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Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-house, TAE 20th Jan., 1859. COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the Iw,9,IFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL o f th e UNITED ° 3l of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO I{7-"F,". REIC GIVE NOTICE, that on THURSDAY, the 3d to ii'arY next, at Half-past One o'clock, they will be ready fo eat with such Per as may be willing to CONTRApT Storey4 ll3 g and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling at Deptford. ItUla 50,000 Gallons. ••• • • • tr . /Vll . en to be delivered—Half in three weeks and te re - toinder in three weeks afterwards, or earlier i f-prefe rred by party tendering elide -ra may be made for the whole or any portion of the m ir e heir Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when `gtenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, e t a f e such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a Unit i t q ua ntiY• or o f not contracting for any, and also an d power of slection. Trtie rum to b e exempted from the Customs' duties, and Va n tie Ft tendering are to state where it is lying. , t „_ples of the rum to be sent in pints for each import mark, 4 ,7 lie average strength of each mark ex to be stated, tin . not an average of di ff erent marks or strengths of several rrts, and any parcel of rum that is found not to be of the d a eiZ e q u alitY• mark, or average strength of the sample ten and—d accepted, will be rejected by the officers, Th e ed,samples roduced bpersons whose tenders are not ac are requested to b e taken away by them immediately r the Contract has been decided. afin tender will be received unless made on the rinted form tvlded for the purpose, and whic h may be ob tained at the E , ; ,. 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For Qualification, vide " Diplomas," and the " London Medical Directory." .....__ FIFTY THOUSAND CURES nave been effected without Medicine, inconvenience or expense of Indigestion (dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, Wervousness, Biliousness, Liver Compl a i n t s, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Eruptions, Impurities, Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Hemorrhoids, Headache, Noises in the Head Cand Ears, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, Sickness (during pre gnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, B ronc hi t i s, Consumption, also Children's I Co mplaints, are eff ec t ua l ly removed by )11 BARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring Ames its ARABICA FOOD, whi c h saves fifty Tines its cost in other remedies, and is, moreover, the best Mod Mt infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid tn the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a good liberal diet, the imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of gratitude from invalids thus cured :—Cure No. 71, of dyspep sia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies—" Dro sidera Mans, ble poquin, County W a t er f ord.—l have derived con benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and co nsider it du e t o yourselves end the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies." Cure No. 49 ,8:12. " Fifty }Tars' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, ner vousness, asthma, cowrh, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by un Norfolk" Food. Maria Jolly Wortham Ling, rear Dias, Cure No. 47,121. Mimi' Elizabeth Jacobs, of I,Tazing. Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, of extre me ner vousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous f an- Cies. Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near tiverpool : of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors ofnervous irritability. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew Ure, of con- Dstipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 34,210. r. Shorland, of dropsy and debility. Cur e N o. 3 6,212. Cap n Allan, of epileptic fits. Cur e N o. 42,116. Major Edie, of liver and kidney disease, and total prostration of strength Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minste r , o f cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings. Cure No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey, of diarhoea a nd debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. W urtzer, of 4xmsumption. Cure N o , 39,880. Wm. Hunt. Esq., ba rr i ster, of paralysis. Cure No 46,270. - Mr. James Robert s,timber-m erc h ant, of Frim ley, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver de rangerhent, partial deafness. Cure No. 180. "Twenty-five constipation, indigestion, and d e bi lity, yea rs' ner vousness, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no me dicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually eared by ran Barry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Reeves, "Eight years' Fleet -street London." 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DU BARRY'S ANTI-DIARRIVEAL BON BONS are a never-failiwy, remedy for English cholera, b owel complaint, diarrhea, dysentery, &c., &c. In boxes—ls. lid., 2s. 9c1., 4s. 6d, J. Sanger, 150, Oxford-street, London, and all Chemists. DU BARRY'S FOOD FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN, AND INVALIDS, supersedes the dangers and expense of wet nursing, as infants are easily reared w ith it , and it is the best and most digestible Food for the delicate and invalids of epreet y age. In canisters, at 25., and 121 b 21s. Th e l arge cants rs free of,carriage. Barry Du Barry, and Co., 77, Regent , London. Avoid Pills, and all other Medicine for Indigestion (dys- P.epsial, habitual Constipation, Flatulency, Acidity, Palpita pon of the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, bilious Headaches, Neryougness, Biliousness, General Debility, Diarrhea, Cough, Asthma, Consumption. Despondency, Spleen, &c. 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Just published (with an Appendix on the Curative Powers of Galvanic -Electricity), price ls., free by post for 13 stamps, SELF -PRESERVATION. — A Medical Treatise on NERVOUS DEBILITY and FUNCTIONAL WEAKNESS, more particularly in reference to the INFIR MITIES and DISORDERS of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM; tracing. the Origin of these distressing afflictions to causes which vitiate the very fountains of Life and prematurely de stroy the vigour of Manhood. With Practical Observations on the Cure of these Diseases, and on the extraordinary re storative power of LOCAL GALVANISM in cases of nervous prostration, muscular debility, and functional incapacity, when used in combination with the remedial agents so suc cessfully employed by the Author during a practice of up wards of Twenty years. With descriptive Cases, numerous Engravings, Instructions, &c. 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In cases where the vital essences have been weakened by the influences of tropical climates, by pernicious habits, indiscri minate excesses, improper diet, hardship, or by iniudicious treatment, the means of cure adopted by the author, in con junction with the application of Local Galvanism, have gene rally been found successful, even in cases where recovery had been pronounced impossible. Published by the Author, price Is., or free by post for thir teen stamps, and may be had of Allen, Warwick-lane, Pater noster-row, London ; Westmacott, chemist, Market-street, Manchester; J, Guest, Bull-street, Birmingham; Baraclough, Fargate, Sheffield ; Rayner, High-street, Southampton ; W. Love, Enoch-square, Glasgow; H. Powell, Westmoreland street, Dublin, or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight, at his residence, 37, Bedford-square, London NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. Patent Office Seal of Great Britain. 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The project, poetic at once and national, of the directors of the Crystal Palace, for celebrating with all due solemnity the hundredth anniversary of the birthday of the great Scottish poet, met yesterday all the response that could have been expected from the compatriots of the deceased bard. The London bridge station of the railway was besieged from an early hour by an eager company, whose accent, as they engaged in excited conversation, gave unmis takeable evidence that it was north of the Tweed that most of them had first learned to appreciate the rare merits of the poet whose centenary they were about to celebrate. Trains were despatched at the shortest possible intervals, but still the crowd seemed to increase, and,' had it not been that the officers of this line are the most experienced about London in the management of sudden and immense influxes of passengers, it is highly probable that some accident might have resulted from the general eagerness and pressure. All, however, were brought to their journey's end in perfect safety, and at an unusually early hour the interior of the palace pre sented all the crowd and bustle of a fair, the illusion being further strengthened by the stalls withwhich the nave was lined, and all of which offered for sale appropriate little souvenirs of the poet. On one, of a literary character, might be had for a trifling sum a complete edition of his works, and on another. neat little busts in Parian warranted to be a correct likeness. Mr. Hayes, the superintendent of the Fine Arts Department, had extemporised imme diately under the great orchestra an exceedingly chaste and handsome " Court of the Poets," all the decorations of whichhad more or less reference to the business of the day. The court took the form of a semicircular architectural screen of classical design, supported by pillars in coloured marbles, and sur mounted by an elaborate cornieeupon which rested, at regular intervals, well-executed busts of the poets from whom Burns might have been supposed to have received some of his early inspiration, who were contemporary with him, or whose early, dawn might have impinged upon his sad although glorious sunset. At one extremity the sharp features of the sage of Fernay peered maliciously forward, at the. other the mild features of Alfieri presented themselves in marked contrast. Within was a 'goodly row, including the large massive features of Wordsworth as Wordsworth was in his prime, the epicurean features of Moore, and the Phidian lineaments of Byron. There were also Coleridge and Scott, Cowper and Shelley, a goodly, catalogue of illustrious men but yesterday, as it were, alive and practising their divine art amongst us—to-day but busts and a name, as far removed from the busy world which stood in crowds gazing at their " counterfeit presentments" as was Burns himself, whose bust, of heroic proportions, and having a column and a pedestal to itself, occupied a distinguishing central position in front of the court. This bust, the work of Mr. Calder Marshall, was much admired, and was strikingly like the well-known Nasmyth•portrait, which is admitted to be the most correct likeness of the poet extant. In the wall of the court were a great number of little panels framed and glazed, and within them were arranged such relics as the enterprise of the direc tors of the company, aided by the kindness of con tributors, had enabled them to bring together. There was the Nasmyth portrait itself, bearing on its front intrinsic evidence of its fidelity. It is true that there was not one amongst the crowds which surrounded this interesting " kit-cat" duEing the day that could have vouched for its resemblance to Robert Burns, but any one could have sworn that it was the likeness of a true poet, so bright and deep was the eye, so fine and ideal the forehead, so musical so to speak, the general arrangement of the features. There was anotherportrait, known as the Taylor portrait, but it was "of the earth, earthy," and did not seem as if it had been taken for the same individual. In some of the panels were pages from poor Buns' account book, in which the gains of his earlier 'forks were carefully summed up. This was the poet's ledger, and a great curiosity it was. Then, in another frame was, preciously preserved, the rough - draft of one of his ballads, and it told of the facility with which he composed, there being only two words—short words—altered in five verses of four lines each. Few of Moore's melodies ex ceeded these dimensions, and yet he himself con fesses that he kept some of them by him for five or six weeks, polishing and altering every day. " Scots wha hae," the finest war song that was ever written, sprung as it were complete from the head of the ploughman poet; he composed it as he rode along a dark wintry road, and when it was taken down it went to the printer's without a single alteration. But it was an inspiration, and an inspiration can not be improved. There was, too, the old desk upon which he had written during his life. and there was Burns' commission in the service of his sovereign as an exciseman. It was a curious employment for the great poet of nature, but he did his work faith fully and well. There was shown yesterday under a panel satisfactory evidence of the exactness with which his gauging accounts were kept. In one case also were only two locks of hair, one light brown, taken from the ploughman's head in youth; the other, silver grey, the contribution of " Jean Ar mour," when near the close of her earthly pilgri mage. Very small and insignificant objects they were both, hardly to be seen until you got up close to the glass, and yet it seemed as if nothing was looked at with more intense interest. There was also a large picture of Burns' installation as laureate to a masonic lodge in Edinburgh, which was inte resting as marking the time and the place when the poor fellow began to beset with the temptations which ruined him at last. The whole of these relics were objects of intense curiosity, being surrounded by thousands of persons during the day. At 12 o'clock precisely' the great organ pealed forth a strain of appropriate music, and a curtain being suddenly let fall, the whole of the poet's court and its precious contents were at once disclosed to .the company. A loud• cheer resounded through the building, and immediately the boy's band: of the Caledonian Asylum played an inspiriting Scottish air. From that moment until two o'clock, when the regular concert began, 'the sound of national airs might be heard in every corner. The youn6 Cale donians seemed to be omnipresent, and their zeal left nothing to be desired ; indeed it was with diffi culty they could be restrained during the very few moments which were occupied by Mr. Phelps in reading the prize poem. Then there were relays of pipers, and a military band, so that nothing was wanting in the way of appropriate accessories to the festival. In the concert a Mr. Mac Davitt made a creditable first appearance, and Misses Dolby, Lizzy Stuart, Ransford, and Madame Poma, were enthusiastically applauded in their ballads. Miss Stuart wore, with good taste and discretion, a very elegant tartan dress, and the compliment was fully appreciated by the audience. After the first por tion of the concert, preparations were at once com menced for reading the poem, and it is needless to add that this was a moment of great excitement and expectation. Mr. Grove appeared upon the platform holding a mysterious packet, and received a distinct round of applause. Then the workmen proceeded to cover the front rail with scarlet cloth, which, when properly extended, showed in the centre the word "Silence," printed in large white letters. This was the signal for a general laugh, but the hint was at once taken and obeyed. Then Mr. Phelps came.forward and had a hearty recogni tion which was succeeded by a death-like silence as he proceeded to open the large letter, which had been with due form handed to him by Mr. Grove. Another moment and he raises his voice—he has been requested to announce that the author of the successful poem is "Isa Craig, of Ranelagh-street, ?imlico." Now there is a general buzz and uni versal surprise. Professor Aytoun had been the favourite, and "Isa Craig" was entirely a " dark horse." " Who is Isa Craig ?" "Is it a man or a woman ?" "Is he here ?" and a thousand similar observations, ran round like lightning. Then the outsiders got boisterous, they had heard but indis tinctly, and clamored for a placard. The fortunate h poet ouhteef restored, poem, u i n l t i ao il atca h lastdnd a theap rtpho d e aea o thr z le3endnl reading nb n a er a Td,r m ah names s p sp in eina r oe a fd s m e r a d n e y e r, • nothing to be d es i re d. A ccus t ome d t o spe y a day, was then rea d. M r . Ph l kstetro ps e reading left e y , la se r f i l e a u i di t r e e n a c e e h s e , d t h e t h e e m i e n x e t n r t e m a c i tt es pitched o f his h s immensei s voice circle, and ie h nr i fy s o slow mud separate n t l h e a a s tw u t ek r r e d ed accents gave its full second poem, which val mr ue e t a o re eN narrowly escaped being first, was the work of a youth named Myers, who is not more than 15 years old. THE PRIZE POEM. (From the Times.) The important event of, the day was now at hand —the opening of the sealed envelope. containing the name of the author . of the Prize Poem,---the Fifty-guinea Ode to 'Sums, " not less than 100 nor more than 200 lines in length," the copyright of which becomes the property , of the Sydenham donor. Breathless was the attention with which the short preliminary address of Mr. Phelps was listened to. The popular tragedian, with lungs of Stentor, said—" I am requested to break this seal, and to announce' the name of the author of the poem . l am about to read to you." Everybody un derstood what was to follow ; and, in order to elicit the desired attention, there was no necessity what ever for hanging out that large red cloth over the balustrade of the orchestra, with the word" Silence" inscribed upon it in staring white capitals. Mr. Phelps deliberately broke the seal, and as delibe rately pronounced the favoured name—which, to those situated near enough sounded very like " Esau Craig," but to those fur er away was unin telligible. The directors, howiter, ready with any expedient but that of furnishing good singers, had caused the name of the fortunate minstrel to be written on parchment, and by exhibiting this re vealed to the spectators theiegitimate orthography. The prize poem was the- work of a lady—" Isa Craig"—a communication hailed with reiterated plaudits. Many passages were interrupted by ap plause, and among others the sixth strophe, allud ing to the poet's intimate familiarity with all the phenomena of nature ; the eighth, which in• smuates the folly of regretting that he Possessed the weaknesses of a man ; the tenth, which implies that' only the Almighty could 'have made him other than he was;. the eleVenth, alliding most eloquently to the veneration that now attaches to every scene and object with which 'the poet was' familiar during his lifetinie; and the twelfth, setting' forth how his song o have been endeared to distant lands through emigrants whose toils they have helped to lighten. The termination was followed by deafening shouts of applause,' and repeated calls for the author, which last were so obstinately persisted in that Mr. Bowley, general manager, was compelled to come forward and protest. "It is,"said the zealous and able functionary, " the wish of the directors as well as of yourselves to have the lady here—(A voice—" Lady ?" Answer—!‘ Yes, Lady.")--but you must be aware that we cannot bring her here. I hope, therefore, you will allow the concert to proceed." Thus ended the " Centenary celebration of the birth of Robert Burns," which may have brought money, but has certainly brought little credit to the Sydenham Palace. The thing should have been done on a more liberal' and efficient scale, or not at all—better, perhaps, not at all. (From the Morning Herald.) Here, then, was the poetic gem that carried off, by the unanimous arbitrament of the judges, the bays of victorious song against the array of a world of lyres—lording it triumphantly over 620 other. enterprising but disappointed poets, who entered the lists in this great tournament of harp strings, whose competitors for the last two months poured ceaselessly into the Crystal. Palace Parnassus. It cannot be concealed that a pretty general impres sion of disappointment prevails (and the almost total want of applause yesterday during the recital would appear to confirm it) as to the merit of the chosen poem. That it is not a chef-d'-ceuvre of song may be safely asserted ; that it is above medio crity no one will deny ; but that it is wanting in all glow of thought, the sublimity of image, the mas ter, the master passion, and the Sapphic fire that might have been thrown into the inspiration of the occasion, is transparent on the face of the poem itself. The general expression of critical opinion appeared to confine itself to such conditional gene. ralities as " I like it," " It's very good," &c., the remark naturally suggesting itself at the same time, " What must the other 620 poems have been if the judges (who were to have been of 'the highest standing in literature') adjudicated this to be the best P" At the close of the recitation of the poem, which Was in some parts rather monotonously " intoned" by Mr. Phelps, a proclamatory placard was hoisted over the orchestra, the name of the successful com petitor not having been caught by multitudes around, with the inscription in large black rubrics on a' white ground of " The, author of the poem is Isa Craig." Calls then arose for Isa Craig to come before the scenes, and multitudinous an& mysterious were the conjectures indulged in by lbe bystanders as to who Isa Craig could really be. Some sug gested that it was a mistake for " Ailsa Craig • ' others read it Esau Craig ; while many pronounce d the whole affair to be a mystery and a myth, see ing that the fortunate pri zeholder did not make her appearance to be corn plimented. The crowd indulged in these dreamy disquisitions and con jectures until the-scene and the subject were alto gether changed by the striking up of the band for the supplemental concert. From all that we could ascertain, however, from the most reliable sources we find that " Isa Craig" is a young Scotch lady, and that the mysterious monosyllable ." Isa" is a breviate or nomme de plume for Isa-bella—that she belongs to the single sister hood, and has been a contributor to Chambers' Journal, the Scotsman, and the Englishwoman's Magazine, and is said to have published a small volume of poems. From feelings either of timidity or poetical delicacy and pride, Miss Craig neither came before the curtain, nor did she pay a visit to the company's treasury to receive the 50 guineas, although the cheque had been waiting for her acceptance all day. It may be mentioned that the author of the poem which the judges reported as inferior only to the prize poem is the production of Frederick IVm. Henry Myers, of Cheltenham, a youth of 16. It is understood that the other six selected poems will be published by Messrs. Brad bury and Evans in a day or two. It has been suggested that by way of climax and commemora tion of this celebrated poetic " raid," or competition, itself, the judges and directors of the Crystal Palace, by way of " Conseils aux mauvais poetes," should deal with all the bad and indifferent poets as tha Governor of Ispahan, an admirer and patron of good poetry, did—that is, " cudgel them all soundly ;" a process that in the case mentioned had the effect of furnishing him for the future with really excellent verse, and of vastly improving the contributions of the tribe of poets generally. (From the Morning Post:) To this succeeded the recital of the prize poem by Mr. Phelps in a measured style, only relieved by certainly a most spirited delivery of the last four lines. Wi may here observe that so little did the prize poem excite the admiration of the visitors, that we are somewhat curious to see the 33 highly commended and the 590 rejected. The prize poem, which we present to our readers, was announced to be the production of Isa Craig (Mrs. or Miss, we know not), and Mr. Bowley apologised for her non appearance, in answer to a call for the author, on the ground that it was impossible to command the attendance of a lady. During the delivery of the poem a somewhat laughable occuaenee took place —the juvenile band striking up a merry air—which was to many doubtless a relief to the monotonous delivery of the reciter—though, of course, it was immediately stopped; and perhaps it may be re garded as a happy augury of the future career of Isa Craig that during the delivery of her poem the sun, for the first time throughout the day, shone forth most resplendently. • (From the Morning' Chronicle.) Considering the enormous space which the voice had to fill, and the necessity for the most distinct articulation, Mr. Phelps delivered himself of his charge most satisfactorily. A little more light and shade might have been desired, but those judicious modulations of voice which would have been appre ciated in a more limited area would have been thrown away in the centre transept, and Mr. Phelps did wisely in making himself " heard." Upon the whole, the poem was listened to with rapt attention, but there were portions of it which, ap pealing directly to the sympathies of the audience, evoked applause. The allusion to the failing of poor Burns— Had ho but stood aloof! Had he array'd hilaself in armour proof Against temptation's darts 1 was caught up and echoed, not in, anger, but in pity ; and the pent up feelings of the auditory again found vent when Mr. Phelps came to the lines It might not be That heart of harmony Had been too rudely rent; Its silver chords, which ary hand could wound, By no hand could be tun'd, Save by the Maker of tlte instrument, • Its every string who knew, And from profaning touch His heavenly gift withdrew, After Mr. Phelps had retired from the platform, the merits of the poem were discussed, and it was rumoured that the poem was the production of a lady ; but although in deference to the reiterated applause of the audience a placard was exhibited repeating the name of the writer of the poem as previously announced, and Mr. Bowley subsequently informed them that the " lady" was not present, people questioned, whether there . was not internal evidence in the production which proclainied it to be the work of one of the other sex. Be this as it audier.ce were left in the dark as may, yesterday's of the ode. to the real authorChiP (From ßth arrr t hr oat," t t : t e , .., jiLning Advertiser.) ‘n , I. the very transcendental, v . ninF-ish strophes end the linnet's misty, and se, ' and " Thus, thus At one or two p a :ssag es, that closing with " front ing " Triumphant, moral. he had been saved," the applause was warm and hearty. At its close tL ere was an anxious pause, when Mr. Phelps broke the envelope, with the mottoes, and curiosity- was still further ex cited when the name of " ISA ,e..INt.A.IG" was exhi bited in bold capitals as the successful competitor for the laurels, and. the more solid reward of fifty guineas there and then payable to . 'fie lyrist. But " Isa Craig" was " deaf as Ailsa Cra.,'g,' to the mill of a thousand voices, and at.last, as no Claimant for the "fifty" appeared, the multitude slowly. Aspersed, canvassing whether " Isa" was not a L lYth—a 'poetical "Mrs. Harris"—in short, some thwn de plume, concealing for the day some of our 1,:0wr. , poets, whose appearance to claim the guerdott would certainly, if there be truth in all literary history, not be long delayed. After the second part of the concert, the many-headed multitude betook itself to promenading, the great organ, and the band of the Caledonian Asylum, with other instrumental corps, keeping up a. succession of Scottish strains. Hundreds, too, were amused in the Lecture Room, where the poem of " Tam. o'Shanter" was recited at intervals,illustrated by dissolving views, photographed from thp subjects by John Faed, Esq. - • . • GREAT CELEBRATION IN EDINBURGH. The Edinburgh Total Abstainers' Society were to celebratc'the centenary list night in a banquet, at the Corn Exchange. The tickets, 2,500 in num.: ber, had all been sold on Monday at is. 9d., 2s. 6d., and as. 6d. The speech of the Rev. Alex. allace, of Glasgow, which has reached us, contained the following passages : This is, in some respects, one of thetimost remark able nights in the history of Scotland. The country is stirred to its very depths, and not only so, but a sympathetic chord is struck which vibrates in the breast of every Scotchman on the face of the earth. What is it that has led to such a national demon- stration on the part of a people not easily moved to such meetings as the present? The gatherings in every town and village to-night, froniJohn o' Groats to Maidenkirk, are no sectional or party gatherings, bid national. They breathe the spirit of an entire people—for Robert Burns was the most intensely national poet that ever lived. The Supreme Giver of all good gave Scotland a rich and a rare gift—we may never see the like of it again—in that immortal genius which, when it rose to the high purpose for which it was given, men felt, as they feel still, and must ever do, so long as human hearts can feel the power of genius—that this gift was truly the "touch of nature that makes the world kin." His " native wood•notes wild," were so sweet, so simple, so full of nature, that men felt that a voice was given to feelings which they had all experienced, but which they could not utter —and that new life, and beauty, and attraction were thrown around the most commonplace objects, and the most familiar incidents of every-day life. It is but simple. justice to our national poet to say, that his brilliant genius should be looked at apart from the dark cloud .through which, alas! that genius often shone, and struggled into glorious light. The splendour of his genius made the dark spots of his life all the more visible. We would look upon these through tears—the blinding tears of pity and regret ; but we cannot remain insensible to that genius which has sung, as poet never did be fore, the joys and the sorrows of the poor man's lot, and given a voice at the same time to noble senti ments which make the poor proud of him as their poet—for he is emphatically , the poet of the poor— but by the power of his genius he binds together the rich and the poor in one common sentiment. The toiling thousands of this and other lands have reason to be proud of that genius which has beau tified the rough bycways of labour. And so they are. They have ever looked upon his genius with grateful admiration. They stood true to him when he was cast off by those from whom better things might have been expected. If we are to speak of faults at all to-night, and if there were great genius and great faults ou the one sidet.were there not others to blame ? I ask you to look back upon the social character of those times, so far as drinking was concerned, when he came from the " plough stilts" to take up his abode with a friend from Mauchline, in an apartment in Baxter's Close, in the Lawnmarket, rented at 3s. per week. The drinking habits of Edinburgh killed poor Fergus son ; and was there no danger for Burns, whose conversational powers were even a greater wonder than his poetical genius ? Where were Scotland's nobility and gentry ? Where was her middle class when the life of her greatest poet became a sad tragedy ? There are few things so tragic as the last days of Scotland's greatest poet. Scotland received a gift which she may never receive again ; and if there is to be blame, let a large portion of it rest where it ought to lie, at the door of Scotland's intemperance at that time, which made it a terrible risk for a man to be endowed with genius such as Burns possessed. Notwithstanding all his faults, we owe mach to him. The fact that we have a distinct pea sant literature that has sprung from the lowly cottage homes of our country, which has been nur tured amid the many-sided trials of the poor man's lot, which has gladdened his fireside, and made him proud of his land—a literature which has given a name and a glory to every stream and glen and river, and ancient ruin and old feudal keep and lofty mountain, from the far north to the banks of the Tweed—a literature which, so far as it has been embodied in song, is as varied as every 'mood of the human soul keenly alive to the beauties of nature, and strung to every emotion of joy or of sorrow in the heart of man—a literature which is at once the burning purpose of the patriot, the war song of freedom, or the voice of artless of love, or the low key note of a mother's affection, as, with a simple song, she hushes the babe to sleep—the fact we say, that we have such a distinct peasant lite rature is an honour to which few countries besides our own can lay claim, and but, for the genius of Burns she would have had but few claims to such an honour. There was in him, by nature, what could not fail to attract and delight, and make him a power amongst the people. In that humble homestead in which he was reared conjugal love and all the gentle ministrations of the home affec• tions brightened the stern face of poverty, strength ened every noble sentiment, and cheered the drudgery of ceaseless toil. No man knew better, or could better describe,. the home influences of humble cottage life. He knew the straits, the pri vations, the joys and the sorrows, the independence and the worth, the manly virtues and the weak nesses, that were to be found in the cottage homes of Scotland ; and nowhere does his marvellous genius appear to greater advantage—nowhere does it shine with greater brightness and purity, than when he starts into life those scenes and feelings which appeal to the common heart of man. This is the secret of his power, especially with the mass of the people. They love him notwithstand ing all his failings. They look upon him as a brother, because the best effusions of his genius have enshrined in the bosom of living sympathy their own experiences, and much which, in point of endurance, at least, was peculiar to themselves. What poet lives so familiarly amongst the people as he does ? They fondly speak of him as their own Robin, or Rabble, when they would charac terise the more pathetic effusions of his muse ; whilst they speak of him as Rab, or "an unco Rab," in reference to his more wild and reckless fancies. Nowhere is his genius more appreciated than at the firesides of labouring men, and that very class of toiling men, of whom Scotland may feel justly proud— " Who makes her lov'd at home, raver' d abroad." I well remember the thrilling effect produced in a humble home circle, when but a mere child, when some of his noblest effusions were repeated by a pious father, who could do this as but few could do it. The homely jingle was new and attractive to the ear, but the scenes, the sentiments, and the in cidents, could move to tears, or shake the sides with laughter. You have but to witness the effect pro duced in any circle, or in any great promiscuous gathering of the people, by the singing of one of Burns' songs, in which manly independence, or the love of freedom, or patriotism, or conjugal affection, or the purity of virgin love, are set forth, to be con vinced of the power and vitality of his genius, and of the hold winch he has upon the hearts of men. The popularity of his best lyrics does not arise from the music to which they have been wed, as is the case with many songs, but from the inherent power of genius itself. Take away from his writings all that is objectionable, all that in his last hours he would have blotted out, and which he would have consigned, could bitter regret have done it, to the deepest shades of oblivion—take away all which the best of men and his firmest admirers regret should ever have been written, and after this is done there will still remain much, very much, that will endear his genius to the common heart of man, PRICE 4 D . ST AMPED, SD. and which that heart, as long its it beats in unison with noble sentiment, will not willingly let die. I need not say that I am speaking of the genius of Burns in its bright est and finest mo o d s , and, though we have but m( ;re fitful snatches of these, surely there is enough t call forth our grate ful admiration and our deepe it pity. Had this n o t been the case—had there not I cen in his writings the stamp of imperishable genius, t at sympathetic some thing which makes the -world kin, which appeals to the universal heart—the name of Burns would have perished. It would have been dragged down into oblivion by the baser part of his life and writings. As time passes the impure sediment will sink, but the pure stream •of gen ius itself flowing above that, and looked at al ary ft om that, will ever be regarded with grateful admiration, and will remain a " thing of beauty and 11. joy for ever." It is well that the Scottish peo pie, g enerally speaki ng , have had the good sense e.nd tVie charity to look at their national poet in this dis2riminating way, The diamond is Still the diamond .notwithstanding the baser materials in which it is embedded, and in which it shines. lam anxious not to exaggerate in any way ou an ()erasion when there is so much Danger of this ; and whilst we express our admira tic of the genius of the national poet, let us feel as if we were invited by the bard himself to stand by his grave and read the epitaph. which he com pc sed for himself— • " Is there a whim-inspired fool Owre fast for thought, oWre ha for rule, Owre blate to seek, owre prciud to snool, Let hit n draw near, _ And owre this grassy heap sing dool, And di up a tear. The poor inhabital tt below Was quick to learn. and wise to kaaw,, And keenly felt tho friendly glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name." Notwithstanding all. these drawbacks, his genius has wreathed around the brow of old Scotland a garland of poetic be may imperishable as her own heathery glens, and sweet and simple as her own " Mountain Daisy," to - which that genius has given a deathless fame. DINNER AT THE GUILDHALL COFFEE- HOUSE. Last evening upwards of 100 gentlemen, chiefly from the land of the po whose birthday centenary they had met, to celeb.rate dined together at th e Guildhall Coffee-house, King-street, Cheapside ; Mr. Hannay in the chair. The customary loyal toasts having been given, villivened with appropriate songs, the Chairman prof )osed, in a very able speech, " The Memory of Robmt Burns," whose many sterling qualities and few- failings he compared to a rich field of corn—whereiii a few weeds had grown up, standing out the more conspicuously from the golden hue of the grain, and the gaudy show of the poppies with which it was here and there dotted. He believed that posterity -would yet do justice to the memory of a man who, living in a day when .men and manners were mu eh less refined than now, was one of nature's true nobility, for his poetical works formed only one of Vie phases in which his character might be viewed with. advantage. Many other toasts followed, including. " The Memory' of Wallace, Bruce, and the 1 'atriots of Scotland," " The Memory of Knox and -the Scottish Covenan ters," " The Literature of. Sec rtlana and of England," " The Peasantry of Scothu id," " The Lasses," and " The Press," all of which were duly responded to, and a very harmonious ever ing was concluded with the national finale of " ild Lang Syne," at the " wee short hour." We must not omit to mention that the veteran Templeton kindly came from the London Tavern to sing on.e song of his countryman Burns. He'gave "My /1 - annie, 0," most sweetly, and was rapturously app lauded. LIVE] WOOL. The celebration of the burns centenary in Liver pool last night was likel:y to be a complete success. Upwards of 2,000 tickets - were sold for the festival in St. George's Hall, vhere the Crystal Palace prize poem was to be read.. addresses delivered, some of Burns' songs sung andi also played on the great organ—a magnificent ball terminating the proceed ings. Amongst the various relics of the poet exhi bited at his festival were. a chair, candlestick, and. , 'other articles belonging t o-Burns, and a the simile of his letter in which he I mopheaies his future fame. These a-Aieles were exhit ited by Mr. Jos. Mayer, of Liverpool, who has fur nished us with the follow ing copy of the above me ntioned letter : "Honored Sir,—l have i laid every attention to your ' command, but can only say that which, perhaps, you will have heard lx fore this reach you, that Mu:rkirklands were bought by a John Gordon, W.S., but for whom I. know not ; Mauchlands, Hugh Miln, &c., by a Fred Fotheringham, supposed to be for Ballochmyle laic d ; and Adamhill and Shawood were bought for Oswald's folks. This is so imperfect an account, and will be so late ere,it reach you, that, were it not to discharge my con science, I would not trouble you with this ; but after all my diligence, I coul d snake it no sooner nor better. " For my own affairs, I am in a fair way of becoming as eminent as Thomas a Kempis or John Bunyan ; and you may expect henceforth to see my birthday inserted among the wonderful events in the Poor Robin's and Aberdeen Almanacks, along with the Black Monday and the Battle of Bothwell bridge. My Lord Glencairn and the Dean of Faculty, Mr. H. Erskine, have taken me under their wing ; and by all probability I shall soon be the tenth worthy, and the eighth wise man of the world. Through my Lord's influence it is inserted in the records of the Caledonian Hunt, that they universally, one and all subscribe for the second edition. My subscription bills come out to-morrow and you shall have some of them next post. I have met in Mr. Dalrymple, of Orangefleld, what Solomon emphatically calls A friend that sticketh closer than a brother.' The warmth with which he interests himself in my affairs is of the same enthu siastic kind which you., Mr. Aiken, and the few patrons that took notice of -my earlier poetic days, showed for the poor unlucky dev of a poet. " I always remember Mrs. Hamilton and Miss Kenne in my poetic prayers, both in prose and verse. " May Cauld ne'er catch you but a hap, " Nor Hunger, but in Plenty's lap. " Amen I " ROBERT BURNS. " Edinr., 7tll. Dec. 1786." At the Concert Hall there was a "people's" celebration of the centenary; a dinner of Scotch men and the sons of Scotchmen at the Adelphi Hotel ; and a dinner, open to such of Burns' ad mirers as chose to attend it, at the Brunswick Hotel. OXFORD.—A large dinner to celebrate the cente nary of the " Immortal Burns," took place iu the Masonic Hall, this evening, at half past six, over which Mr..M'Laren presided. D E PTFORD.—A public dinner in ho nour of the c entenary of Burns took p lace last e vening at the Admiral Rodney Tavern, Deptford. WOOLWICII.—A public dinner in honour of the centenary of Burns, took place last evening at the which was M warmlyr. Dingwall, responded to. Ship Hotel, Woolwic h. Th e guests comprised 150 res pectable inhabitants of the district, including several non - commissioned officers of the Royal wAr tillery, who were decorated with Crimean, medals. The chair address, as occupied mas ter of the presbyterian schools, who in p ropos i ng " The memory of Robert Burns," delivered an im pressive The Royal. Artillery band, by p erm i ssion o f the, and c ommandant, was present, performed several appropriate selections. THE PISTOLS OF ROBERT BURNS. The Daily Scotsman of yesterday says :—Mr. Stuart, secretary to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, yesterday received the following letter, and the accompanying very interesting relics it refers to, from Bishop Gillis : " Edinburgh, Greenhill, Eve of Burns' "Dear Sir,—Will"Centenary,Jan. 24, 1859. Lo h o e . m d o e r r e p o w s you allow me so far to mark t s nse I entertain of the great propriety of eelebiation, by presenting, through you, to the Edinburgh Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, the accompanying box, with its much-valued and long-cherished contents —the pistols of Robert Burns ? The inner case, containing the pistols themselves, together with im plements for cleaning them, andfor casting bullets, his powder-flask, three-and -twenty bullets, and as many flints, is, with the except ion of the inscrip tion plate, exactly in the same state in which it was , when given three-and -sixty years ago by the poet to the late Dr. Maxwell, of Dumfries, as the last and only token of friendship his poverty then allowed him to bestow. Dr. Maxwell brought the pistols with him to Edin burgh in the year 1834, since which time I can vouch for their never having been interfered with, having from the period of his death been ever care fully kept under l o ck and ke y beneath w hat is now m y pwn 'roof.. Much, as. I prize_ 'these strangely, instructive evidences of a nation's ingratitud e to one of the brightest sons of genius that ever tilled f .,- . , 1 ~,. .. , ~.. ~, . soil, or graced its litera\ urt i -:-:(sinlaT4lio Ackert'. 'e weapons of a gauger were ,as thOnSigiia of highest office Burns was ever•horforttredNvith) —now that Scotland has awakened to a due con sciousness of what she owes to the memory of her bard, I feel that no private individual is any longer the fit keeper of such a treasure. Burns' pistols ought to belong to his country. Looking, there fore, as I do, upon your museum as a national insti tution, I beg of you to believe that I have very great pleasure in being able to present them to your society on this truly memorable and auspici ous occasion.--I am, dear sir, yours very truly, "t JAMES GILiTS, " Catholic Bishop, Edinburgh. " John Stuart, Esq., Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland." There will be but one feeling of hearty thanks to Bishop Gillis for so handsomely making over to the society, as public property, these valuable memorials of our national poet. The kind and skilful physician to whom this token of a . poet's gratitude was given, referred re u t m o s b under s uc h a ff ecting circumstances, is frequently t y a n the s bi a o t g te r n ap d h in e g m t o h f e ß l u a r s n t s. da l y n s re o l f ating the circumstanc es c e the Dr.—" Curriei,h e sense has o t f h the following is p e rty,and allusion of P° to e M t's ax l w ife el : Maxwell the approaching distress of his infant family, pressed heavily on Burns as he lay on the bed of death; yet he alluded to his indigence, at times, with something approaching- to his wonted. gaiety. ' What business,' said he to Dr. Max well, who attended him with the utmost zeal, has a physician to waste his time on me ? lam a poor pigeon not worth plucking. Alas ! I have not feathers enough upon me to carry me to my grave." Mr. Robert Chambers, in his "Life and Works of Burns," has the following reference to Dr. Maxwell's efforts on behalf of the poet's widow and children :—" Immediately after the death of Burns, his friend Syme began to exert himself with the greatest zeal and assiduity in rousing public feeling in behalf of the wid ow an d c hild ren . With him was associated in his task Dr. William Max well, the medical attendant of the poet, a man of somewhat singular character and attainments. The popular report regarding him was, that, having been at the medical schools of Paris in the heat of the Revolution, he had contracted democratic sen timents; had ac ft.of tho Nation G u a r d s round the sca ouis XVI., and dipped his handkerchief in the royal blood. Recently returned to his own country, he had commenced practice in Dumfries, but was as yet only laying the founda tions of that high professional character which he subsequently perfected. He had attended Burns in his last illness, and participated strongly in the interest occasioned by his premature death. He accordingly entered at once, and with the greatest cordiality, into the project for the benefit of the poet's family." A CLERGYMAN'S OPINION OF BURNS.—The Daily Scotsman, of Monday, says :--" The following re marks, which are sent us as those with which the Rev. Dr. W. L. Alexander closed his lecture yes terday, will be everywhere read with disgust at their spirit and contempt of their shallowness : Is there not an idolatry of genius among you ? What is the homage which thousands in this city and throughout the country are going to pay to the memory of a man this week but something of this kind ? I am - not about to detract from the genius of this man in what lam going to say. If he had been a mighty prince who had delivered a nation from a cruel bondage, and raised it to a high con dition of liberty and civilisation—if he had b een a discoverer in science and philosophy who had conferred the benefits of wealth and social im provement upon the world—l should consider the homage about to be paid to him as both foolish and wrong ; but when he was a person who never loved a woman but to betray her, and who never made an acquaintance among either young men or women but he injured and corrupted, I am at a loss to explain the infatuation that has fallen upon my country. England would not do so for her Milton —Germany would not do so for her Goethe—ltaly would not do so for Tasso or Dante ; but Scotch men are about to do this for a man who was far beneath either of these great sons of genius. I cannot but regard this conduct, in every view of it, as both foolish and wicked.' " BURNS' PUNCHBOWL.—A London correspondent of the Scotsman calls attention to this interesting relic of Hobert Burns—his punchbowl of Inverary marble—bequeated to the British Museum by the late Mr. Archibald Hastie, M.P. for Paisley. He expresses regret that the relic has not been placed in a more congenial spot than where it now is ; for the bowl, in its present position, seems condemned to comparative obscurity. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING TILE WEEK. /From the Registrar-Genei al' s Report.) The deaths in the metropolitan districts were in the week ending last Saturday again numerous, though they were not equal to the number pro duced by the high rate of mortality of the previous week. The present return contains 1,380 deaths. In the 10 years 1849-58 the average numbers in the weeks corresponding with last week. was 1,202 ; but as the deaths returned for last week occurred in a population which has increased they can only be compared with the average raised in proportion to the increase, namely, 1,322. The comparison shows that the actual number of last week exceeds the estimated number by 58. The rate of mortality for the first quarter of the year in certain districts of England., selected as healthy, has been ascertained ; and it can be shown that if the mortality in London last week had been according to the same rate, the deaths would have been 874. The excess which the true number exhi bits is equal to 506, and must be referred chiefly to the still defective arrangements of all our populous cities. The deaths from scarlatina and diphtheria are 111, and exhibit a slight increase on those of the previous- week, when they were 102. Six of the 111 occurred in the sub-district of Regent's-park, 5 in Bow, and 5 in St. Paul, Deptford. Diphtheria is returned as the cause of death in 22 cases, and 13 of these occurred on the south side of the river. Four deaths from scarlatina occurred within 18 days in a family in Round-tree Cottage, Bow. The registrar states that " the disease is attributed by the father to a black ditch flowing at the back of the house. He called the attention of the Poplar District Board of Works to the nuisance last sum mer, but the onl y answer that he received was , th a t probably the Metropolitan Board of orks would at some future period bring a sewer n ear the p remis es." It may well he doubted whether this intimation of good intentions and of their probable fulfilment will supply balm to the wounds of the afflicted family. The number of deaths placed to the order of pul monary diseases is 302, the corrected average of corresponding weeks being 290. Of those, bronchitis was fatal in 190 cases, the average being 151 w hile pneumonia ,w e pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs) was fatal in only 76, the average being 94. Besides these, phthisis, which stands in the tubercular order, car ried off 176 persons,the average being 150. Fifteen women died from diseases incidental to childbear ing. Three persons died of intemperance as the direct cause of illness ; one of delirium tremens. Smallpox is manifestly increasing, and it was fatal in 20 cases, half of which occurred in the east dis tricts. Of five persons who had attained the age of 90 years and upwards, the respective ages were 90, 91, 93, 96, and 100 years. Last week the births of 928 boys and 923 girls, in all 1,851 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1849-58 the average number was 1.613. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.882 in. The instrument fell from 30.14 in. to 29.62 in. The mean temperature of the week was 43.3 deg., which is 6.8 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). On Tuesday the mean temperature was 50 . 5 deg., wh i c h was 14.2 deg. above the average of th e same d_e . a , y i The range of that day was only 5.3 deg. on the li highest temperature in the week occurred same day, and was 53 deg. ; the lowes t was 29.5 range deg. on the Sunday preceding. The entire efore 23. 5 deg. d of temperature in the week wast l therefore The mean daily range was 12.2 cg. The difference between the mean clew-point te mperature and the air temperature was 3 deg. The m ean tem p era ture of the water of the Thames Was 41.6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 87. The wind blew constantly . from the S.W. Rain fell to the ount of 0.13 in. or apparently worn-sut Horses, -mFrs7l -- Rarey's Horse and Cattle Improv ing[ArovnurrsE. , Food improv es t e stamina, vigour, endurance, and le of ill-con diti oned muse Bullocks,Calves, Sheep, and Pigs. It Cows, extra ex pense, as contains far more and better nourish ment than its cost of lid. per feed supplies in corn or h a y ; hence ensures an actual saving. In a short time it improves the appearance and value of homes and cattle by 20 to 30 per cent. Rare) , and Co., sole importers, 77, Pic cadilly, Quadrant, London. Packed in tins of about 42 feeds, 6s. ; of about 90 feeds, lb. ; in casks of about 450 feeds, 505.; of about 1,000 feeds, L 5, being about lid. per feed. Goods forwarded on receipt of Post-office Orders. Important Caution —Beware of spurious imitations offered by the ignorant and unscrupulo us. All imitators will be proceeded against. [ A nnitTISEMENT.I—Gout and Rheumatism.—These most painful disorders are generally prevalent in town and country, and are to be found as often in the patrician's palace as the pauper's cot. It is, commonly supposed that gout and rheumatism are different diseases; but, in fact, they aro identical, not distinct diseases, but different forms of the same disease, though it is true that some extreme cases may seem to disprove this assertion. The cause andi seat of both is depraved blood, and he who would su r, f Y: tins v ital , contend with either must point his remedies_t o o_ .. a , fluids -i- Holloway's. admirabl6-ointment aff,rl _i ly ;a n icy local relief, and his wonderful pills actiliS• lirc" blood, eradicate the disease. :',01:a" eula she t the LT. reet g all e ant that