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'' A oir . , , V 4 , --- .1. , . j 45 00 eb 'l. ........... ...... ---_ _--- - - - z r 7 ~~ ~.:~. y SFi K .~ E TH . . GREAT EASTERN FOR AMERICA. - The Great Eastern is appointed to leave HOLYHEAD for PORTLND, al., on or about the 15 th September. pPirst-class Passengers only will be taken. 4 bata"age-Money (including stewards' fee and provisions, , WitbOUt wines or liquors, which can be obtained on n.t.rd), tlft to 425. Stat. Cabins extra. irla, Jteetnrn Tickets granted on liberal terms.—For passage and t r informatio ,n apply ' to the Great Ship Company (Li ------______" 'Xing William -street, London, E.C. 9.11, v.d.t.r I P. ~= /~: • THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1859. No. 20,963. Pi,ICF, 4 D . S PAMI'D, SD. ar a y (J r )itt ' N at 1120 Of TE R GREAT EASTERN.—This Steam Ship her N is Mected to leave PORTLAND. near Weymouth, on 1 10 L YRE kDP a bou t proximo, and will return to the Bth l'lrstland z in c " 8 Passengers only will be taken. Fares £6, £B, eh, according to cabin, including 'provisions, but exclu ,.! w f wines or liquors which can be obtained on board. shiorurther particulars apply at the offices of the Great X.C P °Ta P a nY (Limited), 11, K ing William-street, London, P PE GREAT EASTERN.'— TRIAL TRIP the and FIRST VOYAGE.—In order to prevent confusion 411 irectors have determined not to appoint any Agents. coaPplieations must, therefore, be made to the Great Ship InPanY ( Limited),ll, King William-street, London, E.C. T 1 GREAT EASTERN.— TRIAL' TRIP Ben e . and FIRST VOYAGE.—As a limited number of Pas taken, early application is requested to be In tri'.l 4J e ll at the eau be Offices of the Great Ship Company (Limited), 11, ....__-11,LN.VL il liara-street, London, E.C. IN°ll-WICII UNION LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY. Instituted 1808. 1,, Invested Capital exceeding £ 2,000,000 Sterling. Po ke e :g Society is one of the very pur dividedual Ili es, the whole of the profits being ai . nong the foli-holders and possesses large resources applicable to Bon Th e ones. Th u , "Ue-8 are considerably below, those usually charged. or , , at th e age of 40, the sum of £32 19s. 2d., which at the miar y NOR ' P r emium will insure £l,OOO, with the 41.1q , ,, VV1 CH UNION WILL INSURE ONE THOUSAND Vivie NNETY-FIVE POUNDS EIGHT SHILLINGS, ranlations e i mmediate Bonus in addition to subsequent accu nnuli!. te A rm s. ea and Special Risks undertaken . on favourable Por Societ„Forms of Proposal and Prospectuses apply at the' sand f end ue on . Crescent NeW Bridge-street, Blackfriars, Surrey-street , Norwich. CONTRACT FOR WHEAT. "ePartment of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-house, 24th August, 1859. ,T}rt, COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING 1J TH E OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the ,ND KINGDOM of GREAT BRAIN and IRE u.k.r ' "O HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, T IT hat on THURS -I'4ll b' th e Ist September next-at Half-past One o'Clock, they \l etor 4 ...3 to treat with such Persons as may be willing to " g npp l yi -. no• and delivering into her Majesty's NA' Stores at TeDtiord,-:- w ile / MEAT maind `r lo be deli vere d—H a lf i n T wo W e ek s , an d th e re the „ r in Two Week s a fte r w a rds, or earlier if pr e fer re d by p a tendering. W heat " " may be made for the whole or any portion of the tenders L ordships reserve to themselves the power, when the quanprs are opened, of contracting either for whole or for rt thereof only as they may deem fit, the or for a greater Pow er V ., or of not co n t rac ti ng f or any, and also an unlimited of selection. kief o r° Portional part of the price per bushel of wheat willbe Sa m r i any weight exceeding 60 lbs. per bushel. th lhes (not less than two quarts), must be produced by Vases tendering. • - • eeptedtoples produced by persons whose tenders are not ac ilfterilare requested to be taken away by them immediately :-te Contract has been decided. Ten n :ender will be received unless made on the printed °lt ani Ptorided for the purpose., 'and which may be obtained the Packe t at the said office, or to the officer conductington,' ark et Service at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Cus -1,8 at Bristol. the artic ular attentionircalled to the recent modifications of Officeeonclitions of the •mntract, Willett May be seen at the said ;c o t s lld at Liverpooraiia Bristol. th e d. en de r will be received after half-past One o'clock on teridg 11 of treaty, an d it w ill , no t b e requ i re d th a t th e p ar ty om, '22', or an ae;ent on bis bf, should attend at the fro r 7 i ' en the day of conttitet; the eh ye al sult of the offer received Dosed !co Person will be communicated to him and his pro p., sur eties in writing. Admires tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the ,der f„ l ,tv, and bear in the left-hand corner the words si Ten '4o4 ' 1 " neat," and must-also be delivered at Somerset- ' 141 Z • -iNFIELD PATENT' STARCH, k Nr , r USED IN THE ROYA.I4 LAUNDRY, , n 1143 ,,.. 110 11Ncr0 BY a s st MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to he 44, E FINEST STARCH SHE. EVER USED. WHEN YOtr ASK FOE GLENYTET.D PATENT STARCH . , SEE THAT YOU (IMT TT, 48 inferior kinds are often substituted. sola by all Chandles, Grers vrO'r RSPOON & CO.. r GLAs oc cosr , AND LoNporf bTI)reAL FRIEND AND MARRIAGE GUIDE. T HE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. nr"--.;!ent free on receipt of two stamps, for postage, Stc., / t• • 4 ; n A PBEY, 27, Alfred-place, Bedford-square, London, ITE GUIDE, TO SELF-CURE." ~evi e fi rst man of the day in these complaints."—Medical eVv. he u „tie about entering the Marriage State should peruse k atth""er's invaluable little work, as the advice he gives on t lectijincl disease reflects much credit upon him as a sound philosopher." —Critic. e Inle Guide to those who desire a speedy and private Mazazine th .4 ! ah The —ENS" AMERICAN DISCOVERY' demonstrates Naint ß urdltY of the English mode of treating such corn- RN! prove a blessing to the afflicted, who may safely Even pristine health by adopting the means pre eku_-ing Star. I Pbti c 12 0 1° N.---As a duty due to the profession and the :i n .:rally, Dr. Rapkey advises all persons having ilarti;."e legal qualifications of their medical attendant, wholn the ay be about consulting to procure or tt Royal Coll eg e m of Surgeons, London, the O f cial List th e p',lstered Members, price Is ., or Dr. R. will, on receipr of iltNireice for warding t he sa ladly assist and protect the a ffl icted by me. 1J L A'ME RT, Registered L. S. A., Honorary ( 3 „f T T l4 ejnber of the London Hospital Medical Society, M.D. ZlTl4o,“"ersity of Erlangen, ac., continues to be CON ret f b .- 1, On all cases of Debility, Nervousness, and the 4 te ii - V,Prnities of Youth, Manhood, and Old Age, DAILY, "i 1 2, and from 6 till 8. at his residence, 1 - 1 1 . 3 T 7 BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON t aq Mert h as published, price Sixpence, with nu t btiti nu E e s v Edition of his Work, ~ ngravings and Cases, a eN SELF-P RESERVATION, AN ESSAY ON NERVOUS DEBILITY. 44,'„11 w ill be forw ar d e d post free in a sealed envelope by *o4ll' MoOkseller zanyil, London, or by the Author, 4t6 residence, to address, for eight postage stamps. S t ,, r CONTENTS. ~Szt , r l ol 4 T.—The Physiology of the Generative Organs. I 'Q II I " IL —Puberty—Manhood -The Morale of Genera- Yaiolozy—True and False Morality. 4elairsioN lll.—Marriage in its Social, Moral, and Physical o . ,reg i s—lts Expectancies and Disa_ppointments. g i th g - A T I IV. —S ermatorrhma and Impotence—Sterility in 'le t .. - 0 0 - B —Self- P inflicted Miseries—Sad Consequences of au . • " t elou . TM V. —The Vices of Schools—Effects of certain per kliet --„cu,..abits VI on the mental and general faculties—lmport ziorai Discipline. .—Treatment of Nervous and Generative De hs'allobitnPotenee and Sterility—Dan gerous Results of Velit nye' Remedies—The Author's Principles of Treat -45111; s ' i n e dical, Dietetic, and General, derived from Twenty ocessful practice. HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD ON Th,, • CONVICTION. ;It filaysarful dangers to invalids from spurious imitations of I:2WA4RY's invaluable HEALTH-RESTORING REVA Non ARABICA FOOD led .to an inveStigation, and, o ha application in 1854 for protection, the High Co urt _ f I ,NT r i nt fr i anted an injunction restraining Alfred Hooper r pen alty of X 5,000, from selling 111htitile re i s s erb e l l i i n te g:o u r n lle e int acolourable imitation of Du ir)11:417:1 Revalenta Arabica, of which we are the sole proo em.ll. , therefore, this is to give noticethat the above 1111,410 y." lino wi paid upon conviction, to anyone giving nfo t bi:each of the injtinction. An intelligen Tay it',ecildres no admonition to shun all shopkeepers who — ` 111 1 ) t impositions. 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II:L C/ Mee Seal of Great Britain. Diplome del'Eco f le n d e e_ • <li e f' made Pharmacien 02 Paris. Imperial College o 'N i t , V ienntt, eit,,,setyitentee has confided the preparation of these l Medi !tad M" Physician of the Royal University of t Er ..en, otho t e nlber of the Royal Ccillege of Surgeons o ' Fn a g n cand daily tegistered under the New Medical Act) and 4 attends tlyeelN 0 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, (, L o o o n d d a o v n a , e b x e : eq, tect , he hours of 11 and 2, and from 5 till Treat '' in order to advise Patients on their Diseases and . 'tient, and thus add to the speedy certainty of Cure. , upn„ itiz,„ -.1.131ATt Nos. 1,2, and 2, prepared in the form ot i a a 'lvsitZ devoid of taste or smell, and can he carried intl tt us.fi77,,l Pocket. Sold in tin cases, divided into separate Iltpted for both sexes. TlO't i f 4 , B EMAR No 1 is a Remedy for RELAXA- "etniei'iZrERMATORRH. 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ITT. , lary eeat Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secon ,NNYUlPtoms : it constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, ' rifl es l a , and all Cutaneous Eruptions, removing all pu , - ‘ th" root the vital stream so as altogether to . eradi . cit t enfls t " °f disease, and expel it through the medium of the of d i the skin and urine, and is aremedy for that class tre,oordera which unfortunately the English PhYsician lAitui'loWi_th Mercury, to the destruction of the patient's con testore.., and which all the sarsaparilla is, the world cannot IN/ io°,ll4:t_he4seatartiis(hhtvneg,stl9ssl3. e t3 r d n 'United' (free by post Is.' Sd. extra, to any part of the ers a - r s Al tree l f i , g. Ox s f e o n rd t Oxford-street, coPoiltteci,,;,n:eiingid2:lll: or four cases in one for Ms., by 141 tri 4 ,;"1, 2d. extra), which saves Ig., and in £5 cases, , upon receipt of Post-office Order, payable Il enf 1 3 leng , and a p s o ta s t t em r e , nt of the case, the Medicines will be 13 i return of f 4t4 et l ar ll- rin "On-litt ••PO% L o irtlett . t .• 1 0 be had a d lso of 7 B B arclay and Sons, , Grac,echurch nooepeei 43 R ;Ki li nr wi e i n ifam-street (four doors 04-bridge), PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL BY . MAS. OWEN. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., RAISED, TO THE PEERAGE. A NOVEL. By MRS. OCTAVIUS OWEN. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Col burn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CHARLES KNIGHT'S POPULAR HISTORY OF ENGLAND. On the 31it inst., will be published, price is., Part 43, of THE POPULAR HISTORY of ENGLAND. By CHARLES KNIGHT. This Number of the History is devoted to a full narrative of the Reb'ellion of 1745. *„,* Five Volumes of this history are published, price Os each. London : Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street. • nOLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, The SEPTEMBER Number will be ready on the 31et., Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, • PRICE HALF-A-CROWN, • For SEPTEMBER contains—ls the Peace Peaceful ?—Our Wager—Ems. and its Neighbourhood—The Little Spanish Doctor—A Gouty Subject—Great and Little Whitton—Lord John Russell's Life of Fox—Dumas in Geo . rgia—Francesoo da Carrara Frederick the Great and Catherine IL—Gurney. By Dudley Costello. London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street TE FOR SEPTEMBER, %. 6d., AIMS Idylls of the King. Notes on the National Drama of Spain. By J. R. Chorley. Chanter —Principles. Sword and Gown. By the Author of 'Guy Living- stone.' Part VI. Concerning Friends in Coun cil. Much Ado About Nothing. The Lady of Lee. Naples, France, and Austria. T and Son, West-strand. F RASER'S MAGAZI 1859. CONT. Machiavelli and his 'Prince' .• explained and illustrated. Essay towarcli an Experimen tal Solution of the Gold Question.. E. Cairnes. Holmby House. By G. J. Whyte Melville, Author of Dip.:by Grand.' Part IX. Some remarks on Mr. Buckle's History of Civilisation.' A Letter to. the Editor, from Dr. Mayo. London : John W. Park SPERMATORRHCEA. By F. B. COURTENAY, And formerly Surgeon to the Metßpolitan_lnfirmary for the ON Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. 4d., 'Cure - of Strictures of the Urethra. " The aim of the author into present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular . Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which theyhave hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are dismissed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. ITINEGAR. -- Patronised by her Majesty's V Government.—CONDY'S PATENT PURE CONCEN- TRATED MALT VlNEGAR.—Families, by using - this de licious Vinegar, insure purity, and effect a saving of 50 per cent. See Report of Dr. Letheby, City Officer of Health ;Dr Hassall, of the "Lancet" - Commission, and others. Sold by tiv.; Trade, in bottles labelled and capsuled. Wholesale, 6.3, King William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Six Quart Sample sent free to any Railway for 3s. 6d. CERTAIN RELIEF for- the AFFLICTED.— Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, are a sure remedy for affections of the liver, indigestion, bile, sick headache, giddiness, loss of appe tite, lowness of spirits, &c. They can be taken at any time, without any danger from wet or cold, act mildly on the bowels, without pain or griping, clear the skin, remove sallowness and pimples, purify the blood, brace the nerves, and invigo rate the whole system. Sold by most druggists, in boxes, Is. 14d. and 2s. 9d. each. Be - sure to ask for DL Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street," engraved on the Government stamp. PRIVATE MEDICAL ADVICE . by: .. MR. SCOTT, at all times, on those diseases which .require promptitude and skill In their treatment. Th,e, circum stances under which they were contracted render secresy necessary, and demand the , confidene6 'of the medical adviser. Female Obstructions, arising from what ever cause, can be removed by a personal visit to Mr. Scott. Pregnancy, and other cases of a delicate nature, which need not be further alluded to, treated to the issue, be fore charge is made for medicine ; and any case within reach of professional skill Mr. Scott decidedly states shall be re moved at a moderate expense. Ladies consulting by letter, enclosing a fee, will ensure the strictest confidence. Female Obstruction Pills, 4s. the Box, post-free. —Address, 17, Adam-street, Strand, London. SIGHT AND HEARING.—SPECTACLES.— POWERFUL TELESCOPES.—OPERA, RACE, and PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. Messrs. S. and"B. Solo mons, _Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. • Observe opposite the York Hotel, W.—Opera, Race-course, Field, and general Out• door Day and Night Perspective Glasses, very small, for the waistcoat pocket, each containing 12 and 18 lenses, constructed of German glass. Will show distinctly persons to know them at two-and-a-half and three miles, and an object from eight to ten miles distant. Her Majesty's Coast Guards are making use of them as day andmight glasses in preference to all others ; they are also preferred for deer stalking by sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Tele scopes ai inches long, by which a person may be clearly seen and known at ni miles, and an object at 12 to 14 miles dis tance ; and with an extra astronomical eye-piece, Jupiter's moon's, Saturn's rings, and the double stars are distinctly seen. All the above can be had of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers, and are secured by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a half mile distant. They an swer every purpose on the Race-course and at the Opera houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at four to six miles. They are invaluable for shooting, 'deer stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Price 30s.—Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation—can see with•those lenses of a much less magnifying power, and they do not re quire the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world by sending one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eyes •they can read small print with it, and those wiles have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.— New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerfully small newly-invented instrument for Deafness, entirely different from all others, surpasses anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assem blies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel. W 3, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W., NEAR THE PANTHEON. DR. CULVERIVELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apo thecaries' Hall. London, can be consulted daily . (only) as above, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements of both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive indul gences. Has *Just published, price ls. ; by post, 13 stamps, 18 sealed, No. 4. An entire new and original Work, entitled OURSELVES.. Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation The Origlh of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exposition of, and Remedy for, all• Urinary Derange meats and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennerrhagia (Gonorrhoea), Spermatorrhcca. Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &a FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women--Functional Ir regularities in Health awl Sickness—Choice in Marriage— Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Ilemoval of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum, and the securing of Healthy Offspring. Also, _ No. 1. HEALTH, lIAPPII;Ti§g, and LONGEVITY ; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2. LOVE AND MARRIAGE: Their Obligations, Happiness, and:Disappointments ; Love and other Matches. 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Double ditto, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. Post-office Orders to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. Maker of Elastic Stockings, Knee-caps, &c. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. The railway proceedings of the last week have again comprised several important meetings. At the Great Northern a dividend was declared at the proposed rate of 3 1 per cent. per annum. With the view of keeping down the capital account many new lie es for which Parliamentary powers are ob tained have not been consti ucted. The expendi ture of capital during the past half-year has been £64,157410 principal items being £25,000 for the right of using the Sheffield station of the Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, £11,178 for land and compensation, £5,000 to £6,000 for a building to accommodate the engines of the Midland, for which a rent equivalent to 6 per cent. will be re ceived, £3,200 for improvements in engines, &c. The total revenue for the half-year shows an in crease compared with 1858 of £21,000, notwith standing a falling off of like amount in the coal traffic, and the circumstance that in the previous year there bad been an exceptional receipt of £15,000 from Redpath's estate. The report of the Birkenhead states that the total revenue for the six months ending in June was £6,035 more than in the same period of last year. The available balance is £29,856, out of which a distribution at the rate of 21 per, cent. per annum is recommended. The terms for the transfer of the line to the London and North-Western and Great Western are a2l per cent. dividend in 1860 and 1861; for the next four years 31, and then 4. If the earnings, however, in 1860 exceed 21 per cent. 31 per cent. is to be paid for 1861. At the meeting of the Eastern Counties the proposed distribution at the rate of 2k per cent. per annum was ag reed to. It was stated that the deferred permane nt way account has been reduced in two years from £130,000 to £50,000. The un secured debt from Messrs E. and A. Prior is £6,000. The debenture debt, as compared with December, 1858, has been diminished by £40,818. The re duction in the dividend was attributed to the heavy compensation for accidents paid by the com pany. The report of the Lancashire and York shire states the net balance to be £274,851, out of which a dividend is recommended at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum. The increase in the gross receipts for the past half year was £107,006, while the expenditure has aug mented by £16,471 only. The bill for the amalga mation with the East Lancashire has received the Royal assent. At a meeting of the Bristol and Exeter the proposed 51 per cent. distribution was ordered. There has been a satisfactory augmenta tion under every head of revenue. The directors of the South-Eastern state in their report that the gross receipts for the past half-year were £524,919, including £22,932 from steamboat traffic : the ex penditure being £250,800. Compared with the same period of 1858 an increase is shown in the net reqips of £36,213. A dividend is recommended at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. The amount of capital laid out in the six months ending in June was £32,942, the principal items being £15,200 for the purchase of the Caterham Railway, £5,070 for rolling stock, &c. At a meeting of the Bristol and South Wales Union it was stated that the works are progressing satisfactorily, 21 miles of the most difficult part of the undertaking having been com pleted. The distribution of the Eastern Union is at the annual rate of £1 4s. on the A stock, and 16s. on the B. With reference to the litigation with the Eastern Counties the directors state that they have obtained a favourable award. The Wood bridge line has been opened for traffic. At the Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston meeting the dividend declared was 3s. per share. There has been a decrease in the goods and mineral traffic, but an increase in the passengers. The capital account was stated to be virtually closed. At a meeting of the Margate (late Herne-bay and Faver sham) it was announced that the bill for the exten sion to Margate has received the :Royal assent. The whole line is expected to be completed by the beginning of next June, by which the distance be tween London and Margate will be shortened by 26 miles. The shareholders of the Blyth and Tyne hate agreed to the proposed dividend of 9 per cent. per annum. Theline is said to have improved, and the rolling stock to be in better condition than on any previous occasion. The report of the Waterford and Limerick states that the total revenue during the past half-year was £31,908,and that an increase is shown in the net receipts of £3,915. The. avail able balance is £3,335, out of which a 1 per cent. per annum distribution is recommended. At the Wimbledon and Dorking meeting it was stated that the line was opened for traffic In the 4th of April. The profit since then, to the 30th of June, has been £1,564. The shareholders of the Dublin and Belfast Junction have adopted the proposition for a 4 per cent. dividend out of the net balance of £23,466. The laying of the additional portions of the second line of rails is expected to be completed before the u inter. At a meeting of the London, Tilbury, and Southend it was announced that the net revenue in the six months endiniiii;Yune was £6,946, or £656 more than at the same period of last year. The whole of the permanent way was stated to be in good order, and in some of the bridges the wood-work is being replaced by more durable materials. Sir M. Peto i s about to construct 50 new houses at Southend The North Devon have declared a dividend for the past half-year at the rate of 18s. 9d. per cent. per annum. The earnings have been £12,624 against £10,468 in the same period of 1858. About half of the increase is due to the Agricultural Associa tion meetini , at Barnstaple last June. At the North - and South-Western Junction meeting the distribu tion ordered was at the rate of 11 per cent. per annum, being an addition of 1 to the amount divided last year. The revenue shows an iacrease from all sources, but the principal improvement has been under the head of passengers. The shareholders of the Warrington and Stockport have approved a 4 per cent. dividend as proposed. The bill for leasing the line to the London and North-Western and St. Helen's Companies for 999 years has received the Royal assent. The terms are 4 per cent. for the first year and 41 afterwards. The Coniston line was opened for passengers in June, but is not yet ready for goods and minerals. A railway is projected from Thetford through Bury St. Edmund's to Sud bury. Another scheme proposes a line from Bury St. Edmund's to Elsenham. At a meeting-of the Monkland a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum was declared. There has been an increase in the net revenue of £3,885. The report of the Whitehaven and Furness Junction states the available balance to be £2,256, out of which a distribution of 3s. 6d. per share is recommended, carrying forward £265. At the Furness meeting the proposed '7 per' cent. dividend was agreed to. There has been a considerable augmentation in the receipts, notwithstanding the injurious effect of the late war upon trade, while the working ex penses show a reduction. The agreement for the lease of the Coniston has been-sanctioned by the Board of Trade. The directors a the London,- Chatham, and Dover (late East Kent) state that the works are progressing satisfactorily, and that they confidently.expect the completion of the whole line by Pctober, 1860: The portion between Faversham and Canterbury will probably be finished next March. A meeting of the English bond and shareholders of the New York and Erie has been held to consider the necessary steps to be taken with regard to the legal proceedings instituted against the company and the appointment of a re ceiver. It was resolved to send a deputation to New York to examine the accounts and assist in re organising the concern. The Bourn and Essendine line is expected to be ready for traffic by the end of November. The report of the Great Western and Brentford states that the bill for a lease to the Great Western has received the royal assent. Upon the completion of the approach road from Brentford to the dock, now in a forward state, the arrangement will come into operation. The Shrewsbury and Hereford have declared a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum; South Staffordshire, 4i ' • and Hull and Holderness, 21. The committee of ma nagement of the Lombardo-Venetian and Central Italian -Railways have given notice that all future calls must be paid in gold or silver, and that the dividend for the year 1858 has been fixed at Bs. per share." THE BALLOT IN 2HE UNITED STATES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,- - Air: Cobden, in his speech at Rochdale, says that in America " Every one admits that the ballot is the most convenient, peaceful, and moral means of taking votes ever devised." Perhaps it is not generally known that the bal lot, nearly universal in America, is not secret, as proposed in this country, but open. I have before me a rather striking commentary on Mr. Randall's account of the value of the ballot in Philadelphia. It is a leading article in the Public Ledger, of Phi ladelphia, Feb. 28, 1859, headed " Abuses of our Government." Speaking of people in office, sit says : _ " With the machinery at their command, and the , means they so well know how to use, they can con trol the elections and override the people in their choice. If legitimate means fail, what is to prevent such crimes being committed as false swearing at elections, false voting, and all the other falsehoods which are essential to fraudulent elections. . . Hence the corrupt principle which controls our political contests infects the vital principle of re publican government, the purity and freedom of the ballot-box. The elections area fraud on the people, and the people are again defrauded by those whom the first cheat has elevated into public station." The enclosed letter from the talented author of " Two Years before the Mast " gives more precise information than has yet appeared on the subject, especially as to the diffiulty of making the ballot secret. Mr. Dana has kindly given me .leave to publish it. To vouch for its authenticity, I beg to sub scribe myself, your obedient servant, London, Aug. 19. RADSTOCK. "Boston, June 27. ' «My dear Lord Radstock,—Had I known at the time that you were so much interested in the ballot question I should have gone more into detail. I think I can give you the history of the ballot in Massachusetts within reasonable limits. "We have always had the vote by ballot in Massachusetts, but it is the open and not the secret ballot. I have no doubt that the ballot was intro duced for the purpose of Securing secrecy and pro tecting the voter. The first mention of it in our history (see " Palfrey's History of New England," vol. i., page 375) seems to indicate this. But by the inevitable operation of certain causes this pur pose has been frustrated,, and the ballot has become an open one. " These causes are the following : " The purity of the ballot must be preserved at all hazards. Our experience has shown us that in the excitement of great popular elections, deciding the policy of the country, and its vast patronage, frauds will be committed, if a chance is given for them. If these frauds are allowed, the result is not only that the popular will may be defeated, and the result falsified, but that the worst side will pre vail. The side which has the greater number of dishonest men will poll the most votes. The war cry, ' Vote early and vote often !' and the familiar problem, ' how to cast the greater number of votes with the smallest number of voters,' indicate the direction in which the dangers lie. "The first danger is of illegal voters. The second is of illegal votes. " To guard against the former, which is common to the ballot and viva voce voting, we require a re gistry of voters to be kept, and each voter to pre sent himself in open meeting, declare his name, and have it checked from the list before he can deposit his ballot. If his name is not on the register he is rejected. He cannot safely attempt to personate another who is a voter in the presence of the public meeting. We have never been willing to entrust the duty of enforcing these rules and detecting such imposture to any officers, however chosen or appointed. We are not willing to let voters go secretly into boxes or covered ways, out of public view, and there entrust the purity of the franchise to the risks of the fidelity, intelligence, or diligence of any selected persons. Such a system could not stand in America. Our experience will not war rant us in trusting such power to any officers, or to delegates of parties or candidates. It could not stand against the popular distrust, in case of an unexpected result of an important election. Such a mode of voting, too, is against the habits and instincts of our people. " Our security, then, against illegal voters, or legal voters voting more than once, and the perso nation of an absent voter, is in requiring the voter to appear in open meeting, subject to scrutiny and challenge. " The next danger is of illegal votes—that is, of a voter depositing more than one vote. This is a danger from whieh viva voce voting is free. It is the great danger attending the ballot. If it cannot be satisfactorily guarded against the ballot must be given up. The end must not be sacrificed to the means. The danger is that with the paper folded several ballots may be dropped as one. This gives the election to the party of the most rogues. " To guard against this we have required the voter to present his ballot at the ballot-box in public meeting, open and unfolded, so that all can see that he deposits but one vote. Not only the s worn officers, but chiefly, and more earnestly, and effectually, the party committees and eager par tisans keep watch over the singleness of the ballot. " I have thus shown you how the necessary ope ration of causes has made our ballot an open one. " Let me now tell you how fur, and in what sense, it is an open one. " If the voting were for ono or two candidates only, and each man wrote his vote, he might pass this ordeal of scrutiny, and still in many cases pre serve the secret of his vote—yet not easily. But we vote for so many officers in America that a bal lot is like a subscription:list. In choosing the Presi dent we vote for a whole corps of electors—in New York for 36, in Massachussetts for 13. We choose long lists of senators, representatives, counsellors, state, city, town, county, and ward officers. All these are usually on one ballot, arranged under their proper heads. = This list is agreed upon at a party convention or caucus, and printed for the use ,of the voters. The printed ballots are sp con venient that a written ballot is almost as rare as a written bank cheque. It would be exceedingly inconvenient—little short of impossible—for each vother to prepare his own list, assigning to each office a candidate who is legally qualified in all respects, and is understood to be willing to a2cept the office. Moreover, as a plurality elects—that is, a relative and not an absolUte majority—every vote for a candidate not previously agreed upon by others, is thrown away. From these causes it happens that printed ballots are all but exclusively used, and that the ballots are those provided by the party committees. Each party has at the polls its printed ballots and ballot distributors. The ballots are distinguished by. colours and by emblems. The Democratic tickets may be headed' by the eagle, and the Republican by the stars and stripes, and one of blue paper and the other of white. if a man deposits the party ballot, holding it open and un folded, in the presence of all the meeting, so that it can be told that it is single, and gives his name, and awaits scrutiny, it can readily be understood what the secrecy amounts to. If he refuses the party ticket, and offers one of his own, even if his vote is not read, he is marked as a 'bolter.' "Now, the politicians and the party committees have everylnotive for ascertaining each man's vote. They canvass every voting district thoroughly. They have their check lists, at the polls. As each voter is checked off from the public register he is checked from the committee's list,' and the cha racter of his vote is 'set down as certain or probable. As the time of closing the polls draws near absentees are drumnied up, until the list of sure and probable supporters is exhausted. Party fidelity is exacted, and a swerving from it is watched and remembered. " In this state of things our ballot has practically no element of secrecy. The result of the voting is known before it is declared. I have seen a ballot of 1,000 votes counted by bystanders so as to come out correctly. It is not unusual, in times of excite ment, to hear applause or hisses as a ballot is de posited. " About the year 1851 the public mind was much stirred by a movement for a secret ballot. It was agreed on both sides that our system had no secrecy. The argument for the secret ballot was that the voter must be protected against undue influence. This influence was not, as in England, from great landlords over their tenants and labourers; for we have nosuch system with us. Our agriculture is in the hands of small feeeholders, and they are the most independent class we have. The undue in fluence was from the political organizations, which aim at a despotic control over individual action, and from the great manufacturing establishments, corporate and un-incorporated, and, to some extent, from the large employers engaged in commerce and the mechanic arts. Committees of inquiry were appointed by the Legislature, and they reported rather a serious state of inquisition and intimidation in many quart( rs. _ _ " Still, the secret ballot met with strong opposi tion. It was nicknamed the' sneaking ballot,' and was characterised as unsuited to our feelings and habits, and as debasing. It was said that it was better to leave a few timid voters unprotected, than to lower the tone of a whole people. It was also predicted that secrecy was impossible if desirable, and that the result would be a series of troublesome, undignified, and complicated contrivances ending in nothing. _ _ _ " The friends of the secret ballot took great pains to meet the latter objection ; and a leading advo cate of it went to England and conferred with the supporters of secret ballot there, and examined the various plans. Some of these plans the friends of the measure rejected as too complex, and others because they knew that our people would never give up the requirement of scrutiny in open meeting, and would never leave the office of detection to selected bodies, however selected, or however numerous. Having free scope and full opportunity they settled upon their system. It was that of the sealed envelope. " The question was decided by the Legislature of _ _ 1851. There was a strong party of dev - oted advo cates, and a strong party of determined opponents. The men of middle opinions held the balance ; and they were willing the experiment should be tried, and fairly tried. It was rare to find - a nian who wished the secret ballot for himself; but all thought they knew persons who did need it. The large majority thought we ought to submit to inconveni ence, and even to some humiliation of pride, to some crossing of tastes and sentiments, in order to save our weaker brethren from offence. The advo cates of the measure moulded it as they pleased, and carried the measure as they prepared it. " Certain difficulties were to be met and overcome. Public voting in open meeting was a sine qua non. If the envelope betrayed its contents secrecy was gone. It must be seen, or two envelopes might be deposited for one. The party committees, who never favour secrecy from their own scrutiny, would furnish ballot, envelope and all, and the old colours and emblems would defeat the end of secrecy. To meet this difficulty, it was provided that the envelopes should be of one size, form, and colour, and all free from every emblem, sign, writing, or any other designation. This made it necessary that the law should determine the sizs, form, colour, &c., and that the envelopes should be furnished by the public authorities. Accordingly, the Government furnished to each town a large supply of envelopes, which were to be furnished by the officers of the town, at the polls, to the electors. "'l'o give the secret ballot its due efficiency it must be made obligatory on all. For if the resort to it was optional the use of it would be itself a cause of suspicion, inquisition, and intimidation. " To prevent a ballot from slipping out of the envelope after being deposited, and thus rejected as irregular, each envelope must be sealed. Wax and wafers might be used as emblems and would be troub!esome, so the envelopes were made self sealing with gluten. It was found that the party committees or their employers obtained the envelopes, put ballots in them, and offered them thus to the voters. This put the voter to the dilemma of refusing or accept ing, and let in the very influence the law was in tended to preclude. Strict laws were then made against obtaining and offering envelopes, and the officers were required, under oath, to give them only to voters, singly, and in the same room in which the ballot -box stood. " Still, the domineering employers and party com mittees might make envelopes of the required size, form and colour, and offer them. This made it ne cessary to forbid and exclude all envelopes but those made and furnished by the officers. To secure this, it was provided that each envelope should be stamped with the arms of the State, and penalties were enacted against counterfeiting these stamps. " Another practical difficulty arose. The self sealing; was not always secure. Envelopes got opened in the box, in tumbling out the ballots, and lost their contents, and thus were rejected. To re medy this the authorities were required to keep a supply of gluten at the polls to aid in the sealing. Stiff-fingered labourers complained that they could not manage the envelopes, the self-sealing, and the gluten, and the very name of gluten became a by word and a jest. It was further provided that bal lots out of envelopes should be counted, if once fairly deposited. "These may seem to you absurd details, but I assure you the best talent of the earnest friends of the secret ballot were employed in perfecting the system from year to year. The law was passed in 1851, and amended in 1852. It was tried two years, at one presidential and several State and miner elections. What with the interest which political committees and the employers have in ascertaining how men vote, what with the preference of many, and the willingness of most to have their votes known, and what with the inconvenience of the system itself, it fell into disfavour. In 1853 a law was passed allowing each voter to use either the secret or the open ballot, at his option, and the secret ballot died a natural death. " At the Presidential election of 1856, although the envelopes were supplied and placed at the polls by the authoritiess, with their stamps and gluten, as the law directs, I have been told that in the entire common wealth, out of 167,000 ballots cast, perhaps not 100 were secret. At the place where I voted I did not see one envelope used, and the count of the by standers kept even tally with the official report. "During the last session of the Legislature an attempt was made to revive the secret ballot law, but in a House of Representatives where the Liberal party largely prevailed, the motion met with no favour, and was given the go-by without debate or division. " You may ask me, why then do we have the ballot at all, instead of viva voce voting, the latter being less liable to frauds ? A sufficient cause is that in the multiplicity anti complexity of our po pular elections, viva voce voting would be almost impossible. The ballot is•rapid, convenient; and quiet.* *Probably, also, there is a feeling that while the open bal:ot is not a protection against , scrutiny, yet undue influence has somewhat freer scope, and the dependent and timid voter is somewhat more in danger where he is obliged to declare his vote aloud. . ("In our' legislative bodies, of course, we have ,the usual practice,—that, in taking a , uestion, even a small minority may demand an open vote, which with us isyeas and nays, and not by a division as with you. In the choice of their officers, legislative .bodies usually proceed by ballot • but in more im .portant elections, as electing of United State:: sena tors, they have• of late 'adopted the "viva voce method: It is thought that this being a high trust to be.eiereised on.behalf of the whole State should be exercised:openly.) • " The summary of our experience, then, may be stated thus :-- " 1. The ballot (secret or open) is promotive of quiet at polls, and under our system of general suf frage, and of the multiplicity of officers to be voted for at the same time, is almost a necessity, on the grounds of convenience. " 2. It is found in practice that the ballot can be sufficiently guarded against fraud, but in securing this result we have deprived it of the element of secrecy.. • " 3. The attempt to introduce a mode of ballot which shall be at once secret, and secure against fraud, and reasonably convenient, has so, far failed with us, " 4. What may be the present opinion of the majority as' to the principle of the secret ballot is matter of conjecture. A large and influential pro portion oppose it on principle,' and what with this difference of opinion on the principle, and what with the difficulties in details, the secret ballot has been abandoned and the open ballot fallen back upon, as affording as much protection to the voter as in the opinion of some is desirable, and of others is prac ticable.—Believe inc, very truly. yours, " RICHARD IL DANA, Jun. " Right Hon. Lord Radstock." TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—ln the Times of this day appears a letter from Lord Radstock, offering you an explanation of the state of the ballot in Masachussetts, United States, America, from the pen of Mr. Dana,, an American writer. I have in the most complete manner laid before the public the whole of that information on the authority of the Hon. A. Wal ker, late one of the Secretaries of State, and, hav ing lately been honoured with an interview with Mr. Walker, I am enabled to say that he confirmed every word which I had ventured to say on his authority. • Between Mr. Dana and Mr. Walker this differ ence exists. Mr. Walker considers that the Ame ricans never can eradicate the vices which have found their way into their electoral system without a secret ballot, and contends that when he carried that measure in the Legislature it was successful in operation and upset by a faction, and if it re quired any alteration it was merely in detail. The Americans generally, and Messrs. Dana and Wal ker in particular, are united in one common opinion that the ballot, of whatever description, affords the best, most peaceful, and least objeotionable mode of taking votes. Why need we trouble ourselves with the ballot 'in America when we have the ballot in England perfectly successful in our elec toral institutions, and only untried in Parliamen tary and some municipal elections ? Why are our flourishing Australian colonies so carefully ig nored in the columns of the Times? Why should the difference of opinion, not on the exist ence, but the mode of ballot in America be descanted on, and the perfect unanimity of all classes which exists in Australia as to the beneficial results of its adoption be so studiously avoided ? Simply, it is because every objection which has been made in theory to secret voting has met with a practical refutation in our Southern colonies ; in an Australian election personation is just as easy of detection as at an election in England. ' Bribery under secret voting is just as easy of detection as under open voting; and, if'you desire a comment upon the utility of secret voting as a check upon bribery, refer to the late disclosures printed in those records of infamy the blue-books, and you will find that where the election agents have been green enough, contrary to usual practice to pay some scoundrel in advance for his vote, the vote has been given with no reference to value re ceived, but directly in accordance with the voter's original opinions. (See Minutes of Wakefield and Gloucester Election Petitions.) If, therefore, you plunge the vote altogether into obscurity, you will destroy the market. This was Mr. Coppock's opinion of the effect of the ballot. In Australia the power of detection of all kinds of malversation of the franchise exists under the ballot, as it does in this country under open voting, while the bal lot appears to have proved altogether its prevention. As for intimidation, the ballot destroys it entirely. The arguments used against the operation of secret voting upon intimidation arc utterly unworthy of notice. All I have ventured to ask of the House of Commons is to accord to me the truth of the prin ciple, that the elector has a right to demand pro tection in the discharge of the duty imposed upon • him, and the details are the most simple things possible by which that principle can be carried out. In forming these details I should be acting under the advice Df some of the most distinguished and able men whether in or out'of Parliatnent. I admit that if we did not produce a measure utterly subversive of our monster grievance, intimidation, calculated to check bribery in all constituencies of at least 2,000 electors, retaining the means of de tecting personation, false votes, and the power of appeal, at the same time producing peace and order at elections, we must have grossly miscalculated cause and effect. It is , not for me, however, even acting under the best advice, to claim perfection for any measure. Accord me but the principle, and the details of the bill which we shall propose are open to discussion and amendment, and they are certain to be met by the most acrid opposition. If such a bill could not be successfully opposed in the House of Commons, as the time is, I believe, approaching when it can not, an attempt would then be made to perpetrate its emasculation; in which the House of Lords would join with great gusto. If it pleased the Legislature to make such a law and to turn their attention and abilities to its completion, we may reasonably ex pect a more perfect and complete statute than that which has proved such a blessing to Australia. I am, Sir, yours obediently, F. HENRY F. BERKELEY. Victoria•square, Aug. 27. TO, THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Allow me to correct an urror in the letter of my countryman and friend Mr. Dana, which ap pears in your columns to-day, "that the ballots are distinguished by colours and emblems." Coloured ballots are certainly illegal in Massachusetts, and I think in most of the United States. With this exception the letter is a truthful, im partial, and unanswerable statement of the design, operation, and effect of the ballot, at least in the New England States, and I hope its publication may in some measure correct the exaggerated state ments which the Ballot Society have so industri ously circulated in regard to this matter, and which the hon. member for Birmingham has adorned with an eloquence worthy a better cause. H. F. P. THE MAIL SEI?VICE. ~ SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY.—The steamship Orissa, Captain Joy, left this day with the Bombay mail, 45 passengers, and £246,339 in specie and jewellery. Among the passengers are Major and Mrs. Andrews, Captain Johns, Captain and Mrs. Sicowright, Captain Xinnes, Lieutenant Lloyd, &c. The steamship Tagus, Captain Cook, left this day with the Peninsular mail and 30 passengers. The steamship Parana will take out the West India and South Pacific mails of the 2d proximo. The Pera is preparing to convey the East India and China mails of the 4th proximo. The Athens will take out the Cape of Good Hope mails on the 6th. The Avon will take out the Brazil and River Plate mails of the 9th. The Vectis,with the homeward Peninsular mails may be looked for on the 31st. The Indus, with the East India, China, and Mediterranean mails, is expected on the 31st. The La Plata, with the West India, and Pacific mails, is due on the Ist Sept. The Tasmanian, with the The e zi n l . and River Plate mails, is due on the sth. m the Bombay and Australian 12th. The Peninsular and C O i r i i . en al Company's new steam-ships Delta and s tb ails,t is d l u p e oll o , n w t i b th e The are expected afrrormivaLlsonadnoandienpaattfeuwresdoafy steam-ships e following for an adr efrom e during e t n o su H in a g week b :—The .tb advices of the 15th, is expected in Cowesmur n g o , aa w s with to Havre, with the .' American Fulton, mails and advices of the 20th inst. , may be looked foron the Ist proximo. The Arago, w ith th e F renc h an d E ng li s h mails, will leave on the 31st. The Borussia, from Ham burg to New York, will leave on the 4th. MB TV-HERO • DOVER, 8 'ATURDAY -T - he remnant orffie — allant body bi T ~"` zyt names'are i rishably linked with the he.o44:lgA, - fence of the city of Lucknow have jusi - arkiF,an here,' to take upiheir quarters in this garfibn, . having -landed it Tortsmouth at 9 o'oiock this ;i /. 11I: morning. Theie arrival had been anticipated with.ll ll ( 7 1 1 a good deal of enthusiasin by the people of Dover, ever since the depot of the regiment, under Major ' Clapcott, was removed hi er from Aldershott, and it became knit_ _• .e joined here by r' the head-. • returning fram India; and t e vith did credit to the grateful and patriotic feelings of our towns- . men. For some weeks past it lias been determined that whenever the head-quarters of the regiment should arrive something like a demonstration should takeplace, and also teat a more substantial mark of the sentiments entertained for the courage and endurance manifested by these gallant fellows under circumstances of . the utmost danger should-- be afforded. To advance these objects a committee of townsmen wos formed, with one of the oldest and most esteemed inhabitants, Mr. C. Lamb, as its chairman. By these gentlemen a subscription was opened, and we,are glad to state that the response has been such that a fete of some kind will at no distant day be given to the gallant fellows who arrived here on Saturday, in celebration of their return home. Upon this point the commanding officer will of course have to be consulted, but it is more than probable that it take place in the course of the ensuing week. It was understood that the train conveying the troops from Ports mouth would arrive here at half-past 5 o'clock, by which hotiea Vast concourse Of persons had assem bled at the railway station and its approaches. In the interior of the statiou was a large assemblage of the very elite of the place, in this its most fashionable season. Among the official personages were Major-General Cranford, with his Aide de-Camp, Captain Malet, Brigade-Major Barnard, Colonel Cuppage i R.A., Captain Triscott, R.N., &c. On the outside a very large crowd had gathered, patiently keeping their ground from the time mentioned as the expected hour of arrival un til the train actually entered the station at about a quarter to seven o'clock, The chairman and several gentlemen of the committee above referred to were also in attendance, and on the arrival of the train headed a procession then formed, and which passed through the principal streets of the town to the military quarters at the Western Heights, preceded by a banner bearing the .inscription, " Welcome home, heroes of Lucknow !" The arrival of the train was greeted with loud huzzaing and waving of handkerchiefs, and the greatest enthusiasm was manifested, these demonstrations being warmly re sponded to by the Lucknow men. Th e 'b an d s of the Oxfordshire Militia and of the 32d depot were in attendance and played on the way to the Heights " Home, sweet home," and such other airs as were suggested by the circumstances. The number of civilians, which comprised some thousands on quit ting the railway station, increased at every step, and the cheering was incessant: At several win dows flag s and laurel s were di sp l aye d . S ome o f t h e poor fell ows seemed touched with the ovation, and when on reaching'their quarters the depot saluted the colours of the regiment, for the honour of which so much had been sacrificed and imperilled, the scene was very 'affecting. The head-quarters are about 300 strong, and-with the depot, which is in an admirable state of discipline, the entire strength of the regiment is about 1,100. RELIGIOUS -.DISSENSIONS IN ST. GEORGE'S EAST. Yesterday there was a repetition, though not to a very serious extent, of the disgraceful disturbances in the parish church of St. George's-in-the-East. The morning service was conducted by the Rev. Frederick George Lee, S.C.L., of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. There were some strange singularities in the service which arc worthy of notice, inasmuch as they are partly the causes whichlend to keep alive the spirit of religious animosit y . with which the parish is unhappily afflicted. The rector is away, and the churchwarden (Mr. Thompson) who has a most painful and difficult duty to discharge, states in reply to inquiries that he does not know where the rev. gentleman is, nor who is ‘• in charge" of the parish. There is, consequently, no one who is re sponsible for the ecclesiastical condition of the parish, and the churchwarden is at the mercy of any strange clergyman who may appear to take the duty. At the commencement of the service yesterday morning, Mr. Lee appeared at the altar, to which he did re verence, in the vestments of a Roman Catholic priest, the ordinary ecclesiastical habit of a clergy- man of the Church of England being entirely dis pensed with. The reading desk was also ignored by him. He knelt in front of the altar and intoned the prayers, and when the time came for reading the lessons that duty was performed by a layman, who ascended the desk habited in a.. plain whitesur plice of a pattern similar to that worn b,y acolytes 4f of the Church of Rome. At the close of the Com- minion service Mr. Lee (who had previously dis pensed with the Litany) ascended the pulpit in his white robes, consisting of chasable, manciple, stole, &c. To the uninitiated in ecclesiastical millinery it may be stated that the vestments consisted, not of an ordinary linen surplice with the graceful ap pendages of scarf and university hood, but of a yellowish white cloak fastened close round the neck, all the trimmings consisting of broad gold lace embroidery, with a cross %oven into the back. He selected for his text the 4th verse of the 9th chapter of St John's Gospel, " I must work the works of Him that sent me while it is day ; the night cometh when no man can work." The sermon—or rather the last half of it—consisted of a general condemnation of the press on account of its malignity ; of the Church, on account of its apathy ; of the public, •on account of its antipathy to the ultra High Church party; and of the mob of St. George's parish, who (the rev. gentle man delicately observed) were disciples of the gospel of Belial and followers of •Beelzebub. His sermon, so long as he kept to his text, was one of a much higher character, both for lucidity of ar gument and sound evangelical teaching, than .one generally hears in London pulpits. Although of the simplest character, it was clearly the work of a gentleman and a scholar. Departing by a despe rate leap from the text which he had so well ex pounded, Mr. Lee proceeded to a consideration of the present state of the Church and Church parties. He drew a lamentable picture of the State of the Church at the time when Wesley and Whitfield aroused it from its slumbers, and seemed to think that the present position of affairs had not much changed for the better —or, rather would not have changed for the better at all, had it not been for the Oxford movement, with which he very honestly admitted he was, a sincere sympathiser. In the church of St. George's, he remarked, there was a form of service which was not generally recognised in the national establishment, but nothing was done there in violation of the law of the land, which in ecclesiastical proceedings allowed great latitude. Owing to the publicity given to last Sunday's proceedings, there was an overwhelming congregation at the afternoon ser vice, NN hich was commenced at a quarter-past two by the Rev. Hugh Allen, M.A., the lecturer nomi nated by ,the vestry. The preacher selected for his text the 18th chapter of Ezekiel, verse 32, " For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, said the Lord God. Wherefore turn yow.- selves and live ye." The sermon was of a highly explosive character. Towards the close the rev. gentleman begged the congregation to depart peaceably as soon as he had pronounced the benediction. A very few indeed followed his advice, and nearly 1,000 persons waited for 'what is called the rector's servica, which commences at four o'clock, and which consists of the Litany sa id before the altar. It was quite plain from t!ae cha racter and demeanour of the people that a serious disturbance might be expected, but the intention on their part was thwarted by the very commend able and discreet conduct of Mr. Thompson, the churchwarden, who at a minute or two before four o'clock went into the vestry and informed Mr. Lee that he would, in fulfilment of his duty, render him all the assistance he could in his performance of the service, but that he would not be responsible for the result if it were persisted in. The result of the interview was at four o'clock made known by the churchwarden, who ascended the steps of the reading desk and announced that the four o'clock service was suspended. Still the people were un willing to leave the church. At length a man with vigorous lungs, and who ran the risk of ecctepiasti cal censure for " brawling," proposed that the Doxology should be sung, and gave it out; in due form. It was executed with consideratily ;more strength than harmony at its close, and al .ter a few hisses and groans the churchwarden, with the assis tance of the police, suceeeded in de arirg the church. A novel incubator has been made r .se C gf by Mr. the oven of which the experimenter placed a sitting of ~e _ T h _:_. _, H. Forman in the form of a bakehouse, wader which in due seasonwerehatched, and are, bow j , ,,tti , six of Hambro' chickens a month old.—Stamf loi . d .31 r re " u b r u y eal . "9' DISCOVERIES IN NEwFouNDLA'sD.- - -Rxtraordi nary mineral discoveries have lately New foundland, which 'been naaf i s in will become the Corn, Nail of North America. 'We have been shown spec.imens o r c r opper pyrites containing from Bto 12 per cent. of metal, t: a c en from a lode 50 feet in breadth ; the ore being as valuabl . for sulphur as fu. copper. It crops out upon the surfac a , and thousands of tons can be obtained at a trifling outlr cv S eve ral very graph announces th a t a va l ua bl e yein of silve rich lodes of lead hav e also been discover ;r ore has been and the tele found,—Quebec Chronic(,,