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v~ G~ l G Z~'L 7 7 ) , ' 1 ' 044 41 %1 0 y? 7111 a • ihr • . 0 = 114 ) -44 * ' _ • etAlliajW„ R . •• Ate • ~ , N „ efsk, • • • • '3 -IL 44,14 OTT. " • - ‘'s • • .. /'‘Z C~ 711 E ArAYl'. GREAT 'WESTERN RAILWAY. On SATURDAY, Oct. 15, A CHEAP EXCURSION T itAIN will leave Padding - ton at 12.30 p.m., for Cirencester and Stroud (fares 12s and es), Gloucester and Cheltenham and 7s) ; Ross and Hereford ( ids and 8s), returning on Friday, Oct 21, from Hereford, at 10.30 a.m., and interme diate stations as per handbills. (BEAT WESTERN RAILWAY. s vrvb . rs nEAP EXCURSION to WEYMOUTH. —On at 9 - .,'"Alr, October 22, a TRAIN will leave Paddington P.m. for CHIPPENHAM, Trowbridge, Westbury, e Me (Fares 10g and 6s), Yeovil (11s and 7s), Por -- O ester and Weymouth (128 and 8s); returning on Tuesday, ctober 25, from Weymouth at 5.45 p.m., and intermediate stations as per handbills. GREAT. WESTERN • RAILWAY.- 'EXCURSION to BRISTOL, &c., at RE FARES.—On SUNDAY, October 23, a TRAIN will leave Paddine - ton at 7.45 a.m. for Chippenham and Bath (Fares, 98 and ss); and Bristol (10s and 6s); returning _le same d a y f rom Bristol at 6. 3 0 p.m., B at h at 7.0 p.m., and uni ppenham at 7.30 p.m. THE ROYAL STATION HOTEL, Para g on- Street Hun, requires only to be visited to be pronounced one of the m ost splendid hotels in England. The situation is open and healthful, a few minutes' walk from all the public b uildings and places of business, and being ,connected with the Railway Station, affords railway passengers arriving or departing by every train day or night, the advantage of being on the spot, and having their wants and wishes immediately attended to. The public should know that under the present manage ment they will find every comfort and convenience at the same charges they are paying at the minor hotels. It has ac commodation for upwards of one hundred and fifty visitors, is fitted up with every luxury an hotel can command, and is so arranged for the advantage of every cass of visitor, that Beds cap be had from Is. to 29. ; Private Rooms, from 2s. to ls. ; Breakf as t s, from ls. M. to 2s. ; Dinners from 2s. ; and all other ch arges of that moderate characterwhich will give s atisfaction to every class of visitor who may pay the hotel a visit. The hotel contains Gentlemen and Ladies' Coffee Rooms ; tt,sPecial Room set apart f or C ommerc i a l G en tl emen ; f ourteen Private suites of Rooms ; large spacious Rooms for Dinner Parties, Public Meetings, &c., &c. ; two first-class Refresh ment Rooms ; two Smoke Rooms ; Bath and Billiard Rooms. A Night Porter in attendance. • EDWIN TAYLOR. Proprietor of the Royal Station Hotel, Hull, and Crescent Hotel, Filet'. IVA—TAYLOR'S CRESCENT HTEL, fronting the sea for Families and Gentlemen. It has O accommodation for up - wards of one hundred and fifty visitors. Table D'Hate at live ogacir. Omnibuses and Cabs from the hotel meet all the trains. Good stablfng- and coach-houses. 3f6deraf6terins. MCCOLLUM'S CIRQUE CLASSIQUE. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square.—lmmense success. Re-engagement Fn t the celebrated LAURI FAMILY, 'G ran d c h ange of R ntertainment 7 . Two performances daily, a t 2, an d h a lf- Pas. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. —These elegant rooms are now open for the ' l, Inter Season for Promenade Concerts, with the celebrated Argyll Band, conducted by lions. A. Lamotte ; principal eor net-a-piston, M. Bouleourt. Dancing at 10 o'clock. Doors Pen at B ,commence at half-past. Admission, is. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Holborn, RE•OPENED for the SEASON.—This establishment, pre-eminently , distinguished for the elmanze and matchless beauty of its decorations, combined with the Perfection of its management, is OPEN EVERY EVENING. tGreat alterations and improvements have been made during he recess, and nothing p h la as been left undone that could en mice the beauty of the ce, or increase the comfort of the at visitors. Doors open at half-past 8; overture at 9; closing 12 Punctually. Admission ls. OrLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, AND USED BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE.EVER USED. WREN YOU ASK FOR GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, SEE THAT YOU GET IT, As- inferior kinds are °flee substituted. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, dm, &o. W 9THERSPOON & CO.. GLASGOW AND LONDON ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. „bluing the past year (1858) 40,403 received the benefits of :.ie Charity, either as out or In door paents and since its Loundation to 31st December, 1858, the number relieved was u Pwards of 649,000. thThe work entreat AID to enable them to continue 04 great work of charity. STANFORD S. SMITH, Sec. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT e INSTITUTION.—The Committee of this Institution truestly appeal tl the public for pecuniary ass!stance to aid fue-4 of to het the ety. present heavy demands on the limited 4ClBSoci THOMAS. BARING, Chairman. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Deputy-Chairman. Sept. 21, 1859. • C ontributions will be hankfully received ban d Messrs. Willis ' l4l Co Contts and Co t ; Herries and Co. ; at th office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, W.C. RUPTURES. ITE'S MOC-MAIN PATENT LEVER TRUSS is allowed by upwards of 200 professional gentlemen' to be the best for Hernia. It consists of a omall and elastic pad, to which a lever is attached, an (instead of the us de t ection.ring) a soft bandage, fitting !to closely as to avoid A descriptive circular may oe had, and the truss forwarded bypost, on bei n gifmfe of the body, two inches below the hips, ent to the Teanufactnrer, Mr. John White, 228, Piccadilly. Sinzle Truss, 18s., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. pouble dit , to, 31s. ed. 425., and Postage, n o t -office Orders to John White, s Poet-once, Piccadilly. l faker of Plastic Stockings, linee7carf, SIGHT AND HEARING .—SPECTACLES.— • pi;., POWERFUL TEL F:SCOPES.—OPERA, RACE, and „, 'nBPECTIVE GLASSES. Messrs. S. and B. Solo -nns. Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe `opposite the York Hotel, W.—Opera, Race-course, Field, t" l ' 4 general Out•door Day and Night Perspective Glasses. rY small, for the waistcoat pocket, each containing 12 and Pe rso le "es, constructed of G erman g l ass. Will s h ow d i stinctly ns to know them at two-and-a-half and three 'miles, Z.„ 1111 an object from eight to ten miles distant. Her Majesty's oast Guards are making use of them as day and night glasses 1.4 Preference to all others ; they are also preferred for deer „„„ —fig by sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Tele is,)sB 3i inches long, by which a person may be clearly seen t" known at 3i miles, and an object at 12 to 14 miles dis "ce and with an extra astronomical eye-piece, Jupiter's 'noon's, Saturn's rings, and the double stars are distinctly ' ce n• All the above can be had of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers, and are secured by her Majesty's Royal etters Patent. The Royal Exhibition, 18.51. A valuable, iQ,WIY-invented, very small, powerful Waistcoat-pocket .''ass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be ' e en and known one and a half mile distant. They an swer every purpose on the Race-course and at pe t h ,°"es. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at four ''' six miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer stalking yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, A nd tourists. Price 305.—Spectacle L enses o f ti e greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived from this I nvention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and s trengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ !heir sight at the most minute occupation--can see with those lenses of a much less magnifying power, and they do not re quire the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most rtf_tnote part of the world by sending one of the glasses out of cir spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the TO - Yes they can read small print with it, and those who have made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.— D iscovery. —The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily =erfullv small newly-invented instrument for Deafness, ki n " r elY different from all others, surpasses anythino• of the that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables Matspersons to hear distinctly at church and at public assem ne ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the earn entirely removed, and it affords all the assistance that O ` ---o sib ly could be desired.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadill er" pposite the York Hotel, W y. MEDICAL ADVICE. I)11. LA,'MERT, Registered L.S.A., Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, M.D. of the University of Erianv,en, 6 n all &a, may be CONS ULT E D . oases of Debility, Nervousness, and the secret In . rattles of Youth and Maturity, from EleYen till Two, and trout Six till Eialit, at his residence, 37, BEDFORD -SQUARE, LONDON 1) r . • La' Mert has just publi s h e d metenti°tl u ed En , price Sixpence, with nu g ^ ravings and Cases, a New Edition of his Work, whi ml SELF-PRESERVATION, be Rent tree, in a sealed enTelope. by Mann, fO, London, or by the Author, to any address, for atarnps. CONTENTS. S S'p tl Z i°ll T.—The Physiology of the Generative Organs. tive . po" II. —Puberty—Manhood The Morale of Genera sr ph ox and False Morality. ItelP° l4 M.—Marriage in its Moral, Social, and Physical tagei,°,,ns—lts Expectancies and Disappointments—A!lvan Physical Contrasts in securing Healthy Offsnring. °F IV.—Spermatorrhcea and Impotence—The causes "LY In both Sexes—Self-inflicted Miseries. ilicio .T " F. —The Vices of Schools—Effects of certain per s,"eus habits on the mental and general faculties—lmport s " Moral Discipline. bilitc9l7,olq FL—Treatment of Nervous and Generative De: ~..‘'sri'on ; l ll,„ Potence and Sterility'—Dangerous 0 1 : tiazardous Specifics—The Author's Principles offrom rw u i" e nt Medical, Dietetic. and General, derived fro Y Tears' successful practice. U BARRY'S RF,VALENTA ARABICA 3 rnou n plOCOLATE POWDER Contains the greatest n 'itlieaf „ im easily assimilated nourishment for strenehening• eest, n - Persons, children, and infants with weak stomachs, iire fi kfrporves, and, at 3-pence per meal, affords a delicious thle lunch, or supper. It is the best dietetic honicepa -1)11 Z e Paration, and maybe eaten either alone or mixed with rear r n a f Y's Revalenta Arabica Food. Admirably adapted to 1 ants with. In Tins at ls. d ; 11b., 35.; 21b., ss. 9d. ; itee . o 2 s• ; 121 b., 265. The 121 h. forwarded carriage free, on sire e i'', o Post-office firder. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent ' t-Ondon ; and through all Grocers and Chemists. • bu NO MORE MEDICINE' ittv y's DELICIOUS WEALTH-RESTORING !in O?„"ENTTA ARABICA FOOD Cures effectually indiges (.lllo,d sPepsi a), constipation, flatulency, phlegm, nervousness, es - °_ n e,ss, liver complaints, hysteria, neuralgia, sleeplesa b.VlitY, palpitation, heartburn, eruptions, impurities, 'lead low spirits, diarrhoea, dysentery, hemorrhoids, lif," 4 le b ` ne, noises in the head and ears, debility, diabetes, ~4.11 , ,,,etween the shoulders, despondency, cramps, spasms, eta „''`• and sickness (during pregnancy or at seal, sinking eon; --41Z.11. • asthma, bronchitis, consumption, also Children's tints t waim extract a few out of 50,000 expressions of gratitude from man s thus c ure d : C u re No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Deci?s . of e ß i i pars' dmepsia. Cure No. 49,832. Fifty years enu ol ,"able agony from dyspepsia, nervou . sness, asthma, stni," l ,,,' , ,,eonvtipation„ flatulency, spasms, sickness at te 'le e ire and vomiting, have been removed by 'Oil Barry's sh a l l t eja Food," Maria Joly. Cure No. 53,816. Field Mar- Von,„'e Duke of Pluskow, of dyspepsia, constipation, ner- Sad 'L e ss and liver complaints which had resisted all baths dlit ei 4edical treatment. Cure No. 47,1 . : 21. Mss abeth , ;p r i ,s rff. B : a o n i x d n t e r rv em o e us n e t F a v ii o c il e s s n . e s se. g,ure " ( o. I T . 2 gatherings in , d l r o Q i: v N o Constipation, dyspepsia, andnervous irritability. Cure k1, , 1 12 1,210 . Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. br. v., Captain Allan, of epileptic fits.. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. 211,4 1 nister, of cramps, spasms and daily vomitinp. Cure No. Dr. Hervey ' of diarrhoea and debility. Cure o. 29,628. Dr. the; ', z eirof consumption. Cure N 0.46,270. Mr.. Tames Roberts, of k ?'ilint, Frimley, Surrey, of 20 years' diseased 'logs, spitting i•l'."0(1, liver derangement, partial deafness... Cure No. 4,208. apagfiht years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, he ms, and nausea, have been effectuallyclifed by Du Barry's Itnl-restorino• iood. Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlington iC e ' r Y , Norfolk."—Cure No. 3,906, of thirteen years' cough, per-flition, and general debility. .Tames Porter, Athol-street, lit in i „ b • Sold in canisters, 11b. 2s. 9d. ; 21b. 4s. . ; 121 b. 225: eani r r efined quality, 51b. 2?s. ; 10Ib. 335. The 101 b. and 121 b. Grdesrters are forwarded carriage free, on receipt oftPosotn office Porti Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-stree L Pi e , u ss, 3fason and Co., purveyors to her Ifaiesty, d Is 2; Ch e "ill Y 'at 60, et ; 330, Strand ; 4 49 and 60, Bishopsgate Gracechurch- street;-street e ; 105 and 6.1, Oxford , Nfi„'„; 85 - Tottenham-court-road ; also in Liverpool, l at 1, Castle-street • Leeds Reinhart and Co. ; Dub in, tit. s mitler, Medical Hall; M:fichester' d Sharp and Scott Raimes and Co No. 21,002. PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL BY MRS. HASTINGS PARKER. Just ready, lu 3 vols., BENTLEY P RIOR Y. By MRS. HASTINGS. PARKER. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Col burn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, 160 pages, Crown 81:o, price 6d., sent free by post for Six Stamps, rrHORLEY'S FARMER'S' ALMANACK for -I- 1880. In this first-class Almanack a prominent place is given to all matters connected with Agriculture, more especially improvement - in the Breeding, Feeding, and Ma nagement of Live Stock. Amongst other Articles of interest will be found—Farmers' Memoranda for each Month—Catt e food Machinery —Steam Culture —Steam Cartage—Cattle Cookery and Veterinary Science--Chemistry of Cattle Food —Adulteration of Seeds, Barley-meil and.Cake—Concluding Memoranda—Agricultural Societies—Fairs and Markets - in England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man, &c., & c. London : Published by JOSEPH THORLEY, 77, New gate-street (E.C.); and may be had of all his authorised Agents for the sale of" THORLEY'S FOOD Eon CATTLE." Just published, AREPORT on the NAVIGATION of the INDUS, addressed io tha Directors of the Oriental In land Steam Company.. By JOHN BOURNE, C.E. Recapitu lating the incidents attending the successful establishment of the Company's Steam Trains upon the Indus. May be had on application at the Company's Offices, 9, ililliter-street, Fenchurch-street, London. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., riCHE TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA; showing why they so often appear In curable, when in rselity they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metrojolitan . lnfirmary for the Cure . of Strictures of the Urethra. This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his systernaticmanagement an immense mitigation of °pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the g e neral and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular, Dec. Ist, 1858. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. CERTAIN RELIEF for the AFFLICTED. v Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Brohiley, Kent, are a sure remedy for affections of the liver, Indigestion,• bile, sick headache, giddiness, loss of appe tite, lowness of spirits, &c. They can be taken at any time, without any danger from wet or cold, act mildly on the bowels, without pain or griping, .clear the skin, remove sallowness and pimples,' purify the blood, brace the nerves, and invigo rate the whole system: Sold by most druggists, in boxes, Is. 14d. and 2s.' 9d. each. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with "W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street," engraved on the Government stamp. ON DISQUALIFICATIONS AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Ana tomical 'Engravings on Steel, ,just published, free by post, on receipt of two penny stamps, sent by MEDICUS, direct from No. 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, THE SILENT FRIEND: a Medical Work, by a Physician, on indulgence, and the injurious consequences from the use of Mercury. with observations on the obligations of marriage, and dire°- tions for obviating certain difTqualifications ; aa . containing a valuable prescription of a Lotion to prevent Infection. The Proprietors of PERRY'S justly celebrated Patent Me, dicines have confided their Prescriptions to a Physician of the Royal University of Erlangen, and Member of the Royal Col lege of Surgeons of England (who is registered under the New Medical Act) and attends - daily at No. 19 Berners-street, Oxford-street, between the hours of 11 and 2, and from 5 till 8 (Sundays excepted) to advise Patients on their Diseases and Treatment, and thus add to the speedy certainty of Cure. 3, GREAT MARLBOROI/GH-STREET, W., NEAR THE PANTHEON.. • DR. CULVERWELL, Member of the • Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Nildwifery, and Apo thecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as above, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements of both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive indul gences.. Has Just published, price Is. ; by post, 13 stamps,' 18 sealed, No. 4. An entire new and original Work, entitled OURSELVES. Synopsis ; The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation --The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exposition of, and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Illennerrhagia (Gonorrhoea), Spermatorrhcea, Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &a FEMALE. ' The Physiology and Anatomy of Women--Functional Ir regularities in Health and Sickness—Choice in Marriage — Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Removal of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum, and the securing of healthy Offspring. Also, No. 1. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY ; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion. No. 2. LOVE AND MARRIAGE : Their Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments ; Love and other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off spring secured. No. 3. THE CASE BOOK : 100 Cases of SPERMATORRIICHA, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, &c. &c. Ace. To be had of Mann. 39, Cornhill ; and - the A u th ors. Advice to the Working Classes, fee Half-a -Guinea. iiNE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD ON CONVICTION. The fearful dangers to invalids front spurious imitations of DU BARRY's invaluable II EALTII-RESTORING REVA - L ENTA ARABICA FOOD led to an investigation, and, upon application in 1854 for protection, the High Court of Chaneery granted an injunction restraining 'Alfred Hooper Nevill, and his agents, under a penalty of £6,000, from selling Any article resembling or being a colourable imitation of Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica, *of which we are the sole pro prietors. Now, therefore, this is to give notice that the above reward will be paid, upon conviction, to anyone giving infor mation of any breach of the injunction. An intelligent public requires no admonition to shun all shopkeepers who may attempt impositions. London : !BARRY DU BARRY & CO, NO MORE SICKLY OR ILL-CONDITIONED HORSES OR OTHER CATTLE. RAREY'S HORSE and CATTLE-IMPROVING FOOD restores the efficiency, vio•our, endurance, and muscle of ill conditioned or apparengy worn-out Horses, Cows, Bul locks, Calves, Sheep, and igs. In a short time it improves their appearance and value by 20 and 30 per cent. RARITY and Co., 77, Regent's Quadrant, London. In tins at 35., at 65., at Ils. ; in casks, of about 450 feeds, 50s. ; of about 1,000 feeds, £5, being about lid. per feed. Forwarded on receipt of Post-office orders. The Desks free f carriage. NO MORE MEDICINE Price 2d., free by Wst,apovilar treatise, sixty-four Pages, E THE NATURAL REGN RATION of the DIGESTIVE _ _ ORGANS, practically illustrating the effectual Cure, without Medicine, of Indigestion (dyspepsia), habitual Constipation, Flatulency Acidity, Palpitation of the Heart, Torpidity. of the Liver, bilous Headaches, Nervousness, Biliousness, General Debi lity, Cough, Asthma, Consumption,' Despondency, Spleen, &c., without Pills, Purgatives, or Medicine of any kind, by a simple, pleasant, and infallible means; adapted to the general NiVer. London : Barry Du Barry & Co. 77, Regent-street. THE SPANISH BATTERIES AT TARlFA.—Yester day a 28-lb. cannon-ball, with fragments of hemp firmly attached to it, was exhibited at the Liverpool Under writers's Rooms. It was fired from Tarifa at the Gem of the Sea, on her voyage from Ancona to Liverpool, entered her side just above the water line and lodged in a bale of hemp. It is stated that several other vessels were fired at about the same time, and that two men were killed on board one of them. We have not yet heard that our Govern ment has remonstrated with the Spanish Government about these repeated acts of violence. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—ThorIey's Food for Cattle is now beginning to seriously attract the attention of the farmer, breeder, and feeder of stock. Two years of unremitting care and attention have enabled its inventor to take high ground as a benefactor to these interests ; and notwithstand ing the many drawbacks, the malevolent shafts hurled against it and its probable utility, the food, from its admitted value, will become a necessity to the agricultural interest. Experience has proved, first, that it effects a considerable saving in the consumption of provender; secondly, that it produces health and vigour in all animals subjected to its influence : and lastly, increases in a remarkable degree an early development of fat. Mr. Thorley, originating this singularly efficacious food, aimed at a compound calculated to supersede, to a certain extent, the tedious and expensive mode then prevailing of fattening stall-fed beasts. In this he happily succeeded ; and success prompted a very natural desire to improve upon the invention, so as to make it ap plicable to every description of domestic animal. The Eng• lish farmer was slow to encourage its use, and manifested an unwillingness to rely upon its efficacy, fancying be possessed in the produce of his farm, ample materials whereby to feed and fatten his cattle at a cheaper rate than by the employment or addition of artificial food. The tests to which this food has been subjected have proved its perfect admissibility as a cheap addition to the natural produce of the farm ; inasmuch as in realised, and rendered marketable in two-thirds of the time usually consumed in developing fat ; it, therefore, becomes apparent that a certain saving is effected by arfair application of Thorley's Compounded F ood. It is believed that the present unprecedented low price of wheat has induced its very gene ral use, in preference to any other of the usual articles of food ; it is, however, much questioned whether wheat is a nourishing and proper food for the working horse, certainly it is not for cows or pigs. Mr. Thorley's Food, besides possessing the advantage of great l y invigorating the . health and increasing the physical powe r of all animals, is a tonic and gentle stimulant, and when mixed with their other food, materially assists their digestive powers—a matter of great consequence, since it is vs undoubted fact that the nourishment contained in their (Unary food is lost, conse quent upon the impaired or defect ive action of the digestive organs ; it will also be found to be particularly beneficial in restoring to good working condition horses which have been over-worked, or become weak from disease, or ar naturally of a feeble constitution. In cows its effects art undoubted, indeed almost marvellous , n earl y doubling the yield of milk and butter, whilst it at the same time enriches the quality of both. In pigs its fattening qualities are still more remarkable, displaying in a few weeks its manifest superiority over every other kind of compound or manu factured food adopted in the feeding of swine. Such has been its marked success, that at all our great cattle shows, Royalty, noblemen, and others who have fed their cattle on Thorley's Food, have invariably carried off the principal prizes, whilst cards of commendation have been awarded. The patronage of Royalty, of our principal nobility, the clergy, and of our leading agriculturists, must prove a great incitement to this gentleman to pursue his onward course; and ho may confidently rely, in producing se highly-favoured a compound, on a contiaue“ou of such high end distinguished patronage.: THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1859. AN AMERICAN VIEW OF THE PELHO DISASTER. The following letter is addressed to the Secre tary of the Navy, 'Washington, by the flag officer of the United States squadron off Peiho River, July 4:— Sir,—The last despatch which I had the honour to send you reported this ship in company with the chartered steamer Toey-wan, at sea off the Yang tse, on her way to the Peiho, with our Minister to China, Mr. Ward, and suite on board. _ That gentleman has reported to the Government the result of his interviews and correspondence with the Chinese commissioners at Shanghae. I shall only refer, therefore, to that subject so far as is necessary to your understanding the circum stances which placed us in a very unexpected posi tion on our arrival at the Peiho, and produced as unexpected results. The Chinese commissioners were those with whom our late Minister, Mr. Reed, concluded the treaty last year at Tien-tsin, and with whom he subsequently arranged the tariff at Shanghae, where they have remained ever since. In the interchange of visits between these com missioners and Mr. Ward, the latter was escorted by a number of officers, and 60 marines of our squadron • this being not only suited to the dignity of Mr. Ward, but intended as a compliment to the Chinese commissioners, to whom Mr. Ward wished to extend the greatest consideration. Mr. Ward informed them that ho was on his way to Pekin to exchange the treaties, which it was obligatory on both parties to do on or before the 18th of June, now near at hand. _ _ They replied that, having signed the treaties, they must themselves exchange them ; that they could not reach Pekin from Shanghae in less than 60 days, and that by agreement with Lord Elgin, the late British Ambassador, they were expected bo remain at Shanghae until the arrival of the present British Minister, Mr. Bruce. Mr. Ward then offered to exchange our treaty at Shanghae, which they evaded on the ground that the treaty was at Pekin, and they proposed to Mr. Ward that he should remain at Shanghae until the arrival of the British Minister. Mr. Ward, although doubting their sincerity, in a spirit of consideration and forbearance accepted the proposition, thus waiving the specified time of exchange. The British Minister, on his arrival a day or two after, refused to hold official intercourse with the commissioners, on the ground, as I understood it, that Pekin was the place specified in the British treaty for the exchange, and that he was on his way there for that purpose _ _ Unsuccessful in their endeavour to detain the British, and to re-open negotiations at Shanghae, the commissioners apparently yielded, and de spatched couriers—who they asserted would arrive in a week—to Pekin, to prepare, as they said, the authorities .for the arrival and reception of all the Ministers, and their conveyance to Pekin, where the treaties would be exchanged by a special com missioner on the 25th June, the day specified in the British treaty. The commissioners notified Mr. Ward of this ar rangement, and requested him to accompany the British and French to the Peiho. To this he con sented, thereby to a certain extent assuming the same platform with the latter. I will here remark that the sincerity of the Chinese commissioners was much doubted at the time, some of their countrymen at Shanghae declar ing that delay was their object, as they were forti fying the Peiho very strongly, and had placed in command'a Mongol prince of high military reputa tion, who was known to be very hostile to the " treaties." We reached the anchorage •ff the Peiho on the 21st June, where we found the British and French Ministers and their fleet. On my first interview with the British admiral, James Hope, I learned that the Ministers (English and French) had announced to the authorities on shore the object of their visit, and that they should proceed by the river to Tien-tsin, on their way to Pekin, conformably with the " treaties." The Chinese had positively refused them the as cent of the river, the entrance to which, they found very strongly , fortified, and across which several lines of barricades had been constructed. The Chinese declared that this river, which we had all navigated as the Peiho a year ago, was only one mouth of the Tien-tsin river, and that there was another entrance 10 miles to the north, which entrance was called the Peiho, and was the point referred to in the treaties. They insisted that the Ministers should remain off this northern entrance until the arrival of the commissioners from Shanghae (which could not be short of two months), when arrangements would be made to convey them to Pekin by this route. The British and French Ministers considering this an evasion with a view to gaining time to strengthen their defences, had referred the matter to their respective natal commanders, who notified the Chinese that if the obstructions in the channel of the river were not removed by the 25th of Juno, the day for the exchange of treaties, they would themselves proceed to remove them. I will here remark that in the Chinese charts there is a small river emptying into the sea 10 miles to the north of this, and which, diverging gradually from the course of the Peiho as you ascend it, has its source far in the interior. Some 20 miles from its mouth it is connected with the river we know as the Peiho by a narrow creek, said to be dry at low, and having but five feet at high, water. After due deliberation, Mr. Ward and I decided to enter the river we had known as the Peiho in the steamer Toey-wan as far as the barricades, as though ignorant of access having been refused the English and French. If the forts should ire across our bows to bring us to, we would anchor and com municate ; if into us, having no guns, we would retire and act accordingly. Twelte British and one French steamer, all small, had previously concentrated within the bar, at the mouth of the river, just out of gunshot of the batteries. We entered the river, in execution of our plan, at 11 a.m. on the 24th ult., and passing through the British squadron, without communicating, pushed up towards the barriers. At this time not a man was to be seen at the forts, nor a gun in an embrasure ; nor, although flagstaffs were on the parapets, was a flag dis played. There was nothing to indicate that the forts were armed or manned. Subsequent events show this to have been a de ception and ambuscade, intended, I do not doubt (in the confidence of their own strength and the small force of the English), to invite a conflict in order to annul the treaties of last year. We had approached to within 300 yards of the first barrier, at which point, should we not be fired on, I had proposed anchoring, when we grounded, and failed in all our efforts to back off. The tide was falling fast, and our situation was critical, not only from the facility with which the batteries might demolish us, but, as we were on the edge of a steep bank, from the probability of the steamer falling over and filling. At this moment I received from Admiral James Hope an attention and kindness which must place me under lasting obligations to him. Although he had reason to think that she would be fired upon by the forts, he sent a gunboat to my aid, with the message, that had he known of my intention to pass up he would have furnished me a pilot, and that he expected to see me fired on. The gunboat failed in her efforts to extricate me, and there being, as I have said, a probability of the Toey-wan falling over and filling, the admiral de spatched a second gunboat to me, placing her en tirely at my disposition, with the handsome and generous offer that I should hoist on board of her the American ensign and my own personal flag. I declined the offer, with a just appreciation, however, of the personal kindness to myself and the delicate compliment to our service. The Toey-wan was more fortunate than I ex pected, and a favourable wind having sprung up, we got her off at high water. • About two hours after grounding we sent a boat to the nearest fort with my flag lieutenant, Mr. Trenchard, and the interpreters, to inform the com manding officer that the American Minister was on board the Toey-wan, on his way to Tien-tsin and Pekin, in accordance with our treaty and an under standing with the Chinese commissioners at Shanghae. They were met at the landing by an officer pro fessing to be of low rank, who said that his orders were not to permit the removal of the barriers, and to fire on those attempting it ; that he believed that a high officer had been appointed to meet the mini sters at the north. He also asserted, most falsely, as subsequently shown, that there were no troops and only a few country militia in the forts. Although the interpreters were allowed to get out of the boat for greater facility of conversation, they were not permitted to approach the forts. The Toey-wan floated late in the evening, when I observed that the British were 'wronging them selves apparently for action. I th3refore dropped down to the mouth of the harbour and below them, so that my lights might not inteiere with their signals, or my position with their operations. The British in the night remo'ed with their boats a portion of the lower barrier,but the Chinese restored it in the morning. At 2.45 p.m. on the, 25th, the thy specified for the exchange of treaties, the Britis stood up the river for the barriers, Admit al Hope leading in one of the gun-boats. This whole force consisted of 10 gun-boats, in cluding one French and three larger steamers, of a class denominated despatch-vessels, carrying in all about 50 guns. They also had on board some Chinese junks, at the mouth of the river, a reserve of boats with seamen and marines. On the admiral's reaching the first barrier the forts suddenly swarmed with men, and a terrible fire from very heavy guns was opened on him from all the forts on both sides of the river. Two of his vessels at this moment grounded near the spot the Toey- wan had grounded the day before. The British and French fought with the most de termined valour, but fifteen minutes sufficed to show me, without a hope of success. The fire of the Chinese was directed with fatal skill, and was chiefly concentrated on the admiral and the vessels nearest to him. His flag vessel being disabled and her crew cut up, he shifted his flag to a second, and on her meeting the fate of the first, he again shifted it to the Cormorant, one of tie larger (despatch) steamers. Here again the fire was concentrated on the flag of the gallant admiral. By this time, four p.m., several of his vessels had been sunk, and it was eN idea to me that nothing could enable him to extricate himself and retire from the hopeless conflict but the reserve of boats and men at the junks ; but at the time the tide was running too strong for the crowded boats to stem._ The Officer in charge of these boats now visited me. He said nothing of—aid, but his silent appeal was powerful indeed. In the few moments he was on board he would look anxiously, alternately at his admiral and at the boats. After he left I held a consultation with Mr. Ward, and he agreed with me perfectly that, under all the circumstances of our position with the English, and the aid the admiral had tendered me the day before, I could do no less than to tow the boats to his relief. I made the offer, which was thankfully and promptly accepted, While the boats were making fast to hawsers, which I veered astern, I insisted on Mr. Ward and his suite leavinc , tin Toey-wan, and going on board one of the junk s,' for reasons that will be obvious. He at first reluctantly yielded, and left us, but soon returned in one of the English boats, declaring that as the Toey-wan was his home and was going under fire with his approbation and concurrence, he would remain in her. I reluctantly yielded to his gallant impulse. At this time a ycung British officer came to me from the vessels engaged to say that the gallant admiral was dangerously sounded, and had but six men left. He (the officer) had two boats sunk in reaching me. I towed the boats through the British line to within a short distance of the admiral, whose flag vas flying on the Cormorant, when, casting them off, I retired to the rear of the line, near the French gun-boat, and anchored for the night. I took up this position, as it might enable me to aid the wounded, and should boats be sunk to re scue their crews. After anchoring I thought of the admiral and of his chivalrous kindness to me the day before, which from an unwillingness to intrude upon him when he was preparing for action, I had in no way yet acknowledged. I, therefore, with my flag lieutenant, Mr. Trenchard, went in my barge to visit him. When within a few feet of the Cormorant a round shot struck the boat, killed my coxswain, and slightly bruised my lag lieutenant. We fortunately reached the Cormorant before the boat entirely filled. I found the admiral lying on his quarter-deck, badly wounded. I informed him that I had called to pay him my respects, and to express my regret at his condition. After remaining on hoard the Cormorant about ten minutes, I took advantage of an English boat that was passing to return to the Toey-wan. The Cormorant after this Was • sunk, and the admiral shifted his flag to a fouith vessel, the Coro mandel (a thing, I believe, unprecedented), thus evincing an indomitable valour under very dis heartening and almost hopeless circumstances. At dusk, about eight p.m., a desperate attempt was made, by landing front boats, to storm the forts, but they stood in an impassable morass, and the assailants were repelled with heavy loss. On the morning following this day and night of slaughter—the action still continuing, but the fire more feeble and distant--I found that six of the English vessels were sunk, and that the remainder had withdrawn to a more distant and safer position, from which they could easily get out of gun-shot. I now prepared to return to the Powhattan with Mr. Ward, but first called on board the Coromandel to take leave of the admiral, and also on board the French gun-boat, to inquire after the French com modore (Tricault) whom T had met on board the Cormorant when I called on the admiral, and who had subsequently been wounded. I deferred my departure by re 'nest that I might tow to their ships at sea two launch-loads of the wounded English. On reachini the Powhattan I again despatched the Toey-wan into the harbour, in charge of Lieut. Johnston (first of the Powhattan), with orders to remain at the mouth of the harbour, outof fire, and to afford all aid consistent with our neutrality. After an efficient performance of this duty for 24 hours he rejoined me. The sea Officers with me in the Toey-wan on this service were Capt. Pearson, Lieuts. Trenchard and Semmes, all of the Powhattan ; and Midshipman Merchan, of the Germantown. The engineer officers were Messrs. City and Archer. Capt. A. S. Taylor, of the Marine corps, was also with me. I have to thank them for their zealous services. My coxswain, John Hart, whose death I have to lament, was the son of John and Mary Hart, now living at Jamaica, Long Island. He was a widower, but has left a young daughter 8 years old. I shall communicate the sad event to his parents ; and as his child, whom he supported, will be enti tled to a pension, may I beg the favour of you, sir, as soon as the proper papers shall be filed at the department, to direct that the pension be issued without unnecessary delay. Hart had been a long► time in the navy, having served under me 15 years. The English retired this morning from the river, having recovered and brought out three of their sunken vessels, and destroyed the others. Their loss is about 450 killed and wounded, in cluding 12 French. Eight officers are killed and 23 wounded. Among the wounded are the four senior officers, includin g the Admiral and thc French Commodore Tricault. They attacked with about 1,200 men.—l am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant, THE AFFAIR OF 'JAE PEIIIO. The Bishop Auckland Ilerald contains ac account of a public welcome given to Capt. Longley, R.E., son of the Bishop of Durham, on his arrival in Bishop Auckland. An address of congratulation having been presented, to Capt. Longley, the gal lant captain in acknowledging it said—" It is with feelings of sincere gratification that I return you my thanks for the address which you have pre sented to me. I have, as you say, been a long dis tance from home. It was in Oct., 1857, that I was ordered to India with my company, but on our ar rival overland at Point de Galle our destination was changed to China. -I arrived there in time to take part in the action at Canton, under General Straubenzie, after which I had the honour to be named aide-de-camp to the General- I was present at the uffair at the White Cloud Mountains and capture of Namton, and remained at Canton till the arrival of his excellency the Hon. F. Bruce, her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, and Admiral Hope. In June we left Canton for the Peiho, under Admiral Hope, who we expected would go direct to Pekin to ratify the treaty which had been made, We found, as you know, that the passage up the river was stopped by a strong barrier, and the forts which had been taken last year rebuilt. Of course we were not I able to ascend the river. Mr. Bruce and M. Bour bonnel, the French Ambassador, then pl iced the matter in the Admiral's hands, and an attempt was made to pass the barrier, the result of which is al ready known to you. My company was distributed among the gunboats, and I, with 10 men, was on board the Plover, where we acted as sharpshooters: On the order being given I went ashore with the landing party, and was in the act of carrying the scaling ladders through the mud when I was un fortunately wounded. I remained two hours with my men, and then returned on board to get my wound dressed. It is not for me to criticise the acts of my superior officer ; there is an oriental proverb which says, Speech is as silver, but silence is as gold,' and the admiral is so much my senior that it would not become me, and I am sure you will excuse my going any further into the matter. There is one expression, however, in your address which I would like to correct if you will allow me, and that is as to the treacherous Chinese.' I don't think we have any right to accuse them of treachery, because, when Mr. Bruce made his ap • pearance, they told him to go up by another way which was open ; but for certain reasons perhaps he thought it was not consistent with the honour of this country—he thought it better to attempt to force the passage • but they certainly did not offer to let him go up the other way, and therefore there perhaps may b.: some excuse for them. They cer tainly did not fire the first shot, for it was not until after Capt. Willis, the admiral's flag captain, had blown up the first barrier, which was tantamount to a declaration of war by us, that they fired upon him, and he retired. Next morning the gunboats were ordered to take up their positions at 7 o'clock, but on account of the strong tide and the wind this could not be effected until two o'clock in the after noon; and during the whole of this time the Chinese never fired a shot. Had they opened fire during this interval when the gunboats were aground I don't think one of them would have escaped ; but they waited until the admiral had pulled up the first row of stakes and gone sowards the second be fore they fired upon us. Therefore I don't think we can call them treacherous Chinese. Then, as to the report which stated that there was a trap laid for us—this is entirely incorrect—there was no trap at all. We saw it all before we went; we saw the masks before the embrasures, and of course concluded that there were guns behind them, and we saw the mud we had to cross. Therefore I hope you will hear no more about traps or treacherous Chinese. Then as to our forcing civilisation upon these barbarians, as we term them, it appears to me",to resemble such a case as this. A crusty old gentleman lives in Bishop Auckland, who likes to follow his own crotchets and keep within his own house ; but a number of persons meet together, go to him, and say, You must come out and be civilised; 'or, you must let us into your house, and become a Chris tion.' Now I think that man has a right to defend his own house the best way he can ; every man's house is his castle, at least it is acknowledged tube so in England, and I don't know why it should not be so in China. I don't say that we are to give up our trade if we can hely it, but I don't th nk we are right in forcing our civilisation upon China ; I don't think we show them very good examples of Christianity, or teach such good customs that they need wish to imitate them ; and it is a fact, as stated by Lord Elgin, that the further he went into the interior the better disposed the people were towards us; but at Canton and other places, where we have been established for 200 years, they have very bad feelings towards us, because they have had much injustice done to them. As to the part I have played in the late affair, I don't think I have done any more than my duty. My wound is now healed, and the surgeons tell me I may take any exercise I like ; but had it not been for my good constitution I probably should not have recovered. I have to thank you not only for the kind manner in which you have spoken of me, but also for the terms in which you have mentioned my father. I am gratified to think that he has succeeded in gaining your regard and respect during the short time he has been among you." SIR JOHN P ARINGTON ON CHINA. WORCESTER, THURSDAY. The annual meeting of the Worcestershire Agri cultural Society was held yesterday, and, after a morning occupied in the inspection of stock, award of premiums, &c., a party of about 100 noblemen and gentlemen set down to dinner at the Guildhall Assembly-room, under the presidency of Sir E. A. H. Lechmere, Bart., the Hon. F. Lygon occupying the vice chair. Among others present were Lord Ward, Earl Beauchamp, Viscount Elmley, M.P., Right Hon. Sir J. Pakington, Bart., M.P. ; Sir T. E. Winnington, Bart., M.P. ; Mr. F. W. Knight, M.P. ; and Mr. Holland, M.P. After the usual toasts followed that of the " Army and Navy." Earl BEAUCHAMP briefly responded on behalf of the army, which service, he said, he felt proud of being thus honoured. Sir J. PAKINGTON being called upon to respond on behalf of the navy, said that while he had the honour of being at the head of the navy he had used his best endeavours to strengthen that great arm of the public service. (Cheers.) He did not consider that he should be justified on that occa sion in making any references to party politics, but he believed there was no set of politicians in England that did not feel that the prosperity of the British navy was essential to the prosperity of the country. (Hear, hear.) It was, therefore, the duty of all parties and of all Governments to take care that that great arm of our strength should not be weakened or impaired. As reference had been made by the chairman to the unfortunate affair at the mouth of the Peiho, he (Sir J. Pakington) thought it impossible that he could, in acknow ledging the toast, pass it over altogether. They would recollect that the policy of England with respect to China became not long ago the subject of a great party struggle ; but he hoped that would not be the case now. Whatever might have been the cause of the great and unfortunate disaster— for it would be folly to deny that it was a great disaster—whether or not mistakes had been com mitted, and if so, by whom—however that might be, he hoped the British public would consider these as matters of comparatively no importance ; and he hoped that instead of our policy with respect. to Chin]. bein4 as had been heretofore, the subject of party struggles, .all parties and the great mass of the British public would be of opinion that any de feat of British arms was a thing that must be re dressed. (Cheers.) We could not afford to have our prestige impaired nor our honour doubted, and e believed that the general feeling of the public would be that this unfortunate reverse must in some way or other be redressed. Before he sat down he de sired to do justice to those brave men who fought at the Peiho. Many of them were perPonally known to him, and he was proud to be able to call Admiral Hope his friend. He had had the honour of appointing him to the command in the Chinese Seas, and lie had selected him solely because he was well known as a man of great ability, and an officer of great experience and skill. It was unnecessary for him to add that he was also a man of the most un doubted bravery. (Cheers.) He (Admiral Hope) had been doubly unfortunat e i n th a t engagement of the Peiho in suffering what to a British officer was the most painful of all things, defeat, and also in being himself personally wounded. He (Sir J. Paking ton) had had the pleasure of rece i v i ng severa l l e tt ers from Admiral Hope since the affair, and was happy to say that the gallant officer was just recovering from his wounds ; and he hoped he would be able to prove hereafter to the world that he was what every man in the British navy knew him to be—a distinguished ornament to the service. (Cheers.) The right lion. baronet, in conclusion, thanked the meeting for the way in which they had connected PitICE 4 1) . S'PAINIPED, SD. his name with the toast which had just been ho floured by them. _ Mr. CURTLER having proposed " The County Members,' Viscount ELMLEY replied. Several other toasts and speeehes followed. JOSIAII TATTNALL, - - Flag Officer commanding East India Squadron. The New Fork _Herald, from which we take the above, also publishes the following postscript to a letter from an officer attached to the same expe dition : We are gradOuffalltyhecoPnesuih° min ß g iv t e l r, uis,, July eum s, si l la B w s9. „ as we await the arrival of the pilot, who should have been here yesterday. Perhaps he could not make us for want of wind, as a junk has been in sight since yesterday morning, evidently trying to beat up to our anchorage. Yesterday the English steamer Fury left for the mail, and now, in a few moments, goes also the French frigate. I shall not be able, therefore, to give you any later dates. The present impression on board is, that a pilot is close at hand to take the Toey-wan into an unknown entrance ; that ho has been sent by the Govern ment ; that to-morrow we shall have an interview with the Governor-General, and that by the 15th we shall have travelled by boat and sedan chair from the North Forts to Pekin. Thus, while the English and French will be returning south with their crippled ships and disabled crews, the Ame rican Legation will be on its way to Pekin, at the expense of the Chinese Government, and without having fired a gun. I must confess that this will surprise many greatly, but such is evidently the present aspect of affairs. THE IRISH POLITICAL EXILES.—The corporation of Waterford, at its last meeting, adoptad the following re solution, having reference to the persons who were sen tenced to transportation for treason in 1848, but who vio lated their parole :—" That this council desires to convey to Government their earnest desire that an amnesty should be extended to all persons labouring under disabilities owing to political causes ; and that the town clerk be re quested to communicate with the chief magistrates and chairmen of town commissioners, inviting them to co-ope rate for the same purpose." THE GREAT EASTERN. The Great Eastern has performed her voyage to Holyhead in a manner which we are informed is considered highly satisfactory, and even to swims the expectations of the most sanguine of her pro jectors. We say we are informed, because, owing, as it appears to us, to certain little items of mis management, which might easily have been avoided, we are not presented with any clear or precise solu tion of the great experiment, but only with data from which hypothetical results may be drawn. It would be more satisfactory to us, and we suspect to the public at large, who make' no profession to any technical engineering knowledge, to know what the Great Ship can do by what she has achieved, rather than by inferences drawn from her perform; ance under drawbacks and difficulties. The Great Eastern has gone from Portland to Holyhead with out giving the public any accurate means of know ing what , is the Speed she can attain by the'aid of her screw and her paddles, what speed she can attain by her sails alone going before the wind, and what speed she can attain by the united aid of wind, screw, and pad dles, with her square sails set; There may be, however, reasons with which we are not acquainted which interfered with the completeness of the trial, and tantalising as the result is, we must ac cept it for what it is worth until we can obtain fuller and more particular information. The Great Eastern started from Portland on Saturday afternoon, and steamed, at little more than. half speed, to the Start Light, achieving nearly 13 knots an hour, This result, eminently satisfactory as it is, is not to be treated as a maximum, for here we must begin with' the system of allowances and deductions. The centre of gravity was below the centre of motion. The vessel was in bad trim, for she ought to have been eighteen inches more down by the stern to enable the screw to exert its full power—a defect which one would think might, without mach difficulty, have been avoided. Under 'such circumstances 'this performance must be re garded as of great promise. From the Start to the Eddystone Lighthouse, a distance of 25 knots, or nearly 29 miles, the full force of the vessel was to be tried, and the distance was accomplished in an hour and three-quarters, at the rate of about six teen miles and a half an hour. This is a remark able result. The vessel under easy steam, running at little more than half speed, accomplishes nearly fifteen miles an hour, and when pushed to her full speed goes only sixteen miles and a half. But here again an allowance has to be made which entirely vitiates the calculation, for the escape valve got jammed, and the fires had to be seduced and the speed taken off in order to release it, so that all we can conclude from the experiment is, that the vessel can go something .more than sixteen and a half miles an hour, though how much more we have at present no data for estimating. The vessel was afterwards tried with a strong breeze from the north-east, but which being a side wind did not permit of setting the square sails. The result was a speed of fifteen knots an hour, one knot and a half an hour of which was due to the setting of the sails. The vessel was also tried with the screw alone, which pro pelled her at the rate of nine knots an hour; and with the paddles alone, which propelled her at the rate of from seven and a-half to eight knots an hour; so that.it would appear that the sum of the velocity severally yielded by the screw and the paddle very nearly equals the velocity arising frost their joint action. Should this law be found to hold good on further experiment, a method would seem to have been discovered of greatly accelerating the speed of steamers by the adoption of two sepa rate and independent means of propulsion. - While chronicling the results established by this trial we must not forget to mention that, vast as the Great Eastern is, she is not exempt from the influence of the waves. Even in the Channel she showed considerable liveliness, and when exposed with her beam on to the full swell of the Atlantic she rolled in a manner evidently unexpected, and gave fair promise of what she might be expected to do with a heavy swell on her beam. The result of the trial is considered highly satisfactory, and con fidence is expressed that the vessel will be able to average ordinarily eighteen miles an hour, and in fair weather upwards of twenty miles. Thus, with out disaster, and to the complete satisfaction of those most interested in her success, the Great Eastern has emerged from the British Channel, and, putting away childish things, has for a brief space con fronted the heavy roll of the Atlantic. We make no apology to our readers for the de tails which we have brought before them, for on these details and their significance depend, in a great measure, the political relations of this country for the moment, and ultimately the destinies of the whole human race. Without feeling disappoint ment, we must confess to an impression that the results, so far as at present known to us, do not ap pear to establish the wisdom of this enterprise, or show that we have in the Great Ship the model of futuYe naval architecture. There seems, indeed, to be a great similarity between the Great Eastern and the Great Western Railway. Both were bold innovations, both extorted admiration, but we ven ture to think that neither will find many imitators. The Great Western Railway attained great speed, but there seems no reason why a speed nearly, if not quite, as great may not be attained by railways on a smaller scale and of less expensive construc tion. Possibly the same may be found to be the case with the Great Eastern. She is more than four times the tonnage of the Persia, but the diffe rence of speed has not as yet been proved to be very considerable. Unless the Great Eastern pre sents a more decided superiority to smaller vessels than she at present seems . to do, she will hardly be taken for a model. Her speed, we believe, is not, on the most sanguine estimate, greater than that which has already been obtained by several com mercial vessels, and certainly nothing like that at tained by her Majesty's yacht, the difference being chiefly in the power to carry fuel enough to obtain that speed during a long voyage. This is, no doubt, of great importance, but may it not be obtained at an easier rate than is paid for it in the case of the Great Eastern? The advantages which the Great ship presents must be paid for at a very high price. The ship cost an immense sum of money in build ing, and cannot be worked except at a great ex pense, burning as she does at least two hundred and seventy tons of coal a-day, and carrying an enor mous crew. There are very few harbours that she can enter, and an unsuccessful voyage would visit the proprietors with an enormous loss. The ques tion will arise among practical men whether almost all the advantages of the Great Eastern may not be obtained by vessels of a smaller size, especially as we do not seem likely to secure that which has been hitherto insisted on—the absence of motion and sea sickness. May it not turn out, after all, that this wonderful and brilliant experiment is destined to prove the wisdom of the more gradual and cautious course of improvement which has in a period of twenty years given us vessels like the Persia and the Arabia in the place of the Sirius and the Great Western ? Whether destined to be the future mo del of shipbuilders or no, we wish the Great Eastern the fullest success. It is impossible to re gard without the highest admiration the talent which conceived so vast a scheme, and the untiring perseverance which has brought it to completion. We confess, however, that it will be a great satis factibn to us to learn that the machinery which propels that splendid hull has worked without a breakdown at full speed on her first voyage. We are informed, and we hope it is true, that there is every wish on the part of the directors to conform to the requisitions made by the Board of Trade, and we therefore trust that whenever the Great Eastern shall leave these shores she will be able to offer her p h a a s have n e v g e e r r s been gr e a e t e n r i o s y p e e d e d 0 , n saf a et s y e , a a nd voy a c g o mot eb f e r f o r t e h . a — n Times. THE CHANNEL ISLANDS TELEGRAM:T/11S telegraph is now going on in perfect working order, the re pairs of the cable between Jersey and Guernsey, which had become damaged, having been completed on Monday morn inn. As soon as the line was found to be out of order Mr. Preece, the company's engineer, set to work to discover the cause, and two and a half miles of the cable were picked up. The great flaw was discovered about throe-quarters of a mile out, in the thick shore end of the original cable, caused by abrasion on the rocks. A quarter of a mile fur ther on two " kinks" *ere found, which must have oc curred during the laying down of the cable. In conse quence of these the outer wire got bent of its place, so as to expose the gutta percha covering to friction, which sooner or later must have resulted in the stoppage of com munication. One mile and a half of the cable was carefully examined and repaired, and with a mile of new and stronger cable relaid, in conjunction with the heavy shore ~ nd laid down last spring. The new portion is the same as that recently submerged in the Red Sea, and is stronger than the original Jersey cable. Six hundred yards of new extra thick cable have been added to the original, extend ing it more than a mile into the sea. Tho course now taken is considerably to the eastward of the former position, and is now on sandy ground, avoiding the rocks between Pie mont and Paternosters. Admiralty orders have been "received at Chatham directing the launch of the line-of-battle- screw steamer Irresistible,. 80; to.tirke place oritt-hc . 27411 inst., and zioTon - The 29th, its originally ordered: - The Severn, 61, now in the dock at Chatham being converted into a'screw steamer, 3a ordered, when completed, to' be taken into the basin at Sheerness, in order that she may be fitted with her machinery, which is to be of 600-horse power (nominal). ; , cThe Renard, 4, steam gun-vessel, Commander J. G. Goodenough, _ arrived at Spithead yAterday morning from Sheerness. The Amphion, 36, screw, Capt. Thomas Cochrane, sailed from Spithead yesterday for the westward. . The Avon, paddle steamer, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday fronf Devonport. , . The Arrogant, '47, screw, Capt.,W. Edmonstone, has been placed in No. 7 dock at Portsmouth, having sprung a small leak in the vicinity of her stcrnpost. - - - - - The Royal Sovereign, 131, seie*, Steamed oat of Portsmouth harbour yeSterdiy to test machinery, in charge of Mr. Murdoch, inspector ;of machinery afloat. Everything worked in the satisfac- tory manner. At „ the conclusion Of the trial the Royal Sovereign returned to her harbour moor ings. :The Mars, 80, screw, Capt. Strange, was again under way for a short time yesterday at .pithead under her canvas. She requires , some slight re pairs to her machinery, which, if. carried out at once, will detain her at Spithead for several days. The paddlewheel steam-vessel Locust, 3, Lieut. J. B. Field, from Queenstown, arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday with supernumeraries for the Royal Adelaide. The screw steam corvette Clio, 21, • Captain Miller, at Plymouth; is 20 petty ()facers short of her complement. She will' not leave for a week, in consequence of the appearance of smallpox among her crew; ! who are placed in quarantine. The gunboat Bouncer, Lieutenant A. R. Owen, was taken out of dock at Xeyham, Plymouth, on Wednesday. His Netherlands, .Majesty's corvette, Admiral Koopman, left Plymouth under steam on Wednes day for the East'lndies. While 'preparing for sea one of the men had a narrow escape. The bunt of the main top-gallant .sail. gave way, and he was suddenly flung off from the main topgallant sail yard. Providentially he • fell across the braces, about 12 feet below, and grasping them with his hands firmly was saved from being dashed on the deck. An engine -fitter named Lunn, engaged on the St. George, 91, in Hamoaze, Plymouth, unfortit nately lost his life on Tuesday last. While along side he fell overboard, and having several chisels about his person, he did not rise again. The screw steamship Trafalgar, 91, Captain Fan shawe, hove in sight off Plymouth on Wednesday morning at 5. When near the Sound she salutea the flag of the Port-Admiral, which was acknow ledged by the Impregnable. She was ultimately ordered into port. The presentation of, the testimonial to the Right Hon. J. Wilson, lath M.P. for Devonport, from the workmen and artisans employed in Chatham Dock yard, as an acknowledgment of the efforts made by the right hon. gentleman to procure for the persons employed at the Royal docks arils the benefits of the Civil Service Superannuation Bill, took place yes terday, the testimonial being presented by a depu . tation of the workmen selected for that purpose. The testimonial consists of a massive silver ink stand, of elaborate workmanship,. and bears the following inscription:-,- " Presented to the Right Hon. James Wilson by 550 workmen of her Majesty's Dockyard, Chatham, as a mark of their deep gratitude and esteem for his great and success ful exertions to ameliorate their condition when aged and infirm by causingthem to b e placed within the provisions of the Civil Service Superannuation Bill.—October, 1859." It is also the intention of the workmen in Chat ham Dockyard to present a testimonial to Major- General Sir F. Smith, M.P. for Chatham, and to Mr. P. W. Martin and. Mr._ Sergeant Kinglake, the members for Rochester, for the exertions they used to procure the extension of the provisions of the bill to dockyard workmen. The two mortar-vessels Nos. 31 and 48, which on their recent survey at Chatham were found to have sustained severe injuries from the ravages of the destructive marine worm, were yesterday hauled up on No. 7 slip, where they will remain during the whole of the winter, in order that the frosts may destroy the insect. It is intended to send , out a large number of the mortar-vessels now lying at Chatham to China during the approaching spring. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—T. Barnes, acting naval instruc tor, to the Britannia ; Henry E. Kitchen, assistant paymaster, in charge, to the Weber; and Charles K. Harvey, assistant-paymaster, to the Hastings. THE ARMY. The following circular memorandum has been issued from the Horse Guards by order of the Duke of Cambridge and forwarded to all the Command ing officers of regiments and battalions : " thein consequence inqueunsckeeotfsitsbhecaonvte damagedingbfo by theundthatthiensbearrrtieolns of therein of the staff of the battalion aide-flags, the General Commanding-in-Chief has had an aide-flag prepared which is provided with a socket for the purpose of fitting over the muzzle of the rifle ; and his Royal Highness desires that commanding officers will furnish themselves with the arti cles in question, in strict conformity to the pattern lodged in the AdjutantlG eneral's department for the inspection of regimental tradesmen and for general information and guid ance. The cost of each socket ought not to exceed Is. or Is. 6d., and they ought to be made so as to yield readily to any accidental blow, and thus avoid injury to the barrel. " By command. " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." In consequence of the crowded state of the camp at Aldershot and its environs, two companies of the Ist battalion of the 9th Regiment have been re moved to Chatham for the purpose of joining the 2d battalion of infantry at that garrison. The companies number 150 non-commissioned officers and men, together with the following officers, viz. : —Capt. Wm. P. Terry, in command; Lieut. Henry M. Thompson and Lieut. R. Roberts. The remain ing companies of the regiment proceed to various stations, namely—six companies to Shorncliffe, two to Woolwich, and two to Limerick to join the depot of the 9th Regiment at that station. JOURNEYMEN BAKERS' TWELVE HOURS' MOVEMENT. Last evening a public meeting of the journeymen bakers of Greenwich, Deptford, and the surround ing district, was held at the Railway Tavern, Church-fields, Greenwich, for the purpose of form ing a branch association in connexion with the Operative Bakers' Reform Association, which has for its object the abolition of night-work in the baking trade, and reducing the hours of labour to 12 hours per day. There was a numerous attend ance, and the meeting was presided over by Mr. Brown. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, con gratulated those present on the success which was at tending their efforts in obtaining the much-needed reduction in the hours of labour. Their cause had justice on its side, and was therefore entitled to the sympathy of the public. He hoped the time was not far distant when they would gain the wished for object. (Cheers.) Mr. .T. BENNET next addressed the meeting. That night work could be done away with there could be no doubt, and that without affording any inconvenience to the public or the employers ; for in Scotland that system had been done away for the last 13 years, and there were actually 400 mas ter bakers in London working only 12 hours per day, and many of these were first-class shops. (Cheers.) Some said to them, " Why don't you strike ?" but those who said so were no friends to their cause, for were they to strike under present circumstances they would assuredly fail, and their movement - would be driven back to such an extent that the youngest man present would not see it attain the position which it at present occupied. (Hear, hear.) Let them only be united and act cordially and harmoniously one with another and they would assuredly gain their object without a strike. (Cheers.) Mr. HARRis followed, and pointed out the evils of the present system of night work. He had himself during the last five years worked on an average 18 hours out of the 24 for six days in the week, and he could say with truth that he could not find that time which was necessary for attend ing to those duties attaching to him as a moral and responsible being. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ELLIOTT referred to that portion of Lord Brougham's speech at the Social Science Confe rence, where the noble lord pointed out the neces sity for legislation to regulate the hours of labour in some trades, and especially alluded to the opera tive bakers as being the class much in want of such legislative interference. After some further discussion on the principles of the movement, a resolution, pledging the meet ing to forward to the best of their power the interests of the association, was cordially agreed to. Mr. BENNET stated that he had attended a meet ing of the trade at Hampstead on that day week , and that all the journeymen bakers there were members of the association, and all the masters, ith one exception, had adopted the tw elve hours' system.