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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. WINDSOR and back for 2s. 6d., from Paddington.— Week days at 8.45 and 10.30 a.m., returning at 6.35 and 8.5 p.m. On Sundays, from Paddington at 9 a.m., returning at 7 p.m. Taplow and back, on Sundays, for 28. 6d., from Pad dington at 9 a.m., returning at 6.57 p.m. Henley and back for 38., from Paddington, at 9 a.m., returning at 8.55 p.m. T ,OND ON and NORTH-WESTERN and -I-4 MIDLAND RAILWAYS: DONCASTER RACES. FirSt and Second Class Ordinary DAY TICKETS will be issued at the Euston Station to DONCASTER by any train on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th of September, and to be avail able for returning any day up to and including Saturday, the 18th September. By order. General Manager's Office, Euston Station, Sept. 8, 1858. T HE CHANNEL ISLANDS TELEGRAPH COMPANY (LIMITED). OPENING of the LINE, September 9. Messages can now be sent by Telegraph direct to Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney, from any of the Electric and Inter national Telegraph Company's Stations in the United Kingdom. Charge for 20 words (names and addresses free) fro in— Weymouth Qs. Od. Liverpool ss. 8d Southampton London ss. Od. Glasgow &c., &c., &c. Charge for 20 words between Jersey, Guernsey, and Alder. ney, One Shilling. By Order, D. B. GAMBLE, Secretary Sept. 8,185 G. Further particulars may be obtained at the Electric and International Telegraph Company's Stations in Great Britain. BANK 01F- DEPOSIT. Established A.D. 1844. • 3, PALL •MALL EAST, LONDON. Parties desirous of Investing Money are requested to exa mine the Plan of "The Bank of Deposit, by which a high rate of interest may be obtained with ample security. The Interest is oayable in January and July. PETER MORRISON, Manag;ng Director. Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on application. G LENFIELD PATENT STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, AND PRONOUNCED BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &c., aEORGE HOBSON begs to call the attention v- 0 ( of Gentlemen to his New Autumnal Trousers, 21s. to 255. Also his New Partridge Mixture Shooting Coats. Excellence with Economy . . GEORGE ROBSON, 57, Lombard-street. Established 1796. THE TRAVELLERS' AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. 7, Bank-buildin, Lothbury, and 42 and 43, Poultry, London. Wit which is incorporated the business of THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1849, and Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. TRUSTEES. Matthew Marshall, Esq., (Bank of England.) William Smee, Esq., (Bank of England). Kenyon S. Parker, Esq., Q.C. Henry Blair Mayne, Esq. The business of the ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY having been purchased by the TRAVELLERS' AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, all the Policies of the late Company adopted under the Deed of Purchase are guaran teed and kept in force by the Travellers' and Marine In surance Company, upon precisely the same terms and con ditions under which they were originally issued Total Policies issued Claims paid since 1849 Annual income from Premiums (18:57) Insurance effected against General Accidents, Railway Ac cidents, and Marine Risks ; either Fatal, Non-fatal, or both together ; with or without Medical expenses extra. For Proposal Forms, Prospectuses, and all other information, apply to the Manager, at the Chief Office, or to any of the Company's local Agents . 39,000 . £71,000 . . EDWARD SOLLY, Manager, 7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury, London. INTERNATIONAL • LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London, W.C., Feb. 25, 1858. Established 1837.—Payment of Premium within Days of Grace.—lt always has been, and still is, the practice of this Society to pay claims 'under policies of assurance, notwith standing the death of the assured occuring within the 30 days of grace, and before payment of the annual premium, provided payment thereof be made, or notice of the death be given to the of f ice before the expiration of such days of grace. For the Court of Directors, E. S. SYMES, Chairman. T HE INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 142, Strand, London Empowered by Aot of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE SUEVIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c. DIRECTORS. EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman W. Kenworthy Browne, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq. Samuel King-Church, Esq. Johd Moss, Esq. John Elliotson, M.D.,Cautab., John Symes, Esq. F.R.S. I Joseph Thompson, Esq. SECRETARY TO TFIt BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Blondel, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor IVheatstone,Y..l.a — .:;nd Professor J. Radford Young. MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. J. Elliotson, 31. D., Cantab., F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &c. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhouse, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Roweliffe, Bedford- The next Quinquennial In May, 1860. _ _ _ Division of Profits will be declared Examples of Inus up to May, 18.55 : rolicy Bonus in Bonus in addition Permanent Smn taken Age. Assured. Cash. Reduction out in t o Sum of Annual Assured. Premiums. £ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1838 55 3,000 867 17 7 428 1 4 56 3 8 1841 48 4,000 749 4 0 325 16 0 32 0 4 1845 59 2,000 2.3218 0 156 15 0 16 6 0 1848 60 2000 154 2 8 103 16 8 10 15 2 1 851 55 2 , 800 120 17 0 72 14 6 6 7 7 CONTRACTS FOR HONDURAS MAHOGANY TIMBER AND MOULMEIN TEAK TIMBER. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, Bth Sept., 1858. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUESDAY, the 28th instant, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying her Majesty's Dockyards with 11,250 loads of HONDURAS MAHOGANY TIMBER, and 7,500 loads of MOULMEIN TEAK TIMBER, to be delivered during the years 1859, 1860, and 1861, according to distributions, which, with the forms of the Tenders, the conditions of the Contracts, and a specimen of the Mahogany Timber, may be seen at the said office. No tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an Agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the, left-hand corner the words "Tender for ," and must be delivered at Somerset place, accompanied by a Letter signed by Two responsible Persons, engaging to become bound with the Person tender ing, in the sum of £5OOO for the due performance of each of the Contracts. The following are amongst the advantages offered by the International Life Assurance Society:— The Society was established in 1838. Two-thirds of the profits are divided amongst the assured every five years. Its subscribed capital is five hundred thousand pounds. Its investments, at the date of the last annual report, amounted to one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds. The number of policies now in force exceed six thousand. About one thousand new policies are added every year. Since its commencement the Society has paid in claims Upwards of three hundred and twenty thousand pounds. For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chairman, 142, Strand. EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman. 142, Strand, London, W.C. THE EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, in the absence of direct information from their own Cor arenscron will Cor respondent, , consequentlycan on relyly e 0 %1 . 1 itnhraet h e a r i Russi a , slsol low quotations of 2s. per lb., for Black, Green, or Mixed Teas, in 61b.rbags ; and Coffee, in the Berry, at lid. per lb.—Ware houses, 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. APPETITE AND INDIGESTION IMPROVED. 1 - _EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE - 1 -4 SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat, Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Cur ries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safeguard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also ty Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen -and merchants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.8.--To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS " are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. NO. MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, Nervousness, Biliousness, Liver Complaints, Hysteria, • Neuralgia, Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Eruptions, Impurities, Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea, Hemorrhoids, Headache, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Sprms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), S king Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, ,ft so Children's Complaints, effectually removed by DU BARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies in illness, and is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it is the only food which never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor Interferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of gratitude from invalids :—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies—" I have derived con siderable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies." Cure No. 49,332. " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, ner vousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by Dii Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Dias, Norfolk." Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herta, a cure of extreme ner vousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fan cies. Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool : a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew ITre, of con stipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 34,210. Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212. Cap tain Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 46,116. Major Edie, of enlargement of the liver, and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings. Cure No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey, of diarlioea and debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer, of consumption. Cure No. 32,830. Wm. Hunt, Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood merchant, Primacy, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver de rangement, partial deafness. Cure No. - .58,816. Mrs. Hoize, aged 107 years', of dyspepsia (indigestion), debility, irritability, and nervousness, which had tormented her for 70 years. Cure No. 56,814. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure No. 52,612. The Dowager Countess of Castle stuart, of many years' nervous irritability, bile, and indiges tion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of con sumption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of recovery. Cure No. 180. "Twenty-five years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suf fered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." No. 4,208. "Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility. With cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev John W. Flavell, Riddlington Rectory, Norfolk." No. 32,836. " Three Years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very Miserable, hes been radically removed by Du Barry's health restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skib hereen." Cure No. 3,906. "Thirteen years' cough, indiges tion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food. James Porter, Athol street Perth." Important Caution against the fearful danger of spurious imitations : The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an _injunction on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Trooper Neville, for imitating "Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." Suitably packed for all climates, and with all instructions. In canisters, 11b., 2s. 9d. • 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 121 b., 225. Super re fined quality 11b., 6s. ; 21b., 11s. ; 51b., 22s ; 101 b., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b. canisters are forwarded carriage free, on re ceipt of Post-office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty. 182, Piccadilly ; James Well, 4n, Sloane-street ; also at 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330, 430, and„ 451, • Strand ; 94, Cheapside ; and_oo,ll3ifthopegateltreet , 63, AN, and 108) vAimitreet. A LHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square. The best Ventilated and Coolest Building in Europe.— Lessees, Messrs. Howes and Cushing. Entire Change of'Per formance. Madame DELAVANTI will make a Grand Ascent on a portion of the Atlantic Telegraph Wire to the Dome of the Alhambra Palace, being one hundred feet in height, and two hundred feet in length, a feat never attempted by any other artiste. WALLETT'S celebrated CIRCUS COMPANY. Extraordinary and brilliant success of the unrivalled Troupe of Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes and splendid Stud of Horses. Two Performances daily. Midday Entertainment at half-past 2 ; Evening at 8 o'clock. Private boxes, £2 ; stalls, ss. ; reserved seats, 3s. ; boxes, 2s. ; pit, ls. ; gallery, (id. Box-office open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. No fees for booking places. Children under 9 years of age, half-price. No. 20,662. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, in 1 vol., with Illustrations, 10s. 6d. bound, MARY HOWITT'S NEW STORY, " TRUST AND TRIAL," From the Danish. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, suc.l2ssors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street GORDON OF DUNCAIRN.—This New Novel ; in 2 Vols., small Octavo, 12s. will be ready for publica• tion on the 23d inst. New Burlington-street, Sept. 10, 1858. FEIST'S RACING \ RECORD for 1858. Part VIII., price 3d., 1011 be published on the Ist of October. The Record, containing a complete calendar of Sport.in England, Ireland, and Scotland, in 1857, and nomi nations fbr 1858, may be had, price two shillings. W. Wright, Fulwood's Rents, Holborn. \TO MORE PILJAS nor any other MEDICINE . for Indigestion (dyspepsia), habitual Constipation, Flatu lency, Acidity, Palpitation of the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, Bilious Headache, Nervousness, Biliousness, General Dibility, Diarrhoea, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, Despondency, Spleen, &c. Send 2 penny stamps, and you will receive post f ree , 61 p a ge s , the people's edition of "PERFECT HEALTH It E STORED,' ' without pills, purgatives, or medicines of any kind, and with out expense, by a simple, pleasant, and infallible means which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, adapted to the general reader. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professor of Chemistry, Dr. Andrew. lire, Dr. Shorland, Dr. Harvey, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurtzer, 'Dr. Ingram, and many thousand other respectable persons, whose health has been re stored by it after all other means of cure had failed. London : Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, and through all Booksellers in Town and Country. PROFESSOR WILJALBA FRIKELL.- This Afternoon, at ' Three ; Evening, at Eight.— POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King William-street, Charing cross.—TWO HOURS OF ILLUSION.—For One Month Only, previous to Professor Frikell's departure on a provincial tour. Every evening at 8; Saturday afternoons at 3. Private boxes, one guinea; box stalls, ss. ; orchestra stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, ls.—Places may be secured at the Polygraphic-hall, and at Mr. Miteriell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ADELAIDE GALLERY CASINO, Lowther Arcade, Strand.—The above ROOMS are OPEN EVERY EVENING. The celebrated band of the Argyll Rooms will play, by particular desire, selections from Il Trovatore, La Traviata, and Itigoletto. Conductor, Mons. A. LAMOTTE. Principal cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. Leader, Mr. Charles Hall. Doors open at half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission, ls. D R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 3, TICHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay market). Open daily (for Gentlemen only). LECTURES by I)r. SEXTON at Four and Eight o'clock, on important and interesting topics in connection with ANA TOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, and PATHOLOGY (vide Pro grammes). . _ Admission ONE SHILLING. DR. KAHN'S — giRk — LECTURESOirrHE PHILO SOPHY OF MARRIAGE, &c., sent post free, direct from the Author, on the receipt of twelve stamps. GREAT BRITAIN. BARRACK CONTRACTS. WAR-OFFICE, Pall-Mall, London, S.W., 26th August. 1858. The Secretary of State for War Hereby Gives Notice, That Tenders will be received by the several Barrack Masters in Great Britain, on or before WEDNESDAY, the 15th Sept. next, from such persons as may be willing to enter into Contracts for the under-mentioned services for a period of Three Years, from the Ist October, 1858, to the 30th September, 1801: Lamp-lighting ; Sweeping Chimneys by Machinery Straw and Ashes, and Privy Soil (where deposited with the Ashes); Emptying Privies ; and for Washing, and Repairing Bedding (except at the Barracks in London and Windsor). Printed Forms of Tenders and every requisite information may be obtained on application to the respective Barrack Masters, between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock each day, Sun days excepted, until the date above-mentioned, after which no proposal will be received, nor will any tender be considered that is not made on the printed form, to be furnished by the Barrack Masters. • _ _ _ Persons proposing to tender for any of the services above mentioned, must make the Barrack Masters acquainted with their names and places of abode, and furnish any information that may be called for by them as to the eligibility of the par ties tendering to perform the Contract or Contracts, and it is to be clearly understood that the Secretary of State for War reserves to himself the power of accepting or rejecting all or any of the tenders, without assigning any reason or entering into any correspondence on the subject. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.- It is only a short time since this singularly efficacious article of animal diet first made its appearance ; and already its celebrity Is world-wide. It has been a subject of wonder, and has puzzled many a brain to explain how this has been brought about. Yet when we are acquainted with a few facts concerning the food, our wonder will cease. A few days since, a gentleman wrote, stating that he had a horse which was a " perfect bag of bones." He tried all kinds of things to get the animal into condition, but in vain. He then bought some of Thorley's food ; and he says the effect was wonderful. The horse rapidly grew fat,'and In the course of a few weeks had gained no less than 12 stones. Again we find at the late agri cultural shows at Birmingham, Cardiff, &c., the animals which carried off the highest prizes had been partly fed with Thor ley's food for cattle. Such facts speak for themselves, and we are forced to the conclusion that its celebrity arises solely from its own intrinsic merits, and the great demand for it can proceed alone from the good opinion and testimony of those who have tried it. All parties interested in horses and cattle will do well to apply to 77, Newgate-street, London, for a pamphlet which is sent post-free. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pares, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just pub lished, price, free by post, ls. THE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work -11- on the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from the effects of solitary indulgence, infection, and the injurious consequences from the use of Mercury: with observations on the obligations of marriage, and directions for obviating cer tain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Sur geons. Consultations as usual (see page 197). Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row ; Sanger, 160, Oxford street; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is employed in both sexes to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic: its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and sexual debility, obstinate gleets, impo tency, barrenness, anddebilities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying* sucess in thousands of cases. Price Us. per bottle, or four quahtities in one for 335., which saves lls. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recom mended for any of the varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the skin, blotches on the head and face, en largements of the throat, tonsils, and uvula; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &o. Its action is purely deter sive, and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. Price lls. and 335. per bottle, also a saving of lls. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effecttial remedy in either sex for all cases of gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and ns. per box. Sol by Daniel Church, 78, Gracechurch-street, City ; Bart ley-Hooper, 43, King William-street (four doors from London bridge) ; G. F. Watts, 17, Strand ; W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow churayard ; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford Street ; Hannay and Dietrichsen, 63, Oxford-street ; Butler and Harding, 4, Cheapside ; Prout and Harsant, 229 Strand, and all medical vendors throughout the United Kingdom ' THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published, price is., post free, in an Envelope, for 13 stamps. SELF -PRESERVATION.—A. Medical Treatise on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System, and on the cure of Nervous and Physical Debility; resulting from vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from youth to Manhood, with practical observations on the Phy siology of Marriage in its social, moral, and physical rela tions. To which are added remarks on the wonders of the Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries "of Life within Life," and its advantages in detecting, by urinary examina tion, the cause and effect of every variety of these complaints, with numerous engravings and cases BY §AMUIL LAWERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Hono rary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Li centiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &C. • The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fear ful consequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Manhood, and p rema t ure d ecay a t a ll s t ages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condi tion, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is en titled. It is absolutely necessary - that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self indulgence, how those penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and, above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, and may be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Horne, 19, Leicester square ; Gordon, 146, Lea,denhall-street ; or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from 11 till 2, and from 6 till 8, at his residence, 37, Bedford-square, London. The work may be had in India, of Mr. Von Litzky, Loll Bazaar; Calcutta—Messrs. C.and J. Hormusjee, Apollo-street ; Bombay—Circulator Office ; Madras—Mofussilite Office, Agra ; Dodsworth, Colombo, Ceylon; and Of aallookeellers thrnugh- Otlt the C 9191110. -= • • • 1.• 4 1 4 • , , t . Qin •_ M 4, •iti• 1 • - %Z& r ? • • _ ) 6, " ^ ' DIE „. . y am '; rat e„; ,y7l. ›- • I / ~~ G' PRICE 4D . STAMPED, 51) MILFORD ILI VEY. The splendid . capabilities of Milf or d H aven h ave long been recognised. Nelson expr esse d i n wor d s his admiration of it; but more than a century before Nelson, Penn, by the use he made of it, had borne still more unequivocal testimony to its merits. But commerce will not be allured to any place merely because it affords safe riding for ships.. Until our railway system was developed, lford Haven, though an admirable harbour, was remote from any of those busy centres of industry and accumu lated property which attracts merchants. Hence it came that the Mersey, with all the difficulties and dangers which its flat, wind-swept shores and innumerable shoals presented, became a thronged resort of traffic, while Milford Ha ven, remained almost as unvisited as in the days of the Ap Griffiths and Llewellvns. The deficiencies of the Mersey as a port were disre garded on account of its proximity to the great pro ducing counties of Lancashire, Cheshire, Stafford shire, and Yorkshire. • But now that railways have already brought Milford Haven, or are rapidly bringing it, into close proximity with the metro polis and with the manufacturing districts, sailors and shipowners are awakening to its capabilities of a harbour. This explains the deMonstration •at - Pembroke Dock, which it was yesterday our pleas ing.-task to chronicle. We do not expe c t —and still less do we wish—that Milford Haven should rise on the ruins of any of our established ports, or prevent the development of the trade of others. Southamp ton Water and the Mersey will keep their ground ; Galway, or Valentia, or both, will become the great stations for the receipt and despatch of mails and passengers between England and North America, and the export and import harbours for the trade between Ireland and the New World. But Milford Haven will rise to an equality with the best of these places. There is ample room for them all ; the fresh start in the development of our island re sources which is being made under the auspices of steam locomotives and the electric telegraph, will render all these maritime stations no more than sufficient for the giant growth of English commerce. It is a great recommendation of Milford Haven that it opens on the broad Atlantic. It offers a refuge to seamen, to reach which they need not embay themselves in any narrow straits or channels. Its entry is boldly defined, and free from hidden perils ; while within there is ample room for whole navies of ships of the largest draught, with ample shelter from every wind that can blow. The Mersey and the Clyde, from their immediate proximity to regions of busy and productive industry, will con tinue to attract as many vessels as ever ; for mer chants have a well-grounded aversion to frequent repetition of the act of breaking bulk, and seek therefore to ship their goods as near as possible to the place where they are produced. But an im mense trade will be attracted to Milford Haven, now that carriage thither from the manufacturing districts has become safe, speedy, and economical, and that the mineral wealth of South Wales is being so extensively exploite. Milford Haven will assume the rank, as a trading port, which Bristol once held. Its commerce will bear the same ratio to the aggregate commerce of England in the nine teenth century that the commerce of Bristol did to the aggregate commerce of England in earlier ages. And there are certain local traffics which advantage of position will inevitably attract to Milford Haven. It will contest with Southampton Water the character of the natural place of deposit for the commodities which are shipped to or landed from an important portion of our Colonies. The shipping of the West India Colonies will naturally make for it ; it will attract the trade of the Cape Colony and Western Africa ; and all that important portion of the passenger and goods traffic of our Southern Colonies which takes the Panama route--that is, the bulk of the trade of New Zealand, Tasmania, New South Wales, and the district around 'Moreton Bay—will also resort to it. To our growing commerce with the Brazils Mil ford Haven offers an equally eligible emporium ; but our anticipations of the future for this harbour are more disposed to rest on its possible and pro bable colonial connexions. England is essentially a colonising country. She, of all modern States, has alone succeeded in establishing free filial com munities, whereas the others have only been able to create dependencies. England laid the founda tions of the Great Western Republic ; and though the United States—as we sgy of sons and daughters . who have set up establishinents of their own apart from the paternal home—are now forisfamiliated, the great Canadian, West Indian, and Australian groups, and the infant empire of South Africa, still remain connected with us by the closest family ties. We need only turn to the statistical tables of the Board of Trade to be convinced that our com merce with the United States and our Colonies is by far the most important part of our aggregate commerce. Being carried on with communities which have hived off the parent stock of Britain, and which retain British tastes and habits, our productions suit them better than any other people. Possessing ample vacant lands their num bers increase more rapidly than those of old coun tries. Every way they are the most sure and profitable customers we can have. The mercantile relations between Colonies and Mother-Countries arc unsusceptible of destruction or even diminution from political enmities or alienation. Notwith standing the enmity engendered by the unfortunate circumstances under which the United States broke loose from us, the growth of the commercial inter course between the two countries never knew pause or intermission. And Mauritius, which has been incorporated into the British Empire for half a cen tury, continues to this day to have more intimate commercial relations with the Garonne than with the Thames. Add to these considerations, that colo nisation calls those more lucrative and more certain markets into existence, adds them to those which our merchants continue to frequent to as great an extent as they could have done though we had been destitute of colonies. And, perhaps, the mere aug mentation of the national wealth which England derives from her colonies is the least benefit she owes them. Our narrow island, but for the colonies, would soon have become over-populated. The colo nies not only find subsistence and profitable employ ment for those who would have been doomed to idleness and poverty at home ; their demand for our productions enables a more numerous population to reside in comfort within the island than could other wise have done so. They have saved us to a great extent—if more adequately turned to account they might save us to a still greater extent—from the demoralising influence of a surplus and pauper po pulation. It is an instinctive sense, rather than a definite conception of these benefits, that has made and kept England a colonising country. Her efforts in colonisation are, it is true, intermitting, but they are incessantly renewed after brief intervals of repose. From 1830 till within the last year or two the heart of England was keenly bent upon colonising enterprise. Within that period the progress of the British North American Provinces, of the Cape Colony, of Tasmania and New South Wales, has received a new impetus, while Victoria, New Zealand, Southern and Western Australia, have been called into existence. The brief succeaso of interest in colonial undertakings cannot last long. And it is not the least of many favourable omens for the future of Milford Haven that some enterprising men have associated themselves with a view to render it the recognised starting-point of emigrants for New Zealand, E as t ern Australia, 7 ?,nd the new colony of British Columbia. —Daily .Aews. Mr. Robson, after having concluded, with Mr. W. S. Emden, a most prosperous season at the Olympic Theatre, is at present in Edinburgh, but his numerous admirers here will not at present see him on the stage, as he is travelling with his family to recruit his energies after the arduous London season.—Scotsman. THE MURDERER BUCKNELL.—The Taunton Courier reported last week that the mother of the culprit, Bucknell, had died of a broken heart just a week after her son was executed, and th a t a sister of the murderer had nearly gone mad since the execution—all which is a mere fabrication.—Sherborne Journal. 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It is not for me to con jecture by what means this poor woman has been induced to give utterance to such a ver- - sion of our troubles at Cawnpore as she has done, but I feel bound to correct her narrative, and I feel sure that my brother officer, Lieut. Delafosse, who is in this country, will be able to substantiate the allegations I now make. After a truthful reference to the general uneasi- ness pervading the native mind whi - ch preceded the outbreak, Mrs. Murray states that General Wheeler ordered a pa r ade, an d read a general order discon tinuing the old musket, and directing the use of the Enfield rifle for the future. She says, "The Sepoys refused to use the new guns. Parade was again ordered with no better re sults, &c. Now, si r , I affirm that there was not an Enfield rifle in Cawnp ore un til 15 men o f th e I s t Madras Fusileers joined us two days before the out break, and these were th e only men in Cawnpore armed with that weapon. I liave no knowledge of the imprisonment by General Wheeler of the havil dar who reported . the disaffecti on o f t h e nat i ve troops. I believe it as untrue as the foregoino , story of the Enfield rifles.. Nana Sahib's v i s it to r ' Cawnpore, which is next referred to, was made at the request of the resident magistrate, and such was 'the confidence placed in this infernal traitor that the whole of the treasure—upwards of £loo,ooo_ was placed under his protection. The Nana was not at Bithoor, but in Cawnpore, when the 2d Cavalry mutinied, and he gave up the treasure to the rebels. This was the first manifestation of hostility on his part. A day or two before it was actually projected to send some of our ladies to Bithoor, that they - might be lodged in safety ! All the European resi dents of Cawnpore, except the officers of the 53d N. 1., were in the entrenched buildings several days before the actual outburst. Here, again, Mrs. Mur ray is made to represent the facts erroneously. Is it some nameless correspondent of the Indian Em pire, or Mrs. Murray—whose knowledge of artil lery is so profound as to lead to the conclusion that shells did no harm, because they were only filled with powder ! These shells cut off numbers of our poor comrades, though Mrs. Murray is made to say that very few were killed in the entrenchments, and only one or two by shells. So far is this from being the case that we lost 250 men in the entrench ment in 22 days, and a large number of these were killed by shells ; certainly as many as a dozen on one fatal day .that I remember. Not one of our killed was sewn in a bag (as it is stated) previously to interment ; we had neither materials nor time for such labour. At nightfall each day the slain were buried as decently as cir cumstances would permit. Alas! it was little more we could do than place them under ground. The statement that little children were sent to draw water is an invention ; this task was always performed by volunteers, and some of our privates of the European regiments made a trade of it, charging so much per bucket. The sally said to have been contrived by consul tation among the troops was an orderly assault upon the batteries of the besiegers, headed by Captain Moore, 32d Foot, with the full consent of General Wheeler No retreat was sounded, and they re turned in due order when their work was done, and not before. It was as cool a thing as was ever seen in war, deserving of very different comment from that in the narrative in the Indian Empire. "Not more than 30 soldiers were killed in the garrison," says Mrs. Murray. The whole of the artillerymen at the station, 59 in number, were killed at their guns, except four or five, who survived till the em barkation. Our force of European troops at the time of the outbreak consisted of 59 artillerymen, 75 of the 32d Regt. (invalids), 15 of the Ist _Madras Fusileers, and about 50 of the 84th Foot—about 200 in all. lam sure that 100 of these fell during the siege. Mrs. Murray is represented as sayint -, that, to the best of her knowledge there were lots of provisions in the garrison, and insinuates that Gen. Wheeler might have held out a fortnight longer. Yet I know that two persons died of starvation ; a horse was greedily devoured, and some of my men were glad to feed upon a dog Our daily supply of provisions for 22 days consisted of half a pint of pea soup and two or three chupatties (or cakes made of flour), these last being together about the size of an Abernethy biscuit. Upon this diet, which was served to all without distinction— officers and privates, civilians and soldiers—tha garrison was reduced to a company of spectres long before the period of capitulation, and when this took place there were only four days' rations, at the above rate of supply, in stock. I do not believe that General Wheeler manifested the slightest desire to capitulate. I know that he opposed it heartily, and only succumbed upon the strong representations of the second in com mand, an officer exemplary for his courage—the very life sinews of our beleaguered band, but wholly inexperienced in native character. The younger officers were at the time advocates for resistance to the last ; but, looking back calmly upon all the perils of these never-to-be-forgotten days, and considering that which I am sure mainly in fluenced the decision—viz., the horrible exposure of multitudes of women and children—l much doubt whether the slightest censure should rest upon either of my senior officers for the steps taken. They were all brave men, and I should be most unworthy of the preservation so wonderfully extended to me if I did not retrieve their memory from undeserved reproach. During the whole period of our straits in the entrenchment there was not one instance of dejection through cowardice. The very children seemed inspired with heroic patience, and our women behaved with a fortitude that only Englishwomen could have shown. There are other statements equally erroneous in this most injurious publication, valich, compara tively harmless in the pages of the Indian Empire, has acquired world-wide celebrity by transfer. I cannot prolong my refutation, lest it should be excluded from your columns. I hope ere long, in an account of my escapes and experiences at Cawnpore, to be able to set at rest all doubts that may have been raised touching the honour of my much-lamented companions, and to assure survivors in England that their grief need not be embittered by the suspicion of incompetency or ill-conduct on the part of any engaged in a scene that will not soon cease to be talked and thought of in our fatherland. ~-- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1858. OUTSTANDING CLAIMS WITH BRAZIL The Gazette of last night publishes the following Convention between England and the Brazils : Art. I.—The high contracting parties agree that all claims on the part of corporations, companies, or private individuals, subjects of her Britannic Majesty, upon the Government of his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, and all claims on the part of corporations companies, or private individuals, subjects of his Majesty the Emperor of Brasil, upon the Government of her Britannic Majesty, which may have been presented to either Government for its interposition with the other since the date of the Declaration of Independence of .the Brazilian Empire, and which yet remain unsettled, or are considered to be still unsettled, by either of the two Governments, as well as any other such claims which may be presented within the time specified in Article 3 hereinafter, shall be referred to two Commissioners, to be appointed in the following manner ; that is to say : one Commissioner shall be named by her Britannic Majesty, and one by his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil. Her Britannic Majesty and his Majesty the Em peror of Brazil respectively shall appoint a secre tary to the Commission, who shall be empowered to act as Commissioner in case of the temporary incapacity or absence of the Commissioner of his Government, and also in case of the death, definite absence, or incapacity of the said Commissioner, or in the event of his omitting or ceasing to act as such, until the appointment of, and assumption of his duties by-, another Commissioner in the place or stead of the said Commissioner. In the case of the death, or definite absence, or incapacity of the Commissioner on either side, or in the event of the Commissioner on either side omit ting or ceasing to act as such, her Britannic Ma jesty, or his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, re spectively, shall forthwith name another person to act as Commissioner, in the_ place or stead of the Commissioner originally named. In case of the secretary on either side being ap pointed permanently Commissioner, her Britannic Majesty or his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, re spectively, shall forthwith name another person to be secretary in the place or stead of the secretary originally named. The Commissioners shall meet at Rio de Janeiro at the earliest convenient period after they shall have been named, and shall, before proceeding to any- business, make and subscribe a solemn decla ration that they will impartially and carefully examine and decide, to the best of their judgment, and according to justice and equity, without fear, favour, or affection to their own country, upon all such claims as shall be laid before them on the part of the Government of her Britannic Majesty and his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, respectively ; and such declaration shall be entered on the record of their proceedings. The secretary on either side, when called upon to act as Commissioner for the first time, and before proceeding to act as such, shall make and subscribe a similar declaration, which shall be entered in like manner as aforesaid. The Commissioners shall, before proceeding to any other business, name a third person to act as an arbitrator or umpire, in any cases or cases on which they may themselves differ in opinion. If they shall not be able to agree upon the selec tion of such a person the Commissioners on either side shall name a person ; and in each and every case in which the Commissioners may differ in opinion as to the decision which they ought to give, it shall be determined by lot which of the two persons so named shall be arbitrator or umpire in that particular case. The person so to be chosen to be arbitrator or umpire shall, before proceeding to act as such in any case, make and subscribe a solemn declaration, in a form similar to that which shall have already been made and subscribed by the Commissioners, which declaration shall be entered on the record of their proceedings. In the event of the death, absence, or incapacity of such person, or of his omitting, or declining, or ceasing to act as such arbitrator or umpire, another and different person shall be named. as aforesaid to act as such arbitrator or umpire in the place or stead of the person so originally named as afore said, and shall make and subscribe such declara tion as aforesaid. Art. II: The Commissioners shall then forth with proceed to the investigation of the claims which shall be presented to their notice. They shall investigate and decide upon such claims m such order and in such manner as they may think proper, but upon such evidence or in formation only as shall be furnished by or on be half of the respective Governments. They shall be bound to receive and peruse all written or printed documents or statements which may be presented to them by or on behalf of the respective Governments, in support .. of or in answer to any claim, and to hear, if reqtared, one pesson on each side on behalf of each Government, as counsel or agent for such Governmei it, on each and every separate claim. Should they fail to agree in opinimn upon any in dividual claim they shall call to their assistance the arbitrator or umpire whom they have agreed to name, orwho may be determined by lot, as the case may be ; and such arbitrator or umpire, after hav ing examined the evidence adduced for and against the claim, and after having heard, if required, one person on each side as aforesaid, and consulted with the Commissioners, shall decide thereupon finally, and without appeal. The decision of the Commissioners and of the ar bitrator or umpire, shall be given up on each claim in writing., and shall be signed by them respec- tively. It shall be competent for each Government to name one person to attend the Comm Lission as agent on its behalf, to present and support claims, and to answer claims made upon it, and to represent it generally in all matters connected_ with the inves tigation and decision thereof. Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil hereby solemnly and sincerely engage to consider the decision of the Commissioners, o r of the arbi trator or umpire, as the case may be, as absolutely final and conclusive upon each claim. decided upon by them or him respectively, and to give full effect to such decisions without any objection, evasion, or delay whatsoever. Art. lll.—Every claim shall be presented to the Commission with 12 months from the day of its first meeting, unless in any case wh(nv reasons for delay shall be established to the satisfaction of the Commission, or of the arbitrator (3r umpire in the event of the Commissioners diffeEng in opinion thereupon ; and then and in any such case the period for presenting the claim may be extended to any time not exceeding six months longer. The Commissioners shall be bcrund under this Convention to hold for the consideration of the claims at least eight sittings in ma month, from the date of their first sitting until th.e completion of their labours. The Commissioners shall be boan d to examine and decide upon every claim with in two years from the day of their first meeting, unless, on account of some unforeseen and un avoidable sus pension of the sittings, the two Go , ,Ternments may mutually agree to extend the time. The arbitrator or umpire shall be bound to come to a final decision on the claim within 15 days from the time of such claim being submitt ed to his con: sideration, unless the Commissioners consider a more extended period absolutely nee essary. It shall be competent for the COT nmissioners, or for the arbitrator or umpire if they 'differ, to decide in each case whether any claim has .or has not been duly made, preferred, or laid before the Commis sion, either wholly or to any a - ail what extent, according to the true intent and meaning of this Convention. Art. IV.—All sums of money which may be awarded by the Commission, or by- the arbitrator or umpire, on account of any clean, shall be paid j by the one Government to the oth.er, as the case i l n 2 te m re o sz th a s nd aftr th the arit any deduction date of the de cision, i saiVn be,, without save as specified in Article 5 herebiafter. Art.. V.—The high contracting parties e ngage to consider the result of the proceedings o f thi s may within Commission as a full, perfect, ani l final settlement of every claim upon either Government, arising, out of any transaction of a date prior to the ex change of the ratifications of the present Conven tion ' • and further engage that 'every such claim,, whether or not the same may have been presented to the notice of, made, preferred, .or laid before the said commission, shall, from and after the conclu-, lion of the proceedings of the said commission - b e considered and treated as finally settled, k drre d , and thenceforth inadmissible. Art. VI. The Commissioners and arbitrator or umpire, with the assistance of t'-,le secretaries, shall keep an accurate record an: correct minutes or notes of all their proceed; - ..ags, with the dates thereof, and shall appoint and employ a clerk, if necessary, to assist t he 'lit in the transaction of the business which may 'come before them. Each Goveriur,:ent 'Shall pay it 6 • Coramissioner amount of salary not exceeding six cantos of reis, or £675 sterling a year, which amount shall be the same for both Governments. Each Government shall pay to its secretary an amount of salary not exceeding three contos, or £337 10s. sterling a-year, which amount shall be the same for both Governments. The secretary on either side, when acting as Com missioner, shall receive the same amount of salary a-year as that paid to the Commissioner; it being understood that his salary as secretary shall lapse during that time. The amount of salary to be paid to the arbitrator or umpire shall be the same, in proportion to the time he may be occupied, as the amount paid a year to a Commissioner under the convention. The salary of the clerk, if one is appointed, shall not exceed the Sum of 2 contos, or £225 a-year. The whole expenses of the Commission, including contingent expenses, shall be defrayed by a rateable deduction on the amount of the sums awarded by the Comiaissioners, or by the arbitrator or umpire, as the .case may be ; provided always'that such de duction shall not exceed the rate of 5 per cent. on the sums so.awarded. The deficiency, if any, shall be defrayed by the two Governments. Art. Vll.—The present convention shall be rati fied by her Britannic Majesty, and by his Majesty the Emperor .of Brazil ; an d•the. ra tific a tion s shall be exchanged at London . as soon as may be within six months fiom the date . hereof. In witness whereof the respective plenipoten tiaries have signed, the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. Done at Rio de Janeiro, the 2d day of June, in the year of our Lord 1858. L.S. P. CAMPBELL. SCABLETT. . L.S. SERGIO T. DE MACEDO. And whereas the ratifications of the said Con vention were exchanged at London on the 9th inst. ; and whereas Commissioners on the part of her Ma jesty and of' the Emperor of Brazil are about to meet at Rio de Janeiro for the purpose of carrying out the stipulations of such Convention ; Notice is hereby given, that all persons, subjects of her Majesty, who may have claims to prefer upon the Government of Brazil, must, in conformity with the provisions of the said Convention, trans mit to her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, or to her Majesty's Minister at the Court of Brazil, in sufficient time to be laid be- ' fore the Commissioners within 12 months of the day of their first meeting (of which day notice will hereafter be given), the particulars of their claims, together with the requisite evidence or information in support thereof. Foreign-office, Sept. 10. STEAM- MAIL COMMUNICATION BE. TWE_EN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEA LAND. We are able to announce that. Mr. Sewell has received definite 'proposals from Messrs. Pearson, Coleman, and Co., shipowners at Hull, to under take our. postal service. These have been submitted to the Home Government and approved. The Home' Government, we learn, is prepared to enter into an absolute engagement to pay £14,000 per annum for the conveyance of mails between Australia and New Zealand, leaving .£8;000 - per annum with a guaran tee of 2-1 per cent, on capital (equal .to.X2iooo a year more) to be bonie.by- the colony. The contract to be for ten years, determinable at the expiration of seven years. Mr. Sewell has provisionally agreed, on the part of the colony. The treasury will enter into their part of the contract absolutely without .referencoto the Australian 'colonies ; and the contractors are content to rely on Mr. Se - well's provisional engagement on - the part of the New Zealand Government. As regards the proposed advance of £25,000 to the contractors, the Lords Commissioners see no objectiori, provided the money required to be advanced be not immediately required for the purposes of the loan, and that the amount should be replaced in reasonable time from colonial funds. Lord Ashley, Mr. Clay, M.P., and Messrs. Smith Brothers and Co., bankers,.at have.been named by the contractors as their re ferees, and have returned satisfactory answers as to the responsibility of the contractors - . Messrs. Smith and Co. state that the contractors have. at present 'three, certainly two; of the vessels required, of the stipulated tonnage and horse-power. The steam ships at present proposed are, the Lord Ashley, 440 tons ; the Lord Worsley, 414 tons ; with two others not named, one of 800, and the other of - 300 tons burden. The matter appears now to be prac tically concluded. We may fairly calculate upon the vessels having left England at about the middle of last month. Mr. Sewell himself is supposed to be now on his way to the colony ' • but no private letters from him, so far as we can learn, have been received in Auckland. Mr. Kirkwood, of Mel bourne, has accepted the offer made by the New Zealand Government, to employ the services of the White Swan steamer, under specified conditions, for two years ; a bonus of £6,000 per annum being allowed. The vessel was to sail from Melbourne at the latter end of last month, and may therefore be shortly expected in the Manukau harbour.—. Southern Cross. THE FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT STANDISH-TWO LIVES LOST. The adjourned inquest on the body of John Turner, a collier, who died on the 29th ult. from injuries received in an explosion of fire-damp on the 20th ult., was held at Standish on Wednesday afternoon, before Mr. Myres, coroner. The inquiry also included the death of a youth named John Hall, who was burned at the same time, and who died on Saturday. The explosion occurred in the Tunnel Pit, Standish, the property of Mr. Taylor. Mr. Cedric Bromley, surgeon, Wigan, who attended both the deceased until their deaths, said they were much burnt on the upper part of their bodies down to the waist. Turner told him, in a conversation he had with him, that the fireman had said he had not examined the place on the morning of the explosion. • Robert Fairhurst; the fireman, having been cau tioned by the coroner, made the following voluntary statement :—When Turner came up to the top of the " spuney" I was busy with a shunt, and he asked me if I had been in his place. I said, "No ; I shall not be many minutes with this shunt, and then I will go with you." I did not know that Turner had gone, but in less than two minutes I heard an explosion. I went to Turner's place, and found that he a n d hi s d rawer (J o h n H a ll) had been burned. When I found him, I asked him if I did not tell him that I had not been in his place. He said I did ; and I asked him what his reason for going was. He said he thought it would be the same as usual. He said he had done but little the day before, and he wanted to mend it that day. It would be about half-past five o'clock in the morn ing when the explosion happened. I go at four, and give the men liberty to follow to the top of the spuney. I should meet the men at the .spnner at five o'clock. I consider that the shunt was required for the necessary working of the pit, and that it should first be done before the examincition. I had examined all the places but three, which lie on one side. It might have taken me about a quarter of an hour to have examined those places. One person had gone to work in one of those places before the deceased. I had allowed him to go without telling him that it had not been examined. He had gone with a covered lamp. The explosion threw down the brattice. I did not consider it a likely place for fire-damp. The place has always been examined before, either by me or the man under me. I don't know whether the boy, Hall, was with him when I told Turner that the place had not been examined. I now think it would have been better that the place should have been examined before I had gone to the shunt. Elizabeth. Hall, spinster, said the deceased, John Hall, was her brother. He was 14 years of age. After he was burned he ran home. _ Wm. Ashcroft, collier, Standish, said he worked at the Tunnel Pit. He was in the pit at the time of the explosion, and passed Fairhurst, the fireman, in going to his place. Did not see any signals of any kind that morning. Fairhurst was busy when he passed him. When there was any danger Fair hurst always sat at the top of the brow, and told the men. He was in the place where he generally sat that morning, but said nothing to witness when he went past him. If Fairhurst was not at the place the men stopped until he came and told them to go to work. Witness continued—l saw Turner shortly after the explosion. I took him up to the pit eye. James Holland was at work beyond Tur ner's place when I got there. I had been into my own place . before the explosion occurred, and had gone out to pull my clothes off. I had a lighted open candle with me. I passed Turner at the pit eye that morning, and went on to my work. Tur ner afterwards passed me. Fairhurst was then laying rails. Turner never told me that there was fire in the place. Fairhurst must have seen me pass him. Turner had his candle lighted when he passed me to go to his work. His drawer was with him. After the explosion Fairhurst was at the place I had first seen him when I went for him. Fairhurst had a lamp, but the top was off. I never saw a cap or a hood on my light. Props and all materials are supplied when they are wanted. John Critchley, collier, corroborated Fairhurst's statement, and added that no signals of any kind were used in the pit, except when there was danger. James Lawton, miner—l work at the Bradley Colliery. I saw Fairhurst on the 20th of August last, and had a conversation with him about the explosion at the deceased's house. He said it was a bad job, and he said to the deceased, "It would • have been a lucky concern if I had gone into thy place this morning, but I had so much running about to that place that I knew had sulphur in, that I put trust to thy place, thinking it would have been as it had aforetime, and I skipped it that morning, and have skipped it before, thinking that it had nothing in." The deceased then said, " Thou spoke like a man this morning." Fairhurst said he would never tell a man again that he had been in a place when he had not. George Forster, manager of the mine, said it was Fairhurst's duty to examine every part of the pit, either by himself or his man, before the colliers went to work. Witness had no doubt that Fair hurst had a copy of the regulations. He had no right to do any kind of work in the pit before he examined it, unless it was something unavoidable. Witness did not think the shunting was required before the examination. - Witness did not require the use of signals except in cases of danger. The jury then retired, and after a long consulta tion returned a verdict of accidental death, with a request that the coroner would reprimand and caution Fairhurst, the fireman, for allowing Turner and his drawer to enter the working before he had examined it. The Coroner complied with this request, and also advised the manager to order the putting up of signal boards at the different workings, to denote which were safe and which dangerous. The inquiry lasted six hours.-21Ianc1Zester Guar dian. [AnvErrisEmENT.] — Holloway's Pills and Oint ment for :the cure of rheumatism are far superior to all other remedies.:—Mr. Talbot, druggist, 99, St. James's street, Liverpool, states in a letter to professor Holloway, that he is requested by Mr. Jamieson, of No. 23, Norfolk street, to inform that for many years he had been afflicted with asthma and rheumatism, and could obtain no relief "-cm the many remedies he tried, until he commenced -way's Ointment and Pills. These invaluable medi dily him, and he wishes these particulars to tines spot , , for the benefit of others. Plain directions : be made pub,— - medicines are affixed to each box or for the use of txu... se pot, no farther adviCQ needed /) Y the patient, ' - THE NAVY. The Archer, 13, screw sloop, Capt. J. Sanderson, at Portsmouth, will, it is reported, sail for Vancou ver's Island when her repairs are completed. The Valorous, 16, paddlewheel, Capt. W. C. Old ham, sails from Portsmouth to-day for Plymouth. The Racer, 11, screw sloop, Commander Hon. T. Pakenham, sailed from Spithead yesterday for Ply mouth with supernumeraries. The Cygnet, 8, sloop, was towed round from Portsmouth into Chichester harbour yesterday, by the Comet, for Coastguard service. In consequence of orders received yesterday from the company, the steamship Bilboa, Capt. Kava naugh, has been hauled back from the stream in Hamoaze to the wharf at Keyham, and is now re ceiving the thick cable originally designed for the shore end of the Atlantic Telegraph at Valentia. The Erebus, 16, floating - battery, is to take in three guns, and is to be laid up off the Excellent, in Portsmouth Harbour, to try if shot fired from her will cause her to shake or roll. Her funnel had to be taken out to make room for the admission of the guns. An Admiralty order arrived yesterday morning at Chatham, directing the following promotions to be made in the corps of Royal Marine Light In fantry :—Colonel J. T. Brown to be major-general ; Colonel A. B. Strausham, second commandant at Woolwich, to be commandant ; Colonel F. A. Campbell, to be second commandant at Woolwich ; Major J. 0. Travers, now serving in China, to be lieutenant-colonel ; First Lieutenant R. T. Ansell, to be captain. The following appointments were made yester day at the ,Admiralty:—Lient. C. R. F. Boxer, to the• Cumberland ; Lieut. C. P. Boger, additional, to the Cumberland; H. B. Hunt, master, additional, to the Hannibal, for the Falcon; and Dr. G. Moore, additional surgeon, to the Caesar. THE ARIII,I-. The following promotions, dated the Bth inst., have taken place under the provisions of her Ma jesty's order in Council of Sept. 13, 1854, conse quent on the death of General T. A. Parke, 0.13., on the field establishment of General officers of the Royal Marines, viz., Lieut.-General j. R. Coryton to be General ; Major-General I. I. Wiles to be Lieut.-General, vice Coryton, promoted ; Colonel- Commandant J. T. Brown to be Major-General, vice Willes, promoted ; Colonel Second-Com mandant A. B. Stransham, Woolwich division, to be Colonel-Commandant, and appointed to the same division, vice Brown, promoted ; Lieut.- Colonel and Brevet-Colonel F. A. Campbell, of the Portsmouth division, to be Colonel Second-Com mandant, and appointed to the Woolwich division, vice Stransham, promoted; Capt. and Brevet-Major J. 0. Travers, of the Portsmouth division (at pre sent on staff duty in China) to be Lieutenant-Col., and appointed to the s ame division, vice Campbell, promoted ; First-Lieut. R. T. Ansell, of the Artil lery companies, to be Captain, and appointed to the Portsmouth division, vice Travers, promoted ; Second-Lieut. A. W. D. Smith, of the Woolwich division (on foreign service), to be First-Lieutenant, and appointed to the Portsmouth division, vice Ansell, promoted. Yesterday a C helsea Board assembled at Chatha m , under the presidency of Dr. J. R. Taylor, C. 8., for the purpose of medically inspecting the sick and wounded troops who have recently arrived from India, when all those who were found unfit for fur ther service were ordered to be discharged. Dr. L i e Febure, Dire c t or -G enera l o f Mili tary Hos pitals n Belgium, has visited Chatham to inspect the army hospitals at that garrison. In com pany with the principal officers connected with the medical staff at Chatha m , D r . L e F e b ure v i s it e d the Garrison Hospital, near Chatham Barracks, and was conducted over the whole of that establish ment, every part connected with which he care fully inspected. The Garrison Hospital is one of the least bad of the military hospitals of Chatham. The G battery of Artillery, consisting 'of five officers, 159 men, 103 horses, six guns, and 11 car riages, under the command of Captain Du Plat, arrived at Ipswich Barracks on Thursday. Since the departure of the 15th Hussars the barracks have been thoroughly repaired and cleaned. Owing to the painting not being sufficiently advanced, about half the men are under canvass in the barrack-yard. Colonel Charles H. Spence, of the 60th Rifles, died on Wednesday last, after above 30 years' ser vice in that distinguished corps. He entered the army in 1825, and had seen active service in India. He served with the Ist battalion of the 60th Rifles during the second siege operations at Mooltan, including the siege and storm of the town and capture of the citadel of Mooltan ; was present afterwards at the battle of Goojerat, and the pur suit of the Sikh army under Rajah Shere Singh, until its final surrender at Rawul Pindee ; the oc cupation of Attock and Peshawur, and the expul sion of the Affghan force, under Dost Mahomed, beyond the Khyber Pass, for which he received a medal and clasps. His commissions were dated as follows : Second-Lieutenant, April 20, 1825 ; Lieutenant, Sept. 28, 182.6 ; Captain, May 24,1841; Major, Oct. 20, 1848 ; Lieu t.-Colon e l, 0 c t.26, 1853. The steam transport City of Manchester, with the 2d battalion of :the 12th Regt., from the Cape of Good Hope, arrived at Fort George, Inverness, on Friday morning. Three sergeants and three corporals of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, in command of an officer of the Plymouth division, yesterday left Woolwich for Knaresborough to receive recruits for the Wool wich division. The detachment of one sergeant and eight privates of Royal Marines recently embarked on board the Argus with the intention of proceed ing as settlers to Vancouver's or Quadra Island have been landed at Portsmolltil to await some other ship. THE MILITIA. The Pembrokeshire Militia Rifles have received Rotice to assemble on the 30th of this month for three weeks' training. The Montgomeryshire Rifles assemble at Welsh pool for 21 days' training on WednestilV, the 15th instant. The Anglesea Light Infantry meet at Beitnl - 2 aris on the 13th inst. for the usual three weeks' drill. The Cardiganshire Militia are summoned to meet on the 6th of next month. The Denbighshire Rifles commence their three weeks' training at Wrexham on the 15th inst. This corps is up to its full complement. FALLING-IX OF A RAILWAY TUNNEL. A painful sensation has been created throughout the hamlet of Hampstead by the giving way of a considerable portion of the brickwork of the tunnel in course of construction between Pond-street, south end, Hampstead, and the western portion of the Finchley-road, in connection with the Hampstead Junction Railway. , th d e er t h Up to last Sundaiey, the week the works, of un direction of Mr. Berkeley, com pany, and the contractors , Me ssrs. Oliv er , Rent , engineerand Barton, progressed satisfactorily, and there was every reason to expect that the works would have b een co mpleted by Christmas, and that the entire line would be opened for traffic as originally calcu lated in May next._ on Sunday week, however, on the relief going on duty there was unmistakeable evidence that somethmg was wrong, a great portion of the brick work having given way between Nos. 3 and 4 shafts. The men, perceiving the dangerous position of the works, communicated immediately with the superintendent of the contract, and, additional aid being obtained, every effort was made to stay the impending danger, but notwithstanding the strenu ous and indefatigable exertions of between 40 and 50 men who laboured incessantly for hours at the imminent danger of their lives, 18 lengths or 198 feet of heavy brick work fell in, and it was with difficulty that many of the workmen made their escape. The entire length of the tunnel is about three quarters of a mile, and the accident occurred about midway. Yesterday a thorough investigation of the ruins and the immediate locality was made under the direction of Mr. Berkeley. It appears that the brickwork was ibund to be inadequate to support the superincumbent weight. The position of the tunnel where the accident occurred was immedi ately under the Conduit-field, in which there is a spring or quicksand. Immediately above the first portion of the tunnel that fell a steam engine *as at work, which was used to empty the two shafts and supply them with material. The ground for some distance above the fallen tunnel was cracked, and the heavy machinery had sunk several feet. From yesterday's investigation it is clear that the damage done is far more extensive than was at first anticipated, and it is now determined that this por offtthhee lineil por tion of the work will ha ve to be re-let. It is feared that , in co nse q uence o f this serious mishap, the public d will be deprived of the company w ill addition t b o advan tages offered by the prom i sed opening May next ; in it be sufferers to the extent of 80111 c thousands of pounds. Although, in all probability, a portion of the line will be opened in May, yet it is more than probable that the completion of it will be delayed for more than six months. md ['tie late and ----- \ 7. £ 4243 1,805 280 851 ,011 , 325 1,597 MM. °. ...--......... reuo wife r 0 of Mr ' . A. 9 larY )ak -est wds, ;itel, l e of bird IIIY - r es t. ;sq., >sui t was ,sq., iii bell+ ldr. N G 112,