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Full Pro gramme and Tickets may be obtained at 28, Piccadilly, trom 10 till 5, and at the Principal Libraries and Musicsellers. Admission, Stalls, 3s. ; Area, 2s. ; Gallery, ls.—Doors open at Half-past Seven, and Saturday Afternoon, at Half-past Two. *** Grand Change of Programme ! 11 oN,Q ~,,,, or the OTTOMAN EMPII RE, of 500 fr tearing—i, 'lvithdrawable at par, issued at 312 fr. 50c., and Tarici.., ntrtict ty ae :n ar annua l interest of 30fr., or 91 per cont. concluded on the 29th 0ct.,1 . 860, between the rtt4,GoVerninent and Messrs. J. Mires and Co., and , Th e fil 'in iraperial flu man a loan has been offected. 18 colitr A 41 ' .9 ti, ng is the explanatory statement which preeed es ' Th e ,-t tc ' , — ceatcsetpovernment of his Majesty the Suif,an, desiror ts of caPitati 4 .ng a loan, has proposed to a company of banker s and tent e . Bl,B to sell and cede to them by 'contract a r ;um of Iroide,s°lr Turkish Bonds, the interest on vihich at 6 pr it. cent. at pa,,,?yable in the different cities of Enropc.t, anti , chiefly T i an LontlQn. elig,ag,eB d ,i t he re,eler,i errant Imperial Government, desiring also to affc,rd every terest ai r lur this loan, and to ensure the payyneia . t of the in - ro th B. t enlj e ption of the nominal capital in 36 years, PaYine st all ' lin'''er takes to effect regular and f siurtble monthly contractors or their represe•ntatdves. . „ t he 1tith,, i ,.%',1 and in order to fulfil the co &awns of security ' ll fil tl - 3 -- at Government assigns as guarantee for payment ofo the n7,,rAecessary annuities fall due the general revenues til lnter"" ° rßan Empire and especially the farmed revenues kted in Article .„by a ft p.„,, GUARANT . EEs . retzs e , i 'man of his Majesty tl'.e Sultan, the farmed revenues tract , ~,' as guarantee, anti s';pecificd in Article 9 of the con- Th e 4 c c onfirmed. telt' f s rcvenuee, assig,..ed r t he redemptioii of t , ,ie loan, he amount 'for tment of the interest To 141,0 A Or £l., , 5 / 1 3 Turkish piastres, „ 28 9 ,500 pounds sterling, ; 11 0 au ks ~ °r ' 2 ft ob - I,ooofr. in francs. - "e at - 'equirec, for the payment of the annuities due for 27,3600,Vt 1 4 demtion of the loan, only amoun ni tin to 4111 es et r- i h th e •o s l urplus p will be delivered to the Mistry g of Ottoman Empire (Art. 11). ~. n th e IT ` 4l - ' ,LECTION OF THE GUARANTEES. te7enu•At. e a st (13th) March of every year, the farming of the 111 la te of the Ottoman Empire is publicly awarded by the 4 14 firPd of Finance. , I , l 3iie w er to be admitted to compete for this farming the 0 04 ' e s must be guaranteed by bankers resident at Con t. ian le, " 8 Ot t in s , rt eco . unt of this situation that the follo'.ving clause li!.k_r'd 12. ed in the contract 4T 4 as The annual amount ., of each farmed revenue as llt 41 tarantee shall be divided into twelve parts ; each Op a i fi rn!rt shall be represerited by a bill to order, signed ;78. T d Constantinople by the farmers and their guaran .7, %tit less bonds, g - uaranteed in every caFAe to the total „7, 1 14, .5' the Imperial Government, will be delivered in for ', e h aint receipts to the contractors, to their assigns, latter to their agents. • THE COMMISSION FOR THE LOAN. 111 ct7 ci p i ng to the terms of Article 12 of 4 ,1 , .e contract the c0n .,,L8,„0f the loan have the right of depAting representatives e t i t l t u be ablz to cOmmunicate with I,h e Government. The 41 ers ° r B eau also receive diriect from the hands of the far keciAllarautees the consecutive prirAients of the revenues tp ti Y lammed for the payment of the interest and the re . Po r 4 ° n• of the loan. 414111-ke carryino• out of this arrivngement the Government teci a l l), ,,,Perial Majesty has auttle,rised the constitution of a liti 4 .‘-'?mmission of twelve members, resident at Con " Pie, Paris, and Lond'ari, who will be empowered to 1. NI 2,,,,e receipt of the farm,cfl revenues assigned as uarantee. oft,hjle regular payment of the interest and the reredemption TI1V ) ao. C ommission is 'composed as follows 11E3111E11s ‘t • R'ASIDENT AT CONSTANTINOPLE. Ch'` d e °-l avallY, 'oanker. Hansor„ one o f th e Di rec t ors of the Bank of Turkey k -Ijiatantincni e. "--.4ti n ia o a) e f '` firm of Arland, G. Cour 4 c, and Co., of Con 711b MEMBERS RESIDENT IN Lo NrioN. Of Directors of the Bank of T arlicey, composed of Esq., of the firm of Roberts Lubbock, and Co. ...444 4 Gladstone, Esq., of the firm 'Thomson, Boner, tI /4,:fordoll, It'sq. of the Oriental PAnk. kte , docanachi,'Esq., of the firra of Rodocanachi, Sons, up. I ,lll lt Q , MEMBERS RESIDER , r AT PARIS. I -4 -1. ''n 4 on, Senator. i p - tn, Consul-General of T ,'rakey. eoi," 111 , Vice-President of the Societe Generale de Credit Isidrs—reereial et IndustrieL " t e Pould (de Saint De-0i,..4). REPAYME:67I OF THE CAPITAL. nAtt (Extract_ from the Contract.) :4d pt ". Every half-.year and at least one month before the 9 041 Thts eaeh period, that is to say, in June and December, a AlibisZ, cornoFei of theAmba'ssador of the Sublime Porte il - 'tegate, tliie representatives of the Contractors, and a 1414' '132 1° IC? LterYtary, of the bonds to be redeemedproceed at Paris or London, to the draw 1114telofficial statement of the numbers drawn shall be imme iaj,,Puhlinhed and communicated to the Minister of The Constantinople. 1 4i1 se oonds are redeemable at 500 frs. in 36 years byhalf nitt u- rawings. The first drawing will take placein the p , 488th p s ot June, 1861, and the redemption of the bonds dr awn ~ue Payment of the interest will be effected from the Ist STATEMENT OF THE REDEMPTION OF THE BONDS IN THIRTY-SIX YEARS. a 5.,, -- --- 147. Year& , 2 41' ........ 6,716 13th • • 1:1,513 ,4'•• - • • • . 7,119 llth 14,325 4th '• • • ..... 7,546 , 15th N I '• • • ...... 7,992 16th . 16,096 , tlth '•• • • ..... 8,,A79 17th yl, ll . '" ••• • • • '8,9,7 18th 1;1 ' . ..... •• • 9,527 19th ....„ ~, . 19,169 10 11 •'" ••• • • • 10 , 098 20th .. _ 20,319 ti; .... •• . 10,704 21st 11th : ..... .. 1 1 ,346 22h d 22,831 hth .••• • • .. 12,027 23rd ..- •"•••-.:...Z . : •. . 12,749 241 h Years. 25th , 26th ,823 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 38 573 32nd 40,887 33rd 34th 35th 36th 1 , 4 t, NEGOTIATION OF TH. S cr ip of this Loan is negotiable i: A - ' paris, 1 /At Brussels, ondon, Antwerp, E SCRIP. In the following places : At Amsterdam, Hamburg. n _Th e b_ PAYMENT OF INTEREST. r f ,''onds are of, 500 fr. each, bearing an annual interest of Q elfii ° Pmencing - from the Ist January, 1861, and payable on At th un lY and Ist January. At -eBoniet. 'Generale du Credit-Industriel et Commercial At the rie ~1 1 14 - a'r4se Generale des Chemins de For, Messrs. J. 4 , ..t the it it co. est Pebrie. ofnurkey, London. ALLOTMENT OF THE BONDS. oe T4ctorw ng to the arrangements which have been concluded — at p., a '.ankers of Constanti no pl e re p resen t e d is by Messrs. G. Couturier and Co., and , 4 0stand (the latter representing 'Messrs. •co •,:iava and Co.), have been assigr A ed 11,,, — esars. Arland, G. Court, and (Do.. in their tr - tle and in the names of theA l' "r Constan- Ple correspondents ' 80,000 bonds. Q Shareholders of the cAtisse Generale In Qlemins de Fer addition to which ther e h av e been reserved Th 2.50,000 BONDS FOR PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION. 10e e Bonds are for 500 f. each, and bear an annual interest Payable on the Ist July and Ist January. Th e , TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 'th e - e-r s nds are isued at 3. c. are payable as s fbllows 12f 50 62f. 50c. at the.time of subscription. 50f. within 10 days from the publication of the division. 50f. from the 20th to the 30th January. 50f. 18th „ 28th February. 50f. 11 20th „ 31st March. 50f. 20th „ 30th April. Tot al .. 312 f. 50c. , tutlin ee subscrib ers w h o at the time of subscription may pay Or amount of their bonds will enj ,-, y an allowance of 5f., 11 1 ; 111 ° 11 tl%eywill receive credit on the allotment. Not s ubscription was opened on the 11th inst. at the fol- P a 4 ces Mires and Co., 99, Rue Richelieu. .‘Laon— i he Bank of Turkey. t,‘werp—J. Legrelle. A' g ssels—Tilberghi en, Delloye, and Co. Amsterdam Alstorphins and Von Hemert4 Beremberg, Gossler, and Co. tne,- ' ,'ownswhere the Bank of France has branciaes the instal may be paid to the credit of Mesa% J, Mires and Co. 1-„,,A-ISSE GENERALE DES CFPAM.INS DE FER. lio n Pendently of the 250,000 Bonds ,open to public subscrip iiis, there have been reserved for a io.e shareholders of the tor B t l Generale des Chemins de Fe'A• '15,000 Bonds, or one bond thlourtf , r,% shares ese Bonds are iss , ied at 31 r 2f. 50c ,_but the shareholders to r " Caisse Generale des ChePa.kns de . Fer, not being subject thi,!uuction, should pay the in t •P oral amount of their subscrip ftat the time of subscribl'At hey will receive in consiitrerest and thus their rJubscrip "euence an allowance of 5 per cent. Hon is reduced to 307 f. 50c. T h bottd. tht, e shareholders w' Ac ., may desire to avail themselves of wie b d e v in an a t r ag ke e d. will b e - required to present their shares, which Drom e xchange for the payment of 307 f. 50c. they will receive 'e visiitive scri onal scrip which will be afterwards exchanged for b tA ll e e ra g i nb rlVion in favour of the shareholders of the Caisse Alth info e Aes aemins de Fer was opened on Tuesday, the A kae ial office is opened for that purpose at the establish . Messr s . J . co Mires and Co., 99, Rue Richelieu. TO THE RIFLE B RIGADE. -A GOOD l i , SIGHT WILL PROVE ADVANTAGEOUS IN .e,LF-DEPENCE. 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With Cases and En iler,,,ga from Life, representing the various Organs in The extensive circulation of this work may be attributed in In;,Ltneasure to the fact that the Author is the only duly y e z.qued and legally registered Practitioner who for 20 has made the Diseases arising usually from ber t idence the peculiar objects of his attention. The im 110onnents which so often either prohibit wedlock, or embitter oddest ,.,'Fender it a state of misery, by disappointing its adest los tn '' s and marring its highest objects, are, though varied in tion,, closely analogous in reality. The mis chief ma y arise in )3,QlItlY, from deleterious influences devo lved from the y e „.. a sities of position—from circumstances which occurred liaa before the sufferers were born, from accid ent or the in- Afece of tropical climates, but chiefly from Self-incurred 10 4 : e tion9, dating back, in too numerous instances , to a period_ Peri' Preceding that at which reason could be matu red by ex - 150 A k iv. Professi ona l prejudice, which happily is now fast disap -1;1n1-2:, though it still lingers with no little obstinacy in al ine of the more antiquated medical schools, for a long time ignored the morbid affections comprised u!i . ier the t he.. • ral designation " Nervous and Physical Debility: though • se affections are probably more destructive and widely pre rth4e"srquneyrit than a others. btince of so important a department of pathology neglected is, that sufferers from the infirmities in titi r ;"°n, virtually rvelled from consultation with prac the-',aers of standing and character, are thus liable to fall into oat . 14ands of unqualified Ernpirics, sometimes assuming titles iii v ysician s an d S ur geons, whose names are not to be found P ena l Medical Register (whereby they incur serious legal the ß ,L lc %), whose ignorant meddling with the treatment of in" e ases render these disorders a standing reproach to the that ca l Profession. Those who may have a suspicion tin n ry of the observations here made have peculiar applica ln wh ? themselves. may consider that cases . are indeed rare lir, ell Practised science cannot fully realise long-deferred cbi„ ( 7: remove all louses of mutual reproach, and replace 1 ) -" u n embittermett by permanent Mert. M.D., Honorary Member content. of the London Hos tered"edical Society,&c., is the only legally qualified regis to Practitioner who for 20 years, has devoted his attention tatir treatment of those diso drers. 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Edinburgh : Edmonston and Douglas. London : Hamil ton, Adams, and Co. CHRISTMAS - SONGS.—The Good RheinWine, with band parts for an orchestra, and the Echo Song; Caller Oysters, with band parts ; Our National Defenders, and Hurrah for Merry England ; also, Jubal and his Children, three solos and trio ; Tubal Cain, a glee for four voices ; Come back, ye Happy Days, song or duet ; and Love in Hate. —The Poetry by CHARLES MACKAY, Esq., LL.D. ; the Music by GRAY. _ _ Chappell, New Bond-street, THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S _ - " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the Brim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's " Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., late Piper and Co., Paternoster-row. The Fourth Edition, by Just Published 80, in cloth, price ss. post free, ss. ON TRUE sigAFALSE SPERIVIATORRHCEA; with the V 1 to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of S u ff erers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature the'firstis time, he inform s us, that he has addressed literature. This himself to the non-medical r eader. We trust that this ma y not be the l last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to co rrect." —London edical Gazette. "The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing mal ad y by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure It disease of which they blow nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the 'broc hure' is sold, places it within the r e ac h of every one interested in the matter." — Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. A New Edition of THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE. By JOSEPH KHAN, Graduate in Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery, in the Royal and Imperial Universities of Vienna, Erlangen, &c. &C. This popular work (which has been translated into four different languages) has now gone through forty-one 'editions of 10,000 each, and is designed to impart accurate knowledge on subjects which involve the means of securing moral and physical happiness. Price One Shilling, or free by post (in an envelope) for eighteen stamps. J. Allen, 20. Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row ; or from the Author's Address, 17, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, W. A N EFFECTUAL REMEDY.—LAMBERT'S AST HMATIC 'BA LSAM, without confining the bowels or affecting.; the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the b est medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the fac u lt y pronounce in in approaching consumption its eff ec t s are t ru ly curable, admirably allays the lickling7hich provokes frequent couchin g.b fe e a n r o fi f s u beneficial. ;I. tiocal'etriso,n. ns m de a p y r d iv ep ed en o d f selenepr,eor lfef in a f ew minutes even lyi ng d own f or after tttkin , it Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, Chemist, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, and by all Druggists in bottles, 130, 20. 3d., and. 4s. 6d. each. Be particular and ask tor Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. NOVELTIES FOR CHRISTMAS, POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION (Limit e d). Entirely New and Splendid PHANTASMAGORIA, prepared expeesslT for this Institution by Mr. C HI E D E . Lecture by Mr. E. V. GARDNER, illustrated by the Most Brilliant Experiments in Electricity eyer shown. Musical Entertainment by Mr. CHAS. FIELD, Miss ROSA WARNER, and others—DUETS, GLEES, itic. An amusing Lecture on the PROPERTIES of MATTER, by Mr. MACINTOSH. The OXYHYDROGEN MICROSCOPE,—The LARGEST GEO LOGIC-AL MODEL in the WORLD, described by Mr. KING.—A UNIQUE COLLECTION of PAIXTINGS— DISSOLVING VIEWS—ITALY and SICILY.—THE SPLENDID ILLUMINATED CASCADE, &c. Admission, Is. Schools, and Children under Ten Years of Age, Half-price. ARGYLE, ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. - The llandsomest and best proportioned rooms in Europe, are open for COVERTS and DANCING, Conducted by the well-known artis:e Mons. ANTONY L AMOTTE, of Parisian celebrity. M. Boulcourt, the greatest Cornet player in this country, plays solos nightly. Doors open at half-past Seven. Dancing at Nine o'clock. Admission, One Shilling. N.B.—A magnificent Smoking and Reading-room is added to this establishment. C • HRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. - NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Holborn. the most elegant public establishment in the world, replete with every com fort. The dancing area is most extensive. The reading and smoking rooms on ether side of the soacious galleries are most commodious, and the refreshment rooms attached to the ball room are unrivalled even by Oriental beauty. The band, under the direction of Mr. ?ticker, stands alone for its excellence. Admission, ls. N.B. —ln compliance with the request of the visitors there will be a long night on Wednes day, the 26th inst. Doors open at 7. TEETH -1860 —Post free, three stamps. A TREATISE EXPLAINING Messrs. GABRIEL'S IMPROVEMENTS in ARTIFICIAL TEETH and FLEXIBLE CORALITE GUMS, whereby one set will wear longer than three ordinary ones, and being fitted without springs, wires, or metals, and without any operation, prove a valuable desideratum to all who have occasion for the den tist's services. None but pure first class materials and workmanship employed, while the expense is even less than half the ordinary cost. To be obtained only of Messrs. Gabriel, dentists to the Prince Dottalana, established 1815, see diploma, No. 110, Regent-street, W., (next Mechi's) and 33, and 34, Ludgate-hill, City. " The advantages obtainable by Gabriel's system render it pre-eminently superior, and the nearest approach to perfec tion yet attained."—Observer. " Gabriel's treatise should be read by all who value health; +heir system will save much money and more annoyance."— Morning. Herald. For obvious reasons it is necessary particularly to note the name, and that the entrance to the city establishment is up he private passage between Benson, the silversmith's, and he State Fire Insurance Office.— Liverpool, 134, Duke-street; Birmingham, 65, New-street. RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS is allowed by upwards of 200 Medical Gentlemen to he the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effeets, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may he had,' and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, _ Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., 'and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. ed. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,'Post office. Piccadilly. VLASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for A-4 Varicose Veins and all oases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &a. They are porous, light in texture, 4nd inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 3s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10a., and 16s. each. Post age 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, j'iccadilly. IT AGIC LANTERNS and DISSOLVING VIEWS lent out, and sent into the country, with the option to purchase. Messrs. S. &B. SOLOMONS' Improved Phantasmagoria Lanterns having lenses of pure German Glass, and being arranged with Solomons' beautiful light, which surpasses any other for its simplicity and brilliancy, a clear disc is obtained 20 feet diameter, hitherto unattained. Slides in great variety. They also beg to introduce their new Instrument. which is one of the most amusing and in structive ever brought out. It illustrates the motion of the Planets, Armstronglshot, and many wonderful effects, price 255. Also, the improved Life-boat Barometer, by Admiral Fitzroy; it needs no comment upon its superiority, and is now arranged by them for the use of the public. Price £4 4s. Scientific Instrument Makers, 39, Albemarle-street, Picca dilly, W. 4PECTACLES.-SIGHT AND HEARING.- DEAFNESS.—A newly-invented instrument for ex treme cases of deafness, called the SOUND MAGNIFIER, Organic Vibrator, and Invisible Voice Conductor. It fits so into the ear as not to be in the least perceptible ; the unplea sant sensation of ringing noises in the head is entirely re moved. It affords instant relief to deaf persons, and enables them to hear distinctly at Church and at public assemblies. Every other kind of hearing instruments. Messrs. SOLO MONS have invented spectacle lenses of the greatest trans parent power. The valuable advantage derived from their invention is, that vision becomes preserved and strengthened ; very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation, can see with these lenses of a much ess'mAgnifying power, and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assist ance.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. TELESCOPES, 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 a person to know him at two-and-a-half and three miles, and an object from 8 to 10 miles distant. Her Majesty's Coast Guard are making use of them as day and night glasses in preference to all others ; they are also preferred for deer stalking by sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Tele scopes, 35 inches long, by which a person may be clearly seen and known at 35 miles, and an object at 12 to 14 miles' dis tance ; and with an extra astronomical eye-piece Juniter's moons, Saturn's rings, and the double stars are distinctly seen ; they are in endless variety, of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers. and are secured by her Majesty's Royal letters patent. —Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, W. t, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W.. NEAR THE PANTHEON. IR. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Nridwifery, and Apo hecarias' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as hove, on all eases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements 1 both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive :indul gences Has •Just published, price ls. ; by post, IX stamps.. 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and oridnal Work. entitle 6 OURSELVES. Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation -- The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. A.lso, an Exposition of. and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, lilennorrhagia Gonorrhoea), Spermatorrlicea, Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &o. FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women- Functional Ir regularities in Health and Sickness—Choice in Marriage— Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Itemoval of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tieu—Use of the Speculum. Also, ` No. 1. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2.' LOVE AND MARRIAGE : their Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments ; Love tnd other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off spring secured.. No. *. THE CASE BOOK : 100 Cases of SPERMATORRMEA, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, &e. &c. &o. TO be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and the Authors. Advice to the Working Classes fee Half-a-Guinea. (SPECIAL NOTICE.) Dr. Culverwell is the only legally qualified medical practi tioner living of that name, and can be consulted (only as above). "The temporary relief obtained by means of purgative medicines is purchased at the high price of the aggravation and ►f the perpetuating the disease."—HENßY, M.D. NO MORE PILLS OR ANY OTHER PHYSIC FOR CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION (DYSPEPSIA), PALPI TATION, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS, DEBILITY, DROPSY, EPILEPSY, PARALYSIS, COUGH, ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION,. BRONCHITIS, SORE THROAT, FEVERS. DU BARRY'S delicious HEALTH RESTOR ING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which, at a tew pence per day, saves fifty times its cost in Medicine, and tures without pumino• or any of the uncertainties, annoy snces, and ruinous expenses incurred by medicine, cod liver oil. or visits to distant climates. Certificate No. 36,418.—We find it the safest remedy, An drew Ure, M.D., F.R.S. ; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Shor land , • Dr. Campbell. eexNtroa.ctl,a4le.wLouotrdof Stuarts6,ooO c d u e re p s : ec — ies of many years' Mire Elizabeth W Cu e' r d dyspepsia. Cuirkser N5c0nu.,7:4e98,1N8ck3027.4e710.8:2a1n. fifty years' at from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipa tion,flatulency,'n3refrvousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, indiscribable vomiting, lizab Aj t a h ri j a a J co o b ly s: fancies. Cure No. 54,816. The Rev. James T. ynt nreenr nervous oNeu Campbell, Syderstone Rectory, near Fakenham, Norfolk of lndigesti-n and liver complaints. Cure No. 56,814. Mr. Samnel Laxton Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure Se. 180. Mr. oo n f i f i d eix W. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London, of 25 years' nervous ness, a nstipation, indigestion, and debility. Care No. 4,028: Eight years' dyspcpsh, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, Rev. John W. Flavel, Ridlington Rec tory, Norfolk. Cure No. 3,906. Thirteen years' cough, indi g,estion, and , reneral debil it y. James Porter, Athol - street, Perth. Cure No. 58,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool, of ten years dyspepsia, and all The horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Similar testimonials from 56,000 patients who can be re !erred to. The Food is sold in canisters, 11b. 29. 9d., 21b, 45. 6d., 121 b. S2s., 241 b. 40s. ; super-refined quality, 51b. 225„ 101 b. 335. The 101 b., 121 b., and 241 b. canisters carriage free on receipt of Post-office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly, London ; Abbis, 60, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside ' • 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 330 and 4 52 , Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate-street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury-pavement ; Phillips and Co., tea dealers ; Petty, Wood, and Co., King William ' otreet, City, and 167,High IrlolDotil ; all groom. CONTRACT FOR CANDLES. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, and Transport Services, Somerset-place, 20th December, 1860. , rHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on THURSDAY, the 3d Jan. next, at half-past One o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as ma be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into the Royal Marine Barracks at CHATHAM, all such quantities or TALLOW CANDLES (DIPS),' as shall from time to time be demanded, under a contract for twelve months certain, and further until the expiration of three months' warning. No Tender will be received unless made on the Printed Form provided for the purpose ; and which may be obtained on ap plication at the said Office, and at the Office of the Barrack Master. Particular attention is called to the recent - modifications of the conditionsrof the Contracts, which may be seen. at the said Office, and, together with samples, at the Office of the Barrack Master. Ne Tender will be received after half-past One o'clock on the day of treaty ; and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer re ceived from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Ten der for Candles ;" and must also be delivered at Somerset hoase, signed by two responsib:e persons, engaging to be come bound with the person tendering in the sum of £lOO for the due performance of the Contrae44 IRESENTS. ORNAMENTAL and SCIEN TIFIC.—ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, •nd Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian,Alsbas ter, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CONCHOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANP, at 149, Strand, W.C. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.—Statistics show that 50,000 persons annually fall victims to Pul monary Disorders, including Consumption, Diseases of the Chest, and the Respiratory Organs. Prevention is at all times better than cure ; be, therefore, prepared, during the wet• and wintry season, with a supply of Keating's Cough Lozenges, which possess the virtue of averting as well as of curing a Cough or Cold ; they are good alike for the young or for the aged.—Prepared and sold in Boxes, is, lid., and Tins, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 10s. 6d, each, by Thomas Keating, Chemist, etc., 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. Retail by all Drug gists, dm FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Dxc. 12. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Francis Howard Vyse, Esq., Row British Vice-Consul at Jedo, and Acting Consul at Kanagawa, to be her Majesty's Consul at Kanagawa. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEc. 19. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John A. Callender as Consul at Edinburgh and Leith ; of Mr. Chas. Cotesworth as Consul at Liverpool ; of Mr. George Newan ham Harvey as Consul at Cork ; of Mr. Thomas Beynon as Consul at Newport, South Wales ; and of Mr. Edwin Fox as Vice-Consul in London, for the Republic of Liberia. DOWNING-STREET, DEc. 19. —"— The Queen has been pleased to appoint Stewart Camp bell, Esq., to be one of her Majesty's Counsel for the pro vince of Nova Scotia. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint William Dardis Furlonge, Esq., to be a Member of the Council of the Island of Montserrat. CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 20. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Nottingham—Southern Division.—The Hon. George Philip Cecil Arthur Stanhope, commonly called Lord Stanhope, in the room of Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont, commonly called Viscount Newark, now Earl Danvers, called up to the House of Peers. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 21. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet George Henry Bowyer to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice James Gunter, promoted ; Philip Chetwode Browne, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Webster, promoted. Bth Light Dragoons—Richard Chambers, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Collier, promoted. 10th Light Dragoons—Troop-Sergeant•Major John Hill James to be Quartermaster, vice John Fenn, retired upon half-pay. 12th Light Dragoons—The surname of the Captain ap pointed to this !Regiment, from the Ist Dragnnn Guards, on the 30th November, 1860, is " Cuninghame," and not Cuningham, as then stated. Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Michael Walker Heneage to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Ullick Canning, Lord Dunkellin, who retires; Ensign and Lieutenant Ellis Philip Fox' Reeve to be Lieutenant and Captain, by •purchase, vice Heneage; JaTeph Blake, Lord Wallscourt, to be Ensign and Lieutenant , by purchase , vice Reeve. 4th Regiment of .FOOC—John Edmund Sinclair, Gent., to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice Freeman, promoted. • 6th Foot—Lieutenant John Grahame to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Walter Tyler Bartley, deceased ; En sign Thomas Greer Saunders to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Grahame; Lieutenant Wm. Wastle to be Paymaster, vice Allan M'Donald, deceased; Wm. Owen Lanyon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Frederick Helyar, appointed . to the Bth Light Dragoons. Bth Foot—Martin George Cole, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, 'vice Madden, promoted. 9th Foot—Robert Henry Nicholson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Josselyn, promoted ; Henry Augustus Brudenell Bruce, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Forte, •promoted. 10th Foot—Captain James Farquhar, from the 48th Foot, to be Captain, vice Richard Cormic Clifford, who ex • changes • lth Foot—Walter Long, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Hare, promoted. .2th Foot—Simon Bagge Triphaok, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bacchus, appointed to the 7th Dragoon Guards ; Henry Duppa Cutbill, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Andrews, appointed to the 74th Foot. .3th Foot—John Moutray Read, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchaie, vice Nunnington, who retires ; William Frederic Middleton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brooks, promoted. 15th Foot—Stewart Paxton Majoribanks, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brunker, appointed to the 26th Foot. 20th Foot—Henry Hays Leeming, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Andrew Halliday Hall, promoted in the 2d West India Regiment ; Robert Herne Mardon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wahab, promoted. 22d Foot—Edmund William Grove, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Nevile promoted. 26th Foot—James Samuel Greer, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wolferstan, promoted. 29th Foot—Robert John Watson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Croft, appointed to the Ist Dragoons. 34thFoot—William Vaughan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice John McCarthy O'Leary, who retires; John Macredie Mure, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice French, appointed to the 59th Foot. 45th Foot—Augustine Hugh Lefroy, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tennant, promoted. 48th Foot—Captain Richard Cormick Clifford, from the 10th Foot, to be Captain, vice James Farquhar, who exchanges. 50th Foot—Charles Morant Churchill, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Barker, promoted. • 53d Foot—James Anthony Hussey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brown, promoted. 60th Foot—George Thomas Whitaker, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice James Blaikie-Keith, appointed to the 69th Foot. 61st Foot—James Rogerson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Atkinson, promoted. 63d Foot—Morris Charles Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hulton, promoted. 70th Foot—George Green Cuppage, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Riddell, promoted. 75th Foot—William Scott Richardson, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Finnerty, promoted. 79th Foot—William George Graham Glascock, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Coventry, promoted. 82d Foot—James Newman Tanner, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Johnston, promoted • Staff-Assistant- Surgeon John Smeaton Allanby, M.D., to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Spence, who exchanges. 83d Foot—Ensign Littleton Albert Powys to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gandy, promoted. 93d Foot—Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Lockhart Ross to be Lieutenant-Colonel by purchase, vice vice Brevet•• Colonel Alexander Sebastian Leith Hay, C. 8., who retires; Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant- Colonel William Donald Macdonald to be Major, by put.• chase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Ross ; Lieutenant Maxwell Wither Hyslop to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonald; Ensign Charles Dennis Potts to be Lieutenant by p ur chase, vice Hyslop; Edward Boase, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hastie, promoted. 94th Foot-..-Robert Lovell Gwatkin, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Blake, promoted. 95th Foot—Henry Francis Sneyd, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brooke, promoted ; Staff-Assistant-Sur geon John Niven to be Assistant-Sdrgeon ' vice Sharpe, appointed to the Staff. The appointninnt of Staff-Assist ant-Surgeon John Smeeton Allanby M.D., which ap peared in the " Gazette" of July 10,1860, has been can celled. 97th Foot—Lieutenant Andrew George Onslow, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Roger Swire, who retires; Ensign Henry Champante Crespin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Onslow. 98,1) Foot—John Robert Meiklam, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Heathcote. promoted. 99th Foot—Paymaster Frank Potter, Paymaster for General Service, to be Paymaster, vice Charles Schoen berg Thomas, whose services are dispensed with. 100th Foot—Win. Ritchie, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Lawrell, promoted. 2d West Tndia Regiment—Thos. Peach, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Lloyd, promoted. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Ensign Frederick Thos. Tegart to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Joseph Albert Den ton, who retires. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. — Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals Chas. Whyte, retired on half-pay, to have the honorary rank of Inspector-General of Hospitals, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 1, 1858. Assist.-Surgeon Robert Spence, from the 82d Foot, to be Staff-Assistant-Surgeon, vice Allanby, who exchanges. BREVET. Quartermaster John Fenn, half-pay 10th Light Dra goons, to have the honorary rank of Captain. Lhout, James Deacon, Paymaster bat Foot, to haye the BANKRUPTS. James Winter, surgeon, Rosslyn-terrace, Hampstead. James Leyland Hodgson, money scrivener, Manchester. George Wilkinson, joiner and builder, Macclesfield. Frederick Wilkins, egg merchant, Whitechapel-road. John Jacob Schenck, merchant, Old Broad-street, City. William Rider, grocer, Tunstall, Staffordshire. George Grimmett, corn dealer, Birmingham. John Strachan, brewer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. John Gray and John obert Henson, upholsterers, Ep som, Surrey. George Dodd, shoe dealer, Tunstall, Staffordshire. William Sampson, innkeeper, St. Thomas the Apostle, Devonshire. Thomas Hindle, builder, Everton, Lancashire. James Brooks and Samuel Pitts, jua., wholesale iron mongers, Upper Thames-street. Henry Foulkes, cab proprietor, John-street, Union • street, Kennington-road. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Mrs. MargarelLyali,glass merchant, Glasgow. David Rodgers, lace and muslin merchant, Edinburgh. Alexander Cameron, farmer, Haughland, near Elgin. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 19th day of Dec., 1860 : ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ........X27,044,595 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 11,455,828 Silver Bullion .... 1,113,767 £27,044,595; Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Sayings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- counts) 7,384,841 Other Deposits 11,759,820 Seven Day and other Bills 652,051 £37,534,038 £27,014,595 Dated Dec. 20, 1860. ;PARTIIENT. Government Seou- rities (including Dead WeightAn- nuity) Other Securities Notes Gold and Silver Coin 761.675 £37,534,038 ;HALL, Chief Cashier. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the 18th day of Dec., 1860, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Muscovado, the produce of the British pos- PER CWT. sessions in America - Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies - 30 s 7td Average price of the foregoing .. '29s Hid STATE OF ITALY. (From the Times' Correspondent.) TURIN, DEC. 18. The news from the Two Sicilies is in the same melancholy strain ; all public and private intelli gence from the South seems calculated to cast a gloomier cloud on the thinking minds of the North. This latter will deserve no little credit, if it ulti mately succeeds in bringing to reason the more senseless parts of the Peninsula. By an official statement in to-day's Opznione we learn that Farini is ill at Naples, and that his son-in-law and private secretary, Cavaliere Riccardi, is prostrate with a mortal complaint. The news last evening was that he was dead. The young bride of this amiable and accomplished youth, Ada Farini, had just em barked at Genoa, together with her mother, on Wednesday evening last. She can only have reached Naples in time to receive his parting breath. This is an awkward moment for the King's Lieutenant in the Southern Kingdom to be afflicted either with personal indisposition or with family calami ties, and the worst is that Farini has always been in the enjoyment of strong health, and is still in the prime of manhood. His present illness, from which he has been suffering almost since his arri val in Naples, must be either the result of worry ing cares and harassing difficulties, or a pretext to rid himself of them in a plausible manner, and a hint for Count Cavour to remove him from his unenviable post. Matters bear an even more ominous look in Sicily. A gentleman who had accompanied the Royal Lieutenant Montezemolo to Palermo, and has just returned, describes the state of the island in very dark hues. Murder stalks abroad, and the police is utterly powerless. At Palermo an officer in the Customs was shot dead on the Bth as he was walking home in the evening:— " In Monreale, on the evening of the Bth, as Michele Polizzi was I alking with one Lamantio in the street, he was struck by a bullet, which went through him and his com panion, and killed them on the spot. Polizzi was a bold, violent, bad man.' He had been a bad subject in past times, but upon the rising of Sicily he lent his stalwart arm to the cause of freedom, and, because he loved much, much was forgiven him by Garibaldi, always so generous to those who fight for their country." I copy the above from the private correspondence of an ultra-Liberal and Garibaldian, because the writer unwittingly lays the finger on the sore point. Garibaldi, engaged in an almost desperate struggle, had neither leisure nor power to be very particular as to the means he employed. The most generous patriot and the most abandoned ruffian equally crowded under his banner. He had no knowledge of their characters, no means of discriminating between good and bad. There are hundreds and thousands like Polizzi strutting about the streets of Palermo in the much abused Garibaldian red shirt. These did not, for the most part, fight in Sicily, for Calatafimi, Palermo, and Melazzo were won almost exclusively by the handful of primitive adventurers who landed with the Liberator at Mar sala ; they did not fight in Calabria, or at Capua, because they never crossed the Straits. There are 2,500 officers at Palermo, and not one soldier. 66 idle "gents" in glancing uniforms make the Staff of a cavalry regiment, of which not ohe man nor one horse is forthcoming. These worthies are the leaders of those Picciotti bands of, which your cor respondent from Garibalcii's head-quarters made such capital fun four months ago. They have given themselves ranks and epaulettes, and their claims have possibly been acknowledged by Gari baldi, who at the time would have been fain to grant them any terms so he might be rid of them. The whole mass of these ill-sorted bands were left in the island. The men went home to their own houses ; the officers received their pay, and cum bered the streets of the capital. Only a small number of Sicilians followed the tide of invasion on the main -land, and a sample of their valour we have in the dastard who shot Colonel Dunne, their commander, because, in the sifting of the self awarded titles and brevets of these mushroom offi cers, he urged his particular objections to this one, because he had not only turned his back upon the enemy at Santa Maria, but actually bidden his sol diers to run away with him. These 2,500 epauletted blackguards at Palermo are now savage against Fanti, because "he struck down all the employes of the Sicilian Minister of War en masse ; and with the same decree he:put off all the officers with one month's to six month's pay, by way of a dismissal. The King's provisions for the Garibaldians at Naples do not apply to the Garibaldians south of the Faro ! " Unendurable hardships ! The very worst feature in all the ugliness of this Neapolitan and Sicilian disorder is the shocking bad faith of the writers on both sides, but especially on that of the Mazzinians who usurp the name of Gari baldians. It is only yesterday I read the diatribe of one who charged Farini with the appointment to high offices of men of notoriously bad character, and scarcely instanced one who, to my very certain knowledge, for I was in the country at the time, did not owe his nomination to the too facile Gari baldi, or rather to the reckless partisans who availed themselves of the carte blanche which he, engrossed by his warlike operations, was compelled to allow them, to throw discredit on his Govern ment, and to make sad havoc of his fair name. It is difficult to decide whether all these misstatements are:more attributable to wilful malice or to blind infatuation, for certainly all men in Naples have mot lost the remembrance of things and dates, nor have they laid aside the horror with which, not Garibaldi's, but Bertani's dictatorship had filled all honest men. It can be no blame to Garibaldi if he left the Two Sicilies in the same utter disorder as lie found them. His was the work of demoli tion ' • that of reconstruction devolved on other hands. Wherever he advanced the Intendenti, the magistrates, and other Royal officials, for the most part, fled before him ; the gendarmes and other guardians of public order followed in their foot steps, if they had the good luck to escape popu lar vengeance. Municipal authorities there were none in the Two Sicilies, and for three or four mon ths nearly all th e t owns an d provinces, and most certainly all the remote districts, were left without government of any kind. The result of the universal anarchy among a population which long iron tyranny had converted into herds of chained wild beasts may be easily imagined. Something might be hoped from their native supineness and :pusillanimity. But since Garibaldi's depar ture unprincipled appeals have been and are being made to their Worst passions. The savages are un chained, and they must, let us hope only for a brief season, have their fling. e no feelin g a man who for the country he is tearing to pieces, at, but everywhere else would merely be laughed Among the worst workers of popular mischief is whose flashing talents and epigrammatic, asthmatic French style, is not without its baleful influence among those light-minded, excitable Southern people. I allude to M. Alexandre Dumas. Goaded to madness by his dismissal from the Royal Museum, and his ejection from the Paradise of the Chiatamone, he has set up as a journalist, and his Independente, a paper written almost en tirely by himself, in a quaint, semi-barbarous, but racy, Italian, has become a most efficient firebrand. The man's assurance, his uncompromising lies, may be amusing to those who read them at a dis tance, but they do incalculable harm on the spot where they too freely circulate. " Why is it," he said, " that we read in all the Piedmontese official or semi-official papers the word Cre tin inva riably applied to the Neapolitans ?" He then proceeds to account 'for this misuse o f an un merited term of opprobrium by the fact that the Neapolitans are, if not hosti le to Cavour, at his and Piedmontese, united all least Gari baldi, who broke their chains, and would have also rescued Rome and Venice from thraldom Italy,ho strongly . ghrauddgh: their ne attached thlteaelie a nf t e o bi lreedt,h areenathwarted by the unprincipled ruse of Cavour and the blessings of freedom and have set their minds against the unification of the country. He further descants on the intellectual and social qualities of the Neapolitans, and launches into withering in vectives against the wanton injustice. of inflicting the ignominious epithet of cretin on so gifted a race. Now, it so happens that lam living in Piedmont, and read all the Piedmontese papers, Ministerial or otherwise, and I need hardly assure you that the word cretin, as coupled with the Southern Italians, never appeared in any of their columns, as it is universally admitted here that the Southern people have the advantage of the North eners in all the more brilliant qualities of the mind; and the word cretin, indicative of a disease which is too common in the valleys of the Alps, has rather been too generally, whether deservedly or not, used by unfriendly neighbours to designate the Piedmontese themselves. M. Dumas knew all this better than I do ; but it answered his purpose by a gratuitous falsehood, which hardly any w in i n Naples has the means or the inclination to di s p rove , t o s tir up the bad blood doing for hard to m think tiG w hat hat a the variety ie atryiba of l w di ways y n e s (no the Frenchcontrive which already exists b e t ween th e N e apolitans and the people who are even now fi g hti ng for them; is ard he hnk Gaeta in ta w s at to nothing. harm blame to them) could neve r h ave ac hi eve d—and M. Dumas ticks It this poor Italy,upon which they are so anxious to exercise their " legitimate influence." On the one hand we have the Pope en throned on French bayonets on the Vatican (may he never have a softer seat under him !) ; on the other, we have Admiral Barbier hectoring at Gaeta, General Goyon blustering at Terracina, his lieute nants taking and retaking Viterbo, threatening Orvieto, and everywhere doing the dirty work of Pontifical Gendarmes ; all this while the Imperial pamphleteer flatters the Italians with hopes of the imminent suppression of Papal temporalities and a purchase of Venetia on easy terms. And if official interference were not a sufficient evil—there we have amateur Lamoricieres and Pimodans heading a crusade for the Pope, and here amateur Dumases determined to blow the sparks of old Italian jea lousies into a conflagration of irreconcilable feuds. Under such circumstances it is very clear that the South of Italy and the whole country can only be saved by the strong hand, the armed force of the North. Twelve thousand choice Sardinian troops are expected soon to land in Sicily, where Monteze molo contemplates a general disarmament of the population. The sting must be taken from the wasps; we will then see how the drones may be converted into orderly and industrious bees. lam told that the elections in Sicily can by no possi bility come off before the end of next February, as the absence of all municipal or other government renders it impossible to draw the electoral lists before that time. THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS. UPWARDS OF FIFTY ACCIDENTS. The thermometer at the Royal Humane Society's re ceiving -house, at Hyde-park, during Thursday night, fell as low as 27, deg., being five degrees of frost. At nine o'clock yesterday morning the glass indexed, at the same' place in the shade, 30 deg., and in the middle of the day it still stood at freezing point, viz., 32. Last night the mer cury was as low as 30 deg., being two degrees below freezing. During the day the metropolis was visited by several showers of snow, but although sufficient to clothe the parks with a mantle of white, the fall has not been so heavy as in many provincial towns. Consequently, the London traffic will not be impeded to any considerable extent. The barometer yesterday stood almost stationary at 20.90. The wind, however, was so variable that it was impossible to conclude, with any degree of accuracy, how long the present weather might continue. Notices were yesterday placed on the different ornamental waters in the Royal Parks for the purpose of warning per sons from venturing upon the fragile surface, the ice in not one of the parks being more than an inch and three-quarters in thickness. Boards marked " Dangerous" were also placed upon the edges of the various lakes and rivers, but in spite of these precautionary measures taken by the Royal Humane Society, some thousand persons, including men, women, and children, would insist upon venturing their lives upon the frozen waters, and many parties became immersed, as will be seen from the following official returns, supplied by Mr. Williams, Superintendent of the Royal Humane Society :-•-• ST. JAMES'S PAltx.—The promenades in this Park, lead ing from the Horse Guards, Storey's-gate, and Spring gardens, almost as far as to the fountain facing Bucking ham Palace, were crowded with persons of all grades in society for the purpose of witnessing the military and others disporting themselves by sliding or skating upon the ice. No scientific manoeuvres were gone through during the day worth recording, but not fewer than eighteen persons broke through the ice and became immersed. Six of the endangered persons were saved by iceman Perry with the society's apparatus, four were rescued by iceman R. Mas kell, and the others got out without assistance. The num ber of sliders and skaters on this water was about 300. REGENT'S PARK.—The ice upon the ornamental waters in this park is described by Mr. Young, the secretary of the Royal Humane Society, as being exceedingly danger ous, and only one inch and three-quarters in thickness. Nevertheless, in spite of the cautions given by the society's icemen and the danger-boards exhibited, 2,000 sliders and skaters amused themselves upon the frozen waters during the day, but no accident worth publicly recording occurred. THE SERPENTINE, HYDE PARE.—Under the direction of Mr. Williams, the superintendent of the Royal Humane Society, a number of men were employed in placing the apparatus for saving life upon the water ; but although several parties ventured upon the ice, no accident happened. THE LONG WATER IN KENSINGTON GARDENS..--.The ice on this sheet of water is described as being very dan gerous, but over 200 persons ventured thereon. Mr. Wm. Walter Fuller, of 21, Phillimore-place, Kensington, broke through into six feet of water, about half-past twelve in the afternoon, but was fortunately rescued by iceman Thomas Pavey, with the aid of the handlines and breaker ladders. Mr. George Chesland, of No. 22, Lower Pb.illi more-place, also broke through the ice and became sub merged, and also another gentleman, named Win. Garret t, of Vincent-square, Westminster. Fortunately all saved by the Society's icemen, and after being attenwere ded thaY to they were able to return to their respective homes. THE ROYAL ROUND POND, KENSINGTON GARDENS. — A large number of members of the nobility, and also of . the Skating Club, amused themselves upon thi and . during into six feet of the day. Several persons broke throng water. They wore rescued by the icemenr. Kn i t ht sledge, Sm. Amongst those immersed were Mg, of 12, C ambrid ge - square ; Joseph W fl ou gall, of 18, Wilton-place, Chelsea ; and seven ot hers, who refused to give their names or addresses. VICTORIA PARIC.—OVOr 300 persons amused themselves on the ice in this park, but no accident of a serious character occurred. The Retribution, 28, paddle, Commodore H. E. Edgell, will be paid off at Portsmouth to-dare is said to have sustained damage OA' her passage monib o Lisbon, owing to the mainstay" The mainmast of the flag-ship Royal Albert,o 1 , at lyPc,:at having given way. One hundred a#•• "rnnir - 'arks are Wait ing at Plymouth for passage MJ the Mediterranean by the screw troopship Himalitia, Capt. Seccombe, expected to call there after she leaves Portsmouth. Capt. Richard S. Risk hoisted Lis pendent on Thursday afternoon on board the screw steamship Narcissus, 51, at Plymouth, destined for the Cape of Good Hope. The ships in the Sound belonging to the Channel squadron discharged their powder yesterday morn ing. Admiral Stopford's ship, the Royal Albert, 121, Capt. Henry J. Lacon ; the Conqueror, 101, Capt. Edward S. Sotheby, C. 8., and the Donegal, 101, Capt. Broadhead, went up Hamoaze ; the Aboukir and Emerald are likely to follow. The sailing frigate Alarm, 26, having been cop pered to the bends, was removed yesterday (Fri day) from the Devonport dockyard and warped to the south jetty. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Alexander C. Archdeacon, assistant-paymaster in charge to the Naiad, and William B. Eakins, assistant-paymaster to the Penguin. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7to 1 agst Kettledrum (off) 7to 1 agst Nautilus (t) THE DERBY. 600 to 100 agst Dundee (off) 13 to 1 agst Big Ben (off) 16 to 1 agst Diophantus (off) 20 to 1 agst Kettledrum (off) 25 to 1 agst Dictator (t) 25 to 1 agst Klarikoff (taken) 25 to 1 agst Nautilus (offd, t3oto 1) Nothing else mentioned. - _ A deputation, appointed at the public meeting on the 12th inst., for the purpose of drawing attention to the necessity for additional legislation in reference to arte • rial drainage and general outfall wo rks, had an interview with Sir G. C. Lewis yesterday, at the Home-office. THE ARMS'. - In consequence of the depots of the Indian regi ments at Chatham having been recruited up to the,ir required strength, orders were yesterday received: at that garrison directing that recruiting for all the regiments composing the three battalio ns is to be discontinued, with the exception of th e 77th depot. The 27th (Capt. A. W. Durnford's) Comp an y of R o y a l Engineers, which was placed under orders to embark for Gibraltar several weeks since, has received final orders to be in readiness to embark early after Christmas, when it will relieve one of the companies of Royal Engineers now serving at Gibraltar. The 32d Company of Royal Engineers has been placed under the command of Capt. W. D. Frazer, and has been medically inspected, and also officially inspected at headquarters by Col. Harness, C.B. The company is now ready to embark for St. Helena, where it will be employed in the repair of the fortifications and defences of that island. Lieut. D. C. Walker has been ordered. to proceed from head-quarters, Chatham, to Wool wich, there to take the command of the sth Com pany of Royal Engineers at that station. The appointment of instructor of gunnery at the Chatham division of Royal Marines, vacant by the promotion of Lieut.-Col. Connolly, has been con ferred on Capt. D. Blyth, of that division. The following promotions will take place in the Royal Marines consequent on the death of Lieut.- Gen. Willis :—Major-Gen. Delacombe to be Lieut.- Gen., vice Willis, deceased ; Col.-Commandant B. Stransham to be Major-Gm, vice Delacoraber promoted; Col. and Second Commandant F. A. Campbell, to be Col.-Commandant, vice Stransham, promoted ; Capt. A. D. L. Farrant to be Lieut.- Col., vice Campbell, promoted ; First Lieut. J, R. Lloydd to be Capt., vice Farrant, promoted ; Second Lieut. Edward Lee Rose, to be First Lieut., vice Lloyd, promoted. Under the approbation of the officers command ing the Royal Artillery quartered in Plymouth Citadel, Schoolmaster Sergeant Stanton has, by ;the aid of Bombardier John Jenkins, who resided seve ral years in France, established within the last month a French class of 30 artillerymen; and there are now so many others anxious to acquire a know ledge of the language that a second class, equally large, is expected to be formed in January. TEE VOLUNTEER MOTIBMENT. The Volunteer class at Hythe, which has just concluded its course of instruction, is the largest that has ever' been at the School of Musketry. The total number present Fes 96, of whom 32 are captains, 13 lieutenants, 14 ensigns, 2-.' non-commissioned officers, and 13 privates. The shooting' of several of the best marksmen was of the highest order, especially at the longest ranges. The "figure of merit" at the lower ranges was 45.02, or just about the average for Volunteers, which for the last five courses has been 45.20. The average for the same number of courses of officers of the army is 44.06. The officers of the army, however, enjoy two great advantages in being allowed preliminary firing, by which rifles may be sighted, and because the time they arc under instruction is longer than that for Volunteers. The highest figure for any one section on the present occasion was 51, and the lowest 40.1, and it is highly indicative of the intelligence and attention of these 96 men, as well as of the excellence of the system of instrifc.- tion under General Hay, that not one of the whole num- . ber is left in the third class ; that is to say, either in the first or subsequent trial every one has been able to make at least 15 points in 20 shots from 150 to 300 yards. The prizes subscribed for by the members were as follows :—A. Whit worth rifle, value £25, for the greatest number of points from 400 to 900 yards. This was won by Corporal Hoare, of the 9th Glocester, who (though a young man and with out any previous practice) made the very large score of 36 points. Next, a Westley Richards rifle, value £l5, for the greatest number of hits from 400 to 900 yards. This was won by Captain Macgregor, of the London Scottish, who scored 31 points in 28 hits. The third prize was a cup, value £5, for the most points front 150 to 300 yards, which was gained by Capt. Gough, of the 23d Staffordshire, who scored 32 points. On Tuesday, the class under instruction dined for the last time together at mess, when the usual loyal and complimentary toasts were given, and the varied colours of the uniforms from all parts of the kingdonr made the scene one of great interest. In a short time these Volunteers will bo scattered throughout the country bearing with them, every one, a very pleasant recollection of the fortnight passed at Hythe. The cadet corps attached to the 7th Middlesex (Islington) Rifles have been now furnished with their arms, consisting of a short Irish constabulary smooth-bore rifle and bayo net complete, proportioned to the height of the boys, and weighing between six and seven pounds. This is the first eadet corps which has been supplied with an effective weapon, but to prevent accidents to the boys themselves or to the public the nipples of the rifles have been plugged with lead. On Wednesday last the corps marched out for the first time with their arms, preceded by the drums and fifes of the City Militia, and under the command of their drill instructor, Sergeant-Major Hornby, late of the Rifle Bri gade They started from head-quarters at about a quar ter to three, and proceeded along t he High-street, Isling ton, through the Liverpool-road, to Highbury•terrace, where they halted for a short time, returning by wa of the y Holloway-road to head -quarters, and, after again halting for refreshment, marched to the City-road bridge, where the them three cheers. They band loft them, the begs were then marched back to head-quarters and dismissed, after giving three cheers for Sergeant-Major Hornby. A number of peopl bad assembled throughout the line great route, who cheered the boys as they passed, the ladies at the windows waving their handkerchiefs. The corps, which Row num bers about 40, march well, and bids fair in a short time to b e v ery efficient. The drill of the 7th Middlesex has been suspended until the Bth of January. A Volunteer ball in connexion with the corps will take place at the Freemasons' Tavern on the 23d of January, The Colchester corps having exceeded the number requi site for one company, the effective members met on Wed nesday evening and formed 2 companies of equal strength. Lieutenant Green was promoted to the command of the newly-formed company, and a meeting was called last even ing (Friday) for the nomination of the other dicers. On Thursday evening about 250 volunteers and their friends mustered in the Corn -exchange, Braintree, Essex, and presented to Mr. Basil Sparrow, captain-commandant of the Braintree and Halstead United Corps, a magnificent silver cup of the value of £7O as a recognition of his ser vices a s captain of the above corp' and a proof of the esteem in which he is held in the neighbourhood. With the countenance and support of Lord Harry Vane, M.P. for Hastings, and a large number of the gentry of Battle and the neighbourhood, the corps which was last year enrolled in tha t town progresses most favourably. On Wednesday afternoon the corps was presented by Lady Vane and the ladies of Battle and the vicinity with a hand some silver bugle, bearing the motto "Pro aria et focis ;'' and in the evening, there was a grand entertainment, given by Lord Harry, in the great hall of the Abbey. Lord H. Vane presided. ARTISTIC DESIGNS FOR WATCHES.— " A number of new and artistic designs for the embellishment of watch of es have been invented and exhibited by Mr. T. W. Benson, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, who has exerted himself with commendable success to provide, in this particular branch of manufacture, the union of taste and use fulness so strik ing in the productions of the French artificers. The recent progress in the art of watchmakingin England is owing to the enterprise and industry of sev eral g entlemen, who are now reaping a just reward for their ingenuity. Amongst these Mr. Benson holds a prominent position, and his de signs may therefore be recommended to the notice of the public."--Daily Telegraph. Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, post free for two stamps, is descriptive of every censtrue.‘ tion of watch now m .a.. Watches safe by poet to all parts of the globe.