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I • LONDON CRYSTAL PALACE.- Reg,ent-cireus, Oxford-street, and Great Portland. street. —This mactnifieent building will be opened to the Public on WEDNESDAY, December lst, 1858, for the sale of all kinds of useful and fancy Articles. It will contsdu the largest number of first-class Exhibitors of any Building in Europe. The Photographic Establishment is the finest in London. The Aviary, Conservatory, General Refreshment Room, and Ladies' Privateßefreshment Room, with Retiring Room attached, will be replete in their several departments. Applications for the remaining space are requested to be made-forthwith. nINOPOLION TAVERN and HOTEL, INrOg. I, and 2, Brownlow-street, High-Holborn, W.C. - The Best Served Dinner in London for ls. 6d. A Succession of Joints from One till Seven o'Clock. Private and S.noking Rooms. :TABLE D'HOTE on. SUNDAYS, at 5 o'clock, 2s. each. Henekeys, Abbott, and Co.'s first-class Wines and Spirits. GEORGE HO I 3SON begs to call the attention of Gentlemen to his New Autumnal Trousers, 21s. to 255. Also his New Partridge Mixture Shooting Coats. age aid, sea ;her E'ccellence with Economy. GEORG:it HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street. Established 1796. land. GLENFtELD PATENT STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, AND PRONO LJ BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &c., &c. T° SCHOOLMASTERS. - WANTED immediately, an ASSISTANT MASTER for the Royal Arsenal General School. One who has had experience in a Reformatory, a Ragged, or a Factory School, and who under stands the management of rotr - rh boys, would ty.3 pre erred. Salary, £6O per annum. None need apply who are less than 25 or more than 40 years of age. Letters oC application, wit'A testimonials of character and qualifications, to be addressed to the Heal Master, General School, Royal Arsenal, Wool wich. Bth November, 1858. sup- -B ANK OF DEPOSIT, Established A.D. IS4-1. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. • Parties desirous of Investing Money are requested to exa mine the Plan of The Bank of Deposit, by which a high rate at interest may be obtained with ample security. Deposits made by Special Agreement may be withdrawn - without notice The Interest is payable in January and July. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on application. pROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE - ASSOCIATION. Established TRUSTIIES. Thomas Baen.:, Esq., M.P. I William Geor ge Prescott. Esq._ : Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, Every description of Mutual Life As3urance for all classes. Invested fund ....R,100,000 I Annual lucerne -C:A,000 The whole of the Proll;s divided among the rnemhei . s. The Association has paid three holm - 3es to ; ,Ilst Decem ber, 1857: WM: THOS. LANFORD, Sec. Chief Offica, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Nov. 1, 1858. FIFTH DIVISION OF PROFITS. NORTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY . Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Chanter. President—His Grace the Duke of ROXBURGHE, K.T. Sir PETER LAURIE, Alderman, Chairman. JOHN I. GLENNIE, Esq., Deptgy-Chairman. William Borradaile, Esq. John Connell, Esq. • Archibald Cockburn. Esq. Sorthall. Laurie, Esq. R. P. Prichard, Esq. Charles James Knowles, Esq., QC. Solicitor—Alexander Dobie, Esq., Lancaster-place. Capital of One Million—emu mulaii mt . Premium Fund X6f.1,000. Revenue from Lire Premiums alone creasing. £116,000, annually in- Nine-tenths or Ninety per cent. of the profits are septennially divided among the Insurers on the tniums. participating scale of Pre- All Profit Policies effected durincr the current year will share in the Profits of Seven Years, aid m :11 secure a larger Bonus . at every future division of Profits. The Bonus accumulations at last investigation ranged from 4 to 70 per cent. on the Premiums paid. ROBERT STRACHAN, Secretary. 4, Bank Buildings, Lothbury, London, E.C. INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, i 42, Strand, London, W.C., Feb. 25, 18'.3. Established 1837.—Payment of Premium within Days of Grrace.—lt always has been, and still is, the practice of this Society to pay claims under policies of assurance, notwith- Standing the death of the assured occurring within the 30 dais of P.:race, and before payment of the annuatpremium, provided Payment thereof be made, or notice of the death be given to the Offieg before the expiration of such days of grace. For the Court of Directors, E. S. SYMES, Chairman. THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 142, Strand, London. • Empowered by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE SURVIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c. DIRECTORS. EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D.. Chairman. W. Kenworthy Browne, Esq. Henry J. Hodlson, Esq. Sanwel King-Church. Esq. f John Moss, Esq. John Elliotson, M.D.,Cantab., John Symes,tEsq. F.P.S. .S. Joseph Thompson, Esq. SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Blondel, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford. Young. MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. J. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., P.R. A.S., F.S.S., &c. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhouse, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co.. 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Roweliffe, Bedford ' row. The next Qui GI May, 1860. Exa Policy taken ()lain inquennial rnplef.t of Division of Profits will be declared inns up to May, 1R55 Sum Assured. Bonus in addition to Sum Assured. Bonus in Cash. Permanen Redrction of Annual Premiums. 1 838 11411 1 845 1848 1851 3,000 4.000 2,000 2,000 2,800 X 6. d. 867 17 7 749 4 0 232 18 0 154 2 8 120 17 0 X 8. d. 428 1 4 32.5 16 0 156 15 0 103 16 8 72 14 6 s. d. 55 3 8 32 0 4 16 6 0 10 15 2 6 7 7 The following are amongst the advantages offered by the 'ulernational Life Assurance Society:— The Society was established in IR3B. Two of the profits are divided amongst the assured "Very five years. Its subscribed capital is five hundred thousand pounds. Its investments, at the date of the last annual report u rnountedoo one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds. The number of policies now in force exceeds six thousand. About one thousand new policies are added every year. Since its commencement the Society has paid in claims nlitvards of three hundred and twenty thousand pounds. Por prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chairman, 142, Strand. EDMOND S. ST3IES, Chairman. _142, Strand, London, W.C. No. 20,726. JULLIEN'S CONCERT& - 1 -Y- 1 -• ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. LAST WEEK BUT TWO. TO-NIGHT, at Eight —A Third and Last MENDELS SOHN NlGHT.—Twenty-first Appearance of the celebrated Violinist, M. WIENIAWSKI. Vocalist, Miss POOLE.— The first part of the Programme will consist entirely of the Works of Mendelssohn.—The Symphony in A, known as the " Italian Symphony."—Song, "The First Violet," Miss Poole.—Concerto, Violin, M. Wieniawski.—The Incidental Music to Shakspere's Play of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." SECOND PART : Quadrille, " The Campbell's are Comin'," and the " Hymn of Universal Harmony," Jullien. —Solo, Violin, " Carnaval de Venise," M. Wieniawski.— " Fern Leaves" Valse, Jullien. Song " The Young Recruit," Miss Poole. — Solo, Flute, M. Reichert. -" The Frikell Galop," Jullien. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 3, TICHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay market). Open daily (for Gentlemen only). t LECTUES by Dr. SEXTON at Four and Eight o'clock, on important and interesting topics in connection with ANA- TomY, PHYSIOLOGY, and PATHOLOGY (vide Pro grammes). Admission ONE SHILLING. DR. KAHN'S NINE LECTURES ON THE PHILO SOPHY OF MARRIAGE, &c., sent post free, direct from the Author, on the receipt of twelve stamps. HOW,ES AND CUSHING'S GREAT UNITED STATES CIRCUS, The largest Equestrian Company in the World, numbering Two Hundred Men and Horses.—ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, LEICESTER-SQUARE, which is thoroughly warmed throughout by steam. SECOND WEEK OF ELLA, the Wonder of the Age. Two performances daily, commencing at Two and half past Seven o'clock, p.m. Doors open half-an-hour previous to each performance. ELLA, the first horsewoman in the world, who created such an extraordinary sensation some two years: since, at Drury-lane Theatre, will appear at each perfosmanoe, Morn ing and Evening. The performance of sagacious horses and capricious mules, combined with the humorous jests and actions of clever American, Clowna,_&e...,44a,aiter4 tWe— hears of sincere-plea sure and recreation. Admission:—First Circle, ls.; Pit, Is.; Boxes, 25.; Reserved Seats, 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes. 42 ; Children under 9 years of age, Half-price ; Gallery, M. Box-office open daily from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m., where seats may be secured, No fee for booking. Carriages to be in attendance at 4 and 10 o'clock p.m. ARGYLL -ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly.—GßAND CASINO.—These popular and celebrated rooms are open every evening, with R. R. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by that great composer, Mons. Antony Lamotte, of Paris. L ea d er, Charles Hall, of her Majesty's Theatre. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet a-piston player, performs nightly, with other talented ; artistes, selected from the Philharmonic Concerts, and Royal Italian Opera Houses. Selections from Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Huguenots, Robert le Diable, and thenew opera Martha. Likewise the following new music, will be played nightly :—" The Lucknow Quadrilles," and " The Fairest Rose of Autumn," by M . L amotte, introducing a solo obligato for the Saxephon, pl aye d b y M. Tyler; a New Waltz, by Charles Hall; Mr. Calkin's New Polka, selected from ,the popular Opera "Guy Mannering ;" and the New Polka,." The Victory," by J. 8., with a solo for the cornet-a-piston. Ma nager, R. R. Bignell, assisted by Mr. C. Brown, and Mons. Grenet. Masters of the Ceremonies, Messrs. A. and J. Calkin, Jarvis, and Birch. Doors open at half-past 8, close at ten minutes before 12. Admission, ls. to Promenade. N.B.—All applications for the above band for Concerts and Balls, to be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the Rooms. The Portugiiese have four modes the vine-1. In the provinces of the _ madura, and Beira Baixa hanging in festoons from, or twining round, poplars or oaks planted for the especial purpose ; 2. In the Alto Douro the vines are planted on terraces, and never allowed to grow higher than three or four feet ; 3. In the interior of Tras-os-Montes the vines are planted like goose berry bushes, covering extensive fields in rows about eight feet apart, so as to admit the plough to presentvwi in pass feetisnittehesfdei l . between them ; here little care is given either in 'pruning or rearing the vineyards, so that when there is abundance of fruit the grapes literally lie on the ground, and imbibe an earthy taste ; 4. and yotewhhboircoiwyj withnie- : hgnde v n e: h . det:t e eajuoa r ssrt n e n,th: , ddE.mi s t N.c,n o i ,tonegsdni a t lie eeaagffpnn s aesg m dr:rt ideo.n a thane l nntn l elhtodeds ce e :d r otty: ff t hhytue c eaoat n etrae t rtr , iittN i pBha, in villages rsnNts. particularlyi r i te, lrNi l mw, vaiui particular class vines are trellissed at a height of eight or twelve the Wine Monopoly Company was in existence, the export duty on port wine was £6 per pipe for class of wine was allowed to be sent to the English market, and persons belonging to the company as solely for English consumption, for which certi ficates,The same system exists, to a certain extent, in the select the wines no longer belong to the Wine Monopoly Company, but are appointed by a body called the " Commercial Association," at Oporto. The export duty on port wine is now reduced to an uniform rate of three milreis per pipe to all countries, but the system of " bilhetes " still exists. These, however, by no means in sures that all the wines which arrive at Villa Nova (the depot for wines exported, opposite Oporto) is of the growth guaranteed. There is a good deal of fraud and trickery. Mr. Paget thus describes it :—" What takes place is this :—There is a certain district in the Alto Douro which is supposed exclusively to grow the wines of first quality. After the vintage, about the month l of November, a commission, appointed by the, Com mercial Association at Oporto, proceeds to this dis trict for the purpose of ascertaining the quantity of wine prodliced: Havitig ilia& inquiries on ...this head, in the month of January, a commission of tasters, composed as above-mentioned, again - visits the same localities, and on approval of the wines submitted to them the bilhetes are given to the farmers, whit% enable them to dispose of their wines, which are th, n conveyed to Villa Nova. Without this bilhete' n ) wines are admitted to the depot in question. But there is much trickery in obtaining , them, for it often happens that a grower will declare that he his 40 or 53 pipes of the wine of which he produces a sample, whereas in reality he may not be possessed of more than three or four pipes. The deficiency is made up of wine which he purchases beyond the limits of the prescribed district, or else he sells his thillictes' to a farmer whose geographical position would disentitle him to the privilege of sending his wine to Villa. Nova, but who, provided with the bilhetes,' is enabled to doso by passing his wine with the bilhete' to a merchant at Oporto. The price paid for a bilhete' varies between £3 and £4. Under this system, therefore, it is extremely difficult to ascertain the real amount of- wine produced in the privileged district. The amount officially declared_ for the last season was 15,000 pipes, but I . have heard it doubted, on the best authority, whether as much as- 6,000 pipes was really produced. It is not to be understood, however, that the wine grown outside the district is necessarily - of an in ferior quality. Prejudice and ancient custom are also a good deal mixed up in judging this question, and I have been told by competent persons that some of the wine grown beyond the boundaries is quite equal to that produced within them." "It is a fallacy," adds Mr. Paget, " to suppose that such a thing as what is termed c ' pure' portwine—that is, without an admixture of brandy—exists. On the first arrival of each pipe of wine at Villa Nova, a certain quantity of this spirit is immediately added, for without it the wine would not keep. The failure in the crop of vines last year (1857) was very calamitous, and, of course, prices rose accord ingly. The produce in the Alto Douro district, ordinarily 100,000 pipes a-year, fell off to 15,000. The price of a pipe of port from the farmer is now about. £3O ; before the failure it was less than one moiety of that sum. The same as regards all the wines of the country. The common wines of the country were formerly drunk by the peasant at about one halfpenny the pint; the same quantity now averages about twopence. The failure in the crop of oranges and lemons has likewise been mist disastrous in. its consequences. Several rent des, particularly sulphur, have been tried for the c ire and in-L-1 - ention of the malady ; but the success has been very limited, and should the blight continue for a few years more with the same virulence the result must be the utter ruin of a vast proportion of the agricultural community. ,Under these circum stances it becomes more than ever necessary to give assistance and encouragement to this class of the population. Portugal, as before suggested, instead of endeavouring to become a manufacturing country, should turn all her energies to agriculture. The soil is of the most luxurious and fertil description and the climate is particularly genial, and her geographical position is such that she ought to be the most natural granary for all the markets in Europe. The wages of labour are low and the population are industrious, yet with all these advantages more than half the land , is uncultivated. and that which is is cultivated in the rudest and most primitive manner. GREAT SOUTHERN of INDIA RAILWAY COMPANY. (Incorporated by Act of Parliament.) Capital 41,000,000, in 50,000 Shares of £2O each. Interest at 5 per cent., guaranteed by East India Company. FIRST CALL of Z 1 18s. per Share, making, with the deposit of 25., £2 per Share. Company's Offices, 2, Leadenhall-street, London, 23d November, 1. NOTICE IS HEREB Y GIVEN, That t he Directors of this Company have this day made a Call of One pound eighteen shillings (£1 18s.) per share, making, with the deposit of Two shillings, Two pounds per share ; and that the same is re quired to be paid to the Union Bank of London, on or before Wednesday, the 29th day of Dec3mber, 1858. Shareholders will have the option, until further notice, o f paying the whole or any part of the remaining £lB per share, on all, or any number of their shares, and, on the above Call and payments made respectively, interest will accrue at the rate of five per cent. per annum from the date of payment into the Treasury of the East India House. Scripholders are required to insert In the forms attached to the Scrip Certificates their full Names, Professions, and Ad dresses, and to present the same at the Offices of the Com pany. on or before the said 29th day of December, between 11 and 3 o'clock, when the necessary printed forms for payment to the Bankers of the Call, and of any sum in anticipation of Calls, will be furnished t o th em ; a rece i pt for the Scrip will also be given, which will be exchanged, on a day to be named therein, for Share Certificates, under the common seal of the Company.—By Order, ROBT. R. 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Stuart de Decies.,, Cure No. 19, g 32 . "Fifty y ears ' i n d escr ib a bl e agony from dyspepsia, ner- voloolesii, asthma, couet, constiation, flatulency, spas ms, Discsickness at the stomach: and vomiting, have been removed by ~.,Vccellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of -- g icaras,re, Waltham Cross, Herts, of extreme ner ',Titaness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fan- Cure. No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman. Gateacre, near "verPcol : of ten y ears ' dyspepsia. and all the horrors ofnervous irritability. Cure No. 18.216. Dr. Andrew Urc. of con stipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 34.210. Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212. Cap tain Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 42,116. Major Edie, of Alver.and kidney disease, and total prostration of strength. CUre No. 36,418. R ev . Dr. Minster, of cramps, sp asms , an d daily vomiting--. Cure No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey, of diarhoes a nd debility. - - Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer, of consumption. Cure No. 32,880. Wm. Hunt, Esq.. barrister, of paralysis. C ure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts,timber-merchant, of Frim fY, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver de :_angement, partial deafness. Cure No. 180. "Twenty-five 'Years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no me dicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured jDu Ilarry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Reeves,lBl, leet-street, London." Cure go. 4,208. "Eight years' d yspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health restoring Food. Rev. John W. Flavell, Riddlington Rectory, Norfolk." Cure No. :1,906. "Thirteen years'cough, indiges tion, and general debility have been removed by Du Berry's excellent Food. .Tames Porter, Athol-street, Perth." 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Th e l ar ge cants ra free of carri o•e Barry Du Barry, and Co., 77, Regent street, Landon. * , Avoid Pills, and all other Medicine for Indigestion fdys t.ePsial, habitual Constipation, Flatulency, Acidity. Palpita 4an of the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, bilious Headaches, Aerjousness. Biliousness, General Debility, Diarrhoea, Cough, i n s lnMa, Consumption, Despondency, Spleen, Sm. Send 2d. ti s ,2 l Ps, and you will receive free by Post• a popular Tree- Pages :—" THE NATURAL REGENERATION OF 0 DIGESTIVE ORGANS." Without pills, pumatives, Medicines of any kind, and without expense, by a simple, t k eas ant. and infallible means which 'saves 50 times its cost ou.other remedies ; adapted to the general reader. London : r. B Gabert,'49 Pateraoater-row, -and through all book. ~~ ..,,,. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25, 1858. PUBLICATIONS. DEDICATED TO THE EARL OF STAMFORD. Now ready, in 3 vols„,with Illustrations'by WEIR,. THE MASTER OF THE HOUNDS. By " SCRUTATOR," .Author of "The Squire of Beechwood." IHurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. prow ready, in 3 vols.. with Portraits, 31s. Gd„ bound. HENRY 111., KING of FRANCE, his COUla and TIMES. By Miss FREER,. Author of "Eliza beth de Valois," " Marguerite D'Angouleme,"4c. " Miss Freer has presented us with an excellent piece of biography in these amusing and instructive volumes. The work is one of great research and value, and is not to be sur passed by any other production of its class in the English language."—Observer. Hurst & Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF "DOROTHY." This Day, Foolscap Svo, MAIDEN SISTE•ItS By the Author of " Dorothy." By'the same Author, UNCLE RALPH, 4s. 6d. STILL WATERS. Two vols. 98. DOROTHY. Second Edition. 4s. 6d, DE CRESSY. 4s. 6d. London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. FEIST'S RACING RECORD for 1858. Part X., price 3d., will be • published on the' Ist of December. The Record, containing a complete calendar of Sport in England, Ireland, and Scotland, in 1857, and nomi nations for 1858, may be had, price two shillings. • • • W. Wright, Pulwood'i Rents, Holborn The Fourth Edition, Just P u blished, Bvo, in cloth, ;price 55. 4 by post free; SS.Cd. ON TRUE and FALSE SERMATORRHCEA; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers cram De bility of the 'Generative sys rem, or Sexual Wypoclirondriasis. F. WHO WILL PAY THE CHINESE INDEMNITY ? Why, the English themselves. An export duty is to be levied, and then not even the East India Tea Company will be eble, as they now are, to sell Rib. of Black, Green, or Mixed Tea, at ls. 10d. per lb., and Coffee, in the Berry, at 10d.—Warehouse, 9, Great St. Helen's-church yard, City. IAFE and CERTAIN CURE.—WHITE' S RECIPE, a certain cure for the gleet, stricture, stone, gravel, seminal weakness, and all diseases of the kidneys and bladder, requiring no alteration of regimen, restriction from spirits, &c., loss of time, confinement, or hindrance from busi ness. These pills have been prescribed to thousands,,and have never failed to effect a cure in nine or ten days. Any chemist can prepare them in any part of the globe for eight pence. Price of recipe, ss.—Apply, by,retter only, E. White, 30, James-street, Covent-garden, London. DECAYED TEETH and TOOTHACHE.-- lIOWARD'S ENAMEL for stopping Decayed Teeth, however large the cavity. It is placed in the tooth in a soft s;a;e, withoet any pressure or pain, and immediately HARDENS INTO ENAMEL ; it will remain in the tooth many years, rendering; extraciion unnecessary, and arresting the further progress of decay. Sold by all • medicine vendors, Price One Shilling. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.- It is only a short time since this singularly efficacious article of animal diet first made its appearance ; and already its celebrity is world-wide. It has been a subject of wonder; and has puzzled many a brain to explain how this has been brought about. Yet when we are acquainted with a few facts concerning the food, our wonder will cease. A few days since, a gentleman wrote, stating that he had a horse which was a . . " perfect bag of bones." Re tried all kinds of things to get the animal into condition, but in vain. He then bought some of Thoi•ley's food; and he says t'ie effect was wonderful. The horse rapidly grew fat, and ,in the eours&of a few weeks had gained no less than I'2 stones. Again we find at the late agri cultural shows at Birmingham ; Cardiff, ac.,•the animals which carried off the highest prizes had been partly fed with Thor ley's food for cattle. Such facts speak for themselves, and we are forced to the conclusion that , its celebrity arises solely from its Own intrinsic merits, and the 7.,Teat demand for it can proceed alone from the good opinion and testimony of those who have tried it. All parties interested in horses and.cattle will do well to apply to 77, Newgate-street, London, for a pamphlet which is sent post-free. THE W.EATHER A:YD TRY PARKS. The thermometer during Tuesday night, in the shade, at the. Royal Humane Society's Receiving house, Hyde -park, was as low as 221 deg., being 81 deg. below freezing point. Yesterday. morning the glass registered 27 deg., and at noon it did not exceed 30 deg. Last evening at six o'clock the mercury had. fallen •to 28, being 4 deg. below freezing point. The barometer had changed during the day from 30.11 t o 29.84 , an d l as t even i ng w as rapidly falling. The'Wind in the 'early partof the day was principally south-east, but towards the evening it suddenly chopped round to north-east by east.. The ice in the different royal parks is reported by the Royal Humane Society'S superintendent (Mr. Williams) to be from two to three inches in thick ness and in good condition. The Serpentine river, in Hydepark, had its bank crowded during the day with carriages, containing numbers of the nobility and gentry, who had at tended to witness the evolution of the skaters, who numbered about 2,000. Nothing deserving 9f any ,particular mention took place on this river, with the exception of what is termed " an express train match,'" which took place- between eight gentlemen, four on each side, and the manner they shot over the ice, from the Albert bridge almost to the Kensington-gardens bridge, Was such as to astonish every beholder, the whole being performed in two or three minutes. No im mersions took place, but several persons were se riously hurt by falling on the ice. Several mem bers of the Skating Club also disported themselves upon this river, any it sewn o'clock last night there were several upon the ice with lighted flam beaux in their-hands. The Long Water in Kensington-gardens was patronised by about 800 sliders and -skaters; in cludingimany members of the Skating Club. For tunately no accident beyond a few falls took place, not of a very serious nature. The ice on, the Round Pond in several places was broken daring the day, owin g t o so ma ny as 400 persons venturing omit, but no accident hap pened beyond a few cut heads. In St: James's-park several hundred boys amused then's - elves upon the ice, and several immersions took place, unattended by fatal consequences. In the Regent's-park there were about 1,500 sliders and skaters upon the ice, but no accident -worthy of recording took place during the day. The Victoria-park and. Battersea-park were both well patronised by, skaters - and sliders. A gentle man fell upon •the ice and • broke his leg. In the event of the frost continuing several im portint • skating matches will take place on. the Serpentine, as well as some great pyrotechnic dis plays, Mr. Mortram, of Walworth, having been appointed artist to 'prepare the necessary display. REFORM MEETING AT SUND,ERL4ND. A public meeting of the inhabitants of the bo• rough of Sunderland was held on Tuesday evening in the large hall of the Athenoeum, to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament in favour of a new Reform Bill, for amending the representation of the people, and for determining on what princi ples such Reform Bill should be based, and the leading objects to be embraced in it. The hall and galleries were closely packed, and the audience was comprised of all classes of the inhabitants of the town. The mayor, Mr. John . Candlish, occupied the chair, and was supported by many influential inhabitants of the borough. Messrs. Joseph Cowen, jun., and R. B. Reed at tended as a deputation from the Northern Reform Union. The greatest interest and unanimity pre vailed throughout the proceedings. The MAYOR expressed the pleasure he had in presiding on the occasion, for the principles of the resolutions to be proposed and the collateral allega tions contained in them were unanswerable, being based upon truth. Mr. Alderman WILLIAMS moved the first resolu tion to the effect that in the, opinion of the meet ing, the present restrictive franchise deprives a large number of our fellow-countrymen of their just electoral rights ; entails on the nation bad legislation, financial extravagance, and an irre sponsible foreign policy ; and demands a radical reform in the representation of the people in Par liament, based on manhood suffrage and vote by ballot. In answer to the objection that this was not the time for agitating this question--that the character of the Government and other bills on the subject, should, be first seen and judged of, the speaker said, if Lord Derby was the man they took him for, such meetin g s as that would show him what the people wanted. It was admitted by Lord Derby, Lord John Russell, and Mr. Bright— (cheers) —that reform was needed, and if they ex chided its tWo first principles from the measures to be proposed, it was all-important that Mr. Bright knew - what they thought, and on what principles the bill he had undertaken on the part of the people to frame, should be founded. Mr. WIGHT seconded the resolution. Mr. J. COWEN, jun., after referring to the diver sity existing among reformers as to the character of the measure best calculated to meet the wants of the people, explained the objects of the association which he represented—which declared that man hood suffrage and vote by ballot should be the basis of any satisfactory Reform Bill. In other words, they asked a vote for every man, and the privilege of giving that vote free from all improper influence. They adopted this programme for two reasons--first, because it was simple, and there fore likely to win popular favour, and secondly, because it offered the only solution to the ever-re curring question of constitutional change. (Cheers.) At present there was nothing before the country but vague declarations from the leaders of the dif ferent sections of politicians in favour of some scheme of reform. No party was committed to any definite measure. No one knew what the Government would propose, but they all knew that both Government and Parliament were amen able to public opinion, and if the voice of the people was earnestly and energetically expressed in favour of a radical measure of reform they were more likely to get it than if they merely went for some not very satisfactory compromise. They might be sure the less they asked for the less they would get, and the more they asked the more they would obtain. He then proceeded to dwell upon the evils arising from the present representative system, re iterating all the arguments to be adduced in favour of a reformed system, and in conclusion urged the necessity of unanimity on the great question whi c h was to be dealt with in the coming session. The resolution was carried by acclamation. Mr. SEDGWICK moved the next resolution to the effect that the work in which the Northern Reform Union is now engaged is calculated to extend the political education of the people, and to strengthen the hands of the Reform party in or out of Parlia ment in their efforts to obtain from the Govern- ment a thorough measure of reform, and was there fore deserving of the support and encouragement of all earnest reformers. he resolution was seconded by Mr. GAMMAGE, an supported by — Mr. R. B. REED, of the Northgrn Reform Union, who said—The great struggle between the people on the one hand, and the aristocracy on the other, was about to commence, and it would need the united exertions of the friends of progress and im provement to carry it to a successful issue. (Hear.) There were many prejudices to be uprooted, many obstacles to be removed, and many powerful oppo nents to combat, before a veritable Reform Bill became the law of the land. But he ,had faith in the persistency of the people of England upon this question of reform in Parliament ; he believed that the temperate and reasonable advocacy, which formed a distinguishing characteristic of the efforts of reformers in every important town in the king dom, would ultimately secure those rights and privileges which every free-born Briton ought to enjoy. This motion was also carried nem. eon., and a petition to Parliament based on the foregoing was adopted. Translated. from the German' of Dr. PIC KPORD. !`.Dr-. Pickrord is• known to•Engitsit renders by his requent pritctical contributions to German- medical literatutie. 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 defectituy'othcr " equally fla7rant es it which it may belts his power to correct.--London Medical Gazette. ... . " The - editor has Oonfeired ' a great ' boon on, the sufferers from this distressing malady by tratiAilting this liAle book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqual:fied adventurers, who profess to cure • a. disease of which they know .no Other .object than to fill their own purses. The difference between. true Snermatorrhma•and the various forms of diSease Which resemble it are.acourately de scribed, and thus a safe guide' is 'Offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have delayed so long; upon the contents of the preliL minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickibid ; but the moderate price at which the brochure' is bold, places it wKhin the reach of every on e i n t eres t e d in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. • London : H. Barniere, 219, Regent-street. BOARD AND RESIDENCE. 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It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self indulgence, how those penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and, above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply cure. Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, and may be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Horne, 'l9, Leicester square ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from 11 till 2, and from 6 till 8, at his residence, 37, Bedford-square, London. The work may be had in India, of Mr. Ton Litzky, Loll Bazaar; Calcutta—Messrs. C. and J. Hormusjee,Apollo-street ; Bombay—Circulator Office; Madras—Molussilite Offie,e, Agra ; Dodstvorth, Colombo; Ceylon ; and of all BOokselleris through out the Colonies, THE PIES T COLD WEATHER. The following letter has been addressed to a contemporary : Sir,—The temperature of the last few days has been so unusual in the month of November, that I beg to send you an account of it. The. mean tem perature of the month up to this day is 371 deg.,' being no less than 7 deg. below the average of the same period for 48 years. The mean daily tempe rature was below the average on every day except the 4th and sth, when it was slightly above ; and on the. 19th amounted to 14 deg. ; on the ; 20th to 101 deg. ; on the 21st to 8 deg. ; on the 22d to 9 deg,• and on the last two days, viz., the - 23 d and this day (the 24th), which were the . coldest, the depression was as large as 15 deg. and 16 deg. re spectively. The most remarkable period in the Month is that from the 15th, its mean temperature, being 321 deg. ; and its mean departure below the' average, amounting to 91 deg. On the 20th the temperature decreased to, 241 deg. ; on the 23d to, 181 de.. 6 .; and this mornin g 7it was at its lowest' point, 16 deg. This remarkable period of continu ance of cold in November is without parallel since the year 1815 ' • the weather in that .year, from November 15t h to the 29th, was similar to the present; the mean temperature between these limits was 314 deg.. The temperature, however, did. not fall so low as at present ; the lowest noted was 25 deg. In the year 1816 there was a cold period of three days' duration, viz., from the 22d to the 25th, when the mean temperature was 30 1 deg., that of the 24th was 231 deg. only. The next cold period in November, of any continuance, was in 1827, when the mean temperature of the 22d, . 23d, and 24th, was 27 (legs. ; that of the 24th was as low as 241 degs. In the year 1829, from Nov. 16th to the 25th, the mean temperature was 324 cle3s. The next cold period was in 1838 ; from the 24th to the 27th its mean temperature was 31 degs. In 1841 the mean temperature from Nov. 14th to the 18th was 31-1 ' degs. • in 1849 the mean temperature from Nov. 25th to Nov. 29th was 31/ degs., that of the 28th being as low as 26 degs. In 1851 the mean temperature from Nov. 15th to 19th was 321 degs.; in 1854 the mean from Nov. 22d to 27th was 331 degs. ; and in 1856 the mean of Nov. 29th and 30th was 29 dogs. In Nov: 1857, the temperature of the' coldest day was 37-4- degs., that of Nov. 26th. So 'that there has not been any analogous period' of such severe weather in the month of November, as at the present time, since the year 1815. The mean temperature of yesterday was 251 deg., and this day is 244 deg., and the mean of these two days , is lower than that of any two consecutive November days in - the pre ceding 45 years. The temperature this morning, viz., 16 deg., was lower than it has ever been in the month of November within the same period of 45 years, which as far as authentic records extend. In the year 1815 the mean:temperature,which was 29 deg. on Nov. 29th, rose to 411 deg. on Nov. 30th, to •191 deg. on Dec. Ist, then gradually declined to 42 deg. by the sth, and was followed by a mode rately cold period. JAMES GLAISHER. Lewisham, Nov. 24. • IBBLA ND. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE CHANNEL SQUADRON. A letter from Caslletown Berehaven, dated the 20th inst., says :—" It having been arranged that the gunboat Skipjack, which left a few days since for Queenstown, was to return forthwith, bringing witnesses for the court-martial to be held on the third lieutenant of the Hawke, the order for the immediate departure of the squadron, brought by special messenger, was received on board with much surprise and ashore with great re g ret. This morning, at 9 o'clock, th e Wizard sailed out at the westward entrance, and the Royal Albert, the Re nown, the Orion, and the Brunswick, all screw steam line-of-battle ships, steamed out at the east ward entrance, leaving a great blank in the har bour, notwithstanding the presence .of several sail of merchant ships. The training brig Wizard afforded a treat before her departure, as yesterday she was for a considerable time enveloped in the smoke of her guns while exercising the naval cadets on board." THE ATLANTIC CABLE. The Tralee Chronicle has the subjoined commu nication from Valentia. It bears date Nov. 21 : " Nothing of importance occurred since my last until Friday, when the weather was so fine that no further pretext could be advanced for not proceed ing with the laying down of the shore end of the cable. The vessels accordingly proceeded to sea, and succeeded in submerging the few miles of shore cable, and in making a splice with the deep sea por tion abmit five miles off I)owlais HeadlThis opera tion• was easily performed, and it is much to be re gretted that the remaining seven miles of shore cable left at Greenwich was not brought here and added to the part now laid down. Had this been done there is no doubt the result would be satisfactory. This is more evident from the fact that, after passing the spot where the shore end terminates, some of the men, in their anxiety to continue the underrunning of the small cable, dis covered a tink ' having the conducting wire ex posed to the water, and, therefore, injuring to some extent the conducting power of the wire. The de fective part was immediately cut out. But the underrunnin° was discontinued, th oug h it i s pro bable that other defects of the kind would have been discovered had they proceeded. This cannot be said to be giving the present cable a fair trial.' I am not aware that the shore cable has been tested since it was laid down, nor is there any person of sufficient-experience here to do so, and when we recollect that some of the most eminent practical electricians of the day have differed materially in the manner and result of their testing we must have very little reliance on the opinion of others of far less scientific experience. Nothing is, therefore, known of the present condition of the cable, or whether the laying down of the portimi of shore end has materially improved its condition, as the the office has been shut up since the Ist inst.,. and -the staff, with one exception, discharged (not Te moved to London as has been asserted)." THE ISLAND OF CANDIA. A pamphlet entitled La Verite sur les Evene mens de Candle, by "An Eye-witness," has just appeared, and the object of it is to show that Vely Pacha, the governor of that island, who took part in those events, has been grossly calumniated by the Greek and F renc h p ress . Th e following is a sketch of the statement which it makes :—lt was in 1855 that Vely Pacha, after being ambassador at Paris, became governor of the island—a post held for 30 years by his father, Mustapha P'acha ; and, "in accordance with the suggestion of an august personage at Paris," he immediately caused roads, which were much needed, to be made, and effected various administrative reforms. The hatti-humayoum of 1856, which confers va rious advantages on the Christians, subjects them for the conscription the same as Mussulmans ' • but the Christians in Candia have the privilege of sup plying their contingent either in men or money, and they preferred to pay in the latter manner. In 1856 and 1857 no payments were made, so that at the be g inning of the present year three years' payments were due. The amount was equal to 2f. 55c. per head, and the Porte, from the embar rassed state of its finances, was obliged to call for it. But the claim caused great dissatisfaction among the Christians, and agents of secret socie ties of Greece endeavoured to excite them to revolt. Numbers of them assembled in arms in different parts of the island, and demanded that the Go vernment should be placed in the hands of Chris tians. Vely Pacha could easily have put down this rising; but if he had employed harsh measures, the Turks would probably have massacred the Christians, the Christians the Turks, and a civil war might have followed. But by the tact and moderation of Vely Pacha, aided by the foreign consuls, an arrangement was come to, and " the insurrection ended without the Turks firing a single shot at the Greeks, or the Greeks one at the Turks." The pamphlet, after lauding Vely Pacha for his conduct in this affair, asserts that his administration was always distinguished by mildness and justice, and as a proof of it states that he enabled as many as 500 Christian families, who years ago had embraced the Mahomedan faith to escape persecution, to become Christians again; had afforded Christians facilities for going on pil grimages, and had compelled three Christian girls who wanted to embrace Mahoraedanism in order indulge in profligacy, to retain their faith and return to their parents. It also shows that the report that he had allowed Turkish soldiers to violate a Christian church at Canea was proved by the European consuls themselves to be un founded. The pamphlet enters into details on the subject of the disturbances occasioned at Canea at the beginning of July by the assassination of a Mussulman by a Greek, and contends that the con duct of Vely Pacha in connection with them, was entirely free from reproach. It afterwards refers to the absurd calumnies as to Vely Pacha having caused the aged Bishop of Canea to be so grossly ill-treated that he died, and of his having had him just before death conveyed to his home in a cart ; and it proves clearly from official documents that the prelate died of apoplexy, and that the " cart" in which he was placed was .411 -elegant Parisian carriage. " r [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIowai's Ointment and Pills.— Wounds, sores, and ulcers are purified and healed with ab so!ute certainty by these external and internal remedies, which co-operate towards a cure with a rapidity that looks lilra magic. Their double action is irresistible. Unhappy creatures, " the mere despair of surgery" objects so horri bly unsightly that the most benevolent turn away from thein with a shudder, have been snatched from the ver y edge:of the grave, and restored to life, health, and society, by these dual medicaments, these twin medical charms. The oint ment should be rubbed twice a-day into the parts affected, and the pills should be taken according to the p r i n t e d di_ rections accompanying each boa, Th© ewe will be com plete and permanent. PRICE 4 D • STAMPED, SD. THE ANDOVER MURDER. An inquest was held yesterday on the body of the deceased, Wm. Parsons, in the board-room of the Union. No clue whatever to the perpetrator of this horrible crime has yet been gained. Mr. H Loscombe, solicitor, appeared to watch the proceedings on behalf of the deceased's family. ' The jury being sworn, the Coroner addressed them, and they retired to view the body. The first wit ness examined was Mr. H. E. Northover, who said—l am a draper, and was.an assistant to deceased. I last saw him alive on Monday night, the 22d inst., about 9 o'clock. He was then in the shop, where myself and some of the other assistants left him. I did not see him alive afterwards. He was dressed in the same way as when found the following morning, with the ex ception of the overcoat. The next morning I went for a walk alone, as I usually do, along the Salisbury -road. I was on the point of return ing about a quarter of a mile from the town when my attenti on was d rawn to some thi ng lying in the field. I approached it within five or six yards, when I discovered it was a human bodp. I returned immediately and gave informa tion to the police, with whom I returned to the field, and found it.was. Mr. Parsons. The overcoat did not belong to him but to some customer. He was lying flat on his face, the back part of the head was much bruised, and there was a considerable quantity of blood near the head ; his cap was off', there was a large ash stick lying near him with marks on it, the bottom of the stick, the thick end, was eoverod s with blood. Charles Wedge, superintendent of police, said, — On Tuesday morning last, about eight o'clock in the morning, I received information from the last witness that lie - had discovered a body lying in o, fiekl on the Salisbury road, and that the man had been murdered. I immediately proceeded to the spot with him and a police-constable, and there discovered the body of a man lying with his face to the ground, the right arm extended. forward, and the left was by his side; the legs were per fectly straight. I observed several wounds on the head, the back part of which was broken and bat tered in very much. -A short distance from the body, about two feet, lay a large ash stick, about three feet long, which appeared to have been re cently cut, and at the large end of which there were several knots. It was covered with blood and a portion of hair for about a foot from the bottom. The cap of deceased was lying a little on the left side, as though it had fallen off. The lining was covered with frost. Deceased was dressed in a rough top-coat, grey trousers, coat and waistcoat, and low shoes. One of the young men present said, "Good God, it is Mr. Parsons." I then recognised him. I have known him for nearly eight years. From the body I could distinctly trace the footmarks of one person walking towards the cowshed which is in the field, belonging to Mr. Footner, close to the he e dge. There is a gap in the hedge between the two fields. I could not trace the footsteps any fur ther than the gap. On examination of the inside of the shed there appeared marks of a slight scuffle. On the Andover side of the cowshed there appeared, footmarks at the top of the bank. I went to Mr. Elliott, and took him back to the field. After he had examined the body, I hada conveyed to the union in a cart, where, in the presence of Mr. Elliott, I searched the pockets, and, found £3.125. 6d. in money, a silver watch and gold guard round his neck, a; gold eye-glass, and various papers, and other articles of minor importance. I examined the papers, but they do not throw any light on the matter. The body was lying about 37 yards from the road. Theiv did not appear to have been any scuffle where the body lay, which was about 42 yards from the cow=shed. Henry John Have said—l reside in Andover, and was walking down the town- on Monday evening about half-past 9 o'clock, when I saw Mr. Parsons coming from his own yard and proceed down Bridge-street leading to the Salisbury-road. He was alone, and I did not see him afterwards. He had a top-coat and cap on. Jabez Henry Elliott said—l was called yesterday morning to a field in Salisbury-road, where I was shown the body of a man lying on his face. He was dead, cold, and stiff. I examined him, and found extensive fractures on the skull. He had evidently been dead some hous. After the body was conveyed home I made a„second examination. There were marks of blood, dirt, grass, and two locks of hair on different parts of his person and clotheF. His face appeared covered with blood. His nose was flattened. On the right side of the head was a semicircular wound 23- inches in width. There was another scalp wound on the head and another at the base of the neck At the back of the head was a large wound 3 inches long and 11- inch wide. A portion of the skull was partially detached, through which the membrane of the brain could be felt. From the state of the wounds I have no doubt the deceased came by his death by vio lence. I saw the stick, and have no doubt the wounds may have been caused by such an instru ment. It was impossible that he could have in flicted those wounds himself. At this stage of the inquiry the coroner inti mated that an adjournment would be necessary. Adjourned accordingly. FUNERAL OF ROBERT O WEN, OF LANARK. In accordance with Mr 7 Owen's expressed wish, his burial, which took place at Newtown onthe 22d inst., was conducted unostentatiously and as inex pensively as possible. It was intended by his family to be private, but in deference to the wishes of ail classes in the town it was public, and will cause the day to be long remembered in Newtown. The principal tradesmen in the town had put up shut ters all the previous week out of respect to their eminnnt townsman. On the morning of the burial a great concourse attended in front of the Boar's Head Hotel, where Mr. Owen died, and two doors only from the house •in which be was born. On Sunday night his remains were removed into the house of his birth, now occupied by Mr. 1). Thomas, who with great taste prepared his shop to receive them. To this gentleman's admirable arrange ments many of the most pleasing incidents of the interment were owing. The funeral procession was formed as follows :-- Beadle, Newtov n First Benefit Society, Newtown Friendly United Society, Newtown Victoria Benefit Society, the Clergy, Medical Gentlemen, Magis trates, Old Inhabitants and Schoolfellows of the Deceased. Gentlemen and Manufacturers of New town, as follows : Right—Rev. J. Edwards, M.A. ; Rev. R. J. Davies, J.P. ; Wm. Lloyd, Esq. ; Mr. J. Stanley, Mr. E. Williams, Mr. R. Newill Davies, Mr. E. Owen, Mr. J. Rigby (see: etrzy to R. Owen), Left—Wm. Slyman, Esq., M.D. (Mr. Owen's phy sician), Edward Hall, Esq. ; Geo. Matthews, Esq. ; Mr. J. Horton, Mr. W. Davies, Mr. J. Powell, Mr. J. B. Owen, Mr. T. Thomas (secretary to the Hon. R. D. Owen). The coffin, which these gentlemen immediately preceded, was quite plain, covered with black cloth, unnailed in the usual way, and the plate bore the inscription :—" Robert Owen, of New Lanark, born in Newtown, May 14, 1771, died in Newtown, Nov. 17, 1858." The following gentlemen attended as mourners — Mr. G. Owen Davies, Mr. W. Cox, Mr. W. H. Ashurst, Mr. R. Cooper, Mr. E. Trulove, Mr. Wm. Jones, Mr. G. Goodwin, the Hon. R. Dale Owen, Mr. Wm. Pare, Col. H. Clinton, Mr. Thos. Allsop, Mr. Geo. Holyoke, Mr, H. Law, and Mr. Pryce Jones. The procession proceeded first to St. David's Church, where the Rev. John Edwards, M.A., read a portion of the service for the dead, and afterwards at the grave, in a very impressive manner. From St. David's Church the long procession proceeded to St. Marv's Church, where Mr. Owen was interred in his father and mother's grave. St. Mary's Church is an ancient structure, now in ruins, of the tenth century, standing on the banks of the Severn, in a spot of sylvan beauty. Neither the inclemency of the weather nor the distance of Newtown from London, prevented many of Mr. Owen's attached friends, including ladies from paying the last honours to his remains. Two of the old playfellows of Mr. Owen were discovered, and with tottering steps they followed their old companion to his long home. The bearers of the coffin consisted of the oldest inhabitants who were equal to the task. A great concourse of people from the districts, as well as town, thronged the streets, windows, housetops, roads, and lanes of the route taken by _the procession. The greatest respect was testified to Mr. Owen. The enclosure walls of St. Mary's Church are incomplete, wanting suitable gates. The Hon. Robert Dale Owen has voluuteered the gift of a new pair of iron gates, and also ordered the restor ation of a decayed bower, once a historic object in the old chu rc hy ar d commemorat i ng a romantic in cident. Dr. Slyman, who attended Mr. Owen in his last illness, reports that he died of climacteric disease, brought on by exhaustion, and that his death might probably have been averted had not his prejudice against stimulants led him to refuse them. Av of at the ns,Ss it the intain beans ill at. caking ged in othor I MAT• [udian s. d. 0130 0 12 6 o 29 0 0 14 6 0186 o 29 0 —Rod ns 04 ere on d, 925; 0, and TO not - • - - • • - • ."''"'"m..""'° on the of W. n. wife of e of 11. Elite' Circus" d, ol ''' Lichoret 1 Light gooret o 14i1- ;uilget't „ w oo , ' TioUS e t jnoorep Geoge ;0, i r L e.. , ui r d iteV• I . ;, Ca pt. the late k ekneY , . o f the oUNG , Po. 1121 =V of AL se ---- l LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Arrangements with the Midland, the Great Northern', the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, the Great Westenr, the Lancashire and Yorkshire, and the East Lancashire Railway Companies ; power to use Linea and Stations at Burton-upon- Trent ; amendment of acts. APPLICATION is intended to be made to Parliament in the next session by the London and North-Western Railway Company (hereinafter called "the Company") for an act f or the following purposes, or some of them :- To authorise. the Company and the Midland Railway Com pany, the Great Northern Railway Company, the Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company, the Great Western Railway Company, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, and the East Lancashire Railway Com pany, or any one or more of such Companies, to enter into arrangements with respect to the construction, alteration, maintenance, use, and management of the Stations of the said Companies respectively, or any of them, where the respective Railways of the said Companies, or any of them, are con nected with the Railways of the Company, and of the por tions of the Railways of the respective Companies which are connected with the Railways of the Company or with any of the said Stations, and as to the conduct of the traffic at such Stations or any of them, and upon and over such por tions of their respective Railways so connected, and the fixing receipt and apportionment of the Tolls, Rates, and Charges arising from such traffic in respect of such Railways and Stations, or any of them. To authorise the Company to use with their Engines and Carriages the Stations, Sidings, Watering-places, and other Conveniences of the Midland Railway Company, situate at Burton-upon-Trent, and also any connecting Sidings or Rail ways, Stations, Watering-places, and other Conveniences in the parish of Burton-upon-Trent, which may be authorised to be constructed under the powers of any Act to be obtained in the next session of Parliament either by the Midland Rail way Company or the Burton-upon-Trent Railway Company, upon payment, as regards any portions of the existing Mid land Railway which may be used, of the Tolls legally demand able by the Midland Railway Company for such use and as regards such connecting Sidings or Railway Stations, and other Conveniences so to be authorised, as aforesaid, of such Tolls, Rent, or other consideration, whether by way of con tribution of capital or otherwise, and under such regulations as may be agreed upon between the Companies respectively, or as may be prescribed by the Board of Trade, or otherwise, by the intended Act. And for carrying into effect all or any of the above objects, and so far as may be necessary for such purposes, but not further or otherwise, it is intended by the said Act to alter and amend all or any 01 the powers and provisions of the several (local and personal) Acts relating to the London and North-Western Railway Company : viz., 8 and 9 Vic., caps. 36, 37, 43, 105, 111, 112, 123, 156, and 198 ; 9 Vic. cap. 67 ; 9 and 10 Vic. caps. 80, 82, 152, 182, 184, 192, 193, 204, 231, 232, 233, 244 , 248, 259, 261, 26 2 , 269, 300, , 309, 322, 323, 324, 328, 3.31, 359, 368, 369, 380, and 396; 10 and 11 Vic. caps. 73, 107, 114, 118, 120, 121, 131, 132,139, 159, 161, 178, 188, 228, 236, 270, 278, and 294 ; 11 and 12 Vic. caps. 58, 60, and 130 ; 12 and 13 Vic. cap. 74 ; 13 and 14 Vic. cap. 36 ; 14 Vic. cap. 28 ; 14 and 15 Vic. cap. 94 ; 15 Vie. caps. 98 and 105 ; 16 and 17 Vic. caps. 97, 110, 157, 160, 161, 203, 216, and 222 ; 17 and 18 Vic. caps. 201 and 201 ; 18 and 19 Vie. caps. 172 and 194 ; 19 and 20 Vie. caps. 52, 69, mid 123 ; 20 and 21 Vic. caps. 64, 98, and 108 ; 21 and 22 Vic. cap. 131 ; and the following, Acts relating to the Great Northern Railway Company, " The Great Northern Railway Act, ! 8 . 16 (9 and 10 Viet., cap. 71); 10 and 11 Viet., cap. 148 ; 11 and Linco " ln T s he 12 Vict., cap. 114 ; 14 and 15 Vict., cap. 45 ; 16 and 17 Viet., cap. 113) ; 12 2 a ae d GO : 18 and 19 Viet, cap. 124 ; 20 and 21 Viet., cap., 138 ; 10 Viet., cap. Great Northern, and Manchester, Sheffield, and pany ; the acBBt Lincolnshire : r e a l n a d ti n a g ny t o other Lincolnshire Railway Companies Act, 1858 " (21 and 22 Vict., " The East Lincolnshire Railway Act, 1846" (9 and Lincolnshire he 3 ae fa t n a ch re e l s a t t e th r, g Sh to effi th e a ld t , co a m nd Sheffield, and Copany-namely,Manchester, cap. 81); 13 and 14 Viet.,Railway Act," 1819(12 and 13 Viet., and 16 Vict., c a. 3,n e d ap. 94 ; 14 and 15 Vict., cap. 114 ; 15 145; 18 and 19Vict c 144 ;16 and 17 Vict., caps. 52 and . , aps. 91 and 129 ; and 21 and 22 Viet., Company 75 ; and any other acts relating to the said I , Company ; the acts relating to the Great 'as t- mentione n estrrn Railway Company, that is to say, 5 and a W"11. IV., oalo. 36, 38. 77' and 791 IV., cap. 107 ; 6 Will. ; 1 Vict., caps. 91 and 92 (183 and 24 and 26 ()838); 2 Viet., and 5 3 Vict., 47), 3 and 4 Viet., cap. 105 ; 4 and 5 'Viet cap. 7 ; VicL (session 2), cap. 28 ; 6 Vict., . . cap. 41 ; 5 can. 10; 7 Viet., cap. 3; 7 and 8 Vic., caps. 68 and 09 ; 8 and 9 Vic., caps. 40, 42, 53, 115, 155, 156, 184, 188, 190, and 191; 9 Vic., cap. 14 ; 9 and 10 Vic., caps. 166, 181, 2.36, 230, 240. 250, 251, 274, 275, 278, 307, 308, 313, 315, 335, 337, 338, 369, and 402 ; 10 and 11 Vic., caps. 00, .72, 76, 80, 91, 101, 109, 144, 149, IM,. 226, and 242 11 and 12 Vic., caps. 28, 59, 74, 77, 82, 95, 130, 131, 133, 135, 158, and 159 ; 12 and 13 Vic., caps. 6,7, 55, and 85 ; 13 and 14 Vic., caps. 44, 98, and 110. 14 and 15 Vic., caps. 48 , 81 , and 131 ; 15 and 16 Vic., caps. 125, 133, 140, 145; 140, 147, 165, and 168; 16 and 17 Vic., caps, 121, 15.3, 175, and 212; 17 and 18 Vic.. caps. 108, 1 20 , 158, 202 , 22 , 2, and of the acts relating to the Midland Railway. Company, • and 59 , 8 and 9 Vic. caps. is to say-7 and 8 Vie., caps. 18 ___ c. 1 9 and 10 Vic., caps. 51, 102', caps. 38, 49, 56, 90, and 18- ; 311, 326, and 310 ; 10 and 156, 157, 163, 203, 243, 254, 255, 272, 301, , 11 Vic., caps. 122, 135, 150 , 191, 214, 215, and 270 ; 11 and 12 Vic., caps. 21, 88, and 131; 14 and 15 Vic., cap . , and 19 and 20 Vic.,. cap. 57, 88, and 113 ; 16 Vic., cap. 33 ; 16 and 17 Vic., cap. 108 ~ cap. 54 ; the several acts following r elating to the Lancashire 2 Will. IV , ca? . . 60 ; 2 and Yorkshire Railway Company-1 and ___,•_ _ Will. IV., cap 69 ; 5 Will. IV., cap. , 30 . 6 and 7 Will. I „cap. and 3 Vict., cap. 111 ; 7 Will. IV., cap. 24 ; 1 Vict., cap. 25 ; 2 55 ; 4 Vict., cap. 25 ; 7 Vict. cap. 16 ; 7 and 8 Vict., eV_. 82; 8 and 9 Vict., caps. 39, 54. 109,166, 171, and 172 _ ' . and 10 Viet., , • 9 caps. 18.5, 212, 231, 271, 277, 282 , 306, 312, 354, 378, and 390 ; 10 and 11 Vict., caps. 103, 105, 163, 166, and 221 ; 11 and ~ 12 Vict., ca caps. 71 and 115 ; 12 and 13 Vict.. caps. 50 and 7 4 ; 13 and 14 Vict., caps. 83, 95, and 99 ; 14 and 15 Vict., cap. 46 ; 15 Vict., cap. 90 ; 15 and 16 Vict., cap. 132 ; 16 and 17 Vict., cap. 211; 17 Vict., caps. 58 and 59 ; 17 and 18 Vict., cap. 117 ; and 21 and 22 Vict., caps. 106 and 143 ; and the several acts following relating to the East Lancashire Railway Company-namely, 7 Vict., cap. 34 ; 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 60 ; 8 and 9 Viet. ' caps. 35, 101, and 103 ; 9 and 10 Vi c t., caps. 266 , 276, 302, a nd 381; 10 and 11 Viet., caps. 240, 288, and 289 ; 12 and 13 Viet., cap. 71 ; 13 and 14 Vict., caps. 95 and 99 ; 14 and 15 Vict., cap. 56 ; 16 and 17 Vict., caps. 163 and 211 ; 17 and 18 Viet., cap. 117 ; and 21 and 22 Vict., caps. 106 and 143. On or before the 23d day of December, 1858, printed copies of the Bill for effecting the objects aforesaid, or some of them, will be deposited in the Private Bill Office of the House of i Commons. Dated the 19th day of November, 1858. SWIFT & WAGSTAFF, Solicitors, 32, Great George-street, Westminster, TO THE NERVOUS AN D DEBILITATED. CHARLES WATSON, M.D., Fellow and Honorary Vice-President of the Imperial African Institute of France, Corres. Member of the Medical Societies of Rouen and Penn, National Academy o: Sciences, Paris, &c., And 1.1:e Resident ?hysician to the Belford Dispensary, 27, Alfred-place, lied ford-square, London. continues to issue, on receipt of six stamps, " THE GUIDE TO SELF-CURE." " Those about entering the Marriage Si:e+e 'should peruse Dr. Watson's invaluable little work es :he advice he gives on health end disease reflects much credit upon him as a sound medical philosopher."—Critic. " The true Guide to those who desire :a speedy and private cure."—University Matrazine. " The NEW AMERICAN DISCOVERY' demonstrates plaints, will prove a blessing lo the afflicted, who may safely the absurdity of the English mode of treating such com and easily regain pristine health by adopting the means pre sented."—Evening Sun. For Qualification, -vide " Diplomas," and the "London Medical Directory." THE MONACO STORY. A correspondent has sent us the following from Monaco, dated the 17th :—" In noticing an article of the resse on the contemplated sale of the prin cipality of Monaco to Russia, you most judiciously threw strong doubts on the whole story. In fact, a more absurd statement could not have been hazarded, and complete ignorance of the locality could alone have inspired it. This is the second. time in the course of six months that the rumoured sale of Monaco to Russia has been circulated by certain of your contemporaries, and the story is a mere repetition of the cwierd of last year, when, however, the United States, and not the Russian Government, figured as the intended purchasers. It is not true rumours of the contemplated sale are current in Piedmont,' for the inhabitants of that country are aware that the Prince of Monaco has constantly declined to entertain the pecuniary offers made by the Government of Turin, and they aro now, moreover, sufficiently acquainted with the re sources of the principality to know that its posses sion would be. utterly worthless to Russia, or to any other Government but their own. Sardinia has a great interest in the possession of Monaco, for this petty State not only breaks the geographical unity of the kingdom, but it is also a source of annoy ance on account of the smuggling carried on across the frontiers. The Princes of Monaco have, how ever, for the last four generations refuscdto abdicate a sovereignty.that millions cannot purchase; and the present ruler clings with energy to the possession of the rock of Monaco, which alone remains to him of the former dominions of his house, and which, though of no intrinsic value, enables him to take his place among the reigning sovereigns of Europe. The French journal represented the port of Monaco as one of the best in the Mcditcrancan, and added that with a few fortifications it might be rendered almost impregnable.' This is ludicrous. The port is a petty retreat in which no frigate could turn, while the whole principality—which, by the by, might be conveniently stowed away in the Regent's park—is commanded by a semicircle of heights in the possession of Sardinia. Before the age of gun powder, Monaco was one of the important positions of Europe, and it occupied a prominent part in the sanguinary events which characterised the ' good old times.' But since the introduction of cannon, and particularly since the revolt of the towns of Mentone and Rocquebrunne, which in 1848 shook oft' the rule of the Prince, has descended to the loWest stage of insignificance, and if it contrives to keep its head above water, it is thanks to a rouge-et-noir bank, which adds to the personal resources of the Prince, and. causes a few stray napoleons to be circulated am ong the population. Admitting that the natural advantages of Monaco surpassed tho:e of Gibralta r , th e idea of their fallin g into the hands of Russia by purchase would not be the less unrea sonable. The principality is guaranteed by the first and second treaty of Paris, and it could not be ceded to a foreign Power without the authorisation of Europe. Were all the Powers of the conti nent, along with England, to approve of the bar gain, the realisation of the latter would, neverthe less, fail before the decided opposition of France and Sardinia. The Turin Cabinet has never aban doned the idea of obtaining possession of this in dependent State, which is a perfect eyesore to statesmen ; while the traditions of the French ' its Fo reign -office justify the secret hope tnt stained there of some day regaining possession of this portion of the Mediterranean coast. As for Russia, she en joys at Villafranca every advantage that she could. desire. In that splendid bay her war vessels find shelter in stormy weather, and a port for repairs ; and in time of war they would enjoy the privilege of being under the protection of a neutral flag. What more could she desire? With respect, then, to Mo naco, I may conclude by assuring your that .this m interesting State is not for the moment in the ar ket."—Ga/ignani's Messenger. The Great Western Railway traffic return shows an increase of £lB7l the Great Northern an increase of £2,734; and the London and South-Western an increase of £222.