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MR. nd MRS. GERMAN REED'S NEW ENTERTAINMENT.—The New Series of 11lustre ions by Mr. and Mrs. REED (late Miss P. HORTON), every evening except Saturday, at 8. Saturday Afternoon at 3. Admission Is., 25., and 3s. ; Stalls, secured, without extra charge, at the Royal Gallery of Illustration, 14, Regent-street, and at Cramer, Beale, sad Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. R. CHARLES DICKENS'S LAST NIGHT in LONDON.—TO-MORROW EVENING, July 22, at IN 18 8 o'clock, Mr. CHARLES DICKENS will READ, at ST. MAR TIN'S HALL, the story of LITTLE DOMBEY. Stalls (numbered and reserved), ss. ' • Area and Galleries, 2 s. ed .; trnreserved Seats, Is. Tickets to be had at Messrs. Chapman and Hall's, Publishers, 193, Piccadilly; and at St. Martin's Hall, Long Acre. ST. MARTIN'S HAUL —GREAT FEAT OF ME Mon Y.—Mr. AB ELMAT THEWS will recite throughout, from Memory alone, the Twelve Books of Milton's " PARADISE Loit," comprising 10,565 LINES. To commence on TUESDAY Evening, the 27th July, at S o'clock precisely, and to be continued Weekly. Stalls (numbered and Reserved), ss. ; Area and Galleries, 2a. Gd. ; Unreserved Seats, ls. Tickets to be had at Mr. Mitchell's Library, Old Bond-street, and at St. Martin's Hall, Lenp:-acre. D ROYAL GARDENS, CREMORNE.-THIS AY—A full programm e o f varied amusements, in c luding Al‘‘. fresco, Entertainments —Concert—Ballet—Marionette Theatre —Cir q u e , Oriental—Fireworks, &c. Dancing on the Crystal Plat orin from half-past 8. N.B. THIS DAY (VVrtwEsnav), GRAND GALA DAY in Aid of the Butchers' Charitable Institution—Balloon Ascent —Extra Fire- Works and Illuminations. The usual charge of Admission. inIiRISTY'S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall. —THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIR9T ENTER TAJNI4vNT.—Change of Programme, introducing Burlesque on the arcus—ltalian Opera.—Evening of 8, and on Saturday Morning, Co mmencing at 3. Prices—Boxes, 1/. is.; 'Stall', 35.; Area, 25.; Back, Is. The Patrons of the Christy's are respectfully informed that the Company start for their Provincial Engagements on the Ist August. VERISTY'S .MINSTRELS. -PROVINCIAL picTOUR. The p arty of Christy's Minstrels—Messrs. Raynor, and J 4,C oll ins; Wamboll, Ch r i s ti an, Bnrton, Nish, Spiller, M ee k er, oe Brown, w h ose Concerts in London (now exceeding 4 0) have been so eminently successful, respectfully announce their ap- Proaehi n g departure for the 'Provinces, and that the MORNING 3%1' &VEXI NG CONCERTS at the ST. JAMES'S HALL, on Londona7. An gust 2. will terminate their present performances in The Christy's Minstrels will visit all the principal towns 1„ - t — '„,,glantli Scotland, and Trelanl : due notice will be given of their intend tour, All app li c st i ons to. b e addressed to Mr. Mitchell, al oy Library, 33, Old Bond.street, who has entered into at} en kagesnent with the party f or th e i r serv i ces up to the i r departure for .s '`unerlett in the spring of ne x t rear . Minearly all the Pop u l ar p i eces in the Repertoire of the Christy's 4treltl, s.Une of which have been sung . in London more than 1,000 yo u e t. Ire new published, comprising—" Willie, We have missed I'm leaving. thee in sorrow, Annie z" " Beautiful Stael" sioop'cle doodem do 1" "Come wh ere my love l i es dreaming," &c.ltiiyal Library, 33, Old nond-stieet. F A.THER THAMES AND HIS PHYSICIANS.—Dr. SEXTON will Lecture on the above im portant subject daily at Dr. K ATI N'S MUSEUM (Top of the Hay- I Xarket), at Four and Eight o'clock. Admlaskin, ONE SHILLING. KAHN'SNINE LECTURES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF CARRIAGE, gre., sent post free, direct from the Author, on the receipt of twelve stamps. A LTIA MBRA PAL ACE, Leicester-square (The best Ventilated and Coolest Building in Europe).— Lessees —.Messrs. Howes and Cushing. e,"rallgernents having been made with P. T. Barnum, Esq , the itginal GENERAL TOM THUMB will appear at the Alhambra elate, on MONDAY, 3'itly 19th, and every Morning and Evening, for a shortseason in connection with WALLETT'S CELEBRATED C OI 4PANY. Extraordinary and Brilliant Success of the L aped Troupe of Equestrian and Gym n - s ti c A rt i s t es, an d 'E NDID STUD OF HORSES. Two Performances daily. Mid 7wate al' Entertainment at half-past 2 ; Ev en i ng a t 8 o ' c l oc k . p i Boxes 2t. : Stalls, 53.; Reserved Seats, 35.; Boxes, ,13- Gallery, 6d. Box-office open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. '" Nes for booking places. Children under 9 years of age, Half-price. MESSRS. NICOLL'S ESTABLISHMENTS No 114 are thus divided : for RV:GENT-STR EET, is their Depot for Paletots, Lint 'Gentlemen's Evening and Morning Dress. '•`?.. 1 16, for the manufacture of the Guinea Trousers. Ilk for the Half-Guinea Waistcoats. 120 4 for Waterpzoofed Guinea Capes, and Servants' Liveries. —° •!4J is new their Establishment for Ladles' Riding Habits and 44 gentle t c ontains their other new Department for Clothing young In, _Ellen with th e t as t e, excellence, and economy whereby Messrs. —tuLL have secured wide spread confidence. tee-Wholesale Warerooms are "at the rear of the Regent-street Prerais es, viz., 29, 30, 31. and 41,,WARWICK-STREET. all City Depot is at 21 arid 22, Cornhill. 'he addresses of the various A are dul on •., a hus of the United Kingdom an d ents on the Colies y .l advertised in the ET 11 . 0 P 0 LIT AN COUNTIES. LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent—treet, Waterlee n.. London, S.W.. Life assurance, annuities, endowments, an ,1 -."14 on advantageous terms. N F. FERGU.gON CAMROITX. Manager. ptR. Policies in force, notwithstanding the Decease of the Life ed within the thirty days of grace, the Preminm in arre.o deducted from the amount assured. t'll"rII DIVISION OF PROFITS. NORTHBRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1409. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Pusinatrr —His Grace the Duke of ROXBUIIOIIE, K.T. Sir PETER LAURIE, Alderman, Chairman. JOHN I. GLENNIE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. William Borradalle, Esq. John Connell, Fsq. Archibald Cockburn, Esq. P. Softball Laurie, Esq. R. P. Prichard, Esq. Charles James Knowles, E sq ., Q . C. Solicitor, ALEXANDER DOBIE, Esq., Lancaster-Place. a Ca pital of On e M illion —accumulating Premium Fund 654,000/. "Uu e li,ie- front Life Premiums alone 115,000/., annually Increasing . ai_i tenth eor Ni nety per cent. of the profits are septennially A stmong the i nsurers on the participating scale of Premiums. the ILProfit Policies effected during the current year will share in fln u " "are aivisolfoßneovfen_YoTtsrs, and will secure a larger B O N US at every rr fit 70Tollter Bonus accumulatio ns a t las t i nves ti ga tion ranged from 25 to cent, on the Premiums paid.! 4 . lt , a n k Buildi ROBERT STRACHAN, Secretary. ngs. Lothbury, London. E.C. INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE 118h4vCIETY. 142, Strand, London, W.C., Feb. 25, 1858 : estab has bee Sa ayment of Premium within Days of Grace,—lt always lion e „_ 1 1 and still is the practice of this society to pay claims under Cm.„ 4 7 of assurance notwithstandinz the death of the assured oc kiZaf within the 30 days of grace, and before payment of the delZ ra ,_ provided payment thereof be made, or notice of "alric ° °..." l r en to the (ace before the expiration of such days For the Court of Directors. E. S. SYMES. Chairman. friiß I NTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, trapo w ‘ e 142, Strand, London. • n re „'b7 Act-of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE, SUR : uRSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, Ste. DIRECTORS. Wm. l .. wortil D en ATOND SIIEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman. gai.y Browne, Esq. Henry J: Hodgson, Esq 40)1-7Zilling-Church, Esq. John Moss, Esq. ° tson. M.D., Cantab., John Symes, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. (SECRETARY TO 'VIE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. • CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Angustas Blonde', Esq. rrOl AUDITORS. ...."Qr Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford Young. MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. Zlllotson, Cantab., F.R,S., 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. v. EL B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., ASSISTANT ACTUARY. • Barker Woolhouse, Esq. RANKERS. Itessrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. 114 44 SOLICITRS. • Gre g ol 7. Gregory, O Skirrow, and Roweliffe, Bedford-row. l'be neat - ' 4 Y. 1%6: Q u inquennial Division of Profits will be declared ------- " - ---...1 . _p 'all l Ples of Bonus up to May, 1855 : 011, 3 , hit" Bonus in Permanent ' b ut in Age; gum addition Bonus in Reduction of ...........:, Assured. to Sum Cash. Annual Pre .......... Assured. mium. 1541 -- ---- 5$ ~ t £s. d. £s. d. .£ s. d. ° 184 s 48 A . 2" 0 67 17 7 423 1 4 56 3 8 184% 59 ' O4O 749 4 0 325 16 0 32 0 4 Igsr 60 2 . 00 0 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0 & 2, 000 ____ : 154 2 8 103 16 5 1 0 15 2 he fr _. , 2 ,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 67 7 ,The t i- e -------- -------ll , ga tion t erins are amongst the advantages odered by the Inter ,e _ ne Assurance Society : KnoletY waa established in 1;70-thirds of th the assured every 1838. 4 3 Yan k , e prodta are divided amongst Itt ttbsCr l. hed capital la five hundred thousand pounds. I t one irty l ls.trnenta, at the date of the last annual report, amounted h. ._a_ired and seventy-one thousand pounds. Tile'...2naal income is ninety thousand pounds. at,,,EUMber of•policies now in force exceed six thousand. gi,,,nnoie thousand new policies are added every yes.r. oi ii::-7 , ha conlMencentent the Society has paid in claims upwar& 1, - ; ea hundred and twenty thousand pounds. k":.ll2°,rtratu"des and every other information, ~,, • apply to the Chair • l' • •• - ----_:! ......______ nd s t ond i -.' '' 't on. w.c. EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman. ktv e 4111) IIiPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE Atte . OP MEDICINE. I,44tLdiee Seal of G••eat Britain. Diplome 4'Ec . ole de Pharmacio ~ l'iti la elen de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. ~_'''veia i ,'',, ATAR N. I, 2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge, ,71c1 l e Z laste or smell, and can .)a carried in the waistcoat pocket. pir'CD - "'n cases, divided into separate doses, as administered by %,411, t zlletn ' and, Roux, Rlcord Bze , and adapted for both sexes "1-I'ISEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE ! ;64se„,ht_AXATio g, SPERMATORRIIA and the distressin ! :'olo;s7nces arising from early abuse, Indiscriminate exce•ses, or ~IreliZtir.esidence in hot climates. It h•kii restored bodily and sexual I" Per e" 'vigour to thousands of the Functions of atanhood i an i T r NfuSi DthisreoMvAel•R; - qsafi , r e,_aY be the cause for DISQ,ITA.LIFIC ' ' 4 ' 3 Y are effectually subdued by this la , on er tit, tt et Ihttly 1 TRIESEMAII NO. 11. ital e ., , n the short space of three days, completely and entirely telois.ll all traces of Gonorrhcea, both in its of i tr,i. Oleets Stric tures , irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention . „ ne_ .... a , mildand vopei;,' aln of the Loins and Kidne y s, tidote for, to the kin o;,e,ed health have so long been thought an an '• the health of a vast portion of the and those disorders which population. It th TRIESEMAR NO. 111. h lit e .mat Continental Remed for gyphilis and Secondary SYmP lAttu, tt also constitutes a certain cu ' re tor Scurvy, Scrofula, an r cla 9 l! tletni•(2gns Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all eradicatecor, th e and ImPurities from the vital stream, as altogether to thrghtlef disease, and expel it with the insensible perspiration: eev er f . t he medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is 3 the Ips ,lung remedy for th tel t dfsorders ti t , "ecush Ph I• - a • 432 ° . • itable destruc •4 or the Y 8 ciaa treats with Mercury, to the inevitable . which unfortunately the._ . _ Patient's co nstitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in klywooarld cannot restore. Price I Is., free by post, is. Bd. extrato eau., ft ° I the k ingdom ; or four cases in one for 535., by post, 3s. 2d. ; k ~. which saves I Is., and in 5/ eases • whereby there is a saving of us. Sold by Daniel ChnrCh, 78 ' ; Gracechurch-street, City tstartlett lloene ea ',.. rouge) ; Watts. 17 St a Id • wing winiam-street, (four doors from London -1t... ee anger, 9 -str t. g ' an, : Prout, 229, Strand ; Hannay, 63, Ox `res, St. Paul's Clitir i t' Oxfor d - t •4, Cheapside ; Ed yard.a rect. Butler, ------. tmeleit(MAN FRAWry • a Medical Work ow 4L ig.. post free, illustrated vrlth'loo e ngravings , containing, the tie,„7,B•of Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Itleoar & c. It gives instruc pqVenr.the perfect restoration.of those Who ' axe revented by tm atea't til from entering be_ aufl results fcem early abuse, norrhcea, Int° t hemarriod state, also showing the and ' syphilis, and the 11:„.. ell ts ari i ~, sng from the chemical tests and examination of the leb --,,,, -Pze. hy the 1a se ~,,2 newly-constructed microscope, with powerful ‘, th e ~ The Author may be consulted Daily according to the rules kg t_,f4ook.—Sold by J. Allen, ' B all All a gentil icor WI Ottle 91,_4_,WrziareWsoluickar-lailp Mortimer-row, N O . 20,611.) PUBLICATIONS. NEW WOPR BY MR. JEAFFRESON. On July 22, In 2 vo's., with Portraits, 21s. bound, N OVELS AND NOVELISTS, FROM ELIZABETH TO VICTORIA. By J. C. JEAFFRESON. Hurst Illackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough•street. Just published, price 9d THE FRENCH STUDENT'S ASSISTANT, for DETERMINING the GENDER of FRENCH NOUNS to which are added a few Short and Easy Rules for '1 ranalsting English into French. By L. F. C. SIMEON, Professor of the French Language. Third Edition, carefully Revised and Corrected. London : Holliston and Wright. Bristol : John Lay.irs. T HE QUARTE-RLY REVIEW, No. CCVII., is Published THIS DAY. • CONTEXTS: --. I. Admiral Blake. 11. Buckle's History of Civilization. 111. Iron Bridges. IV. Life of Wyclitre. V. Professor. Blunt and his Works. • VI. Shipwrecks. - VII. British Museum. VIII, The Condition and Future of India: . John. Murray, Albemarle-street. T'EIST'S RACING RECQIID fo - 1 1858. 1.. Part VI., price 3d., will be pubilshiia on the Ist Di oust. The Record, centainiug a complete ca t lenflar of Sport in 'England, Ireland, and Scotland in 1857, and Nothinations for 1858, may be had, price two shillings. W. Wright, Fulwood's Rents. Holborn. ON SPERMATGREMEA.--Transiated from the German of Dr. Pickford. Just published, the Fourth Edition, price 55., by post ss. 6d., V N TRUE dr, FALSE SPERMATORRIICEA, with a View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in Rela tion to its Nature, Consequences, and Treatment.. By Dr. BICKFORD; • , With Important Introductory Remarks by the Editor. " The editor has conferred a great boon by translating this little book and by laying barethescanclalous practices of unqualified adventurers who profess to cure a disease of vrhich they know nothing, with no other object than to fin their own purses. This volume is well cal culated to put an end to the empyrical system of treating Sperma torrhcea, and to place the treatment upon a more rational and phy siological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good."----fedical Circular. London, H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. rlkj 0 MORE PILLS, nor any other MEDI CINE for Indigestion (dyspepsia), habitual Constipation, Flatulency, Acidity, Palpitation of the 'Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, Bilious Headaches, Nervousness, Biliousness, General De bility, Diarrhoea, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, Despondency, Spleen, &c. Send 2 penny stamps, and you will receive post free ; 64 pages, the people's edition of "PERFECT HEALTH RESTORED." Withodt Pills, pargatives, or medicines of any kind, and without expense, by a simple, pleasant, and infallible means which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies; adapted to the general eader. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professor of Che mistry, Dr. Andrew Ure, Dr. Shorland, Dr. Harvey, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Ingram, and' many thousaou other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it after all other means ofcure had failed. London: Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, and through all Booksellers in Town end Country. CONTRACT FOR COALS FOR GIBRALTAR. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, July 16, 1658, rp HE Commissioners for Executing th e Offi ce o f JIL, Lord high Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, DO HEREBY- GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the 3d August next, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to contract for supplying end delivering at Gibraltar, 4,000 TON'S OF SOUTH WALES COALS, Fit for the service of her Majesty's Steam-vessels. A form of the tender may be seen at the said office. No tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writine. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-h And corner the words, " Tender for Coals for Gibraltar," and must he delivered-at Somerset-place, accom panied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, become )ound with the person tend er i ng i n th e slam for the due performanc e o f th e C on t rac t . ' engagine• to r IL TUE SEA SIDE. _ AI4e4OLA SUITS, £2 15g. Excellence with Economy. GEORGE HOBSON, 57. Lombard-street. ESTART.ISTIED 1796. FP P S'S COCO A.—EPPS, Homoeopathic Chemist, London.—This excellent preparation CAII be obtained of the principal Grocers in Ilb. and 14 1 b. packets, Is. 6d. and Pd. Each packet is labelled—JAM. EPPS, Homoeopathic Chemist, London. THE EAST INMA. TEA. COMPANY, in expectation of their next Telegram bringinz favourable news, bave reduced their quotations for Black or Green Teas to 2s. per lb., in bags—the lowest price on record.—Warehouses, 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. SOHWEPPE'S SODA. WATER, MALVERN SELTZER WATER, rorass WATER, and LE NICINTADE.. Every Bottle of the Alkali Waters is protected by a Label over the cork with their signature. Sold by all respectable Chemists, Con fectioners, and at the leading Morels. Manufactured at - London, Liverpool, Bristol, Derby, and Malvern Wells. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE J SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic ar►d invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchnrch-street, Loudon, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names pf "LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE. - It is only a short time since this singularly efficacious art'cle of animal diet first made its aprearance ; and alreftiy its celebrity is world-wide. It has been a subject of wonder, and has puzzled many a brain to explain how this has been brought about. Yet when we are acquainted with a few facts concerning the food, our wonder will cease. A few Mays since, a gentleman, wrote, stating that he had a horse which was' a " perfect bag of bones." He tried all kinds of things to get the animal into condition, but in vain. Ile then bought some of Thorley's food ; and he mays the effect was wonder ful. The horse rapidly grew fat, and in the course of a few weeks, bad gained no less than 12 stones. Again we find at the late agricultural shows at Binningham, Cardiff, &c., the animals which carried off the highest prizes. had bean partly fed with Thorley's food for cattle. Such facts speak for themselves. and we are forced to the conclu sion, that its celebrity arises solely from its own intrinsic m , _rits, and the great demand for it can proceed alone from the good opinion and testimony of those who have tried it. All parties interested in horses and cattle will do well to apply to 77, Nowgate-street, London, for a pamphlet which is sent post-free. TO THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. CHARLES WATSON, ➢I.D., Fellow and Honorary Vice- President of the Imperial African Institute of France, Corres. Mem ber of th. 3 Medical Societies of Rouen and Peru, &c., and Resident Physician to the Bedford Dispensary, 27, Alfred-Place, Bedford square, London, continues to issue, on receipt of.slx stamps, " L UTE GUIDE TO SELF-CURE." " Those about entering the Marriage State should peruse Dr. Watson's Invaluable little work, as the advice he gives on health and disease reflects much credit upon him as a sound medical philo sopher."—Critic.. - - The true Guide to those who de3ira a speedy and private cure." —University Magazine. " The 'NEW AMERICAN DISCOVERY' demonstrates the ab surdity of the English mode of treating such complaints, will prove a blessing to the afflicted, who may safely and easily regain pristine health by adopting the means presented."—Evenlng Sun. For Qualification, vide "Diplomas," and the " London Medical Directory." NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, Ner voesnass, Billousnass, Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Eruptions, Im purities, Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea, Hemorrhol ds, Headache, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Complaints effectually removed 11/ f't Er BARRY'S dalicious Health-Restoring REVALENTA AIiABICA FOOD, which saves fifty times is cost in other remedies in illness, and is, moreover, the best food `or infants and invalids generally, as it is the only food which never turns acid on the weakeSt stomach, nor interferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous aul muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a tew out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from invalids :—Cure N 0.71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies. " I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry'? Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Dectes."—Cure No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Do Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortharn Ling, near Dias, Norfolk."—Care No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts. a cure of extreme ner vsasness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.— Cuce No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool: a cure or ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irrita bility. Cure No. 18,a16. Dr. Andrew Ure, of constipation, dyspep sia. • ervous irritability. Cure No. 34,210. Dr. Sherland, of dropsy and lebility. Cure No. 36,212. Castain Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 42.116 Major Edie, of enlargement of the liver and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings, Cure. No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey, of diarrhcea'and debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer, of con sumption, Cure No. 32,880. William Hunt, Esq., barrister, of para lysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood merchant, Frimley, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 58,816. Mrs. Holze, aged 107 years, of dyspepsia (indigestion) debility, ire itability, and nervousness, which had tormented her for seventy years. C ure So. 4,814. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two ye ars ' di arrhoea. Cure .40. 52,612. The Dowager Countess of Castlestua r t, o f many years' user hseor,nervous irritability, bile, and Indi gestion. Cure N o. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of con sumption, abandoned neot a is i n l e r s f e c s oo of . adviser s wentyfl had ve y ears' ry recovery. stipatioa. Indigestio n , and debility, from which have suffered great misery, and which n o medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very abort time. W. B. Reeves, LSI, Fleet-street, London." No. • 4,208. " Eight years' dys pepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for xhich my servant had consulted the advice :of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health restoring Food. 1 shall be happy to answer anyinquiries. Rev. John W.Flavell, Ridlington Rec tory, Norfolk." No. 32,836. "Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which 'en dent! my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Da Barry's health restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen." Cure No. 3,906. " Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arablea Food. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." Important Caution against the fearful dangers of, spurious imita ions:— The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an infune tion on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Neville ter imitating Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." , Suitably packed for all climates, and with *till instructions. In canisters, llb 25 9d ; 21b 45 -63; bib Ils , 121 b 225. Super refined quality, ilb Os ' • 21b lis ; 51b 22s ; 101 b 3 3 5. The 101 b and 121 b canisters are forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Pest-mike order. Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co.. purveyors to her Majesty, 182, Picca dilly ; James Wells, 4e, Sloane street ; also at 60, Girseeehurch street ; 330,430, and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapsi. , s ; 49, and 60, utsaops catequeet ; 63, 15e, and 198 Oxford-street. . . '"4 " 14% 1 4tea-- ' ' v t r- _ ~' OIT.~i LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1858. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- On WEDNESDAY, the 23 th of July, an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave PADDINGTON at 8.0 a.m. for PLY KOUTEI (offering facilities for visiting Torbay, Brixham, Dartmouth, and the South Coast of Devon), calling at Weston-super-Mare, Bridge. water, Taunton, Tiverton-road, Exeter, Barnstaple, and Bideford (for Ilfracombe, and the North Coast of Devon), Starcrcas, Dawlish, Teignmouth, Newton. Torquay, Totness, and Kin:Abridge-road, and returning on Saturday, the 7th of August, from I lymoutb, at 6.20 a.m., and intermediate stations as per handoills. FARES THERE AND BACK. 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The following is the report of the Select Commit tee on the River Thames : " Your committee, in accordance with their order of reference, have proceeded to inquire into the merits of Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney's plan for puri fying the Thames, and they have also considered some other suggestions having the same object in view. They have examined, with regard to these matters, many persons of great skill and eminent in their professions as engineers and chemists ; but the near approach of the termination of the session and other reasons, which will be stated in this re port, have prevented them from examining several other persons who had suggestions to make upon the general subject, and information to give, which might doubtless be deserving of attention. " The main object of Mr. Gurney's plan is to discharge all the sewage of the metropolis into water of the Thames withi❑ nu metropolis itself, and his plee Lueded on the assumption that the Lad smells which are so much complained of pro ceed from the decomposition of sewage matter de posited on those parts of the bed of the river which are left uncovered by water during the ebb and early flow of the tide. Ho is of opinion that this matterferments while in contact wit h atmospheric air and exposed to solar heat, and that the fermenta tion thus begun continues afterwards, when this matter is washed up by the rising water ; but he thinks that if this matter could be discharged at once into the stream it would not so ferment, and would be almost inoffensive. "In order to work out this theory, Mr. Gurney proposes that the bed of the river, commencing from an average or mean line of the present wharves and extending for 50 yards towards the low-water line, should be formed with a slope of about 1 in 12, and covered with gravel. Ho reckons that on such a slope, so covered, no mud or sewage matter would permanently lodge, and that whatever was deposited upon such a sloping bank at high water would be swept down into the permanent bed of the river by the receding tide. But in some parts of the river the distance between high and low water marks is so great that a slope of 1 inch in 12, be ginning at the mean of the present wharf walls, would, by the time it reached low water-mark, end at a point a good deal lower . than the bed of the river there, and to got rid of this difficulty, as well as to ensure a stronger current and a larger body of water at low water-mark to carry away the mat ter swept down from the slopes, he proposes to form by dredging two channels, one on each side of the river, and each of them following the line of the present edge of the slopes. These channels he pro po_es to make 90 feet wide, and 9 feet deep, and his notion is that the sewage matter from each side, washed into these channels, would be carried in offensively down the river, and that the force of the current would keep these channels clear. " Having thus, as he conceives, secured the bed of the river between high and low water-mark from any permanent deposit from the water of the river, he proposes to lengthen all the sewers that discharge into the river, and to carry them on, so that their mouths should all be below the low water-mark, so that everything coming down the sewers should always be discharged into the water of the river. " But by this arrangement the sewers would al ways be water-locked, and the gases generated in the sewers, having no escape at the mouths, would be more driven than at present to find their way into the stree's and houses. In order to counteract this tendency, Mr. Gurney proposes that furnaces should be erectel in various parts of London over spine of the main sewers, and at suitable places, and that these furnaces should draw the bad gases out of the sewers, - and by the process of combustion to alter their chymical condition, so as to render them harmless and inoffensive. " Your committee cannot recommend the adop tion or any part of Mr. Gurney's plan. " Your committee consider it a mistake to snp pose that sewage matter does not disengage offensive and noxious gases when it is mixed with water. The contrary is proved by the offensive s mell of those sewers through which large streams of water are constantly flowing, and by the offensive smells which during the present summer have proceeded from the water of the Thames at high tide, at every part from Putney downwards. Any plan, therefore, which has for its object that all the sewage of Lon don should, in the state in which it comes down the sewers, be discharged into the stream o' the Thames, would tend to perpetuate and not to remedy the evils which are so widely felt and so loudly complained of. "Some advantages might possibly be derived from sloping - the bed of the river in the manner proposed by Mr. Gurney, in places where the dis tance between high and low water mark would admit of it, but such an operation taken singly would not get rid of the great evil which we are now considering. " With regard to the side channels which Mr. Gurney proposes to make, it seems very doubtful whether they would be kept open without fre quent dredging, and whether if kept open they would produce any beneficial effect commensurate with the expense of forming them and keeping them open. " Your committee are therefore of opinion that those parts of Mr. Gurney's plan which relate to the river are not calculated to effect the purification of the Thames. " Your committee, however, thought it was de sirable that they should investigate that part of Mr. Gurney's plan which relates to the burning of the gases in the sewers, and the more so, because that process has been practised by Mr. Gurney with success in regard to sewers in the immediate vicinity of the Houses of Parliament. "But the !inquiries' made by your committee have satisfied them that this process, though it may ba successful as to sewers within a short distance of the furnace by which the gases are to ba. burnt, could not be successfully applied to the wide range of the metropolis: There are such a vast number of unavoidable openings in the immense ramifica tions of the sewers of the metropolis, and in the house drains which communicate with those sewers, that the air which would ba drawn out from any part of a great sewer over which a furnace might be erected would.bereplaCed, not by the offensive gases in the' whole network of sewers and drains commu nicating with the sewer over which the furnace was placed, but in a great degree by atmospheric air rushing down through openings near to the fur nace, and thus the gases in the further parts of the sewers and house drains would remain unaffected by the action of the furnace. " This furnace syntem, therefore, oven with the improvements made by Mr. Gurney, thaugh pos sibly very efficacious for a particular and limited area, could not be relied upon for the general ven tilation and purification of the sewers of the metro polis at large. . " Your committee have taken much valuable and interesting evidence upon the deodorisation of sewage. It appears to be easy to separate . the more solid from .the. liquid parts of the sewage, and to deprive both of all offensive smell. By an infusion of lime into sewage the solid matter is rapidly pre cipitated, and the water that is left above the pre cipitate is cleared of all the natter which it held in suspension, retaining only our salts, which it holds in solution. "If the sewage of London could be so treated, and the solid precipitate could be got rid of in a satisfactory manner, the liquid might be discharged into the Thames without injury or inconvenience, provided that no nuisance arose during the process of deodo,risation. " This system is now adopted at Leicester, and, in as far as it is a sanitary arrangement, with COM pieta success. The town is freed front all offensive matter, and the liquid which is discharged into the river does not pollute the water of the streams. " Experience his not yet determined in what degree the precipitate can be made useful as manure for agricultural purposes. " Several persons capable of giving valuable in formation on this subject have offered to be ex amined by your committee, but your committee have not deemed it expedient to prolong their in quiries on this branch of the subject. " In the first place, they have felt it their duty, consideiing how near the session is to its close, not to delay longer their, report upon the main subject referred to them by the house—namely, Mr. Gur ney's plan ; and in the next place, they conceive that the . decision as to the expediency of ap plying a system of deodorisation advantageously to the sewage of the metropolis belongs rather to the functions of the Melropelitan Bo u 1 of Works than to those of a committee of the House of Com mon; and the Metropulit•in Board of Works have ample means of making all necessary inquiries on that subject without the assistance of a committee of the House of Commons. "Your committee have to observe that some of the eminent engineers who have been examined express an opinion in favour of embanking the Thames for the purpose of increasing the scour of the stream and preventing the accumulation of mud. "In conclusion, your committee beg leave to state their decided opinion that no plan ought to be adopted in regard to the sewn) of the metropolis that does not provide for one of two things—either that the sewage shall be carried d'wn to some point in the river sufficiently far from the metropolis to prevent the sewage from being brought back in an offensive state by the flowing tile, or else that the sewage shall be deodorised, and that only the puri fied liquid part of it shall, be discharged into the river. " The whole subject is one of great and of grow ing public importance. The metropolis is extending in all directions, and in every part of it 3 circumfe rence. Every ys'ar fresh zussses of buildings are springing up, whose drains Are discharging into the Thatne4, and streets that had only cesspools are furnished with house drains, leadiag into the gene ral network of sewers ; thus every year the quan tity of sewage discharged into the Thames goes on increasing. "On the other band, year by year the quantity of water in the bed of the river, by which this in creasing quantity of sewage is to be diluted, pro gressively diminishes. A. large portion of the water which is supplied to the metropolis is taken from the Thames above Teddington-lock, and with the yearly increase of the metropolis, and the improv ing habits of its population, the consumption of this water increases, and a larger portion of the diluting current is withdrawn from the downstream of the river. "An extensive and abundant suprly of pure water, and the general substitution of house drains for cess pools, are immense improvements in the arrange ments of the metropolis, and contribute most essen tially to the comfort and health of its inhabitants. But these salutaryarrangements must be followed up by others, to protect from pollution the Thames, which ought to be a n ornament o f thi 3 grea t c ity, and which must co n ti nue to b e t h e main highway of its multifarious traffic." (Front n tk p e a p rl a i i a l m y News. ) enth:ive not attained to clearer notions than the Imperial Parliament as to the best mode of setting about the purification of the Thames, the ratepayers of the metropolis have certainly a cheerful prospect before them. Quot homines, tot sententioe ; every member had his nos t r um, and every member's nostrum differed from that of every other member. Well might Mr. Locke (of Southwark) exclaim, in the very per plexity of his heart, that, however doubtful it might be, whether sewage admitted of solution, it was plain the sewage question did not. One or two points, however, were elicited in the chaotic dis cussion of Monday night which are deserving of attention. One is, that the Government bill, as in terpreted by its promoters, leaves the Board of Works free, and does mot lie them down to the adoption of any particular scheme. , It will be emi nently desirable that before the bill becomes an act this point should be made to clear for the pos sibility of doubt. Another point to be borne in mind is the testimony of Robert Stephenson. This able and clear-headed person declares that he has carefully sifted every imaginable scheme, and that he finds no possibility of doing without some sys tem of intercepting drainage. There is ono other point, and that is that the Board of Works, though they may not number amongst them any first-rate attention to all the schemes that have beonnames, have at all events* given painful and dili gent submitted to thPm, and also that they may reason ably be expected to take no impor taut step without further and very anxious investigation, now that the entire responsibility of the great work is, for the first time, imposed upon them. If, indeed, we were driven to conclude that the Board of Works, after being invested with plenary powers, would merely fall back, without further investigation, on the scheme vetoed by Sir B. Hall, there might be considerable cause for well-grounded appreherpion. But it may reasonably be hoped that this will not be the case. They can hardly, for instance, neglect the consideration of the evidence which has so re cently been submitted to the House of Commons' committee ; and they will naturally be anxious, for their own sakes, not to incur the odium of an enor mous expenditure in brick and mortar, unless con scientiously convinced that such expenditure is absolutely essential to tte end in view. It cannot be denied—as has been very ably pointed out by a correspArdeut writing under the slnatura of "Common Sense," that the method of pouring, at vast expense, all the faecal products of a great city into a tidal river is diametrically op posed to many of the plainest principles of a judici ous economy. It is natural that any one writing; under the influence of common sense should con demn the apparent solecism of digging at an enor mous outlay two artificial rivers of pollution, whose functions will be to intercept from the natural river, which it is desired to purify, not only all the sewage which pollutes it, but all the surface water. without which it cannot he kept pure. Com mon sense naturally inclines to the belief that there must, after all, be some method of making thou sands, by utilising that as manure, which we are now asked to spend millions iu throwing away as refuse. Common sense.is quite ready to adopt the formula recently enunciated by Mr. P. O. Ward, " the sewage to the soil, -and the rainfall to the river." No doubt, if the matter were res iutcgra, if we were still in the age of cesspools--if we had not sunk millions in the vast subterranean works which daily. carry all -the pollution of the capital into the river we now want to purify —a great deal might be said in favour of the adoption of these views. But this is not the true condition of the question. Under the influ ence of the drainage doctors, we have gone on year after year constructing a system of costly con duits for carrying every rivulet of sewage into the Thames. Is this cost and outlay all to go for no thing ? No one with a nose and a memory can fail to entertain some gratitude to ihe.drainage doctors for what they have done. They have improved the sslubrity of our houses and the at atmosphere of our streets. Under the recent somewhat excep tional circumstances of a long drought and an in tense beat—with very little flow of fresh water from above, and a consequently increased flood of salt water from below—the Thames has been unut terably offensive. But have any portions of Lon don except those which lie along the line of the river been exceptionally incelorous, or has any part of London, even including the river districts, been exceptionally unhealthy? It may well be doubted, therefore, quite irre spective of all questions of cost, whether it would be wise to abandon altogether the eyStem of drain age which has now for some years been •so perse veringly carried out, with effects, on the whole, so beneficial to the p u bli c h ea l t h. But if this be so, vrhaf remains to be done unless it'be•the adoption pastly of deodorising works, partly of intercepting, sewers ? . We are quite of opinion the Metropolitan Board of - Works, before arriving at a final decision, is bound once more seriously and" dispassionately to review the whole question. In order that they may do so, every, expression denoting a foregone conclusion, or pledging the Board to a specific plan, such as the phrase " providing outfalls," and the like, should carefully be eliminated from the GJ vernment Bill. Nu fetter should be left on their discretion. The whole power and the entiie responsibility should be theirs. Under these con ditions we are really not aware that anything better can be done than to leave the question of Metropolitan Drainage in the hands of those to whom is ostensibly entrusted the Local Ma nagement of the Metropolis. Somewhere the power must reside, if the thing is to be done at all. If we wait tiil all the doctors are agreed in their specifies, till the whole fraternity of engineers are of one mind in their recommendations, our fate will be that of the classical rustic ; the river of pollution will roll and welter with ever growing noisomeness while we are disputing on its banks ; labitur et labetur. There is a thing to be done, and that speedily. We must get some one to do it. Whoever undertakes it must have full powers. There must be no double government, no veto. Well, then, where is this depository of power to be found? Is there any single man so pre-ernireu'iy fitted for the function that all roc., would unani mously concur in his selection? There is not. Is the [louse of Commons adequate to the work ? Let the discussion of Monday night - answer. There remains, then, the Metropolitan Board—men who have already investigated the subject with consider ' able assiduity, and may fairly be expected, under the pressure of freshly imposed responsibility, to go through a further process of exhaustive inquiry before committing themselves to decisive action. Really, it is difficult to see what better selection could, under the circumstances, have been made. If we are to adopt the principle !het no•hitig shall be spent till everybody is agreed, the year 1958 may still find the grandchildren of Thwaites dis puting, in the midst of stench to which that of last June was fragrance, over plans and sections, with the descendants in the third remove of .Mr. F. 0. Ward. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. Sir, —lf anything would lead us to doubt the value of a legislative body, when any really practi cAl measure is to be carried out, it would be the conduct of the House of Commons with regard to the "Main Drainage of the Metropolis Bill." The subject bas been debated by the houses year after year. It has been subj-cted to every kind of in quiry. Commission after cominLision has been formed, each only to undo the work of its prede cessor. A Board of Works was formed for the ex press purpo.te of performing the Augeau task. It rais :Id our .rat-s, produced its own scheme, as its predecessors had done, but came to a d ea d lock when the work was to be performed. Then came the filthy swell of the riv,r, tilling: the Legislative Palace with an unendurable odour. The judges threatened to leave Westminster, and seek a purer atmosphere for the administration of justice. Fear for a time stimulate I our legislators. A practical suggestion was made. Lime was thrown down the sewers, as a temporary remedy. The Government had a favourable opportunity of gain ing the gratitude of at least three millions of people. fall of rain diluting the sewage with river water has rendered its smell less intolerable, and the Go vernment and the legislature have taken a cold fit and strive to shirk the respons:bility of interfering to prevent the growth of. a most gigantic evil. They strive to evade the quest'on by a mere money grant. They say to the Board of Works : " You may spend three mill'ons of money in any way you like on the drainage of the metropolis ; only don't plague us with any discussion as to the way in which the money is to be spent." Had the Board of Works advocated a scheme, or originated one, in any way likely to effect the object of secarin2; the river Thames from pollution this might have been a very reasonable course ; but the Board of Works has only been distinguished for its advocacy of, perhaps, the worst scheme which could well be devised. The- sum of money granted is very significant. Tee Legislature say ifl effect to the Board of Works: " We have nothing to do with your schemes ; we take away every veto which will prevent you from exercising your own wisdom ; but we give just so much money as will onaLle you to carry your sewage as far as Erith on one side the river, and Barking ou the other." There can be little doubt how the Board of Works will spend its money. The three millions will be spent in making two brick tunnels or main arteries, one on either side of the river, communicated with by divers other smaller tunnels. More than this the three millions will not do. The deodorisingschernes must be provided forafter wards. We all know how actively the executors of works, especially gigantic ones in brick and mortar, enlist recruits for any scheme which will afford them, employment ; how skilfully they can marshal their forces, and how effectu illy they can manoeuvre even a minority in the pre sence of an ill-disciplined and disjointed majority. Knowing thig, there is little difficulty in believing that the Board of Works will readily spend the whole of their money. The ratepayers of the me tropolis, who are to be taxed for the rayment—out of whose pockets it will come—who will be forced to pay it by the act of the L-gielature—have a right to demand " that those who compel them to pay should at least take some lite° pains to inquire whether the work on which it is expended will really bo serviceable or not." Why should not the House of Commons say to the Board of Works :—" What plan do you pro pose, and what will be its cost ?" On a subject of such vital importance it is a shame for the legisla tive boly of the nation to shrink from its positive duty. Why do they do so ? Because they feel assured that the Board of Works would bring for ward a scheme which will not bear discussion. The work in accomplishing which three millions are to be spent, is so utterly inadequate that it is felt neces sary in the debates to cast it into the background. When brought forward it is only by some damaging remark on its efficacy. Indeed, no one seems bold enough to advocate it in open discussion. Surely the millions of inhabitants of the metro polis, whose health and whose wealth are so con nected with this matter, will not suffe r any wild scheme to be carried out without having some as surance of at least a prospect of an amelioration of the evil from which they are suffering. The Le gislature has converted a tidal river into a common sewer by compelling . the inhabitants of the banks to cast all their filth into its stream, before any means were devised for getting rid of the noxious addition to the water. N ow , what is the effect of the tide on the waters of the river ? The tide caused by the sea rushing into the river, not only stopping the flow of the fresh water into the sea but driving back the current of fresh water which would have flowed into it during its rise. It is found that in the deep water of the river at Rotherhithe salt water may always be discovered. During high tides or strong easterly winds it may be detected above London or even Blackfriars-bridge. Now, if the sea water is carried by the tide some 48 miles up the stream from its mouth, how-far back will the sewage matter, which is intermediate in specific gravity between the river and sea wa' or, be carried up the stream, if discharged into it at any intermediate point between London and the mouth of the river If the sewage be poured into g:'4,„ „.,. , 4....,..i . -,, ?ki1—e1 , , , , , % -171 ''''. ( - 1 4 -` i r...---O,GI • 21 - 1:7 , N ,, 6... - •,- ..:,:,i... %,---!.. .....;\ (•,. ....,-2,„ -1.--I*-• hi ' til 1 ,_`•,•,;7_,J :l OCe 1?.•Iii '''l4.. I NE-Z .• ~~ - ",e• _ dr-- !i*% . Ice 4 4 - 1/ , ' E K.I 4'f; :2 '" ce , V ' ,-.4,‘-' •i ) W.-41, :;'' > t'.4 ~-:,,-_ - Aix. ~I,\-,----_ Ow - 4 0 . " t"'" e -~~~--. ~/ =' DEATH IN' • , ~ 41 111161 . . _,..,. . • , , ‘` ...: , : ,- ,',;, , ,-.:1- , ' ': • : V 4 ,- 1 ' ' ' / - _ ... - ~ .. ...-.....- . f iiiii- .. :„ , 4 • ....- '.., . ; -.i. .., ' . 4 .,. , ' - . [PRI O R 4D. STAMPED 51)•] the river anywhere, it must first undergo the pro cess of deodorisation. Now, it is extremely doubt ful whether this process ca n b e carr i e d out w i thout leaving a uuisance for miles round - tha-mot where it is deodorised. Is it fair to the inhabitants of the plague-spot ptaixtay on t of metrepolis:to erect a their own boundary ? It is extremely doubtful again whether the deodorised fluid is deprived °fits noxious qualities. What, then, are the probabi lities of the whole matter.? The Board of Works will .spend,th.ir three .in bricks and mortar under ground. Thoy will thep liave to spend either three million: more; or an equivalent yearly in come, on works for deodorisation. And after all is done we shall find ourselve , , if not immediately, at least in a year or two, in as bad a condition as we were before. The truth is we begin the work at' the wrong end. It would be better to spend the three millions, or double - that sum if necessary, in eradicating the evil at its commencement. What right have we to cast our fil Eli into the river at all ? We 'nest, sooner or later, separate the serfage from the su r face drain age. We throw away valuable manure. We spoil it. Science will not enable us to recover it. Every step taken to preserve the, manure of this great city would be one in the right direction. Whether the Board - of Works will do ir, or whether the Legisla ture, we care not. Sooner or later we shall be com pelled to carry the excrementitious matter of our city to the fields in a state serviceable for the growth of the fruits of the earth, or we shall be forced to remove our' dwellings from the region we have so long polluted. We have little faith in any of the engineers or surveyors whose viewisbave been narrowed by the routine of their profession. Tire greatest works have been accomplished by: those who have im ported the vigour of , unbiassed `and unprejudiced views into what was to them a new profession. Stephenson worked out the great locomotive system in opposition to and. amid the taunts and sneers of the profession, which would hardly rec.lgnise him as a member. The schemes for a building for the Great Exhibition were as cumbrous and as expen sive, and nearly as likely to prove failure; as all our drainage schemes, when Paxton brought in the order of glass and iron; to the consterna tion and dismay of professional architects. Have we no Stephenson or Paxton who can devise , an effectual means of conveying what Providence in tend,:d should fertilise the earth to its proper des titiation, without risk to Vie health of the inhabi tants of this great metropolis? The question is not one of spending money. No scheme has yet been proposed which even bears a remote probability of effecting its object. Let One be devised which will secure the health of the me tropolis, and we feel sure its inhabitants will - not grudge ten times the amount now likely to be squandered uselessly. COMMON SENSE TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. •S'r,—The subject of cleansing, tl)er1 11 )-.mrs.is not a question of rxtrema didiculty, or of fabulous ex- Fe , s.., 11 we would make use of the simple but powerful means nature places at our disposal, re• ciniring mere common sense to turn them to account. A large ship canal from between Pot tsmouth and S.)tithlmpton to London would be a paying specu lation. B r i ng thi s cana l we ll above London, and communica'iug with the Thsmes by several flood-. gates, having a short branch forking off to c;dr . y down tall-masted vessels to below bridges. The judicious introduction of this immense mass of sea water into the river would produce the same result as takes place during the winter rains —viz., make the ebb tide more rapid and of longer duration than the flood by two or three hours. Thus, iii 12 hours the ebb will run rapidly eight or nino hours, the flood sluggishly for three or four hours ; consequently after a few days there will never be an accumulation of sewerage, the ebb taking it off quicker than it can run into the river. The flood gates will keep this mass of sea water under perfect control. It is quite certain that in the event of a war with Prance, and with steno privateers swarming in the Channel, no man in his senses would risk the pas saga from Southampton to London round by hover —independent of the dangers incidental to navi•- gating that most dangerous and intricate coast— if they had such a s ife port as Southampton to run into at once, with the advantage, in addition, of a comparatively short communication to London for veesela of every size. Thus the ship canal would more than pay for itself, and convey ate immense volume of.water to the Tharne4,.whicL, acting ac cording to the common laws of nature, would servo to keep .the river clear, without demanding any expensive works and upsetting the half of London, and to do that upon which_ hardly any two engi neers c n perf ctly agree. One thing is quite evident, that, whatever may be the opinion Of individuals as to t he most efficient application of the water so ly:ou4ht—whether my suggestion be good or bad—there will have been conveyed to the most convenient spot and in suffi cient quantity, and without expense (the canal be ing a paying speculation), an agent without which DO plan for cleansing the Thames can be per manently successful. Such a canal as I propose has often been talked of. There can Le DO great engineering difficulties to overcome in the construction of a work of such a nature.—l am; sir,_ yours, &c., G. R. SARTORITS, Vice-Admiral. United Service Club, July 16. SUDDEN DEATH THROUGH INTEM PERANCE. Yesterday Mr. Wakley, coroner for West Mid dlesex, held an inquiry at the Elephant and Castle, Camden-town, touching the death of Eliza Smith, a married woman, aged 50, lately residing at 47, Hastings-street, Burton-crescent, but who died in the workhouse infirmary a few hours after a'lmis sion to that institution, from the effects of severe violence, the unfortunate woman's body being c)vered with bruises and contusions of a dreadful character, so that rumours of a most painful nature had in consequence arisen in the neighbourhood as to the mode in which such severe injuries could have been inflicted. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Coster, surgeon to the infirmary, and Sarah Thompson, a nurse, that the deceased was admitted on Thurs day morning last, when she was in an insensible, and, indeed, dying, condition, for she gradually. sunk and expired a few hours afterwards. Iler face, head, and body presented one mass of bruises and contusions, so that parts were perfectly black, be sides which she had a dreadful wound on her head, extending down to the nose. The appearance the deceased presented was dreadful in the extreme, and to add to the horrible sight, erysipelas having set in in the head and face, th e y were swollen to an enormous extent. Mr. Coster discovered that death arose from an attack of erysi pe las consequent upon the frightful wound on th e head. Internally, the deceased's organs presented a healthy appear ance, with the exception of the liver, which re sembled that of a person given to excessive intoxi cation. The cause of death having been thus cl ear ly proved, the Coroner remarked that the next thing would be to find out how the severe injuries seen on the deceased were produced. Charles Smith, the deceased's husband, was called to prove the deceased's identity. The deceased's landlady (Mrs. Biggins) and a lodger (Alfred Borwick) were then called, when they spoke to the deceased's habitual habits of in toxication, during which time she fell down stairs, causing, as they believed, the injuries she had died from. They never knew the husband beat the de ceased, nor did she ever complain of his conduct. A man named Costello gave evidence as to a slight scuffle he saw on one occasion between the deceased and her husband, but there was nothing of importance elicited. Souse further corroborative evidence was given, when The Coroner having carefully summed up, Tee jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased died from injuries sustained by her falling down stairs while intoxicated. The inquiry then terminated. [From the above it will be seen that the report, which we copied from a contemporary, alleging that the deceased died from the violence of her husband, is entirely without foundation. On the contrary, he seems to have treated his wife with kindness.] [AD cERTISEMEXII—RAPID REDOVERY.—Holloway's Pills and Ointment.--,About twelve months since, Mr. lme, Woodside, Hosfortb, was seized by a serious prostrating weakness. Six months afterwards an erup tion took place in his leg. He immediately placed him self under the treatment of the most eminent men in Liverpool and Manchester ; but, to use his own words, " gradually got worse, and was prevented following any employment during the whole time." He removed to Hosforib ; a friend there induced him to try the effect of Holloway's medicines ; be purchased them, f o llowed-the imtructionf, and was cured in a few weeks. He wifib l Mr. Hollings, druggist , to make hie• case known.—Sol by all medicine vendors throughout the w orld, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. . ~. '~....~ N S_PAP_Eit. An inquest was Sohn Oppey, a di pier works Isaac helmet diver .in . Son, was the first:waiters examined., ' lEt. " I knew the deceaaed,-whe wasalse a rnitaot) em- 21 ployed upon the Admiralty - Plr %works. A r esterlay, -. 4 about 1 o'clock, I went'clewn in the ordinary dialer - i... dress, for the purpose of setting foundations fall._ pier. I was accompanied by 'the decteasacrobe. - was provided with the same apparatus...' 'We er . that that was the first time he had descend, Before going: down I established with him - a ted a of signals he wos to make with his bands, whereby 'I should know whether he required nacre or less air; and I expres,ly enjoined him by nameana to mechl.te with the air -valve,. as the con , equences might be very serious if he did so. I also - told him - hovi O signal with his life-line to those abet% in the event of his wishing to be taken up. Onlet- . ting:tollie bottom, I placed him against one:Ort4i btouttri. was blocks, a n d p ress i ng hi s hand and wavinito brit at s e not i thieesame time, I convey e d t o hi m t h e he was not dthisetnanitefmt o h r i e m th.a for n a s b i o x n o t r t e w is o ht ni f l ee ini t te . s i employed myself the time mentioned in setfingone of the blocks, and then returned to the . 4:1 aged. ece I found him in the place at which I had- put liiria , . but holding in his hand a tool called a straight-edge, with which he point e d to one of thelolocks, tiattli - '' Y was slightly out of level., _ I was pleased 'at - that, as I thought it showed th at:be was I' gektPg on famously. I then repeated the signal- 'to - .him not to stir, and again left him ar id: employed myself -at my work...ln-- about ten• minuted I went to him again, and he had thenni e - r ad,b out .. four feet towards the spot at which I had Wen_ employed. I examined the valve regulating th e quantity of air supplied to the diving apparatus, which /as in the position I had placed it in pre, . vious to going down, and put him back to the place I had. first stationed him at,' and enjoined him by signal not to move. I then a third time went from him, and, on my return to him.in about two or three minutes,' he was leaning with his arm' upon the block and the straight-edge in his hand." — lle shook the htter at me playfully, as if he Wits itrik ing with-a sword. I then again left- him, and in a few minutes, on looking towards him, Imissed him. , I directly went to where he ought to have been; but he had morel from that spot-ab Out eight - ' feet. , On getting to him, I took him by the arm, upon which he turned towards me, and made the agreed signal with his hands that he should like to go up. I directly snat3hed his life-liae, giving the signal to those above to lift hint up, and at the ; same time I lifted my baud to snatch mine, when I a sine' came down to me to come up myself. .I :1 give the return signal immediately, and I was-lifted „:1, .ie to the surface. On getting there I look e d a b ou t for ,;. the deceased, expecting to find that he also had - been raised, but I was informed that they could. not lift him. I said, "Pull him," and, they did .4 so, but were still unable to raise him - up.. I then a directed them to pass the line on to the staging, so - . as to get The lift straight up and down. - That was done, but still they could not get Win up; On learning this I went down myse'f directly, but was unable to find the deceased, and thinking that -he might have been drawn to the surface ,as I had gone down, I again had myself pulled up. Findingi however, that they had still been unable to lift Firr, I again descended by h's l'f,. : - . 11.4.1e, and guided by thAL I dile.uvcr6l him lying doWn, with his hands . firmly clenching a rope. I then cut off his,weights,. on which he Heed a-little, and I - augured frointht ~ that there was soma hope. After some difficulty I unclenched his hands, and he was then lifted up, upon my making the nece3sary signal to those above. I followed him to the outface, and on the , glass in front of my helmet being taken out I asked if he was dead or alive ?—the answer being I fear ho is dead. I went directlY tO look at the collar of deceased's apparatus, and found the regulator quite open. The valve being- opened, water could get into the helmet. Ido not think the valve could ~ have become open braccident, but must have been designedly turned- by deceased.- On the occasion of' my first going down into - ttie - water as a diver I suffered extremely from pains in the head, and be— ginners often suffer in the same way, -Going dote* - immediately after ea'iug would,cause the symptems- to be aggravated. The deceased - had 'Just come "' ' from dinner when'he des cen d e d. I n my opin ion decease I began to feel oppressed and uncomfortable, and was induced to turn the valve, thinking thereby to obtain relief." The jury returned a verdict in accordance with this witness's opinion.— Dover Chronizle. - , :rrilrib k _•S7.c., =''4 ' . ( ." t ,, . .ts'`• t.., c k .'i,,...-•,-„„-- 4 DIVINCI4 - •: .( i -' 4 %.' 1.4 ;,..* 4.:14 - 1 4 ) -----4- --= - 7 c-; -, ., -, 1104 . 1 4 :, la .held at Dorirtlatlie if i ' c; diver employed at thltAl ... , - ae&ztair, a tagton - by tiadE,`iiita t , the m eploy-of Messm , Lce and ,t rip witm . ___ _ _ DARING ESCAPE. .• A daring escape was madea few eveninga azO by an Irishman, named M`Quaid, from the Bridewell at Reading, to which place he had been remanded on a charge of •felony. • The particulars, as far as have been gathered from the • official inquiry, ap pear to be that, about 7 o'clock in the - evening the ga , der, who is an elderly and rather infirm man, went into the yard where the prisoner had been placed for the purpose of an airing, arid desired that he would return to his cell to be locked up for _the nght. This duty_ had previously beenAmiehy the gaol-2r's son, a strong young man ' • but the ,pr - saner, finding the . gaoler alone, at once 'deter mined upon seeing whether he coUldinot in effecting his escape ; and the prison, "being 'it place adapted from a portion of the old abbey, pre- • seuted no great difficulties in the way of his accom• plishing such a feat. The prisoner,' who to all appearances possessed great muscular strength, caught hold of the old oevernor to take the keys from him, but the latter wis not willing to part with theni, and a severe scuffle ensued, which terminated in the prisoner throwing the old mill on his back, and the shock which he received rendered him unable to offer further re sistance. The prisoner got possession of the keys, and walked through the door and locked it; - leaving the old man helpless and almost insensible on the• ground. The long absence of the goVernor excited', the suspicions of a woman living in the liOns(;,. and - her curiosity led her to go to ascertain. the cause. She had not proceeded far into the - prison when she met the prisoner with the keys in - hia hands. • What was to be done was a question which sugL gested itself to the mind of the prioner, forif 640 ran back into 'the house he would be frustratedin his object, as it was then only by goiug threuo the dwelling house he would be able 'to get . otear o her. the away. His thoughts served him, and be Imade.his mind to . put her in a place of security. He i - t par upon t f took hold of her, and carried her bolted buildl obstacles; g, closed r the t hdeor egressor n being rem ove d, h e d then with the uttnbst-sang frond walked into the governor's apartments, and put some Shoes on his feet and a cap on his head preparatory to taking his departure. Ho came to the hod door, which is situated in Friar-street, and to disarm peeple. of suspicion he remained a few seconds in the door way, and then turning round, and apparently bidding adieu by bowing several times, he quietly walked away. Ho got into a street leadingin the direction of the Great Western ReAway, and,' having crossed some gardens and fields, all clue of him for the present has been lost. In all this tune what had become of the governer and his' female friend ?' No one else being in the house, the only alternative they had was that of screaming and hal looing. They did this as loudly as they could, and the noise eventually succeeded in attracting some one to the house. The noise was followed to the prisoners, and the discovery was made that ..the governor and the woman were both in confinement. The woman was instantly released, as the door had only been bolted ; but the task of getting at the' governor was more difficult, as the prisoner. bad taken away the keys with which the dopr had been locked. The services of a locksmith having been obtained the door was opened, and the governor was found to he injured from the force with which he bad beeo thrown_ down. , Ho was removed to his bed and received proper assistance, and has now .nearly recovered from the effects of theitt- juries. The daring Irishman has not been,cap tured, although a vigilant search has been .made for him. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Fifty Thousand CureS without 3Lledi t ' tine, by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabic, Fo Od, of in digestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, debility, cough, asthiva, consumption, &c.—Cure No. 71, .of dyspepsia - irons the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies---!' 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