The Sun. — London, England, 1859-09-27 00:00:00

THE• GREAT EASTERN. - AMENDED AHRANGEMENTS.—In consequence of the accident th hick occurred on board the Great Easters on the 9th inst., rendered e following alterations in the dates of sailing have been necessary : —From PORTLAND, near Weymouth, on the T r i a l Trip on the Eth October, instead of thel7th inst., heltpd,from HOLYHEAD to PORTLAND, United States, on , from October, instead of the 29th inst. iiiailway arrangements will be shortly announce s h; °r,further particulars apply at the offices oft he Great .P Company (Limited), 11, King William-street. REAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CHEAP EXCURSION to the WEST of ENGLAND, offering facilities for visiting . TAVISTOCIc, TRURO, ',2,07CE, and the LAND'S END. &c.--On 1 the sth of October, an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave addinston at 8 0 a.m., for WESTON-SUPER-MARE !P i c ' BRIDGWATER (Fares 20s and 13s); Taunton and rerton-road (22s and 15s); Exeter (22s 6d and 16s) ; Barn 'jai:oe and Bideford (30s and 20s) ; Starcross, Dawlish, and ' e, Znmouth (25s and 17s) ; Newton, Torquay, Paignton, ( Ad Totness (27s and 18s); Kingsbridge-road and Plymouth 1 „1 and 20s), rettuning from Plymouth on Saturday , October ,nn, at 6.20 a.m., and intermediate stations as per han db i lls. Pas sengers wishing to proceed to any stations on the Ta r°clr, Cornwall, or West Cornwall Railways will be fur- Rued at Plymouth with Ist, 2d, or 3d Class Return Tickets, 7I Ogle for return up to the 14th October, inclusive, at a Ogle fare for the doublejpurney. GREAT - TOURISTS' SEA-SIDE and FAMILY TICKETS, k itv ailable for a month, or longer by extra payment, are now .led at Paddington to parties WEYMOUTH, 355. First-class, and 255. Second-class „ parties taking not less than Four First or Six Second-class "eleets. b4 IGNTON for To EXETER, DAWLISH. OU TEIGNMOUTH, TORQUAY, L„. DARTMTH , BID EFORD, or BARN p'APLE (for ILFRACOMBE), 50s. First - class , and 35 5. 'eeond-class to parties taking not less than Three tickets. 4 ,T0 PENZANCE for the LAND'S END, 655. First Class, Second-class, to parties taking not less than three tickets. ,To the ISLE of MAN, via Chester and Liverpool, 70s. First el,Bg and 50s. Second-class, Ay BANGOR, BEAUMARIS, and LLANDUDNO, 70s. At and 50s. Second-class. To PA LA, via, Llangollen-road or Corwen—or to NEW via Oswestry, 70s. First-class and 50s. Second- To NARBERTII-ROAD and NEYLAND for TENBY nd MILFORD HAVEN, 70s. First-class and 50s. Second- To . KILLARNEY and SOUTH of IRELAND via Milford peen and Waterford, £ 5 ss. First-class and £ 4 Second el ao To and SE JERSEY Second-clas an GUE RNSEY, d G via Weymouth, 455. First- For ) 1 _ further particulars see Great Western Time Books. b4ndlyllls will be sent on application to the Superintendent,' Station. THE LIVERPOOL and LONDON FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Olt Established 1836. I t 0,. ,„ °es—No. 1, Dale-street, Liverpool, and 20 and 21, Poultry, • London. Liability of Proprietors Unlimited. Invested Funds PROGRESS OF THE COMPANY. Fire Premiums. Life Premiums. Invested Funds 35,472 .... 19,840 .... 388,990 113,612 .... 49,128 .... 620,898 276,058 .... 121,411 .... 1,156,035 1. 0 ,,, The Annual Income exceeds £450,000. 'olds expiring on MICHAELMAS-DAY should be re newed before the 14th October. SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to thd Company. pear 4, 08 Igl.l ~lICCOLLUM'S GREAT ANGLO - SA XON CIRCUS. ttOYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, — The proprietor is happy to announce that he has made hi:nf•tements to produce in rapid succession a series of eques -1.021 novelties, surpassing any that have ever been placed be a London audience. Two performances daily, commenc tst 3and 8 Dan• 11 ---On and after Monday, October &I, the hours of per- Ow will be changed to Two and Half-past Seven. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly.—These elmant roomscre now open for the 421ter Season for Promenade Concerts, with the &lebrated 1)0 ;61! Band, conducted by Mons. A. Lamotte ; principal ohzt. a , -Pietoll, M. Bouloourt. Dancing at 10 o'clock. Doors at 8, commence at half-past. Admission, ls. E NATIONAL ASSEMBLY' ROOMS, *g a b 'nigh liolborn, RE-OPENED for the SEASON.—This lishment, pre-eminently distinguished for the elegance DQii nl atchleas beauty of .its decorations, combined with the action of its management, is OPEN EVERY EVENING. the alterations and imrovements have been made during recesa, and nothing has been le ft undone that could e n r the beauty of the place. or increase the comfort of the 12 °rs• Doors weft at half-past 8 ; overture at 9 ; closing Punctually. Admission ls. Any, AT THREE O'CLOCK (and on MON - T.,,PAY an d SATURDAY evenings at half - p ast ei g ht), AAHN will DELIVER his celebrated a nd p o p ular LEC 7,Lt on the " Philosophy of Marriage." 134,7, 0 MUSEUM, 3, Tichbome-street, Haymarket, is OPEN fr ( Z`t , Y (for gentlemeN only). Admissio " T n, ls. Handbook 14 `to vieftors. Dr. Kahn's treatise on he Philosophy of 444;age," free stre et , for twelve stamps, direct from the or, 17, Harley Cavendish- square. P rIiORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.—Every th,, person having an interest in domestic or farm animals toutt obtain a supply of this celebrated and economical 4, , which will prove 'invaluable du rin g the a pp roachin g led . ° II. For keeping horses in'good condition' it is unequal- Pies fatten with surprising rapidity upon it, and their b e g increases in flavour and value. Covikeepers will find advantage in the increased quantity and improved qua it or the milk during its use. All animals are benefited by 1 4, 1 3. pamphlet on this interesting subject , accompanied by epi t ticlenials from the principal Nobility , Gen tr y , and Agri %Trims, forwarded on application. In casks co nt a i ning a,erds (measures enclosed), price 505., carriage pa id to an y v "way Station in the United Kingdom. Post-office orders ithie to Joseph Thorley, 77, Newv,ate-street, Lonten. sy _it--The public arecautioned against being imposed updn ~.:O i rtbless imitations. 4LENFIELD PATENT STARCH. USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, ? RENOUNCED BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be t tall FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. WHEN YOU ASH FOR GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, BEE THAT YOU GET IT, As inferior kinds are often substituted. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &e. I vOTHRRSPOON & CO.. GLASGOW AND LONDON APPETITE AND INDIGESTION IMPROVED. (PA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE til l SAUCE Imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, tk l , ps, and all Roast Meat, Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Cur rSa stoma ch by its tonic and invigorating properties Pete. the to perfectly digest the food. 4,„,ne daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the Neel:Surd to health. R h by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins 19 Fenchurch et, London, and 68 Broad-street Wor c es ter; also ty A o 4 , srs. Barclay and Sons , ' biessrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and oilmen and mercha s, London ; and generally by the 4 1 e 1 ,13al dealers in sauce. ip.—To guard acainst imitations, see that the names of th,"A an PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of bottle. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT to rNSTITUTION.—The Committee of this Institution find`ly appeal to the public for pecuniary astestance to aid to meet the present heary demands on the limited of the society THOMAS BARING, Chairman. NM. 21, 111.59. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Deputy-Chairman. C' t ttm ntributions will be thankfully received by Messrs. Willis (Ito, - • ; Coutts and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; and at the office Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, W.C. ttoyAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. thia - ' 11 1; the pest year (1858) 40,403 received the benefits of 'oun7harity, either as out or in door patients ; and since its Upw of t 6 0 49 31st000 December, 1858, the number rel ieved was T h a rds of ~ tI6 B -e Committee entreat AID to enable them to conti nue &Teat work of charity. STANFORD S. SMITH, Sec. MEDICAL ADVICE. bR. LA'MERT, Registered L.S.A., Honorary tithe Member of the London Elospital Medical Society, M.D. University of Erlanzen, &c., may be CONSULTED all cases of Debility, Nervousness, and the secret In from Eleven till Two, and "/tittles of Youth and MaturitY, i ota Six till Eight, at his resiaenee, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON h t bt. La'llert has Just published, price Sixpence, with nn trous Enc , ravings and Cues, a New Edition of his Work, entitled *iii e l. SELF-PRESERVATION , fl o n will be sent tree, in a sealed envelope, by Mann, 31, k it r tlV a l t l, London, ps. or by the Author, to any address, fir ara g,„ CONTENTS. I.—The Physiology of the Generative Orfrans. 11;„"„Tlorl 11. —Puberty—Manhood —The Morale of Genera g`_hysiOlogy—True and False Morality. lt,rrfox lll.—Marriage in its Moral, Social, and Physical ti.ktlong—lts Expectancies and Disappointments—Advan of Physical Contrasts in securing Healthy Offspring. of IV.—Spermatorrhaea and Impotence—The causes erility in both Sexes—Self-inflicted Miseries. akt.rtoN V.—The Vices of Schools—Effects of certain per ikiit,ll4. habits on the mental and general faculties—lmport - . Of Moral Discipline. ollii,tTfort Vl.—Treatment of Nervous and Generative D e . l'ati c ; ----- Impotence and Sterility—Dangerous Results of Hazardous Specifics—The Author's Principles of Tal en t ent ; Medical, Dietetic, and General, derived from Years' successful practice. BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA Ikluio„ CHOCOLATE POWDER Contains the greatest delicate of easily assimilated nourishment for stren g thenin g eh. ', 4, e persons, children, and infants with weak stomachs, or n erv es, and, at 3-penoe per meal, affords a delicious 11,1 -4 xfast, lunch, or supper. It is the best dietetic homcepa uf 'reparation, and may be eaten either alone er mixed with Revalenta Arabica Food. Admirably adapted to Is i '4 l * Infants with. In Tins at ls. 6d ; 11b., 35.; 21b., Sc. 9d. ; ,• 121 b., 265. The 121 b. forwarded carriage free, on at — 'l 3 wt Pos-office order. Du Barry and Co., 77 Regent reet,t London t ; and through all Grocers and Chemists.g NO MORE MEDICINE 4 1. `1i DELICIOUS HEALTH- RESTORING tbli v , ALE NTA ARABICA FOOD Cures effectually Indiges d Yspepsi a), constipation, flatulency, phlegm, nervousness, fi i. '" s ness , liver complaints, hysteria, neuralgia, sleepless lowlpt heartburn, eruptions, impurities, , rt itability, spirits, diarrhoea, dysentery, hemorrhoids, , lidaelie. noises in the head and ears, debility, diabetes, tacos between the shoulders, despondency, cramps, spasms, Vaaea, and sickness (during pregnancy or at seal, sinking cough, asthrpa, bronchitis, consumption, also Children's _We extract a few out of 50;000 expressions of gratitude from :f.vi.alids thus cured : Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies of 4"....nY years' dyspepsia. Cure No. 49,832. "Fifty years' toer.ibable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, constipation, flatulency, spasms. sickness at the °mach and vomiting,, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food," Maria Joly. Cure No. 53,816. Field Mar- , ill the Duke of Pluskow. of dyspepsia, constipation, ner :ousness and liver complaints which had resisted all baths a nd medical treatment. Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth — aeobs of extreme. nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low ts, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew of constipation, dyspepsia, andnervous irritability. Cure `, O : .4,210. Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility. C ure N o. 1,,,212. Captain Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Minster, of cramps, spasms and daily vomitings. Cure No. tS4IB. Dr. Hervey, of diarrhoea and debility. Cure No. 29,628. Dr. 7urtzerof consumpticin. Cure No. 46 , 270. Mr. James Roberts, klniterehant, Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased ' ungs, spitting Y 60 (1, liver derangement, partial deafness. Cure No . 4,208 . ra,t, , ht years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramp s . I ' l l l ' 4 true, and nausea, ha v e bee n effectually' cured by Du Barry 's ,ea l. t h - restoring Food. Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlington Norfolk."—Cure No. 3,906, of thirteen years' cough, I'digestion, and general debility. James Porter, Athol - street, i'erth. Sold in canisters, 11b. 2s. 9d. ; 21b. 4s. 6d. ; 121 b. 29.5; ?oper refined quality, 51b. Vs. ; 101 b. 335. The 101 b. and 121 b. .; . !At!isters are forwarded carr i age f ree , on r eceipt of Post-office ;ltier. Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; F ortnum. Mason, and. Co., purveyors to her Majesty, 182, ; also at 60, Graeechurch-street ; 330, Strand ; 4, ; Leeds, Reinhardt wid Co. ; Dublin, ,- neapPede ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate-street ; 105 and 63, Oxford s 85 Tottenham - court - road • also in Liverpool , at l'i b consCastle-street ' 1, , Butler, Medical Hall; N nchester Sharp and Scott '] G icanburgh, Raimes and CO No. 20,987. PUBLICATIONS. ME. HEADE'S NEW NOVEL Now ready at all the Libraxies, itt 3 vole , WAIT AND HOPE By JOHN EDMUND EEADE. Hurst and Blacken, Publishers, successors to Henry Col burn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. IMPORTANT TO 0 DDFELLOWS, FORESTERS, DRUIDS, AND MEMBERS OF FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. In fcap. Bvo, price 2s. 6d., cloth boards, AMANUAL FOR THE PATRONS AND MEMBERS OF FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. By CHARLES RARDWICK, P.G:M. of the Independent Order of Oddfellows. Showing the Provident Institutions of the People : their Vast Social Importance ; their Imperfections, and their Remedies. London: Rontledge, Warne, and Routledge, Farringdon street. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, PRICE HALF-A-CROWN, For OCTOBER, contains—A Glance at Passing Events — Slander and.Sillery—The Unknown Knight -The Brute World, a Mystery—The Dean of Denham—England and the English—Francesco da Carrara The Novel in Germany— Exhibition of Fine Arts in Paris for 1859 - Social Life in Berlin—A Musician's Note-Book —Gurney. By Dudley Costello. London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., THE TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA; showing why they so often appear In curable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., _ _ And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan . Infirmary for the Cure"of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. Byhis systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular, Dec. Ist, 1858. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. THE QUEEN'S HOTEL, Queenstown.—Mr. ROBERT WILSON respectfully apprises tourists and families visiting this delightful watering-place, the air of which is famed throughout Europe, that the splendid eats blishment so well known as the " Queen's Hotel" has come under his management. This hotel is one of the finest in the United Kingdom; and besides being furnished witri all the luxuries and appliances of a First-class Hotel, it combines all the advantages of a beautiful situation, commandinc , charm leer views, the best attendance, ample accommodation either tor families or single visitors, close contiguity to the steam boat pier, and the finest promenades of Queenstown, and .a scale of prices so moderate as to enable its visitors to enjoy all the advantages of a first-class hotel on the same terms they would have to pay in a minor one. From its open and healthful situation the Queen's Hotel is also peculiarly suit able for invalids. THE ROYAL STATION HOTEL, Paragon street, Hull, requires only to be viSited to be pronounced one of the most splendid hotels in England. The situation is open and healthful, a few minutes' walk from all the public buildings and places of business, and being connected with the Railway Station, affords railway passengers arriving or departing by every train day or night, tbe advantage of being on the spot, and having their wants and wishes immediately attended to. The public should know that under the present manage ment they will find every comfort and convenience at the same charges they are paving at the minor hotels. It/ has accommodation for upwards of one hundred and fifty visitors, is fitted up with every luxury an hotel can command, and is so arranged for the advantage of every class of visitor, that Beds can be had from is. to 25..: Private Rooms, - from 2s. to is. ; Breakfasts, from is. 6d. to 2s. ; Dinners, from 2s. ; and all other charges of that moderate character vihich will give satisfaction to every class of visitor who may pay the hotel a visit. The hotel contains Gentlemen and Ladies' Coffee Rooms ; a special Room set apartfor Commercial Gentlemen ; fourteen Private suites of Rooms ; large spacious Rooms for Dinner Parties, Public Meetings, &c.: two first-class Refresh ment Rooms ; two Smoke Rooms ; Bath and Billiard Rooms. A Night Porter in attendance. EDWIN TAYLOR. Proprietor of the Royal Station Hotel, Hull, and Crescent / Hotel, Filey. N.B.—TAYLOR'S CRESCENT HOTEL, irqnting the sea for Families and Gentlemen. It has accommolation for up - wards of one hundred and fifty visitors. Table D'Hote at five o'clock. Omnibuses and Cabs from the hotel meet all the trains. Good stabling and coach-houses. Moderate terms. BANK OF DEPOSIT. Established A.D. 1844, No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON, S.W. Capital Stock 4100,000. Parties desirous of investing money are requested to ex amine the plan of the Bank of Deposit, by which a high rate of interest may be obtained with ample security. Deposits made by special agreement may be withdrawn without notice. The interest is payable in January and July.' PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Forms for opening accounts sent free on application. M ETROPOLITAN, COUNTIES, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, London, S.W. Life Assurance, Annuities, and Endowments. Loans on real and personal security. F. FERGUSON CAMROUI, Manager. DISASTER IN CHlNA.—England and Fran must be avemzed—War is certain—Do not delay —avail yourself at once of the recent importations of the East India Tea Compa s s Black, Green, or Mixed Tea may still be had, in 61b bag, at 2s. 4d. per lb.—Warehouses, 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsgate. VINEGAR. Patronised by her Majesty's V Government.—CONDY'SPATElklT PURE CONCEN TRATED MALT VlNEGAR.—Families, by using this de licious Vinegar, insure purity, and effect a saving of 50 per cent. See Report of Dr. Letheby, City Officer of Health ; Dr. Hassell, of the "Lancet" Commission, and others. Sold by the Trade, in bottles labelled and capsuled. Wholesale, 63, King William-street, London -bridge, E.C.—Six Quart Sample sent free to any Railway for 3s. 6d. rPRULY EFFICACIOUS - and MILD.— Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, prepared witnout any Mercurial Ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent. These Pills will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For nabitual costiveness, and as a family aperient medicine, they are truly excellent ; mild in their operation and grateful to he stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous 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 package, with "W . W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street," en graved on the Government stamp. RUPTURES. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN PATENT LEVER TRUSS is allowed by upwards of 200 professional gentlemen to be the best for Hernia. It consists of a small and elastic pad, to which a lever is attached, and (instead of the usual steel spring . ) a soft bandage, fitting so closely as to avoid detecticin. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss forwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. John White, 228, Piccadilly. Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, 1s ditto,feutbloffiee 31s. 6d.,and 625. 6d. Postage, ls Bd. , o o s. oo hn , Post- Maker of Elastic Stockings, Knee r e a ps , & c. ice ' Piccadilly. rders to Jo _ _ • 3, GREAT MA.RLBTHE PANTHEON. OROUGH-STREET, W., NEAR DR. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apo thecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as above, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements of both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive indul gences. Has Just published, price ls. ; by post, 13 stamps, 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and original Work, entitled OURSELVES. _ _ • I "Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exposition of, and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, . _ MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennerrhagia (t 1 onorrlwea), Spermatorrhota, Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &c. FEMALE. The Physiolo g y and Anatomy of Women - Functional Ir regularities in Health anl Sickness—Choice in Marriage— Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Removal of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum, and the securing of Healthy Offspring. Also, No. 1. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY ; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2. LOVE AND MARRIAGE : Their Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments ; Love and other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off spring secured.: No. 3. THE CASE BOOK : 100 Cases of SPERMATORRHCEA , Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, &c. &c. &c. 're be had of Mann. 39, Cornhill ; and the Authors.' Advice to the Working Classes, fee Half-a-Guinea.' ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD ON CONVICTION. The fearful dangers to invalids from spurious imitations of BARRY's invaluable HEALTH-RESTORING REVA • LENTA ARABICA FOOD led to an investigation, and, upon application in 1854 for protection, the High Court of Chancery granted an injunction restraining, 'Alfred Hooper Nevin, and his agents, under a penalty of £.5,000, from selling' sny article resembling. or being a colourable imitation of Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica, of which we are the sole pro prietors. Now, therefore, this is to give notice that the above reward will be paid, upon conviction, to anyone giving infor 'natubiic on q u ires n any o admonition breach of the 'injununctioal lnsho . An keepers intelliwho gent pl r may att empt impositions. London ; IBA RRY p DU BARRY & CO, NO MORE SICKL Y OR ILL-CONCATTLEIDITONED HORSES OTHER RAREY'S HORSE and CATTLE-IMPRdYING F OOD rs•stores the e ffi ciency, vigour, endurance, and muscle conditioned or apparently worn-out Horses, Cows, Bul locks, Calves, Sheep, and Pigs. In a short time it improves their appearance and value by 20 and 30 per cent. RAREY and Co., 77, Regent's Quadrant, London. In tins at 35., at Bs., at 118 . ; in casks, of about 450 feeds, 50s. ; of about 1,000 feeds, .C 5, being about lid. per feed. loorwarded on receipt of Post-office orders. The casks free of carriage. NO MORE MEDICINE Price 2d., free by post a popular treatis e, sixt y -four Pa g es, THE NATURAL RiGENE RATION of the DIGESTIVE RG OANS,aI practically illustrating the effectu Cure, without Medicine, of Indigestion (dyspepsia), habitual Constipatiom, Flatulency. Acidity, Palpitation of the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, hilous Headaches, Nervousness, Biliousness, General Debt. My, Cough, Asthma, Cunsumption;Despondency, Spleen, &c., without Pills, Purg - atives, or Medicine of any kind, by a simple, pleasant, and infallible means; adapted to the general seder. London: Barry Du Barry & Co. 77, Regent-street. G- ~D C _ LC-- L L a ~_ l i V / ( • . . ~ , . : .. i Iliiir:z.e;7::' :?yf'7740,,,,,...........p.i1ivir1.rif. f ; _ ve ~,.' P`,; :e l;: II : 4 ..\, l:l*. . 1°C.?4 7 441 :0 : : .1- .... 7 : . fit- :g s ,!,.:0:!".4 :, , 4 . 4 .e. k- ' . 7: , • , ; R '- :".. . lr' \114:1:. . • 1- , \ L .... . 4(7 1 17: I 14 °: - - *.' •. • 7 , ,. , . t .. : : , 54 : , ii • _ . . . ; 16 I . . 4A,'s• 43 ik- • •,, . - A ttn ~,,,„,,_,_.•..., ~....,.,.,_., i , . • „ 4 , 1 j,„ i ', .. ... -..'''----- -------- , PIUF 4 1) . STAMPF,D. h 1)• the west coast of South America. Our forces are about as follows; • The Ganges , 84 guns, about 700 men. The Tribune, 31 guns, Captain Hornby. She is a screw steam-frigate, of 300-horse power. The Pylades, 20 guns, screw steam corvette, Captain De Conroy, 300-horse power. The Satellite, 20 guns, screw steam corvette, Captain Prevost, the Water Boundary Commissioner. The Plumper, surveying vessel, 60-horsr. power, Captain Richards. These vessels would muster about 1,145 men in sailors, and about 900 marines. There are also of Royal Engineers and Royal Marine Light Infantry a body of about 300 men, already for service— picked troops. - Colonel Moody came down from British Colum bia yesterday with 54 Marine Light Infantry, who are to be posted at Victoria, for the defence of the place, in case of an attack by the Americans ; and measures are to be immediately taken to form a militia and other means of defence. The Americans did not count the cost of insulting or of attacking us. They forgot their old enemies the Indians, who are burning with revenge, thirst ing for their blood. Let it once be known that the English are no longer friendly with the Americans, and slumbering feuds will break out ; but let it be known that they are at war, and 100,000 Indians will attack the Americans unasked. They require no instigation. Sir Edward Lytton, in his instructions to Colonel Moody the other day, promised that The colonists must not be left to suppose that against ex ternal aggression Great Britain would not render them the aid due to the dignity of her Crown and the safety of her subjects in every part of her Majesty's dominions ; for wherever England extends her sceptre, there, as against the foreign, enemy, she pledges the defence of her sword. I now call upon the present Government to re deem this pledge. Tho news from the mines very good. 271 E GREAT EASTERN STEAM-SHIP. WEYMOUTH, SEPr. 25. The repairs necessary for fitting the Great Eastern for sea are daily going forward with the ut most diligence and rapidity. Mr. Crace's artists are busy redecorating the grand saloon. Carpenters and fitters are incessantly at work removing the traces of the late explosion, and restoring the cabin.; as they were before it happened. Th e new funnel has been put together on deck and is nearly finished, and the injured wrought iron beams and bulkheads have been cut out and prepa rations made for replacing them with others. Yet, ' in spite of this activity and the progress that has undoubtedly been made, we should be deceiving our readers if we held out the least hope that the Great Eastern will be ready for sea on the Bth of October, or perhaps even during the mouth of Oc- ober at all. Mucli of this delay is of course due to he destructive effects of the laie accident, the da- mage occasioned by which, though not more exten sive than was at first supposed, is of a peculiar nature, and will necessitate the removal and re- fitting of a good deal of iron work. This work can not be hurried over. In London, and with the im- mense facilities offered by the great shipping yards on the Thames the whole affair might be easily managed, but this, of course, is not the case at Portland, and restoring things to their former order is therefore likely to occupy much more time than was originally anticipated and agreed for in tho contract. But these causes only partly account for the delay which it is now almost certain must be incurred before the vessel starts. The others arc due to the fact that the fittings of the ship and all matters connected with her sea-going equipment are now entirely in the hands of the Marine De partment of the Board or Trade. With a passen . . ger ship of such gigantic magnitude, and which when complete will go to sea literally with a population equal to that of many towns, it has been felt that no possible precautions which the greatest experience and most jealous vigilance can suggest should be neglected. In this matter the directors and Captain Harrison are en tirely agreed, and have, we believe, asked the Board of Trade t) make any suggestions which they think can in any way conduce to the safety and convenience of the vessel. Several suggestions will, therefore, doubtless be offered at once, and, as a matter of course, complied with to the letter by the executive on board. Some of the most promi nent of these suggested improvements are already known, one beir , that the coal bunkers should all be well ventilated and fitted with pipes through the centre, as is the case with line-of-battle ships, to enable the temperature of the coals to be tested and registered at certain intervals throughout the day. The Great Eastern will always carry the best Welsh coals, which, even when stowed in large quantities, are seldom if ever known to heat. The Great Eastern, however, will carry no less than 10,000 tons, a quantity which, we need not say, has never yet been put into any vessel, and therefore it has beer, thought rightto guard against even the possibility of accident from this source. Another matter which will probably be altered is the means of feeding the boilers with water. Until the present massive engines were constructed it has always been the rule to make them self feeding, the auxiliaries being used merely as a stand-by in case of any of the puraps breaking down. The machinery of the Great'Eastern was made entirely dependent on its feed water being supplied by the donkey engines—a rather objectionable arrangement, as in the case of the donkeys getting out of 'order, which it has been seen they may do, the machinery must come to a standstill. Feed and bilge pumps will now most likely be fitted to both screw and paddle engines, and the donkeys retained only as a pre cautionary measure. Two boats, in addition to those already at the davits, will be carried by the Great Eastern when she starts for sea. Each of these, in capacity, will be almost equal to small schooners, as they are to be upwards of 50 feet long, and 13 feet wide, quite capable of taking off at least 100 persons. These, with boats of the same de scription which have already been made, and those now alongside, will be equal to taking eff at least 1,200 crew and passengers. Among the other alte rations which will soon be carried into effect is fitting a different kind of stern wheel, and also making a second tiller in the lower deck connected with, though independent of, the upper one. The passage round from the Thames showed that the heat in the stoke holes of one or two of the small auxiliary engines was too much for the firemen. Sliding iron doors will, therefore, be cut in the bulkheads, in order to give them the most complete ventilation. To the auxiliary engines for turning the screw it is intended to attach pumps for pump ing water out of the ship or on deck in case of fire. There will thus be two powerful fire engines in the ship, independent of the donkey feeds or feed and bilge pumps, capable in all of throwing upwards of 30 tons of water per minute in case of accident. Another suggested alteration is the removal of the indiarubber packing . between the flanges to which the cast iron mast is bolted and filling in with ledges of hornbeam. This will, of course, neces sitate the slackening down of the maih shrouds, a work both of time and difficulty. Now that all the wreck has been cleared away from the lower deck in the immediate vicinity of the scene of the explosion, the amount of damage which has been sustained by the boilers and more substantial fittings of the ship can be readily ascer tained. The massive iron main-deck beams which were so curiously doubled and torn by the force of the explosion have been cut away, together with the tattered remnants of the lower portions of the funnel and jacket which still remained attached to the upper part of the boilers, and altogether the space has been cleared so as to allow the work of restoration to proceed with all due celerity. Upon minute examination it was found that the forward boilers had not been injured to the extent which was at first imagined, ner yet escaped entirely without damage. The copper plates of these two boilers, upon which the funnel and easing rested are very much dieted in, and many of the iron stays in the interior are either broken or very much bent. Some of the hot air tubes have also been damaged, but not to a serious extent. The replac ing of the stays and such of the tubes as it will be necessary to remove will soon be accomplished, but the restoration of the two damaged boiler plates must occupy time. A few days will suffice to re store the injured iron supports of the main and lower decks. Thus it is to be hoped that the substantial portions of the ship will be com pletely refitted in the course of a comparatively few days. But with regard to the erection and equipment of the demolished cabins on the lower deck and in the saloon it would be impossible to speculate on so speedy a completion. Even should the cabins not be touched for six months to come it will not in the least degree prevent the ship from going to sea, as there is ample berth and cabin ac commodation in all the remaining saloons. At the same time there is every reason to believe that this one department of repairs will be immediately put in hand and completed by the Bth proximo. The three men, Tait, Yoxon, and Sparkes, who were badly injured by the explosion, a re now progress ing steadily and favourably, and no doubt is enter- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1859. BRITISH COLUMBLI. (Font the Correspondent of the Times.) Victoria, Vancouver's Island, Aug. 6. I have on the present occasion to perform the unpleasant duty of communicating bad news. The federal forces of America have invaded British ter ritory by taking military possession of a depen dency of Vancouver's Island in this neighbourhood on a pretext which I shall presently Steteti and if the conduct of our local Government and of the officers commanding our forces had been as busty as that of the Americans has been audacious and discourteous, the flames of war between the two countries would now be in full blaze. In order to render the case intelligible I am cont. pelted, reluctantly enough, to trespass on your space and on the patience of your readers so far as will be necessary to give a cursory detail of the cir cumstances which led to this most extraordinary proceeding on the part of a country with which we believed we were at peace and on terms of the closest amity. You know better than I can inform you that " boundary" questions have been open between G; cat Britain and America ever since the Treaty of Ghent. I shall therefore limit myself to remark that the only dispute, I believe and hope, now un settled is the line which separates our two colonies on the Paciii , :--that is, our new colony of British Columbia on the continent of North America, and our old colony of Vancouver's Island and its de pendencies in the Straits of San Juan de Fuca and the Gulf of Georgia from the American territory on ,the south of ours. The line of boundary between the two nations from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacida Ocean is the 49th parallel of north latitude. A portion of-the-lan i boundary has been already run in British Columbia, and the rest of it is at the present moment being determined by astronomical observations carried on jointly and amicably by offi cers of Great Britain and America, under commis sioners mutually appointed by both Governments for the purpose. For this reason, and because this part of the subject must be elucidated shortly in Blue Books, I will merely add that if the laudable labours of the commission to effect a peaceable adjustment are interrupted the blame cannot be imputed to the Government of England, which, the world should know, has - used every effort and provided all the necessary means to effect a friendly settlement. Can as much be asserted on behalf of the Govera ment of the United States ? Time will sliow. The following statement of facts will, I trust, place the whole question in a clear light : The boundary was established in 1846 by a treaty negotiated by Mr. Pakenham, the English ambas sador at Washington, and Mr. Buchanan, then Secretary . of State, now President of the United States. -The gist of the question is in the first evade, which establishes the line. These are the words : " From the point on the 49th parallel of north latitude, where the boundary laid down in existing treaties and conventions between the United States and Great Britain terminates, the line of boundary between the territories of the United States and those of her Britannic Majesty shall be continued westward along the said 49th parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which sepa rates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean ; provided, however, that the navigation of the whole of the said channel and Straits south of the 49th parallel of north latitude remain free and open to both parties." The task of running. the land portion of the boundary here laid down is, as I have just men tioned, being performed. Its course can be clearly ascertained, and, fortunately, can be kept free from the wiles and meshes of diplomacy; but by the requirements of the Treaty, after reaching " the middle of the channel which separates the conti nent from Vancouver's Island," the boundary de viates from the line of the 49th parallel, and is to follow "thence," not a " westward " course as hitherto, but a " southerly" one, " through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean." This small portion of the course of the boundary —viz., from the middle of the channel (Gulf of Georgia) to the Pacific, has produced voluminous discussions, and is now, unfortunately, creating much bad feeling and real danger. Two commissioners (both of whom are here at present) were appointed about three years ago by both Governments specially to settle this water boundary, but they differed as to the course of the line, and no settlement has resulted from their labours. To any intelligent mind, unwarped by prejudice, the running of this portion would seem to present really as little difficulty as the determining of the land portion dces. Knowing the locality pretty well, and having endeavoured to make myself acquainted with the merits of the question on the spot, I will venture to give my view of it. If you look at a map you will see that the 49th parallel strikes the shore of the continent at a point between Point' Roberts and the mouth of Fraser River, cutting off about two miles of Point Roberts. The position of the parallel at this point is an ascer tained fact, due to the labours of the Land Boundary Commission. Follow the line of the parallel from this point on the shore "to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Van couver's Island." This " channel" is the Gulf of Georgia. On reaching the middle of it diverge and shape your course (" thence") "southerly through the middle of the said channel," and you will inevi tably be carried along it through Vancouver Strait or Rosario Strait into "Fuca's Straits," on your way to the Pacific Ocean, and you arrive at this destination by following the course chalked out by the very words of the Treaty. The southerly portion of the Gulf of Georgia where it falls into the Straits of Fuca was named Vancouver Strait since that navigator's time, until of late years it has been called Rosario Strait. If the boundary line can be agreed upon as far as " Fuca's Straits," it may be considered settled, for I have never heard the portion of it which traverses them contested. The line which I have traced is our interpreta tion of the Treaty, and I may for distinction's sake call it the English water boundary line. I will now give the American interpretation of the Treaty, and trace their water boundary line as well as I can : The United States claim to be entitled to carry the line of the boundary from the Gulf of Georgia to Fuca's Straits through the middle —not of this gulf and the Vancouver (or Rosario) Strait, as we maintain is the true boundary—but through the middle of the Canal de Haro, which runs close to the shores of Vancouver's - Island and joins Fuca's Straits still nearer to Vancouver's Island, and several miles to the westword of Vancouver Strait. Let us examine their grounds for claiming this more westerly line. They have not agreed with us upon a starting point, for reasons which will presently appear ; but, as the starting point is by the Treaty placed in the middle of the sheet of water which flows between the mainland and Vancouver's Island, I will sup pose that they make their deviation from the 49th degree of north latitude at the same point in " the middle of the cbaanel which separates the conti nent from Vancouver's Island" as I started from in tracing the English line, and that they would keep a " southerly course" through " the middle of the said channel" for some distance down the same. This they could do, find sail along Saturna Island as far as Point Stuart ; but here they would take a westerly course, turn Point Stuart, which is a promontory on the east side of Saturna Island, and on rounding this island through Cadboro Passage they would get into the Canal de Haro, which they allege to be the channel of navigation intended by the treaty for running the line of demarcation along the middle of. It will be seen, however, at a glance that by fol lowing these courses this line would depart from the treaty in its essential requirement ; the " southerly" course insisted on by Great Britain would not be kept, and, not only the " middle of," hut " the channel" itself would be entirely abandoned by rounding Point Stuart for another channel—that of Cadboro Passage, which must be traversed to get into the Canal de Haro, and even on getting into the latter the line would incline more eastwardly than southerly. Another and the most positive form in which the United States' claim is understood to be put is the following : I repeat that they claim the centre of the Canal de Haro, and they do so as being the channel of navigation now used. How they arrive at it from the 49th degree parallel I do not rightly under stand. In fact, the starting point in the middle of the channel which separates the continent of North America from Vancouver's Island has not yet been determined. It is insisted by the United States that neither the Gulf of Georgia, nor any usual, much less the most usual channel of naviga tion is to be understood as the one in which the point of deviation (" southerly") from the 49th de oTee should be fixed, but an innermost channel, that between Vancouver's Island proper and an un imed islet which happens to lie under the 49th parallel, and which, by placing the point of devia tion in the middle of this innermost channel, would b:ing the boundary within a mile or two of ;he coast of Vancouver's Island. There are, in fact, two small islands just off the coast of Vancouver's Island, in the Gulf of Georgia. under the parallel of 49 degree, and the United States construe the spaces between them as so many Phammlo, Ulu making three channels be tween the continent and Vancouver's Island, the iontgrneSt of which they claim as the channel of navigation mentioned in the Treaty . , • How they propose to proceed from a starting poiot in this Bluer channel so as to arrive at the Canal de Hare without fiewirting from the (( south erly" course enjoined by the Treaty I again repeat I cannot understood, fur no line can be drawn from any portion of the water (pail It the channel, the three channels, or the gulf) under the 49 degree parallel to the OHIO de 1149 Which does not at some part of its course cease to run" southerly." In short, they cannot get into the Canal de Haro withopt materially deviating from the course chalked in the Ttieaty, whether they take our starting point or select another. Great Britain acquiesces in the sense attributed by the United States to the term " channel"—viz. , that i$ the channel" of the TIT 47 must Rim the channel of navigation, there being, as I have just explained, physically speaking, three channels or passages of water—two very narrow ones near the shorss Vtgisgnver' t ; Island. n the main oto spreading over to the shore of ihe continent, crossed by the 49th degree parallel between the mainland and Vancouver's Island proper. But ifii:eat 4 ritqt thatthattile channel of ntlyi gation must be taken to rnean, not the navigation of the present time, when steam and explorers have shown so many to exist which were nor known at the date of the Tronty,bilt the channel- which illeoti was known and used for navigation in 14iQ and before—viz„ the ehanool which I have already sketched, terminating in the gitraiti, of Fuca, by Vancouver, or Rosario, Strait. This was then the only channel of navigation, and is still well known to he the best channel for nailing The Haro channel was, indeed, known and laid down in charts published before 1846. Haro had apparently sailed through it, or through so much of it as enabled him to asPeTt4in the fact that the Haro Archipelago was detached from Van cover's Island ; but since Vancouver discovered tho ofoteriy route (Vancouver, or Rosario Strait) in 1790-91 probably no navigator had ever used Haro's route until the Hudson's Bay Company's people, with their small steamer the Beaver, explored a shorter route to Nanaimo—one of their establishmentil on the Gulf of Georgia. So far as to the respective lines claimed by the wo nations. Between the easterly channel, or Rosario Strait, and the westerly one, the Canal de Haro, lies the Archipelago de Haro, consisting of a cluster of islands, the largest of which are called Orcas, Lopez, and San Juan, the sovereignty to which Forms a contention between Great Britain and America. If the line of demarcation be determined to run into Fuca's Straits, through the Rosario Strait, we get the islands ; if through the Canal de Haro, they fall to America. The only one of the islands which is of any value is San Juan, which lies in Fuca's Straits, near to Vancouver's Island, one portion of it coming within five or six miles of our shores. After this island had been in the possession of the Hudson's Bay Company for some time, which it was before they received the grant of Vancou ver's Wand, and its dependencies, the Americans , - claimed it. Fearing apprehensions from collision between American - citizens and British subjects, the President of the United States instructed the Governor of Washington Territory on the 14th of July, MIS, "that the officers of the territory . - should abstain from all acts on the disputed grounds which are calculated to provoke any con flicts." The President adds, in his official eommuni- cation, "The title ought to be settled before either party should exclude the other by force," &c., and concludes, " by a conciliatory and moderate course on both sides it is sincerely loped that all difficulties will be avoided until an adjustment of the boundary line can be made in a manner mutually satisfactory. The Government of the United States will do what it can to have the line established at an early period." Three days after the date of this very proper and reasonable instruc tion of the President, Mr. Marcy, the Secretary of State, commuicateo it to Mr. Cralipton, the Eng lish Ambassador at Washington, with the expres sion of his hope that the British Government " will be willing to recommend to her Majesty's subjects a similar course, until the line can bt established." This proposal was acceded to. The Governor of Vancouver's Island was furnished with this corre spondence, and with instructions in the spirit of the arrangement proposed by the American Govern ment, which he acted up to with complete fidelity. Nothing worth mentioning happened. The Hud son's Bay Company continued in the peaceable en joyment of the island, which they have used as a sheep-farm since 1833, excepting a " raid" upon their sheep in 1855 by the territorial law officers of Washington, when they carried away forcibly some 30 head of rams, under a pretended liability for taxes due to that territory, and some faint attempts at squatting by solitary Americans, who came and went, sot up claims for " homesteads," which most of them abandoned, finding the pursuit unprofit able, until last winter some excitement was got up in Victoria among the loae American population of this place to induce squatting on San Juan, in an ticipation of its becoming American soil. The com mission which I have already spoken of had not yet come to a decision upon the question of the boundary line which both Governments were, as we supposed, waiting for before any action could be taken in the premises. I should here mention that the Hudson's Bay Company hold the island merely in trust for the Crown. They are ready to give up its possession whenever required • and it would have been as free and open for settlement as any other part of this colony, were it not for the dispute as to its owner ship, had the English Government so desired. This explanation is necessary to disabuse the public mind in England from prejudice. The American press in this part of the world pretend to treat the ques tion of title as one affecting the Hudson's Bay Com pany solely.' This is done with a sinister object. To understand what I am now to relate the pom panv should bo kept out of view entirely. Neither our Governor, nor our commissioner for settling the boundary, nor the public, nor any one else, heard anything to induce a suspicion that the status quo 'gas to be disturbed. General Harney, the Commander-in-Chief of the American forces on this coast, paid a visit to Victoria the other. day, was very politely received -by the people who met him, and entertained by the Governor, with whom lie passed an evening in a friendly way, but never dropped a hint about San Juan. He was then preparing his measures, for on his return to head quarters he ordered a militaryexpe dition to take possession of and to keep the island as if it were undisputed American territory, instead of the fact being, as I have explained, that it never was in any way in possession of that country, but solely in the possession of Great Britain, and held as one of the dependencies of Vancouver's Island. The military party came to the island and lauded the American troops, in company with, and in the presence of, the American Boundary Commissioner, who is supposed to have recommended this summary mode of cutting the Gordian knot. His presence is a significant fact, but a most indecent one, This happened on the 27th of July. A justice of the peace appointed by Governor Dougla s f or th e island called on the officer in command of the detachment to ask an explanation. He answered, in effect, that he was on American soil obeying super i or or ders. On the date of his landing he iss ue d an or d er , esta blishing United States' laws and courts, and an nouncing that " none other will be recognised or allowed on the island." He was summoned to ap pear before the civil magistrate to show cause why ho should not remove from the island, but he naturally enough demurred to the jurisdiction. He appointed a resident stipendiary magistrate for the island, and this official appointed two constables, whom all were required to obey. The officer declared to a crowd of armed adven turers who had come with him and followed him that it was free to any American citizen to squat on any part of the island. Notices were posted to the same effect, and now he is about to extend the revenue laws of America over the island. On the 3d of August reinforcements of 100 to 160 men aryived in an American man-ofwar, but they had nallanded up to yesterday. What the Governor did you will see from his message to his Council and to the House of Assem bly, which I enclose. He sent the men-of-war, which were luckily here, over to the island, but from motives of humanity and of prudence he did not proceed to extremities, although his force could have annihilated the forces on the island. And as l it is imperative to maintain our possession of the island, so as not to invalidate the Queen's title to it, and as there was reason to believe that the Ame rican officer would resist the landing of our men, and, if a collision took place, reinforcements from Washingt( n territory and Oregon and California would be brought forward, which would lead to very grave consequences, it was thought expedient to concentrate our forces. I may here mention that the American captain reports officially that his orders are to capture an inferior force, to fight an equal force, and to protest against a superior force. Altogether, this is one of the most insolent and higli-handed outrages I ever heard of. Mexico would not endure such treatment. "What will be thought of it in England we shall see in good time. Pursuing f. policy of peace and conciliation, Cap. tain Prevost, the British Boundary CommisLianer, after two long cruises, got hold of the American Commissioner, and besought him to use his good offices with his countrymen to induce them to with draw the troops until the two Home Governments could be consulted. But he met with such a recep tion as he will not soon forgot ; and, if he was not insulted, what passed was at any rate very gross. Captain Prevost is a very quiet, gentlemanly man, and was quite disgusted at the tirade poured upon him. I am in so great a hurry that I can only add that the policy of the Governor is not to force a colli sion—not to become the aggressor—to which it seems to be the wish of the Americans to drive him; but at the same time to land a body of troops to protect th• lives and property of British subjects, and to keep ttWal there (unless the Americans re whioh is not at all likely), until he hears from England. The civil process of the Americans will, of course, be resisted. The Ameriegn p«iiy is composed of about 70 soMigre, They have guns, gun-carriages, tents, mules, stores, sutlers, and all preparations tor a permanent settlement ; they are landing materials for erecting 'barracks, and it is believed that tiNtY i tend to fortify themselves. They tend their object is to protect themschva against Indians. This pretence is too AilAsky to be worth notice. The plan and objeo are these :—They R ill cover the TAR AViih a squatter population ; they viii cc, tify; they will then endeavour to bully England, by pretending that they will not evacu ate it unless they awl expelled by foreo of arms ; and they ‘i calculate that Euglana will not go to 'WM' with Arnerieti far a small iP,land 35 miles long by 4 to 14 miles broad, in a remo t e part o f t h e globe s Manchester and cotton, they "reckon," will save them from this fate, and it will all end in their keeping the Wad, 1144 I c clompation" excited the indignation of the British punlie here to a deg ree, as you may ima gine, View it as one will, it is an act of war, public or private. But I will refrain from criticising it. All here feel that the nation has been insulted most grossly, and rely with confidence on prompt action by the Home Government for the redress of the outrage. To the United States the islands are really use less, except for purposes of annoyance, eyesore, and impediment. They are far removed from their ter ritories on the mainland, and their position is in tended evidently as a wedge to wrest Vancouver's Island and British Columbia from England. To Great Britain the island of San Juan is of the first importance. It is the key to the Gulf of Georgia. It commands the narrow channels through which alone British Columbia and the inner coast of Vancouver's Island can be approached. We re• quire it to give us a right of access, ingress, and egress to our own possessions, unmolested by ano ther Power. Both Vancouver's Island and British Columbia had better he given up if we part with San Juan; for a fortification on this island would command our western passage to Frazer River by the Canal de Hero, while if we are foolish encugh to submit to the line being run through the Canal and the Americans, consequently, get the group, they can also fortill Lopez and other islands and completely command the eastern passage of Rosario, and shut us out entirely from our own mainland. The most strained construction of the treaty will not give them the line they claim; but it is not the true construction or meaning of treaties they want to arrive at. It is possession of our new gold coun try, of which they are rabidly jealous. "THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. TO THE• LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND HOUSE OP ASSEIi- ELY OF THE COLONY OF VANCOUVER'S ISLAND. "Government House, Victoria, Aug. 3. " Gentlemen,—l have to communicate, for your infortha tion, the intelligence of the landing of a detachment of United States troops on the island of San Juan, avowedly for the purpose of forming a military post and of asserting the sovereignty of the United States to that island. Having received no information from any quarter that the United States ever contemplated taking military possession of any part of the disputed territory, while the boundary line re mained unsettled, I am forced to believe that the late un • warrantable and discourteous act, so contrary to the usages of civilized nations, has originated in en or, and been under taken without the authority of that ,Government. That impression is corroborated by a letter from the Hon. W. L. Marcy, Secretary for the United States, dated Washington, the 12th of July, 1855, to her Majesty's Minister at Wash ington, which contains instructions from the President of the United States to the Governor ,of Washington Terri tory, and displays, in the clearest manner, the conciliatory and moderate views entertained by his Government on the subject of the disputed territory. Though the right of Great Britain to all the islands situated to the westward of Vancouver or Rosario Straits is, to our minds, clearly estab lished by the first article of the treaty of 1846 ; and though those islands have, since tho foundation of this colony, been considered as a dependency of Vancouver's Island, it is well known to you, gentlemen, that, out of respect to the con struction that has been put upon that treaty by the Govern ment of the United States, we have abstained from exerci sing exclusive sovereignty over them. Convinced that any assumption on either side of exclusive right to the disputed territory would simply be a fruitless and mischievous waste of energy,noither d etracting from, nor adding force to the claims of either nation, wise and considerate policy enjoins upon us the part of leaving so important a national question for settle ment by the proper autloorities,and of avoiding complications foreign to the views and wishes of, and probably embarrass ing to, both Governments. Immediately on being informed of the landing of the United States' troops at San Juan, her Majesty's ship Tribune, under the command of Captain Hornby, was despatched to that quarter, and soon after a detachment of Royal Engineers and Royal Marine Light Infantry were ordered from New Westminster, by her Ma jesty's ship Plumper, Capt. Richards, and those troops will be landed at San Juan to protect the lives and property of British subjects. You will observe, gentlemen, from enclo sure No. 1, that the captain in command of the United States' detachment of troops, in a public notice, dated 27th of July, assumes the exercise of exclusive sovereign rights in the island of San Juan, while the President of the United States altogether disclaims such pretensions, and seeks at most to continue the joint right of sovereignty and domain in common with Great Britain. We may presume from that circumstance that the notice in question was framed in ignoranpe of the intentions of the United States Govern ment, and that the pretensions set forth will not be main tained. Entertaining such opinions, I have not failed to impress on her Majesty's naval officers now stationed at San Juan, the desire of her Majesty's Government to avoid every course which may unnecessarily involve the suspen sion of the amicable relations subsisting between Great Britain and the United States; at the same time, those officers have been instructrd and are prepared to assert the rights and to maintain the honour and dignity of our Sovereign and her dominions. "I have the honour to be, gentlemen, " Your most obedient servant, "JAMES DOUGLAS." "Territory of Washington, county of Whatcom. "T hereby certify that on the 30th day of July, A.D. 1859, William Smith and Isaac E. Higgins were duly appointed and qualified as constables on and for the precinct of San Juan, county of Whatcom, and territory of Washington. "All persois are, therefore, in the name of the United States, commanded to obey their orders as such. " Given under my hand this Ist day of August, A.D. 1869, and the 84th year of the Independence of the United States of America. _ HENRY IL CROSBIE, Justice of the Peace." " PROTEST. "By James Douglas, Companion of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath,"Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the colony of Vancover's Island and its dependen cies, 1 , ice-Admiral of the same, dce. "The sovereignty of the island of San Juan and of the whole of the Harro Archipelago has always been undeviat ingly claimed to be in the Crown of Great Britian. There fore, I, James Douglas, do hereby formally . and solemnly protest against the occupation of the said island, or any part of the said archipelago, by any persons whatsoever, for or on behalf of any other Powers, hereby protesting and declaring that the sovereignty . thereof by right now is and always hath been in her Majesty Queen Victoria and her predecessors, Kings of Great Britain. "Given under my hand and seal, at Victoria, Vancouver's Island, this 2d day of August, in the year of our Lord 18.59, and the 23d of her Majesty's reign. " JAMES DOUGLAS." "Military Post, San Juan Island, W. T., July 27, 1859. "1. In compliance with orders, and instructions from thq General Commanding, a Military post will be esta blished on this island, on whatever site the commanding officer may select. "2. All the inhabitants of the island are requested to report at once to the Commanding Officer, in case of any i nc ursion of the Northern Indians,—so that he may take such steps as he may deem necessary to prevent any future occurrence of the same. "3. This being United States territory, no laws, other than those of the United States, nor courts, except such as are held by virtue of said laws, will be recognised, or allowed on this island. " By order of " Captain PICKETT, " James W. Forsyth, 2d Lieutenant, 9th Infantry, Yost Adjutant." MONDAY, Aug. 8. On Saturday last the Admiral (Baynes) arrived in the flag ship Ganges, 84, Capt. Fulford, from LL ~ //, G 2 SP 5 1 4 fir, tot tamed of theiluliimate recover -q -at the Weymouth Infirmary, thou VAI veillarke of the doctors of the ship, o6t' time sufficed to convince the medica rs Oftice' ci company that their own attendance ws ecesy to give the poor fellows the attention 'they so much required. Drs. Slater and Watson have been con stant in their attendance since, with Dr. Evans, also of the ship. To this latter gentleman we must, though late, render a rueed of justice. On the night of the accident and since then his attention to the sufferers has been unremitting, and his skill and kindness have elicited the highest praise from all who were present throughout the unfortunate business. ~; It is not improbable that in a few days the Great Eastern will leave her present moorings, and go round under easy steam to Southampton Water. Nothing on this point is yet finally decided, but both for the convenience of receiving materials from London and in order to gratify the thousands of excursionists who, even in this remote part of the country, daily visit the ship, it is not unlikely that such a move will be.: made in response to the invitation received from all the chief towns along the south coast. RUSSIA. The following letter from fit. Petersburg con tains some curious speculations as to Russian pro gress in Asia, and will probably be read with in terest in England at the present moment:— " I have often spoken to you of the prodigious activity displayed by the Russian Government in Asia. You are aware of the important acquisitions it made last year on the river Amoor, of the deve lopment of its navy in the Pacific Ocean, the in crease of its commercial and political intercourse with the Empire of the Centre, &c., but you have, perhaps, less knowledge of the progress the Rus sians are making iu Central Asia. This point now becomes more than ever interesting, for, after the complete subjection of all the tribes of the Eastern Caucasus, the Government will re , double its efforts to explore those countries, to construct the railway that is to connect the Caspian Sea with the Sea of Aral,- to esta blish its factories in the principal towns of the ancient Transoxiana (which the Persians and Arabs call the Garden of the Earth), to get pos session of the routes of communication in the Khanats of Khiva, Bokhara, and Kokhan, and to extend its commercial intercourse even to Upper India. The Russians have already transported their merchandise on the Volga and the Caspian as far as Balfa, and thence by the continental route,' by Sari and Boustum, they sent it either north-east to Khiva Bokhara, and Balkh, or east by Herat, Caudalbar, and Cabal ; they have already pene trated even into Upper India. But from the period of the definitive installation of the English in the peninsula the bold and enterprising spirit of the British merchants entered into competition with the activity of the Russian traders. In consequence of the creation of the network of railways which reach the Indus, and of the introduction of steam navigation on that river, Russian trade was driven to the north. The railways now allow English merchandise to penetrate beyond the frontiers of Affghanistan without considerable augmentation of its cost, and offer a dangerous competition to Russian produce in the markets of Bokhara and Khiva, neighbours of Russia. The Russian Go vernment proposes to put an end to this state of things. It is a difficult enterprise to struggle with English interests, but there is no doubt that it may be accomplished. Russia has already begun to make the railroad from Moscow to Saratof, and she is working actively for steam navigation on the Caspian Sea; the conclusion of the war in the Caucasus will now allow her to transfer the whole of her activity to Central Asia, the mote so as the inhabi'cants of the Kirghese steppes and the Turcomans dwelling towards the south of the Caspian Sea have lone t' sought her protection against Khivan oppression. She 4 ill find capital to con struct the railroad from the Caspian to the Aral, will improve the navigation of the rivers Amoor and Syr-Daria, which water those vast countries, and, by the construction of fortresses on the 264 verses which separate the Caspian from the Aral, will acquire a sovereign influence over the little States of Central Asia. Then the English trade with the Indies will be infallibly undermined. Eu rope, and England herself, will find a great advan tage in trafficking with Central Asia by the route of Moscow and Saratof, rather than by the long sea route round the Cape of Good Hope. The execu tion of this gigantic project had been already com menced, but the successful issue of the Caucasian war will powerfully contribute to its prompt reali sation. The political, territorial, and commercial extension of Russia towards the English Indies is henceforward irresistible." THE BUILDERS' STRIKE. The Operatives' Conference held a meeting yes terday, which lasted for a considerable time. Re porters were not allowed to be present, as on for mer occasions, these meetings being held for purely business purposes. Among the resolutions agreed to, according to the information officially supplied to us, was one disapproving of the conduct of the masons, in empo xering one man (the general secre tary of that body) to act as a mediator, or agent, in the dispute, apart from the Conference of the whole of the building trades. Another and more important resolution, embodying certain terms to be submitted to the Executive Committee of the Employers' Association at their meeting to-day, was also unanimously agreed to ; but the nature of these terms was—under all the circumstances fairly considered—withheld until they have been placed before the employers. From what has been stated in other quarters, it is hoped that the propositions contained in the resolu tion are of such acharacter as to promote an amicable settlement of this unhappy contest hetween capital and labour. We shall probably be enabled to give the result to •morrow. On the other hand, the inter ference of the Conference, by means of picquets and orders to men at work, both in town and country, to leave their employment, is beginning to produce a feeling on the part of the employers which may not improbably lead to penal prosecutions, and thus still further embitter a struggle which has hitherto upon the whole, been conducted in a fair and independent manner on both sides. As one specimen of the vigilance with which the picquets of the Conference watch every attempt on the part of workmen from the country to ob tain employment, and the counter methods resorted to for the purpnse of defeating that vigilance, the following correspondence, in which the names are for obvious reasons suppressed, may be giuen " Sept. 14, 1859. " Sir,—l am a young man just come up from the country, and wish to get employment. I never be longed to any society, but as I see the shops are so watched I am almost afraid to go and ask for a job. I can work at the bench, and will try and do my be>t. lam stopping with my brother-in-law, Mr. -- street, if you answer this.—l am, Sir, yours, Bze., The following is the reply to the above :- 1 " Sept. 24, 1859. "The builder gave this man a job, but he was afraid to bring the tools himself, and employed a deaf man to take them, so that he could not answer any questions to those on the look out." The Rev. E. A. Verity, 8.A., a Lancashire cler gyman, and advocate of the East Lancashire Amal gamated Weavers, has volunteered a lecture on the short time movement, in aid of the funds of the operatives, which will be given in St. Martin's Hall, or some other equally suitable building. The dividend yesterday paid by the Operatives' Conference was at the rate of 12s. to the skilled ope ratives late in Trollope's employment, and Bs. to • labourers. The dividend to the men locked out was again at the high point of 4s. per man, in conse quence of the liberal contributions which babe been forwarded from all parts of the country, and from every description of operatives during the past week. From the subjoined statement of the distribution of the funds it will be seen that the total number of men paid is 501 fewer than last week, and 522 be low the number paid from the fund s th e wee k pre vious—in all, a diminution of 1,023, who have either obtained e mployment without agreeing to the de claration, or have left town in search of work else where. Subjoined is an official return of the sums paid by the Conference:— s. d. 420 84 0 0 740 148 0 0 1,950 300 0 0 650 130 0 0 120 24 0 0 67 13 8 0 270 41 8 0 336 67 4 0 214 42 16 0 151 30 4 0 275 55 0 0 88 17 12 0 488 97 12 .0 7 .. 153 30 12 0 9, 8 .. 29 516 0 331 66 4 0 ~ 10 „ 6 145 29 0 0 ~ 11 (paid with Woolwich men)) 12 .. 18 312 0 71 8 0 20 & 0 50 4 0 Masons Bricklayers Carpenters Plasterers .. • • Painters .. Stone sawyers • • Woolwich men • • Labourers —Lodge 1 2 fl If 3 •• Stone polishers" Trollope's men 6,45 4 £1328 4 0 This dividend is in addition to the weekb allow ance which the men on strike receive frol a. their various trade societies, and which varies from t , ss. to 12s.