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I GEOLOGY. —KING'S COLLEGE, London.— Professor TEN,"!tANT, F.G.S., will commence a COURSE of LECTURES on GEOLOGY on FRIDAY MORNING, Jan. 24th, at Nine o'clock. They will be con tinued on each succeeding Wednesday and Friday at the same hour. Fee, £2 12s. Od: R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal. ,PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause, " ROGERS against HARDING," the Creditors of Elizabeth Challis, late of No. 3, Nottingham-street, St. Marylebone, in the County of Middlesex. widow, who died in or about the month of Sep tember, 1860, arc, by their solicitors, on or before the twenty seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, to come in and prove their Claims at the cham bers of the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, at No. 3, Stone-buildings Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex , or in default thereof they will' be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. Saturday, the eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, at one o'clock in the afternoon, at the said chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims. Dated this eighteenth day of January, 1862. CHARLES PUGH, Chief Clerk. I3ICKNELL and BIC KN'ELI, Plaintiff's Solicitors, 79, Connaught-terrace, Edgware-road. ARGYLL ROOMS.-GREAT SUCCESS!!- _ The Band and Musical arrarKrements under the direc tion of M. BOULCORT, Conductor and principal Cornet. In addition to the Laurent False, Strauss Zuadrllle, and noTel ties of last wftk, A NEW POLKA, by M. Roulcourt, the Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission ls.— Manager, M. P. Grenet. -1 ) OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, G ray ' s .i nn - roa d .— Ii Notwithstanding the liberal support which the Com mittee continue to recdve from the public, the large increase of destitute sick at this inclement season of the year occasions a frequent exhaustion of the current resources of the Charity. The Weekly Board invite benevolent persons to make a per sonal visit of inspection as to the mode in which the several departments of the Charity are conducted. Contributions are earnestly solicited, and are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman. Esq., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Berries and ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Bar clay and Co. ; Denison and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; J. Earned and Co., Liverpool ; and at the HospitaL J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman of the Weekly Board. nil OVAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT jiA, INSTITUTION FOR TILE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, (Incorporated by Royal Charter). Founded in 182 4.—Supported by Voluntary Contributions. PATRONESS—Efer Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. Frit SIDENT — Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, K.G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN —Thos. Baring, Fsq., M.P., F.R.S., V.r., mi man ef Lloyd's. DErtmr-eriAi nmAN — Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of Lloyd's Registry of British and Foreign Shipping Society. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, during the past year, the Institution has incurred expenses amount ing to £6,' , 58 Is. in establishing Life-boat stations on dif ferent parts of the Coasts of Eng' and, Ireland, and Scotland. The Institution his also expended on the repairs, stores alterations, and inspection of its numerous Life-bo.ts, Boat , houses, and T ransporting-carriages, £3,632 19 , .. ; and £1,550 for exercising the Crews of its Life-boats—making altogether a total of £11,441. During the past year the Life•boats of the Institution have been i nqrurnental in rescuing the Crews of the following wrecked Vessels : Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose .. .. 1 Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone .. .. Brig Palla s . o f Shields .. .. .. • • ! Ship Ann Mit c h ell, of Glasgow •• •• Z Smack John Bu of of Yarmouth •• • • •• u S chooner Catherine, of Newry -• • • .. 4 Barque Niagara, of Shields .. • • • • ..11 .A. Barge of Teignmouth •• •• •• •• 2 prig George and James, of London • • •• 8 Brig Z e ph yr, of Whitby •• •• •• •• 6 Coble Honour, of C u ll ercoa t s •• •• •• 3 Schooner Eliz of North Shields .. • • • • 7 B arque Oberon,, .. of Liverpool • • .. 15 Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth .. .. • • 9 Smack Wonder, of Teig,nmouth .. • • •• „ 2 _Brig Scotia, of Sund er l an d A .. .. .. • • ‘-',. oloop Three Broth e r s , o f Goole .. • • • • 2, Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge ..• •• u Prig nn of Blyth .. .. .. .. .. 8 Sloop Hope, of Dublin Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth .. • • • • 5 Marque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. .. • • •• 1 6 Schooner William Keith of Carnarvon .. .. 2 Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby .. • • •• 5 Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. • • 3 Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. • • • • 9 Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. • • 6 Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. •• 5 Sc hooner Rose, of Lynn •• •• •• •• 3 Brig Prodroma, of Stockton .. .. .. 11 Brig Eliza, of Middl es b orough .• •• •• 7 Brigantine Freia, of Ko n i gs b erg .. .. • • 7 6 Brigantine Diana, of F re d r ik s h amn • • • •, • B rig Gloucester, o f S out h Sh i elds .. • • • • ' Total .. •• •• ..2 For these and o th er Li fe-boat services • the Institution has voted £9OB Bs. 4d. as rewards. It has also granted rewards amounting to £203 4s. for saving 245 shipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, making , t total of 455 persons Paved from a watery grave on the Coasts of the United Durink the prese n t year (1861), the Life-boats of the Insti t ution have also been instrumental in rescuing the Crews of be following Vessels : Brig Lovely /Jelly, of Seaham 6 Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford .. • • ......5 Schooner Prosptct, o f B erw i ck • • Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives A Fishing-boat of Whitburn • 4 ••• • • Brig Arethusa, of Blyth .. 8 Schooner Dcwi Wvn, of Portmadoo Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris .. 2 Schooner William, of Morecambe 5 Smack Gipsy, of Newry •• •• .• •• 4 Schooner ilargaret Anne, of Preston .. .. 4 Thig New Draper, of Whitehaven .. • • • • 8 Schooner William, of Liverpool. .. • • •• 5 Lugger Nimrod, of Castleto wn ••• •• •• 3 Trig Provid ence, o f Shields .. .. 8 Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle .• 8 Seh"on er Vill a g e M a id , o f Fleetwood .. 4 Barque Guy .na, of Glasgow .. Brig Roman Empress, of Shields .. Brig San Spirid ~n e, of Galaxide Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vienna French Brig La Jeune Marie Therese Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Ship Danube, of Belfast • • •• Schooner }Torten sift, of Hanover .. Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven s Brig St. Michel, o f M arans •• . 8 Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves sel and one of the crew) .. • • • • •• 1 Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) _ • • 4 Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Sunderland (saved vessel and crew) " • • • • • • . ; t Barque Frederick, of Dublin .. • • • • Barque Peace, of London . 2 Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .. 11 Schooner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel and crew of four hands) .. 4 Smack Adventure, of Harwich.. .. _lO Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft .. 7 Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen .. • .. 11 Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish coast saved one man 1 Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone .. S Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk .. 5 Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. .. 5 Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. 6 Schooner Friends, of Lynn .. .. 4 Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin .. • • • • 5 • Brig Content, of S un d er l an d • • • • 5 Smack Ellen Owen, of Cardigan .. .. • • Schooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam .. • • 5 .. 10 .. 2 .. 8 .. 6 .. 6 Total • ..288 The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts now being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at the present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions the Society ha s made within the past few years, it has now One Hundred and Twenty-one Life-boats under its man agement, for the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely needed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. Donations and Annual Su` scriptions will be thankfully re ceived by Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; sfessrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. Jame4's-street, London ; by a 1 the Bankers in the United Kingdom ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London, W.C. Payments maybe made by Cheques or by Post-office Orders (crossed), to Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., or to the Secre tary. SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work, a -I- Guide to the Married and those contemplating Marriage, who entertain secret doubt of physical strength, having im perilled the power of manhood by youthful indiscretions ; also treating on Syphilis, Secondary Symptoms, and Gonor rhoea, and containinu a Prescription known as the Preventive Lotion, Nature's Disinfectant, precluding the possibility of contamination ; containing- 190 pages, with 100 engravings, free by post 12 stamps. Address It. and L. Perry and Co., 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, W. Attemttnce daily, from 10 till 8, by a Consulting . Surgeon, bferiiTer of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (registered under the new Medical Act). THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks ; and, it' used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple% failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. lliord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at Vs., or four quantities in one for 335., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or_ and Co., Patent INT ost-office order payable to Trout edlotheWarehouse, 229, Strand, London. (Entered at Stationers' ilalL) DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK. MANHOOD: & MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRIHE NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, Am twat Published, the 150 th thousand, w ith numerous pla t es, in a sealed envelope, pri m Is., paid, by the Author, f ort 2 stamps, Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post AMMO') : the CAUSE an d CURE of PRE 'MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions for rerieet Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. CURTIS, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, L ondon. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the p hymin ,, fitructure and Functicns of the Re p roductive Orgaiii;'—'s`"" CHAPT ER ll.—Causes of Spermatorrtura and In;potenoe; Varly Vicious IndulgTnees; Dangers of Neglect. CHA I"I' ER Review of the various Disqualifleatfo„,, •f Marriazr.; whether resultina from Youthful Abuse' the Follies of Maturity, the Effects o f Climate, or Infection. CHAFFERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gcm,rilicca and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting rice, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive REVIEWS Ole THE WORN. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is ft truly valuable work, and • hould be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," `3,1 March, 15111. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications rnd impediments arising from nervous excitement and de bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and excesses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, "Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row; Mann. 119, Cornbill. Hours of Consultation-10 to 3 and 4toI? • Sundays, 10 till 2, No. 21,706. PUBLICATIONS. Next week, in 3 vols., with Portrait, 318. 6d., THE PRIVATE DIARY OF RICHARD, DUKE OF BUCKINOIIAM AND CIIAND()S, K.G. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successo s to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CAPTAIN BURTON'S ACCOUNT OF THE MORMONS. Second Edition, with 3 Maps and 18 Illustrations, price 18s., THE CITY of the SAINTS ; and across the Rocky Mountains to California. By RICHARD F. BURTON, ( aptain A.M. 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GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in bini.- ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. Intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. Just published, prioe 28., free by poet, 2s. 44., ON SPERM A TORRHCE A. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. Thew:, objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street' A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. EPP S'S COCOA. (Commonly called Epps's Homoeopathic Cocoa). The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo rating power of this preparation have procured its general adoption as a most desirable breakfast beverage. }lb., flb., and llb. packets, at is. 6d. per lb., by Grocers. TEA.—STRACHAN and CO.'S Strong Rough " Domestic" Black at 3s. id. per lb.-26. Comhill, London, E.C. TEA.—STRACHAN and CO.'S Fine " Inter mediate " Black at 3m. Bd. per lb.-26, Cornhill, Lon . .„. don, E.C. TEA. STRACHAN and CO.'S Delicious " Drawing Room " Black at 4s. 2d. per lb.-26, Corn hill, London, E.C. Dr. 11a/wall's Certificate of Purity, and a Price Current free on application, 26, Cornhill, London, E.C. QAUCE.-LEA AND PERRINS Li beg to caution the Public against Spurious Imitations of their world-renowed WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. Purchasers should ASK FOR LEA AND PERKINS' SAUCE, Pronounced by Connoisseurs to be "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." *** Sold Wholesale and for Export, by the Proprietors, Worcester; Messrs. CROSSE and. BLACKWELL, London, dr,c. &c., and by Grocers and Oilmen universally. TOOTHACHE. —HOWARD'S ENAMEL, for stopping decayed teeth, however large the cavity. It is used in a soft state, without pressure or pain, and hardens into a white enamel. It remains in the tooth many years, rendering extraction unnecessary and arresting the decay. Directions for use enclosed. Sold by all chemists and mull Ginn vendors, Price ls, RIIPTIIRES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT ExiiiBITION OF 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of lIERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease 4nd closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the rues, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir .umference of the body, two inches below the hips, being Rent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Sincle Truss, 165., 215., 265. ed., and Ms. ed. Postage, ls. A Doublo Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. ed. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. VEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, -KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on lil"e an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. ed., 7a. 6d., 10s., to 16s. ea, h. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer. 228,Ticcad1117. AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY.-LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and consumption. I tfrequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce in curable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes atter taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, Chemist, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, and by all 'druggists, in bottles, 13id., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's isthmatic Balsam. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITH, M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous "ufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (12 0 pages). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike o Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, Stc.,:which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature death ; with The directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob • •ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope end two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., b, Burton crescent, Tayistock-square, London, W.C. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared without - any mercurial ingredient from the recipe of'Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, Sic. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe - ite, pro mote digestion, and , trengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, Is. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. DR. RITCHAN'S DOMESTIC MEDICINES. PATENT SUGAR-COATED PILLS, for purifying the blood, regulating the bowels, and removing vitiated hu mors, bilious and liver complaints, rheumatism, gout, scor butic affections, costiveness, (llx. These pills work their way to the very roots of each disease, cleansing in their passage, and removing every unhealthy accumulation, till the blood is purified, the whole system renovated, and all the functions act according to nature, whilst the duties of life become a pleasure, where belbre they had been sad and weary burdens. Do not hesitate—do not delay ! a clean stomach must make a clean body. A clean body will contain pure blood, when the stomach, body. and blood are pure, from regulating and cleansing the bowels, health is certain. Begin at the be ginning, waste no time; strike at the root of your ailment. Again, I say, look to your stomach. Oue trial of these pills will force conviction. Fold in bottles, at ls. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. (id., and lls, Sold by Buchan and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street. London, W., and to be had of all chemists in town and country, or forwarded on re:eipt of stamps. Wholesale Agents :—Barclay and Son, 75, Farringdon-st., London. D R. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK OURSELVES. Price Is., by post Is. t 6. ; of Mann, 29, Cornhill. On Spermatorrhcca, Syphilis, Stricture, Haemorrhoids, Gleets, Marriage : Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. Dr. C. may be consulted daily till 12, at The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand and from 1 till 9 p.m. at 3, Great Marlborough-street, W. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW POST-OFFICE TURKISH BATIIS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2s. till 5, and Is. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, Is. till 1. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF TILE PRESS. " The Use and ineXlineeidiiie Bath.—A very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting information, while those who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the p - actical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—lierald and Standard, N0v.12,1881. " The Post-office Turkish Bathe, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Culverwell has already established the reputation of an able physician ; he has now proved himself to be a worthy philanthropist, in as far as he has established, in the heart of the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco very of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established, the Turkish Bath. . . Our object being merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess one of the best set of bathe, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, which the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, and most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up degree of eleganc . e, luxury, and refinement, add ztthoatthteascte his baths with a which, considering the space at his disposal, is truly sur prising, while everythi n taste or comfort anddelicacy ucxonur luxury d ot desire th e has been obtained to visitor. . • we may justly say that if a man ever ;feels himself regenerated and new made, it is on COMing 011tiof:a Turkish Batt?,. Era, Oat, la, 186 t. ~ -1 ~u 17 - , - (_-e_ - • '€ c ----‘ - c ee_7-.e ./ 71f 1- - _ -- /-.. . NEWSPAPER ...,, ._ . . . G ~,, ~.... ---. i .. 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Then, you are satisfied of that from some indication while you were at the handles P Mr. Dunn— You can answer for it having dropped suddenly ?—When the hydraulics gave way the handles dropped down. turn to that " North Country" cover romance enough-in all its pity, terror, and pathos. Le( sentimentalists and fancy ehr , look there, where every gale that b. ws S the rock-bound and sand-ledged coast witk wrecks, and ravages:pa-port towns with more than the fury of arldefouring pestilence or a pitiless in vader ; where .a sudden fall in the weather-glass proclaims to many a group of women and children as they stand gazing vacantly out at the hazy roll ing distance, a sentence of desolation and bereave ment ! Or, if there is nothing of romance in the founder- Coroner—Did the beam get any injury by that ? —Not that I observed. Do you think it might not have got some injury by that P—No, sir. Mr. Dunn—Did the cross-head not get some in jury by that P—No, sir, not till the beam broke. Coroner—The beam, then, received no percep tible injury from the fall?—Not that I ever observed. Can you give any further account about when the beam broke P—She came crash upon the cross. head, and broke it. fog of fifty coasters, what shall we say of such a scene as that around the mouth of the Hartley Coal Pit, where throughout the long dead January nights, and the bleak cheerless fog-wrapt miserable days from Thursday to Thursday, a crowd of poor wives and children—widows and orphans now wait and watch—all hushed and helpless and tearless, as if turned to stone by anguish, or murmuring vacantly remembered syllables of prayer—for a sound or sign of lite or movement from husband, brother, or child, buried alive a hundred fathoms down in the bowels of the earth, it may be drowned or stifled, or crushed by an avalanche of falling planks and iron beams, or a torrent of rushing water ' and loosened rubble from the refis of the crumbling Mr. Dunn—Where were you standing at the very time the beam broke ?—I was going down stairs, and had my back to the beam. Coroner—When you heard the crash did you turn round ?—No, sir, I ran and stopped the engine. Then you did not see the beam fall into the shaft? —No. Can you give any idea of the weight the beam would have to carry ?—The piece that fell would be about 20 tons. What would the spear and bucket weigh P—l am sure I cannot tell. Mr. Dunn—There was a column of water also upon it ?—Yes. Coroner—What weight was the cage ?—I cannot tell. A Juror—About 15 cwt. Mr. Dann—Did she work well after you got the new brasses in P—She went down upon the old brasses again. We never got the new ones in ; but she wrought as usual. Then, she was working precisely in the same way as she had done all along P—Yes, sir. Coroner—And the engine has been working upon the old brasses since P—Yes, sir. Up to the time of the accident P—Yes. Pit. Already an ascending "cage" with eight miners in it has met the plunging beam; of these eight two have been crushed to death, three sur vived a short time, the rest are recovered after awful suffering. But the agony of the women, watching there all day and night, while from hour to hour whispers of hope or of despair are caught up no one knows where or how ! At midnight on Friday the buried men were distinctly heard by the working party. This, it was reported, gave great relief. But as the weary days and nights pass away, the buried men are no more heard, and even the searchers come up sick, and faint, and de spairing. Deadly gases have escaped; a deluge of water has rushed through ; the roofs and sides have fallen in. Is it possible the buried men and lads can be out of reach of harm, still able to breathe, still keeping body and soul together on some chance morsels of the lads food, still holding out for dear life in the very grasp of death ? Surely there is nothing in the romance of war to compare with this pictun. ram and lads in the depths of: the pit, and the wome* and children standing at the mouth, mutely suppliant and stupefied with grief, under the pitiless winter skies. Buried alive! The delirium of fever never pressed a more horrible nightmare on the brain. The most cruel tyrant never devised a more atrocious punishment. The wildest imagination never conceived human agony more intense than this tug and wrestling of strong life with the remorseless weight of a legion of deaths. It is hard to be shot down or hewed to You have seen the fracture of the beani ; did it appear to be sound?—No, sir, it seemed to be honey. combed or to have air-holes in the metal. Is that the case at each side of the gudgeons ? Yes, sir. death by assassins, to be cut offby a fell surprise ; but who would not rather be murdered in the light of the sun and in the free air of Heaven, than die by inches in the yardseam of a coal pit, yet almost within earshot of aid and rescue ? Mr. Dunn—Did you measure the depth of the honeycombing ?—No, sir. Mr. Dunn—lt is about 1 foot deep. Coroner—Would that lessen the strength of the beam in your opinion ?—Well, sir, I think it would; it is not solid, you know. Could any thing have gone wrong in the shaft and have laid extra stress upon the beam P—No, sir, I think not. I think she was going very " canny" at the time; just going her usual speed.; Did you ever hear of an engine-beam breaking before ?—Yes. I have heard of engine -beams break. ing. Where?—There was a break-down at Cowpen there. How long ago ?—I am sure I can't say, but it is a few years since. Only one plate was broken there. Mr. Dann—lt was a double plate ?—Yes. Has this beam one side or two ?—Two sides ; it is a double plate. Coroner—How are they connected together ? By bolts and studs. Mr. Dunn—Who was at it, and had the manage ment of the lifting beam P—Mr. John Short, the enginewright. NEW HARTLEY, NOON. Let us not look idly on at such a spectacle as this. The other day when a great man died a courtly Bishop, by way of improving the occa sion, began unctuously to mete out judgments to the people in the name of Providence. How do Bishops, courtly or popular, moralise on the chaos of mortal destinies in a coalpit ? Around that pit's mouth stood the aged and infirm, weak women with infants at the breast, and children just able to say " father"—widowed, orphaned, home less, desolate as the survivors of a city sacked by an invading army, torn up by an earthquake, or overwhelmed by a volcano. The buried men and lads below represent the destruction of a British army or the loss of a British fleet. Rude in speech, coarse in manners, they have not escaped the cari caturist or the social homilist—this hardy . and en during population of miners—the very pith and marrow of our race, who sustain on Atlantean shoulders the weight of the prosperity of England, as in life long darkness, and amidst dangers inces sant and always imminent, they explore the secret sources of national wealth and power—to whose unknown and unrecorded martyrdom we owe not only the cheerful light and warmth of our dwellings and our streets, but the very means by which the strength of England subsists, and the peaceful vic tories of our civilisation are achieved. The work has been going on vigorously in the shaft, and the canvass brattice is now complete. The men are securing it with bunting. The sides of the shaft are also being made very secure. Mr. G. B. Foster and Mr. Daglish have been down to the high seam, and have recently come to bank. They report very favourably of an improvement in the air, and the shaft seems to be clearing itself of the foul vapours. It is confidently expected that the yard . seam may be reached in a few hours, and it is sup posed that much of the stones and rubbish has fallen from between the timbers to the bottom of the shaft. The pitmen from adjacent collieries got somewhat impatient this morning, but the exact state of affairs having been represented to them, they became satis fied. A report will be made to them every four hours of the progress of the work. Mr. Holt, the master diver employed by the River Tyne Commissioners, has come out this morning with a diving bell, and there are various other expedients suggested to force a way through the gas supposed to exist in the shaft ; but the authorities in charge, sustained as they are by the most experienced mining engineers in the coal trade, carry out their own plan. About 50 picked miners have been employed by shifts, in the operations that have gone on in the shaft. Two sections of the most experienced men in the coal trade are banded together for the purpose of ex ploring the workings as soon as the state of the air will admit. Does the British public as it sits by its fireside ever spare a thought to these true paladins of the nineteenth century—these nameless champions, but for whose strong arms and patient spirits neither Downing-street, nor Whitehall, nor Woolwich, nor Portsmouth could maintain the honour and the rights of England for a single day ? Chivalry and courage, and heroic virtues, are not found only in camps and on quarter-decks. Let us celebrate the heroes of gazettes in sonorous bulletins and pomp ous volumes; let us raise monumental trophies of their prowess in public places ; let us reward the shattered survivors of campaigns with pensions; let us comfort our invalided veterans in hospitals. But let those humble but not less heroic men of peaceful labour and endurance, who absolutely make England, and who, it may be, die as these two hundred and fifteen men and lads in the Hartley pit have died, at work and duty, be not forgotten wherever at this season public charity is something better than an ostentatious and organised hypocrisy. When the working people of Lyons were the victims of an inundation, the City of London called a meet ing to subscribe to their relief. The widows and orphans of these poor buried colliers will, we trust, excite at least equal commiseration, not in the capital only, but in all those commercial and indus trial centres, and in all those houses of the highborn and the wealthy, whose honours and riches and comforts have been wrung from the labours of such men as those who lay last night locked together, father and child, son and brother, in the last em brace, in the yardseap of the Hartley Pit—buried alive. NORTH SHIELDS, 10 P.M. The sad tragedy at Hartley Colliery has been revealed to us in all its horrors this evening. The cloth brattice was completed this afternoon, and cleared the shaft to some extent of gas. Three pitmen (volunteers) went down, penetrated the ob struction, got into the yard seam by the engine drift, and found men lying dead at the furnace. They pushed their way through. The air was bad. Within this door they found a large body of men sleeping the sleep of death. They retreated, and came to bank with the appalling intelligence. Mr. Humble, viewer of the colliery, and Mr. Hall immediately went down, and returned in an hour and a half. Both had to be taken off the sling, seriously affected by gas. They have been all through the works, and found no living man, but a hecatomb of dead bodies. The bulk of the An bedies are lying in the gallery ne ar the shaft. affect ing report, which has touched all hearts, has been made by them. Families are lying in groups ; children in the arms of their fathers ; brothers with brothers, Most of them looked placid, as if asleep, but higher up, near the furnace, some tall stout men seemed to have died hard. The corn-bins were all cleared. Some few of the men had a little corn in their pockets. A pony was lying dead among the men, but untouched. Several volunteers have since penetrated the workings, and confirm this statement. Nearly all of them, however, have been brought to bank seriously affected by gas. There was great danger of more men losing their lives. Medical men, of whom there were large numbers at the colliery, held a council at 8 o'clock. and by their advice no more men will be allowed to go down until the ventilation is improved. It will be some time before the bodies can be brought to bank. A telegram was received from her Majesty this afternoon asking intelligence as to the hopes of saving the men. (From the Daily News) The other day it was our painful office to relate the sufferings and death of a party of brave and devoted explorers of the Australian continent. The story was heroic enough; but the party we re e i v i Bans, and a jaded public sees no materials for a sensation in the no iseless fate of a few enterprising travellers, who climb mountains audtrasvtearrs\e, starvation w h en • wil dernesses, and si nk at last fromet novelists and dra sheer w h e n their work is done. N satannat how one or other of ma tists are continually torturingtheir imagination s for m e w fo effects; n i n from many of them are able e s t o oe e sca n p e t h e half-a •dezen " situations" of that immemorial region of sentiment and fancy bounded by Love and Death ? To be sure, it is generally supposed that there is no such thi ng . as romance in these latter days. Were there ever days in which this vulgar fallacy was unkn oN and formal. A m Nn ? The present is always trite an may spend a night alone at the North Pole, and about it ; f . i s COme home and have nothing to say At all but s th i s not the fault of the North Pole. events there is no need for the romance of daily journalism to travel so far, We have only to THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1862. :1: THE NAVY. We are informed that Capt. G. H. Seymo ur, C. 8., is appointed to the command of her Maj est y 's y acht Victoria and Albert, vice Hon. Josh. Denma n, pro moted. The skeleton of her Majesty's screw steamship Caledonia, 91, building at Woolwich under the superintendence of Mr. Turner, master shipwright of the yard, is now complete, and only awaits the arrival of the iron plates, in course of manufacture at the Lanccfield Works in Scotland, to commence the construction of her outward frame. Extraordi nary care and ingenuity have been employed in consolidating the formidable mass of timber work composing the ribs and other uprights, which are destined to resist any amount of impact or pound ing on the heavy armour slabs with which it is sought to render her invincible. Riders, or girders, of ironwork run obliquely across the ribs fore and aft, constituting an additional strength, on a prin ciple introduced by Mr. Turner, and highly ap proved by the Controller of the Navy. Four armour plates for the Royal Alfred, 50, iron cased frigate, have been received at Portsmouth Dockyard from the workshop of the manufacturers, Messrs. John Brown and Co., of the Atlas Iron and Steel Works, Sheffield. Each plate measures 15 feet in length, 3 feet 6 inches in width, 4-1 inches in thickness, and averages four tons in weight. The shipwrights have commenced fixing the ship's outer planking of 8-inch teak on her sides, which, when ready to receive the plates, will give 28 inches of solid timber in its weakest, parts on whigh_to_bang her armoilr. - In accordance with an order to that effect, re ceived from Whitehall, a return has been prepared and forwarded to the Admiralty, by the officials at Chatham Dockyard, of the progress made in and the present condition of the armour-plated screw frigate Royal Oak, 51, 3,716 tans, I,ooo.liorse power, under construction at that establishment. The officials of the dockyard state that the Royal Oak could be completed and launched by the month of September next, provided that 400 shipwrights were employed on her, this being about double the number now at work about her. Similar reports have also been called for from the other dockyards at which the iron-cased frigates are now building, namely, the Royal Alfred, at Portsmouth, the Ocean, at Devonport, and the Caledonia, at Wool wich, the Admiralty being desirous of ascertaining the earliest possible period at which a squadron of this new class of powerful armour-plated frigates can be afloat. The screw sloop Swallow, 9, 486 tons, 60 horse power, Master-Corn. E.Wilds, fitting in the Medway for a lengthened surveying expedition to Japan and the adjacent waters, has been inspected by Capt. J. Washington, F.R.S., principal hydrographer of the navy, and Capt. H. M. Denham, the eminent nau tical surveyor, late of the Herald, surveying ship, under whose direction she has been fitted with every thing required in the prosecution of her important mission. A number of the most modern and valu able surveying, astronomical, and other scientific instruments have been put on board, in order that the vessel may leave England in as perfect condi: tion as possible. The ward room has been converted into a chart room, and as the number of officers at tached to the ship is much larger than under ordi nary circumstances, a portion of the steerage has been taken in for a ward room, thereby materially curtailing the comparatively limited accommodation for the ship's company. An application has accord ingly been made to the Admiralty for the vessel to be fitted with a poop, but no directions to that effect have yet been given by their lordships. A top gallant forecastle has been erected, which will prove of great service for berthing a portion of the ship's company in a warm climate. The sloop has been altered in her rig from ship to barque, so as to render the work easier to the men. She is only armed with a 32-pounder pivot gun and four 12 pounder howitzers, as a means of protection against pirates, who invest the waters in which she will principally be employed. Her ballast is to be shifted so as to bring her down 12 in. by the stern. The steam store-vessel Buffalo, Master-Comman der Alexander Brown, from the West Coast of Africa, has dismantled and discharged her stores at Woolwich, and is ordered to bo put out of commis sion and paid off on Saturday. The chartered screw steam transport Parthenon, Capt. Robinson, which vessel left Woolwich pier last week, laden with a heavy cargo of war stores for North America, was detained at the buoy until Tuesday, when she sailed for Greenhithe to be ad justed for her voyage. The Spartan, laden with a similar cargo for the same destination, left Wool . with pier yesterday morning by the early tide, and, after adjustment at Greenhithe, will proceed with out further delay. In addition to her cargo of shot, shell, &c., she has shipped flour and bale goods from the Tower. The Bodotria, Capt. Thomas Lee, for Cork, yesterday sailed from Woolwich, laden with two 12 pounder Armstrong batteries, 100 chests of arms, and bale goods from the Tower, to gether with 150 barrels of powder, shipped at the floating magazine off the Royal Arsenal. Yesterday a detachment of Royal Marine Artil- lery from the Racoon, 22, screw steamer, left Chat ham to join headquarters at Portsmouth. The Royal Marines who landed from the Racoon were paid at Chatham yesterday, and each man granted six weeks' leave of absence. The Royal Marines from the Calypso, 18, were paid at Chatham the previous day, and granted a similar period of absence, Two 100 pounder Armstrong guns, with sights fitted on the centre of the line of metal, have been received at Portsmouth, and will be mounted inside Capt. Cowper Coles's wooden modelled cupola, fitted on the deck of the Hazard sloop for experimental purposes. A cargo of 100 and 25 pounder Armstrongs is being discharged at the gun wharf, Portsmouth, from Woolwich. No 40-poun der Armstrongs are at present in store at Ports mouth, and several of the vessels in the first-class reserve are incomplete in their armament for want of them. Several targets are being constructed for future experiments at Shoeburyness and Portsmouth from which very important results are expected relative to the form and method of affixing armour plates to ships of war. Two of these targets are having their plates manufactured expressly for them at the Atlas Works, Sheffield. Others are being manufactured under the superintendence of Capt. R. S. Hewlett, C,13., commanding the Excellent, gunnery ship, at Portsmouth. One of these latter will be 13ft. in length by 9ft. in breadth, and will consist of two thin plates with angle irons 15in. in depth between them. The presumption is that this peculiar form of double plate, with air spaces between, will break up the shot fired against it without the latter doing any serious injury to the target itself: The whole of the experiments will be of a most interesting character. The following appointment was made at the Admiralty last evening : Assistant-Engineer H. W. Hart (acting 21 class), to the Iroperieuse, for disposal, vico Stewart. THE ARMY. The Himalaya, steam troopship, Capt. John Sec combe, will embark at Portsmouth on Tuesday, the 28th inst., for conveyance to Dublin, of the 45th Regiment, comprising 21 officers, 742 non-commis sioned officers and men, 79 women, 73 children, and 6 horses. After disembarking the regiment at Dub lin the Himalaya returns to Portsmouth. The 41st Regiment, at present stationed in the Isle of Wight, will move thence to the Northern District, in two divisions, today and to-morrow. The Ist division, consisting, of three companies, for Newcastle-on-Tyne, two companies for Sunderland, and one company for Tynemouth, will leave Ports mouth by special train at 4 p.m. to-day, travelling ' through the night, via Reading, Leamington, Hampton, Derby, and Leeds. The 2d division, consisting of the head-quarters, four companies, for Sheffield, will leave Portsmouth by special train at 6 p.m. to-morrow, travelling through the night via Reading, Leamington, Ilampton, and Derby. In consequence of the highy satisfactory results which have attended the system recently intro duced by the War-office authorities of augmenting the corps of Royal Engineers by volunteering from certain of the cavalry corps and regiments of the Line, whereby a number of stilled mechanics and artisans have been induced to join that branch of the service, arrangements am about to be effected for keeping up that department of the army almost exclusively by volunteers fiom the various regi ments, and doing away, as lunch as possible, with recruiting. With this vow the commanding officers of the various depot battalions of infantry will be called on to furnisl a return to the Horse Guards of the number and names of the men under their command who posslss a knowledge of any of the trades or professions practiced at the Royal Engineer Establishment, Chatham ; in cluding engravers, photographers, telegraphists, draughtsmen, surveyors- printers, carpenters, masons, smiths, &c., in orler that volunteering may be opened in those battalions or regiments which contain a fair proportion of men acquainted with any of the professions or trades enumerated. The experience of the past for months has convinced the authorities connected with the Royal Engineer department at Chatham taat a better class of men can be obtained by,:tellitferivag Than by drawing them - directly from the recruiting districts, as an illustration of which it nay be mentioned that the 120 volunteers from different regiments who have joined at headquarters since July last—all of whom were skilled mechanics or artisans—have now finished their course of fieldwork instruction in all its branches, and are fit to be desp a t c h e d t o an y station at which their services may be required. On joining at headquarters the volunteers were not put through the course e rifle drill as in the case of recruits, but after carbine practice were sent at once to the fieldworks. " -he first step in the pro posed new arrangements aas already been taken by withdrawing the whole if the recruiting parties, with the exception of theone stationed in Scotland, another in the south-west of England, and a third in London. It is probable that recruiting in Scot land will be continued some time longer, as that part of the kingdom sends up yearly a considerable number of the best and most skilled recruits for the Royal Engineers. The military invalids frcm the West Indies and Himalaya screw i g n ar t r h is e on at a late hour on s ß t e e r a m m u er da rea w ch h e o d carhraivthedam Tuesday evening, in charge of Assist.-Surg. Gar dener. The troops, who numbered 24 men of all ranks, belonged to the I st b attalion 14th Regiment, 39th, 63d, and 67th Regim e nts , and the Royal New foundland Pitt H Regiment .ospital, After medical inspection at Fort 2 of the numbe r were a d m itt e d into that establishment for treatment. THE DREADFUL COLLIERY A CCIDENT IN NORT.RUMBERLAND. SHIELDS, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The seventh day of their imprisonment has broken upon the unfortunate miners immured 100 fathoms deep in Hartley New Pit, and it is simply " hoping against hope" to expect that many of the 215 men and lads thus entombed in the mine, oppressed, as they must have been, by the horrors of their situa tion,—starvation, darkness, cold, and, it may be, deadly gases,—will ever be restored to earth alive. During the past night operations have been going on in the shaft to supply a temporary up and down cast, and to have more fresh air driven in upon the exploring parties when they recommence their labours to remove the obstructions in the shaft. The sides of the shaft have been far from secure, although the work was laid off from Sunday night until Monday to have them made so ; and until the men who have to drive their way into the mine are reasonably reassured that they will not be buried alive by the sides of the shaft falling in upon them, or stricken down by the poisonous gas,it can hardly be expected that they will venture down again. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Donaldson, engineer, Backworth, arrived at the pit by special engine from Messrs. Hawks and Crawshay's works, at Gateshead, with 90 fathoms of chain in two lengths, for the purpose of slinging the pumps, which were in a dangerous position in the shaft, and might at any moment have slipped and destroyed every one employed. The engine beam in its descent had struck the bottom part of these pumps, and thrown a great portion of the upper part of them to the opposite side of the shaft. The chain has been suspended from two strong beams of wood laid across the top of the shaft, from which the pumps are hung. Pipes from the high main to the boiler fires have also been put down to assist in clearing the shaft of gas, and this morning it is working well. It is only fair to the brave men who have been risking their lives in the shaft during the past six days, and who are willing to do so again, to men tion these facts, as showing the difficulties and dan gers they have had to contend with, quite apart from the mechanical obstacles that have arisen, from the very limited area in which they have had to work, while labouring to remove the formidable obstacle which has cut off the lost men from the pit mouth. Yesterday the mere sightseers bore but a small proportion at the pit to the pitmen from ad joining collieries, who were assembled in great num bers around the large fires which have been kept blazing night and day around the pit-heaps. Seve ral meetings were held by them, and, upon the whole, the proceedings were orderly. The great point that was enforced by the speakers who ad dressed these meetings was the necessity of the miners leaguing together to represent to the Legis lature the perils incident to the shaft pits, and urging the importance of legislative enactments compelling coalowners to keep open at least a second means of egress from the mine in case of an accident in the shaft similar to the one that has occurred. In this unfor tunate pit, as already reported, there is a " staple," or independent roadway, ascending 29 fathoms from the low main at the bottom of the mine, into the yard seam; there is also a staple leading from the high seam to the bank; so that if there had been a staple in existence ascending some 50 or 60 yards, and connecting the yard seam with the high seam, every soul might have been out of the pit in half an hour after the accident happened in the shaft. It seems that within about ten days of the accident occurring in Hartley Pit accidents had occurred to the winding apparatus at New Delaval Colliery and North Seaton Colliery, which had kept many of the miners below 24 hours in the one pit and 20 hours in the other, and that there are four or five other new pits in this district.with only one shaft, and therefore only one means of egress. As stated by telegraph yesterday, the coroner held an inquest yesterday afternoon on the bodies of the five men thrown out of the cage by the fall ing beam and killed in the shaft. The inquest was a very short affair, it being understood that the whole of the circumstances with regard to the con dition of the mine, &c., will be gone into after the men aro found below. Two witnesses only were examined at the inquest, and the jury under the di rection of the Coroner returned a verdict of acci dental death. The following is the evidence of John Taylor, the engineman at bank, so far as it supplies information with regard to the engine beam : Mr. Dunn, Government inspector (to Taylor)— Taylor, you were working at the engine at the time of the accident ?—Yes, sir. Had it more weight to lift than usual ?—No, sir. Mr. Dunn—What was the ordinary speed ? Seven strokes a-minute. Was all the working gear in order P—Yes, sir. Had anything gone wrong about the engine or any part of it P—Not that I observed. It was going very steadily. What was the ordinary steam pressure P-141b. to the inch, ordinary pressure. Coroner—Everything about the engine appeared to be perfect P—Everything, as far as I observed. Had anything given way ?—The beam gave way. No, no; anything beside the beam P—Well, not that I observed. I stepped across the beam the stroke before that. Did you observe anything particular when the beam gave way ? —Nothing, sir ; just the crash. You heard the crash ?—Yes, sir. Did you perceive anything then P—l ran down to the engine handles. Well, what then ?—And stopped her. Did you find out that the beam had been broken ? —Yes ; sir. That would be the south end of the beam ?—Yes. And that it had fallen into the shaft P—lnto the shaft, sir. Carrying the spears and brattice with it ?—Yes. Mr. Dunn—Now, there had been something done to this beam awhile before ?—Yes, sir. spell the jury what that was, and how long since. —I cannot say ; I think about a month. Coroner—What was done to the beam ?—They had the beam lifted off the gudgeons. Well, what took place then 9—One of the hydrau lics broke. Mr. Dunn—But it was lifted for the purpose of putting in new brasses ?—Yes, sir. Coroner—Were they for the beam to work upon ? Yes, sir. _ _ Was there anything else deficient at the time ? —No, sir. Mr. Dunn—Were you assisting in this operation? —I was at the handles. This beam was lifted bodily off the seat ?—lt was off the gudgeons. It was lifted so far to get the old brasses out and the new ones in 9—Yes. Was the hydraulic power sufficient to hold the beam up while changing the brasses ?—lt was ex pected it was, but it gave way. Were there two hydraulics 9—There were three of them. Can you tell how far the beam was lifted off her seat when this took place 9—About three inches. Coroner—Mr. Dunn is asking you if you saw the beam in that position after it was lifted 9—No, sir. Mr. Dunn—Then you only understand that it was lifted three inches 9—Yes, sir, that is what I heard. I think it was Mr. Short who said it was lifted three inches. Coroner—After that repair was made did the en gine go in a satisfactory state 9—Yes, sir. Mr. Dunn—But he says the hydraulic failed. What was the consequence of that 9—The beam came down and crushed the chocks down. Could it fall any more than three inches ?—I was not here to witness it. The Foreman—Before your hearing the crash did you consider the engine was working smoothly 9 Yes, sir. Coroner—We are now upon a different things 2HE PENINSULAR MAILS. al T four, R.N , naval mail The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw Steward, bringing steamer c A n a l h r g a m e b o rf aL i eut. Capt. E agent, arrived at Southampton at 12 30 p.m. yester day. She left Lisbon on thel7th inst., and Vigo on the 19th ; she could not communicate with Oporto. The Alhambra reports three vessels totally wrecked off Oporto, but could not ascertain, their names or any particulars respecting them. On the outward passage the Alhambra experienced strong head winds as far as Vigo, and thence to Lisbon northerly winds. Coming home she had strong northerly winds from Lisbon to Vigo, and thence to South ampton southerly winds, moderate between Vigo. and Ushant, and afterwards very strong. The Alhambra brought 11 passengers, including Viscount Carruthers and Messrs. 11. Hammick and C. Ratcliffe. On freight she had £3,104 in specie, two quarter casks of wine, 154 half-chests oranges, 4 boxes of tangerines, 300 boxes of eggs, and five packages of general merchandise. In lat. 45 . 7 N., long. 8.19 W., the Alhambra ex changed signals with the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Tagus, with the outward Peninsular mails from Southampton. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Oneida, with the outward Brazil mails, arrived at Lisbon on the 14th inst. at 3 a.m., and left for St. Vincent's at 9p. m._ _ _ Her Majesty's ship Flyin g Fish sailed from Lisbon on the 13th inst, for the coa s t of Africa. When the Alhambra left Lisbon on the 17th Ad miral D acres was still in port, with her Majesty's ship Edgar. The debate had commenced in the House of Deputies upon the bill which is to autho rise Dom Fernando to assume the Regency in cer tain contingencies. The Legitimist Opposition, though talented, is very limited in numbers, and therefore the bill was expected to pass almost una nimously. Prince Augusto bad continued gradually to regain strength, except in his legs, and taken his first car riage drive since his illness. He was still at Lumiar. The post wortem examination of the late Infante Dom John had not disclosed the least symptom of poison. The packet, at three months, w ere exchanges London, 53 1 1 7 t o thiss3l ; Paris, 532 ; Hamburg, 4%; Amsterdam, 42 1 ; Genoa, 528 ; Three per Cent. Stock, 471 to a ; Bank of Portugal shares, 584 to 586 ; Oporto Bank shares, 258 to 260. The Alhambra will leave Southampton again next Monday with the return mails for the above-named ports. THE TELEGRAPH FROM INDIA TO ENGLAND.— The Bombay Gazette gives the following account of the telegraphic communication about to be established between India and England :—" Major Cloldsmid and his party, consisting of Captain Ronald Campbell, in command of a detachment of Scinde Horse; and Dr. Lalor, in medical charge ; as also an agent of the Khan of Kholat, with an escort ; and Mr. It. Ryland, uncovenantod assistant, left Kurrachee for Guada, about four hundred miles distant, yesterday morning. The party will proceed via the Bubb and Sonmeance, and be furnished with full instructions as to their mission when they reach Guada. While Govern ment are endeavouring to throw a veil of mystery over this little matter, our enterprising citizens have penetrated its plans ; and already there is a tender in Calcutta for putting up the posts and wire between Kurrachee and the most difficult part of the line that will most probably be selected for communication with England, independent of the Red Sea route. The terminus of both lines will be at Kurrachee, which will thus become a place of no little importance." THE DISTRESS AT LYONS. —The announcement made a few days ago of the fearful distress at Lyons has stimulated the zeal of the authorities, and relief has already been distributed on a very largo scale; £14,000 have been sent by the Government to Lyons, and £lO,OOO to St. Etienne; but large as that amount is, it is not likely to do more than afford a few mouthfuls of bread and a very small quantity of fuel to 100,000 men and their families. Imme diately Corps Legislatif a law of State) is to be brought (w forward,n obe i ng drafted sanctioning ationssinemg: the;h ling e ofth e Council extraordinary credit for the relief of the labourers deprived of work by the combined influ ences of the stagnation of trade, the American crisis, and the commercial treaty, It is impossible to blame the Government for its efforts to alleviate the sufferings of the labouring classes in the principal manufacturing towns, at the same time, it is a dangerous precedent. No Govern ment can afford to accustom its people, and especially the lower orders, to look up to it for bread when employment is , scarce.—Letter from Paris. [ADvEnTisninrl — Holloway's Pills, Favour Con fldence.—These much and deservedly esteemed Pills are peculiarly well adapted for meeting and successfully re sisting all [disorders of the stomach, liver, kidneys, or bowels. They remove the acidity which provokes flatu lency, heartburn, distention, and diarrhoea. They cleanse, organ necessary to diges tion.influence o ver the liver and the bile. In nausea, sick h a They anderestlessness,y strengthen exercise more tremors,oe ry: especially and all the long list of the most salutary nervous co mplaints, Holloway's Pills are deemed specifics, and have completely w on the regulate,ec ac h l public confidence. In mental and bodily debility these Pills strike at the root of the evil by purifying the whole mass of c i rcu l a ti ng bl oo d, which, thus improYed, gives tone to the entire system. z DIRECT 2',IXATION. For the first time in the history of this country, it has become necessary for the Government to levy direct taxes, on a scale of gigantic magnitude. Besides the revenue from taxes upon imports, the Government requires at least one hundred millions of dollars a-year to be raised by direct taxation. To enable the country to realise this vast amount, everything taxable should be taxed. All profes sions, all incomes, all real estate, all personal pro perty, should be taxed within due limits, but to an extent hitherto unprecedented on this side the Atlantic. The Government may not find it necessary to levy such minute and exorbi tant taxes as those of England, where, according to Sidney Smith, people have been taxed upon every conceivable necessity, comfort, convenience, and luxury, from the cradle to the grave ; where the schoolboy whips a taxed top; where the youth rides a taxed horso over a taxed road ; where the old man is medicined with taxed drugs, makes his will upon taxed paper, dies on a taxed bed, and is buried in a taxed coffin ; but still, as the remedy is necessary and unavoidable, we hope that the Go vernment will make it strong enough to be com pletely efficacious. Receipt stamps, window lights, gold watches, books, newspapers and newspaper advertisements,horses and carriages, lottery dealers, grogshops, banks, insurance companies, incorpora tions, brokers' stalls—everything and everybody taxable should be taxed. Those who can afford to drive or ride fine horses about the Central Park should be made to pay HO dole. a year for each animal and the privilege. Those who can afford to keep cats and dogs should pay a dollar per head for the enjoyment. Those who can afford to carry wa t c h e s, and be independent o f th e Ci ty- h a ll c l oc k, should p w a: a f t o i r t their conveniences. is To say that the people will pay these ta xes i s b ut say i ng t h at t h ey w impossible to avoid. To say that they will pay th ese taxes cheerfully l d o s and willingly is but to say that they love their country, that they are grateful for past immunities, benefits, and bl • esslngs derived from their country, and that they desire to have their tuated. We should be grateful that the Govern ment affords every man an opportunity to do some thing for his country—to make sacrifices, to sub mit to deprivations for his country's sake. The country has never asked any such thing before. Direct taxation now affords every stay-at-home patriot a chance to be a hero. It will do all of us good to be obliged to pay cash down for our privi leges. It will teach us to prize, to appreciate. to enjoy, to cherish them more. We shall learn to guard tht m better from corrupt politicians and swindling lob byists, who sow the seeds of treason. Ballots will seem more valuable after we have fairly paid for the balls and bullets which careless, wrong, or neglected votes have rendered necessary. The rebels are learning to appreciate the preciousness of a good and free government by the sacr ifices they have to endure in their insane effort to destroy the Uni on . We will learn precisely the same lesson by the sacri fices we shall be obliged to endure to preserve the Union. North and South we shall have better 13 better Americans, and better country, better me n, a country, when the war is over and peace again brings p lenty.—.Neta York Herald. 3