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VUBLICATIONS. aREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. \--A CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.—FIRST and SECOND CLASS RETURN TICKETS issued on Saturday, the 22d Dec., and intermediate days, will be available until Thurs day, the 27th, inclusive. ON CHRISTMAS DAY the Trains will run as on Sun days, with the addition of the Day Mail Trains, as per bills. ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. shilling .days would not pay on Saturday. The poultry show this year had yielded a larger return than any other previous ones. The profit on the refreshment rooms_was at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. The commission on the sale of pictures had been paid in lieu of salaries, and had been found more economical. They had great up-hill work with the picture gallery, and he rejoiced that they had not sustained a loss. With respect to the stables, they had pulled down a portion of them and let the remainder for £l5O a-year, and the tenant, paid the ground rent. He believed that they would yet be able to sell the ground upon which the reinhining portion of the stables stood to great advantage. (Cheers.) The report was then agreed to unanimously. Mr. SOTFIEBY moved—" That a sum equal to £l5O a year for each director be set apart for the remuneration of the board for the past year and for the future, to be divided as the directors may deter mine." Mr. COMPTON seconded the motion. butcher's steel, was found near the pool of blood in the kitchen. Only two witnesses were examined yesterday, and the inquest was adjourned. o requisitiO in e given by AO; its of one S lat , m system stie t ; Ind courtion s provision llas. e same article' THE MOST ATTRACTIVE GIFT BOOK ' op THE SEASON. ELIZA COOK'S PO Ems, Selected and edited by the Author. Illustrated with exquisite wood engravings l , , the brothers Dalziel, from designs q John Gabert, Flani .son Weir, John Watson, Duncan, Wolfe, and other ce l ebr Ated artists. An excellent Likeness of the Author, from a Photograph by John Watkins, engraved by Frank Holl i. forms the frontis piece. "It is a real treat to see a volume s Asrich in beauty as this —a volume in vrlnich the sister arts of poetry and painting are so fitly . epresen,ted ; and, therefore, it Cannot be too stron g ly or too cordially recommended tg all who love both, and who delight to witness the= in s'ach happy combination."— Observer. VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (New York Division). Coupons due Ist January next will be paid in London at the Bank of London, or in New York at the Banking-house of Messrs. Duncan, Sherman, and Co. 10, New Cannon-street, Dec. 19, 1860. TO AUST.RAMA. to some e tellt , - e duties. glories in tr i , e L ports is at !I', specific dutlef: in the conirn e `, and Eng l :l in duties ties within ascertained si bl o the previou s vould be nee*: nt of reve nue he ad v alorei? uties. To 0 1 ' 5 nd in . the san e ished. ican manan h .' is fairly rely no Per' e e ariff have g ° ' nated in favour .ctures, not, by tion of simila r n effect, by 361 : ato the coreP° aREAT FANCY FAIR. Crosby Hall, Bishops ate, in aid of the Funds of the METROPO LITAN FREE HOSPI rAL. In consequence of the con tinued supply of contributions, and the immense attendance yesterday, the Committee hare decided to extend the Bazaar over to-morrow (Friday). "It is not rtecessari fiery more to•guarantee the complete ness of the work, and - We show our appreciation of its merits by transfer ring three or the illustrations to our columns."— Illustrated London IsTr i ws. Vessrs. Routlechre, Warne, and Reutledge, Farr,„ngdon street. THE BUCKLEYS IN LONDON, at the ST. JAMES'S. HALL, Piccadilly, Every Night at 8, and u Day Peformance on Saturday Afternoon at 3. Full Pro gramme and Tickets may be obtained at 28, Piccadilly, from 10 till 5, and at the Principal Libraries and Musicsellers. Admission, Stalls, 35.; Area, 28. ; Gallery, ls.—Doors open at Half-past Seven, and Saturday Afternoon, at Half-past Two. *** Grand Change of Programme I MUSS BREMER'S NEW WORK. N;ow' ready at all the Libraries, in 2 yols., TWO MARS in SWITZERLAND ana By FREDRIKA. BREMER. After some discussion an amendment was moved fixing the amount to be divided among the directors at £l,OOO a-year. The amendment was, after a good deal of discus. sion, carried. Another amendment was afterwards carried, to the effect that the amount for the directors' remu neration be £lOO per annum for the future. The CHAIRMAN then announced that as there had been so much difference of feeling displayed on this subject he and his colleagues had decided that they would not accept the remuneration. Captain YOUNG then moved a resolution to the effect that the Palace be closed on the Lord's Day. Mr. ASTBURY seconded the motion. - - Mr. REYNOLDS moved a long amendment, but it was decided unanimously that matters should remain as they were. The CHAIRMAN said a poll had been demanded on the subject of the directors' remuneration, and he had no alternative but to grant it, and appoint the scrutineers. Translated by MART Howirr. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. •X RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. The Handsomest and best proportioned rooms in Europe, are open for COVERTS and DANCING, Conducted by the well-known artiste Mons. ANTONY L AMOTTE, of. Parisian celebrity. M. Boulcourt, the greatest Cornet player in this country, plays solos nightly. Doors open at half-past Seven. Dancing at Nine o'clock. Admission, One Shilling. N.B.—A magnificent Smoking and Reading-room is added to this establishment. Now r ready, price 55., elegantly bound and illustrated, Q,IR B. BURKE'S FAMILY ROMANCE ; e i n, )OMESTIC ANNALS OF THE ARIfiTOCRACY. Forming the I' few Volume of "BURS r and BLACKETT'S STAN DAP .D LIBRARY OF CHEAP EDITIONS OF POP ULAR MODERN WORKS." Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. often truly re uses when tk e hen he nee 4sls lways operate, are subject to a steady sta ir of specific dil; d rising Pri ce it aot be difficw dutieswhi ell r revenue an ijustice to 110 J THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Holborn.—This establishment, so highly patro nised by the public, stands unrivalled for the beauty, costli ness, and elegance of its decorations. 'The Dancing area is most extensive, and unsurpassed by any ballroom in tim• metropolis. The reading,' smoking, and refreshment Saloons' attached are now open for the winter season, and the highest regard is paid to the comfort of the visitors. The much ad mired Band, under the direction of their highly talented chef, Mr. Packer, performs all the choicest music of the day, introducing solos on the cornet, violin, oboe, clarinet, eupho nium, Sze. Admission to all parts of the establishment, ls. )g. the a verage at the place °{ e of ad vt/oregi neee,sary f °r dutlfy. Such he show vould be cosy in the end the ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road.— The AID of the benevolent is earnestly solicited, to enable the Committee to maintain the efficiency of this great work of charity. Treasurer and Banker —Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicho las-lane. The result of the ballot was a majority of 9,909 votes in favour of the directors' remuneration being £l,OOO a-year for the past year and for the future. A vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded the proceedings. MEMORIAL TO THE LATE GENERAL Slit WILLIAM NAPIER, K.C.B. 4 , At a Meeti ng h e ld a t th e Royal Unit e d S erv i ce Institu n the Bth May, 1860, ills Royal Highness the Duke of Camlridge, S.G., G.C.8., in the chair, It was proposed by his Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G., and seconded by the Earl of EllerAorough, G.C.8., a _That th e l ate G enera l Si r Wir liam Napier, as a so ldi er ,Q a military historian, rnerite.A the admiration and grafi ` "a of his country. proposed by General Sir John Burgoyne, Bart., G.C.8., and seconded by General Sir Thomas Brotherton, That h e i mmorta li se d the glcrious deeds of our Army in 2en Portugal, and France, by his history of the war in 8 e countries—a history that no true soldier can read I._"'at instruction and advantage, and . wit hout being in red by t h e h ero i c sent i ments an d spirit-stirring language (4 the auor • -- "lxised th by General Sir Robert Gardiner, G.C.B , and seconded by Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Bart., G.C.8., ti That a su b scr i p ti on b e i mme di a t e l y o p ene d f or th e erec :ll. of a st a t ue t o th e memor y o f th e c h iva l rous soldier and 4811 rPaseed military historian. A. LAWRIE, Hon. Sae. COMMITTEE. Rig Royal Highness the DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, K.G., G.C.B. 'His Grace the Duke of Somerset. Ili@ Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G. Ills Grace the Duke of Newcastle. His Grace the Duke of Leinster. His Grace the Duke of Wellington, K.G. The Earl De Grey and Ripon The Earl of Ellenborough, G.C.B. The Viscount Palmerston, K.G., G.C.B. Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere, G.C.B. Field -Marshal Lord Seaton, G.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. the Earl of Lncan, K.C.B. General Lord Clyde, G.C.B. The Right Hon. Lord John Russell. The - Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. Thu Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart. General Sir John Burgoyne, Bart., G.C.B. General Sir Hew Ross, G.C.B. General Sir George Brown, G.C.B. General Sir Robert Gardiner, G.C.B. General Sir James Ferguson, G.C.B. General Sir Thomaaßrotherton, K.C.B. • I Lieut.-Gen. Sir Harry Smith, Bart., G.C.B. Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Aitchison, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Sir William Rowan, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Shaw Kennedy, C.B. Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir Charles Gore, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Sir George Wetherell, K.C.B. Lieut.. Gen. Sir Frederick Love, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen,,Knollys. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Charles Yorke, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Ca.'tor, C.B. Lieut.-Gen. F.ar W. R. Clayton, Bart.. Major -Gen. Sir Richard Airey, K.C.B. Major-Grin. the Hon. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.B. Maicr-clen. Sir Harry Jones, K.C.B. Majo - f-Gen. Wylde, C.B. ,Th.e Chaplain-Gen. of the Forces. ',tent-Gen. Beatson, K.S.F. tlajor-Gen. Watkins. Major -Gen. Willoughby, C.B. 'Colonel Sir John M. Wilson, C. 8., K.H. Colonel the Hon. James Lindsay, M.P. Colonel Sir Duncan MacDougall, K.C.F. Colonel Pitt Kennedy. Colonel Harding, C.B. Colonel Harvey. Captain Claxton, R.N. Lieut.-Colonel George Hall. Major Gavin, M.P. George Jones, Esq., Royal Academy. Andrew Lawrie, Esq. Captain Burgess. (With power to add to their number.) SUBSCRIPTIONS. Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge .. £25 0 0 - C olonel Pitt Kennedy .. .. 20 0 0 ~ General Sir John Atkinson, K...C.8. .. 10 0 0, ‘ l „eneral Sir Robert Gardiner , G.C.B. 2.5 0 10 ' l ateral Sir John M. Wilsor,, C. 8., K.H. • • 5 r J 0 ' l ateral Sir John Burgoyne , Bart., G.C.B. 5 0 0 Lieut.-General Si r H arr y S m ith , B ar t., G . C.B. r, 0 0 Lieut.-General Sir Charl eg Yorke, K.C.B. . • 5 0 0 , c aptain, r Claxton, R.N. .. • • 20 0 0 Ca !he Widow of Major V4 7 . - ia Jackson .. 11 0 ir Duncan MacDougA,ll .. • . 20 0 0 ptain Frederick 13 Aber' BOn . 4 .. 1 1 0 i,tajor-G enera l Wy Ida , C.B. 5 6 0 li he Earl of Elleni, oroug h .. 20 0 0 la Grace the Drake of Somerset 25 0 0 gir Grace the .0 uke of Leinster 10 0 0 F eld-MarshrA 'Lord Seaton, G.C.B. 20 0 0 r ,' l al.-Gen.t'ae H o n. Sir J.Yorke Scarlett,K.C.B. 50 0 0 'len the 11:Wht Hon. Sir G. Brown, G.C.8.,K.H. 10 0 0 eolonel P. 'Macdougall 25 0 0 'loner,'; it Thomas Brotherton, .. 20 0 0 L Ae nr.Y ilruce, Esq., M.P. .. 25 0 0 jetql' el Rathbone 10 10 0 rttenant-General Sir W. Rowan, K.C.B. .. 10 10 0 :4 1f iutenant- General J. S. Kennedy, C.B. .. 10 0 0 ?eneral Sir James Ferguson, G.C.B. .. 10 0 0 ~Andrew Lawrie, Esq. 10 0 l U• utenant-General Sir W. B. Clayton, Bart. 15 0 0 ie utenant-General Cator, C.B. .. 6 0 0 F. V. Ind, E sq ., l a t e 75th Regiment 1 1 0 .L.aptain J o h n N or t on , l a t e 34th R eg i men t .. 1 0 0 Brtt 5 0 0 fr:zton, Esq., M.D.,11.-p. 13th Lt. Dragoons 1 1 0 pW - tr-General Freer .. 1 1 0 '''°'ionel J. W. Fitzmayor, C. 8., and Sundry Officers R.A• • •• •• •• 210 0 Zo r d — •• - .4 de Grey and Ripon :: _ 25 0 0 o fficers and Sergeants of 63d Regiment 8 5 ' 6 I.!eutenant-General H. Brooke, 88th Foot .. 5 0 0 gai •A. Wombwell, Depot Battalion, Winchester 5 0 0 ~.'elonel H or t on 1 0 0 volo ne l C arey, 18th Royal Irish • • • • 10 0 Colonel Bainbridge 2 0 0 - General Ist Battalion 22d Regiment .. 46 18 0 ila.ler-General C ameron, C.ll, • 5 0 0 wo n - • • • • • era' Sir H. Douglas,Part., G.C.8., G.C.H. 10 0 0 M ajor - General Dupuis, ILA. 2 2 0 -. l st• et.-G ene , ;a l Sir J, F. Love, K.C.8., R.H. 5 0 0 "teem, Non-Core.inissioned Officers, and Pri t.vates (" z d Batt a lion 6th F o ot .. .. 416 0 331. 611 „te'aant-Colo na l A n d erson , 22d Regiment 1 0 0 Dl* t'-orkins, F.R. 3., Deputy-Inspector-General 1 0 0 D. Dobrie•• • • • 1 0 0 w cutenantColonel Hall, Durham , Artillery, subscription of Officers and NonCommis t Coned Office • • • • • .• ••12 8 6 olonel Shadw r el s l 98th Foot . .. 22 0 R. os Stern, Esq, •.• .. 10 0 Drummond, Esq., late Rifts Brigade .. 10 0 Fro m Assistant Adjutant-General's Office, Manchester •• •• 04 0 4011 e,ription of Officers, Non-commissioned Offi b.evrs, and Men lrt Battalion 9th Foot.. .. 71 5 V . Tabert H u t c hi ngs , E sq . .. •• •• 22 0 °P ablicription of Officers and Men, Ist Battalion ~.1 0t h Foot •• •• •• •• 412 4 ajor Deshon, 2d Depot Battalion, Chatham .. 5 0 0 3esars. T. and W. Boone .. • • • • 50 0 S ll u Aldridge, Esq. .. •• • • • 5 0 0 eior D. G. Freer, l a t e 43d Regiraent • • 2 2 0 7,r Charles R. M'G r i gor , Bart. .. 10 10 0 Right Hon Sidney Herbert .. 10 0 0 fl out. -Colonel Brown, 4th Light Dragoons 10 0 t o ut-General Beatson, K.5.F... 5 0 0 '`for Gavin, M.P. • • • • 5 0 0 Li eut.-Colonel Hort, the Officers, Non-corarsis eioned Officers, and Privates of 36th Regiment 24 7 2 C olonel Jeffreys C. 8., the Officers, on-co ,,lcissioned di N ra cers, and Privates, sth Depot • tiattalion, Parkhurst .. • • .. .. 36 4 t A; Portescue, Esq... • • • • • • • • 010 0 ' 4l cnt.-Colonel George Hall, Durham Artillery 5 0 0 1. tient- General Sir George Wetherall, R.C.B. 5 0 0 I,,,'!glit Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart. .. 5 0 0 •g• 'ht Hon. Lord John Russell .. • • 50 0 "cut- Gen . the Hon. Sir Charles Gore, K.C.B. 10 0 0 ~2 . ptain Wilson, 55th Regiment.. • • • • 10 0 411 jor-General Sir N. D. Jones, K.C.B. .. 50 0 O eceral Sir H. Rose, Royal A rtillery, G.C.B. 5 0 0 sundry 4 9 6 Officers, Royal Engineers .. -"Jr. Andrew Ferguson, Inspector• General 2 0 Hospitals • • Colonel Willoughby — • • • • 2 2 2 0 Lieutenant -Colon e l Daly :: : 1 1 0 Ilajor-General Watkins 5 0 0 •• • •• •• A ( . 1 laeneral Sir John Bell, G.C.B. . • • u e 0 " - Rey. Edward Coleridge .. • • " c 0 aptain Burgess . • • • • • • 010 0 Ala Grace the Duke of Newcastle; • • 10 0 0 Lieutenant-General Macintosh, R.H. •••• 10 0 0 clotiel Brock •• 1 0 0 • •• •• •• L isutenant-General • Sir W. G. Moore, R.C.B. 20 0 0 411 etlymons 25 0 0 Jo hn , Carrick Moore, Esq.. 5 0 0 44 , 1 autenant-General Knollye . • • • 3 3 t'eneral Sir W. Gomm, G.C.8... .. 10 0 0 t i ll•ral Sir E. Blakensy, G.C.8., G.C.H. .. 5 0 0 feral Sir H. D. Jones, 5 0 0 V. R. P. Graves •• .• •• •• 2 0 0 Ipttess of Mount Edgcumbe .. 1 0 0 J' leeeunt Chabot .. • • • • ••• .. 5• 0 S. Soden, of Bath, late 79th 5 0 0 ° u -Commissioned Officers and Privates of -...1 6 th Depot Battalion .. • • • • •• 33 3 ' l . l l Grace the Duke of Richmond .. • . 20 0 0 Li eutenant-General Sir W. Codrington , R.C.B. 10 0 0 s ubscription of Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates of Army Hospital Corps .. • • 19 6 Z e neral L . ord Clyde, G.C.B. .. • • • 20 0 0 Valor O'Leary, late 55th Regiment • . .• 0 0 ev Peter Carey .. • • • • • • 1 • R°4- Commissioned Officers and Men, 39th . Regiment 12 16 6 n etonel K e lly, an d o ffi cers 34th Regiment . • ' td. c ) tiel. 6 .E. R. Hill.. .. . • 50 0 aolonerHarvey • • • • • • 50 0 2 2 0 8 0 1 11 1 Rolt, Eaq. ~aticers., N. C. O ffi cers, and Privates 43d Regt 21 2 3 g"Berintion from 13th Light Infantry .. • • 512 1 ebteription from 64th Regiment .. • 44 0 I kz "rge Jones, Esq., R.A... • • • 50 0 •C. O ne fficers and Men, 2d Battalion 15t h Ft 1 16 8 53d Regiment•• F oo t g 1 0 0 toy, •• •• •• O fficers, O'Neil, 20th Regiment • • 1 0 0 Lacers, N.C. Officers, and Privates, 33d Regt. 12 0 6 Officers, N.C. Officers, and Privates, 52d Regt. 7 2 8 01., 1. geants, 2d Battalion 22d Regiment .. 1 14 6 fleers, N.C. Officers. and Private's, Ist 8at ,.,!31i0n Ist Royal Regiment . • • • • 24 0 peers 71st Regiment .. • • • • 10 10 0 ,%," I „,cers, N.C. O ffi cers, and Privates 31st Regt. 9 9 2 O fficers, from 82d Regiment • • 1 7 6 facers, N.C. Officers, and Privates 91st Regt. 16 13 0 A, S ubscriptions are received by -siesss. Cox and Co., Craig's-court, Charing-cross. • e 'ers. Drummond, Charing-cross. tr Charles R. McGrigor, Bart., and W. McGrigor, Esq., The Secretary of the Royal United Service Institution, IT) City Bank, Threadneedle-street, London, and d rew Lawrie, Esq., 10, Charles-street, St. James's equare, Hon. Seeretary and; Treasurer, to whom; cora 13luzications are invited. L oud A. LAWRIE, Hon. Secretary. on, 28th November, 1860. to the presen t y presented 11 to recototnea a, it to discharg e Idations of tr asideration. s of the Seel d of the ro t ' suggestio n deserve Your Is the circus' n my reque-, Le ocean ulall S id he not thus ust have hate aster-Gener al ensation thaf! ;ht carry. I' ould fall s hort 10 sum which ernment. Mr. filling to roll, fie deficiGneY ation may be 3eneral, were vices, in the he defence of ided claims to nade by the 'cession. The 3 saved to the V millions of er them to at ich I deernre- Kansas have xi account of re harvests abundant . winter is well heart. The ;annot be re in such incli ; the necessa,' onstitutiona I recommend ird the inte . rninently 3, unlike the Government HANAN. _` 3elgravo tt, Esq•► 11, Ken . Tal En- Bride's, reseent, apman, !tar, by ar De- -fields, useuiu, [l,, for e, near ..........4 NG, of itrand , aleoeXt 17i ENTLEY'S MISCEILANY, ) The JANUARY NUMBER (to be *publi s h e d on th e Vi .d of December) will contain • THE CONSTABLE OF TI TOWER. 10 An Historical Ror,u k r, ce. 1 By WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH. i Prologue.—The Will of Henry th' F.ighth. Clapters I. to VI. With an Illustrations by John. Gilbert. fdelity to Prince Ed war d." .. s l i . r T T h h e or t s e S o e t y F m a o u u r r ie Vwi i. Vowing - r . , , By / VII. Our Corps' Friends and Dudley Costello. Foes ; or, How Ran 11. Paris of To-Day dolph Trapped a Sun 111. Hofer Danske 'and beam and I Turned a Stark Diderik. Medium. Part I. IV. Mimetic MusiC . By VIII. Gustave Aimard. Monkshood. IX. Stamboul for Italy. V. Augustus (7,msar : His X. Trials of a Governess. Court siva Companions XI. Sparling Moselle. A VI. Goeth e and Mendels- Legend. solve. Lond on : Richard Bentley, New Burlingon-street. 11E'N'TLEY'S MISCELLANY. I) he JANUARY - NUMBER (to be published on Satur day, W.d of Decembee.,) will contain THE CONSTABLE OF THE TOWER. An Historical Romance. By WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH. Illustrated by John Gilbert. Prologue.—The Will of Henry, the Eighth. :I. How the Right High and Renowned King Henry the Eighth Waxed Grievously Sick, and was Like to Die. 11. Of the Snare Laid by her Enemies for Queen Catherine Parr, and How She Fell Into it. Of the Means of Avoiding the Peril Proposed by Sir Thomas Seymour to the Queen. IV. How the Designs of Wriothesley and Gardiner were Fot - ied by the Queen's Wit. V. Of Vile Interview between the'Earl of Surrey and Sir Thomas Seymour in the Bowyer Tower. VI. .F.:fow the King, Finding His End Approach, Took a Last Leave of the Princesses Mary and Elizabeth, and of the Prince Edward; and of the Counsel He Gave Them. With an Illustration by John Gilbert. Sir Thomas Seymour Vowing Fidelity to Prince Edward." London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THE CO RNHILL MAGAZINE. No. 13 (for January), Will be published on SATURDAY, the 22d inst., Price One Shilling, with Two Illustrations. CONTENTS. The Adventures of Philip on his Way through the World ; showing who Robbed him, who Helped him, and who Passed him by. With an Illustration. Chapter I. Doctor Fell. Chapter 11. At School and at Home. Chapter 111. At Consultation. Chinese Officials. Light Vessels. Falling in Love. Framley Parsonage. With Illustration. Chapter XXXVII. Mr. Sowerby without Company. Chapter XXXVIII. Is there Cause or Just Impediment? Chapter XXXIX. How to Write a Love Letter. The Career of an Indian Officer. Reform in the Navy. Wrongs of my Boyhood. Portrait of a Russian Gentleman. The Parochial Mind. All at Sea with the Fleet. Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. This day, in royal Bvo, price 7s. 6d., handsomely bound in cloth, and Illustrated with numerous Engravings on Wood, THE THIRD VOLUME OF NCE A W E E K,- with Illustrations in the highest style of art by Millais, Leech, Tenniel, Charles Keene, H. K. Browne, and other eminent Artists. Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, E.C. NEW WORK BY SHIRLEY BROOKS. THE SILVER CORD, a New Serial Story by SHIRLEY BROOKS, with Illustrations b? , John Tenniel, is continued weekly in " ONCE A WEEK. ' *** Published in Weekly Numbers, price 3d. ; Monthly Parts, price is. ; and Half-yearly Volumes, price 7s. 6d. Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, E.O This Day, Price Two Shillings, THE EASTERN TURKISH QUESTION, and a CHRISTIAN PRETENDER to the THRONE of the OTTOMAN EMPIRE. A Treatise for the object of quelling the present existing uneasiness, upon which a scheme has already been presented to one of the great reign ing Powers By CONSTANTEN G. MOMIROVICII. London : Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly, and all Book sellers. CHRISTMAS' SONGS.—The Good RheinWine, with band parts for an orchestra, and the Echo Song ; Caller Oysters, with band parts • Our National Defenders, and Hurrah for Merry England ; also, Jubal and his Children, three solos and trio ; Tubal Cain, a glee for four voices ; Come back, ye Happy Days, song or duet ; and Love in Hate. —The Poetry by CHARLES MACKAY, Esq., LL.D. ; the Music by GRAY. Chappell, New Bond-street, 1111 E PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become, the grim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grosemith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." • Kent and Co., late Piper and Co., Paternoster-row. SPERMATORRHCE A. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for th's Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. 4d., O N --- ------- " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Ttezent-street. A New Edition of THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE. • By JOSEPH KHAN, Graduate in Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery, in the Royal and Imperial Universities of Vienna, Erlangen, dm dtc. 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CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and &po llee:tries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as tbove, on all oases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements of both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive :indul gences Has Just published, price le. ; by post, 18 stamps, 18 sealed, • No. 4, An entire new and original Work, entitled OURSELVES. 3ynopsis : 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, Blennorrhagia Gonorrhoea), Spermatorrhcea, Impotency, and all Diseases of 'he Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, Szo.l FEMALE. 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'ust Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price ls., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, N/1 ANHOOD : the•CAUSE a n d CURE of PRE -& MATURE DECLINE with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. CURTIS, 15, Alberraarle-Street, Piccadilly, London. :CONTENTS : INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER ll.—Causes of Spermatorrhcea and Impotence; t'arly Vicious Indulgefices ; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications i Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse,; the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTER IV.—The Author's plan of Treatment, Medical and Moral, being the result of a successful practice extending ove r a period of 25 years. CHAPTERS V. and VI. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting s aes, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS Or THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.- -This is a truly valuable work, and should be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 23d March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27,1856. Coruh Sold also by Piper and Co., Paternoster-row; Mann, 39 111 A meeting of the governors of this institution was held yesterday at the offices of the society, Trafalgar-square, under the presidency of Mr. T. E. Baker, the treasurer. The minutes of the pre vious meeting having been read and confirmed, the following gentlemen were elected on the committee as new members :—Sir William Fraser, Admiral' Cator, Captain Egerton, R.N., and Mr H. Cart wright, F.G.R. The committee recommended the case of Joseph Killingbeck to the next general court for the award of the silver medal of the society. It appears that on the evening of the 17th ult. a boy named Joseph Sheldon was in the act of emp tying the water out of a bucket of a well at Huns let, near Leeds, and while doing so made a false step and fell backwards down the well to the depth of about 18 yards, there being at the time about 18 feet of water in the well. On the alarm being given two men, named Brooksbank and Killing beck, ran to the spot, and the former let down the bucket to the boy, but Killingbeck, telling Brooks bank to hold the handle, slid down the chain. He then seized the boy by one hand and the chain by the other and called to Brooksbank to draw them up, but they had only got about midway between the water and the top of the well when the chain broke, and both were again precipitated to the bottom. Killingbeck, however, again seized the boy, and directed him to hold by the chain which had again been let down, and he ultimately reached the top in safety; the chain was then sent down to Killingbeck, and he was safely drawn up. The bronze medal of the society was recommended to be awarded to the following :—ToFrederickWatts, ablebodied seaman of her Majesty's ship Sphinx, for saving Peal. Elms,. man, whose, boat was_ swamped in the river of Peiho, China, on the Ist of September last; to Llewellyn Lloyd, schoolboy, aged 11, for saving Alfred Warrington, a child between three and four years old, who accidentally fell into a pool near Chester on the 3d ult. ; and to John Murphy, watchman, for saving Ann urchill, a young woman, aged 20, who attempted suicide by jumping into the river at Cork on the Ist instant. Pecuniary rewards of £1 each were given to Wm. Read, gate foreman, for saving J. Sutherland, ship's carpenter, and his son, who acci dentally fell into the water at the West India Dock entrance on the 22d ult. ; and to John Donovan, labourer, for saving Philip Mason, a little boy four years of age, who accidentally fell into the Thames, at Hungerford-wharf, on the Ist inst. Donovan has been rewarded before by the Royal Humane Society for saving life. After the disposal of some further business of a mere formal character, the usual compliment was passed to the chairman, and the proceedings terminated. CRISIAL PALACE COMPANY. The 11th ordinary meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Palace—Mr. Farquhar in the chair. Mr. G. Grote, the secretary, read the notice con vening the meting. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in Me Sun, was taken as read. The CIIABMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said it was so very full that he should be detaining them unnecessarily if he went into de tails. The 7 had now arrived at a state of things which enabled them to lay before the shareholders a clear sta:ement, so that they might year by year compare vith preceding reports. Every account of the company was included in the statement furnished to the shareholders, and every one of them was paid; there wo nothing drawn on account, nothing was anticipated, and if that principle were carried out they would next year have the same state of things they had at present. So long as they paid the debts they incurred every year, and so long as they knew what their receipts and expenditure were, so long they would be in a solid position, and whether the re port was good or bad, if they had an executive en dowed with courage to state to the shareholders the real position they were in, the company would rest on a firm and permanent foundation. It would secure the preference stock and the original shareholders, and improve the value of their property generally. The directors had been obliged to encroach upon the " rest" last year to the extent of £1,400, although they had the Handel Festival, which gave them a profit of £ll,OOO ; but in the present year they had not had that festival or anything extra ordinary to increase the receipts ; therefore it was satisfactory to know that, in the absence of extra ordinary sources of revenue, they were enabled to pay a 2s. dividend without taking from the reserve fend, but, on the contrary, slightly adding to it. With regard to the future, he did not know that there was anything that they had to anticipate; hut, as things rose up unexpectedly, it behoved the directors to keep a sharp look-out on passing events, and take advantage of circumstances as they oc curred. There was nothing they expected to come off during the year 1861, but it was now quite certain that in the course of the year 1862 they would have the international exhibition. If it re sulted in the influx of visitors which was antici pated, it would give a very large amount of re venue. There was no stranger who came to the Exhibition of 1851, but would come to see the Crystal Palace. At the last Exhibition it was ascertained that there were 6,000,000 visitors, and if during the next only half that number came to see their building, it would yield them a very large amount of revenue. It was, therefore, their duty to have their building in the best array possible, in order that they might render it attractive as they could, and he doubted not but that they would receive an immediate and ample return for their outlay. He had next to refer to the large increase in the residential population that was springing up about their property. Those would be among their best customers for season tickets. Probably before long they would have around the palace as great a population as existed in the north of London. The surplus land which they held in Norwood was in creasing in value, and in consequence of the Lon don, Chatham, and Dover Railway coming there the value of it would be still further increased. The price asked for land in that vicinity was about £3,000 per acre. They had sixteen acres of land which they considered nearly worth that sum per acre. Mr. ANDERSON seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. Mr. HERBERT objected to the £7,000 for the refreshment-rooms being entered in the capital account, for, if that principle were conceded, all other items might on the same principle be charged to capital account. The CHAIRMAN quite agreed with him. It was not satisfactory to himself, and he would much rather not increase the capital, but he thought what they had done was so essential that they had no alternative. They must either take it out of the dividend or spread it over a series of years, and to that he was averse. In answer to a question, the CHAIRMAN said they were not rich enough to pay the dividend free of income-tax. • Mr. EILOART complained that, although the profits had increased this year, the dividend was the same as last year. He also thought that some account ought to be laid before the shareholders of the land purchases, which had amounted to £43,000. Mr. STYES suggested that they should in future have an architect's report on the state of the building. Mr. WILSON thought it was very objectionable to lay out £7,000 in kitchens and refreshment rooms. (Loud cries of " No.") It had been held out that the profit on that outlay had been 10 per cent., but that might not be obtained next year, and therefore it was quite illusory, and the money ought not to have been expended. He also objected to the commission on the sale of picturea, which amounted to 40 par cent. on the cost of that depart ' ment. Mr. PUNCHER thanked the directors for what they had done, for if it had not been for them and the energy of the secretary there would have been no dividend to divide. He admitted that the weather had been very much against them, but still if they had adopted a different principle they would have been able to divide at the rate of 3 per cent. He contended that the company had been losers by the half-crown days on account of the ex t ra expenses, while the shilling days had all been profitable. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to several questions, said if the shareholders t hou ght that the questions in half-crown and shilling days, of fete days, and of things that paid and of things that did not pay, were not considered by the directors, they must have a very poor opinion of them. Th ose su bj ects occupied the directors daily and almost nightly. The directors would consent to retain thei r respon sibility only on the condition that they should be allowed to act upon their own experience and dis cretion. The three flower shows they had during the last year had _yielded a very small p ro fit, but this year they had but one, and that had yielded a very large profit. They thought that five shilling days were too high, and that half-a-crown was the , proper sum, The directors also believed that the THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. At this popular theatre, so famous for its elegant Christmas pantomimes, which all who remember its " Three Bears," " Little 80-Peep," " The Sleep ing Beauty," " Valentine's Day," and many others, must acknowledge to be the fact, the one this year is founded on the old nursery rhyme— " Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home ; Your house is on fire, your children alone 1" and is entitled—" Queen Ladybird and her Chil dren ; or, Harlequin and the House on Fire." The scenery of the fairy story has been painted by Mr. F. Fenton, who will this year produce some effects of firs and water never yet attempted in any theatre; the elaborate machinery by Mr. Oliver Wales, the dresses by Mr. Barnett and Miss Cherry ; while the overture and appropriate music has been composed and arranged by Mr. D. Spillane. The harlequinade is by Mr. Dorrington, the scenes of which have been painted by those excellent artists of the establishment, Messrs. O'Connor and George Morris. The story of the pantomime is this : Once upon a time, when birds, and beasts, and fishes, and even insects could talk—which was a long time ago—there lived in a very green place 0. certain monarch called Aphis, king of the green flies, who, with his people, committed great devas tation on the neighbouring rosebuds and trees, and to this day his descendants nay be seen feeding in swarms upon a budding rose, and blighting the beautiful young flower. Well, this Aphis bad a great enemy in the queen of the ladybirds, who, with her family, devoured the green-flies wherever she could find them, whether in the honeysuckle, the hop plant, or the rose tree, which service made the fairies of these plants very grateful to the queen, and they all became her friends. King Aphis, finding that his subjects were daily eaten by the ladybirds, proposed to the queen that he should marry her eldest daughter, the Princess Threespots, and so become friendly together. But the queen would not listen to this, as she designed the Prince of April to be the husband of the princess. This so enraged Aphis that he called a council, when they determined to assassinate the queen and set fire to her house. One night, when the Queen was stopping at the Palaoe of Prince April, set tling her daughter's marriage, the wicked King, with the aid of some mercenary Fire-flies, set light to the bower of the Queen, in which all her chil dren were left alone ; but it luckily happened, as their mother was out, they were all sitting up, playing and dancing, and having all sorts of diver sion, else every one would have been burnt. The Queen, seeing the reflection of a fire from the Prince's palace, and hearing fairy voices bidding her " fly away home," set forth with all speed. On arriving at her house, she found it burning, and thinking her children had all fallen a prey to the flames, nearly went mad ; but the Prince of April, who was in the bower with the Princess at the time of the conflagration, caused some heavy showers to fall, which put out the fire, while the Queen's good friends, the fairies, built her a new house, much handsomer than the old one. To punish King Aphis the Fairy of the Rose changed him into Pantaloon, and his chief officer into Clown. The Prince of April and the Princess Threespots became Harle quin and Columbine, by which transformation their constancy was to be tested before they could be married. After many strange accidents, they were united, and lived happily ever after. The panto mimists will be the unrivalled Leclercqs. Harle quin, Arthur Leclercq ; Clown, Charles Leclercq ; the Princess Threespots, Louise Leclercq ; while Herr Cole will be Pantaloon, and Fanny Wright Columbine. SHOCKING AFFAIR. Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Duke of Cumberland public-house, Henley-hill. near Easebourne, Sussex, before Mr. It. Blagden, coroner for the western division of that county, on the body of Martha Ann Greenway, who had been murdered by her husband under the following frightful circumstances :—lt appears that the mur derer, who was well-to-do in life, and occupied a house in the village, returned from Bethlehem Hos pital, on Friday last, where he had been confined for 10 weeks, and was supposed to have been per fectly recovered from his attack of insanity. The murderer and his late wife were both about 50 years of age, and are said to have lived in perfect harmony together. They had two children, aged respectively 21 years and eight months, and the hnsband seemed to have a great affection for the elder child, but did not pay the other any atten tion. On Saturday morning the accused appeared quite well, but in the afternoon his conduct was observed to be rather strange, and on Sunday morning he came down to breakfast with only his shirt on, bringing his favourite child with him. In the middle of the day the servant girl went to church, leaving all the family at home, and when she returned about five o'clock she coild hear and see nothing stirring in the house. She therefore went to her mother's, which was close by, and during the evening she pro cee d e d t o G reenway ' s house three times, but all wa3 s il en t th ere, an d the girl concluded that her master and mistress had gone to Farnhurst to chapel. About nine o'clock a neighbour heard a child cry, and a noise in a hedge adjoining Greenway's premises. A constable was then sent for; several persons assembled on the spot in a short time, and a search was instituted, whick ended in the discovery of the younger child in the ditch. The elder child was subsequently found in bed, while at the front door of the house a shocking scene presented itself. Lying there was the mutilated body of Mrs. Green way, who appeared to have been dead for several hours. Her throat was cut down to the bone from the front. She was also cut on the right cheek, down through her dress to the breastbone. There was another cut from the wound in the throat down to opposite • the fourth rib, where the chest was penetrated, and another cut across the chin to the jawbone. In the kitchen, immediately in front of the fireplace, was a pool of blood, and near it lay two masses of the deceased's hair e coagulated with blood, and evidently torn violently from her head. The murder, no doubt, took place in the kitchen, as there was no derangement of the furniture of the apartment, so that it did not appear that any great struggle had taken place. The husband was mean while nowhere to be found, and a search in all directions proved fruitless. On Tuesday morning, he went to a person at Elstead and asked for money, but as information of the murder had reached that place, he was immediately taken into custody. Upon examination it was found that the shirt he wore was very bloody on the sleeves, and he was taken before Mr: A. Davis, one of the county magis trates at Midhurst, and remanded to the adjourned inquest, and he now lies in Petworth gaol. It is presumed that the murder was committed with a razor, which, covered with blood, together with a The visit of the Prince of Wales to the North American colonies of the British CL own is, we trust, but the precursor of a series of Royal pro gresses, in which Australia may fairly put in her claim to be noticed. There is no reason why, now that the heir to the Throne has begun to see the world, that he should not come here as well as go to Canada or Nova Scotia. We can offer, perhaps, as much to attract the future monarch of the Bri tish empire as any part of his North American dominions. The youngest of England's broods, we have done nothing to disgrace the parent stock, and we are full-fledged; enough to be worth a visit to the Prince of Wales. There is no material ob stacle against our very natural ambition being gratified, to the mutual advantage of Australia and England. The distance need no longer be an ob jection. The voyage by the overland route is reduced, in the proper season, to a pleasant yacht ing tour of little more than six weeks. The Pen insular and Oriental Company may be safely charged With the transport of so precious a freight ; and there is small fear (at the present rates) of his being incommoded by too many fellow-passengers. The voyage would be a highly interesting one to the Prince, for he would traverse the great high way of England to the East. He would pass on the road by some of the most famous bulWarks and ornaments of his taught much.of the secret , o f h er dominion, and m°ther i a - )24gdom— He.would.ba. would gather some idea of its magnitude. And at the end he would reach a territory certainly not the least interesting or wonderful of all England's possessions. He would see with his own eyes a continent but yesterday a savage wilderness the home of a group of thriving British communities, rich in all the appliances and comforts of life—free, prosperous, and happy. He learn by what a golden chain they are bound to England; how bravely her name is upheld and how loyally it is cherished. He would witness the marvels of a growth surpassing all that the earth can show of wonder, and the proofs of a prosperity solid, enlightened, and endu ring. He would see a grea t pe o ple in its fresh and vigorous adolescence, " mewing its mighty youth," and claiming a pl ace among th e mo st civilised com munities. Nor t o us wou ld th e l esson b e less useful or happy. The v i s it o f th e P r i nce o f W a l es would be a graceful r ecogn iti on o f a t i e w hi c h on thi s s ide has ever found a wa rm an d t en d er response. Th e feeling which roused th e C ana di ans to a un i versa l outpouring of homage to the eldest born of Victoria is one in which we can find ample sympathy. Nor need this feeling be allied to anyidea of flunkeyism or unworthy servility. It is enough for us that it is the son of his mother who comes to look upon this part of her empire; and the good to us is mainly in being thus brought near the home thoughts and the home affections.. The Prince can not come here without bringing a tribute to our position among the colonies of England; and he will carry away an opinion which cannot but be of infinite advantage to us at home. He will find here a community at least as large and as orderly as any he has seen among the older colonies of North America; and it cannot be but thatithis visit will tend to a better acquaintance of Australia on the part of England. That the reception which the Prince would meet among us would be at least as enthusiastic as that which he has found among the Canadians we have very little doubt. A Prince who, according to the American papers, " likes to be lionised" is likely, indeed, to be indulged to the top of his heart should he ever come so far as to this good city of Melbourne. The feeling of loyalty to the Sovereign is in Victoria quite in its tender and callow bloom ; it has been disturbed by no near experiences of kings or courts, and is not the less young and vigorous for that reason. In the present instance the personal love and respect which are entertained for Victoria in her relations of wife and mother would, apart from all other reasons, insure for her eldest son a warm and hearty welcome from all classes of her Majesty's subjects in this colony. And it is our good fortune that the names of Queen and Prince carry with them some other than the conventional meaning —that we see in them nothing which can 'ifffrigirt our bloat- aplroote sense of freedom, and a great deal ,of all thit is homely and glorious and reverent.---;llfsffiele?ne A rgus. NEW ZEAL A ND STEEL. Ever since the settlement of New Zealand by Europeans their attention has been daily called to the peculiarities of a kind of metallic sand along the shores of New Plymouth, in Taranaki. This sand has the appearance of fine steel filings, and if a magnet be dropped upon it, and taken up again, the instrument will be found thickly coated with the iron granules. The place where the sand abounds is along:the base of Mount Edmont, an extinct volcano, and the deposit extends several miles along the coast to the depth of many feet, and having a corresponding breadth. The geological supposition is that this granulated metal has been thrown out of the volcano along the base of which it rests on the sea, and there pulverised. It has been looked upon for a long time as a geological curiosity, but, although so many years have passed since its discovery, it is only recently that any attempt has been made to turn it to a practical account ; in fact, the quantity is so large that people out there looked upon it as utterly valueless. It formed a standing complaint in the letters of all emigrants that when the sea breeze was a little up they were obliged to wear veils to prevent being blinded by the fine sand which stretched for miles along the shore. Captain Morshead, a gentleman in the West of England, was so much impressed with its value that be went to New Zealand to verify the reports made to him is this country, and was fortunate enough to find them all correct. He smelted the ore first in a crucible, and subsequently in a furnace ; the results were so satisfactory that he immediately obtained the necessary grant of the sand from the Government, and returned to Eng land with several tons for, more conclusive experi ments. It has been carefully analysed in this country by several well-known metallurgists, and has been pronounced to be the purest ore at pre sent known ; it contains 88.45 of peroxyde of iron, 11.43 of oxide of titanium, with silicia, and only 12 of waste in 100 parts. Taking the sand as it lies on the beach and smelting it, the produce is 61 per cent. of iron of the very finest quality ; and, again, if this sand be subjected to what is called the cementration process, the result is a tough, first class steel, which, in its properties, seems to sur pass any other description of that metal at present known. The investigations of metallurgical science have found that if titanium is mixed with iron the character of the steel is materially improved; but titanium being a scarce ore, such a mixture is too expensive for ordinary purposes. Here, however, nature has stepped in, and made free gift of both metals on the largest scale. To give some idea of the fineness of this beautiful sand, it will be enough to say that it passes readily through a gauze sieve of 4,900 holes or interstices to the square inch. As sows as it was turned into steel by Mr. Musket, of Coleford, Messrs. Moseley, the emi nent cutlers and toolmakers, of New-street, Covent garden, were requested to see what could be done with the Taranaki steel. They have tested it tin every possible way, and have tried its temperh to m the utmost, and they say the manner in whic h t has passed through their trials goes far beyond anything e ond anything that they ever worked in stee l b efore.pen- It has been formed into razors, sc issors , ents. &c., and saws, knives, table cutlery, surgical insetruemss of polish, and a rank the closeness of the grain, thethe fineness fore keenness of edge place it in the new metal. Some silk —almost in the position of cutting tools have been ma de, and so admirably have they turned out that one particular firm will in future have no others. IN the surgical instru ments the edges have been exam mod by the micro scope, and have stood the test in keeping th! supe riority. A nu mber of gentlemen interested in such matters have called at Messrs. Moseley's, and have taken various articles of this steel away for the purpose of trying it. It is stated to possess peculiar advantages for gnu-barrels and boring -cutters for ordnance purposes. As far as is at present known of this extraordinary metal, it bids fair to claim all the finer classes of cutlery and edge-tool instru ments to itself, so well has everything made from it turned out. Messrs. Moseley, in whose hands the sole manufacture of cutlery and edge-tools is vested for this country, have placed a case, filled with the metal in all its stages, in the Poly technic Instit u ti on. Th ere i s th e fine metallic sand, som e b eaut if u l spec i mens o f the c utlery made from it, an d th e i n termediate phas.e_s of the iron and steel. An official e x periment t l ex pected to be made at some of the Government en estab lishments shortly, and it is also intendedto forge some chain cables, anchors, &c., in order to fully set forth the great superiority of the Taranaki iron.— The Australian Mail. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—ln a recent letter on this subject I spoke ..of the desertions from the late Royal squadron with the Print - - Vales in America, and mentioned ! instanc .., . .1, as I said, had been communi -1 cated to me "by officers of the Royal squad ron, whose statements I believed might be implicitly depended on." Such was the inci dent I related as to the open desertion of the men from the Ariadne at Prince Edward Island, and related in the very words in which it was told to me. Captain Vansittart says not one word of this is true. Now if, smarting under this implication, r departed from the strict rule of the profession, and gave.up the name of the officer of the Royal squadron who in formed me, I think it would make the service stare, and the public too. So, also, if I gave the name oad rank of the officer on whose authority I stated " that the utmost vigilance was used to check desertion," and who in America told me he did not know what to do to prevent it; and so, also, if I gave 1 1 P my authority for stating why the ships could not be trusted near New York. Now, when the alleged desertions took place at Prince Edward Island, the following ships of war formed the Royal squadron in the harbour :—The Hero, 91 ; Ariadne, 26, Fly ing-fish, 6 ; Nile, 91 ; Valorous, 16 ; knd Cossack, 17. The French frigate Pomone, 42, was also there. Already I have learnt from an officer present that I was only misinformed in the name of the ship. lam again assured that all the facts connected with the desertion took place exactly as I stated them, in the face of day. In a few hours mare I shall have the name of the vessel from which the men thus ran as I stated, and I shall have this from an authority which will put the matter beyond a doubt. Captain Vansittart does most rightly in clearing his ship from the charge; at, as the question was simply one as to the fact of desertions, it will not, as far as the public is concerned, mend the matter by showing it was as common from 'other ships as from the Hero or Ariadne. Capt. Vansittart admits the desertion of 36 seamen and one marine in three months, and the Hero lost 54 men in the same time, which is nearly at the rate of 220 men a-year from the Hero and 150 from the Ariadne. Surely these are poor grounds on which to deny the fact that desertions from the Navy are notoriously common. To make art. attack on the ships of the Royal squadron is very far from my thoughts or wishes, and in the very letter of which Captain Vansittart complains I spe cially mentioned the fact that Captains Seymour, Vansittart, and Hope were considered to be three of the most popular commanders in the service—. officers generally considered by other captains as erring on the side of too much kindness to their crews.—l remail yours very obediently, YOUR LATE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT WITH THE PRINCE OF WALES. THE GLOI.RE. A correspondent of the Scotsman, signing himself P. M. F., gives the following account of this ter rible frigate :—But while giving these facts your readers may suppose that I have entirely overlooked that gem of the French marine, that iron-plated invulnerable Gloire, about which all the scientific minds of Britain have been hazarding all sorter of opinions. Whatever notions may exist in Englani: l regarding the strength or sea-going ,qualities Of this vessel, people in this quarter of the globe have no misgivings on the subject. The Gloire was admirably tested in the recent Algerian trip of Napoleon 111. I have spoken with men who assisted in the working of the ship to the African coast, and they declare that not even the Imperial yacht itself, light and trim cut as she is, behaved so well during the heavy gales which the squadron encoun tered as soon as it had left the French coast. I know that during these gales the steamers from Cette were linable to leave port in consequence of the frightful state of the sea, and that na fishing squadron in any of the Mediterranean ports Jurst attempt to leave its moorings. The Gloire.— heavily charged with her full amount of ammuni.- tine, with all her guns, with provisions for some months, with her tremendous engines, and her 41 inch coat of mail—the Gloire cut through those giant billows with a steadiness little less than the Great Eastern herself when she breasted the gale in the English Channel during her first sea voyage. I do not judge of the capabilities of the Gloire by hearsay alone. A few days ago, when walking on the rockbound coast near the Isles of Hyeres, some miles to the eastward of Toulon, I wa tched the Gloire as she steamed out of Toulon ItadO on an experimental trip, and passed the isles, making fast towards the Italian coast. The sea way' high, and the surf dashed fiercely against the Hyeres rocks, rearing their frothy heads some GO feet above the ocean level. Yet though the ship passed quite near enough the land to enable me to see the helmsman at the wheel, I could dis cern scarcely any roll or pitch. Indeed, the length and ponderous weight of the vessel enables her to stride colossus-like over the Mediterranean waves with almost perfect ease. Few heavy ships—as instance the return of the Hero and Ariadne from America—can behave steadily in a seaway, and thdugh the enormous rollers of the Atlantic have little in common with those of the Mer du Midi when the storm winds " hold tyrant sway," yet I am convinced that the Gloire will conduct herself in the deep waters off Finisterre, as well, ceterit paribus, as she does in the tideless sea. I asked one of the men who were in charge of her during the Algerian voyage whether guns could be fired from her portholes as conveniently as from the wooden Ville de Paris during a rough sea, and his reply was in the affirmative, the man observing that he had paid particular attention to the way in which the sides of the Gloire " dipped" both on her outward and return voyage. Now, the French people are not slow in finding faults—even with their own institutions—and having beard generally expressed approval of the capabilities of this frigate, from high and low quarters, I cannot but consider that she is about as perfect as s uch a heavy ca ship can be. It is the intention of the Marine to send her to Brest, where the almost c onstant pre• valence of rough weather w ill p ut her qualities to a much severer test than they have yet undergone. In appearance, the Gloire, which a far larger than any of the other five fregates blindets, does not con vey to you the idea of either a uery heavy or a very powerful ship. Her line s are so delicate an d sym metrical, her three taper masts so slim and yacht like that were it not for her short wide funnel, which tells of vast machines below, you might while cru i s i n g round her, imagine that she was a huge pleasure-boat and not the most formidable of exist ing war - s hi ps . The Toulonnaises are proud of her, and every fine day the pleasure-boats which line the broad merchant quay sally out with visitors and swarm around her with wasp-like pertinacity. A few curious relics were sold by auction, in Edinburgh, a few days ago :—The embroidered cap and handkerchief w orn b y Charles I. on the sc affold, carefully preserved by th e H yn df or d f am ily, the descendants of Lord Carmichael, 'who was a faithful subject and servant of Charles I. fetched £3O ; Cardinal York's scarlet coat and vest, worn by the Cardinal when he was a field marshal, £l2 ; a whit e sa ti n coa t, richly em broidered in silver gilt and cloth of gold, also satin vest to correspond, which be longed to Prince Charles, and were afterwards the property of Air. Edgar, of Keithlock , so long attached to the Stuart family, in the ca pacity of s ecretary, £2s.—Scotsman. VALUE OF A New RIVER SHARE.--Yesterday, at the Auction Mart, Messrs. Hammond and Eiloart offered u r e a r sta etl to public auction two 36th parts or shares in the Kin g 's utoi an ori ginal undertak ing was commenced in 1608 and completed in 1613, an d, th e ety of half E the har Newe. The Ricer Company, being tgha virtually the ualy ivae auctioneer resource s of Si r Hugh Myddleton bei ng ex h aus t e d b e f ore the work was completed, he applied to the Crown for addi tional money to carry out the work, and made over half the property in return for half the expenses being paid. In 1636 Charles I. granted his moiety back to Sir Hugh Myddleton on condition of an annual payment of £,500, which payment is charged on the King's shares, and distributed over them by the company before paying a dividend. For 18 years after the undertaking was completed there was no dividend paid, and the shares were given away gratis. In 1793 Pennant says the shares sold for £lO,OOO. The dividend last year amounted to £441 6s. Bd. per share, and the auctioneer stated that when the leases of the house property belonging to the company expired, and as the metropolis increased, the income of the company would be enormously increased. The lot sold for £8,700, making the value of a whole share £17,400. This makes the value of the " adventurers" shares in the property, from not being charged with the payment to the Crown, about £20,000,