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L slow ) m 40 48 to —Red 30s to gate, lore' GLENVIELD PATENT STARCIT, JSED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, kaD PRON,OLINCED BY BER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be TUE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &c., &c. GEORGE HOBSON begs to call the attention of Gentlemen to his New Autumnal Trousers, 21s, to 25 5. Also his New Partridge Mixture Shooting Coats, Excellence with Economy. GEORGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard -street. Established 1796. WHO WILL PkY THE CHINESE INDEMNITY ? Why, the English themselves. A n export duty is to be levied , and' then not even the East India Tea Company will be mole, as they now are, to sell 61b. of Black, Green, or Mixer! Tea, at ls. 10d. per lb., and Coffee, in the Berry, at 13d.—I . V arehouse, 9; Great St. Helen's-church yard, City. eIOCKS'S CELEBRATED READING SAUCE, ‘...) which is so highly esteemed with Fish, Game, Steaks, Soups, Grills, Gravies, Hot and Cold Meats, and unrivalled for general use, is sold by the most respectable dealers in Fish Sauce__ s,, and C. COCKS, Reading, Sole Manufacturers. nOARD AND RASIDENCE. —A H Superior omens offered to a G entleman of steady habits, en gaged d'aring the day, b y a family residing near Regent ' s- Park. For a young-man coming to London for the first time this would be foun.d a desirable residence. Terms moderate. Re ferences to be exc h anged. Address, J. P., Wright ' s D airY, Granby street, Hampstead-road, N.W. BANK OF DEPOSIT, Established A.D. 1844. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. mine t i e s Partidesirous of Investi ng M oney are reques t e d t o exa - of he Plan of Th e B ank of Deposit, by, which a high rate Pi nt, erest may be obt a i ned with ample security. t eposits made by S pec i al Agreement, may be withdrawn bout notice The Interest is_ayable in January and July. PkVrER MORRISON, Managing Director. Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on application. NrICOLLS' NEW. REGISTERED PALETOT has all those advantag e s w hi c h secure d such general popularity to Messrs. Nicolls' original paletot, that is to say, it avoids giving to the wearer an outré appearance, so that professional men and all others can use it during morning and afternoon in• or out of doors. Secondly, there is an absence of unnecessary seams, well known to seeure a mre graceful out line, as well as to effect a great saving in w ear; the latter advantage is considerably enhanced by the application of a peculiar and neatly stitched binding, the mode of effecting 'which is patented. Great exerti ons are b e i ng made to supply 'Messrs. agents throughout the country and the , colonies with an assortment of this new garment, simulta neously with the display in London, but it is necessary to in form the public that all Messrs. Nicolls' manufactures may be distinguished by a trade mark, consisting of a silk label attached to each specimen ; to copy this is fraud, and may be thus detected. If the garment is dark-coloured, the label has a black ground, with the firm's name - and address woven by the Jacquard loom in gold-coloured silk ; if the garment is light-coloured, the label has a pale d ra b gro h n d , and red silk le tters. Each paletot is marked in plain figures, at a fixed moderate price, and is of the best materials. In London, the NEW REGISTERED PALETOT can alone be had of H. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, 118, 120,, Regent-street, and 22, eernhill. • A NEW DEPARTMENT FOR YOUTH, &c. IT• J. and D. NICOLL recommend for an out • side Coat the HaVelock ; and for ordinary use the Cape Suit, s uc h b e i ng well adapted for young gentlerhen, as exhibiting* considerable economy with general excellence. 'Gentlemen at Eton, Harrow, Winchester, the Military an d -Na val Schools, waited on by appointment. A great variety 'of materials adapted for the Kilted or Highland Costume, as *worn by the Royal Princes, may be seen at WARWICK HOUSE, 142 and 144, Regent-street. • FOR , NICOLLS' PATENT HIGHLAND - CLOAK Lis a cofaiiia t ro ff- of Utility,. elegance, and comfort. No Nveu atlY having se en or used such in -travelling, for morning, , or for covering full dress would - willingly be without one. It somewha.tresembles the old Spanish Roquelaire, and. has an elastic Capucine Hood. It is not cumbersome or heavy, , e nd . measures f rom ' 12 tolWyardeFrOlind the outer edge, falling, 411 ' graCeful fblds from the shoulders ; but by -a_ mechanical contrivance (suchbeing a part of the Patent) the wearer_ can instantly form semi -sleeves, and this leave the arms at liberty ; at the same time the' -Cloak • can • be, made as quickly to resume its original shape. The niateriala chiefly used are • P i e soft neutral coloured shower-proof "Woollen Cloths manu actured by this firm: The price will be two-guineas and a half for each Cloak ; but . with the -3lecanigue and a lined Itood a few shillings more is charged. This department_ is attended to by Cutters, who prepare Mantles of all kinds, rwith Velvet, Fur, or Cloth Jackets, either for in' or out door e. These at all times=like this Firm's Riding Habit—are fofor good taste and fit well: Female attendants may also be seen Pantalons des Dames. Cheval, partially composed of oak As no measure i s required: the. Patent Highland can be Sent thus well adapted for agi Once to any part of the Country, and is ft. 11. J. and D. NICOLL; Warwick House, 142 and 144, Re gent-street,Londen. - HORSE October 1,1858. . . GUARDS, - - • • THE following AMENDED REGULATIONS are issued in reference to the Memoranda of the 23d De cember, 1857, and the lst•June, 185Ectfor the guidance of Can didates for admission, by competive examination, into the Royal Military College at Sandfitirsr:--- l. The age m of admissio n t o be frols to 19 years. . 2 . Every candidate for. admission must apply, through his parent or guardi an , t o the Commander-in-Chief to have his name entered on the list of candidates. 3. He must transmit with his application the following documents, viz.: (a) A certificate of birth,or other satisfactory proof of his age ; (b) a certificate from a minister of the church or denomination to which he belongs, of his having been f duly instructed in the principles of relig ton ; (c) a certificate o from the master or tutor under whom he hasbeen educated, h general moral conduct for at least the two preceding years. 4. His name having been placed upon the list of candidates, it will be open to him to offer himself at any one of the half yearly examinations which may occur while he is within the prescribed limits of age. If he is unsuccessful at that exami nation, he will be, allowed to present himself at any subse- Tient examination until he has exceeded the maximum age. is want of success, however, in these examinations will not preclude him from entering the Army on obtaining a direct c ommission in the usual manner. 5 . He will be examined by a medical officer, who will ascer tain whether he is free from all bodily and ozganic defects, and whether, as far as regards physical constitution, lie is in every point of view fit f or m i litary service. 6. The period of study will not 'exceed two years. 7 . Gentlemen cadets will be examined periodically, and Commissions in the C ava l ry or the Line willbe given, in the order of merit, to tho se w h o atta i n the highest places; the to the C number of such commissions ha v i ng b een previously announced ollege. The remainder of those who are successful Will be equally eligiblelvith those who have passed the usual examination for direct commissions, but they will have the Priority of appointment over the latter, provided they have obtained certificates of good conduct and proficiency in their Military exercises. good ArtilleryS. An gentleman cadet. desirous of entering the Royal or Royal Engineers will be permitted to offer him self as a candidate at any of the competitive examinations for admission into the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, held after he shall have attained the requisite age; and his position at of the Royal Military College will not be affected in the event failure The at suc h examinatio n . mil .A._ payments be on the follow by Cadet s scale, viz at the Royal Military College ino- ' • „. . F or Sons of P rivate Gentlemen Per n For Sons o f Admirals and General Officers.havi Annum £lOO An . It egiments g F or Sons of General Officers not having Regiments SO 70 For Sons of Captains and Commanders of the Royal Navy, and Field Officers of the A rmy h aving substantive rank 50 Pof So ns of all Officers of the Royal Navy and .r...,or,kriny under the above rank s 4O Sons of died in t Officers of the Navy or A rmy who have he service, and whose families are proved to be left in pecuniary distress sons of officers in The Navy a n d Army, who have fallen in Action aor have died from the effects of Active Service, nd h n ave left their families in reduced circum- Free. T he sons of Off icers of Civil Departments of the Army and N avy are admissable to the College on the same terms as Luose prescribed for the Sons of Officers of the Army of cor responding rank. _ In addition to the above payments there will be required to be deposited on entrance such sum as shall be , found necessary for supplying clothing, books, and instrumts. 10. The following will be the subjects innwhich examina tion papers will b e set, and the number of marks assigned to each, viz.— Classics 1 Latin, 2,000 1 ( Greek, 1,600 5 ****** 3 1athematies English pLanguage Marks. .............. 3,600 .............. 3,600 ................... 1,200 Tench ............................................ 1,200 Any other Modern Language .. ..................... 1,200 Ilistory, with Georaphy ...................... 1,200 Natural Sciences, i.e., Mmeralogy and Geology.... 1,200 Ex perimental Sciences, i.e., Chemistry, Heat, E lectricity, including Magneti sm ............ 1,200 Drawing - GOO _ Of the above subjects, the elementary portions of Mathe- Thaties, and the English Language, are obligatory on each Candidate. ~,The followin g elementary branches will be included in the ',diatory section of Mathematics, viz.:-- n A rithmetic—Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, Propor tion,, Extracti on o f the Square Root, and Interest. In Algebra—Fractions, Simple Equations, and questions producing them. In Euclid—The first two Books. 1:9 these elementary branches 1,200 marks (out of the whole „' , L )9O Marks for Mathematics) will be allotted, and it will be •.e,eessary for qualification that at least 400 be obtained, of Wi lla, 200 must be obtained in Arithmetic. In the English Language, 400 marks will be allotted to oor rect and legible g from Dictation, and to Composition, and of these it will be necessary for qualification that 200 be obtai ned. And in addition to the marks above stated, as necessary for qualifi cation in Math ema ti cs an d E n glish, e v e r y C an did a t e Will be re quired to obtain in these, and other subjects of ex-, m i n be such a further number of marks as shall raise the entire number he obtains to 1,800. ti No marks will be allowed to count in any subject left op °al to the Candidate unless he gain at least one-sixth of the nmarks allotted to that subject. tecll. Every Candidate will be required to forward to the r etary of the C ounc i l of Military Education, at 1, White all-yard S.W., about one month befo re th e exam i na ti on f or which he intends to offer himself, a statement of the subjects be desires to take up. _ After the examination the Candidates will be reported to mle Com mander-in -Chief. in the order of their merit, and those who obtain the greatest number of marks will succeed to the Vacancies at the College.—By command. C. YORKE, Military Secretary. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated li by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just pub shed, price, free by post, is. THE SILENT FRIEND : A M e di ca l W or k 1 on the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from the effects of solitary indulgence, infection, and the injurious Consequences from_the use of Mercury : with observations on the obligations of marriage, and directions for obviating cer tain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Sur geons. Consultations as usual (see page 197). Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row ; Sanger, 160, street; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London. Oxford- The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is employed in both sexes to renovate the impaired pow ers . of life. It s action is Purely balsamic: its power in rein vigorating the frame in all eases of nervo u s an d sexual debility, obstinate gleet s , impo tency, barr enness, an dd e biliti es arising from v en ereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvaryin; sucess in thousands of cases. Price ifs. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335., Which saves lie. i IThe CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESS E N CE, r an anti -syphili t i c remedy, for purifying the system, and is m nie nded for any of th e var i e d f orms o f seco ndary symptoms, ptoms, en such as erupti ons on the skin, blotches on the head and f ace , l argements of threatened the throat, tonsils, and uvula; destruction of the nose, palate, &c. Its action is purely deter - Vve, and its beneficial in fl uence on the system i. , 4,uuctmiable. Price lls. and 335. per bottle, also a saving of lls. • PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effectnal remedy in either sex for all cases of gonorrhoea, gleet, s tricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 28. 9d., le. 6d. and lls. per box. . Sold' by Daniel Church, 78, Gracechureh-street, City ; Bart leY-Hooper, 43, King William-steet (fourdoors from London "ridge) ; G. F. Watts, 17, Strand ; W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow urchyardEdwards, 7 St. Paul's-churchyard ; J. Sanger,N 150, Oxford Street ; O H annay and Dietrichsen, 63, Oxf ord -street ; Butler and Hardin,,,,, ,, 4, Cheapside ' • Front and li arsant, 229 St ran d , and all medical vendors throughout the 'United Zingdoin, Lief of Very ►rites, y was entle- L pur- to 3Gs to 50s to 00s perior is not THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1858. No. 20,688. SALE OF OLD STORES AT DEyONPORT. Admiralty, Somerset-place, 9th October, 1858. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the 26th instant, at 10 o'clock in the Forenoon, the Admiral Superin tendent will put up to sale _in her Majesty's Dockyard at Devonport, several lots of OLD STORES, consisting of Old Rope Shakings, Spun Yarn, Unlayed Yarn, Hammocks, and Canvass in small pieces, Oakum, Hemp Rakings and Tyers, Coal Sacks, &c., &c., &c., all lying in the said yard. Persons wishing to view the lots must apply to the Super= intendent for Notes of Admission for that purpose. Catalogues and Conditions of sale may be had here and at the Yard. PATENT DERRICK COMPANY (Limited) Offices-27, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital, £lOO,OOO, In Two Thousand Shares of £5O each. DIRECTORS. W. E. Durant Cumming, Esq., Lloyd's. 'Thomas Moxon, Esq., 29, Throgmorton-street. Joseph R. Croskey, Esq., 84, King William-street, City. Captain M. J. Currie, RN., Vernon-terrace, Brighton. William Barter, Esq.,l2, Langbourne-chambers,Fenchurch. street. Lewis Hope, Esq., 4, Bishopsgate-churchyard. Captain James Rawstorne,R.N., Abingdon-villas, Kensing. ton. Albert D. Bishop, Esq., 9, South-crescent, Bedford-square. Solicitor--Charles Walton, Esq.; 30, Bucklersbmy. Bankers—London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, London. This Company's Derricks are eminently adapted, by their great power, to accomplishing expeditiously and economically every description of hoist, whether on land or water, required in Government Arsenals and Navy Yards ; or by Dock Com panies, Shipbuilders, Engineers, Contractors, and others ; also, to raising sunken and recovering stranded vessels and their cargoes. A large proportion of the vessels wrecked on our coasts may be recovered by the aid of the Patent Floating Derricks, at a guaranteed rate of salvage, ranging between 25 and 75 per cent. The Company have entered into an agreement with the Marine Insurance Companies, and Underwriters of London and Liverpool, which secures to the former 75 per cent. of the net salvage proceeds (after deducting working expenses) from all vessels and cargoes, sunk prior to the date of the agree ment, which may be raised and recovered by means of their Patent Floating Derricks. In the United States two of these Derricks, belonging to the New York Derrick Company, have raised and saved upwards of 400 - sunken and stranded vessels, and have likewise hoisted and placed on board the engines and boilers of more than 300 steamers. This Company com menced by paying its shareholders half-yearly dividends of 10 per cent. ; but, since July, 1857, has regularly paid quarterly dividends of the likeamount. The Directors and their friends have taken and paid up in full, shares to the extent of £lO,OOO of the Company's stock, to enable them to construct, and submit to the Public, one river and one sea-going Derrick, both now launched, prior to soliciting co-operation towards fully carrying out the highly Important and promising enterprise for which the Patent Derrick Company has been established. The Directors are now prepared to issue to the Public further Shares of £5O each in the Capital Stock of the Com pany to the extent of £20,000. These shares are required to be paid as follows £lO per 'Share on Application, and the remainder by , Calls of £lO each, at intervals of one Month between each Call. Forms of Application for Shares, and Prospectuses, may be obtained by applying to the Secretary, G. J. SHARP, Esq., at the Offices. of the Patent Derrick 'Company, 27, Cornhill, London, E.C. ALBERT LIFE ASSURANCE' AND GUARANTEE COMPANY. (Established 1838.) Principal Office, 11, Waterloo-place, Pall Mall, London, S.W. City Branch, 63, Moorgate-street, E.C. , DIRECTORS. . William Esq.,Beattle,-M.D. 'George Goldsmith Kirby, Capt. the Hon. S. T. arnegie, Esq. R.N. C.B. James Nichols, Esq. Lieut.-Col., James Croudace, Rear-Aft - 1. the Right Hon. H.E.I.C.S. . Lord George Paulet, C.B. Swytifen Jervis;,Esq. Capt. Thos. Portlr, , R.N. William King, Esq. • - 'George Raylnolad,"Esq. - Assurances, Annuities, and Endowments granted, and every other mode of provision for Families arranged. Half the Annual premiums for the first five years may re main on credit for any period until death, on Payment of In terest at five per cent. per annum. - Parties allowed to go to, or reside in, most parts of the world, without extra Premium. • Naial and Military Lives, not in active Service, assured at the ordinary rate. Policies forfeited by non-payment of Premium, revivable at any time within Six Months, on satisfactory proof of health, and the payment of a triffing fine. - No charge for Policy Stamps.. Reversionary Interests in every description of real or per sonal property purchased. Security to Employers, Guarantee for Fidelity.in situations of trust. . Forms of ProPosal, with every information, may be ob tained at the Office of the Company, or by letter, addressed EE to ENRY . WILLIAIVI Actuary and Secretary. INTERNATIONAL LIFE- - ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London, W.C., Feb. 25, 1858: — Established 1837.—Pavment of Premium within Days of Grace.—lt always has been, and still is, the practice of this Society to pay claims under policies of assurance, notwith standing the death of the assured occurring within the 30 days of grace, and before-payment of- the annual premium, provided payment thereat' be made, or notice of the death• be given to the office before the expiration of such days of grace. For the Court of Directors, E. S. SYMES, Chairman. THE INTERNATIONAL. LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 142, Strand, London. Empowered by Act of Parliamentfor LIFE ASSURANCE, SURVIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES,. ENDOWMENTS, &c. DIRECTORS. EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman.- W. Kenworthy Browne, Esq. I Henry J: Hodgson, Esq. Samuel King-Church. Esq. Johd Moss, Esq. John Elliotson, M.D.,Cantab., John Symes, Esq. F.R.S. Joseph Thompson, Esq. 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. J. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F:R.A.S., F.S.S., &c. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhouse, Esq. RANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. • SOLICITORS. Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowcliffe, Bedford row. The next Quinquennia . In May, 18(30. Division of Profits will be declared Examples of onus up to May, 1855 : Policy taken out in Sum Assured. 1 838 1841 1845 1848 1851 3,000 4,000 2,000 2,000 2,800 Bonus in addition to Sum Assured. s. d. 867.17 7 749 4 0 232 18 0 154 2 8 120 17 0 Bonus in Cash. Permanent Reduction of Annual Premiums. X s. d. X s. d. 428 1 4 56 3 8 325 16 0 32 0 4 156 15 0 16 6 0 103 16 8 10 15 2 72 14 6 6 7 7 The following are amongst the advantages offered by the nternational Life Assurance Society:— The Society was established in 1818. Two-thirds of the profits are divided amongst the assured every five years. Its subscribed capital is five hundred thousand pounds. Its investments, at the date of the last annual report amounted to one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds. The number of policies now in force exceed six thousand. 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. STAIES, Chairman. 142, Strand, London, W.C. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE, Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, Nervousness, Biliousness, Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Eruptions, Impurities, Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea, Hemorrhoids, Headache, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy oil at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Complaints, effectually removed by PU BARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies in illness, and is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it is the only food which never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of gratitude from invalids :—Cure - No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right lion. the Lord Stuart de Decies—" I have derived con siderable benefit from Du Barry's. Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies." Cure No. 49,332. " Fifty years' indescribable agonyfrom dyspepsia, ner vousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Harts, a cure ofextreme ner vousness, indigestion, gathering,s, low spirits, and nervous fan cies. Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool : a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors ofnervous irritability. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew Tire, of con stipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 34,210. Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212.. Cap tain Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 46,116. Mawr Edie, of enlargement of the liver, and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings. Cure No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey, of diarhoea and debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer, of consumption. Cure No. 32,830. Wm. Hunt, Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood merchant, Frimley, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver de rangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 58,816. Mrs. Hoize, aged 107 years, of dyspepsia (indig,estion),'debility, irritability, and nervousness, which had tormented, her for 70 years. Cure No. 56,814. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure No. 52,612. The Dowager Countess of Castle stuart, of many years' nervous irritability, bile, and indiges tion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of con sumption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of recovery. Cure No. 180. "Twenty-five years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suf fered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." No. 4,208. "Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have •been effectually excessive nervousness, cured by 11u u Barry's health-restoring Food. I shall ' l , ,tvhe 'itid appy to answer any inquiries. Rev John W. Rectory with ,N pains n years' orfolk. NB3 "Three in . neck and,left "1, and general debility, whichrendered life. my e. very miserable, has b restorin Food.een radically removed by Du Barry's health bereen. Cure N __A ex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skib- No. 3,906. " and gene ra l debility Thirteen years' cough, indiges tion,excellent Revalenta have been removed by Du Barry's street Perth." Arabica Food. James Porter, Athol important Caution 11P' imitations : nit the fearful danger of spurious The Vice-Chancellor Sir William injunction on the 10th March, 1854 Page Wood granted an Neville, for i m it a ti ng ~D u Barry , s T i ev against Alfred Hooper tlerita Arabica F oo d." S u itably packed for all clim a t es, an NV In canisters, Ilb., 2 s. 9 d. • 21b., 4s. 6d. • i2 lth all instructions. re fined quality 11b., 6 s. ; 21 b., lls. ; s 22s Voii Super , 101 b. and 121 b. canisters are forwarded carriage free, on The ceipt of Post-office order. Du Barry and Coon Regent street,re- London , Fortn • • um 'Mason, and Co " , Purveyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; James Well, 4n, Sloane -street -s red ; also at 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330, 430, and 451, Strand ; 94, Chaapside ; and 60, BiflOpligitteltred , 63, no, a n d Pctorditreet. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, in 1 vol., 10s. 6d., bound, THIRD • EDITION of JOHN HALIFAX GENTLEMAN. Also, by the same Author, in 1 vol., 10s. 6d., A WOMAN'S' THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN. " A boole of sound counsel."—Examiner. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-stree This Day, Three Volumes, Bvo, 365. AHISTORY OF THE LITERATURE OF GREECE, from the'Slanuspripts of the late Professor K. 0. MILLER. The first half of the Translation by the Right Hon. Sir G. CORNEWALL LEWIS, Bart., M.P. The remainder of the Translation, and the Completion of the' Work according to the Author's plan, by JOHN WILLIAM DONALDSON, , D.D:, Classical Examiner in 'the University of London, late Fellow of Trinity,College, Cambridge.. The new portion of the Work is sold separately. This work, originally undertaken at the request of the Society for the Diffusion• of Useful Knowledge, was written with a view to its appearance in an English form only, and left incomplete by the death of its author in 1840. The Society had arranged that Dr. Donaldson, who had translated the latter half of the work, should complete it according to the Plan proposed. by Professor Milner ; and the present pub‘ ushers have resumed the undertaking in the hope of placing within the reach of classical students a complete but con venient Manual of Greek Literary History. The book com prises Chronological Tables, Indices, some • Supplementary Notes, and a Memoir and Portrait of the Author. • - - London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. _VEIST'S 'RACING RECORD for 1858. Part IX., price 3d., will be published on the Ist of November. The Record, containing a complete calendar of Sport in England, Ireland, and Scotland, in 1857, and nomi nations for 1858, may be had, price two shillings. W. 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All parties interested in horses and cattle will do well to apply to 77, Newgate-street, London, for a pamphlet which is sent post-free. The nature of the recent operations in the Turkish loan was further developed on Saturday. Although the public on Friday paid an instalment of 15 per cent. on the first £3,000,000, an d n d eposit of 20 per cent. on an ad ditional issue of £1,300,000 , there were few sellers even at firstspeculatorsiqtetien for findd thein iffi new cnitY lr sviprices,ed theiraccounts. issue this morning was to p rem i um, and it ultimately np c and t e adverse The quotation a d va nced until, after regular hours, it stood at lz to I. The old scrip opened at par, and left off at premium. NAVIGATION: OF THE DANUBE.--The following extract of a letter gives some interesting details on the sub ject of the navigation of the mouth of the Danube and on the works to be Paocuted there, in order to i m p rove th e St . George's Channel :—" The duration of the works may be estimated at from three to five years, and the expense ap proximately at nine millions of francs, but if other expenses of ulterior improvement, su.chnsthe removal of the Toultcha Rock, &c., be taken into consideration, it would be more correct to set the sum down at 12,000,000 fr. The annual expense of repairs, exclusive of those of administration, may be estimated at 300,000 fr. Commercial men, who would largely benefit hy the improvements made in the navigation of the river, could easily bear the dues necessary to pay the in terest, and provide for a sinking fund for the expense. In calculating on a traffic of 372,000 tons, and by imposing a tax of 3f. a ton, a sum of 1,116,000 f. would be raised, which might be divided as follows : —600,000 f. for interest, 458,000 f. for repairs and other expenses, and 58,000 f. for sinking fund. From the information. which had been laid before the commission it appears that the charges of all kinds now imposed on commerce amount to at least 22f. a ton, which sum may be reduced to 6f. from the facilities afforded by the works. The addition therefore of a tax of 3f.will etill leave to commerce a bent of 13f, a ton." THE NAVY. The steam transport Meteor, laden with ammu nition and general war stores, sailed yesterday from Woolwich for Colombo. The Industry, 2, iron screw steam storeship, Master George J. Hodges, commander, arrived at Portsmouth on Sunday evening, from Plymouth and Ireland. The Lucifer, 4, paddlewheel steamvesspl, Master Johnston, acting, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning from Plymouth. Her Majesty's steam-transport the Himalaya. Commander Seacombe, having had her bottom thoroughly overhauled at Plymouth Dockyard, was yesterday declared ready for servic%. She will embark a regiment of cavalry for Bombay—proba bly the 15th Hussars. The Prussian frigate Gefion, 48, Capt. Donner, sailed from Spithcad yesterday afternoon for Ply mouth. The Argus, 6, paddlewheel steam sloop, Com mander F. W. Ingram, came into Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon, and was taken into dock. The Falcon, 17, screw sloop, went out of Ports mouth harbour yesterday for trial of her engines. , The Avon, 4; steam-vessel, Master Palmer acting, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday with supernume raries from Plymouth, and sailed for the eastward. PEMBROKE ROYAL DOCKYARD.—Capt. Superin tendent Ramsay, R.N., , C. 8., is absent on leave. The Master Shipwright, Mr. 0. Lang, has been promoted to Chatham yard, The late gales raged violently, here, but from the sheltered position of the arsenal net the slightest casualty occurred. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the General Commanding-in-Chief, is expected here on an official visit during the ensuing week - for the purpose of inspecting the troops and ascertaining the capabilities of the garrison. NAVY CONTRACTS FOR BEEF • AND PORK.--Much disappointment has been felt in Ireland at the result of the tenders for the navy contracts for beef and pork. It appears that the tenders were so low that most of the Irish, ones were cut out, and foreign ones accepted through English agents. Some Irish houses have obtained pork contracts, but all the. beef contracts have been allotted to foreign houses. The following figures in relation to the resultS have been published :—Of beef 14,000 tierces and barrels have been allotted to four London houses, to be made up in New York and Philadelphia, and , 3,660 in Hamburg, at prices ranging from £6 4s. to £6 165., and averaging. about .E 6 10s. Of pork, 19,000 tierces and barrels have been taken for. Irish contractors, and about -2,000 more to be made up in Hamburg, at prices ra b n o g ut ing x7 fro 3 m s. £ T 6 he l pa s. ve t rg. £7 o a 125., and. averaging a price of beef is about ' £l' 17si. 6d. under last year, and of pork about £2 Os." The pork- - contracts were principally secured by Cork, Belfast, and Limerick. C. Wood and 'Sons, of Dublin, 'have obtained some, and. Mr. Aylward, of Tullamore, has also obtained ar contract, • THE TRIAL OF THE SENAGON SHOT' ON BOARD THE STORK.—Some — three - weeks since we noticed the shape and principle of this gun, and fully de scribed the 'length; weight, and 'form 'of the gim and shot, as exhibited. 'at the Ordnance Works at Portsmouth. As stated yesterday, this gun was submitted to trial on- board the Excellent, and commenced with a charge of alb of powder, in creasing to •171 b. It was intimated that it would be prudent for every caution to be observed; and so the gunner (Mr. Nash) dropped over the side of the Stork into a dingy with a long lanyard, and upon the order being given to fire, the pru dence of such precaution was -fully apparent, for the gun burst into three pieces, the heaviest portion of which took a flight of some hundreds of yards into the air, and fell with terrific force almost im-, mediately alongside the Stork, which presents a wreck, inasmuch as her mainmast and foremast were carried away, ,her funnel struck by a portion of the exploded gun, which cut it nearly in two, and the topsides considerably damaged. men were exposed to the heavy rain which fell at the time, and were so completely drenchedthat they were ordered into garrison early next morning in a miserable condition. This disaster has deter mined the authorities to select another spot for musketry practice, and Dale has bgen spoken of. As the troops will at the same time occupy the for tifications, the expense for rent and the erection of suitable accommodation elsewhere will be saved. By the death of Major-General Lord Charles Wellesley, announced yesterday. the following pro motions will take :place, dated Oct. 10 :—Colonel B. F. Dalton Wilson, to be major-general ; Lieut.- Colonel Rawdon Vassall, to be colonel ; Major Thomas Lillie, Ceylon Rifles, to be lieutenant colonel. PRICE 4 D • STAMPED, 5 r in the vicinity of the sun, and are directed f rom that body, yet the comet of 1823 offered the re= irk ' able example of two tails, one turned from and. the other nearly towards the sun, forming with a ach other an angle of 60 deg. Peculiar modifications 3 of polarity, and its unequal distribution and eond uc tion, may in this rare case have caused a doii ble continuous current of nebulous matter. Aristotle, in his Natural Philosophy, brings' the 'phonomen as of comets through the medium of these effusions Into a singular connexion with the existence of the milky way. He supposes thatthe countless niolti tude of stars which form the galaxy give out a lu thinous or incandescent matter. The nebulous which traverses the vault of the heavens is there fore regarded by the Stagirite as an immerse cornet incessantly reproducing itself. The passages over the fixed stars of the nucleus of a comet, or of its innermost vapour ous envelopes,' might throW light on the physical character• of these wonderful bodies, but we are deficient in observations of the kind in which we can be assured that the passage was perfectly cen tral. 'The ancients had been struck by the circum stance that it is possible to see through comets as through.flame. The oldest testimony to stars hav ing been seen through them is that of Democritus (Aristot. Meteor. i. 6, 11); and it led Aristotle to make the not unimportant remark, that he had himself observed one of the stars of Gemini occulted by Jupiter. Sene6a only speaks decidedly of the transparency of the tail.' He says (Nat. Qumst. 18). that stars are seen through comets as through a cloud; not indeed through the body of the comet, but through rays of the tail; non in ea parte qua sidus ipstun est epissi et solidi ignis, sed qua rarus Splendor occurrit et in crines dispergitur. Per in tervalla ignium, non per ipsos, vides" (vii. 26). The addition is superfluous, for we certainly can see through flame if it has not too great a thickness, as shown by Galileo in the Saggiatore. For in the immediate vicinity of the nucleus, as I have already noticed; dense coatings alternate with others of great tenuity. On the other hand, there is no doubt that the light of a star of the tenth magnitude passed through very dense nebulous matter on the 29th of September, 1835, at a distance of 7.78 secs. from the centre of the nucleus of Halley's comet, according to Bessel's most careful measurement. without experiencing any deflection in its recti linear course at any moment of its passage.. At Dorpat the star was in conjunction only 2.2 secs. from the brighest point in the comet. The star remained constantly visible, and its light was not perceptibly weakened, whereas the nucleus. of the cornet seemed to fade even to extinction before the light of this small star of the ninth or' tenth magnitude: Such an absence of refracting power, if: :aetually extending to the centre of the nucleus ,- makes it difficult to regard the substance of . ,comets as of a gaseous nature—or, is 'trier' absence of refracting power a consequence of the . almost - infinite rarity - of a fluid of that description ?—or does the comet consist of " detached particles," &Ming a cosmical cloud, which no more affects the ray' Cf. light ' passing through it than do the. cloudsY of our. atmosphere, which in like manner have no influence on the zenith distances of, the heavenly bodies? In the passage of a comet over a star, there has often been noticed, a greater or less diminution of the light of the star, but this, has been justly ascribed to the brightness of the' ground on whibh, during the coin cidenee,-the star is seen. We indebted to Arago's polarisation experiments for the 'most important and decisive observations on the nature of the light of comets. 'lris polariscope instructs us .concerning the physical. constitution of the i sun, as well as that of the comets ; it s informs us Whether a luminous ray, which reaches us from a distance 'of Many millions - of miles, is'a direct or a reflected or:refracted ray.; and, if direct, Whether the source of light is a, solid, a liquid, or a gaseous body. The light - Of Capella; and.that of the great comet of 1819, were examined at ; the Paris Obser vatory with the: same. apparatus. The comet showed polarised, and therefore reflected light ; whilst, as was•to - be expected, the fixed star was 'proved to be a self-luminous sun. • The existence of polarised cometary light announced itself not only by the inequality of the ithageS, but was shown with still greater certainty, at the re-appearance"ofilalley's comet in 1835, .by the more striking contrast of complementary colours, in accordance with the laws of chromatic polarisation discovered by Arago in 1811. These fine experiments leave it however still undecided, whether, besides this reflected solar light, comets may not have a proper light of their own. Even in planets, in--Venus for example, an evolution of independent light appears very-pro bable. The variable intensity of the light of comets is not always to be explained by their place in the orbit, and their distance from the sun. In parti cular individuals, it certainly indicates_ internal processes of condensation, and increased or dimi nished capability of reflecting light. In the comet of 1618, as in that which has a period of revolu tion of three years, Hevelius saw the nucleus lessen at the perihelion, and enlarge at the aphelion of the comet; this remarkable phoenomenon, which had long remained unheeded, has since been ob served by the distinguished astronomer, Valz, at 'Nismes. The regularity of the alteratio* of the volume according to the distance from the sun, ap peared exceedingly striking ; the physical explana tion of the phmnomenon cannot well be sought in the greater condensation of the cosmical ether in the vicinty of the sun, for it is difficult to imagine the nebulous envelope of the nucleus of the comet to be, like a vesicle, impervious to the ether. The very dissimilar eccentricities of the eliptical paths of differents comets, has led in modern times (1819) to a brilliant accession to our knowledge of the solar system. Eneke has discovered the exis tence of a comet having so short a period of revolu tion, that it always remains within our planetary system, and even reaches its aphelion, or greatest distance from the sun, between the orbits of Jupiter and of the small planets. The eccentricity of its orbit is 0.845 ; that of Juno, which has the greatest eccentricity among the planets, being 0.255. This comet has been more than once seen, though with difficulty, by the naked eye, in Europe, in 1819 ; and, according to Rumker, in New lolland, in 1822. Its period of revolution is about 3.3 years ; but from the most careful comparison of the epochs of its return to its perihelion, the remarkable fact has been discovered that this period has regularly decreased in every successive revolution from 1786 tolB3B ; the diminution amounting in an interval of 52 years to 1.8 day. To this first discovered comet of short period, there was soon added a second planetary comet, having its aphelion beyond the orbit of Jupiter, but within that of Saturn. Biela's comet, discovered in 1826, has a period of revolUtion of 6.75 years, and its light is still fainter than that of Encke's. The motion of both these comets is direct, or the same as that of the planets, whereas Halley's is opposite or retrograde. Biela's comet presents the first cer tain instance of the orbit of a comet intersecting that of the earth ; its path may therefore suggest the possibility of a catastrophe, if we may apply that term to the extraordinary phenomenon of a collision, which has not occurred within historical times, and of which we cannot with certainty pre dict the consequences. Granting that small masses possessed of enormous velocity may exert a notable force, Laplace, after showing that the mass of the comet of 1770 is probably less than 1-5000 that of the earth, has assigned with a cer tain degree of probability, for the average mass of comets, a quuntity far below even 1-100,000 of the earth's mass, or only about 1-1200 of that of the moon. The passage of Biela's comet across the earth's orbit must not of course be confounded with its proximity t o , or en c ounter with, our globe itself. When this passage took place on 29 th Oct., 1832, the earth was a full month in time from the p oint of intersection of the two paths. The orbits of Encke's and Biela's comets also intersect each other, and it has been justly remarked, that in the course of the many perturbations which such small bodies is suffer from the greater p lanetar y masses, there a possibility of their meeting ; and that should this take place about the middle of the month of October, the inhabitants of the earth might behold the extraordinary spectacle of an encounter between two cosmical bodies, and possibly of their mutual penetration and amalgamation, or of their destruction by exhausting emanations. Such events, the consequences either of de flexion produced by disturbin g masses, or of ori ginally intersecting orbits, may - have taken ken place frequently in th e course of millions of years, and in the vast extent of immeasurable space; they would, however, be isolated occurrences, having as little general influence on other cosmical forms, as the breaking forth or extinction of a single vol cano has in our less extensive sphere. A third planetary comet of short period was dis covered on the 22d Nov., 1843, at the Paris Obser vatory, by M. Faye. Its elliptic path approaches much more nearly to a - circle than that of any of the comets previously known to us, and is includeel'be tween the orbits of Mars and Saturn ; passing, accordinq to Goldschmidt, beyond the orbit of Jupi ter. This comet is therefore one of the very few whose perihelia, are beyond the orbit of Mars; its A PRINCELY NaN.—On the morning of the 29th ult. her Serene Highness Princess Catherine Hohenzollern Sigmaringen, born Princess of Hohenlohe, took the veil at Rome, in the ancient nunnery of St. Ambrose, belonging to the Franciscan Sisters, an order distinguished for poverty' and and strictness of discipline. The Pope's vicar, C ardinal Patrizi, and Cardinal Reisach, performed the ceremony, which was attended by many Germans of rank, amongst whom was the Princess's cousin, Monsignor ilohenlohe, the Poe's almoner. 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THE SUN , LONDON , TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12 , 1858. andb Clausen the a s fiodueiritthic comet seen the l 7with third comet of 1819).• The orbits of the last-mentioned comet th October, 1858. .' • men were exposed to the heavy rain which fell at in the vicinity of the sun, and are directed f tom of T the time, and were so completely drenchedthat they that body, yet the comet of 1823 offered the renal irk- ,• Yin the same year ELUTING the ; that of Lexell s, seem to have undergone great alte- Now ready, in 1 vol., lOs. 6d., bound, The steam transport Meteor, laden with ammu- were ordered-into. garrison early next morning in ' able example of two tails, one turned from and. the well f as L of the UNITED ration by the proximity and attraction of Jupiter: nition and general, wa r s t or es, sailed yesterday a miserable condition. This disaster has deters other nearly towards the sun, _forming . with . a ach uc- their periods of revolution appear to be o as i 1 IRELAND, DO THIRD . • EDITION of JOHN HALIFAX, ESDAY, the 26th GENTLEMAN. from Woolwich for Colombo. five to six d 1 • • ' years, an t leis aphelia take Admiral Superin- Also, by the same Author, in 1 voL, 10s. 6d., mined the authorities to select another spot for other an angle of 60 del : d P is e t c ri u b l u ia t r io m n och an fi d ea c ti o o n n a l The Industry, 2, iron screw steam storeship, musketry practice, and Dale has' been spoken of. polarity, and its unequa p l only e ey nearr o n from the orbit of Jupiter. Among comets whose perds sty's Dockyard at A WOMAN'S' THOUGHTS , ABOUT WOMEN. consisting of Old " A book of sound counsel."-Examiner. Master George J. Hodg es co m m ander, arrived at As the troops will at the same time occupy the for- tion, - may in - this rare case have - caused a ilou: , ble l, Hammocks, and Portsmouth on Sunday ' evening, from Plymouth tifications, the expense for rent and the erection of continuous current of nebulous matter. Aristotle, in have been expected from ic 1 sas been of so much importance in. akings and Tyers, Lid yard. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. suitable accommodation elsewhere will be saved. his Natural Philosophy, brings' the phenomena of Halle,s Is, pply to the Super= This Day, Three Volumes, Bvo, 365. The Lucifer, 4, paddlewheel s t e am-sessa Master • By the death of Major-General Lord Charles comets through the medium of these effusions Into theoretical .. appearance in 1835 was less brilliant than mrpose. e had here and at Johnston, acting, arri ve d a t P or t smou th yesterday Wellesley„announced yesterday. the following pro- a singular connexion with. ; the . existence of the , ~ . range from 70 to 76 years we should name, , first, GREECE, from the Manuscripts of the late Professor morning from Plymouth. HISTORY OF THE LITERATURE OF motions will take - . place, dated Oct. 10 :—Colonel milky way. He supposes that the countless n isat i tt: Th . 1 l . of Gibers (of the 6th of March, 1815) ; Colonel Rawdon Vassall, to -be colonel ; Major ininous or incandescent matter. K. a DULLER. The first half of the Translation by the Her Majesty's steam-transport the Himalaya. B. F. Dalton Wilson, to be 'major-general ; Lieut.- tude of stars which . and physical astronomy, and whose remainder of the Translation, and the Completion of the NY (Limited). Right Hon. Sir G. CORNEWALL LEWIS, Bart., ALP- T he. Commander Seacombe, having had her bottom Thomas Lillie, Ceylon Rifles, to be lieutenant- which ti:averses the vault of the T h i e le as n ye e n b s ulow Ls:there- might Work according to the Author's plan, by JOHN WILLIAM thoroughly overhauled at Plymouth Dockyard, eye. l We now know with certaintywillgalaxyoutittheHussars.Gefion, inthrowitsauthoryesterday of nine returns had arranged that Dr. Donaldson, who had translated the mouth. - character• of these 'wonderful bodies, but we are yard. latter half of the work, should complete it according to the The Argus, '6, paddlewheel steam sloop, Com- . comets. If we estimate according to the rules of the- deficient• in observations of the kind in which we . of nancy s comet, for Lau .let's calculations ha recently demonstrated the • e n-villas, Kensing- Plan proposed. by Professor ller ; and the present pub' 11cacu us of probabilities, the equable distribution of idsntity of the orbit with ushers have resumed the undertaking in the hope ot placing mander F. IV. Ingram, came into Portsmouth the paths of these the limits of • their peri- be assuredthat •f tl ten- . , flit passage was pm ec y , that of the comet of 1378, mentioned in the Chinese Bedford-square. within the reach of classical students_ a complete but con- harbour yesterday afternoon, and was taken into tral The ancients had been struck by the circum- tables of comets, for the knowledge of which we are venient Manual of Greek Literary History. The book com - and .lsTtbodies, th • •' • • 1)1 • , the . posst iiy of their remaining invisi e stance that it is'possible to see through comets as indebted to Edouard Biot. D • using the interval_ be- neklersbury. prises Chronological Tables, Indices, some, Supplementary dock. . , to the inhabitants of the earth, their - possible num- th h •fl - song . . ame. The oldest testimony to stars hay- .othbury, London. Notes, and a Memoir and Portrait of the Author. • The Falcon, 17, screw sloop, went out of Ports- bers . . • •tween the first ;and last recorded ap . pearances •, in adapted, by their ' London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. mouth harbour yesterday for trial of her engines. tof • d • li.. will be an amount myna s astonis in to • g mg been seen through them is that of Democritus 1378 and 1835, its periods of revolution have flues and economically (Arist t - i. 6, 11); and it led Aristotle to Dr water, required , The Avon, 4; steam-vessel, Master Palmer acting, - of g . rusted between 74 . 91 years and 77 . 58 years, the or by Dock Com- _VEIST'S The RECORD for 1858. arrived at Portsmouth yesterday with supernume- • in his da " there in y, are make the not unimportant remark, that he had mean being 76 . 1. , and others ; also, _l2 Part IX., price 3d., will be published on the ' lst of • ~ More comets in space than fishes the ocean." As himself observed one of the stars of Gemini occulted Contrasted • h the • lofwhich with cosmica bodies vessels and their November. The Record, containing a complete calendar of ratios from Plymouth,the : yet, however, we: hardly possess as many as 150 by Jupiter,Seneca o 1 . Sport in England, Ireland, and Scotland, in 1857, and nomi- . PEMBROKE ROYAL DOCKYARD.—Capt. Su perm- n y speaks dem. y 'deal of the have been speaking are a group of comets requiring . ' h fcomets h • transparency of the tail • He says (Nat. Qumst. sii. • ?d on .onr coasts nations for 1858, may be had, price two shillings. calculatedpat s o ; u. we as e. notices tendent Ramsay; R.N., C. 8., is absent on leave. • of 600 or 700 --• many thousand years to perform their revolutions 'bating Derricks, . . W. Wright, Fulwood's Rents, Holborn re or lessprecise of the appearance weep 25 and 75 per •, - - • The Master Shipwright, Mr. O. Lang, has, been. more . . , 18).that stars are seen through comets as through of which then nods can only be determined with rites London NO MORE PILLS nor any other of such 'bodies and of their passage throuol. known MEDICINE - promoted . to Chatham yard, The late gales raged . ' • • 6 f , a cloud • not indeed through the body of the comet, s e . great difficulty and uncertainty. Argelander assigns miters of ' constellations. Whilst the classic nations o the but throw h rays of the tail • 5 per cent. of the for Indigestion (dyspepsia), - habitual Constipation, Flatu- violently here, but from the sheltered position of -- - bs'lt g i , non in ea panto qua a / period of 3,065 to the . fine comet of 1811, and tg expenses) from lency; Acidity, Palpitation of the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, d ' West, the Greeks and Romans, o r indeed, some- sidus ipstun est epissi et solidi ignis, sod qua tarns the arsenal net the slightest casualty occurred.Encke a period of u (IS ;else 800 years to the p ar , ate of the agree- Bilious Headache, Nervousness, Biliousness, General Dibility, . times mention the pl e * in the heavens where 'a • y means of their His Royal Highness Diarrhoea, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, Despondency, —S the Duke o 1.- f Cambridge,the t . ac . ~ splendor occurrit et in erines dispergitur. Per in- my comet' was first - seen thit never afford us informs- t • lla i nium non per i svises" ( •• 26) Th ers a g , p os, (vu. . awfully grand one of 1680. • According to such views Spleen, &c. General Commanding-in-Chief, is expected here on - • ' 'e these bodies recede respectively to distances from ;ks, belonging to Send 2 penny stamps, and you will receive post free, 64 pages, tionsespecting its apparent path, the literature of addition - is superfine - Us, for we certainly can see _ . aised and saved the peoples edition et "pERFECT HEALTH RESTORED, . e , i an official visit during the ensuing week - for the the Chinese (who observed nature diligently, and through flame if it has not too great a thickness, as the sun 21 and 44 times greater that of Uranus, essels, and have without pills, purgatives, or medicines-of any kind, and with- purpose of inspecting the troops and ascertaining , or to 33,600 and 70,400 millions. (smiles. At these the engines and out expense, by a simple, pleasant, and infallible means which the capabilities of the garrison. ` recorded h • )supplies - with • carefully everyt mg us cir- shown by Galileo in the Saggiatore. For in the enormous distances, the attractive force of the sun Company com- -saves fifty-times its cost . in other remedies, adapted to the „,,- i _ cumstantial notices of the comets seen by them, and immediate vicinity of the nucleus, as I have already - • arty dividends of generat reader. NAVY C B AND Po K CONTRACTS :FOR BEEF, R .—.namen . . f the constellations which each passed through. noticed; dense coatings alternate with others of 11 b • butwhilst still su sists ; the motion of the comet of rly paid quarterly Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professor of disappointment has been felt in Ireland at the ° - - - - l6BO at its perihelion is 212 miles in a second, being Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Uee, Dr. Shorland, Dr. Harvey, Dr. beef These notices extend back to_ more than five centu- great tenuity. On the other hand, there is no doubt 13 • of the tenders for the navy contracts for n and paid up in Campbell, Dr. Gettiker, Dr. Wurtzer, Dr. Ingram, and many result ' - rieSbefOre the Christian era, and of them are that the light of a star of the tenth magnitude times greater than that of the Earth, its velocity company's stock, thousand other respectable persons, whose health has been re- and pork. It appears that the tenders were so • • s f il l • • - many - . .a b 1 1 the Public, one stored by it after all other means of cure had failed. low that most of the Irish, ones were cut out, and still found Useful in astronomys The paths of the passed through very ense ne u ous matter on the . aunched, prior to London : Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, and . d t h . • four first comets which it has been possible to in- 29th of September, 1835, at a distance-of 7.78 secs. only three times - greater than that of our most slug- s l h European - sug out the through all Booksellers in Town and Country. foreign ones acct red , rongh English agents. g s rivers, and but half that which. I vestigate have been computed from Chinese b o ser- fromof the nucleus of - Halley's comet, for which the . . .- . Some Irish: houses have obtained pork contracts u , . s - the centre found in the Cassiquiare, an arm of the Orinoco. ed. :' . , - ' vations. They are those of 240 (in the reign of Gor- t careful measurement Le to the Public _'IVI JULL I EN' SCONC E R T S.--- 1 R OYA I, but all the. beef contracts have been allotted to , di MO - ('- ' • fan . according to Bessel's mos . . .• Amongst the countless host of uncalculated or still ,of 539 , in that of o 565 and • - • n deflection in its sect- sack of the Coin - . •.' : : LYCEUM THEATRE. .• - : foreign houses. The following figures in relation - s, • without experiencing a y undiscovered comets, it is highly - probable that there 1 are required to •M. JULLIEN'S Twentieth and LAST ANNUAL SERIES to the resulth have been published :—Of beef Du S 837. According to ejour, the. last of these must linear course at any moment of its passage. are many, the major axes of whose orbit may far OF CONCERTS will commence on the Ist of NOVEMBER, have been 'for 24 hours 2,000,000 geographical miles At Dorpat the star was in conjunction .only exceed that of the comet of 1680. In order to aro d r me remainder by continue for One Month, and will be given as .. - - 14,000 tierces and barrels have been allotted to four - onlZ front the earth. It appeared during the reign 2.2 secs. from the . brighest point in the Month between M. JULLIEN'S FAREWELL and " CONCERTS London houses, to be made up in. New York 'and • •through the medium of figures some idea—l 'do not of owls-le-Debonnaire (the , son •of Charlemagne • . D'ADIEU," ,- ' Philadelphia, and •. 3,660 in - Hamburg, at prices - ), comet. The star remained constantly visible, say of the extent of the sphere of attraction—of the rospectuses, may ..._. fief ' his departure , for IandITNIVEATi MUSICAL- ore ~. • 0. . and was thought to prognosticate disasters which and- , its light - was. not perceptibly weakened, J. SHARP Esq - -ranging. frOm -X6 4s. to £6 16s d., an avera g in g . distance inspace of a • fixed star or other sun from ''' TOUR " through every city capital of Europe - America that Monarch sought t avert b founding cons - n ny, 27; Cornhill, - f " about. 6 Os. Of pork, 19,000 tierces and barrels ,- - • - X 1 .o .. y , ss e - whereas, the nucleus, of the comet seemed to fade the aphelion of the cornet of 1680 (the one of.the - Australia, the Colonies, and civi ised towns of- Apia and. tnal esta,blishinents - whilst the Chinese a,sthono- Africa, accompanied by the elite of his orchestra and other have been taken for Irish. contractors, and about • . even to extinction before the light of this small bodies of our solar . system svhich, accOrding to our s ,-,- s ,• • s . s ys," artistes " for hm e ia d m a e a s Al e e r le t t i t e res t i t ' le be o in e g: , ttit i nau l 7 - nr . fik - 2,000 more to - be made up in Hamburg, at prices- mers_ were - scientifically sengage . d in tracing its star of the ninth of tenth magnitude: Such ,an present knowledge attains the greatest remote- siss is society are gy._T L' RDIAIE UNIVERSELLE," instituted not only to. ranging front "'£6' 19s. to , £7 125.; and. averaging path. . Its tail' was . 60 degrees in length, , and ap-- absence of refracting power,' if: aetually extending ness) I 'would here ' remind the reader that, • popularise the divine and civilising,• art of Music, but to pro-, about £7 3s.' The' average, of beef is about peardd' sometimes simple and sometimes divided. to the centre of the nuclens r makes it difficult to cording to the ; ; most recent determinations .of s s; Powerful eloquence, a noble and 11, London, 5:7. mote, through Harm,ly . . £1174. 6d. 'under last year, and of Pork about '£2 ' The first cometcom utedexclusively from'Euro can ' ; P p . re s ,ard the substance of ., comets as 0 a gaseous I. • parallax, even the nearest. fixed star is - at least 250 E.C. , philanthropic cause. , • observations- is ghat -1456 or Hal e's comet so -The full Prospectus will shortly be published. '. • - -'fk 1. The pork - - cOntracts were principally secured -, • - . - Via ' eof refracting owes a • • l y - P times more distant frbm • our sun than this comet ldsniith Kirby. All communications to be taddysse4 . to Mona. ,Jullien,,2l4, 15 Cork, Belfast, and Limerick. C. .Wood.'and named on . the. occasion which .was long, though consequence of .the :almost - infinite rarity of a fluid at its aphelion. The: comet's distance is only 44 " Regent-street:W. ' - . ,-' ~, , erroneouslt- supposed to . have been its , first - well of that ,deseription?---sor, does the .comet eonsis •t of • _ - • ons, - ofobtained' . • . Dublin, ' 'have ,some, and , "Mr. - . times that of Uranus, whilst that of # Centaurs is Is, Esq. . • - .. . • e ascertained appearance. Of all planetary-bodies, " detached particles " a coimical cloud, - . the Right Hon. pROFESSOR - WILJALBA - ' FIiIKELL. ''f - more - - •' . s Aylward, - e Tulla , has also obtained a . 11,000 and of 61 , CYgni, according to Bessels's de- ;e • probably much - ' forming ' Paulet, C.B. •' • LAST WEEK BUT ONE,- TO-NIGHT- NEW' contract; - 's ' • • - - ; comets—though . their mean mass is - the - rays of light .passing termination;" times thatof Uranus. ?cirt'r ' 'ltli * .•' TRICKS.-POLYGRAPHIC HALL, - King' Willie-In-street, THE TRIAL OF THE SEXAOON SHOT ON BOARD less than the fivesthousandth part of that of the through it than do the •- &kids of our. atmosphere, Having thus ,conside d. thgreatest known dis- re , e ansiclsEss- - - • • Charmg-cross.-TWO ;HOURS_ -OE ILLUSIONS.._ Every th—are -those - Which occu the - eatest , - ace anted, and eve t 3. P • t bo 'au ' •c.at 8 • Saturday afternoons - a lava e. xes, one THE STORK.—Some --- thre - weeks since we noticed ear py gr sp , • which . in like - m,anner have no infhience on the tances of comets froiii the central, body, s we may , d . lith,t, stalls; 51; orchestra stalls, 14. ; area, 25:; am- the shape and principle of this gun, and fully de- their wide-spreading. tails soften _extending Over zenith distances of 'the heavenly bodies? ' In the proeeed to netiee instances - Of the greatest - POxiity Wynf ea ens ma re-' rilllthe4re,,ls:-Plages may be secured at the Polygraptic- scribed . theslength; weight, and 'form 'of the' gun many millions of .miles. The cone of light reflect- passage of a comet over a star, therehas often been hitherto measured.. The smallest distances mall, and at Mr: 'Mitchell'i Royal Library, 33, , Old - B . d- - and shot,- as exhibited. 'at the Ordnance Works at ing gaseous matters Which radiates from them has noticed, a greater or less diminution of the -light of a comet and the earth occurred in the case of Lexell ost parts of the - mice, assured at' 'DEL. AIDE GALLERY. • CASINO, Lowther, submitted , to• trial on- board the - Excellent, and • in length the distance of earth froth.brightness - hi durin the coin- ' to equal ~ the- . revivable at -La. Arcade,Strand.-Theatiove ROOMS are OPEN EVERY ' .commenced with a charge of 51b of powder, in- the sun, or that of a line including the orbits . of the cidenee r the star i s seen... :.• . went from the mass of - Jupiter. On the 28th of -- p th rOof oilleititia. EVENING... The celebrated band of the Argyll Rooms will' i creasing to •171 b. .It was intimated that it would - two - planets,'Venus and Mercury. ' ,It is eV en prob- We indebted to Arago's polarisation. pxperiments . June, 1770, this comet's distance from the earth , . •• _ . _ .i , i r l r a a y i4 b a 3 t r a pr a t t iciti t lar oi d e lire, selections Conductor,, 1 11 r l o o m ns ' . i I A T . raa i i t r oA 1, E a . • be prudent for every caution to be. observed, and able that the emanations from tho comets of 1811 for the most important and decisive observations on was only six times that of the moon from the earth. a 'of real .. .or per- Principal 'cornet t - g li-piston, M. Boulcotirt. • Leader, Mr. Charles ' so Hall. Doors open at hall-past 8, commence at 9. Admission,' the . gunner . (Mr: - Nash) ' dropped over the and 1823 mixed with our atmosphere. • the nature - of the light of comets. His polariscope The same comet passed twice, in 1767 and in 1769, side of th Stork into a dingy with a long - through the system of the four satellites of Jupiter, ityin situations is " ~- • and upon the order being •giyen to fire, the pru- g ongmg to e - ,of thesun, as ysell as that of the comets ; 1:4 informs - ithout causing its , lightest sensible derangement • . . • in ; may be ob- .•- • • . • dente of such precaution was lally apparent, for- that the.desoriptiongiven.of one of these "wander- us whether a luminous ray, which reaches us from in these small bo whose.movements are so well Letter, addressed - 11 R. .KAHN'S ANATOMICAL ' MUSEUM,- the gun burst into three pieces, the heaviest• , • ins light-clouds". as they were called by Xeno- a ditante 'of Many' millions - of Miles, is a direct or portion 0 . _ . . . . . known. T 1 t t f 1680, when at its • the great come o Pe n " I .SMITIL . .-1-- , 3, •TICHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay- of which took a flight of some hundreds of yards pha,nes, and The= * of Alexandria; centemporaries a reflected. or:refracted ray.; and, if direct, Whether and Secretary. 'market). ••' - - . .•- • • . • •- ' . IV of •• Pa . Ted - • helion on the 17th of December, was only one- .. Open daily(fer Gentlemen onl).• -- ' • ' into the air, and fell with terrific force almost im-, ppus), .can only be app i with much the source of light is as solid, a liquid, or a gaseous sixth of- thessun's diameter -from- tile; siiirface of .SSURANCE -- LECTURES by . Dr. - SEXT.ON.at Fou connectight o'clock, on mediately alongside the Stork, which presents a caution to another. The fainter telescopic comets he 4-. The light'Of Capella, and.that of the great that body ; an approach _eight or nine times nearer Feb. 25, 1858:- imp_o_rtant and interesting topics in.on. with ANA- . _ are for the most part without tails, - and resemble comet. of 1819, were examined at ; the Paris Obser• I within Days of TOHY, PnY,SIOLOGY, , and PATHOLOGY (vide Pro- r mainmast' and foremast wreck, inasmuch as' he , . , _ , than Lexell's comet made to the earth, and equa Herschel 'S nebulous. star. Their a ear-tnee is that • practice of this -grammes)." ~. were carried away, , her funnel struck by a portion • . .- . . . , ' • • • Adinission 'ONE' SITILTANG-.* ranee, notwith- . of circular nebulm sh ini ng- with a faint 11 ht con- L, This is g . polarised, and therefore reflected light ; whilst, as the earth. Owing to the feebleness of the light of ithin the 30 days - DR. KAHN'S NINE •LE€TURES . . _ ON ' THE ' PHILO of the exploded gun, which cut it nearly in two, cVntrateu towards-the centre.. anium, provided SOPHY OF MARRIAGE, &c., sent post free, direct from the and the topsides con,siderably damaged: . ,- distant comets, perihelia, which • take • place beyond Er be given to Author, on the receipt of.twelve stamps. .. ... . type,,.but .not, on , that account, a rudimen- be a self-luminous sun. • The existence of polarised ~ r grace, . - . . • • tart' type for it might equally be the • ... • , cometary light announced itself not only by the the orbit of Mars can very seldom be observed by the inhabitants of the earth ; and of all the comets ors, R° TA L. G.ARDENS, _VAUXHALL. .• = TSB ARMY. . , type . - of - a eosmical body grown old •• • and inequality of the ithrigeS, but was shown with still , which - • :S, Chairman. DireCtor, Mr...K._ DIIFFELL. have,heen computed. hitherto, that of 1729 is 4 . exhausted . by exhalation.: We can distinguish greater certainty, at the re-appearanceof Halley's - OPEN FOR TWO NIGHTS . MORE, TUESDAY, . . the only one which has its- perihelion between -the • LIFE Oct. llth, positively the Last Night. but :One.-Vocal and The King Philip, 1,253 tons, Commander C. H. in the larger comets, the " head," or " nucleus," comet in 1835, .by the , more striking contrast of orbits of Pallas and Jupiter, it was even observed. . Instrumental Concerts in the Handel rchestra-Wonderful Cary, which has been taken up by the Hon. Council and the " tail,"' either single or multiple; which the complementary colours, in accordance with the Performances on the Ballet Stage-H. CroueSte's talented '„. the • • beyond the latter planet. ASSURANCE, Company of Equestrians, and several new celebrities, in the of iChinese astronomers more 'characteristieall deno- num for conveyance of reinforcements. to s . y laws of chromatic polarisation Aiscovered.by Arago Since a degree of scientific knowledge, sometimes VMENTS, &c. Cirque Irnperiale-Extra Fireworks-Thousands of -Extra India, embarked the following troops at Custom- minate by the word " brush" (anti). The nucleus in 1811. These fine experiments leave ithowever Variegated Lamps-Dancing before and after the Fireworks sound but oftener vagpe and partial, has extended house-quay, Gravesend, usually presents no definite outline, although in .• 1 yesterday, for Calcutta— - • --- , Two Bands-Open at 7, commences ,at half-past-Admix- into wider circles of social life, the fears of Possible Chairman.- sion, is.',• children 6d. GRAND CLOSING FETE on WED- viz., 20 men of the 19th Regiment, Ist battalion, some rare instances it appears . like a star of the first light, comets may not have a proper light of their evils threatened by comets have perhaps rather in- ssson, Esq. . NESDAY, Oct. 13. 22 men of the 29th Regirligg, and2B men of the 75th or second magnitude; and. in the larger comets of own. Even in planets, in-Vcnus for example, an . , creased in weiolt as their direction has become sq. s Regt., from the battalionSSer infantry at Chatham 1402, 1532, 1577, 1744, - and 1843; has even been evolution of independent light appears very-pro- Ssq. ' more definite, '6 The certainty that within the ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square. garrison; 150 non - commissioned officers and men clearly seen in bright sunshine. As the tail of the sable, mon, Esq. known planetary orbits there are comets which visit (The best Ventilated Building•in Europe.) • - of the Royal Artillery . , fromWoolwich ;60 men of comet of 1402 was seen in bright sunshine, so also The variable intensity of the light of comets is Lessees, Messrs. Howes and Cushing. our regions at short intervals—the considerable the Ist battalion sth Fusiliers, 23 men of the Ist -in the recent great comet of - 1843 the nucleui and not always to be explained by their place in the WALLETT'S GREAT EQUESTRIAN COMPANY perturbations which istheir paths undergo by the Are still in their zenith of attraction. Senora DELAVANTI battalion, Otis - Regiment, 60 men of the 3.4 th Regi- tail were visible on the 28th of Feb. in North Ame- orbit, their distance from the sun. In parti- attractions -of Jupiter and Saturn, whereby appa- in her incredible and terrific Ascent on the Atlantic Tele- ment, 25 men of the 37th Regiment, and 20 men of rica, between one and three o'clock in the after- cular individuals it certainly indicates, internal • rently harmless bodies might be converted into den- Pastor, J. Radford graph Wire is 'daily and nightly hailed with cheers ; ' ':' i c oo k the 38th Regiment, frora Colchester ; together with noon. (J. G. Clarke, of Portland, in the State of processes of ' condensation, and increased or dimi- . Pastor,.the Star Rider of America ; Julia Tourna re, , serous ones—the intersection of the earth's orbit by the wonderful Delavanti Family, Herr Footit, &c., appear the following officers :—Lieut.-Col. H. R. Carden, Maine.) The distance of the very dense nucleus nished capability of reflecting light. In the comet that of Biela's comet—the recognitionSsf the existence suit-street. • at each Exhibition. The celebrated Clown, Mr. Harry 77th Regiment ; Capt. T. D. Fordo, 46th Regiment ; from the sun's linib could be measured with great of 1618, as in that which has a period of revolu- of a cosmical. ether, which as a retarding medium Croueste is engaged, and will appear at eachrepresentation. s• Lieut. W. A. - Roberts, Royal Artillery ; Ensign J, exactness. The.nucleus-and tail appeared as a very tion of three years, Hevelius saw the nucleus lessen .s.s., sic. • TWO PERFORMANCES EACH DAY, , tends to contract orbits—the differences betweenin- 'Commencing at Half-past Two and Half-pest, Seven H. Bradshaw - and - Ensign between the tail and. the nucleus a 'theperihelion, and enlarge at the aphelion of • • F. H. D. Brome, ' sth pure white cloud, . t dividual comets, which allow of the supposition of . , . o'clock, p.m. - ' ' Fusiliers; Ensign J. Fitzgerald, 6th Foot ; Ensign there was one darker part. The latter circumstance the 'comet; this remarkable pheenomenon, which considerable diversity in the mass of the nucleus— Admission-Private boxes, £1 10s. to X 2 10s. each ; stalls, Tordan, 34th Regiment ; Ensign G. F. Vesey, appeais to indicate, in particular individuals, a had long remained unheeded, has since been ob- rd-street. Lutley motives of alarm which bytheir number are 5s ; reserved seats, 3s. • boxes, 2s ; pit, 15 ; gallery, 6d. . • • 19th - Regiment ; and Ridingmaster C. C. Brooke, denser mass, capable of reflecting light with greater served by the distinguished astronomer, Valz, at Box-office open from 10 a.m. until 5 pm' No fees for variety are fully equivalent to the vague fears rcliffe, Bedford- booking places. Children under 9, half-price. ' 9th Lancers. Staff-Surgeon W. M. Dowding, from intensity. Even in Herschel's large telescope, only 'Nismes. The regularity of the alteration of the whichprevailed in fcenturies of " fiery former ' f the rein- two comets . showeetwell-defi diseS vi z., comet Fermoy, embarked in medical charge o ned , z s the volume according to the distance from the sun, ap- . swords," and " long haired. blazing stars," threaten- crill be declared 9 7 H ORL E Y'S• P 0 si-D FOR cAT T L E.— fercements. The King Philip is a very Ane.vessel, discovered in Sicily in 1807; and the - find comet of peered exceedingly striking ; the physical explana- . in u ni versal II I The tranquillising con- -5 con agra ion. rang ~ -I- It is only a short time since this singularly efficacious and her accommodation for troops is very superior ; 1811, the one, haying-an angle of 1 sec., and the non of the phienomenon cannot well be sought in 5 :- siderations which, on the other hand, have been de- article of animal diet first made its appearance; and already it • thatshe will make the passage to other of 0 see. 77, whence he inferred, their true the greater condensation of the cosmical ether in i s, is expected Permanent its celebrity is world-wide. .It has been a subject of wonder, _ . from the calculus of probabilities, being ad- in Reduction and has puzzled many a brain to explain how this has been Calcutta in a short period, The vessel was to leave diameters to be respectively 534 and - 4N mlies. the vicinty of th for is difficult to imagine -'ed e. sun, it brought about. Yet when we are acquainted with a few facts .The measurement of the less well defined nuclei the nebulous envelope of the nucleus of the comet s • • • • of Annual the Thames last night. . h bwith imagination, modern science as been accused, wi concerning the food, our wonder will cease. A few days since, the Premiu ms. wrote, tt" .- that he had horse which - The following reinforcements will embark at of comets of -1798 and 1805 gas - e • cliameters of to be, like a vesicle, impervious to the ether, a gentleman s a in„a some degree of justice, of only endeavouring to allay • s perfect bag of bones. ." He tried . all kinds of -thi ng s to get Gravesend this day for Calcutta, on board the Lady only 24 to 28 • miles. In several comets which The very dissimilar eccentricities of the eliptical d. £ s. d. fears which she has herself contributed to excite. 4 56 3 8 the animal Into condition, but in vain. He then bought some ,-„ c is taYia 1 200 tons, Commander D. Welsh, viz.:— were examined with great care, and particularly paths of differents comets, has led in modern times o 32 0 4 of Thorley's food ; and he says the effect was wonderful. The 1 ' That the unexpectedandextraordinary should 'n the sib • horse rapidly grew fat, and in the course of a few week alitd 1 subaltern and 13 men of the Ist Battalion 23d i ht -namdd comet of 1811 which was so (1819) to a brilliant accession to our knowledge of 0 16 6 0 • oftener excite f than • or hope, springs from a.. _ lon • • 8 10 15 2 gained no less than 12 atones. Again we find at the late Royal Welsh Fusiliers ; six men of the 35th (Royal gsn sight s the nucleus and its nebulous envelope the solar system. Encke has discovered the exls- -7 cultural shows at Birmingham, Cardiff, Are., the animals which source more see y sea ein d 1 t d our common nature. 6 67 - carried off the highest prizes had been partly fed-with Thor- ' were Sussex) Regiment, 10 men of th e 42d Royal High- entirely separated from the tail by a darker tense of a comet having so short a period of revolu- The strange aspect of a large comet, its faint nebu- ley's food for cattle. Such facts speak for themselves, and we landers, one subaltern and 60 men of the 54th Regi- space. The intensity of light in the nucleus of a tion, that it always remains within our planetary offered by the lows gleam, its sudden appearance in the vault of are forced to . the conclusion that _ its celebrity arises solely ment, one subaltern and 19 men of the 60th Rifles, .comet does not- increase in a uniform manner to- system, and even reaches its aphelion, or greatest from its own intrinsic merits, and the great demand for it can heaven, have almost always, and in all regions of gst the assured proceed alone from the good opinion and testimony of those one subaltern and 16 men of the 73d Regiment, 38 wards the centre, but bright zones alternate with di s t ance from the sun, between the orbits of Jupiter t h e eart h , b een v i ewe d as the portentous heralds of who have tried it. All parties interested in horses and cattle men of the 88th Connaught Rangers, 18 men of the concentric nebulous envelopes, which are less lumi- and of the small planets. The eccentricity of its impending change in the established order of things. will do well to apply to 77, Newgate-street, London, fora aid pounds.(Earl of noun. 93d Highlanders, and 40 men of the 97 th • The tail - sometimes appears single, more orbit is 0.845 ; that of Juno, which has the greatest pamphlet which is sent post-free. The phenomenon itself being of short duration, its annual report rarely double, and in two instances, in the comets eccentricity among the planets, being 0.255. s This ousand pounds. ____-------•--------. Ulster's) Regiment. , reflection is the more naturally looked for in con- Is. The Sandfly steam gunboat has arrived at Chat- of 1807 and 1843, the two branches were of very comet has been more than once seen, though with tempomneous or immediately succeeding . events, six thousand. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND 1819; MATURITY, ham from Portsmouth, and has commenced shipping , different length ; in the comet of 1744 the tail had difficulty, by the naked eye, in Europe, in and it is seldom difficult to fix on. some incident every year. paid in claims Just published, price ls., post free, in an Envelope, for 13 - war stores for that port. New Holland in six. branches, the two exterior diverging at an angle and, accordmg . to Rumker, in , which ma b• te t d the f h ye in rpre eas calamity ores own. nd pounds. • stamps. build- of 60 . The line-of-battle screw steamer Hood, 91, deg. The tails - have been sometimes straight 1822. Its period of revolution is about 3.3 ears •• y ,In our own time, however, the popular mind has in, apply to the ELF-PRESERVATION.—A Medical Treatise ing at Chatham, is so far completed that she will sometimes curved ;in the latter case either concave but from the most careful comparison of the epochs :S, Chairman. "--' on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System, Q. — taken. another and more cheerful, tho h • thou sin if required. The * towards both sides, or, as in 1618, convex towards of its return to its perihelion, the remarkable fact and Physical Debility, resulting be fit to be launched this y ear direction in t tocomets. A th G respec mong eGerman and on the cure of Nervous be fitted is the direc • ' d that this eriod has re ularl • from vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from i ntachinery with which she IS ordered. to se ton in which the comet is moving ; and has been discovered p g Y Vineyards, in. the beautiful valleys of the Rhine and the Ph y- MEDICINE. youth to Manhood, with practical o m bs o e r r a v l a , tainor physical rel y - . ' a ' of 600 horse-power. . sometimes the tail even appears inflected like a decreased in every successive revolution from 1786 the Moselle, a favourable influence on the ripening lency, Phlegm, filog,y of o Marriage in added its social, emarks on the wonders of the The 48th Foot, f rom Gib ra ltar, and the 40th and flame in motion. The tails are always turned from tolB3B ; the diminution amounting in an interval of the grape and on the quality of the wme has hats, Hysteria, , flogs. Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries "of Life within 91st Foot, from Corfu and the Mediterranean, have -the sun, and so directed that the prolongation of of 52 years to 1.8 day. ion, Heartburn, : Life," and its advantages in detecting, by urinary exempla- Suez on the axis would d comet Of shOrt • period, been ascribed to these bodies, long regarded as so Tits, Diarrhoea, . .. 1 th d effect of in_ of these complaints, passed through Egypt, and embarked at 1 . ld pass through the centre of that body To this first discovered ill-omened ; nor has experience of a contrary kind, dent ,Cramps, Cramps, . jp , l, ni g: ro us: a a e n a engravings and cases. board the steam t rans p or t s Feroze, Zenobia, and' — this circumstance, according to Edouard Biot, there was soon added a second planetary comet, which has not been wanting in these days when iancy oil at sea), with By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., Oriental, and sailed for Calcutta. was remarked by the Chinese astronomers as early having its aphelion beyond the orbit of Jupiter, but Consumption, 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, . comets have been so often seen, been able to shake ived by Matriculated Menilier of the University of Edinburgh, Hono i - Yesterday the Admiralty took up the Caroline ,as 837, but was first . Europe b clearly stated m• y within that of Saturn, Bi , • ela's comet discovered in the belief in this meteorological fable of wandering th-Restoring nary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, L Fr • Coventry, .to convey military stores to Bombay, • acastoro and Peter Apian in the 16th century. 1826, has a period of revolution of 6.75 years, and heat imparting stars. i_ . h saves fifty connate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. and the Star of the East, - to carry a detachment of W .. e . may conceive that these emanations form cono- its li sibs IS2 still fainter than that of Enelre's_ The .i le , - .... ay. TU., .-....-,.....-, .-.1.2.....,.., 44., ....,..54.4an ia I, rukint not the fear- .... THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published, price ls., post free, in an Envelope, for 13 stamps. SELF -PRESERVATION.—A Medical Treatise on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System, and on the cure of Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from youth to Manhood, with practical observations on the Phy siology of Marriage in its social, moral, and physical rela tions. To which are added remarks on the wonders of the Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries "of Life within Life," and its advantages in detecting, by urinary examina tion, the cause and effect of every variety of these complaints, with numerous engravings and cases. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Hono rary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Li centiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. The essential obJect of this treatise is to point out the fear ful consequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Manhood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is particularly recommended 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 is en titled. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principks 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 a cure. Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, and may be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Horne, 19, Leicester square ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; or 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. and J. Hormusjee,Apollo- street ; Bombay—Circulator Office ; Madras—Mofussilite Office, Agra; Dodsworth, Colombo, Ceylon ; and of all Booksellers through out the Colonies; TIER ARMY. The King Philip, 1,253 tons, Commander C. H. Cary, which has been taken up by the Hon. Council of India for the conveyance of reinforcements to India, embarked the following troops at Custom house-quay, Gravesend, yesterday, for Calcutta— viz., 20 men of the 19th Regiment, Ist battalion, 22 men of the 29th RegimeAt, and 28 men of the 75th Regt., from the battalions of infantry at Chatham garrison ; 150 non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery, from Woolwich ; 60 men of the. Ist battalion sth Fusiliers, 23 men of the Ist battalion, 6th Regiment, 60 men of the 34th Regi ment, 25 men of the 37th Regiment, and 20 men of the 38th Regiment, from Colchester ; together with the following officers :—Lieut.-Col. H. R. Carden, 77th Regiment ; Capt. T. D. Forde, 46th Regiment ; Lieut. W. A. •Roberts, Royal Artillery ; Ensign J. H. Bradshaw and Ensign F. H. D. Brome, • sth Fusiliers ; Ensign J. Fitzgerald, 6th Foot ; Ensign Lutley Jordan, 34th Regiment ; Ensign G. F. Vesey, 19th Regiment; and Ridingmaster C. C. Brooke, 9th Lancers. Staff-Surgeon W. M. Dowding, from Ferraoy, embarked in medical charge of the rein forcements. The King Philip is a very fine.vessel, and her accommodation for troops is very superior ; it is expected that she will make the passage to Calcutta in a short period. The vessel was to leave the Thames last night. - The following reinforcements will embark at Gravesend this day for Calcutta, on board the Lady Octavia, 1,200 tons, Commander D. Welch, viz.:- 1 subaltern and 13 men of the Ist Battalion 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers ; six men of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment, 10 men of the 42d Royal High landers, one subaltern and 60 men of the 54th Regi ment, one subaltern and 19 men of the 60th Rifles, one subaltern and 16 men of the 73d Regiment, 38 men of the 88th Connaught Rangers, 18 men of the 93d Highlanders, and 40 men of the 97th (Earl of Ulster's) Regiment. The San dfly steam gunboat has arrived at Chat ham from Portsmouth, and has commenced shipping war stores for that port. The line-of-battle screw steamer Hood, 91, build ing at Chatham, is so far completed that she will be fit to be launched this year if required. The machinery with• which she is ordered to be fitted is of 600 horse-power. The 48th Foot, from Gibraltar, and the 46th and 91st Foot, from Corfu and the Mediterranean, have; passed through Egypt, and embarked at Suez on board the steam transports Feroze, Zenobia, and! Oriental, and sailed for Calcutta. Yesterday the Admiralty took up the Caroline Coventry, to convey military stores to Bombay, and the Star of the East, to carry a detachment of artillery and several hundred tons of military stores to Hong Kong. The Sir G. F. Seymour and th . ..e Forward were also hired to take out military stores to Bermuda and Halifax. Her Majesty's ship Russell, 60, Captain Storey, accompanied by her tender, the Hind gunboat, re turned to her station (as coastguard head-quarters for the western district) at Falmouth, on Friday, from a cruise to the eastward. In consequence of the lamentable destruction by fire of the steamer Austria, the Admiralty have directed their attention to the necessity of using every precaution to prevent the possibility of so fearful a calamity occurring , on board any of her Majesty's steamships, and ° yesterday orders were issued for experiments to be made with Horsey's patent, which consists of a steam cock at the top of the boiler, from which pipes extend all over the ship, so that on fire occurring in any part of a vessel it may, by simply turning the cock, be de luged with steam and extinguished. An order was yesterday received at Woolwich from the War Department, directing the authori ties of the Royal Artillery Garrison to extend as far as practicable the number of bathrooms already commenced, so as to admit of the frequent bathing, in hot or cold water, of the entire garrison. The substitution of Captain Grant's culinary apparatus in lieu of the ordinary mode of barrack kitchen has rendered 12 of the old cookhouses available for other purposes. These are ordered to be given over to the Royal Engineers, to be fitted with eight baths each, for the exclusive use of the non commissioned officers and soldiers. The new method of ventilating the men's sleepino• rooms is in progress throughout the garrison, and is found to work most effectually. Yesterday the whole of the metropolitan divisions of the enrolled Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital were summoned for their annual drill and training. The east division musters on Tower-hill, the west in the grounds of Chelsea Hospital. the north in the Cavalry Barracks, Regent's -park, and the south at Kennington. They will be trained and put through battalion drill from the 21st to the 29th inst., and on the 30th inst. all the divisions will be reviewed i n Hyde-park by Colonel Sir A. M. Tulloch. THE LATE GALE. —During the gale of Thursday last the whole of the tents of the encampment be longing to the Pembroke garrison at Freshwater east were entirely blown down. Both officers and THE C'O2IIET. (From Humboldt's "Cosmos," trsnslatcd by Mrs. &thine) We have now to notice the unnumbered host of comets. If we estimate according to the rules of the calculus of probabilities, the equable distribution of the paths of these bodies, the limits of th e i r peri helia, and the possibility of their remaining invisible to the inhabitants of the earth, their possible num bers will be an anima of myriads astonishing to the imagination. Kepler, with his usual liveliness of expression, said, even in his day, " there are More comets in space than fishes in the ocean." As yet, however, we: hardly possess as many as 150 calculated paths of comets ; hut we have notices more or less precise of the appearance of 600 or 700 of such'bodies; and of their passage through known constellations.. Whilst the classic nations of the West,the Greeks and-the Romans, do,. indeed, Some times mention the plaCe in the heavens where a cometrwas first - seen, hilt never afford us informa tiousespecting its appasent path, the literature of the Chinese (who observed nature diligently, and carefully recorded everything) supplies us with cir cumstantial notices of the comets seen by them, and of the constellations which each passed through. These notices extend back to more than five centu ries before the ChriStian era, and many of them are still found 'useful in astronomy: • The paths of the four first comets which it has been possible to in vestigate have been computed from Chinese obser vations. They are those of 240 (in the reign of Gor dian, III:), of 539, (in that of Justinian) of 565, and 837. According to Du Sejour, the last of these must have been 'for 24 hours 2,000,000 geographical miles only from the earth. It appeared during the reign of Louis-le -Debonnaire (the son: of Charlemagne), and was thonght to prognosticate disasters which that' monarch sought to avert by founding, conven tnal establishinents, .whild the 'Chinese astiono .mers- were soientifically engaged in tracing its path. Its tail' was 60 degrees in, length, and. ap peared'sometiiiibs simple and sometimes divided. The, first comet computed exch*ively from observations -is ~laat- of : 1456, or Halley's comet, so' named on the occasion which .was long, though erroneously;'- supposed to hai'e been its , first well ascertained appearance:: ..13f all planetary..bodies, 'comets--though their mean mass is probably much less than the fivoothousandth part - of that or the earth—are -those NV.hick occupy the greatest space, their wide-spreading. tails often . _extending Over many Millions of miles. ,The cone of light reflect ing gaseous matters Which radiates from Them has been found in "some instances,. as in 1680 and 1811, to equal in length the distance of the_ earth from the sun, or that of a line including, the orbits of the two planets, 'Venus and Mercury. ,It is mien' prob able that the 'emanations from the comets of 1811 and 1823 mixed with our atmosphere. Cornets show their diversities ef form, diversities belonging rather to the indMdual than to the class, that the desoription given. of one of these " wander ing light-clouds". (as they were called by Xeno phanes,"and" Theon of Alexandria; contemporaries of Pappus), can only be applied with much caution to another. The fainter telescopic comets are for the most part without tails, and resemble Herschel'S nebulous star. Their appearance is that of circular nebulm shininm with a faint light con centrated towards the centre.. This is the simplest type,,,but not, on that account, a rudimen tary type, for it might equally be the type 'of - a Cosinical body 'grown Old and exhausted by exhalation.: We cmi distinguish in the larger comets, the " head," or " nucleus," and the " tail," either single or Multiple, whieli the Chinese astronomers more 'characteristiCally deno minate by the word " brush" (sui). The nucleus usually presents no definite outline, although in some rare instances it appears - like a star of the first ,or second magnitude; and in the larger comets of 1402, 1532, 1577, 1744, and 1843; has even been clearly seen in bright sunshine. As the tail of the comet of 1402 was seen in bright sunshine, so also -in the recent great comet of '1843 the nucieui and tail were visible on the 28th of Feb. in North Ame rica, between one and three o'clock in the after noon. (J. G. Clarke, of Portland, in the State of Maine.) The distance of the very dense nucleus from the sun's could be measured with great exactness. The nucleus-and tail, appeared as a very pure white cloud, between the tail and the nucleus there was one darker part. The latter circumstance appears to indicate, in particular individuals, a denser mass, capable of reflecting light with greater intensity. Even in Herschel's large telescope, only two comets ShoWed'well-defined. discs, viz., the comet discovered 'in Sicily in 1807, and the-fine comet of 1811, the one, having-an angle of 1 sec., mid the other of 0 sec. 77, whence he inferred, their true diameters to be respectively 534 and 4N mlies. The measurement of the less. well defined nuclei of the comets of 1798 and 1805 •gave. diameters of only 24 to 28 miles. In several comets which were examined with great care, and particularly in the above-namdd comet of 1811 which was so long in sight,, the nucleus and its nebulous envelope were entirely separated from the tail by a darker space. The intensity of light in the nucleus of a , comet does not- increase in a uniform manner to wards the centre, but bright zones alternate with concentric nebulous envelopes, which are less lumi nous. The tail- sometimes appears single, more rarely double, and in two instances, in the comets of 1807 and .1843, the two branches were of very different length ; in the comet of 1744 the tail had six, branches, the two exterior diverging at an angle of 60 deg. The tails have been sometimes straight sometimes curved ; in the latter case either concave *towards both sides, or, as in 1618, convex towards the directi on in ich the comet is moving ; and sometimes the tail even appears inflected like a flame in motion. The tails are always turned from -the sun, and so directed that the prolongation of the axis would pass through the centre of that body —this circumstance, according to Edouard Biot, was remarked by the Chinese astronomers as early as 837, but was first clearly . stated in Europe by Fracastoro and Peter Apian in the 16th century. We may conceive that these emanations form cono idal envelopes of greater or less thickness, which would furnish a very simple explanation of several of the remarkable optical phwnomena above men tioned. Not only are different comets characterised by great difference of form—some being entirely with out visible tails, others, as the third comet of 1618, having a tail of 104 degrees in length—but we also see the same comets pass through successive and rapid variations. These changes have been well and most accurately described in the comet of 1744, by Heinsius, at Petersburg, and in Halley's comet, on its last re-appearance, in 1835, by Bessel at Konigsberg. A tuft of rays issued from that part of the nucleus which was turned towards the sun. These rays thus issuing were bent backwards, so as to form part of the tail. The nucleus of Halley's comet, with its emanations, presented the appear ance of a burning rocket, the train of Which was deflected sideways by a current of air. The rays issuing from the head of the comet were seen by Arago and myself, at the Observatory at Paris, to assume very different forms on successive nights. The great Konigsberg astronomer concluded from many measurements and from theoretical considera tions, " that the outstreaming cone of light deviated notably both to the right and to the left of the true direction towards the sun, but that it always returned to that direction, and passed beyond it to the opposite side.; so that both the cone of light, and the body of the comet from which it issued, were subject to a rotatory or rather vibratory mo tion, in the plane of the orbit." He finds " that the - ordinary power of the attractive force of the sun on gravitating bodies is not sufficient to explain such vibrations, and is of opinion that they would seem to indicate a polar force, which tends to turn one of the semi-diameters of the comet towards the sun, and the opposite semi-diameter from the sun. The magnetic polarity possessed by the earth may present something analo . gous, and should the sun have the oppo site polarity, a resulting influence might manifest itself in the precession of the equinoxes." This is not the place for entering more at length into this subject; but observations so remarkable,itis general and s important with reference to the most wonderf u l class of comical bodies belonging to our solar syst em ought not to be entirely passed over n this view of nature. Although, in the greater number of cases, the. tails of comets increase in, magnitude and brilliancy ire ?" her i she then d it. could Id to t she knife said, " I'll then ed to my said mow good — She I me 1 her stand e. I said, ." I three rder" cora trial to 32s to--s to 301 to 50s to ---s trade to . --a to 50s to 480 to 48s is Gd ; 3. 6d.j flfieid yianif West 4s 6d; Od. -s.0(1.; s. o€l.`• . Od. ; v ., 15s I. 6d. 16s. rs. 3d; 3d.; ybu ;. 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