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Notico is Hereby Given, That the HALF-YEARLY IN TEREST on the Capital Stock of the Society, at the rate of Five per Cent. per annum, to the 31st December last, is now due, and in course of PAYMENT at the Society's Office, be tween the hours of 11 and 3. EDIIOND S. SYMES, Chairman. 142, Strand, London, W.C. L LIFE ASSURANCE. Office—Fleet-street, London. January, MO. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the Law Life Assurance Society will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street, Lon don, on THURSDAY, the second day of February next, at twelve o'clock at noon, precisely, pursuant to the provisions of the Society's Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of re ceiving the Auditors' Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society up to the 31st day of December last, and for general Purposes. By order of the Directors, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. 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Published, in 1 vol., ivo. with numerous Anatomical VPlates, post free, on receipt of six penny stianps, ITA VITALIS. - A NEW MEDICAL WORK 8 , on the NATURE, TREATMENT and CURE of IAR 3 IATORRHCEA, and other URINO GENITAL or r 'ASES, and consequent exhaustion of the NERVOUS SY STEM. caused by the errors of Man in youth and :pp producing a degeneracy of MENTAL and PHYSICAL R ENGTH, terminating in debility of the venerative or pas and INCAPACITY FOR MARRIED LIFE, chewing theythese Disea ses so o ft en a p pear i ncura bl e w h en I n rea lity VLeY can be eff e ct ua lly remove d b y th e mos t s i mp l e means, fection. "'tether with the Author's remedi es for preventing in- J 3 l" A PHYSICIAN, Are., &c. (registered under the New .nedieal Act). Address, Medieus, 19, Berners-street,` Oxford street, London. Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Pater rtoster-row, and all Booksellers in Town and Country. MEDICAL FRIEND AND MARRIAGE GUIDE. 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"Those about entering the Marriage State should peruse Ve Author's inva' ". work, as the advice he gives on • cedit upon him as a sound desire a speedy and priyate _.,AN DISCOVERY' demonstrates English mods of treating such com- prove a blessing to the afflicted, whii may safely ;y regain pristine health by adopting the means 'pre -Evening star. eA t , 1 7 4110 1 110 N a duty due to the profession and the toil; generally, Dr. Rapkey advises all persons having 's of the legal qualifications of their medical attendant, ito1 1 :1 1 em whom they may be about consulting, to procure Of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, the Official List til i —e 2istered Members, price is., or Dr. R. will, on receipt of 'C in stamps, gladly assist and protect the afflicted loy forwarding the same. 3 ' GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W., NEAR THE PANTHEON. bit• CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal 4 ._ College of Surgeons, Lie,entiate of Midwifery, and Apo %Vries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as L!_e, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, of .s of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements p e b °th Sexes, emanating from early and excessive indul . bees 1184 Just published, price ls.; by post, 13 stamps, 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and original Werk, entitled OURSELVES. pllOpsisPhysiology and Anatomy of our Generation lie Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. 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Being l a t the Sams colour as the skin, is not perceptible.' 'lt enables -eaf le „ persons to hear distinctly at church and at public I ; the unpleasant sensation of sin,ring noises in the ears . 4 entirely removed, and it affords all the assistance that at Ui blY could be desired. Also, every kind of hoaring in .7_llrnenta.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opPo "'" the York Hotel, W. DICAL ADVICE. 1)R. LA'NIERT, Registered L.S.A., Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society , M.D. Otth e University of ErlanfTen, &c., may be CONSULTED 7.L1 all cases of Debility, Nervousness, and the Secret In ytalties o f Youth and Maturity, from Eleven till Two, and "Via Six till Eight, at his residence, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON La'Alert has just published, price Sixpence, with nu ..ero lls F Algravings and Cases, a New Edition of his Work, entitled SELF-PRESERVATION, C 0 will be sent free, in a sealed envelope. by Mann, 39 O rti ht ll , London, or by the Author, to any address, for fight stamps. CONTENTS. SECTION T.—The Physiology of the Generative Organs. SEcTioN IT.—Puberty- -Manhood —The Morale of Genera tive Physiology —True and False Morality. 8- EcTioN lll.—Marriage in its Moral, Social, and Physical e.elations—lts Expectancies and Disappointments—Advan ea of Phy s i ca l C ontras t s i n secur i n g Healthy Off s pring. SECTION IV.—Spermatorritcea and Impotence—The causes of Stetility in both Sexes—Self-inflicted Miseries. Storm)? V. —The Vices of Schools—Effects of certain per nicious habits on the mental and general faculties— Import nee of Moral Discipline 11,;NTrolf W.—Treatment of Nervous and Generative De "`ltY—lmpotence and Sterility—Dangerous Results of zeatment ; Medical' _arious Frazardous Specifies—The Author's Principles 'of Dietetic, and General, derived from 4- W e ntY Years' successful practice No. 21,084. PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL BY MR. DEIIING. Just ready, at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., 215., E T HE L I By E. HENEAGE DERING, Esq, Hurst and Blaskett, Publishers, successors to Henry Col burn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. E R. This day is published, in 2 vols., 215., UNDERCURRENTS OVERLOOKED. By the Author of " Flemish Interiors." 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" The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : H. Rainier*, 219, Regent-street.' NO MORE MEDICINE. DU BARRY'S HEALTH RESTORING FOOD, the REVALENTA ARABICA.—We find it to be ad mirably adapted to restore a healthy action of the stomach, liver, and bowels, and thereby to remove dyspepsia (Indiges tion), habitual constipation, flatulency, diarrhoea, dysentery, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds, noises in the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness. acidit palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, despendency, oramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, sinking, fits, cough, asthma, bronchites, consumption, also children's com plaints, restoring, at about a penny per meal, perfect diges tion, strong nerves. sound lungs, refreshing sleep, and func tional regularity, without medicine, inconvenience or expense to the most disordered or enfeebled. Dr. Andrew lire, M.D., F.R.S., Dr. Shorland, Dr. Harvey, Dr. Bright, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Wilmer. (From the Morning Post ) DR. LIVINGSTON'S EXPLORATIONS IN TIM INTERIOR OP AFRICA.—The indefatigable researches of Dr. Livingston have suddenly made us accquainted with one of the happiest people in the world, of whose very existence little was hitherto known in civilised Europe generally.— The province of Angola, Dr. Livingston writes in the " Jour nal of the Royal Geographical Society," possesses great fer tility and beauty, and its capabilities, both agriculturally and commercially, are of a yery high order ; indeed, I do not fear contradiction in asserting it to be the richest in Western Africa. The great scientific traveller, who spent 16 years has had ample opportunity of among this favoured people, studying their physical and mral condition, and hia details are most curious, They appear indeed to enjoy an Elysian felicity, requiring neither physic nor the physician, for Dr. Livingston found their staff of life to fr be the Revalenta " Ara bica Food, which keeps them perfectlyfree co the n sumption, scrofula, cancer, &c., being scarcely heard of, and small-pox and measles have not been known for twenty years." In England also the Revalenta Arabica has produced a wonderful improvement in the health of the people, remov ing cough, consumption, asthma, debility, i nd i ge stion (dys pepsia), constipation, nervous, bilious , a nd liver complaints, and restoring the faculty of digestion, and nervous and mus cular energy to the most enfeebled, as proved by testimonials from the many thousand well known individuals, whose health has been restored by this useful and economical diet, after all other means of cure had been tried in vain for many years, and all hopes of recovery abandoned. We extract a few expressions of gratitude from invalids thus cured. Cure No. 71, of Dyspepsia, from the Right Ilonourable the Lord Stuart de Decies : " I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. Stuart de Decies."—Cure No. 4i1,832 : " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Worthara Ling, near Dies. Norfolk."—Cure No. 52,087: Field-Marshal the Duke of Pluskow, of a gastric inflamma tion of the stomach.—Cure No. 51,614: Baron'de Polentz, Prefect of Langenau, of many years' horrible sufferings of the nerves and an obstinate constipation. Cure No. 48,721: General Baron de Zuluskowsky, of many years' fearful disorders of the digestive functions.—Cure No. 47,121 : Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Hefts, a cure of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.— Cure No 48,314: Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Li verpool : a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability.—Cure No. 18,216: Dr:Andrew Ure, of constipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability.—Cure No. 34,210: Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility.—Cure No. 36,212: Cap tain Allan, of epileptic fits.—Cure 42,116 ; Major Edie, of enlargement of the liver, and total prostration of strength. —Cure No. 38,418: Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings.—Cure No. 26,418: Dr. Ifarvey, of diarrhcea and debility.—Cure No. 39,4118: Dr. Wurtzer, of consumption.—Cure No. 52,880: William Hunt, Esq., Bar rister, of paralysis.—Cure No. 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, timber-merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. —Cure No. 51,816: Mrs. Holze, aged 107 years, of dyspepsia (indigestion), debility, irritability and nervousness, which had tormented her for 70 years.—Cure No. 46,814: Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years'Alarrheca.—Cure. No. 52,612 : The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, of many years' ner cone irritability, bile and indigestion, - Cure No. 5•1,812: Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of consumption, after her medi cal whirlers had abandoned all hopes of recovery.— Cure No. 180: "Twenty-five years' nervousness, con stipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I hav sullered great misery, and which no medicine could re e move or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London."--No. 4,208 : " Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health-restoring . Food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlino - ton Rectory, Norfolk." No. 32,836 : " Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen." Cure No. 3,906: Thirteen years' cough, indigestion , and gene ral debility, have been removed by DU. Barry's excellent Food. Iu Canisters : 11b. 2s. Pd., 21b, 4s. 6d., 121 b. 225., 241 b. 40s. Superrefined quality : 51b. 225., 101 b. 83s. The 101 b., 121 b., and 241 b. canisters carriage free on receipt of Post-office Order, by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Ite,o - ,ent-street, London ; Fort num, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly ; Abbis, 60, Gracechurch street ; also at 63 and 150 Oxford -street, 330, Strand, 4, Cheap side, lAmdon ; and through all grocers and chemists. . . 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ENV 717 - 7 F. c 4.1.1 7 „, ta *t: 4 .scr , s4i.tAq).-. • la stands Fort Monckton, ltßr ;kr' •1 Stokes Bay ; and, with its 47 hay 4 e,, - rA Az with those of its earthen auxiliarfisatteir a strong point on which leans the ex*Nme e point of the new line of defensive works being erected on the western side of the harbour of Ports mouth, and extending by Fort Gomer to Fort Elson —a distance of upwards of four miles—and may be said almost to represent two sides of a square. On the sea face, from Fort Monckton, a plateau rises abruptly from the low ground beneath to a height averaging about 18 feet, and extending to Lord Ash ) burton's marine residence at the end of this portion of the line near Fort Gomer. On this plateau stands Anglesea-terrace, Alver Cliff, the residence of Mr. Bingham, the well-known London police magistrate, Alver-bank, the late residence of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, while studying on board her Ma jesty's ship Britannia, and the beautiful marine re sidence of Lord Ashburton, to which we have already referred. '1 he whole of these, with the exception of Anglesea-terraee,will be pulled down to makeroom for the forts, &c., about to be erected ; as on this plateau will be concentrated the main strength of this part of the position. Commencing from the eastern end, there will be there formed a strong battery of 11 guns, firing over all, and sweepingthe ground in front, the line of railway, and the rear of the auxiliary batteries on the right flank of Fort Monckton. In the rear of this latter work is a quantity of swamp through which a wide trench has been dug, and in connexion with this trench along the low ground at the foot of the plateau on which the chief forts will be erected runs a wide deep trench and rampart at an obtuse angle, the apex inclined inward towards the centre of Angle sea;terrace, and the western arm extending to op posite Alver Cliff. In the centre, or gorge of this work, runs out an immense work of rampart and moat, which, to describe plainly, may be called the two sides of a triangle with the apex cut off; this will be joined to the main line by drawbridges, &c., and the intended Stokes Bay Railway will pass over its eastern parapet. On the main line, in the rear and centre of this work, wili„_biaEcc.;A:ja smaller work, with guns sweeping-its interior and the line of moats in all directions. At Alver Cliff, moat and rampart form a sharp angle for sufficient distance to mount a battery of guns to sweep the continuance of the moat and the ground in front, while in the rear of this will be erected one of the heavy forts, mounting about 30 guns, which, as we have before stated, will form the really defensive works of the position. The line continues its course to AlVer bank, and thence to its extreme western point, opposite Fort Gomel., where it will end in a strong casemated square work, surrounded by ditch and morass, and under the guns of Fort Gomer. The works at Alver-bank will be of a most ex tensive character, including an entrance to the country inside the works by a public roadway from the new road to be formed outside the line of works ; rolling wooden drawbridges over the moats, and a culvert for the admission and retention of water, &c. In the rear of this, on the elevated ground or plateau, will be erected another of the large forts, and at the extreme rear of the line a batt:::ry, or redan, mounting 11 guns, similar to the one at the eastern extremity. In advance of and on the right of the whole line are the two auxiliary batteries of 21 8-inch guns (the Brown Down bat teries). The File of defences from this point form a right angle from Fort Gomer, with its 32 pieces of the heaviest eflibre, to Fort Elson, at Prater.lake, on the western siee of Portsmouth harbour, and comprising five detached forts, hereafter to be con nected by ditch and para/Net, Forts Gomer, Grange, liowner, Broekhurst, and Elson; the first and last named completed, and the other three in course of construction. StamEng on the parapet at Fort El son we see on the opposite or eastern side of Ports mouth harbour the y.-oiks of Hilsea, the point whence we started, and have visited the entire cor don of defensive fortifiec.tions already in existence, and tho:e new in course of construction at an enor mous expense, for the protection of Portsmouth .harbour, its shipping, dockyard, and arsenal. Ex tensive as they are, and will be when completed, we are still told by military men that the plan must re main incomplete, and Portsmouth harbour still vul nerable to the attacks of a powerful and enterpris ing enemy, until the two sea forts on the Noman and Dean shoals arc built and armed, and Ports down-hill regularly fortified. 211 E NA VY. Rear-Admiral Sir A. Milne, K.C.8., arrived on Monday at De fonport. On Tuesday morning the Admiral hoisted his flag temporarily on board the screw steam frigate Emerald, 51, Captain Arthur Cuming. The usual salutes were given. During the day, accompanied by Capt. Barnard, he inspected his flagship the Nile. 90, repairing in Koyham steamyard. It is understood that in about 10 days Admiral Milne will leave Plymouth in the Emerald for the West Indies, and that he will in her make a complete survey of the station, preparatory to the arrival of the Nile with his family two months after. The screw line-of-battle ships in Portland har bour are the Edgar, 91, flagship of Rear-Admiral Erskine, second in command of the Channel fleet ; Donegal, 101 ; Hero, 91 ; Algiers, 91; Trafalgar, 91 ; Aboukir, 91 ; and the Mars, 80. The screw frigate Diadem, 32 ; the screw corvette Mutine, 18 ; and the gunboats Flying Fish, 6, and the Partridge, 2. The paddlewheel steam frigate Prometheus, 6, and the Coastguard ship Blenheim are alto at anchor. The Royal Albert, 121, is daily expected from Plymouth. Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam-vessel Weser, Commander Henry J. Raby, formerly belonging to the Prussian navy, fitted out for service in the river Plate in October last at Woolwich and despatched for her destination on the 14th of that month, after having returned to Woolwich from Greenbithe in a disabled condition from the effects of her inappropriate and ponderous machinery and heavy cargo of stores, and having proceeded a second timeon her destined voyage, under the escort of the steam-sloop Mutine, yesterday returned to Woolwich under sail, her extreme depth of water and constant immersion rendering it impossible to supply the engines, so as to keep up steam. On the official visit of Admiral Bowles and Capt. Far quhar, who were commissioned by the Lords of the Admiralty to inspect the Weser at Portsmouth, and to report faithfully their impression, Capt. Farquhar stated that he had no hesitation in pro nouncing her totally unfit for the voyage, and that he must belie his conscience in forwarding a diffe rent opinion. A version of the above report having been forwarded to the Admiralty, their lord ships immediately transmitted a telegram to Com mander Raby to proceed to Woolwich with the least possible delay. The Weser consequently sailed from Portsmouth on Monday at half past three p.m., and arrived in the river at Woolwich yesterday at 10 a.m. The expense of fuel alone during the three months' fruitless attempt to despatch the Weser on her destined voyage, for which she has been thus tardily pronounced incurably unfit, is stated to exceed £1,500. The accommodation for both officers and crew is on the scantiest possible scale, the bunks for the petty officers being four feet three inches high, and six feet square, and doomed to satisfy the exigencies of four adults, both for sleeping and messing quarters. The unhealthy condition of the officers' berths may be imagined when we state that the gold lace of the caps and other portions of tho uniforms is lite rally blackened by the continued soaking and inun dation of every particle of their clothing during the voyage to and from Portsmouth and Woolwich. It is expected that the officers and crew will be trans ferred to the Hecate or the Alecto, the former vessel being the most desirable and first for commission. The Wanderer, 4, screw despatch gunvessel, Com mander M. R. Pechell, arrived in harbour.t at Chatham on Tuesday evening, from the Medi er her ran bulkheadsto be p o a r id ot o li ff e; She is nfiotttitt;shda George A. Phayre, from North America and Woolwich,the Her Majesty's steam sloop Basilisk, Commander d disturbed. u a r n b y e d o . f in excellent condition as regards the whole of her West Indies, was paid off yesterday at _ _ officers and crew, the latter c onsisting of a total of 165 men and boys. The payment of the crew com menced at 12 o clock, in the presence of Commo dore the Superintendent of the Dockyard the Hon. James Drummond, and terminated at 1.15, some of the men having received , an arre ar o f pay amount inc, to between £BO to i The 0 a gg regate sum ex ceeding9i tlie commodore's inspection of ' £3,000, exclusive of the officers' pay, who aro 18 in number. the ship was stated to b e extremely satisfactory. The B to be take n in t o d oc k t o b e repaired recommission. She w ill requ i re a new set of ba) rderailisk is ordered thorough over h au l o f mac hi nery , ( s having been four years iecommission. Ilis Netherlands Majesty's screw steam-frigate Adrwral Van Wassenaar, Capt. B. Van Voss, from Cherbourg. for Lisbon, arrived on Tuesday in Ply mouth Sound, and was received by the custamary salutes from the citadel and the flagship Impregna ble, 104, Capt.. Stewart.. The 101 l cw g appoint meats were trade yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. George Poole to the Chesapeake, and Richard L. B. Head, Assistant- Surgeon to the Impregnable, for the Nautilus. The funeral of Paymaster Monkhouse Graham Taylor, of the third battalion, at Chatham garrison. took place yester .!a2- of erno( n, with all the military honours usually accorded to an officer of the de ceased's rank. Lieut. J. C. Cox, Ist battalion 20th' Regiment, has received orders to proceed from his depot at Chatham, and embark for Calcutta; to join his re giment, to which he has been appointed instructor In musketry. THE SUN, LONDON, THURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1860. _ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE CIRCUS, Leicester-square. Two Performances Daily. All who have not yet witnessed the astounding feats of that bovine Prodigy, DON JUAN, the Educated Bull, should take early opportunity of doing so, as the stay in London of this th e Greatest Wonder of the Age, Is limited, the proprietor boxing accepted a lucrative engagement for him to visit the palucipal Continental Cirques. Notwithstanding the iartt success of the New Comic Harlequinade entitled the 001.,DEN BULL, it must be withdrawn to make room for either novelties now in active Preparation. li. W. Franklin, t'ae Aerial Vault;geur, and the other great artistes from Rouse and St. Petersburg appear twice daily, in conjunction with the unrivalled Alhambra Circus Company. lie ruing Performance (especially recommended), at Two ; Evening, at Half-past Seven. Proprietor Mr. T. IPCOLLUIL ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Grand CASINO, open every Evening, with the celebrated Bend. Established 10 years. Conducted by Mons. Lamotte ; principal cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. Doors open at half )►as't 8, commence at 9. Close a few minutes before 12. Ad mission, is. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, NIGH HOLBORN, This Establishment, pre-eminently distinguished for the aegance and matchless beauty of its decorations, combined , with the perfection of its manacrement Is OPEN EVERY 'EVENING. The celebrated band, under the direction of Mr. rir. M. Packer, plays a nightly-varied belection of the ssollt approved classical and modern music. Doors open at half past 8. Overture at 9. Closing at 12. Admission, One Shilling. N.B.—lfr. W. M. Packer's grand annual benefit Bal Masque (msitively the only one this year) is fixed for Thursday, 23d Yebruary. DR. KAHN'S MAGNIFICENT ANATO MICAL MUSEUM, Top of the Haymarket (acknow ledged by the whole of the Press to be the most useful and instructive of any in existence), is OPEN DAILY (for gentle men only), from 12 till 5, and from 7 till 10. Admission, One Shilling. Descriptive handbook gratis. Dr. KAHN'S Popular Lectures on the " Philosophy of Marriage," daily at 3 and 8 o'clock precisely. SYLLABUS.—Happy and Unhappy Unions, and their causes—Youthful Vices and Indiscretions, and their results —Disqualifications for Marriage, and their cure—the Physiology of Reproduction—Self-inflicted Miseries —Sterility and its causes—How to secure Moral and Physical Happiness. N.B.—Dr. Kahn's Treatise on the above subjects, entitled "The Philosophy of Marriage," sent post-free on receipt of twelve stamps, direct from the Av.thor, 17, Harley-street, Cavendish-square. W. PRESENTS.- ORNAMENTAL and SCIEN TIFIC.—ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of anew and elegant assortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid 'fables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian,Alabas ter, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate rile interesting study bf MINERALOGY, CONCIIOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand, W.C. B URROWS AND CO., Wholesale Wine Mer chants, LIVERPOOL. Stores Lime-street. Offices 54, Duke-street. The Proprietors beg most respectfully to call the attention of the trade, noblemen, clergy, Sic., and the public in general, to their extensive stock of Choice Wines, of rare vintages. BURROWS and Co. are not disposed to comment upon the purity of their wines, which Is daily most laudably acknow ledged by the public and eminent medical men of all coun tries, as the increasing atronage of the highest families in the lend is a sufficient guarantee. They beg to call particular attention to their pure Tonic Wines, as being so valuable to Invalids and persons of weak stomachs. sample case, containing three full-sized wipe bottles, will be forwarded to any address on receipt of P. 0.0. for 13s. Id., or a dozen for 24 5. tis a well-known fact that impure and adulterated wines are the greatest foes to health, producing acidity in the stomach, and debilitating; the digestive organs, while pure wines will accelerate the digestive powers, invigorating, strengthening, and bracing the nervous system. 'Their Tonic Wine is admitted to be most essential to in valids, both old and young, and should never be absent from the homes of the weak and sickly. Its properties are duly acknowledged and appreciated by the leading men of the faculty, both at home and abroad. To prevent imposition each bottle is sealed with the name of the firm. All orders to be made payable to HENRY BURROWS. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK. The ordinary half-pearly general meeting of the proprietors of this bank was held yesterday, at the central offices in Lothbury ; Alderman SALOMONS, M.P., in the chair. After the reading of the advertisement calling the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said, we are happy, gentlemen, to meet you at this our annual general meeting, to lay before you the report of the proceedings for the last half-year, and of the general condition of the bank for the past year. The SECRETARY then read the following report and statement of accounts, which, by the frequent cheers it elicited, appeared to give universal satis faction : " The directors have the pleasure to report that, after making ample provision for all bad and doubt ful debts, paying the income tax, setting apart the sum of £2,000 towards the new buildings in West minster, Bloomsbury, Southwark, and Temple-bar, and presenting a gratuity of 10 per cent. on their salaries to all the officers of their establishment — the net profits of the bank for the last half-year amount to £105,413 10s. 4d. This sum added to £18,116 18s. 6d., the unappropriated balance of the preceding half year will amount to £123,530 Bs. 10d. Out of this amount the directors have paid the interest on the rest or surplus fund at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, and they now declare a dividend to the shareholders at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, and by way of further dividend out of the profits, abonus of 7 per cent. on the paid up capital. After these payments are made, there is an unappropriated balance of £ lB,BBl 17s. 4d., and the directors recommend that the sum of £9,408 6s. Bd. shall be added to the rest or surplus fund, which will then amount to £200,000, and that the balance of £9,473 10s. Bd.shall be carried ' forward to the credit of the profit and loss account for the current half-year. The directors who retire by rotation are John Garratt Cattley, Esq., James Denis De Vitre, Esq., and George Hanson, Esq., all of whom being eligible offer themselves for re election. In accordance with the arrangement communicated to the proprietors at the last half yearly meeting, Mr. Gilbart resigned his duties on 31st December to his successor, Mr. Ewings, and the directors recommend that Mr. Gilbart be now elected an extra director in anticipation of the next vacancy. A resolution to this effect will be sub mitted to the meeting. " Dr.—To proprietors fur paid-up capital, £1,000,000 ; to amount due by the bank on deposits, circular notes, &c., £11,115,697 2s. 7d. ; to rest or surplus fund, £185,943 ls. 10d. ; to balance of profit and loss account, June 30, 1859, £18,116 18s. 6d. ; to net profits of the past half-year, £105,413 103. 4d. Total, £12,425,170 13s. 3d. By Govern ment Stock, Exchequer Bills, and India Bonds, £1,682,884 13s. ld. ; by other securities, including bills discounted, loans to customers, &c., £9,720,939 10s. 7d.; by cash in hand, £1,021,346 9s. 7d. — Total, Z 12,425,170 13s. 3d. " Profit and Loss.—Dr.: To total expenditure of the seven establishments, including rent, taxes , salaries, stationery, &c., with a gratuity of 10 per cent. on their salariesto the officers of the establish ment, £34766 6s. 7d. ; to amount set apart towards the new buildings in Westminster, Bloomsbury, Southwark, and Temple Bar, £2,000 ; to amount added to rest or surplus fund by interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, £4,648 lls. 6d.; to the payment of the dividend now declared at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, fpr the last half-year, on the paid-up capital of £1,000,000, £30,000; to bonus of 7 per cent on the capital, £70,000 ; to balance of profit and loss, £lB,BBl 17s. 4d. ; total, £160,296 15s. M. Cr.: By balance of profit and loss account, June 30,1859, £18,116 18s. 6d. ; by gross profit of the last half-year, after paying the income tax, and making provision for all bad and doubtful debts, £142,179 16s. 11d.; total, £160,296, 15s. sd. "Rest or Surplus Fund—Dr.: Present amount, £190,519 13s. 4d. Cr.: Amount on the Ist of July, 1859, £185,943 is. 10d. ; by interest on ditto at 5 per cent. per annum, £4,648 lls. 6d. ; together, £190,591 135.4 d." The CHAIRMAN —Gentlemen, I have a very grati fying duty to perform in proposing the reception of this report, of which I need only says it reveals to you the working of a very prosperous ear. (Hear.) It is further satisfactory to know is that that pros . perity which we experie nce here only the reflec tion of the general prosperity of trade and com merce throughout the country. I believe that, with the single exception of the shipping interest, the trade of the country generally during the last year has been very good, and under recent arrange ments, with which .you are doubt less acquainted, we have the prospect of a more intimate acquaint ance with France, which thet e is every reason for hoping will be the means, not only of making trade still more active, but of making the peace of the world more secure. (Cheers.) If, gentlemen, you compare the statements which we have made to you to-day with those which we laid before you ate time last year, you will find that the aggregate of our deposits is somewhat less ; but that has reference entirely to that portion of our de posits upon which we pay interest. For the rest, with regard to our trade, although the in terest of money has been low, we have found the de mand for capital has been very active, and has en abled us to employ our balances constantly, and consequently to give you the magnificent result which is before you. (Hear, hear.) As to our dividend, I am happy to find that it has been one of gradual increase. We divided in 1857, 16 per cent ; in 1857, 17 per cent. ; and 1859, 18 per cent., and this without any effort as you see, for we have thought it consistent with your interests, with the interests due to the establishment, and with the position of the bank, besides paying this increased dividend, to bring up our reserve fund to £200,000, and to carry forward to the current half year £9,473105. Bd. in aid of the next half-yearly divi dend. (Cheers.) lam not aware that I need de tain you with any further details with re gard to the mode in which the accounts are made up. You are all aware that the item of deposits means actual deposits lodged here by the public, and that the dividend we pay is the result of our ordinary current business, not excluding anything like profit on stock. Our investments stand in the accounts at their prime cost to us, and if they were sold to day they would realize a very large profit. These are the only points in reg ard to the accounts to which I would call attention, but I shall be happy to answer any questions that may be put, and to give any further explanation that may be re quired. As to the' other matters referred to in the report, I shall have to move the re-election of three of my excellent colleagues who go out by ro tation at this meeting, and to move that which I am sure will meet with unanimous concurrence, that Mr. Gilbart, the late manager, take his seat at the board as an addition to the present number of the di rectors. (Hear.) With these remarks I beg to move in the ordinary way that the report just read be re ceived, adopted, printed, and circulated among the proprietors. _ _ _ - Dtr. HADDO seconded the motion. A SHAREHOLDER—Is the whole of the expense of this building now paid off? The CHAIRMAN—It is all paid off, and the build ing stands as an asset of. £30,000. (Cheers.) Mr. TITE, M.P. (a director)—Which is not half its value. Mr. T. H. SMITH, referring to the £4,000 set aside annually towards the cost of the new build ings in Westminster, Southwark, and Temple-bar, suggested that having now a rest of £200,000, they should pay for any additional expenditure incurred in enlarging, altering, or repairing premises out of the current revenue of the year in which such ex penditure was incurred. A PROPRIETOR inquired, with regard to the elec tion of Mr. Gilbart to the direction, whether that gentleman would be placed on the same footing as the other members of the board, and under what power the board proposed to make this addition to their numbers ? Another PROPRIETOR asked whether the deed of settlement did not limit the number of directors to 24? The CIIAIRMAN—Yes. The PROPRIETOR —Then is it quite consistent with the law to alter that number without the sanction of a special meeting 2 Mr. II uppo observed that the hon. proprietor was evidently labouring under a mistake as to the present number of the board, which he believed was only 15, so that it was open to them to add 7 or 8. The PROPRIETOR—Might not Mr. Gilbart be substituted for one of the gentlemen who retire by rotation ? Mr. HADDO should regret if Mr. Gilbart's ac• cession to the board was obtained at the expense of any oue of the old directors. The CHAIRMAN observed that it was quite clear the hon. proprietor was under a mistake as to the number of directors. The deed declared that the board should consist of not less than 12 nor more than 24 directors. They have now 15, and it was in the sense of an extra director in number until a vacancy occurred that Mr. Gilbart was now pro posed to the proprietors for election. (Hear, hear.) Of course it was not intended by this arrangement to add to the expense of the direction, and the pro prietors would have the services of the sixteen while paying for only fifteen. ("Hear," and a laugh.) With regard to what had fallen from the hon. gentleman who spoke of the rest, he (the chairman) hoped that under no circumstances would any step be taken to interfere •with that which the board considered an important element in their position and credit. They had been going on for many years increasing their dividends very steadily and very securely. It was not for him to anticipate what another year might produce, but he would certainly say wait till they were going back before they proposed to interfere with the rest, or any of those securities by which the high prsition and credit of the bank had beenattained. Mr. SMITH explained that he had not proposed to interfere with the rest, hut merely suggested that any expenses incurred for enlargement or al teration of premises should be borne out of the current income of each year, besides setting aside the £4,000 a-year towards the new buildings. The CHAIRMAN replied that they were always in curring an expenditure for enlargments and altera tions rendered necessary by the continual increase in their business, in fact the hammer was always going, and when they had an extraordinarily good year they did defray such charges out of the cur rent revenue. (Hear.) He thought, when the bank paid at the rate of 20 per cent per annum and carried £lB,OOO over, that the proprietors might place confidence in the directors that they would deal with these matters in that way which would conduce most to the general interest. (Hear.) The resolution was then put, and carried unani mously. The CHAIRMAN—The next resolution I have to put is, that my excellent colleagues, Messrs. Caltley, De Vitre, and Hanson—who, I can assure you, from experience, are all good working men, and most efficient members of your board—be re-elected. This resolution, having been seconded, was car ried nem. con. The CHAIRMAN—Now, gentlemen, I have the pleasure of proposing that Mr. Gilbart, our late able manager, be appointed a director extra in number, pending the next vacancy. This motion was carried by acclamation. Mr. GILBART, in returning thanks, said that he never felt so strong an inclination in his life to make a long speech, and he had ample materials he thought for making a good speech ; bet as he could not make his voice heard throughout that assem bly, he thought he should but show his prudence and discretion by merely returning his best thanks for the honour they had just conferred upon him. (Cheers.) Mr. TEMPLETON moved that the best thanks of the meeting be awarded to the directors for their able management during the past year, of which they had the best possible proof in the balance sheet they had in their hands, and in the dividend they were about to receive. He expressed his grati fication that Mr. Gilbart, who had managed the bank with such ability for nearly a quarter of a century, and who had so largely contributed towards placing it in the high position of public confidence in which it now stood, was about to be added to the.. . _ list of directors. Ho added that their experience of Mr. E wens, and their knowledge of his managerial talents, reconciled them in some degree for the loss of Mr. Gilbart from the office he had so long and so ably filled. The motion was carried. Mr. lIADDo desired to add a rote of thanks to the chairman, upon whose great business talents he passed a high eulogium. He congratulated the meeting upon the high dividend they had attained, and without hazarding an opinion as to whether they had yet reached the summit, he had every confidence that they would bo able to continue the present rate. (Cheers.) The resolution, having been seconded, was also put and carried. The CIIAIIIMAN, in acknowledging both resolu tions, said, nothing can be more gratifying to us than the kind and cordial feeling which exists on your side of the table. The duty we have to perform is a very important ono—we are all partners, and it is evident to every one that nothing can tend more to promote the general prosperity and give confi dence out of doors, than for the public to know that complete harmony exists between the directors and proprietors at large. As far as we are concerned, we will endeavour to merit your confidence on all occasions, and I believe that while good service stands well, good service, coupled with a good dividend, will always be acceptable. (Cheers, and a laugh.) One gentleman suggests that the summit of dividend has possibly been reached. I am not prepared to say that it has, but without wishing to anticipate the future, all we know is, that all that can be done by us in the way of good manage ment to maintain the good character you have been pleased to give us and the high character which the establishment has maintained out of doors for high honour and prudence will continue to be done. (Cheers.) With regard to myself I am here on sufferance as one of the senior members of the board, but nothing can be more grateful to my feelings than to know that you are so kind as to express yourselves so favourably towards me. Before we conclude the business allow me on behalf of the board to move a vote of thanks to the manager, the secretary, the managers of branches, and all the officers of this establishment to whose intelligence and zeal we are so largely indebted. The resolution having been put and carried, Mr. GILBART, the late manager, briefly returned thanks, and Mr. EWE NS, the new manager, followed in au appropriate speech, in which h 8 expressed his acknowledgments to the directors for the high position in which they had placed him, and his conviction that with the aid and advice which he knew he should always receive from his friend Mr. Gibart, and the support which the confidence of the board and the shareholders would give, he should be enabled to conduct his managerial duties to the advantage of the bank and to his own credit. The meeting then separated. THE FRENCII COMMERCIAL SYSTEM. We bear of great rejoicings at Bordeaux and other towns in consequence of the Emperor's letter on the new commercial reform ; of addresses pre sented to the Prefects by delighted merchants ; and of deputations coming up to Paris to thank the Emperor in person for the groat and beneficial policy he has inaugurated. The Protectionists, on the other hand, are in great dismay ; they, of course, predict that the downfall of their own monopoly will be followed by the downfall of the prosperity of all France. Among the strongest opponents of the re form is, it appears, M. \Valewski, probably because he knows little about the question. There may be something also in the fact that nobody thought of consulting him ; he remained ignorant of the mea sure to the last moment. The opposition he can no longer offer in the Cabinet he gives in the Privy Council, of which he is, as you are aware, a mem ber of 100,000 f. power. M. Troplong is on the same side ; but M. Troplong is a prudent man; he will not push his opposition to a dangerous point. It will probably be carried on long enough to make his conversion, particularly where the agent of con version is the Emperor, a graceful sacrifice to feel ing. Notwithstanding M. Magne's hostility, few believe that he will sacrifice his portfolio on the altar of Protection. The Opinion Nationale, which had remained silent the first day, now expresses itself in these terms : " The first effect of the publication of the pro gramme will be to cast itito the shade the Italian question and the Papal affair, which up to this day have almost exclusively occupied public attention. As to the Papal question, the legitimist crusade of most of the French bishops, even though reinforced by the unexpected co-operation of some repentant liberals, will have no other result than to place in evidence the absolute impuissance of the clergy, whenever they abandon the sanctuary and are so ill inspired as to enter on the domain of politics." Our contemporary then enters more particularly on the subject of the proposed changes : " Among the measures enumerated, some are di s'ined to obtain universal appiobation. The. suppression of all duties on raw materials is one of them. Nor will the successive reduction of the duties on sugar and coffee raise any objection. It will I je a benefit for the consumer without being a sacrifice for the Treasury, which will be rapidly indemnified by the progress of consumption. We may say the same of the amelioration in the ways of communication. The suppression of prohibitions and the substitution of protective duties is an ex cellent measure which cannot excite any serious objection. We remark that the Emperor has very properly taken care not. to allow himself to be led by his wishes for reform into the field of free trade. That expression, which implies the idea of a sudden and radical reform, alarms interests, and has a re volutionary appearance, not agreeable to capitalists, who on the faith of the ancient tariffs have engaged in the branches of manufacture which are menaced. Free trade would besides give rise to endless objec tions and interminable discussions, as always hap pens when two hostile and absolue principles are in presence. The suppression of prohibitions, on the contrary, cannot occasion any reasonable objection. Prohibition is a sort of Chinese wall raised around the manufactures of a country, and our manufac tures have no need of one." After a series of running comments oa the measures to be introduced, the article concludes in the follow ing favourable language : "On the whole, we believe that the publication of the Imperial programme will bring back public opinion to questions which have been too much neglected for some months Fast, and will open a profitable field to national activity. We shall, how ever, have to point out to the Government some measures which we regret not to see figure in the programme, and which in oar opinion would hap pily complete it." _ _ The Union also, which had held back, now allows its views to be divined, but more from the manner in which it speaks of the opinions of the other jour nals than by frankly avowing its own. It says : "In presence of those modifications, and the uncertainty which still veils their application, the most resolute opinions hesitate and halt. Such, at least, is the impression left on our mind by the perusal of the journals of every colour which appeared this morning. The Constitutionnel de clares that it would be difficult for it, after a first, reading, to attempt an examination of the Empe ror's letter, and it will not at present look at the foundation of things.' This reserve is singularly remarkable. Will it be explained by the hesitation which is imposed on the Constitutionnel by its well-known protectionist doctrines—doctrines which the new programme would interfere with so strongly that our contemporary would require at least time to examine its new position and bring about so delicate a conversion ? The Debats has scarcely need to point out the most important pas sages of the letter. It nevertheless shows that, while relying on victory for its free-trade theories, it fears that the triumph will not be so prompt as it could have wished, and as the English journals had led it to hope. We avow that we have not very clearly seen what the Debats thinks it has here perceived, but that doubtless is the fault of our at tachment to the protective regime." After noticing the language of some of the other journals, the writer comes to the Siecle, and seems there, above all, struck by the quotation of the Latin verse which closes its article. It goes on to say : _ The Neele quoting Louis XVIII! that is a triumph of ti t novel kind for the Restoration. It is however only justice justice rendered to the wisdom, at once liberal and conservative, which sufficed in so few years, and in the midst of so many difficulties, to repair the disasters of France, to create credit, restore the finances, and raise pub lic prosperity to a height which it has never since exceeded. For our part, it is to those traditions of generous tut prudent progress that we hold with more energy than ever. We shall study with scrupulous care, with moderation, but with all the candour of language which such great interests re quire, the numerous and vast problems started by the new programme. As jealous of defending the true and wholesome doctrines of social economy as of accepting legitimate ameliorations, we shall point out what would appear perilous for the pub lic fortune, adventurous for our industry and na tional labour, and shall point out the real wants of our agriculture and credit as well as the reforms required or wished for by the conditions of modern society." The Univers, which had not made any observa tion on the new programme, now does not even go the length of the Union, as it merely sneers at the unpleasant predicament in. which the Constitu tionnel is placed with its protective tendencies : " The Constitutionnel," it says, " which up to this day has energetically supported the ideas and in terests of the Protectionists against all that even hinted at free trade, feels some embarrassment in presence of the Emperor's letter. It contents itself with declaring that the letter is an event of the most important kind. No one doubts the result of the examination which the Constitutionnel is about to undertake. Its conversion will assuredly be en tire and complete." The Debuts also has a fling against the Protec tionist journal, which on this occasion reminds one of the position of Ivanhoe in the lists of Ashby-de la-Zoueh, where the various combatants dash against him at the same time from the most opposite quar ters, and without any previous concert. The fol lowing is the language of the D e b u t s: — " The Constitutionnel has not yet arrived at the point of knowing what its opinion is ; it is absorbed in reflection, and is preparing, we hope, for a change of opinion which, if effected, will be the most curious of all those which it has undergone. The Constitutionnel becoming a Freetrader could really only be compared to St. Paul stricken on the road to Damascus by a sudden light. We know not yet if we shall have the happiness to see this miracle. The renstitutionnel confines itself to saying that more than one reading will be necessary to attempt the examination of the Emperor's letter,' and it contents itself with admiring it in general." On its side, the Constitutionnel publishes an article of several columns on the new system, de claring that it opens a vast field for examination. On the point of conveying goods the write r says : "But it is not sufficient to take off the duties on raw materials ; it is not less necessary to find means to cause them to arrive cheaply at places where they are to be employed. That is particularly true as regards coal, which now plays so great a part in the manufacturing system of all nations. The PRICE 4 D . STAMPED, SD. Administration of Mines has pointed out some ex- tremely curious facts in this respect. Thus it has established that if the consumption of France be taken in the lump, the average price of coal at the place of consumption is more than double what it is at the place of production. We speak of the average price—the augmentation is much more con siderable in many localities. It has been ascer tained for example that more than half the depart ments which consume the coal of the Loire pay four, five, or six times more than the price of coals at the pits. The report from which we take these facts arrives at the conclusion that the inferiority of the French as regards mineral fuel is not owing, as is often said, to the dearness of extraction, but prin cipally to the insufficiency of means of communi cation. Our readers will see that the Emperor goes to the bottom of things when he demands that the means of communication, canals, roads, and rail ways, shall be executed as promptly as possible, in order to bring coal and manure to the places where they are required ; and when he insists that efforts shall be made to establish a just competition be tween canals and railways." The rest of the article is written in the same ge neral manner, and nothing seems to intimate any change of opinion, except the following phrase, which concludes the series of remarks:— " The new era of peace could not be better inau gurated than in presenting to public opinion such a programme, and in promising to the future such serious and bona fide ameliorations." The only extract on miscellaneous questions that we think worth giving is the following from the iecle " We have asked the Legitimist journals what course they would advise in the Italian question. The Union has frankly replied that it would fain see France adopt the same policy in 18(10 as in 1849, that is to sacrifice French soldiers and money to restore Romagna to the Pope. Such is not our opinion, but we aro well pleased to have induced the Ultramontane journal to express its sentiments so formally. Thus, the Union, which no doubt ex presses the opinion of all its party, would have France make war in Central Italy to re-establish the authority of Cardinal Antonelli, and probably also of the Grand Dukes, but we (10 not think France has any inclination that way." P ORTSMO UTH _4 NIL 17'S DEFEN CES, The new lines of fortifications now in course of construction for the defence of Portsmouth Dock yard and Arsenal, are already sufficiently advanced to enable the spectator to form a pretty correct idea of their plans and extent. The island of Portsea is of an irregular oval figure, of about 16 miles in cir cumference, averaging more than four miles in length, and about two in breadth. It is separated from the mainland by the creek between Hilsea and Cosham, uniting the harbours of Portsmouth an d Langston, and is bounded on the west by Ports mouth harbour, with its dockyard, gun wharf, and victualling yard, &c., and on the south by Spithead and St. Helen's. The only entrance to the island on the land side is by the turnpike road over Port's bridge, crossing the creek already referred to be tween Hilsea and Cosham. A short distance in the rear of this bridge the new line of works intended for the defence of this portion of the island crosses the road. extending about two miles from the " Great Salterns" in Langston Harbour to Tipner Lake in Portsmouth llarbour. Ascending to the top of a portion of the casemated works of the " central bastion" the eye can take in the whole position. The main line of works consists of three huge bas tions, with flanking batteries of 10 guns each, in casemates, on the top of ono of which we are stand ing. At the east and west end of the works, on the shores of each harbour, are two demi-bastions, also with casemated batteries. The whole of the case mated works on the flank of each bastion are of brickwork, of immense extent and solidity, and more resembling in form—with the arches spring ing overhead from their piers —the cloisters of some monster cathedral than a simple battery of 10 guns. In the rear of each gun is a barrack-room for the accommodation of the 10 men belonging to each gun. Peculiar means are adopted to clear the interior of the works from the smoke of the guns. All parts of the brickwork that come in contact with earth are faced with glazed bricks, laid with cement. The top of the brickwork is covered in the usual manner with concrete, Seyssel asphalt, and earth, the latter to a depth in some parts of 10 feet. A rampart of earth will also face the brick work of these casemates to a depth of 25 feet. The faces of the bastions are of earth. The base of the whole of the line will be 116 feet by 30 feet in height. The number of guns which will be mounted on the main bastions and on the top of the whole line of works has not yet been decided on, as it will be yet upwards of three years before they are com plete. At the present time6oo,ooo bricks are being used weekly in their construction. In front of this main line will run a moat 150 feet wide, with means of closing each end at high water. In advance of the main line of works will bo constructed three triangular-shaped outworks of enormous strength and extent, probably the largest of their kind in the world. They will be connected with the main defences by draw-bridges, covert-ways, &e., and strengthened by every means known to modern engineering science. Through the eastern work will pass the line of railway to the town, and through the western one the public turnpike road, which for this purpose will be diverted to the west ward of its present course, passing through Tile Barn Farm, and again joining the old road near Cosham. In r a3:in g over the works the turnpike road crosses three extensive moats, in addition to the creek separating the island from the mainland. This creek, considerably deepened, and increased in width to 200 ft., runs along in front of the whole posi tion, and will enable a fleet of gunboats to pass to l i and fro between the harbours of Portsmouth and Langston, mad act in conjunction with the lino of works on either flank, in the event of an attack by hostile troops, who, after effecting a landiagto the eastward or westward of the port, must aavance along the Fareham or Chichester roads, and can only attack the front of the position with a cer tainty of marching along a narrow causeway to de struction. So far the position appears impregnable; but, recollecting that we are supposed to be stand ing in a central position of the main works, that the crest of Portsdown-hill stands in frowning grandeur in your front, at a distance of only 2,250 yards, and that batteries can be placed at 2,000 yards, you feel uncomfortable in the midst of your contemplation of your fancied security in the event of a siege, with an enemy in possession of Portsdown ; and this feel ing is not very much diminished even when you are told that with the present height of parapet the line of defence is perfectly sheltered from any artillery planted at Portsdown, and that nothing can affect it except a vertical fire. As the works have been much criticised in military circles on this very point we will quit them and ascend Portsdown. A mag nificent view lies spread out before us, and appa rently at our feet lies Portsmouth Dockyard, its harbour and shipping; and, in dangerous proximity to the western demi-bastion, and within short rang. of us, lies Tipper, with its extensive powder maga zines. Portsdown-hill is evidently the key of the whole position, and w hi c h ever t roo p s h e ld it in pos session could with impunity destroy or protect the dockyard and shipping in Portsmouth Harbour at their pleasure. It has been urged that with the "Hill" so near to the garrison of Portsmouth, should a war break out at any time with a powerful neigh bour which might render invasion possible, a few thousand troops from the garrison could in a few days render it quite impregnable, and for that reason the erection of works at the pre sent time would be a waste of public money. Returning to the easternmost point of the new line of defence, we find that the guns from its demi-bastion cross their fire with those of Cum berland Fort, at the entrance of Langston Harbour, a regularly fortified work, mounted with 46 pieces of heavy ordnance, and now occupied by the Royal Marine Artillery. "Within short range is a new fort to mount 17 guns, in course of °recant on the site of the old " Lumps" fort ; and at an equal dis tine() further to the westward stands Southsea Castle, with its auxiliary earthwork s, and defendin with its numerous 8-inch guns the entrance thetof harbour channel by the " Spit" buoy. The sea...e,e, of Portsmouth lines, with their 8-inch and lon,, 0-- guns pounders, and Blockhouse Fort, with . its 56 of the same calibre, rakinie th e hal bour channel, complete the cordon of defence of the island of Portsea so far, but, with the new works in progress on the opposite side of the harbour, and theo ne..ha in i - t. in tended sea forts, do not in reality cornpiis its defences. The boring operations in connection with the foundations of the two sea fo r t s on t h e "Noman" and "Dean" shoals are being ea/lied on under the superintendence of Sir Charles Fox. Each fort will mount 100 guns, and will command the narrowest part of the entrance at the east end of the Isle of Wight to Spithead from the sea. At the western or Needles entrance are the works of Hurst Castle, 68 guns ; Fort Victoria, 52 guns ; and Cliff end Fort, 40 guns. All these guns are of the heaviest calibre. 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