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WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT FxHIBITION or 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to e the most effective ,Invention in the curative treatment of H ERNI A. TIO use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its Erects,is lyre avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, N;hile the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Mail Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease ,nd closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the truss, which cannot fall to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir- L.,umference of the body, two inches below the hips. being , ent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. ed., and lie. 6 d. PostKre, ls. A Double Truss, 31s. ed., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. Rd. Postage, la. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post vffice, Piccadilly. STEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, _IA KNEE-CAPS, (rm. for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weaknt,s and Swelling of he Legs, Sprains, Rte. They are porous, 1, ght in texture, 'lad inexpensive, and are drawn on liY ean ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 168. each. Postage tid. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 222,"Piccadilly. DR. LA'MERT ON SELF-PRESERVATION. Price ls. ; post-free, 13, or sealed ends, 20 stamps, with En gravings and Cases. May be had of Mann and Co., 3J, Fornhill, London, or direct from the Author. QELI -PRESERVATION.—A popular Essay on Nervous and Physical Debility, resu Iting from injurious habits contracted in youth, or excesses in maturity, which, by prematurely pc haustingarried the functions p o4 v 3 e l n ani t go e d f , ul d fi e l- stroy the happiness of M Life ment of engagements which constitute the most cherished objects of existence. By Dr. LAWERT, 37, Bedford-square, London. Licentiate of the Royal College of l'hysicians of Edinburgh; Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, &c. The above work contains most useful and interesting information on the physiological changes which occur in the Reproductive System during the periods of youth, puberty, and manhood ; and on the due attainment of that de , lree of functional vigour upon which the hopes of posterity depend. It also points out how all the attributes of Man hood can be preserved to an advanced period of life, how they Ara lest, and how they can be recovered. It is free from the grows exaggerations, alarming descriptions, and dangerous remedies so generally resorted to by persons, who, prac t.isln4 with false medical qualifications, inflict most seriou s nz iuries, and render judicious treatment frequently abortive. T?ie Author is the only legally qualified practitioner whose name stands on the Medical Register (the only true test of medical qualification), who has been exclu sively engaged for a series o f years in the treatment of the variou • functional disorders of the nervous and reproductive system, which, Owing to the reat discoveries of modern science, are rendered subservient to a rational, simple, and easy mode of treatment. At home for consultation daily from 10 till 2. and from "0 till s, either personally or by letter.-37, Bedford-square. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORN, MANHOOD: & MEDICAL ESSAY ON ATATORRIICE A, NERVOUS AND GENERATINU,7 d, w b i y th ai rmerous plates, Zust Published, the 150th thousan EBILITY, Atm in a sealed envelope, price Is., Sold gent post paid, by the Author, for 1 2 Booksellers, and xvith - P Tt la l i ?' of stamps,PßE -11,11 ANHOOD • the CAUSE and MT .' ...., NATURE DECLINE TN MAN, tor Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. ;Directions 1 .3 uirrig, 15, .Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, Loudor! Dr. 3. L. CONTENTS: -INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the phv4i o lloBl structure and Function s of the Reproductive Orgar,H. criArrim IL—Causes of Spermatorriura and Impotence ; I.;arlv Vicious Indulgences; DalVerLi of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A ' Rev i e w of the var ious Disqualifications , i Marriage; whether rosultin, from Youthful Abuse, th e Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climat e, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhcca and Syphilis. The Book concludes witnumerous v ried and interestin hich is added t h e Author's reacipe Of a preventive ases, to w i.otion. REVIEWS OF TITF WORE. 'mortis on Manhood. —'Phis is a truly valua ble work, and • Mould be in the hands of y ouna and old."—" Sunday Tim es.'. `C March, liiil. "The author has conferred a a•reat boon by publishing- this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."--" . Daily Telep.,,raph," March 27, IRS 6. A‘ This work, which for twenty years has stood the test o protossional criticism am:empirical hostility, treats in aplain and syr.npathisinv, manner or. the various disqualifications :,nd impedinients nrlsine: from lAcrvous excitement and de • tAlity ; and to invalids sufrertoft from youthful errors and ,xcesses it will b e found valuable anti usAul."—Record. London: Published by J, A llen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row; Mann, 39, Gambill. 1191111 9t c9lo4ltAtt9q7A) to 3 AO 0 0? w , ! bUriclayti , 10 1111 2. N° 21,705. FU.; lONS. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., 21 s., FRENCH WOMEN OF LETTERS. By JULIA KAVANAG ET, Author of " Nathalie," &c. " Miss Kavanagh's book is a very good one. It will ob tain not only a popular success, but also a permanent place in the library of the literary student.—Examiner. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. This Day, Foolscap Svo., 65., TOWN AND COUNTRY SERMONS. By the Rev. CHARLES KINGSLEY, Rector of Eversley, and Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. This Day, Foolscap Svo., 2s. 6d., CANADA : WHY WE LIVE IN IT , AND WRY WE LIKE IT. By M RS. EDWARD COPLESTON. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. CHARLES READE'S NEW STORY. Eighth American edition, and Fourth English edition of "f T HE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH." "We shall look in vain, even in the volumes of Walter Scott, for a passage which can rival in dramatic force the in terview between aerard and Margaret in the fourth volume." —Westminster Review. Trubner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex - perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." - • Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, price ss. by post free, ss. 6d. _ _ . _ ______ __— ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. ORTLOCKS' CHINA WAREHOUSE, 250, LYI. 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TAE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work, a Guide to the Married and those contemplating Marriage, who entertain secret doubt of physical strength, having im perilled the power of manhood by youthful indiscretions ; also treating on Syphilis, Secondary Symptoms, and Gonor rhoea, and containin a Prescription known as the Preventive Lotion, Nature's Disinfectant, precluding the possibility of contamination ;. containing 190 pages, with 100 engravings, free by post 12 stamps. Address E. and L. Perry and Co., 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, W. Attendance dilly, from 10 till 8, by a Consulting Surgeon, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (registered under the new Medical Act). THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF IFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effectssof climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple). failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Ri!...ord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at li s., or four quantities in one for 335., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout and Co., Patent MediAneWarehouse, 229, Strand, London. '(Entered at Stationers' Lisa) DR. BUCHAN'S DOMESTIC MEDICINES. PATENT SUGAR-COATED PILLS, for purifying the blood, regulating, the bowels, and removing vitiated hu mors, bilious and liver complaints, rheumatism. gout, scor butic affections, costiveness, &c. These pills work their way to the very'roots of each disease, cleansing in their passage, and removing every unhealthy accumulation, till the bl )o is purified, the whole system renovated, and all the functions act according to nature, whilst the duties of life become a pleasure, where before they had been sad and weary burdens. Do not hesitate—do not delay ! a clean stomach must make a clean body. A clean bdy will contain pure blood, when the stomach, body. and blood are pure, from regulating and cleansing the bowels, health is certain. Begin at the be ginning, waste no time; strike at the root of your ailment. Again, I say, look to your stomach. One trial of these pills will force conviction. Sold in bottles, at ls. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lls. Sold by Buchan and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street. London, W., and to be had of all chemists in town and country, or forwarded on re - eipt of stamps. Wholesale Agents :—Barclay and Son, 75, Farringdon - st., London. D R. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. Price Is.. by post is. Id.; of Mann, 29, Cornhill. On Spermatorrhcea, Syphilis, Stricture, Themorrhoids, Gleets. &c. Marriage : Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. Dr. C. may be consulted daily till 12, at The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand; and from 1 till 9 p.m. at 3, Gre at Marlborough-street, W. DR, CULVERWELL'S NEW POST-OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2s. till 5, end Is. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, Is. till 1. An ESSAY on TURKIS H BATHING, gati. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting information, while those who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the practical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce. '—ilerald and Standard, N0v.12,1861. " The Post-office Turkish Batho9, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Culverwcll has already established the reputation of an able physician ; he has now proved himself to be a worthy philanthropist, in as far as he has established, in the heart of the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco very of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established, the Turkish Bath. . , Our object being merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess one of the best set of baths, at 19. St. Martin's-le-Grand, which the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, and most admirable in e ffect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up his baths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, which, considering - the space at sthis d, is sur- prisino-, while everything that to or isposal delicacy could truly desire has been obtained to arid to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. . . We may justly say that if a roan ever feels himself regenerated and new made, it is on coming ontlof Turkish Bath."—Era, Oct. 13, 1831. -DR. 'JORDAN'S APHRODISION. THE PTIOSPITORISED NERVINE TONIC.—The New Chemical Combination cf Phosphatic Salts, Quinine, Iron, ac., containing all the Essential Constituents of the Blood, Brain, and Nerve substance —Great philosophical and • hemical research has led to the discovery of this invaluable remedy in its present perfect state, agreeable to the palate, and innocent in its action—still preserving its wonderful properties, affording immediate relief, at once reinvigorating and restoring with magical rapidity the most debilitated con stitutions, insuring health, increased strength, energy, and a re d ou bled development of the muscular system, andpa nently curing all who suffer from S PERMAT R OPIIY, Diseases of the KIDNEYS, BLADDER, and all URINARY DEPOSITS, which cause incapacity and degeneracy, total and partial prostration, and every other exhaustive derange ment of the system. It regenerates all the import ant ele ments of the human fr ame (when emasculated by youthful indiscretions), and enables man to fulfil his most sacred obli gations. "It is available for the most varied uses in the body." "The peculiar characters of this substance, fitting it for vital uses." Extracts from the " Cornhill Magazine" on the subject of Phosphorus, April, 1861. "A s phosphorus in a state of nature il lumines the dark ness, so the exhausted frame revives when impregnated with its electrical properties." Prices : lls. per bottle, or four lls. bottles in one, 83s. ; and in cases containing three 335. bottles, £5, which saves Li 12s. 'l'o he had direct from 29, George-street, Hanover-square ; from Barclay and Son, 75, Farringdon-street ; Newbery, 45, St. Paul's -churchyard; Saty'rer,ls o , and Hannay, 63, WOxford street ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; 'Homer, 43, King illiam street, London-bridge ; ITowcb n, .78, Gracechurch - street ; Prout, 22ka, Strand; and of all chemists throughout the world. Prared at the Laboratory of Robert 3. Jordan, M.D., 'Member of the Royal College of Surgeons , Eng land ; Licen tiate or the lioyal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, &c. &c.; author or "NERVOUS EXHAUSTION," Rs cause and cure, decline of manly power and consequent obstacles to wedded life, with an Essay on true and false Spermatorrhcca, price 2s. ed., by post 2s. 10d. Also a TREATISE on th e DISEASES of the 'RECTUM, with the Author's new mode of treatment, without the use of the knife, ligature, or cauterisation, price 2s. cd., by post 25.1 01 Likewise SKIN DISEASES and their REMEDIES, con taining the modern treatment (as adapted at the Ilcspital St. Louis, Paris\ and for the cure of those diseases so preya tent in a high state of civilisation, price 2s. fd , by post 28. lid. To be had of the Author, who is registered under the New Medical Act (see Medical Itegister), and who has devoted his exclusive studies to the above diseases, and is the discoverer of the Aphrodision, .29, Geor, ,, e-street,llanover-square, Lon d y 5 l'.ytoiluir a l, of ConPultatton from 11 to 1, and 5 to 8; sounu,ll4la .. -. . . .., . . . • . , . ... .. , .. . . .• .........„: '. - - . . • ',.. •;.:,....-.,.. • ... • . . . . ~ • ~ • . ~,.- - - ,- .• . _---). . . 7 v re -. . . ~, .. . . , ._ ..... - -. . . ~..„ ...... . 1:- • ....- :. .., - . . , . _ 4 ~,,- , ~,, ig .' 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Last night the wind changed from N.E. to S.W., and brought up a slight i e n o g n again this after with- heavy clouds, slowly, but very threatening n h er i da s on m u. t o Kt r h n i ne i n gw g ih t s pe . r i po i r ivg . noon ; he flew into a gum standing in the camp, and has taken up his quarters there—not a proper pro ceeding for a carrier pigeon according to my idea. 21st September.—Finding that it would not be prudent for King to go out for two or three days, I could no longer defer making a search for the spot where Mr. Burke died ; and with such directions as King could give, I went up the creek this morning with Messrs. Brahe, Welsh, Wheeler, and Aitken. We searched thacreek upwards of eight miles, and at length, strange to say, found the remains of Mr. Burke lying among tall plants under a clump of box trees, within 200 yards of our last camp, and not 30 paces from our track. It was still more ex traordinary that three or four of the party and the two black boys had been close to the spot without noticing it. The bones were entire, with the excep tion of the hands and feet ; and the body had been removed from the spot where it first lay, and where the natives had placed branches over it, to about five paces distant. I found the revolver which Mr. Burke held in his hand when he expired, partly covered with leaves and earth, and corroded with rust. It was loaded and capped. We dug a grave close to the spot, and interred the remains wrapped in the union jack, the most fitting covering in which the bones of a brave but unfortunate man could take their last rest. On a box tree at the head. of the grave the following inscription is cut : It. O' 11. B. 21 1 9_l 61 A. H. The following is King's narrative, which gives a clear and apparently truthful account of the straits to which the party were unfortunately reduced : Mr. Burke, Mr. Wills, and I, reached the depot at Cooper's Creek, on 21st April, about half-past 7 in the evening, with two camels—all that remained of the six Mr. Burke took with him. All the provisions we then had consisted of a pound and a half of dried meat. We found the party had gone the same day, and looking about for any mark they might have left, found the tree kith DIG, April 21. Mr. Wills said the party had left for the Dar ling. We dag, and found the plant of stores. Mr. Burke took the papers out of the bottle and then asked each of us whether we were able to proceed up the creek in pursuit of the party ; we said not, and he then said that he thought it his duty to ask us, but that he himself was unable to do so, but that he had decided upon trying to make Mount Hope • less, as he had been assured by the committee in Melbourne that there was a cattle station within 150 miles of Cooper's Creek. Mr. Wills was not inclined to follow this plan, but wished to go down our old track, but at last gave in to Mr. Burke's wishes ; I also wished to go down by our old track. We remained four or five days to recruit, making prepare- tions to go down the creek by stages of 4 to 5 miles a day, and Mr. Burke placed a paper in the plant, stating what were our plans. Travelling down the creek, we got some fish from the natives, and some distance down one of the camels (Landa) got bogged, and although we remained there that day :and part of the next trying to dig him out we found our strength insufficient to do so. The evening of the second day we shot him as he lay, and, having cut off as much meat as we could, we lived on it while we staid to dry the remainder. Throwing all the unnecessary things away, we made one load for the remaining camel (Rajah), and each of us carried a swag of about 25M. We were then tracing dawn the branches of the creek running S., but found that they ran out into earthy plains. We had understood that the creek along Gregory's track was continuous; and finding that all these creeks ran out into plains, Mr. Burke returned, our camel being com pletely knocked up. We then intended to give the camel a spell for a few days, and to make a new attempt to push on 40 or 50 miles to the south, in the hope of striking the creek. During the time that the camel was being rested, Mr. Burke and Mr. Wills went in search of the natives, to endeavour to find out how the nardoo grew, Having found their camp, they obtained as much nardoo cake and fish as they could eat, but could not explain that they wished to be shown how to find the seed themselves. They returned on the third day, bringing some fish and nardoo cake with them. On the following day the camel Rajah seemed very ill, and I told Mr. Burke I thought he could net linger out more than four days; and as on the same evening the poor brute was on the point of dying, Mr, Burke ordered him to be shot. I did so, and we cut him up with two broken knives and a lancet. We cured the meat andplanted it; and Mr. Burke then made another at tempt to find the nardoo, taking me with him. We went down the creek, expecting to find the natives at the camp where they had been last seen, but found that they had left ; and not knowing whether they had gone up or down the creek, we slept in their gunyahs that night, and on the following morning returned to Mr. Wills. The next day Mr. Burke and I started up the creek, but could see nothing of them, and were three days away, when we returned and remained three days in our camp with Mr. Wills. Wo then made a plant of all the articles we could not carry with us, leaving 51b. of rice and a quantity of meat, and then followed up the creek, to where there were some good native huts. We remained at that place a few days, and finding that our provisions were beginning to run short, Mr. Burke said that we ought to do something, and that if we did not find the nardoo we should starve, and that he intended to have a little dried meat and rice to carry us to Mount Hopeless. The three of us then came to the conclusion that it would be better to make a second attempt to reach Mount Hopeless, as we were then as strong as we were likely to be, our daily allowance being then reduced. Mr. Burke asked each of us whether we were willing to make another attempt to make the South Australian settlements, and we decided on going. We took with us what remained of the provisions we had plan ted—two and a-half pounds of oatmeal, a small quantity of flour, and the dried meat—this, with powder and shot, and other small articles, made up our swags to 301 b. each, and Mr. Burke carried ono billy of water, and I another. We had not gone far before we came on a flat, where I saw a plant growing which I took to be clover, and, on looking closer, saw the seed, and called out that I had found the nardoo. They were very glad when I found it. We tra velled three days, and struck a watercourse coming south from Cooper's Creek. We traced this, as it branched out and reformed; on the plains, until we lost it in flat coun try. Sandhills were i n front of us, for which we made, and travelled all day, but found no water. We were all grea tly fatigued, as our rations now consisted of only one small johnny cake and three sticks of dried meat daily. We camped that evening about four o'clock, intending to push next day until two o'clock p.m., and then, should we not find water, to return. We travelled and found no water, and three of us sat down and rested for an hour, and then turned back. We all felt satisfied that, had there been a few days' rain, we could have got through. We were then, according to Mr. Wills's calculation forty-five miles from the creek. We travelled on the day we turned back, very late, and the following evening reached the nearest water at the creek. We gathered some nardoo, and boiled the seeds, as we were unable to pound them. The following day we reached the main creek; and knowing where there was a fine waterhole and native gunyahs, we went there, intending to save what remained of our flour and dried meat, for the purpose of making another attempt to reach Mount Hopeless. On the following day, Mr. Wills and I went out to gather nardoo, of which we obtained a supply sufficient for three days ; and finding a pounding stone at the gunyahs, Mr. Burke and I pounded the seed. which was such slow work that we were compelled to use half flour and half nardoo. Mr. Burke and Mr. Wills then went down the creek for the remainder of the dried meat which he had planted, and we had now all our things with, us, gathering nardoo, and living the best way . we Mr. Burke requested Mr. Wills to g o up the crr,elt as far as the depot, and to place a note in the ple.:Li there, stating that we were then living on the crag, the former note hav ing stated that we mere et; our road to South Australia. 110 was also to bury there the field-books of the journey to the Gulf. Before starting he got 31b. of flour and 41b. of nardoo, and about a pound of recta, as he expected to be ab „cut a bout eight days. During his absence I gathered nu de() end pounded it, as Mr. Burke wished to lay in a supply I in CaBC of rain. A few days after Mr. Wills left, some natives came down to the creek to fish at some waterholes near our camp. They were very civil to us at first, and offered us some fish ; on the second day they came again to fish, and Mr. Burke took down two bags, which they filled for him; on the third d-,y they gave us one bag of fish, and afterwards all came 4 0 our ca mp. We used to keep our our ,unit on and otker articles in one gunyah, and all thr'a of us lived togetter in another. One of the native , • - took an oilcloth out of this gunyah, and. Mr. Burt, seeing him run away with it, followed him with Ills revolver and fired over his head, and upon this the na tive dropped the oilcloth. While he was away the other blacks invited me away to a waterhole to eat fish ; but I de clined to do so, as Mr. Burke was away, and a number of natives were about who would have taken all our things. When I refused, one took his boomerang and laid it over my shoulder, and then told me by signs that if I called out for Mr. Burke, as I was doing, he would strike me. Upon this I got them all in front of the gunyah and fired a re • v elver over their heads, but they did not seem at all afraid, IN E IN S PAPE Ii .4f*TatwA \ st __ 4 ......-- • ti ,- - 7 -,-- -A- - . *_ 4 7 until I got out the gun, when they all ran .. _ t-;- - s, hearing the report, came back, and we saw no ra , . of t' , ..,- . ; till late that night, whoa they came pith some ..ke. 7 b. S and called "white fellow." Mr. Burke then went out with. his revolver and found a whole tribe coming down, all painted, and with fish in small nets carried by two men. Mr. Burke went to meet them, and they wished, to surround him, but he knocked as many of the nets of fish out of their bands as he could, and shmted out to me to fire. I did so, and they ran off. We collected five small nets of cooked fish. The reason he would not accept the fish from them was, that he was afraid of being too friendly, lest they should be always at our camp. We then lived on fish until Mr. Wills returned. He told us that he had met the natives soon after leaving us, and that they were very kind to him, and had given him plenty to eat both on going up and re turning. .He seemed to consider that he should have very little difficulty in living with them ; and as their camp was close to ours he returned to them the same day and found. them very hospitable and friendly, keeping him with then two days, They then made signs to him to be off. He came to us and narrated what had happened, but went back to them the following day, when they gave him his breakfast, but made signs to him to go away. He pretended not to understand them, and would not go, upon which they mad© signs that they were going up the creek, and that he had better go down. They packed up and left the camp, giving Mr. Wills a little nardoo to take to us. During his absence, while Mr. Burke was cooking some fish, during a strong wind, the flames caught the gunyah, and burnt se rapidly that we were unable, not only to put it out, but to save any of our things, excepting one revolver and a gun. Mr. Wills being returned, it was decided to go up the creek and live with the natives, if possible, as Mr. Wills thought we should have but little difficulty in obtaining provisions from them if we encamped on the opposite side of the creek to them. He said he knew where they were gone, so we packed up and started. Coming to the gunyahs, where we expected to have found them, we were disappointed, and seeing a nardoo field close by, halted, intending to make it our camp. For some time we were employed gathering nardoo, and laying up a supply. Mr. Wills and I used to collect and carry home a bag each day, and Mr. Burke generally pounded sufficient for our dinner during our absence, but Mi. Wills found himself getting very weak, and was shortly unable to go out to gather nardoo as before, nor even strong enough to pound it, so that in a few days he became almest less. I still continued gathering, and Mr. Burke now also,, began to feel very weak, and said he could be of very little use in pounding. I had now to gather and pound for all three of us. I continued to do this for a few days, but finding my strength rapidly failing, my legs being very weak and painful, I was unable t) go out for several days, and we were compelled to consume six days' stock which we had laid by. Mr. Burke now proposed that I should gather as much as possible in three days, and that with this supply we should go in search of the natives—a plan which had been urged upon us by Mr. Wills as the only chance of saving him and ourselves as well, as he clearly saw that I was no longer able to collect sufficient for our wants. Having collected the seed as proposed, and having pounded sufficient to last Mr. Wills for eight days, and two days for ourselves, we placed water and firewood within his reach, and started. Before leaving him, however, Mr. Burke asked him whether he still wished it, as under no other circumstances would he leave him; and Mr. Wills again said that he looked on it as our only chance. He then gave Mr. Burke a letter and his watch for his father, and we buried the remainder of the field-books near the gunyah. Mr. Wills said that, in case of my surviving Mr. Burke, ho hoped that I would carry out his last wishes, in giving the watch and letter to his father. In travelling the first day, Mr. Burke seemed very weak, and complained of great pain in his legs and back. On the second day he seemed to be better, and said he thought he was getting stronger, but on starting did not go two miles before he said he could go no further. I persisted in his trying to go on, and managed to get him along several times, until I saw that he was almost knocked up, when he said he could not carry his swag, and threw all he had away. I also reduced mine, taking nothing but a gun and some powder and shot, and a small pouch and some matches. On starting again wo did not go far before Mr, Burke said we should halt for the night, but as the place was close to a large sheet of water, and exposed to the wind, I prevailed on him to go a little further, to the next reach of water,, where we camped. We searched about, and found a few sm all patches of nardoo, which I collected and pounded, and, with a crow which I shot, made a good evening's meal. From the time we halted Mr- Burke seemed to be getting worse, although he ate his supper. He said he felt convinced he could not last many hours, and gave me his watch, which he said. belonged to the committee, and a pocketbook, to give to Sir Wm. Stawell, and in which he, wrote some notes. He then said to me, "I hope you will remain with me here till lam quite dead—it is a comfort to know that some one is by ; but when I am dying, it is my wish that you should place the pistol in my right hand, and that you leave me unburied as I lie." That night he spoke very little, and the following morning I found him speech less, or nearly so ; and about 8 o'clock he expired. I re mained a few hours there, but as I saw there was no use in remaining longer, I went up the creek in search of the natives. I felt very lonely, and at night usually slept in. deserted wurleys belonging to the natives. Two days after leaving the spot where Mr. Burke died I found some gun yahs, where the natives had deposited a bag of nardoo t sufficient to last me a fortnight, and three bundles conts2,n jug various articles. I also shot a crow that evening, but was in great dread that the natives would come and deprive me of the nardoo. I remained there two days to Mover my strength, and then returned to Mr. Wills, I took back three crows, but found him lying dead in his gunyah, and the natives had been there and had taken away some of his clothes. I buried the corpse with sand, and re mained there some days; but finding that my stock of nardoo was running short, and being unable to gather it, I tracked the natives _who had been to the camp by their footprints in the sand, and went some dis tance down the creek, shooting crows and hawks on the road. The natives, hearing the report of a gun, came to meet me, and took me with them to their camp, giving me nardoo and fish. They took the birds I had shot and cooked them for me, and afterwards showed me a gunyah, where I was to sleep with three of the single men. The following morning they commenced talking to me, and put ting one finger on the ground, and covering it with sank at the same time pointing up the creek, saying, " White. fellow," which I understood to mean that one white man was dead. From this I knew that they were the tribe who. had taken Mr. Wills' clothes. They then asked me where the third white man was, and I also made the sign of put ting two fingers on the ground and covering them with sand, at the same time pointing up the creek. They ap peared to feel great compassion for me when they under stood that I was alone on the creek, and gave me plenty to eat. After being four days with them, I saw that they were becoming tired of me, and they made signs that they were going up the creek, and that I had better go down wards ; but I pretended not to understand them. The same day they shifted camp, and I followed them ; and on reach ing their camp, I shot sonic crows, which pleased them so much that they made me a breakwind in tho centre of their camp, and came and sat round me until such time as the crows were cooked, when they assisted me to eat them. Tho same day, one of the women, to whom I had given part of a crow, came and gave me a ba'l of nardoo, saying that she would give me more only she had such a sore arm that she was unable to pound. She showed me a sore on her arm, and the thought struck me that I would boil, some water in the billy and wash her arm with a sponge. During the operation the whole tribe sat round, and were mutter ing one to another. Her husband sat down by her side, and she was crying all the time. After I had washed it touched it with some nitrate of silver, when she began to yell and ran off, crying out, " Mokow I mokow !" (Fire I fire 1) From this time she and her husband used to give me a small quantity of nardoo both night and morning, and when ever the tribe were about going on a fishing excursion, he used to give me notice to go with them. TI ey also use d to assist me in making a gourley, or breakwind, 'whenever they shifted camp. I generally shot a crow, or a hawk, and gave it to them in return for these little services. Every four or five days the tribe would surround me, an d ask whether I intended going up or down the creek — at last I made them understand that if they went up I should go up the creek, and if they went down I should a l so go down, and from this time they seemed to look' tu:on me as one of themselves, and supplied me with fish and nardoo regularly. They were very anxious, however, to Oknnowseiwzihnegre:: Irr.emßuainerkethlae whole one day whey, we were fishing in the waterholes close by I took them to the spot. party wept bitterly, and covered them with bushes. After this they were much Icbader to me than before—and I always told them that the vitae men would be here before two moons—and in the evenings, when they came with nardoo and fish, they used to talk about the " whitefellows" coming, at the same time pointing to the moon. I also told them they would receive many presents, and they constantly asked me for toms. hawks, called by them" Bomayko." From this time to when the relief party arrived period of about a month they treated me with unif o rm kindness, and looked upon me as one of themselves,. The day on which I was re leased, one of the me that the whit'Lllows were coming, and the wholeo } ,e who had been fishing cam e and told the tribe Wire ' were i n the camp sallied out in every, _ direc tion Meet the party, while 'the man who hadhadb sa roug ll 7 the 'new. a took me across the creek, where I shortlY w r eartl; coming down. _ _ - --___.------ The subjoined extract of a letter from a merchant of high standing in the Northern States indicates senti + ments which, it is believed, wo uld be extensively avowed if freedom of opinion had not been suppres sed . :—" 'Unless only remains the war is soon ended, the time is not distant when the a fo y re n e ot of eo a m rm e t s o f t o l4 od Government will not be able to buy anything for their paper money. What comes to be seen whether they w ill take by m butclothing,iit can Sr onlyo, forbe p r even t edt hei r armi es. b assertion of an indep dence on the part of the intelligent portion of the ' Gg the North, which they have so far shown but li ttle Pe d 7 le , °I tion to display. Whether they are influen ced ' disc . °Bi-' nyetxht e: tltthen their action by hatred of the South or base fear cf thW j-34. to Governraent is a question yet to be determine e 7 .shing" ~i THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1862, TILE JVAVY. VALETTA, Jan. 16.—Orders were despatched by the last mail to Gibraltar for the Algiers, 89, to re turn immediately to Malta, and the Queen to pro ceed to Corfu ; and it is reported that the remainder of the ships of war at Gibraltar that have not yet started for the North American station will follow in about a week, including the Edgar, 91, flagship of Rear-Admiral Dacres, who is to be second in command of the Mediterranean Fleet. The Edgar, when last heard of, was at Lisbon, with one or two other vessels. The ships at Gibraltar on the Bth inst. were :—The Queen, 86 ; Algiers, 89 ; Doris, 32 ; Scylla, 21; Firebrand, 6 ; Alacrity, 4 ; Cuckoo, 3 ; and Procris, 1. The French paddle steamer Coligny was also there. The Algiers went out on the morning of the Bth to exercise,the crew at her Armstrong and other guns, and returned the same day. The Exmouth, 90, was at Naples ; the James Watt, 89, at Messina; the Victor Emmanuel, 89, at Corfu; and the Mars, 80, at the Piraeus, by the last accounts. The Pelican (17), the Malacca (17), and the Gannet (11), were at Beyrout, the Hon. H. M. Nelson, Captain of the last-named vessel, being senior officer. Her Majesty's in Malta har bour are—the Marlborough, 131 (flagship of Vice- Admiral Sir W. F. Martin, K.C.8.); the Hibernia, receiving-ship (flagship of Rear-Admiral H. S. Codrington, C. 8.) ; the London, 90; Neptune, 89; Wanderer, 4 ; Foxhound, 4 ; Surprise, 4 ; Trident, 2; Medina and Firefly, surveying vessels ; and Hearty, tug. Foreign—ltalian corvette Tripoli. A letter from Marseilles, received here on the 14th inst., states that the Messageries Imperiales Com pany have just concluded a contract with an Eng lish firm for the construction, for £1,000,000 ster ling, of eight first-class iron steam-vessels for packet service, three to be built on the Clyde and five in ports of France, under the superintendence of the firm. The first English-built one is to be completed within 19 months, and the others at successive intervals of two months from the expiration of that term. With respect to the company's operations in connection with India, the same letter states that the three vessels intended for that service are now lying in the harbour of Marseilles completely ready for sea, in regard to equipment and furniture. They are the Imperatrice, the Donau, and the Camboge, all screw vessels of 3,300 tons burden each, and 500 horse power, and fitted entirely for first-class pas sengers and their servants. The first-class is sub divided into three classes with respect to accomo dation, that is, single berth cabins, double berth .cabins, and cabins containing three or four berths, each passenger being provided with a separate washing basin, &c. ; and, curious enough, over each bed is placed a lifebelt available at any moment. These ships are to leave Marseilles for Calcutta within two months from the present date, and are intended to run between that port and Suez. The iron steam frigate Defence, 18, 600 horse power, Capt. R. A. Powell, C. 8., shipped her guns yesterday from the Ordnance wharf, Chatham. She is furnished with six of the large 100-pounder Arm strong guns, and 10 of the largest 68-pounder smooth-bore iron guns, in addition to which she is supplied with several 24-pounder and 12-pounder brass howitzers for the pinnace and launches and a 20-pounder and 12-pounder Armstrong. The quan tity of shot and shell supplied to the Defence is as follows :-600 solid 68-pounders, 160 solid 100- pounder Armstrong shot, 360 68-pounder shells, 180 common and 190 segment 100-pounder Arm strong' shells, 200 20-pounder Armstrong shells, 125 12-pounder segment Armstrong shells, 100 24- pounders, and 100 20-pounder and 12-pounder Armstrong solid shot. The work of completing the Defence is proceeding as rapidly as possible. The Conqueror arrived at Port Royal, Jamaica, on the 13th, one month from England, all well on board, and will proceed to Bermuda. The Donegal and Sanspareil have not yet arrived. The ships in the harbour are the Mersey, the Himalaya, and the Barracouta. The St. George is expected. The crews are all healthy, the weather being very fine. The Calypso, 18, sailing frigate, was taken down the harbour yesterday, and placed under the float ing shears at Chatham, to have her masts taken out. A report is to be forwarded to the Admi ralty of her condition, and the length of time it will take to put her in thorough repair. Her Majesty's screw corvette Racoon, 22, 1,467 tons, 400 horse power, Capt. W. C. Chamberlain, hauled down her pennant and was put out of com mission at Chatham yesterday, when the crew were paid off. The Racoon was commissioned at Chatham in Navember, 1857, by Capt. J. A. Paynter, now of the Exmouth, 86, screw steamer, and was attached to the Channel squadron, under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles H. Fremantle, K.C,B. In 1859 she was despatched to the Mediterranean, and has since served with the squadron of Vice- Admiral Sir W. F. Martin, K.C.8., cruising from Syria to Gibraltar, until ordered home at the close of last year. During the time she was in commis sion there were comparatively,few cases of sickness on board, the crew being generally healthy. Only about three of the officers who first joined the ship on being commissioned remained until she was paid off. Prior to the steamer being put out of commis sion yesterday Capt. Chamberlain assembled the crew on the quarterdeck, and expressed the regret he felt that they were all about to part, especially as they had been such a generally well-behaved ship's company since he had held the command. Should he be appointed to any other vessel he should be happy to see as many of his old crew as possible with him. On the recommendation of Capt. Chamberlain medals, together with the usual gra tuities, were awarded by the Admiralty, for long service and goed conduct, to Robt. Whitbred, cap tain's coxswain, Charles Powers, gunner's mate, and John Childs and John Chapman, boatswain's mates. Tho Racoon is to be placed in the third division of the steam reserve at Chathajn. The Osborne paddle yacht, Master-Commander George K. Bower, sailed from Portsmouth yester day for Trieste, calling in at Cowes to embark luggage and stores for his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and afterwards in Plymouth Sound to coal and receive final orders. The Caesar, 86, screw, Capt. T. H. Masco, dis mantling at Portsmouth, is not expected to pay off before the end of the present month. The screw steamship Revenge, 89, Capt. Fellowcs, having received the family of Admiral Smart, made sail on Monday evening from Plymouth for Queens town. The screw surveying steamer Rifleman, 5, Master Commander John W. Reed, having received a draught of boys, sailed from Plymouth on Monday evening for China. A naval court-martial has been sitting during the past two days on board her Majesty's ship Victory, at Portsmouth, for the trial of Staff-Surgeon Joseph Caldwell, surgeon of her Majesty's ship Caesar, on the following charges :-1. That he, the said Joseph Caldwell, being in actual service and full pay in her Majesty's fleet, and doing duty on board her Majesty's ship User, did, on or about 5 p.m. of the 20th of December, 1861, use provoking language, tending to make a quarrel and disturbance, by twice saying in the wardroom of the said ship, "that any member of the mess who made any remark about any bet he had made, or who implied that he wished to get out of any bet that he had made, was a liar and a blackguard, and that he would prove it." And 2. That he, the said Joseph Caldwell, did at the same time and place use provoking language to Lieut. 7. C. Patterson, of the said ship, by saying to him " You lie, Sir ; you lie." The Court last even ing found the charges proved, and sentenced the pri soner to be dismissed her Majesty's service. II The following appointments were made at the Admiralty last evening : Assistant-Surgeon Martin Magill to the Russell. AssistaAt-Engineers—W, Dirks (first class) to the Asia for the Earnest ; G. F. William (ditto) to the Asia for the Cracker. Naval Cadets nominated—Alexander William Ogilvy, Alexander Baring, William Nott Atkinson, Edward Henry Arden, Ward Braham, William Macbean Campbell, Alex ander Milne Gardiner, Richard Fraser Hoskyn, Edward Plantagenet Hume, and John Phillips. blacks had stored there. He rested two days, and then returned to Cooper's Creek, where he found the corpse of Mr. Wills, that unfortunate gentleman having succumbed to his sufferings in the interval. King, the only survivor of the party, soon after fell in with a party of natives, and remained with them until Mr. Howitt came up. Such are the leading features of the incidents connected with the lament able history of the explorers after their return from having solved the great geographical problem which has cost many valuable lives and an immense amount of treasure in attempts to unravel it. The continent of Australia has been traversed through out its extent, but of the heroic men who accom plished this tremendous task, only one survives. The following are the last lines written by Wills previous to his death, and apparently after he had been left by Burke and King : Friday, 26th June (sic).--Clear cold night, slight breeze from the E., day beautifully warm and plea sant ; Mr. Burke suffers greatly from the cold, and is getting extremely weak, he and King start to morrow up the Creek to look for the blacks, it is the only chance we have of being saved from starvation. I am weaker than ever (sic), although I have a good appetite, and relish the nardoo much, but it seems to give us no nutriment, and the birds here are so shy as not to be got at. Even (sic) if we got a good supply of fish I doubt whether we could do much work on them and the nardoo alone. Nothing (sic) but the greatest good luck can now save any of us ; and as for myself, I may live four or five days if the weather continues warm. My pulse is at 48, and very weak, and my legs and arms are nearly skin and bone. I can only look out, like Mr. Micawber, " for something to turn up," but starvation on nar doo is by no means very unpleasant, but for the weakness one feels, and the utter inability to move oneself, for as far as appetite is concerned it gives me the greatest satisfaction. Certainly, fat and sugar would be more to one's taste, in fact, those seem to me to be the great stand by for one in this extraordinary continent; not that I mean to depreciate the farinacious food, but the want of sugar and fat in all substances obtainable here is so great that they become almost valueless to us as articles of food, without the addition of something else. The subjoined extract from Mr. Burke's diary shows the painful position to which the party were reduced : Return party from Carpentaria arrived here last night, and found that the D. party had started on the same day. We proceeded slowly down the creek towards Adelaide by Mount Hopeless, and shall endeavour to follow Gregory's track, but we are very weak, the camels are done up, and we shall shall not be able to travel faster than five miles a day at most. Gray died on the road from hunger and fatigue. We all suffered much from hunger, but the provisions left here will I think restore our strength. We have discovered a practicable route to Carpentaria, the principal portion of which lies in the 140th meridian of east longitude. Between this and the Stony Desert there is some good coun try; from there to the tropic the country is dry and stony ; between the tropic and Carpentaria a consi derable portion is rangy, but it is well watered and richly grassed. We give the subjoined extract from Mr. Howitt's journal, as showing when he fell in with King, the only survivor of the expedition. At the lower end of the large reach of water be. fore mentioned I met Sandy and Frank looking for me, with the intelligence that King, the only sur vivor of Mr. Burke's party, had been found. A little farther on I found the party halted, and im mediately went across to the blacks' wurleys, where I found King sitting in a hut which the natives had made for him. He presented a melancholy appearance, wasted to a shadow, and hardly to be distinguished as a civilised being, but by the remnants of clothes upon him. He seemed exceedingly weak, and I found it occasionally diffi cult to follow what he said. The natives were all gathered round, seated on the ground, looking with a most gratified and delighted expression. Camped where the party had halted on a high bank, close to the water. I shall probably be here ten days to recruit King before returning. Camp 32, 16th September.—King already looks vastly improved, even since yesterday, and not like the same man. Have commenced shoeing horses and preparing for our return. Wind from S.W., with signs of rain. The natives seem to be getting ready for it. Camp 32, 18th Sept.—Left camp this morning with Messrs. Brahe, Welch, Wheeler, and King, to perform a melancholy duty which has weighed on my mind ever since we camped here, and which I have only put off until King should be well enough to accompany us. We proceeded down the creek for seven miles, crossing a branch running to the southward, and followed a native track leading to that part of the creek where Mr. Burke, Mr. Wills, and King camped after their unsuccessful attempt to reach Mount Hopeless and the northern settle ments of South Australia, and where poor Wills died. We found the two gunyahs pretty much as King had described them, situated on a sandbank between two waterholes, and about a mile from the flat where they procured the nardoo seed, on which they managed to exist so long. Poor Wills's re mains we found lying in the wurley in which he died, and where King after his return from seeking for the natives, bad buried him with sand and rushes. We carefully collected the remains, and interred them where they lay ; and not hiving a Prayer-book, I read chap. v. of 1 Corinthians, that we might at least feel a melancholy satis faction in having shown the last respect to his remains. We heaped sand over the grave, and laid branches upon it, that the natives might under stand by their own tokens not to disturb the last repose of a fellow being. I cut the following inscription on a tree close by to spark the spot : 'W. J. WILLS, XLV. YDS. W.N.W. A.II, The field books, a note book belonging to Mr. Burke, various small articles lying about, of no value in themselves, but now invested with interest from the circumstances connected with them, and some of the nardoo seed on which they had subsisted, with the small wooden trough in which it had been cleaned, I have now in my possession. We returned home with saddened feelings, but I must confess that I felt a sense of relief that this painful ordeal had been gone through. King was very tired when we returned, and I must most unwillingly defer my visit to the spot where Mr. Burke's remains are lying until he is better able to bear the fatigue. 19th September.—Shoeing horses. A very slow and troublesome job, as many have never been shod before, and our forge is of the most primitive de scription. This afternoon got the pigeons in order of flying. Their tails being rubbed down by travelling so far in cages, I got the tails from several crested pigeons, and inserted feathers iu the stumps of our carriers, fastening the splices with waxed thread ; the plan answered far better than I had expected, and the birds can now fly about the avictry we have made of a tent with the great( st ease. 20th September.—Started the pigeons at day break, each with a message fastened to its legs. On throwing them up they commenced wheeling round the camp, bat separated, one being chased by one of the large kites which are always hovering about the creek. After flying round with great sveed, they k ill various direction s gradually drew across the creek —1- ; we lost sight of them ; the fourth, after making a large circle, pitched in a treo about tali' a mile off. After breakfast he was found under a bush, with a kite watching him, and the fea thers of one of the other p i ge ons was found not far off, having been killed. Of the two others nothing has been seen, and I hope that they got clear away, but I am much afraid that A the experiment has proved a failure. However, I THE ARMY, The right wing of the 2d Battalion of the 17th Regiment, consisting of 23 officers and 520 men, under the command of Lieut.-Col: M'Kinstey, ar rived in the Cleopatra (11 days from Cork) on the Bth of January. The headquarters landed on the afternoon of the 4th, and are foi the present quar tered in the Wellington Barracks. The 26th Company of Royal Engineers, number ing nearly 80 non-commissioned officers and men, joined headquarters yesterday, from Bermuda, hav ing disembarked at Portsmouth from the screw steamer Himalaya, Capt. J. Seccombe. The officers who arrived withthe 26th Company were Lieutenant E. Mitchell and Lieutenant J. K. Tisdall. The 26th has been stationed in Bermuda five years, and is now relieved by the 34th Company, which left Chatham a few weeks since. The 26th Company has been considerably reduced from its original strength in consequence of deaths and discharges. In consequence of the corps of Royal Engineers having been nearly filled up to its proper strength by recruiting and volunteering from the various cavalry and infantry regiments, orders have been given for the several recruiting parties, with the exception of those stationed in the metropolis, Glas gow, and Devonport, to join headquarters at Chat ham forthwith, the recruits obtained from the three districts named being sufficient to counteract the decrease in the corps from deaths, discharges, and other causes. The recent order issued from the Horse Guards relative to the appointment of non commissioned officers of the Royal Engineers as foremen of Government works has had the effect of taking away several of the most experienced of the assistant-instructors from the Royal Engineer esta blishment. This has been represented to the Duke of Cambridge by Col. Harness, C. 8,, director of the establishment, and orders have accordingly been received for several additional instructors in the various branches of engineering to be appointed to the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham. His Royal Highness t he Gener al Commanding - in - ChiefN. Steevens, half-pay unattached, a3or of brig a de to the 2d Dublin, m to be D e p u ty A s sist.- infantry brigade e p t o i p n r t e e sa d et n Major t Adjt.-Gen. at Dublin, vice Bellairs, appointed Assist. Adjt.-Gen. in Canada. Capt. P. D. Vigors, 19th Foot, has been appointed major of brigade to the 2d infantry brigade at Dublin, vice Steevens. Major-Gen. Hutchinson, Commander of Forces in the West, inspected the 15th regiment yesterday morning, on Mount Wise, Devonport, and read to them a letter from the Quartermaster-General, eulo gising their conduct during the mishap of the Ade laide. An announcement having been made in some of the morning papers that i t is intended to reorga nise contradiction. The Corps, We are requested to n givese Thee Armystatement p i a t a p l only changes to be made are those connected with the staff appointments at headquarters, Chat ham, rendered necessary by the recent removal of a portion of the corps to Canada, It is not yet de cided whether Col. Wilbraham, C. 8., Governor of the General Hospital at Woolwich, proceeds to Canada to assist Inspector-General Muir, C. 8., in the management of the medical department of the forces despatched to North America, the authorities waiting the receipt of despatches from Canada. THE AUSTRALIAN EXPLORING EXPEDITION. THE CONTINENT CROSSED. DEATH OF BURKE, WILLS, AND GRAY. :From the Melbourne; Herald and Melbourne Argus of November 25.) The most important, and at the same time, we regret to say, the most painful incident of the pre sent month is the veil which has been removed from the mystery whiCh enveloped the fate of Burke and his companions. Although little hope was entertained of their rescue, yet the circum stances attending the deaths of three of them have been of the most painful description, and have caused a great amount of excitement and sympathy by the public in the fate of the unfortunate ex plorers. The continent has been crossed by Burke and his companions, and when returning to Cooper's Creek, almost within the bounds of civilisation, and where they expected succour after their exhaustion caused by their arduous journey, they found that the depot party,had left a few hours before. They were unable from exhaustion to follow them, and they made an ineffectual effort to reach the settled districts of South Australia, but were compelled to return. The party consisted of Messrs. Burke and Wills, the leader and second in command, and of Gray and King, two subordinates. Gray died first from exhaustion on the road from Carpentaria to Cooper's Creek, and the unfortunate fate of Burke and Wills is disclosed below. On Saturday even ing, the 2d of November, the sad intelligence was received in town from Sandhurst, announcing the arrival there of Mr. Brake, a member of Mr. Howitt's exploring party, with despatches of the first importance from that gentleman, relating to the fate of the expedition under the command of Mr. Burke. It soon transpired that Mr. Howitt's party had obtained unimpeachable evidence of the successful accomplishment by Mr. Burke and his companions of the object of the expedition, but that the intrepid explorers had, with a single ex ception, lost their lives after rendering this great service to their country. The principal facts disclosed are as follow : Mr. Burke, Mr. Wills, and King arrived at Cooper's Creek on the 21st of April, only a few hours after the deaparture of Mr. Brahe, on his return to Menindie with the depot party. Mr, Burke and his companions, Messrs. Wills, King, and Gray, had crossed the continent. They retraced their steps to the depot at Cooper's Creek, Gray dying on the road from ex haustion, consequent upon fatigue and insufficiency of food, Mr. Burke states his disappointment at finding the station abandoned. In the hand-writing of Mr. Wills is conveyed the information that the unfortunate gentlemen were disabled from following on the track's of Mr. Brahe's party, through the inability of the:camels to travel. They subsequently endeavoured to reach Mount Hopeless, having been informed before they left Melbourne, that there was a cattle station within a distance of 150 miles from Cooper's Creek. One of their camels got bogged, a weak to dig it out, they a iwneedsrhe the a compelled eato beingh, shoot to it. They cured some of the taking portion of the meat with them. They also obtained some " nardoo," a description of farinaceous berry upon which the natives chiefly subsist. Being compelled to aban don the attempt to make the Mount, they returned to the creek, having been obliged to slaughter their remaining camel by the way. The flesh of the animal having enabled them to recruit their store of provisions, they again started for the South Aus tralian country, but were a second time foiled through want of water. Their food now appears to have consisted almost entirely of " nardoo," which King had been fortunate enough to find. They de termined to reach Mount Hopeless, but the party were so exhausted by fatigue and hunger that it was first cf all necessary to obtain sufficient food to sus tain their strength. Messrs. Burke and King accordingly set out nith the object of pei" ping pro visions frern_ the natives; Mr. Wills, who unable from excessive debility to accompany them, being left behind at his own request, with sufficient nardoo" to last eight days. Mr. Burke died three days after leaving, from exhaustion. Two days afterwards Ki ng came upon a native gunyah, and found a quantity of nardoo which the MI