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SE,„„ CONTENTS. ii W, T.—The Physiology of the Generative Organ s. thre'phioN ll—Puberty —Manhood —The Morale of Ge era Rehm^ " SteTri°l°(7—True and False Morality. llL—Marriage in its Moral, Social, and Physical tk t ." 18--Its Expectancies and Disapp_ointments—A.dvan -BE4' Its Contrasts in securing Healthy Offspring. of Ste r a N VSpermatorrhcea and Impotence . —The causes ti tc „,LY in both Sexes—Self-inflicted Miseries. Mel I " V. —The Vices of Schools—Effects of certain per aike:l habits on the mental and general faculties— Import baitrDip , ri,914 V T. — Treatment of Nervous and Generative De' ...reaten varanT".repotence and Sterility—Dangerous Results of a Hazardous Specifies —The Author's Principles of .verenty y ; Medical, Dietetic. and General, derived from Years' successful practice. ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD ON CONVICTION. 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NO MORE MEDICINE; DU it A.IRY'S DELICIOUS + HEALTII-RESTORING itEVALENTA ARABICA POO D Cures effectually Indiges tion (dyspepsia), constipation, flat ulency,'plileg,m, nervousness, biliousness, liver complaints, hysteria, neuralgia, sleepless ness, acidity, palpitation, h ear tb urn, eruptions,impurities, irritability, low spirits, diarrhoea, dysentery, hemorrhoids, headache, noises in the head and ears, debility, diabetes, pains between the shoulders, despondency, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), sinking tits, cough, asthma, bronchitis, consumption, also Children's complaints. . _ _ -- We extract a few out of 50,000 expressions of gratitude from nvalids thus cured : Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies of many years' dyspepsia. Care No. 49,832. 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Father Prout's Inaugura tive Ode to the Author of " Vanity Fair." 6. Our Volunteers. 7. A Man of Letters of the Last Generation. 8. The Search for Sir J. Franklin(' rom the Private Journal of an Officer of the " Fox.") 9. The First MorningroflBeo. 10. Roundabout Papers—No. 1. On a Lazy Idle Boy. , and Co., 65, Cornhill. p. A S T I Ri E. A New Monthly Magazine. No. 1, for January, 1840, will be published on the 30th inst., Price 2d., highly illustrat&d. CONTENTS Our Bow to the •Public.-2. The. Ruby Necklace.-3. Hope.-4. Merry, in the liall.-5. A Novel Christmas Gift.-6. Christmas Boxes.-7. What Became of iler.-8. A Dog's Tale.-9. Gossip for PASTIME. AND OTHER INTERESTING SUBJECTS. FORMING A COMPANION EQUALLY FITTED FOR THE FIRESIDE AND RAILWAY CARRIAGE. Ward and Lock, Fleet-street, London ; and all tooksellers. MR. W. 11. RUSSELL'S NEW WORK. In Two Vols., crown Bvo, with 12 Tinted Illustrations, and Map, price 215., MY DIARY IN INDIA ; and Adventures in the Field. By WILLIAM HOWARD RUgSELL,,LL.D., Special Correspondent of "The Times." Ready Ded. 28th. London: Routledge, Warne, and itoutledie; Farringdon street. The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, price se. by post free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERIVIATORRIHEA ; with the View to the Correctibn of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypoehrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pick - ford is known to Eng►lish readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adVenturers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to till their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrheea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."--Medical Circular. " We have delayed so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr, l'ickford ; but the moderate price at which the brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : 11, Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. , r HE ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 0, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, Londonb _ !Established 1823. 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BURROWS and Co. are not disposed to comment upon the purity of their wines, which is daily moat laudably acknow ledged by the public and eminent medical men of all coun tries, as the increasing patronage of the highest families in the land is a sufficient -uarantee. They beg to call particular attention to their pure Tonic Wines, as being so valuable to Invalids and persons of weak stomac',o._ A sample case, containing three full-sized wine bottles, will be forwarded to any address on receipt of P. 0.0. for es. ed., or a dozen for 245. It is a well-known fact that impure and adulterated wines are the greatest foes to health, producing acidity in the stomach, and debilitating the digestive organs, while pure wines will accelerate the digestive powers, invigorating, strengthening ' and bracing the ne rvous s y s t em . Their Tonic Wine is admitted to be most essential to in valids, both old and young, and should never be absent from the homes of the weak and sickly. Its properties are duly acknowledged and appreciated by the leading men of the faculty, both at home and abroad. To Prever.t imposition eachhOltle is sealed with the name of the firm. _ All orders to be made payable to HENRY BURROWS. 3. GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W., NEAR THE PANTHEON.] DR. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Nfidwifery, and Apo thecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as above, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangement® of both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive indul gences Has Just published, price le. ; by post, 13 stamps, 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and orlp,inal Work, entitled OURSELVES. _ _ Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation --The Origin of Disease--Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exposition of, and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Illennerrhagla (Gonorrhoea), Spermatorrhcca, Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &o 4 FEMALE. The Physiolon , and Anatomy of Women--Functional Ir regularities in Health and Sickness—Choice in Marriage— Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Demoval of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum, and the securing of Healthy Offspring. Also, No. 1. HEALTH HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY;' On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigesition, No. 2. i LOVE AND MARRIAGE : Their Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments; Love and other ➢Latches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off spring secured. No. 3. THE CASE BOOK : 100 Cases of SPERMATORRMEA, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, Sze. &c. Sze. To be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and - the Authors. Advice to the Working Classes, fee half-a-Guinea. , .t 444-... 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On Friday the Court of Session delivered judg ment adverse to the Free • Church in a case which has lately acquired great importance front the prin ciples it involves as to the relation of Dissenting churches to the State, and which is at present a subject of great interest and discussion throughout Scotland. The case was a few months ago very clearly stated, but it may be necessary shortly to recapitulate the leading facts. The Rev. T. M'Millan, of Cardross,• Dumbartonshire, was one of several hundred ministers who left the Established Church in 1843, and who united in anew ecclesias tical body called the Free Church, which may ba said to comprehend nearly one-third of the ,people of Scotland.. In 1856-7 Mr. M'Millan was pro ceededagainst by the Presbytery of the bounds on a libel, charging him with certain - acts of drunken ness and improper conduct. The libel was partially found woven by the Presbytery ; on appeal to the Provincial Synod, a small 'pOrtionvof the accusation was sustained, and an appeal .was then taken to the General . Assembly, the supreme tribunal of • the - body, whose whole organisation is funded F•xactly on the model of the Church of Scotland. The As sembly, on hearing the case (May, 1857), instead of dealing supply with the points appealed, reverted to a portion of the original accusation, and found it proved, and at sane time dismissed Vac appeal. tln consequence of that finding the Assembly sentenced the accused to suspension sine die from the office of the ministry, and declared his charge vacant. Mr. M'Millan felt aggrieved by a judgment which had not been regulated by the usual form of process, and dealing with him, as he conceived, unjustly, carried the case to the - Court of Session. The' As semblY, then sittingi indignant at the Appeal made to the civil courts, cited Mr. M'Millan to appear at the bar. He did so, was questioned if he had so appealed, he replied in the affirmative, and was thereupon without formal - process of any kint, summarily and instantly deposed from the ministry —the capital sentence of the ecclesiastical courts: Mr. 3.P.Millan again appealed to the civil . courts, and raised two separate actions against the office-bearers of the Free Church Assembly, craving: redress against these sentences and claiming repost-, tion and damages. These itetions. were inet'by the defenders -in • various pleas, the .leading one being that the sentences now brought under review of the civil courts were those of an independent and spiri tual body, over which the civil courts could have. no control or jurisdiction. The Court of Seision, viewing the case as a highly important one, called for production of the standards of the Church, the deeds under which the pursuer was amenable to the ecclesiastical body,and. the minutes of the proceed ings against the pursuer. The defenders entered elaborate written pleadings to show that they were not bound to do so, and that the civil court had no authority in any case to reviewtheir acts.. It was in reference to these defences that the Court gave judgment on Friday to the effect of holding that the case in question was a question of contract, that the Court had jurisdiction to inquire whetherit had been so violated as to call for their interference. , The Lord President, in moving the judgment of the Court, made a very able aualpis of the facts and pleadings in the case. Coming to the law of the case he said, we are here on a question as to a body which has a constitution of its own, and we are here to deal with the ease upon, that footing. It appears to me that the pursuer, if he has really suffered wrong, as he says he has, is entitled to re dress, like any other subject of the Queen, unless, by his own voluntary act, he has relinquished the right to seek such redress, and in some legal way subjected himself to the po and authority of others without the right o ess. On the other hand, I think it is equally clear that the de fendants, as office-bearers and members of a religi , ous association, or body tolerated la.y law, ale enti tled to all the benefits and privileges which l ructtir leration gives. If their by-laws, or c nstitution, or rules of government are not co4y to law—are not illegal in themselves—the courts of law will not interfere between them and their members in the fair application and enforcement of such rules against parties who have chosen to enter the body and to subject themselves to those laws; but if the office-bearers or the governing authorities in these bodies go altogether beyond the sphere of the con stitution of the association—if they deal with a member in a way that they were not authorised by their constitution to deal with him—if they attempt to exercise over him a power or authority which he, by becoming a member, did not acknowledge—and if, by so acting, they have done him injury, he will not be precluded from seeking redress, nor will the courts of law hold him precluded from getting re dress. Both parties have appealed to the contract; we must therefore examine the contract. It is ne cessary that they should point out to us the con• tract, and the clauses which so exclude . an appeal to the courts, and by which this party is stated to have placed himself under subjeCtion to authority which precluded him from rights which otherwise would have belonged to him. We must then examine the sentence to see whether it is within or without the contract. More than that, when we have got that length, it may possibly be necessary to examine under what circumstances that sentence was pro nounced. We must therefore have both the sentence and the contract competently before us. I think, therefore, that we should repel the defences as de fences against "satisfying the production," but re serve them quoad ultra, and remit to the Lord Or dinary to fix a time for " satisfying the production." There is one plea which has been urged that I should like to make a remark upon. It has been urged that the party seeks redra:s by being reponed and that we cannot meddle with this case because we cannot make this party again a minister of the Free Church. I confess I was not much moved by that argument. Itis really the most common position in which courts of law are asked to give redress. A party is wrong fully dismissed his master's service—the court does not repone him, but it gives redress. A party meets with a railway aecident—he loses his leg ' • we give him redress, but we cannotzepone him (Laughter.) The Court is asked to give that species of redress which is the only one courts can substitute for that which they cannot redress —pecuniary compensa tion. Whether this party will arrive at that sta.& is a matter on which I cannot pronounce an opinion now, since we are only at the preliminary stages of the proceedings. Lord Ivory, in expressing concurrence in the judgment, said he thought the importance of the present question appeared to be greatly exaggerated. The parties were here at issue as to what their con tract was ; and this question must be decided by the production of the contract. But were the decision of this Court ever so unsatisfactory, the remedy was open. The Free Church and its members would only have to begin anew, and form with greater care and better success a fresh contract more consonant to the views and intentions of all parties. Lord Curriehill also concurred. He said the Dis senting bodies' in this country, though they were tolerated and protected by the State, were still in tWeir nature voluntary associations, founded on vo luntary contracts, and the office-bearers whom they appointed. had no authority over any persons who were not parties to these contracts ; and their autho rity even over the latter did . not extend beyond what was conferred on these functionaries by the terms of the contract, nor did their authority en dureln of the gertha e n es while eeiatie t n. hey voluntarily remained members e Lord Deas said the question was one of contract, not of jurisdiction. If anything was clear in the case it was that the defenders were invested with no ju risdiction whatever, ecclesiastical or civil. All juris diction flowed from the supreme power of the State ; and the sanction of the same authority which enacted th e laws was necessary to the erection of courts, and to the appointment of Judges and magistrates to ad minister the laws. The Established Church of Scot land had, and still has, its sanction. The statute law conferred on it ecclesiastical jurisdiction, to be exercised by kirk sessions, presbyteries, provincial synods, and general assemblies, but there was no such statute law applicable to the association called the Free Church of Scotland. When'the defenders separated from the Establishment they left all jurisdiction behind them. If they meant to carry it with them, as some expressions in their deeds and writings produced would scorn to indicate, it was enough to say that this could not be done. No voluntary association could by any agreement among its members assume a jurisdiction which flowed only from the legislative power and the royal prerogative. The Free Church was a volun tary association, tolerated and protected by the law, as all voluntary associations for lawful purposes were in this free country. What was termed tole ration was in reality freedom—just as much as if there were no Established Church in the country. But the presbyteries, synods, and assemblies of the Free Church had not been erected into courts THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1859. BRITISH COL UMBLI. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) VICTORIA, Nov. 10. Since I last alluded t• the San Juan difficulty with the United States their authorities on the island, both civil and military, have been guilty of many petty acts calculated to annoy the British authori ties and subjects, and to keep up the irritation pro. duced by the invasion and subsequent occupation of the disputed territory. For instance, they arrested, fined, and imprisoned a British subject for selling a few bottles of spirits on the island, and only liberated him after he was mulcted in some of the dollars found in the poor fellow's pocket, and of which he was eased Again, some American, usurping the authority of collector of Customs, seized the baggage of Major de Courcy, the English stipendiary magistrate resident on the island, on occasion of his return from a trip on offi cial business to Victoria the other day, and the baggage was only restored at the instance of Capt. Prevost, in command of her. Majesty's ship Satellite, stationed off the island. Both these outrages were perpetrated under colour of the exclusive sove reignty assumed on the first landing of the Ameri can forces, which it is pretended justified the ex tension of the . United States' revenue laws to San Juan. Considering that General Harney admitted his proceedings were taken on his own responsi• bility, and without authority from the United States' Government, the commission of such acts as these, pending the receipt of advices from Washington, could only have been prompted by wantonness, or as a direct insult, or on purpose to provoke a na tional quarrel. To carry out the principle of exclusive Sove reignty to its utmost extreme, on Capt. Prevost hav ing caused a pathway to be cut through the bush on the shore to facilitate the communications of his officers on land, the road was no sooner finished than an American sentinel was placed over it. This act was excused on the plea that the sentry was put there to prevent " loafers" from using the road ; but the validity of this excuse is negatived by the fact that on Captain Prevost making another road it was left without a sentry. There is also the case of some fishermen from Vic toria having been driven away at tho point of a loaded'rifle from fishing in the disputed waters be tween San Juan and Lopez Island, on the east of the former, on the plea that they were trespassing' on American waters. This act is not charged di rectly to the American authorities, but it is a corol lary to the unlawful assumptions made by them on the island. We bore this and a great deal more of a similar character with the best grace we could, firm in the hope that the good sense and good feeling of the two Governments would adjust all differences and remove all causes:of irritation and ill-feeling between people who have every interest to be on good terms with each other. It is proper that I should qualify my condemna tion of the proceedings at San Juan by doing the officers stationed there the justice of saying that, so far as they are personally concerned, nothing could be more correct, officer-like, and gentlemanly than their conduct and demeanour. They have had to perform very reluctantly a most odious and dis agreeable duty, and they performed it with amenity, while they were much disgusted with the service they were engaged in. Nor is the General Govern ment chargeable with any of the monstrous , acts of General Harney, who took his measures without in structions. While we were waiting in much anxiety to know how the two Governments would act in the premis ses, General Scott, the Commander-in-Chief of tho American Army, who, as you must be aware, was despatched from Washington on purpose on a mission of peace and amity to settle the affair, arrived some 10 days ago, and immediately on his arrival opened a correspondence with Governor Douglas, offering the withdrawal of some of the American forces, and proposing a joint military occupation of the island, to be continued by an equal force of English and American soldiers until the question of the title should be settled by the two Governments by diplomacy. A joint military occupation was declined by the Governor, but a joint civil occupation proposed by him. This was rejected by General Scott, and after some parleying on paper, in which the best possible feeling was displayed on both sides, the General determined to remove all the troops and artillery, except Captain Pickett's company, which was the first that landed on and occupied the island. lie has issued an order to this effect, of which he sent the Governor a copy ; and the day before yesterday the General called at the island, but did not land, to enforce the execution of his order. Thus the matter stands. The several companies are ordered back to their different posts in Washington Territory and Oregon; except Captain Pickett's company of 50 men, who are ordered to remain on the island. All that the Governor could do in this stage of the affair, while he is without orders from his Go vernment (not yet due by the ordinary course of post) was to express his satisfaction at the removal of so many of the American troops, which he hopes is an earnest of the intention of the United States Government to restore the status of the island to what it was before Harney's invasion, and to state that he would report proceedings to his Government. It will occur to any one conversant with this transaction, as I formerly reported it with much minuteness of detail, that our proper and only course would have been, as we have never landed a man on the island, to require the status quo ante to be restored by the removal of all the American forces before we treated. This was Mr. Douglas's view, and he urged it, but General Scott would not accede to it. In fact, as the matter now stands, we neither consent to nor refuse anything, and are not com mitted to anything. The General asserts that a small military force is necessary for the protection of the American citi zens who, he assumes, were settled on the island be fore the " occupation," and who have since that cele brated event settled on it, from distant and from neighbouring Indian tribes. I give General Scott credit for believing that his assumptions are justifiable. The representations sent from this quarter to Washington induced the Government there to suppose a state of matters to exist on the island which in fact never did exist; and I have no doubt that the stories t old the Gene ral since his arrival have led him into a false belief on the same subject. I will point out these fallacies in a few words. General Harney's alleged reasons for occupying the island (apart from the absurdity of the alleged intention of our authorities to abduct one of his countrymen, who had wantonly killed a pig belong ing to a British subject) were to afford protection to Americans settled on tho island who had peti tioned for such protection; and it was urged at a later period that the island was required for pro tecting the American frontier against Indian in cursions. Now, the fact is that there never were any Ame ricans settled on the island before the General's in vasion of it. I happened to visit the island on a pleasure trip a short time before the General took it under his protection. I rode over it from end to end, and explored it pretty thoroughly. I made particular inquiries of the Hudson's Bay Company's resident Superintendent as to the number of Ame rican squatters, for the reason that I knew of at tempts being in contemplation at that time to squat upon it ; and this gentleman informed me that there never had been any permanent settlers upon it. There were on it at the time of my visit four Ame ricans who might be called squatters, because they "claimed" land. Three of this "population" of squatters I saw and conversed with. One of them was a black man, born, as I understood, in the An tilles, on. British soil, and whose chief inducement for staying on the island was, that he had an cn• gagement from the Superintendent. I doubted his being an American citizen, but was told that as he had resided for some time in Washington Territory "he could pass for one." -He " claimed" a valley in the centre of the island, his claim to be realised on the island being declared American territory, and I must do him the justice to say that he had evinced some degree of judgment in his selection of a "location," and had "cast his lines in pleasant places." He had ho terror of the Indians, for he lived alone, at several miles distance from other habitations. The next squatter was a veritable American, who had been " off and on" the island for some time, and who had a small patch of pota toes. He had no fear of ladians, for his" location" was close to the company's establishment—every where a protection in such cases. The third squatter was also an American. He admitted that he came to the island under encouragement from the autho• rities of Washington territory, who promised him that the United States' Government would protect him. He had about two rods grubbed up and planted with potatoes, which " possession" I saw afterwards dignified in some of the American papers as a " farm !" This jolly Citizen I should have sup posed had little dread of Indians either, for lie had a squaw living with him in his tent. Next day after learning the fact just narrated I observed the shell of a house half-finished of rough boards, on the eastern slope of the island, and was told that it had been partly erected by a squatter No. 4; but, as he had not been seen for some time, it was sup posed that he had abandoned his intention of "set tling," and had left tire island. This was, to my knowledge, the exact state of matter's up to a very short period before the inva sion. But just before that event some persons landed on the island and went through the sham of a public meeting under the auspices of an American, who held the nominal office of sub-collector of Cus toms, and " got up" a petition to Gen. Harney crav ing protection against Indians. I have seen the petition, and it is a tissue of misrepresentation which I can refute, and which no one here ever be lieved a word of. The whole " plant" was concocted in Washington territory to induce or justify Gen. Harney's action. So much for the American settlers forming the population which existed before the General's ac tion in the premises; and as to the population since accrued, it is composed of suttlors and camp followers—of a population consequent, in short, upon the " occupation," and which will vanish with the removal of the soldiers. To this latter I may add some fresh squatters who came with and fol lowed the expedition to the island. Of the plea that San Juan is neccessary for the protection of the American frontier, I can only say from my personal knowledge of the locality and of the course of voyaging of the northern Indians, whom the Americans dread so much, that if Indians on a foray in American waters or on American territory by land should ever make this island they would go very much out of their way. Military and naval men competent to judge laugh at the plea set up by the American General on this score. These are facts which will be new to the Ameri can Government, and which, I believe, Gen. Scott is not cognizant of; but they justify us in declining a joint military occupation, which, if agreed to before the withdrawal of all the American forces, would really be . a condonation by us of Gen. Harney's oc cupation, and an admission of the validity of the claim of exclusive sovereignty over the island made by his lieutenant. _ _ _ The British subjects here, with their knowledge of facts, are very much dissatisfied that Gen. Scott did not remove all the troops, and they are decidedly adverse to a joint military occupation. To sum up, my own humble opinion is that General Scott has not done what was incumbent upon his Government. If they felt that Harney was right they ought to have supported his mea sures. Having admitted that he was wrong, or at any rate had committed a mistake, they ought to have withdrawn all their troops. and then treated for ulterior measures. And as to a military occu pation on our part, I consider it, other reasons apart, totally unnecessary, because our subjects do not require protection from Indians,with whom they live in amity, and have so lived for the last five years that they have occupied the island; because, Also, we do not encourage or permit any more British subjects to settle on the island until the title is deterthined ; because the expense and inconve nience of keeping up a military force in the island are uncalled for and would be a mere waste ; be cause we want our soldiers elsewhere : because we have strictly observed the arrangement made with the American Government, at its own invitation, to let matters remain as they were at that time ; and because there is no reason why we should be put to tho inconvenience of a military occupation because General Harney chose to disregard and break the stipulations of his own Government. The American are acting in bad taste in keeping a single soldier on the island if they know the facts of the case. Some Americans admit that neither the Government nor General Scott dare face public opinion if they withdrew the troops. There is much in this, I admit, for their consideration ; but it is surely not a good reason for us that they con tinue a wrong rather than face public clamour from the intemperate portion of their countrymen—the " Spread Eagle" apostles. All right•thinking Ame riaans condemn General Harney's conduct as much as we do ; but I have exhausted the subject, and will merely call the attention of our own Government to the unsatisfactory state of the question at pre sent, and urge the Cabinet to lose no timein having the title settled. I had a striking illustration of the validity of the British claim to the island the other day. An Ame rican gentleman, well acquainted with navigation, who was strongly convinced of the validity of his country's claim, was put to this test. The treaty was put into his hands and the chart placed before him, and he was asked to trace the line from the text of the treaty. He tried hard, but could not by any ingenuity run it into the Canal do Haro. He admitted that, if ever America gets the Canal de Haro, as she claims, the treaty certainly does not give it to her. It is perhaps needless to add that, so far as we can judge, there is not the slightest chance of a col lision or even of any further ill-feeling between the two nations upon this vexed question of San Juan. General Scott leaves to-morrow for San Fran cisco, where he will remain for some time, and I trust that, with the new lights which will in the meantime be thrown upon the subject, he will become convinced of the propriety of removing all the soldiers from San Juan. But whether he does or does not is of far less importance than the final adjustment of the boundary line. The news from the mines is very good. New gold diggings arc continually being discovered, and the quantity of gold got out is considerable; but a great many miners are leaving for California at the approach of winter, owing chiefly to the exorbi tant prices of provisions caused by the difficulty of communication. Without the formation of roads to facilitate transport and intercourse I am certain that British Columbia will never progress ; and, as the resources of the colony are inadequate, I see no means of securing an object which will cost a con siderable outlay unless the home Government takes the matter in hand. 1 think the prospects of the country fully justify the expectation that it could afford to pay the interest of a loan and repay the principal; but at present with so small a popula tion, to defray the first cost of road-making to the required extent is out of thp question. The revenue now pays all the civil expenses, and has afforded some aid to the road-making. Victoria is progreasing'steadily, and business hss been quite brisk during the last few months. LO.R.D WENSLEYDALE ON. TILE RIFLE cures xo vi is A public meeting convened by advertisement was held on Saturday, at the Shire-hall, Bedfordshire, for the purpose of organising measures for the esta blishment of a comity rifle force—Sir G. Osborne, Bart., in the chair. Lord Wensleydale, Rev. Lord John Thynne, Mr. IL Littledale, Mr. Crewe Alston, -Colonel Lindsell, Colonel Higgins, Captain Polhill- Turner, Colonel W. Thornton, Major Cooper, &c., were present. The CHATiIMAN, in opening the proceedings, said nothing but a deep conviction of the unparalleled importance of the movement could have induced him to take a leading part 'on?} the present occasion. A patriotic spirit pervaded the length and breadth of the land ; men of all classes—of every shade of opinion —of every pursuit and profession—were uniting in furtherance of a common object, for the accomplishment of a common purpose ; and every man of courage appeared to take a deep interest in the all-absorbing topic. The question to which he referred related to the national defences, but he hoped they would . never want a body of men suffi ciently. numerous to defend their country, their wives, their children, and their property. (Applause.) . Lord WENsLEY - DALE said it was with very sincere pleasure he listened to the call of his hon. friend the chairman of this meeting. He was going to move a resolution which be might say would not only obtain the approval of those present, but of the county at large. The object of it was to declare the necessity of having an armed body of Men in the county. (Hear, hear.) Although he was uncon nected with this county in point of property, he had lived in it more than 20 years, and had met with sucltuniforni kindness that he could not help taking as deep an interest in its welfare as though he was the proprietor of a large and extensive estate, and as great a desire to assist in upholding the good reputation of the ccunty of Bedford—(hear, hear) — but he feared that reputation would suffer if they did not follow the example of the neighbouring comities, and he might acid the great hulk of the counties throughout England. Ho considered it to be their duty to place their empire in a state of de fence, so as to be prepared against the probability, under whatever contingency, of an invasion. (Hear.) He did not feel himself called upon to express an opinion as to the probability of an invasion at an early period ; he . did not think they ought to calcu late upon that ; but he might express himself in the language of a very able leader and illustrious man, who had recently been travelling about the northern counties, enlightening the people by his extensive knowledge and profound wisdom. This friend of his of upwards of fifty years had in two sentences stated the question so forcibly that it was impossible to give a clearer view of the principle which should guide the present movement. He said, "Do not mistrust your neighbours, but trust to yourselves." (Applause.) Now, he could himself rely with confidence on the declaration made by that extraordinary man the Emperor of the French, that he was friendly to this country. He did not believe the reports that the French people were hostile to England ; and especially the great body of the good and sensible had no unfriendly feelings towards us. But as in individuals, so in nations; an individual was subject to ebullitions of passion when he found his own in terest assailed, so in the case of nations, though it was the interest of all, and particularly of this coun try, on account of her commerce and manufactures, to be at peace. But still, although they had been assured of the Emperor's friendship and that of the nation over which he governed, yet the same rule must apply to them as in private life ; the French people were a proud and susceptible race, and it Was impossible to tell what might arise to indispose them to remain at peace with this country. (Hear.) These considerations, however, ought not to weigh with them for a moment, for he contended the coun try ought to be placed in such a condition as to be able to meet any contingency, whatever might happen. (Hear, hear.) He was sorry to say, look ing at the present condition of the country, whilst it had largely increased in wealth and power, it was more vulnerable to outward attack than it ever had previously been, and he believed that at this mo ment no country in Europe was loss defensive, and more liable to the conflict of a sudden invasion. (Hear, hear.) Ile knew it might be said that the country had already a pail body of armed men; but that paid body of armed men did not preclude the possibility of obtaining another body from the population, that they may be trained to arms, taught the use of the rifle, and be made use of in case of need. (Hear, hear.) He remembered the volunteer movement in 1803-4. At that time it was proposed by the ministry to introduce a bill giving Government power to levy en masse; the object of the measure was in fact to compel every able-bodied man to take arms, unless the volun teers came forward in sufficient numbers to obviate that necessity. The bill gave a right to the Crown to call upon the subject in time of threatened inva sion. In former times all the people were trained to arms, archery for instance, as a matter of legal compulsion; hence the superiority of the English archers, and the how became a powerful weapon whether employed in foreign or domestic warfare. He should be sorry to see any necessity for com pulsion. At the time he alluded to the great poli tical leaders of that day, Mr. Pitt and Mr. Fox, though the leaders of opposite parties, both ex-, pressed their opinions in nearly the same language, and he had been very much struck with the applica tion of what Mr. Fox said to the present time. He said he gave his hearty concurrence to the measure ; he could not oppose a measure which the state of the war made necessary. He could conscientiously support the measure because it was for the defence of the country more than for any object of offensive war. He relied principally upon the armed mass of the people to resist invasion. As to any regular force he wished it to be as great a good as possible ; yet he could no more think of placing his entire dependence upon the regular forces than on our navy; both might be excellent, yet subject to events; whereas the mass of a treat people in structed in the use of arms was a safe and perma nent security, that did not depend on the event of one battle, nor would by any untoward circumstances be rendered inefficacious. Mr. Fox went on to exprcse a hope that an armament of this nature might be obtained voluntarily, and without any compulsive measures ; but he ' should say notwithstanding that, if necessary, compulsion should be resorted to. Now lie (Lord Wensleydale) would say that these circumstances applied to the present time. Certainly, at that time of which he had been speaking there was im mediate danger, for war had been declared; but still the necessity of having a body of men accus tomed to arms and well disciplined existed ; be cause, although they could count upon the assist ance of the brave and intelligent men of England, yet that would be no defence in case of an invasion, for however brave, without discipline, such a force might prove prejudicial instead of being advan tageous. (Hear, hear.) If, however, they be taught the use of arms, and that be accomplished with the least possible burden and inconvenience to themselves, they would become such a security to the country as to render invasion by any foreign power almost impossible. He trusted that now the nation had been aroused to a proper sense of its position, they would soon have the satisfaction of seeing a greatly extended body of disciplined men, and that the people had resolved to follow the example set them at the commencement of the pre sent century. (Applause.) As to himself, he could not now be of any use for active service. At the time to which his remarks had been directed, he served his country in the capacity of a volunteer, but his pursuits had been in more peaceable courses in later years. When active efforts were made be fore for the defence of the country, a force of 356,743 men was raised, consisting of the militia, yeomanry, and volunteers, as well as a coast guard of 25,000. His own was an additional corps to these of three or four hundred more, and the right-hand man of the company was the present Prime Minister. He was an excellent officer, and early gave proofs of those talents as a commander which have since se cured for him the approbation of his country. (Hear, hear.) He thought at the present time they ought to have a much larger force, inasmuch as the population was only about half then to what it was now ; then the population of England and Scotland comprised about 1 0 millions , now it was about 21 millions. The population of Ireland had not increased in the same manner, but speaking in round numbers the population of the United King dom in 1859 more than doubled that of 1803. When application shall be made for additional powers with respect to the enrolment of volunteers, as soon as the present Parliament shall have as sembled, he could not conceive a more powerful mode of obtaining whatever might be deemed ne cessary, than the patriotism which the people ma nifested throughout the country. (Applause.) His lordship concluded by moving the first resolution, to the effect :—" That.this meeting consider it most desirable to promote a volunteer rifle corps in the county of Bedford, under the provisions of an act //z PE }t • - s:(0 eithsr civil or ecclesiastical, and the. eeriMiS F 1 - c•;:/` members of these presbyteries, synods, Or S Were not judges in any legal. Eel' SC'. 'They sat 'and acted and voted solely in virtue of the priVaie con trrctregulatiugtheir proceedings among themselves; and - this contract did not, and could not, confer on them any jurisdiction whatever. There was no such thing as voluntary jurisdiction in the ordi nary sense of the term, and there was no such thing as a N'oluntary judge. Even an arbiter was not a judge, though the law for is sous of cxpe (llene), colic:cad to his proe , iedings sonic privileges analogous to those of a judge. It was obvious, however, that the defenders were not in the post , tion of arbiters. Arbiters must hear, and the de fenders had not heard. Their plea was that. they were not bound to hear, and he (Lord Peas) was not assuming,they were wrong in saying so; but if bound to hear at all, it was certainly not as ar biters. It was neither a case of jurisdiction nor of arbitration, but a ease of mutual contract which the pursuer alleednrid undertook to prove the de fenders had violated, to his loss and damage. It might he that the defenders could satisfy them that this was not a civil contract at all, or that, being a civil contract, it related to some , act lawfully in the power of the defenders, so that this Court could give no decree that could avail the pursuer. All that would be open to the defenders to show ; but before they could go into these questions they must know precisely what the contract was. There could be no contract or resolution of any private associa tion which this Court was not entitled to see and consider, to the tact, at all events, of ascertaining whether the contract involved civil rights, and whether a wrong had been done or not which ad mitted of judicial redress. - The Lord President said the Court would pro nounce an interlocutor repelling the defences as defences against satisying the production, reser ving,to the Lord Ordinary to fix a day for satisfy ing the production, and for proceeding with the cause. The Court also deaernecl for expcnsee as craved by thelkr,•sucr. THE LATE ATURDEROUS OUTRAGE IN LEEJ)d, The Leeds magistrates were occupied for several 'hours On Saturday afternoon in the investigation of the circumstances attending the recent assault and robbery of Mr. James Trafford, silk manufacturer, Leek, Staffordshire, which took place on Tuesday evening in a notorious thoroughfare, called Nelson -street, in Leeds. Three persons were in custody up to Friday night, on suspicion of being concerned in the outrage, their names being G. Harrison, 'of Union-street, Joseph Matthews, of Nelson-street, and the woman of loose character generally called " Polka Ann," who lodged in Harrison's house. Some other information, however, came to the knowledge of the police late on Friday night, which led to the apprehension of three other parties for ,the crime. These were " Sam" Matthewman, Teersa Watson, and Martha Bates, all of whom re sided'at a disreputable house in Nelson-street, Wat son being under Uri protection of the male prisoner. No evidence was taken against George Harrison, Joseph Matthews, and Mary Pollard, and these persons were accordingly discharged. The prose tutor, Mr. Trafford, was able to attend the exami nation, but he wa3 very pale, and appeared .to be very languid. He detailed the circumstances at tending the assault and robbery, but qualified some portions of his former statement. It now appears that the robbery took place in Nelson-street, and the prosecutor's ignorance of the locality had led him to confound the two streets which run parallel from Vicar-lane to Milipark street. Mr. Trafford said he intended to visit a customer in George's-street, but that he turned down Nelson-street by mistake, and was there attacked and robbed. The evidence against Matthewman, Bates, and Watson was certainly sufficient to warrant the magistrates in sending the case for trial. Mary Connor, wife of John Connor, paviour, bottom a Nelson-street, and a female who lodged with her, called Georgiana Ward, both dis tinctly swore that they were alarmed by cries of " Murder" as they were sitting in their own house ; that they therefore ran to the door; and they saw Matthewthan strike the prosecutor on the head ; that Watson afterwards rifled the pockets of the fallen man ; that Bates was standing by ; and that the three prisoners afterwards ran into their own house, which was close by. Mrs. Connor says she called out to the prisoners not to hurt the poor man, but that she dared not further interfere. After the prisoners had run away, Mr. Trafford rose from the ground, and staggered down the street ; but fell twice before he reached the bottom. The witnesses affirmed there could be no doubt about the prisoners, as they saw the whole assault and robbery, and had previously known Mattliewman, Bates, and Watson. Mrs. Martha Booth, wife of Samuel Booth, 42, Nelson-street, also stated that on the morning alter the assault she saw a maroon coloured woman's sleeve lying in the channel of the street. Teresa Watson came down Nelson-street at that time, picked up the sleeve, and went with it into Mrs. Booth's house, satin r, " This is my sleeve ; I lost it last night ; let it he here until I some back." This sleeve, which was covered with mud and much rumpled, was afterwards claimed by Watson, and taken away. There were other sus picious circumstances, as, for instance, the pri soners' preparation for a flight to Bradford as soon as they knew they were suspected ; but the evi dence was not completed, and to allow time for this being done, the case was remanded until 'Wed nesday next. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE if -REK. + (From the Report of the Registrar-General.) The cold weather which set iu with severity on the 11th inst., and continued till near the middle of last week, has produced an increase of mortality. The deaths in London, which were about 1,300 in each of the four preceding weeks, rose to 1,548 in the week that ended last Saturday. Within the period to which reference is made the mean weekly temperature of the air fell 12 deg. In the ten years 1849-58, the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,155; but, as the deaths returned for last week occurred in a popu lation that has increased, they should be compared with the average raised in proportion to the increase . —namely, with 1,270. The result is that 271 per sons died last week who would have survived if 'atmospheric conditions bad not been in a less de gree than usual fircourable to health. The births of last week exceeded the deaths in the same period by only 220. The deaths from pulmonary diseases, exclusive of phthisis, rose from 279 in the previous week to 430 in the week ending last Saturday. This latter num ber exceeds the corrected average by 152. Bron chitis was fatal to 260 persons, pneumonia to 135, asthma to 24. The deaths from phthisis rose in the last two weeks from 134 to 186. Small pox carried off 37 persons, of whom 15 were adults ; scarlatina, 85 ; diptheria, 14. Four deaths from small-pox occurred in the London-road sub-district ; 5 from scarlatina in Rotherhite. From the latter disease, 11 in Pancras, 6in Islington. Two infants were murdered ; 9 died from suffocation, apparently by accident. Of 66 persons who died at the age of 80 years and upwards, 6 were nonogenarians, the latter class being exclusively women. Of bricklayers 2 died in the week, of bricklayers' wives 3, of bricklayers' children 11; of carpenters 12 died, of carpenters' wives 7, of 'carpenters' chil dren 21 ; of masons 2 died, of masons' wives 2 ; of painters 4 died, of painters' wives 2, of painters' children 9; of plasterers 1 died, of plasterers' chil dren 10. Last week the births of 961 boys and 807 girls, in all 1,768 children, were registered in London. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1849-58 the average number was 1,478. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 39.402 inches. The barometrical reading fell from 29 71 inches on Tuesday to 28.94 inches on Saturday, being respectively the highest and lowest in the week. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 33 deg., being 5.4 deg. below the aver age of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glauher). The mean daily temperature was 16 deg. below the average on Sunday and Mon day; 9 deg. below it on Tuesday; the air then became warmer, rain fell, and the mean temperature was above the average on Wednesday and Satur day. On Monday the thermometer in the shade fell as low as 14 deg.; on Saturday it rose to 47 deg. these were the lowest and highest points in the week, and the range was therefore 33 deg. The mean daily range was 10.5 deg. Snow fell on Monday and Tuesday. The amount of rain in the week was. 0.37 inches. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 36 deg. The differ ence between the mean dew-point temperature and the air temperature was 4.5 deg. The humidity of the air approached complete saturation on the last two days. The mean of the week was 81. On Sunday and Monday the wind blew from the south east, afterwards from the sonth-west. 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