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T" GREAT EASTERN FOR AMERICA. The Great Eastern is appointed to leave HOLYHEAD `OLPORTLAND, U.S., on or about the 15th September. tint -class Passengers only will be taken. 1 ) 4 "Bage-money (including stewards' fee and provisions, withwines or liquors, which can be obtained on Board), £lB to £25. State Cabins extra. ot ße turn Tickets granted on liberal terms.—For passage and er information, apply to the Great Ship Company (Li 4uted), 11, King William-street, London, E.C. rrE GREAT EASTERN.—This Steam Ship h er is expected to l e ave PORTLAND, near Weymouth, on Trialltoi Trip about the Sth proximo, and will return to .4Y READ. 2_,1 rat class passengers only will be taken. Fares £B, £ B , ;pi xle, according' to cabin, including provisions, but exclu- Vof wines or liquors, which can be obtained on board. shior f urther particulars apply at the offices of the Great E Company (Limited), 11, King William-street, London, T GR E AT EASTERN. - TRIAL TRIP the rIE Th and FIRST VOYAGE.—In order to prevent confusion AP I 4-11 rectors have determined not to appoint any Agents. en,aPplications must, therefore, be made to the Great Ship -- "Tany (Limited),ll, King William-street, London, E.C. a GREAT EASTERN.— TRIAL TRIP T a ftwei lnd FIRST VOYAGE. aken, earls a limited number of Pas tasid 219111 y can be ty application is requested to be Ithittyle Offices of the Great Ship Company (Limited), 11, William -street, London, E.C. r l i gE LONDON.—The attention of Gentlemen is ele g „, especially drawn to the advantages offered in these tse r , f r,nd spacious Saloons, which fulfil all the require of a West-end club of the most aristocratic and exclu '.aracter. kelp trouve dans la Salle de Lecture non senlement les t e t u rgiourneaux Anglais, mais aussi Allemand, Francais, F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street • 'PE LONDON.—S AW Y E R'S famous ash 4_I4ONDON DINNER, consisting of two soups, two 14;4 1 'w0 entrees,joints, two sweets, cheese, and salad, at a till lat in rge the spacious of 2s. 6d. (attendance, 3d.), is served from Two h Saloon. 01 1 4; e Coffee-room, Dinners from the joint, with vegetables, tri e ,r , and salad, Is. 6d. (attendance 3d.), and soup, fish, en- L a htt, a la carte, are served from One till Nine o'clock. I h „ es' Private Rooms and Dining Saloons. Spacious and Itrentilated Wine, Coffee, and Smoking Saloon. extensive and carefully selected stock of Rhenish, il l i„ e zand other Wines, imported expressly for the London Open on Sundays from Four till Nine. F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street TILE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, efit ab Aigh Nolborn, RE-OPENED for the SEASON.—This uaninent, pre-eminently distinguished for the elegem* ketl eetio nl atehless beauty of its decorations, combined with the n of its management, is OPEN EVERY EVENING. t re e rt alterations and improvements have been made during lianZelB, and nothing has been left undone that could en liiii,32Lac beauty of the place, or increase the comfort of the Doors open at half-past 8; overture at 9; closing Punctually. Admission Is. DETECTION OF ARSENICAL 11 . 4.11 - „0 s ONING, Are., illustrated, and •RE INCH'S, tt'S, and other Tests, fully and 6xperimentally ex _....ned, with remarks on the fallacies of the Faculty, at Dr. tscir's MUSEUM Leto*. Admission p of the Haymarket), Daily at 2,4, o The Is. HANDBOOK, including Dr. KAHN'S LECTU tES at"e PHILOSOPHY of. MARRIAGE, free by post for 12 in9B, ect from the Author, 17, Harley-street, Cavendish mill.% NV. dir HOUSEHOLD EXCELLENT CONGOU TEA, WORDS. of the EAST 1N...L1N-DIA TEA COMPANY, in their celebrated6lb. Bags, now as familiar as " Household Words." Every 4 0 „z3: mild obtain it " Once a Week" 4 ‘ All the Year li s r ol —Warehouses, 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, psgate. rttiORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.—Every ph,„,Terson having an interest in domestic or farm animals foZrot Obtain a supply t of this celebrated and economical mei; Which will prove invaluable during the approaching le t C° ll .„.. For keeping horses in good condition it is unequal flesh plirs fatten with surprising rapidity upon it, and their to....tnereases in flavour and value. Cowkeepers will find advantacre in the increased quantity and improved qua- It. o f the milk during its use. All animals are benefited by Testy' Pamphlet on this interesting subject, accompanied by epi t Monials from the principal Nobility, Gentry, and Agri 1481fIr_18t8, forwarded on application. In casks containing (measures enclosed), price 505., carriage paid to any ta y .",,,aY Station in the United Kingdom. Post-office orders rule to Joseph Thorley, 77, Newgate-street, London. public tation are cautioned against being imposed upon s. nUSE FURNISHING.—DRUCE and CO.'S ollow ROOTS and GALLERIES are the largest in ti moll. The varied stock to select from is immense ; the °ea are marked in plain figures, and a warranty is given. kilehasers, before deciding, should visit this establishment, obitr saving of one-third on the best description of e and Upholstery Goods. N.B.—Unequalled Dining tril Chairs, 19s. each ; Iron Bedsteads, Bs. 6d. each . ; Car per yard under the usual cha. 590 0 E m a . sy Chairs and 11, : 4 8 1 also 100 Wardrobes to select fr Luxuriant `Quilts rated Books post-free. q,LEYFIELD PATENT STARCH, A ta USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY , 1610 NOIINCED BY nEn MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to he THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. WHEN YOU ASK FOR GLENFIELD P &TENT STARCH, SEE THAT YOU GET IT, As inferior kinds are often substituted. SoM by all Chandlers, Grocers, &0., &c. v vOTHERSPOON & CO.. GLASGOW AND LONDON LAPPETITE AND INDIGESTION IMPROVED. EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE th SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, ti4l lB , and all Roast Meat, Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Cur ihu,ltnd Salad, and by its tonic and Invigorating properties ihuies the stomach to perfectly digest the food. t ea , e daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the *gC w a Yegtlard to health. e ld the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch peerske„;', London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester ; also ty WO'. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and . Oilmen and mercha s, London ; and generally by the IsT Vial dealers in sauce. r-To guard against imitations, see that the names of ILle—bo4'ttalt PERRINS " are upon the label and patent cap of 11 14 LA'MERT, Registered L.S.A., Honorary ot th _atember of the London Hospital Medical Society, M.D. ur.„u_niversitv of Erlangen, &c., continues to be CON t.,:" tat on all cases of Debility, Nervousness, and the frzret inirmities of Youth, Manhood, and Old Age, DAILY, e ta 11 till 2, and from 6 till 8, at his residence, 37, REDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON b b p: Li Mert has just published, price Sixpence, with nu enirns Engravings and Cases, a New Edition of his Work , fled -PRESERVATION, AN ESSAY ON NERVOUS Ab DEBILITY, /stair,. Will be forwArded post free in a sealed envelope by Frob," , ,_,Pookseller, Cornhill, London, or by the Author, sus residence, to any address, for eight postage stamps. BEc._ CONTENTS. fla 'Lox I.—The Physiology of the Generative Organs. ll.—Puberty—Manhood —They Morale of Genera g,'llysiolocry.. —True and False Moralit. It e larlOw lll—Marriage in its Social, Moral, and Physical .—lts Expectancies and Disappointments. 13 04 erri ox , IV. Spermatorrhcea and Impotence—Sterility in Neg c. i ee S t exes—Self-inflicted Miseries—Sad Consequences of biti o -loN V.—The Vices of Schools—Effects of certain per ance 8 tabitsal. n the mental and general faculties—lmport of 11-oroDiscipline. bitirrioN Vl.—Treatment of Nervous and Generative De- Nttrj — lmpotenee and Sterility—Dangerous Results of InW, us Novel Remedies —The Author's - Principles of Treat xedical,ietet, and General, derived from Tw ent y Euccessful practicce. e , --- 1 il s it HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD ON Th . CONVICTION. Itt 'e earful dangers to invalids from spurious imitations of ttiv,altßY's invaluable HEALTH-RESTORING REVA li_D b ''„ 'Lit ARAt'TCA FOOD led to an investigation, and, Cli t 'LPlication . in 1854 . . for protection, the High Court of 1'4 1 ,477 granted ad Injunction restraining Alfred Hooper ia i and his agents, under a penalty of £5,000, from selling l a Lartl cle resembling*, or beinga colourable imitation of Du D44.-Y..,a Revalenta Arabica, of w...., we are the sole pro reira. Now, therefore, thig is to give notice that the above 4.Ntvill be paid, upon conviotiq, an one giving infor toohon An intelligent Iv:VT' of any breach of the n u i"".. tequires no admonition to IfiXtunin all ehopkeepers who d c &attempt impositions. London : '— MARRY DU BARRY tio ~. utOitE SICKLY OR ILL-CONDITIONED HORSES .111 1 . OR OTHER CATTLE. 4 ato — re ...F.Y'S HORSE an d CATTLE-IMPROVING FOOD con.i, B the effictency, vigour, endurance, and muscle of ill loci'Lloaed or apparently worn-out Horses, Cows, Bul mei!, Calves, Sheep, and Pigs. In a short time it Improves alui` r ,,a)pertrance and value by 20 and 30 per cent. tijk at 11 i ' 7 7, Regent's Quadrant, London. In tins at 35., at 6_8., 4,5 , ~,e-,; in casks, of about 450 feeds, 50s. ; of about 1,000 feeds, "elw about id. per feed. at n wtrded on l tof Post-office orders. The casks free receipt earruge. NO MORE MEDICINE TriI?NATURAL 2i., free by post, a popar treatise, sixty DIGES TI V E Pes REGENE uI RATION of the D taeti ORGANS, of I ally illustrating the effectual Cure, without Medicine, 4 - 1 1 crestion (dyspepsia), habitual Constipation, Flatulency Palpitation of the Heart, Torpidity a the Liver, lit r - o ' l headaches, Nervousness, Biliousness, General Debi t'oll2ll, Asthma, Consumption, Despondency, Spleen, &c., m ix out Pills, Purgatives, or Medicine of any kind, by a ie adt l r pleasant and infallible means ; adapted to the general r ..Onaon : Barry Du Barry & Co., 77, Regent-street. UN D ISQUALIFICATIONS AND IMPEDIMENTS TO A eW MARRIAGE. Edition. enlarged to 196 to pages, illustrated by 100 Ana- F.no•ravino-s on Steel, just published free by post, e. R Vecti_p B tof two penny stamps direct from No. 19, ernrs --e et, Oxford-street, London, al ld ti t SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work , on indulgence , With Injti rlous consequences from the use.age of Mercury. tio n °oB ervations on the obligations of marriage, and direc n. for Obviating certain disqualifications ; and co tam ' Lua b'eprescrintinn'of a Lotion to prevent Infection. GREATEST MEDICAL DISCOVERY OF E AGE. MIW, MILD , AND MOST SUCCESSFUL MODE OF TREATMENT. di ci. Proprietors of PERRY'S justly celebrated Patent Me so dicing have confided their Prescriptions to a Physician of leJ al University of Erlangen and Member of the Royal Col- Neweof Surgeons of England' (who is registered under the o xo 3 lelical Act) and attends daily at No. 19 Berners-street B , (s,,,Scl-tdreet, between the hours of 11 and 2, and from 5 till 1 , 1 ., 4 711 excepted) to advise Patients on their Diseases and ft troeut, and th us add to the speedy certa i nty o f C ure . _O.I.IIBY'S PATENT ESSENCE OF , e 'MIA and CUBEB CONCENTRATED SACCHARATED GLOBULES, a bFtration of the essence o f t h e B a l sam o f C opa ib a a nd t i . t '; Perfectly tasteless, retaining its curative powers. cases of flonorrhcea, Gleet, Stricture, &c., a single Will prove the efficacy of this invaluable remedy ; as it at e acts upon the tirinolGenital organs, restoring them to Lnost ei!.healthy state Price 2s 9d. (by post 3s. 3d.), 4s. Bd. (by 5 k . • cd.). and per ( by * post 135 .), sent direct from ° T . 1/, • B ernet's- street, Oxford-street, London. gSperm ( ": 91 tDr.4.1, BALM of SYRIACITAL a remedy for ermato.^rhcea, is employed in both sexes to renovate the all wer '' al . life, wl'en exhausted, reinvigorates the frame in eveea or sexual debf:ity, and to those persons who are nted entering tb. married stateit is invaluable. Price , 1 6 . d. and US. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335., wil_ch Bares lls.: or in £ 5 eals:e The CONCENTRATED Di PERSIVE ESSENCE, for phillis in all its stages, and is recommended for secondary graPfoms, blotches on the hd and face, enlargement of the oat, tonsils, and uvula ; e its beneficial influence on the Totem is undeniable. Price 4s. 6d., lie. and 335. per bottle, s'lso a saving of lie. HEALTH DEPENDS UPON PURE BLOOD.' 131_`IRRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS a cure for all ,disens of the skin, such as scurvy, scrofula, ulcers, boils, a _ o lotoh e , • znd pimples on th e f ace an d body. Price 2s. 9d., mi. 6d. as , s: ;Us. per bo x . To 1;; e La 'as ireot from No. 19, Berners , street, Oxford-street L ondon, up, receipt of Post Office Order. Du BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA CHOCOLATE POWDER Contains the greatest amount of easily assimilated nourishment for strengthening. delicate persons, children, and infa nts with weak stomachs, chest, or nerves, and, at 3-pence per meal, affords a delicious breakfast, lunch, or supper. It is the best dietetic homeopa thic preparation, and maybe eaten either alone or mixed with Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. Admirably adapted to rear Infants with. In Tins at ls. 6d ; 11b., 35.; 21b., ss. 9d. ; 51b., 12s. ; 121 b., 265. The 121 b. forwarded carriage free, on receipt If Post-office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent street, London ; and through all Grocers and Chemists. NO MORE MEDICINE DU BAARY'S DELICIOUS HEALTH-RESTORING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD Cures effectually Indiges tion (dyspepsia), constipation, flatulency; phlegm, nervousness, biliousness, liver complaints, hysteria, neuralgia, sleepless ness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, eruptions, impurities, i rr itability, 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 invalids thus cured : Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies of many years' dyspepsia. Cure 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 Pluskoxv, of dyspepsia, constipation, ner vousness and liver complaints which had resisted all baths and medical treatment. Cure No. A 7,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low snirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew Ure, of constipatio n, d y s p epsia, andnervous irritability. ' Cure No. 34,210. Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212. Captain Allan, of epilept a i n c d fi d ts o . ny C v u o r m e iNtion.gB36,4lB. Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spacing Cure No. 26,118. Dr. Ilery ey, of dlarricieeoareanisTdod 4 eb 6. l 2 l 7 it o y . . 3r C r ure ja N m o e . 8 29 R ,6 0 28 be . r D t r s .. Wurtzerof consumption. merchant, Fernley, Surrey, of 20years' diseased ungs, of blood, liver derangement, partialdeafdneebsisfity, C w ur i e th N c o r . a 4 m ,2 p oB: : " Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, spasms, and nausea, have been effectually cured i b L y R D i u d tarry's health-restoring Food. Rev. John W. Flave ngton Rectory, Norfolk."—Cure No. 3,906, of thirteen years cough, Indigestion, and general debility. Jam es Porter, Athol-street, Perth. Sold in canisters, 11b. 2s. 9d. ; 21 b . 49. 6d. ; 121 b. 225 • Super refined quality, 51b. 2os. ; 101 b. 335 . The 101 b. and 1211;. canisters are forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; F o rtnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate-street ; 105 and 63, Oxford street ; 85. Tottenham-court-read ; also in Liverpool, at Nixons, 1, Castle-street : Leeds, Reinhardt and co. ,• Dublin, Or, Butler, Medical Halt; Mancheeteia Sharp and Scott gdi n burgh, Ramos No. 20,960. PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL.—THIS DAY. HETWOT HOME S By WILLIAM ➢IATHEWS, Author of "The Heir of Vallis." 3 Vols. Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. TOUR IN NORWAY Just ready, post Bvo, Six Tinted Views and Map,l2s. cloth, THROUGH NORWAY with a KNAPSACK By W. MATTIEU WILLIAMS. Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill, Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. 4d., ON SPERMATORRHCEA. By F. B. COURTENAY, And formerly Surge2R , to . the Metropolitan_ Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street V. R.—Sale of Lead. Ashes, Serge, Cuttings, Paper, Junk, Wool, Harness, Clothing, Leather, Iron, Zinc, Tin, Wood, and Old Stores. BY Order of the SECRETARY OF STATE for WAR—TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on MONDAY, the 29th of August,`lBs9, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, precisely, the following stores :—Lead, Ashes, Junk, Paper, Wool, Har ness, Serge, Clothing, Miscellaneous Stores, Iron, Wood, &c. May be viewed from 10 to 1 o'clock, and from 2 till 5 o'clock, on the three working days previous to the sale, and 'Cata logues obtained at the War-office, Pall-mall; at the Tower ; and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. iVfETROPOLITAN, COUNTIES, AND IY- 1 - GENERAL LITE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, London, S.W. Life Assurance, Annuities, and Endowments. Loans on real and personal security. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. BANK OF DEPOSIT. Established A.D. 1844, No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON, S.W. Capital Stock £lOO,OOO. Parties desirous of investing money are requested to ex amine the plan of the Bank of Deposit, by which a high rate of interest may be obtained with ample security. Deposits made by special agreement may be withdrawn without notice. The interest is payable in January and July. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Forms for opening accounts sent free on application. R OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. During the past year. (1818) 40,403 received the benefits of this Charity, either as out or in door patients ; and since its foundation to 31st December, 18,58, the number relieved was upwards of 619,000. The Committee entreat AID to enable them to continue this great work of charity. STANFORD S. SMITH, Sec. 'TRULY EFFICACIOUS and MILD. — Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, prepared without any Mercurial Ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent. These Pills will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For nabitual costiveness, and as a family aperient medicine, they are truly excellent ; mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by most druggists, in boxes, is. 14d., and 2s. 9d. each. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with "W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, ' en graved on the Government stamp. CONTRACT FOR SALT BEEF AND SALT PORK. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset-house, 6th August, 1859. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on THURSDAY, the 29th September next, at Half- past One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victuailine• Stores at the undermentioned Ports, the follow ing quantities of SALT MEAT, all of the cure of the present season, viz. NAVY BEEF. NAVY PORK. Tierces. Barrels. Tierces. Barrels Deptford 1,500 1,500 .... 5,000 7,500 Gosport Plymouth llaulbowline Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of selection. A separate Tender must be given for the Beef and a sepa rate tender for Pork, and every tender must specify where the meat is intended to be cured. Tenders for Pork, or the cure of the United States of Ame rica, will not be admitted. Persons tendering for more than one Port must give a sepa rate Tender for each Part. The Beef and Pork to be delivered into the respective stores as follows—viz.. one-third of each quantity for each place by the 31st day of January, 1860 ; another third thereof by tne 20th day of March, 1860 ; and the remainder thereof by the 15th day of May, 1860, or any greater portion, or the whole, at any earlier period, if preferred by the party tendering, and to be paid for by bills payable in seven days from and atter the respective dates thereof. Parties tendering are desired to take special notice that the use of WOODEN HOOPS is ABOLISHED, and that IRON HOOPS only will be required for the Casks, in accordance with the conditions of the revised form of contract. A form of the tender may be obtained, and the conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular attention is called, may be seen at this office, at the Victualling Yards at Gos port and Plymouth, or by applying' to the Agent Victualler at Haulbowline ; or to the Collectors of her Majesty's Cus toms at Bristol, Limerick, Belfast, Waterford, and Newry; or to the Secretary to the Postmaster-General at Dublin ; or to the Commander conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool; or to the resident Agent for Transports at Leith. No Tender will be admitted for a less quantity than 100 tierces, or 100 barrels. No tender will be received after Half-past One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose ; but it will not be necessary that the party tendering, or an agent appointed by him, should attend at this Office, as the result of the offer received trom each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Bills in payment for any Beef or Pork delivered into her Majesty's Stores will be sent to parties upon transmitting the usual certificates of receipt. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner of the Envelope the words "Tender for Salt Meat," and " Comptroller for Victualling," and must also be delivered at Somerset house. 3, GREAT MARLBOE PANTHEON.R H-STREET, W., NEAR TH 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 Nerveus 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 ls. ; by post, 13 stamps, 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and oriffinal Work, entitled OURSELVES. Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation - The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exposition of, and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennerrhagia the Urinar y Spermatorrhcea, Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, Szc. FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women—Functional Ir regularities in Health ani Sidkness—Choice in Marriage— Their Forpectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Demoval of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum, and the securing of Healthy Offspring. Also, No. 1. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY ; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2. • LOVE AND MARRIAGE : Their Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments ; Love and other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off spring secured. No. 3. THE CASE ROOK: 100 Cases of SPERMATORRIREA, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, &c. &c. &c. To be had of Mann. 30, Cornhill ; and the Authors. Advice to the Working Classes, fee Half-a-Guinea. L ~ ~' ( se• ' itkS 4 Jr • • Ve. 21* • • 'll %• 1 111114 ,„ , , c- e: jy t.e ,„: , :CI DIP k q‘ . ROIT• V•lk . ‘••••4 4 • . % 40t St/ZP9 ~_ <' ~~t THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1859. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EGHAM RACES-WEDNESDAY. The Baron Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for two-yr-olds. Winners extra. The second to save his stake. T.Y.C. Mr. J. Rigby's Rosalie filly, 7st 21b (Fordham) 1 Mr. C. Alexander's Watersprite, 7st 101 b ....(L Snowden) .2 Mr. E. Hall's Volga, 6st 13th (Custance) 3 The following also ran :—Chirp, Nestor, Weatherbound, Pauline filly, Hand-over-Hand, Circassia, Simple Simon, and Lady Bird. Betting-3 to 1 agst the Rosalie filly, 4to 1 agst Volga, 5 to 1 agst Watersprite, 6 to 1 agst Circassia, 8 to 1 agst Hand over-Hand. Won by three quarters of a length ; a length between the second and third ; Lady Bird was fourth ; the Pauline filly fifth; and Band-over-Hand sixth. Simple Simon jumped round at starting, and was left at the post. The Queen's Plate of 100 guiners ; three-yr-olds, Bst 21b ; four, 9st 51b ; five, 9st 111 b ; six and aged, 10st. Two miles and a distance. Mr. Lowe's Wild Rose, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (L. Snowden) 1 Duke of Bedford's Killigrew, 4 yrs, 9st 51b (Flatman) 2 Mr, Rigby's Borderer, 5 yrs, 9st 51b (Fordham) 3 Leukothea and Nimrod also ran. Betting-7 to 4 agst Wild Rose, 2to 1 agst Killigrew, 3to 1 agst Nimrod, 4 to 1 agst Borderer. Wild Rose quitted Killigrew at the distance, and won by ten lengths ; Borderer walked in third ; the other two, beaten off, trotted in together. The Town Plate of 56 sous ( handicap). Straight half mile. Mr. C. Wyndham's Glenmasson, 5 yrs, Bst 61b (Fordham) 0 1 Count Batthyany's Olympus, 6 yrs, lOst 41b (Wells) 0 2 Mr, T. Stevens's Chantress, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Plumb) 3 The following also ran :—Physician, Margery Daw, The Unknown, Carlotta, Alboni colt, Simla, Pauline colt, Strata gem, Calista filly, Lady Bird, Madrigal, and Phoebe May flower. Betting-4 to 1 agst Chantress, 6to 1 agst Olympus, 7to 1 each agst The Alboni colt, Glenmasson, Stratagem, and Phoebe Mayflower, 8 to 1 agst Madrigal, 10 to 1 agst Carlotta. Fhcebe Mayflower broke away before starting, and unseated her jockey. A dead heat wii h Glenmasson and Olympus ; Chantress was beaten about two lengths ; the Pauline filly was fourth Lady Bird fifth ; and Carlotta sixth. Deciding. Heat—Even betting. Glenmasson having the call. A magnificent race in ended in favour of Glenmasson by a head. The Egham Stakes of 5 soya each, with 30 added, for three yr-olds and upwards ; optional selling weights, &c. One mile. _ _ Mr. Mellish's Julie, 3 yrs, £2OO, 6stl3lb (Bray) 1 Mr. Langland's Creeping Jane, 3 yrs, £BO, 6st 21b (Dickinson) 2 (Plumb) 3 Mr. Towsey's Volatore, 4 yrs, £BO, Bst The Present also ran. Betting-2 to lon Julie, 3to 1 agst Volatore Mr. Mellish declared to win with Julie, who won by a length and a half; a head between the second and third; same dis tance between the third and fourth. Tne winner was not sold. The Magna Charta Stakes, of 5 Bove each, with 30 added, for two-yr-olds and upwards. Allowances and penalties. The winner to be sold for £2OO if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. Mr. E. Hall's Volga, 2 yrs, £lOO, Est 91b (Custance) 1 Capt. Archdall's Niger, 2 yrs, £lOO, Gst 91b (Bray) 2 Mr. Rigby's Doe filly, 3 yrs, £lOO, Bst 111 b (Fordham) 3 Betting—Even o Volga, 6to 5 agst the Doe filly. Won by a length nd a half; bad third. The Cooper's Hill Plate of 50 sovs, for three-yr-olds and up wards. The winner to be sold for £l5O, &c. If not for sale 141 b extra. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Lowe's Wild Rose, not to be sold, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (L, Snowden) 1 Mr. Langland's Creeping Jane, 3 yrs, £l5O, 7st 41b (Searle) 2 Mr. T. Ward's Fly-by-Day, 4 yrs, £l5O, Bst 81b .. (Collins) 3 Halliford, Babylon, and The Unknown also ran. Betting-6 to lon Wild Rose, who came right away at the distance, and won by ten lengths ; the others pulling up. punity might seem at length to be solved, Butuit is not so. The crews of these floating batteries, like many a cavalier in the olden time, would be in danger of suffocation from their own armour. The heat and smoke of a protracted cannonade might stifle them at their posts, and the open air, with all its perils, would be safer than the reeking dungeon below. Last of all comes the gunboat—that latest and, as it is sometimes thought, most successful type of a man of war—presenting in itself no mark to an enemy's shot, and yet launching bullets of tremendous magnitude from its single cannon. Alas for the speculations of mortals ! The gun is admirable, the shot most destructive ; but, besides that the scant capacity of the vessel tells strongly against its convenience, it is found that the thing has been overdone. So small is the boat, and so large the weapon, that the one can not carry the other ; and when the Condon, an excellent specimen of the class, returned from the Adriatic she was fain to unship her gun and re move the iron plates from her bows—a combatant without either sword or shield. Here, then, is a mirror for our machinists. All these vessels we, like the French, have either built or are building. We have our floating batteries and our gunboats, and are anxiously looking out for our iron-cased frigates. Shall we fare any better ? And, if we do not, what is the reflection suggested by all this outlay of money and consumption of skill ? Mr. Cobden could hardly find a text more suitable to his doctrine than our long returns of labour wasted and experiments lost. Of the two, the French have the advantage. They have produced more than we have for their money, but what might not be done in works of peace if all these funds had been dis bursed in that direction ? Dockyards and barracks, after all, are but outlays on insurance, to make the best of them,and no man boasts ,of the expense which his " doubly hazardous" situation compels him to incur. Both countries wish' naturally to be safe ; both countries as naturally wish to be pow erful, but the race of emulation is costly, and the lost labour occasionally deplorable to witness. For ourselves, it is doubtful enough whether, after all our commissions, we have got to the end of our novitiate. The only things that seem to grow for certain are the estimates. We know that we spend more and more, but whether we get nearer to the object in view is far from being as clear. In a few weeks Mr. Gladstone's collectors will call for their £4,000,000 extraordinary, all in a lump, after which, according to that eminent authority, thing s will either grow worse or better. We sincerel y trust that the latter alternative—already become pro bable—may completely and speedily be realised. THE COLONISATION AND SETTLE MENT OF The Report of the Select Committee on this sub ject is before the public. It was issued yesterday, and the report proper fills I space of 15 pages. This amounts to little more than a resume of the opinions of the witnesses examined. These generally state, that " wherever Europeans have settled a marked improvement in the country has followed," and the various products of the land have been developed. Another good effect of settlement is its tendency to promote the maintenance of order. A large exten sion of the number of settlers over India would be a considerable guarantee against any future insur rection, and tend to lessen the necessity for main taining an expensive army. The dangerous effects of the climate of India have been (it is said) greatly exaggerated. The planters from Bengal arc a " healthy and hardy race of men." Such as ap- peared before the committee looked like bluff British farmers rather than transmarine cultivators in quasi -tropical latitudes. The hill districts of India appear peculiarly fitted for the reception of English settlers. SO far as the committee have inquired climates favourable to European health may be found at a due elevation on the Himalayas, cn the Neilgher ries, and on other hill ranges yet incompletely explored, especially in the south of India. At about 4,000 feet above the sea level the Himalayas offer an European climate. On the eastward portion, indeed, of that extensive range the prevalence of rain may be frequently a serious objection, though not so formidable as is generally supposed. Fur ther to the westward the rainfall sensibly dimi nishes. It has been suggested that asylums like those originated by the lamented Sir Henry Lawrence, might be advantageously formed on the hills, where, in a climate like that of our own coun try, the children of soldiers and of other persons might be trained with a special view to the practi cal improvement of India and to the acquisition of a knowledge of the people and the country. Me chanics and practical agriculturists are greatly wanted in India. The planters state that young men acquainted with the native languages are much required for their establishments. Thus educated, they might also be employed, as commercial travel lers are in this country, for extending the commerce and manufactures of Great Britain and of Europe in the East. Few objects of contemplation can be more interesting than the formation and progress of these establishments on the hills. The rapid rise of the settlement at Darjeeling, in Sikkim, about 300 miles north of Calcutta, is described in the interesting evidence of Dr. Hooker. It appears that the popu lation (4,000 or 5,000 in 1848) doubled itself in the course of two years. The natives of Bhotan, Thibet, and Nepaul flocked to be employed by the Euro peans. Other favourable evidence is not wanting. The coffee grown on the slopes of the Neilgherries is stated by Colonel Onslow to be the best in the London market, and the resources of Mysore are not generally known. "Of all countries," says Col. Onslow, " it is the most favourable for settlement." Another favourable position fir settlers exists in or near the tea-growing countries of Assam and Cachar, where the climate is a "delightful and beautiful one" (on the Cossya hills, 5,000 ft. in height). One want in the hill regions is that of good roads, and it would seem to be important that settlers, zemindars, and natives should be led to interest themselves in the state of these communications from place to place. The committee regret to find transit duties retained in some of the native states. Works of irrigation, so necessary, should be combined with navigable canals, water being in India the most suitable me dium of traffic. As regards the produce of the soil, it is shown that there are great openings to settlers in the cultivation of cotton, wheat, tea, hemp, flax, coal, and iron. Wheat may be grown more cheaply in India than in America, according to Dr. Moore and General Tremenheere, and the Punjab is often "one vast expanse of corn." The same may, perhaps, be the case hereafter with re spect to cotton. There is reason to hope that the tea of the Himalayas will beat the Chinese out of the markets of Central Asla. The witnesses think the English in India may drive a good trade with Central Asia. It is gratifying to find that the Messrs. Schlagintweit (recent travellers in Central Asia) confirm the remark of Moorcroft, that " it is at our option whether Central Asia shall be supplied with goods from Russia or from Englasd." Mr. Atkinson considers that our cottons and our hard ware would claim a preference over those of other countries. Our broadcloths appear to have been once a successful article of trade, and to be still highly valued in Thibet. For such a climate our woollens would seem to be particularly suitable. But from Thibet we are excluded by the Chinese. It were to be desired that this and other parts of Central Asia where Chinese authority prevails should be opened by a commercial treaty. The articles of interchange with these Trans-Himalayan countries are mentioned in the evidence of Dr. Hooker. " Immense quantities of wool," says Sir J. Lawrence, " come from the conterminous coun tries, Affghanistan and Beloochistan, into the Punjab, and I suppose it is tenfold what it used to be." It appears that there is a great abundance of gold in Thibet. All these Cen tral Asiatic nations are now supplied with tea, which they most extensively use, well known under the n,ame of " brick tea," from China. Their dis tance from that country is immense. As the culti vation of the tea plant extends along the line of the Himalayas, we may justly entertain the hope that it may at some future time successfully compete with the tea of China in the markets of Central Asia. Kurrachee, Umritsir, and Shikarpore (especially the first), offer great inducements to British capital and enterprise. The committee report that a well conducted and efficient body of police is much wanted iu Bengal. They urge the necessity of in troducing uniformity in the administration of jus tice by framing a code to embrace the civil rights of men of all races and creeds,under the same rules, with duo reservation of their customs and respect to their religions. A legal title to land should be attainable by a scheme of registration. An uniform law of contract is deemed very desirable for the protection of settlers. The present settlers enter tain a strong opinion in favour of the use of the English language in courts of law ; and on the authority of many witnesses judicial training is wanting in the body of civilians. The greatest horror is felt by settlers at the idea of extending the power of natives to try Europeans iu criminal cases, and the " Black Act," so called, has caused great alarm. The Affray and Recog- nizanee Bills are also a bar to free settlement. In civil cases the native judges appear to be unobjec tionable. The resumption of free lands by the Go vernment of India is condemned, as tending to shake the very foundations of property. During the investigations of the committee the Government appears to have partly, if not entirely, conceded two points of great interest to British set lers—the right to acquire land in fee simple, and the power of redeeming the land-tax in Bengal. "If (say the witnesses) you will grant Europeans waste land in perpetuity in India, India will prosper, like Java and Ceylon." There are, no doubt, many parts of In dia (described or alluded to in the evidence) where waste lands in habitable and healthy situations could be thus granted by the Government; as in Assam, the neighbourhood of the Neilgherries, Kumaon, Gurwhal, and other districts. Some of the civil servants of the Government, as well as settlers, are favourable to such a policy. It has been suggested that it might also be expedient to allow to pur chasers of the fee simple of land the power of pay ing their purchase money by instalments. For a similar reason the committee have, from the first, looked favourably on the concession of a power of redeeming the land-tax ;in favour of this conces sion (which applies especially to Bengal) there are many witnesses. There is one very important point on which the witnesses appear to concur ; that is, the introduc tion of non-official Europeans and natives into the Legislative Council of India. The example of Cey lon is quoted to show the good effects of this reform. It is stated that one of the defects of the Legislative Council is a want of local knowledge. Such know ledge the reform suggested would supply. . It appears to the committee that there is want ing in India less of central andmore of local govern ment. It is stated by Major Wingate, that " the administration in Bombay is paralyzed by the cen tralization of supreme authority in Bengal." Roads may be wanted in Bombay, but the want of roads in 13ombay- cannot be equally appreciated in Ben gal. On the other hand, it is stated that to the officers of the other P res id enc i es Bengal i tself i s " nothing less than a foreign country." The system of " forced labour" under the coercive power of Government, as prev a l en t i n many parts of India, is condemned as objectionable and injuri ous. A convertible paper currency, or " Govern ment paper," is much demanded. Just before the rebellion it was the practice to convey a lac of rupees guarded by 100 soldiers. The report thus Concludes : " Your committee welcome with satisfaction the account given by many witnesses of the improved state of feeling between the settlers and the natives. It is clear that, for governing a country like India, important as may be laws and institutions, much must also depend on the silent but certain influence of manners. It is painful to read the following statement, made by a most competent witness—that the natives have not been so kindly treated by Europeans as they ought to have been. I know that they feel it deeply. When they are treated with respect, and honestly dealt with, Europeans may acquire great influence over them.' It is also painful to find it averred that drunkenness is a great obstacle to the settlement of Europeans of the poorer class in India. Let those who unexcep tionally condemn the native character reflect that it is the growth of ages of misgovernment, and that there are many instances of the just and temperate European winni•ig the confidence and attachment of the natives. An instance of the great ascen dancy which good conduct and good management may acquire is to be seen in the success of Mr. Fischer, whose influence is stated to be widely and beneficially felt in the province of Salem. It is mentioned by Mr. Saunders, that during the recent mutiny the respectable natives protected his pro perty during his absence: that the neighbouring zemindars worked his plantations and restored to him the profits after the mutiny was over. While, therefore, your committee have felt anxious to embody in their report such general and practical information as relates to European settlement in. India, they desire to express their hopes that indi vidual co-operation may not be wanting to promote it. Every Englishman should go to India with a deep sense of his responsibility, not only to those whom he is about to govern or among whom he is about to reside, but to his own country, whose character for firmness, justice, and forbearance he is bound constantly, zealously, and by personal example, to maintain." THE BUILDERS' STRIKE. THE NATTY. Yesterday morning the Duke of Somerset, First Lord of the Admiralty, and the other members of the board, with Rear-Admiral the Right Hon. Lord C. E. Paget, C. 8., First Secretary, and Rear- Admiral Sir B. W. Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy, resumed their inspection of Chatham Dockyard. Notwithstanding their lordships were occupied until a late hour on Tuesday afternoon, they were unable to complete their inspection that day, in consequence of the number and extent of the various docks and factories to be inspected. In addition to the portions of the establishments which were enumerated in The Sun of yesterday, their Lordships also inspected the fine screw corvette Charybdis, 21, recently launched at Chatham, which is now undergoing the necessary fitment, in order that she may be attached to the steam reserve fleet in the Medway. On passing through the smithery their Lordships inspected the heavy forgings now in progress in that department, under the direction of Mr. Costell, the master smith. They also wit nessed the working of one of the powerful Nasmyth steam hammers for forging large ships' anchors and heavy work. Their lordships were con ducted through the machinery department by Mr. Baker, chief en gineer, and spent some time in this portion of the inspection. After leaving the dockyard on Tuesday evening their Lordships passed the night on board the Black Eagle, in order to be in readiness to con tinue their inspection yesterday. On landing yes terday morning they were seceived by Captain- Superintendent Goldsmith, C. 8., and all the officials , ind heads of departments. Previously to continuing their inspection their Lordships witnessed some ex periments in the Medway with Mr. Heinke's new ly-invented diving apparatus, the inventor, who is at present at Chatham, where he is employed by the Government in superintending the diving ope rations of the Royal Sappers and Miners, having been requested to attend with his apparatus for their Lordships' inspection. Mr. Heinke explained to the Duke of Somerset and the other members of the Board the principles of the invention, whereby a diver can in any emergency, such as one of his glasses becoming broken, or from any other cause, immediately float himself to the surface, and thus avoid drowning. A diver having descended into the river immediately floated to the surface, and after wards again let himself down, both efforts being accomplished by a simple movemontof the air valves He also descended and remained some time under water with a large hole knocked in his helmet with out the least inconvenience. Their Lordships ex pressed to Mr. Heinke their perfect satisfaction with his invention. After transacting business at the superintendent's office, their Lordships resumed their tour cf the dockyard, inspecting No. 1 dock, in which the Tartar is now being broken up. This dock it is intended to have entirely rebuilt and en larged, so as to receive the largest line-of-battle ships in the navy. The cost of this undertaking will be included in the' next estimates. Their Lordships afterwards visited the anchor wharf, at the extre mity of the dockyard, where are ranged some thou sands of anchors of all sizes, sufficient for the whole British navy. After completing this portion of the inspection, their Lordships continued their exami nation of the several establishments and factories not inspected yesterday, and shortly after 11 o'clock left the dockyard for the purpose of inspecting Melville Naval Hospital. Their lordships were re ceived by Dr. Moody and the othe: officers, who conducted them through the wards and over the establishment, every portion of which was inspected, their Lordships expressing their opinion that it was one of the best establishments of the kind they had ever visited. On returning to the dockyard they again transacted business at the superintendent s office, and. afterwards went on board the Black Eagle. As their Lordships were unable to inspect the division of Royal Marines on Tuesday, it was arranged that the inspection should take place yes terday. The whole available force accordingly as sembled in the barrack-square at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon in heavy marching order, under the com mand of Col. E. Rea, commandant. The Chatham division is now very strong, and in consequence of the activity with which recruiting has proceeded, and the high bounty given, the battalion is only three men short of its required complement, the number of all ranks on the parade-ground yesterday being 850 men, above 400 of whom were recruits. Their lordships arrived at the barracks at half-past 1 o'clock, and inspected the battalion, after which they visited the men's quarters and the several por tions of the barracks. They also inspected the site which has been purchased by the Government for enlarging the barracks at a cost of £55,000, and before leaving witnessed the men at gun drill at the battery. After completing their inspection of the Royal Marines their lordships embarked on board the Black Eagle for the purpose of proceeding to Sheerness, the inspection of which dockyard will commence to-day. The usual muster of the work men of the yard did not take place, and the half holiday heretofore granted on the occasion of the visit of the Lords of Admiralty was not given. It is, however, understood that the workmen will be granted a half-holiday on Saturday next. The paddlewheel steam frigate Sidon, 22, Capt. R. B. Crawford. from Portsmouth, arrived yester day morning at Plymouth, whence she will convoy two gunboats to Vancouver's Island. The screw steam corvette Cossack, 20, Captain Moorman, left Plymouth on Tuesday afternoon for North America and the West Indies. The screw despatch gun vessel, Flying Fish, Commander Hope, having coaled at Plymouth, left the Sound on Tuesday to join the Channel fleet. The Mersey's next attempt at her trial of speed at the measured mile in Stokes Bay is arranged for Monday next. Elliot Fe et t will i thell receive Channel ap It is rumoured th a t R ear -Ad m i ra l ; Da cres an d p a o n i d nt m me e n di t t s e a rr s a C n a e p an ta s in a s ua o dro fth n e s respectively. An Admiralty order has been received at Wool- with dockyard countermanding the previous orders for the Vivid, steam vessel, to leave for Spithead, to embark his Royal Highness Prince Alfred for Havre. The Galatea, screw frigate, to be launched at Woolwich dockyard on the 14th September, will be fitted with her engines and machinery by workmen in the employ of the manufacturers, Messrs. John Penn and Sons, of Greenwich. A writer in a contemporary says—lt appears that the Caesar, 91, is expected to go to China for inva lids ! Would not a troop ship be better, and more commodious ; and is it quite expedient to send away the only ship of the Channel Squadron which has a trained crew ? THE ARMY. Orders were yesterday issued from the Horse Guards to the officers commanding the cavalry and infantry depot battalions at Maidstone, Canterbury, Chatham, Colchester, Winchester, Weimer, Fer moy, Buttevant, Cork, Stirling, and Aberdeen, directing the following reinforcements from the In dian depots under their command to hold them selves in readiness to embark for Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, for the purpose of reinforcing the British regiments serving in those presidencies— viz., 62 men of the Ist (the King's) Dragoon Guards ; 65 men of the 2d (the Queen's) Dragoon Guards; 13 men of the 3d (Prince of Wales's) Dra goon Guards; 95 men of the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabineers) ; 49 men of the 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards ; 91 men of the 7th Hussars ; 19 men of the Bth Hussars ; 64 men of the 12th Lan cers ; 70 men of the 17th Lancers; 6 men of the Ist battalion Ist Royals; 281 men of the Ist battalion 4th (King's Own) ; 89 men of the Ist battalion sth Fusileers ; 248 men of the Ist battalion 6th Regi ment; 71 men of the Ist battalion 20th Regiment ; 153 men of the 28th Regiment ; 120 men of the 31st Regiment ; 7 men of the 34th Regiment; 78 men of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment; 200 men of the 37th Regiment ; 123 of the 42d Royal Highlanders; 77 men of the 43d Light Infantry ; 7 men of the 44th Regiment ; 182 men of the 46th Regiment ; 169 men of the 48th Regiment; 4 men of the 51st King's Own Light Infantry ; 67 men of the 56th Regment ; 91 men of the 57th Regiment; 251 men of the 2d battalion of the 60th Rifles ; 217 men of the 67th Regiment ; 1 man of the 68th Light In fantry; 78 men of the 69th Regiment; 28 men of the 70th Regiment ; 82 men of the 71st Highland Light Infantry ; 114 men of the 73d Regiment ; 424 men of the 77th Regiment ; 103 men of the 79th Highlanders ; 99 men of the 80th Regiment ; 2 men of the 81st Regiment ; 6 men of the 83d Regiment ; 46 men of the 88th Connaught Rangers ; 1 man of the 89th Regiment; 173 men of the 90th Light Infantry ; 88 men of the 91st Regiment ; 6 men of the 94th Regiment ; 11 men of the 95th Regiment; 2 men of the 97th Regiment; 71 men of the 98th Regiment; 89 men of the 99th Regiment; 278 men of the Royal Artillery ; and 15 men of the Royal Engineers, The troops in Portsmouth garrison, including the mounted Artillery, will be put through the ma noeuvres of a field-day on Southsea Commonly Major-General Sir J. Scarlett, K.C.8., at 3 p.m. to-day. Blank cartridges will be served out to the troops for the occasion. Major-General Sir J. Yorke. Scarlett, K.C.8., Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth, and command ing the South-Western district, issued invitations to a grand ball at the King's Assembly-rooms, Southsea, on Tuesday evening. Upwards of 500 persons were present, comprising the majority of the military and naval officers, with the elite of the town and its neighbourhood. On Tuesday last the 10th Regiment, the 36th, Royal Marines, and Warwick Artillery Militia, were paraded on the Hoe, Plymouth, by Major- Gen. Eden, Commander of the Forces in the West, who presented Private William Blowes with £5; John Fitzharris, £4 ; William Davis, £5 ; Michael , Haward, £5 ; and Philip Moriarty, £5, for long and creditable services in the 10th Regiment. Mr. Lindsay, for three years Deputy-Assistant- Commissary-General at the Colchester Camp, has left for another appointment on the coast of Africa. Mr. Lindsay has been succeeded at Colchester by Mr. Napier. The Queen's Own, or Royal Regiment of Staf fordshire Yeomanry, will assemble for eight days' training on Saturday, the 17th of September. The men are under orders to muster at Liehfield. THE TOULON ARSENAL. (From the Times.) " Veluti in speculum" was the favourite motto by which in former days the frequenters of thea trical entertainments were taught to improve the occasion, and learn the duties of their own situa tion from the mimic action of the stage. In the present day the legend might be appropriately pre fixed to the correspondence which, from all parts of the world, finds its ways to publicity in the columns of this journal. These letters now convey to every class of the people a far more complete impression of foreign transactions than " the grand tour" com municated to noblemen and gentlemen a century ago. We have gone from China to Japan, from America to Australia. One day we are addressed from Vancouver's Island, another from Hongkong; one morning we print news from the borders of Affghanistan, and the next from the city of the Mormons. Yesterday there was a similar picture, taken nearer home, but replete with interest, and perhaps instruction, for us all. It wasa descrip tion of the famous dockyard of Toulon, with its wonderful basins, its arsenals of fabulous extent, its guardships, its galley slaves, and its guns. We do not refer to the subject with any jealousy or uneasiness, but purely in the way of ordinary comment. '1 he opportunity is too good to be overlooked, and we may find something in the shape of a moral by gazing impartially into this mirror of life. France possesses two natural centres of maritime energy,—Toulon and Cherbourg ; from the one the Atlantic can be contemplated, from the other the Mediterranean. It is in this point of view that Toulon acquires its importance, and those who re member the busy Ministry of M. Thiers will not be surprised to learn that the first development of this celebrated arsenal took place under his aus pices. The French proceeded in their operations so exactly as we have done that no reflection of objects could possibly be more perfect. They took one de partment of shipbuilding first, and expanded it so largely as to render all the others insufficient, so that the new scale had to be applied on every side, till by and by Toulon could no longer contain itself. The beginning was made with the smiths' shops, and four furnaces and 96 forge fires soon promised power enough for anything. In their growth, how ever, they stifled and swallowed up the timber stores, building slips, and block factory, so that all these departments had to be carried to a suburb before they also could find room to grow in their turn. Presently the suburb itself was found insuffi cient, and an entirely new district was then added to the yards. Here at length there was room for the graving docks, and no Roman amphitheatre was ever more grandly modelled than these magnificent works. In all this we see our own doings over again, except that we have probably no fabric so extensive or so beautiful as the great dock of Cas tigneau. But the course of proceeding was exactly the same. Ship .3 were designed to carry far heavier armaments than in times of old; as a natural con sequence they required heavier engines and more ample dimensions generally ; the new engines re quired new forges ; the new hulls required new docks; and the resut was that everything pertain ing to naval architecture became twice as vast and twice as costly as before. There is another light, however, in which this picture may be - viewed. French and English are here in the same trade. We are rival manufac turers, and while, therefore, we are naturally anxi ous, in the fair way of business, not to be left behind, we may also glean a lesson possibly in the way of economy or prudence. Truth to say, if France looks ' at England, and England looks at France, there appears more to be learnt in the shape of warning than in that of example. When our correspondent quits the machinery of the Toulon Dockyards, and turns to the most recent products of the establish ment, he can scarcely find a specimen of which the success is not at least doubtful. First of allcome the iron-cased frigates, a pair of which are now rapidly approaching completion. Nothing can exceed the apparently impregnable, o f th ese redoubt able ships, but when we look at their construction, and observe the enormous weight of iron all accu mulated above the water line, it is impossible to avoid thinking that their topheaviness must be fatal to their efficiency. In the case of the floating bat teries the result is still less equivocal. These vessels are so constructed as to combine the smallest risks of damage with the greatest power of offence. When one of them has steamed into action she sinks her funnel and lowers her mast, while her screw lies out of shot reach, and her gunners are protected by shields of iron. Even the commanding-officer, who alone stands on the upper-deck, can place a species of bulwark between himself and the guns of the enemy, so that the problem of fighting with im- PRICE 4 D . STAMPED, SD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—The strike in the building trade has now lasted some weeks, and yet it is, I fear, too early to hope that wise counsels will immediately prevail. Blood is up on both sides. The masters can't yield, and the men won't—yet. The former are indignant at an unjustifiable and ruinous interrup tion to their trades ; the latter exultant in their crusade for the "rights of labour." The fustian of the tap-room orator is neither exhausted nor yet, most probably, clearly seen through. Mr. Potter's authority is not at an end, for is there not £l,OOO to distribute among 10,000 men ? No master is yet in the Insolvent Court, and so far the workman has neither sold nor pawned the last of his goods and chattels, and knocked at the workhouse door. So the fight will go on ; and it is very certain that capital will have to put up with many serious loses, and labour endure much bitter misery before things right themselves. How, then, can those who view these painful diffe rences with regret—who know from study and ex perience the frightful injuries which result from all strikes —who would fain take the weaker side in the present dispute, if the weaker side were not in the wrong—how can they aid in reconciling differences and in smoothing the way to a permanent harmony of interests ? Only, sir, by keeping constantly before the disputants the opinion and reflections which result from an earnest and unprejudiced considera tion of the main features of their case, and from the study of those laws of social economy which in fluence the relations of master and servant, and which are in themselves as unalterable as the tides. In 1851-2 I took a prominent part in your columns in the discussion of the strike brought about by the proceedings of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. Again, in 1854, I think, when a very important movement was agitating the body of engine -drivers in the employment of the London and North-Western Railway Company, and in 1856, during the lengthened strike of the cotton spinners in Preston, you kindly permitted me the free expression of my views on these most important social problems. If, therefore, familiarity with my subject constitute any claim to attention, I trust both employers and employed will read what I have to say. It will depend on their truth and cogency whether my arguments shall in any way influence the conduct on either side. First, then, to the master-builders. I admit at once and freely not only the necessity but the wisdom of their combination. Threatened as they were, no other course was open to them, save one —their quiet submission to a system of tyrannous dictation from without, which would have de stroyed their authority and speedily brought ruin upon them. This submission was not to be ex pected, and would have been cowardly and wrong if followed. It is useless now to beat about the bush and throw dust in the eyes of the public ; it is too late for the different clubs in the building trade to proclaim that they are simply benefit societies, distributing aid to the sick and needy. The general demand for full pay for nine hours' work, the universality of the movement, the notices served upon Messrs. Trollope, the in stant carrying out by an entire workshop of an arbitrary club order, and the speeches of the men themselves since they have been on strike, prove beyond dispute that the clubs are a recognised organisation for trade purposes ; that they meddle constantly between masters and their workpeople ; that their members are not free agents in the disposal of their own skill and labour ; and that, as with the Amalgamated Engineers in 1851, the gist of the present quarrel is whether the employers or the club magnates are to be " the rulers of the destinies of the trade." No honest and disinterested person will hesitate for one moment as to the truth of this statement ; and this granted, the combination of the masters is justified and their adoption of the declaration or "document" becomes neither " arbi trary nor unjust." It was their most formidable weapon, and under the unsolicited difficulties of their position they were right to use it. When a man's existence is threatened, the most certain means of self-defence is the best. If you are at tacked from behind and alone, it matters not whether a bludgeon or a revolver is the means of dispersing your assailants. The employers, then, having with them the fiat of public opinion, have only to guard against indis cretion. They may err from over-zeal or undue alarm, and err grievously. Vindictiveness would undermine their strong position, and I would earnestly impress upon them the expediency of conciliatory measures when the right inom b eq arrives. L e t th em procla i m the i r L eagu e to be but a tempora r y com bi nat i on, an d th e " d ec laration" a protection used reluctantly and only in self- ~L-u --~ ~r ft it.:NS PA PE li ._ _:.---__lf 1 .:1-s,•.\ defence. It was so in "tkrejease of, titif --. lt , '":'`2•.\ -)1 engineers in 1852. The employer :their ,Ns 4., i . 1 7 ,, other safeguard to their independen t iiiitl ii i ' i ;.:;--,.i:: ':1.4 and they applied it with resolutio 4411-.sisci sett* i l it4 1 but the moment there was a public aelcliow:r:::,,, r - ,4:/,: ; , : i . i by the misguided men of the injusticeur : -- 1 1 . - 1 -1 4- .. 1. mands, the moment the society expunged tiii r 4 } S which professed to control labour, the "declaration" fell into disuse, the masters' society became a thing of the past, and lbygones were allowed to be by gones. So it should be now. And, as encouragement to employers to follow in the same footsteps let me say a wo r d i n pra i se o f t h e good faith which the " Amalgamated Society" has observed. Since 1852, as far as I know, there has been no endea vour to enhance the position of the labourer by any hostile resistance of labour against capital, and innumerable proofs might be adduced of the benefits which both masters and men have derived from the unfettered working of a system of free contract. It is quite natural that this should be so. The best men —the really skilful in their trade—are deservedly earning more than they ever did before, while the "ruck," -the- men whose want of skill was formerly paid for by keep- ' ing down the clever workmen in that dead-level system of equal wages insisted upon by the club, are, as Mr. Sharp has told your readers, r i g h tfully earning what they are worth, and no more. I wou l d earnestly counsel the calm consideration of this course to the master builders :—They may be firm and decided without being revengeful. They may make it known to their men that the " lock-out" , . was adopted for the safety, nay the very existence of their trade; they may with perfect right adhere to the "d ocumen t" un til th e c l u b s publicly disavow all rules professing to regulate employment, but at the same time they should announce their willing ness to treat with any man for his services as a mere matter of bargain, and state further, that while they object to pay the drunken or unskilful bricklayer ss. a-day simply because he is a society w i m n n a d i n u k 's industrious oeuy his s 10 hour s will give 10s. a-day to the skilful and man wh o canand d geot it well. through that value of As regards the men, what can be said to.remove their delusions which has not already been told to them over and over again ? When will they un derstand that the wages of labour can be fixed nei ther by club, councils, nor abitrary employers, but, like, other commodities, must vary in value or amount according to the supply of men and the de mand for their handiwork ? If there occur an abun dant harvest throughout the world, corn will become cheap ; if all the railway companies in the world are in the market at ne and the same time for mate rials, the prices of those materials will rise. The men understand this very well, and yet they are so hoodwinked by the specious arguments of their agitators, and so blind to their own interests that they cannot see, or, at least, will not admit, that by strikes they bring forward fresh competitors for their own legitimate employment, and thus, by add ing to the number of men seeking work, diminish the rate of pay to each. Let me endeavour to make clear to the workmen, by reference to the present and one of the past strikes, how they must . lose by resorting to forced idleness ; for I maintain a " lock-out" or a " strike" aru alike occasioned by themselves. In 1851 the engineers' club demanded that none but skilled hands and society-men should be employed to work certain tools. The masters would not consent, and for three months the battle or strike raged between them. What was the re sult ? The masters brought labourers and boys from the agricultural districts into their workshops, taught them their trade, and when, at length, the club yielded, and its members were ready to return to work, many of the old hands found their places filled, and had to seek employment elsewhere. They had forced an increase in the number of workers at their own trade, and the mass of them not the best, paid the penalty of their folly in a permanent reduction of their rate of wages. So again with the London builders. The masters will gradually bring up from the country masons and bricklayers, joiners, painters, slaters, plumbers, and labourers. Do the men on strike suppose that when they choose to resume work all these men will quietly return to their former homes ? They bitterly deceive themselves if they think so. By their conduct they have invited a permanent addi- . tion to the number of London operatives in - the building trades, and if the extension of metropoli tan buildings should diminish, or even remain sta tionary for a time, the inevitable result to these men is a fall in their wages. . In both cases I have referred to the complaint of the operatives that there was an over-supply of labour. The engineers had unemployed members of their society for whom they demanded employ e ent in working certain machines. The London builders say they wish to work only nine instead of ten hours per day ; that their brethren who are walking the streets may get some of the employers' wages. In both cases the men were wrongly advised, and the courses they have Firsued have aggravated the evils they sought to remedy. And so it will always be until the workpeople abandon combinations for the purposes of trade dictation, and admit that both master and man ought to be at perfect liberty to do what is most for their own interest. The free agency of the working man in selling his labour at the best price is the only system that will work well and secure him his commodity's greatest worth. Such a feeling awakens within him feelings of independence, self-reliance, and self-respect. His energies are stimulated—his talents brought out— . and he becomes a better parent, a worthier citizen, and a richer man. Once free from the thraldom of club law he will feel happy in having only his own good sense and judgment as masters, soon he will see how shortsighted he has been to his own in terest, how fallacious are . the doetri,:es he has listened to at the Paviours' Arms. How foolish and utterly in vain must be any attempt to organise labour, and how wicked it is to encourage a strike. This is no imaginary picture I have attempted to paint, its truth will be vouched for by many a hard-working man who has learnt to trust to his own strong hands, and to the brain-capacity God has given him. Let the men on strike in London think over my words deliberately and calmly—and pick holes in them if they can. I repeat to them that free bargain for their labour, and a frank dis avowal of control on the part of any society, is their manliest course—nay, their only chances of justice. Trades unions have already taught the masters ho ,v to use the privilege which the Jaw affords them of comb;ning, and in such combina tions the employers stand at an immense, an almost unassailable advantage over the employed. But the men have only themselves to thank for the machinery which is brought into operation against them. Trades unions are unjust, mischievous, and tyrannical. Under active interference of these dangerous organisations capital would soon become iii,nhpeyrod must uctie ' an fromr a c tr of trade. their character rulers of the destinies of trade" by the men , and. be disowned be wn e d withdrawni the masters will then do well to withdraw the de claration and abandon every practice invidiously illustrating the advantages of capital overlabour.— I am, sir, your faithful servant, Amicus. Manchester, August 24. -(` 7HE VICTORIA CROSS. The ceremony of presenting the Victoria Cross to Major James M'Leod Innes, of the Bengal Engi neers, for his gallant conduct when, as Assistant Field Engineer to General Franks' acting force while advancing from Jaunpore to Lucknow, took place at Calcutta on the Ist of July, in the presence of a large body of spectators and troops. The troops, consisting of ; a party of Artillerymen and a portion of her Majesty's 3d Buffs and 99th Regiment, having been drawn up in line, they were at 0 o'clock inspected by the Governor-General, attended by Sir James Outram, Sir John Hearsy, and his staff. They were then formed into three sides of a square, in the centre of which the Gover nor-General took up his position. Major Innes, , or ß S ri a g l a e d a ie n r d B Ca ro p w t. n Fr p a r s o e c r e , of ed e t a he to B the hero of the day, having been brought f orward e n r e g a a d l E the n - b g y inee l r a s j order trom her Majesty and the Commander-in- Chief, Cross should which it was directed th at the should be presented with every military honour, in order t• to show the signal distinction i which her Majesty desired to be attached to this reward of valour. The despatch from General F ranksrecording Major Innes's distinguished services, and recommending him for the distinction then read, aft er which nowth t n h o w 1 r t . o t b e i c ocnrfoss was erred, w a as t _ tached to M a j or Innes's b e reas i t e b or y a the Governor- General himself,gratification he who expressed the felt in conferring so high an honour on an officer so young., yet so distinguished. Briefly r ecapitulating to the assembled spectators and troops the services which had been performed by Major Innes, he de tailed in full the particular service for which the Cross was awarded—Viz., that in the action at Sul ' tanpore Major Innes, far in advance of the column, unsupported mid s ingle-handed, seized one after the other, and held until assistance reached him, two guns of the enemy in position—the first being seized at the very moment when the gunner (whom Major Innes shot) was about to apply the match, and by this noble act of well-timed daring the lives of many ' soldiers were preserved. The Governor-General concluded a brief but spirited speech with a well merited enlogium on the Bengal Engineers, and by expressing a wish that Major Trines might long live to wear the Cross as a mark of the 11 d we -earne favour of his Sovereign, and as a title to the respect of his fellow -countrymen. The troops then gave a . general salute in h onour o f Major Innes, and the proceedings terminated by an inspection of thr force. I i