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E h. ALBERT SMITH'S CHINA, TO-NIGHT at eight, and EVERY NIGHT (but Saturday) at S ; s re'ek; and Tuesday and Saturday Afternoons, at 3 o'clock. (New dition, and (lharnouni re-visited.) Stalls, 3s. (which !.,an be t a k en at the Box-office, Egyptian Hail, daily.) Area, 48 . ; Gallery, ls. CATTLE SHOW.—Every visitor should hear the Rifleman's M arc h ; en thusi a stic a lly encore d every eve the at Dru r y L ane Theatre. Wieulawski's farewell rer °nuances. Last Week. One Shilling. THEATRE ROYAL I)RURY LANE._ THIS EVENING.—T,AST NIGHT BUT FIVE of the .13-4011ENADE CONCERTS. Popular Music—Overtures, f,, l ' a talm' (Herold), and Era I)iavolo ' (Auber); Andante •,. ° , 1,1 Shny in A Major (Mendelssolm); Invitation a la waist! Weber); Selection from RiE,oletto ' (Verdi); Martha Quadrille, Satanella Waltz, Night Bell Galop. Songs by Lemmens Sherriwrton and 3liss Laura Baxter ; t olin Solos, Herr Wieniawski (his last p , ,rformance but four 1 2,1 this country). Open at half-past 7, concert at 8. Car taZes at 11. Boxes Promenade, and Ahitheatre, ls. ; b re 's Circle, 2s 6d ' I'rivate Boxes, 10s d. and 215., may e obtained of M . r. Nugent, at the Box-office, daily, from 11 to 4. R OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE CIRCUS, TIFg Leicest er - square. GREAT WEEK OF NOVEL ,—Everybody should witness the perfbrmance of the Vonderful Educated Bull, "Don Juan,"spronounced by the i lbl ic press to b e th e G rea t es t Li v i ng W on d er o f the Age. Fl rst app earance of the FIRE KING, or Italian Salamander. 4,14' Dada, Richards. Castello, and the Star Riders of the d appear twice daily. Morning at 2, Evening, at half ,•---Proprietor, Mr. T.M`COLLUM. THE CATTLE SHOW: DON JUAN, the d.„ Prize Bull.—This first-class animal will appear twice daily, at the Alhambra Palace Circus, Leicester-square, in p')(l,leed by the Great American Humorist Dan Castello. b; Morning- during the present week the Educated Bull, t O , lnted on his car, and drawn by six grey horses, will leave 14_me Alhambra Palace, at 10 o'clock, and pass througth Re nt-street, Portlan 1-place, New-road, Baker-street, York- Z n i ,,e7. and return through Oxford-street. Waterloo-place, 1t: 4 , 0 e Strand, to the Alhambra Palace.—Proprietor, Mr. T. k,OLEM. THE TALKING and PERFORMING FISH. • .140t1 — This Great Wonder, which has caused so much com e*a, n o for the last four months at all the most fashionable it, "' l ing places on the Kent and Sussex coast, has arrived at 1 ,,„ "n 1 Exhibition Rooms, 191, Piccadilly. her ladyship has h'„,.rY,fnuch improved since her last appearance in London, and • ' e oeen taught several new tricks, which must be seen to he lin k " e d. Open from 11 pm. Admission One Shil , Children under 12, half-price. Performances every Quarter of an hour. • AROYr,L ROOMS, Windmill-street, Grand B and CASINO, open every Evening, with the celebrated • bri4",_. Established 10 years. Conducted by 3lons. Lamotte ; Dai l tri cornet-a-piston. M. Bouleourt. Doors open at half ' taiß s h;: ) ,Mllkence at 9. Close a few minutes before 12. Ad is. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, Nce r Holborn formerly CASINO DE VENISE. - of thn% - During the' CATTLE SHOW WEEK the door niattnificent and admirably conducted establishment At Il ue OPEN EVERY EVENING to the public for .dancing SionA l f:Past Seven. Operatic Selection at Eight. Admis- NATIONAL . ASSEMBLY ROOMS, • 14 0 -7. 1 7 h riolborn, formerly CASINO DE _ROOMS, tak e '`ASQUE. on a scale of unprecedented grandeur will • rie,4. P l ace on THURSDAY, December Bth, at the aboye apd elegant establishment, supassing any of the p - p ith + fetes which have for many years gained for this un.ri , cei e tcl, Place of popular and fashionable resort a world-wide • 1 14 P t Y• The - doors will be openel at half-past 0. and d ' pdad at 10. Supper will be served at 1. 'rickets may er ,,,,ad of Messrs. Cramer and Co., Regent-street ; A. W. Ham- C. (J ullien's), Regent-street; Mitchell's Royal Library, hill-street ; Chappell's Bond-street : J. A. Turner's.l9,Corn . ces L e i and on te p is appointed costumier.remises. N.R—Mr. Nathan, Castle-street, ter-squahre, • D,4 KAHN'S MAGNIFICENT ANATO -40,,,11CA.L MUSEUM, Top of the Haymarket (acknow huli,,DY the whole of the Press to be the most useful and of any in existence), is OPEN DAILY (for gentle- O ne from 19 till 5, and from 7 tilt 10. Admission, ohilling• Descriptive - handbook gratis. Dr. KAHN'S 4 ,P d ti l o ar Leeiures on the " Philosophy -Ha Marriage," daily at o'clnek precisely. SYLLABUSt.ppy and Unhappy and T , and their causes—Youthful Vices and Indiscretions, eltr e "eir results —Disqualifications for Marriage, and their ‘...st the Phvgiolocry of Reproduction Self-inflicted Miseries titpp-ynieitsysalid its causes—How to secure Mural and Physical '/1113.;,—Dr. Kahn's Treatise on the above subjects, entitled tpme rhilosophy of Marriage," sent post-free on receipt of to, " stadlsh mps direct from . the Author, 17, Harley-street, - • square, W. INCREASED IMPORTATION OF TEA.- * har e l,„ e ndinir the settlement of the Chinese treaty, supplies tnedligne down to the ports freely, and . ices are lower for MreitC n tud fine Teas. The East India Tea Company are kice "thif.r the full benefit to the public. The lowest u Still 2s. 4d.per lb.—Warehouses, 9, Great St. Helen's reliy ard P , 11111°RLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.—Every ilh ow rrtion : o having an interest in domestic or farm anima fond i_Ron Wh bt ic supply of this celebrated and economical eitain a will prove invaluable during the approaching I ° . cl For keeping horses in'good condition , it is unequal .gro fatten with surprising* rapidity upon it, and their Itreoi_lireases in flavour and value. Cowkeepers will find . 1 1ty ,Mariture in the increased quantity and improved qua- Lt. „ule Milk during its use. AU animals are benefited by 'esu„,,l'aolphlet on this interesting - subject, accompanied by ti°,llials from the principal Nobility, Gentry, and Agri -IjB f e ‘ ll 4l , • f orwarded on application. In casks containing itin w ` (measures enclosed), price 505., carriage paid to any kv a bi t Y Station in the United Kingdom. Post-office orders e to Joseph Thorley, 77, Newgate-street, London. 4 9 * -- The public arecautioned against being imposed upon orthlessnitations. CirIitNFIELD PATENT STARCH, IN &lb PRoNY=D T HE 311fA°TYliA:SIT' LAUNDRY.Y'S LAUNDRESS to be ' . 111 E FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. WHEN YOU ASK 'you • GLENFIELD P&TENT STARCH, YOU CET , As inferior SEE kinds THAT IT are often substituted. ,ftr S old by all Chandlers, Grocers, &c., "OTIIpa GLA S GOW AND LONDON • SPOON & CO., rirtitoEDICAL FRIEND AND MARRIAGE GUIDE. THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. hjb --Sent free on receipt of two stamps, for postage, &e., I t; C. r i ll ', T A „. P ICEY.27. Alfred-place, .14, u.E GUIDE TO S , SELF - CURE." Bedford-square, London, 414 arat man of the day in these complaints."—Medical t ' 44 a 1 11° 's about entering. the Marriage Stateshoueldggeerus on • d4,!lthor'a invaluable little work, as the ad v i ce . _ h e Ikedr,lld disease reflects much credit upon him as a sound 4 rililii Ahilosopher."—Critic. es.." . ',',le true Guide to those who desire a speedy and private -4'll---University Magazine. t be l'" E AMRICAN ' o at m s . e pliti," 23B4Td itY of the English modeDISCOVERY demon n str nof treating sue ahenuoltill prove a blessing to the afflicted, who may safely SepteelitlY regain pristine health by adopting the means pre , e A "i,. --Evening Star. ' btlquTAs a duty due to the profession and the 40111, Zenerally, Dr. Rapkey advises all pers ons .01.1,4410,f_the legal qualifications of their medical attendant, 'NU th",whom they may be about consulting to procure 11!1te..e.40771t1 College of Surgeons, the London, 'ollicial List 1 4 ',watered embers, price is., or Dr. R. will, on receipt of t ahlio i e in stamps, gladly assist and protect the afflicted *Y forwarding the same. 111.„R SECRET GUIDE TO HEALTH AND Zielah -"-k„PPINESS. A MEDICAL WORK. 13y a s sent h ' `T J 6, rust free, on receipt of six penny statrapoXd atr,,yna, direct from o. 19, Berners-stree , _ it gives laairt;,irndon, illustrated with 100 engraving's. 'at d — ,,'°oB for the perfect restoration of those who. aresgrete • N ' ul 4) e .i "T in/pediments from entering into the married onor , eiclavrlng the dreadful results from early abuse, _ g m . ra , 4st Lt id syphiUs, and the benefits arising from the ch n e ew l ly. l tehuitritßie examination of the spermatozoa by th e '44 t's".eclithablettlier°ae" prescrtp e with powerful infect t eeon.ntain 21kur . ____ ' tio' net lotion to prevent io At ' ' A-L'ID IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE • ...As__ • 4 , lat n.. SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. .-liap„,—,Lilee Seal of Great Britain. Diplome de l'Vcol_e_ _dee :ll,liellu-;TrieenPiihaarmacien de Paris. Imperial College of M -114,4%Patrutee has con fi ded the preparation of these edi- Tad NC a Physician of the Royal University of Erlangen, kteh,',.-cuber of th R 1 College of Surgeons g ol s titruh,4.cogisterede Royal College of Surgeons ot Engla nd at stere4 U nder th New Medical Act) h and attend 'W ei; al NO, 19, Be li rn ild e er str e eet, Oxford-street, London, be -41,41..ti1e hours of ii and 2, and from 5 till 8 (Sundays ex d - T ceitt' , in order to advise atients 'on :their Diseases an 'llt io e :t and thus add to the speedy certainty of Cure. Itiq?,:ttit-7,E__IIA..R Nos. 1,2, and 3 , prepared in the form of a ttZ tea,,r 7 ata of taste or smell and can be carried in t he - •tt „, Docket. Sold in tin cases, divided into separ t a nted for both sexes. It T MEDICAL ADVICE. ~ I) ~- ' A ' IV{ ER T , Registered L.S.A., Honorary the frepber ef the London Hospital Medical Society, 3T.D. " li g_ 411 „TlerSity of Erlangen, &c., may be CONSULTED i'lltkiti " s ea ef Debility, Nervousness, and the Secret In ok Of youth and Maturity, from Eleven till Two, and '''( till Eight, at his residence, bp . T 47. BEDFORD -SQUARE, LONDON t a. aru4Vert has just published,_price Sixpence . , w . ith nu 'atitiec, li:ravings and Cases, a New Edition of his Work, Co C. e l' Will SELF-PRESERVATION, eruliili be sent free in a sealed envelope, by Mann, 39 i tht at' London or ' by the Author, to any address, for ait qm. , 1i,,,e1., CONTENTS. II Ite,rl2 I--The Physiology of the Generative l e 1'14;,7 'LPub erty—Manhood -The Morale°orirfGalengera h el,/, ll — True and False Morality. i'qati o '.l I-11Iarriaze in its Moral, Soci!Ll,_a a n t d a_ P A b d y y si a o n a! kteß of li , t, --x Pectaneles and DisaPP_oinn2ne li,;i•• ..vsical Contrasts in securing Helaillstli; cl3eTfrrhtsaenirneainpules. Zr,,,s4Qli''' IVSpermatorrcea and Impoten e en-- e - s. 'itt. r ., LY in both Sexes—Self-inflicted.. illeiotoCi,q V• -Tile Vices of Schoolß—Rlleui- -ales -444 or i 4 bita on the mental and general facu ti kite, loral Discipline,: De'. Import ;lit), Irill VI.--Treatment Of Nervous and Generative__ e __.,_ f :1,4110i1, 1.1..,11,0tence and Sterility—Dangerous _ I,Nif rnei'lla.zardou s Specifics —The Authors t qaty y` ' Areflical. Dietetic, and General , ears' successful practice. derivedrninesiur: Principles from (14 lIINDRED POUNDS b, 4 0,„, ~ CONVICTION. Litzkitity,Bl7ers to invalids from2.4plllllE:imAilitaptionOs ON I , 4V an A :, ) i, 4 h-- AT. . ..,..1 , aable ITEAT.TII-u:lSlnTeroeltagaGtiolln tv4Z aDbileaqiixonulitn,lB.sl4`oooD led tr on a the High court er , lisl„"iltrY„,Fkrantd an injiunrcliroen restr;ining''Al f fr o e dmillrng: eitY ltrti4eVr",l' tents, under a penalty of .£5,(9°1-r S of Du 14 1 11 "Y' it_ (-11,Tnibling or being a colourable imitation a h sole pro ‘,, etops. 70wlenta A rabic-a. 4 illin-4,„,,,,,, therefore, thi:c m h g le i h ve w n e otice that the above blja4,, °4:, an Pahlirl'enphmicerthe innin, who ntoetainonyonAengivinintg:liiingfeoart ily mil4bilres TIO adae monition to shun all shopkeer! BARRY 11()UCII, .."IDt Positions, London :}BARRY DU itir°4l SICK? t i),l 4, t, :i irt ? a ll t i it , at 2114.1111TR.-ceOZTDTNT.ONED lIORSES NG root) efiiii,llBl.l and C ATTLE; -IMPROVING LE-IM PR n ? tclei t , TI N f , "'encY, vigour, endurance, s Cows, Bul 9„r, (~kives,l,apparently worn-e"t Ifor t s ilne it a jm i uscle of ill lu 01)Pear4,_eeaP, and Pigs. In a shiorter cent. tlittui. 77, 7nt,ad value nbr 20ran_dn: 0 P ii n t A p roves liy d In tins at 35., at as., ~,beiii,4 caflcs,•nt aal,Tid4rsao f€ l , l B 4 , n t,o o s . i of about 1,000 feeds, of eitrtrovi:;pdelterot_lid. per feed. 4 reeelpt of Post -office order,. The casks free *1;114p.„,.?.1., fp. L NO MORE MEDICINE b, 44 4111; a Polit, a popular treatise, sixty-four Pales, ; : •.I'acti e --Li-, ItEGENEItATION of the DIGESTIVE ; ilmiTelY !lluat rati o. .„01tGANS , 1414itp, Nt . in n m ys 11, the effectual Cure, without Medicine, '1 tion Flatulency Ilty°4 1441,11nitatioDo P;;,f ili l l til ;_t : C T en o a rp t rd a itY Of the Liver, loiti,ouo,:le_htes, Nervousenesse,auilionsness, Gener!LlDeszbel.: ii,i'fillt_ Pills N, at Co r nsum ption, - De n spon o den a e n y, Spleen, nd b y a 444-: tea, uranqini fealin;lre meanie al . I :dap 114°4: Barry Du Barry & Co. 77, gegent-street. ted 4, the deni al RESERVE FORCE of ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEERS. —Her Majesty's Government having, with the sanction of Parliament, determined on establishing a Reserve Volunteer'Foree of Sea Men trained to the Use of Arms: THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, that any Seaman possess ing the following qualifications may be enrolled as a Royal Naval Volunteer in the Reserve Force, and will thereupon be entitled to the advantages and be subject to the obligations mentioned below : ♦. No. 21,046. Just published, Bvo., price le. ed , P„ fIE ANCIENT INTERPRETATION OF LEVITICUS XVIII., IS, as received in the Church for more than 1,500 years • a sufficient apology for holding that, according to the Word of God, marriage with a deceased wife's sister is lawful. A Letter to the Rev. W. 11. Lyall, M.A„ Rector of St.. Dionis Backchurch, from the Rev. ALEX ANDER M`C AUL. D.D., Rector of St. Magnus, St. Margaret, and St. Michael, Prebendary of St. Paul's, and a .Proctor for the Clergy of the Diocese of London in the Con vocation of the Province of Canterbury. London, Wertheim, Mackintosh and Hunt, Paternoster-row. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., THE TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the --II- URETHRA ; showing why they so often appear In curable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COLTRTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the ➢letropolitan . lnfirmary for th• CurC . 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 ♦aluable contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular, Dec. Ist, 1858. London: IT. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. DIAL.'!—To be Published on 7th 1 JANUARY next. A Meeting in furtherance of this Movement will be held at Exeter Ball, December 6th, at right o'clock. Admission Free. Mr. JOHN TALUS having undertaken the Printing and Publishing of the paper, and the General Management of the Public Meetings and Canvass for Shareholders and Subscribers in the United Kingdom, Gentlemen desirous of assisting in this National. Undertaking are requestM to call at Mr. T.A.LLIS'S Offices, 122, Regent-street.—Terms Liberal. QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE RESERVE. 1. A Volunteer must be a British subject. 2. He must be free from infirmity. 3. •He must not•be over thirty-five years of aze. 4. He must within the ten years previous to his joining the Reserve have been five years at sea, one year of that time as an A.B. ADVANTAGES OP THE RESERVE. 1. A Volunteer will at once receive an annual payment or retainer of :£6, payable quarterly. 2. He will,if he fulfils his oblvmtions and is in the Reserve the requisite time, receive a pension of not less than £l2 a year whenever he becomes incapacitated from earning . a liveli hood, or at sixty years of ale if not previously incapacitated. 3. He may elect either to take the whole pension himself, or to talus a smaller pension for himself during his life, and to allow his wife a pension after his death, for the remainder of her life. 4. He will not, on ac,colnt of belonging to the Reserve, for feit any interest in any Friendly or Benefit Society. 5. His travelling expenses to and from the place of drill will, when-necessary, be provided. 6. Ire will, during drill, receive, in addition to the retaining fee, the same pay, victualling, and allowances as a seaman of the fleet according to his rating. 7. Ire will, if called out on actual service, receive the same pay, allowances, and victuals, and have the same prospect of promotion and prize money, as a continuous-service seaman of the fleet according to his rating, and he will, on joining, receive the same clothing, bedding, and mess-traps. 8. He will, if wounded or injured in actual service, receive the same pension as a seaman in the navy of the same rating. 9. He will be eligible to the Coastguard Service and Green wich Hospital. 10. He may quit the Reserve, if not at the time called nut for actual service, at the end of every five years. He may also quit it when not called out on payin, back the retainers he has received ; or, without payment, if he passes an examina tion as a master or mate, and ',obtains bona Me employment as master or mate. OBLIGATIONS OF THE RESERVE. I. A Volunteer must attend drill for 28 diya each year ; he may do Po, so far as the convenience of the public service will permit. at a time and place convenient to himaelf; bat he cannot in anycase take less than seven days' drill at any one time. 2. He must not, without special permission, proceed on a voyage that will occupy more than six months'. 3. He must appear before Fo me Shipping Master once in every six months, unless he has leave to be abroad longer, and he must rep 3rt every change of residence and employ ment. 4. In order to earn a pension he must continue in the Re serve as long am he is physically competent to serve, and he must also have been in the force 15 years if engaged above 30, or 20 years if engaged under 30. In reckoning this time actual service in the fleet will count double. 5. Volunteers may be called unon for actual service in the Navy by Royal Proclamation. It is intended to exercise this power only when an emergency requires a sudden increase in the Naval Force of the country. 6. A Volunteer may in the first instance be called out for three years. If there is then actual war, and he is then serving in one of her Majesty's ships,lie may be required to serve.for two years longer; but for the additional two years lie will receive 2d. a day additional pay. 7. Volunteers when on drill or actual service will be subject to n avaldiscipline. S. A Volunieer who fails to fulfil the oblizations of the Re serve will forfeit his claim to retainer and pension, and if he fails to join when called out for actual service may be treated as a strszgler or deserter from the Navy. - rhilf - ENROLUEN I 11 ILL COMMEI\ CE ON IST JANUARY, 1860. Full information and detailed conditions may be obtained on application to the Shipping Master at any port in the United King- Tom, or to the Officers of Customs in the Chan nel Islands and Isle of Man. QURE CURE. - LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, without confininz the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed eases of asthma and consumption. It frequently cures per sons whom the falulty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approach ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons de prived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on reliefin a few minutes after taking it. Pre pared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 20, Jermyn street, Haymarket, and by all druggists, in bottles. 130., 2s. 3d. and 4s. Cal. each. Be particular and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address is engraved on the stamp. 3, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W., NEAR THE PANTIIEON.I nR. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apo thecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as above, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements of both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive indul gences. Has Just published, price Is. ; by post, 13 stamps, 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and original Work, entitled OURSELVES. Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation —The Orloin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exposition of, and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennsrrhagia (Gonorrhoea), Spermatorrluca, Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &o. FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women—Functional Ir regularities in health awl Sickness—Choice in Marriage— Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Removal of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum, and the securing of Healthy Offspring. Also, 11EALTIT, TIAPPrNESS, and LONGEVITY; On .Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2. _ LOVE AND MARRIAGE Their Obliffations, Happiness, and Disappointments ; Love and other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off spring secured. _ No. 3. THE CASE BOOK : 100 Cases of SPERMATORRMEA, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, &c. Ste. &c. To he had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and the Authors. Advice to the Working Classes, fee Half-a-Guinea. DU BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA CHOCOLATE POWDER Contains the greatest amount of easily assimilated nourishment for strengthening delicate persons, children, and infants with weak stomachs, chest, or nerves, and, at 3-pence per meal, affords a delicious breakfast, lunch, or supper. It is the best dietetic homcepa thic preparation, and maybe eaten either alone or mixed with Du Barry's lievalenta A rabica Food. Admirably adapted to rear Infants with. In Tins at is. 6d ; llb., 35.; 21b., ss. 9d. ; 51b., 12s. ; 121 b., 265. The 121 b. forwarded carriage free, en receipt 4f Post-office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent street, London ; and through all Grocers and Chemists. NO MORE ArEmcno: DU BARRY'S DELICIOUS HEALT FT-RESTORING RI:VALE NTA ARA BICA FOOD Cures effectually Indiges tion (dyspepsia), constipation, flatulency, phlegm, nervousness, biliousness, liver complaints, hysteria, neuralgia, sleepless ness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, eruptions, impurities, irritability, low spirits, diarrhoea, dysentery, hemorrhoids, headache, noises in the head and ears, debility, diabetes, pains between the shoulders, despondency, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness (during pregnancy or at sea ) , sinking' fits, cough, asthma, bronchitis, consumption, also Children's complaints. We extract a few out of 50,000 expressions of gratitude from nvalids thus cured : Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decries of many years' dyspepsia. Care No. 49,832. "Fifty years' in describable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food," Maria Joly. Cure No. 53,816. Field Mar shall the Duke of Pluskow, of dyspepsia, constipation, ner vousness and liver complaints which had resisted all baths and medical treatment. Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew Ure, of constipation, dyspepsia, andnervous irritability. Cure No. :31,210. Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,21 2 . Captain Allan, of epileptic hts. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms and daily vornitings. Cure No. 26,418. Dr.] lervey, of diarrlirea an d deb it ' t y . Cure No. 29,628. Dr. W urtzerof consumption. Cure N 0.46,270. Mr. James Roberts. merchant, Prim] ey, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blond, liver derangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 4,208. Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk."—Cure No. 3,906, of thirteen years' cough, ndi ,, stion, and general debility. Jaines Porter, Athol-street, Perth. Sold in canisters, 11b. 2s. 9d. ; 21b. 45 . 6 d. ; 121 b. 22 s ; Super relined quality, 51b. 225. ; 101 b. 335. The 10Ib. and 121 b. canisters are lbrwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 40 and 60, Ilishopsgate-street ; 105 and 63, Oxford street ; 55, Tottenham-court-road ; also in Liverpool, at Nixons, L rastle-street ; Leeds, Reinhardt and Co. ;Dublin, Dr. Butler, Medical Ball; Manlbester, Sharp and Scott" Edinburgh, 4aLlaco and çee • • • • • . Qin • N.. _ 4; rt 4) 6 *AN k k , • , • • 0, #•vr: v, • , ,•• . • • ' . • '.•••• •.• 2 ‘k4 r 4e V; * - ' . **At r . . .„ ,„ . ;to ; . 2 .. Attpr s "IE T. -6) '4o o ` ;.. PRICE 4D• STAMPED, 51). by them. I did not know what was in them. 1 be lieve the 10 tens produced to be. those written in my presence. I believe that when Rosy took the bottle she was under the impression that it was poison, as she said something about Edmund having adminis tered some to a cat. Mr. G. Love, surgeon, attributed death in both cases to the taking prussic acid or cyanide of potass. A bottle containing the contents of the stomach having been produced, and the smell compared with the bottle containing acid, The Coroner summed up, when The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict in each case of " death from the effects of poison taken while in a state of unsound mind." In respect whereof, &c., NEW S PAPE R ;-.7.1.T. c ,i--;, the direttors, but the •present pursr& affi ~: lii i i ~..--; cur in that protest, or adhere therer. ' " - -2- .4- , s) XIII. By the articles of an'rceraent 'e en. s Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank and the CifdesaTe Banking Company, of Bth and 9th June, 1858; of which agreement the pursuer apprgved, and in which he concurred—it was provided, " That the stock and business of the said Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank shall, as on the evening of the lath day of June, 1858, be taken over by, so as to 'be united with the Clydesdale Banking Company, and that subject to the terms and conditions following." The agreement then specified the terms on which the stock, assets, and business of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank were to be handed over to. the Clydesdale Banking Company. The agreement is referred to. The agreement was, with the pursuer's consent and concurrence, carried into effect; and the whole stock and property of every description belonging to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank were transferred and made over to the Clydesdale Banking Company. XIV. The various purchases made by the pur suer of stock or shares in the Edinburgh and Glas gow Bank were made without any reference to, and without any communication with, the defender. The purchases were made as speculations on the part of the pursuer, and in the hope that the value of the stock would rise. The pursuer knew the risks attendant on such stock, and the contingen cies to which it was exposed. Many of the purser's alleged purchasers were made after the stoppage of the Western Bank, and during the panic and depreciation of bank stock which fol- ' lowed that event. The i.ursuer knew that if the panic continued, the'business of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank might be destroyed altogether. On the other hand, there was the chance that confidence might be restored, in which case the shares ,would rise in value. The pursuer was -not induced to purchase by the defender di rectly or indirectly, and there was no contract between them in relation to these purchases. If - the pursuer's speculation had been profitable, the gain would have been his own. The speculation was made solely at his own risk. XV. The defender is in no ways answerable for the unfortunate result which has attended specula tions in stock of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank. The defender did all he could to promote the inte rests of the bank. He retained his own stock to - the last, and still - holds the full number of shares Which he ever'possissed:, ' ' 1 XVI. As already mentioned, the whole books, papers, and documents, of every description be longing to the Edinburgh and - Glasgow Bank, were handed over to the Clydesdale Banking Company in June, 1858: The def Oder has had no access to these books and pipers, nor to any copies thereof. The pursuer, before raising the present action, obtained exhibition of the boas and papers, of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank, and had full opportunity of making, and did make, full excerpts therefrom. Th e p ursuer h as not produced a single document or paper of any kind with the present summons, although the summons contains a great variety of details regarding the alleged entries or statements contained in the bank books, or ab stracts, and states of affairs. In these circum stances, while the defender has, in the present de fences, given every explanation in his power, and as far as he could do so, without access to the bank books and papers, he reserves right to make such additional statements as may be required, so soon as he shall have had an opportunity of examining the books and documents referred to. PLEAS IN LAW. I. All parties interested are not called. The pur suer is bound to call the whole directors of the - Bank who were parties to the acts complained of; at all events, in so far as the action is laid upon ne glect or violation of d u ty. 11. The pursuer's statements are irrelevant and insufficient to support the conclusion of the summons. No sufficient grounds are stated inferring liability against the defender. The allegations of fraud are insufficient in detail and in precision. 111. The defender is not liable for the acts of his co-directors, or for the acts of the other defenders. He is entitled to the protection afforded by the clause of immunity contained in the contract. Hay ing acted in bona fide, and to the best of his ability, he is not answerable for the results. IV. The pursuer has not set forth any statements or grounds sufficient in law to infer a conjunct and several liability against the defenders, nor does his statement contain the means or elements for establishing a separate liability against the de fenders. There are no termini habiles by which the alleged liability of either of the defenders can be measured or ascertained. V. The pursuer cannot found on any hlleged acts of the directors or officials, as involving any lia bility against the defender, in which acts the de fender was not individually participant. VI. The pursuer "havifig approved of, and con curred. in the whole reports of the directors, and re solutions of the partners, including the transference to the ClythAdale Banking Company, he is barred from insisting in his present claim. VII. The whole of the pursuer's essential state ments being false in point of fact, the conclusions of the action cannot be maintained. VIII. In the whole circumstances, and the pur suer's statements and pleas being false and ground less, the defender is entitled to absolvitor, with expenses. AD. GIFFORD. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1859. EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COM PANY.—The Court of Director; of the East and West India Dock Company hereby Ovc Notice that the Transfer Books of the said Company will be shut on Wednesday, the 14th December, 1859, and open again on Wednesday, the 4th January, 1860.- -By Order of the Court. _ GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. Eamt and West India Dock House, Billiter-square, 2d Dec., 180. T HE LONDON ASSURANCE, _7, Royal Exchange. 30th November, 1859: The Corporation of the London Assuranoc give notice to parties whose Lives are Assured iu their OfUce, that no extra Premium will be charged to them on joining any Volunteer Corps for service in the United Kingdom, and that all Poli cies will be paid in nil where death ensues in consequence of such service. JOHN LAURENCE, Secretary. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE. Royal Exchange, London, 16th November, 1859. The Court of Directors of the Corpora.tiou of the Royal Exchange Assurance do Hereby give Notio, that their Transfer-Books will be shut from: THURSDAY, the Bth of December next, to THURSDAY, the sth of January following; that the Annual General Court appointed by their Charter will be holden, at their Office on the Royal Exchange, on WEDNESDAY, the 21st of December, at Twelve o'clock at noon, and that a dividend will be considered of at the said Court. JOHN A. MOHAN, Secretary. LIFE ASSURANCE.-LAPSED POLICIES. The holders of Lapsed Policies upon which flye or more premiums had been paid before forfeiture, are requested to make known their respective cases to Messrs. DAVIES and Co., Advice Office for Life Assurers, 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill. LIFE ASSURANCE. - ADVICE OFFICE. No. 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill. 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See the RIFLEMAN'S Registered KNEE-CAP GARTER.—BowIey, and Co., Charing-cross. Full particulars sent by post. fIOCKS'S CELEBRATED READING SAUCE, -) .which is so hitxhly esteemed with Fish, Game, Steaks, SoUps, Grills, Gravies, lot and Cold Meats, and unrivalled for general use, is sold by the most respectable dealers in Fish Sauces.—J. and C. COCKS Reading, Sole Manufacturers. DECAYED TEETH AND 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. Sold by all medicine vendors. Price is. THE ROYAL STATION HOTEL, Paiagon street, Hull, requires only to be visited to be pronounced one of the most splendid hotels in England. The situation is open and healthful, a few minutes' walk from all the public buildings and places of business, and being connected with the Railway Station, affords railway passengers arriving or departing by every train day or night, the advantage of being on the spot, and having their wants and wishes immediately attended to. The public should know that under the present manage ment they will find every comfort and convenience at the same charges they are paving at the minor hotels. It has accommodation for upwards of one hundred and fifty visitors, is fitted up with every luxury an hotel can command, and is so arranged for the advantage of every class of visitor, that Beds can be had from ls. to 2s. ; Private Rooms, from 2s. to is. ; Breakfasts, from Is. Gd. to 2s. ; Dinners, from 2s. ; and all other charges of that moderate character which will give satisfaction to every class of visitor who may pay the hotel a visit. The hotel contains Gentlemen and Ladies' Coffee Rooms ; a special Room set apart for Commercial Gentlemen ; fourteen Private suites of Rooms ; large spacious Rooms for Dinner Parties, Public Meetin? . s, &c., &c. ; two first-class Refresh ment Rooms ; two Smoke Rooms ; Bath and Billiard Rooms. A Night Porter in attendance. EDWIN TAYLOR, Proprietor of the Royal Station Hotel, Hull, and Crescent Hotel, Filey. N.B.—TAYLOR'S CRESCENT HOTEL, fronting the sea, for Families and Gentlemen. It has accommodatios for up wards of one hundred and fifty visitors. Table D'llote at fire o'clock. Omnibuses and Cabs from the hotel meet all the trains. Good stabling and coach-houses. Moderate terms. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. At a meeting held on 22d November—Mr. 1. Locke, M.P., president, in the chair, The whole of the evening was occupied by the discussion upon Mr Alaos's paper " On the Govern ment Waterworks, Trafalgar-square." It was re marked that the main point soughtto be established in the paper appeared to be that an abundant and reliable supply of water could be obtained from these wells, whilst it was admitted that very different re sults had taken place at various other establishments where attempts had been made to procure a large and permanent supply of water from the sand and chalk under London. Now it had been contended for many years past either that a largo supply could not be pumped up from the chalk, or that if it was mischief would be done in other quarters. It had been argued that, from an aggregate of causes, a general depression of the water level under London had been produced. This opinion was confirmed by the case under consideration, for it was stated in the paper that the water in the wells had origi nally stood at 48 feet below Thames high water mark, whilst now it was 66 feet below that datum. It had been concluded that there was an infiltra tion from the river Thames, because it was found that the depression under London was extending more rapidly towards the north than at the centre of the greatest abstraction by pumping; and it we was believed that the depressed level rose towards the tidal outfall. In a paper which was read at the institution in May, 1855, it was shown, by the analyses of different waters, especially from the wells at Trafalgar-square, that there was a larger amount of saline matter than was ordinarily found in chalk water ; and it was argued that filtered Thames water was being pumped from the Trafalgar wells. It was a well ascer tained fact that the water did not find its way into wells sunk below the level of the tidal out fall. This was the case at Ramsgate, at Liver pool, and at Portsmouth. One of the wells at Has lar Hospital having become infected with salt water, an inquiry was instituted, when it was found that the salt water came through a sand beneath the sub jacent clay, into which the tidal water found its way, from an artificial cause. This evil had now been remedied by shutting out the tidal water, and sinking the bore-pipe to a lower stratum. In con firmation of the opinion as to the general depres sion of the water-level under London, it was stated that brewers and others had been obliged repeatedly to lower their pumps. This plan had been recom• mended in the Covent-garden well, but it was decided to sink a pipe, 3 inches in diameter, deeper into the chalk, in the belief that an inexhaustible supply would be reached. No water was, however, obtained, and the pumps had to be lowered, as at first proposed, after an unnecessary and useless outlay of money. The pumps were 15 ft.,or 20 ft. higher than at Messrs. Combe 's brewery, so that it was neces sary to commence pumping early in the morning, or else the water would be down too low. On one occasion, a further supply of water being required by Messrs. Combe, they were persuaded to sink an additional well, with a view of reaching what was termed the " backbone " of the chalk, and to shut out the sand-water. The failure which arose was predicted. Subsequently by boring holes from the cylinders into the sand formation, a supply, it was said, of 70 gallons per minute was obtained. In consequence cf the discovery that the water in the well was gradually lowering, daily gaugings had been taken for the last thirty-two years of the rise and fall of the water. From these observations a diagram had been constructed, which had enabled a prediction to be made in 1846, that the well would be dry in 1857, and it proved correct. Another diagram was also exhibited, showing the monthly rainfall over the same period. On the other hand it was contended that the paper dis tinctly stated that the level of the water in the Trafalgar-square wells had not been permanently depressed, but that, on the contrary, the water stood at the same height in Dec., 1857, as it had done in Dee., 1847, notwithstanding the large quantity of water pumped in the interval. That there had been variations in the level was net disputed, for after a heavy rainfall, or much snow in the winter, the water in the wells increased in the following spring, and under opposite circumstances the level of the water fell. It was believed that when wells were properly made and sunk, in suitable localities, into the chalk, the water would stand for a series of years at the same level as when the wells were ori ginally sunk. Two analyses made by a competent chemist at a long interval of time also showed that the water from the Trafalgar-square wells contained less saline matter than formerly. With regard to the statements as to the general and permanent depression of the level of the water in all the wells in the chalk in the north of London, it was advisable that the situation and particulars of the wells in which this had been noticed should be given, and also the quantity of water daily pumped, and the manner in which the observations way — ess n t o hes y e aasaseisrotiloantesdwinesretacnoerer,obbuot by numerous exa m r w a e t r e e d m in ad tl e i t b It had been urged tPhi a e s t it t 1 wasey d i i m d p n o o s s t ib p l r e o t v o e m g e u t c h a . supply large uai )spLes,puli Charlton,ei: d l y o that ila t' t N i a ni, te u r f 8 ins l 3 : s o t m aectedo t , l m i eapnaendhyallvwko.aosilTfyoioril that source, when froM a single well 600,000 gal lons per day had been obtained. In 1857 a new borehole,lB inches diameter, was carried down from the bottom of the well to a furthei depth of 500 feet, by which the supply had been increased to 1,000,000 gallons per day, and yet the water stood at the same level as at. first. The Kent Waterworks Company had followed this example, and had sunk a well from which upwards of I,2so,ooo . galkins per day had been pumped, without Iroducing any effect whatever upon the supply to the Plumstead works. Another well was then sunk, not 500 yards from the first, the yield from which exceeded 1,500,000 galli per day; and the two together produced upwards of 3,000,000 gallons , per day, yet the level of the water remained the same. Thus a large district of the metropolis was supplied with water from the chalk, and the water was practically free from salt (chloride of sodium), containing no more , salt per gallon than the Thames water above Teddington lock. It was explained that the water of • the Plumpstead well was undoubtedly derived from the chalk, but the London basin did not extend so fad, being interrupted-by a fault or faults, so that no fair comparison could be instituted between the 'wells under London and those at Plumstead. Also, that analyses of the water from the Trafalgar square wells showed 79.9. grains of sea salt per gallon, and little or no carbonate of lime, thus proving that it was sand andsalt water, and not chalk water. It was thought that the paper failed to give informa tion on several points on which explanation was much needed. From 1844 to 1856, it had been pub licly contended that at the Trafalgar-square wells no water came from the sand, but that it was de rived entirely from the chalk. The increase in the supply, amounting, it was said, to 600 gallons instead of 100 gallons per minute, had heft' attributed to the enlargement of the far extending fissures of the chalk. If this was the case it had been found by calculation that 100 gallons per minute, at atmos pheric pressure; passing through say 20 miles of chalk fissure, would require a borepipe 20 inches diameter; whereas the actual borepipe was only seven inches diameter; and to admit the increased supply of 600 gallons per minute this pipe ought to be 19 inches diameter. The quantity of chalk which must have been displaced under such circumstances was enormous, and yet no account had been given of it. The members should also have been told that in driving the tunnel between the two wells, o w i ng to the want of proper precautions, the sand spring burit in and nearly drowned the well-sinkers. It was thought the blowing of sand which took place in sinking the second well did not arise, as had been alleged, from the screws which held the joints of the pipes being shaken out, but from the excess of pumping over a limited area. It was not until after some days' pumping of sand into the cisterns o Buckingham Palace and elsewhere that this feel was discovered. It was asserted that the wells - in Orange-street and Trafalgar-square were not excep tional to the general laws governing the rise and fall of waters. They were sand and not chalk spring wells, so that the water supplied to the Palace and Government offices was not pure chalk water, but was derived from the sand, and was partly saline, It was stated that since 1832 the pumps in a well in Cowper-street, City-road, had to be lowered twice, the water level having sunk at , last 30ft., though he quantity of water pumped had remained the same. Mention was made of the abundant supply of water in the chalk at Ipswich. There was a large tract of rising country behind, and the chalk cropped out on the upper side of the river Orwell, into which considerable streams of fresh water ran. It was stated that the town of Colchester, containing about 20,000 inhabitant s , had since 1851 been supplied with water from a well and a boring into the chalk to the depth of 390 ft. from the surface. The quantity raised ave raged 1,250,000 gallons per week, but more could be obtained if necessary, There had been no appa rent diminution in the yield, and the water stood at the same level as it did nine years ago, which was about five feet above high-water mark. An ac count was then given of a deep boring recently pro secuted at Harwich, for the purpose of obtaining an adequate supply of fresh water for the inhabitants and for the shipping frequenting the harbour. Harwich was situated immediate ly upon the ada coast, about 12 wiles in an costerly direction from Colchester, and about 12 wiles in a southerly from Ipswich, at both of *Cell places an abundant supply of water had been derived from the chalk formation. Many'unsuccessful attempts had pre viously been made. due, it was believed, to suffi cient care not having been taken to shut out th e salt water. It was therefore determined to use cast iron-pipes, with water-tight joints, and to sink them sufficiently deep into the chalk to shut out the saltwater. Pipes 10 inches diameter, and in lenghts of 9ft. were employed, and these were forced down 50ft. in the chalk, by which it was hoped that the saltwater would be prevented from descending into the borehole. The boring was then prosecuted with a view of reaching the deep springs which had been ascertained to exist in the chalk at no very great distance ; but the only re sult was, saltwater of precisely the same character as that in the harbour and the sea immediately ad jacent. The cylinders were then forced down to a depth of 480 ft., and the boring was continued with out any fresh-water spring being apparintly tapped, as the bore-hole remained filled with salt water. The expedient was then resorted to of pumping out the salt water, but it flowed in as fast as it was with drawn: The boring was then continued without any better results in the upper green sand, and sub sequently through the gault to the, lower green sand, r s e m , inix mixed e Paris which was the same strat pm ris that basin. supp A fewliedthegingrareats with gault, were met with, giving indications of the exi s t rnee o f thi s forma boforingat coloured Gn an e d le forma tion, when suddenly an extremely hard rocky stra tum was encountered. It somewliat resembled slate, having a line of cleavage with bed-joints dip ping considerably, and cont a i n i ng no f oss il s. Th e work was then abandoned, and the boring remained in that state at the present time, the water in the pipe ebbing and flowing with the tide. The surface of the ground where this boring was made was six feet above high water, the chalk being met with at 74 feet below it. At Colchester the chalk was 121 feet below the same datum. The peculiarity which had been noticed in the stratification, and the failure in finding fresh water, could only be ac counted for by the supposition that there was a local fault within a short distance. .A similar un successful attempt had been made at Walton-on the-Naze, about six miles from Harwich. It was mentioned that in the West of Ireland, at a place about 13 miles from the sea, a well had been sunk through the cavernous limest one . Th e s h aft was 9ft. in diameter, and from 50ft., to GOft. deep. A supply of water was obtained, but as it was not sufficient an auger hole 3in, diameter was inserted to a further depth of 30ft., or about the level of the sea, and far below the possibility of drainage by the adjacent I n trihvaetrds,iswtrhicetn rivedthe, atdeirsaepnpteiarered f entirely disap . or neared. a, distance of three or four miles and then reappeared upon the surface. It was considered that it was most objectionable to derive the supply of water for the metropolis from the river •Thames, and that if practicable some other source should be resorted to. The large demands already made by the me tropolitan population upon the waters of the Thames had during dry seasons tended to injure the navi gation, by reducing the scour, and of late years the abstraction of water from • the Thames had been greatly increased, as appeared from the returns of the water companies. It therefore became import ant to ascertain whether that portion of the rainfall which was absorbed and percolated into the chalk beneath London, and did not reflow into the river Thames, might not be made available for the supply of the metropolis, without reducing the quantity . of fresh water flowing down the Thames,or becoming in jurious in other respects. Supposing that eight inches of rainfall per annum descended into the chalk basin surrounding . London, a bare statement of facts, showing that certain wells were being de pressed, whilst others were not, was not deemed sufficient upon which to base an argument that an important source of water supply might not be de rived from the chalk formation, or that the present injurious demand upon the waters of the Thames should be continued. It was remarked that in the new red sandstone, the coal measures, the chalk and other geological formations, the great volume of water existed in the strata between 300 ft. and 900 feet deep. Therefore, the idea of getting a larger quantity by sinking deeper was fa llacious. caution should be observed in relyi ng upon a sup ply of water from w ells for large communities. Great Ancient Rome, New York, Liverpool, and Man chester had originally been supplied from wells. But in all these cages the local wells had to be abandoned, or else to be largely assisted by going to sources where the water was on the surface. At the same time wells should not be wholly repu diated for small populations. In reference to the remarks which had been made as to wells near the sea coast, the well at Worthing was alluded to. It was situated at less than a quarter of a mile from the sea coast, and where the surface of the ground was about 300 ft. above high water. The surface water was tubbed out by cast-iron cylinders for a depth of 70ft., and then the chalk was bored into for a depth of 293 ft. About 150,000 gallons per day were pumped, and as y e t th ere h a d been no perceptible diminution in the quantity, nor was the water at all salt. It was believed that the strata of the district was capable of yielding a much larger supply. The experience obtained in sinking a large number of wells into the chalk went to show that a variation in the water level might always be anticipated, according as the previous season had been wet or dry. This would not be conclusive where the water was being drawn from wells much below the natural outfall or the level of the sea. In those cases it was apprenended that the rise or fall would depend on the extent of the water-bearing strata within the influence of the pumping. In reply to some of the statements which had been made in the course of the discussion, it was observed that, the saliply from the Trafalgar-square wells had not be increased at one time. At first 100 gallops per minute were thought sufficient. When a largeimaitity was required 300 galls. per minute were °Blamed, and now GOO gallons were pumped. It had been stated in the paper that the abstraction of that quantity had lowered the water 24 ft., be yond which it could not be depressed. A daily re cord has been kept during 11 years of the height of the water in the wells, and the highest and lowest levels at which the water stood in each of these years were given. - After the meeting Mr. J. Poole exhibited and explained a parallel motion safety valve. It was pointed out that the ordinary valve rested on its face, or seat ; its vertical or upright motion being guided by a spindle on the lower side, passing through a box or feathers in the steam pipe. The area of the discharge pipe was thus reduced one third, and in soma eases as much as one-half. This valve was pressed upon by a weighted lever, mov ing on a hinge, or centre, on one side. When in a state of rest, the lever and the centre of the spindle were at right angles to each other ; but as soon as the valve rose the angle became more acute. This brought an unequal load upon the valve, and caused the ♦alve to jam, or stick. The guide spindle, be ing below the valve face, was also liable to be cor roded by foul or dirty water, and to uneqnal con traction and expansion. It was likewise found that these valves, when out of order, invariably leaped on the side nearest the hinge of the lever. In the parallel motion safety valve the spindle was on the upper side, the seat or face was flat, and the dis charge was free of interior incumbrances, so that less leverage and weight were necessary. The spindle passed through a guide above, and to the centre of thespindle, on wnich the valve was hinged, the parallel motion was attached. It was shown, by a sectional model, that the radial action of the lever did not control the vertical action of the valve, which therefore could not stick or jam in its seat. DOUBLE SUICIDE. Last evening Mr. J. Humphreys, coroner for East Middlesex, presided over a jury at the Three Crowns Tavern, East-road, City-road, for the purpose of in quiring into the circumstances connected with the death of Edmund Shirley, a photographisi, aged 24, and Rosetta Greenwood, aged 18, who died from the effects of poison. Ellen Mills deposed—l assist Mr. Simmons in his business at the Railway Coffee-house, City-road. On Wednesday evening last, about half-past 10, the two deceased came to my master's house and en gaged a bed. They had nothing to eat or drink. They had engaged a bed on two other occasions, and retired as soon as they came. They brought nothing with them. On the Wednesday night the young woman appeared very lively, but the young man not so. They gave no instructions as to when they required to be called on the following morn ing. I showed them upstairs to the room in which their bodies now lie. In consequence of what Mr. Simmons told me I went up to their room about a quarter to 12 on Thursday morning and knocked at the door, but obtained no answer, and I then tried the door and found it was locked on the inside. A policeman was then sent for by Mr. Simmons. Mr. Simmons, proprietor of the Railway Coffee house, corroborated the evidence of the witness Mills. He added—On the arrival of a policeman the door was forced open by Sergeant Harvey. We en tered, and found the deceased gill lying on her back with her arms over the bedclothes, with a white handkerchief in her right hand, as though she was asleep. The man was on his right side, with his right arm round the woman's waist. There was a white foam on his lips. The clothes were slightly disturbed, drawn to the right side. On the man's side of the bed was a tumbler and a bottle labelled " poison." Those now produced are the same. The stopper was not in the bottle, as now ; it was on the dressing-table, with two letters. The bottle was nearly empty, and the tumbler quite so. They were then left until the doctor came. Both were lying apparently asleep in their night clothes. Their day clothes were in the room. Police-sergeant John Harvey, 9 G, produced the letters, which were read by the coroner. The first, addressed to the deceased man's father, was as fol lows "Dear Father,—l must now say farewell to the world. Your dutiful wife has driven me mad, and as to live to be so unhappy I cannot. If I had not made up my mind to destroy myself I should hare shot Sarah out of revenge for my sister's death, which she was the cause of. I know she has been the cause of another deed too frightful to men tion. You may think I hare lost all my senses, but I can tell you that I am as sensible as you are at the present mo ment. Ido not die alone, but the one I lore dies with me. My last wish is that we may be buried together. If you wish to find us it will be at —. I remain, your disobe dient son, "EDMUND SHIRLEY." The next letter ran thus : " Thursday. "Dear Aunt,—By the time you receive this I shall be no more for this world.—Frorn year most affectionate, " ROSETTA. GICEENWOOI)." I searched the clothes of the deceased, and found nothing in those of the woman, but in the clothes of the man I found 2s. 4d., two purses, a bag, and several minor articles. Charlotte Swain—l reside at 40, Praed-street, Paddington. The deceased woman is my niece. She came to me when she was about seven years old, but has left me occasionally to visit other friends. The last time I saw her alive was on Tuesday after noon last, when she left by my consent for an hour or two. She did not return again. Her parents are now living, but being in humble circumstances she was allowed to remain with me after coming on a visit. She was allowed to get her own living by dressmaking. On the Tuesday, the day my niece left, the male deceased called upon her, and re mained with her for about two hours. He did not come into my private room. Their meeting was by my sanction, and has been carried on for the last five months. About three o'clock in the afternoon she had leave to go out for an hour or two. About 6 o'clock in the evening a person named Strickland came in, and laying a razor on the counter asked if I knew it. I said "No ; how should I?" He then said '• You ought to. Rosa is at my house ; there were two razors, and Shirley has put one in his boot and gone away." She gave Strickland ls. 6d. to go to Kingsland to find Shirley's friends, but was unsuccessful. On the Wednesday, about 6 o'clock in the evening, Strick land's wife came with the razor, saying that Shir ley had sent it, and that he (Shirley) had sent word that he should not be seen again, but that Rosy should come home. I did not notice that my niece was unhappy. I thought she was unwell, but I did not perceive that she was depressed. She went upstairs before she went out, but I cannot say that she brought down the razor. I cannot say whether my deceased niece was at all privy to the taking of the poison. Mrs. Jane Booty, No. 2, M'Dougall's-place, Hox ton—l was not acquainted with the deceased young woman until last Wednesday evening, when she canto to my place in company with Shirley. On my asking Shirley how he was, ho said " I am almost mad. Jenny, take this portrait to my father, and tell him it is the last thing I have to give him ; and I shall never again see him alive." Rosetta was by his side. "Look," he said, "here is the bottle of poison." I gave the portrait into Mr. Shirley's own hands, and I told him I believed that his son, having no shelter or home, would de stroy himself. Mrs. Shirley was also told the same thing, when she said " Oh, we have heard of that sort of thing before." Mr. Shirley then wrote a note to the young lady's aunt. The last words made use of by the young lady were that she would never leave him—she would die with him. When they left they said they should not come again until this business was settled; By the Coroner—The young lady took the bottle of poison from his hands and put it to her lips. He took it from her, saying "It is not dissolved." She kissed Edmund Shirley two or three times, and said she would not leave him upon earth, but would die with him. She said she would not go home to be disgraced ; but if her aunt fetched her she would go. By being disgraced she alluded to having been out all the previous night. That is the bottle which I saw, but there was then something in the liquid undissolved. The bottle was much fuller. Before they went away I gave them some envelopes and paper, and Edmund wrote two letters—one to his father and one to the young lady's aunt. Those letters were taken away EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW BANK. ACTION AGAINST SIR WILLIAM JOHNSTON AND OTHERS. The Mall publishes the defences of Sir William Johnston, of Kirkhill, Knight, iu the action at the instance of John Cullen, Writer to the Signet, against the said Sir William Johnston, and also against Thomas Thomson, W.S., Edinburgh ; Wm. Thomson, of Balgowan, Perthshire ; James Bonar, W.S., Edinburgh ; and the Rev. John James Bonar, minister of the Gospel, Greenock; trustees and executors of the now deceased John Thomson, some time manager of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Bauk, Edinburgh ; and Charles James Kerr, accountant in Edinburgh, sometime secretary, and thereafter joint manager of the said bank. The defender's anwers to the pursuer's condescendence consists mainly of denials of the statements set forth therein, with reference to the defender's statement of facts. DEFENDERS' STATEMENT OF FACTS. I. The defender became a shareholder of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank in 1845, when he acquired 150 shares. He afterwards in 1816, ac quired other 350 shares, so that in the year 1850 he was proprietor of 500 shares; which amount of stock he has held ever since, without increase or diminution. He never offered to sell, or intended to sell any shares in the Bank, whether belonging to himself or others, io any person whatever. His two brothers also are holders ; the one of 300 shares, and the other of 368 shares in the said Bank. The defender's own shares and those of his two brothers, have cost them about £lO,OOO. 11. In or about the year 1849, the defender was solicited to become a director in the Bank, and he agreed to accept the office. Accordingly, the de fender was then elected a director, and he continued to be a director till 1858. Some time after the de fender's election as a director, he was appointed chairman of the directors, and he held this office for some years. 111. The contract of copartnership of the Edin burgh and Glasgow Bank is dated 29th February, 1844, and various other dates. A rood many of the articles of the original contract were from time to time altered by resolutions of the partners, in terms of and under powers conferred by the contract it self. In particular, such resolutions and alterations were made on 22d March, 1549, on 6th February, 1851, on sth February, 1852, on 3d February, 1853, on sth February, 1857, and 4th and sth February, 1858. The contract of co•- partnery, with the various resolutions altering or varying the same, is specially referred to, and held as repeated. The whole alterations were effected in due and competent form, and were legally bind ing on the whole partners of the company. The present pursuer assented to the contract, and to the whole successive alterations thereon. IV. The contract of copartnery is referred to. A great variety of powers arc conferred upon the di rectors by the contract, and large discreti3nary powers are entrusted to them in relation to the conduct and management of the affairs of the bank, for all which reference is made to the contract itsel f. V. The duty of the directors was to afford their advice on whatever matters might from time to time be submitted to them by the manager, secre tary, or other officers of the Bank, and to give direc tions regarding the general management of the Bank affairs. The whole details of the management, however, were always and necessarily entrusted to the manager, secretary, accountant, and other paid officials of the Bank. The directors were not ex pected or required to make themselves conversant with the whole details of the Bank's business. To have done so would have required au amount of pro fessional skill and an expenditure of time which none of the directors were either asked or expected to give, as the nature of the remuneration given suffkiently showed. This was perfectly understood by all the partners and was and is the practice in other banks, and in allpublic institutions of a simi lar description. VI. By the contract a small allowance was made to the directors, as an acknowledgment for their trouble. This allowance was latterly fixed at £lO per week for the whole directors, and was in prac tice divided among them according to the number of meetings they respectively attended. The whole amount received by the defender never exceeded on an average £4O per annum. If the defender had been required to master and keep himself informed from time to time of the whole affairs of the Bask, this allowance would have been absurdly dispropor tionate to the labour and skill required, and neither the defender, nor any one else, would for a single moment have undertaken such a task. Nothing of this kind, however, was exer required or expected of the defender. VII. The defender accepted of the office of direc tor on the footing above explained, and in reliance on the clause of indemnity which the contract con tained, lie never, however, was a leading member of the direction ; he never was a member of the committee of directors, to whom the board of direc tors confided the more immediate direction of the Bank ; he never was a member of any committee which prepared the quarterly or annual states, from the time he entered the direction until the last year of the Bank. The defender was Lord Provost during three years of the time when he was (Erec tor ; and from this and numerous other public calls upon his time, he knew less of the affitirs of the Bank than many of the other directors. VIII. For the full history of the defender's act ings as director, the defender is obliged to refer to the books, minutes, and records of the Bank itself to which at present the defender has no access. lie had no reason to doubt the accuraby of the states and reports which were prepared, and he acted on that footing. At other times he was absent from Edinburgh, sometimes for considerable periods. lie was in Italy when the circular of Gth May, 1858, was issued—be had been there for weeks before— and he did not return to this country until some weeks after its date. He never was consulted in relation to that particular ; he never was asked, or had any occasion to approve of it, and he never even saw a copy of it until November,lBsB,long after the bank had ceased to transact business. So, in like manner, with many of the reports or states to which the pursuer refers, but to which, in the absence of the minutes, the defender cannot more particularly refer. IX. Everything done by the defender as director, or in relation to the affairs of the bank, was done in optima fide, in the honest discharge of the defender's duty, without any design of advancing the defender's own interests at the expense of any one, and without any motive excepting fairly and honourably to promote the interests of the bank, which were identical with his own. From time to time the defender did rely, and necessarily required to rely, on the statements and information furnished to him by the paid officials of the bank. He had no reason to doubt the truth of these statements, which had been passed and approved by previous boar 2 of direc tors, and by the shareholders, before the period when he himself became a director. On the con trary, he had every ground for believing that they were correct ; and upon these statements, to a large extent, the defender's estimates and calculations were based. His expectations have been disap pointed in many respects, but for this the defender is in no way to blame. He is himself, as well as his brothers, a severe suff erer , nor h as h e, directly orindirectly, attempted to throw any part of the loss upon others by disposal of any portion of his shares, or in any other way. X. and XI. State that the pursuer has been from the first a shareholder in the Edinburgh and Glas gow Bank, and was present at various meetings of the company ; and that from 1844 to 1858 he had full means of maki ng hi mse lf acquainted with the position of the company. XII. After it was found necessary t o w i n d ' up the business of the bank, and to transfer its whole assets and liabilities to the Clydesdale Bank, in June 1858, the pursuer was one of the shareholders who approved of and concurred in this being done. The pursuer was present at the meeting of part ners, hold on the 10th June, 1858. He moved an alteration in the articles of agreement between the Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank and the Clydesdale Bank ; and the alteration which tire pursuer pro posed was agreed to. At this meeting certain parties took a protest, reserving their chums against 711 E NAVY. The screw steam troopship Vulcan, Commander Strode, which came in contact with the brig Co quette on Saturday morning, had defects made good at Plymouth late on Saturday night, and loft the Sound early on Sunday morning for Dublin to em bark additional troops for the Cape of Good Hope and China. The Himalaya screw troopship, Commander J. Seccombe,:will shortly proceed from Portsmouth to Halifax, United States, and convey reliefs of troops between that port and the West Indies. The paddlewheel steam sloop Virago, Comman der M. Dunn, at Plymouth, will be out of the hands of the shipwrights about the 22d inst. The paddlewheel steam sloop Ardent, Comman der J. E. Parish, under repair at Plymouth, will be ready on Thursday, the Bth inst., to sail for the West Coast of Africa. The Colossus, 80, screw, in the first-class steam reserve at Portsmouth, is under orders to be brought down the harbour and prepared for immediate coast guard service. The furnace with which she has been recently fitted will be taken down and landed from her. Workmen are employed preparing the blocks in the building-shed, from which the Victoria, 121, was recently launched, for laying down the keel of the Royal Alfred, 91, screw •, portions of her keel and floor timbers are alongside the shed in prepa ration for laying down. The Royal Alfred's prin cipal dimensions are the same as those of the Dun can, 191, about to be launched from the next shed —viz., extreme length, 252 ft. ; length of keel, for tonnage, 213 ft. 91in.; breadth, extreme, 58ft. • do. for tonnage, 57ft. 2in. ; do., mo u ld e d, 56ft.4in. ; depth in hold, 25ft. Gin. ; burden in tons, 3,715 63-94. The Princess Royal, 91, screw, Capt. the Hon. T. Baillie, was paid off at Portsmouth yesterday. She passed inspection by the officials of the dockyard and steam reserve in a manner highly creditable to her officers. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Commander I. J. S. Jos hing, to tJe Queen; Lieut. H. Packe, to the Queen; Lieut. A. Salwey, to the Excellent; H. H. Boys, promoted to Lieut., dated the 26th ult ; H. F. Nor may, master, to the Cumberland ; B. B. Dowling, second master, to the Queen ; Richard B. Wilkin son, G. R. Beadon, and C. S. Scholefield, naval cadets, to the Queen ; John Hotham, W. J. Ogilvy, W. C. J. Blount, Francis 0. Hartshorne, and Thos. Ramsbotham, midshipmen, to the Queen ; and W. Young, assistant-engineer, to the Asia, as super numerary. THE LIBERAL CAUSE IN EAST SUFFOLK.—TiIe Liberal party at the late official revision of the register of electors in East Suffolk made very strenuous exertions to retrieve their apathy and neglect in this particiilar in former years. Their efforts aro stated to have been highly success ful, and the gain in the various registration districts is re• turned as follows :—lpswich, 250 ; Needham Market, 24 ; Woodbridge, 28; Framlington, 26; Saxmundham, 12; Halesworth, 80; B ece l es , 71; tradbroke, 59 ; Lowestoft, 178; total, 728. As the majority by which Sir F. Kelly de feated Col. Adair, the Liberal candidate, in May last was only 634, the gallant -colonel's adherents regard his future candidature with hope. A STORY OF THE RIFLE MOVEMENT.—Lord Elcho has been among the most strenuous promoters of vo lunteering, and most diligent students under Gen. Hay, at Hythe. Lord Elcho is an old and crack deer-stalker ; and to his mortification he found, at Hy the, strive as he would, he could not get into the first class. Among his more success ful competitors was a by-no-means distinguished-looking Londoner—a true son of Cockneydom—who gradually out stripped all his fellow-shooters and ended by carrying off the first prize. The Londoner was evidently no novice at ball practice, yet he was, just as evidently, the last man in the world likely to have had any shooting in the deer fo rest. Lord Elcho, curious to learn how he had gained his the proficiency, unpretending asked reply,him how ao n he c a h ts a n a m q acquired harden it a ‘ ton ;" a school that must have appeared singularly narrow, as well as undignified, to the lord of the deer forests.— Manchester Guardian. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Mr. Benson, Ludgate-hill, hart just published a new illustrated pamphlet on watches (free by post for two stamps). 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