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THE FINANCE, HOME, and PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE of the COUNCIL of INDIA,' Hereby Give Notice, That the Debentures for the Second Pertion of the Loan, Act 21 Vie., cap. 3, will be ready foi delivers', at the Treasury, at this House, on and after MON DAY, the 20th - instant, • J. COSMO .11.1ELVILL. Hwang, who is now rn thE i th fo e r ß i i i •a le ves i , ii a tu n r d e the South, to repress'.. hostile Influence their diPlo policy whi c h th e I mperial Got matic agents i n th a t quarter. As a proof of this, reports have alreau . , 'reached thiS place that Hwang has been recalled, and that he is to be succeeded by Kweiliang, late Imperial Commissioner at Tien-sin. If this be true the troubles in the south will shortly be terminated without any great sacrifice of life and property ; should it be otherwise it will be for us to make use of the cool months to cause our name to be feared, and our authority respected in the neighbo u rh6 o d o f C an t on, by inflicting signal punishment on those misguided patriots who have defied our power, and resorted to measures of fero city and treachery. aBEAT WESTERN RAILWAY• N-A :NORTH WALES.—TOURISTS' TICKETS to CHES TER, CA BNARVON, LLANGOLLEN, BALA, Sze., for One Month, are now issued at Paddington.—Fares (rail and coach), 70s. and 50s. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER lid, 1858. No. 20,606. PRICE 4D. STAMPED, SD. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. ISLE of MAN, BANGOR, BEAUMARIS, and LLAN- DtiDN'o. RETURN TICKETS for One Mouth are nowissued at Paddington. Fares (rail and boat): 70s. and 50s. PUBLICATIONS. CONTRACT FOR STOCKINGS FOR THE ROYAL MARINES. around. tb,ese two high function cries r of inferior mandarins rejoic ingvllwants. stood i in s. d e GuP i e eo r at i i oi,Lm:t7;e of pea cock's feathers and squir rel's tails, attache .d with the coloured ball distinc tive of their rank . . to the crown of their conical summer hats. Of 3e alone deserving notice was Pien, the private se a etary of Kweiliang, a very clever young mandarin, on whom has fallen all the detail and labour of the negotiations, and who ap peared to have great influence with his superiors ; the other was a genet 'al, attached to Hwashana, whom our Transatlantit friends had made so much of, in consequence of tai' discovery that he was a " viscount" by birth, th at he at one time, in the early stage of the negotit ttions, became intolerably saucy, and had to be take - ‘n down a whole flight of steps by one of the able s.;nologues attached to the British Embassy. Bythe side of Lord Elgin stood his two Chinese secretaries, Mr. Wade and Mr. N. Lay; they_ were intruslted with the Chinese ver sion of the treaty, and the English :version was under the care or Mr. D. Cameron, senior Attache. To the left of Kweiliang-the left being the scat of honour in China—sat Admiral Sir M. Seymour and the HOn. Mr. Bruce, Secretary of Legation ; the names or places of the rest baffle all power of description, beyond that I saw Captains Sir jr, Nicolson, W. K. Hall; S. Osborne, and Roderick Dew, together with Messrs.L. Oliphant, H. B. Lock, Geo. Fitzroy, Dr. Saunders, an artist named, we believe, Morrison, all of Lord Elgin's Staff making a gallant struggle for places with a crowd of lieutenants, midshipmen, engineers, and domestics, who were evidently bent on proving to the Imperial Commissioners how" fierce and uncontrollable" was the natural disposition of that Western tribe the " Ying-keih-lee." Without, however, waiting for any order to be established, or may be desprdring of it, the higher Powers at once proceeded to business, after a short overture, in which the most tender in quiries as to the state of health a not only the respective Commissioners was gone into, but her Most Gracious Majesty and the Emperor Hienfung were likewise both reported to be as well as could be expected. Lord Elgin then suggested that he would sign and seal the English copy of the Treaty, while the Commissioners did as much to the Chinese Version ; they assented, and the work proceeded rapidly. Owing to the pressure of business, Mr. Wade had been obliged to compile the final copy of the Treaty in Chinese with much haste, a haste which added in no small degree to that industrious Sinologue's anxiety that his document should be a perfect one and bear the test of Chinese and Euro pean criticism. One article, relating to the indem nity for losses at Canton and the expenses of the war, was separatefrom the Treaty. After Kwieliang had attached his signature to the articles which were filed together, Mr. Lay placed the indemnity one before him. Chinaman like, he at once saw a possibility of escaping from even one little part of his contract, and immediately made an attempt to do so. " What is this ?" said he, looking the pic ture of innocence at Mr. Lay, " What's this ? Never mind it ; I don't know anything about it ;" and he gently pushed it aside. "It is one of the articles," said Mr. Lay, " and here," pointing at a particular spot, " you must sign it." The faithful on board her Majesty's and proceed Shanghai, en route for Japan. (FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) Now ready, demy Bvo., with Illustrations, price 145.. cloth, , GUNNERY in 1858: being a Treatise on Rifles, Cannon, and Sporting Arms ; explaining the principles of the Science of Gunnery, and describing the newest Improvements in Firearms. By WILLIAM GREENER, C.E., Author of " The Gun," &c. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset-place, 14th September, 1858. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, tlhlt on MONDAY, the 27th instant, at half-past One o'Clock, they IN i 1 1 be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supply ing and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, all such GREY WORSTED STOCKINGS for Serjeants of the Royal Marines as shall from time to time be demanded, under a Contract for twelve months' certain, and further until the expiration ot' three months' warning. A Pattern of the Stockings may be seen at the Royal Marine Office, New-street, Swing-gardens, between the hours of one awl roar o'clock. aREAT WESTERN RAILWAY• SOUTH WALES.—TOURISTS' TICKETS to MIL FORD HAVEN, available for Narberth-road (for Tenby) Carmarthen, Swan Sea, Neath, Chepstow, &c., for One Month, are nqw issued at Paddington.—Fares : 70s. and 50s. SHANGHAI, JULY 13. The thunder of the cannon which aroused the sweltering community of Shanghai from their noon day siesta yesterday announced to them the im portant fact that Lord Elgin, after au absence in the north of exactly three months, had returned from the scene of his anxieties and his labours with a treaty in his pocket containing concessions on the part of the Imperial Government so extensive that the most sanguine were astonished, and the croakers remained altogether incredulous. For this, how ever, there was .some excuse, as an abstract of the American treaty, signed some days before the Bri tish, had been published, and contained none of the important concessions, and it was not considered likely that our Transatlantic allies would be so far wanting in their usual acumen as to allow us to include in ours provisions the omission of which would imply that they considered them unattain able: fi_REAT WESTERN- RAILWAY. k_A FAMILY TICKETS to DAWLISH, TEIGNMOUTH, .or TORQUAY, for One Montle, are now issued at Paddington, :to parties . of notless than three persons.—Fares (each passen ger) : 50s. and 355. 'THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS -11- for SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18th, contains the following splendid ENGRAVINGS :—THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO LEEDS : The Great Hall—Her Majesty Leaving the Rail way Station en route to Woodsley House--Kirkstall Abbey —Cloister Court of Kirkstall Abbey—Her Majesty passing. the Sunday-school Children on Woodhouse Common—Writ ing -table Suite for her Majesty. SKETCHES IN CHINA—The Burning of Telesio's Store; the "Sanspareil" Naval Brigade Landing at Canton.—Railway Bridges for India (Two Illus trations).—Seal of the First King of Siam.—The Doncaster Cup—The Italian Salamander at Cremorne Gardens. Po rtrait of Mr. Morphy, the Celebrated Chessplayer.—Funeral Car of Napoleon I.—Longwood , St. Helena, the Residence of Napoleon I. Napoleon's Tomb, St. Helena—Testimoniul presented to Mr. Davis, of her Majesty's Staghounds. With the Latest Foreign and Colonial Intelligence and all the News of the Week. Price Id. ; stamped, Od.—Office, 198, Strand. TILE INDIAN COUNCIL. I a lndia sa. House, Leadenhall-street. Lord Stanley, the. Sec arntdlntPresidenttHouse of yesterdayut.eea: Council, again t a occupied the chair, as on each of the _preceding t meetings. The council assembled at 1 o'clock, but his 11. The members present' were Sir Frederick Currie, Bart., Nice -president ; Mr. John P. Wil loughby, 'Major-General Sir Robert Vivian, Lieut.- Colonel Sir Henry Rawlinson, Mr. T. Prin , e ), Sir Henry Montgomery, Bart., Mr. Charles Mil 'Mr R. D. Mangles, Mr. Elliot Macnaghten, Sir Jame; Weir Hogg, Bart., Captain Eastwiek, and Mr. William Arbuthnot. Mr. Mangles met the Council for the first time, he having been prevented attend ing the previous meetings by indisposition, which detained him on the continent. Colonel Si Proby Cautley was not present,- and Mr. Shepherd's in disposition again precluded his taking his place at the council board. Sir John Lawrence, of course has - never yet been present. The Council remained in deliberation for up wards of two. hours . The - President submitted to the Council his scheme for the revision and arrange ment of the whole, establishment of - officer's and servants in the several departments at Leadenhall street and the Board of Control, which he was em powered to propound.by the recent act of Parlia ment, and that " with all convenient speed." His lordship has- made such reductions in'the two establishments as appear to him consistent with lr-oertdriirhsrly: poefaoisultilacvtieledoa the due conduct of the public business for the future. By the terms of the recent statute the Secretary of State for India is required to submit a scheme for the permanent establishment of the Queen in Council, within six mouths after the commence ment of the act, and her Majesty, by the advice df her Privy Council,-. is • empowered to fix and declare *what shall constitute the establish— ment .of. the Secretary of State in Council, and • what salaries shall be paid to the persons on the establishment. The Order in Coun cil, when made, will be presented to both Houses of Parliament within 14 days after their next meeting. Considerable anxiety was felt throughout the whole of yesterday among the officers and servants in Leadenhall-street in - reference to the manner in which the scheme o 5 the President of the Council was likely to affect their individual interests. The chamber in which the Council hold their de liberations is a remarkably handsome and comme 7 thous apartment. Until now it has been used as the court-room of the old Court of Directors. It is spacious and lofty, and lighted by three windows. It is said to form an exact cube of 30 feet, and is situated on the ground floor, on the western side of the main entrance to the building froth Leadenhall street. It is immediately contiguous to the hall in which the Court of Proprietors have held their meetings from time immemorial, and communicates with it by folding doors. It is elegantly orna mented with gilding and mirrors, and the fire-place which is directly opposite the chair of the Presi dent, is an interesting work of art, enhanced by a fine piece of sculpture, in white marble, over the mantelpiece, emblematic of the relations of the company with its former empire in the East. The council meeting yesterday was attended by Mr. J. C. Melvin, son of Sir J. Meivill, in his capa 7 city of Assistant Under-Secretary of State, an office to which he has been recently appointed ; Mr. J. Mill, Examiner of India Correspondence ; Mr. P. Melvill, Military Secretary ; Messrs. Hawkins, Prideaux, and Danvers, and others of the superior officers of the establishment. The energy and devo tion displayed by Lord Stanley in the discharge of the duties incident to his high office form a theme of frequent remark among the employees at the India House, His lordship frequently makes his appear. : Vice there as early as 10 in the morning, and on more than one occasion has r e m a i ne d until seven in the evening. He is assisted by Mr. G. Talbot, in the capacity of private secretary. During the last - *eel., one, and sometimestivo ; the committees . into which the Council is divided for the purpose, of facilitating the transaction of the general busi ness, have sat daily. altrA-T WESTERN RAILWAY. kA .JERSEY and GUERNSEY, via WEYMOUTII.— . RETURN TICKETS for One Month are now issued at Pad dington.—Fares : 455. and 355. The conditions of the revised contract may be seen at the said office. No tender will be received after half-past One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said office. • Every tender must - be addressed to the Secretary of the 'Admiralty; and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Ten der for Stockings,' . and must also be delivered at Somerset place. • GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. FAMILY TICKETS to WEYMOUTH, for periods 'varying from 'a Fortnight to Three Months, are now issued at Paddington, at greatly _Reduced Fares. alt-E-AT WESTERN RAILWAY. .v.A FAMILY TICKETS to NARI3ERTII-ROAD (for Tenbyi and MILFORD HAVEN, for One Month, arc now Issued at Paddington, to parties of not less than three persons. Fares -(each person): 635. and_4ss. TEE SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF TIEN-SIN. Now ready, I'm,. 32 of the. ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. January to June, 1558, cloth gilt, 18s. ; sewed, 13s. Cases fox binding the above can now be had, price 2s: 6d. ; portfolios, 48 ; reading cases, 2s. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT OF THE TIMES.) - TIEN-SIN, RIVER PEIHO, JUNE 26. By one of those accidents which so often occur it so happens that the treaty of peace with China was signed by the Ambassador of Great Britain and the Imperial Commissioners " Kwoiliang" and "Hwa-shana" on the anniversary of the day (June 26, 1843) on which the ratifications of the treaty of Nankin were exchanged at Hong Kong by Sir Henry Pottinger and Keying. That once much lauded treaty, the first earnest effort of Great Britain to bring this vast con'aly and its industrious but wrong-headed people into the general commu nity of nations has lasted exactly 15 years ; and, although the cheers of seamen and the " God save the Queen" played by our bands have to-day sounded its requiem, it would be most unjust to say that the treaty of Nankin was not a most able one and highly profitable to all commercial nations, or that it has not effected much, very much, towards bringing China and the Chinese to understand and appreciate in some degree the power and civilisa tion of the West. It is, however, from an abler pen than mine that you must learn in what respects the treaty of Nankin fell short of the requirements of the present day, and to what extent the present treaty promises greater political, social, and com- _ GR.EA,T WE STERN RAILWAY. KILLARNEY and SOUTH of IRELAND,. via Mil ford haven and Waterford.—RETUßN TICKETS for One Month are-now isstled at Paddington.—Fares ..105s. and 80s. IEIST'S RACING RECOI-1D for 1858. Part VIII., price 3d., will 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 for 1858. may be had, price two shillings. W. Wright, Fulwood's Rents, Holborn. WEAT WESTERN RAILWAY. DREAP EXCURSION to Oxford, Banbtwy; Leaming ton, Birmingham, Wolverhanipton, Shrewsbury, Llangollen Road; Chester; Birkenhead, Liverpool, &c., from Paddington, on MONDAY, September 20, at 7 a.m., returning on Saturday, the 25th, from Liverpool (Landing , Stage) at 8.30 aon., and in termediate stations as per handbills. Fares—Oxford, Gs. Gd. and 45. , e-Banbury, Bs. and ss. ; Leamington or Warwick, 10s. i3d. and Os. ; Birmingham, 12s. and 7s. ; Westbromwich, Wed nesbury, or Bilston, 12s. Gd. and 7s. Gd. ; Wolverhampton, 13s. and Bs.'; Wellington or Shrewsbury, 17s. and 108. ; Llangollen Road or Chester, 18s.:Cd. and lls. ; Birkenhead or Liverpool, 21s. and , l2s. Gd. Children under 12, hall-price. N _ O MORE PILLS nor any other MEDICINE for Indigestion (dyspepsia), habitual Constipation, Flatu lency, Acidity, Pal pi tationvf 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 free, 64 pages, the people's edition of " PERFECT HEALTH RESTORED," 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. _ _ _ _ _ jEt M E AND FRASCATI RAILWAY COMPANY. The‘lialf-year's Interest. on the Bonds of this Company, Nos. 1 to 120, due on the 22d of September and Ist of October, 1858, will be paid at the Agency of the Banque Generale Suisse; 2, Royal Exchange Buildings ; or at the Sucoursale of the same Bank, 30, Rue Louis le Grand, Paris. By Order, F. FRIELIGRATIT, • - Manager of the London Agency of • • • the Banque Generale Suisse. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professor of Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure, Dr. Shorland, Dr. Harvey, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurtzer, Tr. 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. GLENFIELD 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., &c. LQXDON & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. XTEAP EXCURSION from LONDON to HUD DEIZ,SF ELD,. IIANCHESTER, and LIVERPOOL, on SATUF AY, September 18, RETURNING WEDNES DAY; September 22. DOWN TRAIN, SEPT. 18TH. RETURN TRAIN, SEPT, 22. A.M. A.M. London, Easton Station, Batley depart 9 30 . depart 9.30 Dewsbury , 935 P.m. Huddersfield .... „ 955 Warrington arrive 3.20 Marsden Liverpool ' „ 4.15 Greenfield , 10 25 Stockport Manchester Staley Bridge .... „ 3.45 Stockport Greenfield Marsden „. 4.15 Liverpool , 10 35 Huddersfield Dewsbury Batley FARES rOlt THE DOUBLE JOURNEY. GEORGE HOBSON begs to call the attention of Gentlemen to his New Autumnal Trousers, 21s. to 255. Also his New Partridge Mixture Shooting Coats. Excellence with - Economy. GEORGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street. Established 1795. PROFESSOR WILJALBA FIIIKELL.- TO-NIG HT.—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. Mitchell's Royal Library, Z 3, Old Bond-street. mercial advantages ; but before I proceed to give a 'tee aril ad ►ow last ale, tea. Covered Carriages. First Class, To Liverpool Manchester and other Stations 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 Rigoletto. Conductor, Mons. A. LAMOTTE. Principal cornet:a-piston, M. Bouleourt. Leader, Mr. Charles Hall. Doors open at half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission, ls. 'The Tickets are not transferable, and are only available by the abo - ,, trains. Particulars may be had at any of the Company's offices, or tickets and bills at the office of Mr. Marcus, Crosby-hall chambers, Bishopsgate-street, City. By order. •Euston-station, September 9, 1858. • -ANK OF, DEPOSIT. BEstablished 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 liiterest is payable in January and July. PETER MORRISON, Managlng Director. Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on application. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 3, TICHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay market). .acle ler less eat, orbit ,her Open daily (fo' f r Gentlemen only). LECTURES by Dr. 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 NINE LECTURES ON THE PHILO SOPHY OF MARRIAGE, &c., sent post free, direct from the Author, on the receipt of twelve stamps. INTERNATIONAL LIFE F ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 142; Strand, London, W.C., Feb. 25, 1858. Establiihed 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 occurring within the 30 days of grace, and before payment of the annuarremiutn, provided payment thereof be made, or notice of the death be given to the office before the expiration of such days of grace. ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square. Lessees, Messrs. Howes and Cushine% (The best Ventilated and Coolest Building in Europe.) Great and. Glorious Success. Applause, loud and long, testifies the enthusiasm of the numerous and delighted Audiences who Daily and Nightly throng the Alhambra to witness Madame DELAVANTI in her graceful and daring 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 at tempted by any other artiste. WALLETT 'S celebrated CIRCUS COMPANY. Extraor- For the Court of Directors, E. S. SYMES, Chairman. T HE Binary 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, 6d. Box-office open from 10 a.m. until 5 n.m. No fees for booking places. Children under 9 years of age, half-price. and fined mno ave. INTERNATIONAL LI-FE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 142, Strand, London. _ Empowered by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE SURVIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c. DIRECTORS. EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman. W. Kenworihy Browne, Esq.! Henry .T. Hodemon, Esq. Samuel King-Church. Esq. Johd Moss, Esq. John Elliotson, M.D.,Cantab., f John Symes, Esq. F.R.S. Joseph Thompson, Esq. • SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. , CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. • Augustus Blondel, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford Young. MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. J. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street. ' ' • ACTUARY. W S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., ASSISTANT ACTUARY. - Barker Woolhouse, Esq. BANKERS. :Afessrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowcliffe, Bedford row. . . Division of Profits will be declared ;onus up to May, 1855 : The next Quinquennia in May, 1860. Ex ,mples of • Bonus in Permanent Policy Sutu Bonus in addition Reduction taken Age: Assured. to Sum Cash. of Annual out in 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 2,000 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0 1818 60 2.000 154 2 8 103 16 8 10 15 2 1851 55 2,800 120 17 0 72 11 6 6 7 7 43* --4 134 0 210 54s 8 6d Od' iv**, de= le 35.!1 The fo Internat The Si Tivo4 every lay )rd i. uss 'elf ti/P qie 01.1 Oil ,llowine• are amongst the advantages offered by the lonal Life Assurance Society:— ()clay was established in 1838. hirds of the i profits are divided amongst the assured e yeam . . . Its subscribed capital is lire 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. Sike its commencement the Society has paid in claims upwards of three hundred and twenty thousand pounds. Fbr prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chairman, 142, Strand F.DMOND S. SYMES, Chairman. 142, Strand, London, W.C. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY .OTHER MEDICINE. 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To which are added remarks on the wonders of the Microscope, in revealing the hidden mysteries "of Life within Lite," sad its advantages in detecting', by urinary examina tion. the cause and effect of every variety of these complaints, with numerous engravincrs and cases BY SAMUEL LAIIERT, 37, BEDFORD SQUARE LONDON, Matriculated Member of th e University of Edinburgh, Hono rary Member -of the London Hospital Medical Society, Li oentiate 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, de , radation in Manhood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. 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Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, and may h.: had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Horne, 10, Leicester square ; Gordon, 140, Leadenhall-street ; or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from 11 till 2, and froth 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; Ma dras—Me fussilite Office, Agra; Dodsworth, Colombo, Ceylon; and of all Booksellers through- Out the ColonieFd description of the ceremony performed to-day it is as well to remind you that the circumstances under which the treaty of Tien-sin has been nego tiated and brought to a successful issue are widely different to those connected with the now defunct Treaty of Nankin. In 1842 the Ministry at home distinctly laid down for Sir Henry Pottinger the articles of the treaty he was directed to obtain from the Emperor of China ; they authorised him to act upon the aggressive, and to apply any amount of pressure until those terms were conceded, and with out any wish to detract from the diplomatic skill and decision of Sir H. Pottinger, it is but fair to say that in Sir W. Parker and Sir Hugh Gough he was sup ported by two officers singularly fitted by their enterprise and energy to bring his demands to a speedy concession. On the present occasion it is very evident, from what has passed at home as well as out here, that the Ministry—whether that of Lord Palmerston or Lord Derby—had neither made up their minds to be at war or at peace with China , nor did they know what demands to make or repa ration to insist upon. After a grand parade in 1857 of the formidable military and naval force which was to support the negotiations of Lord Elgin as ambassador to the Court of Pekin, we see him in the spring of 1858 anchored before the entrance of the River Peiho with a solitary gunboa and an old sailing frigate, besides the steam vesse he was embarked in; and they only arrived in time, owing, we hear, to his having assumed the respon sibility of giving the Pique and Slaney orders which ought to have emanated from their admiral . and when, after weeks of delay, a force did arrive: on Lord Elgin rested not only all the responsibi lity of making demands which Lord Derby's Mini stry might in no way agree in thinking just, but likewise of authorising acts of hostility, and then urging and stimulating the Executive to act with some firmness and decision in performing their part. In 1842 it was a fair tilt between Chinese manda rins and Downing-street; in 1858 Lord Elgin has had not only to contrive to keep with our sprightly yet thin-skinned allies of France, but anxiously to check-mate the Russian, who has no desire to see any of us north of the latitude of the Yang-tse kiang as being likely to interfere with certain annexations to come off in the Corea and Man chooria, and to meet the dog-in-the-manger policy of the Americans, who know they can neither profit by the rice and cotton of India, or the broadcloths and hardware of England being poured 'into Northern and Central China. Prior to the day on which it had been arranged that the ceremony should take place, a gunboat had been considerately despatched from Tien-sin to bring up from the squadron, anchored seven miles outside the Peiho river any officers who might desire to be present; and on the 28th of June she returned, attesting by a huge freight of some 76 officers, with 76 full-dress cases and 76 cocked hats, the readiness with which the invita tion had been accepted. On the same evening sinister rumours were whispered about Tien-sin of an Imperial decree having just arrived forbidding the Chinese com missioners to concede some very important demands, and that the treaty was postponed. At a later hour these tales were traced to the yamuns, in which dwelt the Russian and American Plenipos—" les neutres" as our witty allies term them —and all anxiety was at once dispelled. The 20th of June came in, as every day has done sine we have been in Tien-sin, with bright sunlight and a cloudless sky overhead and a heard-baked earth underfoot, through a deep crack in which rolled on to the sea the muddy waters of the Pei-ho. Tien sin city, with its mud-built houses, looked as mean and uninteresting as ever, and but for the swarms of respectably clad Chinese who at an early hour in the afternoon thronged the thorougfare by which the procession was to pass it would have been hard to say that Tien-sin cared whether peace or war was to be the issue. Within the British Ambassador's yamun, in and out of which naval officers were all the day strolling, the various secretaries and attaches ,were busily copying *lnd preparing the articles of the treaty, while Lord Elgin was everywhere, proving that up to the very last minute his labours had in no way abated. Amusing bulletins were hourly flying about the squadron, and canards without number. About noon some wiseacre declared he had seen the French Admiral, and that our treaty would not be signed. Against this appalling intelligence some sanguine visitor to the British yamun would roundly assert that the Secretary of Legation had been seen calmly smoking a cheroot, or that Lord Elgin laughed heartily and rubbed his hands at 4 p.m.—two most convincing proofs of all being well. Then a stream of sedan-chairs poured from the city into the yamun, and the Chinese secretaries, Mr. Wade and Mr. Lay, could be seen in their float ing residence busily comparing their manuscript treaty with officials deputed for that purpose by the Imperial Commissioners. Lastly, at 6 o'clock in the evening, just as the sun began to throw strong shadows athwart the narrow streets, and the hot day was succeeded by the delicious evening of this latitude, the military guard of honour fell in on the bank of the Pei-ho, just above the point where the Great Canal joins the stream. The Royal Engi neers, under Captain Lambert, R.E., the Royal Marine Artillery of the. Sampson and Furious, un der Lieut. Nott, and the Marines of the squadron, commanded by Major Boyle, of the Calcutta, consti tuting a force of 400 men, were divided into two bodies, preceded by a band ormusie ; and . in the intervening space was atranged a long stream of 30 sedan chairs, and u large body of naval officers in full dress. A littl‘ later the French and English squadron of gunboats ; 13 in number, simultaneously dressed with flags and manned yards-:--u . holiday scene which called forth shouts of applause from swarms of Chinese, whose shining polls and jet black tails thronged the banks as far as eye could reach. Directly the sedan-chair in which the Am bassador was seated made its appearance the proces sion started. The French sailors cheered, the Eng lish responded in that deep bass which makes a British luirrah ! so different to that of all other nations, and the glorious strains of " God SaVe the Queen," by the united bands of the allies, pealed over the waters of the Pei-ho and Great Canal, and re-echoed from the timeworn battlements of this ancient city as if its old walls rejoiced in the tidings of the better and more active future about to dawn upon China. Marching down the bank of the canal the procession crossed by a bridge/of beats to the side on which the city stands, and then passed along the river bank, until the open plain was reached beyond the southern wall. Englishmen—it is very evident---were never intended to be carried about in sedan-chairs ; any .one doubting such an axiom had merely to look on the hot and uncomfortable-looking mortals boxed up iu the wake dour ainbassador—it was unneces-* Nary to ask them, for all looked and felt as if they would give the world to be allowed to get out and walk, could such a proceeding have been consistent with the dignity becoming so great an occasion, The only people who did not appear inclined to suffer martyrdom on behalf of the dignity necessary in full-dressed officials were those youthful naval officers who had to walk for lack of sedan-chairs ; and without desiring our countrymen to conform to the rigid ceremonies laid down by the Board of Rites, it must be acknowledged that the pulling of dogs' tails, or " catching " plethoric Chinamen in the wind, by vivacious midshipmen' or engineers of gunboats accorded but ill with the presence of the representative of her Majesty. Passing over a mile of plain, which was as level as a table, and bounded only by the horizon, the procession proceeded to an isolated yamun or joss house, which had been visited by Lord Elgin on the day negotiations commenced (June 4). The crowds of Chinese thinned off as the distance from the city increased, and thoSe who were present divided their attention between curiosity to seethe barbarians and catching locusts for their next day's meal. During the . last fortnight all Tien-sin have been eating locusts in a roasted state ; baskets full of them are seen at every corner ; itinerant Vendors shout " Locusts, fine fresh locusts !" all day long ; every bird (and sparrows are as impertinent here as •elsewhere) may be seen with a locust in its mouth. Gunboats report acres of drowned locusts having been seen floating in the river, yet there is no diminution of them, and with all this prodigious number of insects, sweeping herbage and crops off the face of the province of Chili the natives do not complain as if it was an unusual visita• tion. The sun went down as the procession swept, to the tune of "Bonnie Dundee," round the angle of the Temple of the " Glory of the Ocean" and entered its southern portal. Like the major portion of such edifices in this - neighbourhood the Temple stands on. an artificial mound of earth . raised some 15 feet above the level of the adjacent plain, as if to avoid inundations. Four walls, facing most ac curately to the four cardinal points :of the compass, enclosed and hid from view an acre of ground, covered with a series of temples and porches rich with ornament and elaborate painting, tastefully interspersed with open courts containing fine trees, one of the few natural productions the Chi nese have good taste enough to properlyupprcciate. The grand entriincifaced to. the south, and at it a number of mandarins and a - Chinese band received the procession, and conducted it through the build ing until the most northern court was reached. There the Sappers, Marine ArtiEery, aid Marines formed round three sides of it, fronting a raised place of audience evidently constructed for publi; ceremonies. On the centre of the said platform, which was most tastefully arranged, three tables and chairs were placed. In the left-hand one facing our guard sat the Mantchoo " Kweiliang," Senior Commissioner and Chief Secretary of State ; on the right was the Mongol " ilwashana," Second Commissioner and President of the Civil Board, while the vacant seat and table between them was .. for the British Ambassador. Oa either side from this centre a row of chairs had been placed for the officers of the suite, &c., and when the Imperial Commissioners had, in conformance to Chinese etiquette, handed Lord Elgin from his sedan-chair to his seat in the centre, and all had taken their respective places, th e c 0,,, treed was most striking. The ambassadors of the high contracting Powers were not in full dress, •but behind them and on either hand stood fully a hundred officers of the two nations glittering in gold and gay colours, the rich silks and embroidery of the Chinese .contrasting pleasingly with the lace and broadcloth of the English and French. In one respect there was a striking difference ; it was in the English portion of the audience being all armed ; each one carried either musket or sword, whereas a fan was the most formidable weapon worn by bold mandarins who, from the number of • -peacocks' feathers attached to their caps, must have .been perfect Cids in a fray. Wherever the eye lighted upon n space f ree from groups of men or officers, the background was found to be elaborately filled up with ornaments very characteristic of the land we were in. Highly peaked and fretted roofs, turned up according to Chinese rules, supported huge-mouthed demons, .griffins, or dragons, and screened from the weather, elegant panels, rich in F,eroll-,voric,•or_overloaded with elaborate carvings of pomegranate, lotus, and citron.• Among the red coats came out in strong relief a most awe-inspiring lion, chiselled quaintly out of stone ; such teeth, such claws, such a tuft to the tail and Calmuck-like expression of countenance as only a Chinese artist could have conceived. Curious paintings hung from the walls, and handsome scarlet cloth screens, most elaborately embroidered in floss silk of brilliant colours, covered every chair, table, or otherwise bare space of woodwork, and over all the light of the moon and a small number of pretty lanterns shed a richly picturesque effect. In this picture, of which I can only convey a very feeble impres sion, sat the three Cominissiorters in strong relief ; and as we looked upon them, and the eye glanced from Kweiliang to Lord Elgin the idea involun tarily arose that, after all, a civilisation which only dated from the year 0 8.C., when that much to be lauded standard bearer of the Tenth Legion struggled with a set of naked painted savages on Deal beach, decidedly carried off the palm against one which went back beyond the deluge —aye, half--a dozen deluges—for the intellect and vigour stamped upon every look, wor d, and a c ti on of the Scottish Earl formed a fine contrast to the highly polished surface which ill concealed the subtle cunning of the Pekinese official. has fine features, Kweiliang, now 74 years of age, with a generally pleasing expression of counte nance. Polished in address, and with a hi g h re putation for intelligence, there is still something wanting to convince one of his sincerity, in which respect the Mongol Hwashana has _ _ considerably the advantage of him. He, Hwa shana, the Second Coinnisioner, is a stout, thick set man, in age a little over 50 years. His counte nance is coarse, but betokens far more character than is usually met with in the stolid feature's of the sons of Ham. Hwashana's nose has been unani- mously declared to beia facsimile of that of the Protector Cromwell ; those who believe in noses may at once put him down as a Republican, regi cide, and fanatic. I should merely think him a man of strong will, with - some honesty, counthr acted by sensuality, and .a fear of the sword his over all his ser- Imperial master keeps hanging " Pien" now came to his master's assistance. " What is it ?" appealed Kweiliang to his secre tary ; "Am Ito sign it ? Do you know what it is ?" " No, I know nothing about it," said the polished Pien in his most silvery tone. " Au, au," smiled Kweiliang faintly, " never mind it, never mind it," and again the article was gently pushed aside, to be again brought up by Mr. Lay, who, calm and unruffled, still pointed perse veringly at the blank spot at the foot of the sheet of paper, apsi reiterated in still more silvery Pe kinese, "It is the article touching the indemnity, and you must sign here, sir." Pien was quicker than his superior in seeing that the barbarian was not to be outmanoeuvred, and in a moment under stood all about the article in dispute. "Oh, yes, it is all right; sign," said he to Kweiliang. The old man quietly drew the paper towards him, and at once attached his signature. The respective Sec retaries now advanced to a small table, and then the great seal, especially struck for this occasion, the sole credential indeed of the Imperial Commis sioners, was stamped in vermilion on every copy of the Treaty, and then Mr. Wade officially re ported to his Lordship that the Treaty of Tiensin was duly signed and sealed. A vast deal more satisfaction was expressed in the countenance of the British Ambassador at this announcement than could be detected in those of the Imperial Commissioners, yet they looked like anything but men who had made a disgraceful treaty. Indeed, in spite of all the undoubtedly great concessions made by them on the present occasion, it is very certain that the Treaty of . Nan kin struck more directly at the fundamental laws of this empire, and that, too, at a time when the power of Western nations was far less known and feared than at present. Keyi ng th en ce d e d not only Hongkong in perpetuity, but acknowledged our right to Chusan so long as the treaty was not fulfilled, an alienation of the territory of the central nation which caused his impeachment, and, as we are still writing, his death. He it was who first acknowledged the perfect equality of all nations, and that there were more sons of Heaven than he of Pekin. Those principles have now received a very great development, it is true, but it would be unfair to say that we have been oppressive in our demands, or obtained that from China which we will not cheerfully' reciprocate. Lord Elgin expressed his fervent hope that the peace just concluded might be a lasting one, and beneficial to both nations, which the Commissioners appeared cordially to echo ; and then, after some poetical allusions to the moon, which was smiling upon them from the blue vault o-, - 2rhr‘fvl. the atten dants were desired to bring in some slight refresh ments. His lordship and the Commissioners re spectively proposed the health of each other's Sove reign, and at last, with many expressions of mutual esteem, the Ambassador of England rose to take his leave. Again the Marines presented arms, again the air of " God save the Queen" rolled through the many courts of the Temple of the Glory of the Sea ; scaring bats from their quiet corners, and birds in their numbers from tree and roof ; again the Coolies shouldered their sedan-chairs, and away we all went at a killing pace over the moon-lit plain, jostling now through narrow streets redolent of everything that is foul on God's earth, with a strong smack of opium and garlic in addition, now skirting the grey walls - of the city, and frightening from heaps of offal numbers of yelping dogs, which added their cries to the shouts of the bearers, warn ing their comitrymen to clear the road for the " fierce and intractable ones"—indeed from the scampering away from our front and slamming of doors we feel firmly convinced that the bearers shouted " That the devils were coming !" and, al though not complimentary, it decidedly proved highly efficacious in rendering our route unimpeded through a densely-populated suburb. A whiff of pure air told us we had reached the water at the bridge over the great canal, and in a few minutes we again stood on the steps of the yamun of the British Embassy. _ _ P.S.—I open my letter to add that this day, July 4, 1858, a decree has been received from the Em peror, in which he not only says that he has seen the Treaty of Tien-sin, but agrees to ratify it ! The American and Russian Ministers being exceedingly credulous, simple-minded individuals—of course we must give them credit for being sincere—were at one time very well satisfied with a simple acknow ledgment of the Treaty by his Imperial. Majesty Ilienfung, and wished the Chinese to infer Lord Elgin was very exacting in requiring a ratification' on the spot. You at home will, of course, think with .us, .that his lordship did perfectly right in obtaining every guarantee from the Court of Pekin: Lord - Elgin and suite embarked on the 6th of July It is satisfactory to learn that the treaty has been not only signed, but has received the Impe rial assent. It is rtunoured, however, that this latter was-enly ox.torted from his Celestial Majesty by the fact that the 59th Regiment were actually in the Peiho and on their way to Tien-sin, and, if necessary, to Pekin. The contents of the treaty which has just been signed are now pretty well known to the public. There can be little doubt that they are of a charac ter entirely subversive of the traditional policy of the Chinese empire, and that the effect of this im portant document, when its provisions come to be carried out, will be to revolutionise the present system of internal economy in this country and replace it by one formed under the stimulating and enlightening influences of that Western civilisa tion which is now to be introduced throughout the length and breadth of the land. Under a system of passports the subjects of the treaty Powers are to be allowed to travel to any part of the interior of China, to have free access to all the great inland markets, and to make their purchases when and where they please. The ports of Leuchow, in the Gulf of Pechele, of Niuchwang, Chin-kiang, and Swatow, of others in Formosa and Hainan, are added to the list of those at present open, and ports have been fixed upon up the Yang-tse-kiang, the opening of which, however, is necessarily post poned until Nankin and other important cities on both sides of the river are recaptured by the Im perialists, and cleared of those hordes of miscreants who have for so many years disturbed the peace of the empire. The disposition openly manifested by many in this country to sympathise with these rebels, and the mischief which the presence of European and American adventurers among them might cause, have rendered this intimation with regard to the Yang-tse-kiang necessary; but it is to be hoped that when the nations of the West find their interest practically involved in the extinction of the rebels they will be influenced by those mate rial considerations which generally triumph over others that are merely of an abstract nature, even if they are not guided bythe higher considerations of the impropriety of taking advantage of the con cossion of a Government by trying to subvert it. The much vexed questions of transit and Cus toms duties have engaged the serious attention of the plenipotentiaries, and arrangements have been made by which it is hoped the inconveniences arising out of the present system will be removed. Many other points affecting the present state of our commercial relations in China are discussed and provided for ; but as the treaty contains up wards of 50 articles, time would• not- admit (even w•re I capable of doing so) of my discussing these details or their merits. But the clause of the treaty which in the eyes of the Chinese Emperor is a greater concession than all the others which he has •granted put together, and which in the eyes of all those who have studied the question on the spot contains the only safe guarantee for those con cessions, is that clause by which it is stipulated that Great Britain shall henceforward have a resident Minister at the Court of Pekin who shall communi cate directly with the highest officers of the State; and that, moreover, the Chinese Government shall educate student interpreters in the English lan guage, so that the system of diplomatic communi cations from us in Chinese may be discontinued, and official intercourse be for the future maintained by each nation in its own language ; the contingency of a Chinese Minister being sent to the Court of St. James's is also provided for. Thus, at all events, the great principle of equality between the two na tions, which must lie at the root of satisfactory mutual intercourse, has been established, and it is to be hoped will inaugurate a new era in the his tory of our diplomatic relations with the empire. The Imperial Government will, no doubt, very soon discover that foreign subjects are kept in check much more surely through a Minister at the capital than through a superintendent of trade at the other end of the empire, and that those difficulties which Chinese and foreign authorities could raise at plea sure will diminish in number when they receive a immediate reference to the capital. Another important advantage arising from the residence of a British Minister at Pekin is apparent when we consider the position which Russia occu pies relatively to the empire of which that city is the capital. With a Russian mission there en per manence, and the right to send a special envoy to confer in person with the Imperial Cabinet, it is evident that this great European power, whose Asiatic frontier is conterminous for thousands of miles with that of China, would be in a position to exercise an undue influence in the domicils of his Celestial Majesty, and obtain advantages to the ex eiu :1-11 , „113. 11.0:_c considerations ren der the establishment of a British Mission at Pekin an object of the utmost importance, and it behoves the Government to exercise the greatest discrimi nation in the selection of the representatives des tined to conduct diplomatic relations under condi tions of so novel and trying a character. Such is a general outline of the treaty which has just been concluded, and such is the nature of the concessions which have been obtained from the most jealous and exclusive Government in the world, not at the cost of a protracted war involving a great expenditure of blood and treasure, for the army which was destined for that purpose has been engaged in more urgent service elsewhere ; but by the judicious exercise of pressure at the right time and place. Our entire loss of men killed in action during the naval and military operations in Chin a since the arrival of the Plenipotentiaries in this country has been very trifling. Let us hope that the same moral influences which have won the treaty may be no less successfully employed in carrying it into operation. It is to be hoped, also, that when our resident. Minister comes to be established at Pekin, he may maintain that diplomatic ascendancy which has enabled us to include in one treaty alone those pro visions which it was predicted could never be ex torted from the ChineTe Government, such, for in stance, as the right to a permanent Minister, or per mission to trade in the interior of the empire. And we have reason to suppose that the neutral Powers used their utmost influence, after their own treaties had been signed, to 9ppose the concession of more extensive privileges to Great Britain. Indeed, so far as Russia is concerned, it is not difficult to account for the motives by which• her diplomacy was actuated. The unsatisfactory accounts which we have just received of the state of our relations at Canton lead us to regret more than ever the delays caused by the naval authorities in the Gulf of Pechele at the com mencement of negotiations ; had these been brought to a close, as they might have been, two months, earlier, there can be little doubt that instructions would have been sent down to the Imperial Com- THE LATE WILLIAM WEIR. (Front the Daily News.) In these columns, not lightly to be turned from public uses, we claim to-day a space for private sorrow. There are griefs that will not be Sup- . pressed. The kindly man, the statesmanlike and' well-furnished journalist who, for the last four years, has guided the political course of this news paper, is taken from our midst. William Weir died at 20 minutes past three yesterday afternoon, at his town residence, after an illness which lasted. only a few a days. Our late colleague was peculiarly fitted to engage' the affectionate reverence of these with whom he aeted. The credit of the newspaper press of the present day is upheld by the exertions of men of broad and deep learning, high literary ability, wide knowledge of mankind, quickness of observa tion, and untiring energy, The combination of these qualities in one character, however, is rare in any _profession, They were united in our late Editor. Mr. Weir was born in 1802, in North Britain, and having made the best use of the schools of his na tive country, completed his academic studies at the University of Gottingen. In 1826, having returned to these islands, he was called to the Scottish bar. Before tt long time had elapsed he exchanged a legal for a political and literary career, and for several years conducted one of the most able and influential newspapers of Scotland. Removing to London he at once took a high position in his pro fession, and joined the Spectator. On the estab lishment of the Daily News his vast knowledge and high ability attracted the notice of its con ductors, who associated him to their editorial staff. In 1854, on the death of Mr. Frederick Knight Hunt, Mr. Weir succeeded to the principal editor ship of this journal. His sure appreciation and firm grasp o facts, his public spirit and ardent attachment to the cause of freedom and progress, are characteristis for which the readers of the Daily News will at once give him credit. But the genial qualities which endeared him to all with whom he came in contact, the never-failing bene volence,•the simplicity, and the truthfulness which shone in every word and act—these are best known to us, and as we recall them, we are made to feel how poor and inadequate is this tribute •to the generous, noble man whose loss we deplore. INSUBORDINA7'IOX AT ?PORTLAND CONVICT PRLS'ON. A somewhat serious conspiracy among the con victs at this establishment developed itself on Mon day last, but fortunately an intimation had reached the governor's ears which led to the adoption of the most vigilant precautionary measures. For some time there have been evidences of dissatisfaction on the part of the older convicts at the terms on which those convicted since the new regulations came into force can obtain a mitigation of their sentence by good conduct; and so strong and general had this feeling become, that a large number would appear to have entered into a combination to overpower the warders and break loose. Some of them seem to have been heard to make their boast of what was intended, and this led to the procuring of addi tional warders from Milbank, and the doubling of the military force at the barracks. On Monday morning the convicts were marched down as usual to the quarries from which the stone is obtained for the Portland Breakwater, and everything went on quietly up to 11 o'clock, shortly after which time about a hundred from different gangs, as if by pre concerted signal, made a rush upon the warders. They were, however, surprised by a strong force of soldiers, who had been concealed in readiness for the emergency, Ourroundcd by bristling bayonets, and firmly secured and ironed. 'Next morning about 60 of the more prominent actors in the above scene were sent to Milbank for a long period of solitary confinement, and the others received 65 lashes each. Notwithstanding the result of Monday's proceed ings, there were still signs of insubordination on Tuesday, several other convicts refusing to go to work, and further punishment had to be inflicted ; but since then order has been effectually restored. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIoway's Ointment and Pills. 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