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' ~ 3 0- prw0,..,,,• "'"?..M ... 011. .. \'''' *a . ..,.....,, ___- EIVS PAPER - IT 4/ 44 ,,,,, . -7:: , -, , , ; A i j : >::A \ 4 77- and dreams of different classes of thc tip : l,oo4*W ,- "- /AA: -..-►- .„. ....,,,, sane generally when asleep and while tiblet4 . a. •:. different external 'circumstances. The in 'ity-to ~a - ---, sleep and to . pass into dream is the first et ta/ift6- teristic to be noticed. To the healthy man Vika ance is the intimation of perilous activity mad e. forerunner of mental disease; in the maniac it is followed by dementia. This supports the view • that there is something more restorative in sleep than mere rest." With the statement in the last sentonce we can hardly agree. It seems taus that the belie fietal effect of "balmy sleep" results solely from body and mind being in complete repose, and thereby enabled to recruit the waste of mental energy and physical power which has taken place during the d' , Y. It is, in fact, the most. perfect form of rest, but that it contains anything more restorative than this we see no reason for believing, and in this view we are strengthened by the illustrations of the writer. "All physical morbid conditions are," Ns says, " attended by distressing dreams," thougtr they are not " itivarialJiy ;characteristic either of the nature of the affection, ar of the place affected." Among the most. curious forms of disease dreaLas is THE ITALIAN IRRIGATION and Sh a'ie CANAL CO- APANY. Soei6te A nonyme with Limited Liability a to Bearer. Share capital 2.5,000,000:: (R 1.000,000). -0 _,, rivicled into 50,609 shares of 500 f. (.£4o)a) each. :ehe,po sit on a ppli ca ti on £1 per share, and £1 on allotment. -e Italian G overnment guarantees a minimum interest of s'x per cent .on the capital, and also a sinking fund to I . 3 v.xvide for its redemption. The Ma rqu i s d e Cav DIRECTORS IN ITALY ties. . ur, Member of the Chamber of Dep u - The Count Oldofredi, Senator (formerly Governor of Bologna). Dc Farina, Regent of the Bank of Milan. Vincenzi ' (formerly inister of Public Works at Naples). M. G. De :I ; • ernex, Banker, Turi n M. Laure4)t, Banker, Parma. G. G. -Macphersoni,REE s e q T . OßS IN ENGLAND. Chairman of the Agra and United , Se'cviee Bank. •Ler.itock R. Reid, Esq., Director of the Oriental Bank C_,'or peration. afames Broad -street Dickson, Esq. (L e n nox, N ephew, and Cr,), 16, Old Lieut.-Colonel W. Campbr;ll Onslow, M a d ras Irrigation anec C anal Co W m Director of th e pany. - Wm. alter Cargill, E.° q., Director of the E as t ern Bengal Railway Comp any , Esq.., Director of the Agra and United Ser- C. G. Mansel, vice Bank. P. D. Dodmr, }7,9q., Deputy-Chairman of the Peninsular and Origin fa'c Steam Navigaticn Comp any, F Surtees, 1q , Chaleott House, Kingston, Surrey. P. Bee, cr n Wes head, Es M.P., the Lfindon d D eputy -Chairman of an North-Western Railway Company. BANKVAs ix, LoNnox—Messrs. Masterton, Peters, and Co., 35, Ni c h olas -lane. BAN7K ERS IN ITALY —Messrs. Charles De Fernex and Co., and rin. 7BR OKERS—M essrs. Foster and h'oracrrous- - Messrs. Bison a S , ,n, 38, Cannon- s t ree t . Braithwaite, 63, Old Broad -st reet. JOUNT ENGINEERS. Mortsr. Chas. Nod, Turin. J. Abernathy, 725 q., M.I.C.E. London. Temp orary Oilic:2s, 16, Gresham-house, Old Broad-st ree t. SE CRETAItY. pro tern. — Leicester 'Bayly, Esq. THE SUN, LONDON, TIESDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1862. N°. 21,770. PR1CE.....-...4d. STAMPED ....sd. STEVENS' PATENT BREAD MACHINERY COMPANY (Limited). for SHA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, th a t APPLICATIONS RES in this Comp any must be made on or before MONDAY. WENT, the 1 4 t i n inst. By order. WALTER BERDOE, Secretary pro tern. 10 , Old Jewry Chambers, April 7, 1862. PUBLICATIONS. TEE ARMY. LITERATURE. which gradually passed into a sad strain employed at funerals. One of the men lay down on the ground to represent the dead, and the women and girls danced round him ; they also performed very neat and comical steps and leaps, intended to caricature mourning for the dead. At the end of the dance each girl, in turn, approached the dead man, stooped down, and gave him a kiss, after which all danced round him, and concluded the dance with merry laughter." The subject of " The Growth of Lon don" is somewhat stale after the elaborate and able articles which have appeared in the Weekly Dispatch, and the lectures of Mr. Mark Lemon. 'A Visit to the Trappists " details the mortifications to which that most ascetic religious order is subjected. Fiction is liberally represented, the more prominent tales being " A Tangled skein," and "The Herds man of La Cainargue," and the number concludes with a little tale, by Mrs. S. C. Hall, " about Sister Jane." The screw frigat( Arethusa, 51, 500-horse power, removed into the scam b as i n , a t Sheerness, to be fitting for the Chqam completed. steam reserve, has been MR. J. E. READE'S NEW NOVEL. On Friday, April 11, in 3 vols., SATUR DA Y STERNE. By JOHN EDMUND itEADE. Also now ready, in 2 vols., CAN WRONG BE RIGHT P By MRS. S. C, HALL. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THIRD SALE. CUSTOM HOUSE, London, April, 1862. v- , FOR SALE, by order of the Honourable the Commis sioners of her Majesty's Customs, at the COMMERCIAL SALE ROOMS, Mincing-lane, on THURSDAY, the 10th, and FRIDAY, the 11th of April, 1862, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, the following GOODS, for Exportation or Home Consumption :-- The following scow steamers, attached to the steam reserve in tle Medway, are now being brought forward fax immediate commission :—The Zebra, 17, 200 hors 4 Power ; the Cormorant, 4, 200 horse power, and the Racehorse, 4, 200 horse power. _ NEW WORK BY THE AITTIIOR OF "FRIENDS IN COUNCIL." This day, Post Bvo., 55., ORGANISATION IN DAILY LIFE, AN ESSAY. London : Parker; Son, and Bourn, West Strand. _ - Anchors, boots, brandy, candles (stearine), decks, chicory, coffee, cordials, dice, empty bags, fishing nets, geneva, glass, guns, painters' colours, pepper, pertbmery, periumed spirits, rum, raisins, segars (succades), spirits (plain and mixed) ; quantity of files, plane irons, chisels, gouges, &c. ; sugar, ships' gear, tobacco, tea, timber, toys, wine, watches, and various other goods. - The Diadem, 32, screw, Capt. Scott, is ordered to be paid out of cotruission at Portsmouth, on the 16th inst. The above goods may be viewed at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom House, Thames-street, at the London, West India, and Victoria Docks, and Tobacco Ground, Rother hithe, on Wednesday, the 9th April, from ten o'clock in the morning until three o'clock in the afternoon, and on the clays of sale, from ten o'clock in the morning until twelve o'clock at noon—the tasting of spirits and wine being restricted to the day of sale as regards the Queen's Warehouse. Take notice, that goods sold at this sale will not be de livered until after two clear days of the day on which they are sold, and that no lots can be paid for at the office of the Re ceiver -General after two o'clock in the afternoon, and that on the days of sale money will not be received by the Receiver- General after eleven o'clock in the forenoon. Catalogues may be had at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom House, Thames-street, sixpence each. Fifth Edition, is., pROVERBS AND THEIR LESSONS, By I. CIIENEVIX TRENCH, D.D., Dean of Westminster. By the same Author, ON THE STUDY OF WORDS. Tenth Ed tion, Revised, 4s. ENGLISH : PAST AND PRESENT. Fourt Edition, 4s. SELECT GLOSSARY. Second Edition, 4s. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. THE CLOiSTER AND THE HEAKTH._ Immediately, in 3 vole., price 155., a New and Cheap Edition of CHARLES READE'S FAMOUS STORY. Handsomely bound in roan cloth, gilt and lettered. Orders received by all Booksellers. Trubner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 13, St. James's-square, London, S.W. Established k2l. Empowered b Special Act of Parliament. 130 NUS MEETING, 1862. The Report presented at a Meeting held on the 2d January last, for the declaration of the Seventh Bonus, showed, in evidence of the progress of the Society, that during. thc quennial period which tex - intnated on the 30th of Juno, IR6I, New Assurances for a total sum of £1,486,370 had been effected, being an increase of £02,215 on those of the previous five years ; that The Income had increased from £106,800 to £195,400 per annum; that The Assurance Fund had risen from £ 1 ,154,276 to £1,422,191; and that a Reversionary Addition to the Policies of £275,077 was then made, as against £232,479 at the prior division. In illustration of the results of the Division, that the Reversionary Addition above named averaged 48 per cent., or varied with the different ages from 33 to 89 per cent. on the Premiums paid in the five years ; and that the Cash Bonus averaged 28 per cent. on the like Premiums, being amongst the largest ever declared by any office. The Report explained at length the nature of the invest ments, and the bases of the calculations, the results of which, as above shown, are eminently favourable. Now ready, Svo., sewed, Price One Shilling', THE AUTHENTIC REPORT of the TRIAL COURT-MARTEAL OF CAPTAIN ItOBBIZ.TRON, Fourth Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, held at the ]loyal Barracks, Dublin, on the 6th of February, 1862, and follow ing days. With Portraits. Fine Paper Edition, with Photographs of Col. Bentluck, Capt. Robertson, and Adjutant Ilarran, price 2s. 6d. "A trial has just been concluded in Dublin, which has rivalled even the Windham case in notoriety and scandal."— The Times, March 27. Dublin: M•Glashan and Gill, 50, Upper Sackville-street. Loudon : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Edinburgh : John Menzies. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITII'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 180. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi 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. Groasmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." of he 1g ge ur he the led. was ;her rere 3old lere Y a t r at led. ally by lOW. --th 2,86 420. ,pet GGA ; sup: qr., gee, icors. fined. f i no eok'S lade. o 24s o 44s ) .--41 , 43a it is. 11 12. il6. il 9. it 10. it 10. 2 3 . 14. )n of Ineae; Crated strue rid to ted to ipt of 0 and n -on' 'ugh' rife of Dirg , Dd, 01 near re, t° Johls Sain t Jobil %, the Wye, :liaa ° age Fells ;11o$ , [loci ( ' ravY, U. eveof )nri‘t 411 4 f 112, ty OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY. —The object of this le° a , Pany i'", to carry into effect the valuable and highly the concession which has been, granted by the I r k s in Gceeernment for the constructi'jn of Irrigation Works ' 0 No'. - thern Italy. Se great has been the reputation Ir ' - lga' in 'ation and success of works of • ion ltaly, dial, the l, have been regarded as models 1 scientific construetiou 'oy the eng i neers appointed by the government of IrAlift 'co devise and execute the ezteuefre Plans for the ir r i 'fration of that country. From hett a:rilist ages t h e artificial irrigation of land in sae\l , climes has f urn i s h e d one of the most sate and profit invest'aients of capital. In India the application of this :I,lystem bras yielded a revenue of from 30 to 100 per cent. on e cos', ; of construction ; in the r o y a l d oma i ns o f A ran j uez, in S pain, it h as increased the produce of the soil ten-fold; and it has given to the plains of Lombardy their proverbial renown, for exhaustless fertility. The district assigned to tho operations of this Company comprehends some of the richest potions of the &nem Vain, extending from the foot of the Alps to the frealtiers of shLombardy, and justly celebrated as the garden of Europe. :She Company will immediately proceed tar construct the eet Irrigation Canal of Northern Italy, in conformity 'with the designs of the cele l arated engineer Chevalier Noe, 'who enjoy s the highest reputation in Europe for hydraulic l'erorks, and whose, pls.ns have, after careful examination, been apoved Government Mr. Abernethy and accepted by the Italian _ * The Main 'Oa'aal, 52 mil es l ong, 80 feet wide, and 20 feet 'leer', will cr Jrlrmence at Chiavasso, ten miles north of Turin, lass thror, Lornel. g i ll the rich districts of the Vercellais and the / t Lar. , . and terminate at the river Ticino, near Novara. tours' Will river , aeri ve an inexhaustible supply of water from the P‘J, which has been called the Nile of Italy, on ac tcrat of the rich alluvial matter brought down by its cur • „.. e _Alt • It will irrigate more than 300,000 acres, and it is esti 'l4o.ted that the rental of the proprietors will thereby be in ekeased by £840,000 per annum. In order to obtain the great advantage of uniting under Cae management all the irrigation wo r k s o f th e di str i ct, an the cession of the existing canals of the Dora Baltea and m` tbe S es i a , w hi ch will thus become tributary to the Grand - anal of the P o . The payment for these canals will be ade at deferred dates, and the amount is included in the guaranteed capital. EN GTJARANT - EES OF THE ITALIAN GOVERN- AdT.—Ti'.,e Government guarantees a minimum interest s ix per tent. per annum on the entire capital to be ex tended Ai tended 'Ai the purchase or construction of the canals, the expenses, and the management and raainte aa°_ee of the works of the Company, thus making its shares 1,.,A1e 'and advantageous investment, independently of the ~;,`F,e sprofits which may be anticipated from such important " _ .The It a li an Government also guarantees the repayment ?I the capital through the operation of a sinking fund. The re demption of the shares will take place annually by lot, havin g thi s great advantage to the shareholders, that, after tfaving received back their capital in full, they will remain Participators in all profits exceeding 6 per cent. during the remaining term of the concession. The .provisional concession was signed by the Ministers of timo, and the Government has enga ge d t o procure for this aent of the Legislature the necessary powers T:ihich require th e con fEXPENDITUBX—The cost of the works will be de rayed by the a l oa'ai capit a l o f t h e C ompany, and by bonds guassued under CM:: authority of the G overnment, w i th interest rest will be stamped b the G t! e nt, mail the int of 6 per cent, will be paid atovein the 4aations.-1 T'zeasury. toPro visi onal contracts have been ma d e w ith th e sanct i on a rprobation of th e I ta li an Government for the execu b, 8 4 0 4. all the w or k s b y experienced contractors, who are ,f t P r •red to deposit ample caution money for the fulfilment heir engagements. 'I'I P ROFITS. —Th e directors desire to avoid holding out Ic;gerated estimates of the large profits to be derived from heir irrigation works, in addition to the guaranteed interest o f 6 per cent. ; but the official return s in their possession, 'which have been prepared with the naost scrupulous accu l's.aes', and which may be seen at the offices of the Company, 'motif them in anticipating profits fully equal to those 'which have been ebcained under the most favourable cir 11,11.18tanees in Italy and other countries. In making these °aAeulations, Iliere can be no better guide than what has taken place in our own Eastern Empire, as exhibited in the following statement : f , arcJtim.l4-A CANALS, N ORTH -W ESTERN PROVINCES.-- D`")ver:1111Orlt returns show that the value of the crops saved orfe y ear b y t h e water supplied by these canals, whose ;th is 445 miles, was £1,462,800. In 1853 th e C our t 9f Directors sanctioned an expenditure of £15,276 on th e —astern Jumna Canal, which in one y ear yi e ld e d a c l ear 'Profit to the government of £9,759, besides enormously in creaaing the value of the crops, and thus benefitting the e Ultivators to a far larger amount. "NoRTIL-WESTEnN PROVINCES.—In these provinces au expenditur e of £557,000 was found sufficient to construct 'works irrigating 1,300,000 acres, and thus obtain a produce of the annual value of £2,500,000, supporting a population of 6 00,000 souls. , " G'iIEAT GANGES CANA L , N ORTH -W ESTERN PRO- Y IN - ,. JE , . Colonel Baird Smith, the director of this canal, 11(1.1 /r in course of construction, estimates that it will be corn- Tleted for £2,000,000, and that it will raise the annual value o f the crops it will irrigate to £7,000,000, and the gain to the cultivators will exceed £3,000,000 per annum. Extract from R e p or t b y Li eut. -C o l one l C . B . Y oung, qMciating chief engineer, Lowe r P rov i nces o f B enga l, d a t e a 27 th May, 1858: , " Whatever th e resu lt s o f different calculations may be, there can be no question, I believe, that canals as irrigation - Works are remunerative in India, whether the profits be 50 Der cent and upwards, as Col. Cotton rates them, or, accor ding to the more moderato estimates of Lieut.-Colonel Baird ko . tl . 1 a about 24 p er cent., or, according to the experience ° A tile canals in the North-West Provinces, 12 to 16 per ?Vit., it is equally the result in all cases; I believe that "ley money e repaxpy ended richly t oon both Government and to the p eo pl e th e them." The 6 p er cont. interest on the shares allotted in England, to gether With all dividends out of profits, will be paid half eaily, at 25 francs exchange, by the Company's bankers in 4r indon. ,_ The works which the Company has undertaken have "eel). urgently demanded by the whole population. The 'underta sharess received with the greatest favour in Italy ; 20,00 Q are reserved for that country, leaving 30,000 for allotment in England. Applications in th e annexe d f orm may b e ma d e t o t h e -London Directors at the Company's offices, or to the Brokers of the Company in London. C oma n A co py of the con cess i on may b e seen at the offices of the London, April 4, 1862. POl2lll OP APPLICATION FOR BIIARES. To the London Directors of the Italian Irrigation Canal Company. Gentlemen,—Having paid to you r b a nk ers th e sum o f , hereby request that you will allot me ehares of £2O each in the Italian Irrigation Canal Company, and 1 hereby agree to accept the said shares, or any smaller number that may be allotted to me, upon the terms of the statutes' to be approved by the Italian Government, and to pay the further deposit of £1 per share upon the shares allotted to me at such time and in such manner as you may *PPoint. 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WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITION or 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of ft ERNI 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 and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 16a., 215., 265. Id.. and 31s. Id. Postage, is. A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Übilical Truss 425. and 525. 6d. 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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 do wn f or fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by Mr. Lambert, Chemist, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, and by all 'druggists, in bottles, 130., and three times the Quantity in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's kethmatict Balsam. Just published, containing 190 pages, with 100 Engravings, free by post, 12 stamps, sealed 20 stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, the Greatest Medical Work of the Age, or Youthful Indiscretions and conse quen` Impediments to Marriage, describing the Anatomy of the Reproductive System in health and disease, and pointing out the sure means of perfect restoration to manhood ; with an Essay on Single and Married Life, containing his Pre scription known as the Preventive Lotion, precluding the possibility of contamination. Address R. and L. PERRY and Co., 10, Berners -street, Oxford-street, W. Attendance daily, from 10 till 8 ; Sundays, 11 till 2, by a Consulting Surgeon, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (Regis tered under the New Medical Act). THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN I 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, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about tc marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by ihe medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success itiduct in every case is as certain as that water quench es thirst. Dr. Eirxlrd's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in -10 will receiptn s be of s o . re r en u mt s it e to , t a a an t ncy l e l p s o . ar , f pt o or of ftf-ootthimrece world,quantitiesordr payi carefully j on e e t fur op o u r r r3ko3e packed, and Co., ratentMedicineWarehouse, 229, Strand, London. LOST-OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2s. till 5, and is. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, is. till 1. An ESSAY onIURKISH BATHING, gratis. OF THE PRESS. ', The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very uFetui pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Pest-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte rest ing• information, while those who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the practical regulations which the writer clideftVOUPS to enforce. tt _lierald and Standard, N0v.12, 1861. ~ The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. an able physiojap;_h_ehas now —Dr. Cuiverwell has already established the reputation of t bilartthrePi st, . as in 't fart as he ity , an Insti u ton that has established, in the heart _ ,,,,,,5, goes nearer more nearly than any disco the abolition of the practice very of moiler , ' " J uopositio Of tbe C .' of physic, than any I Our n oj invention yet established, the 'Turkish Bath. • Cif. reader ° B" Ject being merely to direct the attention of our ybaths to the fact that they possess ens of the best set of d at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, which the country can pro I.lcLLPerfect in all its appliances, and most admirable in effect an. Culverwell has fitted up his baths with a degree of elegapee, luxury, , and refinement, which, consid er i ng the space, at his d isposal, is truly sur prising, while everything ' tha • taste or delicacy could desire has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. . • W e ma y ins .; •it rimman ever feels ' himself regene ra t e d an d new e,is coming uut :of .:a Ttutieli.Bath."--Era, 0ct.13, 1861. Consultations daily tilll2 tt,m. Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. Just published, Svo, in cloth, price 55., by post tree, ss. 6d., 1) N THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA ; showing why they so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. 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."—'Aledical Circular. London: H. Bail Here, 219, Regent-street. mit. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "AT HOME," At Her Majesty's Concert Room, Haymarket. Last Nights of the present Entertainment, which will ter minate at Easter, when they will appear with an Entirely New Programme. Every Evening (except Saturday), at Eight. Wednesday and Saturday Mornings at Three. Private boxes, stalls, and places may be secured at the Box office, which is open daily from Ten till Five, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. No extra charge for booking. Carriages to be ordered at Ten. Stalls, is. ; First Circle, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Unreserved Seats, 2s. and Is. OHRISTY'S MINSTRELS. The Original, Well-known, and only CHRISTI'S MINSTRELS arc performing nightly to crowded houses at the POLYGRA PHIC HALL, King William-street, Strand. Tickets to be had at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Austin's Ticket Office, St. James's Hall, Piccadilly.— Morning Performance every Saturday at three o'clock.-- W. P. COLLINS, Sole Proprietor. ARGYLL ROOMS.—Series of New Music, Valses, Quadrilles, and Polkas, by the unrivalled Band of $0 performers, under the 8010. ntreu,luti of Mune, IioUL CORT, Conductor and Composer. This gentleman will play every evening at lt o'clock, until further notice, variations arranged by himself on the Cornet-a-Piston.—The free-list will be open for the profession by leaving their card at the door. By order of the Proprietor.—Manager, Mons. P. Grenet. Admission is. fIR.BUCHAN'S INVIGORATING ESSENCE, for NERVOUS RELAXATION and GENERAL WEAKNESS, at once restores and invigorates with magical rapidity the most Debilitated Constitution, thereby ensuring permanent health, increased strength, energy. and a re doubled development of the muscular system. One trial will force conviction, and prove failure impossible. Price per bottle 4s. 6d., ils., or four times the quantity, 335. Wholesale Agents, Barclay and Sons, 75, Farringdon-street ; and of all chemists throughout the world. CONSERV.ATIFE LAND SOCIETY. The quarterly meeting was held this day at the offices in Norfolk-street, Strand—Viscount Ranelagh in the chair. The Secretary (Mr. Gruneisen) read the advertisement convening the meeting. Viscount RANELAGH then read the following report : " The executive committee of the Conservative Land Society have the pleasure in this thirty-eighth quarterly report of announcing to the shareholders that the receipts for the Christmas and Lady-day quarters of the present financial year are remarkably satisfactory, as will be seen by the annexed tabular statement : Shares Shares Total Quarters ending in Complete Shares Receipts. probes. Dec. 24,1861 202 41 243 £13,529 1 4 March 25,1862 lO3 26 129 17,821 17 11 305 67 372 31,350 19 3 Totals to Sept.3o, '61113,766 3,780 17,546 561,588 10 3 Grand totals to Lady-day, 1862 The above Lady-day quarter shows an increase of £3,093 14s. 9d. over the corresponding period of last year; the present Lady-day quarter also shows an increase of £4,292 16s. 7d. over the preceding Christmas quar ter; the total sale of land to Lady-day, 1862, amounts to £304,885, 10s., being an increase to the extent of £42,265 15s. 7d. over the returns to Lady-day, 1861. The total withdrawals since the formation of the society (Sept. 1852), to Lady-day, 1862, are £168,298 ss. 6d. The returns of the register of the order of rights are as follow :—Com pleted, 4,607 ; drawn, 3,140 ; seniority, 1,651; total, 9,398 ; deduct rights exercised on estates, &c., 7,o47—unexercised rights, 2,351. The last share number on the register by seniority is No. 13,128, and the last share number issued up to 25th of March, 1862, was No. 17,918. Two allot ments of land and houses for the present financial year have taken place. The first was on the 16th of October last, when the Queen's-road estate, London-road, Tonbridge Wells, was offered ; and the second was on the 12th of February, when two estates at Newark-neon-Trent, at Beacon Hill and Northgate, were submitted for selection to the holders of rights of choice. The Queen's-road estate is divided into 63 lots, including sixteen substantially-built Gothic cottages. Situated as the property is close to the church of St. John, within easy distance from the railway station, and adjoining the most picturesque promemdes in Tonbridge Wells, it is not surprising that the sales already effected have been so satisfactory ; and when the new roads are opened to connect the property with the Woodbury Park estate, the remaining plots will be in demand. It is the intention of the board to offer during the year the re maining portion of theWoodburyPark estate, the direct and speedy railroad communications now made between Ton bridge Wells and London having increased the necessity of additional house accommodation on this popular watering-place. The two Newark estates were Hon. allotted at the T own -h a ll a ft er a l arge pu b l i c meet i ng, at which th e M ayor pres id e d . Vi scount Ingestre, the Ta l bot, and Colonel partC o o l f o t n h e e l E K x n e c o u x . , attendedand v on ße the W. C depui Ta n t he deputatio n tiv9 Committee, and their explanations were considered so satisfactory, that unanimous resolutions were passed, ap proving of the so c i e t y ' s system of working. The North gate estate is divided into 75 plots, and the Beacon Hill into 32 plots, the prices ranging from £34 up to £226 per plot, so that building land can thus be secured on both estates for all classes of the community. The roads and drains will soon be constructed, and buildin g operations w ill speedily follow. The next allot ment is fixed for Wed nesday, the 30th of April, on which occasion an additional quantity of the valuable Roehripton Park estate will be offered ; as also the fourth portion of the buildin g l an d on the Round Hill Park , at the end o f Richmond and Prince's roads, Brighton; and houses on the Round Hill Crescent, now in occupation, or ready for habitation, It is likewise the intention of the Executive Committee to include in the forthcoming April allotment ground rents at the Battersea and Roman. road, (North Bow) estates. The Ho n . W. E. Duncombe, M.P., being unable to c ont inue his services, has resigned his place at the board. The directors have been, end are, in negotiation for various estates in different parts of the country, and are also look ing out fo r an eligible purchase i n or near L on d on. The Tottenham and Hamp stead Junction. Railway Bill, now before the Legislat ure affecting the K en ti s h- town es t a te, the necessary st eps have been taken to protect the interests of the allottees and of the society. The Executive Committee, in conclusion, co ngratulate th e mem b ers on the cheering,' prospects for the , future." Can any one answer the question, what is a Magnet? we only know sonic of its marvellous effects, and admire the in genuity of those who apply its power to beneficial uses, for instance Herring's magnetic brushes, &c. Dr. Hassall re ports, ~ I regard th em as the most perfect brushes hitherto made, as respects their mechanical construction and their inagn etical action," Th e y are the remedy for grey hair, n euralgia, rheumatism, &c. 14.8.—Counterteit0 are bei ng . made. Plageo, 32, DAgillgliall-atreet, Undo. The Victoria and Duke of Wellington, screw three-deckers, at Pirtsmouth, are named as the next ships for convcrsion to shield ships on Capt. Coles' principle ; an the work of razeeing them to their middle decks vill be immediately taken in hand. The Duke - vas originally laid down as a and was afterwards altered and i adapted to screw. Her engines are of 700 hsaoirsi-ngdter ep a o tPh we ed r e , -te and her burden in tons is 3,771. The a steamship, from designs of Sir B. W. Walker, KiV'lli.rcent.oißsrhi.aeSdwhaefsrholniaasidatdbmoewiiffice as fiatter floor amidships than deckers, and has doubt less fo greater stability than they. She i o s f ,r thetthheis reason t r c e o f n o rvee,rbetter' much r ed.apted for conversion to a cupola ship than either the Royal Sovereign or Duke. She was launched some two years since from Portsmouth Dockyard. She is of 4,127 tons burden, and is fitted with engines of 1,000 horse power nominal, and attained a speed on her light draughtcupolas fortrial in Stokes h tesstw Bay, o of nearly 131 knots. The ships, according to number, but in n ntain and their the eesent number inte n o t f i o g n u s n , s w t i b ll ey be w s i r l c calibre is, of course, entirely a matter dependent on future contingencies. The precise nature and thickness of the armour plating on their sides from below the water-line upwards is also a matter for future consideration. These ships cut down and converted to cupola ships when armed, stored, manned, and ready for sea, will have to carry about 800 tons less weight than they would have under the same circumstances as 131 gun screw steam ships, supposing that they are rigged when cupola ships, and carrying the same masts and yards, anchors, and cables. Admiralty instructions have been received at Chatham Dockyard, directing a survey to be made by the dockyard officials of the paddlewheel steamers Adder, African, and 0 tter,employed principally on harbour service, in order to ascertain whether the hulls and general condition of those vessels are such as to warrant their being furnished with new en gines and machinery. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Frederick W. Brown, chief engineer to the Tribune, vice Barber, superseded from ill health ; Henry Williams, confirmed as chief engineer ;P. Butler, engineer to-the Fisgard, for the Columbine ; G. F. Bell, engineer to the Zebra ; T. F. Hight, first-class assist.-engineer to the Cum berland, for the Herring; T. Baldwin, first-class assist.-engineer to the Zebra ; H. Birch, first-class assist.-engineer to the Indus, for the Shamrock ; E. Eckersley, first-class assist.-engineer to the Hawke, for the Lark; W. C. Batty, acting first-class assist.- engineer to the Cumberland, for the Spanker; J. H. Bray and Frederick Hallett, acting second-class assist.-engineers to the Zebra ; and J. 111'11/Ellen, acting second-class assist.-engineer to the Cumber land, for the Resistance. THE NAVY. A general order has been addressed from the Horse Guards to the army, dated the 24th of March, 1862, by which permission is granted to the troops composing the detachment left by Sir Henry Have lock in the Alumbagh, to reckon an additional year's service towards pay and pension. In all such cases the year added is allowed to reckon towards the qualifications for " medal and gratuity." Intelligence has been received at the invalid depot, St. Mary's Barracks, Chatham, of the departure of upwards of 2,000 sick and invalid non-commissioned officers and men, and time-expired men, who have been sent home from India and China, for the pur pose of being discharged. The vessels now on their passage home with them are the Renown, the Lady Jocelyn, the Holmsdale, the Newcastle, and the Middlesex, from Calcutta ; the Cospatrick and the Windsor Castle, from Bombay; the Exchanger and the Flying Cloud, from Hongkong; the Empress of India, from Kurrachee ; the Akbar, from Colombo ; and the Sir James, from the Mauritius. The periodical relief of the detachments of Royal Marines serving at the Island of Ascension, being about to take place, Admiralty orders have been re ceived at the headquarters of the Chatham division calling for volunteers from the corps for service at that island. The class of volunteers required are artificers, engineers, wheelwrights, masons, carpen ters, excavators, clerks, &c., all of whom must have had a fair education, and possess a good character. If married they will be permitted to take their wives with them. The volunteers will proceed to Ascension on the sth proximo, in charge of Lieut. Rokeby. RUSSIA AND POLAND. The Official Gazette of Warsaw of the 2d inst. publishes the following : Written at the Citadel of Warsaw, by a Com mission of Inquiry, March 28, 1862. By virtue of a decree of the Governor-General, issued in pursuance of an order from the Aide-de- Camp Gen. Vamiestnik, to-day ; Prince Bebutow, together with the delegates named by that order, Charles Minter, proprietor of the house, No . 1 , 3 37; Dr. Tytus, professor of the Acade m y of Me dici/4e ; and Alex. Preps, Chief Director of the Society o f Land Credit, proceeded to the above-mentioned place in order to verify the report which was circu lated in the city that Alex. Zamoyski, confined in the citadel, and accused of having Director Preps, printed and cir culated a revolutionary address to the Archbishop y H i s s Credit, identity g Yelinski, had been, during an examination for the purpose of eausin p g lac h e im wh t e o re re h v e e w al as h e is onfined accomplices, before beaten with so much inhumanity that pieces of flesh had fallen from his body. Accordingly, Alex. Za mmoYneskdif questionbt h e e en p above ro vwedhi by which wt mentioned haos pc uht delegat es .ietafos hnoimt by the delegates, if arrest not only had niiiiashment, but not even raormehtehv the place of the Societ y to the he had been severely beaten, he replied, and a ffi rmed hb6owsaid instantly he would idueed to make this Prince Bebutow i ah t eh u ba p ne o ed n o h h f ar i d s o o h b o fer n eo o nm ur e, placedot r h p a o t r since tuponl r.o him, avowalhaving asked him hi f m ear if , u words ; but the delegates, s to the m a tt er , agree d that this was unnecessary , an d t who prove had the on truth doubt of o his n that the falsity of the :--- reports had been sufficiently pro ve d . Thereupon the proces verbal was closed , rea d over, accepted, a n d signed in the following order DR. CHATEMINSRI, CH. MINTER, AL. PREYss, • PRIN c . v.: BEBTJTOW. being FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE EXIIIBITION BUILD ING.—On Saturday an inquest wa s held at St. George ' s Hospital on the body of James Hol lyer, aged twenty-two, f a al l l a in bo g ur o e u r t employed a pl e o h y ai ed r thewathileei g dra Exhibition who was killed by up to the top of the dome to remove some of the materials. Verdict, " Acci dental death." THE INCUBATION OF THE P YTIION.—AII hopes of the hatching are now at an end ; eggs wer© removed on Friday morning. There is no doubt that the frequent removals of the blanket in uncovering the eggs, occasional partial un co ilings of the snak e, caused too nume rous sudden changes of temperature for th e proper develop ment of the young, which originally, we k now f rom M r . Bartlett's dissection, were in them, and the British, Quarterly Review. One of the most interesting articles in the present number is that on " Social Life in Medkeval Eng land," a review, in fact, of Mr. Wright's recent work on" England d ur i ng the M i d dl e Ages. " I n it th e writer traces the progress of manners during the " good old mediaeval times," and gives us no rer son to regret that our lot has b een cas t i n the 19th cen tury. " Theold times," says the writer, "as we mll them, were in reality the young times. That which we call the wisdom of our ancestors, woe the inex perience of our ancestors working out experiments in the dark." Still he pays a deserved tribute to the solidity of the Anglo-Saxon character. It must have contained, he says, "An el ement o f power rarely foand in primitive races. Almost all other early races have died out, and left few or no traces behind. The Anglo-Saxons lie at the very founda tions of our language and our institutions." So far we have cause to be grateful to our ancestors and accept the substantial benefits they h . eve trans mitted to us as a set off to the laxity of their morals and the roughness of their manners.. Mar riage, it seems, in the primitive Anglo Saxon times, that is before the introduction of Christi anity, was a very slippery ceremony ; the only stipulations, or conditions, connected with it that had any binding force, related to such chattels, money, or other property as might be involved in the arrangement." Whilst in Ireland the lady was usually taken for a year's trial ; then, if she did not suit, was restored to her family, her reputation being considered none the worse for wear. The Normans, on their arrival, looked after the comforts of their own indoor life. They introduced improvements in Saxon domestic architecture, and indulged in greater privacy. "Dinner was a pub lic ceremony down to the close of the Anglo-Saxon rule. Banquets were invariably conducted in the one large, open, indiscriminate apartment. But the Normans knew the pleasure of a little OM sionel retirement, and of small entertainments, where they could enjoy themselves without being gazed at like wild beasts is a cage at feeding time." And they accordingly built a banquet-room over the hall, where they could dine at their ease. Even in those days there was a code of etiquette. " You were forbidden to pick your teeth with your knife, or to offer the remains of your dish to another per son, or to dip your meat in the salt-cellar, or to return food from your mouth to your plate ;" whilst nine in the morning was the usual hour of dinner, five in the evening that of supper, and all proper people went to bed at nine. Of the morality of the Normans the writer speaks anything but fa vourably. The ladies " were as passionate, self willed, and imperious as the heroes who wooed them with devotional homage before marriage and beat them afterwards. Their gentle blood was as incapable of submitting to restraints in the pur suit of pleasure, as if it coursed in the veins of the coarser sex, whose license they constantly usurped. They not only laid aside that reserve which is almost a constitutional attribute of woman, but they took the initiative in those advances which, all the world over, are assigned to the province of men." The writer then touches on those curious continental tribunals, the courts of love, which never became naturalised in England, and ends with a tribute of praise to Mr. Wright's industry and research. " Phases of London Life," also a popular subject and well handled, contains some curious anecdotes and statistics of mendicancy. Thenrticles connected with Theology are styled " The Act of Uniformity," and " Aids to Faith." That on " Congregational Psalmody " discusses the various phases of this branch of musical art, from the time of the Early Christians to the present day. The writer of "The Recent Revolution in the Papal States," warm in the Italian !cause, tells us that " if the solution of the Roman question be long deferred, the people of Italy will take it in hand themselves, and compel the Emperor to with draw his troops from Rome ;" and the subjects of the remaining articles are " The West Indies," " Lives of the Engineers," and "Life of the Right Hon. Wm. Pitt.' Bentley's Miscellany. Mr. Harrison Ainsworth's " Lord Mayor of London" is progressing with spirit ; the after dinner conversation is given in this number; Mr. Pitt's triumph over his political opponents is described ; Mr. Candish is once more caught, persists in deny ing that he is the Lord Mayor's brother, and is brought before the king ; whilst Alice Wentworth mysteriously disappears from the ball. "Travels in Equador" is a review of a sf ork on that country by M. Holinski, of which leprosy is one of the scourges. " The disease, too, attacks all classes : the Marquis Larria, one of the richest men in Equa dor, was rendered a frightful object by it. Not wishing to lose the pleasure of society, he had a glass cage made in his saloon, which, while conceal ing him from his guests, enabled him to take part in their conversation. It seems as if the leprosy in South America is something fearful; not only do the features lose all human aspect, but the noses and lips are destroyed. In some cases hands and feet drop off without any sensible pain, but through a slow and regular ulceration." Under the head of "Recreations in Switzerland," we have an account of the ascent of Mont Combin from St. Pierre. " Table Talk," by Monkshood, is, as usual, gossip ping and amusing. Ouida flings his French phrases about gaily as ever; his tale, this time, is styled " The Beauty of Vicq D'Azir," a lady who was wrongly thought to be "not a proper person." Dudley Costello's tale, " Crooked Usage," has reached its 49th chapter, and an article called " Slavery in America," reviews Xavier Eyma's work " Les Peaux Noires." Colburn's New Monthly Magazine. An elaborate description of" Th e Lak e Districts of Canada" challenges attention at the beginning of the present number. It is carefully compiled, and those who are interested in that colony will find it worth perusal. Nothing is more remarkable, in some of the' newly settled parts of the American continent, than the enormous rise in the value of land. Look at Chicago, for example, in which " a corner lot, in one of tho principal thoroughfares, on which stood a chemist's shop, was sold during Mr. Hancock's residence in the city for sixty four thousand dollars, or £12,800, the same lot having been bought twenty years previously for a sum about equal to the cost of one of the shop-windows —namely £20." The subject chosen by " Sir Nathanial" for his biographical sketch this month is the Swedish hero or madman Charles the Twelfth, on whom Johnson waxed eloquent in "The vanity of human wishes," and whose flight after the disastrous day of Pultowa served Byron as an introduction to "Mazeppa," and who met his death, Carlyle tells us, by "assassination instigated by the Swedish official persons it is thought." The bullet passed through both his temples, he had clapped his hand upon the hilt of his sword, and was found leaning against the parapet in that attitude—gone upon a long march now." In "The Heart via the Head" we have an essay upon preaching. " A Federal Foray," based on the present American struggle, shows how a Captain Weston lost his lady-love through sacking the house in which she lived, and the tales of the " Shadow of Ashlydyat" and " Granville de Vigne" will gratify the lovers of fiction. The St. 'Tames's. The general belief in the existence of great men, and the differences of opini on as t o th e sense in which " great " is used, have in this number fur nished materials for an amusing paper. Carlyle, according to the writer, stickles for " earnestness and sincerity." Emerson defines a great man as " one of great affinities, who takes up into himself all arts, scien c e s — a ll k nowa bl e s—as his food; who can spare nothing; who can dispose of everything." Mr. Ruskin believes that "the first test of a great man is humility;" whilst Professor Ranke con siders that the title of great "belongs only to those who have fought, not merely for private, but, at the same time, for great general interests." The writer then canvasses the pretension of heroes of different grades, notes their shortcomings, and thus vindicates the cause of mediocrity. " This exalta tion of heroes—this sycophantic homage to great names, repeated from generation to generation, till they are depressing, has become detrimental to the best interests of humanity. It breeds habitual con tempt in one class of people for the pursuits and actions of another ; it tends to encourage the absurd popular notion of some "coming man, who, "him self alone," in any emergency is expected to set things right ; it tends to discourage the recoßnition and the ready acceptance of the fact shown by the experience of th e l as t two centuries, that associa tion, organisation, and a division of labour, are the truest means that can be adopted for th e m at er i a l and moral pro gr ess of mankind ; it praises the past at the expense of the present ; it compares the moderns with the ancients, y to give the paim. to the latt er ; i n a word, it is a n i ncu b us upon c ivil- sation itself," The article on „ Dancing i n all Ages" will be found interesting . One of rho most singula r o f th e se exercises was that prac t i sed in Bohemia under the name of the Death Dance. "The dancers assembled ; couples to merry tunes, Temple Bar. As yet the interest of " Captain Dangerous" is admirably sustained, and the tale bids fair to be the very best of Mr. Sala's productions. In this num ber the adventures of the hero among the Blacks come to an unpleasant but scarcely unexpected end; Comforted, to i with h be h a oh i a ‘ new demijohn"ghowever, eerd in by the his afflictionek that respectable fraternity being pounced upon b y a " mob of constables," aided by a file of grenadier s ; Master Dangerous (who has now attairK 4 the r i p e ago of 12) va li an tly b r eaks the head of one of the latter wof fnberantdilyl n Quaker, he wr i tes to th e Ki ng , an d his MajeafY is gracious en oug h t o l aug h at hi s e ff us i on , and through " the intercession of a f ore i gn l a dy, that was his favourite," he remits th e y oungs t er ' s se ntence to .he ey and fs i i s dead. good sen tenced transportation for life "to his Majesty's plantations in North America," whither he is now about to pro ceed, having been bought by "Sir Basil Hopwood, a rich merchant and alderman of London, who paid a certain sum a head for us to the King's Govern ment for taking us to . America, where he might make what profit he pleased, by selling our wretched carcasses to be slaves to the planters." This part of " Aurora Floyd" is also excellent. She is mar ried, and is content (if not happy, but there is a storm brewing in the distance, In " A New View of Shakspere's Sonnets" Mr. Heraud expounds his view of these much-discussed and imperfectly-under stood poems. " Back to Scotland" is an amusing account of a Scotchman's impressions of his native land on returning after a long absence. There is a biographical and critical notice of " Winthrop Mackworth Praed," who died at the age of 36, and who, the writer thinks, would, had he lived, have rivalled Macaulay in Parliament and Tennyson in poetry. " Burke's Australian Explorations" are touched on, and the poem " Drowned ! Drowned! " is above average merit. The Popular Science Review. The third number of this useful periodical opens with an article by M. de Quatrefages on the Phosphorescence of the Sea," in which that very singular and beautiful appearance is accounted for. The first requisite for its presence is, that the water be in motion. SHINING WATER. However favourable the circumstances may otherwise have been for the production of the phenomenon, perfectly tranquil water was always completely dark. A concussion, no matter how feeble, was requisite for the manifestation of light. A grain of sand thrown upon the dark surface gave rise to a luminous blot, and the undulations proceeding from this centre were perceptible as luminous circles, be coming larger and larger, but at the same time more and more faint in proportion to their distance; just as the con centric undulations themselves became more feeble as they receded from the centre. A stone as large as one's fist produced similar effects, but in a more marked degree ; and then, moreover, the drops resulting from the splash resem bled the sparks flying from an anvil on which the black smith is welding a bar of iron raised to a white heat. Tran quillity being again restored to the surface , all returns to that obscurity, w would uld a ndlea lead the i m k keenest e supposes t observer that this coud water, det ec d t a n rk oth ev in en g to blackness, was ready at any momen t to burst into corus cations, and recognise by its phosphorescent play, the descent upon its surface even of the minutest fragment of straw. The oyster-bed was always encircled by a phos phorescent belt, arising from the constant undulations of tho sea, which broke upon the beach in gentle ripples. Seen from a distance, these little way, barely four inches in height, presented a deal white tint, which ndght have t s t et r l iLu d •et t - o b ap e p e r r o o a w el n i ed th w ei i ii been mistaken for foam illumintue(l by moonlight; but on with a P i f i t ' d a n?blu e comparable atili t he} to that proceeding from a lighted, bowl of punch. When they burst, the illumination, even as it appeared to a person standing at the water's edge, became whiter and more vivid, and the undulations often resembled waves of molten lead or iron, bespangled all over with innumerable sparks of a brilliant white, or whitish-green hue. A similar ap pearance was presented on the sand after the wavelets had burst; for they imparted to it a uniformly white and luminous tint, from which there appeared to sprinc , myriads of h .'ntillatiens more vivid and intense than the luminous ground. As the water became absorbed by the sand, its limits were clearly defined by a bright luminous cordon or baud, which indicated the extent to which it had enread upon the shore. When the hand was plunged into these fiery waves, and then withdrawn, it was at first completely luminous; but after a few seconds there only remained a number of glis tening specks, which were, however, tolerably persistent. Water rawn from the be ach, and poured from a certain height, exactly resembled molten lead, and the splashing drops presented precisely the same appearance. This lumin ous display was of considerable duration, and it was suffi ciently brilliant to deceive the instinct of animals. During one of these nocturnal rambles, in which I was accompanied by a friend who was aiding me in my experiments, the watch-dog belonging to the oyster-bed came bounding to wards us, and barked loudly, thinking, no doubt, that he had to deal with robbers. We repulsed him with the con tents of our brine-can, and `in order to escape from this water, which he mistook for fire, he at once fled, and contented himself with threatening us at a respectful dis tance. Another circumstance whereby we may recognise that movement is necessary for the manifestation of these lumi nous phenomena, is the following : That portion of the beach from which the tide has just receded appears, as one approaches it, to be quite free from phosphorescence; but when trodden upcn, this is found not to be the case, for the concussion caused by the foot in walking produces exactly the same effect as the atone which is flung into the tranquil water. The very ground appears to kindle under the steps of the pedestrian, and the fine gravel presents the aspect of red-hot cinders; this appearance, under the most favour able circumstances, extending at times to a distance of some inches from the impression left by the foot. The cause of this phosphorescence is now found to be marine animals, the smaller kinds of which exist in such innumerable multitudes that the spectator sees, " as it were, a sheet of flame spread out before him, whole waves being rendered luminous ; and, having steeped his hands in the water, he finds, on withdrawing them, that they, too, are washed w i t h light." To ascertain the influence of these animal culm filtration through a floe handkerchief was tried. " The Noctilucce remained upon the linen, to which they imparted a brilliant light ; whilst, on the other band, the filtered liquid presented no signs of phosphorescence, notwithstanding every means employed to promote it. When the nocti lucm were carefully washed from the filter and placed in water that was previously dark, they at once imparted to it a phosphorescent appearance." Pursuing his observations and experiments further M. de Quatrefages ascertained that the brightness of some proceeded from a luminous mucus ; of others from au internal substance, but in the great majority of cases he saw " the light manifest itself in sparks or scintillations, along the course of the muscles alone, and only during their contraction. This luminosity, however, the writer states, is " a phenomenon very different in character from that of phosphorus exposed to the air." Nor is it attributable to "electricity," but to " the living organism itself, and what may be termedpar excellence the vital tissue, namely, the muscular, produces the luminosity solely in virtue of its vital function, namely, in that of contraction; and the light emitted appears to be perfectly pure and in dependent of any other product." An interesting paper, too, is that on " The Sun and Solar Pheno mena." It seems that that important luminary has, during the past year, " been in an extraordinary state of perturbation" through an eruption having broken out on its face. No alarm, however, need be felt as to its fate. It is going on as well as c an be expected, the blotches are gradually fad in g aw ay; for it is subject to these fits every five ydears c o . lour," remaining articles treat of " Light The AP " The Great Exhibition Buildings.';lo" Manufac plication of Science to Electr o - p a ll Thu White tures," " Artificial Precious Stones, There are also Clover,"and "The Human He a r a Scientific Sum " Miscellanea," "Reviews, an d t mary. The Wedical Critic an d Psychological Journal. Bl ess i ng s on h im t h a t invented sleet) " , said " Sancho. m an all up like i t c overs a a cloak." T ru e, sound sleep does BO; but if mind or body b e ill at ease, t he dreams that ma y C°come" making "shall give us p,/ ere we uncon ditionally hideous , " p au se " honest Sanch ' di t i on ally accept 0' s dictum, especially t h e revelations on after ....,ream thought and Dream life • " in the present number of this journal. Not that it proposes to settle the question as to the nature of dreams or their value, but it relates a number of very curious observations and experi ments on the subject, and is evidently written by one who has devoted considerable attention to it. "What is wanted," says the writer, " in the prose cution of the subject is not so much facts as u prin ciple upon Which these might be systematised; but this might be obtained by comparing the condition EPIDEMIC NIG lint Aim The regiment of La Tour d'Au v erge t., when in garri son at l'altni, in Calabria, received orders to start at mid night, and to reach Tropes, by forced matches, in order to oppose the l an di ng o f the enemy, who threatened the har bour. It Was in the month of Jane . thee troops had In traverse a distance of about forty miles ; leaving at midnight, they arrived about seven o'clock in the evening, and having rested for a short time only, they suffered considerably from the heat, of the sun. As the battalion wa e s the last to arrive, they were apportioned the worst barn,:cks ; and 800 men were crowded into :t building which, ureder ordi nary circumstances, cou.'d not have contained above the half. They squatted upon e, , traw laid upon the earth, with-7 out covering, and without undyessing. The building svas an old deserted abbey. The inhabitants of the locality' warned the soldiers that they would not be able to retain I oven this lodging, that it was haunted nightly by spirits, ' and that other regiments had tried in v a in . to obtain rest there. We laughed at this credulity, but were much astonished when, at midnight, there issued froo every corner of the ruin the most frightful miss, and t o B ,le the - soldiers rush out and flee panic-struck. When questioned, they all declared the devil inhabited the abbey, th a t they l et had seen him enter byan openififin the door of th e i r apart - raent under the form of an en rinous black shaggy dog, that he rushed at them crea se it breast with the quick ness of lightning, and disappear 'Upon the opposite side to that at which he came in. We ridiculed their terror, and endeavoured to prove that the p henomenon depended u p on simple and natural causes, and wa s, in fact, the result of the excited imagination. We failed , however, in convine ing them, and in persuading them to return to their quar ters; and they passed the night upon the beach and scat tered through the town. When the sergeants and oldest soldiers were interrogated upon the following aay, they de clared that they were inaccessible to any sort of f ear, that they did not believe in ghosts or hobgoblins, and app eared persuaded that the scene in the barrack was a reality, and not to be attributed to imagination, as they were scarcely asleep when the dog rushed in, that saw the animal dis tinctly, and. that they felt suffocated at the moment when. he jumped upon their chest. The regiment was de tained in Trepea, and occupied the same building on the following night. The men had been spoken to, and were comforted and supported by the presence and the scepticism of their officers, who placed themselves in the different chambers; yet about one o'clock the same shrieks arose, and the same individuals who had been assaulted by the hell-hound on the previous night rushed in trepidation into the open air in order to escape suffocation. The watchers saw nothing but the panic. The surgeon of the regiment, who is the narrator, adds, that although repeatedly exposed to similar hardships, ha had never witnessed his comrades so affected, and attributes( the epidemic to the state of the atmosphere and other very obvious circumstances. Every event is explicable save the simultaneous appearance of the same spectre at the same time in dream to a number of individuals. Even upon the supposition that all the soldiers were drawn from the same district, and that in Auvergne the recognised form of Satan., was canine and of the Catholic colour black, there will re-. main an unexplained difficulty, not more inexplicable, however, than many phases of waking thought. But the writer admits that "the materials of which the fabric of dreams is co m p osed are generally recent and ordinary impressions fantastically er ranged," and instances the following narrative by Dr. M'Nish of - - PATCHWORK. " I dreamed," he writes, " that I walked upon the Great Canal in the neighbourhood of Glasgow. On the opposite side stood the splendid portico of the Royal Exchange, actually some miles distant. A gentleman, whom I knew, was standing upon one of the steps, and we spoke to each other. I lilted a large stone and. poised it my hand, when he said he was sure that I could not throw it .to certain spot which he pointed out. I made the attempt, and fell short of the mark. At this moment a well-known friend came up, whom I knew to excel at putting the stone ; but strange to say he had lost both his legs, and walked upon wooden substitutes. This struck me as exceed ingly curious ; for my impression was that he had only lost one leg and had but a single wooden one. At my desire he took up the stone, and without difficulty threw it beyond the point indicated by the gentleman upon the opposite side of the canal." The elements of this patchwork are to be found in a walk. upon the previous day along the canal with • a friend ; a• remark, on passing the Exclumge, as to the improved effect which might have been s.cured by the selection of an ele vated site ; the passing an excavation where a work/ van had a few days before been so crushed that both his legs hod re quired amputation; the recollection of a joke as to the re moving the leg of the friend who was the swim-throwing' athlete. Of more practical value, if not so readable, is the article on "The lieapli of the Army, Prospective' and Retrospective." It lays especial stress on ven • tilatiou, and gives a number of illustrative dia grams. "The Province of Psychology" is the sub• jest of a paper by the Rev. W. G. Davies. That on " Slow and Secret Poisoning" has an attractive title, but it says little of poisoners, much on pcisons, and contains some curious statements as to the benefical effects of arsehic t aken in small doses. The remaining papers treat of "Hallucinations in Insanity," " The Unity of the Human Species," " The Legal Doctrine of Fact in 1.,Z. inacy, and the case of George Clarke;" and of " Medi:Cal and Lite rary Gossip" there is an ample supply. MISCELLANEOUS. Good Words—Excellent and varied as usual, the contents offer something for all. There is a paper on " Sunday," by the Editor. Archbishop Whately writes on "Hope and Fear," and "Influence." Gerald Massey has a poem called "Pictures in the Fire." The tale of " Mistress and Al aid" increases in interest, and the remaining articles will be found well worth perusal. The Sixpenny Magazine.—An article on " The Steam Navy of England" opens this number. Four tales are in progress. A large instalment of "Fables, Ancient and Modern," appears. Our old friend Cellini, styled " Goldsmith, sculptor and manslayer," is treated to a memoir ; and " Animal Life in the Ocean" is interesting and excellent, as usual. __ _ _ -- Every Boy's Magazine.—" The Wild Man of the Wcst" has reached its sixth chapter ; and we find "The Ghost of Bob Bowser's Dog," "Amongst the Showfolks," and " Adventur©s of Clever .Tack,," still in progress. There is an article on "Chess, ' another on " Hockey," and one on the game called "French and English." Baily's Monthly Magazine. — Devoted to " Sports and Pastimes , " tads number contains an excellent portrait of John Scott, the celebrated trainer, with a biography; an essay styled "Alpha and Omega;" the continuation of a tale called " Charlie Thorn hill," and various other articles on Racing, Cricket, &c. Chambers's Journal : The Book of .Days.—Both these publications are full of readable matter, and the excellence of the former is universally known- The latter, of which the third part is before us, will when complete form a work containing anineth.i"g of interest for every day in the year, from this specimen, it will be solid as well as n—twasivver:i:lll.lBzote:iloerkeul peculiarly agree able. Newton Arts and Sciences a nd, judging oir of 15 1 rune , van contains a critique . on the Mem t 0 f recent patents, ge London Journal of .r. , ous scientific notices, ai2 and two diagrams, the one o. , 0 agnier6's Weav ;,.—This other of " Paignon Vaudaux ana ing." Electric Signals the Rout/edge's Illustrated " : ood, is now upon the Th e engravings are warner very interesting and excelle n t a•v. d ae u p ct a e r d tm b e y nt t hofeFßisehve.l. n it a s tu t r h a i li rd st , i an d t buth il s a , nd a u r s r ta i in i tbe by Anthony Trellope ; , ny.on, °us o valuable. a n le d y g . ; a o r d : Leyer .;:he former " - is in its fourteenth - ns of their respective authors. lectures lectures on th e Ancient and Modern Dramatic Poets, by B• C. Jones. Si 1, Vie health, of the loyal Navy -- alPrdn, Marshall, and Co. —The eighth part is reached, the ninth lecture , . . is commenced, and the theme • nbyomCbhearr,ltelise latter . i JEschylus. is the tragedies of The subject wicke, Piecadili . _ Considered. Hard dSe. u P t a ly ki e n t g : le d ita a pamphlet, )y. his is a letter, in the shape of addressed ecur a t t o e I t y h . e Right Hon. Sir John ec , 11 . , Bart., by Gavin Milroy, M,1)., &c. t . is important, and the writer has evi- PLYMOUTH, Saturday.—The barque Westbury, 330 tons, Captain Thomas Smith, belonging to Mr. T. B. Walker, from Launceston January 3, with 1,244 bales of wool and 10 tons of ground Mimosa bark, and 2 passenger° for London, was off Start. Point, at 4 p.m. on Thursday under all sail, with a light hind from south-west. She experienced strong uns t eady winds in the ear l y p ortion of her voyage; fell in with ice in lat 52 S, long 170 W, where she was compelled to keep under easy sail, an d so continued until she reached 100 west longitude, an d 57 south latitude, having had to veer and haul 45 times to avoid so many bergs. 011 February 3, during a heavy squall from south west,and carried away her wheel, let 5S 8, long 72 W, the ship broached to, lost fore. topgallant mast and several sails, and incurred other da sgkalyeliPgolria, ma ga; and on the 11th, let 47 S, long 45 W, there was a W of e l s C tb an ur d y y rounded Cape Born F b — ': violent gale from south-west, accompanied by a terrific ,ea; the ship was pooped, and lost more canvass. The same crossed the equator March 4 ; and spoke March 5, lat e 0 . 4 ' N, lon g 26 47 w, the ship City of Randy, a the e. I C l it e y from fir . ' for 4l Liverpool; and March 15, let 16 19 N, long 40 7 . ii the barque_Blonde, from flull,