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THE GREAT EASTERN FOR AMERICA. The Great Eastern is appointed to leave -HOLYHEAD for 113RTLAND U.S., on or about the 15th September. k„tt:ciass Passengers' only will be taken. but ---g.enloney- (including stewards' fee and provisions, boar'svithout wines or liquors, which can be obtained on R SIR t 6 X 25. State Cabins extra. erturn Tickets granted on liberal terms.—}'or passage and Mee information apply to the Great Ship Company (Li d), 11 Kin°. t London, E.C. 1 am-stree , THE GREAT EASTERN . —Thi s St eam Shi p her T is expect e d t o leave PORTLAND, near Weymouth, on UOLy ri n al E tr GiP about the Sth proximo, and will return to First class a n 8 , £lO, passencrers only will be taken. ' Fares £6, £B, accordingto cabin. Including rprovisions, but exclu shi or further 7 of wines or liquors, which can be obtained on board. Particulars apply at the offices of the Great EcP CGMPany (Limited), 11P King William-street, London, , _ • irE., GREAT EASTERN. --TRIAL TRIP the Darn9Ph FIRST VOYAGE.—In order to prevent confusion All T'ors have determined not to appoint any Agents oneatios must, therefore, be made to the Great Ship Pan)" (Limitedt, 11, King William-street, London, E.C. 1 1112 ,, GREAT EASTERN. TRIAL TRIP ge be ,ru FIRST. VOYAGE.—As a limited number of Pas rafta'ea'l can be taken, e ar ly a pplic a tion is requested to be the Offices of the Great Ship Company (Limited), 11, am - &-street, L on d on , E.C. I\4I.°RIVICH - UNION LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY. Instituted 1808. 15, Invested Capital exceeding £ 2,000,000 Sterling. alleeluVociety is one of the very few purely Mutual Polk Society the whole of the profits being divided among the future and possesses large resources applicable to nuses. Th u : r a, *es are consid era bl y b e l ow th ose usua ll y c h arge d. ort, - ,' a' , the age of 40, th e sum of £.32 19s. 2d., which at the NoiarY premium will insure £l,OOO, with the 415znell TINTON WILL INSITRE ONE THOUSAND -NINETY-FIVE POUNDS EIGHT SHILLINGS, kul n a fi o a n n immediate Bonus in addition to subsequent am -1...,-rnitisa.uities and Special Risks undertaken on favourable coej b • et „,orins of Proposal and Prospectuses apply at the -Lond c V _Offices, 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, C. and S ey street wi • 5 urr - , Norch. CONTRACT FOR WHEAT. 1.3 e artment of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-house, 24th August, 1859. 1 111 1 COMMISSIONERS for 'EXECUTING -"OPFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the ,„KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN, and IRE DAY HEREBY GIVE NOTICE,"fhat on TRIMS ', ue lat September next, at Half-past One o'Clock, they •,.,ont N re adY to treat with such Persons as may be w illing to 'Atli-- or supplying and delivering into her Majesty's ailing. Stores at Deptiord,— Iv h ITEAT 14 , ain:l l ,.to be delivered—Half in Two Weeks, and the re 'be 'll part y teTwo Weeks afterwards, or earlier if preferred by Te atm ndering.. 1.1, de '.e may be made for the whole or any portion of the , rh ers 0,. " Lord s hi ps r eserve t o themselves the power, when the 'ell n oPened of tracting either for he whole or for quanf i r. thereof only co as they may deem fit, t or for a greater c ; v t : ()" of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited A, sPlection. Daid t:"Portional part of the price per bushel of wheat will be 4 ,44 1 , 41, Y weight exceeding 60 lbs. per busheL ,"'s (not less than two quarts), must be produced by The tendering. te e d Ban 'Pies produced by persons whose tenders are not ac- No requested to be taken away by them immediately No the Contract has been decided. Tor n , ,;ender will b e rece i ve d un l ess ma d e on th e p r i n t e d . 0 4 4,Prorided for the purpose, and which may be obtaiird Ole 11,11 cation at the said office, or to the officer conducting to ol . acket Service at Liverpool, or to the Collector of articularCus p'at tol. th e co attention is called to the recent modifications of °nice 11„diPons of the contract, which roiky be seen at the said Ico'Cno Liverpool aPd Bristol. . oiedaender will be received after half-past One o'clock on te nds •. 94 treaty, and it will not be required that the party rie e ' 4 „n= - ; or agent on his behalf, should attend at . the 'Por n . -11 the day n of contract, as the result of the offer received 1) 4(1 4°1 Person wilt be communicated to him and his pro- E ve in writing. Adipl tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the 4_ traltV f or iear inthe I left-hand corner the words" Ten ,use, vv n eat," and must also be delivered at Somerset- -,NFIELD PATENT STARCH, A./) w USED TN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, nollotrieEn I3Y nit MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to he fiE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. WREN YOU ASK FOR GLEN FIELD PATENT STARCH, SEE TRAT YOU GET IT, AS interior kinds are often substituted. Sold hy all Chandlers. Grocers, OTii-P.frgpoON & CO.. GLASGOW AND LONDON AtL b , .CAL FRIEND AND MARRIAGE GUIDE. " THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. l. ASPfree on receipt of two stamps, for postage, &c., " • eKEY, 27, Alfred-plane, Bedford-square,, London, Th e TUE GUIDE TO SELF-CURE." fi rst man of the day in these complaints."_ Medical „" A,,?se about P terinn• the Marriage State should peruse lettrth"thon; invaluable little work, as the advice he gives on `'ectie a rl disease reflects much credit upon him as a sound eltr e. ,''e true Guide to those who desire a speedy and private ti Th ---.l ini VerBl tN . Magazine. a h e c %.11FRICAN DISCOVERY' demonstrates ''' Ur gitY of ' the ' Englis - h mode of treating such corn aud will prove a blessing ' to the afflicted, who may safely a ellt4TY retrain pristine health by adopting the means k,pre -Evening St ar. ll nbli T lON.—As a duty due to the profession and the doub ts generally, Dr. Rapkey advises all persons having Da :,.cf the legal qualifications of their medical totatendant, Mk ' t ieß whem they may be about consulting, procure ° llle o ., e noval College of Surgeons, London, the Official List tile b,„7 B tered Memb-rs, price Is., or Dr. R. will, on receip , blf c 'Z e stamps, gladly assist and protect the afflicted ~':---...florwarding the same. 1) 11 ; LA' NIERT, Registered L.S.A., Honorary 0 „t th n eeMber of the London Hospital Medical Society,M.D. 2ll,rtu,nirersitv of Erlangen, &c., continues to be CON- I 'tvireiT l) On all cases ' of Debility, Nervousness, and the .rok finntties of Youth, ManhoOd, and Old Age, DAILY, .1 till 2, and from 6 till 8, at his residence, .I) r 3 BEDFORD - SQUARE, LONDON ert has Just published, price Sixpence, with ~ytled -ug - ravirto-s and Cases, a New Edition of his Wor k, Slx t , - PRESERVATION, AN ESSAY ON NERVOUS DEBILITY. Iti t whic h be forwarded post free in a sealed envelope by 1 1•0 4 , nookseller, to Cornhill, London, or by the Author, 4u4 residence'any address, for eight postage stamps. CONTENTS. I'IE P 4 I .'" , I.—The Physiolop, , y of the Generative Orga ns. ti\ , e 1 1 10 7 ll.—Puberty—Manhood -The Morale of Genera „S vp.„ Y Bl Ol ofry—True and False Morality. •uei; f - i n,.toN lll.—M arriage in its Social, Moral, and Physical bot Ex pnctincies and Disappointments. `-, 16 N IV —qn torrhrea and Impotence—Sterility in le e t h " e s — S . elf:i e n rTh flict a ed Miseries—Sad Consequences of ot c , • ''icio t ,' l PN V.—The Vices of Schoo's—Effects of . certain per 54,,,,-,s,,uabits on the mental and general faoultles—lmport , S tn "i Atorßl Discipline. silit'TTN Vl. Treatment of Nervous and Generative De- Isrii ) ,,,'.l,9Potence and Sterility—Dangerous Results of Vent"ovel Remedies-The Author's Principles of Treat 'tear; medical. Dietetic. and General, derived from Twenty - successful practice. • HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD ON Dt he CVICTION. j i ,e,arful dangers tou r valids from spurious imitations of 14 1NY' A II RY's invaluable HEALTH-RESTORING REVA Noo a `' ARABICA FOOD led to an investigation, and, ttne,PPlication in 1854 for protection, the High Court of Nevin 4 7 granted an injunction restraining Alfred Hooper 1 11 Y artllia agets under a penalty of £5, from selling' ole resembli n ng , or being a colourable imitation of Du t t lete: rtevalenta Arabica, of which we are the sole pro 'irarß. Now, therefore, this is to give notice that the above toaff,„' will be paid, upon conviction, to anyone giving infor- Nbfi n ' ana breach of the injunction. An intelligent 4 1. a"sr,equires'no admonition to shun all shopkeepers who • Cei . '"uPt.impositions. London : BARRY DU BARRY No 3 MO TE SICKLY OR ILL-CONDITIONED HORSES RA OR OTHER CATTLE. - . . ;,' B tore"t 8 HORSE and CATT LE-IMPROVING FOOD eff ic i e ncy, rigour, endurance, and muscle of ill ' c ' e lti pi e d or apparently worn-out Horses, Cows, Bul th ' ;_aives. Sheep, and Pigs. In a short time it improves 4 11 1 1 e n 9r o('aranee and value by 20 and 30 per cent. RAREY at 7 , Regent's s Q . ; uadrant, London. In tins at 3 5. , at as., "n k ofb t 450 feeds, 50s be lle, ia ou of about 1,000 feeds, •R' !Wont 11,1. per feed. of ""va. - cled on ecel t f Post-office orders. The casks free c ats , r p 0 NO MO MEDICINE TAEfree ;yr post, a popular ßE treatise, sixty-four Pages, '''ATURAL REGENERATION of the DIGESTIVE 141 1 , 01 ,, ORGANS, of lillustratince the effectual Cure, without Medicine, Aeldf 4 '''lestion (dvsnep s i el habitual Constipation, Flatulency 141 0 ,,,"Y. Palpitation- f : ,te Heart, Torpidity a the Liver, lity: s Headaches, Ne o rrouotess, Biliousness, General Debi ,.)ollg.h. A sthm a , 'ennsuotion,"Despondency, Spleen, Arc., fil t ;in pie ut 11:111s, Purgatives, or Medicine of any kind, by a r eader P T ' aB ant' and infallible rn.lans Co daapted to the general , ondon -- TrY Dn Barry -4r ~ 77, Regent-street. Ty r , 1 ' SECRET GUIDE TO HE AT TH AND hi 'HAPPINESS. A MEDICAL WORK. Post free, ierl;! C eipt of two penny stamps, diret from No. 19, ‘')l Oxford-street, illustrated With 100 opinions en t . r .aDeau, Lallemand. Roux, Ricord, hie.. It gives o r „lrnEr,p, containing the instructions for the perfect re " OT those who are pre- vented by impediments from resullnQ into the married state, also showing the dreadtul ht t ,, ti V 4 roui early abuse, gonorrhoea and syphilis, and he of t te, arising. from the chemical tests and the examination Withh ~I)ermatoza by the newly-constructed microscope, of l"eriul lenses, and containing a valuableprescription to prevent infection. " .- AITD TWORTA7 -- NT I-3TSCOVERY IN THE aten} SCIENCE Or MEDICINE. p h -- Office Seal of Great Britain. Diplome de l'Ecole de di atmacie Pharmacien •oe Paris. Imperial College of Mc- Ti e l i nn• Vienna. crl„...e,Patentee has confided the preparation of these Medi- Ro(fie ft Pbysielan of the Royal University of Erlangen, (Im o , evnber of the Royal College of s ' urgens dail y ' fi lotristered under the 'Cm Medica Act) and attends of England London, be tive,-, No. 19, lh Oxford-street, be 'le Dte briars to 1 1 and 2, end from 5 till 8 (Sundays ex arrea7l% 1 11 order a :vise Patients on their Diseases and „Ancnt, and thus ads' to the speedy certainty of Cure. ItI'ttIP'SPMAR Nos. 1, ort 2, end 3, prepared be carried hrli in the form of a 1,,,, 18 17 • devoid of taste or (11, and can ileaont pocket. Sold in tin eases, divided into separate ,ritaiclanted for both. sexes. TlTh r `RSEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RELAXA htvi 2 SPEiNTATORRH (EA, and all the distressing con or t ..lnees arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses,,__ hnd v ,." l °Tr. residence in hot climates. It has restored 1 1 0 dily ladi;ncnal strength and vigour to thou ands of debilitated_ e Fn ;Pals who are no in the enjoyment of health and th 1 / I Z(vIT -° '''' n r . I .ranhood' w : and whatever me 4.• be the cause for ally "t I, IPIONTIONS for MARRIA,GE they are effectu subdned by this Wonderful Discovery 71°^4ral13-. in tI TRIESEMAR NO. It. trti mi , .le short space of three days, coma. pilnetietlsy mild am - eradicates all traces of Gonorrhoea, both . ill a ezt" - .'avateri forms, Meets, _ Strictures, Irritation_ of and To. , der, Non-retention of Urine, Pains of the 2 11 Ntler Of a -. ,h In Those disorders which so often ruin the io n s ealth vast poAlon. of the population. A be TRIESEMAR NO. ITT. dart e s 'Zi:eat c.ln tinental Remedy for Syphilis and Sewn- Scree.., ) , ln a ptonis : it constitutes a certain cur . e for ScurvY, fitusT_ and all entail( one Eruptions, removing all impu the . 0 'min. the vital stream, so as altogether to eradicate rep, 4 111 1. , of disease, and e xpel it through the medium of _ the as s Of d i °' the skin and uri,.'e, and is a remedy for that class tr e‘t: °r l erm +, which unfortunately the English Physicianeon stitutiwL" Ni elre ll 7, to the destruction of the patient's l'est o " 1, and which all the sa,-a aparilla in the world cannot ~, re. rriN, A fe " l th 'B. "' n'T rost se. 66) and ne., a treet, t oncin e establishment, 19, Berners-street, Oxfor t - Of the sent . direct Unit c f r r ee hY post ls. Sd. extra, to any Par by DOR}, 3 , , Ingdoin: or four cases in one for sa v i, v ,: ,7 , L extra), which saves lie., and in £. 335.,cases, . 1 0 11t,di's 'Z I rs., npon receipt of Post-office Order. pay l aib b l e e Sent hel".' '''''l , a statement of the case, the Medicines will Sons, Is, r krl4.lrrn Of post. To be had also of Barclay and _ etreet . r... nadon-street; R. Howden, . , tsartlett n .-ora London-b-ridg Tf e l doors 78, Gracechurch r 43 .Etng William-street (tour No. 20,963. PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL BY MRS. OWEN. Now ready, at All the Libraries, in 3 vols., RAISED TO THE PEERAGE. A NOVEL. By MRS. OCTAVIUS OWEN. ,Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Col btrn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CHARLES KNIGHT'S POPULAR HISTORY OF ENGLAND.. On the 31st inst., will be published, price is., Part 43, of T HE POPULAR HISTORY of ENGLAND. By CHARLES KNIGHT. This Number of the History is devoted to a full narrative of the Rebellion of 1745. *** Five Volumes of this history are pnblished, price 9s each, London : Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. The SEPTEMBER Number will be ready on the 31st. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. BENTLEY'S - MISCELLANY, PRICE HALF-A-CROWN, For SEPTEMBER contains—ls the Peace Peaceful ?—Our Wager—Ems and its Neighbourhood—The Little Spanish Doctor—A Gouty Subject—Great and Little Whitton—Lord John Russell's Life of Fox—Dumas in Georgia—Francesco da Carrara Frederick the Great and Catherine ll.—Gurney. By Dudley Costello. London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. E RASER'S MAGAZ 1859. TE FOR SEPTEMBER, !s. 6d., CONT. AINS Machiavelli•and his Prince' Idylls of the Hinz. explained and illustrated. Notes on the National Drama Essay towards an Experimen- of Spain. By J. IL Chorley. tal Solution of the , Gold Chapter m.—Principles. Question. ByJ. E. Cairnes. Sword and Gown. By the, Holmby House. By G. J. Author of 'Guy Living , Whyte. Melville, Author of stone, Part VI. Digby Grand.' Part IX. Concerning Friends in Coun- Some remarks on Mr. Buckle's cll. History of Civilisation.' A Much Ado About Nothing. Letter to the Editor, from I Thi. Lady of Lee. Dr. Mayo. Naples, France, and Austria. London: John W. Parker and Son, West-strand. SPERKATORRII(EA. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon tA3 . ,the Met . r9olitan_lnflrmary for the ON Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. 4d., Cure of Strictures of tlie Urethra " 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, Regent-street. VINEGAR. Patronised by her Majesty's Government.—CONDY'S PATENT PURE CONCEN TRATED MALT VlNEGAR.—Families, by using this de licious Vinegar, insure purity, and effect a saving of 50 per cent. See Report of Dr. Letheby, City Officer of Health ;.Dr Hassall, of the "Lancet" Commission, and others. Sold by the Trade, in bottles labelled and 'ea ruled. Wholesale, 63, Ring William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Six Quart Sample sent free to any Railway for 3s. 6d. CIERTAIN RELIEF for the AFFLICTED.— Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, gent, area 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 in'igo rate the whole system. Sold by most druggists, in libxes, Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. 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. PRIVATE MEDICAL ADVICE by MR. SCOTT, at all times, on those diseases which require promptitude and skill in their treatment. The circum stances under which they were contracted render secresy necessary, and demand the confidence of the medical adviser. l'emale Obstructions, arising from what ever cause, can be removed by a personal visit to Mr. Scott. Pregnancy, and other cases of a delicate nature, which need not be further alluded to, treated to the issue, be fore charge is made for medicine ; and any case within reach of professional skill Mr. Scott decidedly states shall be re moved at a moderate expense. Ladies consulting by letter, enclosinga fee, will ensure the strictest confidence. Female Obstruction Pills, 4s. the Box, post-free. —Address, 17, Adam-street, Strand, London. . (SIGHT AND HEARING.—SPECTACLES.— ki POWERFUL TELESCOPES.—OPERA, RACE, and PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. Messrs. S. and B. Solo mona, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe onpositevthe York Hotel, W.—Opera, Race-course, Field, and general Out. door Day and Night Perspective Glasses. very small, for the waistcoat pocket, each containing 12 and 18 lenses, constructed of German glass. Will show distinctly persons to know them at two-and-a-half and three miles, and an object from eight to ten miles distant. Her Majesty's Coast Guards are making use of them as day and night glasses in preference to all others ; they are also preferred for deer stalking by sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Tele scopes inches long, by which a person may be clearly seen and known at 3i miles, and an object at 12 to 14 miles dis tance ; and with an extra astronomical eye-piece, Jupiter's moon's. Saturn's rings, and the double stars are distinctly seen. All the above can be had of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers, and are secured by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a half mile distant. They an swer every purpose on the Race-course and at the Opera houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at four to six miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Price 30s.—Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived from this Invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation—can see with those lenses of a much less magnifying power, and they do not re quire the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world by sending one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they can read small print with it,, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.— New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerfully small newly-invented instrument for Deafness, entirely different from all others, surpasses anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assem blies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe —opposite the York Hotel, W 3, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W., NEAR THE PANTHEON. D R. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons. Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apo thecaries' Hall. London, can be consulted daily (only) as above, on all cases of NervAls 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 is. ; by post, 13 stamps, 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and orfrinal Work, entitled OURSELVES. Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation - The Origin of Disease--Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exposition of, and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennerrhag,la (Gonorrhoea), Spermatorrhcea, Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &c. FEMALE.' The Physiology and Anatomy of Women--Functional Ir rezudarities in Health ani 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 Obligations, Happiness, and - Disappointments ; Love and other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off spring secured. No. 3. THE CASE BOOK : 100 Cases of SPERMATORRHCEA, Their Causes. Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, &c. &c. &c. To be had of Mann, 30, Cornhill ; and the Authors. Advice to the Working Classes, fee Half-a-Guinea.: D U BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA CHOCOLATE POWDER Contains the greatest amount of easily assimilated nourishment for strengthening delicate persons, children, and infants with weak stomachs, chest, or nerves, and, at 3-pence per meal, affords a delicious breakfast, lunch, or supper. It is the best dietetic homcepa thic preparation, and maybe eaten either alone or mixed with Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. Admirably adapted to rear Infants with. in Tins at ls. 6d ; lib., 35.; 21b., ss. 9d. ; 51b. 12s. ; 121 b., 265. 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 DU BARRY'S DELICIOUS HEALTH-RESTORING REVALENTA A RABICA FOOD Cures effectually Indiges tion (dyspepsia), palpitation, tion,flatulency, phlegm, nervousness, biliousness, liver complaints, hysteria, neuralgia, sleepless ness, acidity, Pipheartburn, eruptions, impurities, irritability, low spirits, diarrhoea, dysentery, hemorrhoids, headache, noises in the head and ears, debility, diabetes, pains between the shoulders, despondency, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sicknes bronchitis regnancy or atspasms, fits, cough, asthma,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. Cure 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 Pluskow, 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, andnervous irritability. Cure No. 34,210. Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212. Captain Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms and daily yomitings. Cure No. 26,418. Dr. Hervey, of diarrhcea and debility. Cure No. 29,628. Dr. Wurtzerof consumption. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts. merchant, Fernley, Surrey, of 20 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 4,208. " Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with Du cramps, s pasms, and nausea. have been effectually mir ed by Barry's health -restoring Food. Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk."—Cure No. 3,906, of thirteen yeaAt rs' cough, Indigystion, and general debility. James Porter, .hol-street, Porth. Sold in canisters 11b. s. 9d. ; 21b. 4s. 121 b. 22s Super refined quality, Mb. , 2 225. ; 101 b. 335. The 101 b. and 121 b. canisters are forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office Fortnum, order. Bar Mason, andry Du Barry an Co., 77, Regent-street, London Co., d purveyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330, Strand ; 4, Olteapside ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate-street ; 105 and 63, Oxford -o:zed ; 85, Tottenham-court-road ; also in Liverpool, at Nixons,l, Castle-street Leeds, Reinhardt and Co. ; )r. Butler, Medical Halt; Maucheateps Sharp and Scott , ddinburgh, Katmai and Co. ~~ L 6 ~~ r- - . . , r , 11 arl f„ ? 1)fl 1 / 1 /0 • • s • • at! , , 1, 40 4 4 :, 4 V:i 7;, 6 1K .. 41 • • , 4 1, er— •"I 3/4,e. siv ;' "." 1 / 4 '41 • '4 ,4101 4.4n $4 , 0.& • „ 4Atilkllib, n , 4 .1, t I - , „,,, , . # R OTT- 111 • r „.... THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1859. 'THE LONDON.—The attention of Gentlemen A- is especially drawn to the advantages offered in these elegant and spacious Saloons, which fulfil all the require ments of a West-end club of the most aristocratic and exclu sive character. Mon trouve dans la Salle de Lecture non seulement lee meilleurs jonrneaux Anglais, macs aussi Allemand, Francais, et Beige. F. SAW YER, Proprietor,l9l, Fleet-street THE LONDON.—S AW Y E R'S famous -a- LONDON DINNER, consisting* of two soups, two iish, two entrees, joints, two sweets, cheese, and salad, at a fixed charge of 2s. 6d. 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A pamphlet on this interesting subject, accompanied by festimonials from the principal Nobility, Gentry, and Agri :ulturists, forwarded on application. In casks containing 148 feeds (measures enclosed), price 505., carriage paid to any Railway Station in the United Kingdom. Post-office orders savable to Joseph Thorley, 77, Newp;ate-street, London. N.B.—The public arecautioned against being imposed upon by worthless imitations. • being replaced by more durable materials. Sir M. Peto is about to con struct 2 so new houses at Southend The North Devon have declared a dividend for the past half-year at the rate of 18s. 9d. per cent. per annum. The earnings have been £12,624 against £10,468 in the same period of 1858. About half of the increase is due to the Agricultural Associa tion meeting at Barnstaple last June. At the North and South-Western Junction meeting the distribu tion ordered was at the tate of 1 per cent, per annum, being an addition of / to the amount divided last year. The revenue shows an increase from all sources, but the principal improvement has been under the head of passengers. The shareholders of the Warrington and Stockport have approved a 4 per cent. dividend as proposed. The bill for leasing the line to the London and North-Western and St. Helen's Companies for 999 years has received the Royal assent. The terms are 4 per cent. for the first year and 41 afterwards. The Coniston line was opened for passengers in June, but is not yet ready for goods and minerals. A railway is projected from Thetford through Bury St. Edmund's to Sud bury. Another scheme proposes's, line from Bury St. Edmund's to Elsenham. At a meeting of the Monkland a dividend'at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum was declared. There has been an increase in the net revenue of £3,885. The report of the Whitehaven. and. Furness Junction states the available balance to be £2,256, out of which a distribution of 3s. 6d. per share iS recommended, carrying forward £265. At the Furness meeting the proposed 7 per cent. dividend was agreed to. There has been a considerable augmentation in the receipts, notwithstanding the injurious effect of the late war upon trade, while the working ex penses show a reduction. The agreement for the lease of the Coniston has been sanctioned by the Board of Trade. The directors of - the London, Chatham, and Dover (late East Kent) state that the works are progressing satisfactorily, and that they confidently expect the completion of the whole line by October, 1860. The portion between Faversham and Canterbury will probably be finished next March. A meeting of the English bond and shareholders of the 'New York and Erie has been held to consider the necessary steps to be taken with regard to the legal proceedings instituted against the company and the appointment of a re ceiver. It was resolved to send a deputation to New York to examine the accounts and assist in re organising the concern. The Bourn and Essendine line is expected to be ready for traffic by the end of November. The report of the Great Western and Brentford states that the bill for a lease to the Great Western has received the royal assent. Upon the completion of the approach road from Brentford to the dock, now in a forward state, the arrangement will come into operation. The Shrewsbury and Hereford have declared a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum; South Staffordshire, 44 ' • and Hull and Holderness, 21-. The committee of ma nagement of the Lombardo-Venetian and Central Italian Railways have given notice that all future calls must be paid in gold or silver, and that the dividend for the year 1858 has been fixed at Bs. per share. THE BALLOT IN 2HE UNITED ST-4TES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Mr. Cobden, in his speech at Rochdale, says that in America " Every ono admits that the ballot is the most convenient, peaceful, and moral means of taking votes ever devised." Perhaps it is not generally known that the bal lot, nearly universal in America, is not secret, as proposed in this country, but open. I have before me a rather striking commentary on Mr. Randall's account of the value of the ballot in Philadelphia. It is a leading article in the Public Ledger, of Phi ladelphia, Feb. 28, 1859, headed " Abuses of our Government." Speaking of people in office, it says : " With the machinery at their command, and the means they so well know how to use, they can con trol the elections and override the people in their choice. If legitimate means fail, what is to prevent such crimes being committed as false swearing at elections, false voting, and all the other falsehoods which are essential to fraudulent elections. . . Hence the corrupt principle which controls our political contests infects the vital principle of re publican government, the purity and freedom of the ballot-box. The elections are a fraud on the people, and the people are again defrauded by those whom the first cheat has elevated into public station." The enclosed letter from the talented author of " Two Years before the Mast " gives more precise information than has yet appeared on the subject, especially as to the diffiulty of making the ballot secret. Mr. Dana has kindly given me leave to publish it. To vouch for its authenticity, I beg to sub scribe myself, your obedient servant, London, Aug. 19. RADSTOCK. "Boston, June 27. "My dear Lord Radstock,—Had I known at the time that you were so much interested in the ballot question I should have gone more into detail. I think I can give you the history of the ballot in Massachusetts within reasonable limits. "We have always had the vote by ballot in Massachusetts, but it is the open and not the secret ballot. I have no doubt that the ballot was intro duced for the purpose of securing secrecy and pro tecting the voter. The first mention of it in our kistory (see "Palfrey's History of New England," vol. i., page 375) seems to indicate this. But by the inevitable operation of certain causes this pur pose has been frustrated, and the ballot has become an open one. " These causes are the following : " The purity of the ballot must be preserved at all hazards. Our experience has shown us that in the excitement of great popular elections, deciding the policy of ee he f , and its vast patronage, chance is given for If allowed, the result is them.frauds will t bht these r o a u u n d t s committed,r y If a not only that the popular will may be defeated, and the result falsified, but that the worst side will pre vail. The side which has the greater number of dishonest men will poll the most votes. The war cry, Vote early and vote often !' and the familiar problem, how to cast the greater number of votes with the smallest number of voters,' indicate the direction in which the dangers lie. "The first danger is of illegal voters. The second is of illegal Totes. " To gwzrd against the former, which is common to the ballot and viva voce voting, we require a re gistry of voters to be kept, and each voter to pre sent himself in open meeting, declare his name, and have it checked from the list before he can deposit his ballot. If his name is not on the register he is rejected. He cannot safely attempt to personate another who is a voter in the presence of the public meeting. We have never been willing to entrust the duty of enforcing these rules and detecting such imposture to any officers, however chosen or appointed. We are not willing to let voters go secretly into boxes or covered ways, out of public view, and there entrust the purity of the franchise to the risks of the fidelity, intelligence, or diligence of any selected persons. Such a system could not stand in America. Our experience will not war rant us in trusting such power to any officers, or to delegates of parties or candidates. It could not stand against the popular distrust, in case of an unexpected result of an important election. Such a mode of voting, too, is against the habits and instincts of our people. " Our security, then, against illegal voters, or legal voters voting more than once; and the perso nation of an absent voter, is in requiring the voter to appear in open meeting, subject to scrutiny and challenge. " The next danger is of illegal votes—that is, of a voter depositing more than one vote. This is a danger from whieh viva voce voting is free. It is the great danger attending the ballot. If it cannot be satisfactorily guarded against the ballot must be given up. The end must not be sacrificed to the means. The danger is that with the paper folded several ballots may be dropped as one. This gives the election to the party of the must rogues. T o guard against this we have required the voter to present his ballot at the ballot-box in public meeting, open and unfolded, SO that all can see that he deposits but one vote. Not only the sworn officers, but chiefly, and more earnestly, and effectually, the party committees and eager par tisans keep watch over the singleness of the ballot. " I have thus shown you how the necessary ope ration of causes has made our ballot an open one. " Let me now tell you how far, and in what sense, it is an open one. " If the voting were for one or two candidates only, and each man wrote his vote, he might pass this ordeal of scrutiny, and still in many cases•pre serve the secret of his vote—yet not easily. But we vote for so many officers in America that a bal lot is like a subscription:list. In choosing the Presi dent we vote for a whole corps of electors—in New York for 36, in Massachussetts for 13. We choose long lists of senators, representatives, counsellors, state, city, town, county, and ward officers. All these are usually on one ballot, arranged under their proper heads. This list is agreed upon at a party convention or caucus, and printed for 'the use of the voters. The printed ballots are so COD venicnt that a written ballot is almost as rare as a written bank cheque. It would be exceedingly inconvenient—little short of impossible—for each vother to prepare his own list, assigning to each office a candidate who is legally qualified in all respects, and is understood to be .willing to accept the office. Moreover, as a plurality elects—that is, a relative and not an absolute majority—every vote for a candidate not previously agreed upon by others is thrown away. From these causes .it happens that printed ballots are all but exclusively used, and that the ballots are those provided by the party committees. Each party has at the polls its printed ballots and ballot distributors. The ballots are distinguished by colours and by emblems. The Democratic tickets may be headed by the eagle, and the Republican by the stars and stripes, and one of blue paper and the other of white. If a man deposits the party ballot, holding it open and un folded, in the presence of all the meeting, so that it can be told that it is single, and gives his name, and awaits scrutiny, it can readily be understood what the secrecy amounts to. If he refuses the party ticket, and offers one of his own, even if his vote is not read, he is marked as a 'bolter.' "Now, the politicians and the party committees have every motive for ascertaining each man's vote: ' They canvass every voting district thoroughly. They have their check lists at the polls. As each voter is checked off from the public register he is checked from the committee's list,' _ and the cha-. racter of his vote is set down as certain or probable. As the time of closing the polls draws near absentees are drummed up, until the list of sure and probable supporters is exhausted. Party fidelity is exacted, and a swerving from it is watched and remembered. " In this state of things our ballot has practically no element of secrecy. The result of the voting is known before it is declared. I have seen a ballot of 1,000 votes counted by bystanders so as to come out correctly. It is not unusual, in times of excite ment, to hear applause or hisses as a ballot is de posited. " About the year 1851 thepublic mind was much stirred by a movement for a secret ballot. It was agreed on both sides that our system had no secrecy. The argument for the secret ballot was that the voter must be protected against undue influence. This influence was not, as in England, from great landlords over their tenants and labourers; for we have no such system with us. Our agriculture is in the hands of small freeholders, and they are the most independent class we have. The undue in fluence was from the political organizations, which aim at a despotic control over individual action, and from the great manufacturing establishments, corporate and un-incorporated, and, to some extent, from the large employers engaged in commerce and the mechanic arts. Committees of inquiry were appointed by the Legislature, and they reported rather a serious state of inquisition and intimidation in many quart( rs. " Still, the secret ballot met with strong opposi tion. It was nicknamed the sneaking ballot,' and was characterised as unsuited to our feelings and habits, and as debasing. It was said that it was better to leave a few timid voters unprotected, than to lower the tone of a whole people. It was also predicted that secrecy was impossible if desirable, and that the result would be a series of troublesome, undignified, and complicated contrivances ending in nothing. " The friends of the secret ballot took great pains to meet the latter objection ; and a leading advo cate of it went to England and conferred with the supporters of secret ballot there, and examined the various plans. Some of these plans the friends of the measure rejected as too complex, and others because they knew that our people would never give up the requirement of scrutiny in open meeting, and would never leave the office of detection to selected bodies, however selected, or however numerous. Having free scope and full opportunity they settled upon their system. It was that of the sealed envelope. " The question was decided by the Legislature of 1851. There was a strong party of devoted advo cates, and a strong party of determined opponents. The men of middle opinions held the balance ; and they were willing the experiment should be tried, and fairly tried. It was rare to find a man who wished the secret ballot for himself ; but all thought they knew persons who did need it. The large majority thought we ought to submit to inconveni ence, and even to some humiliation of pride, to some crossing of tastes and sentiments, in order to save our weaker brethren from offence. The advo cates of the measure moulded it as they pleased, and carried the measure as they prepared it. " Certain difficulties were to be met and overcome. Public voting in open meeting was a sine qua non. If the envelope betrayed its contents secrecy was gone. It must be seen, or two envelopes might be deposited for one. The party committees, who never favour secrecy from their own scrutiny, would furnish ballot, envelope and all, and the old colours and emblems would defeat the end of secrecy. To meet this difficulty, it was provided that the envelopes should be of one size, form, and colour, and all free from every emblem, sign, writing, or any other designation. This made it necessary that the law should determine the sizs, form, colour, &c., and that the envelopes should be furnished by the public authorities. Accordingly, the Government furnished to each town a large supply of envelopes, which were to be furnished by the officers of the town, at the polls, to the electors. " To give the secret ballot its due efficiency it must be made obligatory on all. For if the resort to it was optional the use of it would be itself a cause of suspicion, inquisition, and intimidation. " To prevent a ballot flom slipping out of the envelope after being deposited, and thus rejected as irregular, each envelope must be sealed. Wax and wafers might be used as emblems and would be troublesome, so the envelopes were made self sealing with gluten. " It was found that the party committees or their employers obtained the envelopes, put ballots in them, and offered them thus to the voters. This put the voter to the dilemma of refusing or accept. ing, and let in the very influence the law was in tended to preclude. Strict laws were then made against obtaining and offering envelopes, and the officers were required, under oath, to give them only to voters, singly, and in the same room in which the ballot -box stood. " Still, the domineering employers and party com mittees might make envelopes of the required size, form and colour and offer them. This made it ne cessary to forbid and exclude all envelopes but those made and furnished by the officers. To secure this, it was provided that each envelope should be stamped with the arms of the State, and penalties were enacted against counterfeiting these stamps. " Another practical difficulty. arose. The self sealing was not always secure. Envelopes got opened in the box, in tumbling out the ballots, and lost their contents, and thus were rejected. To re medy this the authorities were required to keep a supply of gluten at the polls to aid in the sealing. Stiff-fingered labourers complained that they could not manage the envelopes, the self-sealing, and the gluten, and the very name of gluten became a by word and a jest. It was further provided that bal lots out of envelopes should be counted, if once fairly deposited. "These may seem to you absurd details, but I assure you the best talent of the earnest friends of the secret ballot were employed in perfecting the system from year to year. The law was passed in 1851, and amended in 1852. It was tried two years, at one presidential and several State and minor elections. What with the interest whieh political committees and the employers have in ascertaining how men vote, what with the preference of many, and the willingness of most to have their votes known, and what with the inconvenience of the system itself, it fell into disfavour. In 1853 a law was passed allowing each voter to use either the secret or the open ballot, at his option, and the secret ballot died a natural death. "At the Presidential election of 1856, although the envelopes were supplied and placed at the polls by the authoritiess with their stamps and gluten, as the law directs, I have been told that in the entire common wealth, out of 167,000 ballots cast, perhaps not 100 were secret. At the place where I voted I did not see one envelope used, and the count of the by standers kept even tally with the official report. "During the last session of the Legislature an attempt was made to revive the secret ballot law, but in a House of Representatives where the Liberal party largely prevailed, the motion met with no favour, and was given the go-by without debate or division. " You may ask me, why then do we have the ballot at all, instead of viva voce voting, the latter being less liable to frauds ? A sufficient cause is that in the multiplicity ama complexity of our po pular elections, viva voce voting would be almost PRICE 4 D . S TAMP ED, SD. impossible. The ballot is rapid, convenient, and quiet. Probably, also, there is a feeling that while the open ballot is not a protectionagainst scrutiny, yet undue influence has somewhat freer scope, and the dependent and timid voter is somewhat more in danger where he is obliged to declare his vote aloud. (" In our, legislative bodies, of course, we have the usual practice,—that, in taking a question, even a small minority may demand an open vote, which with us isyeas and nays, and not by a division as with you. In the choice of their officers, legislative bodies usually proceed by ballot • but in more im portant elections, as electing of United States sena tors, they have of late adopted the viva voce method. It is thought that this being a high trust to be exercised on behalf of the whole State should be exercised:openly.) " The summary of our experience, then, may be stated thus " 1. The ballot (secret or open) is promotive of quiet at polls, and under our system of general suf frage, and of the multiplicity of officers to be voted for at the same time, is almost a necessity, on the grounds of convenience. " 2. It is found in practice that the ballot can be sufficiently guarded against fraud, but in securing this result we have deprived it of the element of secrecy. " 3. The attempt to introduce a mode of ballot which shall be at once secret, and secure against fraud, and reasonably convenient, has so far failed with us. " 4. What may be the present opinion of the majority as to the principle of the secret ballot is matter of conjecture. A large and influential pro portion oppose it on principle, and what with this difference of opinion on the principle, and what with the difficulties in details, the secret ballot has been abandoned and the open ballot fallen back upon, as affording as much protection to the voter as in the opinion of some is desirable, and of others is prac ticable.—Believe me, very truly. :yours, " RICHARD H. DANA, Jun. " Right Hon. Lord Radstock." 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 (instead of the usual steel spring) a soft bandage, fitting so closely as to avoid detection. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss forwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. John White, 228, Piccadilly. Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. Doublo ditto, 31s. ed., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. Post-office Orders to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. Maker of Elastic Stockings, Knee-caps, &c. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. The railway proceedings of the last week have again comprised several important meetings. At the Great Northern a dividend was declared at the proposed rate of 3 1 per cent. per annum. With the view of keeping down the capital account many new lir es for which Parliamentary powers are ob tained have not been consti ucted. The expendi ture of capital during the past half-year has been £64,157, the principal items being £25,000 for the right of using the Sheffield station of the Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, £11,178 for land and compensation, £5,000 to £6,000 for a building to accommodate the engines of the Midland, for which a rent equivalent to 6 per cent. will be re ceived, £3,200 fir improvements in engines, &c. The total revenue for the half-year shows an in crease compared with 1858 of £21,000, notwith standing a falling off of like amount in the coal traffic, and the circumstance that in the previous year there had been an exceptional receipt of £15,000 from Redpath's estate. The report of the Birkenhead states that the total revenue for the six months ending in June was £6,035 more than in the same period of last year. The available balance is £29,856, out of which a distribution at the rate of 21 per cent per annum is recommended. The terms for the transfer of the line to the London and North-Western and Great Western are a 21 per cent. dividend in 1860 and 1861; for the next four rears 31, and then 4. If the earnings, however, in 1860 exceed 21 per cent. 31 per cant. is to be paid for 1861. At the meeting of the Eastern Counties the proposed distribution at the rate of2l-Fr cent. per annum was agreed to. It was stated that the deferred permanent way account has been reduced in two years from £130,000 to £50,000. The un secured debt from Messrs E. and A. Prior is £6,000. The debenture debt, as compared with December, 1858, has been diminished by £40,818. The re duction in the dividend was attributed to the heavy compensation for accidents paid by the com pany. The report of the Lancashire and York- shire states the net balance to be £274,851, out of which a dividend is recommended at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum. The increase in the gross receipts for the past half year was £107,006, while the expenditure has aug mented by £16,471 only. The bill for the amalga mation with the East Lancashire has received the Royal assent. At a meeting of the Bristol and Exeter the proposed 51 per cent. distribution was ordered. There has been a satisfactory augmenta tion under every head of revenue. The directors of the South-Eastern state in their report that the gross receipts for the past half-year were £524,919, including £22,932 •from steamboat traffic : the ex penditure being £250,800. Compared with the same period of 1858 an increase is shown in the net receips of £36,213. A dividend is recommendedat the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. The amount of capital laid out in the six months ending in June was £32,942, the principal items being £15,200 for the purchase of the Caterham Railway, £5,070 for rolling stock, &c. At a meeting of the Bristol and South Wales Union it was stated that the works are progressing satisfactorily, 21 miles of the most difficult part of the undertaking having been com pleted. The distribution of the Eastern Union is at the annual rate of £1 4s. on the A stock, and 16s. on the B. With reference to the litigation with the Eastern Counties the directors state that they have obtained a favourable award. The Wood bridge line has been opened for traffic. At the Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston meeting the dividend declared was 3s. per share. There has been a decrease in the goods and mineral traffic, but an increase in the passengers. The capital account was stated to be virtually closed. At a meeting of the Margate (late Herne-bay and Faver sham) it was announced that the bill for the exten sion to Margate has received the :Royal assent. The whole line is expected to be completed by the beginning of next June, by which the distance be tween London and Margate will be shortened by 26 miles. The shareholders of the Blyth and Tyne have agreed to the proposed dividend of 9 per cent. per annum. Theline is said to have improved, and the rolling stock to be in better condition than on any previous occasion. The report of the Waterford and Limerick states that the total revenue during the past half-year was £31,908,and that an increase is shown in the net receipts of £3,915. The avail able balance is £3,335, out of which a 1 per cent. per annum distribution is recommended. At the Wimbledon and Dorking meeting it was stated that the line was opened for traffic rn the 4th of April. The profit since then, to the 30th of June, has been £1,564. The shareholders of the Dublin and Belfast Junction have adopted the proposition for a 4 per oent. dividend out of the net balance of £23,466. The laying of the additional portions of the second line of rails is expected to be completed before the IN inter. At a meeting of the London, Tilbury, and Southend it was announced that the net revenue in the six months ending in June was £6,946, or £656 more than at the same period of last year. The whole of the permanent way was stated to be in good order, and in some of the bridges the wood-work is ~~- `~.~ ~L .2'7 TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—ln the Times of this day appears a letter from Lord Radstock, offering you an explanation of the state of the ballot in Masachussetts, United States, America, from the pen of Mr. Dana, an American writer. I have in the most complete manner laid before the public the whole of that information on the authority of the Hon. A. Wal ker, late one of the Secretaries of State, and, hav ing lately been honoured with an interview with Mr. Walker, I am enabled to say that he confirmed every word which I had ventured to say on his authority. Between Mr. Dana and Mr. Walker this differ ence exists. Mr. Walker considers that the Ame ricans never can eradicate the vices which have found their way into their electoral system without a secret ballot, and. contends that when he carried that measure in the Legislature it was successful in operation and upset by a faction, and if it re quired any alteratoon it was merely in detail. The Americans generally, and Messrs. Dana and Wal ker in particular, cze united in one common opinion that the ballot, of whatever description, affords the best, most peaceful, and least objectionable mode of taking votes. I\Thy need we trouble ourselves with the ballot in. America when we have the ballot in England :perfectly successful in our elec toral institutions, and only untried in Parliamen tary and some municipal elections ? Why are our flourishing Australian colonies so carefully ig nored in the columns of the Times :1 Why should the difference of opinion, not on the exist ence, but the mode of ballot in America be descanted on, and the perfect unanimity of all classes which exists in Australia as to the beneficial results of its adoption be so studiously avoided ? Simply, it is 'because every objection which has been made in tleory to secret voting has met with a practical ref o.tation in our Southern colonies ; in an Australian election personation is just as easy of detection as: at an election in England. Bribery under secret voting is just as easy of detection as Linder open voting ; and, if you desire a comment up on the utility of secret -voting as a check upon lxribery, refer to the late disclosures printed in th( e records of infamy the blue-books, and you will f lad that where the election agents have been grei:::n enough, contrary to usual practice to ay some scoundrel in advance for his vote, the yore has been given with no reference to value re ceived, but dim ectly in accordance with the voter's original opini , ms. (See Minutes of Wakefield and Gloucester Ehition Petitions.) If, therefore, you plunge the vote altogether into obscurity, you will destroy the inarket. This was Mr. Coppock's opinion of th a effect of the ballot. In Australia the power of d'oetection of all kinds of malversation of the franchise exists under the ballot, as it does in this country under open voting, while the bal lot appears tokave proved altogether itsprevention. As for intimichation, the ballot destroys it entirely. The arguments: used against the operation of secret voting upon ivitimidation are utterly unworthy of notice. All I 'have ventured to ask of the House of Commons is to , accord to me the truth of the prin ciple, that the elector has a right to demand pro tection in the discharge of the duty imposed upon him, and the iietecils are the most simple things possible by which that principle can be carried out. In formal g these details I should be acting under the advice of some of the most distinguished and able men - whether in or out of Parliament. I admit that if •vie did not produce a measure utterly subversive of •our monster grievance, intimidation, calculated, to check bribery in all constituencies of at least 2,000 electors, retaining the means of de tecting person ntion, false votes, and the power of appeal, at the :same time producing peace and order at elections, le? e must have grossly miscalculated cause and effect. It is not for me, however, even actiug under the best advice, to. claim perfection for any measure. Accord me but: the principle, and the details of the bill which we shall propose are open to discussion and amendment, and they are certain to be met by the most acrid 'opposition. If such a bill could not be successfully- opposed in the House of Commons, as the time is, I believe, approaching when it can not, an attemi it would then be made to perpetrate its emasculationt, in which the House of Lords would join with great gusto. If it pleased the Legislature to make such a. law and to turn their attention and abilities to its c ompletion, we may reasonably ex pect a more perfect and complete statute than that which has pro v ed such a blessing to Australia. I B.ln, Sir, yours obediently, F. HENRY F. BERKELEY. Victoria-square, Aug. 27. TO T Z:E EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Allow - me to correct an error in the letter of my country /man and friend Mr. Dana, which ap pears in your columns to-day, "that the ballots are distinguished by colours and emblems." Coloured ballots are certainly illegal in Massachusetts, and I think in most of the United States, With this o:cception the letter is a truthful, im partial, and u n answerable statement of the design, operation, an d. effect of the ballot, at least in the New England States, and I hope its publication may in some measure correct the exaggerated state ments which the Ballot Society have so industri ously circulate d in regard to this matter, and which the hon. menr.Toer for Birmingham has adorned w_ ith an eloquence - worthy a better caus e. H. F. P. TZIE MAIL SER VICE. ------- SOUTIIAMI"TON, SATURDAY.—The steamship Orissa, Captegin Joy, left this day with the Bombay mail, 45 pas* engers, and £246,339 in specie and jewellery. A mong the passengers are Major and Mrs. Andrews, Captain Johns, Captain and Mrs. Sicowright, Captain Xinnes, Lieutenant Lloyd, &c. The sterv,mship Tagus, Captain Cook, left this day with the Peninsular mail and 30 passengers. The steamship Parana will take out the West India and South Pacific mails of the 2d proximo. The Pera is prep: tring to convey the East India and China mails of the 4th proximo. The Athens will take out the Cape of Good The Hope mails on the 6th. Avon will take outthe Brazil and River Plate mails of the 9th. The Vectis,with the homeward Peninsular mails may be looked for on the 31st. The Indus, with the due on the I s t China, 31st. and N T i h e e di L te a rranean mails, is Plata, with the expected East on. the West India, :and Pacific mails, is Sept. The Tthe Brazil 'T'asmanian, with iI , i3 n o d n , w ißiverwith Plate mails, is due on the sth. The the Bombay - and Australian mails, is due on the 12th. The :Peninsular and Oriental Company's new steam-ships Delta and China are expected from Londo a in a few days. The following are the es o arrivals and •depart ur i steam-ships for and from the United states during the ensuing week :—The Teutonia, from New York to Hamburg, with advices of t he 15th, is expected in Cowes Roads on Monday irier nin The Fulton, from New York to Havre, with the g' American mails and advices of the 20th in st • , may be looked foron the I st prox imo. The Ara get , with the French and English mails, °. will leave on the 31st. The Borussia, from Ham burg to Nt w York, will leave on the 4th. ~~ 572- -t i . V ~, _E -~ ~~~..~ lj~ r -,`~ O ~,~~r ~_ ~_ e^'^ '_ i''7'' 9(1 4. THE LUCKNOW HERO W ‘ l. l DOVER, SATURDAY Ev The remnant of the gallant body of men widse S names are imperishably linked with the heroic de- oT fence of the city of Lucknow have just arrived here, to- take up their quarters in this garrisoa, having landed at Portsmouth at 9 o'clock this r in morning. Their arrival had been anticipated with 1 a good deal of enthusiasm by the people of Dover, ever since the depot of the regiment, under Major 71 " Clapcott, was removed hither from Aldershott, and it became known that it would be joined here by the head-quarters, on the latter returning from India ; and the reception they met with did credit to the grateful and patriotic feelings of our towns men. For some weeks past it has been determined that whenever the head-quarters of the regiment should arrive something like a demonstration should take place, and also that a more substantial mark of the sentiments entertained for the courage and endurance manifested by these gallant fellows under circumstances of the utmost danger should be afforded. To advance these objects a committee of townsmen wos formed, with one of the oldest and most esteemed inhabitants, Mr. C. Lamb, as its chairman. By these gentlemen a subscription was opened, and we are glad to state that the response ' has been such that a fete of some kind will at no distant day be given to the gallant fellows who arrived here on Saturday, in celebration of their return home. Upon this point the commanding officer will of course have to be consulted, but it is more than probable that it will take place in the course of the ensuing week. It was understood that the train conveying the troops from Ports mouth would arrive here at half-past 5 o'clock, by which hour a vast concourse of persons had assem bled at the railway station and its approaches. In the interior of the statiou was a large assemblage of the very elite of the place, in this its most fashionable season. Among the official personages were Major-General Craufurd, with his Aide de-Camp, Captain Malet, Brigade-Major Barnard, Colonel Cuppage, R.A., Captain Triscott, R.N., &c. On the outside a very large crowd had gathered, patiently keeping their ground from the time mentioned as the expected hour of arrival un til the train actually entered the station at about a quarter to seven o'clock. The chairman and several gentlemen of the committee above referred to were also in attendance, and on the arrival of the train headed a procession then formed, and which passed through the principal streets of the town to the military quarters at the Western Heights, preceded by a banner bearing the inscription, Welcome home, heroes 'of Lucknow !" The arrival of the train was greeted with loud huzzaing and waving of handkerchiefs, and the greatest enthusiasm was manifested, these demonstrations being warmly re sponded to by the Lucknow men. The bands of the Oxfordshire Militia and of the 32d depot were in attendance and played on the way to the Heights " Home, sweet home," and such other airs as were suggested by the circumstances. The number of civilians, which comprised some thousands on quit ting the railway station, increased at every step, and the cheering was incessant. At several win dows flags and laurels were displayed. Some of the poor fellows seemed touched with the ovation, and when on reaching their quarters the depot saluted the colours of the regiment, for the honour of which so much had been sacrificed and imperilled, the scene was very affecting. The head-quarters are about 300 strong, and with the depot, which is in an admirable state of discipline, the entire strength of the regiment is about 1,100. ~1 RELIGIOUS DISSENSIONS IN ST. GEORGE'S EAST. Yesterday there was a repetition, though not to a very serious extent, of the disgraceful disturbances in the parish church of St. George's-in-the-East. The morning service was conducted by the Rev. Frederick George Lee, S.C.L., of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. There were some strange singularities in the service which are worthy of notice, inasmuch as they are partly the causes whichlend to keep alive the spirit of religious animosity with which the parish is unhappily afflicted. The rector is away, and the churchwarden (Mr. Thompson) who has a most painful and difficult duty to discharge, states in reply to inquiries that he does not know where the rev. gentleman is, nor who is in charge" of the parish. There is, consequently, no one who is re sponsible for the ecclesiastical condition of the parish, and the churchwarden is at the mercy of any strange clergyman who may appear to take the duty. At the commencement of the service yesterday morning, Mr. Lee appeared at the altar, to which he did re verence, in the vestments of a Roman Catholic priest, the ordinary ecclesiastical habit of a clergy. man of the Church of England being entirely dis pensed with. The reading desk was also ignored by him. He knelt in front of the altar and intoned the prayers, and when the time came for reading the lessons that duty was performed by a layman, who ascended the desk habited in a plain white sur plice of a pattern similar to that worn by acolytes of the Church of Rome. At the close of the Com munion service Mr. Lee (who had previously dis pensed with the Litany) ascended the pulpit in his white robes, consisting of chasable, manciple, stole, &c. To the uninitiated in ecclesiastical millinery it may be stated that the vestments consisted, not of an ordinary linen surplice with the graceful ap pendages of scarf and university hood, but of a yellowish white cloak fastened close round the neck, all the trimmings consisting of broad gold lace embroidery, with a cross woven into the back. He selected for his text the 4th verse of the 9th chapter of St John's Gospel, " I must work the works of Him that sent me while it is day ; the night cometh when no man can work." The sermon—or rather the last half of it—consisted of a general condemnation of the press on account of its malignity ; of the Church, on account of its apathy ; of the public, on account of its antipathy to the ultra High Church party; and of the mob of St. George's parish, who (the rev. gentle man delicately observed) were disciples of the gospel of Belial and followers of Beelzebub. His sermon, so long as he kept to his text, was one of a much higher character, both for lucidity of ar gument and sound evangelical teaching, than one generally hears in London pulpits. Although of the simplest character, it was clearly the work of a gentleman and a scholar. Departing by a despe rate leap from the text which he had so well ex pounded, Mr. Lee proceeded to a consideration of the present state of the Church and Church parties. He drew a lamentable picture of the State of the Church at the time when Wesley and Whitfield aroused it from its slumbers, and seemed to think that the present position of affairs had not much changed for the better—or, rather would not have changed for the better at all, had it not been for the Oxford movement, with which he very honestly admitted he was a sincere sympathiser. In the church of St. George's, he remarked, there was a form of service which was not generally recognised in the national establishment, but nothing was done there in violation of the law of the land, which in ecclesiastical proceedings allowed great latitude. Owing to the publicity given to last Sunday's proceedings, there was an overwhelming congregation at the afternoon ser vice, v hich was commenced at a quarter-past two by the Rev. Hugh Allen, M.A., the lecturer nomi nated by the vestry. The preacher selected for his text the 18th chapter of Ezekiel, verse 32, For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, said the Lord God. Wherefore turn your selves and live ye." The sermon was of a highly explosive character. Towards the close the rev . gentleman begged the congregation to depart peaceably as soon as he had pronounced the estsor whichthe Litany benediction. A very few indeed followed hi s advice, and nearly 1 , 000 persons waited for w h at is fo u c r al o l , e c d lo t c h k e , a r n e d cto w r h 's ichn service, osi commencesat said before the altar. It was quite plain • from the cha racter and demeanour of the people that a serious disturbance might be expected, but the intention on their part was thwarted by the very commend able and discreet conduct of M r. Thompson, the churchwarden, who at • a minute or two before four o'clock went into the t ves ry and informed Mr. Lee that he would, in fulfilment of is duty, render him all the assistance he could •in his performance of the service, but that he would not be responsible for the result if it were persisted in. The result of the interview was at four o'clock made known by the churchwarden, who ascended the steps of the reading desk and announced that the four o'clock service was suspended. Still the people were un willing to leave the church. At length a man with vigorous lungs, and who ran the risk of ecclesiasti cal censure for " brawling," proposed that the Doxology should be sung, and gave it out in due form. It was executed with considerably :more strength than harmony at its close, and after a few hisses and groans the churchwarden, with the assis tance of the police, succeeded in clearing the church. • A novel incubator has been made use of by Mr. 11. Forman in the form of a bakehouse, under the ov en o f which the experime nter p laced a sitting of eggs, six of which in due season were hatched, and are now stout healthy liambro' chickens a month old.—Stamford Mercury. DISCOVERIES IN NEWFOUNDLAND.—Extraordi nary mineral discoveries have lately been made in New foundland, which will become the Cornwall of North America. We have been shown specimens of copper pyrites containing from 8 to 12 per cent. of metal, taken from a lode 60 feet in breadth ; the ore being as valuable for sulphur as for copper. It crops out upon the surface, and thousands o: tons can be obtained at a trifling outlay. Several very r:ch lodes of lead have also been discovered; and the tele graph announces that a valuable vein of silver ore has been ,found.—Quebec Chronicle. T