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THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the 1INITE1) KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE. That on WEDNESDAY, the 9th November next, at 12 o'Clcck at noon, the • Commodore Superintendent will• put up to sale in her Majesty's Dock yard at IVoolwich several Lots of OLD STORES, consisting of Old Bunting, Cordage (hawserlaid and:cablelaid), Shakings, Canvas and Hammocks in Rags, Coal Sacks, &c., Sc., all lying in the said yard. Persons wishing to view the lots must apply to the Super ntendent for Notes of Admission for that purpose. • Catalogues and conditions of sale may be had here and at the yard. - \ ~- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 1859. No. 21,006. PRICE 4D. STAMPED, SD. PUBLICATIONS. WEST CONNAuGIi T CHURCH ENDOW 111 ER T SOCIETY. waters, which have for some years been derived from above Teddington Lock, exhibit compara tively a small amount of matter in solution, in consequence of the dryness of the season. The waters supplied by the other companies contain a somewhat greater amount of impurity. For the sake of comparison the• water of Loch Kati ine, which must for the future represent the type of a pure supply for towns, is added, together with the composition of an unhealthy metropolitan shallow well : as readily as those with ball, both. being remark able for their quickness in this respect; in fact, there was not the least difference in point of quick ness with those cartridges and loose powder, a re sult not hitherto obtainable with any of the car tridges now in use. The next experiments were made with firine , from a rifle having a deeply cham bered breech, the results being equally satisfactory and the ignition rapid. Several rounds were then fired from an ordinary Lancaster rifle, as used by the Royal Engineers. In using the ordinary percus sion cap, as supplied to the troops, several miss fires occurred, but with Eley's caps of the same size the ignition of each charge was perfect, and the firing as rapid as with the sporting rifle and pistol. Some final trials were then made with a shot gun, but in this case it was ob served that the blank gossamer cartridges required to be sent well home with the ramrod. The cham ber invented by Wilkinson is well adapted to these cartridges, and fires them - with the Eley's caps. The result of the experiments was considered by the military men who witnessed the firing to have been more successful in the case of the pi s t o l firing. On an examination of the arms used at the conclu sionNv as ofre theremarkably ark e a x b i ly clean,erimentsC the interior of th e b arre l s considering the number of rounds discharged. ATETROPOLITAN, COUNTIES. AND -4 - GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, London, S.W. • Life Assurance, Annuities, and Endowments. Loans on real and Personal security. F. FERGUSON CAMROUI, Manner. NEW NOVEL EY MRS. HASTINGS PARKER. On Friday, in 3 vols., BENTLEY P - RIORY By MRS. II AST ING S PARKER. Also, now ready, in 3 vols., THE QUEEN OF HEARTS. By WILKIE COLLINS. Hurst and Elackett, 13, Great Marlboroullh-street. p OYAL ALTIAMI3RA PALACE, Leicester-square. f - OLLUM'S Grand Cirque Clas 131 Citie. WEDNESDAY (This Day). Tiaird Ni.crht of the New and Imposing: Spectacle entitled the " FLITCH OF BACON; or, DVNMOW IN 1751," with entirely New Dresses and Ap pointments ; and in which upwards of 100 male and female artistes and the beautiful stud of Horses surd Ponies will ap pear. Two performances daily, at 2, and half-plat 7. The 31 orninz Performance is especially recommended for the at tendance of families and children, Box-office open daily from 10 till 5, In crown Bro, 2s. 61, with Portrait of Lord Georg() Bentinck, THE BYE-LANES and DOWNS of ENGLAND. With Turf Scenes and Characters. Total imptukty Civanlc hr per gallon. purity. grs. ordeg. grs. or deg Distilled Water , 0 0 0 . 0 Loch Katrine water, new supply to Glasgow Well, Grosvenor-cottages, Pimlico 82.19 8.0 THAMES COMPANIES. Chelsea Southwark Lambeth Grand Junction West Middlesex 1 5 .60 I'Bl OTIIER COMPANIES. East London New - River Kent By SYLVANUS. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. —These elezant rooms are now opm Tor the Winter Season for Promenade Concerts, with the celebrated Argyll Band, conducted by Mons. A. Lamotte ; principal co rnet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. Dancinf; at 10 o'clock. Doors open at 8, commence at half-past. Admission, ls. This Day, Post Octavo, 10s. 6d., THE NUT-BROWN MAIDS ; or, the First Hosier and his Ilosen. A Family Chronicle of the Days of Queen Elizabeth. London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, Iligh riolborn, RE-OPENED for the SEASON.—This es tab lishm en t, pre-eminently distinguished for the elegance and matchless beauty of its decorations, combined with the Perfection of its management, is OPEN EVERY EVENING. G reat alterations and improvements have been made during the recess, and nothing has been left undone that could en hance the beauty of the place, or increase the comfort of the Visitors. Doors open at half-past 8; overture at 9; closing at 12 punctually. Admission Is. Notice —The GRAND BAL MASQUE is fixed for Tnuns bAY, Nov. 3, by special desire. . _ VINEGAR: Patronised by her Majesty's Government.—CONDY'S PATENT PURE CONCEN TRATED MALT VlNEGAR.—Families, by using this de licious Vinee•ar, insure purity, and eff e ct saving - of 50 per cent. See Report of Dr. Letheby, City Officer of Health • Dr. Rassall, of the " Lancet" Commission, and Others: - Sofa by the Trade, in bottles labelled and capsuled. Wholesale, 63, Xinz Willi fun-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Six Quart Sample sent free to any Railway for 3s. 6d• DEACON'S GLASS BOTTLE WAREHOUSES, scotinthyard. --A. LICENSED VICTULLERS.—B. D EACON b a egs to submit the following prices for Publicans' Glass Bottles of superior quality : Quartern ovals One and a half quarteru ditto Half-pint ditto Pint ditto Pale wines (6 to the gallon) - Dark ditto Sodas and Lemonades Orders and letters should be addressed, It. Deacon, Scot land -yard, S.W. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.—Every Person having an interest in domestic or farm animals !uould obtain a supply of this celebrated and economical 100 d, Which will prove invaluable during the approaching' L e a,,son For keeping horses in - good condition it is unequal- Pigs fatten with surprising rapidity upon it, and their mesh increases in flavour and value. Cowkeepers will find reat adVantage in the increased quantity and imnroved qua intY of the milk during its use. All animals are benefited by 4, A. pamphlet on this interesting subject, accompanied by estirnonials from the principal Nobility, Gentry, and Agri culturists, forwarded on application. In casks containing 118 feeds (measures enclosed), pdce 505., carriage paid to any all way Station in the United Kingdom. Post-offiee orders payable to Joseph Thorley, 77, Newgate-street, London. Dy Nat —The public arecautioned against being imposed upon Worthless GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, AND nONOUNCED EY TIER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. ,WIIEN YOU AUX FOR GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, SEE THAT YOU CET IT, As inferior kinds are often substituted. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &c. WOTHERSPOON & CO., OLAscoir AND LoNnow GRATIS TO THE DEBILITATED. 26,000 C ge ie n s aw of ay a MEDICAL D theb A e benefit fi tof BOOK th.s t e o ho suf fering from Nervous Debility will be sent, post free, on re ceipt of a directed envelope. and two stamps, a copy of the PRIVATE MEDICAL FRIEND, on the Self-cure of Ner vous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike to Society, Impediments to Marriage, resulting from the errors of youth, which, if neg.- - tented, result ip consumption, insanity, and a premature death. IllustrNted with many cases, with plain directions for tertect restoration to health and rigour, By HENRY SMITH, Burton-crescent, TaYistock-square, London, W.C. RUPTURES. NV - BITE'S MOC-MAIN PATENT LEVER TRUSS is allowed by upwards of 200 professional rentlemen to be the best for Hernia. It consists of a and elastic pad, to which a lever is attached, and (instead o f th e usual' steel spring) a soft bandage, fitting closely as to avoid detection. A descriptive circular may . 1 -. 1 9 had, and th e truss forwarded by post, on the circumference !!! the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the Inanufacturer, Mr. John White, 228, Piccadilly. e o in tle Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. Gd. Postage, is. üble ditto, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. ed. Postage, is Bd. lar°l . fice Orders to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. er of Elastic Stockings, Knee-caps, Sic. CERTAIN RELIEF for the AFFLICTED.— tiDr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS an d LIVER PILLS , pre red without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. rCot, of Bromley Kent, area sure remedy for affections ofthe r, i ndigestion:bile, sick headache, giddiness, loss of appe _,7 lowness of spirits, &c. They' can be taken at any time, !lout any danger from wet or cold, act mildly on the bowels, rthont p a i n or gripino!„ clear the skin, remove sallowness tat Pimples, purify the blood, b ra c e th e nerves, and invu.ro e the 'whole system. Sold by most drup-gists, in boxes, and 2s. Ad. ach Besure to asli for Dr. Sts I lona and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green e /Package, with " W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street," engraved on the Government stamp. L AP PETITE AND INDIGESTI O N DIPROVED. EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE Cho SAUCE imparts th e most exquisite rel i s h t o Steaks, ps, and all Roast Meat, Gravies Fish, Game, Soup , Cur ries, and S a l ad, and by its tonic and' invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this arom a ti d delicious Sauce is the best safegu ar d to health]. ° an Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch street, -London, and 68, Broad-gtreet, Worcester ; also ty litessrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mercha s, London ; and generally by the Principal dealers in sauce. ..1 , T ,, 31 : -- -To guard an•ainst'imitations, see that the names of the '`l. an PERRINS are upon the label and patent cap of ...e bottle. .ON DIS QUALIFICATIONS AND IMPEDIMENTS TO V'ei v p MARRIAGE. ionl iedal i tion, enlarg e d t o 195 pages, illustrated by 100 Ana- Engravings on Steel, just published, free by post. 1.11 r eceipt of twO penny stamps, sent by 31iDtcus, direct T . oru No. 19, B erners-street, Oxford-street, London, R E SILENT FRIEND: the a Medical Wo r k, by a Physician, on indulgence, and with in,jurious consequences from the use of Mercury. oo servations on the obligations of marriage, and direc "Tis for obviatino• certain disqualifications ; and containing valuable prescription of a Lotion to prevent Infection. - Th e n diet n „:,r o Prietors of PERRY'S justly celebrated Patent Me- Ro nave confided their Prescriptions to a Physician of the, leoyal University of Erlangen, and Member of the Royal Col- IsT e ° l. S arZcons of England (who is registered under the - uedical Act) and attends daily at No. 19 Berners-strect, 1f!1,,,,10rd-street, between the hours of 11 and 2, and from 5 till 8 ndays exceed) to advise Patients on their Diseases and 'ealment, and thus a dd t speedy certainty of Cure. US 0 TIIIEDIGA.L FRIEND AND MARRIAGE GUIDE. O THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. - -Sent free on receipt of two for postage, &c., •Vc- ItAPKEY,27, Alfred-place, Bedford-square, London, • «''• THE GUIDE TO SELF-CURE." It e c f r e 'iC first man of the day in these complaints."—Medical th l ; lll, ae about e nte rill.' the Marriage State should peruse he alt work, as the advice he gives on 14$11 a al nd disease reflects much credit upon him as a sound curtPhilosopher."—Critie. he true Guide to those who desire a speedy and private ~% — U niversity Magazine: th e 4 ' 141 NEW AMERICAN DISCOVERY' demonstrates absurdity of the English mode of treating such corn ;',,a!nts will prove a blesaing, to the afflicted, who may safely a nt easily regain pristine health by adopting the means pre 'llte.—Evening Star. Dahl' .ON.—As a duty due to the profession and the (Ica geally, Dr. Rapkey advises all persons havin, or'B of The legal qualifications of their medical attendant, 1. Denies whom they may be about consulting, to procure 4,;f(), Royal College of Surgeons, London, the Official List the`tegistered Members, price ls., or Dr. R. will, on reccip• of pubD r ice in stamps gladly assist and protect the ?Meted lie b.. f orwardingrl the same. U BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA sisI oa ,,C2ROCOLATE - POWDER Contains the -greatest deli not Of easily assimilated nourishment for strengthening Ole o ° Persons, children, and infants with weak stomachs, b ral ,:,,nr nerves, and, at 3-pence per meal, affords . a delicious thi . '"olt, lunch, or supper. It is the best dietetic lionicepa b P r eparation and maybe eaten either alone or mixed with rea r r ' rY 8 Revalenta Arabica Food. Admirably adapted to slb , nf ants with. In Tins at is. 6d ; lib., 35.; 2 1 b., ss. 9d. ; ; 121 b., 265. The 121 b. forwarded carriage free, on Iltre4. 4 , q f Postoffice order. all Barry and Co._, 77, Regent -- .1 la Ordon ; and through Grocers and Chemists.r, NO MORE MEDICINE atR AT RA.!2RY'S DELICIOUS ITEALTTE-RESTORING tipV , ENTA ARABICA FOOD Cures effectually indigos -Bpepsi a), constipation, flatuleng, phlegm, nervousness, he ti ," Bll _?as, liver complaints, hysteria, neuralgia, sleeple.ss irrit'vauutitY, palpitation, heartburn, eruptions, impurities, headache, ,spirits, diarrhoea, dysentery, hemorrhoids, ti noises in the head and ears, debility, diabetes, bajini between the shoulders, despondency, cramps, spasms, and sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), sinking co r a l uV,ll, asthma, bronchitis, consumption, also Children's ,vcrplairits. nvalids e extract a few out of 50,000 expressions of gratitude from thus cured : Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart dc Decies of d as _Y,year' dyspepsia. Cure No. 49,832. "Fifty years' in touy,lbable a ' dyspepsia. from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, conThpation, flatillencv, spasms, eiekness at the ex e :VIA and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's ah _, .1 out Food," Maria Joly. Cure No. 53,810. Field Mar etin the Duke of Plaistow, of dyspepsia, constipation, ner a4ress and liver complaints which had resis:ted all baths ,i aeob tri s e o cl!eal treatment. Cure r0. in. 47,1;21.. Miss Elizabeth a extreme ne nervousness, fance. u n i., ? .t 718','2-11.11;rr."ku;- low lrew N. 0. , ,,0f constipation, dyspepsia, andnervous irritability. Cure 441 2 ,', 4,2 10. Dr. Shorland, of dropsv and debility. Cure No. • 44 . Captain Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 30,418. Rev. 2 ( ,, Minx,ter of cramps, spacins and daily vomitings. Cure No. Dr.lfervey, of d i arrlima d debility. Cure No. 23,028. Dr. raeurtzerof consumption. Cure N 0.40,270. Mr. James 'Roberts, ahaut. Fernley, Surrey, of 20 y . ears' diseased • spitting . ! ) , ( A. liver derangement, partial deafness.. Cun No. 4,208. er,, 41, t years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, he :Ind nausea,liave been effectually cured by Dii Barry's ite'a t h - restoring Food. Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlington Norfolk."—Cure No. 3,906, of thirteen years' cough, p t g . "B ti on , and general debility. James Porter, AO ol t reet, erth. Sold in canisters 6d. 121 b. 225; i'(tliner refined quality, 511).' ; 101 b. 333. The 101 b. and 121 b. o,.,llsters are forwarded carriae - e free, on receipt of Post-office Barry Du Barry and C0., , 77, Regent-street, London ; Pi e `,;;, n ,,Tn, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, 182, Cb, e '"' ll ) , ; also at 00, Gracechurch-street ; 330, Strand ; 4, aPslde ; 49 and GO, Bishopsgate-street ; 105 and 63, Oxford ikitrxeet ; 85, Tottenham-court-road ; also in Liverpool, at , one, 1, Castle-street ; Leeds, Reinhardt and Co. ; Dublin, Butler, Medical Hall; ua burgli, ttanneo and Co Ar-nehester ' Sharp and Scott ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD ON CONVICTION. The fearful dangers to invalids from spurious imitations of DU TIARRY's invaluable HEALTII-PESTORI NG REVA -I.I4',NTA ARA.BICA FOOD led to an investigation, and, upon application in 1851 for protection, the High Court of Chancery granted an injunction restraining 'Alfred Hooper Nevin, and his agents, under a penalty of £5,000, front selling any article resembling or being a colourable imitation of Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica, of .which we are the sole pro prietors. Now, therefore, this is to give notice that the above reward will be paid, upon conviction, to anyone giving infor mation of any breach of the injunction. An intelligent public requires no admonition to shun all shopkeepers who may attempt impositions. London : MARRY DU BARRY & CO, NO MOILS SICKLY OR ILL-CONDITIONED HORSES OR OTHER CATTLE. RA REY'S HORSE and CATTLE-IMPROVING FOOD restores the efficiency, vigour, endurance, and muscle of ill conditioned or apparently worn-out Horses, Cows, Bul locks, Calves, Sheep, and Pigs. In a short time it improves their appearance and value by 20 and 30 per cent. ItAREY and Co., 77, Regent's Quadrant, London. ln tins at 35., at (Is., at lls. ; in casks, of about 45 0 feeds, 50 s. ; of about 1,00 feeds, £5. being about lid. per feed. Forwarded on receipt of Post-ofßce orders. The:casksfree I carriage. NO MORE MEDICINE Price 20., free by post, a popular treatise, sixty-four Pages, THE NATURAL REGENERATION of the DIGESTIVE ORGANS, practically illustrating* the effectual Cure, without , Medicine, of Indigestion (dyspepsia), habitual Constipation, Fir.tulencyl Acidity, Palpitation of the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, bilotts Headaches, Nervousness, Biliousness, General Debi lity. Cough, Asthma, Consumption, Despondency, Spleen, &c., withont Pills, Purgatives, or Medicine of any kind, by a simple, pleasant, and infallible means ; adapted to the general •ea4er. London : Barry Du Barry it Co. 77, Regent-street. FALL or Two MEN FROM k HOUSE-TOP.—Most singularly, two serious accidents, of precisely the same na ture, and on the same spot, happened at Brighton last Thursday. Two men, bricklayers ' named Henry Holmes, Spring-street, and James Potter, Borough-street, were at work at the back of 22, Western-cottages, the latter being the master of the job. A ladder was placed on the slopinm roof, and on this ladder Holmes got ; but no sooner had Co done so than the ladder, from being fastened very loosely by a rope, slipped, and Holmes was precipitated into the area of No. 21, receiving most severe wounds, more parti cularly on his skull. The poor fellow was immediately conveyed to the hospital. About an hour after this acci dent the other man, Potter, in opposition to the wishes of ' the by-standers, attempted, under similar circumstances, to mount the same ladder. No sooner, however, had he put his foot upon the stave than the ladder again slipped and Potter fell into the area, in almost the same manner as Holmes had done. sustaining a very bad scalp wound. He was al-o conveyed to the hospital, arriving there at twenty minutes after one, just one hour after Holmes. They were both, when inquiry was made, in a precarious stale ; but they were sensible. Holmes is 75 years of age, and was only married on the preceding Saturday.—Snvex Express. CRYSTAL PALACE. ONE SHILLING DAY. TUESDAY, Oct. 18—Admissions, on payment, 6,571; ditto by season tickets, 1,323; total visitors, 7,894. " TIIE QUEEN or Hmkras." By Wilkie Collins. -")Ir. Wi.kie Collins evidently loves sto-y-telling as an art - loves it for its own sake—and his art has been kind to him in re turn, and has clothed him with the qualities of a rarely ac complished artist. He is not one of those who has a pur pose' hi his stories—that is, a direct and obtrusive purpose. He does act want to puff off any particular school iu or phi'mophy, or scciolcgy ;' he is quite content with the smiles and tears of huManity as a fund on which he may draw for his moving accidents ; and he shows himself to have a thorough mastery over the spells by means of which this common growth of mother earth' is made to evoke the emo tions of his readers. The story of The Queen of Hearts' is full of life and freshness."—John Bull. The first meeting of the originators and supporters of this society was held on Thursday at Kingstown, Dublin. The chair was taken by Lord Viscount Gough. The Rev. W. C. PLUNKETT, one of the honorary secretaries of the society, moved the first resolution: " That whereas in the district of West Connaught 35 congregations had, during a period-of little more than 20 years, been added to the United Church of England and Ireland, this meeting recognises in so great a work the hand of the Almighty God, and to Him it desires to offer up its heartfelt praise." At the annual general meeting of the society in April he expected to be accompanied with an ab stract of a report of the proceedings of the society. On the present occasion he had no such report, as the society was only in its infancy; it had no work to record, though for a long time past the objects of it had lain very near to the heart of the Bishop of Team. By his personal efforts he had enlisted the sympathy and liberality of many kind friends, yet it was only within the last few months the society had been formed, and now, for the first time as a society, it came before the public to demand a ver dict. In introducing this society to their notice, he felt strong in the merits of his cause. It was not a schismatical society; it was wholly catholic—not Roman Catholic—in its tendencies, for its tendency was to bind together in a union of strength and love_ societies already existing—to form, as it were, the great and beautiful cupola or dome, surmounting and connecting together in one harmonious whole the many pillars .on which it rests. Many of 'them, no doubt, were acquainted with the district of Western Connaught, where the operations of their society were to be carried on. Many of them, no doubt, had visited those grand old mountains stretching along beside the shores of the Atlantic, as if they shrank from and despised the every-day commonplace situations of inland plains. His ob ject, however, was not to dwell on the natural beauties of this country, bat to describe its spiritual aspect. In the year 1837 its aspect was one of spiritual desolation. In that year one would wan der throughout the length and breadth of that dis trict, 100 miles long and 20 or 30 miles broad, and only find seven churches where God was wor shipped in spirit and in truth. This was its state of spiritual destitution, and Christians in England and Ireland—lrishmen who loved their colliery and Englishmen who loved Ireland—saw this state of spiritual desolation, and prayed to God, and laboured and gave, and God prospered the work of their hands. In that gross darkness the beacon of truth was lifted up in Achill. The Irish Society—the brave old veteran Irish Society— worked throughout that country. IL sowed its seed in a kindly soil, a soil which it had softened by the magic of that tongue—the tongue of those to whom it spoke. The Island and Coast Society sent forth their labourers into districts never before visited by a missionary. The Church Missionary Society came forward and raised the banner of truth. From post to post a gallant band of workers gathered round, boldly fighting for the truth as it is in Christ Jesus. Success attended the labours of these and other societies, and the labours of the parochial clergymen—for they should never forget that they had been missionaries, and so was every pastor who remembered his ordination vow; they kindly and cordially welcomed these societies and assisted them. And God prospered the work of all, and the desert blossomed as the rose. (Ap plause.) The rev. gentleman here read tho follow ing letter from the Bishop of Winchester to the Bishop of Tuam "My dear Lord,—l am on the eve of returning to England, but I cannot leave Ireland without sending you a word of the heartiest congratulation i on the vast work which I have seen in your diocese since I called on you at Salt-hill. If envy was per mitted I could feel the passion very strongly. It is a glorious thing to be connected, as you have been, with such mighty operations. I know not which to admire most—the devotedness, ability, and patience of the agents, or the faithfulness and constancy of those on whom they have acted. Your missionaries are men whom any bishop would thankfully see planted in every parish of his diocese, if he could get them. And it is wonderful to me how you can have beenenabled to procure the services of so many combining the rarely united qualifications of men tal acuteness, discretion, and self-devotion. " It will be a gratification to you to know that I have seen the churches crowded, meetings thronged to overflowing, and late comers, who could find no room, swarming like bees all round the buildings; and schools which I have never seen equalled for knowledge of Scripture and readiness of application in any part of England. It has been a wonderful sight to me to observe the lads coming in from say ing their oats at a sudden summons, sitting down in their shirt-sleeves with a Bible in their hands, and turing to passages as familiarly as if they had nothing to do in life but study them. a The testimony borne throughout all the parts I have visited, to the effect of the missionaries' work upon those who are not converts, has been uniformly the same. Many are inquirers. The influence of the priests has, been remarkably diminished, and all ad mit the irreproachable conduct and the patient en durance and forbearance of both missionaries and converts.—l am, my dear lord, faithfully yours, " Dublin, Sept. 29, 1859." " C. WINTON. But even while they recorded this success there was still a want. He saw that this monument of God's glory was nearly complete; but the column still wanted the capital. These churches were yet for the most part unendowed. They were built to meet an emergency, and without the usual precaution of an endowment, and the consequence is that there are at present in the district of Western Connaught 25 congregations, under the care of 16 clergymen, who are unprovided with any permanent provision from the Church, and dependent merely npon the fluctuating funds 6f charitable societies for their support. They would at once see the critical and anomalous position in which those churches were placed. They could understand how precarious the only funds which they received must be. The Church Endowment Society had for its object the collection of funds, the investment of them in Government Stock, and the allocation of them to the different districts. The Rev. H. VERSCHOYLE seconded the motion, which was then put and carried unanimously. The Archdeacon of MEATH moved the next reso lution :—" That whereas 2:5 of the new-formed con gregations of Western Connaught are destitute of any permanent provision for their future pastoral care, and whereas the Church emoluments of the district are wholly inadequate to meet the demand, this meeting hails with satisfaction the institution of a society which proposes, by means of legal en dowments, to provide for so great and urgent a necessity." The question of the inadequacy of chnrch endowments was a point on which he wished to say something. The question arose, and he was sure an objection would be made by many to the undertaking, because of the supposed income of the Irish Church. He remembered when the first attack was made on the income of the Irish Church, about thirty-seven years ago, in Parliament. It was stated by Lord Newport to be £3,000,000 a-year. Since then many estimates had been made, but public returns showed that it was not more than £500,000 osyear, if so :much. There was a great deal of ignorance abroad' as to the real in come of the Church ; in fact, there was a popu lar notion that if the income of the Irish Church were more evenly distributed it would supply all necessities. Six years ago, in answer to a very able man, he published an average. There were . t . it p eu r i e .a se te n s t w l , e s r 3 e o p b a c i n d efi e c u e t d e e f le t i h g e y f rn u e n t d i' s i e n f l t r h el e an c d h ; u 6 re o h 6 o l leaving v a inn average 5 0 30 r 7 c s u i p n e b r e makine• on an average £2lO 4s. each. 'That, he a n n ts n u t t h n e , m su a m ki e n i g £ L 3 4 7 9 9 , , 2 0 0 0 0 0 , , thought, was enough to show that the future wants of the Irish Church. with the new congregations now rising up in all directions, could not be made up by a further subdivision of the funds of the Church. If they went to the dioceses of Tuam and Killala they would find there the case was very strong. He took the figures which he was about to quote from a very authentic source, from the public returns obtained by the Ecclesiastical Revenue Commissioners, ordered by the House of Commons to be printed in the year 1836. They had all heard of the famous " appropriation clause " that commissioners were appointed to ascertain any possible surplus Church income in Ireland, to be appropriated to secular purposes. He adopted their figures, only taking off from tithe composi tion the 25 per cent. reduction created by the' ithe Rent-charge Act of 1838, and estimating poor rate, since imposed :—Killala— Rent-charge, X 3,4 78 ; glebes, £437—total, £3,915. Deduction, admitted in public returns, £691 ; poor rates at 10 per cent. (double that on any other income), £ 321 --X1,012. Five curates, then, X 375 ; making a sum of £2,528; which left for 13 incumbents £194 each. There were now 14 incumbents and nine necessary curates, at £675, leaving for incumbents £l3O each. These incomes could not by any subdivision supply ne cessary endowments for neiszilceooraningreegna,tilovnhsie.hTiask4eo, for instance, the parish of miles long by 20 wide, and contains 140,000 ; the annual income is £120; there aro four congre gations, and four clergymen to minister to them. In the diocese of Tuam the tithe rent-charge was £12,348 ; glebe lands, £723; the deduction admitted by the commission was £2,341 ; the salaiies of 21 curates then paid were £1,503 ; poor rate estimated at £lO per cent., which is double that on any property, £921 ; that reduces the sum to £8,296. The number of incumbents in 1836 was 33, the average income of them being £250 a-year. They hardly understood the circumstances of a great many of the parishes in the west of Ireland. It was not known how much of the clerical incomes had passel into lay hands. In the diocese of Tuam they had 33 incum loath ; they had amongst them 91 parishes, the whole extent of which was 78 miles long by 63 wide • it contained nearly 100,000 acres, and a population of nearly half a million of people. He thought, in speaking of such a state of things, they should not merely consider the Protestant population ; but, seeing all that had lately taken place in the West., they should estimate a minister's responsibility by the population amongst whom he worked. (Hear, hear.) When the commissioners made their report there were 33 incumbents in the diocese of Tuam, at an average income of £250 a year ; there were now 42 incumbents, and yet they heard of 25 churches wholly unprovided for as yet. The ave rage income of the incumbents now only amounts to about £l9O a-year. How had these 42 incum bents-risen up in place of the 33, 25 years ago ? It was not by additional endow,ment, but by subdivi sion. lie had a paper to :aTioi.v this. Take the Union of Ballinakill. It consisted of ten separate parishes. The distance from one extremity ,to the other was about as far as from Dublin to Kilkenny, and about ten times a more difficult journey ; it was about 50 miles in length and 30 in breadth, and in that parish there was one church in 1836 and two clergymen. The wh,sle of theincome was about £2OO, as all the tithes were paid to laymen. That parish was now subdivided into five separate benefices at less than £5O each. Would that do ? These four benefices, at £5O each, had now 18 con gregations and 13 clergymer. There was a slight augmentation by the Ecclesiastical Commis sioners. This made the income in the parish of Killanin £6O 10,s. In it there were five congrega tions, and three clergymen required for present duty. That parish was 12 or 15 miles long, perhaps more. In the parish of Moyrus•the income was £9O. There were two congregations, an'i two clergymen required for present duty. In the parish of Olney the income was £67. There were seven congrega tions, and five clergymen required for present duty. In the parish of Ballinakill the Ncome was £34. There were four congregations, and two clergymen were required for present duty. In the island of Arran the income was £5O. There were two con gregations, and one clergyman was required for present duty, making altogether in that union of Ballinakill, which in 1836 had its one chum': and two clergymen, 18 congregations, and 13 clergy men doing duty. (Hear.) They had no permanent endowment beyond thel2oo a year originally belong ing to it except the small sum added be the Eccle siastical Commissioners. If they held that £l9O a-year was not too lirge an average for the bene ficed clergymen of the diocese of 'Foam, it was a clear case that what was now required could only be made by additional endowments. There was one fact which struck him in considering the diocese of Tuam and comparing it with its state in 1836, when the returns were made. There were then 33 incumbents and 21 curates. Now there were 42 in cumbents and 20 curates—one curate less in the diocese now than:there was then, although many of the curates now employed were missionary curates in the strictest sense of the word. The explana tion was plain ; for in 1836, of the 33 incumbents of the diocese only 22 were resident—the re mainder were non-resident. In former times that was always the ease, but the present Lord Primate set his face against non-resident curates, and made it a point never to sanction the apppointment of one man to two places. It appeared from the figures which he had quoted that endowment was necessary for these new con gregations, and he thought it would be a shame and disgrace to the Church of Ireland, and enough to make them doubt whether the Lord was amongst them or not, if there was not a hearty liberality raised up amongst them to provide for the congre gations which the Lord so wonderfully raised up in the midst of Connaught. The Rev, R. S. BROOKE seconded the resolution, ,which was passed unanimously. Mr. BENJAMIN LEE GUINNESS moved the next resolution :—" That, whereas the present Bishop of Tuam is willing that the,patronag,e of the churches proposed for endowment should be invested in trustees chosen by the society, this meeting calls upon the Christian public promptly to avail itself of the opportunity thus afforded it of securing to these churches the blessngs of a permanent and faithful ministry." Mr. T. LEFItOY, Q.C., seconded the motion, which was carried. The Rev. J. ALCOCK, secretary of the Irish So ciety, moved the next resolution :—" That the very existence of the West Connaught Endowment So ciety is in itself a powerful independent testimony to the shecess of the various societies now labour. ing so zealously and faithfully in Western Con naught. And whereas its o bj ec t i s to give solidity and permanence to that success, this meeting calls on the friends of this cause, as well as the Christian public generally, to give that society their cordial welcome and aid." Ile bore testimony to the want which existed for such a society, and observed that it had the hearty goodwill of the Irish Society, which had helped in laying the foundation for the churches which they now w an t e d t o endow. The Rev. Mr. EADE, secret ary o f the Irish Church Missions Society, seconded the resolution. He ob served that he believed it was contemplated to endow the first church in Moyrus, a remote spot in Connemara. Some few y ears ago th e p e ople there were all in ignorance, and knew but little of reli gion. A missionary was sent among them, whom they at first persecuted, but now they were most kind towaids him, and he had established a con gregation there. Surely it would be . a pity if this congregation was allowed to be broken up for want of the church being endowed. The sympathy of the Irish Church Missions Society was with the efforts of the committee of the West Connaught Church Endowment Society. The resolution was put and carried unanimously. The Archdeacon of Meath was then moved to the chair, and a vote of thanks passed to the former chairman. The meeting then separated. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE IVBEK. (From the Report of the Registrar-General.) The returns have shown an almost constant de crease in the deaths of London during the last 12 weeks. In the third week of July the number was 1,605 ; in the first week of the present month it fell slightly below 1,000 ; and in that which ended last Saturday it was only 902. On comparing the deaths of la s t wee k with the average numb e r (raised in proportion to increase of population) obtained from corresponding weeks in 10 previous years, it will be found that the actual is less than the esti mated number by about 200, a result indicating that the present state of health in London is compara tively good. Diarrhcea, the deaths from which have now fallen to 29, and hooping-cough, from which there were 17, exhibited a low mortality ; measles did not ex ceed 18 last week ; and the only unfavourable fea tures of the return are the still high mortality of scarlatina, and the tendency to increase shown by smallpox. The latter disease was fatal in 37 cases, 3 of which occurred, in the sub-district of White cross-street, 3 in Bethnal•green Town, 6 in the Small-pox Hospital. Eighty-seven deaths were referred to scarlatina, and 7 to diphtheria. In a house, 3, Motley-street, Shoreditch, 4 deaths have occurred from scarlatina within a month. There were 7 from the same disease in the west sub-dis t net of Islington. In the sub-district of 11013-well, Shoreditch, no death from any cause was registered in the week, a circumstance which has not occurred at any previous tine daring the last seven years. The greatest age recorded in the week's returns is aged 51 years, died from want 9, at Purim-place, that of b a widow, who was 95 y( ars old. A man, Bethnal-green. Of bricklayers one did in the week, of brick layers' wives three, of bricklayers children seven ; of carpenters six died, of carpenters' wives three, of carpenters' children 21 ; of painters five died, of painters' wives four, of painters' children five; of plasterers one died, of plasterers' children eight. Last week the births of 822 boys and 805 girls, in all 1,627 children, were registered in London. In METROPOLITAN w o a P t o er L s r u r A s:a l i V n Air o E n ß d s o r du S l E .i P u T g l,: h lß e E p ß a , st l the 10 corresponding weeks o f th e years 1849-58 the average number was 1,543. have been an a ly se d b y D r. R o b ert Dundas Thom son, F.R.S., of St. Thomas's Hospital. The Thames 'I he table is read thus—Loch liatrine water contains in the gallon 2 . 14 degrees or grains of foreign matter in solution, of which '8 degrees or grams are of vegetable or animal origin. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.492 in. The readings fell from 2919 in. on Sunday to 29.32 in. on Tuesday, bzing respectively the highest and the lowest in the week. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 55.3 deg., which was 4.4 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). Tie mean daily temperature continued above the average throughout the week. 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The Pingdove, 6, screw despatch vessel, Com mander Craigie, shipped her spare screw yesterdqy alongside the dockyard at Portsmouth. The Trident, 6, paddle steamer, Commander Close, sailed from Spithead at five p.m. yesterday for the eastward, to be paid off. The following are to be the principal dimensions of the Glasgow, screw frigate of 51 guns, now being laid down in the slip at Portsmouth, whence the Bacchante was lately launched:—Length between perpendiculars, 250 feet ; ditto of keel for tonnage, 214 ft. iin. ; breadth, extreme, 52ft. ; ditto for ton nage, 51ft. Gin.; ditto, moulded, 50ft. Bin.; burthen in t0n5,3,02740.94. The length of the Bacckmte and the Shannon is each 235 feet, or 15 feet less than the Glasgow. The Marlb )rough, 131, three-decker, bear ing the flag of Admiral Fanshawe, Commander-in- Chief in the Mediterranean, is 215 feet 6 inches in length, or 4 feet 6 inches less than the Glasgow. The vessels being built in the adjoining sheds to the Glasgow are the Prince of Wales, 131, three decker, and the Duncan, 101, on two decks. Both these vessels are of equal length, 252 feet, only 2 feet longer than the Glasgow ; while the furthest shed contains the Vietoria,l3l, three-decker, which vessel exceeds the Glasgow in length by 8 feet. This latter vessel, the greatest in length of any building in Portsmouth yard, it is expeted will be launched on Saturday, the 12th of November next. The following are the principal dimensions of this noble vessel :—Length between perpendiculars, 1,260 ft. ; ditto keel for tonnage, 220 ft. ; breadth, extreme, 60ft. ; for tonnage, 59ft. tin, ; l b O u i n r . t lelno - in t p o o n N s 4 4 r 'Of! 2e engines 5811. 1,000 nominal. n depth teulc: moulded, , h01d, 2 4 ,3 h t . The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. T. M. Kelsall, to the Weser; Lieut. W. H. Ives, to the Russell ' Lieut. J. Rorie, to the Pembroke; Lieut. J. L. F. Paul; to the Prometheus ; • Lieut. E. F. Kerby, to the Con taur ; Lieut. G. T. Gordon, to the Impregnable ; Lieut. L. M. Mallet, to the Arrogant, for the Meander; T. A. W. Smyth, Clerk to the Diadem; C. W. Ross, Second Master to the Weser ; J. Bell, second-class assist.-engineer to the Clio ; George I'. Cook, third-class assist.-engineer to the Welling• ton, as supernumerary for hospital treatment ; H. W. Tregilgas, third-class assist.-engineer to the .Coekehafer ; W. Barclay, acting third-class assist.- engineer to the Perseverance, as supernumerary ; and W. Landells, acting third-class assist.-engineer to the Perseverance. THE ARMY. The Earl of Cardigan, Inspector-General of Ca valry, arrived in Exeter on Monday. At four o'clock, the noble earl proceeded to the Exeter bar. racks, to inspect the head-quarters of the 9th Lan cers, under the command of Col. Little. After they had gone through several movements with great precision, the Earl of Cardigan thus addressed the men—" I am very glad to see so fine a regiment on parade, after such long and good services in India." The.noble earl then proceeded to inspect the men who have applied for their discharge. A grand banquet was given to the regiment by the citizens of Exeter, last Thursday, in the Higher market, which is capable of holding several thousand per sons. The. men who have just returned from India were present. Seats were provided for ladies, and a large number attended. The Mayor of Exeter (Capt. Tanner) presided, and among the guests were Col. Little and nearly all tho officers of the regiment, Sir J. L. Duntze, Mr. H. S. Gard, M.P., the High Sheriff of Exeter (Mr. S. S. Perkins), besides a very large number of the gentle men and tradesmen of the city. The bands of the Devon Yeomanry and the Ist Devon Militia played at intervals during the banquet. The soldiers were much affected with their reception, which was of the most enthusiastic and gratifying character. The healths of the officers, non-commissioned offi cers, and privates of the regiment were drunk amid deafening applause. Col. Little and Serg.-Majm. Spence responded to the toasts, and expressed their warm appreciation of the kind and hospitable man ner in which the regiment had been received by the citizens of Exeter. Immediately after her Majesty's departure from Edinburgh on Saturday morning the 13th Light Dragoons, which hail been on duty in the park, were reviewed by Gen. Viscount Melville. Col. M'Cleverty, Assist.-Adj.- Gen., Capt. D. Jones, Aide de-Camp, * Col. Fitzmayer, R.A., and the Hon. 0. Monckton, Col, of the West York Rifles, wcre also on the groupd. The regiment looked remarkably well, and went through the various evolutions in a manner highly creditable both to the officers and men. At the close Lord Melville expressed his satisfac tion both with their appearance and drill. The following military invalids and soldiers for discharge have arrived at Portsmouth from South ampton, where they disembarked from the Parana, West India mail steamer. ool : :t.lll e: Artillery, depots etpi oloetiisn, sergeanty aft2‘lati their ; 4 a a l l invalid depot depot Chatham :—Capt. Hudson, , and 1 man regi mentse m d 1 o l f o totis•mtdeFi n s t a;r 9 g o e ' i r : o l - 7 J o t, 11 and 3 women and 7 children. Yesterday sonic experiments took place at the Rifle-ground attached to the Royal Engineer estab lishment at Chatham, for th,3 purpose of testing the new description of go ssamer seam l ess cartr id ges, invented by Captain N or t on , i n or d er to ascerta i n heir suitability for various arms, and especially for the new rifles now being served out to volunteer rifle corps. The ball used during the experiments was the elongated rifle shot invented by Captain Norton. The first operation consisted of firing a number of rounds of the gossamer cartridge from an ordinary percussion pistol, but as it was judged that the resistance offered by the weight of the ball . might have an important effect in the quickness of fire, an equal number of rounds of the same car tridge without ball were fired from the same pistol, but no perceptible difference could be observed in the rapidity of the fire, the blank cartridges igniting AUSTRIAN FINANCES. "The Austrians," said the Emperor Napoleon at the Battle of Rivoli, " are not apt to compute the "value of minutes." Indeed, we might extend• the observation, and say that there is no modc , rn' nation which, whether in peace or war, leaves time so entirely out of calculation. If we could be re stored to the times before the flood, when a young man never thought of marrying and settling him self till he was about seventy-five years of acre, the Austrian system might do well enough ; but really in these days, when people live fast, move fast, and resolve rapidly, the system of the houso of Hapsburg is unsupportably tardy and wearisome. The Auatrian financial year terminates on the 31st of October, and we are presented in the middle of that month in 1839 with the account of the revenue and expenditure for 1857 and 1858. There may be many objections to representa tive institutions, but assuredly one advantage, that Austria would derive from a House of Com mons would be that she would know what she had spent while the knowledge was, of some practical value, and get an insight into her affairs before they had become matters of mere antiquarian curi e ts a tasioitnsealiy:ttesey;_.l for frtri T ti f stgfhBto d n s ss. ti u rt3 r ionl g ao9n e i t, d osGb2 i soa l 2u i vl, laiinBxre4enceeumt-fissse.ehonreftiTeo balance-sheet ,e t oe h uxea i lmi s idl tardi ness,—that c ndi the total revenue2B2 ,540 florins, o 283.640,723 florins, upwards o , andtlere therefore the m de i fi ll c io it n l s Va ands 36,481,861 a half st er li ng . Thi s was thelx.tlpenele diture of a year of profound peace, undisturbed either by wars or rumours of wars, for the first threatening note was sounded on the Ist of January in the present year. Such was the hopeless and helpless state into which Austria had drifted before her recent calamities, that with a population of thirty-six millions she incurs a deficit of upwards of three millions and a half upon a revenue of twenty-eight millions. For this excess of expendi ture over income several reasons may be given. In the first place, the Government, being utterly unchecked by any _popular control, is said to indulge in the grossest extravagance. In the next place, the dominions of Austria, with the exception of the hereditary States, are 'held in obedience by the sword, and hence the industry of the country is. crippled and its finances ruined by the employment of a fearfully large proportion of the adult population in the profitless idleness of a barrack life. There is, besides, the interest on the national debt, amounting to more than nine millions and a half sterling. Still, when we con sider that in these islands a population of some 30 millions raises with comparative ease an income of some seventy millions annually, we cannot but be struck with the apparent inability of Austria to raise her income to a level with her expenditure, and feel how imperfectly developed that civilisation must be which, with a .larger population than our own, sinks under a lyirden only half of that which we actually bear. If we look at tie Ways and Means we shall see that Austria has not been slow to employ every species of direct taxation. the has a land-tax, a house.tax, a trade-tax, an inhei tame and legacy-tax, and an income-tax ; octrois, excise, salt duty, tobacco duty, stamp duty, State lottery; and, among other things, she has made about £150,000 by selling to young men drawn as conscripts an exemption from military service. The Austrian Chancellor of the Exchequer cannot be said to have been negligent in the imposition of duties, but the key to the whole financial embarrassment seems to be found in a single item. The Customs of the Austrian Empire yield only £247,000, while the Customs of the British Isles, with a population of le:s by one-sixth, yield upwards of £26,000,000, or very nearly ten times as much. Austria has little or no foreign trade, because, with climate and soil capable of the most varied productions, she interdicts importation and lives nearly in that hidebound i-tate of indepen dence of foreign nations which our Protectionist squires used to commend as the greatest happiness and highest prosperity to which a country can attain. Of such a state of things we cannot hope to say anything new. If an empire will insist upon making its subjects its enemies, and govern ing them by the shallow and bar;eirous device of plaj ing off their national jealousies against each other, it must expect to reap as it has sown, and be crushed under the military expenditure which its own stolid disregard of its best interests has rendered inevitable ; and if a Government will conduct its finances and fetter the industry of its people in defiance of the most clearly demonstrated scientific truths, it must suffer under the present poverty and ultimate insolvency which it wilfully and obstinately promotes. It is a happy dispen sation of Providence that no Government can syste matically disregard its duties and obligations with. ' out accumulating destruction over its head, which must in due process of time descend and over whelm it. But, if such is the account Austria renders for the year 1838, what, when in the fulness of time she shall see fit to take the world into her confi dence, will be the statement she will have to lay before it of the expenditure of the disastrous year 1859 ? Her military system has been crushed to atoms ; her Generals have been outmanoeuvred ; her armies have been discomfited ; she has lost battles, provinces, and honour; but we are much mistaken if she has not lost these at a price which ought to have assured her victory and safety. No one, we think, can deny that the campaicrn was conducted on the part of Austria, at any rate, e on very economical principles. Verona was stripped of cannou, and left without provisons ; the fine cavalry of Austria never sate the field of Solferino ; her admirable artillery were held in reserve very far indeed in the rear of battle. Austria hopes to receive some eight or ten millions sterling as an indemnity for her share of the Lombard debt ; but still we arc much mistaken if he: balance-sheet for the year which closes at the end of this month will not startle even the admirers of paternal govern ment by the enormity of its deficiency. The revenue of the rich provinces of Lombardy ie gone, and yet the causes which render the maintenance of a large army necessary arc as rife as ever. Venetia must be coerced; the fortresses on the Mincio and the Adige must be armed, supplied, and garrisoned after a very different fashipn from that which an overweening confidence had induced the Emperor tinti3 l; (lt l )oc i ith.l e eet rtmhsodeeittriahit:cei empire, reverses l. y Austria to suppose was sufficient. There is, besides, a fresh danger to which Austria has hitherto been compa whi ght e ery r was ai e ci e d t i fe . .a es y. a. t deal to the people. For e her el : cpf . ir e hraiete l ekar y eAlh". iteiaeug; l ,,gs,:, i iikt, t ttrs‘ t abvi l tala : uaaysyNtuu: affectionful the me Government t f Pro is and disa be sound. rr h eN Austrians,oN- a n Italy might rebel, the Eastern provinces might be re to even d even the Tyrolese, begin to see that a system of internal repression and external exclusion, of obstinate adherence to traditional absurdities and aristocractic punctilios, is hurrying the empire into the gulf into which so many more potent confederacies have descended before her. In the past they see nothing but discredit ; in the future nothing but ruin. Their confidence in the ability of their Government has, and not without good reason, been destroyed. Their confidence in the good fortune of Austria exists no longer. In the continuance of the present system they see nothing hut ruin, and of its reform at the hands of a feeble and incompetent Government they see no hope. Their pride is humbled, their prudence alarmed, their loyalty shaken, their confidence de stroyed. Evil as is the present, they arc filled with still gloomier apprehensions for the future. They earnestly desire change, and are coming gradually, but surely, to the conclusion that the road to the required reform lies through the portals of a radical change.— Times. 11 3, 71 3 „ : .:74 R .r OF ALDERIII 4• ; • ;4 ',.rnert 1 7-7 ;*t.17: 4 4e7 1 , P-7 7: was held L,Y. 446 4, Guildhall, the L or d .71Lyor in the ehai LIE NEW ALDERXIAN. Mr. TowsE, vetry clerk for the ward of Ad v il S presented a return ratifying the election of Mr. .Tarries Abbiss, citizen and: blacksmith, to be alder man of that ward, inAlle; room of Sir C. Marshall, The Alderman elect was introduced by Mr. :oxen mid Mr. Low, his mover and seconder, and NV::S accompanied to the bar by a numerous and in fluential body of his constituents. Mr. WiLooxoN, in presenting Mr. Abbiss, said there were many who held the office of alderman in light esteem ; hut he, on the contrary, believed the office to he one of honour and dignity, and that a gentlema4 upon being elected to fill it had opened before him a career of usefulness, social and religi ous, which was not restricted to his own ward merely, but extended to the whole city of London and all his fellow-citizens. Mr. Abbiss had lived in the ward for about '2O years, and by adhering to principles of honour, uprightness, integrity, in dustry, combined with perseverance and zeal in the discharge of his general duties, he had My justified the choice of his ward in placing him in his present position. Mr. Low said that Mr. Abbiss was no:; a stranger to the city of London, as he for some time past acted as chairman of a board of guardians: and had there gained considerable experience in public business. Altogether he was well qualified for the office to which he had been elected, and, altheugh the inhabitants felt sincere regret that the retire- • ment of Sir C. Marshall, who had served them faithfully for 2S years, had been rendered neces sary by age And infirmities, that regret was quali fied by the reflection that he had. a worthy suc cessor. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ABBISS then took the usual oaths, and sub scribed the usual declaration, after which he was received with warm greetings / by his brother alder men, among whom he took his scat. SUPERVISION OF BROKERS. Mr. Alderman ROSE moved, " That it be re ferred to a committee to take into consideration the laws relating to the sworn brokers of this city, and to report thereon." The subject generally was, he said, a very important one, and, as he believed that the new Corporation lieform Bill might propose to deal with it, he thought an inquiry ought to take place in order that if the Government should call upon them for information they might he prepared to show that they had exercised a proper super vision over that class of gentlemen, who acted between parties as brokers in sale and purchase. Mr. Alderman HALE, in seconding the motion, expressed his belief that the supervision of the Court over brokers was attended with very great advan tape. Alderman Sir P. LAURIE reminded the Court that the Court of Common Council had decided to agree with nothing that injured the rights of the Livery. He did not know whether the motion would have that effect, but with regard to the Cor poration Reform Bill it was, in his opinion a hoax altogether. • Mr. Alderman ROSE said the motion could not interfere wits the rights of the Livery in any way. it was only a question of jurisdiction as exercised by that Court for many years past. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY thought that before such a motion was made the mover ought, to have been prepared to show at least a prima facie reason for the amendment of the present ro;lulations. But Mr. Alderman Rose had done nothing of the kind ; and as ithe Government in their Bill would no doubt deal with the question, and very likely de prive that Court of its jurisdiction over brokers altogether, he held that the labours of a committee would be thrown away. He therefore, as an amend men t., moved the previous question. Sir P. LAURIE seconded the amendment. Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE said the mere proba bility that the Government would deal with the supervision of brokers in their bill was in itself a sufficient reason for the appointment of a committee of inquiry. Mr. Alderman COPELAND said he did not intend to oppose the motion, but at the same time he felt bound to express his opinion that the Court could never exercise its supervision in an effective manner, unless the Legislature armed them with ampler powers. What had been their experience in cases where they had interfered to proceed against brokers who had been guilty of breaches of the re gulations? Within the last year or so there had been two such cases, and both the petitioning parties ultimately withdrew because the matter had been compromised ; and so that Court had been merely made the medium of effecting compromises where something further ought to have been done, since one of the cases, more especially, was of the most flagrant description. And then there were the ship brokers, who advertised emigration vessels to sail on a certain day, and who, by detaining their ves sels beyond that day, often inflicted the greatest hardship and suffering upon the poor emigrants. Ile should like to see something done to compel these men to keep faith with the emigrants. The LORD MAYOR said the law as it stood was strong cnoul;l► to deal with this evil, and it was their own fault that it was not more often put into operation. Mr. Alderman Roar; said that in the two eases referred to by Mr. Alderman Copeland, in which proceedings had been stayed, the supervision of tho Court, so far even as it went, exercised a most salu tary and stringent influence, since the petitioners obtained full and substantial redress. The amendment was then negatived, and the mo tion was agreed to. Adjourned. DEATH OF SIR THOMAS GRANT. We have to record to-day the death of Sir Thos. Ta.ssell Grant, K.C.8., and F.R.S., late Controller of the Victualling and Transport Service in the Admiralty. The subject of this notice entered the public service at the Admiralty 47 years ago, and after passing through several grades, was, in 1828, appointed storekeeper at the Clarence Victualling yard, Gosport. It was while here that he applied his active mind to several mechanical improvements in connection with the naval service. In 1829 he devised the well-known steam machinery for the manufacture of biscuit, which has been generally adopted in the several Government establishments, and which has conferred so great a benefit on the navy, while it effects a saving to the country amounting annually to 5130,000. In recognition • of the value of this invention the sum of £2,000 was conferred by Parliament, and medals presented to him by the King of the French and the Society of Arts. Afterwards he constructed a new life buoy, a feathCring paddlewheel, so contrived as to get rid of the action of the back water on the floats, and obout the year 1839 the patent fuel which bore his name, and which is largely, used in the steam marine. Lastly, he applied his mind to achieving the long-desired object of distilling fresh water from the sea. As far back as 1834 he originally proposed the means to effect this end; but it was only 10 or 12 years ago that the authorities became alive to ' the importance of adopting 'his proposition, which he had by that time matured and perfected. The apparatus for effecting this purpose is either con nected with the ordinary ship's galley, or tin the case of a steamvessel) with the boilers of the ship. By this invention the sanitary and moral condition of the navy has been greatly advanced, and it as been truly described - as the greatest benefit that has ever been conferred on the sailor. In the year 1850 he was advanced to the Controllership of the Victualling and Transport service, which he held daring the arduous struggle of the Crimean war, when the value of his inventions was severely tested. The difficulty of supplying . our troops with provi sions at that trying period is in the memory of all, and had it not been for the supply of biscuits manu factured day and night at our victualling-yards by the baking machinery for the army as well as the navy, the necessities of the crisis could hardly have been met.. The papers laid before Parliament on the subject of the distilling apparatus contain a -report from the Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic Ffeet, stating that " in three months 11 ships dis tilled upwards of 4,700 tons of water, and that it was impossible to speak too highly of so useful an invention;" and the Wye was expressly fitted up with the distilling apparatus, and sent to the Cri mea to assist in supplying fresh water to our trans ports and troops. This vessel alone was capable of producing upwards of 10,000 gallons of fresh water daily. It was under the unexampled pressure then cast upon his department that his health gave way, and early last year he was obliged to relinquish his post, on which occasion her Majesty was pleased to mark her sense of his distinguished services by con ferring on Mr. Grant the distinction of K.C.B. He • survived but a short time to enjoy his honours and the fruit of so much zeal for the public service, but he will be long remembered wit lL respect and grati tude by the naval service and his country, for which he toiled with so much success. He expired at Chester-terrace, ItTenes-park, at the comparatively early age of 61. LLANIDLOES AND MILFORD HAVEN RAILWAY.-- A survey is in progress of a railway 51 miles in length, with a view of completing a link of direct communication be tween Manchester and Milford Haven, via Lianidloes , Lam peter, and Carmarthen. Local m eetin g s have been held in support of the measure, and Lord Lisburne, Colonel Powell, M.P., Mr. Win. Chambers, Mr. John Propert (the benevolent founder of Epsom Medical College), and other large landowners, have undertaken to give the land at an agricultural price, and take their co as ensation in shares of the company, besid es subscribing as sharehoFulton, the en lders. Th cost of the line has b een estimated by Mr. - gineer, at X 600,000.,