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The Photographic Establishment is the finest in ec. 14 and ' ( :" ,0311 . The Aviary, Conservatory, General Refreshment 'twin, and Ladies' Private Refreshment Room, with Retiring • Room attached, will be replete in their several departments. ers,'Shef- i A pplications for the remaining space are requested to be ict Court. mad e forthwith. 1 Briggs the Leeds ' ()MOP °LION TAVERN and HOTEL. `-' Nos. -1, and 2, Brownlow-street, High-Holborn, W.C." • The Best Served Dinner in London for ls. Od. A Succession Of Joints from One till Seven o'Clock. Private and Smoking Rooms. I .TABLE D'HOTE on SUNDAYS, at 5 o'clock , 2 s. each. Renekeys, Abbott, and Co.'s first-class Wines and Spirits. s'. I GEORGE HOBSON begs to call the attention 255. of Gentlemen to his New Autumnal Trousers , 21 s. to 8 . Also his New Partridge Mixture Shooting Coats. the last Excellence with Economy. quiry for i GEORGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street. ole change 1 .....___ Established 1796. d only m 1 --- The inv. , , G. LENFIELD PATENT STARCH, of float, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, 4140 PRONOUNCED BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &c., &c. ;her more -------.-- . TO SCHOOLMASTERS. WANTED Od i A immediately, an ASSISTANT MASTER for the Royal lid Arsenal General School. One who has had experience in a id , Ae formatory. a Ragged, or a Factory School, and who under 'stands the management of rough boys, would be preferred. 3 2 t i orY, £6O per annum. None need apply who are less than lid , or more than 40 years of age. Letters of application, with l e stimonials of character and qualifications, to be addressed ' To the Head Master, General School, Royal Arsenal , Wool - Wick [TS. Bth November, 1858. -----.-_____ 11 -ANK OF DEPOSIT, Established A.D. 1844. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. , Parties desirous of Investing Money are requested to exa- Thine the Plan of The Bank of Deposit, by which a high rate of interest may be obtained with ample security. bePosits made by Special Agreement may be withdrawn Ly was far Without notice ist week's The. Interest is payable in January and July. nor malt- PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. )ats meet Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on application. - i. Other PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. . , TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. 1 William George Prescott, Esq. was little Thomson Mulkey, Esq., 31.1'. 1 Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. no prices Every description of Mutual Life Assurance for all classes. Invested fund .... £lOO,OOO 1 Annual Income £30,000 29s to 32s The whole of the Profits divided among the members. —a to --S The. Association has paid three bonuses to the 31st Decem 21s to 323 ber, 1857. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Sec. 178 to 19s Chief Office, 15, Moorgate.street, E.C., Nov. 1, 1858. . —3 to —* is 9d per FIFTH DIVISION OF PROFITS. NT ORTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY. itraw, 35s - 1 .1 Established 1809. Incorpo ra t e d by Royal Charter. President—His Grace the Duke of ROXBURGHE, K.T. Sir PETER LAURIE, Alderman, Chairman. i . JOHN I. GLENNIE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. William Borradaile, Esq. John Connell, Esq. ;onsisting Archibald Cockburn- Esq. sere very P. Sorthall Laurie, Esq. I; short- . ' R. P. Prichard, Esq. of 141bs. Charles James Knowles, Esq., Q.C. 96dto Ss t i, Solicitor—Alexander Dobie, Esq., Lancaster-place. "littil of One Million=accumulating Premium Fund £664,000. („_.'evenue from Life Premiums alone £116,000, annually in stone. 1 , L,lz x 7mg. Fat pork, t ii, - . 4 111 e-tenths or Ninety per cent. of the profits are septennially lin ceded among the insurers on the participating scale of Pre . A '. i n W - . Profit Policies effected during the current year will share at ii :',lle' Pro fi ts of Seven Years, and will secure a larger Bonus 1 t he futiite division of Profits. 14t 2,51'e Bonus accumulations at last investigation ran g ed from 1 171 OVO per cent. on the Premiums paid. 1 17 1 4 P ROBERT STRACHAN, Secretary. 5 32 ' -auk Buildings, Lothbury, London, E.C. ---.......„ 5 32 3 7 INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE 5 15 . p 0 0CIETY, 142, Strand, London, W.C., Feb. 25 , 1853 . 5 35 6 stablish ed 1837.—Payment of Premium within Days of 5 35 B„„ r af_e•—lt always has been, and still a ssur a nce, the ractice of this 1181 "Ze d ? to iny claims under policies of notwith Cs 50 . n g the death of the assured occurring within the 30 days oi 1 Zreee, and before payment of the annual premium, provided D 52 )?Yment thereof be made, or notice of the death be given to 341 ue otn„ before the expiration of such days of grace. 49/ For the Court of Directors, E. S. SYMES, Chairman. )49 Lf . 5 411 . THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE 123 ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 123 142, Strand, London. 521 . . ..,o.l_poweredhv Act of. Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE o 53 , urtvivonssirs, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c. , DIRECTORS. • • , _ _. . EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman. iiis. 60d W. Kenworthy Browne, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq. 231 Samuel King-Church. Esq. John Moss, Esq. 23 John Elliotson, M.D.,Cantab. , John Syme s, ' Es q . 23 1 , P.B.S. , , Joseph Thompson, Esq. 1 ult. to • SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Blondel, Esq. AUDITORS. • Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford. Young. ~• .. • . - MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. ". tillotson, M.D„ Cantab.. F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street. 17 9 ACTUARY. 5 Of W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &c. 5 li ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhouse, Esq. - BANKERS. . Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. )EN.— ken SO LICITORS. Dickens -B rs• Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowcliffo, Bedford ornden. , row. — he fol- i„The next Quinquennial Division of Profits will be declared 1 wont .' May, 1860. e pro- ' Examples of Bonus up to May, 1855 : Lr day ith his Nu n , Sum Bonus in p „„„. , Permanen tsc' erberus - -en Age. Assured. addition •• " ' Cash. '" ' Reduction out In to Sum `" of Annual )ickens Assured. Premiums. ,ldame, ------ - sling to d. Xs. d. Xs. d. , and I i,,,, 838 .. 55 3,000 867 17 7 428 1 4 56 3 8 13 what -7.,,.." 1 48 4,000 749 4 0 325 16 0 32 0 4 .1"7 0 2 ,. 59 2,000 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0 regular i`j, , , 60 2,000 154 28 • la 3 16 8 10 15 2 on the "'"I 55 2,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 67 7 nt con ill look The followine.: are amongst the advantages o ff ered by t he y, who 'n ternational Life Assurance Society: — The Society was established in 1838. see an 1 7 7 0-thirds of the profits are divided amongst the assured ,liedttempt 4 TerY five years. to Its subscribed capital is five hundred thousand pounds. mi the Its inv e stmen t s, at the date of the last annual report . ,__ _, __ A ......,..svf -101 a thousand nounds The followinp.: are amongst the advantages offered by the n ternational Life Assurance Society:— T he Society was established in 1838 . ~, Wo-thirds of the profits are divided amongst the assured 4Tltsve years. s fi ubscribed capital is five hundred thousand pounds. _lts investments, at the date of the last a nnual re p ort `irlinted to one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds. The number of policies now in force exceeds six thousand. About one thousand new policies are added every year. Since its commencement the Society has paid. in claims upwards of three hundred and twenty thousand pounds. For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chairman, 142, Strand. EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman. 142, Strand, London, W.O. head m de. ffieved these t only, blood, mown 1 each itself in the )ower- IFlF wi T t lf h. T .t H m o e Lf di S ci A n N e, D inco CU nv ß e Have been effected CUR ES or expense of indigestion (dy spepsia), spepsi a), Constip a ti on. Flatulency, Phlegm N erv ousness, ilionsuess, Liver Complain ts , lysteria Neuralgia, Sleeplessness , Acidity , Palpitatio n, Eruptions, Impurities , I rritabilit y. Low Spirits, Diarrh oe a. , rte urn a: Dysentery, Hemorrhoi ds, Headache, Noises in theNau s ea, Head and Ears, Debility , Despo ndenc y , Cramps, Spasms , Sickness (during prer.nalloY or at sea), Sinkinor Fit., 'o.„,ugh, Asthma, Bronchitis , Consum p tion, also Child ren's y ‘ "' - 'Mplalnts, are effectually removed by 1) 1 J BARRY'S deliciOus Health-Restoring REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which saves fifty dies its cost in other remedies , an d is, moreover, the best , ."° O l for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid °lt the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a good liberal diet, he but Parts a healthy relish for lunch an d dinner, and restores faeulty of digestion, and nervous a nd muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousan d expressions of Plratitude from i nva lid s th us c ured :--Cure No. 71, of dyspe r p Th ai*, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies---" o sirra;bCearquin „ County Waterford.--I have derived con and I ene ut from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise .11 9 1 n l:/ublication of these lines. Stuart de Decies." Cure No. vo4* " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, ner usness,_, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulenes. spasms, Du Barry's at the stomach, and vomiting. have been moved ft by ;Barry's! excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling. near Vi SI Norfolk." Cure No. 47.121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of :zing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herta, of extreme ner ci_usneßs, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fan - T r. Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool ; of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors s" nervous irritability. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew Ure, of con - Itipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cu re No. 34.210. .141. Shorland. of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212 . C a p , n Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 42,116. Major Edie, of li ver and kidney disease, and total prostration of strength. ~r re No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster. of cra m p s, s p asms. and Illl ai dl y de v b o i m it itings. Cure No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey , of diarhoea ty. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer, of consumption. Cure No. 32,880. Wm. Hunt, Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure No 46.270. Mr. Jarnes Roberts,timber-merchant, of Prim mYr of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver de rangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 180. "Twenty-five years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility. tom which I have suffered great misery, and which no me !Heine 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." Cure No. 4,208. "Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health- Yeatoring Food. Rev. John W. Flavell, Riddlington Rectory. Norfolk." Cure No. 3,906. "Thirteen years'cog hjndi es tion, and general debility have been removed by u g Dfl , Barry'a excellent Food. James Porter , Athol-street. Perth." Suitably packed for all climates, and with full instructions. In canisters, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 45. 6d. ; 51h., 11s. • 121 b., 228. Super refined quality. 101 b., 3.35. The toll). andl2lb. canis ters are forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Du Barry and Co., 77. Regent-street, London ; Fort bum, 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 principle s, without mercury, to prevent the 'ane'er and injury resulting* from quack preparations ; they . itrify, regulate, and strengthen the system, and cure effec tually dyspepsia (bad digestion), bile, flatulency. constipation, liver and stomach complai nts and all internal disorders ; and Lue Ointment heals sores , w ounds, ulcers, boils, burns, car buncles, chaps, pimples, disease 9 of the scalp, &c. Both pills ,l!nd ointment are carefully packed for all climates, at is. lid., ts. 96 . , and 4s. 6d. London agen ts : Hannay, 63. Ox hrough aford-st.ll Sanger,ls3, Oxford-street , an d may be ordered t anger, Medicine vendors. BARRY'S PULMONIC COUGH BON h oar are a ..`"?,e, safe, and effectual remedy for coughs, coldseness, site, safe, and all affections of the lungs, throat, and of unrivalled excellence In boxes-Is. 10., 2s. 94., 4s. (id. J. Sanger, 150, Oxford -street, London, anti all Chemists. RARRY'S ANTI-DIARRWEAL BON BONS are a never-failing remedy for English choler a, bowel complaint, I:llarrlxea, dysentery, &a, &c. In boxes — le. 14 d. , 2s. 94., 4s. 6d. J• Sanger, 150, Oxford-atreet. London , and all Chemists. AVP BARRY'S FOOD FOR INFA NTS, CHILDREN, `‘ . .- 1 ) INVALIDS. supersedes the dangers and expense of ;vet be n aond urs mg,in as infants are easily reared with it, and it is the most digestible Food for the delicate and invalids of t e n rs Y ag, e % of l o n ar c r a i c ag is e ters, at 25., D and 121 b 21s. The large canis- Barry u Barry, and Co., 77, Regent- Street, Lond on Avoid Pills, and all other Medicine for Indigestion (dys tePsia), habitual ' Constipation, Flatulency. Acidity. Palpita- APn of the Heart, Torpi 'ity of the Liver, bilious Headaches, A ervousnese, Biliousneste, 4.eneral Diarrheea, Cough, i. ), Rt , ma, Consumption. De's wndency, Spleen, &c . Send 2d.. ta l ut.,MPß, and you will rece.'re free by Post, popular Tree- Tvr -- •,". Pages THE NAT OR,AL REGENERATION OF 0 DIGESTIVE ORGANS. Without pills. purgatives, medicines of any kind, and wf,thout expense, by a simple, vieasant, and infallible means wh leit 'saves 50 times its cost other remedies ; adapted to the general reader. London James Gilbert,49, Paternoster-row, An d : sellere, through all book. mach, head- F __„... - - , -‘1,14-4'orks, ••••+. late- Esq puth- G or agh- mor of a raco, oyal [ajor 'apt. ?his fired ry's l, of f,sq. No. 20,726 JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. - .4-T-&- • •ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. LAST wgER BUT TWO. TO-NIGHT, at Eight —A Third and Last MENDELS SOHN NlGHT.—Twenty-first Appearance of the celebrated Violinist, M. WIENIAWSKI. Vocalist, Miss POOLE. — The first part of the Programme will consist entirely of the Works of Mendelssohn.—The Symphony in A, known as the " Italian Symphony."—Song, "The First Violet," Miss Poole.—Concerto, Violin, M. Wieniawski.—The Incidental Music to Shakspere's Play of " A Midsummer Night's Dream." SECOND PART: Quadrille, " The Campbell's are Comin'," and the " Hymn of Universal Harmony," Jullien. —Solo, Violin, "Carnaval de Venise," M. Wieniawski.— " Fern Leaves" Valse, Jullien. Song " The Young; Recruit," Miss Poole.—Solo, Flute, M. Reichert. "The Frikell Galop," Jullien. 1"1 R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 1l 3, TICHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay market). Open daily (for Gentlemen only). LECTURES by Dr. SEXTON at Four and Eight o'clock, on important and interesting topics in connection with ANA TOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, and PATHOLOGY (vide Pro grammes). • Admission ONE SHILLING. DR. KAHN'S NINE LECTURES ON THE 'PHILO SOPHY OF MARRIAGE, &c., seat post free, direct ftom the Author, on the receipt of twelve stamps. H OWES AND CUSHING'S GREAT UNITED STATES CIRCUS, The largest Equestrian Company in the World, numbering Two Hundred Men and Horses.—ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, LEICESTER-SQUARE, which is thoroughly warmed throughout by steam. SECOND WEEK OF ELLA, the Wonder of the Age. Two performances daily, commencing at Two and half past Seven o'clock, p.m. Doors open half-an-hour previous to each performance. ELLA, the first horsewoman in the world, who created such an extraordinary sensation some two years: since, at Drury-lane Theatre, will appear at each perfosmance, Morn ing and Evening. The performance of sagacious horses and capricious mules, combined with the humorous jests and actions of clever American, Clowns, &c., &c., afford two hours of sincere plea.: sure and recreation. Admission: —First Circle, ls. ; Pit, ls.; Boxes, 25.; Reserved Seats, 3s. ; Stalls, 55.; Private Boxes, £2 ; Children under 9 years of age, Half-price ; Gallery, 6d. Box-office open daily fe et r 0 a.m. till 5 p.m., where seats may be secured. No fee for booking. Carriages to be in attendance at 4 and 10 o'clock p.m. ARGYLL -ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly.--GRAND CASINO.—These popular and celebrated rooms are open every evening, with R. R. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by that great composer, Mons. Antony Lamotte, of Paris. Leader, Charles Hall, of her Majesty's Theatre. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet a-piston player, performs nightly, with other talented artistes, selected from the Philharmonic Concerts, and Royal Italian Opera Houses. Selections from Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Huguenots, Robert le Diable, and thenew opera Martha. Likewise the following new music, will be played nightly :—" The Lucknow Quadrilles," and " The Fairest Rose of Autumn," by M. Lamotte, introducin,, ,, a solo obligato for the Saxephon, played by M. Tyler ; a New Waltz, by Charles Hall ; Mr. Calkin's New Polka, selected from the popular Opera " Guy Mannering ;" and the New Polka, "The Victory," by J. B. with a solo for the cornet-a-piston. Ma nager, R. R. Bignell, assisted by Mr. C. Brown, and Mons. Grenet. Masters of the Ceremonies, Messrs. A. and J. Calkin, Jarvis, and Birch. Doors open at half-past 8, close at ten minutes before 12. Admission, is. to Promenade. N.B.—All applications for the above band for Concerts and Balls, to be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the Rooms. G REAT SOUTHERN of INDIA RAILWAY COMPANY. (Incorporated by Act of Parliament.) Capital £1,000,000, in 50,000 Shares of £2O each. Interest at 5 per cent., guaranteed by East India Company. FIRST CALL of £llBs. per Share, making, with the deposit 'of 25., £2 per Share. Company's Offices, 2, Leadenhall-street, London, 23d November, 1858. • NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Directors of this Company have this day made a Call of One pound eighteen shilhugs (£1 18s.) per share, making, with the deposit of Two shillings, Two pounds per share ; and that the same is re quired to be paid to the Union Bank of London, on or before Wednesday, the 29th day of December, 1858. Shareholders will have the option, until further notice, of paying the whole,or any part of the remaining £ lB per share , on all, or any number of their shares, and, on the above Call and payments made respectively, interest will accrue at the rate of five per cent. per annum from the date of paymentinto the Treasury of the East India House. Scripholders are required to insert in the forms attached to the Scrip Certificates their full Names, Professions, and Ad dresses, and to present the same at the Offices of the Com pany, on or before the said 29th day of December, between 11 and 3 o'clock, when the necessary printed forms for payment torthe Bankers of the Call, and of any sum in anticipation of Calls, will be furnished to them ; a receipt for the Scrip will also be given, which will be exchanged, on a day to be named therein, for Share Certificates, under the common seal of the Company.—By Order,' ROBT. R. NOTMAN, Manager and Secretary. I ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Arrangements with the Midland, the Great Northern, the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, the Great Westenr, the Lancashire and Yorkshire, and the East Lancashire Railway Companies ; power to use Lines aud Stations at Burton-upon- Trent ; amendment of acts. APPLICATION is intended to be made to Parliament in the next session by the London and North-Western Railway Com any (hereinafter called " the Company") for a n a c t for the fo p llowing purposes, or some of them :- To authorise the Company and the Midland Railway Com pany, the Great Northern Railway Company, the Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company, the Great Western Railway Company, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, and the East Lancashire Railway Com pany, or any one or more of such Companies, to enter into arrangements with respect to the construction, alteration, maintenance, use, and management of the Stations of the said Companies respectively, or any of them, where the respective Railways of the said Companies, or any of them, are con nected with the Railways of the Company, and of the por tions of the Railways of the respective Companies which are connected with the Railways of the Company or with any of the said Stations, and as to the conduct of the traffic at such Stations or any of them, and upon and over such por tions of their respective Railways so connected, and the fixing receipt and apportionment of the Tolls, Rates, and Charges arising from such traffic in respect of such Railways and Stations, or any of them. To authorise the Company to use with their Engines and Carriages the Stations, Sidings, Watering-places, and other Conveniences of the Midland Railway Company, situate at Burton-upon-Trent, and also any connecting Sidings or Rail ways, Stations, Watering-places, and other Conveniences in the parish of Burton-upon-Trent, which may be authorised to be constructed under the powers of any Act to be obtained in the next session of Parliament either by the Midland Rail way Company or the Burton-upon-Trent Railway Company, upon payment, as regards any portions of the existing alid land Railway which may be used, of the Tolls legally demand able by the Midland Railway Company for such pse and as regarda such connecting Sidings or Railway Stations, and other Conveniences so to be authorised, as aforesaid, of such Tolls, Rent, or other consideration, whether by way of con tribution of capital or otherwise, and under such regulations as may be agreed upon between the Companies respectively, or as may be prescr i b ed b y the Board of Trade, or otherwise, by the intended Act. And for carrying into effect all or any of the above objects, and so far as may be necessary for such purposes, but not further or otherwise, it is intended by the said Act to alter and amend all or any of the powers and provisions of the several (local and personal) Acts relating to the London and North-Western Railway Company :.viz., 8 and 9 Vic., caps. 30, 37, 43, 105, 111, 112, 123, 156, and 198 ; 9 2 0 ic. cap. 67 ; 9 and 10 Vic. caps. 80, 82, 152 182, 184, 192, 193, , 231, 232, 233, 244, 248, 259, 261, 262, 269, '3OO, 309, 322, 323, 324, 328, 331, 359, 368, 369, 380, and 396; 10 and 11 Vic. caps. 73, 107, 114, 118, 120, 121, 131, 132, 139, 159, 161, 178, 188, 228, 236, 270, 278, and 294 ; 11 and 12 Vic. caps. 58, 60, and 130 ; 12 and 13 Vic. cap. 74 ; 13 and 14 Vic. cap. 36 ; 14 Vic. cap. 28 ; 14 and 15 Vic. cap, 94 ; 15 Vic. caps. 98 and 105 ; 16 and 17 Vic. caps. 97, 110, 157, 160, 161, 205, 216, and 222 ; 17 and 18 Vic. caps. 201 and 204 ; 18 and 19 Vic. caps. 172 and 104 ; 19 and 20 Vie. cap s . 52, 69, and 123 ; and 21 Vic. cas. 64, 98, and 108; 21 and 22 Vic. cap. 1R 1 8 3 a 1 :61 ; wo a a n ay d n dc t following) 10 vity:oa.,nT A hne c: Glor e relating aantdNllo to .r n e Greatitali4l Railway Northern c nd ap. 60 i co et. ; , cap. 114 yll Act,a ; 19 .14 V a i -n e . t d „ Icsa;V. Vict ., ; a 2 01) and 21 and "The Great Northern, and Manchester, Sheffield, and 2'llea6vpai Vict., e l:7 p. v l i 3B ct. ; , Lincolnshire Railway Companies Act, 1858" (21 and 22 Viet., cap. 113); " The East Lincolnshire Railway Act, 1846" (9 and 10 Vict ., cap. 88 ); and any other acts relating to that com pany ; the acts relating to the Manchester, Sheffield, and i gl i i n erfie lu ld s , h ird ß L a i iiile,owlany sh C i o r ni e R I) aanilyw-namely, '1849(12 and 13 Manchester,Viet. y 13 and 14 Viet., cap. 94 ; 14 and 15 Vi e t., cap 114 ; 15 cap. 1861) ; . Vict., car 83 and 144 ; 16 a n d 17 Via., caps. 52 and 145; 18 and 19 v 'et., caps. 91 and 129 and 21 and 22 Viet., cap. 75 ; an d any other acts relating to the said last-mentioned Company ; the acts relating to the Great Westrrn Railway Company, that is to say, 5 2 Vict., 6 W ~capi . l l. 1 27 V. ~3ea Vict., c l t O 6 Will. . ; cap. Vict. 91 and 92 (1&37), et. cap. 41 ; 5 p 7 and IV., caps. 36, 38. 7 7, an d 79 ; 1 Vict., caps, 105 ; 4 and 5 aV3niedat.°2cl(4se4asnsilrdOni°2t64(cla°B.pa3Bll.).2B ; 6 Viet., cap. 10; 7 Vict., cap. 3 ; 8 Vic., caps. 68 and 99; 8 and 9 Vic., car t s . . 40, 42, 53, 115, 155, 156, 184, 188, 190, and 191 ; 9 Vic., cap. , 9 and 10 Vic., cs. 250 251, 274, 275, 278, 307, 308, 313 , ICA 181, 236, 239 ' 249'11 vi caps 60, 72 , 3 15, t a m nd , 10 d a 2 n 42 • 11 and e" 12 Vic, caps. 2 8° 81 1 9" 226, 4°2 ; an . and 159 ; 12 and 13' V , ie.' 1 335 01, 109, 3.37' 338 , 144 3 14 6 9 9 , 14 Vic .15 caps. 44, 98, and 110 ; 14 caps. 6,7, 55, and 85 ; 13 and 1 . 15 and 16 Vic., caps. 125, and 13 • 74, 77, 82, 95, 130, 131, 133 135, 15 8 , and 15 Vic., caps. 48, 81,caps. 121, 133, 140, 145, 146, 147, 16 5 , s. 108, 120, 158,22 a, 153, 175, and 212 ; 17 and 18 Vic., c p ud Railway Company - , and of the acts relating to the Mid a 8 and 9 Vic. that is to say-7 and 8 Vie., caps. 18 and 5 ; and 168 ' ; 16 and 17 Vie.. caps. 38, 49, 56, 90, and 181 ; 9 311, 326, and 340 ; 10 and 156, 157, 163, 203, 243, 254, 255, 272, 301, nd 270 ; 11 and 12 Vic., 11 Vic., caps. 122, 135, 150, 191, 214, 215, a 57, 88, and 113 ; 16 and 10 Vic., caps. 51, 102; caps. 21, 88, and 131 ; 14 and 15 Vie., caps. the Lancashire cap. 54 ; the several acts following relating gill ca . 60 ; 2 Vic., cap. 33 ;16 and 17 Vic., cap. 108 ; an t d 19 and 20 , and Yorkshire Railway Company-4 and 2 W jot • Will. IV., cap 69; 5 Will. IV., cap. 30 +256 and 7 lv •RP 111 ;4 Will. IV., cap. 24 ; 1 Vict., cap. Vict., cap. 82; 55 Viet. cap. 25 7 Viet., cap. 16 ; 7 and 8 2 and 3 V el., cap. S and 9 Vict., caps. 39, 54, 109, 166, 171, and 172 ; caps. 185, 212, 231, 271, 277, 282, 306, 312, 354, 378, and 390 ; 10 and 11 Viet., caps. 103, 105, 163, 166, and 221 ; 11 and 12 Viet., caps. 71 and 115 ; 12 and 13 Viet., caps. 50 and 74 ; 13 and 14 9 and Viet., caps. 83, 95, and 99 ; 14 and 15 Vict ., cap. 46 ; 15 Viet., cap. 96 ; 15 and 16 Viet., cap. 1 32 ; 16 and 17 Viet., cap. 211 ; 17 Viet., caps. 58 and 59 ; 17 and 18 Vict. , cap. 117 ; and 21 and 22 Viet., caps. 106 and 143; and the several acts fo l lowing relating to the East Lancashire Railway Company-amely, 7 Viet., cap. 34 ; 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 60 ; 8 and 9 Viet., caps. 35, 101, and 103 ; 9 and 10 Vict., caps. 266, 276, 302, and 381; 10 and 11 Vict., caps. 240, 288, and 289 ; 12 and 13 Vict., cap. 71 ; 13 and 14 Vict., caps. 95 and 99 ; 14 and 15 Vict., cap. 56 ; 16 g the and 17 Vict., caps. 163 and 211 •, 17 and 18 Vict., cap. 117 , a nd 21 and 22 Vict., caps. 106 and 143. wt of l t l li b e e ßi d l e l p f o o s r i e te ff d eet t i n n theOn or before the 23d day of December, 1858, printed copies l o 'ri bj v ec a t te s a ß fo i r tl es co a m id e , e o o r t. so th m e e i ol ou th se en o i t , Commons. 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Its perusal is particularly recomnaended to persons entertaining, secret doubts of their physical condi tion, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health happiness, and privileges to which every human being, ~ , titled. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring, grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self indulgence, how those penalties may be mitigated, how the sting 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 derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply cure. Published by J. Allen, 20, W ick-lane, Paternoster-rove, a m and may be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Horne, 19, Leicester square ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; er from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from 11 till 2, and from 6 till 8, at his residence, 37, Bedford-square, London. The work may be had in India, of Mr. Von Litzky, Loll Bazaar; Calcutta—Messrs. C. an d J.Hormusj ee, Apollo-street ; D B o o m d s b w a o y r — t h Ci e r c o i t l o a m t o b r o ? C ffi e c y e M lo ; n; a a d n r a d s ° 1 -11 a il o l Is Booksellers I it e Offi ce tlir Agr ouh a - ; out the Colenio ,VENING, NOVEMBER. 25, 1858. THE WEATHER AND - TRE PARKS. The thermometer during Tuesday night, in the shade, at the Royal Humane-Society's' Receiving house, Hyde-park; was as low as 24 deg., being 81 deg, below freezing point. Yesterday morning the glass registered 27 deg.; and at noon 'it did not exceed 30 deg. Last evening at six o'clock the had fallen - to - 28, being 4 deg. 'below freezing point. The barometer had changed during 'the day from 30.11 to 29,84, and last evening was rapidly falling : • The 'wind in the early part of the day was principally south-east, but towards the evening it suddenly chopped round to north-east by east. • The ice in the different royalparka is reported by the Royal Humane Society's superintendent (Mr. Williams) to•be from. two to three inches in thick ness and in good condition.' The Serpentine river, in Hyde•park, had its bank crowded during the day with arriages,.containing numbers of the nobility and gentry, who had .at tended to witness the. eVolutimi of the skaters, who numbered about 2,000. Nothiag deserving of any ,particular mention took place on this river, with the exception of what is 'termed " an express train match," which took place between eight gentlemen, feur on each _ side, and the manner they shot over ,the ice, from the Albert bridge .almost to the Kensington-gni-dens bridge, was such as to astonish every beholder, the whole being performed in two or three minutes. No im mersions took place, but several persons were se riously hurt by' falling on the ice. Several mem bers of the Skating Club also disported. theiuselves upon this river, and at seven, o'clock last night there were several upon the ice with lighted Awn.; beaux in their hands: The Long Water in Kensington-gardens was patronised by about 800 sliders and skaters; in cluding many members of the Skating Club. For tunately no accident beyond a few falls took place, not Of a very serious nature. The ice on the Round roila in several places was broken during , the day, owing to so many as 400 perions venturing on it, but no accident hap pened beyond few cut heads. In St. James's-park several hundred boys amused themselves upon the ice, and Several immersions took place, unattended by fatal consequences. In the Regent's-park there were , about 1,500 sliders and skaters upon the ice, but no accident worthy of recording took place during the day. The Victoria-park and Battersea-park were both r ly tah h ve 9th, necessary having vi n display. well patronised by skaters and qliders. A gentle man fell upon the ice and broke his leg. In the event of the f ros t conti n ui ng 'several im portant skating matches' will take place on the Serpentine, as well a s some g reat pyrotechnic dis been paplapyosintlellnartl\li°srtttroa'mp; prepare THE PRESBNT COLD IVEATHE.R. The following letter has , been addressed to a contemporary Sir,—The temperature of the last few days haS been so unusual in the month of N o vember, that I beg to send you an accou nt of it. The mean tem peratureno less the s th a month e gupy below o this i s ca the ayverais 37i deg.,ge of the being same period for 48 years. The m ea n daily tempe rature was below the average on e v ery day except the 4th and sth, when it was slightly above; and on the 19th amounted to 14 deg. ; on the 20th to 101 deg. ; on the 21st to 8 deg.; on the 22d to 9 deg. • and on the last two days, viz. the 23d and this Ciax . (the 24th), -Which were the coldest, the depression was as large as 15 deg. and 16 deg. re spectively. The most remarkable period in the month is that from the 15th, its mean temperature being 321 deg. ; and its mean departure below the average, amounting to 91 deg. On the 20th the temperature decreased to 241 deg. ; on the 23d to 181 deg. ; and this raorninm:it was at its lowest point, 16 deg. This remarkable period of continu ance of cold i n November is without parallel since the year 1815 ; the weather in that year, from November 15th to the 29th, was similar to the present; the mean temperature between these limits was 311 deg. The temperature, however, did not fall so low as at present ; the lowest noted was 25 deg. In the year 1816 there was a cold period of three days' duration, viz., from the 22d to the 25th, when the mean temperature was 30 deg., that of.the 24th was 231 deg. only. The next cold period in November, of any continuance, was in 1827, when the mean temperature of the 22d, 23d, and 24th, was 27 dogs. ; that of the 24th was as low as 241 degs. In the year 1829, from Nov. 16th to the 25th, the mean temperature was 321 dep. The next cold Period was in 1838 ; from the 24th to the 27th its mean temperature was 311 degs. In 1841 the mean temperature from Nov. 14th to the 18th was 311 degs. ' • in 1849 the mean temperature from Nov. 25th to Nov. 29th was 311 degs., that of the 28th being as low as 26 degs. In 1851 the mean temperature from Nov. 15th to 19th was 321 degs. ; in 1854 the mean from Nov. 22d to 27th was 331 dogs. ; and in 1856 the mean of Nov. 29th and 30th was 29 degs. In Nov. 1857, the temperature of the coldest day was 37 degs., that of Nov. 26th. So that there has not been any analogous period of such severe weather in the month of November, as at the present time, since the year 1815. The mean temperature of yesterday was 25k' deg., and this day is 241 deg., and the mean of these two days is lower than that of any two consecutive November days in the pre ceding 45 years. The temperature this morning, viz., 16 deg., was lower than it has ever been m the month of November within the same period of 45 years, which as far as authentic records extend. In the year 1815 the mean:temperature,which was 29 deg. on Nov. 29th, rose to 411 deg. on Nov. 30th, to 49+ deg. on Dec. Ist, then gradually declined to 42 deg. by the sth, and was followed by a mode rately cold period. JAMES GLAISHER. Lewisham, Nov. 24. IRELAND. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE enmorm SQUADRON. A letter from Caslletown lierehaven, dated the 20th inst., says :—" It having been arranged that the gunboat Skipjack, which left a few days since for Queenstown, was to return forthwith, bringing witnesses for the court-martial to be held on the third lieutenant of the Hawke, the order for the immediate departure of the squadron, brought by special messenger, was received on board with much surprise and. ashore with great regret. This morning, at 9 o'clock, the Wizard sailed out at the westward entrance, and the Royal Albert, the Re nown, the Orion, and the Brunswick, all screw steam line-of-battle ships, steamed out at the east ward entrance, leaving a great blank in the har bour, notwithstanding the presence of several sail of merchant ships. The training brig Wizard afforded a treat before her departure, as yesterday she was for a considerable time envelope& in the smoke of her guns while exercising the naval • cadets on board." TIIE ATLANTIC CABLE. The Tralee Ch ronicle has the subjoined commu nication from Valentia. It bears date Nov. 21 :-- "Nothing of importance occurred since my last until Friday, when the vreather was so fine that no further pretext could be advanced for not proceed ing with the laying down of the shore end of the cable. The vessels accordingly proceeded to sea, and succeeded in submerging the few miles of shore cable, and-in making, a splice with the deep sea por tion about five miles off Dowlais HeadAThis opera tion was easily performed, and it is much to be re gretted that the Temaining seven miles of shore cable left at Greenwich was not brought here and added to the part now laid down. Had this been done there is no doubt the result would be satisfactory. This is more evident from the fact that, after passing the spot where the shore end terminates, some of the men, in their anxiety to continue the underrunning of the small cable, dis covered a tink ' having . the conducting wire ex posed to the , water, and, therefore, injuring to some extent the conducting power of the wire. The de fective part was immediately cut out. But the underrunning was discontinued, though it is pro bable that other defects of the kind would have been discovered had they proceeded. This cannot be said to be giving the present cable 'a fair trial.' I am not aware that the shore cable has been tested since it was laid down, nor is there any person of sufficient experience here to do so, and when we recollect that some of the most eminent practical electricians of the day have differed materially in the manner and result of their testing we must have very , little reliance on the opinion 'of others of far less scientific experience. Nothing is, therefore, known of the present condition of the cable, or whether the laying-down of the portion of shore end has materially improved its condition, as the the office has been shut up since the .Ist inst., and the staff, with one exception, discharged (not re moved to Londo:i as has been asserted). ' • .REFORM MEETING AT SUNDERLAND. newpri no uoAtr Reform i p leeo u atifyr b o groe Sunderland f petitioning4Bmai o t i ff n ot g r c o a, famAste: amending Parliamenteed el idnni Athenaeum, gohuntinab Tuesdaytt aioe representation considert s f . favour .f eveningt h e the rofa of the people, and for determining on what princi ples such Reform Bill should be based, and the leading objects to be embraced in it. The hall and galleries were closely packed, and the audience was comprised ,of all classes of the inhabitants of the town. The mayor, Mr. John Candlish, occupied the chair, and was supported by many influential inhabitants of the borough. Messrs. Joseph Cowen, jun., and R. B. Reed at tended as a deputation from the Northern Reform Union. The greatest interest and unanimity pre vailed throughout the proceedings. The MAYOR expressed the pleasure he had in presiding on the occasion, for the principles of the resolutions to be proposed and the collateral allega tions contained in them were unanswerable, being based upon truth. •:Mr. Alderman WILLIAMS moved the first resolu- tion to the effect that in the opinion of the meet ing, the present ,restrictive franchise deprives a large number of our fellow-countrymen . of their just electoral rights ; entails on the nation bad legislation, financial extravagance, and an irre isponsible foreign policy ; and demands a radical reform in the representation of the people in Par liament, based on manhood suffrage and vote by ballot. In answer to' the objection that this was not' the time for agitating this question—that the `character of the Government and other bills on the subject' should be first seen and judged of, the speaker said, if Lord Derby was the man they took him - for, such meetings as that would show him what the people wanted. It was admitted by Lord Derby, Lord John Russell,. and Mr. Bright — (cheers) —that reform was needed, and if they ex cluded its two first principles from the measures to be proposed, it was all-important that Mr. Bright knew what they thought, and on what principles the bill 'he had undertaken on the part of the people to frame, should be founded. Mr. WIGHT seconded the resolution. Mr. J. COWEN, jun., after referring to the diver sity existing among reformers as to the character of the measure best calculated to meet the wants of the people, explained the objects of the association which he represented—which declared that man hood suffrage and vote by ballot should be the basis *of any satisfactory Reform Bill. In other words, they asked a vote for every man, and the privilege of giving that vote free from all improper influence. They adopted this programme for two reasons—first, because it was simple, and there fore likely to win popular favour, and secondly, because it offered the only solution to the ever•re curring question of constitutional change. (Cheers.) At present there was nothing before the country but vague declarations from the leaders of the dif ferent sections of politicians in favour of some scheme of reform. No party was committed to any definite measure. No one knew what the Government would propose, but they all knew that both Government and Parliament were amen able to public opinion, and if the voice of the people was earnestly and energetically expressed in favour of a radical measure of reform, they were more likely to get it than if they merely went for some not very satisfactory compromise. They might be sure the less they asked for the less they would get, and the more they asked the more they would obtain. He then proceeded to dwell upon the evils arising from the present representative system, re iterating all the arguments to be adduced in favour of a reformed system, and in conclusion urged the necessity of unanimity on the great question which was to be dealt with in the coming session. The resolution was carried by acclamation. Mr. SEDGWICK moved the next resolution to the effect that the work in which the Northern Reform Union is now engaged is calculated to extend the political education of the people, and to strengthen the hands of the Reform party in or out of Parlia ment in their efforts to obtain from the Govern ment a thorough measure of reform, and was there fore deserving of the support and encouragement of all earnest reformers. The resolution was seconded by Mr. GAMMAGE, and supported by Mr. R. B. REED, of the Northern Reform Union, who said—The great struggle between the people on the one hand, and the aristocracy on the other, was about to commence, and it would need the united exertions of the friends of progress and im provement to carry it to a successful issue. (Hear.) There were many prejudices to be uprooted, many obstacles to be removed, and many powerful opeo nents to combat, before a veritable Reform Bill became the law of the land. But he had faith in the persistency of the people of England upon this question of reform in Parliament ; he believed that the temperate and reasonabla advocacy, which formed a distinguishing characteristic of the efforts of reformers in every important town in the king dom, would ultimately secure those rights and privileges which every free-born Briton ought to en j oy. This motion was also carried nem. con., and a petition to Parliament based on the foregoing was adopted. TILE ISLAND OF CANDIA. A pamphlet entitled La Verite sur les Evcne mens de Candle, by "An Eye-witness," has just appeared, and the object of it is to show that Vely Pacha, the governor of that island, who took part in those events, has been grossly calumniated by the Greek and French press. The following is a sketch of the statement which it makes ;—lt was in 1855 that Vely Pacha, after being ambassador at Paris, became governor of the island—a post held for 30 years by his father, Mustapha Pacha ; and, "in accordance with the suggestion of an august personage at Paris," he immediately caused roads, which were much needed, to be made, and effected various administrative reforms. The hatti-humayoum of 1856, which confers va rious advantages on the Christians, subjects them for the conscription the same as Mussulmans ; bat the Christians in Candia have the privilege of sup plying their contingent either in men or money, and they preferred to pay in the latter manner. In 1856 and 1857 no payments were made, so that at the beginning of the present year three years' payments were due. The amount was equal . to 2f. 55c. per head, and the Porte, from the embar rassed state of its finances, was obli g ed to call for it. But the claim caused great dissatisfaction among the Christians, and agents of secret socie ties of Greece endeavoured to excite them to revolt. Numbers of them assembled in arms in different. parts of the island, and demanded that the Go vernment should be placed in the hands of Chris tians. Vely Pacha could easily have put down this rising; but if he had employed harsh measures, the Turks would probably have massacred the Christians, the Christians the Turks, and a civil war might have followed. But by the tad .and moderation of .Vely Pacha, aided by the foreign consuls, an arrangement was come to, and " the insurrection ended without the Turks firing a single shot at the Greeks, or the Greeks one at the Turks." The pamphlet, after lauding Vely Pacha for his conduct in this affair, asserts that his administration was always distinguished by mildness and justice, and as a proof of it states that he enabled as many as 500 Christian families, who years ago had embraced the Mahomedan faith to escape persecution, to become Christians again; had afforded Christians facilities for going on F" grimages, and had compelled three Christian girls who wanted to embrace Mahomedanism in order indulge in profligacy, to retain their faith and return to their parents. It also shows that the report that he had allowed Turkish soldiers to violate a Christian church at Canea was proved by the European consuls themselves to be un founded. The pamphlet enters into details on the subject of the disturbances occasioned at Canea, at the beginning of July by the assassination of a Mussulman by a Greek, and contends that the con duct of Vely Pacha in connection with them, was entirely, free from reproach. It afterwards refers to the absurd calumnies as to Vely Pacha having caused the aged Bishop of Canea to be so grossly ill-treated that he died, and of his having had him just before death conveyed to his home in a cart ; and it proves clearly from official documents that the prelate died of apoplexy, and that the " cart" in which he was placed was an elegant Parisian carriage. [ADVERTISEMENTJ—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Wounds, sores, and cers are purified and heiileu Ayrth ab solute certainty by these external and internal remedies, which co-operate towards a cure with a rapidity that looks like magic. Their double action is irresistible. Unhappy creatures, " the mere despair of surgery " objects so horri bly unsightly that the most benevolent turn away from them with a shudder, have been snatched from the very edge:of the grave, and restored to life, health, and society, by these dual medicaments, these twin medical charms. The oint ment should be rubbed twice a-day,into the parts affe c t e d , and the pills should be taken according to the printed 'di rections accompanying each box. •'MG cure will be cam plete and permauen+, P RIC E 4 D . STAMPED, SD. THE ANDOVER 31 U.R.DER. An 'inquest ; was, held yesterday on the body of ;he deceaSed,'Wm. Parsons, in the board-room of .he Union. No clue whatever to the perpetrator of this-horrible crime has yet been gained. . Mr. H. Loseombe, solicitor, appeared to watch the proceedings on behalf of the deceased's fainily. The jury being sworn, the Coroner addressed them, and they retired to view the body. The first wit ness examined was Mr. H. E. Northover, who said—l am a draper, and was an assistant to deceased. I last saw him alive on Monday night, the 22d inst., about 9 o'clock. He' was then in the shop, where myself and some of the other assistants left him.- I did not see . him alive afterwards. He was dressed in the same way as when found the following morning, with the ex ception of the overcoat. The next morning I went for a - Walk alone, as usually do, along the Salisbury-road. I was on the point of return ing about a quarter of a mile from the town when my attention w as d rawn to something lying in the field. I approached it within five or six yards, when I discovered it was a human bodp. _I returned - immediately and gave informa tion to the police, with whom I returned to the field, and found it was Mr. Parsons. The overcoat did not' belong .to him but t o some cu s to m er . H e was lying flat on his face, the b ac k part Of the h ea d was much bruised, and • there was a considerable quantity, Of blood near the head ; his cap was off / there was a large ash stick lying near him With marks on it, the bottoni ofthe stick, the thick end, was covered with blood. . Charles Wedge, superintendent of polic e , sa id,— On Tuesday morning last, about eight o'clock in the morning; I received information from the last witness that he had discovered a body lying in a field en the Salisbury road, and that the man had been murdered. I immediately proceeded to the spot with him and a police-constable, and there discovered the body of a man lying with his face to the ground, the right arm extended forward, and the left .was by his side; the legs were per fectly straight. I observed several wounds on the head, the back part 'of which was broken and bat tered in - very much. A short distance from the body, about two feet, lay a large ash stick, about three feet long, which appeared to have been re-' cently cut, and at the large end of which there were several knots. It was covered with blood and a portion of hair for about a foot from the bottom. The cap of deceased was lying a little on the left side, as though it had fallen off. The lining was covered with frost. Deceased was dressed in a rough . top-coat, grey trowsers, coat and waistcoat, and low shoes. One of the young men present said, "Good God, it is Mr. Parsons." I then recognised him. I have known him for nearly eight years. From the body I could distinctly trace the footmarks of one person walking towards the cowshed which is in the field, belonging to Mr. Footner, close to the hedge. There is a gap in the hedge between the two fields. I could not trace the footsteps any fur ther than the gap. On examination of the inside of the shed there appeared marks of a slight scuffle. On the Andover side of the cowshed there appeared footmarks at the top of the bank. I went to Mr. Elliott, and took him back to the field. After he had examined the body, I had it conveyed to the.union in a cart, where, in the presence of Mr. Elliott,' I searched the pockets, and found £3 12s. 6d. in money, a silver watch and gold guard round his neck, a gold eye-glass, and various papers, and other articles of minor importance. I examined the papers, but they do not throw any light on the matter. The body was lying about 37 yards from the road. There did not appear to have been any scuffle where the body lay, which was about 42 yards from the cow-shed. - - - Henry John Haye said—l reside in Andover, and was walking down the town on Monday evening about half-past 9 o'clock, when I saw Mr. Parsons coming from his own yard and proceed down Bridge-street leading to the Salisbury-road. He was alone, and I did not see him afterwards. Ho had a top-coat and cap on. Jabez Henry Elliott said—l was called yesterday morning to a field in Salisbury-road, where I was shown the body of a man lying on his face. -He was dead, cold, and stiff. I examined him, and found extensive fractures on the skull. He had evidently been dead some hours. After the body was conveyed home I made a second examination. There were marks of blood,. dirt, grass, and two locks of hair on different parts of his person and clothes. His face appeared covered with blood. His nose was flattened. On the right side of the head was a semicircular wound 21 inches in width. There was another scalp wound on the head and another at the base of the neck , At the back of the head was a large wound 3 inches long and 1 inch wide. A portion of the skull was partially detached, through which the membrane of the brain could be felt. From the state of the wounds I have no doubt the deceased came by his death by vio• lence. I saw the stick, and have no doubt the wounds may have been caused by such an instru ment. It was impossible that he could have in flicted those wounds himself. At this stage of the inquiry the coroner inti mated that an adjournment would be necessary. Adjourned accordingly. FUNERAL OF ROBERT OWEN, OF LANARK. In accordance with Mr. Owen's expressed wish his burial, which took place at Newtown onthe 22d inst., was conducted unostentatiously and as inex pensively as possible. It was intended by his family to be private, but in deference to the wishes of all classes in the town it was public, and will cause the day to be long remembered in Newtown. The principal tradesmen in the town had put up shut ters all the previous week out of respect to their eminnnt townsman. On the morning of the burial a great concourse attended in front of the Boar's Head Hotel, where Mr. Owen died, and two doors only from the house in which he was born. On Sunday night his remains were removed into the house of his birth, now occupied by Mr. D. Thomas, who with great taste prepared his shop to receive them. To this gentleman's admirable arrange meats many of the most pleasing incidents of the interment were owing. The funeral procession was formed as follows : Beadle, Newtown First. Benefit Society, Newtown Friendly United Society, Newtown Victoria Benefit Society, the Clergy, Medical Gentlemen, Magis trates, Old Inhabitants and Schoolfellows of the Deceased. Gentlemen and Manufacturers of New town, as follows: Right—Rev. J. Edwards, M.A. ; Rev. R. J. Davies, J.P. ; Wm. Lloyd, Esq. ; Mr. J. Stanley, Mr. E. Williams, Mr. R. Newill Davies, Mr. E. Owen, Mr. J. Rigby (secret a ry to R. Owen), Left--Wm. Slyman, Esq., M.D. (Mr. Owen's phy sician), Edward Hall, Esq. ; Geo. Matthews, Esq. ; Mr. J. Horton, Mr. W. Davies, Mr. J. Powell, Mr. J. B. Owen, Mr. T. Thomas (secretary to the Hon. R. D. Owen): The coffin, which these gentlemen immediately preceded, was quite plain, covered with black cloth, unnailed in the usual way, and the plate bore the inscription :—‘, Robert Owen, of New Lanark, born in Newtown, May 14, 1771, died in Newtown,, Nov. 17, 1858." The following gentlemen attended as mourners — Mr. G. Owen Davies, Mr. W. Cox, Mr. W. H. Ashurst, Mr. R. Cooper, Mr. E. Trulove, Mr. Wm. Jones, Mr. G. Goodwin, the Hon. R. Dale Owen, Mr. Wm. Pare, Col. H. Clinton, Mr. Thos. Allsop, Mr. Geo. Holyoke, Mr. H. Law, and Mr. Pryce Jones. The procession proceeded first to St. David's Church, where the Rev. John Edwards, M.A., read a portion of the service for the dead, and afterwards From St. the grave, in a very imp ressive manner. St. David's Church the long procession proceeded to St. Mary's Church, where Mr. Owen was interred in his father and mother's grave. St. Mary's Church is an ancient structure, now in ruins, of the tenth century, standing on the banks - of the Severn, in a spot of sylvan beauty. Neither the inclemency of the weather nor the distance of Newtown from London, prevented many of Mr. Owen's attached friends, including ladies from paying the last honours to his remains. Two of the old playfellow Ns of Tar. Owen were discovered, and with tottering steps they followed their old companion to his long home. The bearers -of the coffin consisted of the oldest inhabitants who were equal to the task. A great concourse of people from the districts, as well as town, thronged the streets, windows, housetops, roads, and lanes of the route taken by the p rocess i on. The greatest respect was testified to Mr. Owen. The enclosure walls of St. Mary's Church are incomplete, wanting suitable gates. The Hon. Robert Dale Owen has volunteered the gift of a new pair of iron gates, and also ordered the restor ation of a decayed bower, once a historic object in the old churchyard commemorating a romantic in cident. Dr. Slyman, who attended Mr. Owen in his last illness, reports that he died of climacteric disease, brought on by exhaustion, and that his death might probably have been averted had not his prejudice against stimulants led him to refuse them. The Portuguese have four modes oF cultivating the vine-1. In the provinces of the Minho, Estre madura, and Beira Baixa hanging in festoons from, or twining round, poplars or oaks. planted for the especial purpose ; 2. In the Alto Douro the vines are planted on terraces, and never allowed to grow higher than three or four feet; 3. In the interior of Tras-os-Montes the vines are planted like goose berry bushes, covering extensive fields in rows about eight feet apart, so as to admit the plough to pass between them ; here little 'care is given either I y Al nix the Wine t: p heiiireose r s u iitAsen n ixec i ai v n pnbme g ohur:noy o t rearing d r :donahpneteoacorlre yeomEcftonoo. fruitgn a t lc h pae the s vineyards, mn,dty.aia lwnel Odagesnxit.;at so eeats xr, :isp i tet h a leer Iran, particular when there m h gtl lieeaheanrse on the ground, and imbibe an earthy taste ; 4. e n y and large towns, and in gardens (but particularly vines are trellissed at a height of eight or twelve feet from the ground. Up to the year 1853, when export duty on port wine was £6 per pipe for wi class of wine was allowed to be sent to the. English market, and persons belongi%,. to the comp an y visited the wine districts and told off certain wines as solely for English consumption, for which certi ficates, or " bilhetes," were granted to the farmer. The same system exists, to a certain extent, in the present day, with this difference, that those who select the wines no longer belong to the Wine Monopoly Company, but are appointed.. bra body called the " Commercial. Association," at, Oporto. The export duty on port wine is now reduced to an uniform rate of three milreis per pipe to all countries, but the system of " bilhetes " still exists. These, however, by no means in sures that all the wines which arrive at Villa Nova (the depot for wines exported, opposite Oporto) is of the growth guaranteed. There is A. good deal of fraud and trickery. Mr. Paget thus describes it :—" What takes place is this :—There is a certain district in . the Alto Douro which is supposed exclusively to grow the wines of first quality. After the vintage, about the month of November, a commission, appointed by the Com mercial Association at Oporto, proceeds to this dis trict for the ,purpose of ascertaining the.quantity of wine produced. Having made inquiries on this head, in the Month of Januari; a commission of tasters, composed as above-mentioned, again visits the same localities, and on approval of the wines submitted to them the 'bilhetes' are given to the farmers, which enable them to dispose of their wi Without es, this which b a i r i e h e thin t e conveywinesaerde admitted teVilla t N o e tre depot in question. But there is much trickery in obtaining them for it often happens that a gr owe r will declare that he his 40 or 59 pipes of t'ae wine of which he produces a sample, whereas in reality he may not be possessed of more than three or four pipes. The deficiency is made up of wine which he purchases beyond the limits of the prescribed district, or else he sells his bilhetes' to a farmer whose geographical position would disentitle him to the privilege of sending his wine to Villa Nova, but who, provided with the bilhetes,' is enabled to do:so by passing his wine with the bilhete' to a merchant at Oporto. The price paid for a bilhete' varies between £3 and £4. Under this system, therefore, it is extremely . difficult to ascertain the real amount of wine produced in the privileged district. . The atnount officially declared for the last season was 15,000 pipes, but I have heard it doubted, on the best authority, whether as much as 6,000 pipes was really produced. It is not to be understood, however, that the wine grown outside the district is necessarily of an in ferior quality. Prejudice and ancient custom are also a good deal mixed up in judging this question, and I have been told by competent persons that some of the wine grown beyond the boundaries is quite equal to that produced within them." "It is a fallacy," adds Mr. Paget, " to suppose that such a thing as what is termed pure' portwine—that is, without an admixture of brandy—exists. On the first arrival of each pipe of wine at Villa Nova, a certain quantity of this spirit is immediately added, for without it the wine would not keep." The failure in the crop of vines last year (1857) was very calamitous, and, of course, prices rose accord ingly. The produce in the Alto Douro district, ordinarily 100,000 pipes a-year, fell off to 15,000. The price of a pipe of port from the farmer is now about £3O ; before the failure it was less than one moiety of that sum. The same as regards all the wines of the country. The common wines of the country were formerly drunk by the peasant at about one halfpenny the pint ; the same quantity now averages about twopence. The faihire in the crop of oranges and lemons has likewise been mpst . disastrous in its consequences. Several recut d'es, particularly sulphur, have been tried for the care and prevention of the malady ;' but the success has been very limited, and should the blight continue for a few years more with the same virulence the result must be the utter ruin of a vast proportion of the agricultural community. Under these circum stances it becomes more than ever necessary to give assistance and encouragement to this class of the population. Portugal, as before suggested, instead of endeavoming to become a manufacturing country, should turn all her energies to agriculture. The soil is of the most luxurious and fertile description and the climate is particularly genial, and her geographical position is such that she ought to be the most natural granary for all the markets in Europe. The wages of labour are low and the population are industrious, yet with all these advantages more than half the land is uncultivated, and that which is is cultivated in the rudest and most primitive manner. THE MONACO STORY. A correspondentilas sent us the following from Monaco, dated the 17th :—" In noticing an article of the Presse on the contemplated sale of the prin cipality of Monaco to Russia, you most judiciously threw strong doubts on the whole story. In. fact, a more abSurd statement could not have bein hazarded, and complete ignorance of the locality could alone . have inspired it. This is the second time in the course of six months that the rumoured sale of Monaco to Russia has been circulated by certain of your contemporaries, and the story is a. mere repetition of the eunard of last year, when, however, the United States, and not the Russian Government, figured as the intended purchasers. It is not true rumours of the contemplated sale are current in Piedmont,' for the inhabitants of that country are aware that the Prince of Monaco has constantly declined to entertain the pecuniary offers made by the Government of Turin, and they are now, moreover, sufficiently acquainted with the re sources of the principality to know that its posses sion would be utterly worthless to Russia , or to any other Government but their own. Sardinia has a great interest in the possession of Monaco, for this petty State not only breaks the geographical unity of the kingdom, but it is also a source of annoy ance on account of the smuggling carried on across the frontiers. The Princes of Monaco have, how ever, for the last four generations refused to abdicate a sovereignty that millions cannot purchase ; and the present ruler clings with energy to tho possession of the rock of Monaco, which alone remains to him of the former dominions of his house, and which, though of no intrinsic value, enables him to take his place among the reigning sovereigns of Europe. The French journal represented the port of Monaco as one of the best in the Mediteranean, and added that with a few fortifications it might be rendered almost impregnable.' This is ludicrous. The port is a petty retreat in which no frigate could turn, while tho whole principality—which, by the by, might be conveniently stowed away in the Regent's p ar k —is commanded by a semicircle of height s i n the possession of Sardinia. 'Before the age - of gun powder, Monaco was one of the important positions of Europe, and it occupied a prominent part in the sanguinary events which characterised the good old times.' But since the introduction of cannon, and particularly. since the revolt of the towns of Mentone and Rocquebrunne, which in 1848 shook off the rule of the Prince, has descended to the lowest stage of insignificance, its head abo ve wa t er, it is snd thanksif i it t e n o contrives r r i n v n e g s e t - e o t n e n e i r p bank, 'which adds to the personal resources of the Prince, and causes a few stray napoleons to be circulated among the population. Admitting that the natural advantages of Monaco surpassed thac of Gibraltar, the idea of their falling into the hands of Russia by purchase would not be the less unrea sonable. The principality is guaranteed by the first and second treaty of Paris, and it could not be ceded to a foreign Power without the authorisation. of Europe. Were all the Powers of the conti nent, along with England, to approve of the bar gain, the realisation of the latter would, neverthe less fail before the decided opposition of France and Sardinia. The Turin Cabinet has never aban doned the idea of obtaining possessioa of this in - depen dent State, -which is a perfect eyesore to its statesmen ; while the traditions of the French Fo reign-office justify the secret' hope cnt Mrti.i led there of some day regaining pos s ession of this ro.-tion of the Mediterranean coast. As for Russia, she en joys at Villafranca every advantage that she could desire. In that splendid bay her war vessels find shelter in stormy weather, and a port for repairs; and in time of war they would enjoy the privilege of being under the protection of a neutral flag. What more could she desire? With respect, then, to Mo naco, I may conclude by assuring you that this interesting State is not for the moment in the mar-` ket."—GalignaneS .Messenger. 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