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A , " Land, 771 4 to 2 T - 1 011 i e —LancasP erns, 96k 2, 41 clit / tern 55 1, 21 22 r for the P 1 .5 Matlocks , ,s, 12 E° Ysharesea ,o 111—u fl .. se , tto Nowa 'lion Co., Pm. Ointment .' Is causes, ma turer 9 do impairs co .st appe ar loway s 00 co , nd the e ¢ 4 1 as with teP,'t pplied , ophtbalt ° ll o neg l e cted, ~ 4 he error . 9 ; atauguatis ......°°. Lore, tho A ghter. - e L-street, 3 13 J d aug hter. j, a Devone' l ;l rds, Major over Fitz; oghue, of IP CO, Belgri lle' N. el e tOll-plaCef ussell-sq ll° ninannel D ir ' t of Watl,dr. d of Mr. I I ath. at the liter of Dom it Indies. 4 0 reet, Rege t - 01 on of Cali` . wife of D• ls ..,' e A 57, Fenchw ace, Coral" Ta r !' )ridge-ter Royal Ar xmpton-stlci t Walker, Ile yne, datle t6r 1114°9 DO Y 0 Iffice, the cow R: ALBERT SMITH'S CHINA TO-NIGHT M _ AT 8 o'clock. —Eg,yVian Hall, Piccadilly. MR. CHARLES DICKENS WILL READ, at ST. MARTIN'S HALL, TO-MORROW EVEN ING, Jan. 28, at 8 o'clock, THE POOR TRAVELLER, MRS. GAMP, and the TRIAL FROM PICKWICK. The doors will be opened at 7. Stalls [(numbered and re served), Is. ; centre area and balconies, 2s. ; back seats, is. Tickets to be obtained at Messrs. Chapman and Hall's, pub lishers, 193, Piccadilly, and at St. Martin's Hall, Long-acre. NOTICE.---It is found unavoidable to appoint Two MORE READINGS of the CHRISTMAS CAROL and the TRIAL from PICKWICK. They will take place at St. Martin's Hall on Thursday Evening, 3d February, and Thursday Evening, 10th February. CRYSTAL PALACE.—NOTICE.—In conse (pence of the interest excited by the exhibition of the PORTRAITS, AUTOGRAPHS, and RELICS of ROBERT BURNS, the collection will remain ON VIEW in the "Court of Poets," Centre Transept, during this week. The Photo graphic Illustrations of Tam o'Shanter, from the designs of John Faed, Esq., R.S.A., will be repeated at intervals during e ach day. The ordinary daily performance by the Company's band will be interspersed with songs of Burns, &c. Open at Ten. Admission, One Shilling ; children under twelve, Sixpence. NDON CRYSTAL PALACE, REGENT- A- 4 FO CIRCUS, OXFORD-STREET and GREAT PORT LAND -STREET. --- This magnifice kindsd is NOW OPEN to the public, for the SALE of all of USEFUL and FANCY ARTICLES. _ The Photographic Establishm.ent,flAviary, Conservatory , G e neral Refreshment Room, and Ladies' Private Refresh ment Room, with Retiring Room attached, arc replete in their several departments. b' ADMISSION FREE. BARNUM'S FIFTH AND LAST ENTER pv,. TAINMENT, at St. James's Hall, TO-MORROW ENIG, January 28th il " MONEY-MAKING and HUM , ultra w ith Oriminal Anecdotes, Experiences, and Pictorial ons. Messrs Routledge have offered Mr. Barnum £1,200 for the Copyright of his Lectures, which he declined. ,vPen at 7, commence at 8. Carriages for a quarter to 10. ""mIB, 3s. ; balcony, 2s. body of hall and gallery, ls. Mit chell's,Places secured, without extra charge at Chappell's, aide • Cramer and Beale's ; Jullien's'; Keith's, 48, Cheap , and at the Hall. ROY • AL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRA'T'ION, b „, 14, , REGENT STREET, EVERY EVENING.. EWER'S Magnificent PANORAMA of the MAMMOTH CAVE of KENTUCKY, the largest and most beautiful Cave n the world. —The FALLS of NIAGARA, in SUMMER and W INTER — the Niagara River—Lakes Ontario and Erie. — e NATURAL BRIDGE - of VIRGINIA, 216 feet in ht, 55 feet wide, and 93feet long.—The Grand PRAIRIES 12.1. ILLINOIS ; the scene of a prairie on fire is beautiful lof ltond deicription. Many of the nobility, clergy, and .gentry gland have seen the Panorama, and have =lorded to it ~"teir most unqualified approbation. An interesting and de "eriPtive Lecture willbe given during the Exhibition. Vocal an d instrumental music by M rs . A gnes H oug h . —D oors open at h alf-past Seven o'clock, curtain rises at Eight. Carriages be ordered for ten o'clock.—Admission, stalls, 3s. ; un reserved seats, 2s. and is. Children, half-price to stalls and entreseats. Box-office open, where reserved seats may be g.eeured, from 12 till 4 daily, Morning Performance on Satur uaY;at 3 o'clock. I) R. KAHN'S ANVOMICAL MUSEUM, raarke t) 3,. TICHBOURNE-STILEET (Opposite the Hay- LE Open daily (for Gentlemen only). x .CTUItES at Four and Eight o'clock, on important and i_n_terestin topics in connection with ANATOMY, PHY SIOLOGY, and PATHOLOGY (vide Programmes). Admission ONE SHILLING. sn i3 ,l l -.—• RAHN'S NINE LECTURES ON THE PHILO r OF MARRIAGE, &c., sent postfree, direct from the hor, on the receipt of twelve stamps. A RGYLL-ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. E . - ;k_- . These popular and celebrated rooms are open every thnung, With R. R. Big,nell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by t_" great com_poser, Mons. Antony Lamotte, of Paris. iT'aer, Charles Hall. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet _ piston player, performs nightly, with other talented tristes. Selections from Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, rguenots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha. iLanager, R. R. Bignell. Doors open at half-past 8, close mi nutes utes before 12. Admission, Is. to Promenade. applications for the above band for Concerts I n d Roomy4ll O be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the ROWES AND CUSHING'S GREAT kent UNITED STATES CIRCUS .— A safe place of amuse no, L.—The ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square, hay "4,4lft constructed as a model of architecture, no accident aPPritherided. „ e Morning, Performances are particularly recommended, '-ae,Pantomime can be seen with the same effect as at night. .6 . „',LA-, the wonder of the world.—The celebrated horse, b 'riser," will be exhibited in his subdued state, as tamed tr. ltarey.—" Black Eagle," the horse a beauty.—The mim e, " Pete " and " Barney." The Comic Panto et:, entitled THE MISER OF BAGDAD, represented in circle at each performance. t i c l ,t , 1 8.3 Boxes, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, ' oftall, 55.; Private 0. -es, £ 2 . Children under Nine years age, half-price. Gd. Il ve Performances Daily at two and half-past seven p.m. CONTRACT FOR -RUM. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-house, 20th Jan., 1859. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the t r OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED ,4alsiG,Do3l of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO "-tREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on THURSDAY, the 3d Debrebruar t t Halc-nast One o'clock, they will be ready Y nex , treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT .or su w _ . an . tyi , and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling stores at Deptford. RUM 50,000 Gallons. • • • • • • When to be delivered—Half in three weeks, and the re traaheinpadrteryitnenthdreeerinleeks afterwards, or earlier if preferred by Tenders may be made for the whole or any poation of the ThenirdLeresrdare rum the Th e ir o hi o p p a e r n e e s d e , rve to themselves the ower, when or for such part thereof oof l co y natsraethteiyn either g ma y d e for fi the r w f h o o r l e na , greater quantity, e r or ot not contracting for any, and also a Unliinit power of selection Payti es The rura to be exempted' from the Customs' duties, and Sam ten dering are to st a t e w h ere it - is lying. ples of the rum to be sent in pints for each import mark, and the ave rage strength of eac h mar k ex to be stated, and not an average of different marks or strengths of several 12yaports its,' any parcel ofrum that Is found not to be of the ,_lnee_qua mark, or average strength of the sample ten mer et and accepted, will be rejected by the officers, ce T he . „ samples produced by persons whose tenders are not ac- . ~„I.ctl, are requested to be taken away by them immediately ..aler the Contract has been decided. No o tender will be received unless made on the printed form dud for the purpose, and which may be obtained at the ...azrpool, or I T ,or to the Officer conducting the Packet Service at to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. attentionditions of the revised contract, to which particular is called, may be s een at the said' office, and at Liver pool and Bristol. the tender will be received after Half-past One o'clock on &We day of treaty, and it will not b e requ i re d th a t th e par ty ne on ttiieling,. or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the e day of Contract, as the result of the offer received p Bed stireti each pers es in writing.n will be communicated to him and his pro 4,,eEve Every y tender must be add resse d to the Secretary of the ~ dMiralti, and bear in the l e ft-h an d corner the words " Ten houseum, ' and must also b e d e li vered at Somerset . BOARD AND. RESIDENCE. Superior 'Tome is offered to a Gentleman of steady habits, ern gaged during the day, by a family residing near Regent's - 4 ma adnesvatnegrteosilcieonnede7 p e r rni th s e m fl o rs d t er t a ir be References to be exchanged. Address, .7. P., Wright's D airy, Granby-street, Hanipstead-road, N.W. FIFTY THOUSAND CURES Rave been effected without Medicine, inconvenience or expense ot Indigestion Biliousness,pti, Flatulency, Phlegm, __Nervousness, Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Aenralgia, Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, eruptions, Impurities, Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Hemorrhoids, Headache, Noises in the -Head and Ears, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, N ausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinki ng Fi ts, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Complaints, are effectually removed by DU BARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid butt he - weakest stomach, nor interferes w ith a good liberal di e t , imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, andrestores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of gratitude from invalids thus cured :—Cure No. 71, of dyspep sia, fr om the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies—', Dro- Cappoqum, County Waterford.—l have derived con siderable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise th e publication o f these lines. Stuart de Decies." Cure No. 4 9,832. " 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 Dies, Norfolk." Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herta, of extreme ner vousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fan cies. Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool: of ten year s ' d yspepsia, and all the horrors ofnervous irritability. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew Cre, 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. 42,116. Major Edie, of liver and kidney disease, and total prostration of strength Cure, No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster, o f cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings. Cure Ne. 26,418. Dr. Harvey, of diarhoea and debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer, of consumption. Cure No. 32,880. Wm. Jiunt, Esq., barrister of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts,timber-merchant, of Frim ley, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver de rangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 180. " Twenty-five Years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no me dicine couldremove or relieve, have been effectually cured Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Reeves,lBl, Fl eet - street, London." Cure ,go. 4,208. " Eight years' d yspepsia, nervous nes s, d e bility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health restoring Food. Rev. John W. Flavell, Riddlington Rectory, Norfolk." Cure No. 3,903. "Thirteen years'cough, indiges tion, and general debility have been remove d by D u, pa rr y' s sxcellent Food. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth. In Su itably peeked for all climates, and with full instructions.vs. c anisters, lib., 2s. 9d. ; 21b ., 4 s. 6d . ; 51b., lls. ; 121 b., . S uper refined qua li ty. 101 b., 3.35. The 101 b. and 121 b. canis ters are f orwarded carriage free,. on receipt of Post-office order. D u B arry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fort num, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly, and through all grocers and chemists in town and country. - Dr. PALLACE'S PILLS and OINTMENT are prepared 'upon scientific principles, without mercury, to prevent the danger and injury resulting from quack preparations ; they Purify, regulate, and strengthen the system, and cure effec tually dyspepsia (bad digestion), bile, flatulency, constipation, liver and stomach complaints and all internal disorders ; and the Ointment heals sores, wounds ulcers, boils burns, oar buncles,chaps, pimples, di seases of the scalp, &c. Both pills and ointment are carefully puked for all climates, at ls. 2s. 9d., and 4s. Od. London agents : Hannay, 63, Oxford-st ; Sanger, 153, Oxford-st ree t , and may be ordered through all Medicine vendors. DU BARRY'S PULMONIC COUGH BON BONS are a nice, safe, and effectual remedy for coughs, colds, hoarseness, asthma, and all affections of the lungs, throat, and of unrivalled excellence. In boxes—ls. 14d., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. J. Sanger, 150, O xford -street, Loudon, and all Chemists. DU BARRY'S ANTI-DIARRIICEAL BON BONS are a n ever -failing remedy for English cholera, bowel complaint, diarrhoea, dysentery, &c., &c. In boxes—ls. lid., 2s. 9c1., 4s. 6d. .1. Sanger, 150, Oxford-street, London, and all Chemists. DU BARRY'S FOOD FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN, AND INVALIDS, supersedes the dangers and expense of Wet nursing, as infants are easily reared with it, and it is the best and most digestible Food for the delicate and invalids of ag'e- In canisters, at 25., and 121 b 21s. The large canis ars free of carriage. Barry Du Barry, and Co., 77, Regent street, London. Ze A vald Pills, and all other Medicine for Indigestion (dys- P r s v i o a us l, I:abssit,ual Constipation, Flatulency, Acidity, Palpita lion of the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, bilious Headaches, ousness, General Debility, Diarrhoea, Cough, Asthma, Consumption. Despondency, Spleen, &c. Send 2d.. 11?, amps , and you will 'receive free by Post, a popular Tree pazes —"THE NATURAL REGENERATION OF ` n DIGESTIVE ORGANS." Without pills, purgatives, or medicines of any kind, and without expense, by a simple. Pleasant, and infallible means which 'saves 50 times its cost In other remedies ; adapted to the . general reader. London: 3 arnes p calbert,o, raternoter-row, and tluvuel D 91 : 44. .1) era ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND . IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just pub lished, price, free by post, ls. THE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work on the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from 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 geons. Consultations as usual (see page 197). Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row; Sanger, 160, Oxford street; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street,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 arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying sucess in thousands of cases. Price lls. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335., which saves lls. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recom mended 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 destruction of the nose, palate, &c. Its action is purely deter sive, and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. Price lls. and 335. per bottle, also a saving of 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., 4s. 6d., and lls. per box. Sold by Daniel Church, 78, Gracechurch-street, City ; Bart ley-Hooper, 43, King William-street (fourdoors from London bridge) ; G. F. Watts, 17, Strand ; W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow churchyard ; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford Street ; Hannay and Dietrichsen, 63. o u r: s tec tr i e l e i t i ; ng ß d u c t ) l m er and Harding, 4, Cheapside ; Prout and aHars nt, 229 Strand, and all medical vendors throughout Oxford- street ORGANIC WEAKNESS —ITS CAUSES AND CURE. Just published (with an Appendix on the Curative Powers of Galvanic-Electricity), price is., free by post for 13 stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION .—A Medical Treatise on NERVOUS DEBILITY and FUNCTIONAL WEAKNESS, more particularly in reference to the INFIR MITIES and DISORDERS of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM; tracing the Origin of these distressing afflictions to causes which vitiate the very fountains of Life and prematurely de stroy the vigour of Manhood. With Practical Observations on the Cure of these Diseases, and on the extraordinary re , storative power of LOCAL GALVANISM in cases ofnervous prostration, muscular debility, and functional incapacity, when used in combination with the remedial agents so suc cessfully employed by the Author during a practic e o f up wards of Twenty yearstions , &C.. With descriptive Cas es, numerous BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D ., ' Engravings, 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, • -, Registered Licentiate of the u L niovnedraont t S o ocl se Doctor of Apothecarie, Doctor of Medicine of theErlangen; Honorary Member of the London Hospital M edical Society, &c. An erroneous impression existsly f that nal unqualifiedtpublicannoulapceemrseenntss. on these disorders emanate only practitioners shall assume any . i cr ished—a point ofgreat , but as the new Medical Act prov m id e e d s tea th l at ti n tl on e, e t b i u m t s r e egi t s a te t registered legally t n eo" u nfidence, and skill are equally requisite. ance qualifiedin c a s canes readi ly where secrecy, bedls t utility are brought together—facts affections which in- In the new edition of ' para mountSelf-Preesre—rvfaactitoana,'ppfaceattsingoftotheprudence of all who are suffering from in volve withoutt h the which m enfeeblement antoe e t a t and d t ultimatehed tgdignity o l o f ss moral degradation. the most pitiable depths of physical and nature, o f th and ose slake powers t o ilntincanesnoee of cases wheretrotphiceavliteaulmesasteeen bys havepern t b ot e o e n n a w h e a a b k t e t n a, edbthe indiscri minate excesses, improper diet, hardship, or by iniudicious treatment, the means of cure adopted by the author , in con junction with the application of Local Galvanism, have gene rally been found successful, even in cases where recovery ha d been pronounced impossible. Published by the Arttor, price is., dr free by post for thir teen stamps, and may b e had of Allen, Warwick-lane, Pater noster-row, London ; Westmacott, chemist, M ar ket-street, Manchester ; J, Guest Bull-street, Birmingham; Baraclough, Fargate, ShefEe'd ; Rayner, High-street, - S'outhampton ; W. Love, Enoch-square, Glasgow ; H. Powell, Westmoreland street, Dublin, or fro m th e Author, who may be consulted daily, from Eleven till T wo, and from Six till Eight , at his _ . rea.cigace, 37, Becifyrdiquare, London No. 20,780. PUBLICATIONS. Now - ready, in 3 vols., with ftne:Portraits, 31$. 6d., bound, HENRY lIL, KING of FRANCE, his COURT and TIMES. By Miss FREER. " The interest of Miss Freer's narrative is throughout great. The work must take its place on the shelves of every Library."—Post. Hurst and Blackett,l3, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, price 55., elegantly bound and illustrated, J OHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN. Forming the Second Volume of HURST AND BLACKETT'S STANDARD LIBRARY OF CHEAP EDITIONS of POPULAR MODERN WORKS. " A very cheap and handsome new edition of the interest ing story of 'John Halifax.' worthy to pass freely from hand to hand as a gift book in many. households."—Examiner. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ENTLEY'S. QUARTERLY REVIEW.-7The First Number will be published on MARCH 1, 1859. 'Advertisements and Bills lobe forwarded, until February 20, to W. E. BURKE, Agent, care of Mr. Bentley, New Bur lington-street, W. Advertisers will find "Bentley's Quarterly Review" an ad mirable medium for their announcement. Supported by all the talent of the day, this Review will command attention in every quarter Its circulation is certain to be large, whilst the character of that circulation will be high and influential. T HE CENTENARY OF ROBERT BURNS. The festivals in connection with this interesting event , will be fully delineated and desoribed in the "ILLUS TRATED LONDON NEWS" for Jan. 29, and Feb. 5. Office, 198, Strand. - - THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS I_ for SATURDAY, JANUARY 29th, contains the follow ing splendid ENGRAVINGS:—The Burns' Centenary : Room in which Burns was born ; Burns' Cottage at Ayr ; the Tam o'Shanter Tavern ; Burns' Visit to Neil Gow, in August, 1787 ; the Twa Brigs of Ayr; the Auld Brij of Doon, with Burns' -attainment, and a GBmptle of Alloway Kirk in the Distance ; "Alloway's Auld Haunted Kirk ;" Auld Maggie; the Cotter's Saturday Night (two outs); John An derson, my jo ; Tam o'Shanter's Ride; the Twa D ogs; Auld Lang Syne ; Burns in the Plough-field composing his Poem "To a Mountain Daisy." The Laughton Memorial Window, in Boston Church. The Sculpture Gallery in the Campana Museum, Rome. Portrait of the Maharajah ofJeypoor. Mt trance to a Mosque, Islamabad, Cashmere. Jacobabad, Scinde. Soirée at King's College on Saturday Evening last. Church at Cannes. Sll's 'Waterproofing Manufactory, Stepney. Portrait of Mrlhomas Henry Kavanagh, one of the Luck now Heroes. With the latest Foreign and Colonial Intelli gence, and all the News of the Week.—Price sd. ; stamped, 6d. Office, 198, Strand. Now ready, V of the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, elegantly bound in cloth, gilt, price 188. ; in paper covers, 13s. Containing Twelve CoLonred Engravings , and 111ustratiO of the most important Events that have oe 3 urred n during the ast six months. Covers for Binding the Volume, 2s. Gd. ; Reading Cases, 25.; Portfolios, for preserving the Numbers, 4s. The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, price ss. by post free, ss. (Id. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA ; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the lion-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to .fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have delayed so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter." — Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Rai'Here, 219, Regent-street. F EIST'S RACING RECORD for 1858, with Nominations for 1859, is now published. W. Wright, Fulwood's Rents, Holborn, London. HANWELL = COLLEGE, Middlesex, is still retaining its high character.—United Service Gazette. A Prospectus will be forwarded on application to the Rev. Dr. Emerton. Principal. (11NOPOLION TAVERN and HOTEL. Nos. 1, and 2, Brownlow-street, W.C. The Best Served Dinner in London for ls. 6d. A Succession of Joints from One till Seven o'Clock. Private and Smoking Rooms. TABLE D'HOTE on SUNDAYS, at 5 o'clock, 2s. each. Henekeys, Abbott, and Co.'s first-class Wines and Spirits. 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For Qualification, vide " Diplomas," and; the " London Medical Directory." . , , • . / Or' A . . , 1.1te. , • / ', .I. --- t h (110111111011 , . t . 1 14 ° 1‘4 1.' art,- , • 1 0 v „,.. ..• ••s 4r "jam \._ ..., c„ H .., ,7,...,z. - 4... ' : .4177", f,;, 14. ;,,,., 404 , i1, i4.... 2 . ..... 1 164; 64 , 4F 4 :41 4 ; \ : :. ,„. , ..,0 z., 0 -# R OTT • '."' 2* -. , 42 4 :.. - ti ik4llllPrk"4- .----- -1 : 41 11 1 11191 ' ' 441111 k1-‘ l / 4 , 4 .., „:751 , •;. ~ ' ,,j ; ". ' ' ; , - ....„, _Q opi ~w.s. ;.,_ ~,, 41.--- \\.... _ ~,..,,. a. - • ... .....,,,,....,. - - /,/ SHOCKING MURDER IX CANDA:.!.:--'''A j • '',' , -' _ _ ...-' ~,' -- On the Bth inst. a brutal and deem "i,,-_,V was comnritted. in Hamilton, Canada. `T i . 07 ; 0 06 ----. L ..„.' - Globe *says ;—" The victim is a woman n: i. .d 1 1 za Welsh; said to belon'to Toronto, And the murderer - is a man named John Meagham, or Mitchell, who passed as her husband. The murderer, for so we must term him, has lately been employed in the vicinity of this city in the capacity of a railway labourer. The facts of the awful tragedy, so far as our reporter could learn on the spot shortly after the feurful occurrence took place are as follows. It appears that Mitchell left Toronto on the afternoon of Thursday by the train for. Hamil ton, accompanied by the woman Welsh, with - whom he cohabited; and an infant about three months old. On reaching Hamilton they proceeded -to a. small tavern situated-on the south side of York street, bet*een Bay and Park-streets, kept by.a person named Morden. The unfortunate woman told the landlady of the saloon that her husband's name was Meagham, and that he was on his way to work on the Hamilton and Port Dover Railroad. As the parties presented the usual poor appearance of labouring persons out of work, they were in =- sequence not treated as very welcome guests. They s a t a ri I evdr,ohowever,n pro vidi ng ct themselves e h s o u w s i e ;h payin g fo d r. t hart whatever else they were in want of until Saturday morning. etween-9 and 10 o'clock on that morning the wife _came down stairs, and procuring some tea, she returned to the bedroom, where she had left the "man who called her wife. She had hardly entered the room when•the landlady of the saloon, Mi. & Morden, was startled by a loud scream from the bedroom. -She immediately rushed- up stairs Jto learn the cause, When she was horror-struck at . seeing the unfortunate - Woman lying on - tlieTffe - Ofin a - pool of blood, and struggling with the man, who was holding her down on the floor. Upon seeing Mrs. Morden enter the room, the woman endea voured to call out, and tried to speak to her ; but the only words which could be distinctly heard by the landlady . were, ' Neighbours' and ' Murder;' and almost immediately afterwards she expired. The words were evidently meant to signify that she had been murdered, and to get assistance from the neighbours. Mrs. Morden also states that when she opened the door of the room, the murderer Was still busily engaged - doino• something somethin to the throat of the woman ; but that she (Mrs. Morden) was so much frightened and excited by the fearful scene which met her eye, as to be unable distinctly to see what he really was doing. She instantly gave the alarm, and a large number of persons, accompanied by the police, were soon in the house, and MitChen was taken into custody. It is reported that a ser vant girl belonging to the tavern accompanied Mrs. Morden to the bedroom, when they heard the screaming, and that deceased informed the girl that it was her husband who had done the deed. Mrs. Morden also states that when Mitchell Was dis covered, he commenced to inform her that his wife had committed:suicide ; but that the woman, who was unable to speak from loss of blood, held up one of her hands, which was badly cut,-as if-to contradict the statement. On a search being made for the weapon with which the deed had been per petrated, a razor, with marks of blood on it, was found in the bed, close by where the 'woman was lying, and the bed clothes were thicklyLcoated with blood, as were also the clothes of the man and - the woman. The gash in the woman's neekis one_ of the most fearful character. It is ; very deep, and seems to extend over fully three-fourths of the sur face of the neck, being from the -back part of the head round under the chin. An inquest was held the next day, and Mesgham committed on the charge of wilful murder." PRICE 4D. STAMPED, 5D will be slow to enlighten his master as to the deli cacies and the dangers of the attempt.. It may, perhaps, be suggested that the French army might advance from Rome upon the Po, so as to avoid the necessity of crossing the Ticino. But Rome is three hundred miles to the south of the Po, and the time consumed by a French army travers ing that distance would 'suffice to allow the Austrian army to assume the- offensive. That army might cross the Ticino in overwhelming numbers, crushthe Piedmontese army, and be ready on the banks of the Po to receive the French from the south. Nor , is this all. . The Po, it must be observed, covers the left flank of each of the three lines of defence which . have been: described.. In order to succeed, there fore, in turning the Austrians by a flank movement, , the Po' must be crossed. This • is a most difficult and hazardous enterprise; nor should it be forgotten that even the great Napoleon - never oncosucceeded -in crossing that river in the face of the enemy. He was compelled to have recourse to stratagem. • ' Let it not be supposed that- these remarks have been made from - any desire to damp the ardour of .Italian liberators. or the aspirations of Italian - patriots." They - aro dictated by motives the very reverse of these: the first. secret 'of succeiss . isc not to despise the enemy. If the great enterprise of freeing. Italy from . the Auitrians is to be accom plished,-the enterprise-must be undertaken with a due sense of its difficulty. At all events, it is no extravagant idea to suppose that its difficulties— manifest as they must be to the French generals— may have had sotnething to do with whatever hesitation:may from time totime be apparent in the councils of the French Emperor. ~~~ THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1859. .CiREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.--NOTICE k7l IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will be held in London,pursua_nt to Act of Parliament, at the Paddington Station, on FRIDAY, the eleventh day of Feb. next, at One o'clock precisely, for the Election of Five Direc tors in the place of A. K. Baker, Esq., John William Miles, Esq., Henn ,. Simonds, Ksq. , Rowland Jones Venables, Esq., and John Williams, Esq., retiring by rotation, and for other general purposes of business. It is also intended that the said. General Meeting shall be. made Special, for the purpose of submitting agreements en tered into respectively with the Directors of the Bridpart Railway Company and with the Great Western and Brentford Railway Company, for the consideration.and approval of the Proprietors upon terms and conditions for the lease and working severally of the said Bridport Railway, and of the Railway between Southall and Brentford, and of the Docks . at Brentford connected therewith. The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely. FREDK. PONSONBY, Chairman. BA4RINGTON, Deputy Chairman. The Directors retiring are re-eligible under the provisions of the act, and, in compliance with a bye-law, notice must be given to the Secretary, on or before the 28th day of January, of the names of any Proprietors who are to be , nominated fbr election as Directors at the said Half.,yearly General Meeting... . The Transfer , ooks of all Stock and Shares w ill be closed on and from the 27th day of January instant, and will not be re-opened until after the said Half-yearly General Meeting on the 11th day of February.—By order of the Board. - CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. _ 1 Paddifig,ton Station, Jan. 21, 1859. ANNIVERSARY OP TILE FOUNDATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. Yesterday being the 71st anniversary of the set tlement of the Australian Colonies a dinner took place at the Albion Hotel, Aldersgate-street, to celebrate the event. The chair was occupied by Mr._ H. Moor, late Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales and Victoria, the Vice-Chair- man being Sir W. M. Manning, LL.D., represent ing New South Wales Mr. J. A. Youl, Tasmania ; Mr. P. S. Sturt, Victoria ; Mr. E. Stephens, South Australia; arid Mr. J. E. Fitzgerald, New Zealand. The list of guests included the Right Hon. Sir E. B. E. L. Bulwer Lytton, Sir J.Pakington, the Earl of Carnarvon, Lord A. Churchill, M.P., Mr. Row land Hill, Sir J. Stirling, Col. Gawler, Mr. J. D. Smith, Commissary-General, Mr. Wilcox, M.P„ Mr. Gairdner, Admiral Sir G. Lambert , D. Dunbar, Mr. S. Morley, Mr. J. Spicer, Mr. J. Allan, Mr. H. Sewell; and Captain Galton. Among the colonists present were—Sir H. W. Parker, the Rev. Dr. Lillie, R. Kermode. Messrs. E. Wilson, R. Brooks, G. A. Anstey, G. Laing, T. W. Smart, H. Mercer ' D. Larnac, P. Jones, P. T. Smith, T. S. Mort, C. Newton, G. Rees, J. Levick, and F. Piper. There were nearly 200 gentlemen present in all. After dinner the usual loyal and patriotic toasts were proposed from the chair and enthusiastically received by the company. Thanks having been returned on the part of the army by Colonel GAwLER, Sir J. PAKINGTON, in responding for the sister service, observed that he deeply felt the responsi bility of his position at the head of the navy, espe cially at the present juncture. As long, however, as he had the honour to hold that situation he would devote every energy he possessed to an attempt to restore that power, that efficiency, that unquestioned superiority of the British navy--(cheers)—which the general introduction of 'steam had for the moment partially impaired. When he used these expressions it would be understood that he referred to the ships which belonged to us—not to those gallant officers and brave seamen whose dis cipline, whose prowess, and whose power of serving their country was as great now as it had been at any period of our history. (Cheers.) He hoped he was not guilty . of presumption in attributing the cordiality of the reception just accorded to him partly to the fact that he had once been officially connected with the British colonies. (Hear.) It had been his fortune to hold the seals of the Colonial Department at the great crisis of the gold disco veries, and when our settlements in Australia were commencing that marvellous career of wealth and prosperity the rapidity of which had never been equalled in the annals of the world. (Cheers.) He owned that, deep as was his interest in the British navy, zealous as he was to do his duty towards that service, he could not but feel on an occasion like the present a pang of regret that he was no longer con nected with the colonies. (Hear.) That feeling, however, was solely a personal one, for it was his sincere conviction that the welfare of that depart ment could not be, and never had been, entrusted to better hands than those of his right hon. friend. (Cheers.) He was sure it was the heartfelt senti ment of his right hon. friend, as it undoubtedly was his own, that theTioble dependencies of this empire generally, and Australia in particular, might ever prosper and flourish. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then gave " The health of the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the rest of her Majesty's Ministers." The toast having been duly honoured, Sir E. B. LYTTON rose and said—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, on my own part, and on that of my colleagues, her Majesty's Ministers, I have to re turn you our best thanks for the compliment that you have paid to us. My right hon. friend Sir J. Pakington has referred, with much courtesy towards myself, to the post which I now hold in the service of the Crown, and which he himself once filled with so much popularity and talent. It is, indeed, a post of immenselresponsibility ; and if its duties are conscientiously discharged it is one that involves incessant labour. Its powers are as varied as the different parts of that vast dominion which it surveys. Every colony, from the greatest to the least—from the little island of Labuan to the great province of Canada or Victoria—has a right to expect from the Home Government the most careful solicitude for its interests—the most affectionate anxiety for its progress. But you, the colonists of Australia, may well elicit sympathy and respect from the breast of the coldest of states men. It is now exactly 71 years ago that the first colony of Australia, New South Wales, was founded. Why, that space of time is just the life of a single man who attains to the verge of old age. In the comparatively brief period to which the days of any obscure peasant in one of our remote villages may extend Australia has added to the sway of Queen Victoria: more than 1,000,000 of British subjects, of freemen born to exert a powerful influence on the future destinies of the world. The revenue of that young dependency somewhat exceeds £5,000,000 sterling, its imports amounting to £27,000,000, and its exports to between £22,000,000 and £23,000,000. These statistics are, I know, within the mark, be cause they were furnished a year or more ago. But, while her material development has been so great so startling, what has been the growth of Australia in all that can dignify and ennoble man ? In place of that miserable penal setttlement with which the early history of New South Wales began you now see thriving communities of citizens, valuing the highest standard of morality, to the utmost degree enjoying rational liberty, and proving by their loyalty and good order how well they understand its blessings. (Cheers.) And with that extent of liberty there is no part even of the Old World in which there is so deep an appreciation of that kind of aristocracy without which I believe no society can flourish. I mean not the aristocracy of intel lect alone, but the aristocracy of civilized manners —the aristocracy of elevated character. (Hear.) To education in its higher forms you have given a wise encouragement. Your University of Sydney has already received a Royal charter; and the sister institution' at Melbourne is, I trust, about to obtain the same boon. These charters will give equal validity throughout every part of her Majesty's dominions to the degress accorded by these colonial Universities in arts, in medicine, and in law to that which belongs to the corresponding degrees con ferred by the ancient and august foundations of Oxford and Cambridge. (Cheers.) Go next to Tasmania, which partly from its insulated position, partly from its smaller extent of available land, and partly from the absence of gold discoveries there, has perhaps not achieved the same dazzling progress as some of the sister colonies, and you will still find that it has just passed a noble Act of its local Legislature, endowing no fewer than eight scholarships at £2OO a-year etch for the support of Tasmanian scholars at the Universities of this country. (Cheers.) While, therefore, you have offered an inviting asylum and ample means of sub sNagvi S mehn t oi e eeu n rhn e o e tueose to the working classes at home, you have shown y our qu i c k p erce pti on I f th e great fact that communitiest theirroiinst with population aen i d n doot t ha h ta e itoni come notions oe socialntoaalone,nd ct s buo c ulaatlitue also ldesn.vooatbo Among o y mtmho t oon h ns ge e t the various :virtues 'which Australia has derived from England, I ask you to' take with you that grand feature called the English gentleman ; and I believe that as long as Australia lasts, the manli ness and gentleness of the gentlemen of England will be fostered on her soil. The reason why this identity, not of interests only, but of character, exists between Australia and England appears to me to be this :—The first British settlers of America were refugees, who fled from thi s country b efore she had acquired for herself civil and religious lib er ty. We can, therefore, understand how in th a a ll t casethe• great e there should have long obtained a r an kli ng feeling of hereditary. resentment, and it may be a hereditary misconception , so that the the one which United Powers States oafre,theperwham, is most liable to capricious fluctuations in its friendly affinities to us. Whereas you, the colonists of Australia, took with you When you went forth no bitter or angryxecollections. Yon did not carry with you associations of the reign of the Stuarts but a tender affection - fora free country and a benignant -Queen. (Cheers.) The tie is the stronger because it is the more gently felt. I'can mit help thinking how much Australia proved her sympathy in the :glory and - in the distress of the mother country during the CriMean war. I -cannot help recalling -that from Australia came a sura little short of £150,000 as a contribution for the relief of our sufferers from that contest. A similar token of generosity and ~patriotism was called'forth on the part of Australia on behalf of the sufferers from -the Indian mutiny. These things muke - us feel that, thoughOceani divide us, we have'all English hearts, and that the sceptre of Queen-Victoria is an electric rod which unites in kindred sympathy the extremi ties of our glorious empire. (Cheers.) The-time may come when these new colonies of Ours will be great -State's and nations, when they will find it easier to raise armies among_them than they now find it to raise a police—when, instead of that single armed steamer for which the colony Of Victoria now so nobly pays, she will have in her -harbours forests of masts, and her waters a navy of her own._ It may so happen in that distant day that England may be in danger. It may happen that the great Power's of OM Europe may then rise 'up against the venerable parent of many free commonwealths. If that day should arrive, I believe that her chil dren will not be unmindful of the tie which binds them to the dear mother country'; and that to her rescue across the wide ocean, vessels will come quick and fast, among which there will be heard but one voice,—" While Australia lasts England shall not perish." (Cheers.) With that hope and belief, -gentlemen, I now give you the toast which has been placed in my hands—viz., " The Anniver sary of the Foundation of the Australian Colonies." The toast was received with much enthusiasm, and was eloquently responded to by Sir W. Manning. Mr. J. E. FITZGERALD then proposed "The Houses of Lords and- Commons of England," which was briefly acknowledged by the Earl of Carnarvon on the part of the peers, and by Lord A. Churchill on the part of - the Commons. The sentiment " Our Fatherland" was next given by Mr. WILSON, and was followed by " The Go vernors and Parliaments of the Australian Colonies, besides several toasts of a purely complimentary nature. The party broke up at a late hour. MANCHESTER CHAMBER •F • COMMERCE. The annual meeting of association was held yesterday at Manchester, Mr. Turner, M.P., in the chair. Mr. Fleming, the secretary, read the annual re port of the directors' proccedinzs. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the Chamber that the year 1859 was commencing under circumstances much more encouraging than those of a twelve month ago. We were then recovering from a very severe monetary crisis, and Manchester had reason to be proud of having passed 'Tough that crisis with credit ; for though it t have experienced difficulties and disasters, they were not so much the result of undue trading or reckless speculation as of the foolish course adopted by bank directors in vari ous parts of the country. The mercantile commu nity had less to blame itself for than the money in terests and those represented by joint-stock banks. We were commencing this year with every prospect of prosperity, and Manchester was as flourishing as he ever recollected it to- be. It was, however, just a time when a word or two of caution might be neces sary. Both employers and employed might take it into their heads that this commercial prosperity was never to be checked, and he had been long enough. in the world and long enough connected with com mercial matters to know this was the very period of danger; that we might go on rashly increasing our trading operatiins and pushing themin all parts of the world to a perilous extent, unless we took warning from the past. However, he saw very little speculation at present. and believed the business now carrying on was of a healthy description. It was a remarkable feature of the times that with such abun dance of money, and such reason for exciting our prosperity, there seemed at present to be scarcely any tendency to rash investment. (1-11::ar, hear.) One most encouraging feature was the prospect of a good supply of cotton, but he hoped the likelihood of a very extraordinary crop from the United States would not render us forgetful of our anxieties and efforts with regard to a permanently adequate sup ply. He hoped that the Cotton Supply Association would not relax their exertions in any degree, be cause it should never be forgotten that we were de pendent for cotton upon almost one part of the world only, while most members of this Chamber were thoroughly convinced that there is a capabi lity in another part of the globe, more immediately under our own jurisdiction ,of supplyng nearly every thing we wanted, if proper measures were taken. (Hear.) He believed sincerely that if the recommen dations of this Chamber, so often addressed to the Indian authorities, with regard to the measures re quisite for obtaining a due supply of raw material for the cotton districts of England, had been taken —if improvements had been made, roads formed, agents encouraged to settle in various parts of that country, and intercourse promoted between our com mercial classes and the natives of India, instead of their being solely brought in contact with mere offi cials and military men, we should have heard less of discontent, and probably have . avoided that re volt which has been so disastrous to both countries. (Hear.) Although the measures proposed by this Chamber with regard to the future government of India were not entirely adopted, he was glad to say they were listened to, and he believed some of the principle of those recommendations would find their way into the future government of India. The India Board seemed to be disposed to adopt plans which were not so well received by the directors of the East India. Company,. and various improvements were likely to be carried out. The favour which the Madras Irrigation and Canal Company's scheme had received, and the guarantee it had obtained for a very large expenditure of capital, was one good omen of future policy ; and he hoped the same plans of improvement would be prosecuted in the direction of road making aid developing the gene ral resources of the country. If the India Board failed in this respect they were sure of hearing again the complaints from this Chamber which were so fre quently addressed to their predecessors in the Go vernment. (Hear, hear.) He next referred to the discreditable allegations as to the proceedings of one of the Manchester Commissioners in Bank ruptcy, as to which the Lord Chancellor had informed a deputation last year that the removal of such an officer could only be effected by an address of both Houses of Parliament to the Crown. If the directors were to take further proceedings in so delicate a matter he hoped they would be supported firmly by the opinion of a general meeting. (Hear.) In reference to our relations with Brazil he had a conversation with the Under Secretary of State, Mr. Fitzgerald, just before feaving London last session, who informed him that probably they would be placed on a much more satisfactory foot ing. (Applause.) Mr. BAZLEY, M.P., in moving the adoption of the report, expressed his satisfaction that a more constitutional Government had been given to India, the result of which was that we were enjoying an amount of commercial prosperity with that country which had never before been known. He looked forward to a still greater improvement, and, espe cially, when we were able to get a greater amount of agricultural produce in the shape of cotton and other staples of that country. It was satisfactory to know that while the late India Company in 200 years did not expend three millions of money in roads and in improvements for the development of its commercial resources, already, within a few years, such progress had been made that guarantees had been given for the application of nearly thirty millions to that purpose. (Hear.) He expressed his regret at learning, though a bill placed in his hands by the Town-clerk, that Liverpool was about to seek Parliamentary powers to dip its hands into the pockets of Lancashire to the amount of X 40,000 per annum, and hoped that steps might be taken to prevent the renewal of an injustice which it had been hoped was set at rest by recent legislation in reference to the Liverpool town dues. Mr. Entwistle, Mr. Edmund ?otter, and Mr. Hadfield, M.P., addressed the meeting, and the resolution was adopted. After some remarks from Mr. HENRY ASHWORTH upon the evils produced in the late crisis by the encouragement banks at Liverpool and Glasgow had held out to undue speculation, and the compa rative soundness of trade at the present time, Mr. JOHN CHEETHAM, M.P., moved a resolution to the effect that a petition be presented to Parlia ment in reference to the removal of the Commis sioner in Bankruptcy alluded to by the chairman. Adverting to the Liverpool Bill, which Mr. Bazley had called attention to, he said he understood, if they would consent to the rating of the docks, Liverpool would give up its claim to the town dues. _ . In a conversation with the Town Clerk on this subject, he was surprised to learn that during the late contest against the town dues this question of dock rating was never considered in terms of settle ment. In this light he thought his Liverpool constituents were right in the endeavour to rate the docks, as a part of the greater movement which was going on in the country to compel the authorities to pay rates for their various public establishments. Mr. DUGDALE seconded the resolution, which was carried. The meeting separated, after electing directors for the present year. . BRISTOL CHAMBER OF G'OMMEBCE. The annual meeting of this body was held yesterday afternoon in the hall of the society of Merchant Venturers, under the presidency of Mr. P. W. S. Miles, of Br istol and Melbourne. The secretary (Mr. I,..Bruton)' read a comprehen sive report of the proceedings of the Chamber during the past year, including details of the steps taken in reference to providing accommodation for the largest class of ocean steamers at this port, the mercantile 'marine, and bankruptcy and insolvent laws, registration of partnerships, tribunals of commerce, Bristol as an emigration port, harbours of refuge, the Stade duties, , consular services, through conarantlication bet Ween Bristol and -the continent, marines tore dealers, the expense of obtaining private Acts of Parliament for public purposes, the rates of wages in the district, and the trade of the port. In reference to the latter point the report gave a tabular statement, showing an in crease in the total customs' receipts of 1858 over 1857 of £84,182, and in those derived from the direct trade an increase of £144,308. The foreign and colonial tonnage entered inwards with cargoes during [the year 1858 was 846 vessels of 199,119 tons, against 690 vessels of 185,762 tons in 1857, and 670 vessels of 172,050 tons in 1856. The au dited accounts showed an excess of £2 Bs. 7d. in the receipts over the expenditure of the past year, and the statement of liabilities and assets for the same year exhibited a balance of L7B ss. 4d. in favour of the Chamber. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the Chamber on the increase of the trade of the port during the past year of commercial distress, and hoped that the efforts for increasing the accommodation for the largest class of ships and ocean steamers would be persevered in and carried to a successful issue. The resolution was seconded by Mr. E. S. Robin son and was carried unanimously. The meeting was further addressed by Messrs. M. Whitwill, I. M. Hyde, W. Terrell, A. Warren, G. E. Bevan, T. Thomas, G. Cole, and T. Evans, all of whom echoed and enlarged on the remarks of the chairman respecting the necessity for extend ing the dock accommodation of the port, and pledg ing themselves to renewed efforts for carrying out that object. As a proof of the increase in the trade of Bristol, it was stated by one of the speakers that one-eighth of the whole of the sugar imported into the country during the past year had come into Bristol. pro A ce l , o d t i e ng o s f . thanks to the chairman terminated the The resignation, through illness, of Mr. Robert Bright, of the firm of Gibbs, Bright, and Co., of Liverpool and Bristol, as President of the Chamber, was announced at the meeting ; and Mr. P. M. S. Miles was unanimously elected to the vacant office. BOT AL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY A numerously attended meeting of this society was held on Monday evening, at Burlington House, Sir Roderick I. Murchison, president, in the chair. Among those present were—Their Excellencies Admiral Van Dockum and Count Platen ; Admirals Sir Thonias Herbert and Sir G. Back ; Generals Sir G. Pollock, Portlock, and Alexander; Consul General Crowe, Captain Fal be Sir W. C. Trevelyan, Mr. W. Wright, of the United States, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Sir Henry Rawlinson ; Colonels Everest, James, Sotheby, and Gawlei; the Hon. A. Kin naird, M.P. • Mr- Ayrton, M.P. ; Mr. Wyld, M.P.; Captains Hall, Collinson, and Morris, R.N. ; Majors Stakes and Middleton ; Captains Johnstone and Sydney Webb; Drs, Hodgkin, Lister, Camps, and Price ; Messrs. Brooking, Crawford, Biddulph, Cocks, Allan Charles White, Staveley, Merivale, Arden, OsbOrne, Smith, Hamilton, Newman, Westenholz, Atkinson, &c., &c. The papers read were :- 1. Journey in Mexico, by Charles Sevin, Esq., F.R. S. The author, accompanied by an experienced Cornish miner and assayer, started from England in May, 1856, arrived at San Francisco, via Panama, on the 16th June, and, having visited the gold and quicksilver mines in the neighbourhood, set out for Mazatlan (Mexico), which they reached on the 25th of the same month, whence they pursued a northerly direction, following the road to the Sierra Madre, passing successively the towns of Culiacan, the country in the neighbourhood of which is extremely rich and beautiful ; Cinaloa and El Fuerte, the last being near the boundaries of Sonora, and 78 miles east of Almos, on the principal road to the port of Guayamas. The country around El Fuerte (situated on a great plain) is described as inferior to that of Culiacan ; the town is on the southern bank of the river of the same name, which is there very broad and deep, rises to a great height during the rainy season, and has its source far in the in terior of the Sierra, being strengthened by the waters gathered within a circuit of 400 miles, and still within the water partings of the west part of the great Cordillera. The Rio el Fuerte, flowing almost in a due westerly direction through the whole province of Cinaloa, divides it from the pro vince of Sonora, and ultimately falls into the Gulf of California. Leaving this place, they travelled in an easterly direction, and after passing several small towns and villages, and crossing the Rio Chois with some difficulty, proceeded across high moun tains, covered with primitive and tropical woods. The travellers stopped and examined some copper smelting works belonging formerly to an English man, Mr. Anderson, situated on a mountain ridge about 3,500 feet above the level of the valley below. Continuing their journey in tho direction of the province of Chihuahua, and constantly ascending, they reached a great plateau, the summit of one of the highest points of the Cordillera, 8,000 or 9,000 feet above the level of the sea, which opened up a fine panoramic view of the neighbouring country ; they then pushed on to the capital of Chihuahua, which, touether with the province, is described ; and on their return they passed on both sides many Indian villages, visited the formerly flourishing town of Botopilas, the richest silver mining district of the north of Mexico, the Pueblo of Bahuarachie and its famous copper mines, again reached El Fuerte, and returned to 'Mazatlan, fol lowing nearly the same route. Mr. Sevin describes very fully the present state of the country, its resources, and inhabitants ; and his narrative is illustrated by diagrams, showing the mountain ranges and physical character of the country, and accompanied by numerous specimens of minerals, to which his attention had been specially directed. He states that there are everywhere indications of the presence of silver, which is now worked without much skill or enterprise, and he is of opinion that if English capital and energy were employed it would be attended with great profit. The second paper read was—Reports from Cap tains Burton and Speke, of the East African expe dition, on their discovery of Lake Ugiji, &c., with route maps. These enterprising officers had lft the shores of Lake Ugiji in the month of May last, and halted at the main depot of Arab trade, Unyanyembe, whence Captain Speke purposed proceeding to the Ukerawa Lake, of which the Arabs gave grand accounts, 12 or 15 days' march north. If suc cessful in this, they will be enabled to bring home authentic details of the four great waters which drain Eastern Central Africa—namely, the Nyassa, the Chiwa, the Ugiji, and the Ukerewa lakes. On Captain Speke's return both will repair to the east coast, which they hoped to reach in December. The explorers had encountered numerous and fearful difficulties, and suffered severely from the unhealthi ness of the country and other causes. All their asses, 30 in number, had died. Many of the native attendants had deserted them, and, but for the kind and generous assistance of the French consul at Zanzibar, M. Ladislaus Cochet, who, after Colonel Hamerton's unfortunate decease, proved himself an active and energetic friend, they would have been unable to proceed. " Still (they write) we arc slowly removing, and the thought of finishing our labours with, what we hop e will be considered, most valuable results,* has much diminished the terrible wear and tear of mind caused by wants during our journey . westwards. lf The President dwelt upon the importance of these explorations, which he remarked were second only to those of Dr. Livingstone. Captains Burton an d Speke had penetrated into the interior a dis tance of about 500 miles at a great hazard and amid appalling obstacles, through a country entirely unknown to and unvisited by Europeans. The results, he said, confirmed 'the views of Dr. Living stone, and those advanced by himself in his presi dential addresses to the society, namely, that the interior of Africa is a vast trough or basin encircled on all sides by higher ranges. Sir Henry Rawlinson mentioned that when the death of Col. HaMerton became known in England, Captain Rigby, an expert Arabic scholar, had been appointed to succeed him, with instructions to afford the expedition every assistance in his power. Further reports were daily expected by the Indian Council ; and he trusted that they would soon be in a position to announce the safe return to the coast of these courageous and enterprising officers. The Chairman finally announced that her Majesty had granted a charter of incorporation to the society. The meeting then adjourned to the 14th of February. * The source of tho Nile. AMERICAN MAThs.---The steamship Indian sailed from Liverpool yesterday (Wednesday), with the Canadian mails and 37 passengers, for Portland, Maine. On Satur day the North American mails will be taken out by the Cunard steamer America, w hi c h sails on that da y for Boston and Halifax. The post-office box at L iver p ool will close on that day at 1 p.m., with late fees at 2 p.m., and on the landing-stage at 3 p.m. [ADVERTISEMENT—RarOy'S Horse and C attle Improv ing Food improves the stamina, vigour, endurance, and muscle of ill-conditioned or apparently worn-cut Horses, Cows, Bullocks, Calves, Sheep, and Pigs. It causes no extra expense, as it contains far more and bettenourish meat than its cost of lid. per feed supplies in corn or hay; hence ensures an actual saving. In a short time it improves the appearance and value of horses and cattle by 20 to 30 per cent. Rare and Co., sole importers, 77, Pic cadilly, Quadrant, London. Packed in tins of about 42 f ee ds, 6s. ; of about 90 feeds, lls. • in casks of ab ou t 450 feeds, 50s. ; of about 1,000 feeds , £5, being about ld feed. Goods forwarde d on recei p t of Pos t - office d per per Important Caution—Beware of spurious imitations offered by the ignorant and unscrxpulous. All imitators will be proceeded against, ROYAL INSTITUTION. Professor Owen, having been elected Fullerian Professor of the Royal Institution, commenced his new duties on Tuesday by delivering the first of a course of 12 lectures, the subject he has chosen being " The physiology and affinities of fossil mam mals." The introductory lecture was on the phy siological characters and grounds of subdivision of the class mammalia, for the purpose of making his audience acquainted with the living types before proceeding to consider the fossil remains of the same class which existed before the world was moulded into its present condition. Professor Owen first alluded to the division of the animals that are born alive and are suckled by their mothers, which was made by Aristotle, who had the sagacity to in clude among them whales and porpoises, which are strictly mammals, though partaking in their forms and habits of life of the character of fishes. He next alluded to the divisions of the class which had been proposed by Linnaeus and Cuvier, founded. on the different forms of the limbs and feet, which were not, however, satisfactory ; and about three years ago Professor Owen decided, after a minute examination of the cerebral structure of different mammals, on making the classification accord ing to the development of the brain. The greatest part of the lecture was devoted to the ex planation of this mode of classification, according to which mammals are divided into four orders. In the lowest order are animals whose brain exhibits the simplest form of cerebral matter, the white medullary substance prevailing, almost to the ex clusion of the grey matter of the brain, the quan tity of which indicates generally a superior order of intelligence. Among the lowest of the mammals, according to this classification, are ranged the ornithorincus and kangaroo, which are peculiar to Australia and New Zealand, and the opossum, which is peculiar to the equatorial regions of Ame rica. In the second order the brain is larger and more developed, but there is scarcely any ap pearance of convolutions, the outer surface being smooth. In this class are placed ant-eaters and bats. Ascending higher in the scale, the grey matter of the brain becomes more abundant, and the cerebral structure is convoluted. Among these animals are placed the elephant, the dog, the horse, the monkey, the lion, and the • whale. The brain of the cetacea, indeed, more closely approximates in its complex convolutions to the brain of man than that of any other animal. The reason why the whale sheuld have so slightly de veloped a brain is perplexing to physiologists. Professor Owen said he is inclined to think that this greater development might be required to enable the whale to accommodate itself to the un favourable circumstances in which it is placed for retaining its heat in water and in Arctic seas. The temperature of the whale's body is nearly 100 d eg . Fahrenheit, which it maintains in the northern seas at all times ; whilst the bodies of fishes is 9f the same temperature as the water. In the development of the brain of man there is a sudden jump, as it were, from those of the inferior animals. The grey matter in every part abounds and overlaps, and the h er t e h n e t b o r r a d i e n rs aff o o r r m ds am th m e als m , ain convo l u tions of the cerebral struct ure are mos t r udiffg Owen's com plex. accord ingdis- tinction to r. r o o f f t e T h s h s e : arrangementthe form of the limbs and of the extrem i ties . serve to make sub divisions of species, and • m some respects indicate a higher degree of 't capaci y. In man there is exhi bited the marked peculiarity of the possesSion of a pair of limbs not subservient to locomotion, free to act as his will directs, altogether independent of his legs, and in his hand s he is provided with a perfect piece of mechanism that far surpasses in its capa bilities of action the digits of any other creature. Not only in the higher development of his brain, therefore, but in the construction of his form, man is eminently placed above all other created beings. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. The Senate of the University of London hive just issued their new regulations for examinations and degrees. Henceforth there are to be provin cial examinations for matriculation and for the degree of Bachelor of Arts. These examinations will be carried on simultaneously with the exami nations in London, on the same days, and at the same hours. Sealed packets containing the exami nation papers will be sent down fro m London, and. publicly opened at the commencement of the pro vincial examination. These packets will be in trusted to a sub-examiner named by the Senate and sent down expressly for the occasion, who lbe responsible to the Senate for the proper opening of n w nd e o r bn s y will the papers, for the conduct of the minexamation, and for the collection and sealing up of answers at the close of each examination. The n a Lo n ow s be brought back to London in (in se c a lu le di d n p g ac t le e ts l , 6oa so cia. l aa g to be reviewed by the examiners in Lond o n, and at the same time with the an th sw e e s r ma s ma o d f ee t a h ak e y didates, and the total results e c at i i n o s n t i s well as the central) will be as they are examiners in London on the any city, town, or tu fr t o io ni n of provincial exa minations in the present c a o t l p le i g .e e se d n e t s ' irin A rth li year to the registrar before the must be transmitted Ist of May. Under the new arrangements there a tions for matriculation in ' re to be two examina one commencing each year at Burlington house,January, and the gon the second Monday in other on the first Mondayin July. Any candidate wh o has passed may be examined for honours in mathematics and natural h l li p i osop y, classics, chemistry, B.A. examination will take - ea place once a- r 3 ~ and will commence on the th ir d Monday . in July. Any candidate who has passed this exanimatieLmay be examined for honours in mathematics, Latin, Eng iish, and for prizes in the French and German lan guages and literature. The second . R.,N. examina tion will take place once a, year , and will commenceon the fourth Monday in October. The examina tion for the degree of Master of Arts will take place once a-year, and commence on the first Monday in June. FRANCE AND ITALY. (Front the Daily News.) While the steady stream of events seems to set unmistakeably towards war, and the fickle eddies of rumour fluctuate confusedly between war and peace, it may be as well to consider some of the strategic aspects of the possible struggle. Desirable as the expulsion of the Austrians from Italy may be, it is idle to disguise the difficulties which stand in the way of such a consummation. The end to be at tained—the eviction of the Austrians from Lom bardy—must be accomplished, if at all, by force of arms. The Austrian army in Northern Italy has been raised to some 130,000 ' it is composed of sol diers in a state of admirable discipline, and is com manded by generals of great science and experi ence, aided by probably the best staff in Europe. National enthusiasm is unquestionably a great ele ment of success ; but-it is not everything. It may therefore be useful to state succinctly the position occupied by the Austrian troops in Lombardy, and to explain the strategetical problem which, in the event of war, awaits solution. According to some writers, the mere existence of 400,000 men on the muster-roll of the French army implies war. But is this so ? Let us consider the mat ter. The Emperor cannot do with fewer than 130,000 in and around Paris ; he must maintain an army of 70,000 men in Algeria; he must retain a large force near Lyons ; he must garrison sufficiently the great fortresses which guard his eastern frontier ; he has his Roman garrison; he must protect his dockyards; and besides all this he must maintain his reserves. If the Emperor is to continue that system of government which now prevails in France, he can hardly do so without an army of something like that which he now possesses. Indeed, so far from the mere existence of an army of 400,000 French sol diers necessarily leading to the anticipation of an Italian war, it might almost be adduced as an argu ment to prove that Napoleon has no real intention of embarking in any such hazardous undertaking. But let us assume that he is prepared to cross the Alps with 130,000 men, and that in the plains of Turin he will be joined by 40,000 Sardinian troops. The allied army will then amount to 170,000 men. And the thing to be done is to drive the 130,000 Austrian troops to the east of Venice. Now the Kustrian provinces in Lombardy are protected by a triple line of defences, every one of which is of the most formidable character. In the first place there is the line of the Ticino, which ex tends from the Lago Maggiore to Pavia a strong fortress. The distance occupied by this line is about 45 English miles. To convey an army of 170,000 across such a river as the Ticino is by no means an easy enterprise ; but to do so within a space of 45 miles, and in the face of a large army, commanded by able generals, requires more skill than was displayed by any French officer before Sebastopol. But even after the Ticino is passed, the fortress of Milan, lying eastward within 20 miles of that river, must be captured. Such, then, is the front line of defence r --a river difficult to cross, flanked by a lake on the one side and a fortress on the other, and supported in rear by another strong fortress. The second line of defence is that of the Mincio, some ninety English miles east of the line of the Ticino. This line extends from the Lago di Garda, or rather from the strong fortress of Peschiera, for twenty-eight miles southward across the plain of Lombardy, past the impregnable fortress of Mantua, to the Po. Even the great Napoleon could not subdue Mantua, strong in its earthworks, stronger still in its dams and dykes, strongest of all in the mortal malaria of its marshes. Peschiera has recently been raised to the utmost strength, and is amply provisioned against reduction by blockade. Such is the line of the Mincio. A third line of defence is that of the river Adige, which is defended by the great entrenched camp of Verona. This camp has been constructed accord ing to the most scientific principles. It consists of a series of round forts, so placed as to command each other, but so numerous that the whole of them can never be invested. The consequence is that the Austrians, even if driven back upon Verona, will not only have their retreat secured—for Verona commands all the roads, north and east, to the Danube and Vienna—but will be so placed as to impossible it was to take Sebastopol so long a s the re treat across the harbour was secure, and the Russians were able to fight behind entrenchment s, e co n m tr p en el eh t m h e e nt e s n . e m y Everyto fi fight one them now behind knows their ho w and to repair their losses. The same difficulties will harass the allied army in Italy, with this peculiarity, that there will be no mean s o f cutting off the Austrian retreat. Such, then, are the three lines which must be passed by an army advancing upon the Austrians from Novara and the plains of Turin. The ground which must be traversed is not unknown. Nay, it is the very text-book from which every general of these days has learnt the principles of war : it was the military parade ground of Radetzky—the field where, in peace, he constantly manoeuvred, and where, in war he led his troops to victory. It was here that General Hesitlearnt and practised, under his great master, that science of strategy in which he became so proficient that in 1849, being en trusted to draw up the plan of the short, final cam paign, he indicated Novara as the probable spot on which the decisive battle would be fought. It is easy for rhetoricians to talk of sweeping the Aus trian hordes out of Italy, but no strategist will say that the passing three lines of defence such as have been described is a simple matter. It will need con summate skill and devoted gallantry. Nor is lit probable that an officer such as Niel, now at Turin,