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The detachment will consist of Capt. H. G. J. Davies,recently returned from China on sick leave. Lieut. Thompson, one sergeant, one corporal, one bugler, and. 83 rank and file. Rear• Admiral Jas. Hope, C. 8., will proceed on the 4th inst., by the overland route, to assume his command on the East India and China station. .~ GREAT WESTV,RN RAILWAY.— , in pursuance of the Bye-Laws of this Company' , Notice is Hereby Given, that the Secretary has duly received in writing a declaration that it is intended to nominate the u nder -mentioned Proprietors (duly qualified) as Candidates for the Direction, at the Half-Yearly General Meeting of the vc n TanY to be held at this Station, on FRIDAY, the 11th day pebruary next, viz.: A. K. Baker, Esq. ; John William Esq, • Henry Simonds, Esq., R. J. Venables, Esq. ; -1 1. John Williams, Esq. F. G. B. PONSONBY, Chairman. Paddington Station, 31st January, 1859. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1859. PRICE 4 D . _ STAMPED, SD• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. Notic,e is Hereby Given That the next ORDINARY gALP-YEARLY MEETING of the Proprietors in the ngbamshire Railway Company will be held at the p"Lon Station, London, on FRI AY, the 18th day of ebruary, 1859, at Three o'Clock, p.m. By Order of the Board, HARRY VERNEY, Chairman. The books kept f or th e registration of transfers of Stock Will be closed on th e Bth February, and will remain so until after the meeting. Oilec of the Company, Euston Station, London, Ist February, 1859. No. 20,785. church, where a solemn Te Deum was chanted, and a most impressive and stirring appeal made to the people by the Rev. Abbe Gerdolles in favour of the cause. The President also made a very eloquent speech, in which_he stated the causes for the revo lution, and promised that a thorough reform should be made to insure the welfare of the • On Friday, Dec. 24, he left for St. Marc (a well fortified town), the commander of which joined him immediately, and gave his adherence to the cause. Well and firmly established there with two regi ments he awaited the submission of the other towns, and soon Cape Hayti, Plaisance, Port de Paix, Limbe, St. Michael s &c.—in fact, the whole of the north—acknowledged him as their ruler, and they are now waiting-butto concentrate troops to march at once to the capital, where it is expected not much resistance to his entry will be made. General Geffrard is nearly a black man, of 50 years of age, possessing a great deal of intelligence and most . gentlemanly in - his manners. He is be loved by the army and people; and has always shown himself friendly to foreigners. the 20th November, was discontinued on the 7th ultimo, the requisite amount of • tonnage having been obtained. A few ships have since been taken at 455., but we doubt if any more could be placed even at that rate. Vessels have been -taken at £4 10s. dead weight on the round, taking coals out from Bristol Channel, and for a handy ship of 400 to 500 tons we could make a similar engagement. We have also inquiry for a small vessel for the same round, loading outwards at Antwerp, for which £5 ss, would be paid. There is a fair in quiry for tonnage from the coal ports to ports in Chili, at 40s. per ton ; from Hull or Liverpool the same rate for. flag stones to Callao ; and we can give good despatch to one or two vessels en the berth from this port to Valparaiso or Callao. Brazils, West Indies, &c.—ln these trades, char tering business continues unimportant, homeward freights being - very scarce. For Rio Janeiro there have been a few engagements from Bristol 'Channel at 325. coals, 40s. iron, and the same terms may be , still obtained; or from London, general cargo, 555. per register ton ; also River Plate, 30s. coals, 40s. iron, or the berth in London 50s. per ton - regi ster, &c. Salt from St. Übes to Rio Grande, 35. Havana, out and home, 60s. for small vessels ; Porto Rico, home, 50s. ; Trinidad, 60s. to 625. Gd. on the round, to load outwards, here or at Liverpool ; St. Domingo, out and home, 705., &c. Mediterranean, &e.—Coal freights continue firm, more especially for Barcelona, Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, &c. Chartering is active at 60s. to 625. Gd. Black Sea on the round, or 355. to 40s. Odessa; 455.• to 50s. Azoff, home only. We hold orders for Rus sian ships at 40s. Odessa, 50s. Azoff, option of Marseilles at 2-3ds freight, Danube 9s. 3d. to 9s. Gd. for late ships; Alexandria nothing doing, 3s. 9d. beans, nominal; Sicily to Newcastle, 155., &c. The Timber Trade.—lt is early yet for any activity in these freights, but there is a fair pro spect of the trade opening at better rates than were current at the corresponding period of last year. THE METROPOLITAN &AS QUESTION. MEETING OF THE DELEGATES. PUBLICATIONS. 31. Kossura- ON 2YATIONAL CHARACTER. NEW NOVEL. `Just ready, in 2 vols., post Bvo, 215., rr HE THRtE PA THS. By HERBERT GREY, M.A., Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Col burn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received at all the Libraries. 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F c .lt Ron. the Lord Mayor in the Chair, APPLICATONS to r % R S to complete the requisite capital may be made e_e Committee of Allotment, Weavers' Hall, Basinghall- Lk' et, M the following form : shaTo the C o M m i ttee of Allotmen t o f 47 , 500 Shares. g e Tlenten,—l request you will allot me of the £ lO Pay the the Company, and I undertake upon allotment to les lie deposit of £1 per share on such shares, or upon such fona number a owi s you may allot to me ; and I undertake on the 8M d ng terms and conditions that I will, on or before the Ora itY of March next, accept the transfer of such shares as ort Yj?e allotted, and will pay any calls that may have been . t k e ybe made thereon under the provisions of the Company's lOS. trtil , st 'Phat th e deposits areCONDIT to be pad to the names of the fi ester' to a special account, into the London and West , tot 'her Bank, and that if the Committee ofAllotment shall m i ' i nn or before the said Bth day of March, certify - that the c " 4 ,500 shares have been subscribed for, and that the Posits thereon have been paid, each allottee's deposit shall il„illtrned, without deduction, and with any interest the 2" . 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Published (with Engravings, and an Appendi on the urative Powers of Galvanic-Electricitce ls., x free by Post for 13 s t amps, y), pri SELP-PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise ~_O l l NERVOUS DEBILITY a n d F UNCTI ONAL ,„ 4tu-NESS, more particularly in reference to the IN FIR t,,: t,IES and DISORDERS o - the GENERATIVE SYSTEM; ii" 7;; the Origin of these distressinT afflictions to causes ten vitiate the very fountains of Life and prematurely de r; telt the vigour of Manhood. With Practical Observatins 1 1 the Cure of these Diseases, and on the extraordinary re-orative power of LOCAL GALVANISM in Spermatorrhoea, pTP 3t °nce, and Sterility in which cases it is applied without of —u or. danger, and is f;equently successful without the aid ruedteine. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, 40Zistered Licentiate of the London Soc!.ety of Apothecaries, Amber Medicine or the University of Erlangen, Honorary of the London Hospital Medical Society. 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Zulint utility are brought together—facts appealing to the Ci l v dence of all who are suffering from affections which in e the enfeeblement and ultimate loss. of those powers 41e.thout which man forfeits the dignity of nature, and sinks to .1. most pitiable depths of physical and moral degradation. sneages where the vital essences have been weakened by the m ences of tropical climates, by pernicious habits. indiscri ;innate excesses, improper diet, hardship, or by iniudicious treatment, the means of cure adopted by the author, in con inction with the application of Local Galvanism, have gene been found successful, even in cases where recovery had pronounced impossible. 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RIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RELAXA TION, S PERMATORRIKE A, and all the distressing consequences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate _ excesses, or too l ong residenee in hot climates. It h as restored. bodil y ianoddi duals. st rength and vigour to thousands of I debi n lirr e v7ho are now in the enjoyment 43) health a nctions 07 Manhood : and whatever m be the cause for ISQU ALIFICATIONS for MARRIAGE , they are effectu ally subdued by,this Wonderful D:scoverY. effectually, in • the sh • TRIESEMAR NO. IL 07_ space ol three days, MIMI entire eradicates all traces of Gonorrhoea, bot'i its etely m a i n l d d r stlgravated forms, Gleets; Strictures, Iritation of the Ruddßudder,Non-retention of Urine, Pains of the Loins and kidneys, and those disorders which Copaivi and Ctibebs have SO long' been thought an an tid o t e f or , to the ruin of the health or a vast portion of the population. is TRIESEMAR y NO. 111. the Treat Continental Remed for Syphilis and *Secon dc,arY Symptoms. It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, crofula, and all Cutaneous Eiuptions, removing and expelling la its course all corruntions and impurities from the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate Vie virus of disease, and s Xpel it with the insensible perspiration, throu; , h the medium of the pores or the skin and urine, and is a never-failing remedy for that class of disorders which u n f or t una t e l y th e nglish Physician treats w:th Mercury, to the inevitable de etructiou of the patient's constitution, and whieli all the ear .laParilla in the world cannot restore Pric lls., free by post, i ". B d.extra to any part of the kingdom ; Or four cases in one 'or 335. by post 3s. 2d. extra, which saves 11s., and in :£5 cases, 'Whereb'y there is a saving of £1 12s. 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Charles Whetham, Esq. Charles Good, Esq. PHYSICIANS : J. T. Conquest, M.D., F:f.§:TlitOmas Hodgkin, M.D. BANIC ER S.—Messrs. Brown, anson, and Co., and Bank of England. .SOLICITOR.—Septimus Davidson, Esq. CONSULTING ACTUARY.—CharIes Ansell, Esq., F.R.S. On the 20th of November last the total number of policies issued was 21,633. The amount of capital was £1,621.550115. 11d. Amount paid for claims arising from death, and i)onuses ac crued thereon £809,616 14g. 4d. The gross annual income arising from pre miums on 15,262 policies is Annual abatement on the 20th November, 1857, to be continued for the live years end ing in 1862 50,112 0 0 £197,581 1 1 69,850 7 1 Add interest on invested capital Total net annual income £267,431 8 2 The present number of members is 12,617. At the Quinquennial Division of Profits made up to the 20th November, 1857. the computed value of assurances in Class IX. was £1,000,000 16 6 Assets in class IX. Surplus or profit £345,034 3 11 The effect of the successful operation of the Society during the whole period of its existence may be best exhibited by re capitulating the declared surpluses at the four investigations made up to this time. For the 7 years ending 1842 the Surplus was 132,074 11 5 5 years „ 1847 21 81,122 8 3 2;2,00118 4 5 years „ 1852 11 ~ „ 5 years „ 1857 , 345,034 3 1 1 ' Members whose premiums fall due on ihe Ist January are reminded that the same must be paid within L'O days from that date. The Prospectus, with the last Renort of the Directors, and with illustrations of the profits for the five years ending the 20th November, 1857, may be had on application, by which it will be seen that the reductions on the premiums range from 11 per cent. to 981 per cent., and that in one instance the premium is extinct. Instances of the bonuses arc also shown. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. January 1, 1859. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall, OCTA.VIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir Joux Wtrc.i.am LUBBOCK, Bart., Deputy-Governor., DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Edwd. MaxwellDaniell, Esq. Hon. Jno. T. Leslie Melville, William Davidson, Esq. Sir Jno. Henry Pelly, Bart. Thomas Dent, Esq. Hon. Jose. W. Percy, M.P. Alexander Druce, Esq. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. Freak. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Regnld. F. Remington, Esq, Charles Farquharson, Es,. Charles Robinson, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenf ell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Robt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Est Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq ., F.R.S. NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will expire on 9th January. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. In the Lite Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured, or 48 pgr been made in the Premi ums cent. o u i p v o a n l e o the t r o P d r u e o m n i o u o m s s h i i ) a a v i ed. f Profit will take place every Five palyhabolfeobtyorpeedirs‘oinssiowohsoopreferred that form of Bonus. years. £15,000 may be insured on one Lif A e n sum not exceeding . y th exemption from This L C ib o e rr tl r p a a t i t o . t n i ci a p ff a o t r i d o n s to in t p h r e o A fit s s s — ur ,o e , d i the liabilities of partnership. Societies—with Stock. of T a r o a ffi dv oo an w tr s s e guarantee o average o returnsioseinvested ed of 3 C l a u p t i t t ia a l ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALE of n s h P a r v a e ct bee ice SPECIAL NOTlCE., o —w to i s t t l e i d th b e y s t eLurit IN CASE OF DEATH occurring duriwz the Thirty days allowed for payment of a Life Premium, and before such pay ment has been made, the Corporation hold themselves liable under the Policy, provided the Premium be subsequently paid on or before the thirtieth day from that upon which it became due. JOHN A. HIGHAM, Actuary and Secretary. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. Las evening M. Kossuth, ex governor of Hun gary, in compliance with the 'request of the members of the " St. John's-wood Literary Institute," addressed at the Eyre Arms, a numerous and respectable audience, on the " Difference of National Character." Mr. Willeock, Q.C., presided. M. KOSSUTH, in the opening of his address, apologised for addressing so large an assembly on this subject, at a time when political affairs on the Continent should claim his first consideration — when Austria, the oppressor . o.f.' Italy and Hungary, was menacing the peace of Europe—and when it might be naturally expected that polities and not literary speculations should eng age his attention. But the members of the St. Jon's-wood Literary Society had done him the honour of soliciting his services at a time when they were preparing their annual intellectual bill of fare. That was five months ago, and he could not relieve himself from the obligation. He appe ared before them now to redeem his pledge, but he trusted that if he did not allude to the unexpected turn which had taken place in public aflairs, it would not be considered that his aspirations for the freedom of Hungary were the less ardent, or his sympathies for oppressed nationali ties were not as fervent as ever. His excellency then proceeded to deliver his lecture, which in November last was substantially reported in the metropolitan papers, and in which he com pared the English, the French, and Germans With each other. His excellency's 'idea is, that the language of a people is indicative of their character ; and in illustration of this hypothesis, he selected the " common sense" of the English, the " esprit" of the French, and. "gezzueth " of the Germans. Those words, though apparently equi valent, do not translate one another, and the lecturer defied any etymologist to do so. Sens commune, in French, meant the sense of a whole people—a public sentiment. In England it merely represented the individual opinion ; in Germany it was a sort of transcendental spiritualism. England represented the will, France the heart, Germany the soul. From these distinctions the lecturer deduced an argument in favour of forbearance and toleration. Diversity was necessary to harmony, and to prevent monotony the Creator .bad made us various, and we should be pleased, rather than angry, with existing differences. His excellency, without betraying any subserviency to the English people, made several observations in the contrast that he drew between ourselves and others, which were pleasant enough, perhaps flatter ing, and which were very favourably received, as was the whole of a speech that occupied nearly two hours in the delivery. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTIONS IN HAYTL A retrospective review of the political history of ;his unfortunate island will hardly be unacceptable to our readers. The island of St. Domingo is divided into two separate States—that on the west side being the empire of Faustin the First, the ex-negro Emperor, and known as Hayti; and that on the east side comprising the independent Spanish republic of Dominica, of which Gen. Santana is the President. In the year 1791 the negroes of Hayti revolted against their French masters; and, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, in 1803, obtained their independence as a free republic. The eastern side of the island, which constituted the old Spanish colony of St. Domingo, took no part in this servile insurrection, nor were the slaves there liberated untillB2l, when _'resident Boyer, of Hayti, rendered that portion of the island subject to the sway of the Republic of Hayti. Up to 1844 the island remained under one Government, but the cruelty and ill treatment which the white races received at the hands of the negroes, who are largely in the ascendant, drove those of Spanish and Indian blood into insurrection when, after two or three decisive conflicts, the sol diers of Hayti, then commanded by the present Emperor (then General) Soulouque, were driven back to their own side of the island, and the new Republic of Dominica was proclaimed. The leader of this revolution was Pedro Santana, a native of Seybo, in the eastern part of the island, where he spent his early life among the herdsmen of that province. But in his retirement he cherished the idea of redeeming his country from the brutal enny of the negro race. Santana, with a handful oen, about 500, rose in arms, engaged and utterly routed the large army of Soulouque at Carreras and from that time an incessant war longraged between the two rival " nations," as they are styled by an American newspaper now before us. The Republic of Dominica has, moreover,been a prey to civil war, Santana and Baez have each been in the Presiden tial seat three or four times, and as often in prison or in exile. General Baez has but recently passed through New York on his way to exile ix Europe, and Santana has beon restored to the Presidency. Thus, while the new Republic was ruining its own prospects by internecine feuds for the last 10 or 12 years, Soulouque was also plotting its destruction by conquest. In the year 1847 Soulouque, who was born a slave on the plantation of M. Vailler, was, almost by an accident, elected President of the Re public of Hayti. The contending candidates were about even, and enough of the friends of both united at the last hour upon Soulouque, as an available man, to succeed in electing him. It was then sup posed that he was a man of no strength of character and might become the tool of his party ; but, like Louis Napoleon (of whose political history Soulou que's is a ridiculous burlesque) he proved himself not a slave, but a tyrant; and his unfortunate peo ple have been since mercilessly dealt with, and his dominions reduced almost to ruin. After being Pre sident of the Republic for two years ho was declared Emperor, in Aug. 1849, greatly to the astonishment of every one. It cannot be forgotten that soon after his elevation to the throne he instituted several orders of nobility after the fashion of European monarchies, created a lot of Princes, Dukes, Mar quises, and Knights out of his burly negro friends, and gave them pompous, loud-sounding, and some times ridiculous titles, such as the Duke de Lemo nade, the Duke de la Marmalade, and so forth. In 1852 he caused himself and his Empress to be crowned, with great show and ceremony, at Port au-Prince, his capital. Never having acknow ledged the independence of the Dominican Republic, but always avowing that it was a portion of his empire, he undertook to reduce it to subjection in 1855, and in the month of December of that year advanced with an army of 5,000 men to the fron tiers of Dominica. Here the Dominicans, under the Liberator Santana, met him with a most inferior force. Two battles—those of San Tome and Canbronal —ensued, each lasting about five hours. Victory at last declared for the Dominicans, Soulouque sustaining a defeat which like that of Napoleon the Great at Waterloo, was tantamount to a total over throw. 'For a time Soulouque was regarded as dead—physically as well as politically—but he at length found his way back to Port-au-Prince, and recommenced his oppressive and tyrannical rule. The interference of France and England, however, and the bold attitude of the Dominicans themselves prevented any further aggression on the part of their swarthy enemy, the " Emperor" of Hayti, and an armistice of three years (which expired on the 15th of January) was granted. Meanwhile Sou louque himself has lost his copper crown, after manner as much the reverse of dignified as old Louis Philippe when he slunk out of the Tuileries by a back door and fled from his capital in a hack ney coach. After the late commercial crisis in Hayti want and misery became so great that the people murmured openly and evinced much dis content ; the enlightened portion of the people soon percived that the moment was propitious to throw off their yoke, and with one accord decided on the overthrow of Soulouque, which they have done so far that half (the French part) of the island is in their possession, and in the following manner : On Wednesday, Dec. 22, the General—Fabre Geffrard—sailed from Port au Prince in a small sailing boat, with his son, Mr. Ernest Roumain, and a Frenchman, and landed at a neighbouring town ; they were there joined by some confederates —Mr. Aime, Legros, and others, and having pro cured horses these five persons rode into town, pistol in hand, crying " Viva la Republique !" " Viva la Liberte !" o one stopping them they arrived at the chief guardhouse, where the soldiers, either from fear or from being favourable, to the cause,wy arrivingi nt hbteheyate they ees t yat h icvl e heeett a d, l a a tlt r mlhe telling nGi a sg s desired. Governor's vnteehr nresthem loose soe housets Pu hhaotu r Pursuing n r tve g b their way they reached the Governor's houseS but befo re arriving they let all prisoners loose that were work rng in the street, telling them to shout "Viva lawork ing Liberte"—and which they were but too happy to comply the Thewith e . ause, tiut being a veryd Governoratfirst ol hes m it a a n te , d an t d o accept wishing also to prevent bloodshed, he at last ac cepted, all w t a h s e s f a u l n em etniolnyarie sThe proclaimed nest and day Ge n e w r i a t l h him Geffr a rd President of the Republic of Hayti, and General Soulouque condemned to be judged before the High Court of Justice on several accusations. After this formality the President r e p a i re d to The Bonen Halle of Hamburg of January 26, states that a diplomatic note, sent to the court of Turin by the English Cabinet, was " extremely severe," and pressed Sardinia to abandon her " pro voking attitude" towards Austria. It appears from an article in the Opinionc, which passes for the organ of Count Cavour, that a note on the subject has really been sent from „I t ondon, bnt according to the Opinione it was not so 4 severe" as iepeesented. That journal admits that the attitude of the Cabinet of London is not favourable to the cause of Pied mont in Italy ; but it thinks that the English policy with regard, not only to Sardinia, but the whole Italian peninsula, is as yet in a state of incu bation. England, it says, cannot show herself decidedly hostile to Piedmont without contradicting all the established principles of her policy. 'Pied mont is the only free state in Italy—the only one which has succeeded in establishing a reunite of regular progress and civilisation— the only one which has loyally accepted an English alliance. Whatever differences of opinion there may be be tween the two courts, hostility between the two countries is scarcely to be conceived, and the Opinione sees in Lord Malmesbury's note itself a proof of this position. The English Minister is very mindful of the excellent relations between the two States, and the courteous and moderate form of his note attests that he feels constrained by his position to give a bias to his Italian policy which his despatches express, perhaps, but imperfectly. He no doubt desires to avoid war, but is not the less fully convinced that the Italian question must be solved, and that if the solution cannot be arrived at pacifically there must be war. The Opinione proceeds to argue that war is not to be prevented by any congress, but that it is in the power of England to prevent the conflagration from becoming general. The war, in its principle and in its object, will be, if not thwarted by England, purely national, and consequently circumscribed within the four corners of the Peninsula. The Opinione proceeds :—" It is 'certain that Piedmont does provoke, though her Government does not. The statute' provokes, the tribune provokes, the tricoloured flag provokes. Has not Lombardy, who sees a free State on the other side of the Ticino, a right to say, ' Cannot this flag protect us also Can not our interests be protected in thatvarliamentary tribune ? Cannot we also be governed by that statute ?' All this has been said for the last ten years. What is Piedmont to do ? Is she to abolish the statute and suppress liberty in order to tran quilise Austria and enable her to keep her Italian possessions ? The dislike of Austria to Piedmont is not against this or that minister, but against her liberal institutions. If at this moment Austria betrays more irritation than usual, it is only be cause Count Cavour's Ministry has conquered a strong position in Europe in spite of her. The independence of Italy is not to-day a question for discussion : it is a problem which awaits its solu tion." THE FREIGHT MARKET. Messrs. Seymour, Peacock, and Co.'s Circular of Feb. 1 says—Since the commencement of the year the freight market has exhibited signs I:rt.:genera improvement, and outward rates have advanced — more especially in the long trades. The rise which has been established proceeds from several causes ; the more important being the determination of many large shipowners to lay up their vessels until outward freights advaucca sufficiently to cover great part of the risk of the entire voyage ; the demand for the East India ports on the part of the Indian council, Indian railways, and co - al contrac tors ; and the withdrawal, for a time, of a consider able portion of the American tonnage, which has been diverted to the southern states for cotton. Politically, the events of last month—interesting to the shipowner—comprise the answer to the memo rial to the Queen, which has been graciously re ferred to the Board of Trade, a procrastinating and unnecessary routine, which has given general dissatisfaction. The grievances of the shipping interest will be prominently brought before Par liament, soon after the opening of the session this week—a petition to the House of Commons having been already very influentially signed. The cor respondence between ourselves and the Earl of Malmesbury, on the subject of the American coast ing trade, has attracted attention throughout the United ingdom ; and we have every reason for hoping that this movement will materially assist the British shipowners in obtaining " reciprocity" from the American Government, which will tend to the perfecting of the free trade system. Rumours of war, and the extensive preparations on the part of our own as well as other European powers, have created an unsettled feeling in the commercial community, calculated to retard the return to pro sperity. Australia and. New Zealand.—The demand for tonnage has been very active since the beginning of the year, more especially at Liverpool, where a scarcity has been experienced. For suitable vessels 80s. to 85s. per register ton has been paid, and we still quote 70s. to 80s. as current. The freight of goods has advanced at Liverpool to 70s. and 80s. per ton ; but in London, owing to the larger number of vessels on the berth and greater competition, 455. payable here, and 50s. in the colony, are the highest rates obtained. Exporters, would, no doubt, yield to an advance from London as readily a 3 they have done from Liverpool, and if owners continue firm, a rise will speedily be established. We know of an en- gagement being recently made by the same shipper, on the same day, for the same class of goods to the same port, at 80s. and 10 per cent. from Liverpool, and 4C. and 5 per cent. from London ! There is a fair inquiry for tonnage for coals at about 50s. per ton from Birkenhead, Sunderland, or Wales, to Melbourne or Sydney, and for iron and coke for Newport to Adelaide at 50s. per ton. The Emi gration Commissioners only chartered one ship for Australia during last month, viz., the Lady Emma Bruce, for Sydney, at £l5 19s. Id., being an ad vance of 325. 4d. upon the rate paid for the last ship taken. The New Zealand berth has been active, good passenger ships realising 80s. to 90s. per re gister ton for two ports. India, China, &c.—The demand for shipping— especially for dead weight and machinery—con tinues very active, and a great deal of tonnage has been taken up during the last month. Rates are a shade weaker than they.were a fortnight ago, but good lump sums may still be obtained. For Bom bay, Kurrachee, Madras, and Calcutta the rate to load in London is about 70s. per ton, depending upon the capacity for stowage, cutting required, &c. ; and similar rates from Liverpool, Glasgow, or Cardiff. Coal freights have been very firm, and during January the rate for Aden reached 555. per ton from Birkenhead, but it has since declined, and tonnage offers at £52 10s. per keel from Sunder land, but £5O is the , utmost at present obtainable. For Bombay a few vessels have been fixed at 455., Mayotte 425., Mauritius 405., Galle 405., at which rates we still hold orders. The Indian. Council have shipped a large quantity of stores during the month, but in small parcels which have been ab sorbed by the vessels on the berth. Two 'vessels ' only have been chartered for troops, viz., the • Undaunted, at £l2 19s. 3d., and the Raby , Castle at £l3 18s. 4d. Homewards, business is quite nominal. We have had rumours of offers at 50s. from the rice ports, but cannot trace any positive engagements. Ton nage might be had plentifully at this rate. From Moulmein for teak 60s. is quoted for backward ships, and one or two small vessels might be fixed from Batavia or Singapore at about 255. 6d., Manilla. 455., &c. The advices from Bombay are as unfavourable as ever; but from Calcutta the report on the freight market is a shade better, although no permanent improvement is looked for. From China a few engagements at 30s. per ton from Shan ghae are reported. Pacific and West Coast of South America.—Char tering for guano, which recommenced at 50s. on The campaign against the Killarney Phoenicians is not yet terminated. The correspondent of the Cork _Examiner, writing from the first-named town on Sunday evening, thus announces the recommence ment of active operations on the part of the consta bulary :—" Jeremiah Cronin, ex-policeman, clerk to a respectable architect of this town, and brother to the young gentlemen of the same name who has been for some time enjoying the hospitalities of the Castle, left here on Friday morning for Dublin, in charge of a constable. So sudden and unexpected (at least, by his friends)Pwas the departure of this young man that nothing was heard of it until hours after the train left. At a late hour on Friday night William Mayberry, of Kenmare, was arrested at Cloheneen, where he has been for some time em ployed by Col. Herbert as a boat-builder. He is a respectable, well-conducted person ; he is for the present lodged in our Bridewell. Some commotion was caused here yesterday when it became known that an active search was being made at several respectable lodging-houses by some members of the constabulary in coloured clothes for a young man named M'Carthy, from Kenmare, and whose bro ther was just after arriving in town. Every room of each house was closely examined—cocklofts, haylofts, stables, piggeries, turf•houses, and even meat-tubs and water-barrels were looked into—but in vain ; the fugitive was nowhere." A movement is on foot -in the south for collecting subscriptions towards the defence of the would-be Robert Emmetts of 1859. ENNISKILLEN ELECTION. It is quite true that resistance is to be offered to the return of the Hon. Mr. Cole, and that, too, by a gentleman professing the same political and reli gions creed. The address of Mr. Paul Dane has been published. He is a supporter of intermediate and Scriptural education, an advocate for the Gal way packet station, and a devoted friend of the Derby Government. What more can the Ennis killeners desire ? GALWAY POLITICS. Mr. John Orrell Lever is in the field for the borough of Galway. The following is a copy of the placard in which he positively announces his intention of seeking from the ratepayers and free men of Galway the support which he so justly merits. "TO TILE ELECTORS OP GALWAY. " Electors of Galway, reserve your votes I I will have the honour of addressing you and soliciting our suffrages in a few days. " JOHN O RRELL LEVEE. " Glasgow, Jan 31." A letter from Galway, dated last night, says:— "As yet no other person has announced his inten tion of starting, but probably they may think it premature as yet. Mr. Roebuck will move the writ for this town on the first day of the meeting of Parliament, and there is every proba bility that it will not be opposed. Mr. Lever left to-day for the metropolis, but will return on next Wednesday, accompanied by Lord Bury and several directors of the company, when he will issue his first address to the constituents in case of a writ being granted. The strongest feeling exists in favour of Mr. Lever, who, it is said, will have a I walk over." SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON A RACECOURSE. The morning papers give the following account of an accident which occurred yesterday at Tallaght races :—" Yesterday, between three and four o'clock, the stand-house at Tallaght racecourse, which was at the time occupied by from 300 to 400 persons, came down with a sudden crash, severely injuring several persons. Prior to the start for the race for the challenge cup, the great event of the day, when all was excitement on the stand-house and the race course generally, the stand was observed to waver for an instant, and then to come down en masse, amid an expression of general consternation from those who were fortunate enough to be spectators only of the occurrence. There was an instant rush on the part of these to tke scene of the disaster, when every possible exertion was made to afford rescue and assistance to the sufferers. It was dis covered that upwards of 30 persons were injured, and seven of these seriously so. Among the latter are, we regret to say, Mr. Wilson, sporting corre spondent of a morning contemporary, and Mr. Flanagan, of the Dolphin Hotel. Mr. Wilson was removed to his residence in town on a spring van, and on being subjected to surgical examination it was found that he had sustained a severe compound fracture of the right leg. His case was promptly attended to by Dr. Nedley and Surgeon Banon, and it is hoped that he will progress favourably. Five other persons were removed to Madame Steevens's Hospital, among them • being Sergeant Farrell, of the G division, who is said to have sustained a severe injury of the spine. The occurrence of the accident is attributed to the effect of the heavy gale of the previous night, which is supposed to have disturbed the principal joinings of the structure. Fortunately up to the present no loss of life has been the result." BANQUET OF THE LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN. DUBLIN, TUESDAY NIGHT. At Lord Mayor Lambert's inaugural banquet held to-night 600 sat down ; and the Lord Lieutenant, in replying to the toast of his health, expressed his attachment to the viceroyalty, and hoped he would never see it abolished ; he believed that none of the great parties in the State desired its suppression. He hoped many successors would fill his place. In alluding to Ribbon and seditious societies, he said that in the early part of the winter outrages of an atrocious description were perpetrated, and he could not attempt to express his horror and detestation of that brotherhood of murder, which was banded together in secret and in blood; but he trusted, in fact he believed he had a right to say that the measures which had been taken by the Government had not only repressed those organisations but for the moment subdued them, and no outrages of a similar nature had for a long time taken place. There is nothing but the spread of education (Lord Eglinton continued) that will ever eradicate this curse of Ribbonism. The secret societies were revolutionary in the highest degree, and if allowed to gain head would have led to tumult and blood shed. He thought he might add that the common powers of the law were sufficient to meet this crimi nal confederation. He further stated that the great body of the Roman Catholic clergy had ren dered assistance to the Government in contending with these societies. Among the other episodes of the meeting was the proposal of Archbishop Cullen's. health after Archbishopthato b f il t ls he ontheone han of d Dublin. coaxing C h o i a . The RECORDER, in his speech, deprecated coer cionbills on the other. LORD-LIEUTENANT during a second address in introducing a toast, spoke warmly in favour of the Lever line, and was most enthusiastically re• ceived. Yesterday a special general meeting of the dele gates from the various metropolitan vestries and district boards took place at the Marylebone Court House, for the purpose of making arrange ments for a renewal of the campaign in the ensuing session of Parliament in reference to the alleged gas monopoly and recent districting of the several London gas companies. Mr. Lines Peacock, representative from Blooms bury, was called to the chair. Mr. BEAL, in reply to questions, said that many of the vestries and district boards had already re sponded to the appeal of the managers of the pro ceedings before Parliament for funds. He believed that they would require altogether about £1,500 to fight the - battle before the committee" of the House of Commons. It was fully the impression of the managers that they could • complete the investiga tion before the committee of the House of Commons in something* like twelve or fourteen days, unless the gas companies, who boasted_ that they had a fighting fund of some £30,000 or £40,000, drove them into unnecessary evidence and prolonged the inquiry to five or six weeks. They fully believed that they . could fight the battle of the metropuii. against this 'gigantic monopoly at the rate of £lOO .a day, and they had suggested to each of the ves tries and district boards that a farthing rate would be amply sufficient, and be money well laid out in carrying this most important question to a success \ ful issue. The scientific as well as other evidence they )would be able to produce would, it was true, open a wide field, but it would make out :such a case as he believed would prove irresistible before Parliament. (Hear.) The managers havini , made their report, their functions were considered at an end ; but it was unanimously resolved that they be re-appointed, with the exception of Mr. G.A. Young, who ceased to represent St. Pancras, being no longer a member of the vestry, and Mr. H. Farrer was elected in his place. Mr. BEAL then moved—" That the managers now appointed be authorised to take all the requisite steps in the conduct of the Parliamentary inquiry, to engage all requisite assistance and officials, and to take all such measures as they may deem neces sary, provided always that no expense is incurred beyond the amounts from time to time subscribed by the various vestries and district boards." Mr. FETTER seconded this motion, and it was carried nem con. The remaining business was then disposed of, and after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the pro ceedings terminated. THE REPEAL OF THE WATERMAN'S COMPANY S ACT. Yesterday a meeting of gentlemen interested in obtaining the repeal of the Act 7th and Bth Geo. IV., c. 73, commonly termed the Waterman's Com pany's Act, which, as they allege, impose arbitrary restrictions upon the navigation of the River Thames as respects goods traffic, was held at the Bridge house Hotel, Southwark. A bill has already been deposited with the House of Commons, for the pur pose of accomplishing the object in view, and the meeting yesterday was convened in order to facili tate the attainment of the desired end. Mr. E. P. Sells, of Limehouse, occupied the chair, and there was an influential attendance. Mr. 0. S3IITH proposed the first resolution— " That this meeting entertains the opinion that the monopoly of the navigation of the River Thames as exercised by . the Company of Watermen and Lightermen is injurious to trade, and that the same should therefore be abolished, in accordance with the recommendation of the Royal Commissioners appointed in 1853 to inquire into the affairs of the Corporation of London." Mr. J. G. BARRY seconded the motion. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. S. SIDNEY then moved " That a bill repeal ing the Act under which the Company of Water men and Lightermen continue to exercise their re strictive and injurious monopoly having been de posited with the House of Commons entitled, " A Bill for the better Regulation of Watermcn, Barge•owners, and others connected with the Navigation of the River Thames between Yus lett" Creek and Windsor, this meeting is of opinion that every endeavour should be made to , secure the passing of such bill during the ensuing ' or any subsequent session of Parliament; or such modification of the same as will best secure the opening of the goods traffic upon the river Thames to free navigation." Mr. BEALE seconded the motion, and cited nume rous instances of the loss and annoyance to which wharfingers were subjected owing to these re strictions. The motion was carried unanimously, as were others, nominating a committee, agreeing to a peti tion to both houses of Parliament, &c., moved and seconded respectively by Mr. Phillips, Mr. Eley, Mr. Hicks, Mr. Cory, and Mr. Barry. A MAN CHARGED WITH SETTING FIRE TO HIS WIFE. On Saturday night last a middle-aged man named Benjamin Meredith, residing at Bridge-terrace, Maidstone ' was taken to the police station, on the charge of having brutally assaulted his wife, and attempting to set fire to her. The prisoner, it appears, has latterly been employed as foreman of the carpenters engaged in the erection of the new railway station at Maidstone, and frequent dis agreements have taken place between him and his wife (who is most respectably connected), both, it is said, being addicted to intemperate habits. On Monday the prisoner was brought up at the Town hall, before 11. Argles and T. W. Allen, Esqs., when the following particulars transpired:— Detective Sergeant Hills deposed that on Satur day night, at about half-past ten o'clock, he was told that he was wanted at the Bridge-terrace. He accordingly went to the prisoner's residence there, and in the parlourhe found the prisoner's wife lying on a sofa, apparently dead. Her dress was turned up, and some of her under-clothing burnt. The room was " swamped" in blood, and full of smoke ; and the things were thrown about hi the greatest confusion. Witness took hold of the woman, but was obliged to get a candle before he could see whether or not she was alive, when per ceiving a movement in one of her eyes, he sent for medical assistance, and Mr. Sanders, police-surgeon, with Mr. Furber, house-surgeon of the West Kent Infirmary, shortly arrived. In the meantime the prisoner had come in, and on witness asking him what he meant by burning a woman in that way, he replied, " It served her right ; she ought to be burned alive." (The prisoner here denied this.) Prisoner also said, " It has now come to a crisis ; I wonder it wasn't a murder ; I'm sure it will end in that." Full ten minutes elapsed after witness got a m n u d ch on s e w o o f ll h on er , inches long, another cut by the side of the left car i T n i t ie o r t e h m e ,a r s oo a m cu b t ef a o t r t e h t e h b e ac . k v o o m f a h l r b h e e c a a a me ab s o e u n t si t b ‘ l v e o . an inch and a half long . , and a third by the side of dhwtimes lis: r ose e afterbnhiaafd before . the r c s e e ed.t continued—Therel fireTatophs The prisoner po r r i of hi s about eo n in. lers was much burnt so near the knee, that a large s e wee r rlafls : h, h aaaa a ns t dflreaa n ithvnf o ian t hao l a ti offu n rarte g bh,qoheu m uee • tt o nslia u atbk l lil d ydoe •of skin hung down from it. Witness several t as he w n a o s se piece also The tlie left up p s e i r d e l P o f wast face y ; justify him in treating his wife in that manner, a madman. He was drunk. Prisoner—l was not drunk. broken off and lying on the floor; also a candle stick, the table cover, and the sofa cushions. Prisoner—The candlestick fell off the table, and that was how the fire was occasioned. Hills further said that th ere were t wo can dl es alight on the floor. I n a poo l o f bl oo d near th e door, Mrs. Hills, th e l an dl a d y o f th e h ouse , pi c k e d up a razor, but it did not appear to have been taken out of the case it was in. Witness had in quired that morning, and found that the woman was considerably better, but she was still confined to her bed. He believed she was not in danger, though the wounds on her leg from the burning was very severe. When witness first saw prisoner the latter had a kettle of water in his hand, which he had just fetched from the conduit, and which lie was going to throw over his wife. Her clothes were wet and steaming at the time, and prisoner said he had already thrown one kettle ful l over her. Superintendent Blundell then applied for a re mand, to produce other witnesses.is one r that if he had anything to say in answer might either do so then, or reserve it. Well, I think Prisoner (after some hesitation) I shall reserve it. -iewe the case with a good Mr. Case (the clerk) told the p to the charge, he r The prisoner, who —South Eastern G azette. was then d remanded till Saturday. deal of unconcern, yuiour. The following are the names of the vessels now attached to the steam reserve at Chatham Goliath, 80 ; the Amphion, 36 ; the Cadmus, 21; the Thunderbolt, 16 ; the Etua, 16 ; the Trusty, 14 ; the Thunder, 14 ; the Wye, 3 ; and the Cuckoo, 3. The paddlewheel steam-sloop Argus, 6, Com mander Herbert F. W. Ingram, passed up Channel, l'l, ; —lth Soutid, on Sunday evening. The screw seam-sloop Rader, 11, Commander the Hon. A. Pakenham, steamed from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze on Monday, and was moored off the Devonport dockyard. The Commander-in-Chief, Port .ridulfix , B.-- - - R eynolds . ; went into Plymouth gourid-'n trutlay morning and inspected the screw steamship Sans pareil, Capt. Rochfort Maguire. She discharged her powder and shell on Monday afternoon, and. received orders to leave yesterday morning for Hamoaze, where her crew will be paid off. Mr. Samuel Winicott, master, hoisted the pendant • on Monday on board the screw steam sloop Gannet, 11,. at Devonport. Great . activity prevails on board the screw steam • ship James Watt, 91, which is being rigged and caulked at Devon port with all despatch. Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Termagant, 25, Capt. Robert Hall, fitting out at Portsmouth, yester day fidded topgallant-masts and sent up her lower and topsail yards. When completed she will proceed to the West Coast of Africa, and on her arrival there will hoist the pendant of Commodore C. Wise. The Nankin, 50, ComMander the Hon. Keith Stewart, from the East Indies, entered Plymouth Sound yesterday by the Western Channel, and, having received orders from the Port Admiral, sailed again immediately, by the Eastern Channel, for Portsmouth. The troop-ships Cospatrick and Ramilies, with detachments, sailed from Plymouth Sound yester day for the East Indies. The Pique, 40, Capt. Sir Frederick Nicholson, last from China and the East Indies, arrived yes terday afternoon at Plymouth, where she will be paid off. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty : Lieutenants—N. J. Hodgson to the Gannet ; F. H. S. Flood (additional) to the Vesuvius. Master—Edward I'. Cavell to be agent for mails. Surgeon—Dr. Henry Edmonds to the St. Jean d'Acre. Assistant-Surgeon—Edward H. Evans, to the St. Jean D' Acre. Mr. James W. M. Ashby to be Secretary to Rear- Admiral Hope. Mr. George Granadidier, to be Secretary to Sir George THE ARMY. A number of the Turkish medals for distribution to the British army having been received, his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief, at the request of the Secretary of State for War, has issued a circular addressed to the officers command ing depots, desiring them with as little delay as possibip to transmit to the War-office nominal rolls of all officers and soldiers who served in the Crimea before the 9th Sept., 1855, or who were engaged subsequent to that date in any operation against the enemy, as specified in the General Order dated " Sebastopol, March 13, 1856." The roll must in clude all who were entitled to the Crimean medal granted by the Queen, excluding, of course, de serters and men who by other misconduct have for feited the decoration. The roll is to be dividedinto two distinct parts ' • firstly, of all officers and men who were entitled to the Crimean medal now be longing to the regiments whose depots are under the command of the officer to whom the circular is addressed, stating whether they be serving with the regiment or depot, and in the case of those transferred from other corps, the regiment in which they earned that distinction. Secondly, of all the officers and men entitled to the same, but who have died, or retired from the service, been placed on half-pay, or been discharged ; specifying, also, the former regiment of such as may have been trans ferred from some other corps in which the medal was earned. Each depot is requested to furnish distinct rolls, which are to state the men's regi mental number. First Lieuts. D. Davidson and T. Hewett, Second Lieut. C. Ricketts, and 150 non-commissioned offi cers and privates; belonging to the Royal Marino Light Infantry, from head-quarters, Woolwich, yesterday relieved an equal force on duty at the Victoria-yard, Deptford. DEATH OF A WATERLOO VETERAN. An old soldier, named Thomas Evans,many years a resident in the neighbourhood of Windsor, and one who, in the course of his military- career, had seen much arduous service, recently departed this life at Old Windsor. Born in 1780, at Callingtrce, Northamptonshire, he enlistedinto the Royal H orse Guards (Blue) in 1800. He served throughout the Peninsular war, and received a medal and . two bars. After the return home of the regiment it re ceived orders for active service in France, but Evans was in the first instance rejected on account of his great weight. On hearing this, Evans told his colonel (now Sir Robert Hill) , that if not permitted to join, he would follow his regiment as a volun teer. The first arrangement was abandoned, and Evans went with his regiment.. Among other daring fe ats performed by hi m a t W a terloo was the following. He observed that his colonel had got away, was surrounded by five cuirassiers , and in imminent danger, upon which he instantly left his ranks, and galloping up to him he actually slaught ere d f our o f th e enem y, on which the colonel escaped. Aiming a s blow at the bridle-arm of th e fifth , hi s swor d caug ht the cuirass, and was broken in two. He then attempted another blow, upon which his sword broke out at the hilt, w h en h e was o bli ge d to mako his escape, which he accomplished with great diffi culty. He also led his colonel off the Plains of Water loo after he had been wounded by a ball through the right arm. After returning home these services were publicly acknowledged by Colonel Hill, in the Riding-school of the Windsor Barracks. He served in the Blues until 1820, and was appointed to drill the Carmarthen shire and Pembrokeshire Yeo manry Cavalry till 1829, for which he received a medal, when he retired to the quiet village of Old Windsor, where he lived for 30 years, until his death, which took place last week. He kept a beer-house, called the Oxford Blue, on the road to the river, and in addition to this followed his trade of a shoemaker. He was buried with military honours by the 2d Life Guards on Monday last. He has left a widow, three sons (to each of whom he has left a medal), and a daughter, all grown up. IMMIGRATION TO THE WEST INDIES,—A Blue book of 500 pages, yesterday published, contains pape;,Verest lative to immigration of Chinese a nd Coolies into thi , _., Indian colonies. The correspondence extends hi Jan 1854, down to 1857, and refers almost exclusively to matters of mere detail. not s o much en ac the SALE OF NEGROES —One of the most extraordinary sales of slaN count of their number as th e large—was made at though even the number was of A priceslesol-Ttained for them, al count during the public auction at the village oslaves belonging to the estate four days of last week ; wer e l7 old on 1 1 2 ctoi n fo l n o w n oo t v h ,oe s or ' 0. ti d m oil e ia of Richard Mortouf terest added, for the eno an average of 941 dollars ast°ldusasfurna dumbere old and n the large ing r i f th beingiu young, halt and number cornpos A girl don deaf and , , aged 14, black, and lame, an brought 1,934 dollars. A. a field hand, —.1 y young fellow was bought off for 2,160 d ollars. ontgomery Confederation. parcE or GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchang e on London is 25.1 0 per £1 sterling, On comp ar i ng these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. Mid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 3-10 the per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 t per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.4?. per £1 sterling. Standtrd gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 1-10th per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1091 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the ex change is about at par ,• and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves no profit on the ;importation of gold from he United States. E I THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.—Vvery person having an interest in domestic or farm animals should obtain a supply of this celebrated and economical food, which will prove invaluable during the approaching season. For keeping horses in good condition it is unequal led. Pigs fatten with surprising rapidity upon it, and their flesh increases in flavour and value. Cowkeepers will find great advantage in the increased quantity and improved qua lity of the milk during its use. All animals are benefitted by it. A pamphlet on this interesting subject, accompanied by Testimonials from the principal Nobility, Gentry, and Agri culturists, forwarded on application. In casks containing 448 feeds (measures enclosed), price 505., carriage paid to any Railway Station in the United Kingdom. Post-office orders payable to Joseph Thorley, 77, Newgate-street, London. N.B.—The public are cautioned against being imposed upon by worthless imitations. )Y. nd es, no ,h- at© ce, ?rst