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THERE WILL btu no REPRESENTATION of Mr. ALBERT SMITH'S CHINA TO-NIGHT, FRIDAY, owing to a most SUDDEN ATTACK. OF ILL , NESS. MR. and MRS. GERMAN REED, TO-NIGHT, will repeat their . ..TEWCITARACTE RS at the ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION, 14, Re. , 2;ent-street, Waterloo-place, andIEVER.Y EVENING except Saturday, at B„Saturday Afternoon at 1. Admission, 18. and 2s. Stalls, P.s. to be had only at the Gallery, and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE CIRCUS, Leicester-square. The performing Bull, DON aIIAN, continues to delight the most enthusiastic audiences ever congregated within the walls of the Alhambra Palace. Brilliant reception of Mr. Davis Richards, acknowledged the roost daring and dashing Equestrian in the world. I)an Castello(the American Humorist), Clementine, Leon, Jose khine, Romeo, Sebastian, Buckley, &c., &c., appear at both Beresenta ti on s . daily. Morning at 2, Evening at half-past 7. On Monday, Dec. 26th, will be produced, with new dresses. kroperties. &c., A Grand Equestrian Harliquinade entitled THE GOLDEN BULL ; or the Enchanted Horn, in which the celebrated Performing Bull DON JUAN will appear. Proprietor, Mr. T.M`COLLUM. 7NIGHT.-LAURENT'S GRANT) CHRIST 14AS BALL snd SUPPER.—NoTtcE.— Spectators will be admitted to reserved seats in the Upper Balcony, with access to the supper room, Ss. each ; Ball Tickets for Gentle- Dien, 10e. 6d. ; Ladies, ie. ; Supper Tickets, 10s. 6d. No one admitted except in full dress. Dancing to commence at 10 o'clock. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Grand CASINO, open every Evening, with the celebrated Band. Established 10 years. Conducted by Mons. Lamotte ; Principal cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. Doors open at half- Past 8, commence at 9. Close a few minutes before 12. Ad lEtission, Is. An Extra Long Quadrille Night on Friday, 23d. Admis- Mon, Is. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, Tfolborn, formerly CASINO DE VENISE— Tata Establishment, pre-eminently distinguished for the elegance and matchless beauty of its decorations, combined with the perfection of its management is OPEN EVERY YENING. The celebrated band, under the direction of Mr. W. M. Packer, plays a nightly varied selection of the most al)proyed eassical and modern music. On December 24 (b eing Christmas-eve), the doors open at 7 o'clock, Overture at half-past 7, dancing commencing at 8 punctually. Adruis elon, Is. DR. K AHN'S MAGNIFICENT ANATO MICAL MUSEUM, Top of the Haymarket (acknow •eked by the whole of the Press to be the most useful and Instructive of any in existence), is OPEN DAILY (for gentle only), from 12 till 5, and from 7 till 10. Admission, li/ne Shilling. Descriptive handbook gratis. Dr. KAHN'S .spular Lectures on the " Philosophy of Marriage," daily at ....and 8 o'clock precisely. SVLLABUS.—Happy and Unhappy unions, and their causes—Youthful Vices and Indiscretions, ftld their results —Disqualifications for Marriage, and their ftre—the Physiology of Reproduction—Self-inflicted Miseries ....Sterility and its causes—How to secure Moral and Physical ad9piness. „, 11 .-Bl.—Dr. Kahn's Treatise on the above subjects, entitled Philosophy of Marriage," sent post-free on receipt of tetelve stamps, direct front the Author, 17, Harley-street, rfendish- square. W. BURROWS AND CO., Wholesale Wine Mer chants, LIVERPOOL. Stores Lime-street. Offices 54, Duke-street. The Proprietors beg most respectfully to call the attention et the trade, noblemen, clergy, &c., and the public in general, tO their extensive stock of Choice Wines, of rare vintages. BURROwS and Co. are not disposed to comment upon the rority of their wines, which is daily most laudably acknow edg ed by the public and eminent medical men of all coun elms, as the increasing p a t ronage of the highest families in the land is a sufficient guarantee. They beg to call particular attention to their pure Tonic 7lnes, as being so valuable to Invalids and persons of weak Sceinach s. A. sample case, containin three full-sized wine bottles, be'forwarded to any address on receipt of P. 0.0. for Cs. '▪ qv or a dozen for 245. is a well-known fact that impure and adulterated wines ;Le the greatest foes to health, producing acidity in the ~_- ` 4 ,lls ach, and debilitating the digestive organs, while pure ir n ee will accelerate the digestive powers, invigorating, br„,e,hgthening and bracing the nervous system. Tonic Wine is admitted to be most essential to in ure', both old and young, and should never be absent from e homes of the weak and sickly. Its properties are duly 4k eulty, 7knowledged and appreciated by the leading men of the both at home and abroa d. T o Prevent imposition each bottle is sealed with the name Of the firm. 41 1 orders to be made payable to HENRY BURROWS. INDIGESTION CURED at last by MEN TRANODYNE, or Pain-relieving Mint.—lt is now dis toYered that the power of restoring health to the stomach depends upon the normal condition of that very sensitive V e urnozastric nerve. The miseries of melancholy, despair, eivatism, spasms, diarrhoea, piles, are removed by the use ,Inenthanodyne; irritability is allayed, sleep restored, pulsation rendered more equal, and man becomes more evenly ..ergetic in his duties of life , and happy.—Sold by all medi 'UM vendors and wholesale at J. GROSSMITH'S, S 5, New tikte-street, London. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, "D PRONOUNCED BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. WHEN YOU ASICFOR GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, SEE THAT YOU GET IT, A■ inferior kinds are often substituted. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &c.,-410. WOTHERSPOON & CO.. GLASGOW AND LONDON ° lf DISQUALIFICATIONS AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. Ile w Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Ana tomical Engravino's on Steel, just published, free by post, art receipt of two Penny stamns, sent by MEnteus, direct from N o. 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, T TIE SILENT FRIEND: N_a Medical W or k, by a Phy s i c i an , o n i n d u l g ence, and Iniurious consequences from the use of Mercury. :nth observations on the obligations of marriage, and direc ntta for obviating certain disqualifications ; and containing valuable prescription of a Lotion to prevent Infection. The Proprietors of PERUT'S justly celebrated Patent Me ftrioes have confided their Prescriptions to a Physician of the j",,Yal University of Erlangen, and Member of the Royal Col or Surgeons or England (who is registered under the Medical Act) and attends daily at No. 19 Rerners-street, (4 .o rd-street, between the hours of 11 and 2, and from 5 till 8 days excepted) to advise Patients on their Diseases and reatraent, and thus add to the speedy certainty of Cure. SIGIIT AND HEARING.-SPECTACLES.- pR,,POVVERFUL TELESCOPES.—OPERA, RACE, and ko,' S PECTIVE GLASSES. Messrs. S. end B. Solo- Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe 41POsite the York Hotel, W.—Opera, Race-course, Field, general Out-door Day and Night Perspective Glasses, UT . ' , Mall, for the waistcoat pocket, each containing 12 and bori, llB es, constructed of German glass. Will show distinctly %ens to know them at two-and-a-half and three miles, IaIP object from eight to ten miles distant. Her Majesty's st GUards are making use of them as day and night :lasses %kkieference to all others ; they are also preferred for deer illbone!t by sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Tele ut inches long, by which a person may be clearly seen ta%," 4 "uwn at 31 miles, and an object at 12 to 14 miles die -1400—„1 and With an extra astronomical eye-piece, Jupiter's Ikee n -'B . Saturn's rings, and the double stars are distinctly la er All the above can be had of larger and all sizes, with tett: lin Q' Powers, and are secured by her Majesty's Royal llewiPt Patent. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A valuable, 4114",n,vented, very small, powerful Waistcoat-pocket alft size of a walnut, by which a person can be hve r and known one and a half mile distant. They an ion purpose on the Race-cour and at the Opera % st;'• Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at four 1 410, Miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer %ltit t "Ps . . Yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, ourists. Price 30s. Magic Lanterns and Microscopes Prev twl TY.-rOom and Scientific Amusements—VaNable itn tii4.nlents in Compound Microscopes, To magnify 17,000 10 , 4 , 2 , 58 • 35,000, £1 lOs • ;0,000, £6 10s. I'rices from Ll Item, 31 agic Lanterns, Dissolving views, with improved %%el, a ih Lenses, giving a clear disc from 16 to 20 feet. Spec ,advant'erules of the greatest transparent power. The great 41 11p a i r a ife derived from this invention is, that vision becomm„ lens a re is preserved and strengthened, and very aged per .e43% -r e enabled to employ their sight at the most minute Patl: . ' ln l—can see with those lenses of a much less magnify tbaa,;er, and they do not require the frequent changes to - --N ew - ugerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deafness. beire r f„'"„hkxlvery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily tatie e r"Y 'lnuit newly-invented instrument for Deafness, idnd different from all others, surpasses anything of the at 7,.. a t has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being Zeal colour as the skin, is not perceptible.' at enables L'lles7 - keulla to hear distinctly at church and at public assem -11 unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears , 11 11%`'Y removed, and it affords all the assistance that auuld bead esired. Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. ....,,,...2 - " - ePposit the York Hotel. W MEDICAL ADVICE. LANERT, Registered L.S.A., Honorary *t th eember of the London Hospital I CONSMedicl Sftv,"Al,Th asruniyersity of Erlancren, &a., may be ULI alloisi e ases of Debility, Nervousness, and the Secret n 1tp,.,-es of Youth and Maturity, from Eleven till Two, and ••• Six till Eight, at his residence, b r 3 7, BEDFORD -SQUARE, LONDON loop,„, 44 „, al tert has just published, prio e Sixpence, with nu z %titl ed gravings and Cases, a New Edition of his Work, IA (eh SELF-PRESERVATION, I ;or ia k wt, II be sent free in a sealed envelope. by Mann, 39 Londo , the Author, to any address, for ot n, or by anvs . CONTENTS. T.—The Physiology of the Generative Organs. live pj,`,:• 4, I L — Puberty—Manhood -The Morale of Genera hogsSzei'ls.ology—True and False Morality. lon 111. —Marriage in its Moral, Social, and Physical s °Pa—lts Expectancies and Disappointments—Adyan st4. Plizsical Contrasts in securing Healthy Offspring . . iltStemilcZ I V.—Spermatorrlicra and Impotence—The causes • Bit t ,.„• .Y in both Sexes—Self-inflicted Miseries. V. -The Vices of Schools—Effects of certain er ikkoe UR habits on the mental and general faculties- Import , 8 . of 3i oral 14114"1,911 vt—Treatment of Nervous and Generative De"' • rt4u-s'an)potence and Steriiity—Dangerous Res ults of Zrem a tlazardons Specifies—The Author's Principles of ; ear s Medical, Dietetic and General, derived from successful practice. O_----__________ NE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD ON 1' 6 f CONVICTION. lA / j i earful danzers to invalids from spurious initat ., lo .,.. n . s rA oi Lt.o.ltßV's invaluable HI ALTH-RESTO RIM.. i I ' 111, 0 , ... _ARARICA FOOD led to an investigation ' , 4 and. 4A4,4PPucation in 1854 for protection, the High Court c ot NeviirrY granted an injunction restrairtimrAlfred Ilo2p no. r tiny . mid his a. , ents under a penalty of .£5,000, from Belli _ .., Barn article reseniblimi or being a coloarable imitation of Du Ante Revalenta Arabica, of which we are the sole pro- Pew. ". Now, therefore, this lito give notice that the above kite:twill be paid, upon convid on, to anyone giving infor kbP °I any breach of the injunction. An intelligent wit e requires no admonition to shun all shopkeepers who at j(t ttem pt imposition s . L ondon :3BAII RIC DU BARRY NO iv, — `-' 4l O SICKLY OR ILL-CONDITIONED HORSES ItAkirtE , Olt OTHER CATLE. taNt or Y 3 HORSE and CATTLE T -IMPROVING FOOD lonai. the efficiency, vigour, endurance, and muscle of ill- IneiT i Tied or apparently worn-out Horses, Cows, Bul th.._, Calves, Sheep, and Pigs. In a short time it improves kuT„aPearance and value by 20 and 30 per cent. ltAlt EY 1., , 0., 77, Regent's Quadrant, I.nndon. In tins at as., at (Is., 44.1,.::airndecdasks, .o , f about l, 4 . 5 , 0 . fee& 50s • of about 1,000 feeds, ~,_neing about 11(1. per feed ' • ' of ....___. on itcc pt of I ost-office orders. The casks free Carriage. Ply NO MORE MEDICINE lei;ce 2 4, free by post, a popular treatise, DIGESTIVE Pazem NATURAL REGENERATION of the ORGANS, 11114110811 y illustrating the effectual Cure, without Medicine, indir,estion (dyspepsia), habitual Constipatioa, Flatule . ncyl olloutiAdditi, Palpitation of the Heart, Torpidity of the Llver, s Heada dies, Nervousness, Biliousness, General Debi- LtY, Coug,h, Asthma,t Consumption Despondency, spleen, &e., iZithout Pills, Purgatives, or Medicine of any kind, by a .pPle, pleasant, and infallible means ; adapted to the general wet Loudon: Barry Du Barry & co, /7,Regent-fitile4 No. 21,001. PUBLICATIONS. NEW STORY . BY TIIR AUTHOR OF "MARGARET MAITLAN D." Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 1 vol., C It OF TON By the Author of " Marzaret Maitland," "Adam Grxme," &c. Hurst and Blacken, 13, Groat Marlborough-street. LUCY OAFFAIN M'CLINTOCK'S NARRATIVE of V./ the DISCOVERY of the FATE of SIR JOHN FRANKLIN will be published TO-MORROW. John Murray, Albemarle-street. MR. W. IL RUSSELL'S NEW WORK. In Two Vols., crown Bvo, with 12 Tinted Illustrations, and Map, price 219., . • - MY DIARY IN INDIA • and Adventures in the Field. By WILLIAM HOWARD RUBSZLL, LL.D., Special Correspondent of "The Times." Ready Dec. 28th. London : Routledge, Warne, and Routicdge, Farringdon street. CHRISTMAS AMUSEMENTS. In fcap., boards, price Is. ; free by post for 11 stamps, A CHRISTMAS HAMPER. By MARK LEMON, Esq., Editor of" Punch.' RIDDLES AND JOKES. By EDMUND BUgBELL. Being a complete collect ion of Riddles, Enigmas, Charades, Puzzles, Jokes, &c. Illustrated by Harvey, M'Connell, &o. ACTING PROVERBS ; or, Drawing Room Theatricals!, ACTING CHARADES. By ANNE BOWMAN. Illustrated. YOUNG PRANK'S HOLIDAYS. By STIRLING COYNE. London ; Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, Farringdon street. THE CORNHILL NOTICE. Edited Ly W. M. MACKERAY. No.l (for JANuinv, 1860) may be procured of all Book- sellers and at the Railway Stations on the 23d Instant, Price ONE SHILLING, Illustrated. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill A S T I M E. P A New Monthly Magazine. No. 1, for January, 1840, will be published on the 30th inst., Price 2d., highly illustrated. - - CONTENTS :-1. Our Bow to the Public.-2. The Ruby Necklace.-3. 11ope.-4. 3lerry in the Ball.-5. A Nord Christmas Gift.—e. Christmas Rotes.-7. What Became of lier.-8. A Dog's Talc.-9. Goisip ibr PASTIME. AND OTHER INTERESTING SUBJECTS. FORMING A COMPANION EQUALLY FITTED FOR TITS FIRESIDE AND RAILWAY CARRIAGE. Ward and Lock, Fleet-street, London ; and all Booksellers. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., T"E TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA; showing why they so often appear In curable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.E.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of tfie Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By-his systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular, Dec. Ist, 1858. London: 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. MAGAZINE. ECAYED TEETH AND TOOTHACHE.- HOWARD'S ENAMEL for stopping decayed teeth, however large the cavity. It is used in a soft state without pressure or pain, and hardens into a white enamel. It remain. ttl the tooth many years, rendering extraction unnecessary and arresting the decay. Sold by all medicine ♦endors Price Is. RUPTURES. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN PATENT LEVER TRUSS is allowed by upwards of 200 professional gentlemen to be the best for Hernia. It consists of a small and elastic pad, to which a lever is attached, and (im - lead of the usual steel spring) a soft bandage, fitting so clocAy as to avoid detection. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss forwarded by post, on the circumference of the ,ody, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufactitrer, Mr. John White, 225, Piccadilly. Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. Double ditto, 31s. 6d., 125., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. post-office Orders to John White, Post-oflice, Piccadilly. Maker of Elastic Stockings, Knee-caps, &o. CERTAIN RELIEF for th e AFFLICTED.— Dr. SCOTT'S BILICM llld LIVER PILLS, pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, gent, are a sure remedy for affections of the liver, indigestion, bile, sick headache, giddiness, loss of appe tite, lowness of spirits, &c. They can be taken at any time, without any danger from wet or cold, act mildly on the bowels, without pain or griping, clear the skin, remove sallowness and pimples, purify the blood, brace the nerves, and invigo rate the whole system. Sold by most druggists, in boxes, is. lid. and 2s. Od. each. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street," engraved on the Government stamp. 3, GREAT 3IARLTIOROUGH-STREET, W., NEAR THE PANTHEON.' DCULVERWELL Member of th e R o y a l A- , Collefze of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apo thecaries' hail, London, can be consulted daily (only) as above, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Function a l D erangemen t s of both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive indul gences Ilas Just published, price ls. ; by post., 13 stamp, 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and ori2inal Work, entitled OURSELVES. Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation - The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exposition of, and Remedy for, all Urinary D erang e; ments and Marital Disqualifications, LE. The modern treatme n t of Sy phi Stricture, Blennerrhagia (Gonorrhoea), Spermatorrhcca, Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &al FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women—Functional It regularities in Ilealth ant Sickness—Choice in Marriage— Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Removal of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum, and the securing of healthy Offspring. Also, No. 1. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY= On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion. No. 2. LOVE AND MARRIAGE Their Obligrations, Happiness, and Disappointments Love and other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Of secured. No. Z. THE CASE BOOK : 100 Cases of SPERMATORRH(EA, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confession/ and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanigin, &c. &a. &o. To be had of Mann. 39, Coruhill ; and the Author.. Advice to the Working Classes. fee Half-a-Guinea. Du BARRY'S ItEVALENTA ARABICA CHOCOLATE POWDER Contains the greatest amount of easily assimilated nourishment for strengthening delicate persons, children, and infants with weak stomachs, chest, or nsrves, and, at 3-pence per meal, affords a delicious breakfast, lunch, or supper. It is the best dietetic homcepa this preparation, and maybe eaten either alone or mixed with Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. Admirably adapted to rear Infants with. In Tins at I. 64 lib., 35.; 21b., ss. 24, ; 51b., 12s. ; 121 b., 28s. The 121 b. forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent street, London ; and through all Grocers and Chemists. NO MORE MEDICINE; PTT 11 S. ItRY'S DEL, Te lOUS ' ITHALTIT-RESTORING RE VALENTA A It AMC A FOOD Cures effectually Indiges tion (dyspepsia), constipation, tiatulency,'phlegin, nervousness, biliousness, liver complaints, hysteria, neuralgia, sleepless ness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, eruptions, impurities, Irritability, low spirits, diarrhoea, dysentery, hemorrhoids, headache, noises in the head and ears, debility, diabetes, pains between the shoulders, despondency, cramps, spisms, nausea, and sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), sinking fits, cough, asthma, bronchitis, consumption, also Children's complaints. We extract a few out of 50,000 expressions of gratitude from nvalids thus cured : Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies of many years' dyspepsia. Care No. 49,832. "Fifty years' in describable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, - flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food," Maria Joly. Cure No. 53,816. Field Mar shall the Duke of I'luskow, of dyspepsia, constipation, ner vousness and liver complaints which had resisted all baths and medical treatment. Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew Ure, of constipation, dyspepsia, andnerv ous i rr itability.' Cure No. 31,210. Dr. Shoriand, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212. Captain A llan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms and daily vomitiugs. Cure No. 26,418. 1)r. liervey, of diarrinea and debility. CureNo.29,MB, Dr. Wurtzerof consumption. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts. merchant, Frimley, Surrey, of 20 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 4,208. ' Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, ; spasms, and nausea, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health-restoring' Food. llev. John W. Flavell, Rldlington Itectory, Norfolk,"—Cure No. 3,906, of thirteen years' coup,:h. ndig - estion, and general debility. James Porter, .Athol-street, Perth. Sold in canisters, 11b. 2s. 9d. ; 21b. 4s. 6d. ; 121 b. 22s Super relined quality, 51b . 22 8. ; 101 b. 335. The 101 b. and 121 b. canisters are forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regesit-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; also at 60, G racec h urc h- s t ree t ; 330, Strand ; 4 , Chettpste ; 40 and 60, 13 1shopsgate-street ; 105 and 63, Oxford street ; 85, T ottenham-court-road ; also - in Liverpool, at Nixons, 1, Castle-street; Leeds, Reim hardfand Co. ;Dublin, Dr. Butler, Medical Hall ;I:lktitnew t o er , Sharp MA 809tH) 0 Eauburgb, Raises and Co - . -• • ½ 4' . , ' .. • ' -...2_ . l', ~.... , • Ok ,e. 4. Aillt, ... ;1(4 ,4 ..,- ~,.,,-1 „ 3 ? . #. 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The piece of land, bounded by the Tredegar, Cardigan, and Park Roads, and opposite St. Stephen's Church, will be, on Wed nesday, January 18, 1860, allotted. For particulars, apply to the Secretary, 33, Nirfolk-street, Strand, W.C. Prospectuses, explaining share, deposit, land, and borrowing departments, free of charge. Plans 6d., by post 7d. ATETROPOLIT AN, COUNTIES, AND 4-Y-1- 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 CAIIROUT, Manager. LIFE ASSURANCE. ADVICE OFFICE, No. 1, Finch-lane, COI7IIIIII. LIFE POLICY HOLDERS and you WHO MEAN TO INSURE YOUR LIVES, write to Messrs. DAVIES and Co. for their prospectus. It is to be had for asking for. It will show you how to convert your present Policy into a Jewel of INTRINSIC VALUE. flow to make that Policy, which now requires your constant care and watchful nesm to'eave it from extinction, an INALIENABLE PRO PERTY, available for present use as well as future consolation. To study that prospectus, and act as it directs, may be the means, whon you are dead, of saving those who are dearest to you from insolvency and want. Proofs unfortunately are not wanting that such things have come to pass through the agency of a policy of assurance. PRE ROYAL STATION HOTEL, Paragon -1 street, Hull, requires only to be visited to be pronounced one of the most splendid hotels in England. The situation is open and healthful, a few minutes' walk from all the public buildings and places of business, and being connected with the Railway Station, affords railway passengers arriving or departing by every train day or night, the advantage of being on the spot, and having their wants and wishes inirnediately attended to. The public should know that under the present manage ment they will find every comfort and convenience at the same charges they are paying at the minor hotels. It has accommodation for upwards of one hundred and fifty visitors, Is fitted up with every luxury an hotel can command, and is so arranged for the advantage of every class of visitor, that Beds can be had from is. to 2s. ; Private Rooms, from 2s. to 4s. ; Breakfasts, from ls. 6d. to 2s. ; Dinners, from 2s. ; and all other charges of that moderate character which will give satisfaction to every class of visitor who may pay the hotel a visit. The hotel contains Gentlemen and Ladies' Coffee Rooms ; a special Room set apart for Commercial Gentlemen ; fourteen Private suites of Rooms ; large spacious Rooms for Dinner Parties, Public Meetings, &c., &c. ; two first-class Refresh- went Rooms ; two Smoke Rooms ; Bath and Billiard Rooms. A Night Porter in attendance. EDWIN TAYLOR, Proprietor of the Royal Station Hotel, Hull, and Crewed Hotel, Filet'. N.B.—TAILOR'S CRESCENT HOTEL, fronting the sea, for Families and Gentlemen. It has accommodation for up wards of one hundred and fifty visitors. Table DIJON at five o'clock. Omnibuses and Cabs from the hotel abet all the trains. Good stabling and coach-houses. Moderate terms. PRESENTS.- ORNAMENTAL and SCIEN. TIFIC.—ORNAMENTs for the Drawing-room, Librart, and Dining-room, consisting of anewand elegant assortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Inks tan di, beautiful inlaid Tables. Paper weights, &c., in Itallan,Alabas ter, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &e. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Me. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CONCHOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANA at 149, Strand, W.C. THE CONME.RC'IAL T_RAVELLERB' SCHOOLS. Yesterday evening a dinner was given at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, to the friends and supporters of these schools, in aid of the funds of the institution—Mr. Charles Dickens in the chair. Among the company present were Mr. .Alderman Mechi, Sheriffs Phillips and Gabriel, the Rev. M. Bellew, Dr. Carter Murphy, 12th Regiment, Messrs. Greatorex, G. Moore, W. Graham, De la Rue, For ster, &c. Upwards of 100 gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner, which was enlivened by the musical abilities of Mr. G. L. Hatton and others. The children, who presented a healthy and contented appearance, were marched round the room, and after wards sang with taste and correctness one or two part songs, to the apparent gratification of every one present. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts having been pion, The CHAIRMAN again rose and proceeded to give the toast of the evening, " Prosperity to the Com mercial Travellers' Schools." He was told (he said) it was once said by a lady who kept a commercial boardinghouse in the neighbourhood of the Monu ment, named Mrs. Todgers—(loud laughter)—that no such strong passion existed in the human breast as that of commercial gentlemen for gravy. (Con tinued laughter.) He said, in fact, that no animal known to butchers or experienced housekeepers would yield from any of its joints the amount of gravy that was called for by the peculiarity of the commercial palate. (Renewed laughter.) Tho anxiety, the mental anxiety, that this most esti mable lady had undergone from this single cause was sufficient to undermine the strongest constitu tion. (Great laughter.) With this lady's experience and responsibilities heavy on his soul, he was thrown me a gloomy state of feeling when the duties and responsibilities of this eventful day loomed and darkened upon him. He was disturbed by the amount of oratorical gravy which he knew would be expected from the head of the table, and his sorrows were aggravated by his own personal know ledge of the inadequacy of the supply. at was very small comfort to him to remember that the last time he had the honour to fill that place the guests were most kind and considerate. He could not banish the shadow of Todgers, or get rid of the horrors of that lady's gravy experiences. In shOrt he was dreadfully perplexed to know how he should cut up on the present occasion. (Laughter.) In this disturbed state of mind he made several forlorn attempts to get materials for a speech. He looked through the advertising pages of Brad shaw (loud laught e r), an d as k e d himself whether anything could be done with those inviting adver tisements of hotels, in which was offered at fixed charges bed, breakfast, and attendance, with the additional advantages of a perfect solitude and an Italian atmosphere. (Laughter.) He asked himself despondingly the question whether anything apro pos could be got out of the unfortunate porter who sat up all night, and who never went to bed in the day time? (Great laughter.) He then started off by express train of remembrances to another and much larger hotel at Leeds, where he happened to be staying about seven weeks before, whore the chamber appurtenances belonged to a period far anterior to the present, and where the night candles were nothing less than mutton truncheons of the most exaggerated dimensions (roars of laughter), and couldn't by any possibility be blown out. (Great laughter.) Ho saw in that hotel many members of the present company next morning brushing their hats in the hall, and then it occurred to him whether anything could be done with com mercial travellers, and whether any analogy could be drawn between men who diffused the luxuries and necessaries of existence and such travellers as Dr. Livingstone, for instance, who carried the waters of life into desert places; or Capt. M.Clin• tock and his companions who graved the records of English modesty, gallantry, and perseverance on the everlasting ice that surrounded the North Pole. (Cheers.) He remembered that the best and greatest of these travellers had been the gentlest and mildest of men. He asked could he make any parallel between his friend Mr. Layard, who had brought to light hid den memorials of a long extinct people, and Mr. G. Moore, who sat beside him, who had so splendidly developed the charitable capabilities of a great trade. Not getting any assistance front these sources, ho resolved, like the hero in the fairy tale, to go out and seek his fortune, .Ho resorted to a certain friendly giant, a commercial giant, with whom he travelled on until he came to a fairy castle, bright red on the outside, and looking quite glorious in the cold sunlight of a wintry afternoon. They were not received by the conventional ogre with one eye as large as six, but by a person in the, likeness of man, with two bright eyes, and under, whose guidance they inspected the live stock eatables of the castle, mainly consisting of milkend pork. A broad flight of stone steps led to a noble interior, consisting of cheerful and lofty halls, with lavatories, dormitories, and a spacious banquetting room. Ho found an admirable dietary table k and, felt that, if it were his good fortune , tifitikk*er f '' he should be perpetually making - ,pleaitilit sions—meandering amongst beef, .plum pudding, boiled mutton, with cold meat as an exceptional mortification. (Laughter,) He found therein 100 male and 50 female young giants, receiving besides their creature comforts an excellent education, and saw from the examination papers that an attention was paid to the actual business of life which was sometimes neglected in colleges of greater fame and more ancient foundation. The young giants were healthy, cheerful, and rational, and were under a system of moral restraint which was far better than that application of physical force which always crushed a timid nature and never bent a stubborn one. (Loud cheers.) He met these young giants returning from a walk, he spoke to them, and was much pleased with their free and fearless mode of answering, and the pleasant way of looking those who were placed in authority over them fair and full in the face. (Loud cheers.) These young giants were boarded, lodged, and educated until they were 16., when they were sent out into the world, for which they were wonderfully well pre pared. Ho made two extraordinary discoveries — first, that this magic castle had cost £20,000, and that the money had all been paid by voluntary subscriptions ; and, secondly, that he had not sought his fortune in vain, for in this castle lie discovered' the materials for his speech. (Loud cheers.) NOW' this fairy castle was their own home, and was known to them all as the Commercial Travellers' Schools. More solid in brick and stone than the fanciful creation of the fairy tale, the commercial travellers in endowing that school were raised in their own opinion and in the estimation of their fellow men. (Hear, hear.) To this castle all who heard him could acquire right and title by the payment of a single guinea in each year ; and it would be amply endowed if every gentleman " on the road " would give half a • crown on an appointed day in every year. (Hear, hear.) He wished to God that the 'lambert .of his own order would follow the example of the commercial travellers, and, being united, do an equal amount of good. Mr. Dickens , lin conclusion, reminded the company that they could not fail to recognise among the children as they passed the likenesses of many "old familiar faces." Ho hoped it would be an isolated case when a commercial traveller did not belong to this society, and help these poor children as if they were his own. With a warm compliment to the board of management and the head master, lie gave them " Prosperity to the Commercial Travellers' Schools." The toast hAving been acknowledged with enthu siasm, the children were introduced, and were much admired for their healthy and respectable appear ande. They tang with much taste and precision soveralpart songs. The Rev. Mr.IIELLEw, in a humorous speech, re plete with quotations from the Pickwick literature, proposed the health of the chairman. Mr. DICKENS briefly retured thanks, and gate the health of Mr. Geo. Moore, to whom this insti tution was more indebted than to any other human being. (Loud cheers.) lie proposed his health also because Mr. Moore was the benevolent com mercial giant who had accompanied him ip his visit to the fairy castle. lie (Mr. Dickens) would not be the Jack to kill such a giant. Mr. G. MoonE, after expressing his thanks for the honour conferred upon him, proceeded to lay the following account of the schools before the company :—The schools had been established 14 years, and in that time had prevented many of the children of their friends from now being the in mates of workhouses and reformatories. The funded property of the society amounted to £12,000. Their income last year was £4,764, and their expenditure nearly £5,000 a year, leaving a small deficit, to liquidate which they looked confidently to sub scriptions. He regretted that the support riven to these schools by the commercial travellers was unworthy of the profession, and showed that, although the building would accommodate 120 children, the present funds were inadequate to support that number. The education given from first to last was well worth £3OO, an d he wished to impress on them the benefits con f e rred by the society, in order that they might come for ward'and support it as it deserved. The amount of subscriptions announced during the evening was upwards of £l,OOO. Mr. Harker was the toast master on the occasion. DEATH OF LORD CAMPERDOWN. At an early hour yesterday morning, and after a short illness, this venerable nobleman breathed his last. His lordship, although not quite the father of the Upper House, was one of the very oldest members, having taken his seat soon after he at tained his majority in 180 G, and sat, we believe, in sixteen Parliaments. He was the eldest surviving son of the celebrated Admiral Lord Viscount Dun can, K. 8., by Henrietta, daughter of the Right Hon. Robert Dundas, of Arniston, Lord President of the Court of Session in Scotland, and eldest brother of the famous Henry Dundas, first Viscount Melville. Lord Duncan had four sons, of whom two died in his lifetime. His third son, Robert Dundas Duncan-Haldane, succeeded to the family estates, and to the honours achieved by the great victory off Camperdown on the llth of October, 1797, when the scheme of an invasion of Ireland by 40,000 troops under General Hoche, perished with the Dutch fleet, which, as the fruits of "that great day's renown," was either destroyed or captured. The late peer chose his place from the first with the Whig opposition, but seldom spoke in Parliament till 1820, when he took some active part in the trial of Queen Caroline. In 1827 Mr. Canning's death prevented his accepting office under that Minister with Lord Lansdowne. In 1830-31 his lordship was prominent in the discussions in the House of Peers on the Scotch Reform Bill ; and on the Coronation of William IV. he was elevated to the rank of an earldom, the King being pleased as his own special act, and as a tribute to the memory of the first peer, to adopt the unusual step in the case of a new crea tion of giving Lord Camperdown's brother and sisters the rank of earl's children. Of late years Lord Camperdown has not taken much part in public life, and beyond the ample circle of attached relations and friends, who shared his genial hos pitality, was best known amongst his own thriving tenantry and his neighbours in the country, by whom ho was generally beloved and respected. Lord Camperdown married, in 1805, Janet, daughter, of Sir Hew Dalrymple, Bart., of Forth Berwick and Tantallon Castle, in East Lothian, who still survives, together with two sons and two daughters. His lordship is succeeded by his eldest son, Viscount Duncan, the well-known M.P. for the county of Forfarshire, who was born in 1812, and married in 1839 Julia, eldest daughter of Sir George anti the Hon. Lady Philipps, of Weston House, Warwickshire, by whom he has two sons, the elder of whom is Robert, now Viscount Duncan, of Balliol College, Oxford, and the second, George, is now at Eton. Lord Duncan's only daughter was lately married;to Lord Abercromby. The late earl's younger son, the Hon. Hamilton Duncan, was for many years an officer in the Fusi lier Guards. His lordship's brother, Sir Henry Duncan, who died in 1835, was a distinguished naval captain. LEC7'URE ON Q UEEN BLIZABETIL Last evening a lecture was delivered at the Southwark Literary Institution, by Miss Sarah Thorne—a young lady who some short time since made a very successful debut at the Surrey Theatre as a tragedienne—on " The personal birth and cha racter of Queen Elizabeth, the events of her reign, and the effect of her life on the England of the pre sent day." Dr. Challice presided on the r occasion, and in a few appropriate observations introduced the fair lecturer to the audience. Miss THORNE commenced her discourse by re ferring to the birth of Elisabeth at the Palace of Greenwich, and having glanced at some of the in cidents of her early childhood, alluded to the fact that, although she was remarkable for her winning ways, she was likewise remarkable for her haughty and arregant disposition—but this quality was to be attributed to the bold and daring race from which she sprung. Yet, notwithstanding this feature of her character, she loved the people of England, and was proud of their love for her, and this quality in her was manifested throughout her whole life. The lecturer then drew attention to the state of England at the death of Edward the Sixth, and to the rivalries which existed between the Protestant and Roman Catholic parties in the State, and to the efforts of each to obtain the ascendancy. Tho latter were triumphant during the reign of Mary, who, fearing Elizabeth, had h er t a k en t o the Tower as a traitorqo the Queen ; but this charge Eliza beth-always denied. At length the death of Mary Placed ^ Elizabeth on the throne of England, and then it was that, under her auspices, Protestantism struckits roots deep into the lard, and spread its influence through other countries of the world. Under Elizabeth the commerce of England flou rished ; our colonies were founded and extended ; arts, science, and literature obtained high positions animist us; and some of the bravest sailors, sol diers, statesmen, poets, and scholars that ever ap peared in England, lived during the reign of the " good Queen Bess," as sho was familiarly and fondly called. Although Queen Elizabeth was what was vulgarly called " a strong-minded woman," yet she was womanly, and was very fond of children. She was, however, somewhat vain of her little hands and little feet ; but this was a weakness which Miss Thorne seemed to think was not limited to Queen Elizabeth ; for our own be loved Queen Victoria was well known to have a very elegantly -proportioned arm, and somehow or other this fact was made to appear rather promi nently in every painting in which her Majesty was represented. The lecturer then adverted to the "one blot" upon the character of Queen Elizabeth, namely, the execution of Mary Queen of Seots ; and although Miss Thorne would palliate it on the ground of Mary's supposed guilt, she still did think it was a blot. The circumstances of the attempt of the Spaniards to land in this country were then adverted to, on which occasion Catholics as well as Protestants flocked to the standard of England's Queen, determined to defend her and their native country against foreign invasion. The death of Essex was next glanced at, and its effect upon the. Queen was noticed in a very effective manner, making, as the occurrence did, the death-bed of Elizabeth a sad and painful picture to look upon. Such were the chief points in the lecture under consideration, which was neatly constructed throughout, and many portions of which were elo quently written. Miss Thorne, whose enunciation is clear and distinct, delivered the lecture in a most graceful and effective manner, and was frequently deservedly applauded by the audience. FEMALE INFANTICIDE IN INDIA. There are a few things for which the government of the' late East India Company has more reason to be proud than for the vigorous measures it adopted for the suppression of female infanticide in Katty war. The men guilty of this crime belonged in general to the ruling classes, the punishment for which, in 1836, was a fine of Rs. 50, and, in 1841, a ffne of Rs. 1,000. When ruling classes have become so cruel and unfeeling that without remorse or com punction they can, for the sake of paltry interests, put to death their own offspring, it is time that they be declared unfit to rule and lead nations. Besides the inhabitants of Kattywar, some of the hill tribes were guilty of this crime p they propitiated their deities with human sacrifices—such were the Merya sacrifices among the Khonds of Central India. It is a very easy thing, no doubt, to trace such sacrifices to a sacred origin. That is not the question. Can society benefit by any institu tions that countenance such crimes as the murder of female infants P Ntre have always endeavoured to respect the religious systems of our subjects. In many instances we have yielded our own notions of what is right in favour of the prejudices of the natives. For many years we even showed our con nection with the worship of the people. We sent our soldiers to grace the solemn processions of the natives on their holy days—drew a revenue from 'the rites of heathens—and even laid our offerings on the altars of Hindostan. But surely the Go vernment could not carry its principles of religious toleration to the extent of permitting cruel rites, and could not look on calmly at the slaughter of children and the victims of the suttee—llindoo widows on the pyre. Up to within a few years infanticide prevailed to an alarming extent in Kattywar. Dr. Wilson states (and his figures we think rather low, Major Walker making them nearly double) that 500 in fants were put to death annually in Kutch and Kattywar. In half a century that makes 25,000 female infants murdered. Can such crime pass un noticed and un-retributed ? The provinces of Kutch and Kattywar were scarcely six years in continued peace or quiet. Bloodshed, rapine, and massacres were incessant. Since we put the tribes under tribute, anarchy has ceased, and with it has ceased those national crimes of which it was the meet retribution. CONTRACT FOR TELESCOPES. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 2.3c1 December, 1859. THE COMMISSIONERS tor EXECUTING Tug OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, DO ITEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUES DAY, the 3d Jannary next, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying her Majesty's Dockyard at Wool wich with 300 Telescopes, within three months from the date of contract. and such further quantities as may from time to time be demanded, under a contract for 12 months certain, and afterwards until the expiration of six months' warning, such further supplies to be delivered within six weeks of each demand. A pattern of the Telescope, together with the conditions of the contract, and a form of the tender may be seen at the said office. No tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. • Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the ♦dmiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Ten. der for telescopes," and must be delivered at Somerset place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of .£2OO for the due performance of the contract. MONEY- ORDER OFFICES. On the 2d January, 1860, the following alterations will be made : ENGLAND. 1. Money Order 0112eas will be opened in London and its suburbs at-- Postal District. Chichester street, Upper Westbourno-torrace W. Grove-place, Kentish Town N.W. Lombard-street Branch Office Mare-street, Hackney N.E. Peckham Rye Princess-terrace, Camden Town St. Jam/Nee-street S.W. South Kensington South Lambeth (Bradley-terrace) S. Western Central District Office (126, High Holborn) 2. The Money-Order Offices in Sherborne••lano, E,C. and Bloomsbury (Museum •street), W.C., will be abolished ; the business of the former being transferred to the Branch Office, Lombard-street, E.C., and that of the latter to the Western Central District Office (126, High Holborn), W.C. 3. The (Money-Order Office at " Dudley-grove" Pad dington), will in future be called " Paddington-groon," W. 4. Money-Order Offices will be opened in the country, County. Head Offico. Aldborough .. York Hull Amble Northumberland Acklington Bishopstoko Hants Winchester Bradfield .... Barks Chacewater .. Cornwall .. Truro Cheddar Somerset Weston-super. Mare Devoran Cornwall Ham-street .. Kent Hatfield York .. Rotherham Holbrook .... Suffolk lpswich Hove Sussex Llanbrynmair Montgomery Netherton.... Worcester Now Quay .. Cornwall Rudrmick.... Sussex St. Fagans .. Glamorgan Salcombe .... Devon Kingsbridge Silverdale .... Stafford Newcastle-undr-Lynn Swineshead .. Lincoln Torpoint .... Cornwall 5. Tho Money-Order Office at " Abbey Holmo" (Car lisle), will in future be called " Abbey Town." SCOTLAND. 6. A Money-Order Office will bo opened at— County. Head Office. Aberchirder.. Banff Banff 7. Tho Money-Order Offices at Buokhaven, Culllvoe, Lochinver, and St. Rollo' (Glasgow), havo bee* disoen tinned. 3. The Money .Order Office at " Bowraore" (Greenock), will in future be called "Bridgend." IRELAND. 9. Money-Order Offices will be opened at— County. Head Office. Bangor-Erris Mayo Ballina Crookhaven .. Cork Dromoro .... Tyrone Dundruua Tipperary..," , Cashel Kiltormer Galway... Sneom Kerry By command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HIIOI 9 Secrpt4t3F• General Post-office, Dec. 21, 1859. MONEY ORDERS. On the Ist January next and thenceforward, the following changes in the mode of transacting the Money Order business, which have been effected in England and Wales, will be extended to Scotland and Ireland. The distinction between Minor and Major Money Order Offices will be abolished, and all Money Order Offices will be placed on the footing of Major Money Order Offices. The advices of Money Orders drawn at any Office (hitherto a Minor Office) in the United Kingdom, an any office in the United Kingdom, will be transmitted direct to the Paying Office (as in the case of Orders drawn at a Major Office) in stead of being sent through the Metropolitan Office as at present, ind the corresponding Orders will be paid, although the advices do not bear the stamp of the Metropolitan Money Order Office. Applications for alteration of the name of Payee or Remitter of an Order issued in the United Kingdom on any Office in the United Kingdom may be made direct to the issuing Postmaster, if the Remitter can make the application in person. The existing charge for additional Commiss ion will be maintained. If application cannot be made by Remitter in person, it must bo made, as at pre sent, by letter, enclosing the amount of the addi tional commission in postage stamps, addressed to the Chief Money Order Office of the Kingdom in which the Order is issued.—By command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL , Secretary. General Post-office, Dec. 21, 1859. Is CONSUMPTION INCURABLE 1' —lnvalids labouring under Consumptive Maladies, and families who have suffered from the ravages of Consumptioa (and what family in the empire is there who has not to deplore a loss caused by this scourge of the human race ?) will find a satisfactory answer to the question, " Is Consumption In curable," in an original article by Dr. DENIS Cnonflq, M.D., 35, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, W. Published in the "Household Physician," in numbers, one penny each by G. Berger, 19, Holywell-street, Strand. From Ito 9 noW teady. ~ir+. /It A + PRICE 4 D . STAMPED, SD , DEPUTATION FROM THE PEACE SOCIETY TO LORD T. RUSSELL. A deputation from the Peace Society waited, by appointment, upon Lord J. Russell, at one o'clock yesterday, at the Foreign-office, to present a memo. real on our present relations with China. It con sisted of the following gentlemen :—Messrs. Wm. Janson, Wm. Allen, Thos. Binns, Richard Barrett, Joseph Cooper, W. E. Corner, Robt. Charleton, W. Holmes, John Jones Edmund Fry, Revs. George Rose, Jabez Burns, D.D., James H. Wilson, W. H. Black, &c. The deputation was introduced by Dr. Hodgkin. Mr. Richard read the memorial, which, after de precating the manner in which the mission for the ratification of the Treaty of Tien-tsin had been con cluded, expressed an opinion that it could not " be deemed unreasonable that the Chinese authorities should resist the passage of so formidable a force into their inner waters, to convoy a professed ambassador of peace; a force which they could hardly have regarded in any other light than as a menace and an affront, adapted, if not intended, to lower the dignity of their sovereign in the estima tion of his own subjects." The memorialists add that they "are convinced that your lordship will lend no sanction or support to the immoral doc trine promulgated in certain quarters, that whe ther we were right or wrong as regards the quarrel at the Peiho, it is necessary that we should inflict summary vengeance on the Chinese, in order to maintain the prestige of our arms in the East." They also say, " they cannot conceal their appre hensions that large military successes in China may lead to consequences. which it is impossible too strongly to dread and deprecate. The authority of the• Chinese Government has been already griev °Tilly shaken by internal convulsion; and should a fresh assault from without lead, as may be justly feared, to its being still further impaired, we may find ourselves under the same alleged necessity' of mak ing territorial conquests in that country, which has been so often pleaded in excuse of our aggressions in India, until we have beCome entangled is a web of complications and responsibilities, as regards the Chinese empire, where it would be equally difficult to advance or recede without danger and dis honour." In conclusion, they pray that Govern ment may " send instructions to our officials in China to avoid further hostilities with that coun tr-y, and to adjust our relations with the Chinese Government on those principles of dignified con ciliation and forbearance which will be far more worthy the character of a great Christian nation, and more likely to extend our true influence in the East, than any mere triumphs of brute force, how ever startling or decisive." His lordship received the deputation with great courtesy, but said he could not admit that the memorial gave a correct statement of all the facts of the case. BANNS FEES AND MA.RRIAGES IN GLASGOW. A correspondent of the Glasgow Herald, in a letter on the subject of marriage proclamations, lays : "In no other town or parish in Scotland are the banns fees so enormous as in Glasgow. And as these fees do not now, as of old, go to the support of the poor, but to the aggrandisement of comfcrtable supernals, a stout stand out should at once be made against such a wholesale system of spoliation. Sveral presbyte - ries in Scotland have of late dis cussed the proclamation of banns question • but our Town Council sho u ld se ri ous ly thi n k o f what they now encourage by allowing the present shameful' fees to be exacted year after year. To my knowledge there are several couples living in concubinage be cause of the high rate of banns fees. What labour ing man is able to pay Bs., and is. additional for filling up this schedule, besides £3 35., if in the Barmy Parish, and £2 25., if in the City, Gorbals, or Govan ; and this, mark, for shirking the dis tinctly specified number of Sabbath-days,both by the civil and ecclesiastical statutes nd if his , bride resides in a different parish, these spoils are doubled. The finishing stroke would be the better of reform. Every minister should know who and what the parties are whom he intends to join in marriage. Instead of this, it is notorious that (as the end of this month will evidence) ministers, both of the Establishment and Dissenting, try to get hold of couples all and sundry, and invest the business with a commercial mantle--allowing their servants the chance money' given at the door by the best man,' in lieu of regular wages ! This ac counts for the multiPlicity of weddings at some ministers' houses. The majority of the couples they know nothing of, nor of their antecedents; neither do they belong to their churches, nor to any church whatever. Stricter discipline on this head would have a beneficial effect in many ways. Doubtless it is but just that ministers should get a con-si-der-a-tion' for work performed; but let poor Betty' have her regular wage, and let the best man not be reminded, when the knot is tied, that his ' chance money' must be forthcoming at the door. If the ministers knew the parties or something about them, or if they were seat holders or members of their churches, it would put an end to all indiscrimination." ENGLISH NERcHANTs TRADLVG WITH MEXICO. ♦ Subjoined is the reply of Lord lohu Russell, as Secretary , of State for Foreign Affairs, to the me morial addressed to him for protection for the interests of the English merchants trading with Mexico:— "Foreign Office, Dec. 16. " Gentlemen,—l am fully aware of the evils which the present pssition of affairs in Mexico must inflict upon all merchants interested in the trade of that country. In structions have been repeatedly given to protect the persons and property of British subjects residing in Mexico, and her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires is active and zealous in carrying those instructions into effect. But unhappily, a civil war rages in that country between two parties, who, only intent upon destroying their adversaries, . have very little respect for the rules of justice or the safety of pro- party. • . " It is difficult to say which is the de facto Government, and while Great Britain and France acknowleg e the autho rity of the President who has possession of Mexico, the United States' Government recognise another President ruling at Vera Cruz. Her Majesty's Government arc en deavouring to come to some understanding with other Powers respecting the advice to be offered, and you may be assured that no opportunity will be lost of interfering by counsel with a view to bring about a termination of tho present devastating and sanguinary war. " Your representations, as expressed in your present me morial, shall be transmitted to her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Mexico, and he will be instructed to use every exertion to promote the security of commercial dealings.— I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your moat obedient humble servant, "J. RUSSBLL. Messrs. N. M. Rothsehihl and Sons, and others." THE RELIGIOUS DISSENSIONS IN ST. GEORGE'S ix Tun EAST.—Yesterday evening a meeting of the vestry of the parish of St. George in the East was held in the board room of the workhouse, Mr. Barrett in the chair. The vestry clerk reported that he had that morning received the following letter from the Rev. Hugh Allen, M.A., the after noon lecturer of the parish :—" St. Jude's, Whitechapel, Dee. 22, 1859. My dear sir,-1 request you respectfully to inform the vestry that it is my intention to resign the lec tureship of St. George in the East on Monday week, the 2d January next. Permit me at the same time to say that I shall ever retain a most grateful sense of the kindness of the vestry to me during the time I have held the lectureship.—l am, my dear sir, sincerely yours, Hugh Allen. W. L. Howell, Esq., Vestry Clerk." Mr. Churchwarden Thompson moved that the letter be entered upon the minutes of the vestry, and gave notice that at the next meeting he should move that the office bo declared vacant, and that such measures as might be deemed necessary should be adopted. Mr. Stephens said ho could state to the vestry that Mr. All en had received from Mr. Cadman, the rector of St. Geo r g e ' s, Southwark, an intimation that ho was about immediately to leave for the rectory of Trinity district, St. Marylebone, to which he was some time since appointed by the crown.. I to proceed to the rectory St. consequence of this communication Mr. George's,AlleSnouwthaswoabrkb,get! which the Lord Chan c ellortherea.son of had the resignation, him,,r. Howell, witut delay. That was ve o d win fm g in to Mr tvheerra vestry 11, resigningclerk, the a om ] e c t e t e of r h p e a r h i s ag c r l e e c r e k i ad vanced age and failure of sight, which prevented him from fulfilling the duties in connection with his other engage ments. He added that he had held the office for 31 years. THE KING OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.--Mr, Manley Hopkins, the Hawaiian Consul General, thus ex plains the recent attempted assassination of his secretary by his Hawaiian Majesty :—"ln September last, his Hawaiian Majesty was visiting the Windward Islands of the group, accompanied by the Queen, his private secretary, Mr. Neil son, his medical attendant ; and my brother. From causes believed by the community to be without the slightest foundation, the King became jealous of Mr. Neilson, and discharged his pistols at him, wounding him severely. Struck with immediate contrition at the unmanly deed he had been guilty of the King's impulsive nature led him, besides making every possible reparation to the wounded man, to propose abdicating the throne, that ho might become a commoner, amenable to the laws of his own country. His subjects, native and foreign, perceived in such an act the worst possible consequences to the islands. The steps made in moral and commercial advancement during the enlight ened reign of the present king would be lost ; and to Great Britain the 'foreign influences which might bo urged upon any change of government would be highly detrimental. The Sandwich Islands are the central caravanserai of the Pacific for the commerce, which will increase, between the western coast of America and China and Japan. It is satis factory to learn by the mail received to-day that remon stances made to the King have inducsd him to reconsider his intention of resigning the crown." SPAIN AND MOIL V, (From the Times' S U Special Corresp, •,a . ALGESIRAS, a While awaiting the departure of the steamer, I seize a spare hour to send you a few additionarpar ▪ ticulars respecting the affair of the 9th inst. As far as they go I have reason to believe them authentic, since they are derived from persons who were pre sent, and who have just arrived here. On the de clivitous and thickly wooded ground in rear of the principal Spanish: redoubt, so often referred , to in previous letters, the Moors established themselves r before daybreak, forming an ambuscade, with intention, it is supposed, of attacking the descu . bierti, or body of troops habituallysent out the first . thing in the morning to reconnoitre in front of the lines. They also surrounded the redoubt itself, and, favoured by the darkness, got close up to it and fired through the embrasures, killing some of"the artillerymen. It was found very difficult to get them out of the wood, and there was some hard fighting, in which it is probable that they suffered a good deal, and certain that the Spanish experi enced a loss of between 300 and 400 men killed and wounded. There was fighting going on from day break till 2 p.m. The Moors displayed their usual desperate valour, refusing quarter and giving none. It is said that two prisoners were made, but were killed as they were being taken to the rear, whether by the cazadors or by some of the armed galley slaves does not appear certain. At any rate, they would have been the first prisoners made in this war, fcr the Moors do not seek to save their lives when once they see that escape is impossible. An officer told me that in one of the previous actions three of them were surrounded and had no chance of getting away; they stood firm, waited the approach of ,their enemies, deliberately aimed and fired their espingardas, and then bent their heads to receive 'the death-blow. They do all they can to take away their dead, keeping up a heavy fire to cover the 'removal of the bodies—Perhaps that their loss may not be known, but more probably from some religious principle. If yen saw the ground, on which the recent fight took place you would under stand far better than from any explanation of mine how unfavourable it is to the action of regular troops, and how advantageous to lithe savages, un encumbered, and of first-rate skill in availing of every sort of cover. The details of the contest now going on remind one of episodes of the war with the North American Indians in the last century, and of some of the earlier and disastrous campaigns of the Russians against the Cireassians. Well acquainted with the ground, skilful in the use of their arms, reckless of their lives, the Moors prove most for midable antagonists. They may lose more than their antagonists. and it is very probable that they do so, but they can better afford the loss. Hitherto all the skirmishes and actions that have taken place have terminated in favour of the Spaniards—that is to say, they have driven back the enemy and main tained their positions; but what have they gained? Absolutely nothing, and they have had, according to their own account (which I have no reason to believe otherwise than correct) upwards of 1,000 men put hors de combat. This is in 20 days. They cannot, of course, afford to go on at this rate. Three months of such victories would be very de structive, to say nothing of the effect upon the morale of the soldier, who finds himself opposed to an astute, desperate, and almost intangible foe. The Spanish troops still display an excellent spirit, but they will need more decided advantages to sustain it in presence of the many hardships they have to suffer. And, unfortunately, disease continues to weaken them. Three or four days ago one corps d'ar;nee was sending 70 toBo men per diem into hos pital. lam assured that the daily number of sick from the whole army at present in Africa is now about 200 per diem, which is the same proportion., Probably these aro not all cholera cases, but it is certain that .the majority are, and we must reckon as defaulters from the ranks, not only those who die, but those who, being severely attacked, ulti mately recover. At least, the doctors here toll me that a man who has had a bad attack of cholera is rarely fit for duty much within three months. Of course, constant reinforcements are necessary. Five hundred men sail to-day from this place to Ceuta. We must hope, however, that these barren skir mishes and this waste from disease will not long con tinue. A move is greatly wanted, but as yet there is no sign of it. They arc working away at a road near the coast in the direction of Tetuan, against which place there is scarcely a doubt the first really seri ous attempt of the Spanish army .will bo directed. The first Moorish cavalry that have been seen in this war made their appearance on the 9th. They were at a considerable distance, and were not en gaged. Indeed, the ground on which the affair took place is most unfavourable to cavalry. As was to be expected, the exaggerated reports yesterday current in Gibraltar are hourly receiving contradic tion. Among other things, it was said that Gen. Prim had cut off 2,000 Moors. There is every rea son to believe that Gen. Prim's division, although it made a move towards the left, was not engaged. A rumour of more fighting yesterday is also con tradicted, as well as the statement of the death of Gen. O'Donnell's, nephew. I have met with seve ral officers, some sick, others wounded, returning-- to-Spain from Africa. Making all allowance for the feeling of discouragement natural to their don dition,' it still is quite evident to me that the army, at least, takes by no means the same san guine and cheerful view of the African war which it was reported to do before the contest own= menced. Deficiencies have been laid bare; want of preparation exposed, which the majority had not reckoned upon, or even dreamt of. It is hoped that there will soon be an amendment. I hear of active measures being taken. Large supplies have been ordered—so large as to induce a belief that the Spanish Government expects the war to be of longer duration than was at first anticipated. A number of bakers are being sent over to Africa, in order that the bread may be made there, instead of being sent from Spain. , I hear also that an hospi tal will shortly be in readiness beyond the Serallo, an establishment greatly : needed, in order to obviate the necessity of at once sending the wounded all the way into Ceuta. Even when the bulk of the army shall move away, it will be necessary to leave a considerable force in the lines in front of Ceuta, in order to cover our rear and keep communications open. But I must close this letter, and hope to morrow to write to you from the camp. According to the China Telegraph the contract for the Falmouth and Gibraltar submarine cable has been taken by Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co., of Leadenhall street. That for Rangoon and Singapore is not yet settled, thatand itis k j . us x t ims a ib g l ehtahaahtetehae decidedGibra ltahryonGeovatan may ra beeusted as for to running a steamer from Alexandria to Candle for the pur pose of carrying telegrams. SWALLOWING COINS.—On Wednesday last two notorious pickpockets, named George Turner and Joseph Edwards, were placed in the dock before the county magis trates, at Rochester, on a charge of having picked the pocket of a female, named Mace, of a paper containing four half-sovereigns and three sovereigns. Edwards was also further charged with having, at the time of his appre hension, swallowed the whole of the money. The prisoners, who were well known to the police at Chatham, were ob served to go into Globe-lane, where Edwards entered the shop of a second-hand clothes dealer, named Mace, and inquired the price of an article hanging up in the shop. Mrs. Mace went to reach it down, when Edwards very cleverly picked hor pocket of the above amount, which she had deposited there only a minute or two before he entered the shop. After examining the article asked for, Edwards made some trifling excuse and left, immediately joining the other prisoner outside. They were afterwards seen in com pany by Superintendent Everist, who, being aware of their character, watched them for some time. A very short time after Edwards had left the shop Mrs. Mace discovered that her pocket had been picked, and suspecting Edwards, gave notice to the police. Mr. Everist and another officer went in pursuit of them, ultimately overtaking them at Rainham. On being charged with the robbery both prisoners pro tested their innocence, and demanded to be searched, which was done, Edwards all the while continually moving up and down, "just the same," as Mr. Eve rist expressed it, "as if he had been hung on wires." The result of the search did not lead to the discovery of the money, but Mr. Everist observing a protuberance of Edwards's cheat, touched it, when he distinctly heard the rattle of gold. Edwards, however, denied having any money in his Mouth, but the officer, on placing his fingers in it, distinctly felt two or three sovereigns under tho tongue. His efforts to get them out were fruitless, the prisoner swal lowing the whole of the money, and •severeLy biting the officer's finger. Both prisoners said they were determined not to be taken, and fought most furiensly; but Mr. Everist soon settled the matter by putting the handcuffs on them and taking them to the station-house. The money was now produced before the magistrates.' The prisoner Edwards seemed to have suffered severely since his extra ordinary ast of swallowing at one time seven pieces of geld coin. 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