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GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, AND PRONOUNCED BY DER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &c., &C. _BA NK OF DEPOSIT, Established A.D. 1811. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. Parties desirous of Investing Money are requested to exa mine the Plan of The Bank of Deposit, by which a high rate of interest may be obtained with ample security. Deposits made by Special Agreement, may be withdrawn without notice The Interest is payable in January and July. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Forms for Opening ACcounts sent free on application. 'CONTRACT FOR BRUSHES, BROOMS, HAIR • PENCILS, AND TOOLS, ETC. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 4th Oct., 1858. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUESDAY, the 19th instant, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying her Majesty's several Dockyards with BRUSHES, BROOMS, HAIR PENCILS, and TOOLS, Sc., under a Contract for twelve months certain, and afterwards until the expiration of three months' warning. Patterns may be seen, and a form of the Tender, a sche dule of the articles, and the conditions of the Contract obtained 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 Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Brushes, Brooms, Sic.," and must be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a Letter signed by Two responsible Persons, engaging to become bound with the Per son tendering, in the sum of £5OO, for the due perform ance of the Contract ALBERT LIFE ASSURANCE AND GUARANTEE COMPANY. (Established 1838.) rrincipai Office, 11, Waterloo-place, Pall Ma.ll, London, S.W. City Branch, 63, Dloorgate-street, E.C. DIRECTORS. William Beattie, Esq., M.D. George Goldsmith Kirby, Capt. the Ho n . S . T. C arnegie, ' Esq. It• N. C.B. James Nichols, Esq. Lieut.-'Col. James Croudace, Rear-Adm. the Right Hon. 11. E. I. C. S. Lord George Paulet, C.B. SwYnfen Jervis, Esq.' Capt. Thos. Porter , R.N. William King, Esq. George Raymond, Esq. Assurances, Annuities, and Endowments granted, and every other mode of provision for Families arranged. Half the Annual Premiums for the first five years mityre- Main on credit for any period until death, on Payment of In terest at five per cent. per annum. Parties allowed to go to, or reside in, most .parts of the World, without extra Premium. Naval and Military Lives, not in active Service, assured at the ordinary rate. Policies forfeited bv non-payment of Premium, revivable at any time within Six Months, on satisfactory proof of health, and the payment of a trifling fine. No charge for Policy Stamps. Reversionary Interests in every description of real or per sonal property purchased. Security to Employers, Guarantee for Fidelity in situations of trust. Forms of Proposal, with every information, may be ob tained at the Office of the Company or by letter, addressed HENRY ILLIAM SMITH, Actuary and Secretary. THE TRAVELLERS' AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. B ank-buildings, Lothbury, and 4.2 and 43, Poultry, London. With which is incorporated the business of T HE ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1849, and Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. TRUS 3lattliew Marshall, EsTEES. q., (Bank of England.) William Smee, Esq., (Bank of England). • Kenyon S. Parker, Esq., Q.C. - Henry Blair Mayne, Esq. r , The business of the ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE isPIPANT having purchased bthe TRAVLLERS' AND cLAIIiNE INSURANCEbeen COMPANY, a l l the Polici E es of the late NJ te HI PaIIY adopted under the Deed of Purchase ed and kept in force by the Travellers' and Marine In surance Company, up on precisely the same terms and con it ons under which they were originally issued. Total Policies issued 39,000 Claims paid since 1849 £71,003 Annual income from Premiums (1857) eidlnsurance effected g ainst d General Accidents, Railway Ac to cuts, and Marine Risks r either Fatal, Non-fatal, or both g e ther ; with or without Medical expenses extra. For oposal Forms, Prospectuies, and all other information, I),p_rdy to the M anager, at the Chief O ffi ce, or to any of the ' - ' ol nPany's local Agents. EDWARD SOLLY, Manager. 7, B ank-luildings, Lothbury, London. I N TERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London, W.C., Feb. 25, 1858. E stablished 1837.—Payment of P r emium within Days of I ra te• — lt always has bee n , an d s till i s , the practice of this ' Society to pay claims under policies of assurance, notwith standing the death of the assured occurring within the 30 days Cf grace, and before pay me nt o f th e annua l p rem i um , provid e d p a yment thereof be mad e , or notice of the death be given to the office before the expiration of such days of grace. For the Court of Directors, E. S. SYMES, Chairman. THE INTERNATIONAL LIF E ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 142, Strand, London. empowered by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE SURVIVORSHIP'S, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, ao. DIRECTORS. EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman. Renworthy Browne, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq. a mnel King-Church. Esq. Johd Moss, Esq. John Elliotson, M.D.,Cantab., John Symes, Esq. F.R.S. J osep h Th om p s on, Esq. • • SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Blondel, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford Young. J. MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., Arc. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhouse, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowcliffe, Bedford- TOW. The next Qui Ilny, 1860. Lnqueunial Division of Profits will be declared fliples of Bonus up to May, 1855 : Policy Sum . Bonus in Bonus in Permanent taken Abe , Assured. addition Cash Reduction out in to Sum . of Annual [...........„ Assured.. . Premiums. £ £s. d. £s. d. £a. d. ! 8 z„ 38 55 3,000 867 17 7 428 1- 4 56 3 8 I'2_ l 48 4,000 749 4 0 325 16 0 32 0 4 "47,, , a 59 2,000 232 18 0 15(1 15 0 16 6 0 i 8 GO 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 8 10 15 2 1851 55 2,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 67 7 I ntoe following, are amongst the advantages offered by the rnational Life Assurance Society:— The Society was established in 18:18: Zwo-t hi rd s of the profits are divided amongst the assured very five years. • I ts subscribad capital is five hundred thousand pounds. Its investments at the date of the last annual report am ounted to one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds. The number of policies now in force exceed six thousand. Ahout one thousand new policies are added every year. Since its commencement the Society has paid in claims u pwards of three hundred and twenty thousand pounds. loor Chairm p an, Irospect, usestran an d d every other information, appl y t o th e -12 S. • EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairm an . 1 42 Strand, London, W.C. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE IN CAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. i s Ten , and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by sh 100 Asnatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, j us t pub lied, plice, free by post, is. THE SILENT FRIEND : A M e di ca l W or k on the physical exhaustion and dec a y o f th e f rame, f rom the effects of solitary indulgence, infection, and the injurious consequences from the use of Mercury: with observations on the obligations of marriage, and directions for obviating cer tain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Sur &llk Consultations as usual (see page 197). Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick -lane, Paternoster-row ; Sanger, 160, Oxford- Street; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-atreet, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is employed in both sexes to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is Purely balsamic: its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and sexual debility, obstinate gleets, impo tency, barrenness, anddebilities ar i sing f rom venereal excesses. has seen demonstrated by its unvarying sucess in thousands of eases. Price us, per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335., Which saves lls. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an a nti -syphilitic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recom- Inended for any of the varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the skin, blotches on the head and face, en largements of the throat, tonsils, and uvula; threatened d estruction of the nose, palate, &c. Its action is purely deter sive, and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. . 11s. and 335. per bottle, also a saving ot'lls. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effectual remedy in either sex for all cases of gonorrhoea, gleet, Stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 48. 6d. and lls. per box. Sold by Daniel Church, 78, Gracechnrch-street, City ; Bart i3_,-looper, 43, King William-street (tourdoors from London „,'"ge,) ; G. F. Watts, 17, Strand ; W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow rrenYard • W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard ; J. ancr,er , 150, Oxford Street ; Hannay and Dietrichsen, 63. 9xford-street ; Butler and Harding, .1, Cheapside Prout and Harsant, 229 Strand, and all medical vendors 'throwhout the 'United Kingdom. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published, price ls., post free, in an Envelope, for 13 stamps. SELF - PRESERVATION.—A Medical Treatise on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System, and on the cure of Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from youth to Manhood, with practical observations on the Phy siology of Marriage in its social, moral, and physical rela tions. To which are added remarks on the wonders of the Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries "of Life within Life," and its advantages in detecting, by urinary examina tion, the cause and effect of every variety of these complaints, With numerous engravinzs and cases. • BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, ivr.D 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, Hospital Medical Society, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Hono rary Member of the London Li centiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fear ful consequences resulting from certain habits. irregulariti es , and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, tlefr.radation in Manhood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to i''' 3 uern pathologists. Its perusal is particularly recommended ,9 per entertaining secret doubts of their physical condi 11°11, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness' and privileges to which every titled. human being is en- It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be v iolated without incurring grievous- penalties, and when W isdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self indulgence, how those penalties may be mitigated, how the stingy of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and, above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional d erangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply . cure. Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, and may be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Horne, 19, Leic;?ster square ; Gordon, 140, Leadenhall-street ; or from the Author, ho may be consulted daily, from 11 till 2, and f r om 6 till 8, at his residence, 37, Bedford-square, Loudon. The work may he had in India, of Mr. Von Litzky, Loll Bazaar ; Calcutta—Messrs. C. and J. Hortnusjee,Apollo-street ; -130 mbay—Circulator Office ; ;;gaudMdras—Mofussilite Office, Agra ; Dodsworth, Colombo, Ceylon all Booksellers through' 9 -ut the Colonies . No. 20,684. PUBLICATIONS. NEW WORK EDITED BY MRS. GREY. On Oct. 8, in 1 vol., with illustrations, 10s. 6d. bound, W T 0 HE AR T S.- A Tale, Edited BY MRS . . GREY, Author of the " Gambler's Wife," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to H. Colburn. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., F AULTS ON BOTH SIDES. By MRS. THOMSON. " One of the most brilliant novels Mrs. Thomson has ever written."—Messenger." " A story which deserves to take a high rank among the works of fiction of the day."—Chronicle. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to H. Colburn. NEW NOVEL.—Now ready at all Libraries, E VA DESMOND; or MUTATION, In three volumes.. "The novel is undoubtedly full of interest."—Morning Post. " There is power, pathos, and originality in coneeptibn, ,, _ Leader. " The plot is ingenious, and the narrative graceful. "—Press. " The work possesses power."—Spectator. "A work of uncommon merit."—Critic. " A novel indicating some skill, but two emotional."_ National Review. " A good novel ; and the morale is sound."• Review. _ _ '—Westminster London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Comhill. LIVING CELEBRITIES : A Series of PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, by B.LtuLL and - _ POLTELANK. The number for OCTOBER. contains A. IL LAYARD, Esq., D.C.L., with Memoir. . - . Maull and PQlyblank, 55, Gracechurch-street, And 187 A, Piccadilly ; and W. Kent and Co., Fleet-street.. • THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS .1- for SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9th, contains the fol lowing splendid ENGRAVINGS :—SKETCHES IN CANTON : Return of the Avengers —Appearance of a Busy Street in Canton after a Visit froth I Ye Barbarians"—A. Party of Tourists crossing the Mer Glace—Ruins of the Fallen Houses in Pilgrim-street, City. Inauguration of the Ceylon Railway: Turning the First Turf—The East-end of the Banquet Bun galow—The Reredos in the Cloister of Sherborne Minster— Opening of the Landudno Railway on the Ist inst.—Fifteen Portraits of Members of the New East India Council—Bas- Relief, "The Song of Miriam and Moses," by - Mr. Gatley, for a Mausoleum near Edinburgh—The Markore (Capra Mega ceros).—The Birthplace of Mr. Robert Stephenson,ll.P., C.E. —St. Martin's Church, Birmingham—Meeting of the British Association at Leeds : the Horticultural Fete at Kirkstall Abbey—Testimonial recently presented to. Major-General Hall, late of the Ist Life Guards—Music: "Joys of the Past." With the Latest Foreign and Colonial Intelligence and all the News of the Week. Price sd. ; stamped, 6d.—Office, 198, Strand. Now ready, VoL. 32 of the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, January to June, 1858, cloth gilt, 18s. ; sewed, 13s. Cases for binding the above, 2s. 6d. ; portfolios, 4s ; reading cases, 2s. riEIST'S RACING RECORD for 1858. Part IX., price 3d., will be published on the Ist of November. The Record, containing a complete calendar of Sport in England, Ireland, and Scotland, In 1857, and nomi nations for 1858, may be had, price two shillings. W. Wright, Fulwoo . d's Rents, Holborn NO MORE PILLS nor any other MEDICINE for Indigestion (dyspepsia), habitual Constipation, Flatu lency, Acidity, Palpitation of the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, Bilioui Headache, Nervousness, Biliousness, General Dibility, Diarrhoea, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, Despondency, Spleen, &c. Send 2 penny stamps, and you will receive post free, 64 pages, the people's edition of " PERIFECT HEALTH RESTORED," without pills, purgatives, or medicines of any kind, and with out expense, by a simple, pleasant, and . infallible means which saves fifty times its cost In other remedies, adapted to the general reader. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professor of Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure, Dr. Shorland, Dr. Harvey, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurtzer, Dr. Ingram, and many' thousand other respectable persons, whose health has been re stored by it after all other means of cure had failed. London : Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, and through all Booksellers in Town and Country. PROFESSOR WILJALBA- FRIKELL.- LAST WEEK BUT TWO.—TO-NIGHT. —NEW TRICKS. POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King William-street, Charing-cross.—TWO HOURS OF ILLUSIONS, previous to Professor Frikell's departure on a provincial tour. Every evening at 8 ; Saturday afternoons at 3. Private boxes, one guinea ; box stalls, ss. - orchestra stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s: amphitheatre, Is.—Places may be secured at the: Poly graphic-hall, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ADELAIDE GALLERY CASINO, Lowther Arcade, Strand.—The above ROOMS are OPEN EVERY EVENING. The celebrated band of the Argyll Rooms will play, by particular desire, selections. from Il Trovatore, La Traviata, and Ri,goletto. Conductor, Mons. A. LAMOTTE. Principal cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. Leader, Mr. Charles Hall. Doors open at halt-past 8, commence at 9.. Admission, Is. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 3, TICHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay market). Open daily (for Gentlemen only). LECTURES liar Pr. SEXTON at Four and Eight o'clock, on important arid interesting topics in connection with ANA TOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, and PATHOLOGY (vide Pro grammes). Admission ONE SHILLING: DE. KAHN"g — iiiiiiLECTURES ON THE PHILO SOPHY OF MARRIAGE, &c., sent post free, direct from the Author, on the receipt of twelve stamps. ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square. (The best Ventilated Building in Europe.) Lessees, Messrs. Howes and Cushing. WALLETT'S GREAT EQUESTRIAN COMPANY Are still in their zenith of attraction. Senora DELAVANTI in her incredible and terrific Ascent on the Atlantic Tele graph Wire, is daily and nightly hailed with cheers ; Wal lett, the Queen's Jester ; Pastor, the Star Rider of America ; Julia Tournaire, Cook, the wonderful Delavanti Family, Herr Footit, &c., appear at each Exhibition. TWO PERFORMANCES EACH DAY, Commencing at Half-past Two and Half-past Seten o'clock, p.m. Admission—Private boxes, £1 10s. to £2los. each ; stalls, ss. ; reserved seats, ss. ; second boxes, 2s. ; pit, ls. ; gallery, Gd. Box-office open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. No fees for booking places. Children under 9, half-price. ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. —Director, Mr. R. DUFFELL.—FURTHER EXTEN SION OF THE SUMMER SEASON FOR ONE WEEK! —THIS EVENING (Thursday) Concert in the Handel Orchestra, supported by Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. P. Corti, Messrs. P. Corti, Russell Grover, C. Sloman, Elijah Taylor, and Master Haydn Corti. On the Ballet stage, Mr. G. Thompson, on the Spanish ',Franca. —Mr. James Ro binson, the Great American hare back rider, will appear in the Cirque Imperial, in conjunction with the talented Company of Equestrians (including Ma dame Blanche, the Equestrian Magnet), under the direction of her Majesty's Clown, H. Croueste.—Splendid Illuminations.—Brilliant Py rotechnic Displays —Wonderful Tight Rope Ascent—Dancing before and after` the fireworks.—Two Bands. Open EVERY EVENING, wet or dry, from Monday to Friday, at Seven ; Saturday at Three.—Various enter tainments during the Afternoon until Six, when the usual performances commence.—Admission, One Shilling ; Chil dren, Sixpence. • Open on Sundays at Five for Promenade ; refreshment ticket, 6d. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. "ndigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, Nervousness, Biliousness, Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Eruptions, Impurities, Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea, Hemorrhoids, Headache, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Complaints, effectually removed by D U BARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring REVALENTA ARAIIICA FOOD, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies in illness, and is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it is the only food which never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions e zratitude from invalids :—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de DOCICS—" 1 - have derived con siderable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies." Cure No. 49,332. " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, ner vousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Na zing, Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, a cure of extreme ner vousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fan cies. Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool : a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew Ilre, of con stipation, dyspepsia., nervous irritability. Cure No. 34,210. Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212. Cap tain Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 46,116. Major Edie, of enlargement of the liver, and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings. Cure No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey, of disrhoea and debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer, of consumption. Cure No. 32,830. Wm. Hunt, Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr James Roberts, wood merchant, Frimley, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver de rangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 58,816. Mrs. Hoize, aged 107 years, of dyspepsia (indigestion), debility, irritability, and nervousness, which had tormented her for 70 years. Cure No. 56,814. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure No. 52,612. The Dowager Countess of Castle stuart, of many years' nervous irritability, bile, and indiges tion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of con gumption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of recovery. Cure No. 180. "Twenty-five years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suf fered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." 4,208. Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually {: ) ; e tred by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. I shall Flav i e l n to answer any inquiries. Rev John W. y ar e m ar , s ' a e n x d C, s e i n v e e n r a l e r debilityv o es , s , w w i h c h h papains e i r n e d m y m n y ec k lifean d v l e e f r v t , iddlin,gton Rectory, Norfolk." No. 32,836. "Three g miserable, has beenAlreaxdicsatilny,?Trrtlmi restoring Food. haveA o t v r e c d hd b e y aco D n u onfarrYßos'ss,hSekalibth bereen." Cure No. 3,903. • beenreen years' cough, indiges tion, and general debility removed by Du Barry's exc ellent Revalenta Arabi ca Food. James Porter, Athol street Perth. Important Caution against the fearful imitations : The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an injunction on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Neville, for imitating "Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica. Food." Suitably packed for all climates, and with all instructions. In canisters, 11b., 2s. Pd. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 121 b., 225. Super r e lls • slb 2 9 s • 101 b fined quality 11b.,21b., . 335. The 101 b. and Iqlb. canisters are forwarded carriage free, on re ceipt of Post-office order. Dit Barry and Co., 77, Regent street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, 182, I'iceadilly ; James Well, 4n, Sloane-street ; also at 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330, 430,. and 451, Strand ; 9A, •iitrest , 63, 150, and 198 Cheapside ; and 60, Bishcpsgate , Oztord-street. - f A izt: \ '•,...!..! , ,,t1 , 4, • art • v 4 4 4 , k . e.fer,-k . v*,_,,„ • . 4., , „ s 4 1 / 4 ~-"*„ Ilk , N • ':' .-•••••*!. . -.- ~ 1 V N. ikei -- . ~,..'" ---- - 11 / 4 li . , .... ,„.., . . , . ....• . 9 ., ak. .; .... rji , -, _____l ',:. / ' , ..-- - • - ~ . , e , 4 ,,,. • , ;40 5. 7 , *- 4 4 c. ' 0 11 :44ireo s ynN ti oli 0. - , -4e_---- 0., D , „„„4" , ~,, ~ No - mi5.., , 0 ce :=.l- 1 tt , , ~, z ....., , • L .... ~.. ..2 , p ,,, a:, - , k. . " "0 ..".'"": flek po. k - ''''.e..t. a' ' 'ROIT. .‘., s lie ~,4 ----_ ..... .. ~,' -. ~ in 4 ~,. ...„ THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1858. 3IINEItALOGY.—KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. - PROFESSOR TENNANT, F.G.S., will com mence a COURSE of LECTURES on MINERALOGY, with a view to facilitate the study of Geology, and of the ap plication of mineral substances in the Arts. The Lectures will be illustrated by an extensive 'Collection of Specimens, and will begin TO-MORROW, Oct. 8, 'at Nine o'clock A.M. They will be continued on each succeeding WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY, at the same hour. Fee, £2 2s. R. W. JELF, D.D, Principal. BOARD AND RESIDENCE. A Superior Home is offered to a Gentleman of steady habits, en gaged during the day, by a family residing near Regent's - Park. For a young man coming to London for the first time this would be found a desirable residence. Terms moderate. References to be exchanged. Address, J. P., Wright's Dairy, Grauby-street, Hampstead-road, N.W. GEORGE HOBSON begs to call the attention of Gentlemen to his New Autumnal Trousers, 21s. to 255. Also his New Partridge Mixture Shooting Coats. Excellence with Economy. GEORGE ROBSON, 57, I,ombard-street. Established 1796. WHO WILL PAY THE CHINESE INDEMNITY ? Why, the English themselves. An export duty is to be levied, and then not even the East India Tea Company will be able, as they now are, to sell 61b. of Black, Green, or Mixed Tea, at ls. 10d. per lb., and Coffee, in the Berry, at 13d.—Warehouse, 9, Great St. Helen's-church yard, City. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR . CATTLE.- It is only a short time since this singularly efficacious article of animal diet first made its appearance; and already its celebrity is world-wide. It has been a subject of wonder, and has puzzled many a brain to explain how this has been brought about. Yet when we are acquainted with a few facts concerning the food, our wonder will cease. A few days since, a gentleman wrote, stating that he had a horse which was a " perfect bag of bones." He tried all kinds of things to get the animal into condition, but in vain. He then bought some of Thorley's food ;• and he says the effect was wonderful. The horse rapidly grew fat, and in the course of a few weeks had gained no less than 12 stones. Again we find at the late agri cultural shows at Birmingham, Cardiff, &c., the animals which carried oft' the highest prizes had been pa rtly fed with Thor ley's food for cattle. Such facts speak for themselves, and we are forced to the conclusion that its celebrity arises solely from its own intrinsic merits, and the great.demand for it can proceed alone from the good opinion and testimony of those who have tried it. • All parties interested in horses and catty, will do well to apply to 77, Newgate-street, London, for a pamphlet which is sent post-free. NICOLL'S NEW REGISTERED PALETOT has all those advantages which secured such- general popularity to Messrs. Nicolls' original paletot, that is to say, it avoids giving to the wearer an outre appearance, so that professional men and all others can use it during morning and afternoon in or out of doors. Secondly, there is an absence of unnecessary seams, well known to secure a more graceful out line, as well as to effect a great saving in wear ; the latter advantage is considerably enhanced by the application of a peculiar and neatly stitched binding, the mode of effecting which is patented. Great exertions are being made to supply Messrs. Nicoll's agents throughout the country and the colonies with an assortment of this new garment, simulta neously, with the display in London, but it is necessary to in form the public that all Messrs. Nicoll's manufactures may be distinguished by a trade mark, consisting of a silk label attachd tneach specimen ; to copy this is fraud, and may be thus detected. If garment is dark-coloured, the label has a black ground, with the firm's name and address woven by the Jacquard loom in gold-coloured silk ; if the garment fa light-coloured, the label has a pale drab ground, and red silk letters. Each paletot is marked in plain figures, at a fixed moderate price, and is of the best materials. In. London, the NEW REGISTERED I'ALETOT can alone be had of 11. J. and D. NIC.OLL, 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill. • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HARROW RACES.-WEDNESDAY. Handicap Hurdle Race of 6 sous each, with 20 added. Over six flights of hurdles. Gentlemen riders allowed 51b. Two miles. (13 subs.) Mr. Barber's Miss Harkaway, by Sir Tatton. Sykes, 5 yrs, list 61b (Green) 1 Capt. Connell's Little Tom, aged, lOst 91b (Mr. Edwards) 2 Mr. 11. Francis's Red Star, 5 yrs, 9st 111 b (Owner) 5 The betting opened at 6 to 1 on Miss Harkaway, but, after a while Little Tom's number was put up (after it had been taken down), and 4to 1 was laid on the mare. Won by three-quarters of a length. Red Star bolted at The Farm, he was quickly righted, but fell at the succeeding flight of hurdles. The Copeland Handicap of 5 sous each, with 50 added. Winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. 13 subs. Mr. E. Clarke's Simpleton, by Flatcatcher, 3 yrs, sst 71b (A. Edwards) 1 Mr. A. Williams's Palm Leaf, 2 yrs, 4st 41b.... (Reeves) 2 Mr. Saxon's Princess Royal, 3 yrs (in. 71b ex.), 6st 1 llb (L. Snowden) 3 Betting-6 to 4 agst Simpleton, '7to 4 agst Princess Royal, 4 to 1 agst Palm Leaf. Won in a canter by a length, three lengths between the second and third. The Great Middlesex Stakes of 100 sovs, added to a Handi-. cap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, h ft, and 3 only if de clared (to go to the fund). The second to save his stake. Winners extra. Mile and a half. 27 subs., 17 of whom declared. • Mr. Read's Satinstone, by Touchstone, 3 yrs, 7st_2lb (L. Snowden) 1 Mr. Copeland's Pyrrhus the Second, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Plumb) 2 Mr. Parker's Martha, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (carried 7st 51b (Fordham) 3 Betting-5 to 2on Satinstone, who won by half a length. Bad third. The Nursery Handicap of 00 sovs. Winners extra. Three quarters of a mile. 33 subs. Mr. A. Williams's Palm Leaf, by Ratan, 6st 91b (inc. 51b extra) (F. Adams) 1 Mr. JohnsoWo Willi Wrigb 7st Olb "L. S: , del 2 ,ar. Johnson's .Tillie . right, 7st .... (L. Snowde, Mr. La Mert's Lady-well, 6st 121 b ' (A. Edwards) 3 Betting-5 to 1 each agst Villaret and Willie Wright, 7 to 1 agst Hibernian, 8 to 1 apt Palm Leaf, 10 to 1 agst Miss Partridge. Won by a length, the second beating the third by a length and a half. Brown Holland, Miss Eleanor, and Hibernian headed the next lot. In the ex treme rear were Eltham Beatity, Despatch colt, and Moult= g elding ; the last mentioned did not pass the post. An objection was lodged against Palm Leaf, on the ground that, she had carried 51b overweight. It was after wards proved that she had walked over on the preceding day for the Handicap Plate of £4O, and received half the plate. It was therefore decided that she was entitled to carry the extra weight. If this plea, however, had been over-ruled, the fact of the jockey declaring the 51b extra would have rendered the filly properly qualified. The Harrow Handicap of 3 sous each, with 20 added. Gen tlemen riders. One mile and a half. s:subs. Mr. Barber's Lord Nelson, by Colling;wood, 4 yrs, list 41b (Mr. Dart) 1 Mr. H. E. Johnston's Kilsby, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (in. 51b ex.) (L. Snowden) 2 Mr. Fuller's Cantrip, 4 yrs, 9st 101 b .... (Mr. Edwards) 3 Betting-2 to lon Lord Nelson, who won by six lengths; bad third. The Stewards' Plato Handicap of GO sovs. Winners extra. One mile Mr. E. R. Clarke's Simpleton, by Flatcatcher, 3 yrs, Gst llb (in. ab extra (A. Edwards) 1 Mr. La Mert's Queen of the South, ( yrs, Bst 511! G. Fordham) 2 Mr. Copeland's Pyrrhus the Second, 4 yrs, 6st 61b • (Britton) 3 The following also ran :—Salonica and Itara Avis. Betting-5 to 4on Simpleton, sto 1 agst Rara Avis, 100 to 15 agst Queen of . the South. Won by a neck, same dis tance between the second and third,-a length between the third and fourth. Rara Avis did not pass the post. LATEST BETTING. - CESAREWITCU. 12 to 1 agst Prioress (offered) 11 to 1 agst Happy Land (taken) Hto 1 agst Malacca (taken) 100 to 6 agst Roman Candle (taken and offered) 30 to 1 agst Rocket (offered) 33 to 1 agst Julia (taken) 50 to 1 agst Hydromel (taken freely) .50 to 1 agst Janet (taken) 50 to 1 agst Zouxve (taken)• 100 to 1 agst Fadladeen (taken) .. 25 to 1. agst Mr. Sykes and Vandermulin (coupled' 100 to 5 agst Sampson and Ancient Briton (coupled: CAMBRIDGESHIRE 50 to 1 agst Prioress 60 to 1 agst Barbarity 50 to 1 agst Eclipe 50 to 1 agst Malacca 50 to 1 agst Rosa Bonheur. I,l' ON THE 'TRIAL IN A CANTER.-Youatt Wm. Gray's selection for the Cesarewitch Stakes was tried on Friday, and won by ten lengths in a trot—two others, and favourites, too, at the present time, were in the fray, but had not the ghost of a chance—this is a better thing than Sunbeam, my selection for the St. Leger. I know of several winners which will be included for 2s. 6d. and ear centage. Terms to the end, 7s. 6d. Stamps taken. Lay against Underhand, he is a " market" horse. I sent Prin cess Royal, Palm Leaf, and Ardour to"win.—Address, 1.5, Charing-cross. THE COMET was seen to great advantage last even i ng . About half-past seven the star Arcturus was shining brightly through its luminous tail near the nucleus. The tail extends to a length of about 27 degrees. - A scien tific correspondent at Edinburgh thus describes its appear ance on Monday night :--" Just after it had become visible to the naked eye (at ten minutes past six), the comet pre sented a very marked appearance when seen with a tele scope magnifying sixty times. The nebulous matter, which reached to a distance of about 40 sec. below the nucleus, had the form of a crescent, the darker part between the cusps giving the idea that the opaque part cast a shadow into the nebula. As the darkness of the evening came on, this seeming shadow grew narrower, but the central part remained very decidedly fainter than the edges, as if the luminosity of the comet was confined principally to the outer layers of matter." I [ADvEnnsEmENT.l . —Holloway's Pills.—When we con sider how uncertain are life and health, and their value is appreciated by all human beings, it is strange indeed to ob serve how often men neglect the means of preserving these blessings at even the most trifling cost. They pay heavily to insure their premises from fire or their goods from acci dent on flood and field, but they often put off until it is too late the expenditure of a few shillings over a box of Hol loway's Pills, which they might keep by them as an unfail ing safeguard, as a charm which will protect the pos sessor against all diseases. They must certainly do good, U used according to instructions given with each box. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. VALENTIA, OCT. 4. While all the rest of the world is busy with con jectures and speculations relative to the probability of the present Atlantic cable ever becoming a prac tical means of communication between Europe and America, at this secluded little spot, which is sup posed to be the centre of all information on the subject, everything remains dull and quiet enough. All the eminent electricians, who for more than a month past have been busy in performing a variety of scientific experiments with the line, have left, with the exception of Mr. Henley ; and even the few occasional strangers and tourists whom the fame of the cable brought to this part of the world have long ceased to arrive. The stories of wonder ful phenomena observed by the country people in connection with the first success and ultimate failure of the cable are now no longer heard, and people now think and speak of an Atlantic Tele graph as if an enterprise for its accomplishment had never existed. All here are now obliged to admit reluctantly that the present cable is a failure, and the faint hopes which were indulged in a short time ago, that one of the principal injuries to the cable was near the shore and within reach, are now aban doned. One day, to all appearances, the fault mends to a considerable extent, and during the receiving periods the ever-varying earth currents are watched, distorted, and dissected, in the hopes of discovering something that may be construed into a signal or message from Newfoundland—but to , no purpose, for even the slight and regular deflections of Professor Thomson's delicate galvanometer, which were at first mistaken for " reversals" from America, are now attributed to the varying nature of the faults. Though. a consideriable partof -the injury that has occurred to the cable is due to cimamstances over which human foresight could have no control —as, for instance, the tempestuous weather which universally prevailed during all the expedition—yet the many and disappointing failures which have occurred have brought with them valuable experience which will prevent their recurrence during the laying of 'any future deep-sea lines. ' A variety of experiments have lately been .tried, both by Professor Thomson and' Mr. Henley, to discover the amount of fault or bare surface of the conductor which would prevent the current passing through the line altogether, and • they have come to the condition that several inches of total loss of insulation in one place would not interrupt the whole of the electric current at once, though the points of leakage would soon be totally oxidated away by the decomposition of the salt water in contact with them, if positive currents of electricity were used, while, if _ only a minute flaw existed, the use of the powerful currents of high tension electricity, such as were at first used with the cable, would very soon destroy the wire altogether at the point of resistance. The sup posed difficulty of working through the cable after it was submerged, which was so much talked about a short time ago, has turned out to be alto gether a mistake, and therefore the high tension induction coils which were made by Mr. White-- house were not only unnecessary, but absolutely hurtful and dangerous—unless the whole length of the line was most perfectly insulated in every inch of its vast length, which of course it is impossible to expect that anything made by human hands could be. The retarding influences of induction which were so much spoken of while the cable was lying at Keyham were probably due to the indue; tive influence of one layer of the cable lying over another in the coil, for so little has it been ex perienced since the cable has been laid that Pro fessor Thomson thinks if the line was in fair condi tion it could be worked through with ease with a few battery cells of Daniel's constant battery. A great variety of interesting experiments have been performed to show the kind of electricity best suited for working through the Line, both in a perfect and imperfect condition, and the results which have been arrived at are both useful and interesting. The high tension electricity from the induced coils was found to burn . up and destroy a wire where a fault in the gutta percha was made. The second experiment was made with discharges from Hen ley's magneto-electric machine. This was found to suffer a slight loss through the fault, but not to in jure the wire at the point of egress in any way as long as negative discharges only were sent through. The direct battery current, of great quantity, but low tension electricity, was found to answer best, and to cause less injury to the cable and to suffer less loss through the fault, but some copious currents of this low tension electricity are now unable to make the cable show signs of activity even with the most delicate arrangement of Professor Thomson's reflect ing galvanometer. Much has been said about this beautifully sensitive little instrument, yet but few know its nature or the advantages it . possesses over other galvanometers in observing minute currents of electricity. It consists of a coil of very fine insu lated wire, in the interior of which is suspended a very small mirror of the finest microscope glass, to the back of which are fastened two magnetic needles not more than a quarter of an inch in length. The two needles, with the reflecting mirror they bear, not weighing more than two grains, are suspended by a single fibre of silk. When the in strument is in use a ray of light is thrown upon the mirror, and is reflected upon an index board. The very faintest currents of electricity are measured by these means, for the very faintest deflection of the needles, caused by an almost imperceptible current of electricity passing through the coil, of course is very perceptible upon the index board by the motion of the reflected spot of light. Mr. Henley has also a needle galvanometer here, most beauti fully sensitive, and he is now constructing one which will be sensibly affected by the small quantity of electricity developed by the motion of the muscles of the body. 111 r. Henley's magnetic machine, as pre viously stated, is now regularly used every day , both in sending " reversal" signals, and sometimes even words. It is impossible to say definitely that they are received at the other end; yet from what is known of the nature and action of those magneto electric currents on overground lines there can be little doubt, if they do not pass the fault in the cable, no electric current ever will. Indeed, rumours have already . reached this place, but for their au thenticity it is impossible to vouch, that intelli gence has been received from Newfoundland of the receipt there of several of the words and. mes sages sent to Henley's magnetic machine. Even supposing this to be the case, and that on some of Mr. Henley's instruments being sent out to New foundland a regular communication is re-esta blished, it would be wise of the shareholders and those connected with the company not to be too sanguine of the permanent success of the present wire. A fault which, though slight at first, has been gradually but surely increasing, cannot but be in the end fatal ; for .though for a time instruments of sufficient power to send, and deli cacy to receive messages through the cable, in its increasing state of imperfection, may be found, yet at length it must reach a condition with which the most refined mechanical skill cannot cope. That the wire is exposed to a considerable extent in at least two places is well ascertained, and where a metallic surface through which currents of positive electricity are passing is exposed to water, oxidation .takes place by the electrolytic decomposition of the water, and thus the wire must soon be eaten away. This may be in -a great measure avoided by transmitting all signals with negative currents, which would prevent the direct oxidation of the wire by electro lysis, but at the same time, according to the experi ments which have been made here both by Pro fessor Thomson' and Mr. Henley, an exposed wire is not entirely free from a species of decomposition even when negative currents alone are transmitted through it. It soon became encrusted with a light coloured substance, the precise nature of which is not quite ascertained as yet, but is supposed to be a combination of chloride of copper with some of the organic compounds contained in the gutta percha. So no matter what may be the result of the pre concerted experiments at both termini of the wire, one thing cannot be doubted, viz., that before per manent, certain, and rapid telegraphic communica tion can be secured between Europe aud America, another cable must be laid. That this present or any other Atlantic Telegraph Company can be ex .pected to advance the money for, and go to the trouble of laying another cable without some further encouragement from both the English and American Governments, it is not, reasonable to suppose. About half a million has already been expended in merely purchasing experience of the kind of cable most suitable for submersion in the Atlantic, and in the way it should be laid. This enormous outlay on the guaranteed Government subsidy is counted as nothing. The private enterprise of the promoters and share holders of this undertaking has already done a great deal, and it may truly be said that the Go vernment have not neglected to bear a share in the undertaking on behalf of the public, as far as dock yard facilities and the loan of ships could go; but considering the great national importance of the scheme and, and the many disappointments which the shareholders have had to encounter, the time has l now come for both the English and American Governments to place their guaranteed subsidy upon a different and more encouraging basis. A fixed annual sum, no matter how large, secured to the company contingent on the success of their scheme, will never induce shareholders to advance in an undertaking in which they may spend mil lions before it is finally accomplished. But if say 5 per cent. were guaranteed by the two Govern ments upon the total capital expended in complet ing a permanently successful and efficient telegra phic line between England and America until the company should be paying dividends to that amount, no one can doubt the Atlantic telegraph would soon be efficiently working. The apparent distance of the fault from the shore does not vary in the least degree. This would certainly tend to show that the break really is between 250 and 300 statute miles from the shore, or nearly the same as the distance estimated by the resistance. It seems almost miraculous to people not conversant with electrical science that the position of a leakage in a submarine cable can be measured with comparative accuracy by experiments performed at either end of its length ; but in reality the process is very simple. The resistance which each mile of cable offers to a given electric current is accurately known, there fore the resistance which the cable offers to a known current would. give the number of miles that the fault is distant along the cable, supposing that the fault is of sufficient size to offer no resistance itself to the escape of the whole current.- It is, therefore, evident that where the nature and size of a fault is not ascertained, its distance from any given point - cannot be made known with any certainty by . this method of measuring; for should the loss of insulation be small, and in itself offer great resistance to the passage of the current, this cannot be taken into account ; but the resistance must be measured as miles of distance from the fault to the point of observation. It is the knowledge of the uncertainty of this method of . measuring the position of a fault under certain cir cumstances which encouraged the idea so long be lieved by many, that the injury to the cable was within a moderate distance of the shore. Thus, for the present, the cable must be considered a failure, at least as regards its paying and, working proper ties ; nevertheless, in spite of all obstacles, the at tempt has demonstrated the ease, and indeed almost certainty, with which under ordinarily favourable circumstances a submarine cable across the Atlantic can always be laid, and all the theories of the cross currents which were to break the cable, the floats which were necessary to buoy it up, and, above all, the idea that it could never sink to the bottom, are set at rest for ever. The cable has been laid, and has been worked through and really when we look for one moment at what that coil has had to under go, from the day the first mile of it was made up to the present tithe, it seems nothing less than marvel lous how it has been submerged,-and still -more astounding that any signals ever, came through it. The plan upon which the Crystal Palace is built was - first drawn out upon a sheet of blotting-paper by Sir J. Paxton, while travelling to town in a railway carriage with Robert Stephenson. In like manner the first rough idea of the Atlantic Teic graph, and the kind of cable which would be neces sary to carry it into effect, was discussed for the first time one night as Mr. Brunel, Mr: Glass, Mr. Canning, and, we think, Sir C. Bright, were travel ling together from Milford to London. It was then agreed' that strength; flexibility, and lightness were indispensable mechanical conditions in any rope to be submerged in the Atlantic, and one covered with thin steel wires, it was thought, would best, suit the requirements of the case. Some time after this, when our capitalists were willing to sub scribe the money, upon the representations of Sir C. Bright, Mr. Field, Mr. Brett, and Mr. White house, the plan gradually assumed a tangible shape and then some samples of steel_rope were made by Glass and Elliot. These were, of court, beautiful specimens of manufacturing skill, very light, and as flexible as cord, and at the same time would bear a strain equal to ten tons. The expense, however, of the steel wire, the very limited supply a it that could be obtained - at one time, put steel-covered ropes out of the question, Various other specimens of wire-covered rope were then made by the same firm, and a variety of experiments tried to ascertain the kind of rope which would be cheapest and at the same time best adapted,, as regards strength and lightness, for the purpose. At length one specimen was made which was supposed to contain all the essential qualities, and which, though made of the best charcoal iron, only cost .£lOO a mile.' The breaking strain of this cable was 81 cwt., but it was found by using charcoal iron of an inferior quality the rope could be made at £9O a mile, and economy carried the day, and this rope was decided upon. This alteration in the quality of the iron, though only a saving of £lO per mile, reduced the breaking strain of the cable to 62 cwt. All the risks to which the success of this hazardous under taking was exposed commenced with the manufac ture of this rope. The Gutta Percha Company, as all who have to do with submarine lines know to - their cost, have a complete monopoly of the manu facture, and rule all matters connected with their patent for insulating wires with absolute law. None could be present, on the part of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, to see that the same was pro perly insulated, and no doubt whatever exists but that in too many places the insulation was most defective. Many of these defects, no doubt, arose from the bad method of covering the wire with its gutta percha covering which the company them selves use, and much from the negligence of the men. In saying this, however, we by no means wish to blame the individuals of the company, who were heart and soul in favour of the telegraph ; but they, like others, had to trust to their workmen, who, in hurrying over more than 3,000 miles of wire, left but too many places poorly covered. On the very place where the splice was made, in the centre of the Atlantic, an air bubble, almost the size of a coffee-bean, had to be cut out. How many hundreds of similar places might there have been that were never seen. The defective centering of the copper conductor in its gutta percha covering was also, no doubt, a source of many serious faults, for the reason that the gutta percha, being very thin in some parts, allows the powerful electric currents from the induction coils to pierce it and touch the outside wires. Once this fault, which is techni cally called " blowing a hole," in a cable takes place, such a loss of the signalling - current ensues that the cable is rendered useless, or a great aug mentation of battery p ow er is rendered necessary; and when this last remedy is resorted to the hole becomes larger and larger until the water, getting freely to the wire oxidatcs it away in a very short time. Su c h . accilients have frequently occurred in the cables between England and the Hague, and there is not the least doubt that there are many scores of such faults along the Atlantic wire. However the continued rips and little injuries to which the coils were exposed only commenced after the manufacture was complete. The rope was coiled and uncoiled repeatedly in the hold of the Agamemnon, and during the first expedition of 1857 it was exposed to such heat as with the super incumbent pressure of the whole mass must have still more distorted the centering of the conductor in its gutta percha insulating medium. It was again uncoiled at Keyham, in consequence of the eagerness of the American officers to be " quit of England." The Niagara's portion of the cable was flung out in heaps with such reckless haste that half of it was not passed through the tar tanks. The rust consequently began to work its way through the small wires, and whole miles of the cable were thus rendered useless and had to be cut away. During the winter it remained at Keyham, we believe it was not once properly tested under water. And for the experiments necessary to render the working through it easy such a constant Succes sion of powerful coil currents were always passing as must have infallibly discovered and penetrated any badly insulated spot of the copper conductor. It was again on board the Niagara and Agamemnon in the beginning of the present year, and subse quently during the first memorable cruise, tossed for many days and nights in two vessels labouring heavily in one of the most terrific storms that ever swept across the Atlantic. After this it was again brought back to Queenstown, and again sent across the ocean in the almost hopeless chance of laying the cable with the reduced quantity and almost disabled ships. As we have said, taking all these things into consideration, it is a wonder how the cable could have been laid at all in one piece, and no one had certainly any right to expect that it would ever be a working cable. A good deal of attention has lately been turned to the question of rope-covered wire, and there is now no doubt but that all future attempts to connect Europe with America will be made with cables so constructed. At the same time it will not be strands of hemp loosely thrown round the guttapercha covered wires that will make a serviceable cable, but rope yarns bound in with - the same fineness as the wires are now twisted by the " closing machine." In fact, rope- Coy ered wire would have to be made by Glass and Elliot or Newall just in the same manner, and on the same plan, as the wire-covered cables are now made by those firms. Already we believe a splen did,specnnen - of z rope-covered wire, almost buoy- Oat ja water, eminently strong, and flexible as cord, is now in process of manufacture by Messrs. Glass and Elliot, but more than this it is not desirable to mention at present. There is one difficulty which many suppose will influence the success of the deep-sea cables in no slight degree—namely, the pressure to which all cables must be subjected at great depths. Some people are sufficiently ill-informed to deny that there is any pressure exerted by the water of the ocean at the bottom at all. Such absurd blunders only arise from ignorance of the difference between density and weight. It does not follow that because water is almost incompressible, that it weighs nothing, no more than it follows that because a block of granite is not elastic it does not press upon the spot on which it rests. The pressure of the water at the bottom of the Atlantic averages about two tons and a half to the square inch. It is a simple matter of calculation to ascertain the fact. At such a pres sure as this wrought brass can be saturated with water like a sponge, and a block of it so saturated requires days for it to ooze out again. It is true that brass is a very porous substance, but were the very best cast iron hydraulic machines to be subjected to such a pressure as two or three tons to. the inch, the water would be forced through them like dew. A gutta percha covered wire has been subjected to such a pressure under water for an hour or so, and its electrical condition was found rather improved. However, to render this experi ment complete, the pressure should have been con tinued for a _much longer period, for it may still happen, though it is certainly unlikely, that a long continued pressure of the water might penetrate the. gutta percha in places where air bubbles ex isted, and thus give rise to faults. This idea is sup ported by the knowledge of the fact that under con siderable pressure gutta percha is reduced to half its bulk. Thus when a cable is submerged to a great depth, the coil of hemp and gutta percha becomes smaller, leaving the spiral iron wires by which it i s surrounded slack. Should the cable in this condi, tion happen to rest across a chasm however small, the outside wires would have to elongate consider- ably before any strain can come on them ; the coil in the meantime being subjected to tension, the insulating medium is likely to be cracked and de stroyed, and a raw wire left exposed to the salt water. This fact is directly against the use of gutta percha as an insulating medium in deep-sea cables. India rubber is quite incompressible and imper vious to water at any pressure, but it is not quite so goOd an insulator as gutta percha. It may be worth the consideration' of those interested in the manufacture of insulated wire to try if a mixture of the two substances might not be to some degree free from the defects of either separately.. The in-, dia rubber might impart to the gutta percha some of its incompressibility and elastibity, while the gutta percha might make, the indiarubber a better insulator. The expenSe of insulating_wire by these means would not be great, if, indeed, it would be as costly as using gutta percha alone; Thus it may be seen that, if the present cable should ultimately prove a failure, the experience which has been ac quired with it will certainly ensure , the Buccess of all future deep-sea lines.—Daily News. MESSRS. COLLIER AND WHITE AT PLYMOurm Messrs. Collier and White, members for-Ply mouth, addressed their constituents at the Mechanics' • Institute in that town on Tuesday evening. The chair was taken by Mr. S. Rowse. The meeting was very noisy, and it was evident that the popularity of Mr. Collier had declined in consequence of his vote on the. Conspiracy Bill. :Mr. White's reception - was most enthusiastic. Mr. COLLIER having testified to the valuable services of his in the House, proceeded to address nini 4 elf to the main subject of disagree ment between himself and his constituents—viz., his vote for the introduction of the Conspiracy Bill, and explained that his. reason for voting for that measure was a conscientious belief that the law, as it unequally affected foreigners and British subjects, required alteration. He could see no reason why foreigners accused of plotting murder, whether of a peasant or a crowned head,"should not be equally amenable to the laws of this country as any natural born subject. Referring to the fall of the late Administration, he expressed his belief that had Lord Palmerston adhered to and evinced a desire to carry out the liberal principles he professed his party would still have been in. power; but he had not shown himself prepared to advocate those measures of reform which the country demanded ; and any measure of reform would be incomplete that did not provide for the protection of the voter by the introduction of the ballot. On this subject he (Mr. Collier) felt no hesitation in clearly expressing his opinion that a Reform Bill to be effi cient must give the franchise to the intelligent working classes. Every man above 21 who occu pied either part or whole of a house as a residence, and who had not been convicted of any crime, was entitled to a vote and ought to have it— (cheers)—and he would be glad to see in Parlia ment some of the intelligent representatives of the working classes. These were the opinions he had always asserted, and if they had been acted upon by Lord Palmerston that nobleman would still have been at the head of affairs. Having glanced at other causes for dissatisfaction with the late Admi nistration, and traced its acts down to its defeat on Milner Gibson's motion of censure for not replying to the Walewski despatch, Mr. Collier said it was his intention to have supported Mr. Wyse's motion en the Cabinet appointments ; and the Government must have gone out upon that, even if they had not been defeated on the other motion. He had been elected to support Lord Palmerston's Govern ment ; but, as a member of the great Liberal party, finding Lord Palmerston indisposed to carry out those measures which were necessary, and that he was not disposed to take the position of leader of that party, lie had felt it his duty to oppose the noble lord. The hon. member, after elaborately defending his vote on the Conspiracy Bill, pro ceeded to review the business of the past session. He rejoiced at the abolition of the property qualifi cation for members as opening the door for the ad mission of intelligent representatives of the work ing. classes, - but he regretted that this beneficial measure had been in some degree neutralised by the adoption of the Corrupt Practices Bill, which made it legal to pay the expense of voters to the place of polling. That bill ought to have been entitled a " Measure for the Encouragement of Bribery," and he pledged himself, if no other member did so, to introduce a motion for its repeal. (Applause.) He did not go to the extent the Chartists did in advo cating the payment of members, but he thought that would be far less absurd than making mem bers pay for their seats, and instanced the enor mous sums lavished in the metropolitan and some other large boroughs. One good thing the Parlia ment had done had been to emancipate the Jews, or, rather, the strong force of public opinion had extorted a concession from the House of Lords which virtually admitted the Jews to a participa tion in the civil privileges enjoyed by their Chris tian fellow-subjects. The Lords saw the ridiculous position in which they were placed by the motion of Mr. Duncombe, and the sense of ridicule accom plished what even a sense of justice might have failed to exact. He much regretted that they had not acted in the same spirit of concession with regard to the church rates, and eulogised the ser vices of Sir J. Trelawny in relation to this ques tion. He should oppose any compromise on this subject ; the only mode of settling the matter was to do away with it altogether. (Cheers.) He much regretted the course adopted by Lords Palmerston and Russell, and hoped they would be induced inc to change their opinions on this q uestion. The House of Lords had stood out against the abolition of church rates, but it depended on the public how long they would continue to do so ; for, depend upon it, if the people insisted on their rights the House of Lords would giv e way to their just demands. If they wished to preserve their existence the House of Lords would do well not to place themselves in a position an tagonistic to the will of the people. The hon. member next adverted to the application of the p r i n ciple of limited liability to joint-stock banks, to the registration of partnerships, and to the equali sation of the poor-rates. Passing. on to the con sideration of the India Bill, he thought it an improvement on the former.state of things, although not the best measure which coulahave been adopted. The transfer of the supreme power from a company which had long mismanaged the affairs of our vast Indian possessions to the Queen was necessary, and he had therefore supported the bill, although it was defective. Mr. Collier glanced at the state of the army, and could not conceive , anything so bad as the administration of that branch of the service. He referred to the disclosures at Weedon, and ex pressed his opinion that it was high time to inter fere and put an end to a system so thoroughly disgraceful. (Cheers.) Speaking of the present Government, Mr. Collier said it was not his inten tion to give any factious opposition to the adminis tration of Lord Derby. He looked at measures rather than at men, and provided he found -the present Government adopting liberal and progres- . /%~ __ -.---e'-: ::: 7 -7- SFAPER, iA , '; ' /-7 . , __ • - '44 L 7 :lr pCi:k !•!-, V •,-- ,-: Or . r- F.: rave measures, those measures - _- support. (Hear, hear.) He had rm . _ . - i. • petual change, and believed it obstrtated find S delayed the progress of public business an afiFfilcd Governthents an excuse for doing nothing. lIC was far from shying that he believed it was) immaterial who held the reins_ of office; but, as he thought it more . important that we should have measures of reform than to consider whether this person' or: that person governed for the time being, he should suspend his judgment with respect to the acts of the Derby . Administration ; and . when the contemplated - Reform Bill was brought.forward he would give it his best attention, and, if satisfied with it, it should receive his support. He Sli. '' ' ' t;.t more confidence in them if they had spoz....:n ou plainly and said, " We have been wrong all our lives ; we see the error of our ways and will now amend." If they would say plainly, "We do not think reform wanted, but we know it is necessary to be reformers to keep our places, and we will reform," he would say to them, " Keep your places ;" but he objected to words b e i ng used in a non-natural sense, and to attempts to make people believe that Conservatism meant Radicalism or Liberalism. (Hear and - cheers.) All he could say was, that his hopes from the Con servatives were founded chiefly upon their incon sistencies ; but he was prepared to give a fair hearing to their measures, and should be glad to hope and believe that they would bring forward a Reform Bill of which he could approve ; but to be satisfactory it must protect the voter, considerably - extend the suffrage, and provide for a modification of the electoral districts, and unless the' Govern ment were prepared to introduce a measure of that sort they could not - stand ; for it was, after all, not Lord Derby or .my Lord Palmerston, but the people who governed the country. Public opinion was the breath of the body politic ; and if public opinion was sound no Minister could ruin the country, or, - if rotten, no Minister could save it. - With respec to all the cardinal measures of Liberalism, he and his hon, colleague were agreed, and he had no doubt they would always . continue to act in unison. He might add, that he believed a better member they could not have; he had honestly earned his popularity. Mr. 11' HITE next addressed the meeting at some length, chiefly on abstract questions of political eco !,,itivr.. 7 ^ ,-.'7 ' with some warmth upon the C0n ..., A .. ~ ~ , , , spir air, :0.i., ~ ,•mcn he denounced : s a me ture that ...... would have tended to jeopardise Mir independeace. He rejoiced in the opposition which he had given to that measure, and if he had done nothing more he should be proud of having opposed its introduc tion. He expressed in general terms his dissatis-. faction with the Government of Lord Palmerston ; and condemned the exclusive character of the noble lord's administration. The hon. member spoke of his vote on the Havelock memorial, hi s exposure o f the niggardly course proposed to be adopted, and of the prominence he had suddenly attained through the columns of the Times and other journals. He alluded also to the reckless expenditure of public money in grants for.unnecessary purposes, and ex pressed his belief that we should not obtain any -economy of expenditure until we had a reformed Parliament, - A permanent financial committee . should be appointed, to whom should be referred all - questions of expenditure. The committee should have power to- eommand.the attendance of heads of each department; and no money should be - voted . unless. certified to be necessary for the public ser— vice. With regard - to the Reform - Bill, his name . was . associated with the Reform -committee, and their olject would be to carry - out the programme adopted as far as possible; they would get all they . could and as much more as possible. , Votes of confidence were, after some manifesta tion of feeling on the part of a few present, passed in favour of both members. SIR J. PAKINGTON ON EDUCATION. . WORCESTER, WEDNESDAY. The First Lord of the Admiralty attended a-dinner held here yesterday evening to celebrate the estab lishment of the Worcestershire Union of Mechanics' _ Institutes, which had been set on foot a few months ago by his son, Mr. J. S. Pakington. In the course of the after dinner proccedine , s, The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Pakington) proposed the health of the "Members for the Countyand Borough of Worcestershire," which was acknowledged by Sir J. PAKINGTON, who took the opportunity of expressing his concurrence in the objects of these unions, by which, he said; they arrived at unifor mity of action , and they also afforded a stimulus to emulation. Seventeen mechanics' and literary in stitutes around Worcester had joined the Worces tershire Union—the objects of which, as expressed by the rules, were as follows :-1. Mutual inter course and improvement. 2. Concentrated infor- • mation on the progress and requirements of each institute. 3. Encouragement and increase of even ing classes by examinations and, prizes, or other means. 4. The engagement of lecturers, gratuitous and professional. 5. The promotion of a 'good system for circulating books or otherwise improving local libraries. 6. The acquirement and diffusion of information upon matters relating to mechanics' institutes in general. He particularly approved of rule 3, having for its object the encouragement of evening classes. He regarded these institutes for the working classes much in the same light as he considered the universities in higher life—viz., as a means of carrying the knowledge already pos sessed by the students further than it had reached, and. preparing them for undertaking higher and more honourable, as well as more useful positions in the particular. condition of life for which they were destined. He hoped that those who had established this union of institutes would persist in the good work which they had begun. It was a work of great importance, and one which deserved and would receive the gratitude of the public. The necessity for the general extension of knowledge among the people was now generally admitted ; the only question was as to the means. Every reflecting mind would acknowledge that it could not be the will of God that man should be allowed to live in ignorance of things past and to come, things human and divine, great and small, on the earth or in the heavens, or that the noble gifts given 'to man should be left uncultivated, any more than it vould be the will of the Almighty that the soil .of the earth should remain barren and un tilled. (Hear, hear.) It was our duty as citizens, as philanthropists, and as - politicians, to promote education and the general diffusion of knowledge, and no man would in this free country dis courage the objects which these institutions lad in view. (Hear.) He himself had no fear of the result of extending knowledge, and without. pre tending just now to expound any schen'? of politi cal reform, he would say that one of our first duties was to see - that those who had to exercise civil rights were made by education fit and competent to discharge them. (Hear, hear.) It had been said that " a little knowledge is a dangerous thing." He was not afraid of knowledge, but he was afraid of ignorance with its headstrong i passions . and pre judices, and it was their duty as good citizens to extend as far as they could the spread Of know ledge, and to put an end to ignorance, ,Sir John, in conclusion, again recommended the - filnoters of the Worcestershire Union of Mechanics' Institutes to persevere in their laudable design. Mr. SLANEY, 'M.P., also expressed his approval of the object, and observed that the great difficulty in the wav of national education was the want of unanimity as to the best means of carrying it out. SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. —On Tuesday a shocking accident occurred to Joseph Dihnot, aged 70. The unfor tunate sufferer was exceedingly intoxicated, and in crossing the Seven Dials was knocked down by a cab, the wheel Hospit a l b y t h e po li ce passing over his body , a nd inflict ing most extensive injuries. Charing-crossto wheremr.skegg, the house surgeon, of ll e th m e ' a F s co nveyed d ivision, assisted by the staff of that valuable institution, rendered eve ry assistance that medical skill could suggest, but ho remains in a very dangerous state.—A frightful accident by fire happened to a child named Harriet Rowe, aged 4 years, the daughter of very respectable parents, residing in Titelifteld-street, Soho. During the brief absence of its parent, she approached the fire too closely, and fell in,.when her clothi .n,, 1) ecame ignited. Her screams brought assist ance, when the flames were extinguished, and she was con veyed to Charing - cross Hospital, but remains in a precarious state. — Thomas Acaster, aged 17 years of age, working on board the Waterford steam-boat, was brought to "Guy's Hospital, suffering from severe injuries. The unfortunate youth was at work in the cook-house, when he slipped and pulled over him a kettle of boiling water off the fire, scald ing himself in a dreadful manner. He remains in Peters ham Ward progressing favourably. • FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.—On Monday morning a fatal gun accident, by which Mr. Douglas Ward, a medical student, met his death, happened at Castle Bromwich. Mr. Ward's mother lives at that village, and deceased, with a party, among whom was another young gentleman named Chattoek, went out to shoot rabbits. They were on th eir return home, and when near Mr. Newton's lodge gates Mr. Chattock held his gun forward for the purpose O f wiping the lock, as rain had fallen during the niorniporg. From some cause or other toff gun, which had been if on tentsnately left charged, went and the whole of the d he was stall ing a tents lodged in poor Ward ' s back, as • nature of his little in advance. He fell, and the serious .. 1 1 had wound at once appeared from the fact that a large io e runn ing therefrom been made in his- coat, and blood was I 0 which the un profusely. A dC6r was at once obtaine( , P 11'of the Bradford owe 1 , , fortunate young man was removed to .- was also of the arty. Arms Inn, one of whose e ons sought, and Mr. Ward Medical assistance was at . once . . Ward himself requested that Mr. Clarkson , of . BFriungham, should be sent for. The messenger, on arriving at Bir mingham, found that Mr. Clarkson was from home, and to procured the services of Mr. Crompton, of Temple-row. That gentleman p roceeded at once to Castle Bromwich, and could did everything w hich skill suggest, but i n vain, for Mr. Ward die d about 4 o cleft in the afternoon. It is sup posed that his spine.has been Shattered by the charge, part of which also took effect on the right side of the Chest.— Birhingham Daily Post. PRICE. 4D• STAMPED, SD. U 1 ia, nd ith %113 ion ng he me bi of kg- I,