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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.—Re' urn Tickets issued on rriday„the 23d.December, and intermediate days, will be available until Wednesday, the 28th, inclusive. -N.B. On the Bristol and Exeter and South Devon lines Return Tickets are not available on Sundays. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. cllinsirmAs HOLIDAYS CHEAP BRUM "LONS to the NORTH. On FRIDAY , D ecember 23, V AN EXCURSION TRAIN will leave Paddington at Ram for OXFORD (Fares, lls and 5s 6d), 13anbury (14 s and 6s 6d), Leamington and Warwick (18s and 8s), ---ngham (20s and 9s 6d), West Bromwich, Wednesbury, and Bilston (21s 6d and 10s), Wolverhampton (225 fid and 10s °Q), Wellington and Shrewsbury (27s 6d'and 13s), Chester Zs and 15s), Birkenhead and Liverpool (375 and 175); re lug on SATURDAY, December 31, from Liverpool handing-stage), at 8.10 a.m., and intermediate stations as Per handbills. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.- EXCURSIONS AT LOW FARES, via GREAT ESTEEM RAILWAY.—On FRIDAY, December 23d, and TUESDAY December 27th, an EXCURSION TRAIN will l eave Paddington at 8 a.m. for OXFORD !Fares, 6s 6d and 48 .), Banbury (8s and ss), Leamington and Warwick (105 6d and 6s) Birmingham (125 and 7s), West Bromwich, Wednes burY, and Bilston (125 6d and 7s 6d), Wolverhampton (138 ,an, 8s), Wellington and Shrewsbury (17s and 108), Chester ed and 11s), Birkenhead and Liverpool (21s and 12s 6d), , r eturning on TUESDAY, December 27 th , and SATU RDAY, December 31st from Liverpool (landing-stage) at 8 10 a.m., and intermediate stations as per handbills.—N. B. Tickets ken on the 23d will only be available for return on the 27th "eeeMber. BANK OF DEPOSIT, Established A.D. 1844, No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON, S.W. Capital Stock £lOO,OOO. Parties desirous of investing money are requested to ex %Mine the plan of the Bank of Deposit, by which a high rate 1 : 4 interest may be obtained with ample security. Deposits made by special agreement may be withdrawn Irithout notice. The interest is payable in January and July.' PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Forms for opening accounts sent free on application. - LIFE AS SURANCE. - AD VICE OFFICE, ', No. 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill. LIFE PO LICY HOLDERS IT. YOU WHO MEAN TO INSURE YOUR rims write to Messrs. AVIES and Co. for their prospectus. It is to be had for r'Pig for. It will show you how to convert your present Policy llraa Jewel of INTRINSIC VALUE. How to make that policy, which now requires your constant care and watchful !less to'save it from extinction, an INALIENABLE PRO PERTY available for present use as well as future consolation. 70 study that prospectus, and act as it directs, may be the You Ll e ans, when ou are dead, or saving those who are dearest from in s olvency and w ant . Proofs unfortunately are not wanting that such things have come to pass throu g h the a gency of a - policy of assurance. LIFE ASSURANCE. —The holders of Forfeited ft. Policies are requested to commu nicate the p articulars the cause of forfeiture, and how many premiums had been raid upon them, to • Messrs. DAVIES and Co., Advice Office _or Lite Asserers 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill . Messrs. DAVIES 4 ,...nd Co advance ' money to continue the premium s on-poli cies in good offices. METROPOLITAN, COUNTIES, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 27, Regent-street, Waterloo-Place, London, S.W. Pie A'ssurance, Annuities, and Endowments. Loans on real and personal security. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. TAE UNIVERSAL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. I ' o be Incorporated under the Joint Stock Companies Act, and to be conducted on die principle of Limited Liability. CAPITAL—XI,OOO,OOO, in 50,000 Shares of £2O each. D t osit £1 per Share to paid on, application, and a fur cabe eposit of £1 per Share to be paid on allotment. No u to exce £2 per Sare, and no Calls to be made at in- of' less ed than Three Months between each Call. DIRECTORS. John H. Dillon, Esq., (The Albany, Piccadilly). Pinto Leite Esq., (Messrs. Pinto Leite , Brothers). z 1„. *trey Lewis; Esq (Director of the National Bank). John Lubbock, Esq. ' , (Messrs. Lubbock, Foster, and Co.) 1 1:.enr3 , Woodfall, Esq., Liverpool. Usborne, Esq., (Messrs. Usborne and Sons). Albert Ricardo, Esq., (Messrs. A. and W. Ricardo). •k,• P. Petrocochino, Esq., Finsbury Cha m b ers. Z. C. Pearson, Esq., (Messrs. Pearson, Coleman, and Co.) veo. Fred. Young, Esq., (Messrs. Young, Son, and Magnay), shipbuilders, BANKERS—Messrs. Lubbock, Foster, and Co. SOLICITORS. • Messrs. Hughes, Kearsey, Masterman, and Hughes. Messrs. Ashurst, Son, and Morris. BROKERS. Messrs. R. and J. Sutton, Royal Exchange. • Messrs. Field, Son, and Wood, Warnford-court. SECRETARY, pro. tem.—J. W. Pillans, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES-84, King William-street, City. Marine Insurance is now recognised as a highly safe and b ll e.rative description of business, when conducted on sound and P on a sufficiently extensive scale. .„'Lte well prosperity of the existing Marine Incur ' Companies clearly establishes this fact, and shows the i; 4 le attached by the shipping interest to the security which ~_ afforded by the large subscribed capital, and the systematic ah.. " 4 ion- of joint stock establishments, in this important 1 11 -liry to commercial enterprise. The present selling prices the shares of the principal Marine Insurance Companies The from three to thirty times the amount paid, viz.:— +Bie Indemnity has increased from £sl3s. 6d. paid up to £l7O to b hdon Assurance ditto £l2los. Od. ditto £42 Yal Exchange ditto £ lOO Os. Od. ditto £3OO • Ajil n „ ditto £25 Os. Od. ditto £6O -marine ditto £l5 Os. Od. ditto £llO ta-kithough the trade and commerce of Great Britain are biatily expanding every year, and the improvements in ship the „ d ing keep pace with the requirements of our merchants, rulount of capital contributed by the public as a fund for mz insurance of the floating wealth of the nation remains o r„ost stationary, and is wholly inadequate for the insurance " v ine enormous and constantly increasing quantity of goods 14 bullion crossing the ocean. The consequence is, that eihe insurances to a large extent are now effected for ,Jitish merchants in Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and else -I;',Tnere ; and, owing to the difference in the laws and customs fo reign countries, distrust and litigation frequently arise 1, 1 , 1 e settlement of claims. 4.„1 1 5 increased speed now attained in locomotion by sea and eau , and the extension of electric telegraphs, multiply, con to'srably the transactions which require insurance, and lead Vicker returns. ae Premium Incomes of the existing Insurance Companies eas folio • t nci follows eranity---about £500,000 Premium per Annum. London Assurance—about 400,000 ~ iloYal Exchange d 0... 400,000 „ If Alliance d 0... 300, 000 „ It Aron l ne d 0... .%o*,o oo of t ;,ulg satisfactorily that the public appreciate the security 1,,e joint stock principle as applied to Marine Insurance. t as tes necessity, therefore, of an enlarged basis for Marine r ott r ance becomes daily more apparent; during the last 2.. .ue exports alone of Great Britain have increased tour bolt per cent., while the greater size of the vessels now I ," fel. ocean navigation, and the enormous value of bullion til‘r, Merchandise often shipped in one botto - n, render the in esbLnee of the full value difficult and frequently impracti he to universal Marine Insurance Company is established ci pa a 2broad and comprehensive basis, for the purpose of parti bo,4;lls in the profits realised in a growing and prospe rous to m)] y"' Th valuable connexion already secured to this Company sXD,, lt to commence operations at once, with well-grounded ` c lations of success, and proper measures have been taken el , ; !eure the services of anunderwriter of acknowledged ex t'llee and high standing hi t ; ! i tddition to the ag of the measure ro n eed by Government in the lasts sion of Parliament Dat i l,: limitation of the liability of marine insurance coni t,o_ , the large subscribed capital of the Universal . Marine strib u e a,.nee Company will protect the interests of its sub ao),,_'S, and at the same time present to its customers an thi';' o '..guarantee for the security of the policies effected at 'ee. In the meantime in every transaction of the Com strkYtethdetoliathbility of the shareholders will be especially re tlie subscription list will be closed at an early day, and in the meantime applications for shares may be addressed, in at l i t 'll,,eXed form, to Mr. J. W. Pillans, Secretary (pro term). ,_ a litt o '," ll-I °' William-street, City ; to Messrs. R. and J. wo od - 1 4 2 2. ' R0yal Exchange, or to Messrs. Field, Son, and Warn ford-court, Throgmorton-street. brokers to the lialiCTY. Every' application must be accompanied by the for'''s receipt for the deposit of £1 on each share applied Aiu In the event of no allotment being made the deposit b returned- MEDICAL ADVICE. 1) 11 ' LA'MERT, Registered L.S. A., Honorary the Member of the London Hospital Medical Socie t y , M.D. e t i .` university of Erlangen,_dre., may be CONSULTE D ase ,- of Debility, Nervousness, and the In rorati.,,,eB ni Youth and Maturity, from E leven till Two, Secret and ..Lx. till Eight, at his sesidence, , 37, BEDFORI*:SQIJARE, LONDON exerohiwaltert has just published, price Sixpence, with mt- Ontil ed Ento'ravian d Cases, a New Edition of his W or k , ._ It hi t ob 11 S P E kg eft will be sent fr L e F-PRESERVATION e, in a sealed enve lope, by Mann, 3( 111 h t Loudon, or by the Author, to any address, for • CONTENTS. u l hey.." 3l ‘ I—The Physiology of the Generative Organs. K're - ON II pub ty Manhood -The Morale of Genera er and False Morality. "`tPat 111.--Marriage in its Moral, Social, and Physical 'keg - Pm-Its Expectancies and Disappointments-Adyan ee°' Physical Contrasts in securing Healthy Offspring. s "st e .`TN 1 1 1 .—Spermatorrhcea and Impotence-The cases St in both Sexes-Self-inflicted Miseries. V. -The Vices of Schools-Effects of certain per %bee e t. h abits on the mental and general faculties- Import ,il R t „ Aorai DisciTrpline' VL-eatment sf Nervous and Generative De" , ~arfouPotence and Sterility-Dangerous Results of ,Ittu t t - ti azardous Specifics -Tbe Author's Principle s of 4,ll.eutty Year nent; Medical -Dietetic. and General, derived from succes'sful practice. 1.) U r ,' -BARRY'S REVATIENT nt ! ins rtra — ROCOL A.TH POWDER °OM ell of easily assimilated no f is with weak stomachs, A t the A greatest ß ie A rihe:tte persons, children, andairinallanraat for strengthening meal, affords a delicious brea2„r nerves, and, at 3-pence r o no wfast, lunch, or supper. It I P : the best dietetic hennePa - N VeParation, and may be eaten ei d t . he A r d a m lon ir e ab o l r y m a i d x a e p d te w a it t h e N o !arrY'e Revalenta Arabica 1;oo ; filb, *mita n , :th. In Tins at s. ree k i" B . 121 b 265. The 121 b. forw a r d l i e b d . , c 3 a s r . r i ; a g a l b e . , f s r s e . e ,f) on st r Dt of P ostoflice order. Du Barry 77, Regent ", London ; and through all Grocers „1)4 „ NO MORE MEDICINE a an d d C C o llemists. ttliv "I.ItRY'S DELICIOUS th),,,tLE NITA. ARA.BICA. FOOD CE effectuales nervousness, blit,'„ YsPepsial constipatior, tlatuieneY, P hleg, I S y T In t d i i g N e sG impurities, 11, ~soeloi li l i ts lsteria, neuralgia, sleepless -9,1, ._,_, , ver cool!) a n fl hysteria, , propitiation, heartburn, eruptions, dysentery, hemorrhoids, o elq a „,"tY, low spirits, diarrhoea, Petta,'"e, noises in the head and ears. tttia. between the shoulders, despondency, cramps, p , sea), sinking a t , 'ea, and sickness (during Pregnancy or debility, am _s diabetes, spasms trlTTlpcjaniZtiht, asthma, bronchitis, consumption, also Children's W e ~ ' B * b,,, t „ _xtract a few out of 50,000 ertpressions of de Decies of ta4lll)l,ds thus cured : Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart,,u_ifty years' in dese4Q,airs' dyspepsia. Care No. 49,832. r gratitude from onszh , a 'te ag*Ony from dyspepsia, the steT,,,c,oonvtipation, flatulency, nervousness, asthma, e,11,11,...fv1 vomiting, have been spa r s e m m a o'ved by Du Barry's "all the" rood," Maria Joly. ,gall Duke of Pluskow, of dyspepsia, constipatiolt, b n a y m - Cure No. 53,816. Field Mar tm "ea , and treatment. plaints which had resisted a 1 ,Thedaedical Cure No. 47,121. Miss e Elizabeth th rings, low st,4l`4'.!, an extreme nervousness, I -"-- aul S,; ation ;2g, Dr. Andrew rt, ~.!,, and nervous fancies. Cure IN'o. of sod dyspepsia, andnery o o . u l s B trritablitty. Cure !14q.,4,0. Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. Dr. miCaPtain Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure N 36 Curev 24 ,,,,418 . n i.. t 0...r, of cramps, spume and daily vomiti o n . gs.' No. I vi.t.. — ` • nervey,ot diarrhceaanddebility. r. toc,rll,,eret co nstunption. Cure N 0.46,270. Mr. Jame:Roberts. 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" .2 , ,eriftr ,, ,, \ 4 , , , §l,. , 4.. „ ..t. , , 411 - 11 -- PP ,.. •• c'''' I . .., ~ : ._ .6 . , the wary 1. , . 01e— 'il C '..---.*, - ' —Nip ••• ' '''' '‘ I -n, i ~' '.l ;NV 4t'.' , 'o' ~ (re, ~,, - ..,,,, , 5,r Cfsk or-- -, • : ~.-.... r + `:AltAfft 8 .- ,L, DI ‘7 l •I"' 'MP ', 7 ,,'•';,14. ,4 ' ;,•! , ,t'L.:1 ,, , , " 1R ... 0n. .. ,ze j 4 . - i „ . the re,. • wh' • •-, -,D P i4ac,E P. STAMPED, 6 DEFENCE OF THE EAST MAST, The corporations of Ipswich and Harwieh (says the Ipswich Journal), by bringing to the notice of the Government the very deficient condition of the defences of the latter town, have taken a step which we trust will be productive of much security to the eastern counties. Harwich harbour may ipdeed be said to be th,s3 key to the Eastern Cdunties. An army once in possessidn of either of the shores which are washed by the , Orwell and,.Stour could, by a rapid march upon Ipswich, cut off all communica tion between the camp at Colchester and the coun ties of Suffolk and Norfolk; or, if in sufficient force, could at once marir..l upon Colchester, and drive its garrison of recruits back upon Lond.dn. It there fore behoves every borough in East AUgliti to join with Ipswich and Harwich in insisting on the Har wich fortifications being at once placed in a proper condition. For in what state are they at present ? As regards Landguard Fort, we believe that it could not withstand the fire of the ordnance of the pre sent day for Ave minutes; we aro even doubtful whether the concussion consequent upon firing from its brick embrasures the 68-pounders now in use would not of itself suffice to render its ramparts a ruin. So well aware of this were the authorities that some years ago an earthern battery was erected outside the fort, but the encroach ments of the German Ocean are already begin ning to tell on this, and in a few short years it will have totally disappeared. Then, again, the im portant positions at Walton and , Shotley Ferries, from which good roads lead direct to Ipswich, through an exceedingly :rich country, have each but ea old Martello tower t o defend them. Except in a country like ours, who over heard of a harbour like that at Harwich. with a, magnificent opening into it, with a depth of water available at all times to vessels of large tonnage, having such points as those at Walton and Shotley totally unprotected ? It is all very well to say that our fleets protect our shores ; to a certain extent they do so, but let us suppose for a moment that a Continental war had broken out, that the French had invaded Belgium and occupied Antwerp, and that, while a French fleet from Brest was making a feint towards the coasts of Devon, a real expedition of some 20,000 men from Antwerp should steer for Harwich, occupy it, and send its main body to take Ipswich. What would be the position of the eastern counties under such circumstances ? It is• true that the troops in camp at Colchester might hastily march to Ipswich, but in the meantime the French would have reached Bury, perhaps Norwich, and would have destroyed every wheat-rick and factory on their road. Again, let us suppose, what is very probable, that the French fleet which had sailed from Brest had been driven back there, and that the whole available forces of England had been directed against the ex pedition which had of& cted a landing at Harwich, and that before very long the invaders were sur rounded and captured. In what condition should we then be ? Our prestige would be gone, numbers of people would have been ruined, and all we should be able to show as a counterpoise would he some thousands of prisoners of war, who would be made perfectly happy till they should be exchanged. There is nothing improbable in all this ; we are merely describing, as applicable to the eastern coun ties, the French expedition under Humbert, which landed in Ireland in 1798. But it will be asked, if Harwich is a point of so much importance, bow is it that its defences are such as they are ? This is a question which we are not prepared to answer. All we know is, that in the time of the Spanish Armada Lord Burleigh laid great stress on the necessity of fortifying it ; that in the days of Marlborough a great deal of money was expended in purchasing land there for defences ; that at the beginning of the present century its fortifications were sufficient to withstand the gunnery of that day, and that there were large garrisons at Ipswich, Harwich, and Woodbridge ' • while in the year 1859-60, if there be a redoubt at Harwich there is no garrison beyond a few infantry, and on the other two sides there are neither redoubts nor garrisons. It may be that we have been as lax in reference to the coast defences as until recently we have been with regard to the volunteer movement ; but in the coming session of Parliament we hope that the matter will be effectually taken in hand' by the representatives both of our counties and boroughs, and that the people of East Anglia will back them in their efforts, whatever may be their political creeds. It may, we think, be taken for granted that volunteer artillery cer . pA cannot successfully defend our coast if earthworks be not provided, and if the means of communication between the cliffs of Essex and those of Suffolk be not of a description to admit of rapid flank movements. Great Northern, the Great Western, and other A.; railway companies, so as to ascertain whether arty other_publie company would undertake to construct the warehouses; for it was to be borne itOniud that, the report,distinctly recommended the corporation' neither to construct the railway nor the warehatises while the committee as distinctly recommend that, in order to reimburse the corporation for their e4, A penditure upon their market, there should not onry be a rent for allshops and holdings, but also a small toll on the meat sold. In conclusion, he asked the conitt to agree in the report. Mr. *SURRIDGE moved as an amendment that, while the' report should be referred hack for fur 7 ther inquiry, there should be an instruction to the committee to take no farther steps in connexion with.the erection of warehouses as a• part, of the scheme, as the court Considered that the result of the erection of warehouses would be incompatible with a beneficial result from the establishment of the market its - elf. - Mr. Ross seconded the amendment. Mr. ELLIOTT said the model before the court re sembled a cloister rather than a market, and was so utterly defective with regard to space and ventila tion, that if: the plan were carried but the result would be to destroy the meat which was brought there for sale. The fact was, that economy had been studied too much, and the preservation of the meat, as well as the comfort of the people, had been entirely neglected when the model was prepared. (Hear, hear.) After some further discussion, the amendment was negatiVed by an overwhelming majority, and the reports were referred back to the 'committees, according to the terms of the original motion. , The court then adjourned. LADY LONDONDERRY AT SE tILAIf HARBOUR The ceremony_ of laying the first stone of a series of extensive iron blast furnaces, about tome erected by Lady Londonderry in the neighbonrhood of Seaham Harbour, took place on Monday last. The works will ,consist of four large blast furnaces capable of smelting 200 tons each per week, 120 coke ovens, calcining kilns, and all the necessary adjuncts of works of this nature. Two lines of railway —one to bring in the materials at a high level, the other to take out the manufactured goods at a lower level—will join the Bradyll line on the south side of the harbour, and traversing it join the Seaham and Londonderry Railway to Sunderland. The whole of -the works are expected to be com pleted in about ten months. Her ladyship, accompanied by a large number of friends, including the Mayor of Sunderland, and the -leading gentlemen connected with the district, was present on the occasion, and took a prominent part in- the ceremonial. S. VANDELEUR STEWART, Esq., in the absence; of Lord Vane, who was prevented by illness from being present, opened the business of the day by some appropriate remarks oh the enormous productive capabilities nfthe district in ironstone and coal, and which were capable of such admirable development. Mr. WIGHT, in offering to her ladyship, in the name of his father, an elegant silver trowel, also remarked in terms of the highest eulogy on the of, enterprise .evinced by Lady Londopderry in:carrying out the project. Her LADYSHIP, on receiving the trowel, spoke in the following terms receive with pleasure and gratitude your father's beautiful gift, and I beg you will express to him my thanks, and, at the same time my deep regret that he, who first so largely embarked his capital in great iron works at Seaham, should have been prevented- by illness from witnessing what I well know would have given him such unfeigned satisfaction. In com mencing this great work, which I have not done without deep reflection, and most anxious consulta tion, my first object has been the advancement of this place, and although I naturally hope it will succeed as a 'speculation, I have had higher and better motives than mere commercial gain. Memory recalled a dark 'November day, 31 years ago, when the first stone of that harbour was laid on a rude, wild shore, by one whose indomitable courage and energy succeeded in proportion to the' difficulties that were to be met. I thought of that example, -and I contemplate the reward of that gigantic un dertaking, when I see a large and prosperous town daily increasing in wealth, trade, and importance. I felt it was my duty to do all in my power to aid that progress,and with that view I continued and finished the railway that now ; links this place to Sunder land. I anticipate most satisfactory results from the union'of the two towns, but I also felt the necessity for some great exertion being made further to de velope the resources and advance the trade of Sea ham and I conscientiously believe that the esta blishment of these blast furnaces will be of incal culable advantage to a place that is endeared to ma by every tie, and was bequeathed to me as a sacred charge to foster and watch over. With thew feeling§ . ..l commence the work, and I thank you for the kind interest sliown on the occasion. • -On concluding, her ladyship stepped off the raised dais and proceeded to lay the stone, assisted by her ladyship's agent, Mr. Ravenshaw, and Mr. Thor man, the contractor for the works. The Rev. A. BETHUNE having offered up a prayer, Mr. HUGH TAYLOR Made some observations on the importance of the work about -to be under taken, knowing us they did that the- main source of England's prnsperity was her- r9,41 1 , and iron works; since, out cf thg.3 whole,Aratmit of iron made in the world—about B,oo(WOUittiyoportr annum —England made 4,000,000 tons. Jie-also went. into some details as to the cost of producing iron and the consumption of coal required, statinettat it would probably require 3,000 or 4,000 men for the supply of the iron and coal that would be wanted to keep in operation the projected works. The luncheon given in honour of the occasion took place in the splendid ball-rooms at Seaham, Where Lady Londonderry has lately expended up wards of £15,000 in additions and improvements. The usual loyal toasts having been proposed and responded to, the health of the noble hostess was given by Mr. 'Hedworth Williamson, in terms of the warmest praise, on account of the energy she had displayed in devoting . . her wealth and resources to securing the happiness and comfort of those around her. Prolonged cheering followed the toast. Lady LONDONDERRY, in acknowledging the com pliment, rose and said—Gentlemen,—l feel myself quite unable to thank you as I ought for the cordial reception you have given my health. It is encou raging and pleasing to meet with so much kindness, and I am very grateful for all the courtesy and friendly attention that has been extended to me this day. cannot attribute it to any merit of my own, but I fancy that perhaps the unusual circumstance of a lady being so largely embarked in trade has inspired an interest, ana has procured for me on this particular occasion the honour and pleasure of being so numerously surrounded by gentlemen representing great commercial in terests in this rich and mercantile country. I particularly regret the absence of the Lord Bishop of Durham, who I know fully intended to have been here, but especially to-day, when I myself am hardly recovered from a severe illness, and, when, unfor tunately, I am unexpectedly deprived of the hitherto unfailing support of my dear and excellent sons, my eldest having been prevented by sudden indis position from arriving in time, and my second being abroad for his health before resuming his Parlia mentary duties. Their unavoidable absence-to-day has been a great sorrow to me, and the kind feeling shown me the greatest solace I can have. Our re pected chairman of the coal trade, Mr. Hugh Taylor, has expressed himself in most flattering and gra tifying terms, for which I am deeply grateful, and beg to offer him my congratulations on the entire success of his great undertaking, of which I hear such wonderful accounts. I have to thank Mr. Morrison for his good wishes, which seem to go far to prove that two of a trade may agree. (Laughter and applause.) For myself, as I explained this morning (and I will not weary you with a repetition), my , great object in this work, commenced to-day, is the weal and ad vancement of Scaham, where I am gratified to find so much right feeling exists; and it is but just to the inhabitants to say that they have yielded to none of the great towns in zealously and 'eagerly coming forward for the defence of their country ; and I have no doubt a very efficient volunteer ar tillery company will soon be formed. It is pleas ing to see that this military movement, so merito rious in itself, does not in any way interfere with the great mining and commercial enterprises, which never were more numerous and satisfactory than at present. Her ladyship concluded by proposing— " Prosperity to the coal trade, and success to the mining and commercial interests of the county cf Durham." Air. Hugh Taylor responded to the toast, and Mr. Anderson and Mr. Stewart replied to the toasts which wete subsequently proposed. ' ' THREE MEN KILLED THROUGH THE FROST.- Yesterday the coroner for Southwark received information of the death of three men under the following circum stance s :—The first case is that of Charles Hayes, aged 35 years, who resided at Grove-place, Balham-hill, Surrey. It appears that the deceased's horses were drawing a waggon laden•with sacks of corn, when, owing to the slippery state of the roads, ho fell, and the wheels went over his chest, crushing him in a frightful manner. He died on the way to the Hospital. In the second case Thomas Chown, aged 44 years, who resided at Tooting, was killed under similar circumstances. In a third case, Samuel Barrett, aged 30 years, it appears, was pitohed out of a cart, through a fall of his horse, and a large cask of whitelead fell on his head, mutilating , it in sach a frightful manner that he died at Guy's Hospital from the injuries. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1839. MR. ALBERT SMITH'S CHINA, TO-NIGHT at 8; and TO-MORROW AFTERNOON at three o'clock; and EVERY NIGHT (but Saturday), at 8 o'clock ; and Tuesday and Saturday . Afternoons at 3 o'clock. NEW EDITION, and MONT BLASO revisited. Stalls, 38. (which can be taken at the Box-office, Egypti...n Had, daily). Area, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. - UR. and MRS. GERMAN REED will kVA- repeat their NEW CHARACTERS at the ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, EVERY EVENING except Saturday, at Saturday Afternoon at 3. Admission, 18. and 2s. Stalls, 3s. to be had only at the Gallery, and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE CIRCUS, Leicester-square. 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The public should know that under the present manage ment they 'will find every comfort 'and convenience at the same „charges they are paying at the 'minor hotels. It has accommodation for upwards of one hundred and fifty visitors, is fitted.up with every 'luxury an •hotel•can command, and is so arranged for the advantage of every class of visitor, that Beds can be had from Is. to 25. ; Private Rooms, from 2s. to Is. ;-Breakfasts, from ls. 6d. to 2s. ; Dinners, from 2s. ; and all other charges of that moderate Character which will give satisfaction to every class of visitor who may pay the hotel a visit.) •. • • The hotel contains Gentlemen and Ladies' Coffee Rooms ; a special Room set apart for Commercial Gentlemen ; fourteen Private suites of Rooms ; large spacious Rooms for Dinner Parties, Public Meetings, ttc., arc. ; two first-class Refresh ment Rooms ; two Smoke Rooms ; lath and Billiard Rooms. X Night Porter in attendance. EDWIN TAYLOR, Proprietor of the Royal Station Hotel, Hull, and Crescent Hotel, Filet'. N.B.—TAYLOR'S CRESCENT HOTEL, fronting the sea, for Families and Gentlemen. It has accommodatima for up wards of one hundred and fifty visitors. Table D'Hote at five o'clock. Omnibuses and Cabs from the hotel meet all the trains. Good stabling and coach-houses. Moderate terms. SEWELL and CO. beg to annouhce that they have purchased by public tender the stock In trade of Mr. JAMES SHEARER, of 56 and 57, Tottenham Court-road, at a large discount from the cost price. The stock consists ot SILKS, SHAWLS, LACE, HOSIERY, HABERDASHERY, FAMILY DRAPERY, FLANNELS, WOMEN'S and CHILDREN'S UNDERCLOTHING, RIBBONS. &c., which will be sold on Monday next, the 19th inst., and following days, at Compton-house, 44, 45,46, Old Compton-street, Soho. DECAYED 'TEETH AND' TOOTHACHE.- HOWARD'S ENAMEL for stopping decayed teeth, however large the cavity. It is used in a soft state without pressure or pain, and hardens into a white enamel. It remains to the tooth many years, rendering extraction unnecessary, and arresting the decay. Sold by all medicine vendors. Price is. TNDIGESTION CURED at last by MEN THANODYNI43, or Pain-relieving Mint.—lt is now dis covered that the power of restoring health to the stomach depends upon the normal condition of that very sensitive pneumozastric nerve. The miseries of melancholy, despair. rheumatism, spasms, diarrhoea, piles, are removed by the use of menthanodyne t irritability is allayed, sleep restored, pulsation rendered more equal, and man becomes more evenly energetic in his ditties of life, and happy.—Sold by all medi cine vendors, and wholesale at J. GROSSMITH'S, 8.5, New gate-street, London. 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The Proprietors of PERRY'S justly celebrated Patent Me dicines have confided their Prescriptions to a Physician of the Royal University of Erlangen, and Member of the Royal Col lege of Surgeons of England (who is registered under the New Medical Act) and attends daily at No. 19 Berners-street, Oxford-street, between the hours of 11 and 2, and from 5 till 8 (Sundays excepted) to advise Patients on their Diseases and Treatment, and thus add to the speedy certainty of Cure. ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD ON CONVICTION. The fearful dangers to invalids from spurious imitations of DU BARRY's invaluable HEALTH-RESTORING REVA - LENTA ARABICA FOOD led to an investigation, and, upon application in 1854 for protection, the High Court of Chancery granted an injunction restraining 'Alfred Hooper Nevill, and his agents, under, a penalty of £5,000, from selling any article resembling or being a colourable imitation of Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica, . v z. i ffh we arc the sole pro prietors. Now, therefore, this i give notice that the above reward will be paid, upon con on, to anyone giving infor mation of any breach of the injunction. An intelligent public requires no admonition to shun all shopkeepers who mn.v attempt impositions. London :IBARRY DU BARRY 8c O, NO HO LIE SICKLY OR ILL-CONDITIONED HORSES OR OTHER CATTLE. RAREY'S HORSE and CATTLE-IMPROVING FOOD restores the efficiency, vigour, endurance, and muscle of 111- 7anditioned or apparently worn-out Horses, Cows, Bul locks, Calves, Sheep, and Pigs. In a short time it improves !heir appearance and value by 20 and 30 per cent. RAREY Lnd Co., 77, Regent's Quadrant, London. In tins at 35., at 65., lls. ; in casks, of about 450 feeds, 50s. ; of about 1,000 feeds, t 5, being about lid. per feed. Forwarded on receipt of Post-office orders. The casks free of carriage. IRON, SHIPS. On the very day appointed to launch the first iron steamer ever built in this city, and while the wreck of the iron steamer Royal Charter is still the topic of public interest,, we receive the sad details of the total destruction of the iron steamer Indian. Thus, at the dawn of this great revival of our manufacturing and commercial interests, we are startled by, two warnings which we cannot mis take. If we do not heed them, the third may strike at the root of our 'new hopes. Not only have 'foreign nations established the building of iron ships, bringing it once for all through early perils and adversities, and saving us a costly course of experiments by placing their standard de signs, tools, and processes within our , reach, but they have exhibited to us, at their own cost, the frightful consequences of bad workmanship and bad materials. Our national ingenuity, indeed, might have taught us in time to make iron ships, but our propensity to neglect engineering completeness for the sake of hurrying , on commercial results has retarded our progress and seriously injured our reputation abroad. But now, without the risk of failure, we may enter upon a successful career of iron steam navigation, at once incited to the utmost energy by the economy of.foreign vessels, and most solemnly warned by examples of death and destruc tion against the devices of counting-room engineers, and especially against using bad iron and bad work because they. are cheap. It is scarcely necessary to say that these ships have not been lost because they were made of iron, or that, the fact 'of their loss proves nothing against the' eading principles of their construction: Even if the proportions and arrangements of iron steamers could not be altered —even if it were physically impossible to improve their design, these accidents would not by any means prove that there is necessary and inherent danger in the fact that the hulls of these ships consist of iron plates instead of wooden planks. The short history of iron steamers . teaches a very different lesson. it proves conclusively that well-built iron ships are arc almost indestructible, even when ham mered and ground upon the rugged crags of lee shores for years together. The entire hull of the City of Philadelphia has lain for three or four years upon the Rocks at Cape Mace ; the Tyne was exposed nearly as long on the Dorset coastwithout apparent change; the enormous hull of the Great Britain, having thumped and chafed a whole winter upon the rugged bottom of Dundrum Bay, was got off and has been in service ever since; the Persia stove in and filled her forward compartment by striking an iceberg at full speed. and. finished her trip to New York in very good winter time; the 'Edinburgh and the North American have both struck at full speed npon rocks in the St. Lawrence, the latter without material injury. And these are only , average iron ships, not in any way remarkable for excellent construction. 'What, now, is the history of iron vessels known to have, been badly constructed ? Only last season the Cuba, a' new steamer, opened her seams and foundered on her first trip—not in an ocean hurri cane, or on the rocks Ora cape, but in the English Channel. 'lie fact is that the experience with iron ships, and with iron in all its forms, is now so large and well defined, that it is not at all necessary to go back to the construction of any given machine to find out the character of its material and workman ship ; its results are more authentic and readable than its history. No engineer would be so insane as to investigate the character of the materials And the successive stages in the manufacture of a rail way bar which had splintered and worn to pieces in six months, simply to satisfy himself that it was not a well-constructed rail, of unexceptionable material. Neither is there the slightest necessity of our inquiring into the character, and manufacture of the hulls of these ill-fated vessels; the very fact that they broke up at all is the most reasonable and positive proof that they were wretchedly built. 'Phis belief mast also be strengthened by well known' collateral facts:—.Nete York Times. OPENING OF TIIE DETROIT DIVISION OF THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY. (Front the Detroit Advertiser.) On Monday- that division of the Grand Trunk Railway s between this city and Port Huron was formally opened for traffic and travel. This was the last link in the largest railway owned by, and under the management of, one company, not only upon the American continent, but in the world. It is over 800 miles in length, costing the enormous sum of 60'11:anions of dolls, and ponnecting not only Detroit and Port Huron and the whole west with Portland, but directly with Europe through the Canadian line of steamers. ~Though this work has been built with foreign capital, it is almost as much an American as a Canadian road. It has both its termini in the United States, while sixty miles of it lies in Michigan, and over one hundred and fifty, if we are . not mistaken, in Maine. Its great re liance, too, for business, must he on the trade of the United States, the vast West particularly. Though it cannot but prove of vast benefit to that portion of Canada that will , be trihutary to it, and must re ceive an immense local trade, yet it must depend upon the trade between the Western States and the East—its through traffic—for its profits. As the Western terminus of this great enterprise, De troit must partake of a large share of its benefits. If opens to us, and, through us, to the West, a new avenue to the East, and what is equally important, a direct trade with Europe. This is ultimately to be a source of wealth to us that it is not easy to estimate. Detroit, therefore, has a right to rejoice at the final completion of this stupendous work. The first train of cars over the Detroit division of this road ran to Port Huron on Monday, and though not an excursion train, several of our citi zens, were invited by Mr. Hall, the agent of the company in this city, to avail themselves of the occasion to visit Port Huron and Port Sarnia, with the view of examining the line, and the company's works at those places. The invitation was ac cepted by a goodly number of them. The train left Detroit at 61 o'clock a.m., and arrived at Port Huron at 10, there having been no change of cars after leaving the Central depot. When the ferry at Port Huron is completed, there is to be no change between this city and Portland. The road is probably one of the best constructed on the con tinent, and is one of the smoothest and most solid new roads over which we have ever travelled. The motion of the care was as steady and even as the best ballasted railways in the country. No expense has been spared to make it a safe and durable work, it having been completed under the general super vision and'received the approval of engineers sent out from England to examine it. The works at Port Huron and Port Sarnia, in cluding - docks, depot, engine -houses, store-houses, wheat elevators, &c., have been constructed with the same disregard of cost, and the same regard for durability and safety. The flour depots at each of these places have capacity enqugh for storing nearly sixty thousand barrels each, and the wheat elevator is one of the most admirably arranged and massively built edifices of the kind' we have ever seen. The docks on both sides.of the river have also been built in the most substantial manner possible, and if they do not defy time as well as the elements, it will not be the fault of the company nor the mechanics. Having inspected all the company's works, and thoroughly explored the beautiful and prosperous city of Port Huron, and the town of Port Sarnia, the company, about 50 in all, sat down to an im promptu dinner got up for the occasion at the com pany's new hotel at Sarnia. Though it is still nu finished and has not yet been opened to the public, the proprietor provided an entertainment that would have done credit to the best hotel in the Country. Mr. Christie, the superintendent of the road, assisted by Mr. Hall, presided at the repast. The addresses were all to the point, and in admi rable temper and tone. The most striking and gratifying feature was the cordial good feeling and kindly regard they proved to exist between the people of Canada and the United States. It would have been hard for a stranger to have told, from the sentiments expressed, whether the company were all Canadians or all Americans. The language and conduct of the English and Canadian gentlemen present was marked by uniform courtesy towards their Yankee neighbours, and their feeling was re ,ciprocated with interest. The whole affair was one of the pleasantest of the kind in all respects that we have ever attended, and such was the universal sen timent of those present. The completion of this division of the Grand Trunk thoroughfare, besides giving us a direct oom munication with Portland and Europe, opens up to us a new and extensive district of c oun t / 7 in our own State that has until now been almost a sealed book to us. It runs through a portion of our State that has hitherto been wholly shut out from all railroad advantages, and brings us within less than three hours of Port Huron, one of the most flourish ing. and wide awake cities in Michigan. The country through which it runs, though for some of the way very level, is yet rich in its agri cultural capacities, and capable of producing its full share of al: those articles which go to make up our wealth. It will now begin to be rapidly settled and developed. There is already a large popular Sim, and many highly cultivated farms. Most of the land is excellent, and the local traffic that will flow into the Detroit and Port Huron division can not fail to be large and important, both to the com pany and to Detroit, but to neither so importantas to the people who will be accommodated by this new means of reaching a market, and by a cheap and quick communication with the rest of the world. As one of the immediate results of the completion of this branch of the Grand Trunk we are informed that a mail is to be made up in and leave Detroit this morning direct for Europe, in charge of Mr. Griffin, the agent for this company. This mail consists, we presume of the mail matter of the whole north-west which is -designed for Europe, and is in accordance with the arrangement which we an nounced a few days since that the government had entered. into for despatching a European mail weekly from this city, via the Grand Trunk and Canadian steamers. RUPTURES. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN PATENT LEVER TRUSS is allowed by upwards of 200 professional gentlemen ,to be - the best for Hernia. It consists of a small and elastic pad, to which a lever is attached, and (instead of the lama', steel spring) a soft bandage, fitting so slowly as to avoid detection. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss forwarded by post, on the circumference of the Dody, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. John White, 223, Piccadilly. Sinele Truss, 16s. 215., 265. 61, and 31s. Rd. Postage, Is. Double ditto, 31s. &1., 425., and 528. Rd. Postage, is 84. Post-office Orders to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. 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The court proceeded to consider two reports from the Improvement Committee and Markets Improve ment Committee respectively, upon references pre viously made to them, to consider whether any plan could be devised to establish a direct commu nication between the intended Metropolitan Rail road and the contemplated' markets at Smith field, &c. The Irnpro'vement Committee reported th at they had laid before Sir G. C. Lewis, Home Secretary, a plan of the proposed market site, and a few days afterwards received a communication in reply, to the effect that her Majesty's Government had ap proved of the principle of the proposed measure, but requested some further details as to the future ap propriotion of the ground not intended to be built upon, which details are in course of preparation by the City architect. It appeared further that the two committees had co-operated by appointing special committees, con sisting of six members of each, by whose desire the various corporate officers concerned had drawn up reports embodying the principal facts and inferences connected with the scheme. These reports, which had been previously printed and circulated among the members, were taken as read, and a model of the proposed market, with railway , under, was placed on the table for inspec tion and reference, and presented a very elegant facade, in a mixed Gothic style of architecture. Mr. Deputy BOWER, in moving that the court should agree in the repert of the Improvement Committee, said it would bind them to nothing more definite than to refer the subject bask to the com mittee for fuller consideration, and for the produc tion of improved and more definite plans. The time was, however, fully come for bringing their markets into direct communication with rail-. ways, and the question was what proportion of the expense would fall upon the City corporation. That railway communication would be provided, did not admit of the slightest doubt, for be had received an intimation from the Dover and Chatham Railway Company that their plans were deposited, and that their line would pass under the market, whilst he had also received an official intimation from the Metropolitan Railway Company, that their con tracts were signed, and would certainly be carried out. To clear the site and build a market alone would cost £445,000; to clear the site, build a market, and provide a railway would cost £515,000; and to clear the site, build the market, provide rail way communication, and erect large warehouses, would cost £637,500 ; and by doing all this a saving of £140,000 would be effected, as compared with the cost of providing a market alone. It was pretty well understood that without the railway the cor poration would provide no market, and the com mittee had ascertained that there was good reason to suppose that contractors would be found perfectly willing to relieve the corporation from all expense and risk in connection both with the railway corn munication and the warehouses, and it was princi pallyfarrai this ay w different railway companies would co - operate, that he asked the oold with bedoo the e, view and b of a ow c ourt to agree to the rep ort, and refer it back to l c r erta th i o ascertaining how the committee for further inquiry. (Hear, hear.) The court having resolved that the two reports should be taken into consideration together, Mr. H. L. TAYLOR (chairman) called attention more particularly to the report of the Markets Im provement Committee. One of the most important questions which could be brought before the court was a design for connecting the new metropolitan cattle market in the City, and, although the design before the court might not be perfect in details, and might as the mere embodiment of an idea be sus ceptible of great improvement, the court could do no more than affirm its principle, leaving details for further consideration. The courthad already agreed to contribtite £2oo,oooin shares in the Metropolitan Railway, under an idea, perhaps, that the rail way intended to provide communication between the two markets. He had, however, ascertained that the Metropolitan Railway Company contemplated nothing of the kind, and if that company did not, was there any other railway company that would do so ? Mr. Deputy DARIN—The Great Northern. Mr. H.L. TAYLOR said the committee, if the court agreed in the report, would communi cate with the 2HE NA Vl'. The screw frigate Ariadne, 26, Capt. E. W. Van sittart, will leave Folly Point, Chatham, this day and proceed to Sheerness, where she will adjust her compasses before proceeding to Portsmouth. Since she has been at Chatham she has been fitted 'with Clifford's patent apparatus for lowering boats; in the use of which the crew have been frequently exercised. The lighters have been alongside for several days delivering her gunpowder from the Magazine at Upnor Castle, the supply she has taken on board being very large. It is reported that some defects have been discovered in her gun-carriages which will necessitate some alterations before she proceeds to sea. She has obtained nearly the whole of her complement of seamen, who are as smart a body of blue-jackets as any in her Majesty's service. The Charybdis, 21, screw corvette, in dock at Chatham, rigging and fitting for the steam reserve, ie very nearly completed, and will be ready to leave dock at the end of the present month, when she will join the first division of_the steam reserve. _ J- - The Wellesley, 72, Capt. G. Goldsmith, C. 8., guardship in ordinary at Chatham, was paid down on Wednesday last to six months. The screw steam corvette Jason, 21, having been coppered, was removed on Wednesday from No. 1 dock at Devonport to the steam yard at Keyham, for the purpose of receiving her boilers and machi nery. The crew of the screw steamship Conflict, Corn. R. W. Courteuay, at Plymouth, were turned over on Wednesday to the screw steam sloop Grey hound, 17. The paddlewheel steam troopship Dee, 4, Com. T. C. Pullen; hat; received the boilers of the Dee, at Keyham steam yarci, for conveyance to Portsmouth. The paddlewheel steam-tender Advice, M. Ray mond, second-master commanding; from Queens town, arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday, having in tow the gunboat Shamriick: —r f t w The Himalaya, screw tto fill t. J. Seccombe, sailed from PortsmoutA ea a !WHalifax and tilt' West Indies, calling' ta- I.fith and Queens town. The Vigilant, 4, screw'siOWlTidoop, Commander W. Armytage, has steamedlin — POrtsmonth har bour and berthed alongside the south jetty to strip, and retarn stores, &T. _ ___ __ . The Mutine, 17, screw, Commander IV. Graham, in Portsmouth harbour, is having additional venti lation supplied to her fore stoke-hole. The Bacchante, .51, screw, commenced masting yesterday in the steam basin atPortsmouth. The greatest possible activit vis visible in all parts of Portsmouth dockyard. The two line-of-battle ships nearly complete for launching—the Prince of Wales, 131, three-decker, and the Royal Frederick, 91, two-decker—have every available hand ern , ployed upon them to complete them within the stipulated time ; the former vessel - will be launched the latter end of next month. A number of work men are already engaged in laying down the keel of the Royal Alfred, 91, two-decker, in the shed under which the Victoria was built, and an improved 51 gun frigate (the Dryad) will be commenced at once in the shed from which the Duncan, 101, was launched on Tuesday last. The Sutlej, in No. 9 dock, converting from a sailing to a steam frigate, is nearly complete in her outside planking. The Rin aldo, 17, screw, building in' the easternmost dock, is fast approaching completion, and has a large num ber of hands employed upon her. Tho Glasgow, 51, screw,' has also a large number of hands work ing upon her, and, having only been laid down since the launch of the Bacchante frigate, has made wonderful progress in that short time. The Nelson, in. No.. 3 dock, is nearly completed in her conversion from a sailing three-decker to a ' two-decked screw steam ship. The Medea, 6, paddle, and the Bulldog, 6, paddle, in the adjoining docks—the latter nearly finished—will be almost rebuilt by the time they are completed, employing a number of hands and absorbing a large quantity of material. The steam factory, with its present limited resources, is of course fully employed in carrying out the different repairs, &c., required. The Magt - era, iron screw troopship, is at present in the hands of the factory undergoing a thorough repair to hull and ma chinery. In addition to the Government depart ments, there are the different works in the hands of the contractors :—The formation of the new entrance to the steam basin from the harbour with the new double dock ; the lengthening of the three docks in the old ship basin, each from 50 to 60 feet; the new foundry near the steam basin, the store-houses near the " Present Use Store-house," and the commence ment of the new works already ordered to take place—such as the new dock opening from the north corner of the steam basin—the pier, or jetty for coaling ships from the watering island, &c. It is stated that the Government alone are paying weekly at Portsmouth-yard *X7,000 sterling as wages, &c. The following is an extract from H.M.S. Beagle, dated Teneriffe, Dec. 1 :—" We had a beautiful pas sage from Spithead until within 30 miles of this place, when we ciught a strong south-east gale, which blew , us off the land, and we had to lay to for 30 hours. It blew excessively heavy, with vio lent squalls, accompanied by lightning and ram. We called in at Lisbon and coaled, sailing again from there on the 26th at 4 p.m., sighting Teneriffe at 3.15 a.m. to-day. We leave here the day after to morrow for the Cape of Good Hope, on our way to the Peiho. O ur sma ll cra f t b e h ave d sp l en didly dur ing the gale, and every one feels proud to belong to her, not only because of her qualities as a sea boat, but because:every one on b oar d f ee l s that the ship is well officered and manned. Plenty of discipline to render our hands perfect in their duties, but judiciously applied. Grumbling is unknown in the ship, and from the good feeling existing on board, and care taken in drilling our young crew, you may depend upon it they will be heard of in her deal ings with John Chinaman." The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—George William Hancock, acting third-class assistant engineer to the Asia as supernumerary ; Edward Falkener, paymaster ad ditional to the Victoria ; Horatio Somerville, assist ant-paymaster to the Impregnable ; John H. Tully, second master to the Edgar; James Harry, second master to the Industry ; John S. Striven, clerk to the Queen ; E. W. Jago, assistant clerk to the Victory ; and I. W. Backwoll, assistant clerk to the Fawn. THE ARMY. Major-General Bloomfield and Major Teesdale, C. 8., have left Falmouth, the General having com pleted his inspection of the artillery iu the Western District. The powers of attorney at present held by Com manding Royal Engineers are cancelled, and simi lar powers issued to Controllers of Army Expendi ture, as it has been decided by the Secretary of State.for War that it is the especial duty of the latter officers to enter into all contracts, and sign leases for letting War Department property at fo reign stations. The division of duties laid down in circular 360 is in no way interfered with by this arrangement. The General Commanding-in-Chief having con curred with the Secretary of State for War in the desirability of a more complete examination of the Ordnance, mounted or on service at home and abroad, being made at the inspections, in order that the decision respecting it may be founded on satis factory data, directions are issued from the War office for the guidance of officers commanding Royal Artillery and military storekeepers. IS CONSUMPTION INCURABLE P Invalids labouring ander Consumptive Maladies, and families who have suffered from the ravages of Consumption (and what family in the empire is there who has not to de lore a loss caused by this scourge of the human race ?) 11 find a satisfactory answer to the question, " Is Consumption In curable," in an original article by Dr. DENIS OtoNne, M.D., 35, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, W. Publilhed in the "Household Physician," in numbers, one penny each by G. Berger, 19, Holywell-street, kitrand. From Ito 9 now ready. ~ 1 .R.: t4 t , `,?..,F4:44/ ~Rw~. f[~f~ I