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ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION. The Committee of this Institution earnestly appeal to the public for pecuniary ass'stailw to aid them to meet the pre "lit heavy demands on the limited funds of the Society. THOMAS BARING, Chairman. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Deputy-Chairman. Sept. la, 1859. Contributions will be thankfully received by Messrs. Willis aDd Co. ; .Coutts and Co. ; "Terries and Co. ; and at the o ffi ce of he hist itution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, W.C. FI Al' EXCURSION TO THE NORTH, Gl tEAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—On MONDAY, r 1,Y% September, an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave el.olgton at 10 15 a.m. for OXFORD (Fares, lls and 5s 6d), 8 ' ! ll , l3 , u rY (Ms and 6s 6d), Leamington and Warwick (18s and s '' 'lnning] lam (20s and 9s 6d), West Bromwich,Wednesbury, d Bilston Ms 6d and 108), Wolverhampton (22s 6d and lOs Wellingiton and Shrewsbury (27s 6d and 13s), Liam .'" l en Road a nd Chester (.33s and 15s), Birkenhead and Liver- Pool f . ) , ' , 7 1 3 and 475) ; returning on the 24th September ~:4 11 Liverpool, at 10 30 a.m., and intermediate stations r eturn handbills Passengers going down on the 19th, may sa me time, either on the 24th September or 3d October at the tirne, GREAT WESTERN RAILWA Y.- , URISTS' SEA-SIDE and l' TICKETS, vailable TO for a month, or longer by extra AMILY payment, are now Issued at Paddigton To mr E y mo 355. First-class, and 255. Second - class , irParties taking not less than Four First or Six Seco nd-class cKets, p y ' ) EXETER, DAWLISH, TEIGNMOUTH, TORQUAY, GNTON for DARTMOUTH, BIDEFORD, or BARN STAPLE (for IICFRACOMBE), 50s. First-class, and 355. "„,ond-class to parties taking not less than Three tickets. it 'o PENZANM part the LAND'S END, 65s First Class, ;Second-class, toies taking not less than three tickets. othe ISLE of MAN, via Chester and Liverpool, 70s. First elaja and 50s. Second-class, 0 BANGOR, BEAUMARIS, and LLANDUDNO, 70s. s-class and 50s. Second-class. t,,,T0 CA EtNARVON, via Llangollen-road, Capel Curig, and t „,,eris —to BALA, via, Llangollen-road or Corwen—or ~E WTOWN, via Oswestry, 70s. First-class and 50s. ea ond-class. a NARBERTH-ROA.D and NEYLAND for TENBY i class.`, MILFORD HAVEN, 70s. First-class and 50s. Second- W. 0 KILLARNEY nd SOUTH of IRELAND via Milford tiz:ven and Waterfor a d, £5 ss. First-class and £4 Second %;. JERSEY and GUERNSEY, via Weymouth, 455. First -48 and 355. Second-class. _ For further particulars see Great Western Time Books. b ills will be sent on application to the Superintendent, -raddington Station' THE GREAT EASTERN at WEYMOUTH. p o The GREAT EASTERN is advertised to be ready at il l Mau near Weymouth, for the reCeption of visitors, from () ,e h till the 15th September inclusive, previous to starting per Trial Voyage on the 17th September.—SPEClAL lt A EXCURSION TRAINS, via SOUTH-WEST R itN t s f „,";WAY, will run on each Week-day, from 9th till land the inclusive, to WKIMOUTH, from London and 'e undermentioned Stations, as follows : FARES TO WEYMOUTH AND BACK. First Second Covered Class. Class. CatTlages. h at ,„ -• London (Waterloo- A.M. • bridge Station at 7.0 tt Vauxhall at 7.8 Eingston at 7.25 , it' Woking at 7.50 125. 10s. 88. " Farnborough at 8.5 " Basingstoke at 8.35 " Winchester at 9.12 Bishopstoke at 9.30) " Southampton (West- I 10s: ki t , end Station) at 9. 45 wive at Weymouth at 12.5 irrilteturning. from Wmouth each week day at 4.30 p.m., and In London a b ou t 9.45 p.m. RpZ e Excursion Tickets will be available to return by the th e - dal Excursion Train on the day following that on which tno Y are issued, thus enab!ing passeagers to remain at Wey pull% from 12 noon till 4.30 p.m. on the following day , or -Ben g° with Excursio Tickets may return by Ti the Ex atia,Vrrsain the same day, in t heir . option ea under Three, Free , Three to 12, Half Fares S ; w , no transferable, and available at Weym outh only. A t : earpe t t-ba.g only allowed as luggage. Gr e `alaboats will ply between Weymouth Quay and the Great Ship . By order, ARCHD. SCOTT, Traffic ganager. Wa terloo-bridge Station, London, September, 1859. Bs. 6s THE LONDON.—The attention of Gentlemen Veh n l especially drawn to the advantag es offered in thy; se me ' , •na spacious Saloons, which fulfil all the require tive of a West-end club of the most aristocratic and tr exclu -1,, c uaracter. tn ei ipt ouve dans la Salle de Lecture non seulement les tt g•furs iourneaux Anglais, mats aussi Allemand, Francais, F. SANVYER, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street. CASTLE HOTEL, NORWICH.- ,the ke,RS. TAYLOR returns her most sincere thanks for ,rieir patronage she has received from her Commercial auring the last twenty years, and begs to inform to h e to give increased accommodation, she has added decec i 4 hotel the excellent and roomy dwelling-house latey not e by Geprge Wornack, 'Esq. This will enable her to Clem B everal iirtments to the exclusive use of those gen en k a require Stoc -room . $E QUEEN'S HOTEL, Queenstown. —Mr. la . ROBERT WILSON respectfully apprises touri e st a s ir an e d f *hie les visiting this delightful watering-place, th bli eil " 1 8 famed throughout Europe, that the splendid esta h i nt 80 well known as the " Queen's Hotel" has come Baited maagement. This hotel is one of the finest in the lib c ted kingdom ; and besides being furnished with all the th,"ries and appliances of a First-class Hotel, it combines all 1 4 advantages of a beautiful situation, commanding charm views, the best attendance, ample accommodation either V families or single visitors, close contiguity to the ste a m - pier, and the finest promenades of Queenstown, and a ale of prices so moderate as to enable its visitors to enjoy the advantages of a first-class hotel on the same terms e n t Would have to pay in a minor one. From its open and 4tihfit invalids rul situatio , n the Queen's Hotel is also peculiarly suit- Le or 1: 12 Q ROYAL STATION HOTEL, Paragon one :Met, Hull, requires only to be visited to be pronounced epeemost splendid hotels in England. The situation is 1 3 ,11i16,"L1 healthful, a few minutes' walk from all theublic 'ae It„",g,s and places of business, and being connect ed . with ro l oirway Station, affords railway passengers arriving . or th e oa -ri g" by every train day or night, the advantage of be ing att en spot, and having their wants and wishes immediately t o. ke n u t e allblic should know that •under the present manage take will find every comfort and convenience at the 4 ceo c harges they are paving at the minor hotels. It has is n:ltinodation for upwards of one hundred and fifty visitors, a ri , ed 11 13 with every luxury an hotel can comthand, and is Bede anged for the advantage of every class of visitor, that i s. • be had from ls. to 2s. ; Private Rooms, from 2s. to all' B reakfasts from is . 6d. to 28. ; Dinnets, from 28. and satijler charges of that moderate character which will giv e Yt a i i !action to every class of visitor who may pay the hotel a The hotel It s sp,, i contains Gentlemen and . Ladies' Coffee Rooms ; t -1 11, 1 4' . li.ooll set apart Eels Commercial Gentlemen ; fourteen SuitPs of Rooms ; rge spacious Rooms for Dinner qiel l eLPublic Meetings, &c., &c. ; two first-class Refresh ':uonts ; two Smoke Rooms ; Bath and Billiard Rooms. N"). 20,976. PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL BY IeHE AUTHOR OF " CHARLE AUCHESTER." Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., ALMOST A HEROINE. By the Author of " Charles Auchester," " Rumour," &c. Hurst and Blackett,l3, Great Marlborough-street. DEPARTURE OF THE GREAT EASTERN. —With the ILLUSTRATED TIMES of NEXT FrATURDAY, September 17, will be issued A ITALY SHEET EXT RA. The Number and Supplement will contain nume rous Engravings in connection with the progress of the Great Eastern from the Thames to Weymouth. Price of the Number and Supplement, 4d. Unstamped ; sd. Stamped. Office, 2, Catherine-street, Strand. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., ►THE TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA; showing why they so often appear In curable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By P. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., _ And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan_ Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular, Dec. Ist, 1858. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. CONTRACT FOR NORTH AMERICAN MASTS, YARDS, BOWSPRITS, TIMBER, &c. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 9th September, 1859. rIPHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING THE OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUES DAY, the 25th October next, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Con tract for supplying her Majesty's Dockyards with NORTH AMERICAN YELLOW PINE MASTS, YARDS, and BOWSPRITS, ASH OAR RAFTERS, and SPRUCE DEALS, RED PINE, YELLOW PINE, and ROCK ELM TIMBER. A form of the tender, the conditions of the contract, and a distribution of the articles may be seen at the said Office. No tender will be received after Two o'Clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing.. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the' left-hand corner the words " Tender for North American Goods," and must be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by Two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the per son tendering in the Sum of £5,000 for the due performance of the Contract. A Night Porter in attendance. Ar o EDWIN TAYLOR. Prietor of the Royal Station Hotel, Hull, and Crescent Hotel, Filey. 401. 1, ." -- TAYLOR'S CRESCENT HOTEL, fronting the sea to amities and Gentlemen. It has accommodation for up- Iloe ft ', of one hundred and fifty visitors. Table D'Hilte at itai l ;',,elock. Omnibuses and Cabs from the hotel meet all the ''• Good stabling and coach-houses. Moderate terms. rtItULY EFFICACIOUS and MILD.— Ivitt i r• SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER pared cott:lt any Mercurial Ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. at, Bromley, Kent. These Pills will be found invaluable qcon w ,,,no su ff er from bilious , and liver complaints, indiges asbit;;Lad, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For arc trol l costiveness, and as a family aperient medicine, they s (it Y e xcellent • mild in their operation and grateful to t t l reop . Th na e ac h nti l they'create appetite, promote digestion, .and bo xes e whole nervous system. Sold by most druggists, Scott ~;„'s• lid., and 2s. 9d. each. Be sure to ask for Dr. Kr te B ilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square "41 o rte n k , a g, c, with ". Lmbert, 20, Jermyn-street," en - Governm W ent staamp. ui 11t ,',. 1 -i-VMERT, Registered L.S.A., Honoraryth, geyriber of the London Hospital Medical Society, M.D. "t l l"' n rrerfitty of E rlan g en, &c., continues to be CON t"etrpi on all case s of Nervousness, and the 'tor p :; . ntirtnities of Youth, Manhood, and Old Age, DAILY, 4 1 till 2, and from 6 till 8. at his residence, A ja r 3 7 B E DFORD-SQUARE, LONDON tillektl4l,a A lert has just published, price Sixpence, 'with k o n r u , - "titte c i E ngravings and Cases, a New Edition of his St LI ., - PRESERVATION, AN ESSAY ON NERVOUS tit Leh Ivi , ll be fDEßlLlTY.orwarded post free in a sealed envelope by "roro; ,-nooksell 89 Cornhill, London, or by the Author, r esiden e ce r , to . 'any address, for eight postage stamps. S CONTENTS. •%te' " -The Physiology of the Generative Organs. ti°iON n.—Puberty—Manhood -The Morale of Genera glte h9lol°2Y-True and False Morality. RelatT e t °N 11/,......maeriage in its Social, Moral, and Physical OelJ a- sits Expectancies and Disappointments. uuth IV. s torrhma and Impotence-Sterthty in le oe, - perma -. `esdeet . -e s-Self-inflicted Miseries-Sad Consequences of St e , to In CiouN N V. -The Vices of Schoo , s-Effects of certain per ;r.ee o„abits on the mental and general faculties-Impo t ator a l bititvel„ox VI-Treatment of Nervous and Generative De- Vari e d - impotence and Sterility-Dangerous Results of ` 4 : 11 Novel Remedies -The Author's Principles of Treat successf Medical ul , Diracetetic, and General, derived from Twenty ptice. 1 ,--. lin BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA Mu O,,„9HOCOLATE POWDER— Contains the greatest util ea v , of easily assimilated nourishment for strengthening eh eo ,e persons, children, and infants with weak stomachs, per meal, affords a delicious br ew i ° I. usrves and, at 3-pence a t, a last, lunch or supper. It is the best dietetic honicep nic i , re, bu i;„_Paration, and maybe eaten either alone or mixed with v-ar i n "it Y's Revalenta A rabica Foo s d„ z A dmirably adapted to 6d 11b., 35.; 21b., ss. 9d. tlb 1 2 a las with. In Tins ,at 1 tee,. i nt & ;, 121 b., 265. The 121 b. fo.rwarded carag n e , free, on n o t n . stre et' ost-office order. Du Barry and Co., ' tunduu ; and through all Grocers and Chemists. „14 7 b NO MORE MEDICINE _. H RESTORING 4 . - 9NrAiI_IRY'ELICIOUS H_ , il u•u (ci„„'"N"rA AR BICA FOOD CuErAe effectuallynery lonudsing,cesss: ulli 0 "PePsf al, constipation, flatulency, phlegm, beßBusness, liver complaints, hysteria, neuralgia,i; Impurities, t 'Ability, ow r ri .• aciditT, palpitation, heartburn, erup _, sleepless 'alaelie thespirits diarrhoea, dysentery,ilhiteym, diabetes,orrhoids hiti ns I ;_,, noises in head and ears, deb ia a ,„ e between the shoulders, despondency', cramps, spasms, lit, a, and sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), sinking cob', ecugh, asthma, bronchitis, consumption, also Children's cob', ..hat t iract ii a few out of 50,000 expressions of gratitude from ..i - Ratv „ us cured : Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart . de Deci .n o - f ‘ le acri' 1)71, 4 1 7 dyspepsia. Cure No. 49,832. "Fifty years' i ' J an agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, stql,„_,_conztiatn vomitin g ,fltulencY, s kness at the "11' 2 " a nd , have been spa re m m s o . v s e 3 d i B c l by Du Barry's % ball I' l lt .„Puod," Maria Joly. Cure No. , 6 Field Mar ''clisu e 'Juke of Pluskow, of dyspepsia, constipation,. ner aUd ~..e sa and liver complaints which had resisted all baths beth 41,e0Tedical treatment. Cure No. 47,121. Miss Eliza ltit:' of and nervous nervousness, indig o stiß,gtiT ir n . gatherings, .ve . , ,ot zi s i2.e_rv at irs fancies. .f O. 40:itilo. L I dyspepsia,caturnanervous irritability. - Cure P • Sa n ilanofdopsy and debibt C y 36 41 u 8 re R N ev o. . ,br..hi l ,-aptain Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure Np. s , Cu're No. W4lB '•nte„r• of cramps, spume and daily vomiting i t i le 4 re l l ' z' . ;• r d ier vey, of diarrhea and debility. CureNo . 29,628. Dr. ~„, co nsumption. Cure N 0.46.270. Mr. James Roberts, 14f rini leY, Surrey, of 20 years' diseased ` 4 11; 0 .4 1 , liver derangement, partial deafness.. l (Ts spittino• &ir n e ko. 4,20 i: fi llP e a 4ii i a, ga d r n s' a d u y se apepsi a , nervousness, debilitdy,bwiDthucrßasmrrypsi ..„ have been effectually cure y t aring l4 clo "°% Food Rev. John W. Flavell, Rilli co ng u t g o h n , r,ldiz,r, Yo Cu're N0..3,906, of thirteen a Zt ,, h; tl°n d alld general debility. James Porter,yAet.lriosl-sireet, fl _. quat llb 2s. 9d. ; 21b. 4s. 6d. , 121 b 225 • %% ' l lst e re- neu ty, Sib .225. • 101 b. 335. The . 101 b. andl2lb ' . t i ld er rfl are f orwarded . rriaVe free, on receipt of Post-office r urt . B arrY Du Barry and 7, Regent-street, London i ; l'• nuM 31 ---, -- Co.,' ''purveyors to her Maiesty, 82, 01. 1 '"111 1 ' aa un, and Co. -iss. ' , also at so, G Co., ; 0, Strand or 4, ‘4 4 !"% ; 49 and so Bi h r psgate-street ; 105, d 63, Oxford t)t ; a'S• Tottenh;i s Q rt-road ; also in Liverpool, li at ° I% , I P / ' I, Ca , s _tle - stree ni t7L u teds, Reinhardt and Co. ; Dub n, 4, 1 , Ame r "olbu r i i A adicalU d all 2M.nchester Sharp and Soott , it , acmes - OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. it Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. During the pAst year (188) 40,403 received the benefits of this Charity, either as out or in door patients ; and since Its foundation to 31st December, 1858, the number relieved was upwards of 649,000. The Committee entreat AID to enable them to continue this great work of charity. STANFORD S. SMITH, Sec. 3, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W., NEAR THE PANTHEON. , DR. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of ITidwiferv, and Apo thecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as above, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements of both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive indul gences. Has Just published, price 15. ; by post, 13 stamps, 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and original Work, entitled OURSELVES. Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation --The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exposition of, and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennerrhagia (Gonorrhoea), Spermatorrhcea, Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &c. FEMALE. The Physiolog.v and Anatomy of Women— Functional Ir regularities in 'Health ani Sickness—Choice in Marriage— Their- Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Demoval of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta- Hon—Use of the Speculum, and the securing of Healthy Offspring:. Also, No. 1. TEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY ; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2. • LOVE AND MARRIAGE : Their Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments ; Love and otlfer Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off spring secured. _ „ No. 3. THE CASE BOOK : 100 Cases of SPERMATORRWEA , Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, &e.'Sze. To be had of Mann, 30, Cornhill ; and the Authors.' Advice to the Working• Classes. fee Half-a-Guinea.' NE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD ON CONVICTION. The fearful dangers to invalids from ri - a u S T°ltilnNlaiCtlit a .lt t n i n E n V s A of DU BARRY'S invaluable HEALTH LEN TA ARABICA FOOD led to an ingstic,B upon application in 1854 f o r p rote ct i on , the High Court and, Chancery granted an injunction restraining Alfred Hooper Nevin, and his ag ents, under a penalty of £6,000, from selling any article resembling or being a colourable imitation of Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica, of which we are the sole pro prietors. Now, therefore, this is to give notice that the above reward will be paid, upon conviction, to anyone giving infor mation of any breach of the injunction. An intelligent public requires no admonition to shun all shopkeepers who may attempt impositions. London : :BARRY DU BARRY & CO, NO MORE SICKLYR OTHER OR IL CATTL-CONDITIONED HORSES O LE. RAREY'S HORSE and CATTLE -IMPROVING FOOD rr r stores the efficiency, rigour, endurance, and muscle of ill conditioned or apparently worn-out Horses, Cows, Bul locks, Calves, Sheep, and Digs. In a shor t time It improves their appearance and value by 20 and 30 per cent. RAREY andoo., a 7 r 7 d , e ßegent's Quadrant , London. In tins at 35., at 65., aLuls. ; in casks, of about 450 feeds , 50s. ; of about 1,000 feeds, 1 , ,,0 d bV , ng about lid. per feed. on receipt of Post-office orders. The:cas ks free of carriage. NO MORE MEDICINE _ trice 2d., free by po s t, a popu l ar treatise, sixty-four rt_tg_ti! k THE NATURAL REGENERATION of the DIG ESTIV 0 RGANS, practically 'illustrating the effectual Cure, without Medicine, .Iver, of Indigestion (dyspepsia), h a bit ua l C on stipation, Flatu lenc y Acidity, Palpitation of the Heart, Torpidity of the I 2 bilous Headaches, Nervousn ess Biliousness, General P lity, Cough, Asthma, Consumption; Despondency, splee n, &c. ' without Pills, Purgatives, or M e di c i ne o f any kind, by a simple, pleasant, and infallible means ; adapted to the gener al ebi. reader. London : Barry Du Barry & Co. 77, Regent-street. McCOLLUM'S GREAT ANGLO-SAXON CIRCUS. OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.- ILI Almost an entire chance of performance. New and interesting attractions for this week. Two performances daily, commencing at Sand 8 p.m . First appearance of Arthur Nelson, th. celebrated Clown Ring, Inventor and performer on the Lignum Phonicon, im prover of the Ancient Dulcim( rean Lyre. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, rt. Piccadilly. —These elegant rooms are now open for the Winter Season for Promenade Concerts, with the celebrated Argyll Band, conducted by Mons. A. Lamotte ; principal cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. Dancing at 10 o'clock. Doors open at 8, commence at half-past. Admission, I s. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Holborn, RE-OPENED for the SEASON.—This establishment, pre-eminently distinguished for the elegame and matchless beauty of its decorations, combined with the perfection of its management, is OPEN EVERY EVENING. Great alterations and improvements have been made during the recess, and nothing has been left undone that could en hance the beauty of the place, or increase the comfort of the visitors. Doors open at half-past 8; overture at 9; closing at 12 punctually. Admission Is. OMLY, AT THREE OICLOCK (and on MON DAY and SATURDAY evenings at half-past eight), Dr. KAHN will DELIVER his celebrated and popular LEC TURE on the " Philosophy of Marriage." The MUSEUM, 3, Tichborne-street, Haymarket, is OPEN DAILY (for gentlemen only). Admission, Is. Handbook free to visitors. Dr. Kahn's treatise on " The Philosophy of Marriage," free by post for twelve stamps, direct from the Author, 17. Harley-street, Cavendish-square. METROPOLITAN, COUNTIES, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, London, S.W. Life Assurance, Annuities, and Endowments. Loans on real and personal security. F. FERGUSON OAMROUX, Manager. LENPIELD PATENT STARCH, Or USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, N D rRONOUNCED BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. WHEN YOU ASK FOR GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, SEE THAT YOU GET IT, As inferior kinds are often substituted. ' Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &c., &c. WOTHERSPOON & CO., GLASGOW AND LONDON THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.—EverT person having an interest in domestic or farm animals 411ou1d obtain a supply of this celebrated and economical rood, which will prove invaluable during, the approaching Season. For keeping horses in good condition it is unequal ed. Pigs fatten with surprising rapidity upon it, and their flesh increases in flavour and value. Cowkeepers will find ' , Teat advantage in the increased quantity and'lmproved qua lity of the milk during its use. All animals are benefited by it. A pamphlet on this interesting subject, accompanied by Postimonials from the principal Nobility, Gentry, and Agri culturists, forwarded on application. In casks containing Railway (measures enclosed), price 505., carriage paid to any Station in the United Kingdom. Post-office orders savable to Joseph Thorley, 77, Newgate-street, London. N.B.—The public arecautioned against being imposed upon by worthless imitations. APPETITE AND INDIGESTION IMPROVED EA. and PERRTNS' WORCESTERSHIRE Li SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat, Gravies, Fish, Game, Sourr, Cur ries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safeguard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also ty Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mercha s, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA an PERKINS " are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. -c~z~. ,e - -i - - z L, ~' d • (,-,' l , - 1 -- - ::-..., .-). , • 7-- ' .‘ ''' • 1 ' . l i't • ' 4. .,7 • . ' :.....? -., •,-. ::,-,!"••'''‘'"* — , 4. , '„ , , , N\'4,, ~., " 5, .,.. ' '..`,;:., . i 'r.l' 1 , 171- l'' td -**'...A. .r* l r : Tirr 7"L - , .. I* 7: "el "1 ... ..11 ,, ' ...- ''.':*;._ ~..:: 41H:4 .__ 0 4 , • 1:1-'-11.: . :It: \, - .4 ' '))11 ' ,. *'.:1 ::, l.' 4 .1.‘' ...,..... '4. -..„ ....%, l' 90 . ' 1-:406 ' 11 ::::: 17, .." . '-- -- 5/, , ~..- 2,1. 4 .. ..,„ un ';„ --"'-'. .,,, ---- E -r:Z-':--- 11': - 1. L — E6 l lll \ : D 7 41 . 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S. " The Secretary of State for War, at the recom mendation of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief, having consented to an allowance of 4d. per day being granted to each man employed in camps of instruction in throwing up field works, to compensate for. the wear and tear of their Clothing atid boots—the same is hereby notified for general information and gdidance. It is, however, to be distinctly understood that the allowance is not to be regarded as working pay,' but is to be placed to the soldier's credit Nvith the captain of his company, as coMpensatiOn for cloth ing and boots damaged, or worn by work at the duties in question, and is not to be charged on works carrying working pay, as provided in pages 267, 268, of the. Queen s Regulations and Orders - for the Army. . "By' command, IV. F. FORSTER, Deputy-Adjutant-General." Lieut.-Col. Brown, late of her Majesty's screw steamship Doris, recently promoted, has arrived at Woolwich, and has joined. that divisiOn of the corps for service. THE NEW STEAM FRIGATE ORLANDO.` PLYMOUTH, MONDAY. The comparative want of success of this costly ship has been the continued• subject of -discussion here ever since the trial trip, an account of which appeared in The Sun of the 24th ult. Her ad mirer's maintain that with certain niodifications the relative deficiency of speed may be overcome, and that even now on a run to the Land's End and back she will beat all other British armed steam Ships of war. The Orlando is considered a sightly looking ship, and on the trial did not roll, as was stated in same publications. Her floor is flat enough , to preverit that ; the ends are tolerably sharp.. Naval men consider that (irrespective of the difficulty of work ing the guns) sharp bows are not sufficiently strong to sustain them, in consequence of the displacement not being adequate to the weights carried there ; while many builders contend that as the guns are borne on the edges of the plank in 'such ships, they are equal to all that is required, so far as strength is concerned, but as speed is the main point this can only be obtained by fine bows. When speaking of the Orlando reference is frequently made to the speed of the Himalaya, which is not what is termed a flat vessel, but is flatter in proportion than the frigate and does not carry guns. Her advantage in speed is mainly attributable to -her length, it being now almost au axiom that length gives sped. Vessels of the construction of the Himalaya can place their engines well down, which tends to in creased speed; as it promotes stability. Referring to vessels of war carrying guns, the low position of the engines also renders them less liable to injury from an enemy's shot. On the contrary, where ships roll, through the sharpness of their construc tion, the evil is increased by the necessity of keep ing the engines up is obtain sufficient breadth for seating them. SPORTING .- iNTELLIGENOB. DONCASTE Entries for the Eii3,lll Age 3 :R RACES. Liam Stakes (This Day). Age COMPARATIVE DIMENSIONS. Orlando. Himalaya. Ft. In. Ft. In. Length over all 337 0 .. 372 5 Length between perpendiculars 300 0 .. 310 5 Breadth 52 0 ~ 64 Depth of hold Burden in tons 3,727 .. 3,452 69-94 Wild Rose Underhand . Lord Nelson Argosy Shafto Cantine Pan Butterfly Entries for tne Queen's Plat Age 3 'Wallace - 2 Zuyder Zee 5 Mixture Senorita filly Clemanthe Greta 2 Twilight' 3 Master Bagot 5 'e (Wednesday). Cup Course. 5 The Queen's yacht, the Victoria and Albert, so remarkable for speed, has a very flat floor, and is sharp at both ends, but she has paddle-wheels and carries her engines high. Those who support the Orlando contend that on the trial she was not in proper trim. Sir B. Walker designed her to draw 21 ft. forward and 23 ft. aft. In the basin at Keyham she drew 21 ft. forward and 22 ft. 8 in. aft ; but on the trial it is alleged that she drew 21 ft. 3 in. forward, and only. 22 ft. 5 in. aft, in which case there would be a difference of only 14 in. where it was intended that there should be a difference of 2 ft., and the bow would be im mersed 3 in. more than was designed for her when fully equipped. Such an arrangement would tell greatly against her success, for, in addition to her being out of sail ing trim, the screw would work less effectively in consequence of the comparative shallowness of the water aft, and there would be an increased tendency' to raise the stern of the ship, which prevails more or less with all screws. It may be added that the majority of the visitors at the - trial placed them selves on the bows. Most of the screw steamvessels trading between Ireland and London, and calling at Plymouth, make quicker passages when fairly laden than when light, in consequence of the screw being then properly immersed. The next difficulty in regard to the Orlando, and one in which most are agreed, is the unnecessary power of the engines -1,000 horses, capable of working up to 4,000 horses. If the body of the ship does not travel proportionately fast the extra swiftness of the screw is not only lost, but the revolutions are performed in less dense water. This appears to have been the case with the Or lando. Besides which, all useless increase of ma chinery, boilers, and fuel, tend to embarrass a ship's movements. It is fortunate that in making these expensive experiments the Lords of the Admiralty build only one of a new class at a time. In reference to the difficulty of steering it is alleged that the whole would be overcome if the Orlando's after stern-post was increased, say, by 18 inches, as this would give space for a longer yoke and afford a better run for the water to the rudder. Such an increase might also accelerate her sailing qualities, as the form and size of the screw aper ture have considerable influence on a ship's pro gress. The objection taken to increasing the deadth of the after stern-post is that such a mass of timber hanging to the after frame would tend to weaken the ship ; but it has been suggested that if care was observed in selecting the materials that difficulty would be overcome. By using light wood, such as cedar or mahogany, or even fir, for the middle pieces, with teak front and back, the specific gravity of the post would be rather decreased than increased. But if it were not so, the advantages gained by increased breadth are so obvious, that it might be desirable to make the trial. It is intended to alter considerably the steering apparatus of the Orlando, as longer tiller power is required. To show the very important effect of altered trim, the case of the old Rhadamanthus, 4, is quoted. She was built by Mr. Roberts, at Devonport, had a flat floor, carried her 'engines well down, and was, for that period, tolerably sharp at each end. On trial at an eastern port she failed, and was subse quently beaten by the Dec, 4, and Salamander, 6 all paddlewheel steamvessels; and it was proposed to lengthen her 20 feet by the bow. Mr. Roberts was surprised, and left Devonport to inspect her. He found 20 tons of iron ballast stowed in her " eyes," right forward, and had it removed . in stantly. Afterwards the three ships embarked troops at Plymouth for Ireland. The weather was very heavy, but the Rhadamanthus, it is said, faced it, landed her troops, and on returning found the others yet in the Sound. She then took the Sala mander's troops out of her, landed them in Ireland, and returned again before the others had left. In short, after the removal of the ballast she passed those ships which had previously beaten her. The pitch of the Orlando's screw has been altered from 32ft. bin. to 29ft. 9in., which will increase the revolutions to 55 ; and the fore corner of each blade has been cut off, which, it is expected, will reduce the vibration, increase the ship's speed, and enable her to carry a straight helm. She will not be tried again until the steering gear is altered, and that will require about a fortnight from this time.. Age Attraction 3 Lord Nelson Gallus Argosy 4 Pan 3 Underhand Twilight 3 King-at-Arms `Wild Rose. Squire Scribbler Eltham Beauty Liveryman Newcastle Pgul Coroner Bankrupt Entries for the Doncaster Cu. Age Lord Nelson -5 Gallus Argosy 4 Liveryman " 3 Eskd••le 3 Nucleus Gamester - 3 Prelude Ura Tian 3 Newcsts t:e Underhand 5 Gladiolus 3 Bankrupt 3 Comforter 3 Wild Rose Scribbler • ST. LEGER.—TruII Newstead -3 Rover • 3 Eltham Beauty 3 Paul Twilight Coroner Ditto 4 Napoleon 3 King-at-Arms Promised Land - 3 East Langton 3 Squire Magnum 3 Defender 3 Aston ipeter is scratched. AQUATICS. DESPERATE OARS-MATCH BETWEEN THE MEN EMPLOYED AT BROADWOOD'S AND COLLARD'S. One of the most wonderful four-ocred matches ever seen occurred yesterday between the men employed at the above two eminent firms of pianoforte makers. The challenge sent out by Collard's men was immediately responded to, and the undermentioned crews went into training for the event:— .. Red. Broadwood's Crew .. Mr. Holmes Mr. Warner I Mr. Howard Mr. Parker (stroke) Mr, Cook, coxswain. Collard's Crew Mr. Dockett Mr. Gurteen I Mr. Cooney Mr. Bowerman (stroke) Mr. J. Field, coxswain. ~ .Blue. Red Mr. J. Kelly 1 Mr. C. Baden Mr. J. Partridge . 1 Mr. G. Brown Mr. J. Ledbetter, coxswain. . Yellow Mr. H. Tammadge I Mr. W. Bennett Mr. R. Birtles Mr. H. Freshwater Mr. S. Parmest, coxswain. nary cious com plaints, n? health -restoring saw T . t,r : ect e n sohntu r ooegu i :n : mgmasel constipation,t ic hi v r inc n l ja — enec m A taona m Asumk ano effected n ebbr v g pii th eetio.au 80.1 ! )fnyo n c f ri ulidein e od r oduß3eis,:gath:ri:sliy;xdi6,tos.rthna liver d(oe, (dyspep sia) fydlioTsi llow mg are not the least r e. debility,u Stuart, u e a s sr whichwAitr h drenderedepainsao Archdeacon n of my neck yosl isf:sk andveryb. hree lef i t se a r rin ab e i x e anc io e h s o d a s d s ig . v b een ee A ne n er l rv e a x l radically removed by Du Barry's health b inY m restoringears ." Cure 3,906. ‘‘ Th Thirty years' ofe cough, indigestion,rheumatism, hronic an d general debility have been removed by D u B arry ' s ex cellent revalenta arabica food. James Porter, Ath o l- street, sufferings Perth." Clunbury, Shropshire, Dec. 22, 1856.---Gentle - men,—Many years' and complication of nervous diseases that made me miserable, for which the most approved remedies had been tried in vain, have been removed by Da Barry's revalenta arabica food. I am, &c., James Chapman. In tins, at Is. 6d. ; 11b., 3s. ; 21b., 515. 9d. ; 51b., 125.; 121 b., 265. Thelolb. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on receipt of post office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, Lonlion• Fortnum, Mason, and Co., JB2, Piccadilly ; Abbis, 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and 150, Oxford street; 330 and 451 Strand • 49 and 60, Bishopsgate street ; 85, Tottenham-court-road. Also at Dublin, Bewley and Draper ; at Edinburgh, Raimes and Co., at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew ; at Manchester, Sharp and Scott ; at York, Ratlines, Blanchard, and Co. ; at South ampton, Randall and Son. NEV, - SPAPER ) --- ~ he Neto c ,l'prA,liinq of the 30th ult. coAtlina f r i S following communication relative to certain ex- traordinary narratives which have been widely ei:sculated -in- the-English preee, and have formed the substance of severe " leaders" in the Saturday . Rr' view and other journals : . ilk.Niagera, Friday. Aug. 26, 1859. wI have no objeetion even to a practical,joke ile it is kept Within the hoUnds of decency, nor do, I feel it my ,d u ty. t o ' ma ke . m y se lf a knight errant for the purpose of pricking all the bubbles . which crafty speculators may think it worth their while to blow, or - .exploding all the hoaxes , by which soine needy elifiracter may try to turn his poor little penny. It is ofverylittle use to save a fool from his folly, and . what, people -like to believe I suppose they will believe in spite of -reason and evidence alike. More Fer, as a pitizen.of Niagara, I *presume that I shall, -in one way or another, be a gainer one of these days by the gudden influx of money into our town, whi c h has' followed the splendid success of the great Blondin humbug. Nevertheless, the thing is really getting -- to be so exeessively and extrava gantly‘absurdAat I can't any longer refrain from speaking the truth about it. - When it comes to assert ing that Blondin cooks his dinner on a tight rope and feeds the passengers on the Maid of the Mist with omelettes, dropped like manna from the sky, I must ' speak out in meeting;' add gay what none of the ten thousand imported dupes of our wonderful story can be expected in deference to -human frailty to be the first to make known—that for aught I know there is. , Ito; sock person in the world,• or at least in-Ningara, -- us - Mr. Blondin-'at all ; that - he has never crossed : the, Falls on a tight rope, or a slack rope,-:or any rope at all but the string' of a ' very long. bow ; and that, as -the people of Niagara, Rochester, and the western railways of New York . haVe already made perhaps quite money enough out of their ' jest's presperity,' it is time that the thing should be put zi'stop to before foolish people elsewhere may be led into serious danger by attempting to rival feats that have never been per formed. Since the immortal ' Moon Hoax' there has been nothing so suucessful I suppose in the way of a. vast.quiz asthe rape-walking invention of a bright Niagara bar-keeper, with its echoes from Rochester and other places along our line of coun try. As I have not, been away, frem home dur i ng the whol summer, I think I am a tolerably credible witness ; and I must, therefore, assure you that the , whole of this wonderful series of stories has groin' - up out .of a bet mode by a person well known' in this town that he could bring more people to Niagara in two. weeks than the Falls had ever brought 'here 'in iii` ifianY months.' 'How the rope dancing. dodge occurred to :him L don't profess to know, but he selected Blondin as his hero, hecause there was. a Blondin once in this country with the Ravels, a very good rope -dancer, now- retired and living somewhere in the country of Savoy, who could not of - course hear -of the story in time to con tradict it. Anything funnier or more foolish than the faces of the- crokkods 'which have suceee'detelich other down about the Falls en each successive day announced for the ' feats'. you never saw, and the latels have reaped a golden harvest. But you will ' obstaye that not' a Single individual has ventured in any of the letters'frenr Niagara to say that he saw Blondin do any of these things. Our local editors and others. of course, enjOying the joke, have joined in it ; arid' a very good joke 'it has been certainly ; . but it seems to me it aught to be regarded. now, as, played out. The good people of our town have had their fun oUt of you, - you must admit, and beim made a snug thing' out of it, too; in. a pecuniary: way. .But a joke, .as - I said before, is a joke, - and. , his its b o unds. " R. E. PP .. The distance was from Putney to Mortlake, the losers to provide the winners with silver cups. The River Queen, Capt. Heath, accompanied the race, with between 300 and 400 persons on board, and the river was completely covered with boats in company. Betting was level. Blue had the best place, but Red took a trifling lead. Blue were with them in a moment, and in 100 yards were a trifle a-head. Red then came up, and with trifling alternate leads, they rowed a most terrific race to the Crab Tree, where Blue was half a length a head again. Similar changes again occurred to what had taken place, and Blue was just clear at Hammersmith. Red, however, cams level again at Chiswick, and so they rowed half a mile. Nearing Barnes, Blue led again, and gradually drew themselves clear through the bridge. Again and again Red closed up the gap, and Blue won ultimately by two clear yards, doing the distance in 26 minutes on a slack tido. Both crews were ranch exhausted, and cheered each other as they rowed ashore. The winners were trained by John Phelps. TRADESMEN'S FOUR-OARED RACE. A good four-oared race took place yesterday from Barnes to Putney, for silver cups and other prizes, among tike fol lowing crews belonging to the Thames Amateur Rowing Club : Blue Mr. J. Martin Mr. IV. Handewood I Mr. T. Tammadge Mr. C. Tammadge Mr. F. Clark, coxswain. The Venus (Captain Sharplin) accOmpanio the race with a large number of the friends of the parties. They got away evenly, and remained so for 30Q yards, when Blue dropped astern, and Red came up level.with Yellow ; they were oar and oar fer a quarter of a mile, when Red drew away gradually, and was well a-head at Hammersmith. From there home Yellow picked them up considerably, and Red won by two lengths. PUTNEY TRADESMEN'S ANNUAL REGATTA. The annual regatta among the men at Simmons's (late Searle's) boat-yard, for tankards and money prizes, came off yesterday, under the management of George Green and F. Simmons. First Heat. Atwood and Robinson (Red) 1 W. Robinson and Alexander (G r e en) 2 Lovett and Darvill (White) 0 Won by four lengths. Second Heat. J. Purton and J. Akxander ........ (Yellow) 1 P. Purton and L. Gibson .............. (_Blue) 2 Lovett and Darvill (White) Won easily. Grand Heat. 3 Red Blue Yellow had the lead half way, when they gave in, and Red, who had been very close to them, passed and won easily. ROWING MATCH FOR £4O. A scullers' race for £4O took place yesterday between Joseph Bristow° and Robert Hurley, shipwrights, below bridge, from Woolwich to Limehouse-hole. The race created considerable interest, from the well-known qualifi cations of the men, and a groat deal of monoy was laid out at 5t04 on Bristowe. The Gannett' steamer accompanied the race, and was crowded, 'with- spectators. They effected a very oven and capital start an hour before high water, and were so evenly matched that they rowed nearly scull and scull for a mile, whim, after a slight foul, Bristow° forged a slight lead, which his opponent gallantly endea voured to wrest from him c, but was unable, and Bristowe eventually won by a dozen lengths. THE SUN, LONDON: TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1859. TILE SMETHU.RST CASE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir, —Now that the fate of the unhappy culprit in the recent poisoning case at Richmond must have been decided (and at this distance I have no means of knowing how), it cannot be improper that I should ask you to admit into your columns a de tailed statement of medical facts and arguments which favour the verdict of the jury that he was guilty of the crime imputed to him, and that he effected his purpose by the administration of cer tain. poisons. In my evidence on the trial I stated that the poi sons.used were, in my opinion, antimony, arsenic, and corrosive sublimate. Antimony was found in the tissues of the body ; and the excessive vomiting from which Miss Bankes suffered was explained by the frequent ad ministration of that poison. Arsenic was found in one of the discharges from the bowels, and a peculiar morbid change in the lining membrane of the stomach was decidedly in dicative of the irritation of arsenic. It is not im probable that the vomiting was partly due to arse nic ; and the peculiar constriction in her throat, of which she complained frequently, was also in part at least due to that drug. No trace of arsenic, however, was found in any of the organs or in the blood. But how could it have been, for with or after every dose , there was given a certain quantity of antimony, which did not allow the metallic, agent to remain long enough for its absorption, and barely sufficiently long to cause a slight irritation of the stomach and throat ? This poison was used, I have no doubt very cau tiously and in comparatively small quantities, and most probably only during the last 10 or 14 days. It was not intended to employ this agent otherwise than in aid of others, to promote their action and to confuse the medical attendants by modifying symp toms, and to divert the attention of the chemical in vestigators from the poison which was really the most destructive. Perhaps, also, it may have been thought that the employment of arsenic might embarrass the chemists in drawing conclusions from their tests. Of the third poison—the bichloride of mercury, commonly called corrosive sublimate, although it has been ignored by the chemists, and, notwith standing that other medical witnesses for the pro secution have not seemed to attach importance to it, I have no hesitation in expressing my opinion that it was the principal agent in causing the death of the victim, aided very much by antimony and slightly by arsenic. It must be admitted, however, that two most im portant points were wanting in the evidence in fa vour of this view ; and it was the absence of these proofs which no doubt prevented the counsel for the prosecution directing the attention of the jury more fully to the influence of this poison. The proofs to which I allude were the detection of the mineral in the body of the patient and the occurrence of that which so often follows the admi nistration of mercurial agents, viz., salivation. That no trace of mercury was found in the tissues or in the bowels I ascribe chiefly to its having been given in small doses; accompanied by more or less of antimony. It passed through the bowels rapidly and was either not at all absorbed in the blood, or in such very minute quantities as admitted of a rapid elimination. Its action was, therefore, purely topical upon that part of the bowels towards which it has an affinity, and it is not improbable that its energy as a purgative was greatly increased by the combination with antimony, while its specific action in producing salivation was diminished by the same combination. It is not improbable that Miss Bankes may have been one of those persons whom mercury cannot salivate. But another drug was given which tended to pre vent the salivation, the occurrence of which would have instantly led to the detection of the poison employed. The drug was chlorate of potass. It had become known early in the inquiry that the prisoner had employed this drug without the sanction, and, if I am not mistaken, without the knowledge of the attending medical men. It has been suggested that the object of giving chlorate of potass was to promote the elimination of arsenic, and that the prisoner was aware of the fact (new to the most experienced chymical ana lysts) that chlorine will dissolve out arsenic from its association with copper. The influence of chlorate of potass as an elimi nator of arsenic is new in medicine, so far as my reading and experience inform me; and it seems to me highly improbable that this is true; nor do I believe that the drug was used for that purpose. Not less improbable is it that the prisoner, a man certainly not of a high order of education, nor de voted to scientific pursuits, should have been fami liar with a delicate point of chymical analysis hitherto undiscovered. The admission of either or both of these propositions would tell materially against the prisoner, as indicating that his mind had been much directed to the study of poisonous agents. That the chlorate of potass was used with refer ence to the administration of mercury and not of arsenic is clearly suggested to me by the testimony of the very last witness for the defence. It seems that as long ago as February last the prisoner was anxious to discover something which would correct a foul smell on the breath. He applied to the wit ness, a dentist, who recommended him chlorate of potass for this purpose. Now, chlorate of potass is a known remedy for the foulness and fcetor of breath which arise from salivation. It is often used to moderate salivation, to promote the healing of the ulceration and sloughing of the mouth which accompany it, as a local application, and if given internally it is sup. posed by some to prevent or retard salivation. This testimony (which had not been given while I was in court, and which I learnt from the news papers after the conclusion of the trial) supplies an important additional link in the chain of evidence in favour of bichloride of mercury having been much relied upon by the prisoner. He knew how important it was to prevent salivation, and he did not wish to trust to antimony alone. Is it impossible, even now, to find out where he got his chlorate of potass ? I would also ask, is it impossible to make a fur ther search for mercury ? If the body were disin terred I should recommend that the salivary glands should be examined. Additional proof that bichloride of mercury was used is furnished by the symptoms. These symp toms were those of a dysenteric diarrhoea of the most acute and irritant, and, at the same time, of a peculiar kind, and the most important question laised by the defence was as to the probability that this was in reality a case of disease arising from natural causes and not from poisoning. It will be remembered that the symptoms under which the deceased lady suffered were those of a severe and obstinate diarrhoea, accompanied by frequent bloody discharges, with incessant vomit ing, and of the most distressing kind, to which must be added the frequent complaint of a peculiar burning sensation in her throat. There was ab dominal tenderness, and, on one occasion at least, a peculiar rigidity of the abdominal muscles forci bly excited by the least pressure. These symptoms, it will be further remembered, not only resisted a variety of appropriate remedies, such as in the most severe cases generally give at least a tem porary relief; but latterly, in the most mysterious way, they seemed aggravated by each medicine in succession to an alarming extent, and led to the objectionable practice of frequent change of reme dies. Thus, among other instances, one or two pills, consisting of a quarter of a grain of sulphate of cop per and a third of a grain of opium, in all (if two had been taken) half a grain of the first and two thirds of a grain of the second, seemed to produce a frightful increase of every symptom, including the peculiar burning sensation of the throat,—a result which no medical man could believe would arise from such a cause, and which is equally opposed to all medical experience and to the dictates of com mon sense. The symptoms suggested to the medical men in attendance the existence of ulceration of the bowels of grest acuteness and extent; but the intense. vomiting and the peculiar throat affection were in consistent with the opinion that the case was one of ordinary dysentery, or, in other words, a very ex traordinary case of acute dysentery. Looking at all the; circumstances, Drs. Julius, Bird, and my self came independently to the concluoion that the symptoms were not those of a natural disease, but were excited and maintained by the frequent ad ministration of one or more irritant poisons of a nature to promote at once an excessive vomiting and severe diarrhoea. We have now the additional information afforded us by the post mortem examination. Acute sloughy ulcers of the upper part of the large intestine were found, and smaller and less numerous ulcers existed in the lower part of the same great division of the bowels. The existence of such ulcers, and in such positions, was consistent with the supposition that the dis ease was dysentery; but they were too much in the upper part and too littl e in the lower part of the bowel. In fact, the position of the ulcers was reversed from that which they occupy in the natural disease. In dysentery the ulcers are chiefly accumulated to the lowest part of the large bowel, and are least numerous in its upper part. In this case the ulcers were most numerous above, and gradually diminished in number at the lower part. The ulcers also wanted a certain degree of thicken ing about them which belongs to disease. Now, these ulcerations were exactly, both in posi tion, nature, and relative number such as bichloride of mercury would produce. When this salt is given in small but poisonous doses, it seems to pass over the stomach and the small intestine (25 or 30 feet of bowel), and expends its action on the first part of the large bowel, sometimes the lower part of the small bowel, and in a less degree the lower part of the large bowel. To put this matter in a plainer light, I will arrange in parallel columns the leading points which favour each view, namely, those which indicate the use of a combination of antimony and bichloride of mercury, and those in favour of the natural disease. POISONING. Excessive and uncontrollable vomiting. Severe dysenteric diarrhea. Absence of slight development of certain symp toms of dysentery. Extreme rarity of very acute dysentery, especi ally as an isolated case in this country. Aggravation of symptoms on each. change of remedy. Frequent changes of remedies suggested by the poisoner. Position occupied by the ulcers, being the reverse of that occupied by the ulcers of disease; absence of thickening of the edges of the ulcers. Peculiar throat symptoms—the sense of burning' and constriction. The peculiar terrified aspect of the patient, un ke that of abdominal disease. DISEASE. The dysenteric diarrhoea and evacuation of blood. . ne existence of ulcers in the large intestine. To explain the excessive vomiting, the defence suggested that it was caused by early pregnancy. The advocates of this hypothesis forget that a major irritation, with scarcely . an exception, controls a minor, even although in a different organ; and in such a case as this there cannot be a doubt that th• excessive intestinal irritation would have kept in abeyance that from the uterine condition, had it existed. Nor, I may add, is it likely that men of large experience would overlook an irritation of that kind. It is true that a case apparently to a certain ex tent in point was adduced by one of the witnesses for the defence. This case was so imperfectly re ported that I could draw no conclusion from it, and most certainly I should have fears of " foul play," or " nzala praxis," if I met with such a combination as uncontrollable sickness, excessive diarrhoea, and pregnancy. I have thus endeavoured fairly to analyse this very serious case, and after the most careful con sideration I find myself unable to arrive at any other conclusion than that Isabella Bankes died from the frequent administration of antimony and bichloride of mercury, with occasional doses of arsenic. Had iodide of potassium or iodine in auy other form been occasionally added, the effects of the other poisons would have been enhanced. I trust this very important case will not be lost upon toxicologists, and that it will lead to new and careful observations upon the effects of poisons in combination, upon their mode of elimination, upon the means which may be'used to prevent the accu mulation of them in the tissues and organs of the body, and, finally, that it will induce analytical chemists to review carefully all the processes hitherto in use for the purpose of detecting mineral and other poisons with a view to clear up every possible source of fallacy. The interests of science and the good of man kind (the constant aim of the best cultivators of science) demand all this. I need scarcely add, that it will be infinitely more agreeable to me to learn that all my argu ments are fallacioui, and that the innocence of the prisoner has been proved, than that another life should be sacrificed. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, It. B. TODD. Vevay, Switzerland, Sept. 5. TEE WAR IN CHINA AND TILE GREAT EA STERN. (From the Tones.) The most conspicuous troubles of life are not utter failures, but such accidents as ladies cal: " provoking," because just enough to disappoint a too sanguine expectation. We have no desire to depreciate what we deeply lament, but just of this sort are the two disasters that gave so sad a shade to our yesterday's columns. Was it in reason that .by throwing a few rockets into a provincial city, and extorting a bit of paper from a barbarian, we should be able to walk all over China ? Was it in reason that the grandest achievement of human en terprise should start on its first voyage without a misap ? No one can doubt that we shall soon be as much at home and as safe at Pekin as at Paris ; as little can it be doubted that the Great Eastern will soon be plying across the ocean as regularly as the packets between F o lk es t one an d Boulogne. That an unexpected resistance has driven back an escort, or that a people whose only skill is trea chery should have succeeded in an ambuscade, only recalls a thousand similar incidents that had no effect whatever on the result. It is like the travel ler's mishap, which loses him a train, frets" him for a day, is forgotten in a week, and does not retard by one minute the termination of his journey. If we look to the end, what has happened in the Great Eastern is, in proportion, a still smaller affair. As our correspondent justly remarks, it is only as if a drunken pilot had run the ship ashore. A parti cular invention, which if it succeeds will economise heat and prevent it from incommoding pas s?ngers, has failed. It has failed, we are told, and been given up often before. So the question lay between enterprise and caution, and, as often hap pens, the builders of the Great Eastern ventured to try the experiment with their paddle-wheel fun nels, in spite of the protest of their enginemaker, but took the safer course with those of the screw. The warning of the enginemaker was not ground less, and should have been followed with all five funnels. But from first to last the progress of steam has been a succession of experiments, often very disastrous, and sometimes fatal to inventors. Of 'course there is something to blame, and, if we do dwell an instant on the fault, it is 'simply because everybody will anticipate us. The stake was too great for , the introduction of such a risk as this appears to have been. Experiments are proverbially made upon trifles ; and even the Collins Company and others had thought their ships too valuable for this experiment. It is like trying an Armstrong gun at short range, n 4 against a sandbank, or a bit of masonry, or an iron shield, but at once against a magazine, and so jumping to the most terrible conclusion. The experiment was here tried, not only on the place where a failure would sca le, e b in ut ost in di t s h a e str v o e u r s y r_in the funnel passing through the gorgeous ladies' saloon. Every one must have admired the rather oppressive ma s gn n ifi o c t en g c la e ss o w f a t s ha t t he ap m a o rt s m t apartment, where all that wa gorgeous decoration. Every one, too, must have lamented the apparent necessity for breaking the area of the apartment with a large solid mass in the middle. True, it was so disguised by mirrors that one could not tell where the room ended. None, however, but the most initiated visitors could have imagined that in the centre of the room thus glassed and garlanded was an infernal machine. An inch or two behind these glasses was a huge steam boiler constructed on the most dangerous principles. You might as well be smoking a cigar in a powder magazine. The reflection you saw there had a spectral import. It was like the hideous jest of the pistol gallery at a French fete, where if you hit the button the showy dame turns into a skeleton. It was an oversight we have been told, in the original'plan of the ship that the funnels were not placed in the bulkheads, so as not to interfere with the open spaces. If it was necessary . to place them where they were, there would arise an evident necessity for surrounding the funnel with every possible non-conductor. The invention described seems specious enough, though it is evident that when all depended on precisely the same quantity of water being admitted at one end of the apparatus as was let out at the other,the calculation ought to be very nice indeed. At one end the water would have to be admitted cold from an open reservoir ; at the other it would have to be forced into a boiler at high pressure. The danger consisted in the difficulty of making the two opera tions keep exact time. Of course, both could be regulated, and no doubt there were regulators. Was the contrivance imperfect, or did the man at the post neglect hid duty ? Pilots have slept before now, but this man's post was more critical even than a pilot's, for he had the safety of the whole ship in his hands, without check or correction. There is just a look of the same error of judg ment, the same risky experimenting, the same trusting to appearances in that other disaster, so strangely coincident in the tidings, though it hap pened three months ago, on the other side of the world. There was good reason for, caution ; no notice had been taken of the announcement sent in by the Plenipottintiaries; the batteries had been rebuilt, they were masked, and all was sullen silence. Surely this was an occasion for a recon naisance ; possibly we shall hear that ono was tried. Had the force of the enemy bees discovered the pc)sition might probably have been turned, as has been always done before in China. However, all seem to have gone on, trusting to that audacity which has so often worked miraclCs, and found themselves suddenly exposed to a destructive fire from batteries manned by 20,000 men. Three ships lost and nearly 500 men killed and wounded, and most probably the greater part of them in stranded vessels, indicate a great battle and a great defeat. Seven officers were killed, 17 wounded, the Admiral among them. All this proves, what indeed all know,—the difficulty of dealing with people who appear to have no fixed ideas of peace and war, truth and falsehood. Lin kept in his drawers and never sent to Pekin the Treaty of Canton. What if the treaty extorted last year with such difficulty, and in spite of such evident duplicity, should never have been permitted to reach the Celestial City ? If we are to deal with these people at all, and bring them to reason, it must be by some stronger process than words. A sort of delicacy has hitherto pre vented us from showing ourselves at Pekin. It is there that we must negotiate. Our allies will pro bably be ready to send for this purpose a larger force than they seem to have had on the present occasion, for they - Would hardly like to be so feebly represented in the capture of the Chinese capital. The •American Ambassador, without the force of arms, is said to have been admitted at Pekin. Of course, he had a peculiar claim to this exceptional privilege on account of the assistance given to the Chinese Mandarins to deprive us of the just fruits of the late successful war. Whether this, or some new claim of the same character, rendered him more admissible than those who had opened the way to him does not yet appear. If the Americans can open China to all nations by peaceful methods, let them do it; but, thus far, they seem better able to help themselves than do anything for the world at large. 711 E NAVY. Yesterday orders were received at the Royal Naval Rendezvous, Tower-hill, to use increased exertions to complete the crews of the Mars, 81, Capt. J. F. Strange ; the Scylla, 21, Capt. R. Lam- bert ; the Topaze, 51, Capt. the Hon. W. Spencer; the Trafalgar, 91, CaPt. Fanshawe ; and the Done- gal. 101, Capt. W. F. Glanville. The bounty of £8 to able seamen under 45, and £4 to ordinary seamen, will continue to be paid up to the 30th inst. Her Majesty's 32 screw steam frigate Ariadne, in command of Mr. Hall, yesterday left Woolwich, in tow of the steam-tugs Monkey, Bustler. and Widgeon, for Chatham, where she was to anchor for the night and to proceed this morning to Sheerness. The Ariadne was built at Deptford, has just completed the fitting of her engines at Woolwich, and will be masted, rigged, and cop pered at Sheerness. The Galatea, a sister vessel, is just completed at Woolwich, and will be launched from her building slip to-morrow (Wednes day.) Her principal dimensions are :—Length be tween perpendiculars, 280 ft. ; of keel for tonnage, _ _ 245 ft. 8 in. ;;breadth extreme, 50 ft. • for tonnage, 49 ft. 6 in. ; moulded, 48 ft. 8 in. ; depth in hold, 19 ft. 4 in. ; burden in tens, 3,202 ; horse power, 800 ; complement of men, 475 ; number of guns, 26. /ler Majesty's ship Rhadamanthus, Master- Commander Sturdee, sailed from Woolwich yester day with steam gear for Devonport. The Excellent gunnery ship, stationed at Ports mouth, is ordered to be taken into dock to be re. paired and overhauled. It is expected that her moorings will be taken up by her Majesty's ship Colossus, SO guns, to fully test the cupola furnace with which she has recently been fitted for firing hollow shot filled with molten lead. Yesterday morning a collier brig, called the Maid of Kent, bound for Rochester, ran into heit Majes ty's screw steamer Meanet, at her moorings at Sheerness. Both the brig's masts went by the boar.l; the Meanee's figure-bead was carried away, and she sustained other damage. The Maid of Kent was towed away a complete wreck by one of the Med way steamers. The Trafalgar, 91, screw, Capt. Fanshawe, left Spithead, under canvas at six p.m. on Saturday for Portland, with provisions and stores for the fleet. The Arrogant, 47, screw, Capt. W. Edmonstone, has been undocked at Portsmouth and placed in the steam basin. She got up her steam to move machinery yesterday. The Svetlana Russian screw frigate, at the Motherbank, dressed out in colours and fired a salute on Sunday, it being the birthday of his Im perial Majesty the Emperor of Russia. A second court-martial, to inquire into the loss of her Majesty's brig Heron, which occurred during a violent tornado on th e 9th of May last, took place yesterday in Portsmouth harbour, on board her Majesty's ship Victory. The Court, comprising Capt. G. F. Gordon, president ; Capts. It. Harris, It. S. Hewlett, CM., J. Borlase, C. 8., W. Edmon stone, A. Farquhar, and J. W. Hillier, Esq., De puty Judge-Advocate, proceeded to the trial of Lieut. Blair, the officer of the watch at the time the ship was lost. Much evidence was gone into, the result of which was the following finding of the Court : " The Court find that the loss of her Majesty's sloop was caused by her foundering at sea during a heavy squall, owin g to the senior lieutenant having, contrary to the advice of Lieut. Blair, who was officer of the watch, caused the ropes to be coiled up shortly before the squall struck the ship, thereby preventing the sail being shortened when required. And the said Court is further of opinion that the said Lieut. Blair was not free from blame on the occasion as it was his duty, as officer of the watch, to have called the commander when the senior lieutenant required him to act contrary to his judgment in a case where the safety of the ship was concerned; and the Court does therefore ad judge the said Lieut. Blair to be reprimanded and admonished to be more careful' in future." The wreck of the hull of the Eastern Monarch , which was destroyed by fire in June last, has been raised from its position, slung between lighters, and was yesterday towed round to Southampton, where she will be surveyed, with the intention of, if pos sible, rebuiling her. THE CHANNEL SQUADRON. —During the last ten days the Channel squadron, consisting of ten sail of the line and two stout frigates, has been stationed at Torbay, where it has been constantly engaged, to the delight of the population of the surrounding coast, in the execution of various beautifui manoeuvres. A correspondent, writing from Brigham, says that a more magnificent sight was never witnessed ; and he adds," this coast is distant only eight or ten hours' steaming from Cherbourg or Brest. From Portland to Plymouth it is wholly open to the attacks of an enemy's steamers, and even friend Bright would be pleased to find himself protected by such a force." On Saturday the fleet weighed and steamed to the westward in two columns. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Henry Salmond, mate, to the Trafalgar; W. L. Martin, mate, to the Caesar ; J. V. D. Butler, mate, to the Royal Albert; J. G. F. Ledes ck, mate, to the Algiers ; Hugh B. Ham ersley,mate, to the Mersey; H. A. Wilmot, mid shipman, to the Aboukir ; Percy B. Naid, midship man, to the Imperieuse ; and Henry H. A'Court, midshipman, to the Hero. THE ARMY. The annexed circular memorandum, addressed to the army at home and abroad, was issued on Saturday : "Horse Guards, N.W., Sept. 9. " His Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief having been pleased to decide that such non-commissioned officers and men as have, after a course of training and instruction in making up medicines, been examined and appointed com pounders of medicine, may be called upon to volun teer as sergeants to the new Army Hospital Corps, commanding officers will be pleased to transmit nominal and descriptive returns of such non-com missioned officers and men as shall volunteer accord ingly. " His Royal Highness has further decided that all regimental hospital sergeants who volunteer their services under the terms offered, and who are ac cepted, shall remain attached to tha respective regi ments or battalions in which they , were serving when transferred to the new corps. It is, however, dis tinctly to be understood that, although all non-com missioned officers and men vo l un teering from the Medical Staff Corps to the Army Hospital Corps are to be allowed to reckon their service in the for mer as part of the 16 years' service required in the latter corps, by the 16th Article of the W arrant of I the Ist August, 1857, in no case will any individual ... 3 Age