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GRAND TRUNK of CANADA RAILWAY. A Meeting - of the First Class Preference Bondholders will be held at the Guildhall Coffee-house, Greshm-street, City, on FRIDAY, the second day of November ne?t, at One o'clock precisely. G. W. C. DEAN, • 27, New Broad-street, City. fIREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- ‘-A SHREWSBURY RACES, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 13th, 14th, and 15th - November. Virst and Second Class Return Tickets issued from London (Paddington Station), Windsor, and Reading to Shrewsbury #on Monday, 12th November, will be available to return by any vain from that place up to and including Friday, 16th November. OREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- ALTERATION of TRAINS for November. DOWN TRAINS.-The 6.0 am. train from Paddington will no` stop at Slough. The 7.15 a.m third class train from Paddington will start at 7.30 a.m. and will not stop at stations between Paddington and Slough. A third class train will leave Paddington at 7.15 a.m. for Slough and intermediate stations. The 7.15 a.m. train from Paddington to Windsor will be discontinued. The 9.41 a m. train from Paddington to the North and to the South Wales Line will start at 9.40 a.m. The 10.40 a.m. train from Paddington to Exeter will start at 11.0 a.m.. arriving, - earlier than at present. Third class pas sen-yers Avill be conveyed by this tram to Exeter and stations On the South Devon Railway. The 11.0 a.m. train from Paddington will start at 11.10 am. The 12 o'clock train from Paddington to Windsor will be discontinued. The to p.m. train from Paddington will start at. 1.10 p.m, The 2.0 p.m. train from Padding - ton will be discontinued over the South Wales and Wilts and Somerset lines, and will be accelerated on the, main line to Exeter ; arriving earlier than at present. The 2.45 p.m. train from Paddington to the North will start at 3.15 p.m. The 3.0 p.m. train from Paddington to Bristol will start at 2 .45 p.m. The 7.45 p.m. train from Paddington to Windsor will be discontinued. A slip coach will be detached from the 8.10 p.m. train from Paddington for Slough and Windsor. The 9.30 p.m. train from Paddington will start at 9.0 p.m. UP TRAINS.-The 10.0 a.m. day mail from Bristol will • start at 10.20 am., and will be accelerated to Paddington, arriving at 2.5 p.m. The 3.40 p.m. train from Bristol will start at 4.0 p.m. The 7.0p.m. train from Bristol to Swindon will be discon tinued. The 7.0 p.m. train from Weymouth will be discontinued. A train will leave Swindon at 2.15 p.m. for Reading, calling at intermediate stations. The 7.30 train from Birmingham will stop at Reading, and will discontinue calling at Taplow, but a slip coach will be detabhed there. The 2.0 p.m. train from Reading will start at 1.15 p.m. A train will leave Reading at 8.0 p.m. for Paddington. continu ed. The 9.30 p.m. train from Reading to Paddington will be dis - The 2.30 p.m. train from Windsor will start at 1.45 p.m. A train will leave Windsor at 8.30 p.m. for Paddington. The 7.50 p.m., 0.0 p.m., and 10.0 p.m. trains from Windsor Will be discontinued. - Y v 0 Nu t Arain'frOlti Paddington to Willd - ` • - se .s .04thlued. • ▪ The .m. third class train from Bristol Will leave at I • ls P.ini,''and will be later at allstations to Paddington. The,745 p.m. train. from Windsor to, Paddington will be discontinued. ForitinorialteMtiona see the time table§ of the Company • for Noe.ntlfier.. -. . • - . INORN.I.RATED LAW SOCIETY, U. K. LECTURES, 1860-61. T -COURSES of LECTURES will be delivered in the: tf the SOCIETY on MONDAY and FRIDAY -Ay the mouths of, November, December, .fanuary, '44Ai,, Feb '11( 'and .March next, at Eight o'clock precisely. - 4c0137 Y 5144.14.101 LECTURES, BY FREDERICK JOHN TURNER, • ' ESQ., BARRISTER-AT - LAW. • • • 4 Oin the Law relating to Mortmain and ,Charity. 4 joilnt Tenancy and Tenancy in Common. . :.4.r Law relating to Advowsons-next Presentations. 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E • , OMMON LAW AND MERCANTILE LAW LECTURES, *• *- • • .415,1 r, UDERICK MEADOWS WHITE, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. fie Law of Bailments as administered in the Courts of Men Law : • planation of Terms.-On Bailments generally, and the ~ al -classes into which they have been divided. 1 By Chief Holt in his judgment in the case of Coggs v. - and-" Smith's Leading Cases," Vol. I. 2dly. By Sir I • 3dly. By Mr. Smith in his notes to Cogga v. Ber .,,- 4, sup. cit. ' 1 e obligations, rights, and liabilities of the bailor and 71tvailee in the following, cases ▪ pepositura. The bailment of goods to be kept for the ~, b ailor, gratis. Slandatum. Where the bailee is to do something about the thing bailed, gratis. Commdclatum. The loan-gratis, to the bailee for his use. 71- 4.:yadium. The pawn and - herein, of the special laws ro , gulitting the business of pa*nbrokers. 5. sLocatio rei. The loan for hire to be paid,to the bailor., 4 6. - Locatio operis faciendi. The bailment of.. r goods to have something done about them by the bailee for reward to be paid to him there for. And herein ; of the law - of carriers of goods and passengers by land and water, and of the " Carriers Acts ;" of the Law of Innkeepers, Ware housemen. Wharfingers, Lastly. The Criminal Law applicable to baileeS. For all the For each The Subscription payable- Three Courses. Course. By Clerks of Members £2 00, £l.'o, 0 BY ClerEs of Gentlemen not Members •1 0 0 " 110 0 By all other persons uot being Members 4 0 0 2 0 0 ROBERT MAUGHAM, Secretary. 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ANEVER FAILING REMEDY. — Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PlLLS,pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, are a sure remedy for affections of the liver, indigestion, bile, sick headache, giddiness, loss of appe tite, lowness of spirits, &a They can be taken at any time, without any danger from wet or cold, act mildly on the bowels, without pain or griping, clear the skin, remove sallowness and pimples, purify the :blood, brace the nerves, and invigo rate the whole system. Sold by most druggists, in boxes, Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. each. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green pac k age, with " William Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, ' en graved on the Government stamp. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. Gentlemen' c o t. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER md.IGe t T I RUS t S is allowed by upwards of 200 th cu e be the most effective invention ' ra l t e tve treatment so often hurtful In its HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, i plied by the effeets, is here avoided—a soft bandage_b_e_ing_ s s w up orn round the body, while the requisite resisting fi lonw n ur tti o• with so ach y th e Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, a be had: and the and eloseneAs that It cannot be detecied, and may be worn by ost, on the cir during Pleep. A descriptive circular m truss, vfhich cannot fail to fit, forwarded P the eumierence of the body, two inches below hips, being tent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, ccadil 1y . Postage, is. A Sinele Truss, 16s , 21s , 265. 61 d , ll nd 31s. 6 • ly A Double Truss, 315.. 6d.,. 425., and 525. 6(1. Postage, is Bd. 15d. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 64. Postage, s ' Post- office Orders to be made payable to John W hi te, Post office, Piccadilly. E LAST IC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, 8- ~ , e for Varicose Veins and a l l cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, Sze. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, an d are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 3s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Post age 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. relief obtained " The terna medicines is and )f the perpetu purchased at th e hi...h by means of purgative ating the disea'se price of the aggravation NO MORE PILLS fl ----- • —HENRY, M.D. —lt ANY OTHER PHYSIC FOR CONSTIPATION, INDI f TATION, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, kDYS DEBILITY DR Ous. A, EEPSIA), PALPI ' °P " , EPILEPSY, D LIVER COMPLAINTS ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, PST ' PARALYSISCOMPLAINTS, FEVERS. BRONCHITIS, , —ITIs, go COUGH, RE THROAT, TAU ,BARRY'S delicious HE 1 ES G REVALENTA ARABIe A— FOOD. whichALTH RESTOR iew pence per day , saves fift y times ii,- cures without purging or any of the uncertas oat in Medieine, and ' at a an ces, and ru inous ex p enses inc medicine, d byintres, cod liver y annoy oil. or vis its to distant climates. incurred Certificate No. 36,418.—We find it the drew lire, M.D. , F. R.S. ; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Vest remedy, An ; Dr. Shor l an d ; Dr. Camp bell. " arzer : We extract a few out of 56,000 cures : Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies of dyspepsia. Cure No. 49,832. Stuart fifty Years' InanY years' agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, couzliscribable tion, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomitingNawinas.itiP,a of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth r - -.3 'Y' of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gathering, low Jacobs, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 54,816. The Rev. Ja s m Pirits ' Campbell, Syderstone Rectory, near Fakenham, Norfolk of T. 1 ndigestion and liver complaints. Cure No. 56,814. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure No. 180. Mr. W. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London, of 25 years' nervoini . ness, cc nstipatio indigestion, and debility. Cure No. 4,028: Eight years dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, Rev. John W. navel, Ridlington Bee_ tory, Norfolk. Cure No. 3,906. Thirteen years' cough, indi gestion, and general debility, James Porter, Athol-street, h, Cure No. 54,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, Pe a r ner Liverpool, of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James ' di bases, of 30 ti m b er merchant, of Fri mle y , Surrey, lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Similar testimonials from 56,000 patients who can be re ferred to. The Food is sold in canisters, 11b. 25. 9d., 21b, 4s. 6d., 121 b. 225., 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 1)u 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 452, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate-street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury-pavement ; Phillips and Go., tea dealers ; Petty, Wood, and Co., Ring Williala' etrftt.LCitY ;at l a 7, High licabcom ; and all arOCerist pRIA 31E 4D . SIDED, SD. 114 . . 21,307. ItFOLKhera that thesanelig Oh iblo y , es_f3elt6 alteration. It is pro bable io steam frigate, 14 guns, may yet figure in tl r„eiliTstNero .. P ÜBLLCATIONS. Now ready.ptop.the Libraries, in 3 volB., " Business has not' yet (Monday, Bth, 9 a.m.) been concluded at Norfo'ik, but I can nevertheless give you the result of our Labours here. The Penn sylvania, the Columbus, the Delaware, and the New York, w ilt be recommeaed for conversion, subjeet of course to the decision .of a critical dry dock survey ; for it would be unwir?e, to pass rotten ships. The Coluxubia, Raritan, and Oermantown, frigate and corvettes, will not be reported favour ably of. The New York arid Delaware an° certain to be altered. " The 81 gum liner New Orleans, at Sackott's Harbour, has - not yet been overhauled. She w ill certainly be considered worthy of conversion. " Thus ends: the list. I will recapitulate it for you as follows .1— " Vessels recommended for conversion :—The Alabama, the Franklin, the Pennsylvania, the Delaware, the New York, the North Carolina, the Vermont, the Ohio, title Virginia, and probably the New Orleans, or, every line-of-battle ship in the THE VALLEY OF • A HUNDRED FIRES. 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" You will observe that no frigate or corvette has passed muster. The "cause of this is, they have not beam enough, and 'ire, to use a. maritime phrase, too dead' to undergo, the operations incident to conversion. If Congress approve of commencing the proposed change early in the ensuitig year, look out for lively times at the Navy-yards, pQrticularly at those of Norfolk and Boston:" Just published, price is., new edition, by post 14 stamps, rrHE SCIENCE OF LIFE : or, How to Live, and What to Live For ; Explanatory of the ➢lysteries of Man's Existence, and the various Phenomena of Life. With Instructions for Securing Health and Strength ; and Remarks on the Treatment of Disorders incidental to Seden tary Life. (From the Times.) The Americans are feeling the first puff of he' hurricane which has been sweeping over the States of Europe. They are setting their house in order, looking to their national defences, and surveying their Navy. The report of the proceeding is a curious one. We publish some of its details in another column, that it may be seen how little ad vantage in such matters a democratic Government possesses over an ancient monarchy. The two Portsmouths, though situated in different worlds, are as like as two peas. The stories of ships kept for years on the stocks, or launched at last only to be kept for as many years in harbour, might have been told from our own dockyards. Costly fabrics left half-finished, or stopped halfway to be " con verted" into fabrics of another kind ; fine men-of war eaten up by rot, old vessels which have done' an infinity of work without ever breaking down, and new vessels which have broken down without doing any work at all; vast stores of things un serviceable, and a considerable lack of the particular things wanted—these are the discoveries to which we are pretty well accustomed on this side. of the Atlantic, and which are now recognized just as naturally ou the other. The fact is that within certain limits the results are unavoidable. We are• overtaken in our work by the inventions of science, and before we have completed a structure on the principles last approved we fi nd that fresh princi ples have superseded them. There is one point, however, which the obser vant reader will not fail to notice. Not a syllable is said in the American report about casing ships of war in iron. It is clear that we have only imper fect accounts of the survey and no account whatever of the deliberations or conclusions of the Commis sioners, but still wo are told so much that a funda mental proposition like that of substituting iron for wood would hardly have been omitted from the report if' it had entered into the original design. Not a hint, however, is given to this effect. As far as we can see, the American Naval Board is simply desirous' of turning old sailing ships into new steamers, and cutting down useless eighty-fours into screw frigates. .This is all the more remark able from being entirely in opposition to the usual policy of Americans. They have generally been the first to seize upon a novelty, and eager in adopting new principles or designs. They surprised us in the early part of the century by building vessels of far greater power than we had ever known before ; they have recently launched a batch of experimen tal frigates, expected to be the strongest in the world, and they put a steam-ram on the stocks long before Adaniral Sartorius had introduced that machine to the notice of the public. Moreover, the scheme of casing ships in armour was un doubtedly brought under the cognisance of their authorities some years ago, though it was never approved. Whether they were dissatisfied with their experiments, or whether they relied upon their Dahigren guns to pierce any ship's sides, we cannot say, but as a matter of fact they have never taken up the new theory, nor do they appear to be embracing it now. We are not making these remarks in disparage ment of our own conclusions. These conclusions we believe to be sound, for nobody can now doubt that iron plates can be made to give most valu able, if not absolute protection to a ship's side. That our authorities have been wise in acting on this conviction is perfectly plain, but it is not so plain that they are going to work in the best way. Since we first called the attention of the public to the question three additional ships of the new class have been either laid down or bespoken, but they are all upon one model ; whereas it seems very doubtful whether the model is the best, and more than doubtful whether we have taken the right means to arrive at the truth. The experiments of the Admiralty, appear to have been all directed to the point which was already clear, while they left untouched the point which was in volved in uncertainty. For month after month our officials hammered away at iron plates with heavy guns until they learnt what might have been assumed at a much earlier period,—that, though no armour is positively proof against all projectiles, good iron sheathing will repel all but the luckiest or most ponderous shot. But as regards the more difficult problem of combining this armour with the seagoing qualities of the vessel so protected they do not seem to have instituted any experiments whatever. No iron-cased ship has been so much as floated to show how such a fabric would sail or steam. We are willing to suppose that the end less trials at "target-ships" did supply certain hints on other points besides the strength of iron plating, and we are aware that the new frigates in process of construction have been altered from time to time, in accordance, probably, with information thus acquired. Nevertheless, we must be still working in the dark, whereas five ships, at £350,000 each, constitute a speculation on which it would be very advisable to throw a little light. The Ad miralty people seem to be now perfectly satisfied with the Warrior. That model, as finally cor rected, is to be the type of our new ironsides. The Black Prince is a sister ship , and on the lines and from the very drawings of the Warrior are the three other ships, one at Chatham and two . vate yards, to be laid down. There arestil.li,nhopve ever, many points in dispute. The Warrior,w_refoars instance, is a very complicated structureo simplicity usually gives better promstirse. It is structure, whereas Then her sides are thought to be to i o mp act of projec not merely with reference to the s ed but as a point tiles that this question is ci d i j s us c ent of weight. involving the proper If the sides of an iron-casead frigate are sloped eight of her guns and inwards, the enormous brought more to the centre armour would. be the motion of the vessel would be of the fabric, easier. On andtthear hand, it is said that the angle Jtohneveseo'ss model would offer no protection adopted , but would leave the vessel to be against the waves, washed over like a . rock at half-tide. W e have no . desire to dogmatise on a subject so uncertain. It is a case in . which we must feel our wa y ; but, as the stake is important and the in should like to vestment by no m eans trifling : make su re of our steps. If a single ve sse l, suc h as the Warr ior, had been laid down directly after the tr i a l at Kinburnl we might by this time have had an iron-cased frigate at sea, and we should have ascertained from the the only safe experiment h o w fa r the application ofiron armour could be conveniently carried. As it is, we have no specimens of the new fabric at present, whereas by and by we shall have five at once, which may, no doubt, be five examples of success, but which may possibly be five failures. That is the only doubt we entertain. The new in vention, if it proves really practicable, must re dound to the advantage of England. It will enable us to dev elope our inexhaustible resources of ma terial, arid to economise these resources of which the supply has been found less certain. It will throw the demand more upon iron and less upon men. Even the money cost of our Navy will ulti mately 'he reduced, and it is only the " infancy" of the new system which need inspire us with any alarm. 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FLORENCE, I wrote you but a short note from F acknowledge your letters, whin reached I had posted mine from Verona, rend now I , you many expefiences relative to , Austrian . which could not be written on the other side of the Po, as you are well aware that the Ametrian police is much given to open and inspect letters'. The next ten days will be days of intense anxiety for the fate of this newly reviving country, since, judging from all appearances, the Austrians have every in tention to cross the frontier and attack the Sarin nian territory ; at aty rate, they are making all the raiF through necessary preparations for such a m ove. The road through the Friuli to Venice w as almost e ns tirely appropriated to the carriage of t roo p s and military stores, one train a day only , ani that pre carious, being allotted to public traffic ; and we r found the other railway, on the Verona sid e, occu pied in th e same m anner. Enormous waggons full of ammunition, &c., encumbered the stations and thundered And streets. et s. were .Fresh dispersed a b o u o t f troops poured i n t o th e towns by night—tramp, tramp along for thes ,ho u the country. Every village and farmhouse in the " ,remotest corners swarm with them. New fortifica tions have risen on the Lido and in the lagunes a round Venice ;- the -Lido, ind eed, is completely . me e 4 amorphosed, and turned • into a vast fortress. A s for the country itself it is b • ecoming a desert ; towaras the frontier especially the aspect is most strange. A young man is scarcely to be seen they a ll emigrate to the other side; and, in order to check thiis exodus, their tyrants have invented . within these last two months a new tax ; they exact 2,0009. from the commune from which any ' young man is raitVing, but in the ruined state of society they are not likely to get much by this last specimen of insane oppression. They act as if they were inspired by the demon of extermination, crushing and trampling out every germ ,of possible prosperity. Directly a man is known to be a clever workman, like the artificer I mentioned in my last, he is watched and persecuted • and bullied in every act of his life ; thus success kul trade is impossible. The landlord-of the at V—, told us he was fined 5 florins a-day direct on.. the proceeds of his inn. The spirits of the people rise and fall as they think the prospect of join bag their liberated brethren is near or remote. Hope has buoyed them up during the summer, but lately their chances have looked very black. They say it is impossible things can continue as they are, but Austria will not relinquish her diminished Italian possessions without a fierce struggle, even if she does not attempt to recover what she has lost. The Austrian Tyrol is growing more and more dis affected, and the Hungarian soldiers are a constant source of perplexity. During our sojourn at Venice there was great alarm in „high quarters in conse quence :of all the guns at; ,the Lido being found spiked one morning, by some ,Hungarian regiment it ; was t eadd,, and desertions are , frequent. We met outside Padua two fine young men, who had been caught in the act, on their way to be shot ; they looked-proud and sullen, but not a bit cast down or ashamed. At Verona we used to be very much amused at the table d'hote, which was like a mess c omposed entirely of Austrian officers, very eristo crafic-looking men, tall, and some of them hand same.. The siege of Ancona was a frequent topic at talii.e they seemed to have a great idea of the Sardinia. n fleet and of the Admiral, Persano, who stands high in their estimation. If they can only get up an egicient fleet in time, the Italians may yet be able to cope with the double-headed eagle, but every mometi.t is of consequence. We travelled in it wretched diligence from Padua to the Po, through s qualor and misery ; the change across the water is 'magical ; a well-appointed vehicle was in waiting - for the _passengers, end never was any scene so completely metamorphosed as Ferrara, which of course you remember as the dullest and • stillest of towns- -5 city of the dead. Now it is full of life and bustle, bidding fair to become, as it was in old days, out' of the richest of Italy's rich trading marts. Mr. L-- having sundry acquaintances, we stayed there a day and heard all the news. Directly the stifling Wks on trade were repealed an enormous traffic instaOly sprang up in the staple produce of the surrounding marsh — hemp. Their country, the Ferrarese say, with im ' proved modern agriculture, is capable of growing any amount of this necessary article, and their visions of future wealth are golden—" When we have Padua and Venice," they say. Meanwhile, there are no more prisoners in the former crowded gaols ; more beggars in the former grass-grown streets, of which they used to be the only occupants. All are contented and thriving, and they are well pleased to send their sons to the wars. They say it is better than keeping them at home to starve, as they used. " We will die sooner than return to the old yoke," is the universal sentiment. At Bologna we heard somewhat of the shadows as well as the lights of the new regime; there must be dark as well as light in all pictures of life. Great sacrifices have had to be encountered for the patriotic cause in fortifying the city, and many other ways. The beautiful villa you have heard me describe of our friends the Gozzadinis, at the summit of one of the hills overlooking Bologna and the plain to the Adriatic, has been taken, with many others, to form a series of fortifications which they have been busily throwing up the past year. The Marchese Gozzadini had spent his life in embellishing this place ; he had planted rare trees, which were grow ing to perfection ; his house, his garden, his trees, his park, are all 'evened or cut down. Altering the laws is also a great stambling-blocie and cause of offence. Nevertheless, the tide of vigorous life and wi ll and energy is evident equally • at Bologna, We bear down all obstacles to Attu& Pres .. t i l t i Li i and remained there over Saturday to tece mar attending the other deputies, just returned frony Parliament at Turin. are gone down to Almost all the available troop s are defended by the South. These northern town They have only pne th e National Guard alone. watch the Austrians on the ails corps d'armse to ofitheMi nc i o; their fortiflcatiom are not completed;, their fleet, that is to say the Neapolitan portion of it, is in dis order. The fate of Italy depends on the O aot o f a die—on the will of Louis Napoleon. If the Italians can escape the present adverse conjunc ture of affairs, a glorious future will be open for them. Nothing can exceed the prospect of material. prosperity liberty has brought them, but they want railways, before all things, to connect the dissevered States. Of course, the neces sit y of applying all their resources of men and money to war PlaW 43s prevents their carrying on the lines ' with energy. They are working at them , however , owever as fast as their means permit. The li ne between Bologna an& Florence is greatly transit of the Apennine. The weather is magnificent—quite hot still. The summer in these parts has been remarkable warm, and the vintage first rate ; the vine disease has dis appeared, and the wine made is unusually rich ; the common people think much of this, and consider it a good omen. At Ferrara I was told by Professor Benzoni that records exist in the archives of a simi lar visitation 150 years ago, when the malattic4 lasted 10 years. This has only lasted seven. Among the sights and sounds of free Italy are newspsPer o cried about the streets, two bajocchi the sheet, verY well written and moderate, generally containing long extracts from English papers on their cm a af f airs, and often the leading articles from the ____ --- A SEAMAN DEVOURED TIT A STIARK.—WhiIe the barque Jessie, from Quebec and Fernando Po, was lying at the latter port, a seaman, named l'irilliam Looney, a native of County Cork, went on shore for a few hours. Having j a y about three ships' lengt niiume h nys f tp r anl o iet : titer missed the return boat he stript off his jacket and waist coat, tied them up in his handkerchief, which he carried in his mouth, and plunged into the sea, intending to swim from then to the ship, which shore. He had been in the water but a few minutes before a large shark seen a p P rioa.clii , ng. A cry was raised by boardftrohomsteha:taewnfidonfatewh, a;hdaewwvitto4bedl:enhvintef.etolloLwioscape the boat and made every effort to extricate their companion was , however, all in vain ; the shark overtook niswo'nuustewr, hilicfhe'dsrterwainneinarger and nearer eve-- hausted seaman, and those on deck were horror-stricken s eeing a companion swallowed by this monster at The shrieks of the poor fellow when of the deep. , within a few yards were heartrendine see tT g hi s assailant -I—vambrian, the et: la e l tlxi EMMEN Jr - - THE SUN, LONDON*, WEDNESDAY .EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1860. No. X. THE CASE BOOK : 100 Cases of SPERMATORRWEA, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Conlcssionsrand Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, A z o. &c. To be had of Mann, 39, Cornffill ; and the Authors. Advice to the Working Classes fee Half-a-Guinea. (SPECIAL NOTICE.) Dr. Culverwell is the only legally qualified medical practi tioner li v ing of that name, and can be consulted (only a s above). ------- IAN 1100 D , -NE EDITION: A . MEDICAL CUR TISN 3 O ESSAY ON NERVOUS AND GENERA TIVE DISEASES. o seers, rust Published, the 150th thous and, with alln r o e k rou i s i pla an tes d . in a sealed envelope, price ls., Sold by sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, M / \NI AT T O R T E ) : the C DECLINEAU SwthE anr d la C in Uß D E ire o ct f io P n lt s R io; Perfect Restoration to Health and V i g our. By J. L. CURTIS, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER It—Causes of Supermatorrhcea, an d Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences ; Dangers of Neglect. FolliesoverC C HAPTER at Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the I'7Ell lII—A Review of the various Disqualifications p o e f r :l d at:ri 2 ty s r, y,e th ar e s. 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NOTICE IS lIEREP , Y GIVEN, That the Directors of this Company hare This day Opened a BRANCH BANK at their temporary premises, No. 79, Shoreditch. By order. WM. M`KEWAN, General Manager. London, Oct. 31, 1860. SALE OF OLD STORES AT DEVONPOIRT. Admiralty, Somerset-place, 29th Oct., 1860. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING THE OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on WEDNES DAY, the 21st November nest, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon the Admiral Superintendent will put up to Sale in her Ma jesty's Dockyard at Devonport, several Lots of OLD STORES, consisting of Old Rope, Shakings. Spun Yarn, Canvas in small pieces, Oakum, and Coal Sacks, &c., &e., &c., all lying in the said yard. l'ersons wishing to view the lets must apply to the Super intendent for Notes of Admission for that purpose. Catalogues and conditions of sale may be had here and at the yard. LORD STANLEY ON EDUCATION. We , have so often warned the public against fancies and delusion on the subject of national edu cation that we are glad to see our note taken up by so liberal a nobleman as Lord Stanley. There never was, in fact, a greater dream than that theory of the universal spread of knowledge which sprang up some 30 years ago, and had its reign. It was a generous, :a lofty, a magnificent vision, but still it was a vision, and nothing else, —something seen in the clouds ; it was as much a fiction as Jack's world at the top of the bean stalk, or Aladdin's palace, or the fortunate Isles, or Araby the Blest. It was very proper and suitable for that day ; one may say that it was a lucky hal lucination, a profitable hallucination ; it was a lift at starting, it was _of :,great use iu..inaugurating and setting going the work of national education, which was then quite new. It has been said that no undertaking would ever be begun in this world if people had to start it in cool blood ; there must be some enthusiasm to start it, some imaginative im pulse, some fond illusion. If we only saw, to begin with, the actual results which we should produce at last, our optimism would be scandalised, and we should be apt to think it not worth our while giving ourselves so much trouble for so mediocre, however practically useful, an issue. The theory of the uni versal spread of knowledge, then, was a convenient delusion at starting; but, now that we have been working our undertaking some thirty years, we find the difference between theory and facts, We find all sorts of practical obstacles in the way, hin drances that we did not count on, urgent needs and motives,,belonging to the drag of physical life and the necessity of supporting it: All this is against us. We must do as well as we can under the circumstances, and we may do a great deal, but we find out that it is a plain case of compromise ; parents want the wages of their boys, boys them selves want to begin work and feel themselves some thing of men. Our sky, then, is now sobered in its tints, and we sport the maxims of maturity and ex perience instead of the magnificent but youthful sentiment of the early stage of the movement of education. "On whatever system or principle," says Lord Stanley, "you establish primary schools, there is one conclusion we must prepare for—we must expect that a very large proportion of those that attend them, leaving them at the age at which they do, will acquire nothing beyond the bare rudi ments of knowledge—the power to read, write, and cipher." This is looking facts in the face. We are far from wishing to make people despond on this subject, and we deprecate any reactionary inference, but we have all along asserted that people must see these facts at last, and therefere• we are glad to find now that they do see them, and that Lord Stanley, as•the mouthpiece and representa tive of men •of common sense, formally acknow ledges them. The distinction again to which, under these cir cumstances, he calls attention—that our primary schools do not educate boys so much as furnish them with the means of educating themselves afterwards, when they have left school, is, we think, a most valuable one, and we have frequently had occasion ourselves to Anpress it on the public mind. It is an important distinction, not only in itself, but be cause it tends to put people on the right tack in the search for higher education when they want it ; it tells them where this is to be found, and it saves a great deal of unnecessary and superfluous anxiety with respect to the preliminary processes of educa tion a great deal of useless controversy , and a g reat deal irrelevant speculation and scheming. " This fact being once admitted," says Lord Stanley, " I think this consequence follows—that the import ance which has often been attached to the particu lar system on which schools are conducted is very greatly diminished. Provided you can got the children to attend them, that the masters are com petent, and the discipline good, I, for my own part, care little flow these schools are established, believing that they do not give education, but only the means of acquiring it hereafter, and the direc• tion which the studies of the man will take is very little determined by the accident of the school he has attended." In another direction, again, and on another sub ject, Lord Stanley adopts a more modified view of the effect of education than has been in fashion lately. He speaks to a fact to which he has a right to speak, as a person officially connected with the criminal administration of the country, as Chair man of the liirkdale Quarter Sessions, in which capacity he has had great opportunities for obser vation and reflection. Going upon his own expe rience, then, and upon cases that have come before his eyes, Lord Stanley evidently hesitates to say that the mere knowledge which is given by going to school has much effect in the prevention of crime. What has an effect in preventing crime, he says, is that sort of intelligence and common sense which makes a man able "to calculate the consequences of what he does." He finds an ex traordinary want of this natural foresight and prac tical comprehension in the criminal class; " utter stupidity" he calls it, but he does not identify it with mere school ignorance, for "he does not mean to say that the mere power of reading and writing will make the difference" between the calculating habit of mind and the uncalculating one. This " stupidity" is rather a want of practical thought and seriousness, a levity, en obtuseness to the future, an absorption in the present,—a want, in short, of the proper rational character. Reason is essentially prophetic ; it looks beforehand,it forecasts, it fears, it surmises, it suspects, it shrinks from the unknown future except it feels a guidance and a clue. The sottish stupidity of the criminal class is exactly the opposite of this character of reason ; it is a base insensibility to everything but the present, a want of fear of consequences simply because consequences are not taken into the mental range ; it is an animal levity and desperation, totally contrary to the true intelligent nature of man, degrading . him into a brute, handing over to the absolute dominion of a lower nature within him, consisting of blind instincts, impulses, and appetencies. the medium through which all-powerful fate magnetizes the wretch and hurls him to destruction. In the re marks we have had occasion to make from time to time on the character of the criminal class we have more than once drawn attention to this remarkable predominance of blind instinct in them, which, though they are doubtless responsible for the strength which they have allowed it to attain, has the appearance of being at the time irresistible ; so that they seem to perpetrate savage acts literally like brutes that have not the power of questioning an impulse, but obey it as a law. "In thiaway, says Lord Stanley, "the intellectual and moral de ficiency appear to go together, and surely from that it is a reasonable inference that the more you can do to increase men's intelligence, the more you will lessen the amount at least of the grosser forms of crime." But this intellectual deficiency does not appear, as he says, to be a literary deficiency, but a more fundamental one, residing in the depths of his nature. Men of really good education and large knowledge may have this irrational, uncalculating blind nature in full force underneath all their gifts ; men of no education or knowledge may have the na tiv far e a o s education character, ss influence ene eis rational prescient nature in the greatest strength f underneath all their rudeness and ignorance. But, so influence doubtless onthis on right side, and the ne w interests and ideas which al alter native - r it supplies tend to elevate the reason and strengthen it in the conflict with animal tna ure.— Times. [AnvEnTisnmENT.l—Holloway's Ointment and Pill a Rheumatism, Gout, Tic-Doloreux.—Scarcely a week passes without our seeing, or hearing of, some friend stricken by those agonising maladies. The pain is situated in the joints, muscles, or nerves, whence it may be driven by fomenting well with warm salt and water, and, after dry ing the skin, let it be rubbed twice a-day with Holloway's soothing Ointment, which should also be rubbed into the neighbouring glands. It is always advisable to take Hol loway's Pills in these disorders, as they much assist the Ointment's action. The Pills check fever, purify the blood, and eject all morbid matters engendered by these diseases. Not only will all pain cease, but the cause of these maladies will be dislodged. TILE AMERICAN NAVY. Annexed is a list of all the vessels to be examined by the United States' Naval Board of Inquiry, com mencing with those at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where the Board vas to assemble first : SAILING SHIPS TO BE EXAMINED AT PORTSMOUTH. The line-of-battle ship Alabama, put upon the stocks 42 years ago, and never launched. She was in tended to be 2 , 633 to ns re g ister, and to carr y 84 g uns. Her timbers are describ ed as bein g in tolerable order, so that it i s not unlikely she may pass muster. The Franklin.—This is the first American sailing man-of-war on which the novel process of " con version" was tried. Some years ago a survey de monstrated the advisability of propelling her by steam, when the Navy Department ordered the change. For some unexplained reason, however, the operations flagged, and she has remained ever since in statu quo. It is believed that the Franklin will be at once taken in hand and altered. The Cumberland.—This is a first•class corvette with two decks, having been cut down from a frigate a few years ago. She is 1,726 tons burden, carries 22 guns, and was constructed at Boston in 1842. She was flagship of the African squadron, and has been ordered for a similar position on the home station. As it is at this port that her battery will be shipped, there is a probability that she will be surveyed here also. The Cumberland is in good order. _ _ The Dale.—This little sloop is 566 toss burden, carries 16 guns, and was built at Philadelphia in 1839. It is not likely , that she will be deemed worth altering. • - - The Macedonian.—The Macedonian returned a few weeks since from the Mediterranean squadron. She made a serviceable cruise of over two years, visiting all the harbours of Southern Europe. She is efficient, carries 22 guns, is 1,341 tons burden, and was built at Gosport in 1836. The Santee.—This vessel is certain to be con verted. She was on the stocks for several years, and was launched some time *ago, but has never done any ocean duty. She is 1,726 tons burden, is rated at 50 guns, and was built at Portsmouth. VESSELS AT NORFOLK. The United States.—The conversion to a steamer of this vessel, known in the navy as the " Old Wigwam," will perpetuate the existence of the first-born of the American navy. The United States was built at Philadelphia in 1797, and was con sidered at the time she was launched as rivalling in elegance and perfection of naval architecture any ship of her size that had ever been built. She was launched amid the greatest rejoicings -40,000 spec ' tators having been attracted to the scene. One hun dred vessels were drawn out and anchored in the Delaware, the docks being covered with companies invited by their owners, and 500 boats and barges were filled with men, women, and children, to wit ness the event. She is described as being partially rotten, but no thorough investigation having been made in regard to her it is possible that a sufficient portion of her hull may be sound to justify the ex pense incident to the proposed alteration. Old Ironsides —lt is to be hoped that this splen did old ship will pass inspection. She was recently. ordered from Portsmouth to Annapolis, to act as schoolship. She is now in the roads of the latter harbour. The Constitution, built at Boston in 1797, was also launched amid similar demonstrations of joy and in the presence of thousands of spectators. She was pronounced a superb specimen of naval ar chitecture, combining the unity of wisdom, strength, and beauty. The useful service and brilliant career of this noble ship have 'verified the good opinion and confident predictions pronounced at her birth. It is a remarkable and interesting fact that these two ships—the United States and the Constitution, the first two built for our navy—after 62 years of unremitted, faithful, exposed, and successful ser vice, are still existing, and in active and efficient employment. The first days of the Constitution were not her best days. Her glory was acquired, as all true glory is, by gradual and solid steps. She was at first, with the opponents of the navy, a sub ject of reproach and slander, because she returned from along cruise without having made any captures. The French ships of war were at this time depredat ing on American commerce, and the decree of the French Directory subjected all American vessels to seizure which had on board British goods or pro ducts, or which had sailed from British ports. The good ship was judged unfairly, however, and her gallant commander (Nicholson) unduly reproached. She has been compelled to operate within Prescribed .mits, and really had no opportunity to distinguish herself. The Pennsylvania—At the time the Pennsylvania was lamiched she was the largest naval vessel in the world. Being over 3,240 tons burden, and destined to carry 120 guns, it is little wonder that the advent of her huge hull into the watery ele ment, which took place at Philadelphia in 1837, drew thousands of spectators from all sections of the Union to the Quaker city. A brilliant future was anticipated for her, but was not realised. She never passed a harbour light but once, and never was out of sight of land at all. Her total service consists in having sailed from Philadelphia for Norfolk, where she has been anchored as a receiving ship since her arrival. She came near being lost on her short voyage, a fact that probably made the authorities nervous about sending her to sea again. She is said to be almost rotten, but a proper survey alone can determine whether she is really so or not. The Columbus (Liner)—The Columbus is a 2,40 0 ton line-of-battle ship, and has done some squadron duty in her day. She was the first large man-of war ever constructed at Washington, and the last. H e r launch took place over 40 years ag o ; yet l a s supposed that the materials for a good steamer may be got out of her. The Delaware —Like the Columbus, this is a ship of the line, 2,633 tons burden, and was originally intended to carry 80 guns. We have not been able to learn the accurate condition of her hull, but fear that she will be condemned and broken up. The New York—The New York is another of the unfinished liners. For nearly half a century she has occupied a huge ship-house in the Gosport Navy-yard, no Administration ever deeming it advisable either to complete or break her up. She was to carry 80 guns, having been ordered at a time when there was a mania for 74's, as all big war ships were called ; but the enthu siasm.of Congress cooled down before her work had been three months going on, and no appropriations to finish her have since been made. A steamer can probably be constructed from the materials of her hull. The Frigate Columbia.—The frigate Columbia is 1,726 tons burden, was built at Norfolk in 1836, and carries 50 guns. She has been a most useful vessel, having cruised in every squadron. She was attached to the home station during her last ser vice. It is thought that the Columbia is in good order, but the practicability of making a steamer of her is questioned by constructors. The Raritan.—This is another serviceable ship, and has done a great deal of active duty in the Pacific, Mediterranean, and Gulf Squadrons. She is 1,726 tons burden, carries 50 guns, and is said to be sound. The Raritan was built at Norfolk in 1843. The Corvette Germantown.—The sloop of war Germantown was built at Philadelphia 14 years ago, is 932 tons . burden, and has an armament of 22 guns. She was recently ordered to be prepared for active service, but whether the new edict will cause operations to be suspended has not transpired. The Germantown is in fair condition. She made a useful cruise on the Brazil station, in command of Capt. Lynch, of exploration notoriety, and subse quently cruised in the Chinese Seas. NEW YORK YARD. The North Carolina,—This line-of-battle ship is probably unfit for conversion. She is said to be rotten. Her rate is that of a ship of the line, 2,633 tons burden, and carrying 84 guns, of which only a few are on board. The Potomac.—The Potomac was built at Wash ington in 1821, carries 50 guns, and is 1,726 tons burden. She has been in ordinary for a long time, and several officers have pronounced her worthless. A survey, however, may reveal a different result. The Corvette Vandalia—This is a sloop of war of the second class, 783 tons burden, and carrying 20 guns. She has served actively for several years, notwithstanding which she was recently found to be in fine condition. She is hardly worth conver sion, however. The Brandywine—This is another historic ship. Launched at Washington in 1826, her name is inti mately associated with the earliest events of our naval history. In the New York National Palla dium of August, 1827, we read of a famous race between the old United States and the Brandywine on the Pacific station, in which the United States was the victor. AT PHILADELPHIA. The Jamestown and Saratoga—These are two sloops of war in tolerably efficient order, and both undergoing repairs for sea. Neither of them would be worth converting, in our opinion. • The St. Lawrence—The St. Lawrence is a first class frigate, 1,726 tons burden, and carries 50 guns; she was built at Norfolk in 1847, and has been ac tively employed most of the time since. She re lieved the Savannah on the coast of Brazil,in 1856, and was replaced there by the Congress in 1859. She is in good order, and may be converted. - AT CHARLESTOTN. MASSACHUSETTS. (Liner)`•--The Vermont is a line-of battle ship, 2,633 tons burden, carrying 84 guns, Her condition has not been reported for years, so that it is impossible tolpredict what may be the de cision of the Board with regard to her. The Ohio—The Ohio is another 84, and. has been a receiving ship at Boston for some years. As her timbers are supposed to be worn out it is not.pro bable that she will be recommended for alteration. The Virginia—This is a ship•of--the-line, 2,633 tons burden, which was put upon the stocks at Charlestown in 1818, where she has remained, like the New York, Alabama, and New Orleans, with out having ever left the shiphouse. A steamer bear ing her name will, possibly, be made from her mate• rials. -...._. The Vincennes.—A second class sloop of war, 700 tons burden, carrying 20 guns. She recently returned from the coast of Africa in charge of a naval surgeon, all the other officers entitled to com mand having been unavailable. She was constructed in Brooklyn in 1826, and can hardly be in a state to pass inspection. _ SACKETT'S HARBOUR. The New Orleans.—The New Orleans was never launched, having been on the stocks since 1815. She was the first line-of-battle ship contemplated for the navy. As she occupies a ship-house, her timbers may possibly be used in the construction of a new steamer. The tonnage of the New Orleans was to have been 2,805, and her armament 84 guns. The above are all the vessels at the navy yards that will be brought immediatel3 , under the notice of the Examining Board. There are now in squa drons the corvette Savannah, frigate Sabine, sloop St. Louis, sloop Preble, sloop ,Cayanc, sloop St. Mary's, sloop Levant, frigate Congress, sloop Constellation, sloop Portsmouth, sloop Marion, sloop John Adams, and the Independence, Warren, and Fredonia at San Francisco, of which about half a dozen will be considered worth converting. We have purposely omitted all mention of brigs and steamships as net coming under the head of the sailing ships to be overhauled. If the Board should decide in favour of remodel • ling any considerable number of the vessels named Congress must make extra. appropriations for the purpose, as it would be impossible to liquidate the incidental expenses from the money at present at the disposal of the Navy Department. Work at the several navy yards promises to be brisk for years to come if the proposed changes are carried out. The Norfolk correspoiadent of the New York Courier and Enquirer writes on this subject : "I herewith send you a. brief account of the doings of the Naval Board , which was recently engaged at the several naval yards. Its deliberations are not concluded just yet, but the nature of its deci sions is known. Future oogitations will relate only to the method of altering the vessels which have, as you call it, passed inspection.' It may not be out of place to say that, a dry dock investigation into the soundness or rottenness of the different vessels will be made before the process of altering any of them begins. I believe, however, that every one recommended for conversion is sound generally. " On the 13th of September I received orders to join Commodore Storer, Commodore Stringham, Chief Engineer Archibald, Chief Engineer Ish wood, John Linthal, Esq., chief of the bureau of construction, and Naval Constructor Delano, who were appointed members of a board of naval offi cers, engineers, and constructors, ordered to exa mine into the condition of the sailing vessels of the navy, and the cost of giving them, or any of them, with the expediency of making such a change, in view of the cost, condition, model, and character of such vessels so altered. Having reported myself, we set out at once forPortsmouth,N.H., from which place I wrote you. "VESSELS TO BE CONVERTED AT PORTSMOUTH. " The old (or new) liner Alabama was brought under our notice a short time after our arrival at Kittery, Me. (which is also at Portsmouth, N.H.), and we left not a crevice of the craft unexamined. She has been 42 years on the stocks, notwithstand ing which we concluded to recommend her as being worth converting ; she will make a splendid steamer of the first class. " The Franklin also received due attention from us, and we decided, in a very little while, to pass' her. This vessel was once before recommended for conversion, and operations were commenced on her, but were never completed. She is the most likely to turn out well of any yet overhauled. " The Cumberland, Dale,and Macedonian were not considered as fit to be made steamers of. The San tee, a frigate, never sent to sea yet, caused some di scu ssion, but will never, I presume, be propelled by steam. By a riIYSICIAN of 20 years' practice. CONTENTS.—The Physical Education of Early Life—The Art of Prolonging Life—The Theory of Digestion—The Stomach and its Difficulties—The Cultivation of the Affec- tions and Regulation of the Passions—Nervous Disorders, (to. &e. 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" The North Carolina liner will probably be put down among the ' passed' vessels ; and if a dry dock survey demonstrates her soundness she will become a steamer. "AT PHILADELPHIA. " There are no vessels at Philadelphia worth the cost or trouble of conversion. The St. Lawrence, Jamestown, and Saratoga are in good order, but are not at all adapted for being propelled by steam. The arduous process of cutting them in two could hardly be 'successfully accomplished. They will therefore remain sailing ships. " AT BOSTON. "Twelve years of exposure to the deleteriousnot influences of a navy yard ship-h ous e have ruined the line-of - batt le ship Vermont, which never performed a service that could ' point a moral or adorn a tale.' She has been considered well qua lified to become a propeller, and will doubtless make an efficient one. " The Virginia, also an 84 gun line-of-battle ship, that has never yet been launched, may be num bered among our f uture steamers. She is or w a s d es tined to be 2,633 tons burden. " If the Ohio is sound there are no objections to ifill