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LONDON CRYStAL PALACE, - REGENT CIRCUS, OXFORD-STREET and GREAT PORT LAND-STREET. • • • - Th's . . . bile . for the SlAngonfifiaflegnlfijabilranclTUT to I 0 I: E S. General Photographic Establishment ,' ‘viary, • Conservatory, akent Refreshment Room, and Ladies' ,Private Room,Refresh with Retiring Room attached, are replete in their Refresh 'ever departnients. - • - LL---- - ADMISSION . FREE. 1). 1 t.• KAHN'S - ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, karit 4 s. TIC HBOURNE - STR EET (Opposite the Ilay- .- . LE Open daily (for Gentlemen only) : ; .. az,.restiii§ I _, CTUR , E%at Four and Eight o'clock, on Important and topics in connection -with -ANATOMY, ' PHY "O Si - , and PATHOLOGY ( v do •ProP'arft r a• 6B) ' - • D$ ~ .., Admission -ONE- SHILLING.• idOpn-• ‘ ,....AtiN% NINE . LECTITEES - ON THE PHILO- A u MARRIAGE,- &c., tient post free, direct from the thor, on the receipt of twelve stamps. -_____ . • AR• - - . GYLL-ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, Fr e , lin nee popular and celebrated rooms are opeii every th at ts with R. B. Big,nelPs Grand Orchestra, conducted by Le iv i e re`at composer, Mons. Antony Lamotte, of Paris. a10e... , Charles Hall. Mons:Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet artistr performs' nightly, 'with other talented I. - Selections from Rtgoletto; II Trovatore, La Traviata, It'aii,-.?enots, Robert le, Diable, and the new. opera Martha. te n u Ser, R. It. Bignell: I)O6rs - biien 'at half-past 8, close isi.li.nutes before 12: Adniission, ls. to Promenade. - Rails —All apPlications, for-the above band for Concerts and Roo ' t° be made to Mr. William Price, 'treasurer,' at the .OWES AND CUSHING'S GREAT dent. UNITED STATES CIRCIJS.—A safe plac am . use: i i ;"I The AL,HAMBRA square , P.Al l A,CE,-Leicester.lia N Lee constructed as a model of architecture, no accident Tae apprehended. rm ' a is t! e Sforning nc - es . are particularly recOmMen . ded • ,' re Pantomime can be seen with the same effect affat night. sprites of the Silver Shower. " 4, c r i ',! , A, the wonder of the world.—The celebrated horse, by 4 8 er," will be exhibited in his subdued state, as tamed ttiticari Rarey._...“ Black Eagle," the horse of beauty.—The ' VAN ed mules, " Pete" and "Barney." Madam . DELL toniTI in her Terrific Ascent on the Telegraph Wire. The presented e Pantomime, entitled THE MISER OF BAGDAD, re 1411,ted _in the circle at each performance. )10,,"' 9 ; Boxes, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 35.; Stalls, 55.; es , Private. Gail ' 2 2 s. Children under Nine years of age, half-price. erg , 6 d Tic, ~,' • _ ....._ - L'erforrnances Daily at two and half-past seven p.m. ----..._ GREAT WESTERN- RAILWAY,- Xoti.. l A Pursuance of the Bye-Laws of this CompanY, ilereby Given, that the Secretarhas duly . received kw — rig a declaration that it is intended to nominate the fo r ntioned Proprietors (duly qualified) as Candidates Co Direction, "irection, at the Half-Yearly General Meeting of the vanY, to be held at this Station, J3n FRIDAY, the 11th day ittleebruary tiftt; viz.'s. A: K: Baker, Esq. ; John. William Isdsq.* Henry Simonds Esq., R. J. Venables, Esq. ; John Williams, Esq. - - - P F. G. B. - PONSONBY, Chairman. kidington Station, 31st January, 1859. e°MMON HALL--THE RAILWAY theof CARRIAGE.-To make preparations for the meeting i lkT ci tizens in the Guildhall on Friday next, the MODEL T o . WAY CARRIAGE must be removed from the Hall th e —° rruw Night. Persons desirous to inspect it should, clod'terf° visit the Hall To-morrow (February 2), before Five se e The Model represents the body of the narrow gauge 8 1 rd-class carriage which will be used on the Metropolitan andw eight Railroad It is nine feet wide by forty feet in length va „ feet high. The carriages which will run on the broad h"ge line from the Great Western will be two feet wider. vrit e h ea rria.ges of each class will be lighted with gas, and aired th e Gut side windows, by a process of ventilation for which eejnachinery is now beingperfected. By the proposed mode paoutilation the carriage may be kept at the desired terr.ipe pgre, and the air be constantly undergoing the requisite wess of change, without creating any perceptible draught- Si I T . MARK'S HOSPITAL for FISTULA and Noti other DISEASES of the RECTUM. Itt E „,ce Is Hereby Given, That the ANNUAL GENERAL 8h TING of Gove rnors will be held at the London Tavern, to r _ u Ps y gate-street, on THURSDAY, the 10th February next, or t ;: l ... _e the yearly Report of the Committee of Management, to elect the Treasurer, and of the Medical Officers of the Charity ; four new Members of the Committee, in room of those of the :dire by seniority of service ; t o receive the resignation sttian Honorary Surgeon, and to elect him as Honorary Con rlonj Surgeon ; to elect Two Surgeons in the place of the The Y Surgeon, resigned, and on other business. _ It& v ,uhair will be taken by the Right Hon. the LORD • "R, the President, at three o'clock precisely. City ~„ JAMES FULLER WHISKIN , Secreta r y . s'ad, London, E.C., 26th January, 1850. EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN STEAM this SLIPPING COMPANY (Limited).—The of Rolv: l nPany (having, under the powers vested in them, re belitde cent in order to p a y off and consolidate their present i 7, o „,and mortgage debt, to raise the sumof 160,000 as on ebruary, by new debentures, at then ate of 7 per th e Per annum, payable half-yearly, and to be secured as IL= first and only charge upon their splendid fleet of eight qz'Pß, exceeding 2,300 tons each, making a total of 19,022 tons, c a g Indiana, Jason, Argo, Hydaspes, Queen of the South, eh ` n Lia, Golden Fleece, and Lady Jocelyn, which were pur coaed, at a low rate, from the General Screw Steam Shipping r t kn ny, and have coat, including' outfit and repairs, upwards be '''' ,ooo ). Hereby Give Notice, That as about XBO,OOO may z el c v e nsidered as already subscribed up to this time, they are . t er Prepared to receive APPLICATIONS from the Public in p a Lieh NEW DEBENTURES to the extent of the remain tf (=OM, which will be issued for sums of £5O, £lOO, £5OO, each, and for fixed periods of one, two, three, or five , ars „, With an extra bonus of six . months' interest th if e paid off ti y l.ie Company before the period so fixed by par ties V i g p them. h rerinted particulars and printed forms of application, other information, may be had by applying to the b y Ist either personally, at the offices of the Company, or King William-street, London, E.C., Jan. 28,1859. .11 0 A.RD AND RESIDENCE. —'`A Superior Rome i s offered to a Gentleman of steady habits, en t ag.e ftirk. d 'Luring the day, by a family residing. near Regent's For a young man coming to London for the first time IteEts:yould be found a desirable residence. Terms moderate. b it i-lerlees to be exchanged. Address, J. P., Wright's Hampstead-road, N.W. i• APP ETITE AND INDIGESTION IMPROVED. L and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE coh SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks , n „ a_,lld.all Roast Meat,.Gravies Fish, Game, Soup, Cur btiatfilu Salad, and by its tonic and' invigorating properties T he the stomach to perfectly digest the . tood. est!dallY use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the s oi ngliard to health. atre e i t • Y the proprietors, Lea aud Perrins, ter churc ß e , London, and 68 Broad-street, Worce ; also ty ut h .tre; Barclay and on's, Messrs. Crose and Blackwell, and and me S chants, London; and generally by the cipal dealers in sauce ut E l—To gu ar d against . imitations, see that the names of the b o an d PERRINS " are upon the label and patent cap of ttle. T ° THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. p,_ CHARLES WATSON, M.D., Fellow and Honorary cce-President of the Imperial African Institute of France, I,Ces. Member a the Medical Societies of Rouen and Peru, ° • 11 ! 4 . Academy of Sciences, Paris, &c., and late Resident tor3drsician to the Bedford Dispensary, 27, Alfred-place, Bed ata ' s quare, London, continues to issue, on receipt of six THE GUIDE TO SELF-CURE." hose about entering the Marriage State should peruse Z.F..Wation's invaluable little work, as the advice he gives on :;_vaqh and disease reflects much credit upon him as a sound ietchcal philosopher." —critic. Cur T a p e true Guide to those who desire a speedy and private „„,• University Magazine. th he ' NEW AMERICAN DISCOVERY' demonstrates absurdity of the English mode of treating such com- V4nts, Will prove a blessing to the afflicted, who may safely „ u °' easily regain pristine health by adopting the means pre -etted."—Evening Sun. lir or Qualification, vide " Diplomas," an d th e " L on d on •.•edical Directory." 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STAMPED, SD• Yesterday the following officers and troops em barked from Gravesend on board the Ardbeg, Capt. R. Nicol, for Calcutta :-1 sergeant and 26 men" of the 3d Buffs ; Ensign Lucius J. Blake and 20 men of the sth Fusileers ; 2 men of the 19th Regiment; 25 men of the 20th Regiment ; Ensign Wm. Boy cott, 1 sergeant, and 52 men of the 29th. Regiment ; Major C. J. 0. Swaffield, 31st Regiment ; 1 ser geant of the 32d Light Infantry ; 1 sergeant of the 35th Regiment ; Ensign G. T. C. Moore and 29 men of the 42d Royal Highlanders ; Ensign Pierce O'B. Butler and 20 men of the 60th Rifles ; 1 ser- I geant of the 64th Regiment ; Ensign J. W. Chap lin, 1 sergeant, and 52 men of the 67th Regiment ; 1 sergeant and 21 men of the 75th Regiment ; 1 sergeant of the 77th Regiment ; 1 sergeant of the 71th Highlanders ; 1 sergeant of the 84th Regiment ; 21 men of the .93d Highlanders ; and Capt. Frcdk. Cockburn Griffin, with 2 sergeants and 44 men of the Royal Artillery. Staff Assistant-Surgeon G. A. Moorhead proceeds to Calcutta in medical charge of the troops. The embarkations were effected under the direction of the officers of the staff from Chatham garrison. The Ardbeg was to sail from the Thames last night. The non-commissioned officers who are proceeding to Calcutta have all gone through a course of instruction in the Enfield rifle, in order to qualify themselves for assistant instructors in musketry to the British regiments in India. The steamship Calcutta, with the 67th Regiment, arrived at Calcutta, all well, on December the 13th. They had a good voyage of 97 days, and lost only one man. The regiment was moved immediately to Barrackpore, to take charge of three disarmed Sepoy regiments. Corporal punishment was yesterdS7 inflicted at the Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich. The pri soner, a driver belonging to the II Battery, Royal Artillery, named Henry Smith, quartered at the encampment on Woolwich-common, had been con victed by a board of officers of gross and insubor nate conduct, tending to subvert the discipline of the service, and was condemned to receive fifty lashes, and to be imprisoned in Fort Clarence for the term of eighty-four days. It is stated that he is one of those obstinate characters on whom all other punishment short of the extreme seve rity resorted to yesterday has failed to produce a profitable result. On a recent occasion he per versely refused to perform his stable duties, and when brought before the officer commanding the battery he defied his authority, and swore that no amount of threat or punishment should subdue him to submission. After receiving the 50 lashes the prisoner was taken to the infirmary, and on his re covers Fort Clarence tounderhgeo will r b e m e a r i e n in d e o r y e l' his t° punishment. Mrs. Seacole, of Crimean celebrity, visited several of the military and naval heroes doing duty at Sheerness on Friday and Saturday last. She. received a hearty and kind welcome from the garrison officers, whose quarters she made her home during her stay. She purposes in a few days pay ing a visit to the officers of the navy, many of whom now in port partook of her creature comforts while in the Crimea. Previous to her arrival at Sheerness she visited Chatham Barracks and Mel ville Hospital, at which places she was received with the best feelings by the officers and men. Many of the herons of the Crimea surrounded her and cheered her most enthusiastically. ROYAL ENGINEERS.—Orders from the War Office were received yesterday at Brompton for Lieut. W. Bailey and 11 non-commissioned officers and privates to proceed to Southampton, to embark on Friday, the 4th Feb., on board the mail steam packet Norman for the Cape of -Good Hope, for making a geographical survey of that British pos session. There is another party under orders to proceed to the West India Islands for similar duty ; and another surveying party, with officers, are ordered to proceed to India. MEDICAL OFFICERS FOR INDlA.—Staff Assistant Surgeon G. Park, M.D., and Staff Assistant Sur geon Duncan, M.D., will leave the General Hos pital, Fort Pitt, Chatham, on Thursday, to embark on board the mail steampacket for Alexandria, to proceed overland to India ; and Assistant Surgeon R. Lindsay, M. 8., from the staff, is under orders to proceed to Canada to join the 39th Regiment, vice A. M. Humphrey, M.D., cashiered by a general court-martial held on the 14th December last. NATIONAL GALLERY OF IRELAND. LAYING THE FIRST STONE. (From the Freeman's Journal) The ceremony of laying the first stone of the National Gallery of Ireland was performed on Saturday afternoon by his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, in the presence of a numerous and dis tinguished company. The weather was very unfa vourable ; nevertheless, the importance of the occasion brought together a larger assemblage than was expected under the circumstances, and fortu nately the rain having .cleared off towards three o'clock, the ceremony was carried out with but little inconvenience to those engaged in it. We congra tulate the citizens of Dublin upon the beginning that has just been made of a work of great national importance. When the building, of which the Viceroy has laid the first stone, shall have been erected—and we believe that the work will be pushed forward with all due diligence and speed— the capital of Ireland will be relieved from the reproach of having no public gallery of art, no national collection of pictures, for the instruction as well as the recreation of the people. A large number of ladies and gentlemen had assembled before three o'clock in the board room of the Royal Dublin Society House, where the formal proceedings were to commence, by the presentation to the Lord Lieutenant of the address of the gover nors and guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland. Amongst those present were—The Lord Mayor and the Misses Kilbee, the Lord Justice of Appeal, the Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare, Lady Seaton and the Misses Colborne, Lord Talbot de Malahide, Viscount and Viscountess Dungannon and Miss D'Arcy Irvine, the Hon. Sir Francis Stanhope, Lord Wm. Fitzgerald, Sir George and Lady Hodson, Sir R. Griffith, the Right Hon. Maziere and the Misses Brady, Mr. C. Stronge, Doctor Petrie, Rev. Dr, Todd, Dr. Mackessy ; and the Mayor of Waterford. At three o'clock precisely his Excellency arrived at the Society-house, accompanied by Major Bagot, Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Mr. Everard, the Hon. C. Hanbury, Capt. Wigran, A.D.C., and the Hon. C. Lindsay, A.D.C. He was receivedby the guardians and governors of the new institution, and conducted o the board-room, where he assumed the presiden- ap etp o l n i . ecisai _, tial chair. iiiir. GEO. F. MULTANY, hon. sec., then came forward,. and read an address, of which the follow ing is a portion :—" The governors and guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland have made the mistake of too cheaply estimating the probable cost of the work, and have found that the funds by which it was originally contemplated that the building could have been erected fell far short of the necessary amount. Those funds amounted to consideration and £5,000 contributed by the committee of the t bsoisa h uncyfe r iberpcaspsol subscription irinimiieolpsnettoc parliamentary , ndoXeens collectedhi designsi l , O O , votes" tto foraa6 tt , • 3io in the ehhem o nefi Commemorate gallery aste which ioelaolrrenoasrf.tylet w Bhi Ex hibition, hel d . on this lawn in the year 1853, a sub gnlavdietballeen occupied in the consid distin guished public . servi ce s of William Dargan , Es q., found that a much larger sum was required , and it S became necessary to obtain the sanction of ' the Lords of the Treasury to an application to parliament for a further grant. Such an application was I made for the additional sum of x _ _ 000accordingly deavou rs of the governors to proc l u 2 , .. The en deavours this . sanction occupied a much longer time, but at last, . in the spring of 1858, the justice of the re cognised, and an additional sum of x claim was 5,00 . 0 has been voted . towards this object in the last session of par liament. With funds thus present augmented the building _ trustees ,have thought safely th they may tlroceed in the - erection The designs and plans of it haveobeenefinglalllery. ranged . under the sanction of the Board of a Trade and ad.- an d their inspector for science and arts, and approved rae of by the public bodies whose concurrence is required by the act of parliament—namely the Trustees of Primate Marsh's Library, and the governors and guardians of the National Gallery ; they have also been approved by . the Committee of the Dargan Subscription Fund, by the Council of the Royal Dublin . Society, and on the part of the Right lion. Sidney Herbert, under whom the lawn is . holden. The external elevation of the building will corre spond with that of the New Museum of the Royal Dublin Society, recently erected on . the south side of the lawn. Internally the r e ational Gallery building will comprise on the gnd floor a sculp ture hall, to be designated the Dargan Hall, . of 114 feet in length by 40 in breadth and 22 in height, and a library apartment of 91 feet by 40; at the • end of the sculpture hall a double flight of stairs will lead to the great picture gallery of 126 f ee t i n AsteatssfthGweesrral le and 1856, without e q u u t i o te lu r b e e c d ;ov 2 e 3 re d d ay , s and agai TENACITY OF LIFE.—On the 2 e thof be wholly would rind our last a bull terrier dog was accidentally buried and lost in a lost rabbit-hole near Aston-hall. It was in good condition at prevented. inst., by the keeper, who heard the poor creature howling the time. It was only discoveredwi athndevdeungmouotdoenrattehecalreBthin from the risk of detention from mameamayteorocerc underneath.occasionally in :o n skeleton,Wl y _Tbhoehhnseatirdipeonsig,gteoidsrbeeiloo n t ow owingi t sm t 0 thea s te rat postaget Io hiaalbl label i t h aw without in good condition. u, ing . been a ccidentally detached, w e COMPULSORY PREPAYMENT OF INLAND LETTERS. —An apprehension having been expressed with r f stam p this risk, small as it is to the compulsory prepayment of inland letters,that e erence letters are also entirely free —Warrington Guardian. a letter readers that by the use of an bearing r em embosred affixing the stamp, can Registered the above cause. t [ n A yd o eead v r E us n ,ll z syta is n E di mE n N g._ T.]--Holloway' s Ointment and Pills wonderfully efficacious in curing a scorbutic eruption of Mr. Mackridge, ship's store-dealer, of Price's-street, Liverpool, was afflicted for upwards of ten years with a violent scorbutic affection in the hand, which gave him so much pain and agony that his bodily health became seriously affected. During this period he had the advice of several eminent practitioners, but without obtain ing the slightest relief. He then purchased of Mr. Thomp. son, chemist, Stanhope-street, Liverpool, some, of Hollo way's ointment and pills, which, by perseverance in their use, very shortly cured the disease, and restored him to per fect health and strength. All those skin diseases sup . posed to be hereditary quickly disappear before these purifying mecligtunents. length by 40 in breadth ; but the lower library room will be divided i. the first or middle story of this part comprising a second library apart. official rooms. The upper story, entrance will open from the great picture gallery, will consist of four lesser galleries for the small sized and cabinet pictures, each being of the dimen sions of 36 feet by 20 and 22 feet in height. The library apartments are destined for the reception of the very important public library, founded and endowed by Archbishop Narcissus Marsh in the year 1694, and it is hoped that by its removal to this central position, and by further accessions of more modern publications, this library will become of much more value to the literary and scientific students, and to the general public of Dublin, than it could ever be expected to prove in its present comparatively secluded locality, and from the deficiency of means which it has long laboured, under for the annual increase of its collections. The galleries will afford ample space for the display of larger collections of works of artt than may at the first, be available. His EXCELLENCY replied in the following temp —My Lords and Gentlemen—l receive with great pleasure the address which you present to me on the part of the governors and guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland, and it is the more gratifying to me when I find that the office which I hold in the Royal Dublin Society constitutes me a member of your body ; although I assure you it was without the knowledge of that fact I responded to the call made upon me on this occasion. It is to be regretted that the various difficulties under which you laboured should have retarded the progress of this great national under taking; bat I am glad to be informed that the funds now collected are sufficient to justify you in commencing operations, although they may not be adequate to all the requirements which a scheme of such magnitude necessarily involves. From your description it appears that the buildings will be worthy of the site and the object for which it is intended, and I trust that both externally and in ternally it will prove a fitting testimonial to the generosity and patriotism of Mr. Dargan, and a lasting monument of the magnificent temporary structure which was erected under his auspices. I cannot doubt that an institution such as this, by supplying a want which has been so long felt, will be of the greatest benefit to the student of art in the city generally as well as to those of the Royal Dublin Society, within whose precincts it is placed, - and I trust it will receive that liberalsupport from the public of which it is so highly deserving. His Excellency and the members of the viceregal household then proceed to the lawn, where the ne cessary arrangements had been made for laying the first stone of the new institution, the site of which was marked by an oblong cut in the sward, run ning parallel to the building on the oppsite side of the lawn. It was already trenched in severalplaces for the foundation works, and from a temporary scaffold was suspended by chains the large block of granite, the setting of which was to be performed under the supervision of the Lord Lieutenant. The ceremony took place at half-past three o'clock, and, as the weather had cleared up, witnessed by the entire of the assemblage mentionedabove. A glass globe containing a circular copper plate on one side of which was engraved " National Gallery of Ire land,"and the names of the governors and guardians, and on the obverse, " The first stonelaid by the Earl of Eglinton and Winton, Lord Lieutenant of Ire land, 20th Jan., 1859," was placed in a cavity, and covered with mortar. Sir It. Griffith, Bart., with some appropriate observations, handed to his Excellency a silver trowel, richly chased, and on which was engraved the following inscription :—" Presented by the governors and guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland to his Excellency Archibald. William Earl of Eglinton and Winton, Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland, on the occasion of the first stone of the Gallery being laid by his Excellency , on Leinster Lawn, the 29th January, 1859." His Ex cellency, - with the trowel, smoothed the mortar ; the stone was then lowered into its place, and, when fixed, his Excellency, with a small mallet presented to him for the purpose, struck it several blows amidst loud cheers, and immediately afterwards used the plumb to ascertain whether the setting was straight, which it proved to be. The band, with a guard of honour from the Lanark Militia Regiment stationed on the lawn immediately played " God save the Queen." His EXCELLENCY said—My lords and gentlemen, in laying the foundation-stone of the National Gal lery of Ireland, I may be pardoned for making a few observations with respect to the events in which the project originated, and the purposes for which it was intended. I think that, in addition to the right which my official position gives me on this occasion, I have another claim to be the mouth piece of the public. It is about six years since in this place, and I believe almost on this very site, I performed the same ceremony for the Great Exhi bition building—an enterprise which reflected the highest honour on those who supported it, and brought into more prominent notice even than be fore the name of the man who had conferred the greatest benefits on Ireland previously, but whose generosity and patriotism on that occasion will never be forgotten by his countrymen. When the doubts and difficulties appeared almostinsurmount able, Mr. Dargan came forward, guaranteed all expenses, removed all difficulties, and enabled you to display a show which attracted the critical eye of Royalty itself, and to which not only the noble, the rich, and the educated thronged, but the poor, the artisan, and the labourer—all, in short, except him who presided at, its birth, and who, very much against his own wish, was prevented from witnessing its matured glories. (Loud applause.) It was out of that great enterprise that this arose, and I am happy to find myself again assisting in the commencement of another great undertaking, which, although not so gigantic in its proportions or so varied in its details as the other, will, I trust, prove of permanent benefit to the country, and an ornament to this city. When this project is finished what a combination of the useful and beautiful shall we not have here ! In the main building and in its western face we have libraries, schools, halls for lectures, and an agricultural museum; and on the southern face the treasures of general art, which, spreading beyond the general limits des tined for them, have been within the last year, I believe, communicated with the building erect( don the other side. But this only was wanted. Ireland had no national exhibition. The gratitude of the people was exemplified by a large su bscription for the purpose of erecting a testimon ial t o Mr. Dar gan. What testimonial could b e better than a National Gallery, raised on the site where the mag nificent temporary building which he erected had stood ? (Applause.) This National Gallery was then determined upon, and it was settled that the library bequeathed by Archbishop Marsh should be brought here from the obscurer part of the city in which it had hitherto been placed. The various interests connected with the operations were arranged, and here is the result. I have only now, therefore, to wish all success and prosperity to the National i Gallery of Ireland, an d I t rus t w e shall s oon see erected n this place a building worthy of the objects for which it is destined. (Cheers.) Lord TALBOT DE MALAIIIDE said that before the meeting separated he wished to express, on the part of the governors and guardians, their sense of gratitude for the honour conferred upon them by his Excellency in presiding over the proceedings of the day. His Excellency had so appropriately stated the history of the National Gallery of Ire land, that it was quite unnecessary to say anything additional on the subject ; but he (Lord Talbot de Malahide) begged to say that the anxiety , of his Excellency to forward the industrial and general interest of Ireland was well known, and he confessed he had always admired the zeal and alacrity with which, if he might be allowed to use the expression , his Excellency came forward to stimulate and en courage their enterprises. He begged again to express, on the part of the governors and guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland, their gratitude to his Excellency for the great assistance and en couragement which he had that day given to their work. (Applause.) The proceedings then terminated. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1859. ORGANIC WEAKNESS-ITS CAUSES AND CURE. 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Sir James Stephen presided. Mr. CHADWICK commenced by stating that his attention had been first called to this subject at the time of the announcement of a second 'Reform Bill by Lord J. Russell, when he was consulted as to the organisation of a commission -of inquiry by various persons who were anxious, before proceed ing to further legislation, that all the doubtful mat tors of fact'connected with this question should be cleared up. No doubt, it would be said that all the facts needing consideration in the preparation of a Reform Bill were already sufficiently notorious, but. in other cases in which the Same argument had been urged the effects of commissions of. inquiry had-been to reverse every main principle,. and almost every assumed chief elementary fact, on which the gene ral public, parliamentary committees, and leading statesmen were prepared to legislate. The questions of pauPerism and poor law administration, of crime and penal administration, of pestilence and sanitary legislation, and of the evils attendant on excessive manufacturing labour, were conspicuous instances of this reversal, and there must be many material facts 'connected with the working of the; last Reform Bill which were not at present any better ascer tained. An inquiry of some kind therefore must be presumed to be necessary,.and the question for con sideration was how this inquiry was to be made, whether by the close Cabinet, a parliamentary com mittee, or an open commission. With regard to the first method, Lord 1. Russell in his evidence before the committee on official salaries had complained At r ia.; antitpkinziff.filsorerzitenttbAt' re"' of L. Ministers could spare time from their offices to give attention to a great subject, and since 1850, when this evidence was given, the leisure which was left after the performance of the settled and routine ministerial duties had much diminished,while the subject matters necessary to be examined, and the time required for the preparations of new mea sures had greatly increased. It might be assumed, therefore, that the Cabinet had not the power of inquiring into new facts, and the basis of a measure prepared exclusively by the Cabinet must necessa rily be limited to the facts already known to the two or three members of it forming the committee to whom the question was confided. However fairly intended, measures affecting varied conditions of men so prepared must be narrow and partial, and would, moreover, be exposed to the charge of un fairness. There could be no certainty as to the :reception they would meet with, except, indeed, they . were framed in conformity with " public opinion," which Mr. Chadwick defined to be com monly the opinion of newspaper writers. Quoting a remark of Thomas Carlyle in reference to the late Mr. Sterling, that he "played the conjuror very much." having to enunciate " three hun ' dred and sixty-five opinions every year on every subject," Mr. Chadwick proceeded to arg ue that such an opinion, which must be the re sult of the most fragmontitious attention to a multiplicity of questions, would afford the most unsafe basis of legislation. Though an inquiry by y a Parliamentary committee would be fuller and more complete than any which the members of a Cabinet could make, yet still it shared, in a lesser degree, the inconvenience of having to be conducted under the pressure and distraction of Parliamentary duties. It has often occurred that committees which had gone more deeply than usual into a question had concluded by acknoWledging their own in ability to go sufficiently deeply, and had recom mended the appointment of a commission which could give a protracted and undivided attention to the subject. The open method of inquiry by com mission, besides giving the best facilities for ascer taining facts, would bring to light, as no other investigators could, the state of opinion and infor mation in every nook and corner of the kingdom. Mr. Chadwick in proof of this instanced the Poor Law Commission and the Constabulary Force Commission, which, by queries circulated all over the kingdom and the oral examination of persons in all ranks of society, collected a mass of information on the subjects in handwhich could not have been got at in any other mode. The publica tion, too, of the report of the commission, which must be regarded as a quasi judicial document, with the evidence, would have a great effect outlast public mind, and would denude the question of all party attributes. Opposition would be disarmed by the display of facts and reasons required to be grappled with, and members of the House of Com - mons who acted less on their own views than on the promptings of their constituents would be able thus to judge of the form and extent of any . probable opposition or support, and to shape their course accordingly. Mr. Chadwick quoted from an article in the Edinburgh Review for July, 1857, to show that at present a very low state of information pre vailed in the country as to the complicated nature of this question of Parliamentary Reform, and argued thence that as legislation prepared on the close Cabinet system must be in accordance with this imperfect information, the more politic course would be by an open commission of inquiry to bring public information to that state of maturity which the subject demanded. Among the points con nected with this question demanding elucidation might be enumerated the failure of recent legisla tion to put down bribery and corruption, the refusal of large masses of voters in great constituencies to exercise the franchise, the extent to which the education franchise might be conferred, whether the possession of a certain amount in the savings bank ought to entitle a man to a vote, the effect of the present large electioneering expenses in keeping able men out of the House of Commons and the means of reducing those expenses, which a com mission could alone satisfactorily investigate. Ad verting to the proposal of Earl Grey to appoint a Committee of Privy Councillors to prepare a measure of Parliament Reform, Mr. Chadwick argued that though such a committee might bo very . usefully employed in settling issues to be inquired into, it could not be possessed of the machinery for conducting tho inquiry, which must be to a great extent local. In conclusion, Mr. Chadwick disclaimed any intention of offering any opinion on the subject matter for exami nation, in respect to which he himself required further opportunities for investigation. His only object was to call attention to the extreme inexpe diency of looking for the preparation of measures of the highest magnitude to what must be prac tically the weakest kind of preparation—namely, preparation by officers so intensely pre-occupied that, according to Lord J. Russell, " there are few of them who can give their attention to a great subject, and look at the consequences to the coun try of the measures that are adopted." Sir JAMES STEPHEN thought Mr. Chadwick deserved great credit for denouncing one pf the commonest but most dangerous sins of our day— the habit of acting on incomplete knowledge. It was often asked why . social science made such slow ad vance in comparison with the progress of physical science, but the answer was obvious. Those who taught the laws of the material world never ad vanced to a conclusion until after the most ex haustive scrutiny, while those who addressed us with respect to the well-being of the commonwealth were continually arriving at broad conclusions in the most incredible ignorance ofihe grounds from which alone true conclusions could be deduced. Constitutional liberty was, no doubt, an inestimable advantage, but we paid a very high price for it. It was usually said to consist in the submission of the Legislature and the executive Government to the control of public opinion. But what was public opinion? How could it be ascertained, or how could the true be distinguished from the spurious ? Of all the Idola tribus there was no oracle so difficult of access, none so easily confounded with meaner voices. The hiero phants of this mysterious power defined it to be - the deliberate judgment of the great majority of the people on all such questions as affected the people themselves. On all such subjects it was said the judgment of Demos must be authoritative and con clusive, or there was no constitutional liberty. But the true value of that judgment must depend upon the extent of his knowledge, and from what sources could Demos gather his knowledge ? Not much from books, for his best friends did not assert him to be studious ; not much from converse, nor much from observation, for the divisions and p t i r l o e p s o u ti e o np places the es fr people t e o r a t d h l e e t s o am t h o e subdivisions of labour confined the great pursuits But Demos was not without his sources of information. Of late he had learnt to read, and the newspapers comprised 99-100ths of his di rea ng. He was the daily pupil of some such improvisat ° re as Mr. had Ster ling, to whom referenc e been made in the papers just read. This editorial • • znzprovzs:itore on each of the 365 days of the year was delivered of one or several peremptory decisions on all manner of subjects. In their turn he travelled through the entire cycle of all political and social questions. He was a splendid rhetorician, his artifices of style fertility of resources, And his promptitude of perfsrmance seemed half a miracle to the uniniated —and even to the initiated his self-reliance must be even yet more amazing. There was no subject, either directly or indirectly related to the varied interests of the empire of which he did not claim to have scaled the height, spanned the breath, and fathomed the depth. Occasionally Demos listened to his platform orators, but always on the condition that they said nothing to shock his prejudices or - Wound his selfesteem ; and occasionally he studied the. Parliamentary debates, where he found the partisans of a Ministry in esse and a Ministry in posse discussing the points of dieerence between them with all the lucidity and the impartiality of the Bens togata, whose enthusiasm for or against any verdict was daily on sale in Westminster-hall. Bid whoever - were his teachers his stipulation with them was still the same—he must never be fatigued. The leading article must be readable in five minutes, and he must be kept from yawning over the speech by a plentiful seasoning of personality and pointed antithesis. Thus instructed, Demos presented him self at the polling booth, to decide which of the millions in theseislands - was best fitted to enact faithfully in the House of - Commons the laws which he had already made up ills mind to receive. But since by Mr. Bright's Reform Bill the powers of Demos were to be considerably increased, and the opportunities .for . exercising them multi plied, he ought - to know something of the natural history of an Act of Parliament. His teachers should inform him that it Was a paradoxical plant, in whose creation three - 7 progenitors must agree— the Government, the draughtsman, and the three estates of the realm. The legislative functions of the, Government were a. novelty introduced within the last few years. They were unknown to the Do Lolme and Blackstone - Constitution. After the peace of 1815 the Administration began to hold their offices on the condition of making annually some notable additions to the statute book. Be- tween'ebruary and July public opinion detu._ that the Ministry for the time being should carry three or four considerable measures on pain of re signation. If this punishment were inflicted the House of Commons decided which of the leaders should have the task of forming a new Administra tion, a task which was by no means easy. In the first place, none could be appointed to office who were not members of Parliament. They must be rich enough to sacrifice all other pursuits, and they must be able to express themselves in public with ease and propriety. Thus, if a Prime Minister had 30 offices to fill he rarely had more than about 60 persons from whom to choose—and yet out of these he was expected to find one man who was perfectly acquainted with all the ramifica tions of our foreign relations, another who had made naval administration his study, another who had colonial affairs at his fingers' end, a fourth who was thoroughly up in military matters, a fifth who was fitted to govern the vast empire of India, and so on. But, supposing the Government formed, then came the work of legislation. A certain ques tion called for legislation. It was referred to the head of the department in the scope of which it came, and possibly the popular belief might be that on that reference the head of the department would sit down at his desk and draw up an abstract of what ought to be done. But the process was very different, and perhaps nothing would illustrate it better than an instance drawn from his own per sonal experience. When Mr. Huskisson was Pre sident of the Board of Trade an abridgment of Cus toms law, which then filled a thick quarto volume, was called for. Mr. Deacon Hume was summoned from the Custom-house of London and desired by the Minister to undertake the duty. He began by taking a lodging in Parliament-street, exiled himself from his family, and disappeared from mankind for a couple of months. At the end of that time he returned with a small loose volume containing about as many words as a common num ber ofßlackwood, but embodying all that he thought worth preserving in our Customs law. Mr. Hus kisson took charge of it, preserved it from so-called amendments in the House of Commons, and just as it came from Mr. Hume's pen the statute passed into law. So much for two of the progenitors of an act, the Government and the draughtsman. There remained the third, the three estates of the realm. Sometimes when a bill got into Parliament it was sent to a committee upstairs, but from the constitu tion of this tribunal and the limited means of in quiry its judgment could never be thoroughly satisfactory. For instance, in 1828 the affairs of Canada were referred to a select committee of the Mouse of Commons, which sat long, heard much, and did nothing. Seven years later occured the Cana dian rebellion, and then a commission was sent out under Lord Durham, which recommended the very identical course he (Sir J. Stephen) had in vain pressed on the committee seven years before in the course of a protracted examination. Those recommendations were then adopted, and perfect tranquillity had followed, but Parliament was un able to see the policy of them until Lord Durham's local inquiry had taken place. But if a bill wero not sent upstairs, so much of importance was lopped off, so much that was foreign engrafted on it, and its author had to submit to so many compromises to bring it alive through committee that the Royal assent frequently sent it into the world in a shape which was certain to produce very different results to those which were originally contemplated. In the French " Ordonnances des Rois" there were certain passages with respect to the conseil d'etat, from which it was evident that the devising and arrangement of the laws previous to their enact• meat was one of the chief duties of that body. Every paragraph of the "Code Napoleon" was gone through and debated in this manner before it was passed into law. Some such committee would be of great use in this country, if it attached to itself assessors on all the several subjects on which the members themselves had no special knowledge. Any one who was old enough to remember the anticipations amid which the Reform Bill of 1832 was passed must admit that all the prophets, whether they prophesied pleasant things or evil things, were alike wrong. They were wrong because they mistook their scanty knowledge for complete knowledge, and the prophets of 1859 did not seem to be taking auy trouble to remove this reproach ; they did not seem to see a bit more clearly to the end of the dark and most momentous road on which they were entering. If we were to have a Reform Bill at the mandate of public opinion we ought to have a commission to hear what public opinion had said or had to say for itself on the matter. It was strange that all our institutions were to be at the mercy of one voice, and that the utterances of that voice had not one representative reporter. A general discussion follow ed, and, though some of the speakers condemned commissions as costly, prejudiced, and irresponsible, the majority seemed to be of opinion that Mr. Chadwick's proposal was deserving of serious consideration. The meeting separated after a vote of thanks to the chairman, proposed by Lord Monteagle. PROPOSED 3IEMBER FOR CHESTER, FIELD. It is now several years since we urged on the inhabitants of Chesterfield the policy of exerting themselves to obtain a representative in Parliament. The proposition at that time met with comparatively little response, but time, while it has furnished, in the increased and increasing importance, popula tion, and prosperity of the town and neighbourhood, stronger arguments in its favour than we could then urge, has convinced many prudent and sen sible men of the perfect justice and reasonableness of the claim of a member for Chesterfield. The statistics produced by the Mayor, in his excellent and judicious speech at the meeting last week, supply evidence which cannot be refuted that the claim of the town for a member is fair and just. It is a fact that no county in England or Wales, containing a population now upwards of 300,000, returns so few members as Derbyshire. There arc the two members for each of the Northern and Southern Divisions, and there are the two members for the town of Derby with its population of between 40,000 and 50,000. Can it be fair that Devonshire, for instance, with a population not twice that of Derbyshire, should return 18 members for towns and boroughs, and that Dorset, with little more than half the population of Derbyshire, should return 11 borough members ; Sussex, only a little more popu lous, 14 ; and Southampton the same number ? There are numerous other glaring inconsistencies of a similar kind which are patent to every one who bestows the least trouble in the examination. It is perfectly true that there are comparatively few towns of any importance in Derbyshire, but that, we conceive is an argument why those which are so should be represented; and, without disparaging the claims of other towns, we cannot but place those of Chesterfield in the foremost rank. It was clearly shown by the Mayor that Chesterfield and its suburbs now comprised a town population of 13,000, with a rateable value in the township of Chesterfield alone of £18,400 in 1851. In North Wilts there are 10 members representing on an average 6,.566 each, and in West Cornwall 6 mein- hers representing 6,931 each; and numerous similar inequalities might be adduced. But if the growing elements of a town popula tion be impartially considered, Chesterfield will appear to have peculiar claims. There can be no doubt that from very early times of our history, .representatives were returned from towns in which any peculiar manufactory or trade was carried on. It was supposed that towns distinguished by any special kind of trade, such as the woollen trade, mining, ship-building, or what not, had peculiar interests to support, and ought, therefore, to have representatives fully . acquainted with their local and special interests, in order that such traders and manufactures might receive no detriment in the laws enacted in.the Great Council of the Nation for the common good. The great principle on which our Anglo-Saxon forefathers acted was that. neither population alone, nor property alone, should be re presented, but that every class in the community —classes forming minorities, as well as those form ing majorities—should be fairly represented in the Witenagemot, the. Great Council. As, therefore, towns grew into importance, and their interests re quired special consideration, their representatives appeared in Parliament. And it has been just because every class, the noble, the priest, the agri culturist, the merchant, the trader, the workman, the very poor man, and the very . rich man, and the middle classes also, have been fairly represented in the Commons House of Parliament, that a system has grown up in England by which no class inte rest has been allowed to predominate, and under which, whatever may be its faults and imperfec tions—a greater amount of civil, religious, and personal liberty has been enjoyed by all than ever has been, or is, the case, in any country in the world. Returning -to Chesterfield, we affirm that this town, with its rapidly increasing collieries and iron works, making it the centre of the iron district of Derliyshire ' and its teeming population, is exactly the place `which ought in justice to be admitted to a share in the representation. Mr. Bright has been too intent in his fanatical crusade against the landowners, and too bent on his system of the centralisation of all political power in the large town populations, to bestow a thought on the claims of such a town as Chesterfield. But there are statesmen who can rise above the paltry injustice of class legislation, who will be found, we doubt not, willing to attend to our rea sonable demands. We do not, therefore, despair of seeing Chesterfield raised to the rank of an inde pendent borough, with an honest, intelligent, and patriotic constituency.—Derbysliire Courier. No. 20,784. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, in 2 vols., with fine Engravings, 215., ST P.-. 1 - 1 ArN ANGT 0_ N. By MARTIN P. TUPPER, D.C.L., F.R.S., Author of ""PTcintrbia/ Philosophy." " ' Stephan :Latittoif.. is a °harming book, and will add greatly to its author's weillcarned reputation."—Messenger. Hurst and Blackett,PUblishers,l3, Great MarlbOrough-street. 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For keeping horses in good condition it is unequal led. Pigs fatten with surprising rapidity upon it, and their flesh increases in flavour and value. Cowkeepers will find great advantage in the increased quantity and improved qua lity of the milk during its use. All animals are benefitted by it. A pamphlet on this interesting subject, accompanied by Testimonials from the principal Nobility, Gentry, and Agri culturists, forwarded on app li cation. In casks containing 448 feeds (measures enclosed), price 505., carriage paid to any Railway Station in the United Kingdom. Post-office orders payable to Joseph Thorley, 77, Newgate-street, London. N.B.—The public arecautioned against being imposed upon by worthless imitations. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, AND PRONOUNCED BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. WHEN YOU ASK FOR GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, SEE THAT YOU GET IT, As inferior kinds are often substituted. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &c., &c. WOTHERSPOON & CO., GLASGOW AND LONDON. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, S.W. The Funds or Property of the Company as at 31st Decem ber, 1857, amounted to £617,801, invested in Government or other approved securities. Annual Income, upwards of £lll,OOO from premiums alone. CamnatAN.--The Hon. FRANCIS SCOTT, M.P. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN.—CHARLES BERWICK CURT IS,E sq. INVALID LrvEs.--Persons not in sound health may have their lives insured at equitable rates. ACCOMMODATION IN PAYMENT OF PREMIUM. —Only one half of the Annual Premium, when the insurance is for life, requires to be paid for the first five years, simple interest be ing charged on the balance. Such arrangement Is equivalent to an immediate advance of 50 per cent. upon the annual pre mium, without the borrower having recourse to the unplea sant necessity of procuring sureties, or assigning and thereby parting with his Policy, during the currency of the Loan, irrespective of the great attendant expenses in such arrange ment. The above mode of insurance has been found most advan tageous when Policies have been required to cover monetary transactions, or when incomes applicable for Insurance are at present limited, as it only necessitates half the outlay formerly required by other Companies before the present system was instituted by this Office. LOANS—Axe granted likewise on real and personal Secu rities. Forms of Proposals and every information afforded on ap plication to the Resident Director, 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, S.W. By order, E. LENNOX BOYD, Resident Director. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIQ/sTS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New nnd imroved ditio enlarged to 196 pages Ste, illustrated by 100 Ana p l omical E Colou n, red Engel, just pub lished. price, free by post, ls. THE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work on the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from the effects of solitary indulgence, infection, and the injurious consequences from the use of Mercury : with observations on the obligations of marriage, and directions for obviating cer tain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Sur geons. Consultations as usual (see page 197). Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row ; Sanger, 160, Oxford street ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is employed in both sexes to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic : its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and sexual debility, obstinate gleets, impo tency, barrenness, anddebilities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying sucess in thousands of cases. Price its. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 338., which saves ns. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recom mended for any of the varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the skin, blotches on the head and face, en largements of the throat, tonsils, and uvula; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &c. Its action is purely deter sive, and its beneficial Influence on the system is undeniable. Price 118. and 335. per bottle, also a saving of 11s. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effectual remedy in either sex for all cases of gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. and ns. per box. Sold' by Daniel Church, 78, Gracechurch-street, City ; Bart ley-Hooper, 43, King William-street (four doors from Lon don bridge) ; G. F. Watts, 17, Strand ; W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow churchyard ; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's -churchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford Street ; Hannay and Dietrichsen, 63, Oxford-street ; Butler and Harding, 4, Cheapside ' • Prout and Harsant, 229 Strand, and all medical vendors throughout The United Kingdom -. THE NAVY. Commodore the Hon. James R. Drummond, C. 8., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, and Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, yesterday hoisted his flag on board the receiving ship Fisgard, at Woolwich; and presided on board that vessel at a Court of Inquiry. Her Majesty's steam store transport Rhadaman thus, Master-Commandant Sturdee, was yesterday =docked at Woolwich, after a thorough course of general repairs. The Prometheus, Barracouta, and Icarus are also completed and ready for trial. The screw steamsloop Racer, Commander the Hon. Thomas A. Pakenham, in Plymouth Sound, discharged her powder on Sunday morning, pre paratory. to going up Hamoaze for the purpose of being docked. The screw steamship St. Jean d'Acre, 101, is to be commissioned at Plymouth with a complement of 900 men. The permission for leave of absence to Sir Thos. S. Pasley, Admiral-Superintendent of the Devon port Dockyard, has been cancelled. The troopship Cospatrick, which sailed on Friday with detachments for the East Indies, put back on Sunday to Plymouth Sound. The Curacoa, 31, screw, Captain T. H. Mason, will leave Portsmouth harbour on the 3d instant, and. anchor at Spithead, to receive shot and shell, and.• await orders to proceed on her diplomatic mission to New York with Lord Lyons and suite. The Perseverance, 6, iron screw troop frigate, Commander Edward lt. Power, and Urgent, 6, iron screw troop frigate, Commander John W. D. M'Donald, are both coaling alongside the dockyard at Portsmouth, and will shortly receive on board troops for Malta and the Mediterranean. The Virago, 6, paddle, Commander M. B. Dunn, went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday, to land the remainder of the Tipperary Artillery Militia from Cork. She sailed in the afternoon from Ports mouth to the westward. Captain Harry Eyres, C. 8., commanding St. Vincent, 102, ordinary guard ship at Portsmouth, has recovered, we are happy to learn, from his late indisposition, and has gone on three weeks' leave of absence, after which he will resume his official duties. Commodore Eden, C. 8., controller-general of the coastguard, having his broad pendant in the Argus, screw steamer, Commodore Grandy, arrived at Fal mouth on Friday on an official visit to the Russell and the Naval Coast Volunteer Department under his orders. _ _ _ Lieut. F. H. Hastings is appointed to the Excel- lent, and not to the Exmouth. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty : Commander—N. F. Hewett, to the Viper. Lieutenants—Geo. Douglas, to be Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Hope ; C. 0. H. P. St. John, to the St. Jean d'Acre; Charles J. Wray, Charles J. Rowley, U. C. Sin gleton, and William Johnston, to ditto; Cuthbert Le Me surier and Alex. Butler, to the Hogue. Masters—C. R. P. Forbes to the St. Jean d'Acre ; Thos. R. Collingwood (additional) to the Exmouth; Charles Gahan (additional) to ditto. Second Master Frederick J. Ray, to the Vesuvius; Paymaster George W. Pickthorn, to the St. Jean d' Acre. Clerks—Henry W. Andrews and Alfred P. Cox to the St. Jean d'Acre. Assistant Clerk—Thomas; W. Cleave to the St. Jean d'Acre. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. General.—R. S. Brough, Royal Artillery. ' Major Generals.—Major Mitchell, Unattached ; H. J. Wood, C. 8., H.M. Indian Forces. Colonel.—W. H. Robinson, Unattached. Lieutenant-Colonels.—C. Holden, Unattached; J. P. Hart, late 11th Foot. Majors.—Wm. Anderson, 2d West India Regi ment ; G. Langdon, retired, full pay, Royal Ma rines ; W. Ford, ditto ; John T. Tucker, ditto ; E. Sheppard; half.pay, Royal Artillery. Captains.—Fred. Wm. Goldfrap, 18th Dragoons ; Sir Chas. Des Voeux, Bart., half-pay 63d Foot; David Gordon, half-pay sth West India Regiment; James Girdlestone, Unattached; John Inman, do.; Joseph Triscott, half-pay Royal Marines ; Alex. Eckford, ditto ; Arthur Onslow Lake Lewis, half pay Royal Marines. Lieutenants.—Robert Harding, Bth Dragoons, adjutant, of wounds ; Edward Hales, 19th Foot, at sea, on passage to England ; Lucas Waring, 24th Foot; George Pinckney, 73d Foot; Wm. Maclean, 80th Foot ; James Blagg, 91st Foot ; Henry Percy Tillard, Royal Artillery •, Wm. Taylor Cathcart, ditto ; Alexander Smith, half-pay 42d Foot ; Geo. Dunlevie, half-pay 83d Foot ; Lewis Ketchner, half-pay Ist Light Dragoons, King's German Legion; Thomas Bonner, half-pay Corsican Regi ment ; John Roberts, half-pay Royal Artillery Drivers ; James Dusautoy, retired full-pay Royal Marines ; Duncan Campbell, half-pay ditto ; John Nicholas Fischer, ditto ; James Cassel, ditto ; Robt. Saxby, ditto ; James Walker, ditto ; Robert Wil son, ditto ; Frederick Parker, ditto ; Samuel Cox, ditto; John Alexander, ditto; Henry Arnold, do. ; John James Douglas, ditto. Ensigns—William Parry Jones, 10th Foot ; Henry Aug. Knopp, half-pay 2d Light Infantry King's German Legion. Second Lieutenants —Augustus Hailes, half-pay Royal Marines ; Samuel Hugoe, ditto ; Richard Sargent, ditto. Quartermasters. —William Hill, half-pay Rifle Brigade ; Robert Eager (Captain), half-pay Royal s A o i n . ti Commissary Alexander Harr iso n, half-pay Ist Garri- General—Sir Randolph I. Routh, lery Battalion Ale. K.C.8., half pay. Deputy Commissary General--Wm. Heyward, half pay. Assistant Commissary General—Jas. Lane, half pa Deputy Assistant Commissary General—Thomas Peter Marter, half pay. Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals—W. Cruikshank, M.D. Surgeons—S. G. Lawrance, half pay, first class ; T. Cowan, M.D., 94th Foot ; F. Clark, staff; J. N. Shelley, half pay Ist Greek Light Infantry. Chaplain—Rev. IL Irwin, half pay Royal Artil lery.