whitehall, 10 to 4 Post Office, St. Martin's-le-Grand Prerogative Court, College-sq., Doctors' Commons, February to October 9 to 4, other months 9 to 3 Prerogative Will Office, 6, Great Knightrider-street, as Prerogative Court Presentation Office, Quality-court, 3 to 4 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Society, 12, Pall Mall, 10 to 4 Privy Council Office, Downing-st., 11 to 4 Privy Seal and Signet Office, Whitehall and 28, Abingdon-street, 10 to 3 |